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

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$ytoanu$ D. Waterman. R. WATERMAN was born in Kennebec County, Maine, in September, 1842. He passed the early years of his life in the country, and, when he reached a suitable age, he studied in an academy, fitting himself for a college course. After finishing his preparatory work, he entered Bowdoin College, and was graduated in 1861 at the age of eighteen. About this time the Civil War broke out in the land, so we find Mr. Waterman a volunteer in the Federal army. His station was in North Carolina and Virginia, and he served under Burnside in the 3rd Massachusetts Regiment. When the war was finished, he betook himself to Louisville, and there was principal of the High School for three years. The next move was to Greencastle, Indiana, where, for three more years, he served as Superintendent of Schools. In 1870 he was married and came to California, and, making Stockton his home, he was connected with the schools there for twenty years. Eighteen years of this time were passed in the High School, during eight years of which he was a teacher, and the remaining ten principal. Here, in 188 2, he received the Republican nomina- tion for State Superintendent of Schools, but was defeated. Since 1890, he has been with us in Berkeley, so that his last eight years are familiar to us all.