Flintridge Prep School - Log Yearbook (La Canada Flintridge, CA)

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COMMISSIONER OF FINANCE TED MUNROE — The efficiency expert and com- petent treasurer. His accomplishments are wide- spread and his interests varied. Ted has something to do with almost every activity on the campus. Undoubtedly the most important work by the Council has been the establishing of a new interclass competition. The idea arose from a desire to stage a Junior-Senior football game. While the matter was being discussed in a Council meeting, several members suggested a regular interclass competition to cover the academic, social and athletic fields. Numerous ideas were taken up and discarded; none seemed to be fair to all classes. From the hodge-podge of suggestions, a final plan was drawn up. It has been the work of the Council to supervise, regulate, and put over the different divisions. A great deal of spirit has been aroused, due to the close athletic contests and fiercely contested academic averages. Everyone in the school has had the chance to perform for his class in one way or another. A chance for athletic recognition has been created for those who did not quite make the varsity teams. They can now have just as much fun playing on their class teams. The size of the class assumes no relative importance in academic fields since averages are used. Therefore you can see that the aims of the Student Council have been two-fold; first to create enthusiastic school spirit, and secondly to institute worthwhile activities that will prove beneficial to the school.

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The attainment of the final year, toward which our efforts here have been constantly directed, brings forward the realization that our leaving entails both a sense of jubilance and also a good measure of regret. It is jubilant because of the vision these years of preparation have given us to anticipate more fully what lies ahead; it is a regret because of the reluctance with which we must give up many pleasant associations and experiences participated in as Freshmen, as Sophomores, as Juniors, and finally as Seniors, that are to be no more. There comes to the mind of every Senior as these days come to a close, a retrospection of the events that have lead us to our goal — an endeavor to assay our course, to synthesize the most worth while things that may stand out as beacon lights throughout our future endeavors; and they may be found in the ideals that characterize Flintridge: honesty, discipline, loyalty, kinship with student and teacher, and through- out everything a good sense of humor as a balancer of our ills and proficiencies. This is the school tradition and the inescapable sense that each member is a part of it. At no time is the privilege more deeply felt than on becoming a Senior. At no time is the desire more sincerely sought to have that tradition carried on by each class as it begins, on through until the last rites are said, than at the point of fare- well — to this the die is cast — farewell. • — Douglas Goodan 20