Lebanon High School - Lodestone Yearbook (Lebanon, PA)

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J rf v - This Is The Time For Choice The year 1971 is truly a year of decision. Mini or maxi the war in Viet Nam, and law reform are all issues o great controversy. Human nature compels man to formu late opinions and make a choice concerning issues such a: these. As one matures and reaches high school age, curren events become more important. A student finds himsel exposed to other students and teachers with their owr views and opinions. Thus, with many different views ant facts, a high school student is prepared to begin makinj choices. A student’s choice is similar to a mirror; through it h may discover himself and some of his own likes and dis likes. Now is the time for responsible choice, for th choices made by the youth today clearly reflect the futuri of our country tomorrow.

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THIS THE TIME FOR MATURITY Graduating is always a personal, memorable and highly significant event. It is also synonomous with ma¬ turing. Graduation has placed you upon a new threshold from which you gave greater vision and a broadened hor¬ izon to face your mature fife. While high school graduation is a one-time event, ma¬ turity is a natural lifetime process which will serve to con¬ tinually prepare you to move forward in life. Life is an ever-changing process for which you need to be continually prepared. In spite of this, the mentally maturing individual realizes that certain basics should remain unaltered. Among these I would place the neces¬ sity for Divine Guidance, a belief in the future, truth, integrity, justice, the unity of home and family, respect for the dignity and worth of the individual and a govern¬ ment that derives its just powers and authority from the consent of the governed. As maturing educated individuals you should not ac¬ cept either complacency nor despair. Instead, you need to face the world as it is and through the application of in¬ telligence, reasoning, sincerity, common sense, hard work and the application of the democratic process, endeavor to make it a better world for yourself and your fellow man. As such, you need support those principles, people and institutions which contribute to the wholesomeness of life and the elevation of society. The truly mature person realizes that no one individual ever inherits the world, nor has the right to control it, and that the world owes no one a living. He realizes that every individual has the right to live and to work in the world, along with his fellow man and, also, that he has the personal responsibility to preserve and improve it for the generations as yet unborn. Finally, through maturity you will bring into reality the dreams of your youth. It is my hope that these have been large and realistic dreams as you set forth on the road of fife. My sincere congratulations and personal good wishes for success and happiness shall forever remain with you. £ a. JZ h