Highline High School - Pirates Log Yearbook (Burien, WA)

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I?lEJI':T'lE.lI':TlElE-TU-J MOST fitting indeed is the theme, Our Campus, chosen for this year's Pirates' Log. ln common with all sections of our country, we are happy to be engaged in reconstruction instead of destruction. Our immediate concern in this reconstruction revolves about our campus, and our hopes have already taken visible form in Memorial Field and in the extensive additions being made to our building. For the former, compliments must be extended to our student body, who undertook and financed the enterprise with the aid of voluntary contri- butions from the community. For the latter we sincerely thank our School Board for their timely planning, and the voters of the district for their support in voting the necessary money. Our ultimate concern in the post-war reconstruction also centers in our campus and in all the campuses of America. Will improved physical equipment stimulate us to higher intellectual endeavor? Will the better buildings contribute to the building of better character? Will the en- larged facilities result in a wider vision? Will our association together in a more favorable environment give us a deeper sympathy for the needs of people in less favored surroundings? Will better leaders emerge from the youth of today to bring peace and security to a world that has here- tofore been subject to the desolation of famine and the havoc of war? Our improved campus is at once an achievement and a challenge. The achievement belongs to the past, the challenge remains for the future. -A Message from L. F. JOHNSON, Principal. E ELE

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LEONARD F. JOHNSON. Principal E 'll-Il EI! HERE'S a man whom every stu- dent at Highline knows as a loyal, sincere friend, always approach- able and democratic. His keen interest in all activities and his attempts to bring the best to High- line have won wide recognition. No one can estimate the many hours of thought and labor he has spent on Memorial Field, pictured below. Ever alert and energetic he can be seen dashing hither and yon, checking, changing and arranging, ever attending to last minute de- tails. His unbounded enthusiasm and ability to carry a proiect to its successful consumation, together with his devotion, heart and soul to Highline, have resulted in making this school one ofthe most progres- sive in the state.

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E'IElE'I.ElE'lE.lEi'IEl icwhma 7 As I write an ode to Highline, I'm reminded of a dame Called Juliet, who warbled, O there's nothing in a name. A rose by any other name would smell as sweet, she said- But Juliet was love-struck and it settled in her head. I'm sure another name would take the glamour from the rose, If it were called skunk cabbage, we would surely hold our nose. But rose gives added lustre to the red and yellow hues, And adds a subtle perfume that we otherwise would lose. Our school is christened Highline, there's an uplift in the name, It calls to high endeavor, it inspires a lofty aim. To voice the name of Highline makes us work with greater zest, For there's magic in the word that spurs us on to do our best. When I become discouraged and trammeled down with care, There's potency in Highline pulls me out of my despair And turns my wayward footsteps up the hill instead of down, It lifts me from my doldrums, turns my cross into a crown. So as I face the sunrise each day to bear my load, With a rosebud in my buttonhole, I'Il take the Highline road. I'II waft a tinge of perfume as I gallivant along - Let Julie chant her dirges-I'II give the world a song! Writing in a happy mood, Cyrus L Gilbert, former Highline mentor and bard, has contributed the above bit of verse to this year's Pirates' Log. EIElEl5lElEIE'I.El