Academy High School - Academe Yearbook (Erie, PA)

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Table of Contents Activity Page Academe Stall ' 56-57 Administration 1 1 Athletics . 28 Autographs 121-123 Beauty Queens . 116-117 Calendar 111-115 Class Play. MK February Seniors 60 June Seniors 70 Junior Class 108 Music 20 Office Force. 13 Organizations 10 Prom IP) Sophomore Class 110 Seniors — February, 1944 106 Who ' s Who ..120-121 PRODUCTION STAFF James Schmitt Art Editor Dominic Sciamanda Editor-in-Chief Francis Major Business Manager Ben Kimmel Business Manager ASSOCIATE EDITORS William Bitting, Estherlou Carlson. Richard Coon, Carol Gebhardt, Ruth Gleason, Marion Jacobs, David Stein. FINANCIAL STAFF Richard Barker, Marguerite Bush, Edna Mae Christoph, Donald Crossley, Betty Duberow, Bita Fitzgerald, Jean Hersperger, Margaret Lashinger, Marion McLaughlin, Wilma Jean Steadman, Alice Yarbenet. PHOTOGRAPHY Fred Albrecht, Mr. Jonathan Bright, Estherlou Carlson, Norman Henderson, Lawrence Marcello, Frank Schauble Studio, Richard Yeager, Edward Zuraw. FACULTY ADVISORS Jonathan Bright. Jeannette S. Russell, Mildred YonKorff.

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. l ' W«:, rP If m 1 5i j «ft WE, THE STUDENTS WE, THE STUDENTS OF ACADEMY, stand firm in our pledge to the Flag and the Country for which it stands. By the supreme sacrifices of our relatives and friends, and by the small ways in which we are privileged to help them, we know that this nation shall always have liberty and justice for all. True, we are only the members of a school; we are the spouting youngsters. But we are the product of the old generation and the leaders of the new. If our faith is strong, then the old generation has done well; if our ideals are high, the new generation will do better. When speaking of a better future, we are not forgetting the destructive present. Rather, we are basing many of our future hopes on the lessons of this global war. This war has taught us the necessity of appreciation. Once, freedom and liberty were mere symbols to us; today, because of the noble battles for those very things, they are grim truths deserving of our vigilant protection. However, even the most optimistic among us will not hope to solve all the world ' s problems in our time. The solutions to the world ' s numerous dilemnas will take a much longer time than our short span on earth. Yet our task remains the same: to insure for future generations greater freedom and liberty, and a fuller realization of the benefits of good living.

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conditions are indicative of a change in Academy ' s regular school life. Yes, the Academy of 1943 is unlike the Academy of any other year. She has geered herself successfully to an unusual situation; she is now a school in a nation at war. This is Academy This is Academy. Her halls still bespeak high school enthusiasm at the sound of the three o ' clock bell; her calendar is still full of social activities — but there is a change. Her students and teachers are fighting everywhere; the weekly lists of inductees are similar to her former roll calls. First Aid is compulsory to all her seniors. Emphasis on science and mathematics; special physical fitness programs; her many students employed after school; scrap, hose, and book drives; war stamp sales — these