James Garfield High School - Crimson and Blue Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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Grvrtingn frnm the igrinripalz Garfield High School opened its doors to boys and girls for the first time in September, 1925. This is only ten months in the past! It is fitting, then, that we have some permanent record of the activities and achievements of the students and faculty who have had such an important part in making Garfield High School what it is today. Therefore, this book our, first CRIMSON AND BLUE, is made. We have builded standards, ideals, and traditions that are a part of each of us-never to be cast aside. And, for the material things we cherish, this book will keep a faithful record. Life and achievement for those of us here at Garfield this year, have centered around the ideals of SERVICE, COURTESY, GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP, WORK, SACRIFICE, and COOPERATION. In these ideals will be found the key to understanding all that has been done. To the continued growth of these ideals each may pledge his loyalty! May these ideals go with each of us in achievement wherever he may be. And may Garfield High School grow finer and stronger in each succeeding year! Sincerely, ROSCO CHANDLER INGALLS. In this our first year at Garfield, we have had many handicaps. It is gratify- ing to note the number of pupils who have overcome these handicaps and really achieved. You have learned the joy of service and have set a high standard of loyalty, good sportsmanship, and fair play which future students will he proud to live up to. You are pioneers and leaders. A leader must stand steadier, feel deeper and see farther than his companions and be willing to go on alone. ALICE REITERMAN. Vice-Principal. Every great school has traditions to which its members point with pride. These traditions serve as powerful influences to both faculty and student body. The students in Garfield High School have had a rare opportunity, in this hrst year, to assist in building a fine programme of service and achievement. We point with pride to our future rather than our past. It has been a real joy to see so many of our students eager to contribute their part to this growing spirit of service, achievement, and good sportsmanship. I sincerely hope that each boy and girl now in our student body may have the satisfaction in years to come of feeling that they have given something to make this school more nearly their ideal. RALPH W. DETTER. Torch of Service Eight

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Ten Erhiratinn HE Garfield High School buildings and grounds were dedicated to the purposes of education May 7, 1926. This date marks the completion of the build- ings and the equipment of them. Dedication exercises were held in the morning and evening. A11 classes, departments, and equipment were open for inspection. Let us now with earnest hearts and with exalted faith and hope solemnly consecrate this building to its high and holy purpose. May the youth of this community for generations to come gather in this place to receive instruction and knowledge and training in virtue. May they find here every condition necessary to a true and enlightened education. Especially, may their teachers be ex- amples of excellence in scholarship and character, seekers after goodness and truth, lovers of chil- dren, enthusiasts and adepts in the finest of all arts, the development and inspiration of human souls. May these rooms always be pervaded with an invigorating atmosphere of mental and moral life, and may no child pass from these schools to higher grades or to the outer world without having been made more intelligent, more thought- ful, more courageous, more virtuous and in every way more capable of wise and just, of useful and noble living. To this end, may the blessing of God be upon child and parent, upon pupil and teacher, upon principal and superintendent and upon every one whose influence will in any degree affect the work of education as it shall be con- ducted within these wallsf, Dr, W. H. Scott President Ohio State U11i'uo1'sity