Berkeley High School - Olla Podrida Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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BENJAMIN CHAPIN A CHARACTER IMPERSONATOR Will render in the Auditorium under the auspices of the Associated Students Friday Evening, February 1 0th An historical study, portraying the personahty, the mental traits and the life of the martyred War President, ABRAHAM LINCOLN In four parts the gifted actor portrays the famous President exactly as he was. By clever makeup and talented acting, Mr. Chapin brings you under the spell of the great man ' s person- ality. This is what they say about Mr. Chapin ' s impersonation of Lincoln : — A miracle. The real and living Lincoln was before my eyes and remained until the end. — lark Twain. A great achievement. Shows Lincoln as a many-sided man. — Everybody ' s Magazine. Mr. Chapin ' s Lincoln is masterful. It will never disap- point. It is strong, vivid, splendid and full of fire. — Elbert Hubl)ard. A marvel of realism. — San Francisco Chronicle. AUDITORIUM, FRIDAY EV ' G, FEBRUARY 10th General Admission, 50c.; Students, 25c. 2

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O Ea Pobriba J bruarg, 1911

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VOL. XXV. FEBRUARY 1911 No. 1 Pranks and Ghosts Gordon Luke, ' 11. Among my blessings is an uncle who is a good story- teller, and this is an acount of a boyhood prank in old Eng- land which he has told me over and over: When I was a boy ten years old there was great excite- ment in the family. It was because of the expected home- coming of my father, a merchant who captained one of his own ships, and whom my four brothers and I had been taught to respect to the utmost. This respect was increased b} ' the fact that he was home but three or four months of the entire year, as he spent the winters trading in the AA ' est Indies. Although stern and exacting, he was as fond of us boys as ever a father could be. He used to delight in letting us play horse with him by mounting his back and using his black whiskers for reins, and how his deep-sounding laughter v ould echo whene •er he would throw us ofif ! At last the anxious days — in which my mother kept gazing restlessly into the sky to determine the weather prospects, or across the harbor for the longed-for sails — were over, and my father ' s ship came safely into port. Then came feasts and good times a-plenty, with visits to the ship ' s storerooms to 3