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

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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

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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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OLLA POD RID A see and sample such delicacies as maple sugar, pineapples, dates and nuts, brought from America and the ' est Indies. After several weeks the ship was unloaded and the visits ceased. Then, with the new order of thing ' s, and we boys con- stantly under father ' s stern rule, we soon began to long for our former freedom, and anxiously awaited opportunities to perform pranks on the old deaf housemaid, or the foreign street venders, whenever we heard one of them shouting, ' On- yons ! On-yons ! Tuppence a dozen ! ' or the ragman, or the portly apple woman on the street corner. At last one night we heard father say something that made us prick up our ears and exchange significant winks and sly expressions full of meaning. It was the intelligence that father and mother were both going out to spend the evening, leaving the old deaf servant in charge. So, in an hour ' s time after they had gone, and we had been put to bed, mysterious sounds were heard, and in came Dick, my eldest brother, and Bernard, next in age to Dick, the hero and ringleader. And what a time we had ! First we hung a sheet upon the four posts of the old fashioned bed and dived through it from the dresser. Then we danced on the bed, admiring ourselves in the mirror, while our shadows also danced in a vague, fan- tastic manner on walls dimlv illuminated bv the light of a ship ' s lantern hanging by the door. Next we formed shadow pictures with our hands — a whole menagerie of animals and queer faces of old men. A suggestion was then made which received our instant, favor. It was the proposal that Bernard should make an exhi- bition of his bravery by climbing into the boiler, full of cold water, which stood in the kitchen. Poor Bernard shuddered at the thought, but he had no intention of injuring his repu- tation ; therefore he assented to endure the cold- bath. So anon there appeared at the top of the stairway five small figures dressed in white pajamas, the foremost being the hero and the second one carrying the lantern. 4