Maple Avenue Evening High School - Progress Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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Respect the Flag When you see the Stars and Stripes displayed, son, stand up and take off your hat. Somebodymay titter. It is in the blood of some to deride all expression of noble sentiment. You may blaspheme in the street and stagger drunken in public places, and the bystanders will not pay much attention to you, but if you should get down on your knees and pray to Almighty God, or if you should stand bareheaded while a company of old soldiers marches by withflags to the breeze, most people will think you are showing off. But don't you mind! When Old Glory comes along, salute, and let them think what they please! When the band plays The Star Spangled Banner in a restaurant or hotel dining room, get up, even if you rise alone, stand there, and don't be ashamed of it, either. Don't be ashamed when your throat chokes and the tears come when you see the flag flying from the masts of our ships on the great seas or floating from every flagstaff of the Republic. You will never have a worthier emotion. For of all the signs and symbols since the world- began there-is none so full of meaning as the flag of this country. Other flags mean a glorious past, this flag means a glorious future. It is not so much the flag of our fathers as it is the flag of our children, and of countless children yet unborn. It is the flag of tomorrow, the signal of the good time coming. It is not the flag of your king, it is the flag of yourself and your neighbors. Your flag stands for humanity, for an equal opportunity to all the sons of men. Of course, we have not yet arrived at that goal, injustice still dwells among usg senseless and cruel customs of the past still cling to us, but the flag leads the way to righting the wrongs of men. Our flag is the world's symbol of liberty. That piece of red, white, and blue bunting means five thousand years of struggle upwards. It is the full-grown flower of generations fighting for liberty. It is the century plant of human hope in bloom.-Alvin M. Owsley, of Texas, National Di- rector, Americanism Commission, American Legion, Indianapolis, Indiana. Page Sixty-six A

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ARTHUR GOULD Assistant Sup't. of Schools This school, being an Evening High School, has been under the super- vision of Mr. Arthur Gould, who is supervisor of all High Schools in the Los Angeles district. ' Mr. Gould's sympathetic understanding and cooperation has been Very helpful. He has always kept in close touch with the Work of this school and never failed to do everything possible to procure for us the things we needed from time to timeg His guidance and advice, many times sought and always freely given, has been both valuable and encouraging. A We feel truly grateful for this and take this opportunity to express our appreciation of Mr. Gould's 'attitude and efforts. Page Sixty-five 1

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Qur Common Language X By MISS 'RUBY BAUGHMAN Editor's Noteg' Miss Baughman was formerly Supervisor of Immigrant Education and Elementary Evening Schools in this city. When this school was first organized it came under the head of Elementary Even- ing Schools and as such of course, came under the notice and jurisdiction of Miss Baughman who showed a very helpful interest and was untiring in her efforts to help get the school going successfuly. ' Miss Baughman is now Supervisor of a similar department in the Uni- versity of Minnesota. The following article was written by Miss Baughman some cons1derable,t1me ago but it is so good and so pertinent that we decided to reproduce it here. One country, one language, one flag -these three, andthe chiefest of theseris a common language because upon' it depends the perpetuation of a government in common with a single banner. Upon a unified medium of expression depends the national' consultation upon thingsof vital and immediate importance to us all. W ' . i . ' i ' The Civil War is often spoken of as the one great attack on the unity of our nation. o Yet the federal government has been in fargreater peril at other periods of its existence. When the early migrations of settlers moved so far into the Western Wilds that they found themselves out of communication with the national centers of trade on the Atlantic seabord they became, by token of their isolation, numerous potential independent governments and only one thing prevented their development into such nations, namely, the mechanical perfection of transportation. The rail- road, the telegraph and the telephone actually eliminated the distance by making men able to talk things over at long range. This process of talk- ing things overeis the essence of democratic procedure. T But these 'intercommunicating networks of steel rails and copper wire brought about a social isolation that works as surely as geographical distance. The population of the nation has huddled into great cities. Here people live in a physical proximity far too closeg yet they are Widely separated in social relations. Violent group antagonisms result. Pro- ducer struggles with consumerg labor fights with employer, distribution Page - Sixty-seven