Bryan High School - Bryannual Yearbook (Yellow Springs, OH)

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Copyright 1945 By the Class of 1945, Bryan High School EXECUTIVE Bonn General Manager-Charles Henrichsen Business Managers-Iames Birtle, Ken Lawson. Business Editors-Rico Federighi, Ernest Lewis Literary Editors-Naomi Adams, Virginia Ellis, Anna Hull Treasurer-Nate Lawson The Master Switch I Foreword j Today we are living in what is termed a modern age. We have conveniences in every Held, we are able to fly by airplane, travel over land in automobiles and trains, and cross the oceans in steamers and clippers. It is said that we are living in an age of accelerated intelligence, where advancement is so rapid, that days not years mark progress. In the medical field miracles are being performed daily by surgeons and doctors as they mend the battered and broken forms of the GI- Ioes, who a few months ago would have been incurable cases in our best equipped hospitals. Methods and skills never deemed possible are being developed daily in the laboratories of the medical world. Educators say that the world has advanced years since the outbreak of the war, and as a result, we have Penicillin, Sulfa Drugs, and Blood Banks which fan the flickering sparks of life to newer and brighter hopes. The standard of living is higher because money comes easy and the mass population can secure much above necessary needs. As we pause to consider all these things, we wonder if it was not in the divine plan that certain geniuses should come forth in different periods of time to bring new and necessary lessons to mankind. God has given man a mind, with the ability to use it in his own way. He has left it to us to build a better world and we can expect to do this only, when we accept His guidance. lt seems that God has already turned the Master Switch, that will enlighten all humanity. He has given us the blue-prints which can be read in interpreting the policies of a new and global world, which will be Heaven's own pattern. As we Seniors, upon completing our high school training, receive diplomas, we accept the hand of God to guide us through the toil of building a better, safer world. We have already had a preview of these blue- prints and are now deliberating upon the one best fitted for our needs. How well we know, that unless we ask for guidance and help from Him, who controls the Master Switch, our lives will be shallow and empty. -ANNA HULL I

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The Moving Finger Writes EDITORIAL The new world, which we are looking forward to, is having its foundation laid in part by some of our Bryan boys, who are now helping to win victory and peace. Many of these boys secured their ground training back on the basketball floor at old Bryan High, and today are making up a vast team on the battle fields of the world. We pause, and offer a silent prayer to the Almighty, that they may return to us unharmed, and bring with them vital experiences, though bitter and fraught with disaster for the moment, that will revolutionize the present plan of living. How many of our own boys would ever have had an opportunity to travel about the world, and to learn about the way of life in other countries or to view great cathedrals or pieces of art? Will they not be superior to those who remained on the home front? Upon the screen of life we see a global picture of the universe, a much different world, I would say, with some of our own Bryanites taking major and minor roles in the world of affairs. Many new devices and creations for home and industrial life will be con- tributed, but these new productions will not satisfy us long, we will develop greater and more magnificent ideas. We will better social conditions which bring about more cooperation than we have today. I hope there will be no dispute between races and every man will, in reality, be created equal. The educational system will be expanded to all parts of the world, so that everyone has the same opportunity for knowledge. Schools will have adequate funds to operate. Musical and physical education de- partments will be thoroughly utilized, by the artistically strong and handicapped to the best advantage. If a child should want a career in music he will be able to begin his advanced study much earlier in life, for most of his subjects will be based upon musical backgrounds. The health of the world will be greatly improved by starting an early physical fitness program that will soon detect any bodily weakness. Children will be taught to follow daily health habits, and to participate in active sports, such as: swimming, tennis, or basket- ball, in which he is physically able to partake. Even though the child may be poor there is a program to help him, too. The physically unqualified child gets daily exercise or calisthenics which will aid in bringing his health back to normalcy. In the larger cities we will Find many playgrounds for the children and the onetime slums will be converted into clean, respectable apartment houses, and these same families will be given a chance to live happily and independently. We will see more cooperation in the Industrial World, strikes will be eliminated, and employers and employees will work side by side instead of apart. The caste system will not exist and everyone in general will work hand in hand to bring about a better world in which to live. Religious freedom will become more evident as the gospel is carried to remote corners of the world, and on the home front the church will again take its place as one of the institutions of society. Miracles will continue to happen and wonders far beyond man's conception will be realized in a concrete way, all of which is the manifestation of God's power. Peace will be established in the world and the golden rule will be used for measuring the brotherhood of man. Thus the moving finger writes as we, the class of 1945, accept the challenge of the Master to help sign a more durable peace. -VIRGINIA ELLIS V Y