Lodi Union High School - Tokay Yearbook (Lodi, CA)

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the board of trustees Burton A. Town , Jr., Clark; Nolion Davit, George W. Emdo. Niel C. Lock , Dr. W. J. Coftield, Pretident SINCE THE MAJORITY OF OUR MESSAGES ADVOCATE BETTER EDUCATION FOR A BETTER FUTURE, it is only na- tural that we should include the plans of the Board of Trustees for accomplishing this. They are promoting the development of a junior high school, entailing a separate plant on separate grounds which would provide for the education of all the sev- enth, eighth, and ninth graders in the Lodi Union High School district. This program can only be attained with the coopera- tion of the trustees and citizens of elementary school districts comprising the Lodi Union High School district. The tenth, elev- enth, and twelfth grades will constitute the senior high school. The board of trustees also have in mind the building of a new gymnasium, a new cafete- ria, commercial and art rooms, and other buildings as needed. The prime need is a new gym- nasium. Funds are on hand and architectural plans are ready. Its construction will definitely enhance the education of all the youngsters in school and provide better seating facilities for the citizens and students who come to see the athletic contests. Scarcity of materials delays the construction of the new build- ings. As you can see, the trustees are interested in providing the best training in the various fields by keeping abreast of the times. Thus, they are furthering better educational facilities in the con- struction of new and better buildings.

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THESE FOUR YEARS WE HAVE STRIVEN TO HELP YOU prepare yourself for the future. Our function as a school has been to provide you with resources from which you should have derived attitudes, appreciations, and interests. We hope that through these resources we have enabled you to develop your capacities for sound thinking, fair dealing and skillful partici- pation. As a school we have many responsibilities. We have certain responsibilities to you as in- dividuals, and other responsibilities to society of which you are members. In America, part of the responsibility for conserving and improv- ing the American way of life has been assigned to the schools. To meet our obligation to you as individuals, we provide a variety of opportunities for personal development. Among these are the use of the language arts, the social skills needed for participation in democratic living, and cer- tain cultural and manipulative skills. To meet our responsibility to society, we help the pupil understand the traditional American way of life, we help him develop attitudes necessary to defend and preserve the best in the American tradition, and we help him de- velop the understanding necessary to improve the traditional American way of life. It is not enough that people appreciate America's greatness; they must also recognize her weaknesses, for these are the symptoms of future breakdown. A definite indication of one weakness is the fact that a third of our young men were rejected for military service because of bad health or illiteracy. This would probably not have happened if it were not true that about a third of our people live on a sub-stand- ard welfare level. Surely these people do not MR. EARLE P. CRANDALL Principal principal v message share equality of opportunity in our democracy. Such problems as these must be solved through the processes of education, and you, as citizens in this democracy, must assume your responsi- bility for their solution. To meet the student’s many personal needs through the regular school curricula is imprac- tical; therefore we have provided you with the advantages of a more personal guidance and counseling system. We invite you to continue to use this service after you graduate. Come in with your college and employment problems. Perhaps we can be of service to you. It has been a pleasure to work with this class. We hope to have the pleasure of future associ- ation with you all. EARLE P. CRANDALL.

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SOMEONE HAS SAID THAT EDUCATION IS THE BRIDGE TO THE FUTURE. The author could have said with equal emphasis that EDU- CATION IS THE BRIDGE TO FUTURE PEACE. Those who approach this bridge will discover that it has an unlimited number of traffic lanes because education, to be successful, must pro- vide for individual differences, in character traits, capacities and ambitions. A new and complex world will depend for its skills, emo- tions. philosophies and morals upon those edu- cational travelers who persevere until the bridge has been crossed. Whether the new world will be destroyed by man made machines, as some observers believe, or will become a happy place for all mankind seems to depend upon educational results. Mass production, modern medicine and sur- gery, and scientific developments such as radar, television, jet propulsion planes, and atomic energy can make the new world a glor- ious adventure for those prepared to under- stand and appreciate it. On the other hand, scientists tell us that one more world war with the use of the atomic bomb will destroy civiliza- tion. Such a prospect makes peace the supreme need of the hour. The successful conclusion of World War II liberated many countries from the tyranny of foreign and domestic dictator- ship. However, peace cannot be permanent until the liberated peoples of the earth have food, shelter and hope of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Peace is not a gift. It must be worked for and it must be earned. The youth MR. LEROY NICHOLS the superintentlent of the world can afford to work with the utmost zeal and energy for it since it is their most cov- eted possession. American youth of today, if prepared, will have the capacity and opportun- ity in the near future to direct America, the most powerful country on earth, in leading the world to a satisfying and lasting peace. May all American youth be genuinely indoctrinated with the type of education that will be a bridge to future peace. LEROY NICHOLS