Thomas Starr King Middle School - Echoes Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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.J-N ' si ......--sv . I i . 1 f ' . Models of clay, zinc, lead, soap and plaster are made. An endless variety of miniatures are reproduced. Certain pupils learn of the names and works of a number of artists of the country which they are studying such as Turner, Gainsborough, and Reynolds of England. They make scrap books of their works. ll.ll.ll.li,llll.ll. AAM. AMA Onel-lundred Six

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vt . 'QA ' H ,.f lxgxga - '. 71,-3 . 1 E. 1 1 l l THE STORY OF PROGRESS The story of the progress of mankind is sometimes told by time lines which are built up as pupils present original illustrations for steps in progess. These lines are frequently built up gradually and grow telling the story so all may read. They are placed in a line around the Wall in the room. Groups of boys and girls make slides for certain phases of the story of progress and present these to the class. Several novels and some dramas have been made either in slides or reel and have been presented with talks and fitting music. We like to study this way. Some teachers help us to follow the story of progress by studying the big problems-transportation, irrigation, architecture and commerce. This demands the use of many reference books and magazines. Most pupils try to have beautiful note books. Some have made in the section of their note books for each nation, a map of the World which shows the relation of the nation to the rest of the world. One Hundred Five

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AN INTERPRETATION Divine Rights fax seen by the kingj To me is granted all worldly power Am not I your guide, your shield, your tower? WITCII I go by-down on your knees! I'1l have my say if you please. Here come our foes I command you-fight! Cowardsl I'll teach you what I mean by right What's this about people? Parliament! Bah- Little they know about rights and law. I am the great, the powerful, too! Learn now, that you are only you. Divine Rights Kas seen by the peoplej Me here! Me there! Wliat do we get? Where is our share. Wlio is he? What can he do? Wliat would he be without me and you? Are not we the all? I-Ie but one, If 'twere not for us the king of none? Who of man has power to say? I am the great ? Divine Rights for whom? The people! The state! Mildred E. Smith, A9 THOMAS STARR KING'S WORK ON THE PACIFIC COAST Thomas Starr King came to California principally to escape the drudgery of public lecturing. But circumstances were in league against him and he found himself unable to refuse the invitations that poured in upon him. Before long he was giving as many lectures as he had been giving before he came around Cape Horn to California. He lectured l10t only in California but went into Nevada, Oregon and Wasliingtoii. Wlmile he was on the Pacific Coast he kept constant contact with his friends in the east. Wlien he had reached the Yosemite pass he Wrote to a friend, Sunday evening: In Yosemite pass, under rocks five thousand feet sheer! El Geber!I Great is matter and the force of cohesion. I close this note in sight of a river which pitches fifteen hundred feet at one leap, and then takes two more, one four hundred and the other five hundred, and the roar Il He was keenly appreciative of the beauty of the country and it was his intention, to write someday a work on the Sierras that might be a companion volume to his book on the White Hills of New Hampshire. Starr King was a very devoted admirer of Mt. Shasta. In a letter to one of his friends in the east he wrote, Yesterday I devoted to the study of Mt. Shasta. I had it in view for ten hours. It is glorious beyond expres- sion. It far exceeds my conception of its probable grandeur. George Higgins, A9 One Hundred Seven