Clairton High School - Clairtonian Yearbook (Clairton, PA)

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Q5 okcozfiolfz, ln these hazardous times when nations and peoples are being torn and ravaged, We, the people, look to our leetelerwfor supperteand guielerneeee We fore proud to dedicate this l944 Clairtonian to those four men, who through trial and complex problems, have mightily endeavored to bring into reality the promise of liberty and enduring peace. These men, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Generalissirno Chiang Kai-shek, Premier Ioseph Stalin, strengthened by the people, have sacrificed their Whole that their pledge that freedom would never be diminished might be fulfilled. 4

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UH To the Graduates of 1944: When you pass the portals of your high school for the last time as students on the day of graduation, you Will travel a different, and to many, a strange pathway into the future. Never before have the high schools of our country been forced to send their graduates into a World so unsettled and so torn by War that even the cherished rights of all free people seem insecure. The duties you will be called upon to perform will be in many fields of endeavor, but the success of your efforts Will depend largely upon you as an individualfhow Well you have learned the lessons in our Way of life, and the attending faith you have in our institutions of democracy. Never before in the history of our country has the ability to think with speed and accuracy paid such premiums as in the present crisis. On every battle front throughout the world-in the air, on the land, and on the sea-Clairton boys and girls are performing in a manner that swells the heart with pride and reflects their fine determination to see that right shall prevail. Each of you must meet the test Whether you serve with those at home or Whether you serve in a foreign land, and our best Weapon for complete victory will be a mind Well trained in the art of how to think, rather than what to think, aided by a courageous heart inspired with faith in God and the con- viction of a just cause. With these principles thoroughly imbued in your lives, you, the graduates of the American Public Schools of today, hold the key to the Welfare of millions in other lands. lt is with this key that you will unlock the door leading to a better World and thereby translate the hopes of millions into realities. This is your heritage. lt is with confidence in you that we assure you of our personal regard and good wishes. Sincerely yours, avid S PEHINTENDENT