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

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MR. CURTICE Principal Principal s Message After three very interesting years at Berkeley High School, I am impressed with its many features and accomplishments. Being the only High School in Berkeley, it provides an opportunity for the many racial and ethnic groups to learn to live together and, as a result, gain mutual experiences and understandings that will benefit them in their future lives. The most outstanding accomplishment of Berkeley High is its record of academic achievement — especially as it is measured by the University of California. Berkeley has won the Award of Merit seventeen out of a possible eighteen times. Our dramatics and music achievements have been too numerous to mention. Berkeley High ' s athletic teams have a record over the years that is unmatched in the Bay Area. One of Berkeley ' s proudest moments was at this year ' s T. 0. C. After losing the final game by one point in the last six seconds of overtime play, and failing to receive a well-earned award for their rooting section activities, fifteen hundred loyal supporters and our team accepted defeat and disappointment with a dignity that exmplified sportsmanship at its best. I personally consider it a rare privilege to be associated with Berkeley High School, its faculty and students. 2 Emery J . Curtice

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72 11218 Dedication We dedicate this hook to two fine and loyal friends . . . Fifteen long years of friendship and service sum- marize the workaday life of Loreto (Larry) Di Rienzo, nurturing beauty in and among the flowers that are so much a part of our days at Berkeley High. A kind word for student and teacher alike, an infectious, rosy-cheeked grin for a fellow worker, a huge bunch of fragrant blossoms for any and every campus function — that ' s the Larry we know. A life of adventure in his familiar green car, daily contact with the world of music, a frequent vis- itor to flower shows — that ' s Mr. Di Rienzo, man about town. This is his last term with us as gardener. But as Larry put it: I ' ll be around! Arriverderci, old friend. We ' ll be seeing you! ' R Irs. Hazel Weller, teacher of ceramics and cre- ive art, has taught in the Berkeley schools since 928 and came to Berkeley High School in 1942. ie graduated from the California College of rts and Crafts in 1926. uring World War II, Mrs. Weller served in the rmy Air Force and was stationed in Mather Air eld, California, Arizona, Ohio, and North Caro- ia. asides being an inspirational teacher and an cceptionally fine artist, Mrs. Weller is dedi- ited to the welfare of others and in her quiet ay has helped many students with their prob- ms. She will be missed by her long term friends id associates. After retirement she will probably •ntinue her hobbies of travel, photography and tinting in far away places. Berkeley High can iunt on Mrs. Weller as our Ambassador of Good ' ' ill. i i :

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Editor’s Message . . .a horizon is nothing save the limit of our sight. Rossiter Worthington Raymond All through our lives the horizons of each of us have been changing. The horizons we had a few years ago are now at hand and will soon be a part of our memories. As we go through life, these horizons broaden as we strive for new goals. Berkeley High has played an important part in helping us form these goals, for in the last three years we have gained knowledge and skill that have helped us determine what path to follow after graduation. The paths that this gradu- ating class will follow are of a great variety, but they all lead us closer to our own personal horizon. Many hours of work have gone into the preparation of this Pod. I would like to give my thanks to the staff for all their time, work, and cooperation, and to Miss Smith for her invaluable help and advice. It ' s been a pleasure working with this group to produce the Spring Pod of 1963. Editor Mary Jane Ross Pod Editor 3