La Fontaine High School - Lacohi Yearbook (La Fontaine, IN)

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,ly iI my Loca 1, i Ni 3 yy ygy TF I iiti 5254 iii? 5 ' ,,,. up 3 SI y 54, I :III I III I I I L If fi -E.5.5.5 E.: . Dedication We, the Senior Class oi l954l, present the Lacohi esentation oi your school liie in the past : lt oi our combined ei- l an . . . a repr ' is a resu his annua year. The Lacohi iorts. Our purpose was to make t accumulation oi events and happenings that in ' later years will bring baclr. iond memories. We ' present the 1954 Lacohi to you . . . the ireshrnan, who will be entering into a larger scope oi school lile and activities, to you, the sophomore, who is ay through high school and iust beginning to d limitations, to you, the that you 1 mid-w abilities an ' activities to realize your iunior, who is so involved in I dorf t realize you have but one more year, and you, the graduating senior, who has given and re- ceived much irom your iour years oi high school. Last, yet iirst, to our community and to all who hold with them the spirit and tradition oi this . . I-In our high school.

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g--3-, ,wp ,....-1 lt is an established educational principle that we learn, for the most part, by experi- ence-feither our own experience, which would be direct, or the experiences oi others. Direct experience is the best teacher because it makes the deepest and most lasting impression, but there are many, many things that it would be impractical or impossi- ble to experience directly. These things we learn about by reading and by studying experiences of others. - One of the important skills that effective citizens in a republic must acquire is the ability to work together under their own direction lor the common good. Here again the best way to acquire this skill is through direct experience, and in this area in the school direct experience is possible. Throughout all phases oi their school activity students are encouraged to consider their own orbit, and to help to plan their own activities, goals, and controls. This kind oi philosophy emphasizes individual responsibility and achievement rather than blind obedience and fear-caused responsefone the climate in which ireedom the mark of the dictatorship and the totalitarian state. THOMAS BOWMAN gl' ows, the other PTITICIPG