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

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MR. F. H. CLARK W bat CDoes the qkcf 6? liite Signgfy? HIS is a fair question to ask of the editor of another RED AND WHITE. Everyone knows in advance, in a general way, what material he will put into his book. Everyone knows that student body officers will be photographed and the achievements of athletic teams will be described. The names and records of the graduating class will be presented in due order so that their fame may properly be handed down to future generations of Lowell students. All these things have been done before. Any RED AND WHITE editor who aspires to strike out on new lines and open some phase of interest that has not been thought of before is aiming at difficulty and anxiety. Perhaps we may cease to expect originality, and term after term feel satisfied with an established standard in plan and execution. Still there is a growing meaning in these publications, even though from term to term the same general form be followed. Always new names appear among the official lists, and new faces among the photographs in the places of honor. Thus the life of the school proceeds. In this way, the beneficial infiuences of the school are spread throughout our ever-widening circle of youth. The benefits are there, even though from term to term we shape no new courses, and societies and clubs follow well-beaten tracks. Every organization or club recognized in this book yields its social training, its opportunities for leadership. In the lengthening history of the school, the RED AND WHITE is more than a set of photographs, more than a record of achievements in sports. It is published evidence of what the school is doing in the performance of its supreme duty-ftraining in responsibility in social relationships. The RED AND WHITE is a dedication to Lowell's ideals. It is a semi-annual offering upon the altar of the Spirit of the School. It marks an undying faith in the good lives of our youth and an unfailing belief that the school associations have made those lives happier, richer, better. In all these respects, the book of 1929 keeps company with its many worthy predecessors. Fowzeen