Benton High School - Bentonian Yearbook (Benton, MO)

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. HISTORY GF A HIGH SCHOCL CLASS FROM 1939 4 WEducation is the Cornerstone to Success ' Chapter I C1939-403 In September 1939 about 29 Freshmen were indu to the High School Barracks of Benton as Buck P We were.thri11ed at the chance to struggle with Algebra, and Science and to compete with men for our place of honor in the world. eral victories but we suffered hardships Private First Class Richard English and Sophomore Classj at initiation into the ing this year, several of our Buck Privates we deferments for civilian work, while several from other schools were stationed here. we had fully completed our first nine months of basic t A 9 Chapter II C1940-41 Privates First Classj remained at Benton High for additional training. We were given Biology try, and History textbooks to keep us posted on est activities of the subjects we naturally One of the Privates First Class in our regiment LeGrandJ received a three day furlough to make dition to Jefferson City. Upon her return she report the contents of which cannot be disclo without violatin the law of' military sccrfcy nine months of training the Lieutenant First C L. Jackson CSuperintendentJ was convinced that ready for the next step in military training S J In the fall of 1940 the same group of privat 1 I Chapter III C1941-423 vates First Class came back to the barracks in t ofrCorporal, and received Pnine months of more training. We lost several Corporals to other or to Civiliansduty but we were reinforced by s Corporals from the Commerce High School Barrack year we were presented with more complicatcd ma typewriters, adding machines, shorthand pads, t in Geography, Speech, and Chemistry. It was a task but we kept up our spirits and put our shoul the wheel until we reached a victorious ond in After a three month's furlough our re iment I e I 1 C t c A s M we know we were achieving our purpose. As was