Tracy High School - El Portal Yearbook (Tracy, CA)

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.,,,..- FAREWELL MESSAGE Growmg Llght I have known dawn s sfrange cool shllness A shllness as holy as prayer l have 'lhrllled 'lo +he crashing crescendo Of a sunsef foo blazing fo bear l have heard In fhe blaclc musfs of mldmghf The silver loned music of sfars l have known fhe sfale calm of fhe wlndless seas Thai' precedes 'I'he enfrance of Mars Far over lhe wide heaving ocean The beauly fhaf daybrealr should hold ls blasfed and 'lorn from +he shrieking ear+h Then fhe silence of ashes and cold The ending of day IS a sunsel Colorless s+agnan'I' grim ln +he moonlighr fhe hideous slculls of men Lie deaf fo Mars frumpefed hymn You who found birfh under freedom's flag: While dynas+ies shaffer-hold 'fasl To your fore'fa+her's dreams of fhe slafure of man Of His herifage-born of The pasl. Your life mus+ affirm fhaf a freer world Will survive 'lhrough fhe darlmess of night ln your fai+h lies fhe hope of our freedom. You're 'lhe symbol of dawn's growing lighf. - BARBARA de FREITAS

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'P an-if W I . T f.,A..' 'Jes .-n IS Ii-KN LIAMI CUSTTII4 1 I NKILLI-KM kusrm ?Qy IN MI A Message From The Trustees Your board of frusfees ns mindful of fhe condifions ex- isfing in our counfry and 'The enfire world foday. Our forefafhers foughf and died fo preserve fhe way of life and form of governmenf we now have We are In a war forced upon us and we as Amerucans musf successfully wun fhns war by domg our ufmosf wmere our servnces are needed No governmenf m fhe enflre world us equal fo ours Our public school sysfem nn fhls nafnon IS one of 'fhe mosf nmporfanf phases of our nafuonal war efforf provnd mg fhe necessary framing fo fhe lnduvldual whefher In fhe sciences or professlons Each of us frusfees feachers and sfudenfs musf mobl luze our falenfs fo and fhe war efforf and our Amencan way of llfe -J L MULLALLY Our Prnnclpal s Message Salom Rusk the assembly speaker whose boyhood was spenf In Syrua sand The frue value of a democracy IS nof found ln whaf uf wall do for you buf fhe frue value I5 whaf you are permlffed fo do for yourself Our greaf efforfs un Naflonal Defense are fo preserve our democrafnc way of lnfe We wnsh fo keep fhose rughfs whuch have been guaranfeed by our consfnfufuonal form of governmenf The fheme of El Porfal for fhe year I94I I942 IS Naflonal Defense and Amerlcamsm The enflre currlculum and acflvufy program of Tracy Union Hugh School lends sfrengfh fo us and undersfandung of our problems Our sfudenfs 'Through Democrahc procedures and fhe deve lopmenf of frue American :deals are learnmg fo do fhmgs for fhemselves un a democrahc afmosphere We should