Mountain View Union High School - Blue and Gray Yearbook (Mountain View, CA)

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ff Y 7-Q A. ' 1- Ri gif 1 'l X, , T I xx .-... al P I I.. V,-1 Q' .Ni 5 i S 'Q -3 5 E' A ? fm I V. A . . , , l., ,.. I V- Q3 1. xi . , ' qi 5 - i ' an L J L..- ' I have just read one of the lin- est tributes to our boys. This trib- ute was said by an Army Officer. and I think it is worth repeating: Our kids, American boys, are just kind of automatically wonder- ful. just through our own way of ij life they get something that makes them superior. They don't have to CHARLES CROOKE Pfmfftai be indoctrinated and have it ham- mered in for months or years. The fighter pilot flies with his heart. The thing that makes him superi- or in combat is inside him all the time. Our kids have it, and I think it is some- thing they get naturally, something they get just by growing up in this country. I think that the thing that makes them better fighters is an individual sense of responsibility to what they are doing and a capacity to think for themselves. What a tribute to American Youth. What a tribute to America itself. Naturally we all do those things best that we like to do. However, I be-- lieve that all of our boys and girls in the armed forces today are not doing the things they would like to be doing today, but because they have an indi- vidual sense of responsibility to what they are doing and a capacity to think for themselves , they are doing such a grand piece of work for us that our hearts swell with pride, and our voices become husky in appreciaton for what they are doing. Many of our boys are in the armed forces today. Many of the members of this graduating class will be in the service ere long. Our prayer for them today is that they be returned to us safely: and may we who are just mem- bers of the home front also realize our individual sense of responsibility Chas. R. Crooke saig fm+f-q , :Q X N. . .-AA- - x . . . t..,.g..r.. .. wif. '

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Wmmwwlwii 1. 1 't ,nw v 1 V n EDITUFVSPHGE In the past years the staffs of the Blue and Gray have made the theme of their annuals Bt the current interest. This year the students of the Mountain View Union High School have been brought more closely together, and have cen- tered their thoughts in the 'school itself. Because we have taken pride and interest in our school, the theme of this l944 year book is Life at Mountain View High. Rather than dedicate this book to one person, or one group of people, we have chosen to dedicate our annual to something much greater, Our Men in Service. - Since December 7, 1941, manystudents have left school, jobs, homes and friends for an unknown fate in battle. It is for you that they light, and to them we dedicate this book. lt is for you. Through endless nights Of mud and rain he stubbornly- Plods on, head down, back bent beneath His pack-on towards the shell-streaked sky And maddening road where truth and liest And love and hate and life and death All meet in war, red war! l He loves And hates, and so he lights. To all His love is true. Guard well your heart And keep the faith. He fights I for you! Sylvester Diaz, Editor f 3' fr-. f' '