Armijo High School - La Mezcla Yearbook (Fairfield, CA)

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PRESIDENT J' --at . , y 1 if . V , 1 ,fi-j...'ifjx r X,,A-, I - , i 1 . - gs V. MQ. as as VICE-PRESIDENT Se SECRETARY SE IOR As we mounted the granite steps, passed through the swinging doors, and entered into the halls of Armijo for the first time, we also entered into a new way of life. XVe were young men and women, and we were treated as such. It was hard to accept at first, but gradually we began to see a little more clearly. We chose Keith Hayes to lead our freshman class as president, with Mel Mula- nax, vice-president, and Marieta Johnson, secre- tary. A year passed and we were no longer frivolous freshmen but sophomores. Bob Lozano was elected to direct our activities as president, Jack Tsuji as vice-president, and Mona Anderson, secretary. A Moonlight and Roses theme was carried out at our Sophomore Hop with Alan Rossi and Anna Royston as Sophomore King and Queen. The next year found us upper classmen-jun- iors. Alan Rossi, Larry Stanley, and Sharon Van Scyoc proved to be most worthy for officer posi- tions in the eyes of their classmates. Once again it was an eventful, fun-Filled year. An Underwater theme was chosen for the Junior Prom and the year ended with the election of john Anabo, as president of the Student Body, with Jack Tsuji, vice-president, and Mona Anderson, secretary. All too quickly our last year was upon us and we put Larry Stanley in charge of our class as president, .lim Alexander as vice-president, and -Io Ann Simmons as secretary. For nine memorable months we enjoyed our senior activities to the fullest and finally we graduated. All our four years of work was presented to us that night in the form of a diploma. We looked around, saw the faces of those who had helped mold our future and we were grateful. Slowly the realization spread over us that they would no longer be able to help us, that we now held our future in our own hands and would, for the rest of our lives. But those whom we looked upon had provided us with a firm foundation for that future. 6

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Mr. LUCAS Principal Mr. SMITH PRIN CIP L'S MESSAGE The theme, Building for the Future, is certainly a timely one today at Armijo for the administration and the Board of Trustees. NVe are busily engaged in all the planning and detail necessary for the construction of a new Armijo High School plant. It will be complete with science laboratories, shops, library, and all the other facilities to make education more effective. This fine new plant will be ready in 1959 to meet the needs of the increasing number of students of tomorrow. But in a larger sense, Armijo does not consist of buildings, halls, or classrooms: these are but temporary structures. The REAL ARMIJO lies in the traditions, the spirit, the enthusiasms, the ideals, the industry, the co-operation, and the achievements of all the students and teachers, past and present, who have come this way. This is the REAL ARMIAIOg and although it defies defini- tion, analysis, or measurement, it is more real and enduring than any building or structure. I am highly honored at having the opportunity of being a small part of this GREATER ARMIJO. An Armijo which de- velops in its students a real sense of the democratic responsibilities well as rights and privileges: an Armijo whose students have a true sense of appreciation for the ideals of human dignity and individual worthg an Armijo whose staff and youth work together, in understanding and harmony, in the never ending search for truth, beauty, and knowledge. This is the REAL ARMIJO that I have found here and which we today are continuing to build. This is the Armijo which, in co-operation with all other like institutions in our nation and democratic world, is building in the youth of today, that character, self-reliance, industry, tolerance, patience, and understanding necessary for the solution of the unforeseen problems of that world of tomorrow. I commend you for your past work and have every confidence in your future. 5 Vice-Principal 5

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