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

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22 THE ARTISAN W 39 more signs of cultivation. As the valley narrowed, we could see on the steep hillsides, vellow patches of yellow broom, on the canyon sides, and a feathery leaved shrub growing along the tracks. To my surprise I discov- ered thev were scotch broom and our familar pepper tree. Evidently brought in by the Spaniards, these hardy plants had taken to the country. As we approached Cuzco, we saw more signs of Spanish haciendas with plantings of eucalyptus trees around the building;. It seldom rains and there is no native wood in these high barren valleys, so the people have solved their problem with the fast growing eucalyptus. Wherever it would grow, in short lines or small groves, it had been planted. Most of the trees were about four or five years old, so the idea is quite new. We rolled into Cuzco, the ancient Inca capital, after dark, and were conducted into the Farrocarril hotel right at the edge of the tracks, and outside the city proper. This was a substantial concrete building with large bedrooms on the second floor, but praises be, there was a bathroom attached with hot and cold running water. In the morning I looked out my window toward the gates of Cuzco. With a squatty native guide whose English had to be expanded largely with imagination, we walked up a broad brick-paved avenue and under the old arch into the native city. In the time of the Incas, Cuzco was a well- built walled and fortified city containing much in the way of treasure. The dream of the Spaniards was to conquer and possess this great wealth. On the foundation stones of the temple of the sun, the Spaniards have built a monastery and college. The great circular foundation stones, so large that nobody knows how thev could be placed in position and put together without mortar, can still be seen. The beautiful garden which was in the river bed below the wall was said to contain main statues and imitations of nature, flowers, and trees in gold and silver. A bit of the old wall is still there, but the beautiful garden is gone. We walked through steep, narrow streets where we could touch the walls on either side with our hands. One great wall surrounded a square that would cover about four of our city blocks. It is still in a good state of preservation. This wall surrounded the palaces of the princes. There is just one gateway in the outer wall, and under this can be seen some record carvings in the stone. This wall, too, is made of huge solid blocks of hewn stone, put together without evidence of mortar. The stones had been laid so carefully and the corners and edges set so beautifully that not even a knife blade could be forced between them. The Spanish have built places and Government buildings inside and on these ancient foundations. The Cathedral is built of great blocks of grey stone taken from ancient Inca Fortress. The Indians were forced to tear down their own works and build this great church for the Spaniards. (continued on page 194)

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O R G A N I Z A T I O N S 21 i v « ' . FROM MISS HANNA ' S VISIT TO THE INCA TREASURE HOUSE. PERU

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ORGANIZATIONS 2 3 STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT ' S MESSAGE Once again the time lias come for the student body president to write his farewell address. It is with a deep feeling of regret that I say farewell to the school in which 1 spent three of the happiest years of my life. The spirit and enthusiasm of our games will linger long in my mem- ory. Manual, it is my sincere desire to see our school rise to greater heights under the new leadership of Mr. Ilonn. Continue showing school spirit, cooperate with vour officers, and you may re;t assured that we shall all be proud of the Manual of the future. Words cannot express the feeling I have as I write this farewell to you, my friends and classmates. I wish you the best of luck and may we all be as fortunate in this large world we will enter, as we have been in attending our alma mater. John Mayo