Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences - Stethoscope Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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total, 75 per cent were born in California; 16 per cent in some other state, and 9 per cent in some other country. Three-fourths of those born outside of the United States want to become citizens. The one-fourth of the 9 per cent who do not plan to be- come citizens includes students from Latin America and the Orient who intend to re- turn to their own countries upon comple- tion of their education. 90 per cent of the students' parents are American citizens. The privilege of freedom of religion has been appreciated here at George Washing- ton. Its benefits are demonstrated by the many religious denominations represented. .Wae $75$1K

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E .7. t... ',.,.uw Naue sLJRVGVDh The Melting Pot is so often used as a. synonym for the United States. Our nation it a melting potenet 21 cauldron in Which all the races and creeds 0f the world are blended into one drab mass, but one in which all cultures are allowed to thrive and prosper individually and yet are fused to protect that privilege of individuality. Evidence of this has been found in a survey conducted by the editorial staff of the Surveyor, encompassing hundreds of members of the student body. The results are enlightening. Fifty-eight per cent of the students qucs- tioned are girls; 42 per cent boys. Of the

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Chief Administrator MR. ERNEST J. CUMMINGS From the Principal: MR. CUMMINGS, MESSAGE Scarred on the rocky walls of Thermopylae is the story of man's indomitable will for freedom and the part heroes must take to win and keep that freedom. But in the centuries that followed that historic battle heroes have died and sluggatds have slept, while the Pass of Thermopylae stood stark and reproachful to remind man that once he had been free. Again at a time of bitter trial another hero of no less stature than' Leonidas stood ema battled to recapture man's ancient birthright. None but Americans, cried Washington. uPut none but Americans on guard tonight! Under Washington, freedom was wrested anew from the fetters of tyranny, seemingly for all time, but those same bonds are being forged again to shackle it down. The father of our country, fortunately, was a practical man with a vision in focus with reality. Among his last public utterances was the admonition to promote institutions for the general dif- . fusion of knowledge. This brings us to George Washington High School and to the responsibility of you Seniors abOut to graduate: Your diploma of graduation carries the assmance that the holder is a real and true American. Are you? Do you realize what will be expected of every real and true American in the times that lie ahead? The years that you have spent in George Washington High School and the record of your achievements here. make the answer un- questionably Yes. PAGE EIGHT