Lake View High School - Red and White Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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M -'WSW' ' 7 ' ., , . .... . miiswwdsmmm.5.isW.sswzmer1..e:sssYW5Hw' W5 IIIHUAIITHIII IIIIY Historians have told us many times that the importance of an event or the influence of an individual cannot be determined until at least fifty years after its existence. With this thought in mind, we seek to lend a historic quality to our book not in the form of past events, but in the story of a great man living among us today. One who we feel will influence his land and his people by his per- sonality, ideals, and actions in many years to come, General of the Army Douglas MacArthur. Born the son of General Arthur MacArthur on January 26, 1880, in Little Rock, Arkansas, it was not long before Douglas entered his brilliant army career for he graduated in 1903 from the United States Military Academy at West Point, first in his class, with a 98.4 average which has never been equalled. He led the Rainbow Division in World War I. He was appointed Superintendent of the United States Military Academy on June 12, 1919, being the youngest man ever to have held this position. Again, when he was bestowed with the rank of Chief of Staff, he became the youngest man ever to have held that honor. In 1942 he was made Supreme Commander of the land, air, and sea forces of the Allies in the Southwest Pacific. During World War II he was ordered away from the besieged island of Corregidor only to return in October of 1944 and retake the Philippines. In August of 1945 he was assigned to accept the surrender of Japan as Allied Supreme Commander, and then named commander of occupation forces in Japan. Upon being relieved of his Far East commands by President Truman, General MacArthur re- turned home for the first time in fourteen years. Amid cheers, flowers, and tremendous gatherings he was welcomed in Chicago on April 25th, 1951. That night he addressed a large audience in Soldier Field. Following are some phrases taken from that speech that seem to carry a very deep significance for every American in such a time of uncertainty and crisis. It is for future events to ascertain whether they still retain the ultimate authority over government as intended by the Constitution, or whether such authority has been lost in the draft from the pattern ordained by the architects of our political institution .... .... I shall stand with you for an America rededicated to those sacred and inimitable ideas and concepts which guided our forefathers when drawing the design of America's freedom. For although without command, authority, or responsibility, I still proudly possess that which is to me, the greatest of all honors and distinctions: I am an American. 5 tX. .ii --W.. A - L. 1 . . 1.

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IN MAY WE PRESENT mm FESTIVAL - - 'l'll0UGlI'I'S UIINTEIR AIIUUNII GIlAlllM'l'l0N AND THE FUTURE

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TRAINING Fllll, Tll llllFE. SE llll llllllElllllll They stand erect, buttons agleam in the brilliant sun, wearing proudly the uniform of Lake View's R.O.T.C. Color Guard. Young men are these, and in their make-up can be found those qualities truly American . . . strength, courage, and intelligence. lt was but a few years ago that these same lads could have been seen playing marbles or cowboys and Indians with their friends. Then, as years passed, their thoughts turned to things of more importance. Football, baseball, and sodas with two straws at the corner ice-cream parlor replaced these childhood games, and, upon taking the step into high school, the R.O.T.C. played an important part in their lives. During their four high school years, they have become individuals with ideals of their own, and with a knowl- edge of the world. They are not mere carbon copies of their teachers or parents such as are found in fascistic or communistic countries. They have learned the value of living in a free nation. They have read and listened to the history of this great Republic,-its beginnings, its battles, its leaders. What of the future? Will it be in the power of these young men to defend their native land and all that it stands for? If they should be called upon, would they make the supreme sacrifice? America's future is held in the hands of boys such as these. To them is bestowed the greatest of all responsibilities, to maintain the glorious freedom we possess, to keep aloft the standard of this free nation, the beautiful stars and stripes, for which so many lives have already been sacrificed. lt is to you, the men of tomorrow, that this treasure is given. lt is to you that we say, ln the name of our fore- fathers preserve this heritage that we, in turn, might hand it, free from all oppression, to the children of tomorrow.