University of Wisconsin Superior - Gitche Gumee Yearbook (Superior, WI)

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The 1947 Gitche Gurnee Editor-in-Chief - La DORIS NELSON Business Manager - MRS. ESTHER SALMI [31

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jr V 2 -' r Here By the shores of Gitclie Gurnee where an ancient Indian civilization once reigned, we arc. after fifty years of living and laughing, beginning a new era of civilization. The primitive problems of the Indians were as important to them as our modern day problems of the atomic age are to us. The problems of the Indians, however. were localized while ours concern the whole world. Therefore, during this year even more than during the last fifty years, our attention has been centered upon education for peace and for normal living. All of us. we who stayed at home and we who went to war to preserve our way of life, need an understanding of the customs. traditions, politics, and religions of the other peoples of the world. We need tolerance and patience. Like our predecessors, the Indians, we have tried to prepare ourselves to meet the problems of our civilization. By learning By seeking special interests By keeping fit By living and laughing here “By the shining Big-Sea-Water.” a i j,’h .• J h y+ . i