Abraham Lincoln High School - Crimson and Blue Yearbook (Council Bluffs, IA)

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iii- -l The Nation's Moral Defense Throughout the nation, the gears of industry are rotating at full speed. Factories are beginning to turn out defense items in mass production. So it is with the high schools of America. Simultaneous with hurried preparations for national defense, thousands of stu- dents are preparing for their future as citizens. They have completed their apprenticeships and are ready to take part in their nation's moral defense as full-fledged workmen. These students have passed through their last bottleneck, When this year's commencement exercises have come and gone, many thousands of young men and women graduates will shoulder new responsibilities. They will gladly accept the task of carrying on in the struggle to preserve Amercan liberties. Table of Contents Dedication . Administration Faculty . . . Classes , . Activities . Sports . . . R. O. T. C. . .l 3 .4l .79 .97 Thr

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The Essence of Democracy We students know already that our greatest defense against the enemies of democracy is the love of liberty and justice that has been instilled in our minds through the years of our education. We know that only by keeping our minds free from prejudice and narrowness can we preserve the es- sence of democracyg that by opening our hearts and minds and keeping them clear and liberal, we can help to preserve for ouselves and our fellow-men that individual freedom which our forefathers embodied in the Constitution. Therefore, it is to spiritual defense that we dedicate the Crimson and Blue of l94l.