Austin High School - Austinian Yearbook (Austin, MN)

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S. T. Neveln It has been my privilege to contribute to the making of Americans for a goodf ly number of years. Seldom have we in the schools had the responsibility of the counsel and guidance of boys and girls in times so fraught with destiny as today. Such help, advice and encouragement has been gladly, but humbly, given from the vantage point of our experience, based upon the application of certain fundamental truths. Perhaps these basic truths have been best expressed in our own day by the President when he named Four Freedoms: Freedom of speech, Freedom of the press, Freedom of religion, and Freedom from want. If, in the days to come, our students can have a part in making the Four Freedoms a reality instead of an ideal, we shall know that we have had a part in the making of real Americans.----S. 'lf Neueln. Frequent appearances in the assembly I made by Mr. Neveln are eagerly awaited by the students of Austin l High School. Whether it be a pep-talk or a gentle scolding, Mr. Neveln tells us the best things to do. Addressing the Assembly 6

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INTIQQDUCTIGN EXPEIQIIVXENTATICDN I-I SPECIALIZATIGN SENIOR I-HG!-I APPLICATIGN PQST - GRADUATE +

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ou say that you are an American? VJhat makes you one--surely it is not your anceestry because you have only to go back a generation or so and you will find that your family sprang from fore eign stock. You are an American because you have been surrounded since birth with influences and situations which exist no- where in the world except in this nation. You have been taught the fundamental principles of democratic living and you have been given an opportunity to practice them over and over again. You have a thorough understanding and appreciation of what your forefathers had to endure in order to insure this democratic way of life for you: and you are willing like all other young men and Women to do your share to see that the American tradition shall be preserved. -Leslie J. Guslafson, Principal. S Ready to Help 7 L. J. Gustafson dvice and counsel meted out in a friendly fashion are found in Mr. Gustafsons office. ln a cheery at- mosphere he straightens out all sorts of diff ficulties during each day. No student ever finds the door closed to his individual problems, be they large or small.