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

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. ' ' 700 a Home Hzwm, Oui ol: Berkeley l-ligh's 92 home rooms, Mr. Jose Aslurias HI I home room was 'rhe only one 'ro reach perfeclrion-IOO per cenf in Pod sales. Bu+ perlieclion was nol easy. For Hia Burkeleyan had been reading baseball slories, and was holding oul. V i A Bullfinger and Ragweed shunned him: Anesihesia ignored him: Mr. Aslurias solemnly said. Us'red es un muchacho muy mal. Bur +he Burker was unabashed. l-le would nor buy a Pod. l-le hadn'+ finished reading his grandmoJrher's '98 issue. When he received ihreaiening noles, The Burkeleyan was noi fazed. When he goi Anonymous phone calls, he was noi fazed. Bur when some one pui' arsenic in his Snow Boy, and he had 'ro have his siomach pumped, +he Burkeleyan was fazed. Wilrh all Jrhe s+reng'rh al his feeble command he delivered his piggy bank 'lo Jrhe accounlanf. Bullfinger and Ragweed boughi him a new Snow Boy: Anesihhesia did his geomelrry home work: Mr. Asjrurias dedicaled a slirring rendifion of La Cucaracha +o him. And Jrhere was ioy in room 6203 fhal' day. for The mighiy Burkeleyan had boughl his Pod. JOHN CATANESI Yep. he's fhe 'ropsl Berkeley High's hero for Pod sales, John Caianesi. Johnnie sold 58, lcounl 'emi Olla Podridas. In spike of ceaseless quesiioning, he was exceed- ingly mum as 'ro fhe manner in which he convinced lhose 53 sfudenls fo parf wilh lheir hard-earned dollars. Bu+ from some of his vicfims we learned a liHle of fhe lruih, lhe maior parf of which is lo remain a secrel forever. For fhe mosl of us. il makes lilrle difference as lo how he sold lhe mosl Pods. To one John Calanesi. sporlsman and well-liked personaliiy around Berkeley for fhe pasl lhree years, goes 'rhanks and congralulaiions from ihe Pod slafli.

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THE POD STAFF Firsf Row: Kafhleen Lydick Vernon Goodwin, Nancy Frey Howard M 'I N S TT D' k V T ' ' Toepke, Nancy Hamblly. Second Row: Be+Ty Humphreys, Phyllis PrindIe?rkleidialr:lc.Ll, uH:Ire'n Nlcoserertglg-Eg kgs.-Sake Irene Cooley, Jean Seldl, Beffy J. Peck. Third Row: Ted Harpainfer, Tom Knighf, Barbara Cope 'RoberT Johnson' Wayne ThornTon. ' ' GEORGE UMR. MAC McCLUSKY Advisor NANCY STl N KY SUTTON Edifor Jmewmd To members ol The sTudenT body, TaculTy, and Triends This Pod is presenied. Many schools of The Easl Bay area have deemed iT necessary To abolish annuals Tor ihe duraTion oT The war, buT we of Berkeley High 'feel Thai al' a Time when we are all siriving To rnainTain our presenT way of living, The besT way To reach This end is To conTinue ThaT way of living. ln The years To come we hope ThaT in Turning Through This book you 'Find again some of The pleasures ThaT you have experienced aT B.l-l.S. In This year's Pod, you, The sTudenTs, will Tind yourselves in picTures oT your classes, al' play, and in The dilTerenT acTiviTies ThaT make high school whaT il' is. We Take you back a generaTion or so. ThaT you may see whaT your Teachers looked like as babies. On behalf oT The sTaTl7. l would like To Thank all Those who have conTribuTed To The proclucTion of This book. WiThouT This aid iT would have been impossible. I wish To Thank The members of The sTaTi and Mr. McClusky, TaculTy advisor, Tor Their consTanT co- operaTion and help. The producing oi a year book requires The conTribuTions and inTeresT of every mem- ber oi iTs sTaTi, and This year's sTaTi has been mosi generous wifh bofh. NANCY SUTTON' Edgfo,-G l l i

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MR. LJENDRE, Principal. I O I ln planning our program and adminisTraTive organizaTion we have Talcen inTo consider- aTion The consTanT demands which are arising on accounT OT The war. We are Trying To meeT The demands of a world engaged in war, and aT The same Time we are Trying To lay a Tiner ToundaTion Tor The world of peace which we hope may Tollow. Our sTudenTs are meeTing These demands in an admirable way. lv1osT oT Them are parTicipaTing in some course which will make Them more eTTicienT in a conTribuTion Toward The war eTForT. MOST of Them are making some daily conTribuTion in money or service which is helping our governmenT. lv1osT oT Them are sTill Taking worlc which will enable Them To enTer an insTiTuTion oT higher learning. The reward Tor This good work and This good ciTizenship is independence and Treedom. We are aTTempTing To give These To our sTudenTs in The managemenT of Their own affairs This semesTer and They have shown ThaT This responsibiliTy can be accepTed. The morale of The STudenT Body during I942-I943 is a source oT real saTisTacTion To The TaculTy and To me. ELWIN LCBTENDRE Principal.