Fairfax High School - Colonial Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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'I+ 'B 'E' +14 1Hnrr1unrh OUTH always rs and ought to be the Great Adventure of Life There are alwavs wars of domg thmgs better and you will be alwaxs trymg them There are also lnnumerable Ways of domg thxngs rn some worse way Some youth wlll try these also and to plunge mto somethlng untrled and un tested simply because nt IS new IS a pretty certam road to dlsaster It IS alwaws best to look before you leap lf you are golng to jump very far Be sure that whatever lt ls, others have trred rt and those who blunder too much are llkelv to leave therr hones on the strand Por mvself I do not worry over the revolt of Vouth We shall alwavs have xt and those of us who have forgotten our youth wxll look on the youth as the old hen does on her duckllng chickens who t'1ke to the Water They won t be drowned and rf they are they would have heen so no matter what chsclplme they were put under The chances to make mrstakes mav he greater now, where war has taken the l1d off from human aifanrs But lf a hd IS to be clapped on lt IS better that each one do xt for hnmself, than to turn the Job over to soclety The only leadershlp we need IS that of men and women who can thmk for themselves, and who amxd all thrs turmorl can form thelr own characters and strck to what IS right The world IS strll wlde open for success 'ls well as for farlure It IS your own trall that vou must blaze for vourself whatever lts swamvs or jungles ,,.,..,J,IZ?o-oc - cc - n , . . . . m yu I 1 uf Q . . . . , - . . . . . . . 7 1 ' I . . , J ' H D ' . 3 L g l O l 1 ' , D , ' . . . 1 . f Y V I 0 '- . . . . . . . . . . . 1' ls 4 u n 1 , . . , .. I

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Sc 3 . Zilhrmr ECAUSE of lts capaclty for llberal lnterpretatlon the Great Ad venture of Youth has been chosen as the theme for the 1928 Qolonlal In turnmg the pages of thls yearbook lt wxll be seen that thxs rs a theme whlch each person may approach from a dlfferent angle Although ln ltS development much llberallty has been used, the mter relatxonshlp of youth and adventure has been held IH VICW m the chorce of the foreword the dedlcatlon the art work and Slmllaf features of the Annual The staff has dedlcated the book to Mr D S Swan who, ln his capaclty as Boys Vxce Prmc1pal has freely gxven of hrs frlendly counsel and helpful advice ln guldlng youth through thelr great adventure Upon the request of the staff Dr Davld Starr jordan very kindly consented to wrlte the foreword A major part of h1s lrfe has been de voted to the SCTVICC of youth Culmlnatlng many years of SCFVICC as '1 professor he served twenty five years as Presldent of Leland Stanford IS well that we who are but commencing our adventure, should pause '1 moment to read carefully the advlce of one who has succeeded m hls great adventure and who has through numerous contacts wlth youth come to belxeve that a new and better generatlon IS gradually taklng ltS place rn the world The theme has also been carrled out through the art designs Ad venture has been expressed ln the d1v1s1on pages of the book Most of the other art work expresses the mlluenee of the school over youths great adventure The page borders ln the scemc sectlon carry the same deslgn as the decoratlve beams rn our schools audltorlum Several mottoes whlch are used at the tops of the pages throughout the hook have also been reproduced from these beams On the last page of each sectlon may be found a drawmg of some part of Falrfax Through the editorial work as well as through the features the theme has been earned out lnasmuch as the whole Annual IS merely a resume of what youth has achleved at Fairfax durlng the last year If the readers of thxs Annual can comprehend even ln a small measure, the sxgnlficance of the Great Adventure of Youth lf they are able to VICW youth Wlth the same fine spmt of optlmlsm whlch prevails rn Dr Jordan s foreword lf they can grasp the rmportance of Youth toward the Adventure of Llfe whlch our prlnclpal has polnted out ln hls message the staff will feel that their work has been well rewarded 1' ,, , V, 5 , V V -X . . . . . . H , - !, W 7 . , . .. , , . . . , . . . .. ' ' . . ' y . ' 7 ' 7 1 1 , 1- ' I. Q n K Unlversrty. At present he IS Chancellor Emerltus of that mstrtutlon. It 1 A C , I V I ' Y . . . , . . X ' . ' 'Y 1 A , . I 7 7 , , ' . Q 1 . 3 . , 0 Q . a 1 l ' c a v 1 - ' J

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