Cleveland High School - Aquila Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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Foreword Never before in the history of the universe have high school students been graduatd into a world so full of danger and opportunity as confronts them today. Democracy is truly standing trial and while we cannot question the final outcome of the present war, it appears certain that our social institutions will undergo rather violent change. To you who are now graduating it will seem that parents and other adults control the destinies of this country. Such leadership is constantly shifting to younger shoulders, and when the full results of the present world catas- trophe are upon us, the youth of today will have to give the answers. Some of that youth will have lived through years of tyrannical dictatorship and their minds will be warped by a narrow educational program designed to develop hate and to suppress consideration for the rights of others. If democratic ideals are to survive they must be kept alive by you and your immediate colleagues. America feels confident of the final out- come because you have experienced and practiced democracy during your school life and you can measure its value to you as against all autocratic forms of government. Only a comparative few will be called on to sacrifice their lives for democracy, but everyone could and should, at this time, pledge his entire life-time to support the democratic way of living. Kmneia 5. Sally

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lt's not so lateg Lazy students straggling down the hill When john hauls down the flag. His weary stoop A day of toil well done, The fitting finish to a busy day. lt paints a picture: Velvet lawns- a silver pole-and john hauls down the flag. The last fold catches a tardy breeze Old Glory Hung out in the sun Wfhen john hauls down the flag. In the valley far below Defense production rushes: Boeings, Todd's, Millions of ships and planes and men Lazy children lagging down the hill, Mothers resting after a day of toil. The heart of America . . . When john hauls down the flag. JUNE PETERSON

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Table of Contents I Faculty II In Democracy III Classes IV Activities V Sports VI Junior High