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

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E. H. KAUPP Clerk B O A R D O F SISKIYOU IOINI' UNION C. C. DICKINSON, M.D. President A. R. KINDIG T R U S T E E S HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT WILLIAM G. HAGELSTEIN GEORGE C. KLEAVER, D.D.S.

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THEME AND DEDICATION We, the Seniors of l942, have chosen Democracy and Victory tor our Cen- tral Theme and Dedicate this issue of the White and Gold to the students and former students ot the Siskiyou Ioint Union High School District serving in the forces of the United States in the cause of free- dom and democracy.

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SISKIYOU JOINT UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT F rom a thin line of thirteen states on the Atlantic seaboard, Americans of many origins have builded a nation across a continent to the shores of the Pacific, writ- ing as they passed on and on the American saga of freedom, equality, and oppor- tunity. Along that march they paused to build public schools, all dedicated to the same high purpose, education for democracy. Today, in their hour of need, the people are claiming from these schools leadership they have every right to expect in the difficult work of preserving for themselves and their posterity, the principles of freedom, justice, and democracy. Our very way of life is jeopardized since the attack on Pearl Harbor and our country has accepted the gauge of battle which has been forced upon us by the totalitarian governments. Into this battle for the right goes the might and force of a free people fighting in defense of a cause which they know to be just-and naturally when their country was in danger, great numbers of students and former students of the Siskiyou loint Union High Schools courageously entered the armed forces and are gallantly defending the faith of America, on land-on the sea-and in the air. Many of them already have ren- dered their last full measure of devotion. The Seniors of the Class of 1942 have therefore chosen Democracy and Victory as a central theme for the 1942 White and Gold and have respectfully dedicated this issue of the White and Gold to the students and former students of the Siskiyou Ioint Union High School District gallantly serving in the forces of the United States in the cause of freedom and democracy, and we like to feel that the term students and former students also includes our teachers and former teachers who are also serving in the armed forces of our country. The American Way and Democracy are synonymous terms and the Public School is the foundation stone of Democracy. The Seniors of the Class of 1942 of the Siskiyou Ioint Union High School District are gratefully appreciative of the fine system of high schools and the splendid educational opportunities the Board of Trustees of the Siskiyou Ioint Union High School District is providing for the boys and girls of the Siskiyou loint Union High Schools. We are ever mindful that the creative men who serve us as Trustees and give so much of their time and energy to youth and our schools, are themselves true symbols of the Ameri- can Way and our progressive school system. When the Pilgrims came to America, one of the first acts was to establish a school for their children. And when the early pioneer settlers came to Siskiyou County they early established schools for the benefit of their children and their children's children. We are grateful to those early Pioneers of Education, and we are deeply grateful also to the men who make up the present progressive Board of Trustees of the Siskiyou Ioint Union High School District, Whose consciousness of the faithful and unselfish discharge of their civic duty can be their only reward, and through whose efforts we are enjoying the benefits of one of the finest educa- tional systems in the State. The first event in the history of the Siskiyou Ioint Union School District was the formation of the Siskiyou County High School at Yreka in 1893, which included a greater part of the territory in Siskiyou County. The Siskiyou County High School later became the Siskiyou Union High School, but for about twenty years, the high school at Yreka remained the only one in the District. Then, due to an increasing need for high schools the establishment of five additional high schools within the District, which were situated at Dorris, Fort lones, Weed, Mt. Shasta, and McCloud. Subsequently three additional high schools were added to the list, at HCIDDY Camp, Tennant, and Tulelake, making nine high schools in all within a single district with a unified plan of administration and one administrative head and an enrollment of 1800 and a faculty of 80. The Seniors of 1942 are truly grateful and appreciative for the fine group of men who make up our progressive High School Board, and for the excellent system of high schools provided for us.