Windsor Locks High School - Herald Yearbook (Windsor Locks, CT)

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A New Look at the American Heritage T Each era make ’different demands upon Anu:rican$. The manner in which sue- i essive einemtiojis of Americans haytL risen tof challqmies forms our pr 6 yd and Syuarnk heritage. In the future, each of tfie seniors of l ( 6 « will he called upon to males his contribution. la?sp or small,v,to bis nation’s future. The needs, qualities, and ideals that have motivated Americans in the past .mat well guide eac h senior „ rt in the course that he and. inifred, his country must follow. Duriu our earliestJiistjUi the demands qf settlement in the harsh hut e 1 New World bmi strong sell-sufficiency in America’s colonists. Only small groups of dedicated Jnd daring persons, howes r, had formulatejhe.Declaration ofTndependeq 5 and ■ Their action} V s complicated by the apal America ills. Even with independence won !y a-nation: again, through the actions of the Tanu al i ?etf of a true republic, strongly ?w4mS . tively small gl the Nation gretv • ' of man! and fairne in opp- pressures of ek ansinn splintered the cour Vy. Controversy threatened the very concept of entity. The Ci£S War inflamed the United States as dedi determine the,.direction of American development. Ihe dec - .. T . by construe Tiveness, taleiatjce. and forgiveness.sof some trip statesman-like Amen- cans, was to. .me America. Through the new understand, g and reded.ytilion tha America ultimately gained from the Cavil War, the J. idled States could expand U. encompass the riel, Ian,l between I lye Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans America ' s abundant resources, moreover. allowed her ingenious and hard workm,. people to build a great agricultural-industrial complex. With the increasing in¬ terdependence of all aspects of American life came the need for Civil $«£»«L ™ 1 other reforms. Through the efforts of energetic and free- nk }«« dme Roosevelt and Woodrow W ilson. America became the land of fair opportunity for millions fleeing tvrannv. New ideas like mass production and unhurt ' principles such as the initiative rcfcrendul were ,,uicklv adopted by flexible Amdri- industrial and politieaMeaders, and the explosive growth of American economic u- permitted the Suited States to e,x rt an important influence upon the worlds aTT ir4 . The ihLenlions of European tyrannies could not long he ignored. h . OSKS K? W- urfSl, ...I patriotically .1 iM. — SJP World wars t 6 destroy the threat of totalitarianism. Because of its new wJ ld- fommUntents ceiled with an unparalleled economic base. America u — i »°! tfcg- „ r i responsibilities. Not all nations, for instance, share Americas idealistic desire for vt ' orld peace and the dignity of man. Exploiting the confusion |n the aftenpath of World War II, the Soviet Union grew to beco th vwldj teednd initiative and determination tc i long, hard war for freedom, n the antagoiysin of many quarreling-state wore hard¬ sell and devpted individuals, ts to vt ' citizens through a ranee and initiatl eJ RjeJp Aqjerica rreat lg of Americanism- equality mof doyhlcyp rapidly. The „ iorfed inter ts. and angry ican % a la On a single, dynamic I Jed Americans fought to i lion, gradually cemented 3 ? greatest ' power. Seviel Russia’s twisted an . outmoded ideology communism, teks wjd dotninaC. by subverting .men’s ruirtds. Although • ojeom- miinist ' ndlicies are evident in aJlWouttries that communism co rfs, communism s glihv specious ' solutions to eeonotriie problems, however, appear expedient to tmpres- faffeffit .e and,vague promise, our task must be twofold r$A JJ. iSghSU %rk - -W rs. show the struggling ' new nations that omy ’ ncentrated effort . free enterprise cap build a strong economy. The m eiiori anu inx ciuv.,iww — T - r . ' yi seniors of 1963 will spread out into business, science, and the professions, seniors oi , » .1 r varied will have, some similarities. We, hard work can provide good living conditufti, [§M it. oo Page