Baldwin High School - Piper Yearbook (Birmingham, MI)

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grit F if in 4 i'No victory save to him who has given all' '... no triumph without tears, no glory without Service. Today, in the crisis of war, young America must give its all, must shed those tears, must render that Service. Behind every shining moment of triumph will stretch many dark hours of unselfish devotion to duty. Hours ol Service given without thought of personal rewardg Service hidden in the silent shadows of neces- sity. America needs young, eager, tireless hands to give that Service.

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As their share in the national war effort most schools have in- itiated a war-service program. Here at Baldwin we seek to exert our war-service efforts through the revision of existing courses of study and the introduction of other courses and other activities which will effectively gear the school program to the war effort. We are concerned here with what takes place within the indi- vidual as a result of the program. We are concerned with develop- ing an awareness of need and a willingness to serve. The extent to which we accomplish these things will measure the service which our school program can render. In response to an appeal by the War Department last fall, we established pre-induction courses in machines, electricity, and radio. At the beginning of this current semester a pre-induction course in automotive mechanics was installed to supplement the already established course in that field. Along with these courses aimed directly at pre-induction preparation, the physical education course for our boys has been altered into an individualized program of physical fitness. This, along with instruction in Hrst aid and instruction in health and hygiene for both boys and girls, should go far toward promoting and maintaining healthful and vigorous participation in any field of service. A course in home-making has been instituted to help our girls to improve their potentialities for service in the home. As a part of our program of commercial training we offer to qualified students an opportunity to participate in a co-operative work and study plan. In addition to offering training in actual work situations, this plan also serves the community by helping to alleviate the labor shortage in the fields of office work and retail selling. Along with these specific alterations in and additions to our courses of study, we are consciously endeavoring to emphasize the practical and directly useful applications of learning in all other phases of our school program. To cite but a few: In our social sciences we are emphasizing the values inherent in democracy, trying to learn more about our various economic problems and trying to sharpen our concepts of spherical geography, similar kinds of emphasis upon learning for use are apparent in mathe- matics, foreign languages, English, commercial subjects, and sciences, among which is included a course in pre-flight aeronautics. Most briefly, here are set forth some of the things which we of Baldwin offer as our contribution to the war effort. Along with this we offer a pledge of further service: We shall maintain, increase, and improve our contributions to the utmost limits of our abilities and of our resources.

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Women The Baldwin girlls place may be in the home, but it's also in about 50 other varied and well. trodden spots. Since the beginning of the cur- rent year most Baldwin Belles have been con- stantly on the familiar go. Even they aren't sure how a girl puts in hours of volunteer service work and yet manages to defeat her homework. However, there's something in the thought that the more you have to do the less time it takes to do it. Anyway, all former glitter girls are now leading jam-packed lives. Everyone realizes that a large portion of Baldwin's contribution to the war effort rests squarely on slim, young, fem- inine shoulders. Let's follow, for a little while, Betty Baldwin throughout her junior year at high school. Betty and her pals got busy 'way last summer and organized the junior AWVS. They fixed up the basement of the defense center building and established working headquarters there. Betty spent many nights selling War Stamps at local theaters and many afternoons making stamp Warsages. She learned to march in precise for- mation army style and finally accumulated enough hours of work for her trig uniform. Now she wears it every Wednesday afternoon to regular meetings. At present Betty is absorbed in gardening manuals and catalogues for her own special plot in the Victory Garden. When school began, Betty added the standard Red Cross first aid course to her growing list of activities. She passed her test with ease and is now a qualified expert on traction splints and the rules of bandage. She enjoys the feeling of self-sufficiency which goes with accurate knowl- edge and will be very handy to have around, air raid or not. During the second semester, Betty enlisted in another war time course-nutrition. Now she often puts theory into practice in her cooking course. And how her family goes for those tasty dinners she whips up on Mother's weekly Red Cross dayl Top: Working furiously to get their afghan Dnished Hrst are Mary Ann Cabral, Dorothy Atkinson, Kay Brumbaum, Barbara Brenkert, and Dorothy Bergoine of Mrs. Hartwick's room. P. S. They did! Center: Jean Nicholson and Nancy Burdick put theory into practice as they bandage Nancy Burns. Bottom: Nutrition experts Peggy Metcalf, Grace Bowes, and Betty Joyce invade the cooking lib to whip up something special.