Sullivan High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Sullivan, IL)

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High Schools and ational Defense Today the United States is engaged in a great war. Its economic order is being thoroughly tested. Each and every citizen is expected to do everything in his power to help his country. lVe have ia great country to defend, and every little that is done to help with its defense is needed. 'The high schools, more than ever before, play a major role in preparing for their country's defense. Some mayiask: 'flVhat do the high schools contribute to the defense of our country? High schools are merely institutions of education. lVhat good is an education when we have to fight? To answer these questions, we can point out that the war of today is a war of science, a war of the air, and a war of brains. ln this war trained young people are needed very badly. In high school they get the preliminary training that is needed, regardless of whether they go on to college or emerge immediately into work. Remember that the high school students of today are the citizens and leaders of tomorrow. T'he more education and training they get now, the better they will be equipped to do a good job later on. lt should be the goal of every -high school student to get as much out of his education as he possibly can. The high school students have also been using their extra change to buy defense stamps. Although the amount is not large, it is an expression on the part of the students, that they can and will do theirpart for their country. There is, or there will be a need for farm hands. ln order to meet this need, several of the high schools in agricultural districts have shortened their school year and will close a month before their original schedule. Sullivan Township High School is cooperating in this movement. 'XVl1ile our country is engaged in a great war, our high school students are conducting a war against waste. Pencils, erasers, and paper are being used carefully and economically. lVe, the students of the Sullivan Township High School, pledge ourselves to do our best in helping with the defense of our country. lVe are proud to live in such a country as the United States of America, and we shall not let her down.

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