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

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i6 THE ARTISAN W 40 THE PRINCIPAL ' S MESSAGE To The Mounties— By choice, the winter class of 1940 has become the namesake of as brave and courageous a group as was ever organized for the promotion of the welfare of mankind. It is not possible here to describe in detail the many fine achieve- ments of the mounted police. Theirs is a record replete with unparalleled exploits romanticalh- achieved, of faithfulness to their ideals, devotion to duty, indomitable perseverance and undving lovalty. The history of the organization in an incontrovertible tribute to the worth- whileness of discipline and of dc ' otion to a cause, so much so that the very name Mounties has become svnon mous with law and order over a half of a continent. Knit together as thev are by tradition and common ideals the Mounted Police form the perfect example of what a few stout-hearted men can do. The winter class of 1940 has done well to symbolize their hopes and ambitions by choosing the name of such a group for their class. California, America, and the world are drastically in need of young men and young women who will do today for America what the Mounties have done for the Northwest. The Mounties have succeeded not because of material prosperitv, not because of superior weapons or superior equipment, not because they have been surrounded with those material benefits which enable one to live comfortablv and at ease. Thev have succeeded because they are determined to do so. Nothing has been able to swerve them from the path where duty called. Hardships, disappointments, and self-sacrifice all have been cheerfully endured whenever thev helped the cause. In many respects the world of tomorrow is like the great unsurveved wilder- ness of the Northwest. The future of that tomorrow is dependent upon the calibre of the ' Oung men and the oung women in our high schools todav. The worid has need of young people with the idealism that motivated the Mounties of Canada. Self-sacrificing dc otion of the t pc which Mounties ga ' e to their country and to their cause will produce just as richly in the world of tomorrow as it has produced in the worid of the past. The greatest wish of the principal is that the members of the winter class of 1940 will find in the inspiration which the name Mounties has brought to them; hope, faith, and courage with which to face the future as the Mounties have done. There can be no doubt as to the result where the future is faced in such a manner. Floyd R. Ilonn, Principal.

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ORGANIZATIONS 17 Mr. Honn, Principal of Manual Arts High School