Polytechnic High School - Polytechnic Student Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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.. . HE Social Center movement, which ,P fl ' PW originated in the desire to make more practical use of the school ta A houses, has spread rapidly over our country, until now many of the school buildings are used as centers for recrea- tion, public meetings, and general social gath- erings. The Polytechnic Social Center has made rapid progress during the past year, and we feel that it should be duly recognized as a factor in bring- ing the people of the community in closer har- mony With the school. The interest manifested in the Various lectures. receptions, and suppers held during the year marks the foothold that such an organization has gained. With the annexation of the Playgoers' Society several months ago came a tide of added en- thusiasm-and the plays presented have been well attended. Such plays as Percy Mackaye's Mater and BroWning's In the Balcony, in- struct as well as interest the public. An attempt has been made to place the better modern drama before the people and to recognize some of the present day playwrights who are not, as yet, widely known. At the same time, the dramatic talent of our city is encouraged. l24l

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IJ Q T is the time-l1onored custom for a W school-paper editor, on such occa- ,.A sions as this, to express some appre- Al ciation of his staff and faculty ad- visers, who, as he acknowledges, have helped so much towards the general success of the publication. This may be perfectly proper, but it strikes us as some- what formal. We mean, it seems a little unnecessary to force 'such a distinction between those who did it and those who helped do it, that it appears rather mercenary to divide with the one the glory, and pay off the other with thanks Therefore, we presume no apprecia- tions. We know that everyone who had an in- terest in this book has borne an equal share of its making, and that he shall wish no other re- turns than the self-satisfaction of having done his work properly. To the members of our Faculty, the students of Polytechnic have dedicated this edition of their Polytechnic Student. We owe nothing less than our greatest mark of respect and devotion to those, our friends, who, during these founda- tion years of our education, have taught us to lay a corner-stone to life. E231

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, HE Polytechnic High School of Los L2',f V1 Angeles has added to lier curriculum QQ thirteenth and fourteenth year work px A in sixteen distinct subjects. She is offering the equivalent of the fresh- man and sophomore work as scheduled and re- quired by our state colleges in mathematics, sur- veying, electricity, electrical engineering, chem- istry, chemical engineering, mechanical engineer- ing, advanced physics, geology, mineralogy, home economics, architecture, English, German, His- tory and Sociology. California and Stanford will both honor for entrance all credits given by Polytechnic for six years' Work in any of these courses. Any additional studies supplementary to any course will be recognized as credited. The Commercial course will be enlarged next Febru- ary. These additional two years, making the total of six, will have the same acceptance as in the preceding subjects. The advanced com- mercial work is planned, not only for college en- trance, but also a preparation for teaching in the city grammar and intermediate grades. l2Sl