Santa Rosa High School - Echo Yearbook (Santa Rosa, CA)

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The Dean VIQRY ONE Oli YOU who has listened to news broadcasts, read newspapers and magazines, or paid much attention to the conversation of adults in these last months has grown accustomed to the statement that this world today is one of constant changes. You yourself have seen national boundaries changed so swiftly, industries so completely revolutionized by the discovery of a new process, laws made and unmade so rapidly, that you may question whether anything of what we have known and believed will remain unchanged for any length of time. But if 'ou stow to think a while, ou will realize that ou still value in a friend the . Y Y . , same things weo vie have valued throu 'h the ears-unselfishness lo alt ', and sincerit . I I. l l I I in I Y i Y Y Y ln addition to abilitg knowled fe, and skill, em lo ers toda want in the eo wie who Y I I 5- Y Y I I I work for them the same ualities that em lo ers have alwa s wanted-honest , reliabilit I I I I I 'el I Y Y I Y Y, imagination, and willingness to work. Customs and conventions may change almost over night, but these qualities the truly fine man or woman will continue to demand of him- self and of others, today and tomorrow and on through the years of change. There must be some reason why these things remain constant in a rapidly changing world. As I see it, that reason lies in our very human dislike of anything which is fragmentary, which lacks wholeness or integrity. And without these qualities an in- dividual is not complete. I sincerely hope your four years of high school will help you to develop a character that can stand up under strain because it is built upon those traits, habits, and attitudes which are the mark of a whole personfa person of integrity. WMARION C. FULLER. ..zv-1 as--

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Dedication DEAR MR. BOWER- In your role of attendance officer for the schools of Santa Rosa. you have become the friend of thou- sands of your victims, both present and past. For this reason, we dedicate this 1940 Echo to you. liver-faithful, for fifteen years now, you have been performing a real service to all of usfstudents, par- ents and teachers. Not once have you neglected to look at both sides of a story, discovering often that it has not been the fault of this or that student for being continually tardy or absent. Nor does your work end with the checking up of attendance, Far from it! Your duties are such that the number of grateful boys and girls just beginr with the absence slips. Your ability to straighten out family affairs, econoiric matters, ditliculties with school work, or even love problems, has endeared you to all our hearts. lt is not hard for a fellow to talk to you and make you understand why he thought he had to steal or lie, and it doesn't take you long to help him see his error. Truly, Bert, if it weren't for you, the detention home would have to be larger than it is. So, as we see you chasing merrily along in the Bug after some thoughtless cutter, we respond to the friendly honk of your horn and, as you continue your endless rounds, we wave you our hearty salute. Alfectionately, WIS, TH lf STUDENTS.

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s yy zlfnf -l-hjineipal AM WRITING THIS on the morning of May 10, 19-10. As dawn brightened the skies of Europe this morning, German bombers slid over Holland, Luxembourg and Belgium. Peace-loving citizens of neutral countries met violent deaths as they lay sleeping. These countries, caught in the grip of a great world catastrophe, are suffering through no fault of their own. Brave men are marching out to give their lives in hope- less defense of the land of their birth. The dawn brought no bombers to New York, or to Kansas, or to California. We have begun a day of ordinary routine, and peace. We are not called upon to march out to defend our country from a military invader, but we are as truly called upon for patri- otic service as though we lived in the invaded states of Europe. If we are to continue in stability and peace, we must overcome our natural apathetic attitude toward civic responsibilities, and prepare in mind and body and soul to support our American systemfa system which seeks to give equal opportunity and a decent living to all Americans. Active support of American principles is our only defense against conditions which will lead us to dictatorship or to subiugation by a foreign power. Only if you and I realize the extent of our blessings, and strive always to build our lives on the ideas and ideals of the founding fathers of our country, may we hope to insure for centuries to come the same growth and improvement which has marked America since the days of her troubled birth. -LLOYD K. WOOD.