Southern California Military Academy - Cadet Yearbook (Long Beach, CA)

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DR. HARRISON BROWN In 1960, the so-called population explo- sion has been of swelling concern; but as our grandchildren will note from the cen- sus figures of the year 2000, the deep concern was largely for others. In the United States we have seemed positively enthusiastic over our own burgeoning growth — so much so that scientist Dr. Harrision Brown of the California Insti- tute of Technology estimates that the population figure forty years from now may approximate 310 million persons for the Continental United States. And if the population continues to increase — as it has since World War II — at a rate higher than India ' s, higher than Japan ' s, higher than that of many notorious troublespots the figure may be closer to 370 million by the year 2000. In any event, it will be crowded! So crowded may the West Coast be, in fact, that there no longer will be broad stretches of open land between cities along the Paaific Coast. Instead, Dr. Brown predicts, forty years from now there will be, in effect, one continuous city stretching from below San Diego to somewhat north of San Francisco. In Southern California, housing will have crawled over the hills and into the mountains, to the edges of the National Forests. The desert mesquite will have given way to urban buildings. And taxes, combined with the increased numbers of people, will have rendered the single-family house virtually obsolete. Dr. Brown foresees women playing a more than traditional role in the population growth. In some ways it may not be too pleasing. Women greatly will outnumber men — with eighty-four males for every one hundred females — with the maximum spread in the age group over 65. In fact, so critical ma ' be tlie man shortage in 2000 that California Fashion Creator ' s official Marjorie Carne forecasts drastic changes in after five feminine fashions. Engineering talent — freed from cor- setry by the slim, trim, diet-controlled figure — will be applied to the challenge of the plunging neckline and the peek-a-boo back. Two problems of 1960 will belong to history in the year 2000. Water will be abundant, drawn and converted to use from the vast supply in the Pacific Ocean. And overworked dairy herds will be relieved by machines at the local milk cannery; cows, too, will have time and peace in glorious abundance. Classes

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POPULATION... ' ' . ' I ' M '

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CADET OF THE YEAR Capt. Preston James Skill The Superintendent ' s Trophy, emblemotic of the highest honor to be awarded a Cadet of Southern California Military Academy, is presented this year to Preston James Skill . Cadet Capt, Skill, throughout the school year of 1960-61, has achieved classroom, military and athletic distinction and contributed service above and beyond the ordinary requirements of graduation. In addition, he possesses a fine Christian spirit, a pleasant person- ality and a tremendous loyalty to the Academy. For this outstanding honor. Cadet Skill will receive an appropriate medal , His name will be engraved on the perpetual trophy with those of other Cadets of super- ior talents who have preceded him. 26