Grover Cleveland High School - Les Memoires Yearbook (Reseda, CA)

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Populace: tion wastes, and other assorted factors. Petitions calling for conservational action by the govern- ment as well as free literature and lectures were obtainable throughout the room. Members of the P.T.A. sold baked goods and punch to raise money for pollution prevention projects. Following the opening ceremonies conduct- ed by Mike Suhdg Miss Rakestrawg Vern Bul- lough, a candidate for the State Assembly, and Erik Lauritzen's trash dedication, numerous rooms were opened to give the spectators the opportunity to see films and attend lectures sponsored by members of the Tule Elk Society, the Sierra Club, and other conservation-minded organizations. Letter writing sessions to gov- ernment officials and concerned organizations were held in D-2. ln D-8, Punch and Judy pup- pet shows entertained as well as informed the viewers about pollution. The highlight of the faire was the tours through the Walter J. Hickel National Monument conducted by Steve Bird. The tourists, traveling through the smog con- veniently supplied by Los Angeles, saw the smoky gray sculptures used to pump oil isome- times into our oceansb, an automobile, and a tower of refuse. Following the faire, a Cavalier conservation group was formed. The pollution program closed with a solemn dedication to the wildlife now extinct. Who will light a candle for man? 2 L93 V , Q, , ' r if ..,1---W 4, , , ' ,V-,Sz -4 S . C' , ---r' 4 ' , I iw .5 . I f ,z I. N .f , ', x 'f ,MW , A f

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V Q QW if. 4 9 Pouzfhan 7611 'Wow fin Cal, ..earg gyeafh 3 rf x if 34 Plight Of The Pollu Every three days, the number of world births equals the number of deaths mankind has suffered in all the wars in his history- Population. On a smoggy day in Los Angeles, we breathe the equivalent pollutants found in a pack of cigarettes - Air. Remember the Santa Barbara oil slick? - Water. lVlan is being over- whelmed and engulfed by the pollution of his world. His water, land, air, and food are pol- luted with mankind's wastes and abuse. Through the fantastic effort and involve- ment of Erik Lauritzen, Director of Drives, and his assistant, Shaun Tolmas, Cleveland held an exceptional Pollution Faire on April 8, 1970. This, the most worthwhile activity of the semes- ter, was designed to acquaint Cavaliers and the community with ways in which we can overcome the doom which now lurks in our future. If our environmental situation is not remedied soon, man will achieve in a decade what wars and the temper of nature could not achieve in the million and a half years of his existence. We face the same extinction to which we have subjected such animals as the Carrier Pigeon, StelIer's Sea Lion, and the Sperm Whale. From 3:00 P.lVl. to 9:00 P.lVl., exhibits, films, and activities concerning pollution were on con- tinuous display for interested spectators. D'Ar- tagnan Hall was filled with displays on the pollution of water and air by cigarette smoke, automobiles, over-population, D.D.T., noise, M 375,

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