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

Text from Pages 1 - 88 of the 1945 volume:

umiiiii.i mu IIL LI I1 IIIIIIIIII BERKELEY HIGH SCHOOL EIWIN LE TENDRE, Principol film PAL’S wmm TRY TO BE SOMEBODY . Once there was a king who wanted everyone in his kingdom to be as good and as rich as he . . . the verse, as I remember it, went something like this: Now that's the kind of a king for me, Who wished all men as rich as he, So to the top of every tree. Promoted everybody. Then everybody was somebody, And no one was anybody. You high seniors will soon be thrust into a world of competition. You will find competition in business; competition in industry; competition in institutions of higher learning; and competition even if you decide to do nothing at all. Whatever you do, try to be useful. Choose a vocation, or an avocation, which is pleasing to you, and one in which you will find satisfaction and happiness. There is room in the world for each of you if each of you finds his proper place. You have proved by the cooperation which you have shown in school that you vary greatly as individuals, yet collectively you wield power which gave leadership to your group. The world is clamoring for people who know what they want, where they want to go, and what they want to do. Do not waste your time by trying to sit on the same tree-top with everyone else. Try to be somebody ! P H U L T V Miss Alsop Mrs. Hall Miss Raymond Mr. Asturias Miss Hampol Mr. Reinecke Mr. Aungst Miss Harwood Mrs. Reynolds Mrs. Austin Miss Helt Mrs. Rice Miss Banks Mrs. Heuer Miss Roberts Miss Bartlett Mr. Hitch Mrs. Roscoo Mr. Bellus Mr. Jennings Miss Sanderson Mr. Boehne Miss Jones Miss Schcrini Mrs. Brown Mrs. Kagan Miss Simpson Miss Burke Miss Kinell Miss Staley Mrs. Burkhard Mr. King . Mrs. Strand Mr. Calhoun Mrs. Kopfli Mrs. Surryhne Miss Campbell Mrs. Lake Mrs. Svane Miss Cody Mr. Lamar Mr. Taylor Miss Coffin Mrs. D. Lewis Mrs. Tomsen Miss Cooper Miss E. Lewis Miss Topping Miss Darrow Mr. long Miss Tuft Miss Dickinson Mrs. Mains Miss Tyler Miss Doyle Miss Malotte Mrs. Ulry Mr. Dunkum Mr. McCaleb Mr. Urlaub Mrs. Dyson Mrs. McClenaghan Mrs. Van Nostrand Mr. Eadie Miss McCoy Mr. Van Waynen Mr. Emery Mr. McGuire Mrs. Verbeck Miss Entz Mr. Moffett Mr. Wagenet Mr. Erickion Mr. Morrill Mrs. Walos Miss Fialon Mr. Morrison Mrs. E. Walker Mr. Flanders Mr. Morton Mrs. P. Walker Mrs. Gerlach Miss Noble Miss Weichselbaum Mr. Gray Mrs. O'Noill Miss Weller Mrs. Gridley Miss Pace Miss White Mrs. Griffith Mr. Parkhurst Mr. Winsby Miss Groefsema Mr. Post Mrs. Wolfson Mr. Gross Miss Powelson Mrs. Young Mrs. Hagopian Miss Price Miss Zelsdorf CAMERA SHY AND BUSY Miss Altona Mrs. Livingston Mr. Marker Mrs. Schwimley Mrs. Skinner F II li K IV II It II The Pod staff of Fall '45 takes pleasure in presenting to you the first postwar Olla Podrida. As all the early postwar articles, it is minus a great deal of the glitter of the prewar predecessors. Yet, we, the staff, look with pride on this yearbook. By the small cartoons throughout the book we have attempted to show you some of the things peace will bring. We feel we were privileged to be the class to dedicate its book to the peacetime future. The staff has spent many hours turning out a book worthy of such dedication. As the excitement of the presentation draws near, I would like to pause and thank every member of this hard-working staff and its real instigator, Mrs. Sidney Wales. Had it not been for her, this book would not have reached its successful conclusion. We of the staff will feel we have succeeded in our purpose if this Olla Podrida brings back to you some of the joys of Berkeley High. We hope you, the students, will enjoy this book—it is for you. Marjorie Read. HUM It'll in September 2, 1945—a date which will go down in the annals of history. The greatest conflict in the history of the world came to an end. Berkeley High began to settle down to a peacetime existence. The change at first was not too apparent, but little things soon made us all aware that we were no longer living under wartime pressure. We take these changes to be evidence of things to come. Looking toward the future, we