Hamilton Park High School - Bobcats Claw Yearbook (Dallas, TX)

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STANDING 41-ry Dr. Ben McCar1eyg Mr. J. J.' Pearce, Superintendent Dr. Charles F. Stringerg R. E. McCarley SEATED Q1-rj Dr. F. E. Brooks Jr.g G. M. Crittenden, President James R. Crews Mr. Jack W. Evans I4

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UPERI TE DE T If I were to think of the core of our Ameri- can Heritage, l would think of the tradition of challenge. Americans have been faced with challenge and change since the first settlers landed on the Eastern Seaboard. They faced that challenge, and made the changes. They established a country unique to the world--one populated by people from many lands whose cultures and philosophies blended 1IlIO a new tradition of freedom of choice, in- dependence, exploration and individual par- ticipation in government. When the westward movement began Americans met that challenge. They pushed back the frontier and settled again in a strange country, absorbing more new people and culture, adapting and changing as they met new challenges. They pushed back the frontier and settled again in a strange country absorbing more new people and cultures, adapting and changing as Wars have threatened to dissolve our great nation, but Americans have met the challenge Americans entered the 20th Century with gusto and faced the challenges of industrializa- tion mechanization scientific development and two global wars. They came face to face with the challenge of space and they are continuing to cope with its changes. It is good to be an American in the world of today. We know that, as our forefathers faced challenge and did not llinch we w1ll prove equal to our American Heritage now and W .H-1....c:9y,+-YLJKS,

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xl he The moving finger writes and having writ moves ong nor all your piety or wit shall lure it back to cancel half a line, nor all your tears wash out a word of it. When I think of our American Heritage I think of rugged individualism. The story of ambition, love, de- termination, courage, humility, faith in God and respect for the dignity of man. While matching wits and brawn with the mighty forces of nature man molded the frame- work for a mighty empire. Today we have a great system of schools throughout America which are teaching their students The Story of America. Early in America's history it was realized that if she was to be free then men's minds must be free, and this could only come about through a sound educa- tional system. The student body, the faculty and friends of Hamilton Park High School, steeped in the desire to achieve, to build a better mouse trap, to make a noble contribution to school and community said We will publish a yearbook. The moving finger writes . . . I5