Mason High School - Branding Iron Yearbook (Mason, TX)

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gxffil PRINCIPAL S MESSAGE The BRANDING IRON IS your record of the 1953 1954 school year We all hope that lt w1ll brlng back fond memorles 1n the years to come In th1s year the 100th year of educ at1on 1n Texas we have been rem1nde d of the ways 1n whlch educatlon has grown 1n Texas We owe a great deal to the early settlers of Texas who had the fores1ght to 1nc lude plans for educat1on 1n thelr plans for the development of the State of Texas To the students of Mason I-'hgh School and to all the students 1n thxs great State of ours who w1ll be the leaders oftomorrow,we hope you Wlll have the foresxght to dzrect our schools to l1ve and grow over the next century as w1sely as they have been d1rected over these f1rst 100 years JOHN L ARKWRIGHT SUPERINTENDENT S MESSAGE In Texas the f1rst one hundred years of the hrs tory of publ1c school educat1on was completed 1n 1954 The second century of the ex1stence of th1s tYP1C8l Amerlcan 1nst1tut1on also begms dur mg th1s year In that f1rst one hundred year perlod the publ1c schools were xnst rumental 1n over commg lgnorance and prejudlce 1n many forms and 1n developmg l1teracy rather generally over the state lems as they go about the1r task of preparlng c1t1zens for the shr1nk1ng world of our t1me A bas1c concern 1n publ1c educatlon 15 to help boys and glrls to become well a dj u ste d 1nd1v1dua1s capable of l1v1ng successfully and happxly 1n a world marked by change D1sc1pl1ne under freedom IS a proud tradltlon 1U our Natlon F ree dom 15 not free our fore bears bequeathed It to us and each one must earn for hlmself the r1ght to keep lt The pr1ce of freedom 15 1ts respons1ble exercxse The Mason Pubhc Schools w1ll cont1nue to offer students opportun1t1es to exerc1se respons1ble c1t1zensh1p w1th the fervent hope th at freedom 1n Amer1ca w1ll thereby be strengthened Best w1she s to each of you as you go about earmng your r1ght to be free' E R SHARPE . , ' I ry - Q.-ii:'1fUf' ' - The public schools are faced with many prob- n't' . 1 1 1 1 1 'X X, . , 4 ' I - 1- XY A N Y I I 1 1 1 n . 'Z i 5 U V t 2 . . 1 . 1 . . - 1 . , 2 s a 1 ' . . . . 1 ,

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