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

Page 36 text:

J ISHVHAIAIJKHBKHYYINYIK'-'Vr'7X b IP x YHNHVSVQVNXQVJNIYHNKV r Gifted pupils have had much pleasure in making illustrations for the ideas of Our Creed. The following pages present their best efforts. 1. To seek knowledge ...... ................................ I Ilustratea' by Carol Rondo!! 2. To appreciate the beautiful ...... ....... I llustrated by Robert Gentle 3. To observe the golden rule ............,... .....,,.. I llustratezl by Lois Grimlley 4. To spread the spirit of good will ........ ........... I llustrated by Hatsue Oya 5. To keep myself physically fit ........ ........ I lluxtrated by Fumiye Tanaka 6. To do my work joyously .............,.............. Illustrated by Maurice .Moore 7. To discover the work through which I may contribute most .....,.. by Illaurice Moore 8. To be dependable .......................... ......... I llustrated by .Ioan Steep 9, To be ever ready to render service .................. Illustrated by Rhea Keyser 10, To be a worthy, working member of my home ............................ by Mariorz .Iohnson 11, T0 respect and revere the wisdom and ideals of the past ................ by fllberta Ziegler 12. To be obedient to the laws of nature .... Illustrated by Elizabeth Sclzweitzer t AAAAMMAAA.4.M Thi rty I

Page 35 text:

HOW WE MADE OUR CREED During the first year, after the opening of our school, the pupils decided that they would like to have a school creed. Each home room group helped in formulating this. The pupils, with the help of the teachers, thought of all the ideals that the children should live up to and study. These suggestions were sent to the office and a representative pupil committee decided upon the best. Then they were sent back to the home rooms to be discussed. The final selections were made attractive by printing them on little green cards and each child was given one. This was known as our Creed. But,-why do we have a school Creed? A school Creed is a statement of ideals which the pupils of the school try to follow as a standard for every-day life. Better things are done when we follow a creed. As our school is named after Thomas Starr King, we wanted to know how our creed compared with his. Some pupils and teachers read collections of Starr King's articles and sermons and found that Thomas Starr King's ideals for living were very closely allied, in meaning, to many of the ideals expressed in our creed. To quote some: Our Creed: To seek knowledge. Thomas Starr King's: To learn to see, is one of the chief objects of education and life. Try to push the line of darkness a little farther on Success is measured by the Wisdom that is gained. Our Creed: To appreciate the beautiful Thomas Starr Kiny's: Beauty is as real a thing as a Hower Our Creed: To discover the work through which I may contribute most. Timmins Starr Kinfs: Different callings, are provided for by inborn tastes. The destiny is sealed within, not Without. In the selection of your life work, follow your bent. Aptitudes are to be respected and obeyed. Wliere a man's deepest interest is, there is his life. Our Creed: To be thrifty with my time, materials, and money. Thomas Starr Kingfv: And the years are profitably used to the extent that habits of thrift are formed. Our Creed: To be a Worthy, working member of my home. Thomas Starr Kingiv: Your homes-if you make them winningly help- ful, your houses, are sacredg they are a part of the landscape, of the kingdom of heaven. Our Creed: To respect and revere the Wisdom and ideals of the past. Thomas Starr Kingk: There are always enough with a delicate appe- tite for old wisdom to give the best authors of the past an appreciative audience and continually renew their dress in modern form. Our Creed: To respect and reverence all manifestations of God Thomas Starr Kingfv: Love of nature has its root in wonder and veneration, and its issues in many forms of practical good. In the following pages we offer the creed by which we try to liveg those ideals of Thomas Starr King and of ours which teach us to keep the lofty places of our spiritual estates as peaks of vision for frequent visits. Elizabeth Lubofvisley, B8 Jewel W illard, B8 Twenfy-nine

Page 37 text:

I an I wi! f' . To seek knowledge Thirfy-one