Waterloo High School - Wathilo Yearbook (Waterloo, WI)

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hear all sorts of clalms rclatlve to the democratic slqntftcance of this that and another thlnq Ihc fact that the POllUClillN man :qc to drum up support for almost any and all klnds of proposals hoyyever un Amerlcan they may hc IS a clcar tndxcatnon that too fcvy of us qlve serlous conslderatlon to vshxt democracy really means and hoxx mt should functlon Along vslth thc freedoms granted to the 1nd1v1dual lIl a democracy there also art accompmxcd certann deflnxtc rtsponslblhtles RCSPOHYIIUIIIIICS to keep mformed about cnyxc affalrs to xote to see that honesty equahty and justlce preyarl oyer 1mmorahty and corruptlon Too often yxe place most emphasls upon the frcedom aspect of democracy If our democracv yylll survlve the present and future cr1s1s then all LIUZCIIS must assume thetr share of respons1b1l1t1es Isurther yye must dlspel from our mlnds the fallaclous and danger ous notion that vte can turn our responsxbxhtles oyer to someone else and at the same tune retaln our lll'3CI'tl9S and freedoms H1story of the yxorld clearly reveals that the failure of democracnes has resulted from deternora tlon from vuthm rither than from submxsston to any conquerxnq force from the outstde The spnrnrual and moral values vthnch I yyxsh to mentmon are closely related to the personal responsnbnhtxes of the cltxzen H1 a democracy They are the generally accepted body of values yxhtch the Amerlcan people tend to use as a compass for ludgmq pohttcal soctal economlc and personal xssues These yalues flnd CXDFCSSIOP nn thc Constntutlon and Bull of Rxghts and rehqlous groups can dxscover xn thelr respectlve B1hles and Creeds many statements XNIIICI1 support them The hst of spxrltual and moral yalucs VlllLl1 follow were taken from a hst of yalucs compxltd hy thc llducattonal Pollcles Commzssxon tal thc bastc moral and splrltual value III Amerlcan hfe IS the suprcmc nnportancc of the lndnyldual pcrsonahty Upon thus value are based all that follow tbl Each person should he rcsponsxblc for the consequences of hrs own conduct tcl Institutional arrangements are thc scryants of mank1nd td Mutual consent IS hctter than vlolence tel Access to the tru should bc rlqht of cyc y 1IlCllXldll'll tf! llxcelttnt ID nnnd character and creatxyc :lnhty should he fostered tql Each lIIdlXldLl3l should haxc the gleatcst posslble opportunlty for the pursutt of happmess provlded only that such actnvltxcs do not substantlxlly interfere yuth thc slnnlar opportunmes of others th All persons should bc ludged by the samc moral standards tml The concept of brotherhood should take precedence over sclfxsh xnterests tlO I'ach ptrson should hc offered thc emotlonal and splrltual experlences vthlch transcend thc matertallstnc aspects of hfc Throughout our troubled world of today xt ts qratlfymq to observe thc concerted cfforts bunq made by groups of people to combat the forces of evxl You the graduated of l95l mll be part of a qeneratlon yyho may bc dcstlned to determ1ne the future course of ClVll1ZBUOll May I lmpress upon you the fact that hoxx each of you hve your hves vull count and make a dxfference It yylll be Important that each mdtyxdual under stands thc generally accepted moral and splrltual values and be yulllng to make decxslons and render ludg ment upon them It xs my slncere hope that your years of educatlon will help you to assume your I'C3pOI'lSIblllflCS and enable you to l1ve a rtcher more satlsfyxng and successful llfe My best regards to each of you and best of luck ELDEN M AMuNDsoN t x ag .' ' : , . .. ' - . , A, , - , , .,., , , ,,, i , . . . .. , . c , , 4 . ' . I ' .' 5 f . ' th ' a , ' r' ' C - . . 'I 1 . . K y J. . , H. I. , , - -' - K. , - , B . , - - V. . . ' , ,' , , ' .

