Genoa Central High School - Dragon Yearbook (Genoa, AR)

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THE SENIOR CLASS OF 1949 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS GREETINGS It IS my honor to have been chosen to present the class wIIl for the SenIor class of 1949 It has been necessary for us to decrde whether the Class WIII shall be an act of comedy or a sIncere statement of somethIng we would lIke to leave to those who follow after us some IntangIble thIng whlch In gIvIng to others we do not lose to our selves A lIttle more than a year ago a freedom traIn traveled throughout our natIon Not a very large POFEIOH of the people of our natIon have had the prIvIlege of of seerng the freedom traIn It IS not necessary to have seen If The thrng that makes IC so Important cannot be seen The thIng whIch IS so Important IS a belxef In a cause whIch IS shared by all The traIn Itself was gleamIng and and powerful and grand, but If passed qurckly out of sIght There was also a gleam of power and grandeur ID the Idea of freedom and thIs IS somethIng that never dIes and never passes out of sIght ThIs IS AmerIca s herItage, IC IS ours we desIgnate that others shall have II too AmerIca means far more than a contInent bounded by two oceans, saId Her bert Hoover It IS more than prrde of mllllafy power, glory ID war, or IH VICKOFY It means more than vast expanse of farms, of great factorIes or mInes, magnI f1cIent CIIICS, or mIllIons of automobI1es and radros It 1S more even than the tradItIons of the great tIde westward from Europe whIch pIoneered the conquest of a contInent It IS more than our lIterature our mus1c our poetry Other HRIIOHS have these thmgs also To the great masses of people every where AmerIca, 1S a hallowed work To therr, and to us, If IS the hope of the world and we want to share that hope wIth you Never before has If been so Important that we keep before us the Ideals that made our country great IH the past and can benefIt us and the whole world IH the future We who are graduatIng from Central School and the hIgh schools of all AmerIca can fInd many reasons to be grateful for our herItage and to WIII to carry If on at whatever cost ThIs has been thoughtfully consrdered and offIcIally adopted as the wIll for the mm cf 19 49 1 g .... . . . ' K! ' ,Y ' , . yet we leave to those who are to follow us. Our share becomes greater when . . ,, . A , - ' 1 I ' . . . x . . Q