Mankato High School - Otaknam Yearbook (Mankato, MN)

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-or NNdmiw wen mwzmeeffywyfqe... A school is a symbol ol progress, lhal malces slrenglh in+o mighf and symbolizes America. Whal belfer way could Manlcafo celebrafe and culminale her lirsf one hundred years of progress fhan by dedicafing fo lhe communify a symbol of pasl progress and a monumeni' +o fufure advancemenl? There is none. On a warm Ocfober nighf cilizens were inviled +0 'ralce par? in a dedicafory ceremony which would borh conclude and iniliare a progressive proiecl. The dedicarion of lhe new Manlcaro l-ligh School fermi- nafes a long sfruggle on ifs behalf by cirizens and sfudenfs, begun len years before wilh The desfrucfion of rhe old school. ln a larger sense This ceremony was nor one of cornplefion, buf one of commence- menf. I+ was a filling close for fhe ci+y's firsf one hundred progressive years, and af The same fime a proper sfarl for her nexf. This school, buill by Man- lcaro, was builf for Mankafo, and for her fufure. Noi only does if mark lhe end of a fen-year fighf for ifs own exislence, buf if also marks The 'rerminafion of a one hundred year sfruggle by flse cify for i+s con- 'rinualion and slrenglh. Nor only was if a proiecf for ifs own goal: if was a monumenf fo fhe fufure of lvlanlcalo. This boolc underlalces a lwofold faslc. Firsl' +o show 'rhe grafilude of lhe s+uden+s for lhe greaf giff-and own up 'ro 'rhe ensuing responsibilify-be- slowed upon us in fhis school. The second and grealer 'raslc is lo show 'rhe pride and faifh fhese sludenfs have in 'their ciry on ifs anniversary. A salufe lo +oday's Manlcafo from l'6morrow's.

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Maw! 4mm I J.-S Visiiors fo ine new MHS building on flie nigln' of dedi- cafion were amazed a+ ifs size and spaciousness. The beauti- ful and modern audiforium ex- emplifies fhese feafures. I+ was said fliai 'llwis building is noi a school, buf an educa- fional plant Greaf care was ialcen in i'rs planning +o insure fha mos? efficieni and func- 'rional consfrucfion for besf re. sulfs.