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

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Traditions SCHOOL doesn ' t just happen. A community may erect a mil- lion dollar building and fill it with students and teachers but unless the group have worked together before, the organiza- tion will not be a real school. It takes time and thought and energy and even trials and troubles to develop an institu- tion which functions as a living thing. When we sing our school songs we are not thinking of the buildings nor of the teachers and students as individuals. It is something intangible which holds our loyalty. We feel that this thing has a continuous life and a spirit working for our good, but we cannot define it in simple words. No two ' schools are exactly alike. Neither are two school years just the same. School officials and teachers have policies which sometimes take years to work out. Successive groups of students, represented by their officials and committees, have different ideals which work themselves into the life of the school, helping or hindering according to their value. The good things which start prove themselves in the course of time and become part of the institu- tion. The bad soon die because they prove themselves harmful. In this way traditions are started which give the school its tone. We follow these traditions, but not blindly. If we did we would not be growing. While they form the background of our activities they must often be modified to suit the needs of the present. But we rarely part with them completely because that would mean a break in our school life. When new s ' tuations arise we do adopt new methods but these are influenced largely by what has preceded and in turn become the traditions which carry on, blend- ing the future with the past. Thus is established the continuous life which makes a school. We respect our traditions because we know that they represent the best thought and feeling of those who have preceded us. And we are grateful to those who labored with high ideals; for every good thing which they accom- plished makes it easier for us to obtain good results today.

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Jfyg of the Term January February 7. School Opens. 1. High Senior Party. 11. Rally Day. 6. Track Sign Up. 15. Berkeley wins A. C. A. L. 9. Opening of Tennis. Opener. 13. Baseball Sign Up. 18. G. A. Frosh Frolic. 21. Memorial Center Flag 22. Berkeley 25-Piedmont 16. Raising. 25. First High Senior Meet- 28. First Interscholastic De- ing. bate. 28. Vaudeville Tryouts. 29. Berkeley 30-Hayward 9. March 1. Senior Play Tryouts. 4. Inauguration Ceremony Over the Radio. 8. Honor Society Banquet. 11. G. A. Play Tryouts. 19. Swimming Practice Starts. 21. Dads and Daughters ' Din- ner. 22-23. Vaudeville. 25. Pod Sale Starts. 27. G. A. A. Spread. 29. Spring Vacation. April 8. School Again. 11-12. G. A. Play. 11. G. A. A. Meeting. 24. A. C. A. L. Track Meet. 25. Boys ' Spring Sports Din- ner. 26. As You Like It. June 3. Public Speaking Banquet. 5. Girls ' Senior Farewell. 6. High Senior Dinner. 7. Commencement Exercises. May 5. Senior Farewell. 17. Honor Society Banquet. 24. Senior Play. 24. A. S. B. H. S. Election.