Williamsfield High School - Venture Yearbook (Williamsfield, IL)

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I I ld As thls book goes to press we are engaged 1n a second world war ln order that we may llve m the falth of the supreme value of human lxfe Before we can have a world whxch respects the dxgmty of the 1l'ldlVldU3l regardless of race creed or color the power of the aggressor nations must be so completely destroyed as to make lt ll'TlpOSSlble for them to break the peace agam It IS slgnlhcant that axls leaders shrewdly saw that lf they were gomg to destroy democracy they must destroy rellglous faith and control educatlon They began th1s educatlon wlth the bables and set all standards goals and defmxtxons of lxfe The mobs whlch plundered and murdered Jews ln the streets of Germany the army that crushed Poland the barbarlans who destroyed LldlC6 marched out of the school rooms of Germany educated for death Our task IS educatlon for llfe The capacity for self government mxght be developed wlthln them The provxslon of a stxmulatmg envlronment for the development of thls capaclty voters rests the supreme responslbxllty of seelng that thls capaclty can mature Thxs responslblllty calls for falth wlsdom understandmg patlence and perse verence at all levels of the educatlonal ladder Good schools should ultlmately pay off' 1n terms of better c1v1c govern ment fuller and more secure employment 1n lower dlvorce rates lower death rates abundance of leaders IH every field a hlgh rate of artlstxc actlvxty a declme an the number of nervous dlsorders and jall membershlp and a decent set of xdeals To the task of translatmg these and other ultlmate social Obj6CtlV8S mto the learnmg experlences of boys and glrls Wllllamsfield Community Hlgh School and thousands of others l1ke xt throughout Amerlca and the world are dedxcated is the privilege and duty of schools. ,Upon the teachers, board members, and

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Sendofzelau OFFICERS Presldent GERRY GERMAN Vxce President MIRIAM PARKER Secretary ILENE MANER Treasurer ROLAND BENJAMIN Advxser MR GEYER MOTTO Chmb tho the rocks be rugged Flower Color Red carnatlon Red and whlte