Southern Garrett County High School - Highlander Yearbook (Oakland, MD)

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Land That We Love. . . America The Union of Fifty States we sometimes call America is not just a material land of mountains and valleys and plains; of farms and factories; not even of houses we call homes and beautiful buildings we call churches. America is a dream - a dream of freedom and liberty; an ideal pursued perchance so often with lagging feetand mistaken roads but pursued persistently by many who may have hope, faith, and love for that ideal. America's many material achievements are not its main products - they are a by-pro- duct. America may be materially and scientifically out-distanced if men under dictator- ship strive harder than men under liberty. But America will not be equalled until her dream is equalled and her ideal is matched. Our by-products of material and scientific success are wonderful by-products. We should continue to seek supremacy in them. They bring health and comfort and lessen richness, suffering and distress. We want opportunity for all men to achieve these by- products. But let us never confuse the desirable and needed material by-product with the goal of life, liberty and pursuit of nappiness for which our nation was founded. Until a nation ex- cels usin freedom andsecurity for man's inalienable rights, America will not be surpass- ed, In a world divided by two major idealogical political concepts, we hope the thoughts expressed above have become indelibly instilled in your hearts and minds. As you com- mence your new life, you carry from your faculty congratulations and best wishes for a bright and prosperous future. May your share of the things YOU hold dear be great. Wek