Stevens High School - Red and Black Yearbook (Claremont, NH)

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EDITORIAL We are graduating from Stevens after two years of war and two years of comparatively peaceful existence, and we must now prepare ourselves for world living. The world has been made much smaller by the inventions of machines which improve transportation and communication facilities. These inventions and their improvements have opened thousands of new fields to attract ambitious youth. Rehabilitation programs have brought vast new problems to the world. Our great men are trying to rebuild a globe shattered by lust, greed, bestiality, and sheer neglect into a compact unified people, among whose ranks there must be no dissension and petty quarreling. lf this new world is to be formed at all, it must be under the principle of democracy, the theory which has been championed by men like Jefferson, Lincoln, Wilson, and Churchill, to name a few of the greatest ones. The teachings of democracy are synonymous with the teachings of the history classes of the schools of the nation. ln literature, right triumphs over wrong, and the common people benefit, ln world history it is the same. Despotict tyranny is always overthrown by indignant citizens or their champions. The common people must always benefit, or the world is lost. During all our years in school we have been educated for democracy, educated to fill the places of our fathers in the best possible way. As more years pass, we will continue to be educated and guided to the right road to independence and self-government, which alone will save the world. ln other words, the children of a nation are its greatest asset. The education of those children, the molding of their minds, will make or break the chances of that nation for peace and harmony both inside its own borders and with the rest of the world, lt is up to us, as students of the American way, to use what we have learned and what we will learn in the future in a way most beneficial, not only to Claremont, New Hampshire, not only to the United States of America, not only to the western hemisphere, but to the world. H99

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RED AND BLACK STAFF Seated, left to right: Richard Bailey, Barbara King, Melissa Irwin, Joyce Wheeler, Ruth Purinton, Bernice Cahalan, Dorothy Zekos, Donald Richmond. Second row: June Bucko Cadviserb, Henry Norrnandin, Wendell Pullen, Robert Brody, Theodore Ellis, Philip Balch, John McGrath Cadviserb, Bernard Kandinsky, Wesley Brown, Lindner Murphy, 'Alan Marek, Irma Willey Cadviserb, Howard Brooks. Third row: Ruth Houghton, Dorothy Laramie, Jean Miles, Charlotte Mathews, Sally Bovard, Mary Murphy, Lillianne Obyrnako, Carmelita LeClair, Mary Fecteau. The l947 edition of the Red and Black is similar to that of last year. However, there are some new activities that have been given recognition. These are: the Art Club, A Cappella Chorus, Girls' Junior Varsity Basketball, and Softball. The staff has worked hard to produce an interesting book, and we sincerely hope that it will meet with your approval. C85

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l ' C1Uj1z280YdbJ5 l i f My Clafsza Wet: 5 I 445.1 7? ' .Arms wggi uumz W 'Ya' 7440 ,..- '.E. ,-5 .-L .,. V By Donald Richmond September 8, l943, is a never-to-be-forgotten date for the class of '47, On that day the surrender of ltaly was announced, and also another sur- render took place. We, the members of the class of '47, gave up the out-of- doors for the classrooms of Stevens High. lt was a great event entering basic training under the leadership of the gold braid up front. We were ably led by General Richard Kennell, Personnel Officer Barbara King, Finance Officer Theodore Ellis, and Executive Officer Hannahbelle Heller. On we went through our first tough workout, the Freshman Reception. The generally accepted theory of brutality and bad use was anything but true, we found. Soon after, our freshman vic dance strengthened our ranks but weakened our treasury. As we became better trained and more familiar with the rules and regulations, the going became easier. By the time we had become familiar with regimentation, we had completed our basic training and were sent home for the summer to take up the fight from behind the counter or the plow. The high command changed leaders in Europe, and we followed suit by appointing new officers for our campaigns in the fall of '44, Up front were General John Skewes, Personnel Officer Alan Marek, Executive Officer Ruth Purinton, and Finance Officer Howard Brooks. We advanced into battle in fine spirits and subdued the freshmen at a freshman reception that really set the communication lines ahumming. HOD