Polytechnic High School - Caerulea Yearbook (Long Beach, CA)

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20 g H gg gg gCAERULEAi27 GRADUATING SENIORS, GUARDIANS OF CALIFORNIA'S ROMANTIC FUTURE Students graduating this year have received some of the best secondary school training obtainable, and their reactions to this training, as evidenced by their achievements in the years to come, will determine the contrif bution of Long Beach Polytechnic High School to Galifornizfs nomantic future. This high school is supplying the community with artisans in many fields of endeavor, the foundational training received here will prove of inestimable value both in further educational pursuits of the graduate and in his life associated with the community. Education adapts the youth of today to the privileges and duties of citizenship. The years that come will see these graduating seniors stepping into the places of those who now conduct business enterprises and affairs of state. Through the training they have received here, they will be better prepared to face the problems of the day than their predecessors have beeng but on the other hand, they must meet much keener competition. They should not take their future success for granted. What they have learned will not help them if they do not continue their studies and make use of their present knowledge in confronting new problems and tasks. Because their associates among the faculty and student body will be looking toward them for marked accomplishments, these graduates should tackle their new work with determination to measure up to the trust ac' corded them, knowing that anything they do will reflect credit or dishonor not only on themselves but on their Alma Mater. AN APPRECIATION During the past three years the Caerulea staffs were advised and assisted by Miss Grace E. Poff, a teacher in the English department. It was with sorrow and regret that the staff of the 1926 Caerulea learned that Miss Poff had moved to Los Angeles to teach at Belmont High School and would not return to Poly in the fall. Because of the fact that Caerulea had already gone to press, it was impossible to announce her departure in the 1926 annual. It was due largely to Miss Poff's faithful and efficient work that Poly's annual became the pretentious publication that we now have. It is to Miss Poff, in recognition of her services to Caerulea, that the Publications Department of this 1927 Caerulea is affectionately dedicated.

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PROBLEMS i ,gg Tkggiiig let pleasure and material enjoyment have a high place in their everyday activities. To maintain ideals of good citizenship, of friendly relationship among the races of mankind, of devotion to honor and truth, and to search for ways of progress in all lines of thought and action, would be a worthy aim for Californians as well as for people of every state in the Union. Perhaps it may not be a present problem for California to maintain high ideals amid material comforts, but it may be well for Californians to see that it never does become difficult for them to become so. DR. FREDRIC P. WCELLNER Dr. Fredric P. W'OElll1C1', assistant professor of Education at the University of California at Los Angeles, is well known to the teachers of Long Beach. The students of Long Beach should became acquainted with him also, for his clear thinking is an inspiration to all. His letter pertains directly to the graduate. Each year an increasing number of high school graduates rushes into society with a louder battle cry of greater freedom and of more opporf tunity. These graduates are apt to be remarkably energetic, optimistic, and self confident. Each one wants to find his particular place in the sun. It was ever thus! Each year anxious groups of adults meet these graduates with greater concern for the Welfare of society and of these incoming members. Men and Women of affairs are apt to be a little uncertain and somewhat weary. They feel that they must not abdicate in favor of a lesser nobility. It was ever thus! f' wg Q ' ' ' ' .. The big problem now and tomorrow for the -' ,:, Polytechnic graduate, as of all graduates, concerns it' l ' self with convincing the adult world that it has no cause for anxiety or lack of faith. It will take years to convince these adults that graduates are able and will' ing to assume their responsibilities and to carry them' , Y' selves and society to higher levels of thinking and Q acting. But it must be done. It remains for graduaf ting senior of Poly High to warrant the respect of the nr. Fred,-is Woellnex' older generation. Hard work and good work will accomplish this. It must be remembered that one's place is not won in a day. It was ever thus! -14 L me 5555, Q i f-. 5 ' L-.il :fr my 1, ...ec 'gl ,- M Si H- - - ' -Q 1 -. - ' fm' -X - 1: .Q -- :E - - ri i . , . .K 'I Ei j.,Q, . , . - f ' 7- if . , 11 is giatfzgfx ' 'if-4

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EDITORIAL g g g g 21 THE CAMPANILE At the time this 1927 Caerulea appears, another high school annual is being issued in Long Beach. This is the Campanile of the Woodroww' Wilson High School. Many of the staff members of the new annual were former members of the Caerulea staff. The seniors, whom it represents, are our former classmates. To all these, we extend our congratulations upon this, their achievement. It is the earnest wish of the Caerulea staff that the staffs of the Campanile, present and future, may successfully meet all their difficulties and problems, and that the Campanile may enjoy years of prosperous publication. FORWARD STEPS ' HIS 1927 Caerulea is dedicated to the idea of progress. It is, there' fore, peculiarly gratifying to note the advancement which our school has made in the past year. As we consider student activities, we cannot help feeling a thrill of pride over the unusual record made by our football, basketball, and waterfpolo teams. Despite the fact that they were the lightest team in the league, the varsity football boys took the Coast League championship by winning eight out of the ten games played. The Fighting Five continued this record of victories by winning the Coast League championship in basket' ball, defeating every team in the league by enormous scores. And when the members of the waterfpolo team became Southern California champions, the hopes of the most sanguine were surpassed. In debate, in oratory, in stockfjudging contests, in chemistry contests, and in fact in almost every other contest, Poly has acquitted herself with honor to the school. Yet the triumphs and successes of this year show something more than strength in athletics or proficiency in debate. If it were not for the loyal wholefhearted support Which the student body has given to all school activities, no team from Poly could have won a chamf pionship. Many forward steps have been taken this year, but the greatest advancement has been made in the improvement of our school spirit. This is the finest achievement of all.