Bluffton High School - Buccaneer Yearbook (Bluffton, OH)

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JOHN SCHMIDT Buccaneer Photographer GERHARD BUHLER Principal A few years ago our school adopted a Philosophy of Education which was to set the goal and direction of our educational procedure for the coming years. We were thinking of a school as the best institution yet devised by society for the de- velopment of a well-rounded personality. It was to be open to all on equal terms, and provide with progressive procedure opportunities as varied as the interests of varying individuals. It was to be a democracy Wherein pupils learn to live by living- NVe believed that education is a never ending process of growth for which the school must give direction. Its main purpose was to make the child a well-integrated personality, with high ideals, proper attitudes, a wholesome appreciation of, and an outlook that give meaning to life, a good citizen whose personality will make itself felt in the direction of a better democratic societyf' We are wondering today how well we have succeeded. ln the mids: of a world war, confusion of thought in many life circles, the problem of maintaining' a demo- ciacy faces us as never before. Our young people are wondering what life has in store as new problems meet them. Some face them squarely, and are preparing to meet them with the idea to serve their country and humanity in the best possible way, others give up and shrink before they test their abilities. Let us remember that each new problem and new situation is a challenge to new opportunities, a stepping stone to larger fields of service. If we wish to serve our country now and have a part in the construction of a peace in a democratic society which is to follow, we do not dare to Ulet down and choose the easy way. Let us go forward with our ideals of democracy. The best prepared will be able to serve most. all Out Support of alclminidlrafion

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ufflon ,J Conlribulion to the 'ufa Educatlon has always been an rmportant factor rn the lrfe of any natron But rn a democracy where the people rule where they belreve rn and have farth rn the four freedoms, and where they are determlned to marntarn them then truly does educatron become doubly rmportant, and have an rndrspensable part to play rn a trme of total war Schools have been called upon to play an ever expandrng role, as they seek to cooperate vvrth and to coordrnate the actrvrtres of many Federal agencres, whose actrvrtres affect the general publrc and the wholesome development of young people One of the major and contrnurng responsrbrlrtres of the schools rs the trarnrng of youth for crtrzenshrp rn a democracy Bluffton IS emphasrzrng a more posrtrve teachrng of the meanrng of democracy of our hrstory our heroes, our tradrtrons The contrastrng phrlosophres of democratrc vs totalrtarran governments are studied We want to know our Pan Amerrcan nerghbors better and to understand our Alhes rn the Unrted Natrons New geographrcal concepts approprrate for the arr age are taught The dutres and responsrbrlrtres of crtrzenshlp rn a trme lrke thrs are stressed as students are encouraged to keep up wlth the progress of the war effort, contrrbute to rt mark the course of the war, and the current pronounce ments and best thought as to post war arms and obrectrves for an endurrng peace The schools have been the center for carryrng out four Federal programs for the ratlonrng of sugar, coffee shoes gasolrne fuel orl processed canned goods, meats butter, and cheese Pornt ratronrng rs explarned, plannmg meals wlth troned and non ratroned foods rs taught Grrls are taught the care and use of household equipment, plan and prepared menus to be used at home, under ratronrng restrrctrons Students learn to make over and remodel clothrng, and have made thrrty chrldrens garments for the Red Cross Boys reparr farm machrnery have rncreased the srze of therr proJects thus contrrbutrng to rn creased food productron Others, both boys and grrls are workrng part time to help relreve the shortage of labor rn lndustry and on the farms Curr rcular offerrngs have been modrfied Physrcs now stresses the fundamentals of machrnes f A I B LDNCSDQRF, Supmzffey dent electrrcrty, and of radro Students learn to receive tone srgnals by Internatronal Morse Code up to a rate of ten words per mrnute Such pre rnductron courses grve youth basrc knowl edge and skrlls needed for modern combat Chemrstry emphasrzes rts contrrbutron rn metallurgy plastrcs qualrtatrve analysrs, and household chemrstry Mathematrcs stresses fundamentals necessary for successful entry rnto war occupations A new course rn Aeronautrcs grves pre flrght trarnrng Languages ard rn understandrng rn ternatronal cultures Physrcal educatron courses stress physrcal fitness and first ard I rom the commercral department three typewrrters have been turned over to the War Productron Board as a drrect contrrbutron to the war effort Extra currrcular organrzatrons have made therr contrrbutrons The H1 Y donated S57 J0 to the Red Cross, the Grrl Reserves have bought S37 50 of war bonds, worked on surgrcal dressrngs rn the Red Cross rooms, and gave two days work to Bluffton Communrty Hosprtal The JUDIOI Red Cross has contrrbuted S10 00 to the Emergency War Fund The schools partlcrpated rn the scrap drrve, collectrng nearly a ton of rubber and more than twenty srx tons of scrap metal By regular weekly con trrbutrons the schools have bought Defense Savrngs Stamps and War Bonds rn the amount of S2 340 06 to date Indeed, there are no departments of the school but have felt the rmpact of the war psychology, and makrng therr contrrbutron to the war effort 2 1 9 v ' y - 3 4 1 - ' - y 1 v n ' y 7 ' ' ' ' Ta- . . , ' 1 , - r ' ' 1 , 0 . x ' 'L 1 - 1 V' , , - - . - . . 1 r . W ' 1 , . ' ' ' ' ' v v . . ' 7 . ' . . . .e , ' ' , ' ' ' u . n ' ' ' . ., . - . I - r 9 ,I 1 - s t 1-80,-

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he Jgoar of Education ..... Ralph Bmlvrtsrln-I Waldo Hofstettcr Elmer Short NY:iltlo Niswnnclcr John Tosh LQ-lzinfl llillvr Etluratimn is funmlzunf-ntal in our Democracy of l rc0clom of Religion, Frccdoln ol fipvvcli, lfi-1-ccloiii of Press and Freedom of Entcrprisc, ycs, and l rf'wloin of Education has coinv to our land as a fruit Of democracy for which wc- thank God. Educzit on lnu?lt upon llvnioa-i'acy requires Truth. Faith and Facts :irc to be taught and fsructicccl cially in our schools. In all our Departments of Education may our youth lvarn and know the facts of life in the light of Truth, Integrity and Char- uctcr and nricourug'c4l to live- for tlw highest ideals in lifc hy our teachcrs. Education :ln-inantls sacrificcfs by all citizens, parents, tcachcrs, and pupils, that :'ll lflIlR' ln-ne-lit from all. May the' clmllciiggr of Education stimulate each one of us in our school district to clo our lrvst for all and so build for thc success of our school and community. Jolnl Toxin, I,I'1'-Villfflf qs? aw t . Ht