Manual Arts High School - Artisan Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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ARTISAN STAFF 11 Artisan Staff Managing Editor Clinton Wyatt Assistant Raymond Myers Associate Editors Wilma Davis Vennie Abdullah Art Editor Harold Lehman School Life Hallie Couch Sports Kenneth Berry Advertising Manager William Miles Class History Joe Covas Special Writers Verna Bryant Robert Ridgway Dramatics Ahlean Masters Parties Betty Vasconcellos Girls ' Sports Evelyn Hauber Assemblies Doris Howe Snap Shot Editor Kathrvn Loughbom Letterer William Sass Stenographers Dorothy Parlee Esther Hermann Jokes Paul Woods Photographer Dave Veaver Faculty Adviser Alex. F. Hansen

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10 T H E A R T I S A N S • 3 1 But of what significance is all this carrying of mail over this route? Surely the monetary returns are not enticing to the British Government. The ansvi ' er is, briefly, this : Cairo and Bagdad were at one time centers of rich civilization. Those two cities are rapidly experiencing a change, which is bringing commercial returns to the English coffers. Britain has hopes, and rightfully so. Then too, the recalcitrant India has long been a thorn in Britain ' s side, and India must be watched. And what city is a better strategic point than Bagdad ? What medium is better than the airplane in keeping watch? Perhaps you are now wondering wh} ' they should carry mail in particular to accomplish these ends. An unwritten law is involved in that thought. We are modernists, but we fall back on an ancient faith. It is a faith that has withstood the most horrible of wars, plagues, and catastrophes. An example of this faith is in a letter. A message, however brief, is a sacred thing to those isolated from their loved ones. All countries recognize that fact. This unwritten law re- ferred to is that come what may, we will carry your mail. And the ancient spirit of loyalty referred to is mankind keeping faith with one another, this time through the mail, using the airplane as a medium. The Cairo-Bagdad Air Mail is an evidence of Great Britain ' s Modernism. She is gaining power by following high aspirations, fighting opposing forces in her colonial empire and at home. Britain copes with Oriental and iModernistic India. Mahatma Gandhi, the Indian leader of the peaceful resistance of the masses will yet share in Britain ' s work and responsibility in India. In Africa education is awakening the black people. They have new thoughts and aspirations. It is recognized and feared by Britain that thoughts take form in action. China ' s growth too has become a problem to England. Many banks and some cities have lived in security because of British Arms. The feeling is growing among the yellow p)eople that such holdings as these coupled with the rights of extra-ter- ritoriall} ' are drawbacks. Sun Yat Sen ' s teachings of Chinese salvation are begin- ning to bear fruit. More important than her troubles abroad are her difficulties at home. Millions are unemployed in England ; the dole does not seem to remedy matters. Lloyd George ' s Labor Party promised to ameliorate if not eliminate unemployment. Affairs are now worse, with the Labor Party holding the responsibility. Too, there are war debts to be paid. Rest assured that England will survive the crisis. Ramsey McDonald and Lloyd George are too clever to permit the result to be otherwise. It is only natural for nations to attempt an adjustment in harmony with Modernism. That is the spirit of this graduating class. As we run the gamut of vicissitudes of fortune, we shall always be struggling Forward ever, backward . . . never!

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