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

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12 THE ARTISAN W 39 SCOTLAND, THE NATIONAL FESTIVAL Once a vear, at Braemar, the elans from all Scotland gather to cele- brate their great folk festival in contests of sport, song, and games. The colorful kilts and tartans, the skirling bagpipes, the ancient games and dances enliven the scenes of the great national occasion. In the center of a large out-door arena are the champions assembled from all parts of the country. Surrounding them arc the thousands of spectators, royalty, and tourists. To the strange lively music of the bagpipes are performed the high- land dance contests where grace, strength and physical endurance are put to the test. The young women of Scotland stand prominent in this field. Interest is keen in the varied program of jumping, racing, tossing the caber, putting the shot and in the tug of war. The people have united in this festival the competitive spirit of sports and the pageantry of dance and song to help keep alive the ideals of the Scottish highlands.

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i 4 THE ARTISAN W 39 THE PRINCIPAL ' S MESSAGE To the Highlanders: A nation is not great because of its size or the number of people who live within its boundaries. It is great because of the courage and the char- acter of the people who populate its plains, its hills, and its valleys. There are many peoples in many lands who live in mountainous regions. These regions are usually populated bv brave and rugged people. The most noted of mountain people live in the mountainous regions of Scotland. The courage of these people, their love for their country, their hone :ty and sincerity, their integrity and their capacity to make sacrifices for those whom they love has epitomized the characteristics of mountain people so dramatically that the term Highlanders has come to common usage in designating the people of the Highlands of Scotland. The Winter Graduating Class of 1939 has much to live up to in the name they have chosen. Commencement will mean to them the begin- ning of an experience in living the like of which has not been available to any generation before them. The developments in the field of science, the achievements in the field of industry and the failure of mankind to keep step with these achievements in the field of human relations have brought our country and the world to a crisis which can only be met by courageous pioneering, bv daring experimentation, and by an unfaltering will to make the world a better place in which to live. It will require everything that is implied by the name which you have chosen to live successfully through your day and age. May I bring to you at this time the sympathy, the encouragement, and the best wishes of those whose jov has been your growth and your development during the three years you have been at Manual Arts High School. Floyd R. Ilonn.