Washington High School - Lens Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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MR. WINDNAGLE For over one hundred years, Americans had been almost entirely free of any serious foreign chal- lenge. We were free to develop our mental, moral, and spiritual quali- ties and our material resources. Now our generation has seen our world contract until the maniacal raving of an Austrian paranoic has jeopardized every American ideal, every American spiritual value, every American material accom- plishment, every American life. You January graduates, along with others of your immediate gen- eration, will bear the brunt of the conflict. You graduates, forming the nucleus of a trained personnel, must also win the peace to come. Your tasks will not always be pleasant. Reverses and disappointments will come. Whatever your tasks, no mat- ter how keen your disappointments, we have faith that you will continue to serve honestly, faithfully, and well. You are the group to whom future Americans must say, “Never —was so much owed by so many to so few. MISS OHMERT There comes to us a certain pride in those things which we label Ours — our family—our school — our country. A sense of belonging— a sense of security—a sense of be- ing needed spur us on to do our best. You have had at Washington High School an organization which you have been proud to call yours. You have been citizens of a small community which has been giving you practice in group living. We cannot help wondering at this time, when we of America are fighting for those cherished things we call ours, just what part each of you will play. Our sincerest hope is that you will always look upon Washington as a home—a place where you will be welcomed whenever you may re- turn. You may be sure we shall be watching and following you with interest.

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Graduation marks the end of your formal high school education. To most of you. it has been a serious endeavor to learn and profit by the experiences of those in charge and from the interchange of ideas with others. To a few, it has been putting in time with the idea of just getting by. To all of you, it means active participation in a regimented life, either military or on the home front. The seriousness with which you have taken your secondary schooling will determine your useful- ness during the present emergency. It is predicted that in the future, college entrance will be based on ability to learn rather than on finan- cial circumstances enabling the candidate to meet obligation. Sec- ondary schools will assume a new and a greater importance. An opportunity is offered; the serious minded will benefit, and the idlers will be shoved aside by both school and society. STEPHEN E. SMITH, Principal

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OFFICG STAFF We of Washington High School regret the loss of Miss Dorothy Dowd. She left us at the beginning of the term for another position. Mrs. Ashcraft has taken over her duties and she and Miss Sykes have worked faithfully through- out the term. The Class of January '43 wishes to thank you. Miss Sykes and Mrs. Ash- craft, and we hereby dedicate this page to you.