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

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building was severely injured by the shock, and after some two weeks or more we resumed our studies in numerous mis- cellaneous buildings on Allston way. Not long before the summer vacation the class pins were decided upon in their present form. We began our Middle year still ensconced in the before- mentioned buildings on Allston way. The principal event of the first term was the choice of a wedding gift for that respect- ed instructor of Latin and Greek, whose absence this year we have so much regretted. After Christmas we returned to our regular building. The last term has been a busy one. Our meetings have grown into lengthy debates lasting well into the afternoon. First in the course of events was the discussion regarding our Senior play, and the tryouts for the different parts. On March the 2oth we showed that we could endure defeat gracefully, for the Faculty beat us at baseball by an overwhelming score. Next came the picnic in Haywards Canyon, upon which it will always be a pleasure to look back. Mingled with those other matters came the final Pod, the sermon the Sunday evening before graduation, the exercises themselves and the Senior ball. And now only a few finishing touches remain to make our graduation all that we desire. At the time of our departure it may be well for us to call to mind some of the more important changes which have taken place since we entered Berkeley High. We can remember the time when there was singing in the morning and all the pupils could be comfortably accommodated in the Assembly Hall, When we first came there were five periods instead of six, and not long after that one session was tried for a term or two. In the old days, before the beanery, The Commodore, since replaced by a substantial force, both male and female, reigned supreme in the basement. It was not until our second year that we found a friend in the little lady who presides over the excuse cards. The time of the nuptial ceremonies of our Prin-

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By Margaret Buckham. AS the end of our High School course draws near mem- ories of the past four years come thronging back. Those of us who have passed the entire time in Berke- ley High will recall with a smile that first day when the upper classes were disposed of, one by one, finally leaving the scrubs deserted in the vast expanse of the Assembly Hall. Of course, we would not have admitted it then for the world, but, if the truth be told, we did not feel quite at home the first year. It was a relief after the Christmas class had entered, to know that we were no longer at the very bottom of the ladder. The organization of the class was begun immedi- ately. Meetings we had, the first one held in the Assembly Hall, under the auspices of our elders and betters, but they must remain forever shrouded in oblivion, for all records are lost. Our athletes began to organize themselves early, and ' 08 football and baseball teams held several contests with other schools. Ours was the first track team to enter the Freshman B. C. L. field day. At the beginning of our Junior year we took up the dis- cussion of class pins and a suitable constitution. Just before Christmas we gave a dance to the Middlers and Seniors. Things went along smoothly enough, although the skating rink claimed a little more than its share of attention, until the i8th of April, when along with the other inhabitants of Berke- ley we received a most thorough shaking. Our poor old school

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cipal is within our memory, and only last summer a little sister to all the pupils came into the home of our Vice-Princip al. The Faculty is not as we used to know it. A few of our teach- ers have laft us and many more have come to give us help and instruction. Our class itself is vastly changed. We go out a hundred strong, but a large percentage of our present number have joined the ranks since the contest first began. More than these are they whose less, through one cause or another, we regret. Death has come but once in all our history. Not many days since one of the most promising members of the class was stricken down — the only cloud to mar the bright- ness of our graduation. At last our course is all but finished. We feel that in the past four years we have accomplished much. In addition to our studies we have taken part in many activities, social and otherwise. Among our number are artists and musicians. Our contributions to journalism, debating and athletics have been generous. We have furnished editors and business managers for the paper and officers for the Associated Students. Those who have not aspired to prominent positions have been doing a work of no less importance, each in his own way. We have all met with disappointments, but the joys have far outnum- bered these. New fields of labor are open to us. We must press ever onward toward the goal. At the parting of the ways let us pause that we may wish success to those who fol- low in our footsteps and to the teachers express our gratitude for all that they have done to make our lives better and nobler through their example and instruction.