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

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Garrij On OST of US have had a very successful semester. After we got through with the influenza, measles, whooping cough, heavy colds, and other things which go with the beginning of a semester in mid-winter, we settled down to business and did a fairly good term s work. At the end every- body gets a mark of some kind, and most everybody is satisfied. There are always a few who think that their marks are too high and, of course, a few others who think that they do not get all that they deserve. May I say, incidentally, that if we all got what we deserved this would be a very sorry world. I wonder whether those who receive low marks, and com- plain about them, consider their cases fairly. There is every reason why a teacher should mark a student just as high as he can, and when students fall below what they expect, isn ' t it probably because they have set their expectations too high with- out considering all of the factors involved in getting a mark? Are we sure that we made our greatest effort, and if we do, are we sure that we are taking a subject which we can master in the same time, and with the same ease, that other students do? Are we sure even that we are taking the subjects for which we are best adapted, and which will fit best our future needs? Marks should never be taken as a final judgment upon our mental ability. It is an old story that many people who do not do well in school succeed wonderfully in occupations which they take up later in life. Marks should not be taken as too certain a proof of superior ability, or as any proof at all of in- capability. We should look upon them as an indication of what we accomplished in a certain subject, at a certain time, under certain conditions operating in our own lives at that time. Under other conditions our success or failure might have been very different. Looking upon the results of our term ' s work from a reason- able point of view, there should be just one conclusion which every one of us should be able to draw — we have done the best that we can. We must now give serious attention to the next step, decide thoughtfully upon how to proceed, and then put our best effort into the task and carry on.

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Principal Mr. Biedenbach Vice-Principal Miss McLean Secretary Miss Cordes Stetiographer Miss Brangwin Clerk Mrs. Jonas Clerk ■ Mrs. Warner COUNSELORS Miss Hampel Miss Kelsey Mr. Wagenet Miss Webb Miss Chevret Mrs. Montgomery Miss Wartenweiler ATTENDANCE COUNSELORS Miss Kinell Miss Riehle, Clerk Mr. Ingle, Dean of Boys ENGLISH DEPARTMENT Miss McLean Mrs. Hagan Mrs. Livingston Mrs. Weir Miss Coffin Miss Hogan Mrs. Mains Mr. Winter Miss Darrow Miss Jones Miss Simpson Mrs. Woodford Mrs. Fleischer Mrs. Kopfli Miss Topping HISTORY DEPARTMENT Mr. Gray Miss Groefsema Miss Noble W ss Sanderson Miss Campbell Miss Kelsey Miss Price Miss Tuft Miss Cooper Miss McCoy Mrs. Roscoe MATHEMATICS Miss Lewis Miss Beyer Miss Powelson Miss Tyler Miss Abbott Miss Helt Mrs. Strand SCIENCE DEPARTMENT Mr. Post Mr. Christensen Mrs. Heuer Miss Roberts Miss Alsop Miss Doyle Mr. Long Mr. Taylor ' Mr. Ames Mr. Emery Mr. McCaleb Mrs. Walker Miss Burke Miss Finley Miss Pinger Mr. Wheeler CLASSICS Miss Webb Miss White MODERN LANGUAGES Miss Altona Miss Fialon Mrs. Montgomery Miss Wartenweiler Miss Chevret Mrs. Lake Mrs. Roscoe Miss Woisard Miss de la Cuesta ART DEPARTMENT Miss Bartlett Miss Fairchild Miss Gifford Mrs. Higley HOME ECONOMICS Mrs. Bordner Miss Malotte Mrs. Surryhne Miss Holion Mrs. Gerlach Mrs. McBryan MECHANIC ARTS Miss Banks Mr. Cooper Mr. Morrill Mr. Wagenet Mr. Behrens Mr. King Mr. Reinecke Mr. Williams Mr. Bellus Mr. Moffett Mr. Stuart COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT Mr. Burkhard Mrs. Fightmaster Miss Lytle Miss Staley Mrs. Burkhard Mrs. Hagopian Miss Palmer Mr. Wolfenden Miss Cody Mrs. Ka gan Miss Reynolds Mrs. Young Miss Dickinson MUSIC DEPARTMENT Mrs. Barnett Mr. Morton Mr. Ingram Miss Wilson PHYSICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT Mr. Jennings Mr. Gross Miss Entz Mrs. Oliphant Mr. Eadie Mr. Lamar Miss Harwood Mrs. Peacock Mr. Erickson Mr. Parker Miss Miller Miss Weichselbaum SCHOOL NURSE Miss Taylor Mrs. Golden, Assistant LIBRARIAN Miss Memmler Miss Ribley, Typist