Bluffton High School - Buccaneer Yearbook (Bluffton, OH)

Page 8 text:

inf ion iglz School of fsofalcer Ulunks of dfluffion Id glve a months pay of thls soldler lf I could exchange one month of thlS for two more weeks of that Was I ever consclous of bemg tramped on or abused back there 1n those halcyon days of h1gh school' By comparlson to th1s I wa absolutely free In hlgh school classes too often bored me Now I know the real meanlng' of boredom Hurry up' Llne up' Then Walt' So lt goes day upon day Teachels and palents were ever too snoopy and mtelested ID me I dldnt llke the Idea of belllg tagged What a laugh' Here I am tagged and watched llke a pusoner by compauson Maybe my teachels dldnt love me but nelthex does my Top Sergeant One of my pet peeves 1n h1gh school was connected wlth my havlng to make up unexcused tard1es and absences I long for such a peeve now In the army there Kmghts of Pythlasll for the sllghtest blt of the unconvent1onal ln dress or punc tuallty Back yonder I remembel what a nu1sance girls were especlally at class meet 1ngs at partles 1n the dark corners of the halls and ln the class rooms Then my Utopla had no vxomen 1n lt I l1ve 1n that world now Its not the berues Id be w1ll1ng to comb my han sandpaper my whlskers sh1ne my shoes and press my clothes lt It meant 1n the end soc1al proxlmlty to one of those Coeds Occaslonally sometlmes mo1e often Im hankerlng after those good old days ln Bluffton H1gh School days of waymg our Puates Hag the Jolly Rogel and days of svungmg ou1 cutlasses hke good Buccaneers 0 I 9 ' r ' - - - Y I . . . . . , 3 a , n 1 . 1 - v . , ' 1 ' ' 7 ' V . . . , Q R y V . .' .' . ' 3 ' . Y ' I is no such thing as an excused tardy or absence. I get K. P, KNO, Mother! not 1 i ' I J ' ' ! 7 I 7 ' Y . V . . . . , I I. , l . l h! . 7 ' 7 ' , ' ' . 7 -' . . ' 7 ! ' - .' ' . 7 , v '7 7 y

Page 7 text:

me 1943 BUCCANEER flzlahd 55 Zh 5 C144 Bluffton N gl: Qgclzoo! 5155: Jflatf 4 u 1' e e enior a lf u on, Ohio gffen Kasinger, Editor o er annafzecker, in . Jlanager

Page 9 text:

e editor peak! V ELLEN' BASINGER Buccaneer Edttor As thls Buccanee1 IS put to press we find the wo1ld ln a great chaos, as a result of waumg natlons We mdeed love th1s nat1on Wh1Ch ha hereto fore stood 101 fleedom Justlce and llbelty whlch all peoples love We trust that these plmclples may be pleselved for future yeals Thelefore we dedlcate thls Buccaneel to those w helever they may be who w1ll endeavo1 to keep thls land of ours a bette1 place to l1ve and xxhele the tlue punclples of llfe shall not cease The Ameucan eagle, ou1 emblem, noted fo1 hxs stlength keenness of VISIOD and blavely should lIlSp1I'6 the youths of to day to acqune these qual1t1es and to do then palt ln sav1ng democracy So here IS you1 1943 Buccaneez and we hope you mll enpoy Its pages as much as we have enjoyed p1epa11ng them Ye Eclztm Ellen Brtsmger and Staff 1 , f 3 - ! . v ' ' - 1 y ,. 7 . ' . ' 4 . 1 1. ,