Station M.D.U.H.S. Miss Bertha Romaine will open our annual program with a short address.

Miss Romaine --

My thought when I am asked to broadcast a message to you through the pages of the Diablo, turns to the events of this year; and since our program should always be one of building, establishing standards and ideals, I ask you the question, "What constructive work have you done?"

As every good builder works according to a plan, so must we. As he lays his foundation carefully, on scientific principles, testing it with the level and the square, so that it will support the super-structure, so must we; and like all good builders, we must not be niggardly with the quality of the material that we put into our work.

Have you tried to lay a firm foundation for future work by mastering fundamental principles in all your subjects? Have you learned judgment and balance by distinguishing the important from the unimportant and by making the right relative apportionment of your time to work and recreation? Have you fitted yourselves into the social world about you by cooperation with others? Have you proved capable of putting aside personal feeling and prejudice in a matter that involves principles? Have you developed the necessary qualities of leadership?

You, only, can fully answer these questions; but I find a partial answer in some of the things that you have done this year. The spirit of service went with you in the preparation of our Christmas plays and in the distribution of the Christmas baskets and in the making of garments for the children in the Sunshine Camp. You who have written letters to students absent from school, and acted as big sisters to our freshmen have done constructive work in building up friendly relations among our girls.

Your chairmen and committee members who have taken responsibility seriously, have developed in resourcefulness and leadership.

The action of the student body on the constitutional amendment establishing qualifications for student leaders, and the action of all our classes on the matter of cheating seem to me to be good tests of fine quality and strength. The attitude of many of you on these matters inspires me with respect and admiration for your clear thinking and high ideals.

When you have such an attitude on serious issues as was revealed in the student body meeting on April 9, I am encouraged to think that you are building well and in accordance with a plan made for us by the Master Builder.

From the 1926 radio-themed yearbook, The Diablo.