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coPA' DE oRo l T TO MEMBERS OF l93l C-RADUATINC CLASS am happy to have this opportunity of extending to you my heartiest congratulations over ycur successful com- pletion ot your high school course and graduation from the South Pasadena High School. Yours is the twenty- titth class to graduate lrorn our High School. You are now ioining the ranks of seventeen hundred graduates, upon whom rests largely the reputation of the High School, and the responsibility of iustitying the peoples faith in you as shown by their willingness to provide so well for X ycur secondary education. l Many ot you will go on to higher institutions, some with a well-chosen program to direct your ettorts, some, Mit. GEORGE C. BUSH with as yet undetermined obiectives and some, perhaps, Sflperirzlerzdenl just to college . There never was a time when a college education meant so much and also so little, so much, because the country needs as never betore well-trained, thinking leaders, so little, because ot what it has tailed to do tor great numbers of college graduates. You alone can determine- whether it will mean much or little to you and society. To those of you who do not go to college, may l say that opportunities in plenty await you. The ways to success are divergent. A college education holds no particular charm over success. Where there is a will, there is a way. History is replete with the stories of successful men and women who were denied college training. You have chosen music as the theme ot this Copa de Oro. l think you have chosen well. A small boy, in reply to the question, What is salt? said, Salt is what makes potatoes taste so bad- it you don't have it on them. The same might be said, I think, about music. lt is what makes school and life dreary and dull-it you don't have it. It relieves the tension of a busy day. lt brings joy and happiness to thcse who make the music and to those who listen. The late Dr. Frank Crane said that the study of music should be made compulsory. The whole populace, he says, Should be taught what true music is. Cheap and nasty music is worse than cheap and nasty meat and bread, the former destroys the character, the latter only the body. A generation ot boys and girls brought up on Bach, Beethoven, Counod, and Wagner would have souls one hundred per cent higher in quality than the unfortunate chil- dren ol today, ted upon melodies ot contemptible inanityf' The fact that you have taken music as the theme for this year-book indicates your appreciation of it as one of the greatest of the fine arts. May you always find joy in it! Yours very sincerely, iSignedi CEORCE C. BUSH Mn. Bust-1 IN Hrs OFFICE I9
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COPA DE ORO l TO Ti-is cRApux-Wino ci.Ass or 1931 HE man who does not like music is to be pitiecl, said Shakespeare. Webster says, Music is the art that is common to all races. It is common to all ages, even the poorest savages had their rhythmic beating of drums, though dis- astrous to the nerves of the civilized men. KPO sometime ago sent out several thousand letters to their listeners asking them which they preferred, jazz or classical music. Ninety per cent answered jazz, and KPO gave them plenty of it for six months. Then letters MR4 JOHN E. ALMAN were sent again to the same listeners, asking the same P1-infipgl question. This time 90 per cent said, Give us some real music, we are tired of jazz. Keep in mind that music is a pleasing succession of sounds. Rhythm that excites and tires the nerves would hardly be pleasing for a period of time, as the KPO letters indicated. For ten years we have said, No jazz in S. P. l-i. S. jazz is to music what slang is to English. We would not teach or condone slang in our class work it we expect to create a taste for good English. Neither can we permit jazz it we expect to teach and create a love ot good music in our school. Like the economic law ot money, the bad would drive out the good. We have a splendid music department in our school with orchestra, ensembles, band, glee clubs, rnusic appreciation, harmony, piano, and pipe organ. Every opportunity is given the students for study and expression in good music. We are proud of the splendid work of so many ot our pupils who have gone out from school into colleges and into lite with an appreciation ot good music and ability to express this to others. I want to congratulate the class of l93l on this Book of Cold, for this is what it will mean to you more and more in the years to come. The class of 193i has made a splendid record in character, scholarship, athletics, and music. You have served the school well, and our best wishes go with you as you seek to find your niche in life. l-ove of good music will play a big part in this success, and particularly so it you can give expression through the string or wind instruments or by the voice. Cuitivate your talent in this art oi all arts, Sincerely, lOl-lN E. ALMAN. MR. ALMAN IN ms OFFICE 20
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