York High School - Duke Yearbook (York, NE)

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Created for Many by Diversified Curriculum vi t. k 'sv . V b ,-xi l As our nation progresses new industries and bus: nesses are created offering many new vocations and numberless opportunities. When America began its life, jobs and vocations were often handed down from one generation to another. This left little room for individual choice and preference and often one was bound to a particular social class. How many cheesemakers would have been scien- tists? Or how many village blaclcsmiths could have been doctors or lawyers if their work had not been chosen for them? The happy man is the person who has been able to choose for himself his Iife's work,

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- In addition to larger fields of medicine, engineer- ing, business and farming, professions of equal importance are teaching, law and the ministry. Be- cause of outstanding advances which have been made in these major areas, the demand is great for responsible well-trained and educated personnel to till positions oftered by all vocations, Today, as never before, obstacles such as racial barriers or social and religious preiudices do not stand in ones way to living a full and well-educated life. For practically any held which holds interest forthe student, a thorough and broadening educa- tion is availablewwaiting only to be demanded, Opportunities CE IIIRIYQ

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Toclay's Students Are Tomorrow's Citizens Home! Church! Country!-These three, plus educa- tion, are the foundation or basis around which our lives are molded. Their roles are of equal importance in preparing America's youth for future responsibil- ities in an increasingly-complicated society. Outstanding problems, such as Communism, racial preiudice, cold wars and mental illness, are only a few ofthe monumental questions to be answered. During the past years we have seen threats such as these minimized by combining the influences of home, church and country-supported by education. Using these as standards of guidance seems to be the only avenue of solution and, since they are eternal, such standards will also be the underlying factors informing an answer in future years. There- fore, a deep and intelligent study of all phases of each individual question is ultimately the only in- fallible method. This places a responsibility of utmost importance onthe shoulders of future citizens. Thus, in preparing students along these lines, we have actually prepared them for future decisions, although unknown. What, then, does the future hold for us?