Sardis High School - Sardonian Yearbook (Sardis City, AL)

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N Traveling Through The Land of Living In 1938 and 1939 the Mountain Lion led the way for 28 dumb but happy students for nine months. While following the Mountain Lion, he began to teach us some ways of living. He had a hard time with us at first, but finally we settled down and followed his pace. After three months of glorious vacation we found ourselves following in the rugged path of the Mountain Lion again as we journeyed through the land of living. This time, not as Freshmen, but as sophisticated Sophomores. There were 31 traveling in our little but loud band in 1939 and 1940. The faithful stand by, the Mountain Lion, was more determined than ever to teach us some of the ways of life, fter nine more months of continuous travel, the Mountain Lion gave us another three months of rest. When he challenged us to travel another term there were only 24 following him. By this time we had learned enough from his earnest teachings to get along with other people. We began trying to solve our own problems insterd of depending on some one else. We sponsored a Halloween Carnival and made enough money to buy some books for our school. The Carnival was such a success that it has been continued every year. This year we Juniors felt that we really had a part to play in life and gave more heed to the teachings of the Lion be- cause we wanted to play our parts well. In 1941 and 1942 only sixteen students wore found back on the trail. This time not as Juniors, but as dignified Senior. We felt that the prrt we had to play was going to be hard so we put our earnest efforts in trying to learn how to live. Wc gave up our earless and happy ways of living and found joy and contentment in honest work. This was our last year in school and we decided I 'I

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to make it our bust. With the guidance of the cr.rcful Mountain Lion we shouldered our responsibilities. The teachers, who helpe d to make our school what is was, felt more responsibility toward us thr.n ever. Their inte.est in us continued to grow stronger. The Mountain Lion helped us over some of the rough pieces, of the land we were traveling in. On Dece 7, 1941, Japan mr.de an attack on the U. S. The following day, which was December 8, President Roosevelt asked Congress to issue a declaration of wr r on Japan. This brought a great crisis in our lives. ..fter we found that our country was in earnest, and the war grew, we began to prepare to meet the needs of our coming, life. We felt that we were facing one of the greatest problems in our life. Fortunately we had progressed until we were in the last year of our high school career. We would soon be able to help our country and fellow-men in the war. We had been taught that the way we lived in this land of living would be the way we lived out in life. Not realizing the full meaning of this, but with it constantly in our minds, we endeavored to live to the fullest degree. As we neared our Commencement we eould seo more clearly that we would have to be some type of citizen out in life that we had been in the land of schooling. In May, 194?., with diplomas in our hands, wo started out in the world to put into practice what v:e had learned in school. ,.fter the years of preparing to live we had faith and hope in our future. The Mountain Lion, so faithful and patient, never be forgotten by any of us. Our school, which is the Mountain Lion, gave us the fecst it had. Lucille Gilliland Mattie Lee McCrary Class Historians will Ji