Polytechnic High School - Polytechnic Student Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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.. 4x' -A-' - - ' - - - -fa- 'A-A-fsz.x'A' -rm g EDITORIAL The purpose of The Polytechnic Student is to preserve in definite form a record of our school life. As the years move onward, the recollections of the proudest and happiest days of our lives become less definitely fixed in our minds. ln the pages of our Annuals are gathered as many representative records and pictures as can be crowded between the covers. An earnest effort is made to save for the students all that they may wish to recall of the good old days spent within the halls of Polytechnic. The one hope of the editors of 1926 is that if they have failed to publish an Annual perfect in all respects, at least they have striven to uphold the honor and dignity of Polytechnic in their book. Only material pertaining to school life at its very best has found its way into this book. As it is the true representative of school life, the fondest wish of the editors is that it may be worthy of the purpose for which it is intended. Just as newspapers are a chronicle of daily life, so is this Polytechnic Student a record of school life. We are in the midst of real life when we go to school. If this were not so and we were merely training for living, all the various activities of Polytechnic would cease to exist. We must learn to think of our school life as real life and work as we shall when we have gone out from the protecting walls of our Alma Mater. These days are the golden days in our lives, and as such we shall want a permanent record of them. To give this record is the purpose of The Polytechnic Student of 1926. If this aim has been achieved, it is due in a large measure to the never-failing assistance offered by Miss Guenevere Metkiff and Miss Thea Kjelland. editorial and art advisors. Their helpful supervision has always been of invaluable aid to each member of the staff. They and other members of the faculty who have assisted in the publicat-ion of this volume have generously devoted time, thought, and effort with no idea of personal glory that success might be attained. Many of the problems encountered have been solved with the help of their kindly advice, and consultations with them have greatly simplified the seeming complexity of this enterprise. Too often those who deserve the most thanks for their work are carelessly forgotten. The students who have had the privilege of editing this Polytechnic Student of 1926 feel that their conscientious perseverance would have been in vain without the assistance extended to them by the advisors. A deep appreciation for the unassuming manner in which all services have been rendered is cherished by the staff. A full realization of the debt of gratitude which can never be paid only makes the admiration and respect of each member of the staff for the faculty advisors more profound. Nineteen

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