Edison High School - Edisonian Yearbook (Lake Station, IN)

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Let our object be our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country. And, by the blessing of God, may that coun- try itself become a vast and splendid monu- ment, not of oppression and terror, but of wisdom, of peace, and of liberty, upon which the world nay gaze with admiration forever I Daniel ' debs ter

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Hats off I” That is the only w ay we can show our pride in our boys. They are our boys . They belong to Edison. They are fighting for us. They will never fail I Abraham Lincoln once said, --but we can never forget what they did here.” That is the way we feel. Our boys , the boys from Edison, who at this very moment may be lay- ing down their lives that this nation might live, will never be forgotten. It was here they grew up. It was here they made friendships. It was here they studied, learned, and fitted themselves for the tasks they are now perform- ing. Our confidence in their future is inestimable. This war has brought to us the realization that we failed to appreciate to the fullest extent what our boys meant to us. We may have looked upon the boys from neigh- boring places with envy of their accomplishment, but now we have found the truth. The boys from Edison are the best in the world. They can never be outwitted or beaten. That is definite. We now understand and we»re proud — so proud that it is futile to try to express that pride. So, all we can say is-- Hats Off I