West Carrollton High School - Piratan Yearbook (West Carrollton, OH)

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 Our theme is the sea and the men who sail her. From the beginning of time the sea has been symbolic of permanence, dignity and power. The sea is the mother of life, and long before the tiniest, crudest plant grew upon land, there was life in its waters. Though we are an inland people, we depend upon the sea for life. Not only animal and vegetable life, but human life would perish off the face of the planet without the oceans. It is the rays of the sun acting upon the surface of the great oceans that form clouds, and it is the clouds that water the earth, even those parts farthest from the sea. Since all life depends upon moisture, so, in the end, it depends upon the oceans. The sea contributes fish for the nourishment of mankind. For centuries it has carried the ships of men through sparkling, crystal waters and through writhing, turbulent storms ro foreign ports, — ships laden with lifegiving necessities and luxurious treasures, breaking down the barriers of prejudice and hate between nations with tidings of love and goodwill. Thus, we chose for our theme, the sea, and they who go down to the sea in ships'.