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

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V, - . l Page Eighty-four Entrance to Girls Collegiate School

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It appears that the order of importance of the fields of instruction for adult schools and classes is as follows: First, the removal of illiteracy. Second, vocational extension. Third, naturalization and civic instruction. Fourth, and least important, education for leisure. In our opinion there is no place whatever in evening schools for per- sons who desire merely to be entertained at public expense. A Friend What is a friend? I will tell you: A person with whom you dare to be yourself. Your soul can go naked with him. He seems to ask of you to put on nothing-only to be what you are. He does not want you to be better or worse. When you are with him you feel as a prisoner feels who has been declared inocent. You do not have to be on your guard. You can say what you think so long as it is genuinely you. He understands those contradictions in your nature that lead others to misjudge you. With him you can breathe free, you can take off your coat and loosen your collar. You can show your little Vanities and envies, your hates and vicious sparks, your meannesses and absurdities and in opening them up to him they are lost-dissolved on the white ocean of his loyalty. He understands. You do not have to be careful. You can abuse him, neglect him, to- lerate him. Best of all you can keep still with him. It makes no matter, he likes you. He is like fire that-purifies all you do. He is like water that cleanses all you say. He is like wine that warms you to the bone. He understands. He understands. You can weep with him, laugh with him, pray with him. Through and underneath it all he sees, knows and loves you. A Friend, I repeat, is one with whom you dare to be yourself. Page Eighty-three

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i ln Lighter Vein Caught the Spirit of the Thing . The bucolic one had been asked his opinion of scarecrows. No good at all, he grunted, Hleastwise against the crows in this dis- trict! Only last year we put up what we thought was a fine Scarecrow- a man pointing a gun . Well, what happened ? Why all the crows in the world seemed to be feeding in the field, and while one crow' perched on the gun and worked the trigger, another was falling down, pretending to be shotf' A Q ...-i.-,T As Others See Us In the old prize-fighting days one of the best-known men of the fancy in South London was a stutterer. Having beaten most of his local contem- poraries he sighed, a fistic Alexander, for more worlds to conquer. Even- tually an opponent was brought for him from the Midlands. He proved to be a miner, who also suffered from a vocal impediment. There were long-drawn-out pourparlers for the match, but when everything was finally arranged the South Londoner shook hands and remarked to his opponent: And if y-y-you c-c-can not f-f-fight b-b-better than you c-c-can t-t-talk it's a W-w-w-walk-over for me. -London Daily News. i In the Nick of Time Two gentlemen riding on a train were both very much intoxicated. First Gent-What time is it? Second Gent fafter extracting a matchbox from his pocket with much exertion and gazing at it intentlyb-Thursday. First Gent-My God! I've got to get off here.f-Everybody's. ' , Page Eighty-five f