South Pasadena High School - Copa de Oro Yearbook (South Pasadena, CA)

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What the work of the Salvation Army workers has meant to our country and to other countries also is well known. Truer soldiers than these men and women who have faced deat h in the front line trenches will be hard to ‘find; in fact everywhere the fighting man has gone they, too, have gone. The work which these men and women have done has been done with the same spirit of devotion to duty and fearless loyalty to country which the other soldiers of our nation have shown. There are in fact many great organizations which have rendered to our eountry the service which only a band of true soldiers could. It is not only among these organizations heretofore mentioned where sol- diers are found. There are many, many true soldiers who have never seen France, who have never belonged to the army, whose heroism in daily sacrifice rendered quietly has meant more than they themselves will ever know. ‘ Soldiers All,’’? that is a wonderful motto for a people to live up to and the people of our nation have been true to that motto, the most of them, and as a result of this we are today a free people and not bond slaves of Germany. THE SPIRIT OF 1919 The spirit of today is essentially democratic. So true is this that the word demoeraecy has east its spell over the whole world and is enshrined in the hearts of common men everywhere. It is inevitable that this should profound- ly affect the life of the world. Thus it is not strange that changes of far-reach- ing consequence are taking place. The old order changeth, yielding place to new.”’ The war we have just passed through, the greatest in history, a war whose significance must become increasinely evident, has greatly forwarded this movement toward demoeracy. It is manifest in the great crusade of out boys, fifty thousand of whom are lying now in ‘‘Flanders Fields.’’ It is like- wise manifest in the less heroie efforts of those who, not permitted to go over seas, have loyally done their best at home. Under the leadership of her great president America has indeed shown herself a staunch supporter of democratic ideals. In this necessary work our school has played a not unworthy part. The thrill of the world spirit has manifested itself in practical ways. With the help of Miss Moore the girls of the Junior Red Cross accomplished work of which any organization might be justly proud. Also there was hearty co-operation in campaigns covering all branches of war work. Especially good results came from the W. 8S. 8. and Liberty Loan drives. And finally with the eall of the government was the faithful devotion to school work itself with the realiza- tion that it is on the shoulders of the young people of today that the re- sponsibility of tomorrow will rest. Democracy thus embodies unselfishness and requires that the thought of service be extended to all nations. Then with this spirit imbued in the hearts of all we may hope for the final end of war and social unrest. and the coming of a true brotherhood of man. 11

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TNtLo THE COPA DE ORO— A SCHOOL ANNUAL As far as possible the staff has tried to make this annual one that will be long treasured by the members of South Pasadena High School. It has been the object of the Editors to chronicle the interesting incidents and happenings of the year. It is truly a school annual, and we hope it will give the readers as much pleasure and satisfaction as has been ours hin compiling the book. Among those to whom we are very thankful for help are Mrs. Dolland and the commercial department whose typewriters banged unceasingly in helping us to have our Annual ready on time. The art department, as can readily be seen, has been most helpful in making our efforts a success. And now, to you, our readers, we present this book — the 1919 Copa De Oro. “SOLDIERS ALL” All of us have heard many times the sentiment expressed that to live for one’s country is as great, if not a greater service, than to die for it. What living for our country means this war has taught us to realize perhaps more fully than we have ever done before. It has not been alone the man upon the battle field fighting the enemy with his gun and bayonet, who has enabled the democracies of the world to free humanity from the terrible menace of Kaiserism. This war has, in fact, revealed many a soldier as true in the service of his country as these men are, but who does not serve in just the way in which these fighters have done. The service rendered by the Red Cross nurse to her country can not be estimated by any statement of the numbers of precious lives saved by her heroism and noble self sacrifice. The fighting man will never place the estimate of his own work above that of one of these Red Cross nurses, for he knows what it has meant to watch the brave fight made by a nurse to save the life of a soldier boy, wounded so badly as to be unable to hold on with his own hands. There is no hardship or danger too great for these brave women to face in order to serve their country as a soldier should and what sort of soldiers they have proved themselves to be, the world knows today too well to need the added words of another. 10

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BOLSHEVISM Bolshevism! when we hear that word most of us think immediately of battle, murder and sudden death, and indeed these elements do characterize it almost entirely as we know it today. But Bolshevism may have another meaning not necessarily attended by the aforesaid acts of violence. It may mean a state of existence in which the principles of law and order are not eare- fully observed, and where each person follows his own ideas of government without any responsible central management. Thinking of it in this new light how many of us are really bolshevists! Let us first consider our attitude toward our teachers and our lessons. We sometimes feel that we should be allowed greater freedom in our choice as to how and what we study, and we feel that our teachers are unnecessarily fussy in the number of rules and regulations they inflict upon us. We should realize that if these rules were not made, and if we were not required to live up to them, things would soon become as bad in their way as the troubles in Russia and Germany. Then in our attitude towards the school, are we all truly generous, and desirous of that procedure which will work the most benefit towards the schools? Not always, I fear. Any selfishness, or opposition to rules which make it easier for the majority, is but a form of bolshevism and should be guarded against. For what we start out to be in school, usually determines what we shall be in later life. Thus if America is to be a true de- moeracy in the future as she has tried to be in the past, it is up to us who are in school now, to keep ourselves fit to make her so. Let us all here re- solve to do everything in our power to stamp out this menacing red flag. A FRIEND Few realize that our friends are the best treasures we have in life. Without friends our happiness would indeed be limited, but with them it is boundless. The students of S. P. H. S. have a staunch friend who would do anything in his power to help them. He is self sacrificing, just, and kind. One ean always be assured of a square deal from him. He sits behind the door marked ‘‘Principal’’ and it is with much feeling that the class of 719 pays a tribute to him. ‘““Mr. Kinney is our friend, we appreciate his kind treatment.’’