West Seattle High School - Kimtah Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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ADIVIINISTRATICN This is total War, the time when every- thing and nothing matters, the time when people forget the little things this war is being fought for and gorge themselves on the big, overgrown things which stand in the Way of democratic living. They've forgotten that quiet brigade of men and women who fight side by side with their sons on the battlefields, not with gun and bayonet, no, but with Words and the truth. They are the silent soldiers who will go on long after this war is over, fight- ing for the principles basic to all American institutions. Yes, these are the teachers, the faculty, those who carry on the responsibilty of instructing Young America, guiding and teaching the children and 'teen-agers of today the ideals, culture and intelligence they must possess as adults and citizens of a peaceful world tomorrow.

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Principal 1 f Things happen fast these days. A fellow can be day dreaming in the study hall one week, wondering when the cute number two aisles over is going to look your way, and a week later you can be standing stiff with eighty other yardbirds, hop- ing against hope that that far-from- cute sergeant won't look your way. And six months later maybe you're taking your first sea voyage, won- dering whether Old Lady Luck has sold you a one-way ticket. You think back and wonder whether the easy-go-lucky, movie- going, rug-cutting days were well spent. You remember the top-grade work Bill lackson did in high schoolg he's taking officer training now. You recall lim Wallace, who always did a swell job in machine shop, he was selected for gunnery school. Fletcher and Murray and Raleigh are wear- ing stripes alreadyg they're on their way up. Yes, things happen fast these days. You think ahead - perhaps - to the day when the big argument is overg when boot camp and fox holes and dive bombings are things of the past. What will the job be then? Something where brain power comes in handy? Something where person- ality counts? Or will it be taxpayers' charity and apple-selling on the street corner? Cne thing remember: the public forgets its heroes in record time. You may be risking your life for the stay- at-homes today, but after the din of armistice you're no more than a tax- eater unless you'Ve got what it takes to remake your life in the light of the post-war world. Yes, things happen fast these days. -Reed Fulton