New Kensington High School - Taleoken Yearbook (New Kensington, PA)

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I HEAR AMERICA S NGI db- I hear America sing- - ing, her varied carols I ,-.N Q hearf' You know, Walt Whitman was right. The United States is a singing nation. Her var- ied songs are sung by all her people in all walks of life. Ken Hi is a typical bit of America. Our music is the same that is sung and played in thousands of other Ken I-Ii's all over the country. We hear swing, an important item to American youth, in some form or other every day. It is so much a part of our school -WHITMAN life that we couldnat get away from it even if we wanted to do so. But Ken Hi also has a deep appreciation of the finer music that has lived and will live for generations. The feeling for good music shown by the band and choir is reflected in the enthusiasm dis- played by the student body for these or- ganizations. Ar the football and basketball games our marches reveal the pulse of Ken Hi. When the crowd is in the right spirit, tense and eager, we hear a new beat in the music. When Ken Hi's Sturdy Menl' or 'QFight,

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Ken Hi, Fightv really rolls out of the crowd, and there,s that extra something behind every word and beat, then we have school spirit and our ball team can't lose. It's for the clear old school I love so wellg it's for the dear old school I yell, I yell, I yellli' At the half, after a preliminary march or two, the music takes a different trend. The whole crowd rises and pays tribute to our Alma Mater. Hail to thee, our Alma Mater! We with reverence sing to thee of our love and our devotion, of our faith and loyalty. We will cherish thy protection, we will strive to win thee fameg we will thirst for thy af- fection, Ken Hi, we will always love thy name. The Alma Mater, besides being sung at games, is closely woven into our school life. Each time we hear it played or sung, fresh memories arise in our minds. Because of this association, the Taleoken this year has been constructed with the Alma Mater as a theme. It is a kind of national anthem for Ken I-li and applies to all our activities- work and play, equally. Now as we, the class of 1945, graduate from our beloved school, let's pick up the torch for our country, let's shout our national Alma Mater, The Star Spangled Banner, to the world, let's prove that a singing nation is not a soft one, but is strong and just. There's a long struggle ahead: first, to safeguard our democratic way of life, and then, to keep it. It is up to us, for conquer we must, when our cause it is just, and this be our motto, in God is our trust. And our Star Spangled Banner shall wave. S Qi ig