Clairton High School - Clairtonian Yearbook (Clairton, PA)

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UUH PHI CIPAL To the Seniors of 1944: When World War I was in progress, I was a pupil in Clairton High School. I shall never forget how excited we were that April day when Congress de- clared wary how solemn We all were when our principal told us of the first graduates to make the supreme sacrifice, and how thrilled we were when we learned of the American victories at Chateau-Thierry, the Argonne, and Belleau Woods. I bought Thrift Stamps and sold Liberty Bonds g ate oleo and bread made of flour substitutes 5 and wept with the relatives and friends of draftees at railroad depots. I hoped the war would last a long time so that I would be old enough to join up. Finally, I entered into the wild and delirious celebrations of the Armistice that came in the midst of a flu holiday period. Now in the midst of World War II I find that I must experience all of the same emotions in the same environment. I find myself again in the midst of the problems of the high-school pupil of another War generation. I find myself affected by all the upheavals that cause unrest and uncertainty in pupils. The motto of the Class of 1921 was Impossible Is Un-American. The years that followed the first World War amply demonstrated the inherent truth of that motto. Things which are now commonplaces I never imagined nor dreamed of-radio, plastics, air travel, sulfa drugs, pencillin. I believe there is still a great future for the high-school pupil of today, and that that which looms as impossible or improbable today will be a commonplace of tomorrow. In that confidence I bid you to dare greatly. Cordially yours, I jf 7

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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

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d dd I1 Unr SEhUfdBUElId Susiains Lennard E. Lehman President Saninei H. Sharpnaek Vine President Laraiena G. Enri Seereiary Ll. E. Jnhnsinn Treasurer Sadie H. Heiier Meinber dnseph H. Helier Mernher J. A. Urninnd Mernber Charles P. Lewis Saiieiinr