Midland High School - Catoico Yearbook (Midland, TX)

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fffvdd. Dear Students In this post-war period most of us spend a great deal of our time discussing the local, state, and national issues of the day. This is well and good, and as it should beg but let us not forget that the world in this atomic age is smaller than it ever has been. We must, then, of necessity be more vitally concerned about our neighbors in other lands, their interests, their desires, their ambitions, and their goals. This is simply an added responsibiliity and does not release us from our indi- vidual responsibility to keep informed of those things nearest us. Only by forming the habit of being deeply interested in all affairs of state can each of you as a citizen of a democracy be prepared to meet the challenge of today. Let us remember that in this free democratic state of ours that it is our per- sonal responsibility to express ourselves at the polls in all issues, and it is also our democratic duty to abide by the decisions of the majority. May I wish for you a full measure of success. Sincerely yours, FRANK MONROE Superintendent

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5 ., V . Miss Mary Watson, P. F. Bridgewater. D. W. McDonald, R. W. Hamilton, V. C. Maley, George T. Abell, Mrs. W. H. Gilmore, Frank Monroe, Superintendent. Dear Young People, The present relatively high state of developmcnt of our civilization makes it neces- sary that provisions be made whereby our young people, by a concentrated effort over a relatively short period of time, may acquire at least the essence of the ac- cumulated knowledge of the ages both social and material. If they acquire the proper foundation early in life it will then be possible for them to devote their ma- ture years to perfecting and advancing that civilization. Our public school system is the result of our efforts to provide such facilities. The trustees of the Midland Independent School District are fully cognizant of their responsibility as the elect- ed representatives of the citizenry to provide an adequate plant and a competent teaching staff so that every boy and girl will have the priceless privilege of becom- ing an educated man or woman. The extent to which each one avails himself of the opportunities offered is very largely an individual matter. It is not within our power to educate our boys and girls. We seek to provide the facilities and offer all possible encouragement to the end that they may become, and remain, educated citizens of our country. BOARD OF EDUCATION V. C. Maley, President