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

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There IS somethlnG about lt slmple as It may be ln ltself which flashes to us the whole herolc slde of Greek llfe Hector and Achllles nobler sons of noble SIYCS Qrpheus patron of the finer slde of human emotlons Demosth enes Perlcles Arlstldes the ust and countless others ThouGh lt may be an emblem of classlc ldeallty whlch by some IS not assoclated Wlth practlcal everyday llfe the Greek lalnp has lts message for us wherever we may be lt teaches us that next to an honest man a gentle man IS the noblest work of God lf we leave thls school for wlder fields de termlned that our own llght shall so shlne before men that we may be a credlt to our school and clty we shall not have dlscredlted our llttle Greek lamp nor our lnner purer flame And so the SCDIOYS have chosen the Greek lamp for thelr class pln proud of the thlngs lt stands for and hoplng that It may lmpart to them some of ltS noble lnsplratlon SCHOOL SPIRIT Evervone who Goes lnto Mr Klnney s oflflce sees at one tlme or another a quotatlon on the wall lt doesn t matter how many games we Wln lt s the Splflt that counts That quotatlon fits but one slde of our school llfe the athletlc slde but lt flts lt well Some teams are made up of flne players who cannot help wln Games slmplv because they are Good players But however good they may be they haven t the Splflt that makes fellows dlg even when they know that they are beaten Our tearr's have not made a brllllant record thls year No new pennants Grace ollr walls nor do any new sllver cups sparkle ln the trophy case but deep ln the heart of every student there IS a new feellng whlch Wlll ln tlme brlnG pennants and trophles and wlthout whlch every vlctory IS barren and every defeat bltter as Gall School splrlt has been harped upon for years at S P H S wlthout any appreclable Galn belng notlceable Thls IS the flrst year that foul' football teams have been fully organlzed and the bleachers have been filled at games Blt what IS more preclous than that3 Every student was playlng HIS own part IH the game as slncerely as he could The TlGer Splflt has been resurrected and IS growlnG IH everyone It IS on the athletlc fleld that we see the most actlve manlfestatlon of school splrlt That IS the least part of our own duty however because so few can take part ln athletlc contests Every word a person says about hls school determlnes hls school splrlt A knocker doesn t deserve to attend the school he knocks The man who dlsparages hlS team doesn t deserve the S he wears on hls sweater The student who wont attend a game doesn t deserve to share the pennant whlch the team earns by thelr effort ln short a person who attends S P H S wlthout belng Wllllng to help others does not deserve the lmmunltles and prlvlleges whlch hls assoclatlon wlth hls fellow students Glves hlm School Splflt lS essentlally unselflsh and lf rlghtly de veloped lays a sure foundatlon for colleGe Splflt and cltlzenshlp Dur1nG our four years ln Hlgh School we Seniors have never seen school splrlt as h1Gh as lt has been thls year To be sure It stlll has a long way to go 13 ' 'D ' . ' 1 . .. , 1 1 , - . . J . . - 1 . . . . 1 . 5 1 I 1 . , ' - . . ' - ' v 1 . ' 1 1 . . 1 . .1 rw ' .1 1 . . 1 . . 11 1.1 , . . 1 1 za v . X 3 ' v 1 . . . 1 5 , . . , . cr ' 5 . fs . . . . . . . 1 . . .D Q . . - ' ' . 1 1 1 1 '. , . ' ' o . a ' - 1 1 . . . . 1 . . 1 .1111 . 0 1 . . . 1 .3 . . ,D . 5 1 .3 . . ,

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I'L'l.'l.-I.-L-L-I.-I. r' EDITORIALS j i'L.'L.'l.'l..'l.'l.'I.'I.l THE COPA DE ORO The l970 Copa de Oro comes before you today askmg that you Judge xt not only by what It contalns but by the sprrlt back of lt Wlth thus humble effort we greet you and at the same tlme bld farewell ln after years when the struggle of lnfe shall have dxmmed our appreclatnon of these school days may this book serve as a joyful reminder of the time when surrounded by a host of frlends we left the best Hugh School ln the world and stepped forth on the threshold of experience Every Annual staff for the past three years has owed a debt of gratltude to Mlss Murdoch our Faculty Advisor We are no exception and by the and of these prlntecl words try to express some of the thanks we feel for the help she has given us and the pleasure we hare had ln workln with her We of the staff shall always hold her frlendshlp dear and keep xt as or e haDDy memorxes of S P H S To Mlss Wells and the Art Class we extend our thanks for the noble talent of the school had to offer To our hardworkm Busmess Mana er without whose untmn dex otlon and personal unselflshness this book would never have been possible we are very rateful And last but not least to Mr Kinney our principal and frlend whose kind and thou htful advice ln tlme of trouble has helped us over many a rough place we wish to express our ap preclatnon and re ard The Copa de Oro IS a product of the whole H1 h School and we leave lt ln your hands as our apprecxatnon of the school and the wonderful four years xt has gxven us THE GREEK LAMP The Greek lamp standing mute m all lts race and symmetry has ever been a symbol of classlc learning good taste and worth A rellc of an a e ln whlch an educated entleman was the proudest boast of a proud land the Greek lamp has represented these qualltles to the rest of the world 12 . , K I I . . g . I . . . A -L L, , Ac ur Lu work they have done in our behalf: pouring out without stint the best that the - ' s ' s . . . . g 7 . ' . ' g . , , . . . g ' .g . ' . . . g , . . ' , . . g . . g t '

