Corona High School - Coronal Yearbook (Corona, CA)

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“Let’s Iry that again’ . . . was a familiar sentence in the band room as Charles Heckel directed. That this annual is dedicated to a man who really knows his signals has been proved time and again a t successful CHS band competitions throughout Southern California. The Coronal salutes Bandmaster Heckel because he is more than a bandmaster. He has been a generat- or of student confidence. He has been a friend to many. He has known that students are people. He has helped make the road smooth.

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ON SIGNALS Coronal Editorial Just as billboards along the highway may obscure the view, so also do the customs and mores of society in many cases obscure the real truth. It is, of course, well to be aware of these signs as they have been placed by people who have already traveled the way. But just as a con- fusing or wrongly placed traffic sign will cause a serious accident — other signs placed by erring society and followed year after year by others even more ignorant will lead to civilization ' s ruin. Those who follow without a murmur these ancient traditions are more contemptible than the originator of the custom. At least give him credit for having believed in SOME- THING. With history duly recording the fallacies of certain of society ' s signposts we ought to be able to read them with skepticism. Some of these signs which we have followed to the edge of destruction are The dollar is almighty Everyone has his price. This theory has led us to the depths of cynicism and to a low point in the estimation of other nations. Another sign widely read is: We of the white race are of course the most intelligent — the finest. Besides being rather stupid and having no foundation in fact, this superstition adds fuel to the fires of those who would say we do not believe in equality. It alienates the majority of the world ' s population — who are not members of the white race. Our distrust of others and their intentions began when society began. First people said, Watch out for him; he ' ll stick a knife in you when your back is turned. Then the idea expanded to include groups of people. In the present time it includes mass distrust of whole nations. This con- dition raises problems but doesn ' t solve any. One generation after another has unquestioningly accepted as true these hackneyed half-cocked assumptions that they ' ve seen written on signposts. And where has it led us? We stand on the edge of disaster and we must think. We must bring a different, workable answer to the problems of world wide distrust, aggression, and hate that hang like a shadow on the horizon of 1 95 I ' s graduates at CHS and everywhere. Not that we have the brain power or the chance to invent cures for all the world ' s ills — but most can d ecide which of two viewpoints is the right one. We can at least try and in trying move toward the truth. Is anything more pallid and uninteresting than a person who hasn ' t the gumption to form his own opinion? Right or wrong, be positive — not passive. Let’s choose our own road — risking our own intelligence as to which signs tell the truth. The road will be freer and more interesting. It ' s not as likely to lead to ruin as is the rutted and sign-smeared road that gullible unthinking masses of people throughout the world are plodding to- day. — M. J. S.