Lindsay High School - Comet Yearbook (Lindsay, CA)

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Ralph Waldo Emerson has said. The true test of civilization is, not the census, nor the size of cities, nor the crops-no, but the kind of man the country turns out. From a similar point of view, the test of a school is the kind of young man or woman that it turns out. Lindsay Senior High as an American school, is turning out young people of whom it can well be proud, young peo- ple who already are proving again that their school can meet this test, young people, who, as years go by, shall tread the footsteps of other Alumni who ad- vance the Lindsay Tradition. As young Americans, these students of ours deserve commendation, But they are more than young Ameri- cans: they are marchers in the parade of nationalities in the vanguard of the future. They, face oncoming events not only as young Americans, but as citizens of the world. ' They face the slings of fortune girded with knowledge and culture from all over the world. From the Holy Land they've learned the ideal of Peace. From Greece they've learned ol Beauty. From Rome they've learned of Liber- ty in Law. From Pan America they've learned of Brotherhood. From Europe they've learned of Lit- erature, Science, Language, Music and Mathematics. From our own glorious America they've learned of Democracy. Our Seniors, equipped with a wealth of vital thoughts, many of which orig- inated beyond our shores, are prepared to take their rightful places as members of the world community. As young Americans, aware that each country, each person, has a unique contribution to make to world friend- ship and progress, students at Lindsay High are being prepared to appreciate and utilize such contribution. As world citizens they cannot do less. In the Lindsay Tradition, they do not desire to do less. -L. L. BELANGER. Mrs. Moneymaker is seen in the office during a rush between periods. Bill and Doug seem to be interested in what she is writing for Ronny, but Wilma is too busy talking to Don to notice. ,OUR ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE AND HIS STAFF 13 Mrs. Givan, the school nurse, was replaced the second semester by Miss Rowe. Our counselor and assis- tant executive, Mr. I.. L. Belanger.

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5.4 Mig.: 3 F. E. Wrider, Lowery, H. A, Fridlund, Webb, and A. A. Daniells discuss the construction of the building which is to be used for a warehouse and a community canning house. Secretary to the super- intendent, Mrs. Hines. The superintendent and our chief executive, Mr. C. A. Castle. OUR CH!EF EXECUTIVE AND GOVERNING BODY 12 Villages, as the World once knew them, can no longer exist. So, too, for villagers. Our high school village has its own concerns, its own problems, its own pleasures. The villagers seem to live in a little community of their own. They are workers and traders. They trade time and effort for knowledge and skills. They are producers, for form their ef- forts come future doctors, salesmen, farmer, and all manner of laborers and workers. They are producers, too, of things of immediate value, of Comets and parties, of bands and ceramics, of athletic teams and essays, of fatted live- stock and speeches. The villages of old were largely self- sufficient. The people lived more or less serenely, trading among them- selves, wrapped up in their own af- fairs, vexed by their own problems, not too concerned with the great world out- side the village limits. The school village at one time existed much that way. There are vil- lagers who would still be content and happy to live on in such a village of their own making. Today the village within a village has been absorbed within the world community. The high school youth is challenged by the work problems which he must attempt to solve and by the favorable relationship with other peo- ple all over the globe which he must seek to build and maintain. Thus, though immediately present activities engross much of his attention, the high school villager's interests have extensive range. The world's problems cross the village limits and the village resident in turn reacts to the economic, moral, social, and physical impacts which destroy his isolation, compla- cency, and self-sufficiency. The theme for this 1946 Comet has been well chosen for in expressing and recording the manifold activities of our village life, the editors also in- dicate to us the extensive community of peoples and cultures in which we live. C. A. CASTLE.

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Miss Cochran be- gins the mathemati- cal instruction of stu- dents by indoctrinat- ing them with the mysteries of alge- braic figures. OUR LEADERS Mr. Allen, the ad- visor of the F. F. A., imparts his knowl- edge of modern agri- culture to our stu- dents, and also in- structs biology. Metal shop is taught by Mr. Ben- zel, who carries on high school math by teaching plane geo- metry to industrious students. Future linguists are trained, both in Spanish and the use of English, and the school's purse strings are controlled by Mr. Bernal. Secretarial duties are taught in the fields of shorthand and typing by Miss Douty, Spur adviser and girls' gym in- structor. Valuable training in clothing and phy- siology is given by Miss Glasson, who also directs the lun- ior Red Cross, and school banquets. Miss Hostetter oversees the publish- ing of the Echoing- L, prepares students for the English-A Exam, and advises the C. S. F. Q, I ,,,.,o'Y Hopeful engineers master the intricacies of mechanical draw- ing and begin their training in Wood- shop under Mr. Cun- ningham. Z- A.-A. ,JM we -A