Lennox High School - Len Kota Yearbook (Lennox, SD)

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, N, , , if fL6HKOt'1 A Message From the School The foregolng sectlon of the LenKo a has presented to you the 1940 semor JLIIIIOI' sopho mor and freshmen classes of Lennox I-hgh Sclool They are among rh s ven mnhon young people who are today passxng through rl e Am rlcan educatlonal system They should be 1f w wlsh to make th1s mo e lntxmate Len noxs greatest contrlbutlon toward Am rlcan ldeall m Today thos young people are enjoy mg the p 1V1lSS7CS accorded to rh m by the past and pres nt gen r t on of tax pay rs Tomor row they will due to the course o human na ture be forced to assume tn r soons1b1l1t1es t at are today carrled by then' parents Not ony wlll they be called upon to carry these respons1b1l1t1es but also new ones whxch w111 be constantly added as long as ou c1v1l1zat1on con tmees to d velop It is our bellef that th p ople of the com mumty have a right to ask what IS the edu cat1onal system dom to d v op the finest qualltles of humanity 111 the young folks? Is our s hool teaching a workable educ non? I lf of the klnd they can follow up and develop 1nto the cont1nuous culture of a l1fet1me9 Is lf lmpartlng the type of knowledge and the sense of responslbxllty so these future c1t1zens w1ll become better c1t1zens 1n a greater democracy? W1ll If h lp john or Mary to enjoy l1fe and se k IIS rxcher benefits? These questxons and 16 many others of equal 1mportance are constantly confrontxng the educators of today We can t help bellevlng rhar the buslness of the school IS to Chang the character of people so as to lmprove human nature To know that fundamentally human natu e ns pretty much the same We should at the same t1me reallze that each human bemv has ln h1mself certaln poss1b1l1t1es which our educatlonal sy tem en deavors to br1ng out In order that th1s may be done lf IS xmperatwe that a sense of duty and r spons1b1l1ty be taught together w1th facts After all duty d termxnes destmy and dlscharg mv duty may not always result rn outward success but pursumg If IS always sure and safe and honorable There rs another aspect of th1s phllosophy that should not be neglected Pur sulng duty entalls the development of phystcal mental so 1al and rel1g1ous aspects of l1f6 whlch tends to burld up self rellance and self con hdence Now w1th th1s four fold program 1n mind we a e attemptmg to 1nst1ll tn the stu dents a love for a rrcher and fuller llfe 1n harmonv w1th the best lnterests of a democratlc soc1ety In pres ntlng these classes of 1940 to com pete w1th the seven mxllxon other school boys and school gxrls If IS 1n all s1ncer1ty that we trust our efforts 1n developlng fh1S fourfold program in their behalf w1ll be of lastlng value to them S K 5 O Q O . . h . ' L f Q Q - ' , , .. . 1, . 1- ' 1 .. O e e 6 . , D ' I' 1 2' ' . . . Y 0 r - . ' , t - , 0 , - D ' 's. e' - S ' . r.. 3 n QD 2 eai e. - I C Q . a 9 1 ' ' 'ee , 9 ' I L h . O D' 8 . I 1 W. .. . . ' ' An , 7 ee . . . .G NW! . O , I . .. ' c . a . s . .1 . - . 9. . t ' ' D ' ' . . . . 7 7 9. . . J e .