Springfield Senior High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Springfield, OH)

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K.'l '!rY-f'rf.'rv rw-1 1 l ' wr r r-'H-' '1'-V li' ' ' ' 'I ' If 'nl' '2.'l lmT',r'w: ' r-' l ' A The Class In Yearbook One Tunes In Cn A German Propa- qanda Broadcast and Hears the Cataloging of American Students by the Misiniormed F uehrer -smut, ier.w...ml.:Mv51 i . 5,1151 'ww wig NE OF THE foremost problems of the Annual Writing if Class was to find a suitable theme on which the entire Year- va 1' it ' . . . . lf. 9 A32 book is based. While looking through an issue of, Our 1 '-, xy., '. H115 . I l . Times, a current events paper, the class found a clipping 2 'YE' ff typifying the American citizen as Hitler's propaganda minister ,.,, 611- sees him. -Q g The class decided to assume that this material was coming over the radio. ' The picture on the opposite page shows four members of the Annual Writing Class listening attentively to what the Fuehrer is supposed to be saying. The clipping in Our Times was based on an article from The Voel- kischer Beobachterf' which is Hitler's own newspaper. Recently the column of that journal contained a complete characterization of Americans for the education of the German people. Naturally, the article stressed what the Germans consider the faults of the American citizens. Here is the thumb- nail sketch of the American youth by the misinformed Fuehrer. 1. They believe what they see in print. 2. They have the same standard phrases and snappy sayings, taken from Jewish shows on Broadway. 3. They grin all day long. 4. They have a pronounced herd instinct, lack an inner reserve, and you frequently hear, 'I,don't know what to do with myself.' 5. They chew gum and have a special gap somewhere in their teeth where they can store it. 6. They carry dollar watches. 7. They work by the trial-and-error method. ' 8. They eat griddle cakes and grapefruit and the latter causes excess acid in their stomachs. 9. They drive Tin Lizziesf' - 10. They confuse civilization with culture, not knowing that patent beds and typewriters have nothing to do with it. 11. In order to raise the cultural level, they go to parties. 12. They are bluff, trying to make the other fellow believe they are better , off than they really are. They are conceited and consider them- selves the crown of creation. -'e4.t.nllu.:' l 1 l 1Y 9'

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So The Wildcat Gets To Work 7 ,dv ...Je--L 1942 WILDCAT YEARBOOK STAFF-fForegou'ru:lJ Richard Cano, sleeves rolled up: Betty Lesher: Norma Phillips: Susan Little: Marilyn Singer: Donna. Cox: Beulah Williams: fCenter7 Elaine Klein Bobby Jane White: Carolyn Rasmusg fBaclcgrou'rwlJ Howard Webberg Robert Recherg Virginia Beneshg Charles Scarboroughg and Larry Jackson. Well, Adolph, your ideas about the people of the United States are just a Wee bit overdrawn, and it looks as though it's up to us Americans to set you right.