Ottawa Hills High School - Legend Yearbook (Grand Rapids, MI)

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Telephones ringing, doorbells buzzing. and excited answers being given, as many a girl got ready to go to the junior-Senior Victory Prom. Because the theme was Victory, the girls wore, instead of formals, their best dresses and walked to the party. Greetings from a lively reception line including Bill Hersman and Mary Overholt, Mr. and Mrs. Shillinger, Miss Bader, and Mr. and Mrs. Giddings started the dance oft to a grand beginning. Dick Snook with his orchestra played many a favorite song including the traditional march for the grand march which was directed by Mr. Giddings and Miss Bader. ,.-wi' l Junior Senior Victory Prom During interinissions th e activity continued, especially when .1 cainera was was clicking unexpectedly some where. The C.lI11CI'Al contin- ued clicking even during the grand march. Above we see lNIai'ilyn Van Dusen coming through the arch.

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Prize Winning Essay ffafqllefine Kami, 10-2, from Mirr Lalleyu Jeffiofz room, wrote the prize ufjmzifrg eriay in ibe mute!! ,fz7077.f0l'6dl by the Legend to dirrozfer wha! the 1111- denf body mufidered Ike American Way of Life.j 'lrir During the past year we have witnessed the transformation of America from a peace-loving nation to a nation at war. We have beheld a marked change in almost every phase of life, and we have been callediupon to perform many duties other than our usual ones. XVe have seen the men and women of the armed services of this country depart for overseas combat, and we have seen our lighting forces greatly strengthened and enlarged for the sake of preserving our Ameri- can way of life. What is this so-called American way of life which demands so much of our time and energy for its protection? Perhaps it is our ideas of free- dom of speech, press, and religion, and the right to assemble, or maybe it is the ability to share in our own government. Where else are such priv- ileges granted -to the common people? Suppose you were living in Germany, Greece, Italy, China, or France. The people of these countries are all being opposed by tyrannical leaders who think that only they should holdjifsupreme power. There is no government for these people to share ing nor is there freedom of speech, press, or religion. The only thing left for them is worry, torture, starvation, and even death. We who live in America are much more for- tunate. We share in the responsibilities of run- ning a free government. We are entitled to all rights to which a free people are accustomed. Where else in the world would you find a nation sustained by the common people, a nation which guards the rights of her people, a nation that has produced her share of great men and women who have contributed much to the culture of the world, a nation abounding with rich natural re- sources, or a nation which provides equal op- portunities in education, occupations, and such as America does? Our American way of life has given us liberty, justice, and equality. It has maintained a high -Long may it wave, O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave. 'kit standard of living which no other nation is able to exceed, and it has given us our rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Through the years our forefathers have main- tained a constant struggle to hold the forces of evil in check in order that this democracy of America might survive. The freedom they fought to secure and preserve then, is the very thing we are struggling to keep now. The existence of this American way of life cle- pends entirely upon the events which occur in the future in this world wide conflict. We Ameri- cans at home can do much in backing up our armed forces, and we may be asked to sacrifice many more things for the sake of them. How- ever, I believe that all of us will be willing to give up these things for the freedom for which the man in uniform is sacrificing his life. And after the war is all over, we can proudly say that this time America's share in the struggle really made the world safe for democracy, and thus made possible the maintenance, advancement, and betterment of our American way of life.

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