Leaving Their Mark In History
In an unprecedented mass student activity anywhere, the 976-member student
body at La Canada High School last Firday took part in writing their names
in wet cement, a la the Hollywood stars. The memorable event, an idea of
principal Elwin Clemmer, took less than two hours as the supervised Spartans
were sent to the area in shifts which they started at 9:15 a.m. Nails were
used as writing equipment. Scene of the cement writing was a walkway between
the library and gymnasium with two strips (totaling 300 square feet) on
each side of the new pavement being reserved for the names of the school's
charter students. Some 50 students were absent that day but they had their
names inscribed in the cement by members of the faculty. In both writing
areas, the following inscription was made: "LCHS, Charter Spartans,
Dec. 1963." Pictured above, one group of students are busy making history
with a nail in their writing hand as other Spartans wait their turn behind
them.
