Manual Arts High School - Artisan Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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J2 FOREWORD ) I FOREWORD The Czars have gone, and with them all the Cossack military unit, but the Cossacks ' heritage of endurance, of courage, and of self reliance, that we of the class of S ' 34 hope may be characteristic of our own future, still lives in the world. P ' rom Russian political and economic change and experimentation may emerge a powerful and united new nation. What concerns us most now is the quiet, steady, change in our lives, and man- ner of living. Our motto, Fearlessly Riding Forward, and the class name The Cossacks, go hand in hand to express our aim and desire in life. As a courageous, skillful horseman, the Cossack of old Russia was second to none and was among the last of the triljes to be conquered by the Czar. Though ignorant, poor and illiterate, he hel])ed to make hist(M-y, was of vital importance in maintaining a government. The Cossack of old Russia failed in the retention of his freedom and liberty by his ignorance. It may be that he will be instrumental in regaining it for all Russians. We are about to enter a life presenting situations as complicated as those of the people of the Russians steppes, but we should be better fitted to meet them than the Cossacks. Years of freedom and opportun- ity have given us knowledge of a larger world, its humanitarian aims and ideals. 4