Lindsay High School - Comet Yearbook (Lindsay, CA)

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MR. CASTLE'S MESSAGE The American way of life is many things. We are proud of our standard of living, the highest the world has ever seen. On every hand we see the products of our vast industrial production. The poorest workers count as commonplace, possessions which in another land would distinguish them as persons of wealth, One can ride past cotton fields in harvest time Upper right: In the district office, Mrs, Ruby Pettit was secretary. Upper left: Mr. Clayton Castle, superin- tendent of schools, coordinated our program with the other schools. Bottom: Alva Daniells, John Moore, Wil- liam Marble, Jay Webb, and Mrs. Paul Lowery, school board members, planned for our welfare. and count more automobiles than a good sized European city could boast. In the most modest home the housewife has at her disposal equipment and mechanical aids which not only spare her drudgery, but which in themselves are exemplars of superb engineering design and technical pro- ficiency. It would be good for all of us to sit in our living roms, or our kitchens, or our places of busi- ness, or in classrooms, or as we go from home to work, and count all the things about us which en- rich our lives so abundantly. These material things are, however, but con- crete expressions of spiritual, intellectual, and moral qualities which are the basis for our Ameri- can way. We cannot comprehend a police state. The Lindsay way is typical of the American way -5000 people living in relative harmony, law abiding, and self respecting, with a handful of policemen to quell the few 'who fail to observe the law which is of, by, and for the people. Today, the American way which has proved itself is being challenged by persons who have only restrictions and regimentation to offer for our priceless freedoms, and promises of material wealth to the masses of people to replace a system which offers tangible proof of its abundant suc- cess on every hand. lt is our job, students and teachers alike, to meet that challenge with vigor arising out of our appreciation of what the American way means to us and to all the world which will follow the way we have pioneered. CLAYTON A. CASTLE

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Upper left: Mrs, Michael Burns was our hard working Lh school secretary. Upper right: Our principal, Mr. ton I'I2lI'i,Il11ll1, worked for a better L. H. S. and suc- eded. Lower: Office girls, first row: W. Cox, M. :Cliire, J, Pinegar, M, Thorp. Second row: N. Davis iflli-im-yi-i', IJ. Searcy, D. Lainun, J. Johnson, B. Nesal- us, H, Asherait. Third row: Secretary Carol Burns, Anderson, E. Mohnike. fi those who will Listen: We all have the freedom to speak, but it is to ose who will listen that I address these few mrds: lt is what we give, not what we get, that ikes life so wonderful. I am thankful for this opportunity to give my ne and my thoughts so that the Cornet of '51 ll mean more to me. By the sane token that 1ich has been given by you and you is what ikes this book so treasured. These pages reveal iat has been given in service, in work, in co- ieration, by hundreds of people. each of whom ll receive that priceless reward that comes from iding a helping hand. It has not all been given by the teachers or the incipal. Much, very much, is shown on each ge of that which has been given by the stu- nts. Iriow can anyone ever forget the Sopho- ures and their sheer nurfsbers: the Amateur Hour d the services rendered on too numerous oc- sions to mention. The Iuniors too, have given d given. lust leaf through these pages and re- zw their accomplishments, right on down to that eat banquet and prom which was the Iuniors' st tribute to the Seniors. It wouldn't be an annual without the Seniors, ir would we have it otherwise. This, their final ar, found Seniors at the head of almost every ijor student body organization: president of this ci president of that, editors, photographers, tors, singers. Whzit would we ever have done thout them? OUR PRlNCIPAL'S MESSAGE I am glad I could give a little to so many. You have no way of knowing how much has been given to me that I shall always cherish, and I am sure I speak for the other members of the faculty as well. It is a wonderful may of life that provides and fosters the freedom for each to give a little so that all receive much, even this our Comet. ZAFON A. I-IARTMAN