Taft Union High School and Junior College - Derrick Yearbook (Taft, CA)

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In Memoriam John Rennels Eva C. Dt)nor Leon Oshornc

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J v. I W=i r THE TASK of dedicating a yearbook Is usually a bit precarious. Any annual staff faced witli this job is more often than not embarrassed by nches: there are so many jewels glittering in unex- pected corners. And too often, after a choice has been made, something of this irresolution appears in the final dedication,— a thin and wobbly refrain be- trays the early infirmity. After the selection of the theme, no such difficulty faced the 195 9 Derrick staff. Our dedication does not need to be tmiid or lukewarm; nor does it have to protest too loudly. For one can hardly had the future if one cannot say with equal confidence, To the Present! The 1939 Derrick, then, is dedicated to the present as it is concretely manifested in our own typical American community — in our industries and commerce, in our business and professional men, workers and house- wives, whose support was vital to the life of this book, m our institutions, — our schools, churches, govern- ment, and social organizations. The peculiarly Am- erican way of life is to be found, after all, not in the melting pot of our large cities, but in the thousands of smaller communities scattered throughout the nation. Only because we can say with assurance To the Present have wc the courage to say, To the Future. •- ' K T T W 111 N T

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Into the Future