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

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' axis 1' ivan :YQ in 2 tl? ' lPl7 'P.'7 Clv w.c w.tr 1nv.1r 'v.21:v , TOUCHSTONES FROM MR FRANCIS SPEECHES Do the best that you can and 1t u1ll approach per fect1on Be t1ue be honest and I'61'11Ql11l3GI alvs avs that It IS men and wx omen to the eore that n1ake the World what It 1S and that It X1 1ll be men and ww omen to the core that x11ll make the S1 orld wx hat 1t 1S to be a great deal bette1 han It 1S today Play the game square , square to X our self and square o the other fellow VX sh 1xo1k Halt uln The moral hb1e of a man IS strengthened ww hen he can flnlsh h1s yn 011 A man s success 1n llfe 19 meas uled by h1s ablllty to flmsh the Job Any pe1so11 can The wx orld 1S ouls 1f ne onlv knon how to get pleasure out of eve1yth1ng Be square to you1self The 1dea of today IS not what you can get out of llfe, but What you can put 111to lt 1t 1s not to get but o g1ve The keynote of todas 1S serx 1ce Tl11S 113121011 IS fEtC111g' the gleatost danger 1n lts h1sto1y Not the sh1ps of fo1e1gn fleets no1 mternal labol troubles not even the hquor quest1on a1e to be feared as the hosts 1n the commg gene1at1on mth too much unoccupled t1111e The g1eatest C0l1lZI1lJl1lZ1011 that you can make to the future of anv boy and gnl IS to g1VG h11n a chance f01 h1S own self dlscovery and self devel opment - -1 i ,,,i14:.,,.:E'as ,a:F' i'4n Am avg Jiaxu, 0 at ly at it LT T 5.5 ' ag: 151 E15 1 5 T 1 1 1 it? ll YW 1 Q52 ,Q A

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Y L POLYTECHNIC HIGH SCHOOL: ITS HISTORY Polytechnic, the school that we are proud to term Alma Mater, is now closing the fifteenth year of its existence. In the story of these years, We feel that there is much that may interest the majority of students both past and present and give them an adequate idea of the real growth of this, our scnool. Poly's pathway has not been strewn with roses, nor has it been strewn with thorns. Indeed blossoms have been quite numerous along the way, and briers, perhaps, as much so, but only in such proportion as would further a sturdy growth and healthy maturity. Through its years of diverse fortune, Mr. Francis has been its guide and counsellor, and it is to him perhaps more than any other that we owe our heartfelt gratitude for the development of the school today. In the fall of 1901, Poly made its official appearance upon the school horizon, not as Poly, however, but as the Commercial High School, and, inci- dentally, one of extremely modest proportions. A low building, small though attractive, situated upon the hill just across the street from L. A. High, served as our first home, and in it, Mr. Francis, former head of the L. A. H. S. commercial department, was our first principal, and Mr. B. H. Donnell our iirst vice-principal. The faculty list of that year discloses many familiar names, among them those of Miss Smith, Miss Sanborn, Mrs. Carvell, Mr. Twining, and Mr. Wagne1', while the list of students shows the names of Miss Sutherland and Miss Wagner, the latter known to us as Mrs. Gobrecht. In this unpretentious school, self-government originated as the result of a slight incident which, when it occurred, promised dire consequences to some few offenders. A small cottage at the foot of the hill had often been the mark of thoughtless assaults from the commercial boys, but upon this day the climax was reached. A large rock which had been dislodged bumped down the hill 24 1' 1