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

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JN pl K li gy! WX' ,gif ,. Siege asf' sf FORE GRD Not infrequently is youth reminded of its rich heritage with the implication that being heir of all the ages is an unmixed blessing. Vlfhile the past cannot be charged with bestowing a niggardly bequest upon the youth of this day, it still must be conceded that the heritage carries colossal responsibilities, and perhaps that is the best part of the gift. Youth finds itself confronted with a universe expanded by the telescope quite beyond all power of the imagination to grasp, con- fronted with a maze of knowledge through which it cannot grope, in- heriting accumulated material wealth which it should not too greatly desire. Youth is endowed with physical appliances and gadgets, the number and complexity of which balk understanding, exceed man's needs, and surpass his ability to use with safety. With this vast inheritance that bewilders by its diversity and ov owers by its very bigness, there have also come conditions and plexities that in some measure vitiate the value of heritage. Pos- essions bring greed for possessiong increasing emphasis on the hysical aspects of life brings restless grasping, rushing speed, a clutter of mere goods, a raucous medley of sounds that exhaust the mind and make impossible the seeking and finding of real values in life. Yes, to the youth has come a great heritage 5 but with it, there has also come another type of bequest and one of serious proportions, en- tailing the obligation to interpret to its generation in a challenging way the true relationship between possessions and human values, between wealth and personal integrity, between knowledge and the wise, humane use of knowledge, between position and power and the enlightened vision that sees the selfless way to use power for the common good, between the urge just to drift and the courage to accept the challenge of this doubtful heritage and make it yield the fruits of human happiness and goodness. To administer its heritage wisely requires of youth today a clear si vision of the end to be reached, a steady purpose, unyielding courage, and Heaven's good gift of hope that sees the desired end of human betterment as still surely attainable. f. 5 X 7 f SUSAN MILLER DORSEY I f ' j l ,ff 'lf ' 5 1, Q e 1. ffl I , W ' A ffl W 1 df . J W W 2 f' Z ' H! I f' . T I A ' F' J.

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Photo by Witzel SUSAN MILLER DORSEY Susan Miller Dorsey, teacher in the classical department, head of the classical department, girls' vice-principal at Los Angeles High. Assistant superintendent and superintendent of the Los Angeles city schools.

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GOLDEN TOWER Photo by Witzel An everlasting memorial of heroic struggle anal noble achievement abides for posterity.