Westridge High School - Inlook Yearbook (Pasadena, CA)

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FOREWORD As the mid-century is reached, many people tend to look back- ward and to sum up the past, the mistakes and successes that have comprised the first fifty years of the twentieth century. But, being young, we choose to look forward to the next fifty years and to all the years to come, for it is there that we shall live our lives and use our influence to fashion the pattern of history. Great things are astir in the world today and change is imminent. There is hope for world government, Einstein has published a theory that may explain the universe. With almost universal education, more people than ever are seriously thinking and are appreciating the thoughts of others. Through the new mediums of radio, television, and movies, as well as the more conventional legitimate theatre and publishing houses, the writers, artists and musicians of tomorrow will be able to share their ideas and emotions with a far greater audience than their forefathers had ever dreamed of. It is at school that we prepare to meet the challenge of the years ahead. Through our science and history, we gain the knowl- edge that will enable us to understand the events to come. Our experi- ence in student government gives us a chance to learn how to live under an adult, responsible self-government. Our singing, acting, writing all let us test the ideas and express the feelings that we must form into a positive faith for the future. And so, with our education at Westridge as a sound basis, we look ahead to years of vast promise, to a new world rich with hope. GOVERNMENT In the first three heading pages by Susy Da- kin, we show the areas of life which, in the years to come, will be increasingly close to us. Here, in a city, are men, working and building, and beyond, the outline of the houses of gov- ernment.

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MISS GLADYS PETERSON As our heoclmistress, Miss Peterson works long and generously to give us the best education possible, to get us, if she con, into the col- leges we choose, ond to moke our school life ca gciy ond happy one that we shall oll remember, in dciys to come, os one of the best times of our lives.