Mountain View Union High School - Blue and Gray Yearbook (Mountain View, CA)

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DEDICATION In sincere appreciation of his good nature, delight in his spontaneous humor, and real Wonder at his clarinet p1aying,we dedicate this book to MR. LYLE F. CAMPBELL

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FOREWORD Variety is the spice of life -cmd so is Scotch humor. Both are the keynotes of this book, cmd We dare you to find cmy- thinq dull in it. So there!

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1 u new 'r t-rrfx ' Ht PC 4-...Q Nagar Gr. There are times in the lives of all of us when FAREWELL is the saddest of all sad words. There are other times when there lingers about this word, FAREWELI., a golden touch of joy, hope and happiness because of a task well done and an anticipation of what the future holds, the beginning of new ventures. I imagine this is one of those times of mixed emotions for all of you. You people who have spent these years in the Mountain View Union High School have had experiences and formed associations that will ever remain pleasant memories. Yet, you would have no desire to remain here always because there is much yet to be done. Life is one continuous preparation to live. It is our sincere hope that this school has helped you in this preparation, that its ideals have become your ideals and that they will ever be a part of you. May your graduation be, in truth, the realization of a task well performed, bringing with it that indefinable, inner glow that can only come from this kind of a realization. It has been my privilege to have known you only during this, your last year in high school. I am deeply grateful for having had this privilege. I am appre- ciative of the many, many things you have done to make this, my first year, in our high school, such a pleasant one. I wish for each of you the highest success in whatever worthy endeavor you undertake and hope that your lives will be filled with joy and happiness. If I were to add anything at all in the way of advice I think it would be in the words of Iohnson, If a person does not make new acquaintances as he passes through life he will soon find himself left alone. A person should keep his friend- ships in constant repair. It has been said that the most powerful and the most lasting friendships are usually those of the early season of our lives, when we are most susceptible to warm and affectionate impressions and now is the most fertile time of your life for the forming of these friendships. Napoleon once boasted that he made courtiers and that he never pretended to make friends. Napoleon fretted away the last years of his life in exile on an island alone, neglected, and in despair. I think one of the finest gems from the mind, heart and pen of Emerson is, The only way to have a friend is to be a friend. We take care of our health, we lay up money, we make our roof tight and our clothing sufficient, but who provides wisely that he shall not be wanting in the best property of all-friends? Charles R. Crooke.