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26 ' The Waterbath On October 30, 1969 in the courtyard of Berkeley High, a celebration in honor of a new teen center known as the NEW MONK, was in session. Suddenly someone threw what seemed to be a glass of water, and turned out to be a balloon containing a large amount of an unknown clear sub- stance. This is the way it started, and by no means the way it ended. At first the idea was debated upon, but it was decided that on October 31, 1969, everyone was to come prepared or not for the “Water Fight.” On the following day before school was even in session, the students were assembled all around waiting for someone to make the first step. Then it happened . . . Someone threw it and this sparked off one of the most controversial issues of the semester. It continued all day, and part of the evening. Some students had an eventful day, and some a most sorrowful one. Through the confusion of throwing, not only did the participants get watered, but innocent by- standers did also, which teaches you not to stand by. In the beginning it started out with students using only water to formally bomb their fellow students, but by the end of the day there were “Soda Balloons,” which had contents of strawberry soda etc. After a few hundred ballons had been dis- posed of on the B.H.S. students, then TRASH CANS, and BUCKETS were used. If you weren’t careful, you were formally escorted to the ground, and given a “shower.” As the day progressed many different things erupted to eventually bring up a few questions of the legality of the whole ordeal. One such incident occurred when one student didn’t approve much of another student returning the water that he had given him. The incident was quickly extinguished, and quickly forgotten. That evening at about 4:30 the fight was subsiding, after all the water was turned off, the administrators began to observe, confiscati ng balloons. The game against Encinal was almost cancelled, and the Senior Halloween dance was. Parents, some in approval, and some in disapproval got together and began dis- cussing just what the hell was going on! After some explaining and discussing the whole ordeal was boiled down to the fact that there were just too many tricks for one Halloween.
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1 ' The Bust Students are gathered around in front of the C building, socializing and laughing; and every once-in-a-while a group of stu- dents run by laughing or screaming. Some of them look as though they just came out of the rain or maybe even a shower with their clothes on. You continue to talk to your friends on a beautifully clear day when suddenly there is a rainstorm coming down upon you. This is the “BUST,” some stu- dents received on Halloween at Berkeley High. Others got theirs by the bucket or even the “Trash Can.” Some were fortunate and got by with just balloons. On the whole it was a typical Halloween with more tricks than treats.
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