Connellsville High School - Coker Yearbook (Connellsville, PA)

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American schools have never lagged behind the nation's action in a time of crisis. Now they are out in front again, not only geared for war as long as the nation must fight but also planning for re- construction when the peace has been won. Since the existence of free schools anywhere in the world depends upon the outcome of the present conflict, all units of the American system of education recognize that they must turn full attention to the war effort and its implications. From A War Policy for Schools , Pennsylvania School lournal April 1942. omplete Mr. E. Stanley Phillips Miss Ruth K. Sensbach ddvzlrer of Girlrr The Connellsville Board of School Directors has enlisted its teachers to speed emergency measures. The teachers and administrators helped with registration in all the drafts. They coped most effectively with the details of sugar rationing. Many took first aid courses,-some becoming Red Cross instructors. Leaders among them helped to direct the Air Raid Warden School, to provide for sale of War Stamps and Bonds, to organize emergen- cy forest Hre crews among the school students, to salvage waste paper, to promote model airplane building, and to plan air-raid precaution regula- tions in the school. is t of Quin Prz'rzcz,0al of the Hzlgh School Mr. Phillips and Mr. Hunter, Assistant In Miss Sensbachfs ofhce one is Principal, confer on an attendance problem. always sure ofa gracious reception

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will win the and the tat O OWS :xlljranldin Roosevelt, Dooom er, 1942 WAR is now waged by nations, not armies. Now, more than ever before, each one of us needs the power education can give through development of general ideas and specific skills, through stimulation of resourcefulness and powers of leadership. PEACE WILL FOLLUW. And the peoples of the earth must start over to build an enduring society of neighborly humanity. The pattern of that era cannot be left to evolve by chance 5 men of good will, experts in politics, economics, science and education must cooperate in fashioning and perfecting it. And besides experts, there must be plenty of intelligent and tolerant citizens, who will understand and heartily support the initiative of the experts at home and abroad. In our secondary schools today are the students who will be the experts and enlightened citizens of tomorrow. The public schools must carry on now as never before. The students must become aware of and attune to their destiny.-Quotations from Horizons, Oberlin College.

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ooporation ar llbolicy ministration The Board of School Directors has not only strengthened the program for education of youth, but also has been providing opportunities for adults to acquire training to meet present in- dustrial and technological demands. The West Penn Defense project, which offers ten-week courses in machinery, welding, electricity and forg- ing, will have trained, when its first year ends in Iuly, 500 men of whom eighty per cent will have been placed. Metal working, machine working, wood working, and first aid training have been made available to 527 persons through the N. Y. A. program. Three sessions of the Pennsylvania State College Defense School during the summer, the fall and the spring have provided courses in technical subjects for recent high school graduates and others interested. The Red Cross Nurses' Aid Course given at the hospital has also been under the guidance of the school authorities. Board of School Dz'r'ecfor.f.' Dr. C. S. Campbell, Chairman of the Athletic Committee, Mr. C. V. Payne, Chairman of the Music Committee, Dr. H. H. Mclntire, Chairman of the Purchasing Com- mittee, Mr. W. G. Davis, Superintendent of Schools, Mr. W. L. Zollars, President, Mr. S. D. 1 l l Mr. William G. Davis Superintendent of Schoolf Braemer, Solicitor, Miss Carmel Caller, Secretary, Mr. W. K. Balsley, Vice-President and Chairman of the Property Committee, Mr. H. Strawn, Treasurer and Chairman ofthe Finance Committee. Mr. C. R. Weihe, not pictured, is Chairman of the Library Committee.