Albany Union High School - Whirlwind Yearbook (Albany, OR)

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SUPT. K. E. McCORMACK A NEW man in the Albany Public School system this year is Mr.R. E. McCormack, who xrn. came here in September, 1939 to assu ne the duties f t le superintendentof the schoolsin Albany. He is a very talented and experienced man along the lines of educational work. One of his most outstanding honors occurred in 1913, when he was elected president of the Oregon State Teachers’ Association. He graduated from Oregon State College, where he was affiliated with Delta Chi and Alpha Zeta, national honorary in Agriculture. His graduate work has been done at the University of Oregon,and he is a member of Phi Delta Kappa, national honorary in education- Mr. McCormack was principal of Coquille. North Bend. Bend, and Pendleton high schools. He then returned to Bend as superintendent, where he was active in educational and community work. His work here has been most satisfactory. All who have had occasion to work with him have respected him and his ability, and we hope that he will be here a long time. O. P. Romaine D. E. Nebotrail A. Cl. Senders C. E. Spence V. L. Calavan D. H. Brenneman rpHIS year we have a school board of which we are very proud. It is composed of the 1 same efficent group of men that served our school so well last year. Members of the board are Mr. O. P. Romaine, local florist; Mr. D. E. Nebergall, president of the Nebergall Meat Packing Company; Mr. A.G. Senders, the mayor of Albany; Mr. C. E. Spence, retired shoe store owner; and Mr Y.L. Calavan. druggist and former mayor of Albany. Mr. Dan Brenneman, cashier in a local bank, is the clerk of the board. ZJon jf Aanj JWigA Sc Aoo l Air wind jfnnuai

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yen it T EACE—the theme of our annual the aim of our school—the reason our - school is an outstanding educational institution. Albany High School is a typical high school, similar to most of the first-class high schools of the country. Can you imagine going to a class in English or social science in our school [today where practically all the members are girls, only one or two boys? Can you imagine an industrial arts shop with, instead of the customary thirty members each period, only three or four of the very small boys? Can you imagine asenior high school football, basketball, or track team with practicallay all junior high school members? If you can imagine this, you can realize something of the conditions that existed in our school after our country entered the World War in 1917, when practically our entire group of boys left high school to en- list in the service of their country and to enter important vocations essential to the general welfare of the country. Do you realize as you pass through the main hall that the service flag with the white stars represents the fact that about one hundred and twenty-five of our boys, or eighty per cent, were serving their country during that terrible war? Just prior to that time we heard much of the saying, “We are too proud to fight”; but when we finally decided to enter the war, we found that we were not only proud to do our duty, but that our young people were considered the best fighters of any in the entire world. We feel that if our country were in danger and needed the services of our people for its defense, we would not be too proud to fight, but we would again be the best fighters that the world has seen. However, is it not much more fitting that instead of spending all our energies as some countries are doing in preparing for war that we emphasize the need for peace, that we spend most of our efforts in teaching our young people the utter folly of dictatorship, oppression, and horrors that come with modern warfare? The theme for our annual, then, is I believe appropriate in these critical times, and we hope that when our boys leave school, it will not be to engage in a horrible war, but that they will be leaving with a diploma to find themselves useful places in society, ready to enjoy peace, happiness, and the thrills of real life in the greatest country in the world. €. JVite son ZPe:jc 7 no -7% fia nj Jf tj i Sc ioo 7c7 iir io tir meet

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EDITORS Senior—Georgia Ann Campbell Junior—Dorothy Stewart Sophomore—Eileen Brenneman CLASSES