Monrovia High School - Monrovian Yearbook (Monrovia, CA)

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d .'f' As a symbol of the . enlightenment of education our tower reaches toward the sky .K 1 a , ffm X tl , J. old Glory flies daily do t x' ln above our school, a ..., q guarantee of the freedoms Lk. ' 'l 'T of American democracy. ,s W' l s A 11,3 n ls L 5, 2 . H, I R ,tk ' E, ,fe Q -th eir E51

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K t X X ' X ' .3 44115222 ' - 1 , 1 '1 Q9 ,- ' ' W A ' ,, 'L A , . l Q A x I ' f A X ' fb vii-A71 Sf KA Q 1 'H 9 9 ' 9 ffl . -35 X ' 0 1 , '1 I A, gg X x X Fifty years ago last july a small handful of men, exercising their rights as American citizens, went to the polls and by a vote of seventy-five to one author- ized the establishment of a free public high school in the City of Monrovia. Ten years earlier, in order to attract homeseekers to his new town, W. N. Monroe, the founder of Monrovia, had established an elementary school, for he had soon learned that the American people were not interested in a com- The first high school classes were held in the two- story frame building erected on the corner of May- Q ig . gi sb. R? J ag. flower and Colorado lthen Crange Avenuel. The elementary school occupied the first floor and the high school the second. The first graduates, Carrol Fowler and Ida Whit- tington, were graduated in 1895. During the past fifty-year period over 4,000 young people have grad- uated from the high school while over 1,000 others have entered as freshmen and either moved away or dropped by the wayside. In 1903 the high school moved to Ivy Avenue, first occupying the frame building pictured on Page 9, then the plastered brick building shown on the same page. In 1920 both Duarte and Arcadia became name was changed to the Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte High School. In 1929 the school was moved again, this time to Colorado and Madison Avenues, the present site, which contains approximately twenty- five acres of land. The high school is proud of its graduates and proud ' of the record being made by former students in the present World War. To these graduates and former students, both in and out of the armed forces, we wish a full life and good luck. A. K. WILSON, Superintendent gigis . .... . it x

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G DEDICATION It is with a deep sense of respect and affection that the staff of the I944 Monrovian dedicate this Golden Anniversary Yearbook to our superintendent, Arthur K. Wilson. The students of Monrovia-Arca- dia-Duarte High School, both past and present, will endorse our choice. ln his many years of service, we recognize his sincerity and ever-willing efforts to advance and develop our school and student activi- ties. THE EDITOR