Dana Hills High School - Mast Yearbook (Dana Point, CA)

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If Richard Henry Dana had walked about a mile inland from the shore where he had landed he would have seen the result of Father Junipero Serra's hard work and patience, Mission San Juan Capistrano. He would have walked down the dirt road between the row of buildings and wooden shacks until he came to the end of the street and the mission itself. Once inside, he would sense the romantic peacefulness that people for years after- wards would feel too. As he explored, he would have found that all work and activity centered around the mission. For Dana, this would be a new adventure, different from that type of adventure on the open sea. This little town was filled with the adventure of rough frontier living, of romance, and the adventure of being a part of something new and grow- ing. Over the generations, different people and their contrasting lifestyle have made San Juan Capistrano history what it is. From the pirates and banditos that once terrorized the area to the lndians and Spaniards who built the sleepy pueblo into a bustling little town centered around the mission. Some, like many before them, use the mission for the religious reason it was meant for, and attend services in Father Serrals Church, Others depend on the dollars spent by tourists who visit the mission. The growth of San Juan has brought in fast food establishments and a tend- ency towards ever increasing gimmickry to attract the tourist dollar. It has also created jobs and traditions, such as the return of the swallows and the Swallows Day Parade. This growth has also per- petuated a gentle bending oftwo cultures, the Mexican and Anglo. The cultures intermix at Dana Hills with each using education to its own ends. The mixture can also be seen while walking through San Juan or the mission itself. One can also sense that same romance of ad- venture in the air that has made San Juan famous. We find that everywhere we look there are remnants of the past to remind us ofSan Juan's colorful heritage.