Brownsville High School - On The Moon Yearbook (Brownsville, PA)

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The Supervising Principal The class of l943 presents a yearbook dedicated to the students, alumni, and teachers who are serving in the Armed Forces of the United States. While you have been taught the principles of peace, yet we send you forth to war. Even though you have been taught to love your fellow-man, yet we ask you to join in his destruction. You have been thoroughly schooled in the principles of democracy, and now you are called upon to defend these principles from totalitarian aggression. Your training has not been in vain, Your love of peace, your respect for your fellow-man, and your understanding of life in a democracy, as exemplified by your school experience, make you rise up and meet the challenge. Whether you will fight on the battlefield, serve on the farm, work in a defense plant, or help to hold the home front, you will do it well. Your experience in democratic living would never permit any other philos- ophy of government. As you recall your experiences of the War years in Brownsville High School, you will see yourself carrying scrap iron or rubber, raising money for the United War Fund, huddling in an air-raid shelter, taking time off because your instructors were busy rationing foods. l congratulate you, the members of the class, for completing this first step in your training. Although you encountered many difficulties, you did your work well. May I extend my best wishes as you graduate during the most trying period of the nation's history. Page 13

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THE CHOOL BOARD To the graduate of l943 the story that the adventure of life is a chal- lenging one is but a pale prelude to the demands ofa world at war. lnstead of job seekers and home makers, you suddenly have become defenders of a familiar way of life, of an ideology, a religion, and of a nation. You have been taught to build. Now you must learn to destroy. You graduates of l943 have a definite obligation to your country, to your homes, to yourselves. Avoid dangerous apathy. The present calls for action. Each and every one of you will be called upon to help. Some of you will soon be in the armed forces-others will go into industry, Wherever you go and whatever you do l trust that your job will be done in a fashion that will reflect credit both to yourself and to your country. Sometimes truth comes to us clearly and unmistakably from a simple source. Such a message was written in the diary of a boy who made the supreme sacrifice at Chateau Thierry. America must win this war, therefore l will work, I will save, I will sacrifice, l will endure, l will fight cheerfully and do my utmost, as if the issue of the whole struggle depended on me alone. Such a spirit and devotion should burn in the heart of every American. . ' L 0.14.1 President. Major E. L. Clemmer is J. Park Williams, Pres. H. B. Johnston Roy Davis John Anthony K5 5 Anne Strawn -7 - Winard A. Griffinll w.. Page 12

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After Mr. Robert Austin's departure from our school to joi-n the Army, we were without a principal for two months. Then Dr. Mark Evans was appointed and became our Principal. He taught in South Brownsville Junior and Senior High Schools from l93l to l934. He was the Principal and Supervisor of the Prospect Street and Second Ward Grade Schools from i934 to l937. He was the Principal and Supervisor of the Brownsville Elementary Schools from l937 until he became Principal of the Senior High School. Dr, Evans received his Ph. B. at Dickinson College in l93l, Ed. M. at the University of Pittsburgh in l935j and Ph. D. at the University of Pittsburgh this year. Dr. Evans likes fishing and collects old coins. Prlnclpal Teachers and Students: lt is a pleasure for me to come to the Brownsville Senior High School to work with the teachers and students during the present emergency. Everyone realizes in some degree the seriousness of our school and country's problems today. Our seniors will graduate into an unsettled world environ- ment. They will soon realize the problem they face and those which are left behind for us. . While we may not have the strength and perhaps the knowledge to solve the major issues, we can make a tremendous contribution toward win- ning the war and maintaining the peace. ln our effort to determine what we can do we must realize that what were once considered simple mis- chievous pranks are today considered unpatriotic. As students we need to conserve our time and energy and use them only for worthwhile activities. As time goes on and particularly for this emergency we pledge our united effort toward winning the war. In the face of new problems and new methods of solving them we adopt as our motto, Whatever we are asked or expected to do we will do to the best of our abiIity. The Secretary . Although this is her first year as secretary of Brownsville Senior High School, Miss Gertrude Minor has been very efficient in her new work, Besides working with Dr. Evans and the faculty, she usually found time to help the students in any problems which arose during the school term. Office Training School in Uniontown. She is interested in sports, especially football, and is a member of the First Aid Team of Civilian Defense. For a pastime, she writes letters. i . . . . +L ifr. A After graduation from Brownsville, Miss Minor attended 1 ,'.li, Q, : ' isi' T ri'li 1 T ' Q if A Miss Minor Page 14