"Young persons with red blood in their arteries, naturally anxious to serve their country in these critical times, can do so by purchasing Defense Savings Stamps and Bonds at school or elsewhere," advises Carl A. Jessen, U. S. Office of Education official. 'What Can I Do?'
"Action is the response of our people to those who would by force attempt to change our way of life," Mr. Jessen said in a statement recently. "Young men by the hundreds of thousands are entering the armed services; men and women of all ages are by the millions being employed in war industries and on the farms. Seeing the action response of adults in the family and the community it is natural that younger persons with red blood in their arteries ask, 'What can I do?' "
Help Finance
"The opportunity to buy Defense Savings Stamps and Bonds is a significant
answer to this question. The country needs the service of every one of us,
young or old. We cannot all shoulder guns, we cannot all take full-time
jobs in industry, but we can help in the financing of the Nation's effort."
Albums in which to accumulate Defense Stamps in 10 and 25 cent denominations are available at post offices and at some banks. When an album is completed, it may be exchanged for a $25 bond.
Current Issues
UNITY HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT in the success of an organization
or movement. In our Federal government today we are in the process of a
reorganization of the various governing bodies and armed forces in order
to achieve a greater quality of unity and efficiency.
Before the Federal government can have unity, however, the smaller states and city governments also must have this vital spirit. In like manner at Grady, we must manage to bring about unity in our homeroom before we can have the school patriotism for which we are all striving.
In many of the greater high schools throughout the country, the homeroom is the nucleus about which every school activity is formed. The former Boys, Girls, and Tech Highs had a very ardent spirit as far as their homerooms were concerned.
Why not renew that wonderful tradition?
WE ARE IN THE FASTEST AGE in the history of mankind-the age of jet propulsion, supersonics, and rockets, of deadlines, traffic, and a constant drive to hurry, hurry, hurry. Yet with all our 200 miles per hour air conveyances, man can never create a speed to equal that of time.
Tomorrow is always racing just a step ahead of us, and yesterday is just a shadow's length behind. It is sometimes tempting to stop for a while and view today's scenery, or reach back for yesterday's seemingly lost opportunities, but we are constantly being swept along with the current of time, on toward tomorrow. So it is, then, that we all must quit reaching out for yesterday, stop lingering over today's pleasures, and begin applying ourselves toward tomorrow's tasks.
There is a word known as procrastination which can be applied to the subfreshman who says, "This is my first year and I want to have fun . . . I'll begin working next year," or to the senior who claims, "I want to enjoy this, my last year, and I'm not going to beat my brains out studying.
On a bulletin board in one of our lower corridors there is a poster "Keep your grades up with your spirits." Grady students will not have to worry about spirit from now on, nor will grades be a problem if our spirits aren't permitted to unsettle all thoughts of serious study.
Time will pass and June will be here soon. Time is not halted by wars,
depressions, A-Bomb blasts, radio and television programs, ball games or
parties, but time, when spent wisely, can hold all the things that we want
it to hold for us.
Like the professor who posted this sign over his classroom clock, we remind
ourselves, "Time will pass; will you ?"