C E Byrd High School - Gusher Yearbook (Shreveport, LA)

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Volume 49 1963 Edition C. E. Byrd High School Shreveport, Louisiana STEPHEN STEWART Editor HELEN HEARD Associate Editor DONNA LOU VALLIERE Business Manager MARILYN ABENDROTH Advertising Manager

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We Are Dedicated to Freedom . . . We, the 1963 seniors, dedicate this Gusher to the idea o i living freedom—not the overused word of democracy. To niost people, democracy is merely a theoretical situation set forth in the Constitution of tlie United States. We hear it used much too often as a flowery term describing the system under which our country operates. The word Democracy is a very poor suhstitute for freedom. Our American Heritage—a faith in individualism, in freedom, and in e |uality—has made us the greatest nation on earth. Our task, as citizens of tornorrow. is to maintain and carry on that heritage. Each of us must realize that our school, our city, our state, and our nation will remain great only as long as we are willing to dedicate ourselves to the high purpose of carrying forward the heritage which is ours. We, the GUSHER staff, dedicate tliis book to Freedom, which is the true source of America’s strength, and dedicate ourselves to freedom forever.