Hilo High School - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Hilo, HI)

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It tony for the sake of Victory is self exaltation. 'l'hat is not the X ictory either :Xmerica or the campus Yictory Forps seeks. llnderlying all expression of student effort, is the de- sire of today's youth for real idcntihcation with the nation's victory program, integrant with the ultimate cause of the lnited Nations, freedom for all humanity. Student pur- pose can li.-st Ile setn, perhaps in the statement of President Roosevelt that the schools of the nation are a tremendous resource in this time of crisis. Today what we want is victory, and beyond victory a world in which freemen may fulfill their aspirations. So we turn again to our educators and ask them to help us mold men and women who can light through to victory. llc ask that every schoolhouse hecome a service center for the home front. And we pray that our young people will learn in the schools and in the colleges the wisdom and forbearance and patience needed hy men and women of good will who seek to bring to this earth a lasting peace . 'l'o coordinate administration planning and student eitort. the Victory Corps council was estalmlished and later incorporated into the student hody cabinet for the duration. Through the council and its subsidiary committees, campus interest, opinion, and energy found more representative and more :atisfying expressiong activities were more contiguous with individual apti- tude and democratic self direction. 'llhus while student manpower was channelled to produce for victory, concommittant practice in self govern- ment was also opportune. 'l'o the young student on the lmrink of tomorrow. with what moment this must manifest itselfg how great the need for clarity in purpose and action. WWII 1 liamluoo vases to cry the fragrance of lla- naii's llUXY1'I'S?L'llt'1'l' to ryervicc hospitals. l

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1.1. 'roo 1-:As1i.v, the program might he interpreted hy the casually interested only on the face of the Friday program when six hundred students wield their knives and hoes through the underhrush of endless rows of caneg or the six hundred others who enter the community's working ranks as part-time maids, clerks, office workers, laundresses. yard- hoys, truck drivers, mechanics, et ceterag or even the two hundred remaining on the campus giving of their hook time to civilian defense training or service. Yet even the most indifferent should tind it difticult not to see that hasic to any youth victory program is the fundamental, an enlightened citizenry from which to draw the resources for tomorrow. 'l'oo, the crisis impregnates each hranch of study with so much more vitality-the speech arts, English, and other languages, Speak .-lmeriranf' l,o1'r' lhy rzeiglzbor and lwirzz his lang1u ',' the exact sciences, mathematics, physics, biology, chemistry, Ierluzinzl knowledge for a Icrhnolvgiml war: the cultural arts, music, painting, sketching, lwrzzlty and balm for fl humruzity gum' lutw-rk with I1iffl'l'1ll'.YS and hulc: health fundamentals, gymnastics, nutri- tion, hiology, for physical jitmfxx an-11 .w'rt'irf',' manual craft and agricultural training, win on the produrliorz froutg studies in human relationships, home- making, history, sociology, economics, the century of the ronzmon mf11z.', Students had an oportunity to develop a hetter insight into the purpose and organization of the Victory Forps when the council conducted an island wide oratorical contest. Margaret Kurisu who represented the campus placed tlrst with her speech 'l'he Victory C'orps, an Opportunity and a l'hallenge.', 'l'he winning entry in a song contest aimed at stimulating spirit intro- duces the story on the Yictofy Corps. The composition is original, with music scored hy Elmer Keliikuloa and words written hy Hecny Yuen. Stamp corsages, cheer- ful messengers, of to- niorr0w's good will.