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

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Remember the days of our Freshman induction? The scrub class of infants so easy to scare? The first school assembly to get us acquainted, And Principal Wilson to welcome us there? Blessed the A you once got in Latin, The long forward pass that was caught with one hand The basketball tilt when we clobbered old Jefferson And Albert E. Wilson cheered from the stand. The tremendous importance of our student elections, The unsatisfactories that caused such a fuss. The Girls ' League activities; those scholarship honors That Principal Wilson presented to us. The Manual Knights and Adelphia Society, The new girl in school, the brain and the dunce. The Chemistry Class when the sulphur exploded. Of course, Doc knew about that at once. Then the Recessional played for the Toilers, -— And seniors were marching away, pair by pair. A diploma was ours — in spite of transgression, And sure enough Doc Wilson was there. memory, So now all these things are but parts of our Or in an old Artisan hidden somewhere. A definite part of each of our histories, A pleasant experience we only can share. Bald or gray be our heads — and our eyes surely dimmer Only the Purple and Gray is still clear. But best of all — time has never deserted us, For believe it or not — Doc Wilson is here! Russ Hopkins Student Body Pn We Dedicate This Book

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For fifty golden years it has been done — neither physical discomfort nor lack of equip- ment daunted Manual Arts in her enthusiastic beginnings. It can be done has been the rallying cry for faculty and students alike dur- ing the many, times when Manual Arts has faced difficulty and challenge. It has made seeming miracles possible and toughened the determination of the students to make this, their school what they want it to be. Let us ask to have nothing done for us that, by a long pull and a strong pull, and a pull together, we can do for ourselves, said those early leaders, and each generation has echoed the pledge. Self expression through their many activities, faith in themselves and their powers, democ- racy expressed in recognizing worth wherever they found it, and a chance to do all of this under sympathetic guidance and skillful help — here perhaps is a partial reason for the unique influence that Manual Arts has exerted over alumni and students for fifty fruitful years. J C