Mechanic Arts High School - M Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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ifwf i i EEE? HEN former oThleTes come buck They heod dovvn The holl T Tovvord The gym ond coll loudly, Hey, Joe, expeding, os They olvvoys hove, To see The kind ond friendly Toce of Joe STrom- mer. Foll, vvinTer, and spring, vvhenever The boys vvonT onyThing oround The gym, They look up Joe who is olwoys willing To help Them ouT. WiThouT Joe The gym would be o dismol ond gloomy ploce. ThoT The boys con'T do vviThouT him ond his kindness, wos shovvn when he vvos removed To TirsT floor. The boys goT up o peTiTion To hove Joe puT bock in The gym. NOT only The oThleTes, however, buT onyone who hos ever hod onyThing To do wiTh Joe reodily ogrees ThoT he deserves recogniTion for his unselfish service. So To you, Joe, vve dedicoTe our 1950 HM . if ' Wefelfywr? r L WMJLJM Q fe owe

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, KVM iff UW M tl ' f AW I , 1 J ,J 31144 of C0l'lf8I'lf5 l HIM f N ' yy Aw l. Introduction ML Q-fl . , f wt my II. School Life fa lf' , Ill. Seniors , I ,W X IV. Activities 1 WM I , JJ t V, Athletics X , fhvffdpt fbigff j,lJJ'I I aj? if .L J I Mtfcl' A l f fl Pgfblf ,?,.f,fifA'lfn7 gf 07.10 acc, X. t MQW I yxiz iii I 'THQ Jiyuogg Q, f J ldf ff y.. I ' ful KE- jkig ig Wee-Aanicg .- ol school ond o symbol. This school hos stood tor over fifty yeors, ci representotive of democrcscy. No toint of prejudice hos ever Touched lvlechonic Arts. Every student hos had on equol chonce to reoch his own personol gool. Whether or not he does so, depends solely upon his ombition, his Willingness to leorn, ond his oloility-not his color, creed, or bonk occount. We who hove come to know ond love so Well these rooms ond hollvvoys, moy be justly proud of our school, for Mech nic Arts is the very spirit ond essence ot true democ oc tl

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l K 1 Tounded and carried on upon The greaT American principle ThaT edu- caTion is invaluable and should be available To everyone from every walk of life. And yeT iT is more Than iusT a school, more Than iusT a place To sTudy. lT is The iumping-off place from youTh To maTuriTy. When graduaTion is Tar behind us, and vve look back, These will be The golden days. This building and These years will be The hub around vvhich The shining spokes oT memory will revolve. We shall have become parT of a heriTage. Our Taces will linger and our TooTsTeps vvill re-echo dovvn These corridors, mingling vviTh Those vvho have gone before us and Those vvho are yeT To come. Page four