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

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Erght Where L1 berty Dwells N 1785 Benjamln Franldrn sand Where liberty dwells there IS my country , ID 1943 vve as hugh school sensors facing a vvorld In vvhrch even our personal Freedom as threatened echo these vvords realizing that ID them lies the goal towards vvhlch vve have been strlvrng In our school lrle We have a country to defend a tree democratic country a country of the people by the people and for the people , a country vvhlch atfords Freedom from vvant and tear, and Freedom ol relrgron and the press a country vvhlch our forefathers felt vvas vvorth hghtxng for vvhen some of nts :deals vvere seemingly challenged, and For vvhrch once more vve see Ht to sacrrhce the lrves ol Its sons and daughters to uphold nts Ideals The Amerucan Man rs not a vvar loving man but a man vvho apprecr ates the simple everyday things vvho hnds enjoyment and rnsplratlon ID nature vvho IS good humored and lun loving and vvho has faith IH the future For hlm are not the mechanisms of vvar and destruction but the Freedoms which novv he rs hghtlng to preserve The American Man be lueves rmpllcltly vvrth Thomas Jetterson that The God vvho gave us lute gave us liberty at the same time IF that liberty IS threatened the vvrath of the American Man cannot be stayed l-lad It not been for thus belief, Captain John Smith vvould never have persevered rn Virginia the battles of Lexington Concord Bunker Hull Valley Forge and Vorlctovvn vvould never have been Fought Jefferson would never have vvrrtten the Declaration of lndependence and l-lancoclc Franlclln the Adomses and all the others would never have sngned It Washington and Lincoln would have been only names on some cemetery tombstone rather than men to be studied from history boolcs, there would have been no Qver There no Tipperary Lnberty bonds rn 1918 there would have been no Atlantic Charter or Walce lsland and the names ol lVlacArthur, Kelly, and Doolittle would never have appeared on the honor roll of therr country ln our classes vve have cultivated our minds and abrlutues to admrnlster the peace alter the war When We received an A rn an English examination, or succeeded ID balclng a calce ID home economics or com pleted the construction of a bookcase ID the shop, vve were thereby lncreasrng our mental and cultural selves I . , . . L' . , 1 ,V . . . . . . ' 1 1 1 . I .. H 1 1 ' i - I - 1 1 ' ' 1 - 1 . . . . . 45 . 1 . - 7, V 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 .. ,. .. , 1. ' 1 1 no i i , 1- H , , I -

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ln our sports vve have toughened up our bodles to and ID the present emergency and to help populate a stronger healthier America Each time we made a basket IH basketball, or hut a home run ln baseball, or made a goal ID Football or hockey vve came one step nearer our ultimate goa ln our actuvutues we have learned to llve and vvork together a trait valuable nn vvar or peace Whether actlng as chalrman or a member of a committee, or attending a dance, or vvorklng on the school publlca tlon, vve vvere broadenlng our socual lzle, breaking dovvn our prejudices, and learning to respect the oplnlons ol others It ns For the exercise as vvell as the protection, ot the Freedoms and tor the prlvrlege of llvrng our lives as vve see Fit vvlth only sell Imposed restrictions that vve have been strnvsng to prepare our mrnds and our bodies durrng our school days Tl-TE EDITORIAL STAFF + l fx -Q21 Nine .4 U , I , , . 1 1 I 'if E. A -,, X i 1 I X