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

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1. Francesca Concion concentrates on her next move. 2. Jordan Distaebler, Ann Wolf, John Mittler and Gret Sayies play an exciting game of bridge. 3. The Card club: back row; John Mittler, Zohar Ben-Porath, Greg Sayies, Liz Lanford, Jordan Distaebler, Jason Booth, Benjamin Borsch, Linda Hendry, Brew Zavatsky. Front row; Ann wolf, Craig Somerville, Alan Weil, Lin Goldstein, Mia Luerrman, Sarah O ' Malley. — — — — CaV1PID 4. The Chess club: Terd McNerd the third, Robert Harris, Simon Kahan, Mr. Choulett, Dabiri Abollhassan, Francesca Condon, Jim Coulter, Ted Liou, Pat Mackey. 5. Two intent chess club members. 6. Lizabeth Lanford expresses uncertainty. photos by Phil Kaake and Steve Dorst CILILIO — — — —

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The Chess club has been reactivated after a lapse of about two years and held regular meetings in the spring semester of 79. The members got together on ce a week and played games against each other to sharpen their skills. The club, however, did have a problem. Due to a shortage of adequate chessboards and the total absence of chess clocks - which help develop me- thodical thinking under pressure - the club feared there would be a waning of standards. The officials of the club asked the B.O.C. to ap- prove and allocate some funds to the chess club. This request was accepted in principle and the pre- sident of the club, Abrar Khan, and officials appeared before the B.O.C. to present their exact requirements. The Ace of Cubs (pun intended) also known by some members as the Iguana club, was created for those who like to spend their lunch periods playing cards. These games range from Go-fish to Bridge and every member is an expert in each. This is the only place on campus where it is permitted to play cards. Even though the members do not indulge in gambling (openly at least) they still have mucho fun. CIHIESS CILILIO !

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The Berkeley High School Debate team was one of the few high school debate teams to survive Prop. 13 cutbacks, but due to the resignation of Coach Caro- line Smid, the team figured to be in deep trouble. When school began the debate team also had no sponsor, but soon found one in the person of Mr. Langille. Mr. Catlett issued a bulletin to the teachers, telling them of the plight of the debate team, and how badly a coach was needed. Like a savior from the heavens, foreign language department head Mr. Bob Whyte accepted the position as coach and sponsor and pointed the team in a winning direction. Highlight of the season was Alan Weil ' s qualifying for the National Forensic League Congress, where the best speakers from the nation convene (this year in Cincinnati, Ohio) to speak on a variety of current topics. The team of Serge Wilson and Craig Somer- ville fell just short in their bid for the Nationals, as they were tied with another team for the first runner-up position. Debate teams which finished in A division were Serge Wilson and Alan Weil, Joey Kaji and David Brown, Bill Feingold and Robert Sa- saki, and Craig Somerville and Alan Weil.