ewan' an Nui On June 18 1958 347 girls from various parts of the state of Wisconsin met at Mad1SOH We came together with these things in common our youth our enthusiasm for learning and our lack of exper ience in and knowledge of the ways of government Durmg our flrst few SESSIONS at Badger Girls State our excellent counselors and lecturers awakened IH us an earnest desire to advance in knowledge and to become more competent citizens Manx American teenagers of today are enveloped ln a fog of misunderstanding concerning the nature and purpose of our political mstitutlons The Amerl their Boys State and Girls State programs are two of the most important beacon lights YlSlbl6 through this fog of mlsunderstandmg At the close of the 1958 sessions we found that we were 347 girls with one more thmg in common we were well on our way to political maturity After hearing extremely mterestmg lectures on the topics of the city county and state goy ernment we proceeded to orffanwe our own governments and to select our own officials who were elected only after xlgorous and mterestmg campaigning While serymg on the lNat1onal1st Party platform committee several fellow girl staters and I set up a model platform containing planks concerned with sales tax the tax on oleomargarme the 18 year old yote and other topics utal to our state goyernment WOFklng on a daily newspaper partlclpatmg in QCP XX, band and chorus rehearsal and visiting our state capitol for a session of the B G S legislature were some of the other events which made this action filled week fly by Needless to say being chosen to represent such a fme group of girls was the great est honor and privilege I haye known and I do feel that each and every gxrlstater derived benefits of equal measure I sincerely wish to thank my classmates teachers and the members of the Amerlcan Legion Auxiliary all of whom made It po slble for me to haye this marvelous experience I wish that every girl could As stated in our Creed For Youth we are Amen can Youth As such we must realize that we enjoy greater acyantages than any other youth in the world Wren we stov to thmk of the odds in fax or of our being born into the privilege of American citizenship we are doubly grateful If we are to continue to enjoy these advantages we must do our best to maintain them Knowing that tomorrow we will be the ones who will help to guide the destmies of our country we realize that anything we do to day to destroy the rights prlvlleges and liberties of others IS unfair and selfish These things we do not wish to do Therefore we must trv to be C-on slderate honest and decent so that others who fol low may lne as freely as we are living today Joanne Belflori till! , 14' ' J fm ju W a fu f it M59 xx x ' ' 1 , K f JY can Legion and American Legion Auxiliary with have the same wonderful opportunity.
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