Belmont High School - Campanile Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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THE PAGEANT PASSES CONQUISTADOBES Shlntng helmets Marchtng feet Robed frtars and pres1d1os and pueblos Manana Spa1n passes across the western stage before wtde eyed nattves swarthy slctnned nattves Bumblmg wagons the clatter of hoofs B1fles lndtans Desert Mountaxns Tragtc 1nter ludes Com1c parts and applause of grateful descendants Gold shtnmg gold Barrooms Gold of wheat Black gold and c1t1es St Francts and Nu estra Senora Great C1lIeS follow on 1n our mtghty pageant of the mtghty West Schools Art Musrc The Bowl Wtngs and Camera' Colossal' Stlll the procession crosses the stage rn never endtng ltne Act1on' Coast to Coast' Streamllne Unlon Statton Water' Water' Power Boulder Dam New acts New scenes New players Mxghty Sterras and the Pac1f1c eternal endless wrt nesses of the unrollmg spectacle Old Crown H111 The Campamleaqmet sen tmel d1gn1f1ed observer of the latest acts Bel mont Enter to learn Youthful actors Tra gedy Comedy Success' Pageant of the West' L1ghts Curta1n All the World s a Stage Qjuf 5 i s.f If X'-. X1 - ' c .X Vx . v as I 1- 1 U - 1 -. l 1 - ' I ' ' ' ' A A W W .i . . E-4-A . .

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euaye ot Me eamlaanzfe When I hrst heard the theme that had been chosen for th1s years book I thought how true xt IS of Belmont We are on a stage our ltves have all the elements of drama we come stay a brxef whxle and go others come slrp quxetly xnto our places and the rhythm IS never broken The mountalns are the background of our stage wxth the low lymg hxlls that rrse to meet them sxl houetted m dark folxage streets that clxmb houses that nestle derrzcks that tell of lndustry the wrde stretch of the football held and the sheltered area of the tenms courts Beyond us and far to the west our amphrtheater reaches past streets and parks and burldmgs to the sea The artrst has not spared hrs color the blue and gray of the eucalyptus the golden green of the sycamore the dark verdure of the hrs and the palms gleammg rn the sun There ts scarlet and purple and yellow rn the gardens there are grays and browns and warm terra cotta rn the houses Thxs rs the settmg for our play May we act our parts wxth honor GIRLS VICE PRINCIPAL 14 .gcioof of pate feauty How many times we have heard these words or have sung them wrth others wxth out perhaps realxzxng their true meamng I l1ke to thtnk that the author or composer had more ln mind than the physxcal beauty of design and archltecture of our buxldmgs Those of you who are now leavxng after three years of learnxng and lxvrng here must also have caught the vxsxon as you have seen and felt the mner beauty of Belmont We expenence xt darly rf we keep our mxnds open and our senses alert the beauty In our musxc art and other creatxve effort whether xn the household or the mdustrxal arts the ,oy of accomp lxshment ln Ixterary or scxentxfrc areas of learnmg the glory rn our sports and games wnth thexr physxcal thrxlls and the buxldlng of wholesome f1ne bodxes the beauty of many fme contracts and relatxon shrps wxth other students and teachers the beauty of fnendshlps formed and the beauty of pleasant memones May you as members of the graduatmg class keep wrth you only the hnest memorxes of these thxngs of whxch you have been a part Cf.