Beloit Memorial High School - Beloiter Yearbook (Beloit, WI)

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Administration School C. E. Macklem Vive President John S4-lmeilierg V. F. DAWALD Superintendent Superintendent Dawald, because of his real interest in the students, school activities and civic affairs, has been a very friendly and helpful administrator. In all his efforts plus the full cooperation and hard work of the school board, headed by Dr. L. R. Finnegan, have made possible our High School. Meeting once a month, the board talked over problems and difficulties that might arise in a public school system. It planned changes and arranged for any improvements which were for the good of the students. Board Dr. L. R. Finnegan President V. M. Hansen Col. R. P. Robinson 12 J. F. Cameron Sevretary to the Board Mrs. G. W. Cass

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The Personnel

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Administration J. H. MCNEEL LAURA THOMPSON Principal Vice Principal Your School . . . A free public school system whose opportunities and privileges would be accessible to all boys and girls was deemed essential to the republic by its founders. This belief has persisted and our citizens have continued to tax themselves that the children of all the people may enjoy the privilege of a free education. The time seems to have arrived when the school and its benefits are assumed as fixed and permanent. This is a mistaken idea. These may be lost through misuse. In either case, as far as it concerns the individual, the loss is permanent and final. J. H. McNEEL To The Class of '43 . . . No graduating class has ever had a greater challenge to meet. Does might make right? Can two aggressor nations enslave the world? Will The American Way of Life be saved for future generations? The answer is yours. Every member of your group must make some contribution to bring this conflict to a close. The war must be won. There must be peace and a better world. There's work to be done. No loyal American dare shirk. How useful you indi- vidually will be is dependent upon how well you have schooled yourself and how willing you are to add to this training but each one must play some part. Wars are tragic. They bring losses and sorrow. Progress in this world comes in hard ways. But wars are not alto- gether waste. There are valuable by-products. People learn to appreciate the times when there are no restrictions on food, conveniences, and travel, and long for their return. Nations again turn to God and the worship of their forefathers. The right to speak out, to read and to write without censorship, and to listen without fear is the prize to be sought. Ne- cessity brings undreamed of inventions. The peoples of the world grow in understanding. Wilderness and distant corners of the earth are explored. Personal friendships are formed. Travel and education, far in excess of an individual's ability to afford, is the reward of the serviceman. Life is an adventure with a serious purpose the world is challenging. No person feels useless. Will you, the most privileged youth in the world, answer the call of your country with a pride in its heritage, a willingness to work out problems and to assume heavy responsibilities, and with a confidence that the silver lining will eventually appear? The answer is yours . . . The faith must be ours. LAURA THOMPSON 13