Lafayette High School - Oak Yearbook (St Joseph, MO)

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lny way h to our- ly to , let man, him- 'ered love ls ox- ence, l felt now- : that -satis- idcal :oy in vhcn him first ideal never nthcr is up ledge ough, epics, Lllll ll ll trccts rf thr: cr so oints and 'mis- dis- very itcr- grcat l to- mc y-six i- F 2. -.4 .zfgym ,yt -Fil Gs Eff' wh act wants to hc? Nlcn Iind il thc grcutcst ot' all plcasurc to lic so occupicd and a .,1,, ,,-T,-..,,. .. The Benefits of An Entistment in the U. S. Army 'Au .XXX rltangcs wt-rc wrought hy thc grcat world war. This trcmcndous con- thct has at't'4-clcd cvcry institution ot' thc country, and nowhcrc have thc rt-snlts ta-cn morc apparcnt than in thc protcssion ot' arms. Thc Unitcd alcs hr-gan tht- strugglc with a small t'orcc whose rcputation in all savt ' ' 1 scnsc, was tar t'rom cnviahleg hut it linishcd this samc strugglc, ninc- .1 nnllt u x lct-n months lalcr. with a sph-ndid army ot' rcprcscntativc Amcricans in whom thc nation was justly proud, This ra-vcrsal ot' attitudc is not a tcmporary wavc ol' cnthusiastic patriotism ich will quickly suhsidc. 'l'hc opinion ot' thc pcoplc changcd hccausc thc char- cr of thc army changcd. lionc l'orcvcr is thc old military machinc, with its ' Qing, gambling, and unsavory cnvironmcnt. From thc placc ot' a last rcsort drlnl it has hcconn' thc door ot' opportunity. It is no longcr a havcn for thc driftcr and nm-'cr-dorwcll, hut it ot'i'crs training schools t'or thc ambitious young mcn who wish to torgc ahcad. ln addition to dcvctopmcnt ot' a sturdy physiquc, thc young man in thc ncw 'army has dutics and rcsponsihilitics which givc him poisc, cxccutivc ability, and ' ' '. 1. . vidc assortmcnt ot' tradcs is ottcrcd him. Hc can bccomc an it'll-lt'll'llll - X x icrt tclc 'ra mhcr. motor mcchanic, or air Jilot. Dnrinff his cnlistmcnt icriod . 33 g .' 1 ' T L 4' llllllSCll' not only fol hc can attcnd thc lcadin 1 sthools um lllllXllSllllS md tit hcttcr nnlltary usctulucss, hut tor :1 succcsslut civilian carccr. 'I'hc 1-ducationat advantagcs ot' tray cl must hc also rcmcmhcrcd. To journcy to distant lands, to It-arn thc homc litc and customs of forcign pcoplc, brings tht ung man in closc contact with thc world. llc will immcdiatclv rccognizc China hy thc clattcring sandals and hoom ot' thc tcmplc hctlsg thc Phillipincs by tht p-dm hncd driycs and dcnsc vcgctationg Hawaii hy thc hluc ljllilllll' surt, pinc- api tl c strongly tiol'til'icd Panaxusl Canal. :lc plantations and canc ticldsg Alaska with its icc and snowg or Panama hy 1 lint what arc thc immcdiatc rcsults ot' such an cnlistmcnt? onc might say. t you rcalim- that in such an orgfanization, cxcryonc is thcrc hccausc hc rcally w t thc swnn- tina- lo tn- paid wcll, 'l'hc pcacc-timc allowancc has just hccn douhlcd thc w-nr-tinic compcnsation, and it is cxpcctcd to hc trchlcd soon. 'l'h.' young man comcs in contact with sturdy, virilc mcn, who havc a pm post' in htc, I tn tughcr ottlccrs such as Captain, Major, or licncral, arc sonic ot thc ' ' st mcn, not only politically, hut cducationally, and spiritually. nation s tout mo I tn-sc ltllllll nw lor t'll2ll'llt'lt'l' building. 't tins mln young man ot today has thc opportunity that has ncvcr lmctorf oc- n Velo if ft ul thc luslorv ot this natlong and as thc Qt'IlCl'1llllJIlS pass on, th 1. 'tt 1 I .,1 sur It an org:1ni1.ation will hc visihlc. I'or wc shall havc a nation ot' sturdy, --to - tl' It .zot lr uthtul un-u thi- touudation slonc ot any nation. NUIUIA l30YLli. ff .Wil 3.5! ' cy, lysis if' X K N J r I 3 If s. 1' V alta :-

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