see school spirit reaching an all time high; we see those oft dreamed-of new buildings gracing our campus; yes, we even see a class graduating from the auditorium. To say that we who are leaving are not envious would be an untruth; we are. Yet we, the class of Fall '45, hope that in our own small way we have contributed to the success and happiness of Berkeley High students—both present and future. To you, the classes entering a peacetime era, and to all those, both living and dead, who made the peace possible, we dedicate this book. S E Ml K S S K III It II n il] E It s DON BENTLEY NANCY LAMON DOROTHY GIBSON MAXINE LITTLEFIELD VIRGINIA SMITH HIGH TWELVE COUNCIL -’S h, '7YlA’t ‘r S E 111 I II K F it L L ’4 5 X«o cU tCL i J V w cs (f Su Csa Z £JA rr. 4 t+l«y TtU+r, jG Oy t +jC4 4L +' S E I II It S CUm s ' t I L L I .1 cfQodiroACu Oto £ ttu. ■«]Wkj « jk. Iffit'KCJk ’Ct, X rHcJltQ CAMERA SHY Phill Ann Barnes Anthony Cardiol Murton J. Stewart William Berkman Rurie Mizuhara Gwendolyn Reynolds G.A.' RICHARDSON JAEGER Vic Pr«s S V VPEgbrre CA rc«£ K OUR WALL OF FAME oo la Grace Accurso hirley Burnam everly Joan Cullison eorge Hobart yco M. lemson Don Ashton Wm. Bycroft Troy H. Dangerfield Jim Hubberts Eva lane Ben Bellamy Prudence Cresana Elizabeth Edwards Carol Jackson Bert Leo Lazo Bisko Betty Crouse Roger Fong Bonnie Jordan Dorith leng William Burleson Carol Crowther George Hills Bill Keeling ;Lucille Marengo s E N I II II N Ed Marquand Peter Overmire Roy Riel Roger H. Strait Bessie Williams Michael McGifFert Betty Owens Deborah Riles Arletto Sychr Henry Meadows Nora Phillipsborn George Scott Runyon Mary Lou Van Schoorl Stuart Morshead Willis Pottol Bruce Sadlen Shirley Werner SUMMER, CAMERA SHY Willeam Stacey Cudlip, Jr. William Cullen Herbert Wayno de la Montanya Beatrice May Hausclt Barbara Jane Kerr Anna Peter Pavlakis Burrell Franklin Silva Albert Raymond Smith Frederick Sherwood Wellington Evelyn Nurmi Norma Rapp IN MEMORIAM Rod Ston Thelma White N E III It I! IIII II I T T E E S s ei i ii i! r ii 11 n i t t i; i; s DON BENTLEY NICK VELIOTES GUS PLATEAS STANTON COOK H-l 2 Presidont i mr.'- i TOM PIETCHER H-10 President JOE SIBILIA I-10 President L-l 2 President H-11 Presidont l-l 1 President JOANNE SMITH B O C Viee-Pres. JO JAEGER B O C Secretory Chairman, Rally Committee G. A. President G. A. A. President Chairman, Senior Friends II II I It II II F II II 1 T It II L LOW 10 BICYCLE COURT JUDGES EM It 1LL V f II II II I T T E E n n i ii it t it 11; ii s URLS A S SII Cl AT III A STYPHANIE SWIFT MARJORIE READ PAT THYKEN l II. it. COUNCILS 12TH GRADE 11TH GRADE 10TH GRADE l? i n ii n is society Editor.................................................Marjorie Read Associate Editor .................................Nance Wale Sales Editors .............. Jim Bailey and Maxine Littlefield Group Picture Editors. Martha Forsythe and Valono Knox Senior Picture Editors.......... Bart Bromberg and Sharon Kagan Copy Editors.............. Marilyn Peterson and Debbie Noack Make-up Editors................Lois Keller and Barbara Isham Photography Editors............ Paul Johns and Dick McCurdy Art Editors.................Ed Diffcndorfor and Gloria Sibilia Publicity Editor ............................... Pat Richards Sports Editor ......................................Bud Sage Staff Assistants—Sales (class representatives)—Frank Kiefer, L12; Pete Goldschmidt. Hll; Pat Wallace. Lll; Joel Gordon. L10; Helen Johnson, H10. Photography—Don Hall, Roland Ewing. Roy Richardson. Editorial—Helen Bangs. Ellen Corson. Art—Lois Kidwell, Pat Kay. Faculty Advisor. Sidney Wales. Editor-in-Chief Associate Editor ... News Editor Page Two Editor Feature Editor Sports Editor Page Si Editor Copy Editor Exchange Editor Publicity Editor Journalism Instructor Print Shop Instructor Print Shop Assistant . Staff Photographer..........................Teddy Canfield Assistant Photographer......................Roland Ewing Staff Assistants—News. Eny Rossini, Barbara Culvyhouse, Dorothy Gibson. Jim Schafer; Feature. Lucretia Prentiss. Debbie Noack, Phill Ann Barnes; Sports. Mel Doyle. Roy Raphael, Howard Miller, Bud Sage; Editorial. Joan Powers, Bob