Manual Arts High School - Artisan Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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20 T I! I . A R T I S A N W ' 33 Of Statesmen . . . Woodrow Wilson Bv Pjii.lik AIcFaddrn f inilTIXC, HIS DEVIL according to his own convictions and keeping LJ his faith in God and in the essential decency of man were Wooch-ow ■n Wilson ' s tenets of life. Courageous, hecause his was the highest con- ce])tion of courage, America ' s war ijresident ranks with the world ' s achievers. An idolized Irish father, courteous, huoyant, optimistic, and a .Scotch mother with her inherent love of (iod and honesty, handed on to their son a legacy of which he might well lie iM ' oud. During his childhood, his ])arents saw the Civil War in the South in all its dread reality. Is it any wonder that later, as I ' resident, Wilson faced the World War with reluctance, and fear for his people in his heart? Handicapped hv ill health in his youth, he never fought and, alas for the work! after l ' H9, never had to take a heating and laugh out (if it to the hoys around him. Laughing out of a tight corner to save the face of one ' s self-re- spect gives men gentle tolerance — the .thing of which Wilson stood in the greatest need. In his forty-sixth year, he hecame president of Princeton. Immediately the tempo of his hitherto uneventful life changed. His views hecame more liheral and he insisted on democracy in the university. When he was elected governor ol New Jersey in 1910, Wilson gained his halance and that unshakalile determina- tion that guidetl him through the maze of a world conflict. This remarkable power of instilling optimism, and his sense of righteousness, gained him the presidential nomination in 1912. . merica asks nothing for herself except what she has a right to ask for hu- manity itself. Keeping this statement as his guide, the president entered the war with characteristic thoroughness. He leil . merica on the crest of a wa e beyond her comprehension; he had the ]io we r to gi e his ideals to his country. By his supreme assurance of right and wrong, Wilson liroke the Prussian morale; he won the hattle of the ujiiier air. His mistake was in thinking he could talk awa ' the realities of war. The world woke uj) after the armistice to a gra ' dav of needed reconstruction. Fiery speeches, gallant lianners, and patriotic enthusiasm were no longer re- c|uired. Wilson gave Europe his Fourteen Points, including t h e coxenant of the League of Nations, with the idea that reason, when it was so ohviouslv in ac- cordance with the will of (lod. wduld ])revail in international relations. Mis ideals were utterly at variance with the more material and higoted ideals of F2urope. With his singleness of purpose, courage, and self-]iossession, Wilson plaved a lone hand at the Peace Conference hecause he stood, not for the (k ' vious wa s of ;irri ing. Inn for the ultimate outcome. During his last years as a jirix-ate citizen in Washington, D, C.. he kept his ideals inid unalterahle trust. 1die position of ex-president is hard to ni;iinlain gracelully, hut Wilson carried it off with his usual sang-froid. He kei)t his friends loyal to liim in the darkest hour; he gave the world somethitig for which we are all the better lor having had. and he could look hack on his footprints .-md see each niarlcing :i step in his countrv ' s progress.

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2 T HE A R T I S A N W ' 33 The Principal ' s Message To the ( iraduates : When you chose to call yourselves Pilots you undertook nuK ' h that you would do for others as well as for yourselves. At the mention of the word Pilots there flashes into the mind a majestic ocean liner arriving from a far journey. The sea is rough from a recent storm. The smoke and steam are blown in horizontal streamers. The harbor is obscured by the haze. The harbor lights blink fitfully. The shifting sands of the harbor mouth render the safe channel uncertain as to location or even existence. Then through the mist the Pilot boat appears and is skillfully maneuvered to the side of the ship. The rugged, weather-beaten pilot quickly mounts the swinging rope ladder. Now all feel safe with the Pilot at the helm controlling the movements of the leviathan and guiding it safely to its allotted berth in the Xew World Port. These Pilots are an ancient and honorable breed (jf men. They have their traditions that come down from time immemorial of daring deeds and faithful service. They are worthy of their hire, Init will not quibble as to costs. Their thought is of the job to be done, and for its consumation they will risk their lives. The Pilots are particularly loyal to their guild, but this U)yalty is exceeded by the loyalty to the service which they are called to render. They must keep themselves physically, mentally, anrl morally fit. Their great responsibility makes any slip on their ])art count too heavily in loss of property and life to permit any deviation from the path of their duty. ' hen you chose to call yourselves Pilots you undertook much that du would do for others as well as yourselves. Albert E. Wilson