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

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DEDI CATI ON During this uforld conflict, many have made the Supreme Saerifiee in order to keep the light of Freedom burning. Yet there is still a great task ahead for those who are still serving as ivell as the assembly ivorkers on the home front. They must preserve the peaee, so that the freedom of mankind shall never again be challenged. So to the future, to those for whom there has been taps, and to those who are still serving, ive, the Class of Nineteen Hundred and Forty-Jive, dedicate this yearbook. -CHARLES HENRICHSklN . I-lANs RIEDEL We take this opportunity to express our sincere appreciation and thanks to Mr. Hans Riedel of the Antioch Bookplate Company, who has so many times aided and assisted us with our problems, and given liberally of his time and energy that our needs and whims in printing might be satisfied. Again our deepest gratitude. -IAMEs l3ntT1.E

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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

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BILL Bitowiv Iaeia lJEVvINli HARoLD SLATE That We Might Live Much good can come out ol' chaos even though overburdened hearts cry out with anguish at the loss ol' a loved one. Thousands ol our youth have been given a chance to see the world and get out ol' the groove that their ancestors made for them. He has had a chance to see how the other hall' lives, and becomes more versatile and broadened in his conception of the world at large. He has experienced living Hell itself, and will come back to us a changed individual demand- ing a more perfect chance for life and existence. Honor Roll lfileen Crawford David Anthony lack Alexander Paul Alexander lilton Arment Herbert Berger Philip Brown Keith Carpenter Carl Cordell Russell Cordell Francis Dannakcr Richard DeVVine Gene Diehl Stanley Dihrliip Carl Dolwick Howard Dolwicli Billy Donley Marianna Crimes Ralph Grimes Harold Grinnell Richard Haines Charles Hull lames Iordan Dick Kershner lames Lawson Robert Mathiasen Paul Matson Richard White Robert Morgan Melvin Onderdonk Thomas Owens David Perry Iames Perry Lloyd Rose lack Semler Roger Sheridan Donald Shinkle Because ol' incomplete records we have published Members of our class who have been called to the only the names ol' those servicemen who have graduated colors are Bill Brown, lack DeVine and Harold Slate. from Bryan since IQ4I. -NAUMI IEAN ADAMS