Scienceville High School - Cavalier Yearbook (Youngstown, OH)

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Deaication We dedicate the Silhouette of 1943 to those couragious Americans on the battle fields, in the defense industries, and to all others participat- ing in America's war effort, since it is these people who are fighting for our great country so that we and the future youth of America may continue to live in a free nation where an education like ours is possible. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT January 7, 1943 . . . ttAs long as our flag flies over this capitol, Americans will honor the soldiers, sailors and marines who fought our first battles of this war against overwhelming odds--the heroes living and dead, of Wake and Bataan, and Guadalcanal, of the Java Sea and Midway and the North Atlantic convoys. Their unconquerable spirit will live forever. ttOur forward progress in this war has depended upon our progress on the production front. We take off our hats to those responsible for our American productioneto the owners, managers, and supervisors, to the draftsmen, engineers, to the workers-men and womenein factories and arsenals and ship- yards and mines and mills and forests and railroads and farms. the take off our hats to all Americans who have contributed magnificently to our common cause?

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?wzewoaa WE, the Senior Class of 1943 of Scienceville High School, are graduating into a great world conflict. Upon us rests some of the responsibility of bring- ing this conflict to a victorious end. Upon us more heavily rests the responsibility of bringing and maintaining an enduring peace in the future. When peace has enveloped all nations and man leads his normal life once more, we graduates of 1943 can turn back the leaves of the "Silhouette" and bring back fond memories of the period of our lives which we spent at dear old Scienceville High School. With these thoughts in our minds, we have contrived to bring together material which will long endure in our hearts and memories.

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picking glaclzbe'zkies I often went with my mother to pick wild blackberries in the fields and woods when l was a small boy. In those long gone clays much home canning was done and the rich, tangy blackberries certainly were good in the winter time. Most of the time the nicest, juiciest berries were in the middle of the patch and one had to break a path to them. In the process of breaking paths and picking the berries from the prickly stems my fingers, honds, face, and body were considerably jabbed and scratched. The effects of the jabs and scratches sometimes lasted for several days. However, the pride of achievement in securing food for winter and the thoughts of rich, tasty jams and jellies crowded into the background the discomfort of getting them. School experience should give students enough breadth of view to understand that many of the good things of life come only after the solution of difficulties; that in a sense, we are always breaking a path through prickly blackberry bushes. The school in cooperation with other agencies should stimulate students to actively desire the best things for themselves and their community. When men and women feel deeply about the great ideals of the human race, they do not notice the inconsequential jabs and scratches of the blackberry bushes: indeed ,they make the supreme sacrifice without whimpering. Anyhow, good luck and best wishes for full pails of rich juicy black- berries. Sincerely, W. L. RICHEY