Freeport High School - Polaris Yearbook (Freeport, IL)

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A wellfeducated, wellftrained citizenry is a nation's greatest resource. Studies sponf sored by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce show that a high level of education has a greater influence on living standards than does an abundance of natural resources such as rich land, coal, or mineral deposits. If this is true, the possibilities for you, living in a country rich in natural resources and main' taining a high level of education, are almost unlimited. I say almost unlimited because your future will be limited by the intelligence, industry, and good will which you exercise. We have conhdence that the young people of today feel their responsibilities to so' ciety and will make their contribution to the physical, moral, and spiritual greatness of America. B. F. SHAFER Superintendent of Public Schools Mrs. Shafer I congratulate you upon the completion of your high school work. Our interest in you and your problems has not ceased because you have been graduated. If we can be of any help to you in the future, do not hesitate to call on us. You will always be welcome in the Freeport High School. B. F. Shafer HARRIET WALLAHAN Secretary to Board of Education and to Superintendent of Schools 9

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l V. J. Banter David M. Burrell Chris N. Holtum H. Reid Horner Lester H. Kasten A. J. Luebbing Lee Madden Frederick P. McNess George W. Simmons B. C. Trueblood President Our Board of Education The fine reputation of the Freeport High School has been created by its alumni. The fact that the alumni have been able to reflect credit to the Freeport High School is in no small measure due to the constructive interest of the community, the board of education, and the faculty in keeping the opportunities New Agriculture Building 8 for our young people on a high level. You, the alumni, are now, or in a short time will be, active members of this community. Some of you may be members of the facultyg some may be board membersg many of you will be parents, and it is you who will have most to say about the future of our high school. If the faculty of our high school has help- ed you to get an understanding of your pres' ent and future responsibilities as worthy members of this community, and has given you an understanding of how to exercise these responsibilities within the framework of the democratic process of government, our expenditure for a good high school is a bargain price to have paid for the betterment of this community and other communities in which you may reside. George W. Simmons, President, Board of Education No. 145

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,W , , Greetings from the Not the book of the week or the month or year, but the book of the years is the Polaris! Its service is half begun when it is seized, praised, and autographed in frenzied mo' mentsg it will be best when years later you look up some classmate who has just mar' ried or who has won fame in science, indusf try, or the arts. No one group rejoices more in the good things that will come to this class than their 10 i Senior High P.-T.A. parents who are members of the P.fT. A. Gut working together has been limited be' cause we are a comparatively new organizaf tion, but the privilege has been worthwhile. The challenge to work and make the dem' ocratic way succeed has never been so strong. We count on you. We salute you! Mrs. R. C. Hunter, President, Senior High P.fT.A.