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

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Those of you who have had Mr. Ehlers as a public speaking teacher will probably agree that Mr. Ehlers is one of the most interesting teachers at Berkeley High School. Much will probably be said of his fine accomplishments long after he ends his term of teaching here. Mr. Ehlers is a graduate of Berkeley High School and the University of California at Berkeley, where he directed the little theater. After leaving the University of California, he was a professional actor for ten years in California, two years in Australia, and one year in Texas. After his acting career, he went into radio broadcasting, and for many years, he was chief announcer for NBC. He was a free- lance radio and TV artist specializing in all dialects, and wrote pageants for Oakland, A lameda, Albany, and Berkeley. He also taught English classes for foreign-born students. Mr. Ehlers is one man whom no one will ever forget. He has devoted much of his time and energy to the students of B.H.S. radio program on KRE called Berkeley Highlights and has continued directing speech contests and graduation speeches for some thirty-four graduation programs. He has been the sponsor of the Speakers ' Bureau, and has done much to develop the speech abilities of his students. Mr. Ehlers has always placed the students before himself and has devoted much of himself to send them on a promising road to the future. This year marks the end of a most successful and rewarding career for Mr. Richard Ehlers. Mr. Ehlers, we who have been your students will carry lasting impressions of true and fine character. We are grateful for skills you have developed in us. We are sure you will enjoy your various interests in the days ahead. We will miss you. 4

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Miss Nova Bartlett If students would leave things a little better than they found them, this would be a better world. This is Miss Nova Bartfett ' s parting message to Berkeley High School students after teaching here for forty consecutive years. Miss Bartlett graduated from the California College of Arts and Craft in June, 1925, and started teaching in Berkeley that fall. She came to Berkeley High School one year later and she has taught art here consecutively except 1950-1951 when she taught in Hartford, Connecticut, as an exchange teacher. I was thrilled and very proud to start my teaching career in Berkeley, and a bit sad to see it close, says Miss Bartlett. She has taught freehand drawing, costume dssign, commercial art, advanced creative art, and art appreciation. During these past forty years Miss Bartlett has seen many changes take place on this campus. She recalls a time when an old barn, a water tower and several old houses stood near Milvia Street. The barn was used as a garage by former Berkeley High Principal L. S. Biedenbach reflects Miss Bartlett. Miss Bartlett has traveled extensively and has toured in Europe three times to photograph Medi- eval art and architecture. Upon retirement, she plans to give her collection of art slides to the school library. Miss Bartlett has always taught in bungalows at Berkeley High School, and has always enjoyed it because they are so much like an old country school. The informal art class provides an unusually close relationship with her many students. Always a popular teacher, Miss Bartlett hears from many former students. Teaching at Berkeley High has been rewarding, says Miss Bartlett. I have loved working with the students, and knowing that many of them have made careers of art has given me a great feeling of satisfaction and joy. Though retiring, Miss Bartlett has left her distinguished mark at Berkeley High School. She has left things a little better at Berkeley High and in so doing, has given a better world to the lives of Berkeley High students. We will remember Miss Bartlett for her dedication as an art teacher. Though the bungalows may be removed and long forgotten, the memory of Miss Bartlett will remain with us forever. Miss Bartlett, we shall miss you! Miss Nova Bartlett 3

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Mrs. Phyllis Walker Mrs. Phyllis Walker began her years of teach- ing at Berkeley High School in the Fall of 1945. Previous to that time she had taught at Carmel Junior and Senior High School and at Redlands High School. During her career in Berkeley she accepted two exchange teacher appointments, the first at Victoria, Australia, 1 955 to 1 956, and the second at Summit, New Jersey, 1 957 to 1 958. At the conclusion of her teaching career at Berkeley High School, Phyllis Walker neither needs nor desires accolades. She has done her work exceedingly well. Much of her own intellec- tual curiosity and objectivity of attitude has been transmitted to her students. Certainly many of them have felt and understood her kind and sym- pathetic approach. Now Mrs. Walker closes behind her one door, that of the world of Berkeley High School; but another door opens into a larger and less re- stricted world; a world of travel, inquiry, and freedom. As her friends, colleagues, and stu- dents, we wish her great satisfaction and pleasure in her further exploration of her world. Mrs. Edna Lawson Mrs. Edna Lawson has been teaching drawing and crafts at Berkeley High School since 1947. She attended Alameda High School and gradu- ated from the California College of Arts and Crafts in 1926, and came into the Berkeley school system that fall as an assistant to the elementary art supervisor, Miss Zinnie Kidder. Mrs. Lawson is a superb craftsman and her high standards are reflected in the work of her students. Mrs. Lawson has loved teaching and it will be hard to replace her. One of he r chief interests is gardening, a hobby which she shares with her many friends. Future plans include courses in Botany, Music Appreciation, and travel, and we wish her good luck and God speed. 5