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

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V— - •to-.::,: - . :. 1 -. -.--. -; g £ air CLASS HISTORY Macjorie May ' n NINETEEN TWELVE, a year of many events and marked by two great deviations from custom, the election of a Democrat as President of the United States and the advent of the class of 1915 on the scene of action at the Berkeley High School. Let us follow for an instant the action of that Democratic executive while the class of ' 15 (to speak collectively) was imbibing, with wry face, the spoonfuls of knowledge that were daily being administered it. The message of the President was delivered in person; beneficent bills were passed ; a wise policy of watchful waiting was assumed toward a quasi- belligerent neighboring state and many innovations, which upset long existing customs, were introduced. But in the meantime, far away from this political flurry there was in Berkeley High School a fledgling class slowly becoming acquainted with the varied work that makes up the scrub year. Mastering these essentials, the work grew less novel and irksome, and the class found time to indulge in the various activities that enter into high school student life almost as largely as the course of study itself. Athletics were by no means neglected, the football, basketball, and baseball teams of the class taking high honors in all contests. Our forensic stars wrangled to the stars in the heavens. Gradually our amateur thespians overcame their lisping embarrassment and came into notable distinction. By this time also the class had organized and in the low Senior year gave a ball that was (as the local papers say in the society columns) one of the most charming affairs of the season. It was in the musical comedy, The Mikado, that the dramatic stars were discovered in our midst. Who will forget the gallant Mikado, Charlie Honeywell, or the vocal banquet given by Carrie Templeton? Many others of the class helped to make this musical comedy a success long to be remembered. 31

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LUCY HELEN VANCE Vaudeville Committee ' 13. Minneapolis, Minnesota DOLORES GARNETT WALDORF San Jose, Cal. Entered Berkeley High School from San Jose High School ' 13; Olla Podrida Art Staff, Fall ' 13, 14, 15; Vaudeville Show, Fall 13, Spring ' 14; Mikado Cast ; As You Like It Cast ; Enlarged Social Com- mittee ' 15; Senior Girls ' Pie Sale ' 15; Weekly News Staff ' 15. LEONTINE WALLACE Alameda, Cal. Olla Podrida Art Staff ' 12, ' 13 ; Social Committee ' 13. VICTOR W ALLEN Berkeley, Cal. Entered Berkeley High from Vacaville High ' 13; Electrical Club ' 15. VICTORIA WARWICK Fort Dodge, Iowa HELEN WEHE Downieville. Cal. Greek Club ' 13 ; Girls ' Enlarged Social Com- mittee ' 14; Mikado Cast ' 14; Reception Com- mittee Low Senior Reception ' 14; Vaudeville Show ' 15. GLENN ANTHONY WESSELS Cape Town, Cape Colony, South Africa Entered Berkeley High School from St. Helena High School, Napa County; Band ' 14, ' 15. CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH WILDER Madison. Wis. Entered Berkeley High from Claremont High School, Southern California ; Member Improvement Committee, Girls ' Association, Program Committee, Forum. THORTON NEVEN WILDER Madison, Wisconsin Entered Berkeley High from Thatcher School, Ventura County; Vaudeville Cast ' 13; As You Like It Cast; Valentine Vaudeville ' 14. ANNABELLE WOOD Oakland, Cal. Vice-president Greek Club ' 13, ' 15; Greek Play Cast ' 13. ZELMA WYATT Spukard, Missouri Entered Berkeley High from Winters High School; The Hessian Cast ' 15. ROBERT HENRY YOUNG Chicago, Illinois Entered Berkeley High School from Hollywood High School ' 14; Mikado Cast ' 14; Senior Play Cast The Hessian ' 15. 30

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Later came our High Senior year, the milestone where we must, perforce, look back on the time we have spent here and regret that we are to leave the home that has sheltered us for three years. Came the first of the concluding events of our high school career, the Senior play, or more properly the Senior plays, for in the High Senior play there was an innovation in the shape of two plays. A Woman ' s Won ' t was a laughable skit that featured Charles Honeywell and Ethel Howell. In the second play, The Hessian, Hollis Moore ably took the role of leading lady while opposite her was Donald Gregory, who played the lover ' s part with such ardor that many a maiden in the audience was sighing those saddest words, It might have been . And now comes the Exposition edition of the Pod in all its glory of color, and story, record, and picture. In it are featured our notables, our wits, and all those varied members that compose the class. Dedicated to the class of ' 15, the Exposition Number surely does justice to its memorable subject. On the night before Commencement, the night of the Senior ball, and terpsichore will be reigning, all the Seniors and many of the Faculty will trip the light fantastic. Looking forward to graduation and commencement, we pause to survey the three pleasant years spent in this delightful haven. From the hill-top we view the valley through which we have journeyed. It is the hour of farewell to Berkeley High School. Turning, we go forth on our appointed ways. 32