Washington High School - Sunburst Yearbook (Washington Court House, OH)

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SUNBURST STAFF The staff members of the 1945 Sunburst, combating obstacles brought on by war, have endeavored to provide a lasting memory of our class, to inspire the oncoming stu- dents to emulate this tradition, and secure through the language of pictures all our activities, by inscribing and publishing this yearbook of Washington High School. Richard Babb-Editor-in-chief Delbert Brandenburg-Advertising Manager George Hall-Advertising Mary Lou Follis-Circulation Manager Hal Summers-Circulation Charles Baker-Art Editor Irene Provost-Typist Betty Ann Johnson-Typist Barbara Zimmerman-Typist Wilma Arnott-Typist Helen E. King-Faculty Advisor r I F 1, p We, the staff, wish to express our thanks to Mr. Brammer and his 1 B x assistants for the time spent taking and developing pictures. r all i ,X

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DEDECATION It is with a deep and an abiding faith in the future of our country that we dedicate this, our i945 Sunburst, to those of our Alumni and present Student Body who have offered their services and their lives to preserve for us our inalienable right, FREEDOM, which we cherish so much. May this edition of the Sunburst pay tribute, in a small way, to those who have given their all, and to those who have shownltheir willingness to die for our FREEDOM but who have been given the special bless- ing of continuing life. These things shall be,-a loftier race Than e'er the world hath known shall rise With flame of freedom in the souls, And light of knowledge in their eyes. -John Addington Symonds

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OUR L VE FOR FREEDOM .... Freedom of expression in the classes, Freedom we enjoy through activities, Free- dom of participation in recreation .... these are but a few of the many freedoms we have included in the annual of 1944-45, under the theme of Freedom, As never be- fore, we should know more and understand better our Hdearly held freedoms which are taken for granted by most of us. It is for this reason that we felt our school annual should be highlighted by our Hfreedomv in this our fourth year of war and sacrifice. To free ourselves from narrow ideas and doctrines, let us first consult our dic- tionary. Doing this we find that liberty, the state of being free, particular privileges, absence of conventionality, all combine in the making of freedom. To the fighting men on far flung battle fronts these definitions are too limited. To them 'tfreedomw pertains to the preservation of the smaller yet greater rights. As our birth certificate, the Declaration of Independence, asserts Hall men are created equal .... with certain inalienable rightsg that among these are life, liberty, and 'the pursuit of happinessfl With these words singing in our ears, each and everyone of us must take the task up- on himself to forever be a guardian of the fundamental freedoms. We went to war to preserve a large enough part of the world, for our own de- mocracy to live and prosper and to stamp out aggression forever. With blood, sweat, and tears, the men of our armed forces are now proving to the aggressors that they will make the greatest sacrifice to preserve a World in which democracy .... can live. Life in these United States without HFreedom from fear, from want, of speech, of religion and of the press seen inconceivable, but it is quite possible to lose quickly what we have fought to gain and hold the past two centuries. Our prelude to ufinal Victoryl' must be the preparation here at home to retain our Democracy with all of its freedoms which we so dearly cherish. We must preserve the rights of the liberated countries to maintain the government of their choice. The light of freedom must now burn with an ever increasing brilliance to erase the ugly shadow of anguished thousands enslaved in bondage. Keeping this ntorchvof freedom glowing is the greatest challenge of the youth of America today. Upon the shoulders of these youth will fall the burden of protecting the postwar peace of the world. It is for this cause that Washington High School, like the schools all over our nation, is instructing its youth to grasp all opportunities, to further develop their rights and to protect them. t'We have faith in education as the foundation of democratic government. - Franklin D. Roosevelt. In this annual of 1944-45 we have illustrated our Freedom as we cherish it here in Washington High School. -Richard W. Babb, Editor