Blairstown High School - Comet Yearbook (Blairstown, MO)

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PAGE 6 THE COMET FOREWORD Ships sail west and ships sail east, By the very same winds that blowg It is the set ofthe sails, and not the gales, Ghat determines where they go. 1 l That each student of B. H. S. should have the opportunity to purchase at a nominal price, a volume containing the outstanding occurrences of his own school career, the '38 Gomer staff has exerted to the utmost their combined abilities to produce a Worth-While, long-lasting product. If you can in the future meet long-lost, but ne'er forgotten friends as you thumb the pages of this book, may you realize then that as you chuckle over each page, you are repaying in full, our every effort. l Xxx BH 19 44 Y we ef

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19 4. THE COMET THE THEME OF '38 I 'Cnhe Gomer staff chose The Romance- of the River as the central them of the '38 Gomer. The river with its many variations will form the background of thought for innumerable comparisons. The progress of the world's civilization has been dependent upon rivers for its advancement. Every important seaport and all other cities of great size have been built upon the banks of some navigable river. One prosperous nation, The Netherlands, is built on the delta of Europe's great Rhine. The Nile made Egypt. Much of the rapid development of the United States was due to the trans- portation facilities of the Mississippi. Water supply, power, transpor- tation, food, and recreation are the essential products of a well con- trolled river. On the other hand, Hoods, death, erosion, a and decaying prosperity and civilization follow upon the heels of a river beyond control. The world's schools follow a parallel course. Where education flourished, civilization grew. Education has made the last century remarkable for its progress. At the same time, regimented educa- tional systems have developed dictatorships that threaten the peace and thus our progress toward a happier social and economic under- standing. With the knowledge that we have of the need for control to usefulness of all our institutions and resources. we look to the future with optomistic expectancy. And in moments of leisure, let us al- ways look to The Romance of the River. B. H. s. E! -Q 'I PAGE 5 38

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19 44 THE COMET 1 1 DEDICATION ' ls - tx ii s W . f iw ' N F-9 1 , .f W2 MR. VERNON W. WELCH At a time when faculty encouragement was necessary to con- tinue What had proved to be a successful activity, the publication of Glue Gomer, Supt. V. W. Welch rallied the support that lacked only a leader, and the result was another yearbook of recogniged merit. Again this year, he suggested the formation of a conservation club to help stem the tide of destruction of the various kinds of Wild life. At the present time a small game farm and hatchery are being operated that look as though they Will become a success both to restock game birds in this district and as developers of co-operation between school and community. These examples of achievement are typical of the successful manner in which he has carried on work irrespective of whether or not it was in a field in which he had specialized. While these visible successes are more Widely known, it is the eight years of high quality class instruction which is expected and demand- ed at B. H. S. that will in time bring the largest returns. To express to the greatest of our ability, our appreciation for his efforts and the spirit in which he has Worked, We, the students of B. H. S., dedicate this, the 1938 Gomer, With the sincere Wish that we do justice to his long, patient, and valuable Work. B. H. S. EB 1? 1-1 1 PAGE 7 38