Riverside Polytechnic High School - Koala Yearbook (Riverside, CA)

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MR. B. F. THORSON Affer forry years . . . +hir+y of +hem in River- side . . . 'I'wen+y-+hree of +hem a+ Poly . . . Foriy years devo+ed fo fhe cause of youfh, noi' only ai' Poly, bui' +hroughou+ fhe cH'y . . . For+y years of a man's life used +o encourage and +o promoie and +o advance fhe hopes and goals of young people, some of whom fall: of genera+ion gaps !-a ferm 'rhal' surely does no+ and cannoi' relafe +0 Mr. B. F. Doc Thorson, our Number One vice-principal and our m-an of +he hour. Buf now he has elecfed +o re+ire, leaving a vacancy +ha'r canno+ be es+ima+ed as +o service fo fhe school and 'ro ihe s+uden+s and 'ro +he fac- uH'y-and as +o 'rhe emp+iness in our hearfs as we see him go. So, Doc-if some of your s+uden+s may exer- cise +he privilege of aFFec'riona+ely calling you by fhaf name +ha'I' is so close +o you-we simply c-an- no+ hope, in even 'rhe sligh+es+ way, 'ro repay you for your years of limiiless kindnesses. Bui' 'ro you we do give ihe only 'rhings we have +o give: our friendship, our appreciafion, our re- spec'r, our admiraiion, our everl-asfing gra'ri'rude, our love, and our besi wishes. And +o seal 'rha'r declararion, may we, 'rhis year's annual s'raFf, humbly dedicafe +o you +his, rhe I969 KOALA.

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E.. QUR NUMBER ONE MAN -- SOMECNE VERY SPECIAL as , Mr. George Wrenfmore, our principal, is one of fhose very rare per- sons who goes 'far beyond 'I'he requiremenfs of his posifion, endlessly going ou'r of his way mosi' willingly in ord'er +o help a s+uden+ or 'lo encourage a faculfy member or +o give anyone in need fhe benelii' of a kindly word or helpful suggesiion. During ihe pasi' year, he lcepi us well informed on s1'uden1' acfivifies. He suppor+ed all of our aciivifies far beyond our ex- pec'l'a+ions. Throughoui' +he years he has applied deep insighf and frue underslanrding in his eFFori's fo give us 'I'he besl' 1'ha+ any man can give. If our words seem 'l'o frail off, il' is only because we iusi' cannoi' fi-n-d' fhe righf ones fo make clear +o Mr. Wrenfmore 'Phe really high regard and compleie affection 'l'ha+ we 1-ruly have for him. So fhis is only one deeply sincere 'way for us fo say fhaf George Wren+more is as sfrong and as fine a friend as any srudeni' body and 'iaculfy can ever hope fo have. ,eg .IW I ,, - f15i.5gkrEW,4w,g ,, A Sie