Leadville High School - Sentinel Yearbook (Leadville, CO)

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H+4+++m4 The Mount Masszve Sentznelffmfffmf EDUCA TION STYMIES COMMUNISM Those of us who are graduatlng tonlght should be very grateful for the educatlon we have recelved In thls day and age an educatlon IS of prlme lmportance because the struggle agalnst communlsm has made study more necess ary than ever To stop the spread of communlsm we must know what communlsm IS and how to fight It If people do ' not know why commumsm 1S undeslrable they won t know why there IS any reason to be agalnst lt Communlsts have made thelr best galns after World War II because the l1v1ng and educatlonal standards of many of the countrles of the world have been very low The people ln these countrles have been wllllng to llsten to anybody who professes to be able to lmprove the condltlons Thls state of affalrs makes a country rlpe for the spread of communlsm We see proof of thls lncrease of communlsm ln the many countrles that have fallen under communlst domlnatlon slnce the war such as Poland Bul garla and Chlna Once the communlsts have a country ln thelr grasp they set controls on everythlng detrlmental to thelr purpose One of thelr maln worrles IS the schools for they rea llze that people who fully understand communlsm wlll not except It therefore they completely supervlse educatlon and make sure that there IS nothlng taught that op poses communlstlc doctrlnes ThlS obvlous fear of educatlon lndlcates a very eifectlve weapon vvlth whlch to fight communlsm If we utlllze thls weapon the spread of communlsm can be checked Already a great deal has been done ln thls dlrectlon The Crusade for Freedom cam palgn to ralse funds to carry the truth to people ln communlst domlnated countrles IS a very strlklng example Those who organlzed the campalgn and those who sup events ln the world Educatlon also plays a very lmportant part ln preparlng those countrles Wh1Ch have not yet been taken over by communlsm to 'light agalnst It The cltlzens of these countrles must not only be told about the evlls of communlsm but must be ed ucated technlcally so thev can ralse the llvlng standards of thelr country We must remember that many of these natlons are ln the process of recoverlng from a very devastatlng war whlch left thousands homeless and wlthout work Some of these must be lnstructed ln the use of machlnes and ln other skllled work Others must learn the modern m thods of farmlng whlch wlll 1'nprove thelr productlon After the standard of llvlng ln these countrles lS ralsed the struggle agalnst communlsm IS more than half won for people that are satlsfied and well educated wlll have noth mg to do Wlth communlsm The United States has been the leader ln the fight agalnst communlsm ever slnce lt started b cause our country has been the best sulted to lead the iight Thls na tlon was founded on the assumptlon that every man has certaln rlghts whlch cannot be taken away from hlm It 19 thls bellef ln human rlghts that makes our country an excellent opponent for communlsm After studylng and comparlng our government wlth those of the rest of the world we find that nowhere else ln the world IS there the freedom and opportunlty that there IS ln Amerlca We see why a llb ral educatlon IS so Important ln preservlng our democracy Educatlon IS a potent weapon for use agalnst communlsm As long as the evlls of communlsm are exposed and our country remalns economlcally strong commun lsm wlll make no progress That IS why I say we should b grat ful for the educa tlon we have recelved for as a result of what we have learned we are prepared to help keep our country the democratlc and freedom lovlng natlon lt has always been los llcC7o f Q1 Elf 'u. z 7 6 u Q a ' , ported lt realized how important it is that these people be informed truthfully about K : ' rzrzz Al. fl: t o 'ur

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