Show CITIZENS OF TOMORROW by bryant S hinckley Hinck lcy in the utah farmer fanner last year the ilic high schools school of U ah graduated seven thou thousand cand run nine bundred and forty eight young peri peer iv ie the exact figures for this 3 beir air tre ire not avail available ablo but the number will exceed eight thousand at this aaion there should bo be graduated rom roin the high schools of united states mole moie than a million and a half young people these graduates represent the regressive sive forward look looking in ff young voting tien nen and women of the united antt c I 1 tates tales the men and women of tomorrow ni morrow orrow no young people in the world hold any fundamental ad antares an over the high school g graduates rad of this state they live in in a reat land under a great bovein mccrit the best that the sun shines in i n the flag that waves over them is the best flag that ever waved ov r any land ar or people symbolizing the ideal of democracy and opportunity these utah graduates born under the shadows of these eternal eterna tills should have inbred in them a passion for freedom and a love lor liberty the hills are the crad les of freedom these young people re in the habits of aund living they are arc a thoughtful oher minded loyal the i ope and pride of the state what they will do and where time will take them is always an interesting speculation how to ind their place in the economic horld and to make their t nn to society is a question of deep concern to them their technical preparation for doing this is import nt no one will minimize that for I 1 is an age of experts and spec lists technicians are in demand epand and modify the program of ane ne public schools as you can they cannot annot meet in detail this demand one of the fundamental and deep 11 1 1 significant things which the schools are doing and which they must continue to do is to implant in the hearts of these young people an appreciation of democracy ith all that it implies they must he e given a clear understanding of he basic principles and require lents of our form of government id d they insist r ast have developed in their souls an abiding loyalty to it we live in a disturbed dit world but in the most peaceful and se ure fure place for it we feel never felt before that it is a proud and blessed thing to be an american the major responsibility rest ing upon the schools of america and upon those who teach them is to make of the coming generation good citizens of a g great reat and free roe republic |