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to reach perfectlon but the beglnnlnff IS there and lf rlvhtly nourlshed the old Tlffer wlll soon be ltself affaln Vfe belleve that thls reawakenlng IS due ln a larve measure to the hard work of Coach Overln Out of colleve but a few years he stlll retalns the old colleve Splflt of fi ht to the last dltch He has trled for a year to lnstll thls lnto the school and hls efforts have not been ln VBID We appreclate hls work and feel that a word of appreclatlon for lt would not be out of place Gf all the thlnvs we leave the school the Tlver Splflt of never say dle IS the most preclous and we charfre you to keep It stronv SOCIAL SERVICE lqhe hlffh school of today has ceased to be a Group of bulldmofs where youncf men and women enforcedly spend a part of thelr tlme over books l has become an lnstltutlon ID every sense of the word Our lnterests center around the school and enabrace more than studles Through our entertaln ments assemblles festlvals nallltary work and lnterscholastlc competltlon the school has become the center of our thouvht and ambltlon However lt has remamed for the Glrls leavue to show the rest of us that the work of the school can Oo on over the week end and that It can be be bCDCflCl3l as well Dllrlnff the war none of us foroot for a moment the SBCTIHCCS belnv made for democracy But lt IS so easy to forget the unfortunate when there are so many fortunate ones to rcttrn as conquerlnv heroes The Crocker Street Hospltal stands today ln 'l forlorn part of town and a casual observer would thlnk It no dlfferent from any of the numerous hospltals of Los Anffeles A Glance lnslde wlll dl Del thls bellef for there stlll are many poor fellows made ga7ln0' at the celllng or reacllnff some stray 'lncl out of date mavazlne Few enouvh are the vlsltors who pa s through ltS qulet halls to cheer them Chrlstmas cavrle and thanks to the efforts of the Glrls l eavue Cablnet Ml s Hoaof and M198 Wells we dld our best to make lt happy for them SIDCC then not a week has passed but that some soclal SCTVICS work has been done for them somethlnv to rrlake llfe a llttle brlvhter Soclal SCIVICC er braces two of the Greatest words ln the Enofllsh lanvuave Serxlce ln ltself I9 blv enoufrh to brlnv vlslons but coupled Wlth soclal lt becomes world wlde Man IQ bv nature a soclal creature and serv lce for others IS the flnest and bldvest of hls soclal relatlons Amerlcanlsm must begln ln the schools and vse bEllCXC that SOCIEI SCIVICC work IS helplnv us to be better cltlzens We have trled not to forget rreelv have ye recelved freely UIVC After all whatexer srrall thlngs we may hate to vrumble about we have freely recelved the lftS of Heaven Xl ounv sound ID body and looklnv for ward to a llfe stlll rosy Wlth hope we should not forofet those who whlle stlll younv have had the Gateway to success closed to them 14 . V . . D . 5 A v 3 15 ' Z ' Z - S g - o v Q ' ' l D ' 9' .5 ' 4 n :Q . t S: - u s . H C . a - ,, . , D ,, . C5 2 ' v 'S ' 1 ,, -. ' f K v . 5 . . A 1 ' D - 5 ' s: . - . permanent cripples for the nation s cause, who patiently spend day after day . ' 9 ra ' C ' ' ' 5 . ' . . S . . ,, . . . s D , .Q . . . . g D. L . . . : U . . O . tt K I ll - :A 3 Z ft ?. '. ' ' ' 5 U Q ' l 4' I an K . . . v . . . . k K Y Y 5 . V , D , Y A Y v , V 1 3 , - D- ,- . . - 5 ' nv - v 5 U 3 I ,,. , - .