Santa Monica High School - Nautilus Yearbook (Santa Monica, CA)

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VELMA MCDONALD

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FOR E WORD AGES PAST, IN INDIAN LEGENDS, THE OLD MAN ABOVE TORE A RIFT IN THE CLOUDS AND LOOKED DOWN UPON THIS NEW EARTH OF OURS— SO NEW THAT EVEN THE STARS WERE DARK. IN HIS DESIRE TO REACH THE EARTH, HE CAST DOWN MOl NDS OF SNOW TO FORM A MOUNTAIN REACHING FROM THE EARTH TO THE CLOUDS, AND BY THIS HE DESCENDED. BELOW, ON THE NEW EARTH HE BEGAN THE CREATION OF ALL LIFE. FOLLOWING THAT LEGENDARY TIME, THE INDIAN RACE GREW AND DEVELOPED THROUGH THE SATISFYING OF ITS CRUDE NEEDS AND INSTINCTS. THE SHORES OF OUR OWN SANTA MONICA WERE ONCE INHABITED BY THE INDIANS AND THE GROUND ON WHICH OUR SCHOOL NOW STANDS WAS THEIR SACRED PLACE OF BURIAL. IT IS, THEREFORE, WITH DEEPEST REVERENCE THAT WE HAVE SELEC TED AS THE THEME OF OUR BOOK, THE EVERLASTING SPIRIT OF THE INDIANS AND THEIR COLORFUL LEGENDS.

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