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

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THE ARTISAN W ' 39 BOYS - VICE PRINCIPAL The graduation of the Highlanders will result in a distinct loss to Manual Arts as there are many in the class who have contributed to the success of the school during the past three years. However the regret occasioned by their departure will be assuaged by the knowledge that they have established examples for others to em- ulate and the thought that their successes here portend greater accomp- lishments in later years. May I extend congratulations as we review their attainments and bid them farewell? W. Bruce Kirkpatrick

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ORGANIZATIONS l 7 To the Highlanders: Your ideal is courageous living. You are needed today, as never be- fore, to take a place in your social environment. Life to many has no mean- ing and no direction. You have been taught to express yourselves. Con- tinue your education through the experiences which you meet till you have a self worth expressing. Live up to the very best that is in you each dav. Go to a happier, more democratic wav of life. Jessie Ray Ilanna.

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ORGANIZATIONS 19 W. BRUCE KIRKPATRICK Y. Bruce Kirkpatrick was born in Wessington, South Dakota, and came to California as a boy when his parents moved in 1908. He attended South Pasadena and Hollywood High Schools, and after graduating from the latter, entered Occidental College. His collegiate career was interrupted when an opportunity came to go to China to teach, and after having spent approximately a year in the Orient, he returned to enlist in the army, as the World War was then in progress. However, the Armistice was signed before he saw active service and he returned to resume his collegiate studies. Graduating from Occidental in 1920, he began sen ice with the Los Angeles School System as a member of the staff of the Los Angeles High School. After four years and a half in that institution, he was assigned as registrar in Fairfax High School where he served for two and a half years. In 1927, he was promoted to the vice principalship of the new Eagle Rock High School, and in 1931, was transferred to Franklin where he served in the same capacity. After four and one half years there, he accepted an in- vitation to become vice principal of Manual Arts. He is married and is the father of two children, a boy eleven cars of age and a girl of six.