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

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Anchors A weigh BECAUSE WE as Seniors are nearing the end of an important phase in our voyage through life, we have chosen a nautical theme as symbolic of our high school experiences. Just as behind the light, carefree, and perhaps irrelevant surface of this theme lie the traditions and beliefs upon which our country was built, so behind the gay and often frivilous exterior of today’s young people lie traditions and customs, instilled in us through our long, varied, and unique education. These customs and traditions are our heritage. We know that our rights and privileges as citizens of this country and this world are the things which make life worth while. What ever we do—wherever we go—there will remain with each one of us the guiding hand of our years at West Chester High School. Here in school, we have participated in a vast training course, not only in preparation for our own immediate future and vocations, but also in preparation for the multitudinous adjustments, compromises, disappointments, and responsibilities which will be ours to face in our gropings for a new and better world. Our classes have provided the background and the basis for our training,- our associations with students and teachers have taught us to stand on our own two feet—to hold on to our own ideas while respecting the ideas of others. Now, as graduation draws near and we know that school

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with all its joys and sorrows will soon be but a memory, our thoughts become serious, for suddenly we realize that very soon we shall be on our own’ and that we can depend only on our- selves. However, we need not worry, for our training here at West Chester High School has been of the best, and as we prepare to take our place at the helm of the world’s ship, we each can say, I am ready.’’ THE EDITORIAL STAFF Five