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

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Coknia Published by the students of Fairfax High School 7850 Melrose Avenue Los Angeles 46, California

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of 60I'ltel'lf5 Administration lVinter Organizations and Seniors Activities Summer Organizations and Seniors Classes Sports Ads ealicafion THEN was when your parents went to high school. NOW is when you attend Fairfax. THEN, in l926 there was an open lot between the west wing of Fairfax and the Boy's Gym. NONV you have beauti- ful Greenway Court, the living room of Fairfax. which holds so many of your fondest memories. Yesterday was the day of the raccoon coats, Model- T Fords and the newest invention, talking movies. Today is the dawn of television, jet planes, and the Atomic age. THEN, King George the V, ruled England. NOV' England proudly looks back on the recent Corona- tion of her new Queen, Elizabeth. THEN, in 1932. the fate of our nation lay in the hands of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. His task was to guide his country through its greatest financial crisis. NOXV, 20 years later. we find that it is Dwight D. Eisenhower in whom the American people have placed their faith and trust. His is the task to guide our nation through another troubled period in its history. You may think that THEN is an era which you cannot remember. Nevertheless one cannot forget the year l945 when the threat of world domination by one country was halted. THEN it was your par- ents who were fighting for America. NOXV we are faced once more with a similar challenge and America will be calling on you. her youth to sup- press it. lVe dedicate this book to YOU. knowing that you will preserve freedom, our precious heritage. for all generations to come. P6134 rl film. .