Los Angeles High School - Blue and White Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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Another thing that would strike the visitor would be the bare walls 5 we need works of art to make rooms more beautiful. A classic picture is inspiring, and we need inspiration. A thing of beauty is a joy forever. We are approaching our object slowly, and would be glad of any help from the outside. It has become a custom for each class at its graduation, to present a picture to our Alma Mater, and the history classes give a histori- cal scene, or portrait, which, you may be sure, we prize very highly, but we want more. Here is a chance for liberal persons to put their money to good use, and receive the gratitude of the school. Several times during the last semester, lectures have been given in the auditorium to raise money for pictures, and we have made small sums this way. We should be very glad to have outsiders come also and swell our picture fund. On March 17th, Geo. L. Cole, who has made a study of the prehistoric races of Arizona, gave us a very interesting talk on the cliif-dwellers, and showed us over one hundred stereopticon views, from photographs which he himself took of the ruined buildings which were the homes of the cliff-dwellers centuries ago. At another time Mr. Stevenson gave a lecture on Scot- land in Song and Story, which made us realize some of the beauty of that land, and what it was as Scott knew it. It was rendered all the more interesting by the reading of Scott's novels we had done. Our Star and Crescent Society is still upholding its reputation for good programs under Miss Henderson. At one of its meet- ings of the last term, Mr. Rolfe, of Chicago University, gave us an interesting talk on Oxford, and illustrated it by many views of the college and its surroundings. At another meeting we had a Kipling program, when many of Kipling's writings in poetry and prose were read and enjoyed, the more because we all had a closer interest in him on account of his almost mortal illness. Before the Parliament, our new debating club, we have had a talk on Harvard, by Mr. Coleman, one of the faculty of our school, and again a lecture on University of California by Mrs. Frick, our vice-principal, both of which lectures gave us an in- sight into what life will be when we enter college. Once Lee Emerson Bassett gave us several selections from Riley, and again Miss Florence Field, an example of home talent, entertained us with recitations in that irresistible way of hers. C. K. J., S. ,QQ.

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Harry A. Walton Helen L. Day Marguerite Henderson john T. Cooper

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1bi5torx3 of wut 1b1gb School. RIOR to 1873 High Schools were scarce in California g there were but six in the State, and none south of Tehachapi Pass. Los Angeles was a small town, but its educational needs were growing, and the people wanted some higher branches taught than the fundamental three R.'s. The authorities were not sure whether we could support a school or not, but Hnally were con- vinced, and gave us our High School in ,73. Dr. W. T. Lucky was made Principal and Superintendent of Schools 3 he was the first professional teacher to hold the latter office, all the previous incumbents being either from the bar or the ministry. Miss Emma Hawkes assisted him in his school duties, she having charge of one room, These two were the pioneers of the High :School of this city 5 there was a building erected for it, but as it was yet so small, all but two rooms were occupied by the gram- mar grades. These two rooms saw the beginning of our now great school. The building was of wood, and stood on the site of the present Court House, but was moved in 1887 further up the hill, where it now stands. With several additions, it is still used for one department, the commercial, of the school, and we -call it the Sand-street building. The course was of three years, and in '75 the Brst class finished its work, and graduated with seven members, tive of whom were young ladies. This class, indeed, seems small in comparison with the present class of '99, with 125 graduates. What an in- crease this is, and at the same rate what will the classes be at the end of another quarter century! Why, it will then require a building as large as the present for the Seniors alone. The class of '76 were four in number, and all girls. What a dull time they must have had at their class parties! What fun could they have without the boys? We think that they, at least, found out to their sorrow that boys, after all, are not so much in the way as some of the fairer sex seem to suppose, and that they are not utterly bad. Dr. Lucky held his two positions till 1876, when he was suc- ceeded by C. H. Kimball, and he, in turn, by Mrs. Chloe B, jones, in '80, She held her oiiices but one year, although she continued teaching in the school for three years, while her suc- cessor, Mr. I. M. Guinn, was principal ex-officio. Mr. Guinn is