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

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DR. JERE E. HURLEY DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT

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SISKIYOU JOINT UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT From 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, writing as they pressed on and on the American sage of freedom, equality, and opportunity. Along that march they paused to build public schools, all dedicated to the same high purpose, education for democ- racy, and Liberty and Justice for all. Today in its hour of need, our Country is claiming from these schools leadership they have every right to expect in the difficult work of pre- serving for ourselves and our posterity, the principles of freedom, justice and democracy. Our very way of life has been jeopardized since the attack on Pearl Harbor and our Country accepted the gauge of battle which was forced upon us by the totalitarian governments. Into this battle for the right has gone the might and force of a free people fighting in defense of a cause which they know to be just. When their Country was in danger, great numbers of students and former students of the Siskiyou Joint Union High Schools coura- geously entered the Armed Forces and are gallantly defending the faith of America, on land-on the sea-and in the air. Each week the ranks of our students in the service have been growing and every week comes news of our students being cited for distinguished service beyond the call of duty. The ratio of Commissions and ratings being granted our boys is very high. Unfortunately, already over one hundred high school students in the County have been killed in action and over one hundred others have been wounded. Several of our former teachers have given their lives for our Country, too. The Seniors of the Class of 1945 have chosen Today's Youth-Tomorrow's Leaders as their central theme for the 1945 White and Gold and have dedicated this issue to Siskiyou Heroes, Present, Past and Future. As students and citizens, the two main goals we shall keep before us are: First, to win the war, and second, to preserve our American way of life, which is based on our Democratic American system of free enterprise and private initiative. The American Way and Democracy are synonymous terms and the Public School is the foundation stone of Democracy. The Seniors of the Class of 1945 of the Siskiyou joint 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 Joint Union High School District is providing for the boys and girls of the Siskiyou Joint 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 American Way and our progressive school system. When the Pilgrims came to America, one of their 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 beneit 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 Joint 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 the finest educational systems in the State. The Seniors of 1945 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.

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NATIONAL GUARD OFFICERS COMMANDING HIGH scHooL CADETS LT. CHESTER PHILLIPS MA-IOR tl. Ii. HURLIQY CAPT. CLAYTON R. RUDESILL LT. IVAN LARSIQN LT. KIOI-IN IQIDWARIJS LT. HARVIZY H. FERRIS LT. CLAYTON TAPSCOTT I F OI NI Y I RUDD I3