Watsonville High School - Manzanita Yearbook (Watsonville, CA)

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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

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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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MORLEY BRADLEY ROBERT THVVAITS KENNETH LINDGREN YIOLA H.-XCKBARTH CHARLOTTE JOY EDNA PETERSON P.1ge Elm 'RD