Jordan Vocational High School - Red Jacket Yearbook (Columbus, GA)

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' fzeealdma g - 9 301, Qnmomacq, BY HAROLD GIBSON ISECOND PLACE ESSAY, MUSCOGEE COUNTYI . ln a small soft voice, from the depths of the dark murky void which in today's tangled snarled mess that we call a mighty civilization, a great age, the Age of Golden Opportunity, a message is coming-a message not commanding, not begging, not fearsome, but a message in such a soft gentle tone, hardly audible-seemingly softer than a whisper-that even the most hardened Anti-Christian Socialist cannot help stopping to listen-and think. It is a great message. lt is a message of hope for the downtrodden and enslaved, a message of warning to all those who would seek to enslave mankind. lt is the message of freedom and of peace. ls this small voice able to carry such a great message? Can it be heard around the world: in Eu- rope, in America, in the Pacific, in the Atlantic? No, it cannot be heard around the world, for in many parts of our world the lust for power has thrown up iron curtains through which the voice cannot pene- trate-curtains of hate, of murder, of propaganda, of slavery. More than one-third of mankind today is enslaved by power-mad men. They cannot hear the message. Can others? Can Americans understand what the message means? Do they know where its text was taken? Can they repeat what it says? I can. l know its Speaker well. I know the source of its text. l can understand its meaning. l can repeat what it says. And to the small voice I will add my voice, and the small voice will be amplified by my voice. The voice will be a little louder, a little more compelling, the message, a little stronger. And to my voice another voice will be added, and to this voice more voices, and to these voices even more voices until the first voice is loud yet pleasant, and compelling yet gentle. And then it will be heard around the world. lt will penetrate the iron curtains until the power-mad men will run and hide in the deepest darkest corners of their cellars, until the downtrodden will walk with heads held high, until the enslaved will throw off their bondage. lt will sound louder and louder until peoples will enjoy all the freedoms that the Maker intended: freedom to establish their own governments, freedom to worship as they please, freedom to speak without fear, freedom to love and be loved, freedom to live in peace and freedom to awake in peace. When these things are accomplished, the voice will become inarticulate, but it will still remain an undying echo as a symbol and as a warning. And then when men seek power they will remember the message, they will walk softly, they will cease their conquests and will return from where they came. How do l know these things? As I have said, l know the Speaker and I understand the message. How can others learn the meaning? Simply by bowing their heads and praying. Then they will meet the Speaker. He will teach them the meaning, and then they can repeat it, too. Then they will add their voices to our voices, and the message will be a little louder, a little more compelling, a little stronger. It will carry a little farther, lt will penetrate a little more of the iron curtains. lt will carry a little more hope, a little more warning. Here is my voice. l speak for Christian democracy now and forever.

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Jmadomn, D . dwafwla, lVaIley Forge, Pennsylvanial For the third consecutive year Jordan High School has received the Freedoms Foun- dation Awards for teaching and achieving the American way of life. .lordan's award this year consisted of an all-expense paid pilgrimage to Valley Forge for Mrs. Scott and Iris Tarvin and a Freedom Library consisting ot film, books, recordings, and other teaching aids. Jordan was selected on the strength of several of its school programs which empha- size the American way of life. Mrs. Scott's social studies classes, which were responsible for the past two awards, contributed tape re- cordings ot a radio broadcast and a summary of their panel for parents. Summaries of Student Council activities and assembly prorgams and school newspaper editorials giving emphasis to democracy were part of Jordan's entry. Jordan's band also figured in the award, having taken part in the American Legion Convention in New York last summer. 79.53

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6012, Crflulv, Jm, Qxznwrfzacq, PRIZE-WINNING ESSAYS ADVOCATING THE PRIVATE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE AS THE AMERICAN WAY .mn ' JIMMY ORR BARBARA SEWELL EDDIE TILLMAN First Place Second Place Second Place State State County and County 6012, lead Jim way, Jn Qunorhacq, THROUGH AMERICAN-SANCTION ED ACTIVITIES IRIS TARVIN L. C. MacQUlRTER Best Girl Citizen at 'Jordans - Boy of-the Year of Columbus -DAR Contest Optimist Club Contest