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

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TOlliatn (T. (Tnunlirr, ' 02 - TOwragper William Andrews, ' 02 - - Exchiaqge Editor MlSS IDA HENLEY, ' 02 - - Alumqi Editor William L. Warren, ' 02 - - Athletic Editor BERTHOLD H EWES, ' 03 ,- - Forum Editor MlSS GRACE STOKES, 02 - Associate Editor Miss Matilda Martin, ' 03 - Associate Editor MlSS ALSE DUNTON, ' 04 - Associate Editor MlSS LOUISE EASTMAN, ' 05 - Associate Editor STAFF ARTISTS SAMUEL HUME JAMES BREHM WORTH RYDER BOARD OF DIRECTORS MORRIS C. JAMES, President Harry Squires, ' C2 MlSS ROWENA ELSTON, ' 03 Miss Mabel Knoll, 02 Donald Hickey, ' 02

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early try. emy, cloin Sylvanus D. Waterman was born in Maine in 1842. His life was spent in the coun- After studying in an acad- he took a course in Bow- College, from which he graduated in 1861, at the age of eighteen. He joined the Union Army as a volunteer in the Civil War, serving in the Third Mas- sachusetts Regiment, under Burnsides. After the war Mr. Waterman became Principal of the Louisville High School for three vears, and then resigned to become Superintendent of Schools for Greencastle, Indiana. In 1870 he married, came to California and settled in Stockton, where he took a prominent part in school affairs for the next twenty years. In 1899 Mr. Waterman was elected Superintedent of Schools in Berke- ley, and has held the office ever since. Morris C. James is a native of Kentucky. After preparing himself at home, he entered Vanderbilt University, where he studied for two years. He then completed his college course with three years ' work at John Hopkins ' University, graduating with a Bachelor ' s de- gree. Mr. James then came to Cal- ifornia, and taught Latin and Greek in the San Bernardino High School for two vears. After coming to Berkeley, he became a teacher of Latin and Greek in our school. He was elected Vice-Principal, and later, in 1899, when Mr. Waterman re- signed to become Superintendent of Schools, he became our Prin- cipal. 10