Cumnock School - Chronicle Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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Wigs and fans, hoopskirts and bustles have been put away in the attics of memory, but the modern pulse responds as quickly to the stimulus of The Blue Danube whether played by Strauss, or Wayne King, whether in waltz or swing time. C L A S S E S l8

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A FACULTY MEMBER'S ACHIEVEMENT Anatole France and the Development of His Ideas Concerning Science was first published in the Modern Language Forum by H. S. Craig of Cum- nock Faculty in December, l937, and later reprinted by the University of Cal- ifornia at Los Angeles, to be sent to various Anatole France scholars in the U. S. and abroad. Critical and flattering comments have resulted in all cases. The further development of the subject into a doctor's thesis has been urged by many. The illustrious Professor of French Literature, Daniel Mamet, of the Sarbonne, the only other scholar who has written on this subject ll9l2 La Revue du Mais l was most cordial in his reception of the essay and has gallantly ceded the field to the present author-with offer of help and guidance from his own voluminous notes on the subject up to l9l2. The import of the study as developed thus far is to reveal Anatole France, not as the contradictory and peevish devotee of Science in its limited physi- cal sense, but the descended genius of the Montaigne-Pascal-Voltaire thought-coupling science with the Roman scientia and sapientia, or general wisdom. This genius, who always asked too much of philosophy and of mankind, expected too much of the self-sufficient, abysmally ignorant and over-con- fident scientists of his day. just as Descartes' realization of imperfection gave him a notion of perfection-Cod, so Anatole France sees the deficiencies of the science of men like Berthelot and imagines the science to come, be- yond the work of men like Louis Pasteur, comparable, perhaps, to Victor Cousin's Science of Sciences. ln his apparent, surface waverings concerning the value of science, Ana- tole France reveals in his obscure depths a profound, unwavering belief in the future of mankind, led by Science and Idealism. WW. if?31V? li 9, I7

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xfw I fy LJ . I I ld aff C O L L E G E IACK THOMAS LOUISE PHILLIPS ALBERT BEICH Student Body President Vice-President Secretary MESSAGE OF STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT With a feeling of deep sorrow I sit down to write this epistle, for I know it is closing a wonderful chapter in my life. Cumnock has offered me and every student attending, development and growth, pleasant hours of social life, and association with a sympathetic faculty. The student body is composed of a group of high type students who' are unanimous in their love of Cumnoclk. This love did not grow out of pure'so- cial enjoyment, but from a realization that the golden doors of opportunity have been flung wide for the students to enter and enjoy a more abundant life. Cumnock has been an open sesame and because of this the students Cherish it. I will close by saying that my time spent here has been both enjoyable and enlightening and your enthusiasm and cooperation have been perfect- Forward be our watchword, conquer and prevail. Sincerely, IACK THOMAS, President I I M I9