Morrison; Art Staff. Pat Barnett. Gloria Sibilia. Jim Schafer; l ul -lit'ity, Mignonne Van Court. ICE SKATING BOYS' GOLF GIRLS' GOLF (I L II II S (I L II II S I! L I! It S r l i! i: s i: l ii it s ELECTRIC CLUB T II t I I II I B T I K S To the tune of Here Comes the Show Boot sung by a chorus of southern ladies and gentlemen, the 1945 Varieties began. The theme Showboat was carried out by converting the whole stage of the Social Hall into the deck of a boat. The show was made up of 25 different acts including an original Riverboat Jazz Band playing such numbers as ' Dark Town Strutter's Ball and Ugly Chile ; a marimba duet and an accordion duet. Singing solos were by Steve Smith, Joan Anthony and Lillian Speese; and duets by Carol and Pat Bofinger, by Tony Cardiel and Ellen Bostick. Virginia Schwartz played Chopin's Polonaise on the piano. Three girls' singing groups participated. They were: a colorful chorus of 18 rendering Tampico ; The Enginettes , singing The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe ; and a group called Rhythm Modernistic . From the dramatics classes came four skits, a monologue by Mary Meadows, and a melodrama entitled The Villain Still Pursued Her . Lorraine Golis presented a comedy tap dance called Crazy Capers . A soft shoe dance featuring Two Raggedy Dolls was done by Jacqueline Camille and Dorthey Ganz, and from the girls' dance class came a modern dance group, directed by Miss Ingrid Scherini. Following the Showboat chorus singing a Stephen Foster Fan-tasie, the orchestra closed the Showboat . s i; i ii is I’ L A Y THE TORCHBEARERS A SATIRE ON THE LITTLE THEATER MOVEMENT CAST In order of appearance Mr. Fred Ritter . Jenny ................. Mrs. Paula Ritter . Mrs. Pampinelli . Mr. Spindler Mrs. Nelly Fell . Mr. Huxley Hossefrosse Mr. Ralph Twiller . Teddy Spearing . Miss Florence McCrickett Stage Manager . Mrs. Clara Sheppard . . George Sutton . Elinor Bennett Mary Ann Richardson . Joyce Jaeger Maxine Littlefield . . . Billie Jenny . . . Jim Bailey . Cecelia O'Driscoll Valone Knox . . . Paul Johns . . Walter Fikso . Richard McCurdy . Martha Peterson Nance Wale . . Bill Morrison . Marilyn Peterson II I! S IC - «r vTTWi ‘ S. jQq H'bP mtlkfrifi uri‘ GIRLS' GLEE I GIRLS' GLEE II k GIRLS' I CHOIR A CAPELLA BOYS' GLEE i; i n II i; I II e s t it t II E II k E L E V 7 • M EIIIIII . T II In their Big Game of the season, played in the California Memorial Stadium, the Jackets defeated their arch rivals, the Piedmont Highlanders, by a score of 7 to 0. Taking the initiative early in the first quarter, the Yellow Jackets drove the ball to the Scots' 22 yard line where the drive was ended by a fumble. Once again in the same quarter the Jackets carried the ball deep into Highlander territory, on a long pass from Babe Van Heiut, Berkeley star halfback, to Earl Brooks. In the following plays Van Heiut and Ray Gaisford packed the ball to the Piedmont 20 yard line, where they lost the ball on downs, ending the first quarter. Recovering a Piedmont fumble, the Jackets scored their first touchdown as Doyle lateraled to Van Heuit who then passed to end Nick Veliotes for the first score. The tally was nullified by a holding penalty, however, and the score remained 0-0. Later in the same period the Jackets were held for 4 downs on the Scots'2, but retaliated to score a long pass from Van Heuit to Brooks. Van Heuit kicked the extra point, putting the Jackets out in front 7-0. The remainder of the game found the Berkeleyans maintaining their lead, with the strong forward wall stopping all Piedmont thrusts. L E. • L • S T11 II 1 1 E ! Opp. Pis. BERKELEY GAMES W L T Pt . Berkeley 12 . . . . Oakland . Opponents . . . . 0 Berkeley .... . . 6 0 0 123 21 33 . . . . Albany . . . . . 0 . . 4 1 1 108 20 13 . . : . . . El Cerrito . .... 7 Alameda .... . . 4 1 1 86 50 18 . . . 7 . . . . . St. Mary s . . Piedmont . . . . 0 . . . . 0 El Cerirto .... . . 2 3 1 73 99 14 . . . . . Hoyward . . . . 0 Albany . . 2 4 0 39 113 32 . . . . . Richmond .... 7 Richmond .... . . 0 4 1 26 76 24 . . . . . Alameda .... 7 Hayward .... . . 