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

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ADMINISTRATION Down, far down, in fhe greaf depfhs of fhe eerie, mov- ing wafers of fhe sea, lie mysfery, drama, advenfure, beaufy, -lures of fhis living underworld, lures fhaf have dazzled fhe innermosf souls of men and led fhem fo discover fheir darlc secrefs. Man firsf began his explorafions by diving from fhe calm. blue surface and descending info fhe cool currenfs of sub- ferranean caverns and moss covered plains. Buf only a very few minufes af a fime could be spenf in fhis wonderland, because of fhe laclc of oxygen. The invenfion and success of fhe diving suif followed. Buf even fhis was nof sufficienfg man wanfed fo fake phofographs and slcefch whaf he saw beneafh him. Many affempfs were made fo descend in mefal-lilce balls, buf disasfrous resulfs followed. Then Wil- liam Beebe, an eminenf scienfisf of sea life, announced his infenfion of exploring fhe floor of fhe ocean. l-le faced opposifion, buf some realized fhe value of such an expedi- fion and, accordingly, exfensive preparafions were made for fhis underfalcing. In I934, off fhe shores of Bermuda, fhis man sfepped info a small mefal-like gondola, and was slowly lowered. Peering fhrough small lenses, he found him- self in anofher world of grofesgue, living creafuresq fish of vivid color, fierce, serene, large, small, some glowing like sig- nals fo direcf fhe everlasfing hurry of fraffic. l-le wenf down, down, down, fo a record depfh of 3,028 feef. l-lis observa- fions and drawings have broughf fo fhe world a revelafion of fhe life in fhe nefher regions, comparable only fo fhe mysfery of fhe blue heavens.

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