Jackson High School - Jacksonian Yearbook (Jackson, CA)

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IN. MEMGRIAM Albert Balderama William Thomas

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THE .IACKSCNIA I95O DREAMS For Dreams and ambitions are quite the same, And empires rise at their magic name: There is never a blessing we have today, But somebody's dreaming has paved the way. Why! Out on the edges of endless space God dreamed a dream for the human race. --- ---Basil Willis PUBLISHED ............ BY ........ THE ............ STUDENTS VOLUME THIRTY FIVE ....... 'IHE THEME ............. DREAMS JACKSGW UNICN HIGH SCHIDL ......... JACKSCN.. .CALIFORNIA

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PRINCIPAL' MESSAGE Critics of our schools are fond of pointing out that they lack direction, that they are anything and everything. Also, that they fail our students because they do not rea- lize their rightful function. However and actually, our foremost educators and teachers are pretty much agreed as to the true functions and objectives of our schools. First, we are intent upon the building of minds. Minds are built in the confrontation of problems. Pertinent ma- terial must be eliminated, evaluation must be made, and a conclusion reached. In other words a developing mind is a thinking and self-reliant mind that actively confronts life and its problems and tries to do what needs to be done to improve the life-situation. Along with strengthen- ing the mind by having it make its independent estimate of things, it is necessary to build the right mental habit. The habit of seeking evidence and weighing it carefully be- fore coming to a conclusion leads to a character structure that is honest, hopeful, far-seeing, and ethically under- standing. Second, we are intent upon developing in our students the very worthwhile habit of cooperation. In every culture there are two main streams of philosophy and practice, the competitive and the co-operative. The competitive has been much emphasized to date, and the co-operative has been sadly sidetracked. To reach new horizons in living and to gain common ends, we must pool our insights, energies, and work. The competitive has given us much in the material sense, the co-operative awaits our exploring to give us much in the spiritual sense. Third, we are intent on building in our students the feeling and habit of civic obligation. Civic responsibility does not happen magically. Students at school must develop a responsibility toward the physical environment--its care, beauty, and sanitation. Also students must take interest in and develop the morale of the school, develop such things as orderliness, attention to work, mature outlook, and understanding of its various activities, in order to help the public understand the works and functions of the school. Fourth, we are intent upon building in our students a creative approach to life. A student cannot be creative in his approach to living unless he develops his own unique potentialities. In order to do this, there must be a de- parture from the imitative. This must be a striking out for self and from self. It must be a seeing with his own eyes, and thinking with his own brains. If each student builds well the above four signposts of the educated and intelligent person, his years in school will have been well spent. Laurence Danilovich