Lompoc High School - La Purisima Yearbook (Lompoc, CA)

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STAFF Wilma Lewis Editor 4 -- L, Marcena Stockton Wilson gumii George Learned Art Editor Seniors Business Manager 4 Dorothy BWQQS Eugene Begg Elnathan Kimbel Activities Sports Humor Myra l-luvck Shirlev Martin i Ben Ruttner Juniors Soptiomores Freshmen Miss Bucher LOUiSa HOlliStQr Miss Bowen Adviser Alumni Adviser x vt,

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l g YOUTH AND THE FUTURE OF AMQRICAN DEMOCRACY l , Will we, the graduating class of 1938, live to see the death of Democracy ill! I . i 5 Q 4 A America? Unless our schools turn out young people capable of handling the problems, political, economic, and social, which confront us, both in our own counl try and in our relationship withtother countfies, we are greatly in -danger of such a catastrophe. , l Are the students of ,Lompoc High School a fair sample of the nation's youth? It so, how well are we fitting ourselves to cope with the dangers which threaten our democracy and which would deprive us of our sense of security and happiness? An honest answer to this question may prove to be rather disturbing. Our education in government consists mainly of a one--semester course in theoretical Civics from which, it is very probable, only a small per cent of the class benefits, and it is safe to presume that students exhibit an equal lack of interest in other courses bearing ongovernment problems. Are such facts as these valid criteria of this generations, ability to preserve Democracy? Then the prospects are not too bright. Analyzing this situation, we are confronted with a triangle: student, teachet, parent. What contribution dan each make in helping to solve this difficulty? The student must push himself harder and become more willing to cooperate. The teacher should make the learning process more lively and realistic, while the parents should do more to stimulate in the student a greater.. interestltiny national and inter-national problems. , ' ' j -4 N i The student should learn' tdlffliscriminate between propaganda and truth, and should be shown the disasters which can, and do, befall a natfon through the eme 'powering of Facist and Communist leaders. l You may reply that iniformer years, and up until thelpresent time, we have produced leaders capable of preserving our type of .governmentj But we must realize that we shall have to increase our efficiency in proportion to the rapidly arising problems which confront us, due to the adoption of militarism by most of the powerful nations of the world. , ln recent years, a great deal of stress has been placed upon the liberal arts in the schools, All very well and good, but.it is no reason for neglecting the one subject whose results are, in the long run, making the study of the arts-and all forms of education, for that matter, accessible to us. i , lf we do not talce steps to increase our educational opportunities all that is pos? sible at present, the time will come when we no longer have that privilege. 't -WILMA LEWIS, '33 8, l . ' l A I R 3 i . . J T . l Y . II' sg l ' l s ti- - a -. i la

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