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

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'I'lIlI Zeal. daring, courage - all ihese char- acierize The spiri'r of modern youfhy and fherelore, avialion, which Typifies ihis spirif beHer fhan anyfhing else, has been se- lecied as 'rhe lheme of ihe l93I Colonial. Mosf of +oday's prominenl avia+ors are young people. Avia+ion is essenfially a science and a sporf of youih. H is because of ihis, and also because aviafion is rapidly becoming such a vilal par'r of 'rhe age in which we live, 'rhal we, 'rhe slaff, made i+ Jrhe rno+ivafing idea around which +his an- nual was builf. Aviaiion compels our a'r+en+ion because if is a realify of loday. as well as a pofen- 'rialify of fomorrow. Man overcame fhe obslacles of mofher ear+h, he conquered Jrhe realm of Neplune, and Then he could noi' resf un+il he had soared lhrough 'rhe heavens. Aviafion is noi wholly a mechan- ical science nor a mode of i'ranspor+a+ion: if is a refleciion of fhe adveniurous spiri+ of 'rhe machine age in which we live. We, +he sfaff, express 'rhe hope +ha+ our handling of fhis lheme will inspire in you +he onward and upward spiril of aviafion. We , , H ,wx,2.,, i, XT' 'J a 4,0-gi-, T . r. lvpl-l:,,,,4.zv 'J . 4 gl . will I ' 1 1' Z.,4U5s.A fu-Q .A HJ . . ,4,,c,f... f1..A14-y-.4,i-'W'-ffrfv? 4-'J s f M .. 139,42 'i,,.'J.Ljk4Aj '- V l f',i ' fi J, ' 'MI 5' '

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may be alleined only by Those phys- ically and rnenlally lil, of high in- leqrily, and who have lhe capacily lo exercise, during lhe lonq period required lor educalion and lraining, vasl arnounls ol palience, persever- ance, and obedience. Even a lcnowl- edge of such apparenlly unreleled sciences as malhennalics, physics, and Qhemislry is an essenlial. Vifhile lhe road is lonq, lhe qoinq is rough, and 'rhe rewards lo rnedif ocrily are nil, lhe ambilious young person wifh lhese qualifies may con' lidenlly slrilce oul lor lhe air, lhe rnosl inlriquino ol all aclivilies. Wilh besl ol luck lo you and happy landinqs.