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

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The Facultv Frincipal Mr. C. L. Biebenbach J ' icc-Priii cipal — ..Miss McLean Secretary Mrs. Tischler Assistant Secretary — Miss Willson Stenographer Miss Brangwin Miss Martens Miss Faircliild Miss McLean - — Miss Adamsy jyiyiLiy t - Miss Clayes ' Miss Coffin Miss Curtis COUNSELORS Miss Kelse} ' ENGLISH DEPARTMENT Mrs. Livingston Mrs. Mains Mrs. McCollister Mr. Gray Miss Diment Miss Kelsev Mr. Bartholomew Miss Abbott Miss Beyer Air. Post Miss Alsop Mr. Ames Mr. Cliristensen Mr. Cobert Airs. Howard Miss Chevret Miss dc la Cucsta Mi ss Fairclii Id Mrs. Phillips Mr. Mr, Mr. King Hughes Ellis Mr. Colvin Mr. Ingle Miss McCulloch Mr. Ruddick Air. Jennings Miss Kelley Miss Czarnowski Miss Entz HISTORY DEPARTAIENT Mrs. A ' lains Miss Price Miss Sanders on MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT Miss Frank Miss Lewis SCIENCE DEPARTMENT Miss Finley A ' liss Roberts CLASSICS ROAIANCE LANGUAGE DEPARTAIENT Miss Domenge A ' liss Fialon ART DEPARTAIENT Aliss Kellogg HOME ECONOMICS DEPARTA ' IENT Airs. De Luce Airs. Gerlach VOCATIONAL DEPARTMENT Mr. Perry Mr. Stevenson COMA ' IERCIAL DEPARTAIENT Miss Palmer AIUSIC DEPARTAIENT Aliss Collins PHYSICAL EDUCATION DEPARTA ' IENT A ' Ir. Goodwin Mr. Golden LIBRARY Airs. Alathewson Mrs. Montgomery Aliss VVartenweilcr - Mrs. Rowell Mrs. Stone Miss Webb Mrs. Weir 7C e Mr. Winter Mrs. Scammell Miss Staley Miss Wheeler Mrs. Scovell Mrs. Strand Miss Wartenweiler Miss Searls Mr. Taylor Mrs. Thomas Air. Wheeler Mr. Smith Airs. Lake Airs. Montgomery ' Mrs. Woisard Aliss Alarshall Miss Alalotte Airs. A ' IcCollister Mr. Street Mr. Stuart Miss Staley Mrs. Stuart Aliss Welsh Miss Wilson Miss Gall Mr. Hole A ' Ir. Parker Miss Van Hagen

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To the members of the class of December, nineteen hundred twenty-three whose active interest in school affairs has established an inspiring example for other classes to follow, this OJla Podrida is dedicated.

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Freedom LURING my recent trip East I visited High Schools in twenty-one cities. I saw many splendid institutions. Some are entirely different from ours. For instance, in one citv I visited a Tech- nical High School which teaches all kinds of trades. It has an attendance of about four thousand. The new building is eight stories high, has elevators large enough to take whole classes from the basement to the roof, and cost ov er four million dollars. With the old building the plant represents an investment of five and a half millions. In most places there seems to be more money to spend for schools than we have in Berkeley. In other cities I saw beautiful High School buildings for boys only, and others for girls only. Everywhere the people seemed to be studying the problem of adapting the education of their children to the changing demands of the present times. But nowhere did I observe a better spirit than we have right here in the Berkeley High School. In the Trade Schools the students seemed very much interested in their work, which was due, no doubt, to the fact that they were getting a training from which they expect financial returns immediately. In the regular academic High Schools I did not find the freedom and spontaneity which we have here on the part of either teachers or pupils. I cannot explain why this is. It may be due to the fact that the schools in the East have more years and traditions of enforced orderliness and routine back of them. To my mind our freedom, our individual responsibility for work is the ideal condition, so long as we remember that its purpose is to secure the highest self-development. That is our big problem as students and teachers. Our freedom is our most precious possession, so long as we use it to make ourselves better. Whether we are doing this or not is a ques- tion that each must answer for himself. How is it with you? C. L. BlEDENBACII.