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

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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.

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'lllll Clllllllt What goes on at Lake View from September to June? What changes take place in the school and the students as the school year hurries along? ln September the school is ready to greet those returning, as well as the bewildered freshies, and a feeling of vibrant anticipation fills the atmosphere. The school and the classes seem to have fallen into a routine at last about the time the assemblies begin, the first Lake re View is out, and the division pictures for the Annual are taken. The football season comes and goes, basketball begins, the Winter Concert becomes a fond memory, the Christmas holidays pass, and the first semester ends. lt seems to go so quickly that remembering certain events seems the only way to mark the passage of time. February brings a new routine, a new schedule--the halfway point. Then, slowly, but surely, it happens-it is Spring! One can always tell that this is true by the heady, drowsy atmosphere of a study hall, the number of students strolling outside the building at lunch periods, Clean-Up Week, May Festival rehearsals, and Prom -talk. Suddenly it is over--the school year has passed. Some graduate while others take a respite until Fall, when Lake View will again open upon another September to June phase of her full and colorful life.