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Jltes feutlesi jUcfh McUo l feutl i, Penn fl(MMia 1993 Editors—Jane Mellon, Donald Campbell. Associate Editors—Paul Wason, Eileen Chambers Business Manager—Richard Shanor.
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We Ike ftkaud that although the year 1943 has been a war year bringing many changes—curtailing, adding, adapting, accelerating—yet our school has continued to fulfill its vital business of preparing youth to meet the present and face the future. Yes, the changes are many: Army khaki, Navy blue, and Marine green roam the corridors, visit classes, and speak at assembly programs . . . V-letters-'from all corners of the globe are proudly displayed ... no longer on rainy days does a long line of cars demoralize traffic—oh, no, we walk home in the wet, thanking our lucky stars that umbrellas and reversibles are still made and that OPA allows us overshoes and galoshes . . . pencils |Wear plastic tops and composition erasers . . . air raid drills cut classes shorter than fire drills ever did . . . teachers and pupils display civilian defense arm-bands . . . home room and assembly programs emphasize that we can do our part” ... we buy stamps instead of gum . . . the alumni page of the Magnet bristles with letters from our own soldiers, sailors, marines, and coast guards . . . home economics girls keep busy working for the Red Cross . . . special work in mechanical drawing, electric shop, home nursing, and nutrition . . . Prospect High School students are welcomed . . . we learn the last verse of the Star Spangled Banner” . . . Changes? Yes, more girls than boys in school . . . cuffless pants and even collar- less coats . . . home room bulletin boards dedicated to students now in Service . . . banners awarded to rooms buying most war stamps . . . more boys making an A grade —on Army questionnaires .... teachers taking exams . . . football and basketball teams going to games in private cars . . . math classes working Army and Navy problems . . . first aid classes in the gym (we like getting even with some of our teachers by using them as victims) . . . couples walking or riding the bus to Hop and Prom . . . new excuse of A Senior boys: I had to go to Pittsburgh for my physical” . . . intensive evening training for civilian defense jobs . . . track team hitch-hiking to New Castle . . . joint year book for two classes ... no more new typewriters . . . huaraches and rope-soled shoes . . . plane spotters . . . presentation of the flag and air-raid announcements before home games . . . . writing patriotic themes .... Miss Gerber’s Red Cross uniform earned by long hours of nutrition work . . . growing home room scrap piles ... no grab bags . . . faculty and students learn in local defense plants that the swing shift isn’t a new dance, nor the graveyard shift, a new football form-
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