Madera Union High School - Blue and White Yearbook (Madera, CA)

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DEDICATION MR. ROBERT J. TEALL The June Class of 1925, respectfully dedicates this ‘‘lorty-Niner” issue of the “Purple and White,” to our Principal, Mr. Robert J. Teall, who has been our faithful friend and Ree during our four years in the Madera Union High School. Sees

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2671 AND oT silites W re URPLE HI ss LY i —— = = PUBLISHED ANNUALLY By the Students of the Madera Union Kink Srhonl MADERA, CALIFORNIA JUNE, 1925 MADERA TRIBUNE PRINT

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PURPEE z pe Sie = Beso iealiats A MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL ‘he office lies at the center of the long main hall. That hall is an excellent sounding board and bits of the life of the school are projected into the principal’s sanctum. ‘The record of a student generation which has gone up and down the halls has impressed itself variously on the brain of the principal at his desk. The record is varied indeed. Ireshmen in green paint and in costumes that make them resemble nightmares about to happen have been paraded past; budding Jack Dempseys have “done their stuff” before the office door; girls have whispered to each other their inmost secrets, or the latest bits of school scandal. Students have filed past in fire drill formation; bits of heated arguments between Junior and Senior have penetrated the office; the squeals that issue when two bells are rung have smote upon the ears of the figure at the desk, and all the life of the school has passed in review. Out of it all the spirit of the school has stood forth clearly. There have been revealed: First, a spirit of gladness; laughs which rise easily to the lips; cor- dial laughs and merry ones. Second, a spirit of generosity—of give and take—of square dealing and good fellowship. Third, an interest in the school for its own sake; in its athletics, its debating, its various activities ; in its reputation and its well being; and a willingness to subordinate petty personal interests to the general wel- fare. All these impressions have come over a period of years through the 2 Ss aoe e . ) PY, office door to the principal’s desk. ‘They reveal a wholesome and a happy school. ‘The man at the desk is content. — V——