Los Angeles High School - Blue and White Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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7 ' ' ■. « ' . fl 5J!5« .•v»- -AJl ' ? ' .■■J OFFICERS PLflnninG STUDEHT ACTIVITIES Representatives of all phases of school life are occupied in coordinating student efforts in our national ivar effort.

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V jtU . i ' -}f,-)! ' . - I Ml 5 » : - t 4 ' t UniTED [[flOERS in COHFEREHCE Senior Board members, realizing the important duties and great privi- leges of the sttident in wartime, discuss youth ' s role in our national drive toward victory.

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OFFICERS ' Dennis McCarthy Nearly two centuries ago, a new natic-n had its first breath of freedom. Now, eight score years later, those same ideals on which that nation was founded are still held deal ' by everyone of the one hundred and thirty million of us. Paramount among those ideals is the freedom we love and cherish, not merely the freedom to do as we want and to say what we think, but also the tolerance towards our neighbor, the equality which everyone of us enjoys, and the justice upon which we can depend. This nation owes its foundation not to a few men but to all of our ancestors, men and women who were pulling together, who sacrificed their property and were willing tc give their lives rather than to lose their freedom. That sense of unity and sacrifice became the basis upon which our government and our way of life was nurtured. That unity is shown in the very name of this country, the United States. Here, peoples of all races and creeds have been united to preserve their freedom. We, in America, have had this blessing for so long that it has become a part of us. Tc have it wrenched away from us would be like ripping the heart out of a living man. Unity and Sacrifice not only suggests the basis for victory in this war, but also the principles upon which a worthy and just peace could be formulated. This year, as in countless other years, there echo in the ears of graduates all over the land those same worn words that we are the citizens of tomorrow and future civili- zation and progress depend upon us. But those phrases have a new meaning today, for we are fighting for our very existence. We, In Los Angeles High School, are helping in national defense through many different activities. But we can also serve as the cradle from which will grow the spii ' lt of unity and sacrifice. Only through these qualities can we ever hope to remain free. —God .i?rant that we may always keep our freedom. DENNIS McCarthy, president of Student Body thirty '