Clairton High School - Clairtonian Yearbook (Clairton, PA)

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Supf. of Schools As the graduate of our high school comes upon the scene this year, he meets two conditions that did not challenge the graduate of the year previous-in- ternational cooperation to prevent future wars and the use of atomic energy to fashion a better world. These are the new conditions that you face as you leave your high school at this time. Inst how you will meet these problems is a matter for each individual to decide. Your preparation and experience should be sufficient to enable you to deal wisely with the first, but how you meet the second depends largely upon your native intelligence. Ex- perience has taught us that we can adapt ourselves quickly to changes in our environment, but that we have found it more difficult to work out a plan where- by the change comes within ourselves. A trained mind is important but for the immediate future a sound character is even more necessary if we are to carry the overwhelming responsibility of being just a plain American. My earnest wish for each of you is that you will fit yourself some where into this picture so that you will find some degree of satisfaction in doing your part in building the framework of a better world. lffwl Adminisfrafors Dear Pupils: During the long years of the war we have been prom- ising you a brave, new world. Now we are not too sure it is either brave or new. Certainly no one can challenge the individual or group bravery of the American people as it faced the herculean tasks of VVorld YVar H, nor can we deny the existence of a multitude of new things. What is open to question is our post-war bravery in solving the political, social, and economic problems of the world and our unwillingness to accept the unewv as a challenge and a goal. To you who stand on the threshold of active citizen- ship we turn in our dilemma for the leadership we need so badly. In you remains our only hope that true democracy will survive. Upon you rests the hope of Peace-you who purchased it so dearly. Speak up! Now! 11

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Board of E ducafion 1 T llnold Tlrornpson, Mrs. Mary B. Taylor, Mr. Ioseph B. Keller, Mr. Lyon nd C Ltlnnan, Mr. D. G. Johnston, Mrs. Sadie R. Kclfcr, Mr. J. A. Ormond. Clairton board of education has seven voting members and a secre- tary, Mrs. Caralena G. Cort. Five of thc seven members have served longer than this year. Mrs. Mary B. Taylor and Mr. T. Harold Thomp- son Were seated at the reorganization meeting in December. They filled the places vacated by Mrs. Cort and Mr. Samuel H. Sharpnack. The board meets regularly on the first Monday evening of each month. The primary aim of the school board is to make the best possible schools for all the youth of Clairton. They give many long hours of their very valuable time in formulating plans which will make their aim a reality. This year, the board of education had a new and different task and a task which we were happy to have them do. They were called upon to reinstate some of our former teachers who had been absent from their classrooms While serving the armed forces of our country. YVe the staff of the 1946 Clairtonian, in behalf of all the members of our class, would like to take this opportunity to publicly thank the board of education for all that they have done to make our dreams of happy days at school climaxed by graduation come true. 10

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