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

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ALL-AMERICAN VICTORY Cl-Ionorable Mentionl I would like to make it clear to anyone reading the following article, that all are my own conclusions, drawn from things I have read or heard. Newspapers, magazines, dictionaries, debates, radios, music, and everything that is connected with my everyday life as an American. All-American Victory. What does it mean? What does it stand for? Is it con- nected with our United States only, or is it claimed by all Nations who are striving for Democracy, higher ideals, and better living for one and all? All-American-what is the meaning of that word? It means the guy in the greasy overalls with grease on his hands and face. He is a grease-monkey. He's All-American. He takes what life hands him with no complaints. He was born to work hard and to help build a country like ours. I-Ie's happy because there's no place for unhappiness in his life. He's just one of the many millions that make up a great Democracy. Not only the United States but the United Nations-England, Mexico, Canada, Panama, Australia, South America, and many other small countries, are all fighting for the same victory. Victory? The dictionary says that victory is the overcoming of an enemy in battle or antagonist in any contest. A triumph. A conquest. Hitler thinks victory means that the armed police put the little people in iail for listening to the radio, and the rest of the poor miserable peasants are cowed by the fear of punishment. That's not victory. Japan thinks it's a flash of glory. They've had that very brief flash of glory, but what comes after a flash of lightening? Thunder and a fire that destroys every- thing in its path. Is it worth the deaths of innocent children, women, and men? Not the victory we know. Victory as America might see it is Set the Rising Sun, Remember Pearl Harbor, or Remember Wake. They shall be, they must be avenged in the end. After that a World Democracy must be established. Victory, as I see it, is peace, yes, peace that means wars forgotten, sorrows and pain unknown. No lust for gold, except as an offering to the One who can give us victory, if we believe and trust-an All-American Victory. The kind of victory that you and I are standing on the sidelines and cheering for today and every day to follow this, our day of finding for the people, the little people of the world, a true and lasting peace. TEANN DYER Tule Lake High School MOUNTAIN SPRINGTIME CHonorable Mention? When springtime comes in California mountains, Tiny blue pools drip like crystal fountains The golden sunlight streaks across the mountain crest, And green pine needles make carpets soft for rest. Distant patches of glistening snow, Slowly melt in tiny flows. Like fragments of deep blue-like a bit of sky falling Two bluebirds send out sweet songs, Across the valley where peace belongs. ELLAWANDA WALLACE, '43 Butte Valley High School 26

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