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ThaT necessary TacTor in poIi+icaI IiTe, popular supporT. The people OT America gave Their TrusT and supporT TO Franklin Delano RooseveIT, oTTering cooperaTion, and expressing Their desire Tor The renewal oT American indusTry and business on a normal scale. Their hopes and beIieTs were noT misplaced. Under his program, policies, and personaIiTy, American business condiTions experienced a decided upTurn. The wheels oT American indusTry were once again Turningq The American people were once again conquering a depression! V Similarly, in The year I933, Lowell I-Iigh School Taced a crisis, aTTecTing each OT iTs sTudenTs. The Tirm hand OT NaTure had deaIT a Tragedy To The people OT SouThern CaIiTornia in The Torm OT a devasTaTing earThquake. Old, diIapidaTed school sTrucTures Tumbled and crashed as a resuIT OT The mighTy Temblor. The lives oT many school children, TuTure sTandard bearers oT Americanism, were endangered. Immi- diaTeIy, a bill was draTTed and passed by The STaTe IegislaTure, providing ThaT all school buildings in The sTaTe oT CaIiTornia musT pass a speciTied earThquake-prooT examinaTion. The old, red-brick building on Masonic and I-Iayes STreeT did noT pass The TesT. V Be- ginning in The Spring Term OT I934, Lowell one-haIT day sessions were held aT The Galileo I-Iigh School Building. The very paTh on which The TuTure OT Lowell Trod was shadowed by The eIemenT OT DOUBT! Was The pOwerTuI ciTadeI oT Lowell ideals and TradiTions To be smashed againsT The rocks? Were The enviable records made by Lowell represenTaTives in The Tields oT scholarship, organizaTion, and aThleTics To be aTTecTed? CERTAINLY NOT! IT was The duTy OT our senior class TO reorganize The STudenT Body TO meeT iTs new condiTions. I-Iowever, Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors alike all responded, and rallied around The Red and WhiTe banner. The crisis was SQUARELY meT and DECISIVELY conquered. Lowell ideals and TradiTions had survived an acid TesT! Y' The prime issue oT social imporTance in America Today is lndividualism vs. CoIIecTivism. IT is in The high schools OT America ThaT The youTh oT our counTry learn The True imporTance OT The consTanT relaTionship exisTing beTween ourselves and our Tellow ciTizens. Words cannoT express The Tull value oT The word- CO-OPERATION. IT is The key ThaT opens The door To success! V We, The graduaTing class OT December I934, Tully realize The imporTance OT a high school educaTion. We are aware OT The growing demands Tor leaders in The realms OT business, indusTry, and economics. We Teel graTeTuI To our preceding generaTion Tor granTing The school children oT Today such UNPARALLELED equipmenT Tor obTaining such a NECESSARY knowledge, preparing us Tor The ObsTacles we musT all Tace and hurdle in IiTe. We Teel proud ThaT we have been able To Take advanTage oT The widespread diTTusion OT knowledge in our world Today and Through iT we hope To answer as loyal, ThoughTTuI and courageous American ciTizens. The mosT sTupendous challenge OT our age-SOCIAL REFORM. R4 Eellow Classmenl . . . LeT us here resolve ThaT The educaTional oppor- TuniTies during These pasT Tour years shall noT have been wasTed! FREDERICK DREWES I-IisTorian, Class oT December I934 I9 J-D ,,, ,.i....L.4, .,,,.. .. -.. . ,,
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CLASS HISTORY ELLOW GraduaTes, Teachers, ParenTs and Friends: - As The class ValedicTorian musT be a propheT and gaze inTo The crysTal beyond The presenT, The class His- Torian musT reTlecT in The hour glass OT Time The high-lighT evenTs which shall Torm a parT OT our liTe memories. V lT was in The Spring Term OT I93I ThaT mosT OT The mem- bers OT our presenT graduaTing class were elevaTed Trom elemenTary school To high school. We were indeed dismayed by The ideals and pracTices OT secondary school liTe. Lowell honor sOcieTies and adminisTraTion leaders oTTicially welcomed us aT a Freshman RecepTion, a gala evenT ThaT leaves vivid and lingering memories. V The newness OT our enTrance inTo high school liTe had noT yeT vanished, when, in The Fall OT The year l93 I, we were TransTerred To Lowell's annex, The Denman School Building, because OT over- crowded school condiTions aT The main ediTice. lT was in This sTage OT our high school liTe ThaT a brieT disrupTiOn Occurred in our ranlcsp some members remained aT Denman unTil Their junior year, while oThers reTurned To The Lowell building as low sophomores. V Our sophomore year provided The developing sTage in our high school careers. ATTer a Two- year period as lower classmen, in The Spring OT l933, we emerged inTo The splendor OT The upper classmen's world. V Prior TO This Time we had been iniTiaTed only inTo Lowell's academic liTe, and Though, OT course, our high sTandard oT scholarship was noT only mainTained buT advanced, we were now inauguraTed inTo The realms OT Lowell's social and aThleTic worlds, in which many OT our represenTaTives gained prominence. v Now, like The Tlame OT a burning Tire spreading Trom The maTch, To The paper, To The wood, and evenTually To The coal, we had passed Trom Treshmen, To sophomores, TO iuniors, and suddenly were seniors. We endeavored To serve as examples Tor The resT OT The sTudenT body, while we were slowly buT surely approaching The Threshold OT graduaTion-a Turn- ing poinT in all our lives. v The hisTory OT our Tour-year Tenure aT Lowell has been analogous wiTh The growTh and developmenT OT our own UniTed STaTes during The same period. UNCERTAINTYI ThaT word expresses mOsT clearly The social, economical, and indusTrial condiTions in Our counTry during The hecTic years OT l93O and l93I when American exisTence was aT iTs lowesT ebb. The very ToundaTions OT our 6OvernmenT Trembled. CapiTalism, Communism, and Fascism, and oTher harsh phrases, new To The vocabulary OT The average American ciTizen, were direcTed Towards The naTion's capiTal. The American people Taced a serious crisis. V ln l932, a new man was placed in The PresidenT's chair in The WhiTe l-louse--a man brimming wiTh personaliTy, and possessing I 8
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