Arlington High School - Excelsior Yearbook (Arlington, OH)

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THE WILD OATS BOY Presented by the Senior Class Aunt Anne. . Eddie. . Judy . . . Uncle Seth . . April 25, l939 Cast of Characters Patricia Gilden. . Charles Benton Eve Martin . . Jake Peters. . Danny .... Della. . Aunt Prue. . Trout. . . Mose . Lucia Grieser Keith Romiok Jeanette Essinger Glenn Corbin Sylvia Vansant Dale Cummins Phyllis Crist John Bishop .Glendale Armentrout Durea Clevenger Jane Ellen Newman Edward Bower Richard Corbin fN

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THE CLASS OF '59 by Maurice Pepple we, Seniors? Yes, we're Seniors. Wevre the Class of '59. At last we have assembled At the terminal of that line. The line? Four years it lastedg It hardly seems that long Since first we gathered together In a gay and happy throng. In a steady progressing unit we have marched along our way, And with our daring leaders, We have never met dismay. Three times our ranks were riddled As the straggling ones dropped out. Three times our group has rallied, Marched,--the weaker ones without. A high school education we have gained from A.H.S., And the faculty, our instructors Have presented us the best, A knowledge by far greater Than many a grandsire knew. wefve arrived with flying colors-- Our good old nGray and Bluen. A diploma lies in waiting, It has been our only goal Since first we started to high school, Since first they called our roll. with it wefre bound to prosper In the life that1s yet to come,-- A life of nAftcr-School-Daysn, May it be a happy one. To the Ju iors we hand our trophies, For they're the next in line To succeed us as the Seniors,-- This, the Class of '39. Our high school days are over, Theyfre the best we ever knew, welve come thru with flying colors-- Our good old uGray and Bluen. 1g N

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'VLLEDICTCRY Q summary J Miriam Ruth Glick Parents, Friends, Teachers, and Classmates: we say that people attend school to receive an education. What do we mean by education? The Board of Inquiry of New York defined education as the preparation for living. It is true that the home and church must also play a part in the process of education. But, are our schools doing their part? From 1915 to 1957 the enrollment of high school students has increased boo percent. All of these students come from a variety of family backgrounds: rich and poor, native born and foreign parontage, farmers and salesmen, skilled and unskilled workers. The schools are not prepared to meet the varied needs of these pupils. The high school curriculum was planned for those who go to college, but, since only one-fifth of the students go to college, the schools fail to meet the needs of the other four-fifths. If education is to meet the needs of all its students, it must deal with the problem of individ- ual training and responsibility. In other words, the school today must help the student discover his own possibility for making a living in this rapid changing world and to see the importance of his own responsibility in a demo- cratic society. In preparing youth for self support, the school must recognize two fac- tors: flj the general pattern and needs of the economic system and C21 the skill of the individual. A great change in the proportion of vocational ac- tivities has taken place in this country. The school must be aware of this change for an adequate education would provide the student with adaptable equipment rather than a limited skill in one area, which may become obsolete in this rapid changing world. In order that the schools may provide a more adequate education, a new program is being planned. Let us hope that this plan will be successful and that in the future, our schools will be able to do their part in preparing youth for living. And now the time has cone for us to face the fact that we are going on, leaving for all time these familiar halls, those teachers, whom we have learned to love, and our classmates with whom we shall never again be associ- ated in just the same way. For some of us there is more education, a continuation of the days we have known in the past. For others there is a change that must be made from the preparatory phase of life. And each one of us has been thinking and think- ing. What is best for us? In which course lies happiness, success, and well being? Wherever our lots may be cast, whether in pleasant places or among the thorns and briars of 1ife's pathway, we shall often think of our school days at Arlington High School. They will be like seeds which will grow and come into gorgeous and fruitful maturity in the years to come. And in bidding you farewell, we, the graduating class of 1959, wishes to thank you for all you have done for us. we shall be students as long as we live and shall, in the years to come, look back upon what you have made pos- sible by your zeal and leadership, for to educate is to lead out--to guide from the known forward into the greater unknown. Now we shall say WFarewellW with the realization that our ambitions are now enshrined in your hearts and in ours. .iff lv .H ', I