Altoona High School - Horseshoe Yearbook (Altoona, PA)

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' fflfeekv fna 0 ' WMM JOSEPH N. MADDOCKS Principal While many of the members of this class are in the Service of our country gal- lantly defending the cause of freedom, the Altoona High School is exerting every possible effort to carry out a program that will speed the day of victory and the return of peace. Our program has been adjusted to prepare our young men and Women as ade- quately as possible for the branch of Service they are likely to enter. At the same time we are constantly keeping in mind the individual needs for the period following the cessation of hostilities. Military needs during this period of conflict have placed added emphasis on most ol the courses offered in our high school. ln every department the materials oi' instruction have been carefully reviewed in an effort to prepare our graduates for the rapid and enormous changes that are taking place. We want our students and ffraduates to recoffnize that liHOWVl6d 8 is Jower and ai ' N l U D F l I most uselul servant. lhis power released by knowledge must, however, be used in bietterinfr human life rather than in destro 'ine' it. It takes Wisdom to direct ower A Z2 1 N D P tor mans improvement. lnvention and discovery have changed the course of civilization and released undreamcd sources of power. Our common problem is to develop the wisdom to use these unlimited powers for the benefit of all mankind. The problem of tomorrow will be, not how to produce more, but how to use what we liaveg not how to create, but how to co-operateg not how to main: and kill, but how to live and serve. Page Twelve

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am ' 'nia Yfaulhin Wm HARRY L. KRINER Superintendent of Schools Our message to the Class of 1945 is truly a communication to youth in war. During your three years in the Senior High School the Nation has been engaged in its most stupendous armed conflict. Each month as you have advanced through your high school career, more and more members of your splendid group have entered some military service until now scarcely half of the original number of ,boys in the class remains for graduation. Because of the various wartime provisions for complet- ing the high school requirements, many of those who have left for the armed forces will receive their diplomas even though they cannot be present to be graduated with you. Many other members will leave immediately after graduation to enter the armed forces. Furthermore, those of you who have not entered into active military service have been co-operating with the war effort in numerous ways. These include working at part-time war jobs, collecting of all types of salvage materials, buying of Wai' Bonds and Stamps, preparing useful materials for men in the hospitals and in active service, writing many newsy letters to those in the armed forces, and supporting every type of effort which helps to bring a speedy and sure victory. The Class of 1945 is in reality a war class and it is natural and fitting for you to reveal to your comrades in arms the many ways in which the Altoona High School is helping to carry forward the banner of freedom and liberty. You constitute a group of young men and young Women who, better than any other group, can sense the responsibility of both those who go forward to battle and those who remain at home to support the war effort. As a result of your strategic position you will be thrilled at the performance of your duties, proud of your patriotism, and enthusiastic about your own America - a Republic with a glorious past, a troubled present, and a propitious future. May your thoughts, feelings, and actions inspire a justifiable pride Within each and every one of you. Page Eleven

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7fae Qauifa of 7acfa Jfad. Many inland PAUL A. ZETLER Assistant Principal Yes, HBill Wl1ite,,7 the students of Altoona High School have changed. The great majority of them realized, as you did when you left us for a place in the na- tionis service, that for each there is a responsibility to make the most of his assign- ment. ln school the members of your class are selecting subjects with greater care, getting more information before changing from one field of instruction to another, and carefully weighing the benefits to be derived from every possibility open to them in the school. Outside the school many of your friends are finding ways in which they can take the places of men who have entered the military services. Through their efforts the Work and services of the community have been carried on with much less hard- ship to your families and friends. Do not think that such work has reduced their eliiciency in school. Their grades are usually better than they were when they had no such employment. As true Americans the members of the class of l945 are accepting their ref sponsibilities-on the battle front-in training camps-in hospitals4in essential production-in school-everywhere. The students ofthe Altoona High School have changed even as you have changed and on your return you will find a group with thoughts and ideals similar to yours. Page Thirteen