Hastings High School - Saxon Yearbook (Hastings, MI)

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DEDICATION We. tlx graduating class of nineteen hundred and forty, dedicate this annual to the perpetuation in the hearts of every one of us of that spirit of democracy which has been the incentive and result of every good and great thing the American people, as a nation, have accomplished. May our contributions to our community, state, and nation prove constructive and may they enable us to show the world that democracy is a living, working reality.

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FOREWORD When William I ordered a Doomsday Book to l e compiled in 1086 A. D. for the purpose of learning about the Saxons who comprised his realm, he did not realize that the Saxons of Hastings High School would publish a Doomsday Book in 1940 to record the deeds of the people in their realm. We who are leaving High School for the last time hope that in making this book we have selected the most interesting, vital, and useful in- formation of the last year’s activities. In the years to come may our Doomsday Book provide pleasant memories for all those mentioned therein.

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DEMOCRACY Democracy means more than just a government of the people, by the people, and for the people. It means that citizens, native-born or naturalized, from the Golden Gate to the Statue of Liberty, from the frozen great lakes of the North to the tropical waters of the South, are free and equal. Whether they be rich or poor, they all have the same rights given to them by the constitution of the United States. However, our country was not always as we find it now. It took many lives and many sacrifices to make our United Stab's second to none among the nations of the world. If some composer could capture the march of America in one great symphony, this is what you would hear. The war-whoop of Indians, the creaking of covered wagons, the ring of the woodsman's axe. and the clank of the surveyor's chain. You would hear the wind whistling through the rigging of clipper ships, the deep-throated snort of the iron horse ami the staccato roar of automobile and airplane engines. Yet we have not reached a point where the saga is finished nor the pioneering complete. There are still new horizons to cross with constantly growing foreign competition. Where will this nation stand a few years hence? With the loyal support of its citizens it will l»e out in front as it is today. We, the graduating class of 1940. are to be a more active part of this great nation. Some of us may be leaders, but all of us, regardless of what part we play in the future, will be working toward the same end. to keep America a great America. May we. the graduating class of 1940, through wise participation in our democracy, further America's greatness.