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

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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——

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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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EDIM Ok Ss PACE An annual is a great undertaking for any school this size, yet the benefits derived from it are well worth the efforts put forth. ‘The amount of training and instructions received by the members of the staff alone merits the publication of an annual. By the time students have spent three years struggling to become seniors, their main am- bition is to publish a year book for the school in order to bring it in close relationship with other schools and students, which it undoubt- edly does. The class of 1925 has succeeded in publishing the second annual since that of the class of 1921. Much credit is due, howe ver, to last year’s senior class, which accomplished a great deal in putting the annual on its feet again. When the annual tickets were put on sale this year, it looked as if another class was to leave the gates of Madera High without achiev: ing the goal of every senior class, namely, publishing a “Purple and White.” But it was not long until the students awoke, and realized the importance of a school annual to an institution such as Madera High. Neither can too much credit go to the students without honor- able mention of the business men of the town, who showed their sup- port and loyalty to the school in a very appreciable manner. Thus it was through the efforts of the classes of 1924 and 1925, with the loyal support of the students of this school, and the business men of this town, that this copy of the “Purple and White” has been made possible. “PURPLE AND WHITE” STAFF Earl Coffee Miss S. EK. Johnson Paul Mitchell Editor-in-Chief Faculty Adviser Business Manager Alice Davis Kda Ladd Tsobel De Chaine Katherine Freeman Dramatics Literary School Notes Alumni Dorothy Hunt Eulalie Steinhour Carolyn Steinhour Genevieve Desmond Society Assistant Editor Art Editor Snaps Ellis Throckmorton Hart Cook Max Sheldon Lest er Osborn Jokes Sports Organizations Asst. Business Mer. es