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

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Making The Flowers Grow Six'ry-one

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A Work in the Lath House Love of nature has its root in wonder and 'veneration ,IJ and it issues in many forms of practical good. Thomas Starr King. The planting of the flowers, trees and shrubs-what is more fun ?+only to watch them grow and bloom. The sweet peas over by the fence trying to climb up and up until they finally bud and blossom into gorgeous bouquet of color-red and white and pink. The spreading sycamore trees with their leaves turning yellow and brown as autumn comes and then when a gust of wind passes by they Hy away, hurrying and skurrying like tiny ships hound for land and rest and safety. lsn't it fun? .linzmy Green, B8. Verna Ganzlnon, B8. Thereiis such an improvement in the boys' arcade since we have planted it. The arcade now looks cool on a hot day. Its pretty rocks, ferns and bright- colored flowers attract the birds to it. There is a great difference between the barren soil of last year to the pretty landscape of this year, Allen Gordon, B8. The tiny seed is one of the most wonderful things in Nature. We moisten it and plant it in good rich soil. The warmth of the earth helps it to unfold and it pushes its way upward toward the light, growing larger and larger each year, until finally, perhaps, we have a giant redwood tree which may stand for centuries. Ethel Halla, B9. Sixty

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ggi ALL SCHOOL PROJECT In the shadows or sparkling in the sun between the Walls of our beautiful school stands a fountain. Its ever cool and limpid Water nurtures lovely green plants, While gayly colored goldfish swim gently by. Any lover of beauty Would find this spot intriguing with its tall papyrus grass swaying gently back and forth in the breeze, making soft rustling sounds like the whispering of the trees. The fountain, its color expressed in the beautiful tiles, water lilies, goldfish and the feathery leaved papyrus, set in the green grass is truly a thing of beauty. The fountain was first thought of in 1927 as part of the beautification program conducted by the school. Everyone was enthusiastic and the financ- ing and planning were started. By the winter of the following year plans and designs were ready and the pottery classes set to work designing the beau- tiful tiles which now adorn the fountain. By the spring of 1929 it was corn- plete. An expert was engaged and with the help of the boys set the tiles and slabs into place and there remained only the filling with water and the placing of the plants, grass, and goldfish, all of which Were donated by the pupils to complete a beautiful spot. Pupils who study in the science laboratory and who work in the garden take care of it now. Garo Armen, 149. Sixfy-fwo