Berrien Springs High School - Canoe Yearbook (Berrien Springs, MI)

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who have returned from overseas, but in many cases the able-bodied men are not even allowed to return to their former “jobs,” and especially in smaller towns, there are no means for proper recreation or clean amusement. The boys must not be allowed to feel that in this hour of need everything has failed them, and that while their ideals are toward higher achievements, we only hope to return to the easy condition before the war. “Our eyes, too, must see the glory—the glory of hard tasks, self-imposed and well done.”

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huts, the other boys, the entertainments, all the many things which made living bearable while they were enduring such hardships in this world struggle. It is thru this period of reorganization and readjustment that you can render the greatest service to the returned soldiers and sailors. The work which for two years has been'done by the nation in co-operation now is left to communities and individuals. People have been asking why the popular “at-homes” of the soldiers’ and sailors’ clubs should not be continued in the social centers, and why should not the facilities for recreation and athletics be placed at their disposal when they return to civilian life? Since the signing of the armistice and the firm establishment of peace, there has been no more vital question pertaining to community life than that of a fitting memorial for those who gave their services to the cause of freedom. What will be the form of the memorial? What can express most fittingly the communities’ gratitude, her reverence for the memory of those who sacrificed their lives, and appreciation to the men and women who have given their services to help in this world war? In past ages war heroes have been honored by bronze statues and monuments, but it is predicted now that the American memorial will be the community house. The need for these buildings, and a closer community of interests, and central meeting place of the people is an outgrowth of the war, which has taught us the valuable lesson of co-operation.. Though many of these buildings have been dedicated to the soldiers and their families during the war, they may now serve as social centers for all civic activities. The days of the future are to be reconstruction days, and the building of the citizens of the future one of the most important problems of reconstruction. Many towns boast of having voted out the saloon and having passed a curfew law, but notable as these reforms are, the fact that there may be no library, reading room, Y. M. C. A., social center or recreation park, is of far greater importance. The government is taking care of the disabled soldiers

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I Class History % % Dialogue by WILMA HARTMAN And ESTHER THOMAS Esther: “Say, Wilma, do you know just three years ago last fall we came to High School?” Wilma: “Yes, weren’t we green and fresh tho. Let’s see, there were just forty-seven of us. Don’t you remember they had to put in new seats for us?” Esther: “Yes, but quite a few left before school was out. We had about forty-one then. Who were the teachers?” Wilma: “Our principal was Miss Kline (she’s teach- ing in St. Joe, now;) Miss Watson, Miss Van Vleet and Mr. Adams. I remember that we had more parties that year than all the rest of the classes together. Every time any class had one, we did too, and then between times.” Esther: “Do the rest of you remember how the rest of the classes tried to initiate us? And the grand fight that followed?” Wilma: “I wasn’t there so naturally I don’t remember much about it. Tell us the true story.” Esther: “Well, we Freshies were planning to have a weenie roast in Boone’s woods, but it had to rain on that day; fortunately for us’ tho I guess. And Mrs. Bert Barnhart invited us to come up to her home, as she had a big upstairs and we could roast our weenies up there. We couldn’t bear to postpone the roast as we had been planning it for a long time, so we gratefully accepted Mrs. Barnhart’s kindness. Well, we roasted our weenies, played games and had just decided that our roast had been better than it could have been at the woods, when the excitement began. Somehow our boys found out that there were uninvited guests on the outside and went out to wel-