Torrance High School - Torch Yearbook (Torrance, CA)

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We-B595 FORE OR WordsworTh once wroTe, The music in my hearT I bore, long aTTer iT was heard no more. So iT is wiTh us high school sTudenTs: we do our daily Tasks wiTh The popular songs of The presenT on our Tongues, buT bearing in our hearfs The lingering melodies oT yesTeryear. ThaT Music is The universal langauge of mankind - is irreTuTabIe. Onward ChrisTian Soldiers, O Promise Me, Old Black Joe, Casey Jones, or The IaTesT dance version of Loch Lomond all have Their deTiniTe places and associaTions in our hearTs and lives. When The gang geTs TogeTher Tor a parTy, or we go Tor a wallc, or camping, iT does noT Talce long Tor our TavoriTe songs To come To The Toreground wiTh The cup OT individual expression running over: be The gang Trom GreenIand's Icy IvIounTains or India's Coral STrands. IT was wiTh These ThoughTs ThaT The Torch sTaTT seIecTed FAVORITE SONGS as The Theme OT This year's book. DEDICATED To You

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DEDICATION Every greal' movemenr has i'rs oulsfanding leaders. and if is a pari' of human nalure lo pay lribule +o such figures. The I938 s+a1CF of The Torch feels Thai ai' no beifer lime or place could fribufe be paid one of The mosf inspiralional composers of popular songs-George Gershwin. Many of The runes by George Gershwin are The songs we love fo sing as individuals and groups. Numbers such as I Gof Plenly o' No'rhin', Summer+ime, Rhaphody in Blue, Nice Work If You Can Gel li, and They Can r Take Thai' Away From Me indicale 'rhe versajrile abilily and genius of fhis, one of our mos+ beloved composers. All Too soon has The Crea+or called 'ro a higher glory-George Gershwin. l-lis music will linger in our hearls and memories as long-as we are able To appreciajre good music. Marching Alon g Together