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

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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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GEO. A. MERRILL Q It is with a great deal of regret that I have seen the December 1937 and the une 1938 classes graduate They have been faithful, unselfish and consclen tlous workers both in the classrooms and in the social life of the school Everything which these classes have attempted has always been a great suc cess, because of their cooperation and fine leader ship If they continue to work in their various fields in the same manner that they have done here at the school, I know they will be graduates of whom the school will be proud My hope is that during their few years here we have taught them to love the truth, to despise false hood, to avoid the cheap and shoddy, and to rec ogmze and admire the good I congratulate these classes upon the fine record they have made and wish them every success Hn EXIIITIPLE 0F GUUU LEHUERSHIP 37X 'i 381 Z A plus Q Experienced teachers know that each graduating class, whether from a high school or from a higher institution, has characteristics and traits peculiar to that particular group, just as different tribes, or different nations, or different races of people develop customs, qualities and characteristics by which each may be iden- tified. Even though the members of a graduating class were unacquainted with each other when they entered the school, and have been classmates for only a few years, within that brief length of time the individual members borrow from each other ways of thinking and of doing things which ultimately become habitual with them and a permanent part of their personalities, and the class as a whole becomes a composite unit. Dominant traits that are born in us, of course, are not easily changed but there are many things about us that are not so dominant but that they can be changed, or at least modified, by favorable environment, and especially by fine friendships such as the members of the L W L Classes of 37X and 381 have so noticeably cultivated Nor will these acquired attributes prove to be tran sient or ephemeral things that will be lost or nullified after graduation, in a different environment On the contrary the high standards which these classes have set for themselves, in deportment as well as in scholar ship, and their fortunate selection of capable leaders and class officers, give assurance that the admirable qualities of young manhood and young womanhood which they have developed here will prove to be perma nent assets in the shaping of their future careers It is to be hoped that subsequent classes will strive to emulate this excellent example GLADYS TREVITHICK 9 . . . . . 9 . . . . ' . ,xr 1 p u if . .1 . .I - . . ,I O J . . , . 0 I -'f ' . . . . . lffxc' Q P' . .. I Q .s'l , sd. . . .

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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