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

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EDITORIALS 27 Competition became so fervid that on certain occasions guards camped on the spot all night to guard the sacred numerals. Since the passing of the old traditions, annual Poly events of interest are the Pasadena game and the bonfire and serpentine preceding it, the senior and junior plays, the Christmas concert, Low Life, the class rush, the annual Catalina trip, the interelass track meet, junior-senior reception, senior reception, crowning of the May queen, the publishing of High Life on the first day of school, and the ringing of the three bells for assembly. Just how large a part these traditions play in the life of Poly today the student will realize when he becomes the old grad of tomorrow. DRURY, ALL-AMERICAN To consider Morley Drury in a fair way, one must think of him in a double aspect, as grid star and as civilian. The world acclaims Drury because of the honor he has won for himself, for his high school, and for his university. Caerulea wishes to congratulate him further upon having retained, despite his achievement, a degree of modesty which becomes him and which is perhaps the greatest achievement of the Drury we know and claim. It is with this in mind that we present a full-length picture of Morley Drury on the title page of our athletics section, which we dedicate to him. APPRECIATION Those of us whose pleasure it is to labor over the publications of Poly High come to experience, as the days and their problems are met, a feeling of comradeship for those of the faculty who, with kindly guidance, steer these projects. Here it is that the teacher is in every respect the friend. To Miss Florence Carpenter, who went this year to teach in the new Junior College, we of the publications group owe a great debt. During her four years as High Life adviser, her high journalistic standards, her originality of thought and expression, and her unusual ability in adapting new ideas to old problems have meant much to Poly High and its publications. ACKNOWLEDGMENT Caerulea takes this opportunity of acknowledging the work of Walter Neweomb, Seth Felt, Dolph Winebrenner, Billy Nute, and Ronald Larson, who were forced by heavy programs or mid-year graduation to give up their staff positions during the year. Margaret Wheeler, Ruth Buffum, Helen Clarke, and Richard Emery were also valuable to Caerulea in their work above and beyond their own departments. William Olsen and Texas Dalton assisted in last-minute assembling of the books. To the typing classes, who handled a large portion of the Caerulea copy, and to Miss Mertie Davis, their adviser, as well as to the various faculty members who aided US in collecting the material in the book, we express our appreciation.