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

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YOUTH IN AMERICA Second Pr:ze Essay I am an Amencan' ThaT phrase :s one wh:ch has counTless :nTerpreTa Irons and To each and every one of us has some small buT :mporTanT mean :ng ThaT d:TIers Trom any oTher person s To aTTempT To gaTher and comp:le all oT These would be a never end:ng :ob Tor one man buT any man may com pare w:Th h:s Tnends or even publush h:s concepT:ons so all may read Th:s :s a democracy' Amenca :s a democracy' Democracy :s Amer:can:sm' S:mpIe Tam:I:ar' These words are used ThroughouT The land Everyone knows Them mosT everyone uses Them In TacT They have come To be cons:dered noT sT:rr:ng noT paTr:oT:c buT almosT commonplace I say IeT any man look buT Tor an :nsTanT aT pr:v:Ieges Democracy represenTs and he w:ll T:nd ThaT Those Th:ngs we should hold dear To us buT have begun To Take Tor granTed would be buT The w:ldesT dreams oT people :n many oTher lands' Thus land w:Th :Ts many her:Tages would seem I:ke The proverb:al paradlse To Those people To p:ck The greaTesT Trom These greaT pr:v:leges :s a :ob ThaT would reguure ThoughT and w:sdom Tor one musT cons:der The :ssue Trom all angles I average Amer:can youTh bel:eve :T perT:nenT ThaT YouTh :n Amerrca be my cho:ce YouTh has much To Thank Amer:ca Tor and we can repay our debT by beTTer:ng Ameruca From The T:me oT b:rTh Amenca has g:ven The youTh a hand IT has Ted us proper Tood as bables because oT h:gher I:v:ng cond: T:ons and The absence oT Tood shorTages and The resulT:ng raT:on:ng IT has amused us as ch:Idren oT pre school age because :T has placed p:cTure books :n Tree I:brar:es When youTh reaches school age Amenca g:ves us T:rsT a general educaT:on Then as hugh school and college age :s reached Amer:ca spreads beTore :Ts youTh :nnumerable vocaT:ons and occupaT:ons and says Take your prck and Tra:n Tor ThaT you have chosen Thus bes:des Tra:n :ng and makung useTul c:T:zens ouT oT :Ts youTh Amer:ca has also Tr:ed To make her TuTure c:T:zens happy and peaceTuI by oTTer:ng each :rd:v:duaI The r:ghT To choose and Tollow h:s own paTh ThaT :n wh:ch each :s mosT lukely To succeed Amer:ca g:ves youTh a chance We w:ll rec:procaTe and g:ve Amenca our wholehearTed supporT Today and Tomorrow All we ask :s a chance To do our parT We wanT To help We The youTh :n Amer:ca reaI:z:ng our respons:b:l:T:es pledge ourselves To The preservaT:on and proTecT:on oT Th:s greaT democracy The Un:Ted STaTes oT Amer:ca PHIL I-IURLEY Yreka I-I:gh School 26

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ASTA Honorable MenTion Ihumbung Through The adverTss1ng secT:on oT The newspaper Tor which I was a reporTer my eyes came To resT on a small ad whnch read Suburban home Tor renT Very reasonable Terms 54 Cherry Lane Ihus seemed IusT whaT I wanTed Lulce mosT reporTers I had InTerary aspnrahons and TeIT ThaT grven The necessary guueT and soInTude I would be able To wruTe my masTer piece This suburban house mnghT provude The proper seTT1ng Tor my labors ImmedlaTeIy I goT ouT my car and drove To The address gnven IU The ad IT Turned ouT To be In a grove oTp1nes X-XTTer I rang The bell :T was some Time beTore The door was opened by an elderly man wrTh a sTrangeIy Turhve alr I had a creepy Teellng ThaT I had been under close observahon beTore The door was opened PxTTerTeII1ng hum my errand he became very agree able I-Ie sTarTed his sales Tallr by explaining ThaT has wlTe had dled recenTIy gy b -Q :If 2 27 I I I rp I fl 'sly Ill :Nj f II I I I I I II I I I , III I I I I' Iflfy f fs I I I , I I , ' 'mn 1 X .1'I'I' . gn W 'll 1 , H3111 1 '.'- 3 in