Lompoc High School - La Purisima Yearbook (Lompoc, CA)

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EDITGRIAL VVhat is education and of what benefit will it be to us as we, the graduating class of 1943, prepare to become active members of society? VVebster has defined education as the acquisition of knowledge, skill, disci- pline, and character. Bearing in mind that education prepares for complete living, we can easily understand that a person lacking in any one of the above traits can never be in complete harmony with his fellow man. Many of us in selecting our subjects for further study, have wondered which would be of more value to us-a vocatioinal or a cultural education. However, We must take into consideration that no type of education may be classed as better than another either in subject or presentation. If this were not true, all of us might be philosophers, or, on the other hand, laborers-which defeats the principle that all types of people are needed to make a world. Education is a continuous process throughout our lifetime, giving us the incentive to think, to will, and to do.. Through this medium we have been offered the opportunity to acquire an increasing variety of informationg develop good personalities and strength of character, and, of great importance, achieve the ability to choose. Also. education furnishes us with the desire and power to attain a higher measure of success in completing each task which we undertake. In the application of our knowledge toward meeting the problems of the present and future will lie the answer to whether or not we are capable of facing this, our world. -6-

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Dooleiootool to the Alumni , of Lompoc Union High School who are now serving in the Armed Forces 3

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STAFI' PI-IYLLIS MOORE Editor-in-Chief ALICE MACHADO Assistant Editor DORIS COOPER Art Editor YVALTER ELLIOTT Pictorial Editor DUANE WOODFIN Activities Editor BILL PROUD Business VIRGINIA Senior BETTY Junior Manager PANNELL Editor CLA RK Editor JACK SUDDEN Sophomore Editor CLYDE MARQUART Freshman Editor BETTY CUTTING Eighth Grade Editor MISS CRYSTAL LUND Advisor MISS RUTH MARY GREEN Advisor