West Gantt School - Gantt Echoes Yearbook (Greenville, SC)

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ET F Fe we bf , 'W Q. . U 'le FOURTH YEAR BOOK WEST GA T HIGH SCHOOL GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAR? A J X A 2 fx, X X X R F -Fx Li J W. i n A , 'f . A ixfkg xml-, 1 :Adi .1 Dsl' ' . ,131 3 xy, W' I H .5 - . lisivf if-.. IX 'eb 'Tr' 4 t ff' ii! 'lr ELOISE ARNOLD, Editor BUDDY STATON, Business Manager CHRISTINE LEFEVRE, Adviser

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i i k l l l eff Child Asks ---- CDen1ocracy Answers lflfho Are You? l am the Voice of Democracy. You know me, American Youth. You've lived with me all your life. Do You See The Garden? l see the garden, Youth, and perhaps more of it than you see. Thatis because lim older, and l see the shadows as well as the sunshine. Yes, l see the garden. Do You Like The Garden? I like your plot, Youth. lt is hardy and peren- nial. It will live forever. But, see across the pond. Those plots are shadowed by the tower- ing, gnarled trees of oppression. lflfhy Are The Trees There? Because the gardens were neglected. and youth grew there without enough sunshine. The soil was of darkness and defeat. Then, when the seeds took root, there was naught to guide them. What Are Their Branches? Oh, some are called hate, some greed, some madness. Others are of the species known as conquest, purge, protection, They all flourish in the dark of ignorance. -xl an if . 2 ti.. : flgiti 'leftists' nw,t:,:., 1 , '4 wzzztffl . 1 it ' 'Q 4 , Q ,. 'I 1 4 N, ,X x, , I it 5 , llfhat lliust Be Done To The Garden? The garden must be re-sowed, Youth. It will take great sacrifice to do your mission. Over and over again in times before, we have vveedcd the evils from the garden, only to have them come back again. You, sturdy seedlings, are too young to recall other great victories. But your mission must be eternal. Vlfhy Must We Vlfeed? Because, Youth, your own special plot is now being threatened, and all the fruits of years of democratic living are in danger of being de- stroyed. Even l, your fairest Howerf' was threatened once upon a time, not so long ago. The aggressors will overrun your plot and choke out your borders if you do not weed. How Can life Re-Sow? lt will take time and patience and persever- ance. It will be hard and long work. But it will be joyous to re-sow the garden with the good. Let us sow service to our nation, faith in our ideals, and courage for ourselves. ldfhat lflfill Come Of it? Your garden will become more spacious with the extending boundariesg and when the weeds of slavery and oppression are torn out by the roots, you will have freed the garden from evil for evermore, and then you will have a peace, not for ten or twenty years, but for all time. And l will help you. You must have faith in me, Youth, for l am the Voice of Democracy. THE GARDEN UF ,Voaffz