Siskiyou Union High School - White and Gold Yearbook (Weed, CA)

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The fourfh challenge IS Whaf IS If fhaf ns necessary for democracy fo survuve ln a changing world7 One word can answer fhls quesflon The one word educaflon Educafuon IS more vlfal fo our defense fhan any ofher one :fem By sfudylng by feachlng and by domg democracy can be made an excufnng advenfure ever alerf and powerful llluferacy among fhe masses has bofh ln fhe pasf and presenf proved fo be fhe greafesf facfor In fhe banners and flags buf rafher pafrnoflsm means fo falce aclvanfage of our free educaflon fo be able fo fake a parf In our clvlc developmenf whuch wull change as wull The world ufself The 'ob facing democracy IU a changing world cannof be mef by lusl' fhe leaders of fhe naflon foday This dynamic movemenf IS for all of us Orafmg IS nof enough Resolufmg as nof enough For fhe wanfed resulfs we musf gef fogefher we musf worlc 'rogefher and lasfly we musf produce fogefher JOHN JENSEN 4l lylf Shasfa l-lngh School Honorable Menhon EDITH MORGAN Weed High School dissoclafion of peoples. To be pafriofic doesn'f mean fo go ouf and buy

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THE CHALLENGES OF DEMOCRACY FursT Prize Essay l-las American democracy a chance To survuve wuTh unresTrncTed ToTaln Tarnan aggress1onTalcung place'7 lT has' A changlng world wull never deprive us oT our rughTs as Tree Amerucans There are challenges oT Today ThaT need a new lcnnd oT proneerang The TarsT challenge blows ouT lllce a bugle Can we meeT and lceep up wuTh The progress oT Germany'7 WlTh Germany s power sTeadTasTly Increasing we musT be The arsenal oT democracy Preparedness IS one T:rsT lune oT deTense boTh maTerlally and economically lT as Trom wealcness ThaT people clamor Tor dncTaTors and concenTraTed governmenTal power Only The sTrong can be Tree And only The producTuve can be sTrong ProducTuon as our basuc need Today No maTTer how TasT one Torce Trnes To change a con TnnenT democracy wall change wnTh equal rapuduTy The greaT role oT gov ernmenT In a democracy ns To combune all elemenTs nncludung uTselT Our consTuTuTuon ThaT unlgue and TundamenTal docTrune has remanned sTaunch Tor over one hundred and T4TTy years noTwlThsTandung The drasT:c changes oT The world As long as we are To remann a Tree people The consTuTuTuon musT be The supreme law oT The land The second challenge ns To The youTh oT our naTuon The quesTnon ns Can The youTh oT Today adapT Themselves To The rapidly changlno courses oT evenTs now Talcmng place7 The youTh of The naTuon are Tull oT enThuslasm and splraT and only wanT Theur heads To be Turned The rughT way To become good useTul c:Tuzens They wanT a hand To guide Them aT The crlsus oT Their laves when They are aT The crossroad where Their TuTure branches oTT Tor good or Tor eval Our publrc schools our open Torums and our youTh conTerences nnduvndually and lolnTly will prove To be a guadnng hand which will malce us good useTul cnTuzens Can a democracy deTend uTselT wuTh The eTTncuency Tound ID The ToTal: Tarlan sTaTes7 Thus IS The Thurd challenge All oT us have heard much oT how dlcTaTorral powers have mobilized The brains and nngenuuTy oT Theur labora Tory experTs In TulTlllmenT oTThe1r ambuTlon ls :T possible ThaT a counTry such as Germany or Russva can puT Theur scuenTuTuc research Tar ahead oT ours7 No as The answer gsven by leadung Amerncan research scnenTusTs MomenTarlly The marshalling oT sc1enTlT1c brains may and Their war machines buT In The nexT Tuve or Ten years They expecT These counTrles To lag Tar behind ID The race Tor Technological supremacy Scsence wlThouT a doubT IS oTTerung lncalculable conTrlbuTuons IU our ablluTy To deTend our Treedom I7

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LIMPY MAKES THE TEAM FIrsT PFIZG STory A shrIII whIsTIe pIerced The ears oT The TIve boys baTTIIng To malce one more basIceT beTore The end oT The game ThaT s all boys Sdld Coach Tone You showed up well In ThaT prac TIce game WITh TIne cooperaTIon IIlce ThaT well have no Trouble wInnIng ThaT bIg game SaTurday As The coach s voIce dIed away a small lad rose Trom The bench and slowly sTarTed To walk Trom The gymnasIum WaIT a mInuTe LImpy saId The coach WhaT d you ThInIf oT The pracTIce TonIghT7 Gee Coach IT was swell especIalIy George Kerns I-Ie s The besT Tor ward In The counTy Yes LImpy he IS good our besT man I doubT IT we could wIn ThIs ImporTanT game comIng up IT IT weren T Tor hIm Nope I reclcon we couldn T Well goodnIghT Coach goT To bc goIng GoodnIghT LImpy Poor I4Id ThoughT The coach as he waTched LImpy slowly malce hIs way ouT oT The gym Every nIghT he comes down here waTches The Team pracTIce Icnowmg ThaT he II never be able To play WIsh I could do some ThIng Tor hIm buT There s no place I can use hIm l:rIday The day beTore The bIg game rolled around LImpy s spIrITs were hIgh as he opened The door To The gym Seemg no one around he decIded To sIT and waIT Tor The boys To come down To pracTIce Slowly he wenT over To The buIIeTIn board and read The noTIce ThaT all boys IH The geomeTry class were To reporT To Coach Tone s room ImmedIaTeIy aTTer school I-Iey ThoughT LImpy I m ID ThaT class Wonder whaT s up7 AT 3 30 as The bell rang The geomeTry class remaIned sIIenT In TheIr seaTs unTII The Coach spolce Boys lasT nIghT I made ouT exacTIy Ten geomeTry TesTs To be QIVGU Today ThIs mornmg when I came To school one oT Them was gone Unless I have ThaT TesT baclc Trom The boy who Toolc IT I shall be compelled To sus pend all members oT The basIceTbaII Team who are In ThIs class Gosh ThoughT LImpy Who would ever do a ThIng IIlce ThaT7 Surely buT waIT lasT nIghT aTTer I IeTT The coach In The gym I came upsTaIrs and meT George I-le was IU The hall readIng someThIng and when I spolce To hIm he dIdnT answer buT ThrusT whaTever he d had In hIs hand IUIO hIs pocIceT ThaT LImpy ThoughT was The TesT BuT whaT would The Team I9 I II I II - II - I ' - . II I . . I I II . - - II - II I I I I - - - - II ,, . . I I I I - ' - II ,I . . . . . I I I - . . . . , . II II I - - II - 3 I - I I - II - I II , . II - II - - I I II - - I . . I . I - ' . . I . II , . . . . I . . I I ' I . . II II - III - I II , , . . - I I II - . I I I . - I II II II - II . . I - . I I ' ' I I ' 1 u . I II II - II - I I .