Cleveland High School - Aquila Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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

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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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iwlwrgevf . . . Our Democracy Four In his opening address at Cleveland, al- most two years ago, Mr. Selby made this statement: I want you to consider me your friend. I want you to come to me to discuss your problems with me. And during the past two years, we have come to Mr. Selby, and we discuss our problems with him. Mr. Selby is a friend and confidant for all of us. He is never too busy to stop and chat with us awhile. Among the many new plans he has in- stituted, probably the most appreciated and latest is the triple lunch period. The faculty, as well as the student body express their earnest desire here for many more years un- der the supervision of Mr. Selby.