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MESSAGE T0 CLASS Wxth e teh qraduatnnq elass the eOI1Cll txons extstmnq rn our eountry and throuqh out the world present problems of mayor 1 , i lmportxnee to mdnyudual qraduates As l g,,gee.vf,,ff'ai?f rf 'S may 25 MM all the qrxduxtmq classes durln e darkest yexrs of eeononne depressxon if 32 41 if is fy our country the blq question m the mlnds of qraduxtes was where and when wtll I a ob e s y o job so that one eould eat have clothes and a place to sleep Wlth the approach of VVorld War II gm thls sntuatton ceased to be a problem of were confronted wlth xll the uneertamtles and tensions of a country at war After the end of World War II we found our q aduatlnq classes eonfronted wnth the problems of takmg thelr plaees m a world trymq to seeure the peace after our armtes had won the battles Althouqh tensions were rerxxed we stnll found uncertamty as to wh tt the future had III store for younq 'IIUHW people What would be the effect of atomle enerqy and all of lts llIlpllC 1t1ons7 Were we headed for another depre slon when would lt eome-7 Durlnq the past year we haxe wntnessed chanqes tn our world tzklnq plaee at ter rlfymg speed In the OplI1lOI1 of some the xery survrxul of our Amerlcan wty of hxmq und ClX1llZElflOIl of free people rs an tous peril The l e hemg x e flned between the ldeoloqy of the rmport ence of the mdxsxdual wxth capaelty to qoxern himself on the one hand and subordmatton of the lI1LllXldL13l to the wtshes of a state ed by a selee few on the other e two phllosophxes tre xrreeonexlxble and dtreetly opposite IH exery respect How the present world er1s1s wxll lie resolyed l shall not xenture to predlet howexer l should hlee to sh are wlth you selme lII1pllL attons and lessons whleh l behexe ire rather elearly mdxcated to us by the prewous and present SlfL1dIl0!'lS from our hxstor We learn that man neyer has atd prob ably nexer well attam Utopla here on our e lrth Problems and erxsxs haxe xlways confronted mankmd Howeyer IH ttme pxeuous problems and CFISIS eame and pissed more slowly Today due to the mcrexsmq complexltx of our soclety techmcal developments ln the tre 1 of tran pxrtx mon eonmtnue mon anl xll flelds cf SQltIlflflL endeayor more terrxfymq and perxlous condl txons dexelop almost oxer mqht VVe therefore ein no lonqer thunk IH terms of prepnrmnq outselyes for me partteular type of world but must be prepared to meet ehanqlnq s1tuat1ons Rather th n Cllftkflllkl our eftorts to meet a pxrtxcular sntuatlon we should dlreet our attentrons toward those basnc truths h abuts phllosophles xalues and understand1ne,s whneh se.xe as qtndeposts to our wax of hfe reqard ess of the nature of the SIILIBUOIIS whleh concern us Of these so ealleel enndeposts there are two upon Xll'IlLl'! l shall elaborate fxrst the concept of demoeraey as an lI1ClIX1ClLldl responslhlhtx and second the nmportanee of splrntual and moral xalues Ill our hxes lhat we haxe nn our eountry the qreatest demoeruex of all tunes there ean not be mueh doubt But exen so we flnd el meat xarxanee H1 the meanmq of demoeuxey In the mmds of our CIUZLIIS All around us we O F ' 5 'I ' 'Q ' ' ' Q ' e ' ' '- 4ai',?, ' W D'2:f4. '.'iVf'.fV Eff ' ' ' ' l ' 'Q f lf- -' ,al ,V :-et z aw.. egg. I , , V . . - - e V - s V 'W V wig? rf C' - C ' - ' ll t Q1f1 , ,5 x7fer1 My g .V feg,f,,'b X' e . ,,. . , . - e e - 4' ' V . a V 1 - A- -Q V few, ,:g,e2g-V sg, S' , - - ' - - ' V Q, it I fl I A , K t . ' get ' j 5 in many' 'ase.'. anl' kind f a l . .. 4' ' ' 3 f' 5 V , if I ' 5 ' e ' f B e s We 'QV 2, primary concern. but then our young people gt IQ:- 2 i ' . 1. ' - I' 1 ,V V' R Q- e V V 1 - f ' .V . , , v x- x x x Q 4' 77 v 1 s ' ' Y y sh. ' V 2 ' - V e V . . E, ,A ,2 - .2 . ser' 5 - ' . 1 in r is 1' vell d '- V 5 '1 1 V r ' 2 . Q , x X b . . rul - ' ' Q - 't - ' , Th - ' ' F- ' sh- s Y r ' ' x ' I x ' ' ,V' ' x V u ' ' A V , -sp, V - -' s es- -s . I I V V. . e '-1 -1 -s ' I- ' e 5- E , -' V y- . ' '-2 ' H- - eps- N- - ' - 's Vs 2 s A e V .e V ' ' s B- V e s V' LV , A, . i ., 2 ., , . - A ., ,, l - - , , .- B. -. . 'x',V V 1 EA-N-, 1 k- V .- , , ' is-' ' V I- 's -I ' - e E ' 2 'Q ef: ai' . 'fr . e' . 1 2 I F ' . ' A ' ' 5 '- xl x u I U e ' e A' x L Y A x 'mb' I. f ' V - v s - '

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BOARD OF EDUCATION We tl'e Class of 51 wlsh to take this our last opportunity to express our slncere thanks to the School Board tor the splendld co operatson and consuderatnon shown us through our four years of hugh school We also wrsh to express our thanks for bemg public spirited enough to give ot their tlme and energy on an often thankless 'ob Eovx ARD KLOTZBUECHER CHARLES BATTIST Treasurer President WALLACE PEARSON Clerk