Allegany High School - Alleganac Yearbook (Cumberland, MD)

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li EETI B5 This book is published with mixed emotions. First thoughts were that, to use even a small amount of critical materials would to some extent slow the war effort. On the other hand, our government has set aside limited quantities of these materials for this purpose. Our govern- ment believes that a continuation of an activity of this kind tends to boost morale at home and better enables us to tackle real war time tasks with a determination that might not be present otherwise. Former Allegany students now in the service are unanimous in one comment when writing back to school. They get much satisfaction out of school news as is forewarded to them by personal letter, Alcohi Mirror, and Alco Letter League releases. The yearbook is a composite picture of the school for the full year and tends to perpetuate a continuous story of school life. The staff sees opportunities for training embodied in Allegany which will better enable its students to participate in the post-war period. lt is this thought that spurs them on to present the 1944 Allegewi. May it give satisfaction to its sponsors and inspiration to all of its readers. Ralph R, Webster, Principal

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12 Inns 44 Presrdent RONALD Kr-:LLOUGH Vrce Presrdent DALE FULLER Secretary MARY YOUNG Treasurer Wtuaurz HULL Advrsor Mtss OHPHA BONITA PRITCH1-mn lt doesnt take Emstetn to prove that trme IS only relatxve Any Senlor can tell you When we were seventh graders our stx years at Allegany Hrgh School seemed to stretch xmmeasurably before us now lookrng back they telescope 1nto so br1ef a span that rt seems only yesterday that we stepped Now that We re Sentors we can admrt that for the flrst txme tnto the corrrdors of Allegany Hngh done We have supported the act1v1t1es of our efforts we have prarsed tts successes and we we were not a very unusual school we have boosted 1ts have regretted 1ts fallures We recall our last regrstratron the hohdays due to rattonrng freezmg wh1le we watched our football team play the rush at lun h tune 1n the cafeterra the smell of Chnstmas trees tn our home Jur mxd year tests our classmates leav1ng at Uncle Sams our many contr1but1ons to the war effort our last Easter vaco e Iunlor prom ordermg mvrtatrons and Well rt was swell wh1le 1t lasted We can look back over our srx years w1th perspectrve now Many tmprovements have come to our school and many to us too When we were e1ghth graders we saw the new annex rrse out of a confuston of mortar scaffoldmg and brrcks In the cornpletron of thrs annex our school galned a new audrtorrum electrxc organ proyectlon booth an ob us through the med1um of eyes and ears servatory retarl sell1ng laboratory new class rooms When we were Sophomores tensrve CIl.1dl0V1SUCIl educcttron program prxnt shop and twelve addltlonal we saw the 1ntroduct1on of an ex rnto the currrculum Thls brought new concepts of many th1ngs Yes we have seen our school grow our school has seen us grow The school IS left behtnd us many of us may never see xt agatn but rn what we are and what we shall become there wtll alway be the mark of Allegany Htgh l2Ul 7 fm, A 4+ 1 4- ' .. .. ..,. ' 4 ' X I ' . ,, ,, ,,,,,,, ,,.. ,Ji 'A A 'A' V' class. We have succeeded in doing just about what our predecessors have ' ' . . . ' ' 1s . . ' ' . . . . , . th ' , ' s