West Chester High School - Garnet and White Yearbook (West Chester, PA)

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gc' Q .-gf. ...S .1.f --- ,HQ IFE, Liberty, the Pursuit of Happiness -these are our heritages, which were preserved for us by our forefathers at the cost of their lives and which we must defend and preserve for our descendants. In the past three years we have been learning how we can best preserve these heritages, how we can best perform our duties as future citizens, and how we can demon- strate our patriotism. It is with great pride, therefore, that we have chosen for the theme of our yearbook-Love of Country. BETTY JANE DROUSE, '42

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Ol-ll Tl-lUS BE IT EVER.. .. America is a land of people. Great men like Paul Bunyan and .lohn l-lenry, like Thomas Jetlerson, George Washington, and Abraham Lincolnl lhen there are men like .lohnny Appleseed. l'le was not a great man, just an ordinary citizen who did a simple thingfdistributed appleseeds to the settlers ol the West. That is the kind of person who makes up America, the kind ol people who crossed the oceanito settle this vast new land. The little man and his family really settled this country-the cobbler, the printer's apprentice, the larmer, and the ship builder. -lhe wile became her husband's equal in America. Besides stirring the pot and rocking the cradle her hands chopped wood, plowed Fields, and harvested crops. These people, who gave up their possessions, their sense ol security, and the way ol life to which they were accustomed, knew what they wanted. Yes, they wanted security, but more than that they wanted freedom. All ol them wanted freedom of religion, press, and assembly, but they did not think ol that at First. 'lhey wanted enough land to Farm to make a living lor their lamily-a better livingthan they had made in Europe. -lhat is why they left and came to America: left the slums ol London, the lonely moors ol Scotland, the fertile land ol the Palatinlate, and the Famine-infested land ol lreland. -lhey realized that thfisjvvas a good land-good because no one interfered with their progress, good because there was no jealousy,no hate, no persecution. V g' ' But soon the land vvasfclearecl, andthe crops were coming along fairly vvell, and they had time to listen and to think. And they heard some things 6