Rockport High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Rockport, IN)

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We f emoemcy mm To me democracy IS a fabulous treasure far beyond the l!1SlgI1lflC'lI1t, materxal thmgs of mm To thrs trelsure man hls been addnng com ufter com, year after year smce the begmmnu of tnme l0llLlI11lLlX INOSI of th s XKLlltl'l rs stored here nn the Umted States of Amernca It was brought here by !l'1CllNlLlLlllS from rll nltnons of the vnorlel to escape plrltes and tyrants Who would have de stroxed rt Th1s huge pot of wealth has oyer floyx ed and many countrnes, such as England Bel gnum France, and South Amerxca have accepted the surplus These countrles haye all prospered by collectmg mterest from therr grfr of demoeraey I0 thelr people let us loole mto the plst md usuxlxle 1 revs 15 lrmlelm Idrson, Bell llncoln and thousmds of others hue been moulded by thus exft Then xyrsdom ml lLlHCNCl'l1Ll1IS hue eontrlbuteel QYCII SIOILS of rxehes Vll IlLl'll1lNC. been selttered through out the uorld Relxgxous freedom rxght of trnl by jurv, ught to assemble peaeeably freedom of the press and publle sehools lre lll dlvldends of thus mxestmenr Democracy IS a rare gxft gnen to us by the mnlhons xx ho constructed lt and by the thousmds xho fought and dxed protectmg nt Yes, Amerrca hls shleleled thus Lift xuth her yerx llfe elurnng tuo world xmrs These wars have been armed at the Pa 4 P very heart of peace lovmg people throughout the vsorld and have been desngned to destrov demo eratxc ndells md prxncxples nee agam .1 threat to our democracy hangs heavll u on us It seems as thou h the world 7 P 3 has rown too small for the two deadl enemnes, S Y Democraef and Commumsm Even nova whnle 5 the democratrc natrons of the world are desperate ly graspmg ll every opportunnty to attain vsorld pewee eommumst 1-utators are erushmg the 1p parently dvmf: hope T e bug., raee I9 novs on the raee to see xxhneh eountrxes em burld up the strongest mul 'Xhtnons of the World are strugglmg to become orglmzed for protectron, whnle Russra contmues to contammate her surroundmg eountrres wnth eorrupt prom1ses nn order to umte them for world aggressnon It IS a dxstressxng but of rrony that vue must bumld a huge Umted NQIIODS I'l1ll ntary foree to keep peace m thus troubled world but rt ns a horrxd truth XVe shall, as others before us, go forth to meet thus challenge and proye we are yullxng to share thus xmmense treasure wnth any country desxrmg to accept xt No power on earth IS or wlll eyer b strong enough to take nt from us arty Hgh! ' I 1 K 4 O ' x'i V A I 'h v - , . I 1 1 Y ,K Y . Y F ' Q s v v K 1 , K s - ' v ' - vs . ' v . vs - v v ' v - Y A v U I Y , . , ' v . T ' T h 'cl ' l l . ' - ' ' h, ', , e 'Q , - , - - - v ' v v v v' . 'v . . ', v f A' ' 'Q ' ' . ' l - of the many gifts of our democracy. Such men if4U'Y Power in the Shoffesf Uma' The United A ' 5 A ' ' 1 I. l ' 1 - I I . , - , . ,. , 1 - t vx 2 1 v .S 74 . m'- 1 . l' . ' l . . -s ' v X- v ' - . v, .e - t ' I . . v ' s 't ' s , 'K 'y . v - . y - . . I - I X 'h Qi V E 1 u X I t 7 W I I X , . , . 7 4 ' ' v ' , . ' v V' ' V I . . . . -K - I ' ' ' lk - ' 1 ' y' ,' vs v ' , ' v t ' ' T . I '

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