Bluffton High School - Buccaneer Yearbook (Bluffton, OH)

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HELEN BOSS Latin The Leaders Of “Suaviter in Modo, fortiter in re.” Activities Are Guided By PAUL W. STAUFFER Biological Science “Manner maketh man.” ROSE HANISH Commercial “As efficient as her typewriter.” WILFORD GEIGER Physical Science LAWRENCE WHITE RALPH RAACH Physical Educatiori - Coach “Like rock engirdled by the sea, Like rock imfpovable is he.” HARRY BARNES Agriculture “The farmers are the founders of civilization and prosperity.” DARLIE STUCKEY Home Economics - Coach “We may live without friends, we may live without books, but civilized man cannot live with¬ out cooks.” ORDEN SMUCKER Social Science “Every man is a volume if you know how to read him.” PETER BADERTSCHER Engineer “As chief engineer he performs his duties faithfully.” MRS. RUSSELL LANTZ Art “Art is a poem without words.” “In his eye there is a gleam to make the world more lenient seem.” Speech - German “The power of thought, the mind to contrive, the tongue to persuade, and the hand to execute his ideas.”

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Superintendent ' s Message Now that our school building is finally completed, dedicated to the noble purpose of developing the best that is within us, and we, as students and faculty, are pleasantly domiciled in a secondary school plant that has no better facilities to offer, and that would do credit to many communities much larger than ours, it behooves us who are facing life within its walls to ask ourselves whether or not we are making the best pos¬ sible use of the school plant afforded. In this new environment, built and entered at a time when social and economic conditions which surround us and in large measure control our lives are shifting and changing, it is more than ever essential that we seek to reappraise our oppor¬ tunities, to scan the widening horizon, to grapple more cour¬ ageously with persistent problems, to develop withal a deepen¬ ing faith. In our appraisal of opportunities within these four walls presented, let us remember that there is something in education even more vital than sharpening the mind,—of mere acquisition of knowledge, getting a certain body of facts, or of developing certain skills. Pure intellectual activity as exemplified in high scholarship has its place, but let us remember that the public has a right to expect and does expect as a product of public education results in character and in everything that is essential to good citizenship,—results that are somewhat commensurate with the material investments in brick and mortar and steel in this new school building. May all herein, as well as all those who enter this structure accept the challenging inscription over the portal,— “ENTER TO LEARN, GO FORTH TO SERVE.” — A. J. B. Longsdorf The Administration Speaks From The Principal In the Spirit of Youth are embodied the outstanding characteristics of courage and adven¬ ture. Courage becomes significant when it has an outlet for action, and is of greatest value when it functions in the winning of moral and spiritual battles of life. Courage leads to adventure, and it is the spirit of adventure that has discovered many lands and has given us many scientific inventions, but of far more importance is the fact that it has set new ideals never thought of before. At the present time we are passing not only through an economic depression, but also through a moral and spiritual crisis. We are in dire need of courageous leaders that will stand for the high ideals and the virtues which history has proven to be the true standards for our social life. The world is seeking men and women of courage that will stand for truth and honesty. Why not give these motive powers, courage and the spirit of adventure, placed within man by our great Creator, a true outlet that will fit youth for wholesome liv¬ ing? We desire to encourage these great forces that char¬ acterize the youth of today and direct them into channels that will create a world of tolerance and understanding. We herewith enlist the youth of our school into a new courage and life of adventure, that will not compromise with the spirit of indifference, carelessness and disrespect for law and order, but to develop the latent powers within for broader, nobler and happier living. —Gerhard Bidder jiff-

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Modern Youth These Progressive Teachers RUTH L. ENDERS English XI and XII “Her voice is ever soft, gentle and low—an excellent thing in a woman.” THERESSA SLUSSER English VII and VIII 1 An industrious and thorough teacher.” WILBUR A. HOWE English IX and X “Of all those arts in which the wise excel, Nature’s chief masterpiece is writing well.” MELVIN VOIGT Librarian and Physics “Some books are to be tasted; others swallowed; and some few to be chewed and digested.” NORMAN KING [istory and Economics V, y ‘A man of polite learning and liberal education.” WILHELM AMSTUTZ Arithmetic History VII VIII “He artfully combines arithmetic and fun.” £r. ARTHUR L. DAYMON General Shop ‘No hinge nor hook to hang a doubt on.” SIDNEY HAUENSTEIN » Instrumental Music “Music the fiercest grief can charm and Fate’s severest rage disarm.” SIDNEY STETTLER Mathematics “Love, and you shall be loved—- All love is mathematically just, as much as two sides of an alge¬ braic equation.’ BETTY STEWART Office Secretary “My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.” ELEANOR BARNARD Vocal Music “Her very foot hath music in it As she comes up the stairs.”