Lick Wilmerding High School - Commencement Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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On September 21, 1875, ames Luck a California pioneer who had made a fortune m San Francisco real estate executed a deed of trust glvmg has entlre estate for various purposes of public benefit one of whlch was the Lick School the name of which, he prescribed, should be The California School of Mechanical Arts A further snpu lation of the founder was that the purpose of the school should be to educate males and females ln the practical arts of life The establlshment of the school was delayed by prolonged lltlgatxon, and xt was not until anuary 1895 that the bunldmgs were erected and the groups of students constituting the first classes enrolled The accomplishments of the students who have subsequently been graduated from this lnsntutlon have proved the soundness of james Llclc s theory that young Amer scans should be taught to work mth their hands as well as with their heads 895 1 4 if '11 ', , . 1 , . so l ', . 2 g . u 1

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TIIIRTV VEIIRS . The pamc of the fall of 1907 like subsequent slmnlar events caused extensive dlslocatlons m business and the lndust 128 and was one of the prlnclpal reasons for my jolnmg the faculty of the Callfornla School of Mechanical Arts A congenial faculty, a student body mtent upon making the most of nts educational opportunmes, a sensible curriculum per mlttmg great freedom of actlon and a prevallmg atmosphere of good will and good fellowship struck a responsnve chord m me, and soon made me feel at home ln my new field of endeavor Although I had never taught before the students and I managed to get along very well Every year we graduated a large number of well tralned, mtelllgent young men as fine specimens of young manhood as could be found anywhere Nothing very excltlng happened untll the summer of 1918 when for exght weeks our school did nts but by glvlng mtensxve industrial tralnlng to 150 young men from Oregon who had been mducted mto the mllltary service The present shop bulldlng served as barracks A mess hall was Installed ln the basement of the academnc bulldmg and has been contmued smce as our cafeteria At the end of the tralnmg period the contnngent was ordered to France and saw actlon on the battle fields at once During the years 1919 to 1924 asxde from regular mstructlon the school undertook the rehabllltatlon of the disabled men returning from War service I was appoxnted counselor for the men who received their tralnmg together wxth the regular stu dents and we felt that both sldes benefited by the arrangement The organization and readjustment to changed after war con dltlons have occupled our earnest attentlon untll now and we are confident that the efforts of our dlrector Mr Merrill have placed the school on a new and firm foundatlon E R BOOKER BRUNO HEYMANN 5196 Q It has been a dlstlnct pleasure to have worked with the members of the December 1937 and june 1938 graduatmg classes, not only as a teacher but also ln con nectnon with the various phases of school life m which they have so actively partnclpated As students, they have been all that a teacher could desire, havmg lnved up to their lndnvxdual capabllmes to an extent rare among snmllar groups of the generation In student body affanrs, these classes have set an ex ample of leadership and cooperatnon which has been un paralleled ln my experience They have given freely and unselflshly of their time and efforts ln behalf of the stu dent body as a whole and, durmg the present readjust ments, their leadership and example have done a great deal toward welding the various elements of our student body mto a unified group I am indeed proud to have had the privilege of bemg associated with such a fine group of young men and young women and offer them here and now my congratulatlons on havmg attamed such marked progress toward a fine and useful lxfe. It lS hoped that, no matter what the fu ture may hold ln store for them, they will remam always close to their school, proud of their school and with thelr school proud of them. I Y Y Y 9 7 ' L. Y 1 .. 1 . - 4 ' . . .. . . . , VK. , . 1 9 ' Y . . . ' . . . . .. .

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