Leadville High School - Sentinel Yearbook (Leadville, CO)

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The ,jllllnunt ,jllllexsmne Sentmel We Accept To Day s Challenge Today Class 5l comes to another mxle stone As we graduates look out upon the future a pess1m1st1c v1ew confronts us The world as we all know IS far from peace ful What the future holds for any of us 1S questlonable To be pesslmlstlc would be easy To accept pesslmlsm as an mevxtable accornpanlment of th1s l1fe and one to be borne wxth reslgnatlon would be the path of least resistance It IS contrary to our common sense that man should be bound by totahtarlan na tlons and submit h1s llbertles congruent to our B111 of Rlghts to a few despots These despots are the cause for the pesslmlsm of today s graduate We see our classmates enterlng the servlces of our country to protect cherlshed l1bert1es l1bert1es whlch we have taken for granted dur1ng the years of elementary and hlgh school education We must not overlook the fact that thlS burden of defense IS placed dlrectly upon our should ers We have learned to face thls fact dur1ng our days of study We know that as we grow older wlth each day the responslblllty of our country Wlll become a more dlrect part of us and It IS the task of each and everyone of us to accomphsh whatever Job hls country demands to the best of h1s ab1l1ty Whatever the Job may be we must reslgn ourselves to accept lt for the good of all of us We must help ln any posslble way to retaln our democratlc way of llfe because thls IS the only l1fe we know and w1ll accept Our school day rnemorles w1ll help us understand thls added burden It IS the 1nd1v enjoy the pleasantrles of l1fe In meetlng today s challenge lt 1S more necessary than ever that the hlgh school graduate establlsh hls ldeal hls goal whlch he must strlve to atta1n We hope we shall soon em rge from thls state of nat1onal dlsorder lnto a more orderly peaceful and pro gresslve natlon than we have ever known It w1ll then be posslble to work toward the chosen goal wlth hlgh hopes of reallzatlon Success 1S no accldent sometlmes young people feel that xt IS largely a matter of luck and thelr own efforts and ab1l1t1es have no value But most people agree that successfully meetlng a challenge lS the result of honest effort rlghtly dxrected and gulded together w1th hlgh VISIOD and sound Judg ment It IS seldom that one meets a greater challenge than the ldeal he sets before hlm Em rson reahzed thls when he advanced the theory of hltchmg ones wagon toa star He understood that one must look up 1n order to cllrnb up and must have a goal ln order to dlrect h1s efforts to a deflnlte end In splte of the chaotlc cond1t1ons of the world Wl11ChCaI1I1Ot help but cause us to be skeptlcal of the future we still have our frlends our rel1g1on and our democratlc natlon And wxth the help of God and our frlends and a firm falth ln our country we rnust contlnue llfe as we have ln the past as nearly as posslble consldermg th1s added burden of responsl b1l1ty Today s graduate 1n acceptmg the challenge to work for the good of hls country does so wholeheartedly ln order that our Unlted States of Amerlca may forever be a land of freedom where an 1nd1v1dual may cultlvate hlmself and develop hls powers ln order that he may be of greater servlce to humamty louauzz 6 arcff, gafutafozmrz O . , O . ll - 0. s D . - 1 9 . ' 1 c , . idual's responsibility to see that his job is done so that someday we will again freely e . . . . , , - . . . 7 . , . . , , . . . . . , 7 . M . .

