Lowell High School - Red and White Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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TO MAJOR WINFIELD s. OVERTON IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF HIS UNSELFISH SERVICES T0 THE STUDENTS or LOWELL HIGH SCHOOL, WE, THE cLAss OF JUNE, 1924, DEDICATE THIS VOLUME.

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THE PRINCIPAL' S MESSAGE The Spring Term of 1924 will be remembered as the time in which the aims and ideals of the school have been searched and questioned as never before in our history. From without, there has come the demand to be shown why we should as a school be differently organized from any other. From within, there has been the effort to hold our own, to justify the principles of our school by the results they have brought about. This testing out of the ideals of the school has been a matter of deep importance. The outstanding feature of the period has been the unanimity with which alumni and former members of the school have come forward to give MK-IQEQZSQARK testimony of their high regard. Back over the years we have called the roll of the former classes and there has been no faltering in the response, Lowell has stood for high things in education, Lowellls past justifies continuance along the lines already well known and understood. This scrutiny of the past throws a greater responsibility on the present. lt is for those now inthe school to permit no evidence of unworthiness of our rich heritage. More and more our name, as we sometimes spell it out, must become a living force in the soul of every student. L is for Loyalty-no place for traitors. O is for Opportunity-open to everyone. W is for Work-no tolerance of idlers. EU is for Energy-belonging to youth. L and L stand for Love for Lowell-enriching our lives. Much do we owe that unrecorded friend who determined this name for us and gave us this source of pride and inspiration. Much also do we owe the unknown leader who years ago chose for us the school emblem of Red and White. What other colors can stand so high in significance? Red,' is for warm, pure blood, life-giving and sustaining, the basis of vigor, courage and achievement. White,' is for truth, clear, unsullied, untarnished by error, untouched by evil. Taken together these colors mean noble character, courageous purpose and high resolve. Can the graduating class ofblune, 1924, close the term and their high school period in any more fitting way than by re-dedicating themselves to Lowell ideals and pledging themselves to be true to the Red and White? THE RED AND WHITE l51