0 5 0 7 73 153 21 For their fourth straight win in as many starts, the Berkeley Yellowjackets defeated the St. Mary's Panthers by a score of 19 to 0 in a nonleague game. Paced by Babe Van Heuit's consistent running and passing, the Jackets moved the ball down to the Panthers' 1, where Bill Baugh cracked the line for the first score. Notch Catanesi missing the conversion. In the fourth quarter the Berkeley offense gained momentum, scoring two more touchdowns to put the game on ice. The first came as a power thrust with Boyle smashing over from the two yard line. The final touchdown came on a pass from Van Heuit to Doyle, who lateroled to Earl Brooks who raced over for the clincher. Playing mediocre ball during the entire first half, the Jackets finally came to life and eked out a slim 13-7 win over the scrappy El Cerrito Gauchos. The Gauchos struck early in the first quarter, capitalizing on a Jacket fumble, and scoring on a quarterback sneak from the 2. The conversion sailed straight through the uprights and El Cerrito led 7-0. Retaliating, the Jackets snapped back, and scored on a long 45 yard pass from Van Heuit to lanky end Earl Brooks. The conversion try failed. Once again it was a pass from Van Heuit to Brooks for the winning T.D., with Baxter smashing over for the conversion. Paced by the stellar performances of Mel Doyle, Don Brunk, and Elmer Mertle, Berkeley won its first league game, defeating Albany 33 to 0. The first score came on an end run by Doyle who went over from the 4 behind good blocking. Baxter converted. The second touchdown came on a reverse with Dick Meinheit going over from the 12, Baxter again converting. The third was set up when Brunk blocked a Cougar punt, and on the next play Dick Hammer cracked the line for a score. The fourth came on a reverse from Doyle to O'Conner, who went over from the 20, and the final score was made on a pass interception by Hammer. In a bitterly fought struggle between Hayward and Berkeley, the Jackets finally put together two fourth quarter touchdowns to defeat the Farmers 14 to 0 on the Hayward turf. After being held scoreless for three periods, the Jackets finally scored on a 35 yard pass from Van Heuit to O'Conner, who raced the remaining 10 yards to give Berkeley its first tally. The conversion was good. The Berkeley forward wall got rough then and led by Wayne Carter, Vince Wood, Elmer Mertle and Dick Gorman shoved the Farmers back to their own 23, where they threw a long pass which was intercepted by Ray Gaisford who ran 42 yards for the second and final Jacket touchdown. Led by the sensational running and passing of Babe Van Heuit, the Jackets continued along their undefeated path, drubbing the Richmond Oilers 32-7, and avenging their 6-0 defeat of last year. Berkeley scored early in the first period, with Van Heuit going over from the 2. The second T.D. was set up and scored by Van Heuit, who smashed over from the 5, and kicked the conversion. Opening the second half, it was Van Heuit scoring again, on a 26 yard end sweep. The fourth tally was made by Gaisford, after center Vince Wood intercepted an Oiler pass. The final six points were added by Hammer on a line buck. The only Richmond T.D. came in the closing minutes of the game, on a pass from Pocekay to Barringer. Winning their third consecutive ACAL championship, the Berkeley High Yellow-jackets splashed their way to a 24 to 7 win over the Alameda Hornets, on a rain soaked field before some 5000 high spirited fans. Scoring in every period, the Jackets proved that they were without doubt the best team in the ACAL. The first tally came on a series of plunges which finally found Mel Doyle cracking over from the 2. After recovering a Hornet fumble, the Jackets ran it to the two, where Van Heuit hit tackle for the score. The third and last spectacular touchdown occurred when Van Heuit gathered in a Hornet punt and raced 75 yards down the sidelines into pay dirt. The final score had Van Heuit cracking the line from the 2. This ended another triumphant season for the Jackets, ACAL champs of 1945. A VI u mi v t OLLA PODRTDA It Ml I] k It I! I It It L U It S S V rKl r ;i v v :i Ill T II li II I'll N AUTO I! K I Ml S IITII I, I! 111 II S i ii t ii i; ii r ii s S H 'I I II f) II1III !