Norwood High School - Silhouette Yearbook (Norwood, OH)

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DUST OFF THE DOORMAT. WELCOME, FHESHMEN. iqtft ' iqifc Halt! Who goes there? What self appointed sentinels stand guard at Norwood High ' s Main Gate? Upper classmen greet new recruits at main head- guarters, who advance shyly to swell our numbers to 1091 for 1942-1943. Later communigues carried an item to the effect that these little rookies were lost for thirty days (30 days has September) in the wilds of Norwood. Combatting tests and book reports developed them into seasoned veterans, as brave as any. All of us went to war on the school front. We don ' t mean fighting with our teachers. We mean making surgical dressings, buying war stamps, pasting U. S. O. scrapbooks, collecting scrap and rags, taking first aid and home nursing classes, and join- ing the Victory Corps. Our boys enrolled in classes in Aeronau- tics, Radio, Telegraphy, Airplane Motor Repair and other pre- induction courses. We said goodbye to some of our senior boys who enlisted in the Marines or Navy before graduation, and to others whose numbers were called. We wel- comed our alumni in uniform, who remembered us on fur- lough. Two faculty members left 2«

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3 limited edition of 633 copies . . . volume XXI . . . published by the •ENIOR CLASS of NORWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, NORWOOD, OHIO We, the staff of the 1943 Silhouette, present the last official Annual for the duration. We have at- tempted the record of your school year, despite difficulty and uncertainty — limited supplies, govern- ment priorities on copper and zinc, rising paper costs, and extra demands on time of staff members. Our problem is felt by all the schools of the country. Our Board of Education at the March 8 meeting discussed the local situation. We guote from the minutes: Mr. Bates brought up the matter of the Annual Book got out each year at the high school. Mr. Sullivan moved that, due to war condi- tions, we dispense with the Annual Book at the high school, after this year, for the duration. This motion was seconded by Mr. Schone- berger, and carried by the following aye vote: Messrs. Pinger, Schoneberger, Sullivan, and Thayer. Whatever form the record of the next school year may take, we hope that you will show it the fine support you gave the Annual. Without the help of subscribers who paid up three months earlier than in any other year we could not have published the Silhouette. t M3 gilUette ' StaH Gbokote

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in November for officer naval training fo become Ensign George Breen and Chief Special- ist Ludwig. Snow and sub-zero tempera- tures ( the coldest winter in yars, suh. ) found our beauteous gals wearing slacks to school. After the typical Norwood Girl was voted The- Man-of -the- Year, skirts again became the ordinary garb. Our boys still came to classes, more or less on time, wearing their two seasons old drapes, but G. I. haircuts lent them a new look. School routine cadence took on a new tempo, its rhythm broken by such activities as stu- dent holidays while the faculty rationed, government-approved courses beginning midsemester, Army and Navy Aptitude tests, Red Cross benefit shows, and sundry special assemblies. Front-line monitors report the usual happenings of any day and any year, freshmen (only?) going up the Down stairs, an occasional stray dog looking for a friend, students tearing down the halls full speed ahead for no reason, locker doors slamming, excited girls gabbling, and athletes loafing, and the usual tardy-to-class escort service. All this is Norwood on the School Front.. 1943. ■ NORWOOD HIGH SCHOOL • 3