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

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EDITOR’S MESSAGE CLAUDIA NELSON POD EDITOR We have come to a symbolic junction or crossroads in our life where we must choose a direction — a pathway leading to our intellectual and spiritual goals. The great have walked the pathways before us. They have not chosen the familiar, well-trodden routes, but have struck out Into uncharted, tangled areas to reach a climate of unfettered ideas To believe that our chances are less, to lament upon the unrest and unsolved problems of our time is sheer impertinence. The selfsame source of light has penetrated the consciousness of the great and near-great through the ages. It is ours for the earning! We must accept the challenge AND the LABOR to help man- kind in his quest for beauty and truth — albeit, at times, we feel — to judge by the screaming headlines — that man has forgottten the nature of his quest. We must remember, too, that each path has a mind at its source! Among us may be one to forge a solution to some of man ' s eternal problems. Some of us may choose the contemplative life of the researcher or scholar ... a pathway through the quiet, endless forest Mandkind has always appreciated the majesty and mystery of the trees The poet Holmes has said: In fact, there’s nothing keeps its youth So far as I know but a tree and truth . . . However, we must realize that trees thrive on closeness. A person cannot be so isolated that his fate will have no effect on the welfare of many. Others of us may choose to brace ourselves for the steamy jungles of politics and human welfare; while still others may try for the steep, rocky, barren, and lonely routes of science. Whatever the choice, we must believe in the sanctity and excellence of life and remember from Troilus and Cressida: The end crowns all ; And that old common arbitrator, Time, Will one day end it. EDITOR

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PRINCIPAL ' S MESSAGE MR. EMERY J. CURTICE PRINCIPAL The next two and one-half years are going to be quite hectic at Berkeley High School. The patience of students and faculty will be subjected to the ultimate in terms of interruptions, noise and confusion in generaJ. An extensive building and remodeling program will be under- taken, beginning June 15, 1964. By September of 1964, the boys ' and girls ' locker rooms will be completely remodeled and other minor changes and additions will be completed, ready for the opening of the fall term. The new cafeteria and the new building which will house the Accountant ' s Office, Home Economics, M.R., and English classrooms, Counseling, Administration and Attendance are sched- uled to be completed by September of 1965. The present Academic Building will be completely remodeled and ready for occupancy by September of 1966. At this time, the bungalows will be removed and the campus will be land- scaped. Please come back and see us when the building program is completed and see Berkeley High School in its remodeled state. Your Principal Emery J. Curtice

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THE ROAD NOT TAKEN Robert Frost Two roads diverged in yellow wood , And sorry l could not travel both And be one traveler , long l stood And looked down one as jar as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; T hen took the other , as just as fair , And having perhaps the better claim , Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same , And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black • O z, I k e pt the first for another day l Yet knowing how way leads on to way , l doubted if I should ever come back . I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood , and l— I took the one less traveled by , An that has made all the difference.