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1 AN interesting pllx of eireumstmees Alameda Hwh Sehool eelebrates tu o important anniversaries this x mr The sixtitth annixerslrx of the h15,h sehool pro w ides the theme for this Annual At the same time it is the privilege of the staff, on the oc easion of his thirtieth anniversarx as prinei pal of Alameda High, to dedieate this book to Dr George C, Thompson Dr Thompson hls bulldtd faithfully ities, his ehlrmmg personality, his enthusi asm for 1ll good things, his duotion to rht task, ind his zeal for the good name of the sehool, he has entwined his spirit indelibly into this institution In token of his great work 1 host of students and friends, on this oeeision, extend to Dr Thompson eszpres sion of their deep appreeiation, their lou and friendship md their sintert wishes for 1 long eontinued strxitt in this his fippointtd place. C E C .D T i x I C .h 7 1' ' l 1 i v 1 -1 1 1 . y 1 1' - 1 I y 1 I 1 1 i u I L Tu Q and well. By his splendid intellectual abil- . ' 1 K i ki ' T' ' ' . ' ' ' ,L 'i ' ' ' I z
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THE DOCTOR REMINISCES Aprrl 17 1874 should be held as a sacred day' by 111 loyal champrons of publrc educatron, for on that day the Board ot Lducatron of the Crty of Alameda OI'g.1l1llLLl the Alameda Hugh School 1nd nmmed the Hrst prrnclpal, and from that el1y thrs rnstrtutron h1s contlnuously been a part of the sehool sy stem of our crty Aprrl of thrs year marlxed the 60th year the Cll211110I1d yubrlee of thus rnstrtutron, and today We are lookrng back oyer the yelrs Ilinlf luxe elapsed yyfrth love, rey erenee md yy onder ment 1t the progressrye C.lTII1Li,L5 yyfhrch hlve taken place lor a number of years a mere handful of students eonstrtuted the whole school, but We were yery early rn fact, among the hrst sehools ot the SFIKL gr1nted 1ccredrtrng prryrleges to the Unryerslty of Cllll'-Ofllll a prryrlege yvlueh from thlt date to the present h1s been marntuned In mv oihee hangs a y 1lu1ble photograph of che hrst gr1du1tnng cllss of the Unryersrty of Cllrfor 1111 1873 presented to the hrf h school by Honorable ltrrnk Otrs All but one of that cllss of tyvelye h1ye now passed to the beyond ust a year 1fter the gradu1t1on of the hrst unr yers1ty' class thrs hrgh school yyas founded Wie have eherrshed that pho e1rlv hrgh schools of the Stlte lrnlxed up vy reh the progress of the Unr versrtyf of Calrfornm, and rnsprred bv that rnstrtutron Honorable Frmk Otrs, who was 1 member of that Hrst umversrtyf class yy 1s on the Board of bduc1tron of Alameda for .1 number of years, and he yyas 1lyy 1ys yery proud of thrs hugh school, 111 f1ct he presrded at the lay rn., of the eorner stone of the new hrgn school rn 1907 Srxty vears seem 1 long trme m the 1110 ofa man, but ln the lrfe of the race rt IS a mere trrfle rn the lrfe of a Sequora 15 nothrnvl But yy hether srxty ye1rs rn the lrfe of 1 IIICIOI1 or of a man rs worth yvmle depends on the forces of c1yrlr7at1on thlt are at yyork Sometrmes a mmute rs yy orth 1 thousand yelrs and, nlgilll, .1 thousand years may be as nothrnv The Al1med1 Hlvh Sehool talses gre It prrde rn lm Jnorrng on this an n1y ersary the gleat men 'llld the great c1yrlrz1ng forces yvhrch haye been ey rdeneed rn our erty s lrfe As yy e take stock of our present resources yy e note yy 1th rmmense pr1de t 1e constant groyy ch and the eonst1nt dey elop ment of thrs, our bewtrful c1ty and of thrs our beloy ed and beautrful hrgh school The alermnr yy ho haye gone out from our doors 1 legron rn number, over srx thousand rn all haye taken therr places among the yaluable crtrzens of the natron, holdrng hrgh therr early trarnrng rn thns school Wfe are proud of them NX e are proud of and we do rey erence to that long lme of dey oted men who haye 1cted on the suecessxye Bo1rds 181+ . l Y' ' . , ,. . . 4. 1 B f 1 -' 5 3 1 3 . . , 1 l I ' , 1 7 , . ' V, ' '- , . . ,, 1, 5 1 - 5 a 1 V1 ' l . . I ll ' . . I Y 1 ' 'X l - r 1 y1, - -1 1. -1 A 111.1 11, v 1 - 1 K 1 -1x'v1 1 4 711 ' L 1 A 1 1 1-1 v1-r 1 r ' y 1 4- -- 1 A . 4 , , 1 Q lk e 1 I ll K7 l 7 xx if 'lf 1' 1 l, ' .v. xfi .8 ' ' 1 'X 1 V' ii . -D X 1, , . 1, , , ., , ., ' - 1 '11 -. v . ' . ', ., , , 'Y - l-- - e 1, , 1 h 1 V 3 ly l I 1 1 1 1 Yi 1 'X . s 4 K L r I I l- l r 1 ' - tograph because rn some way' our school has been, as were most of the 11 I ' . 1 2 1, l Y1 7' 1x1 1 .- L I . 1 . 3 ' H ' Y I . .., .1 1 L ' 1 -I - y y xl vL v. v -wr .1 ' 1 - ' 1 l 1 r' U 1 1 - 1 A Q 6 7 . me 1 1 'l ' 1 K U 1 L I 1- D 3 l . X4 I . I 1 I . I l E' . ,, g. A 1 L 1 , C C C . ,,. .. ' , , . , , ' . .1 .k. . , 1 I O. 1 g 1k ho 1 - f1kf 11 -' 1. i A-' 1 I 1 - 'v1 1 v 1 -1 I 1 -rl' A l - 1 I 11 1 1 ' K L . . . , . y . . t is 1 . . , ,, Y . , -eg j.-
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