HEADLINES 1 939-'40 SCHOOL From September in 1939 to june of 1940 there has been one of the most outstanding nine months' terms in the history of Grand junction High School. This xear a six xear plan eombanmg the junior and senaor hagh sehools xx as an augurated Thas eoordanataon of Vunaor and senaor hugh schools as an keepang xxath the latest edueataonal adeas and as a elear step forxx ard for our sehool Another adea nexx to our sehool thas xear xx as tlae home room peraod Durang thas peraod not onlx most of the elub meetangs and assemblaes but also manx other aetaxataes xx ere held Nocataonal guadanee xx as also gax en an thas period In the same lane of xocataonal guadancf' a nexx subjeet, X ocataons xxas added to the eurraeulum Students takang thas subjeet xxent to regular naornang elasses and an the afternoon xxorked for some busmess farm an xx haeh thex were anterested Because onlx a small fraetlon of the hugh school students was engaged an some extra eurracular actaxatx more than txxentx new clubs xxere orgamzed Thus xear, for the farst tame an offacaal sehool erest Qto be used on elass rangs. sta taonerx the Annual and manx other thangsj xx as adopted Thas seal xxas desagned bx luealle Summers a member of the art elass, and xxall be used an the future as xx ell as this xear A nexx stage eurtaan for the hugh school auelntoraum xxas presented bx the senaor elass as thear gaft to the sehool from the proceeds of the semor elass play Thus sprang Grand Iunetaon xx as pravaleged to be host to Regaon Ten of the nataonal musae contest Thas was an honor not only tor the musae orgamzataon an our school but also for the caty atself LOCAL Sance last September bx fax the most amportant local ex ent has been the construe tnon of the 5300 000 Mesa College For fafteen xears classes had been held an cramped quarters and Increased enrollment made the nexx bualdang necessarx The bualdang can aeeommodate over one thousand students lneluded an the bualdmq as an audatoraum gxmnasaum elalmed to be the peer of anx an thas area Another caxae amproxement xxas the Completaon of an addataon to the postofface lxxo other much needed amprox ements, the xx ater faltrataon and sexx age dlsposal plants, xx ere eompleted Durang the xear the cntx s area xx as increased xxhen txxo naore dnstracts xx ere admatted to the eatx lmaats NATIONAL AIND INTERIXATIOINAI Not sanee 1914 and seldom an all hastorx has there been so momentous 1 peraod as tlae last nme months ln thas peraod the anternataonal spotlaght xxas occupaed almost com pletelx bx xx ar Ex en our nataon ll ex ents xx ere an elose conjunctaon xxath xxar although xxe xxere not aetaxe partaeapants ln the earlx daxs of September Hatler and Cermanx mx adcd fertale Poland and fanallx eonquered laer Whale Anaeraeans xxere celebratang labor Dax another xxorld xx ar xx as preeapatateel as rngland and lranee rushed Into battle on the slde of Poland ln tlae earlx daxs of tlae xx ar the United States exerted mueh effort an trxang to seeure peaee XX hnle Germans faeed lrenelamen and lnghshmen from almost ampregnable fortl iaeataons Russia att lLlxLd Ianlanel further eonaplaeatang the antern ataonal sltuataon lmland fought Va game but losmg faght laghtang on slxls mueh of the tame the Ianns for 1 tame droxe blelx the Russians but fanallx tlae tremendous manpoxxer of Russaa xxon out and httle lanland xx as foreed to sagn a tluee at Russaas oxxn terms ln our Unated States there xx as mueh ae,1tataon for sendang nel to the eallant lmns apan eontanued ats so ealled quest an C hma During the xear relataons betxxe n our eountrx and Iapan suffered exen more than beiore Asade from the anfluenee of xx ars an the Unateel States the Xexx Deal xx as eontanueel under Presadent Roosexelt Cenerallx exents ot paame amportanee eoneexned one of three xx ars lieeluse of these xx ars xx orld eaxnlalataon and progxess xx as laanapered and mapeeleel ln our oxxn Umted States despate unemploxment and other eeonomae alls thas xx as not the ease V V. - V V - V . t V K V .V .V V . , V V V - V . 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