St Johns College High School - Taps Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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HE NEW SUPREME COURT is one of the most beautiful of the later public buildings in Washington. It encloses the most powerful judicial body in the world. The state which recognizes such an institution as the Supreme Court must foster a high type of citizen- ship. Its members must be intelligent and liberal, able to maintain the nice balance between private interest and public good and ready to accept rea- sonable settlements of difliculties and disputes bound to develop in any society. That is why from the very beginning American leaders stressed the necessity of education for all. The Class of 1941 hopes that it has taken advan- tage ofthe opportunities afforded in accordance with this ideal, and that its members have acquired discipline from military training, the spirit of co- operation through participation in school activities, desire for knowledge from study and laboratory, and character upon which the best citizenship rests.