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

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES CKINSON, M.D. WI IAM G. HAGELSTEIN 15 Clerk LL P eslden SISKIYOU JOINT UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT E A. TEBBE G. ADAMS L. N. LORENZEN 8

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THEME and DEDICATION We, the Seniors of 1949, have chosen for our central theme A Century of Progress and dedicate this issue of the WHITE AND Gow to Pioneers Who Work for a Better World.

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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, writing as they pressed on and on the American saga of freedom, equality, and opportunity. Along that march they paused to build public schools, all dedicated to the same high purpose, educa- tion for democracy, and Liberty and Justice for all. Today, in peace as in war, our country is claiming from these schools leadership they have every right to expect in the diflicult work of preserving for ourselves and our posterity, the principles of freedom, justice and democracy. Our very way of life had been jeopardized with 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 went the might and force' of a free people fight- ing 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 School courageously entered the Armed Forces and gallantly defended the faith of America, on land-on sea-and in the air. Our students distinguished themselves in all branches of the service. Unfortunately, though, over a hundred of our high school students in the county have been killed in action, and over a hundred others have been wounded. Several of our former teachers have given their lives for our country, too. The coming of peace and the postwar era have brought problems to our country just as challenging and perhaps even more complex than those of the war, even if less dramatic. The Seniors of the Class of 1949 have chosen A Century of Progress as their central theme for the 1949 WHITE AND GOLD and have dedicated this issue to Pioneers Who Work for a Better World. As students and citizens the two main goals we should keep before us are: First, to win and secure the peace, 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. Seniors of the Class of 1949 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 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 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 one of the finest educational systems in the state. The Seniors of 1949 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. 9