Aviation High School - Talon Yearbook (Redondo Beach, CA)

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t ■ A tin star and a six shooter were symbols of western law; hovvc er, methods of law enforce- ment have changed in many ways since the time of the one-sheriff town. During the Gold Rush Days, many people entered into mining towns. The lawless came along with the people who wished to make their fortunes mining gold. Thieves, hold-up men and gamblers came to the West to prey on the unaware. Sunday was reserved for dispensing a rough jus- tice by miners ' meetings. The crime of theft was considered by most miners more serious than even the killing of a man. But as time passed, the miners ' meetings proved inadccjuate. Strong arms were needed to combat the rise in crime. Wyatt Earp, Matt Dillon and Wild Bill Hickok were hired to restore law and order. Along with the strong arms representing the law came the quick guns of such outlaws as Jes.se James, Billy the Kid and the Cole Brothers. Movies and TV show western outlaws and sher- iffs as colorful characters of the western saga. These characters, in most cases, were not the handsome rogues of the program ' s version such as Billy the Kid. Jesse James is pictured as a Robin Hood, when in fact he was a cold-blooded killer. Doc Holiday is another example of a paint up job by tele ' ision. In reality, he was a professional gun- man of the worst kind. In comparison to the law and order of the Old West, all disputes today, are supposed to be settled in court. No longer are there the duels in the streets, or lynch parties. Law in the West and the rest of the nation has become refined in dealing with the lawless. In terms of achieving ideals such as ci il rights. people have found that they do not ha .c tt . use suffragette tactics of old, but that peaceful means can achie e the same results. This was e ident in the (]ivil Rights Marches through the South at the height of the Civil Rights moxement. .

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«t . when once only the 3 R ' s were taught Apples on the teachers desks, the rapping of knuckles with a ruler, and dunced-capped chil- dren facing the corner all t pify the old Western educational process. Eastern teachers came West carting books and materials to establish pioneer schools. The school houses were one room build- ings with ery few teaching materials. The teach- er ' s greatest problem, however, was trying to per- suade parents to let their children attend school. . compromise had to be arranged. Summer vaca- tions were arranged so that students were home to pick crops and e en toda summer vacation remains. The days of the little red school house are long since past, but today its memory lingers on. When once only the 3 R s were taught, now Aviation has a large complex of industrial buildings and a fine homemaking department. Reading labora- tories help students improve reading skills. Lan- guage laboratories help students improve their pronunciation of foreign languages. The one-time dreams created by hi.story books are now being brought to life by records. The one room school house has given way to an entire campus. One point is common, however, to both the old and new pupils, and that is that students eag- erly await the sound of the final bell ending the dav. .L