Monroe High School - Hayu Saghalie Yearbook (Monroe, WA)

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F 0 R E W 0 R D THIS VOLUME seeks to portray a portion of student life as experienced in Monroe High School. It does not encompass all the daily trials of our instructors nor the dynamic energy of our student body. Above all, it is not a play-by-play encyclopaedia of high school life. It is the objective of the editor and his staff to distill the essence of high school activity, to recall pleasant and vicarious experiences to the many alumni and to hoard memories for the members of the present student body of their teachers, their friends, and their school. Americans have a reputation for boastfulness. We challenge any foreign land to equal our country and we pity the bad luck of those who were born anywhere else. We are not above boasting if there is a foundation in fact; so we boast loudly our home state; and then our particular bit of it—our home town, suburb, farm, hillside, or river valley, our schools, our businesses, our fun—anything American. There arc places in the world, no doubt as fair as anything in America. But is there anywhere a piece of it that can show beauty and opportunity in such infinite variety? We know now that this country of ours is worth cherishing, serving, worthy of our faith in it; and we know now that the American—simple, proud, original, friendly, ingenious and unafraid—is today the most powerful man in the world. Also, he is having a serious love affair with his country. It is a combination that augurs well for the world, if he keeps his head. For there are two kinds of patriotism or love of country. One of them leads to war and is a kind of patriotism we cannot again afford if life is to survive on the planet. But there is a deeper, more generous form of patriotism—one young citizens must cherish and nourish. It has nothing to do with national ambition, with the covetousness whose other name is imperialism. Another nan c for it is self-respect, the simple self- respect of free men. It is rooted in strength and must be maintained by strength, pride, and the inherent creed of justice and fair play instilled in every American. It is to this belief in which we, the student body of Monroe High School, have been fostered and to our faith in America and our ultimate destiny as Americans that we dedicate this 1947 edition of the Hayu Saghalie.

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They Hold the Reins MR. H. L. SQUIBB, superintendent of the local schools, has tendered his resignation upon the completion of sixteen years of active and productive service to the community of Monroe. Mr. Delos Wesley has been assistant superintendent of schools for the past two years. He is also mathematics instructor and a graduate of the College of Puget Sound and of the Western Washington College of Education. Mr. Eddie DuyfF teaches U. S. History and has been the senior high school principal for three years. He is a University of Washington graduate. The members of the Monroe School Board are as seated: Messrs. Morris Shram, Ed Medill, H. L. Squibb, Willis George, chairman, Delos Wesley, Lawrence Whitfield and Henry Bosch. I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day. I'd rather one would wall{ with me than merely tell the way. The eye’s a better a pupil and more willing than the ear. Fine counsel is confusing, but example's always clear. The best of all the preachers are the men who live their creeds. For to see good put in action is what everybody needs. I soon can learn to do it if you'll let me see it done. I can watch your hands in action, but your tongue too fast may run. The lectures you deliver may be very wise and true. But I'd rather get my lessons by observing what you do. I may not understand the high advice you lil{c to give. But there’s no misunderstanding how you act and how you live. As I leave the Monroe Schools, I hope that my life among you has been worthy. At least I have tried. —H. L. Squibb 6