Los Angeles High School - Blue and White Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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1543 X-251 f3.5 I . gay tai.: '5 Ly . l , ,. Y 'j . , . ,-4 ., ' C 7 in W X S ig. 1 x 'ffq .TT . . f ' ' ' . a. jlilr. QBIihe1f'5 Message , To the Members of the Class of Summer '27: In every man there is something wherein I may learn of him and in that I am his Dupil, says Emerson, the great American essayist and philosopher. If you know a per- son, he becomes your friend. He has faults, but has sp many good qualities that you are happy to be tolerant of the qualities not entirely approved by you. So it is with nations, All people have their good and bad points. There must be developed an intelligent un- derstanding and a bond of sympathy among the nations of the world in order that there may be an ever-increasing inter-change of the arts, sciences, and commerce, and that world peace may prevail. Intolerant ignorance means diplomatic troubles and often war among nations . In these days of rapid transit and radio communication, the whole world is our neighbor. It is therefore possible for us to know far more intimately the various peo- ples of the world than if we had lived in the 19th century or even a decade ago. We are making the world one neighborhood-East is now next door to West, and all peo- ples dwell in one continuing city. America, as a nation, has been most successful in establishing a high degree of prestige among the nationsrof the earth. With that prestige has come to many of our citizens a feeling of security, of isolation, and a little of aloofness, The Chinese version of the Golden Rule, given in their famous classics, is applicable to all peoples, What you do not wish others to do to you, do not do to others. If this respect for others were carried out, there would be a real tendency toward world democracy, and there- fore a realization of common high ideals of government in the very near future. How is this attitude of respect for others to be attained? We answer that the great public school system of America is leading and must lead in the development of this attitude. Let us, at the Los Angeles High School, the name school of this great city at the western frontier of American civilization, be leaders in a world movement that Will. pave the way for a greater good will among men. Your sincere friend, I ,'ir 11

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:Miss Tllflliulhertuns jllilzssage 7 Respect for Others is the motivation for most that is best in ,our civilization. Law is the expression of an effort on the part of the leaders of a social group to main- tain protection for the rights of that group. At first the only people believed to have rights were those powerful enough to enforce them. Gradually the leaders came to recognize, in some degree at least, the rights of those too weak to fight their own battles: then laws became more protective, more humane, Whether we are considering an individual, a nation, or a vwqorld civilization, this fact is true: in proportion as our respect for the rights of others becomes inward and voluntary, and as our deflngition of others includes more and more kinds of people, we are approaching the highest type of social idealism. When at last we shall have attained respect for all humanity, we shall have reached true democracy, and its inevitable accompaniment, world peace. Your sincere friend, J,,,,.lil-fi-elm illllr. nhIe's Message 'Ro the Class of Summer '27: Slogans, mottos, and resolutions are valuable as a means of expressing the col- lective thoughts of groups of people. They might be likened to the standards or ban- ners that are carried as a rallying point for an army as it advances. This is one reason why we, as administrators, try to keep our school motto constantly in the minds of the students in hopes that by constant repetition we may develop the qualities that make for true character. Respect for other, the phrase which your class has chosen to em.phasize, should mean something more than the mere defenence that school children have been asked all their lives to give to their superiors. Respect for others should be respect for their ideals, respect for their national aspirations, and consideration for their point of view. Your school career, we hope, has taught you the necessity to observe all conven- tional, social customs, and to have respect for them. The customs themselves may mean very little, but the observance of them marks us as experienced and thoughtful instead of careless and intolerant. We hope that you, the Class of Summer '27, will go out from this old school 'with the plan to build a more wholesome patriotism for the people of every country not based upon hatred, jealousy, or revenge, but upon love of country and pride in achieve- ments .of countrymen and race. Yours sincerely, 13 1 wfevciwbq X f fx ' f 4- . , - . sf f X 1- ,if-W 1' .g 5.1.1-'H :iw a y 1, T 'va P ', -Z. 1 3: A 52- ' nd'-' , fa