Watsonville High School - Manzanita Yearbook (Watsonville, CA)

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cl' RQ ' '- i -s s , . if Q, 6 Q k ff f' 1'f7?F?i X' R- f f W K ' Q r tw- i Cut Pilgrimage li ll.fXYlf heen pilgrims tpgether fur ftiur years. XYe have sought holy places that we might du reverence ti- the spirits there L'llSl11'lllUll and receive friim them their blessings. lfarly in nur journey we came tu the Temple uf lfriendshfp where all tif us wht, wiinld receive the gift uf ctinfidence in nur felliiw pilgrims. .X visit ln the ahtide tif 'l'rnth taught Ur that unly when nur hearts and minds are iipell ti, nur felliiws and theirs tw us. can we clasp hands as cinnrarlts and assist vine anuther river the riitiglter parts inf the way. A little experience revealed In us that many tif the temples were differeut from those uf mild. ilihey were nut lmuilt uf wivucl wr stiiue. nur were their names lettered river their ptirtals, They seemed tu gi-mv fruni the hearts tif these about us, and their names we learned tinly after we had entered with zest intii the activities -if the time and place. Our travel had hut just heguu when we came uptin a field where many iithers were at play. .Xt the invitatittn tif these we jiiined in the games which at first seemed conducted tinly fur uur pleasure. Experience. htiwever. gave us skill. and with skill came a desire fur victwry. Later we found that skill was better than winning anfl that it was dependent upiin harmuny tif hwdy and mind and spirit. Later still we found that clean thinking nurtured this cmirdiiizititiii. Ltitwcliiiatiuii, we learned. did nut stup with the individual. liach une feiund that he was truly a pait .if the team: and that the team was inure inipiirtant than the individual, hut nu hetter than the individuals that cinnpused it. We fwund. tim. that nur tipptinents were uf equal value with ourselves and that unly as we respected them and their ctinduct ctiuld we respect iiurselves and Hur uwn cnnduct. ln our zeal fur nur spiirts we all hut lust sight tif the purpuse tif nur travels. lYe came tn realize, huwever, that all inf life niight he spurt if we lived nur lives as we played nur games. XYith this realizatitvn there slowly came the cunsciiiusness tif a heautiful temple and even inure sliiwly its name appeared. The temple seemed truly wurs and when we examined it we fwund that unciinsciwusly we. uurselves. had been the huilders. livery Wwrthy tlitiuglit and deed uf each pilgrim hal fuund its place in the struc- ture. and the architect had heen the Spirit tif nur Schtinl. .lwwr loving spirits preside river iiur tenipleg they are the Spirit uf :Xmerican Rlanliuucl and the Bpirit wt American XX'tiiiiz11ilit+ticl. and the tem' ple is a lemple of .Xmerican Ytiuth. -'lf S. Xl acQl'll'Jl7Y. Page Nine

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Q Y T -' --'--Ti A . 3? 1 N: !-ky' ers- DITQRIAL OUl'lfR.XTlON is the keynote of success. lYithout it no body of peo- ple can succeed: with it no body of people can fail. Cooperation be- tween the students and the faculty among' the stuclemg themselves and between the school and the townspeople is essential in order that the school may be a credit to XYatsonville. This year. the students have learned a valuable lesson in cooperation. ,Xt the end of the first semester, several difficulties arose through lack of cooperation between students and faculty. Only after these difficulties had been surmounted and a lesson of cooperation had been learned did the work of the Manzanita advance. The students have since shown a cooperative spirit. They have secured subscriptions, contributed material to the Klan- zanita, and solicited advertisements. They have worked to make better as- semblies and have supported the athletic teams at games and rallies. XYatsonville High School owes the townspeople a three-fold debt of gratitude: first. for the spirit of the advertisers, who have made the publica- tion of the Manzanita possible: secondly. for the help of the subscribers who have made the Manzanita a financial success: and thirdly, for the splen- did spirit of the American Legion members, who, with the aid of a few other townspeople. were the greatest factor in procuring' for us our new athletic field. All in all, the spirit within school and without has been splendid. It is hoped that the lesson in cooperation learned at the beginning of this year may prove valuable in spreading its influence over the years that are lu come. Page liiglll

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HAROLD BOHNETT ARTHUR RODGERS JOSEPH CROSETTI N X VI ARGARET HAY DORIS VYOOLEY X ij J 'x xx X MARGARET HANDSHY N 5 x X