Whittier Union High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Whittier, CA)

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ADMINISTRATION

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MONG the hve miracles of achieve- ment in the early commercial and industrial progress of California was the building of the Central Paciiic Railroad across the Sierra Nevada Moun- tains. The president of this railroad was Leland Stanford, a inan of high ideals and nzerit whose greatest ambition was to have a road big enough to keep one hundred locomotives busy. Since there were so inany difficulties to be encountered in those days, he was indeed a man worthy of note who had so effi- ciently organizzed and sufweriutended the construction. The railroad was finally coin- jileted after several years of labor under great difficulties. Leland Stanford drove the last spike, LELAND STANFORD

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ACUJLT E, AS STUDENTS of Wlyittier Union High School, wish to express our sincere gratitude and deep appreciation to our teachers. They have been our counsellors and our friends. It is they who have devoted their time to helping us in our exploration to find that precious treasure-finer knowledge. They have supported willingly all our school activities, our plays and benefits, as well as our social fetes. Our faculty has taken a special interest in developing the resources of each student's mind. All the members of each department have helped the students to find a mine of wealth in their studies. OUR DEPARTMENTS The history department has helped the students to study with understanding and intelligence the social and political problems of yesterday and today. The English department has promoted clear thinking, an adequate and correct expression of ideas, and an appreciation of literature. The domestic science and domestic art departments have trained girls in preparation of food and in making of clothes. The purpose of the physical education department has been to instill in the boys and girls the ideals of good sportsinanship and fair play. The science department has endeavored to teach the practical value of science in relation to our common, everyday life. The language department has offered studies which furnish a key to the treasures of a civilization other than our own. The mathematics department has provided some of the best opportunities for logical, clear thinking. The art department has helped many students to find that particular field for which they are best fitted. The dramatics department has developed students' ability in dramatic art. Of our music department, one might say: Music is to the mind what the plow is to the soil. It stirs up thought, makes the brain more active, and life more harmonious.', These rich fields before us are inviting ns to explore them and by our own initiative to claim and develop the treasures we desire.