Modesto Junior College - Buccaneer Yearbook (Modesto, CA)

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157 gd, Mem, jim, p!L0f2lLQfA, For lv1odesTo Junior College sTudenTs This has been a year oT propheTs and criTics. And in no year since The beginning oT World War II have These prophecies and criTicisms so inTimaTely aTTecTed The college sTudenT. The condiTions Tor I95l have been deTer- mined by These men. We, The young people oT The world, musT deTermine The condiTions of The years To come. We, The sTudenTs oT ModesTo Junior College, musT be The acTors on The sTage.oT Tomorrow. This year we see The resulTs of years oT meTiculously planned disorder. We are wiT- nessing whaT happens when all men pledge Themselves To confusion. Everybody has elaboraTe blueprinTs Tor geTTing along wiTh everybody else on his own Terms buT nobody plans Tor harmony on muTual Terms. There seems To be no conceivable course Tor world concord excepT one oT Those exisTing now. SmarT men are aT The conTrols Today buT noT wise men. The year oT l95l is a criTical one Tor all oT us. A large number OT male sTudenTs here aT lv1odesTo has been called To arms and anoTher signiTicanT number has been persuaded by The prevailing condiTions To ioin in The service To Their counTry. BuT service To one's counTry does noT necessarily mean The shouldering oT a gun. Indeed, iT The minds can be developed ThaT will devise a way To abolish This Terrible deaTh and desTrucTion, is There any greaTer service To one's counTry? There could noT be a more humaniTarian endeavor. We, The sTudenTs aT ModesTo Junior College, recognize and acknowledge The urgency oT The presenT siTuaTion, buT we also realize ThaT beneaTh This surface aTTiTude oT inde- cision and doubT, There is a sTrong currenT oT opTimism. We are Trying To recapTure The euphoric Teeling ThaT accompanies This opTimism. No amounT oT gloom, doubT, or worry can accomplish anyThing Toward The seTTlemenT oT our problems. EveryThing musT Tunc- Tion To The besT oT iTs abiliTy in Times oT emergency. The TuncTion oT a yearbook is To presenT in an enTerTaining manner The evenTs ThaT make a school year unique. Therefore we dedicaTe The 1951 Buccaneer To The SpiriT oT FiTTy-one: a spiriT of inTelligenT opTimism and conTidence, oT gaieTy and sobrieTy, a spiriT ThaT reTuses To be broken by The ThreaTs oT oppression. This is our Theme: ThaT in The Tace oT adversiTy we shall proceed wiTh courage and wiTh lighT-hearTed TaiTh ThaT There will be a TuTure Trom which we may nosTalgically look back on These, The happiesT days oT our lives.

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IA--- vii. This was Jrhe only recenf piclure 'rhe slalil could find of Reuben Sylva, bul' il' is one 'rha+ fils him well. l-le's looking a+ Jrhe land he loved so well wi'rh a sfudenl-+0 all of whom he gave so much. l-lis spirif is no+ only 'rhe spirir of '5lg if is The spiri+ we shall work 'ro approach in fhe many difliculf years ahead. Jo fluz, lata, finulmn, Sqlvaq whom, iA,a,4ual1Zq.iowhich,wp.alLaAp0m,,whoA.a,ligawaA, deunfrzi to um, and. whflr, dup, algacilfon, dedicate Jluz, BLLccan,o.cJz,.