Compton College - Dar U Gar Yearbook (Compton, CA)

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PRESIDENT JUNIOR COLLEOE O SCOTT THOMPSON Dr. Scott Thompson, with thirty-foui years of service to the youth of Compton, is dean of Los Angeles County District Superin- tendents, and truly an educational forty-niner. ' Space precludes more than a mere sketch of his many accom- plishmentf as an educational leader, sensitive poet, and leading citizen. hHe has built the district from an original enrollment of 300 to a swelling 1950 total of well over 15,000. Dr. Thompsons prowess as an author is known In his Teacher- Centered School, Sengs of a Schoolmaster, and The hlopes of Every Age. Compton ' s catalogue, The College Plan, has attracted nation-wide attention. He Is a member of the envied 96 Club of the American School Administrator ' s Association, is included In International ' Who ' s Who, and Who ' s Who I n America. The Compton Union District, ' ong a pioneer In the 6-4-4 type of school organization, seems to be et a turning-point in Its history. For the first time an Important part of the high school district, Lynwood, has withdrawn. This will bring, no doubt, some vital changes in the district structure which cannot be forseen now. Foremost In his many-sided interests through the years. Dr. Thompson has kept his warm interest In young people and their problems. THE PORTION OF MAN There is no sweet and quiet haven Where you and your heart may rest. For the portion of man is not a goal But a road that ieads towards the bes+. Ever and ever he travels that road As endless es the movement of time. And day follows day without an end, As he strives and he struggles to climb. He meets life s sorrows, he meets life ' s joys As he journeys toward the land of his dreams, And the vision today is forever the one To light the long road with its gleams. For the wish of man Is to find a place To lay down his burden and care. But his part Is to travel forever. And to search for the best everywhere. — Scoht Thompson

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A Vscar ' TO A FRIEND of young people v ho retires this year, and thus ends thirty-four years of pioneering educational leadership in Southern California and the nation. Below, left to right. Dr. Scott Thompson inspects a typical student project, recon- struction of earthquake-destroyed inter-build- ing arcades, hie points to memorial plaque for youth who died in World War ! 1 . Always a sports enthusiast, he chats with tracksters Charles McKnight and Bob McMahon of Coach Ernst Hartmann s cinder team. « y-