Altoona High School - Horseshoe Yearbook (Altoona, PA)

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jawph IV. fiflaalalacki Tells students of obligations in present crisis . . anj H . The enforced entry of our nation into the World War has inspired every good citizen to aid in its prosecution. However, the importance of normal every-day tasks must not he minimized. The youth of our country will make their greatest eontrihulion to national welfare hy devoting their energies to carefully planned activities, because adults best suited to serve their country are those who have pro- fited by daily school programs, have developed strong bodies. and have achieved vocational efficiency. ln this crisis the real test of patriotism is steadiness. cool headedness, and painstaking discharge of duties. Few secondary school pupils are now eligible for government service, but all can make the best use of their educational opportunities. To do less is to shirk our oliligations as citizens of a great democracy. Page Ten

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S Jeni' .Ewa Qaida! Expresses faith in Class of '42 The Class of 1942 is the class that entered school in l930. l came to Altoona that year. I know very well what life has been in Altoona during these twelve years. Eighteen hundred started with this class. The depression hit your class hard. lt hit all phases of life hard in Altoona. Our institutions, such as the church, the home, the school, and the many vocational agencies, had to function on a lim- ited budget. And now your class has to be our first Second-World-War class. Your classmates have dropped by the wayside. Only a portion will receive the diploma. You have weathered the years, either because of determination, or compulsion, or ability, or more favored home conditions. As a high school graduate you will face a world torn by war. You will be obliged to use all the intelligence, all the physical stamina, and all the abilities that an eighteen-year-old possesses. You are better able to face the many responsibilities that will come to youth because of your years in school. ln addition to the values that have come from the classrooms, there are those intangible qualities, such as enthusiasm, alertness, honesty, and character, that are difficult, if not impossible, to teach or to measure. They, too, are yours. My best wishes go out to the individual members of this class. l have a faith and a high hope that you will succeed in the work that you decide is yours to do. l know you will elect to serve others and by so doing you will help to perpetuate the brotherhood of man in the world. Page Nine

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Pau! 14. jelflea Gives challenges facing youth of today U40-Mft To reclaim your own individuality in a world of conflict and at the same time to assist by every means in your power to bring the world struggle to a successful conclusion . . . To make the necessary adjustments in the reconstruction period which will inevitably follow the present chaos . . . To become a worthy citizen in an ever-advancing and vic- torious democracy . . . These are the challenges facing you, the members of the Class of 1942. Page Eleven