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The mnunt Jlllassmc 'Sentinel Fznzshea' Yet Begznmng Each year many young men and women are graduated from varlous hlgh schools all over the country As we recelve our dlplomas on our commencement nlght we are finlshlng w1th the only way of llfe that we have ever known Up to now other people have l1ved most of our llves for us Our teachers have planned our school days and our parents and our frlends have taken up the rest of our tlme We have been clothed and fed and housed by our parents Our wholellfe has been dlrected thoughtfully from day to day Our commencement 1S not an endlng however but a beglnnlng When we recelve our dlplomas we are to begln a completely new and dlfferent way of l1fe We must take up where our parents and teachers have so abruptly left off We must do our own thlnkmg and planmng It IS up to each one of us what we alone w1ll do wlth our l1ves There are many opportumtles for the hlgh school graduates of today 1n Amer1ca We may go ahead wrth our educatlon 1n un1vers1t1es colleges or schools of speclallzed tralnlng Some of us Wlll go to the colleges others may enter these schools of specla llzed tralnmg and some w1ll Join the armed forces of our country But for the majorlty of us our formal educatron IS at an end wlth our graduatron from h1gh school It IS more of a beglnnlng for those of us who must take our place 1n llfe as 1nd1v1duals and start to make our own way than It IS for us who w1ll enter the colleges and un1vers1t1es In college part of the plannlng and thmklng w1ll be done for us by our lnstructors Gettlng the work done however IS entlrely up to us It 1S our responslblllty to obtam selves Not only are the colleges and un1vers1t1es there for us to obtaln our advanced ed ucatlon but they w1ll help us ln every way they can so that we may contlnue w1th our schoollng They have SBFVICSS to help us find part tlme work so that we may work our way through They offe many driferent kmds of scholarshlps walvers of tu1t1on and other forms of financlal help to those of us who quahfy They have counsellng and guldance serv1ces that w1ll h lp us to get what we want out of our college career and they w1ll offer advlce that w1ll benefit us durlng our college llfe The fact that a person holds a college degree IS not always an assurance that the holder IS an educated person He may have fa1led 1n hls efforts to make the lncome sufficlent to enable hlm to l1ve on the plane WhlCh he 1S prepared to l1ve The two prmcxpal purposes of an educaflon are to teach people how to l1V9 and to teach them how to make thelr l1v1ng They must so co ordmate the1r knowledge that they w1ll make sufliclent lncome to l1ve and enjoy l1v1ng on the plane they deslre Knowledge IS necessary to good government and the happiness of manklnd therefore schools and educatlon shall always be encouraged Thls concern for educatlon has almost become a rel1g1on to the Amerlcan people No other people ever demanded so much of educatlon as have the Americans and no other country was ever served so well by 1tS schools and educators These are the rea sons why they w1ll strlve to contlnue and unprove our means of education so that the falth that has been placed 1n educatlon IH the past may be greatly enlarged 1n the future ReallZ1Hg that the quest for educatlon IS endless I am remlnded of these hnes by Charles G Rossettl Does the road wlnd up h1ll all the way'7 Yes to the very end Wlll the Journey take the whole long day? From morn to nlght my frlend .June Lamp CML 5 LCfO'LLLU2 Q 5 0 'B' j , W 3. 'Z' 0 c n 0 ' Q I I ' Q . . . . , ' Q 0 9 . . , , . . i , . . , . . . . . . . , y . . 1 , - - , . , , . 3 , . the trammg and preparatlon necessary for the life-work that we have chosen for our- 7 7 . Y . . . , . . . , . . . 7. . . . . 9 , 7 Z , 3 2 7 V' Y , . , . . , . . f cr . . 2, I J

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'Circ Clllnunt gllassme Ssmtnnrl Our Duty To Posterzty As I gazed 1nto my maglc crystal ball before comlng here tomght I saw a barren wasteland slowly belng shlfted by a sllght westerly Wlnd Th1s natural phenomenon rem1nded me of the sands of tlme For a shortness of tlme was certalnly no obstacle You see thls barren wasteland was labeled Earth Th1s plcture was caused by fear and uncertamty How true were Franklln Roose velt s 1mmortal words There IS noth1ng to fear but fear ltself How long w1ll It take these apprehenslons to weaken men s Judgment and stamlna to the po1nt where he IS wlllmg to use such destructlve weapons as the atom or hydrogen bomb on h1s fellow man because he IS afrald h1S fellow man w1ll do the same th1ng to h1m first I knew thls scene was flctlclous for fortune tellmg and maglc crystal balls went out w1th advanclng tlmes Yet 1f lt were not for our bold and hardy predecessors who dared to choose freedom the Splflt of l1b rty so preclous to us all I dare not thmk of the consequences Preservlng the mode of l1fe our forefathers establlshed IS a duty now 1n our hands The llberty and securlty we had learned to love so well and up to a tlme had taken for granted IS agam shaken to 1tS foundat1on We must return to fundamental values t1on wlthout the chance of crumbl1ng Is It luck alon that gave us a G org Washrngton Abe Llncoln General Pershing Teddy Roosevelt Franklln D Roosevelt'7 No It was fortunate they were avallable to us but the1r love of country thelr lntense patr1ot1sm the1r deslre to help thelr fellow men thelr personal qual1f1cat1ons for leadershlp made them outstandlng Amer1cans There must be somethmg about freedom that makes us do what IS needed for 1n th1s land where no man dr1ves another few men need be asked to face thelr duty If Am erlcans seem brave and generous hearted curlously WISE and perseverlng lt 1S because they respond ln these ways to the r1ght sort of challenges Twelve years ago Fasclsm was ga1n1ng power through mass hysterla Our world weathered the storm whlch threw us 1nto a second great war Communlsm the threat that IS loommg over us today can also be stopped but It may take a large portlon of our product1ve years before peace agam 1S certa1n Many of us w1ll contrlbute dlrectly to thls task but most of us 1nd1rectly Some of us may w1n acclalm but whether we do or not whether the world ever notlces the part we are playlnv lf our 1d als are hx h and o.1r arm uns lf1sh posterlty IS sure to beneflt from each and every one of us Clfszcz Karger 541 LLfLLfO'ZLclI7 0 7. Q . 0 , 4 o 0 0.0 ' i 1 0 Q 0 . I I ' 0 7 ' me - as - - 1- ' QQ 71 , . ,, . . . ,, . . , . . , . . . . , . y - . . . . , . . , 7 7 , . . . . t and build such a strong peace that it can be handed down from generation to genera- . B 3 3 . . . V V V 9 5 9 , . . '. l , . , . . . . 7 . . . 7 9 a ' ' Q , . . . 7 . . ' 1 3 7 , . . . , , . . O, . . 3 .g u . S 9 . Y . . - , Z' ' -