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Iincipa s essa e The admInIstratIon views with satIsfactIon many of the accomplishments of the past months of work now nearly completed Medford SenIor HIgh School has offered an opportunlty for each student to buIld a solid foundatlon for Immedlate wartlme s rvlce and also a well balanced cItIzen shIp In a natron faced wIth the world s problems of tomorrow More Important than FGTFOSDGCTIOH however IS the survey of what we hope to achIeve Educatlon IS saId to be the sum total of life s expenences a contInuous process from the time of bIrth untIl death The small part of a lIfetIme spent In high school IS of vItal Importance The serlousness of the tlmes has done much to promote serious thInkIng among the molorlty of the young p ople of this group and to strengthen theIr d ter mInatIon to avall thems Ives of the advantag s al hand The possession of a high school diplonea is a matter of greater consequence now than ever before DaIly requests are receIved from former students now In the armed forces who have drop ped school before graduatlng for InformatIon on how they mIght qualIfy for a hIgh school dIploma From a standpoInt of patrlotlsm students owe It to themselves and to their country to remaIn ID school and to use theIr time whIle In high school to the very best advantage Never before In the his tory of our country has there been a greater need for cItIzens with abIlIty to thlnk clearly and act wisely The fate of tomorrow s world wIll be In th hands of todays hIgh school students lt wIll b theIr big opportunlty to prove to a war weary world that thIs present war has not been fought In vain Lester D Harris 8 lt IS dIffIcult for me to wrIte thIs farewell, because there IS so much l would lIke to say and so lIttle that l can put Into words First I want to state that this has been one of the best years of my IIf The school year was really an active one d SDITE necessary dIffIcultIes caused by wortIme shortag s Student cooperatIon wIth Student Coun cIl and faculty was especially encouraging cours there were the usual organIzatIon problems at the b gInnIng but once we got started every thlng worked out fIne SInce there were fewer seniors In school b cause of th draft many more responsIbIlItIes were delegated to underclassmen who really turned out splendld work The Sophomore Class that came over this year was exceptionally large and mem b rs were Immedlately glven theIr full share of dutI s All of them came through wIth the right kInd of product General partI IpatIon In school OCTIVITIES and sports was also good and the outlook IS even b tter for the comlng years Last fall Medford HIgh pro du ed a football t am that won State Champion shIp laurels This added another great achieve school ln WOI'l4II'lQ for the school and the student body one grows to love and cherlsh the memories of all th y repres nt lt IS with more than a lIttle r gret that l say farewell to these ln closIng l want to thank th admInIstratIon the faculty and th entIre student body for their fIne COODGFOTIOH and to say that l feel both proud and fortunate to have b en a m mber of Medford High School John Bullock Presldents arewe I l . l - 1 ' e. - A , S . V . . . . e . ' A - A ' ' ' . Of 3 . . c, by E S , - . ' . . ed e . . . . I . Q A A , , . e . - . . - T ' 3 T . ' I , ' Q I C ' S - In the years Oheod of us. ment to the long list of athletic triumphs of our - - - - I . . . . . I . . . . ' , . . ' 3 f' 9 I ' ' ' . . ' 5 K A ' , ' ' ' ' ' 2 1 1 S S - ' ' . ' e e ' ' - - . ' .A e e ' . I - ' 1 . . . , . - X 7 .5 n , . , D
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NANCY SWEM ELMER KYLE BILL PATTON TREASURER Busmzss MANAGER 'rccnmcmu Problems brought before the Councrl this year were Important ones and dealt masnly with the war Because of the present emer gency the annual bonfire was canceled there by avoldung conflict wuth the conservatlon programs Along with other patrlotlc duties the group brought to the attention of the stu dent body the need for helping the Junior Red Cross A gratnfyung response was given the Council By helplng the war effort IN this manner and by the purchase of war bonds the Council was able to say that the student body was one hundr d per cent behind our flghtlng forces Not all the busnness conducted by the Council was concerned with the war effort Student Council also arranged f a film llbrary under the Department of Visual Edu cation thus was deflnltely a project with ture duvld nds ln connection with this De partment a number of nnterestnng educational fllms were shown Including March of Time shorts which were chosen to councnde wlth cur rent topxcs of the socnal scuence department Also there were falms that had hugh entertain ment value Another of the progressive steps of the group thus year was the abollshung of sopho more lnutlatlon This showed that the hugh school was capable of dolng away with an un desirable tradltlon Instead of being lnltlated sophomores were welcomed at a dance held In their honor A n x nnq L IL,3.Ill B tty B kr Irhn Bullock Nancy b MZIJOIIL Johnson Elalm VN alkex S cond xcx x 1 m rn Bill Patton Dani Daw Jo n x D I nu lul L1 Ix 1th N vltnn lar y C' Illl A . . 2 fu- . . Q A . . . - 1 ' - I ' I I - , ' . , . A . , . ' I , , ' 0 First row: M' xi u IVlcI'i 1 ', murine P0 's f ' , 0 ' a '1- Ol' , ' ' Nvem, 1 Q , ' 1 ' ' '. ' ' - 'xvz Jurrg L1-h an, El 1-1' Kyle, ' , ' I c v, VY ight, icli L L-tt. Th' ' row: Ch Ck Janos, 'L-' c ' . Hayes, .la li H01 ls, Bob VVutson.
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