Gridley High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Gridley, CA)

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'po reuMnct. . . At one of the numerous informal meetings of our Annual Staff, we de- cided that the theme for this year’s Bulldog would be School Daze of “49.” The staff hopes that as you look over the pages of this annual in years to come, the pictures and write ups will help you recall some of the happy ex- periences and old friends of your high school days in 1948 and ’49. To help illustrate these high school activities, the senior class chose two average seniors, Wanda and Woody. As you read this annual, you will be looking through the eyes of these two average seniors.

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'Dedicaticw- . . . Like all the Senior Classes, we have had a difficult time deciding to whom this yearbook should be dedicated. Many people have given us a helping hand, and we are grateful, for without them we could not have succeeded. There are a great many people to whom we might have dedicated this book. But we feel that we owe the most to our parents; so it is to them we dedicate this 1949 Bulldog.

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Education in our democracy has a very special importance. Government of the people, by the peo- ple and for the people can be successful only as long: as the people who govern themselves realize their duties and responsibilities. Whenever the time comes when the people think that they have only privileges, without corresponding responsibilities, our democracy will fail. The American People have a tremendous faith in the power of education to promote individual ef- ficiency and good citizenship. High school students often are anxious to get out into the adult world to work. In California the school law states that students must attend school full-time until the age of sixteen is reached. This is to insure that all young people receive the basic education necessary to prepare them for citizenship in our democracy. In addition to this basic education, special vocational courses in the junior and senior years of high school and the ever increasing opportunities to attend nearby regional colleges are offered to encourage young people to develop their particular abilities to the fullest. The welfare of the state is bound up with the welfare of the individual in a democracy where in- dividual responsibility is necessary for good government. Students should be aware of their respon- sibilities in the school situation so that when they go out into adult life they will be ready to assume similar adult responsibilities. Procedures of student government, student conferences, participation in the many organization activities, in addition to regular classwork, give students many experiences that train for full participation in later social, political and economic life. R. W. GUILFORD TRUSTEES F i r st Row: A. H. Hughes, M. J. Cassady, Walt Little. Second Row: L. J. Pryde, George Pee- kema.