Jackson County High School - Aiyukpa Yearbook (Walden, CO)

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AIYUKPA 0 1947 VALEDICTCDRY IIELEN IIANSON Ladies and Gentlemen: lt becomes my duty to bid you farewell for the class of 1947 of Jackson County High School. To all those who have come to witness our graduation, friends, teachers, and fellow students, it is my privilege to give a last greeting. Commencement, so long looked forward to, will soon be one of the treasured memories of the past. Graduation from high school presents a unique challenge. lt seems we have suddenly stepped on the threshold that leads i11to a world of enchanting interests and mystic uncertainty. At this time let us resolve to be worthy of the training we have received in this school. This education in this school in this nation is the finest gift from you our parents and the people of North Park, to us. No class in history has ever looked upon a world so torn apart by its own destruction as the world we face today. No other class has ever faced such great opportunities to assist in creating a new world, a world in which there can be peace, prosperity, happiness and harmony. It is our impression that no other class has ever been able to see so clearly the difference between what is good and what is bad for man is welfare, at no other time in history has there ever been presented such boundless possibilities for useful careers. Some of us who graduate today have completed our formal education be- cause we are anxious to go to work. Others will continue their education through college. Regardless of the future of individuals, we are all aware that this is an extraordinary time to be graduating from high school. NVe are greatly challenged by the responsibilities and opportunities that lie before us. ln America we have always believed that education is the greatest gift of a nation to its youth, and that upon this gift depends our way of life. Thomas Jefferson expressed this view when he said, Ulf the people expect to be free and independent, and at the same time ignorant and il'iterate, they are expecting something that never has been or never will be. School life aims to fit youth to participate actively in community affairs, to cooperate and at the same time to tl1i11k independently, to assume responsi- bility and help solve problems, to take part i11 school government, to win honors and to suffer consequences of mistakes. Such training has been a basic element in the growth of our country and it constitutes the greatest gift of the people to the youth of any country. XVe cannot be responsible for events of the past, but we will be responsible for the events of our own generation. VVe are on the frontiers of thought for a Page Forty one

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AIYUKPA 0 I947 Page Forty BACCAI ALJ R FATE Un the morning of May 11, Baccalaureate services were held in the High School auditorium. Special music was contributed by girls of Jackson County High School. Reverend Brunner gave the sermon, entitled 'iHaving Faith in Ourselves. kfx CLASS NIGI-IT On the evening of May 13, the Seniors had their traditional Class Night program. Presented as an informal gathering at the soda. fountain, the Prophecy, NVill, History, and Poem made up the dialogue. Awards were presented to outstanding students in Typ- ing, Science, Music, Boys' and Girls' Athletics.

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AIYUKPA 0 I947 new generation. Before us are strange oceans of thought or achievements to be crossed. Each of us feels that he is a new Magellan looking out upon a 11ew world of possibilities and human relations to be circumnavigated. There is an old intelligence test which we would all do well to ponder. Suppose we 001110 to four cross-roads. Vile are without a map and the signpost is lying in a ditch. How are we to tell where the different roads lead? The answer is that since, persumably, we know where we came from we have only to raise the signpost and point the finger having the name of the place which we came from in the right direction and all the other three fingers will automatically come into place. From American history we have learned where the American way of life came from. Vile have learned of the basic importance of giving a good education free to every person and then let nature take its course among people who can read. write, speak, and go to church as they please. If times of turmoil and uncertainty come again we of this generation also may occasionally have to bring the signpost out of the ditch and point one finger back over the progress which has been made in America before our time in order that we may again see clearly where we want to go from where we are. As this graduation formality comes to its closing minutes we are overtaken by a complex mixture of feelings. VVe regret to be leaving this association, both pleasant and important in our lives. Vile look back over the years and find that our school days have been Hllappy days of golden treasure, VVork and play in equal measure. ' Vile resolve to be worthy of the training we have had. VVe are looking anxiously into the future. The Senior Class of 1947 says farewell. kf'N Mr. Lepponen: Can anyone tell me the definition of the word echo? Bill H.: The only thing that can cheat a woman out of the last word. Wilbur: Helen, do you know the definition of a hug? Helen Alice: No, what is it? VVilbur: A round-about way of expressing affection. Yesterday we heard the very last one about our absent minded professor. He slammed his Wife and kissed the door. Page Forty-two