Beverly Hills High School - Watchtower Yearbook (Beverly Hills, CA)

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ARNOLD A BOWHAY A quarTer cenTury anniversary is a good Time To desig- naTe iusT where we sTand: whaT good our pasT has conTribu- Ted, whaT we can make oT The presenT, and whaT The TuTure holds in sTore Tor us. The pasT cannoT be made over, buT we can siTT ouT The good and deTermine To hold TasT To iT7 we can recognize The bad and deTermine To eliminaTe iT. The presenT is in The making, and we can never minimize The imporTance oT whaT we are doing now. We may be so close To iT ThaT we lose perspecTive, buT To be eTTecTive we musT sTrive To aTTain a proper balance and adiusTmenT in all our acTiviTies. We can never indulge in cheap excesses ThaT we do noT wanT To aTTecT us, Tor everyThing we do conTribuTes To our real selves. We are The sum ToTal oT everyThing we have been and are now becoming. Our TuTures are in The malcing, and we shall be a liTTle less Tine permanenTly if we do noT sTand Tor The besT now. The TuTure oTTers much Tor a sTudenT body such as ours ExcepTlonal people can do excepTlonal Things buT only :T They realize Their abiliTles and responsiblliTies WheTher we reach The heighTs or plumb The depThs or IusT aTTa1n mediocriTy depends enTirely on us As inTelligenT individuals we should sTop and Talce unvenTory We have The power To deTermine whaT we will be whaT measu e oT leadership and respons1bil1Ty we will assume

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fs Al. ve VICE-PRINCIPALS BLANCHE E. DAVIS Girls' Vice-Principal ln commemoraTing The 25Th year oT The public schools in Beverly l-lills, we are paying TribuTe To Those ciTizens who came To Beverly l-lills wiTh The ideal ThaT This ciTy should become The TinesT oT residenTial communiTies. When Beverly l-lills Took conTrol oT This high school Three years ago, many ciTizens and a large maioriTy oT our sTudenT body and oT our TaculTy be- lieved ThaT Beverly l-lills l-ligh School could be The TinesT high school in The counTry. Much progress has been made in The achievemenT oT such an ideal in The pasT Three years-mosT parTicularly during This year. To live in Beverly l-lills and To aTTend iTs high school is To give To each Norman an opporTuniTy and a responsibiliTy To develop The besT There is in him. May each year oT your sTay in The halls oT Normandy record greaT advances in your personal achievemenT and de- velopmenTl , , pw An anniversary is a Time To sTop and Take sToclc oT accom- plishmenTs in relaTion To goals. One need noT be parTicularly ashamed of The discrepancies ThaT may exisT beTween Them if one has been honesT in one's sTriving, consTrucTively criTical oT one's shorTcomings, and zealous in conTinued eTTorT. The world has liTTle paTience wiTh alibisg iT recognizes resulTs. lT should be, ThereTore, a maTTer oT exTreme saTisTacTion To Those responsible Tor The advancemenT oT educaTion in Beverly l-lills ThaT They can poinT wiTh pride, as achievemenTs, To The school sysTem, To The various opporTuniTies Tor adulT educaTion pro- moTed over This period, and To The TacT ThaT The sTandards oT The communiTy are Those which command respecT noT only in The immediaTe and surrounding clisTricTs buT also in disTanT places. The TirsT TwenTy-Tive years may be The hardesT, buT They are also The mosT imporTanT, Tor on Them are builT The achievemenTs oT The second TwenTy-Tive. LeT us Then guard our ideals as expressed in Those achievemenTs and march Tor- ward To a new place in The hisTory oT our communiTy. lbwclmm. GERALD I-l. AYERS Boys' Vice-Principal