Johnstown High School - Spectator Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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MR VV C DAVIS Actmg Supermtendent TO THE CLASS OF 1943 Th1S has been a year of uncerta1nty for the members of your class Never has a class 1n h1gh school had more vo1ces call1ng for 1t to do those th1ng that have had l1ttle relauon to real h1gh school work These VOICES have made 1t d1ff1cult for you to focus your attentlon on the task at hand the complet1on of your h1gh school course L1ttle d1d you thlnk when you began your frrst year 1n h1gh school that you would graduate when the world was 1n a state of chaos Most of the known world IS now at war The 1ssues are clearly defmed and you too w1ll use your h1gh school tra1n1ng as a means of enabl1ng you to ren der serv1ce WHEREVER YOU ARE CALLED UPON TO SERVE For It 1S true that our Country IS callrng and rt should be our des1re to serve rn the tlme of 1lS need At commencement t1me your class w1l1 not all be 1n school There w1ll be those who have already gone 1nto the armed forces of our country They may be on the far flung battle l1nes 1n the Pac1f1c Afr1ca Alaska or 1n any of the many battle fronts ofthe World Other members of your class may have elected to enter college Sav1ng t1me by accelerat1ng educatron may a1d one 1n better serv1ng h1s country through addrtronal tra1n1ng It may mean for some enter1ng a profess1on or occupahon a year earl1er However the 1mportant consrderatxon for each one IS that he g1ves h1s best to the task at hand Beh1nd all preparatron IS serv1ce Tolstoy sa1d The vocat1on of every man and woman 1S to serve other people The members of your class shall I know prove true to th1s 1deal 1 1 S - 1 1 1 . - 1 . . . . . 1. . - 1 . 11 . . - 1 1 .

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DR I ERNEST WAGNER Superzntendent If ye break fanh Many ttmes th1s oft quoted lrne from Iohn McCraes well known poem Flanders Frelds comes to my mrnd whenl watch young men and women departing from our school to take up the1r work elsewhere It rs not only dur1ng the tlme of war that keep1ng farth IS of utmost 1mportance but a all txmes If the road to v1ctory l1es through educatron then rt must be an educatton Whrch has tramed our young Amerrcans not to break farth Wllh those people who have placed the1r belref 1n them If there ever was a trme for the graduates to 1nst1l rdeals 1nto the1r Iune 1943 w1ll mark a memorable year rn the hrstory of the Unrted States A hrgh percentage of the boys and grrls of the present graduatrng class w1ll be entermg war work of varxous krnds We are proud that they wrll become a part of that forward Amerrca campatgn whlch w1ll ultrmately mean Vrctory The1r years of preparatron 1n the hrgh school serve as the1r background for the future When they take the1r place rn l1fe thrs preparatron should rank them w1th all those who can hold the1r own We know they can and we congratulate them on the successful completron of the hrgh school course We also congratula e the parents who helped make thrs Commencement Day possxble through the1r cooperatron wrth teachers and admrmstratrve authorxtres As they travel the road to vrctory for themselves as well as to vlctory for our country we offer to these flne young Amerlcans the torch of hope and trust Let tt be therrs to hold 1t h1gh' 10 hearts and maintain them, it is now. I L I . .

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MR C E BOYER Actmg Prmclpal TO THE GRADUATING CLASS OF 1943 Thrs 1S the flrst t1me rn the hrstory of Iohnstown Hrgh School that so many drplomas are to b granted rn absentla However Senlors I congratulate each one of you on your accomp11shment whether you are present for the exercrses whether you are wrth the Armed Forces of the Unlted States or whether you are enrolled rn 1nst1tut1ons of hrgher learnrng Even though we are actually separated by many mrles I flrmly belteve that we are unlted sprrrtually at thrs graduatron trme To our Senrors ln the Armed Forces We are proud of you for we know that you are flghtmg classes a graduatron trme One of the fundamental prlncrples of democracy IS equal1ty of oppor tumty you are frghtrng for that and the progress of the schools rn the future w1ll prove that your sacrrfrce has not been 1n vam To those who have enrolled 1n colleges under the accelerated program I know you were gurded by altrurstrc motrves because under true democracy ment IS rewarded and you w1ll be called upon for your contrlbutron rn the near future as doctors engrneers and professronal workers To those who have remarned wrth us to complete your hlgh school educatxon I know that you have done so w1th great sacrxfrce partrcularly when war rndustrres offer such lucrat1ve op portun1t1es In closrng I want to leave thrs thought Semors go forth strong rn mmd and body wlth a f1rm bellef rn democracy I know thrs world Wrll be a better place rn whrch to l1ve because of your worthwhrle contr1but1ons to the preservatron of our democratlc way of hte I2 A. yes, even willing to give your life if necessary, to guarantee to the luniors and the other oncoming