West High School - Westerner Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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A TRIBUTE TO... WESTERNERS IN THE SERVICE 0F THEIR CCUNTRY so PROUDLY WE HAIL.. HE thousand-plus West boys and girls and six faculty members who are serving our country in the armed forces. Many have seen overseas service and many hold numerous decorations. Hundreds have battle ribbons and campaign stars. The Air Medal, the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Purple Heart, the Presidential Citation, and the Oak Leaf Clusters are only a few of the medals awarded to ex-Cowboys. But there are hundreds of other Westerners who never receive medals. These boys, whether overseas, or at home, keep the machinery of one of the world,s greatest armies functioning smoothly. While in the States they work hard drilling, practicing with firearms, and learning military science to prepare themselves for overseas duty. These Cowboy service men do not complain of the mud and rain of Italy, the cold in Iceland, the fog of England, the fever-laden jungles of the seven seas. An untold number of other boys have given their lives or are prisoners in a Nazi or Japanese concentration camp. These fighters seldom receive medals or any other recognition, but nevertheless, they are the true heroes. We do not know how many have been killed, or how many will be killed, but we do know that when the last shot is fired, hundreds of boys, boys who once walked the halls of West, will be lying upon foreign soil in graves bearing no identification other than an unknown American soldier. To honor these boys and girls who were once a part of West, we, the Class of '44, reserve this page in our annual. In this way, small as it is, we proudly hail those who are making our Democracy live on AS TIME GOES BY. 'k'k'k'k'k

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SAM .HILL S Time Goes By, we stu- dents of West could ask for no better person to remem- ber than our principal Mr. Hill. He has been at our side for four years, and in that time we have never seen him when he was not the friend and confidant of each and every student. We have felt his guidance through times when we have made mistakes, and we have always felt that what- ever his decisions they would be sin- cere and honestly just. Perhaps we really never appreciate just what a principal does for his students until we have graduated and begin to realize what life is like. During the years Mr. Hill has been at West, he has helped hundreds of students to become oriented to life as they found it after their school days. Once, Mr. Hill you said to us . . . You will find that in West High School a spirit of friendliness, help- fulness, and co-operation prevails to a marked extent. We shall remem- ber that, - As Time Goes By, and we shall know that that spirit could prevail only because of your sincerity, actions, and faith. We shall, As Time Goes By, ap- preciate everything, Mr. Hill, while we acknowledge your kindness and helpfulness, your friendliness and co- operation now, we shall, even more, in the years to come. Again, we thank you, Mr. Hill. PRINCIPAL PAL