Woodrow Wilson High School - Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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Qvreuford WE, the graduating class of 1945, must set out into this uncertain and changing World at war, prepared physically and mentally to determine our careers to the best advantage for ourselves and our nation. War places us and our personal hopes at the mercy of forces beyond our control as far as planning is con- cerned. If We are to go through this war with cour- age, We must keep our purposes clear. Our life here at Woodrow Wilson has been a prepa- ration for complete living, an effort to make us under- stand and appreciate our great heritage. We must continue what has been so auspiciously begun and restore a just and righteous peace to the World, guided by the inspiration and courage of true education and by the democratic spirit which is Americanism. ti .ml Ydvwn-nn,-,,m 5 Yigfe Z or i' 1 il Q i .' l l X 1 i U ii RE f I l ,Al li efe f

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New i-l Dedimfcd . . To America, so simple, yet so justly proud a symbol of might and right- To our youth, who are struggling valiantly each day, each hour, on many battlefields for the peace that must save mankind, inspiring us, always strength- ening our faith that life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness can and will survive- And to that flame of learning ignited by our child- hood curiosity, fed through the years on knowledge from the printed page and daily experiences, fanned ever brighter during our life at Woodrow Wilson- the flame that will burn with increasing intensity to illumine the path of the future.