Butler High School - Magnet Yearbook (Butler, PA)

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We Tfce Pnaud i. Ojj OuA SeAuice Me t a+u rWo ne+t who have given life or liberty in their country’s cause won awards for merit and bravery left teaching to become soldiers gave up the last weeks of their school life to serve »2. jj OuA 'Hie fi a'ul of biAedaU. and AdminiitAaloAi who have kept the school in session adapted it to new and changed conditions offered through it new opportunities HUe Heache'U. who have taught us the traditions of the past given us courage for the present inspired us with faith for the future HUe Office tywce who have checked absences and answered the telephone typed innumerable recommendations kept the wheels oiled and running

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ation . . . increased donations in tuberculosis seal drive and Red Cross campaign . . . an occasional pair of slacks . . . Friday assembly programs broadcast over WISR . . . rooms dotted with war posters . . . noonday movies take on a military theme . . . men of the faculty teaching defense classes on the side” . . . coming to school in the dark . . . trying to bribe teachers with a pound of coffee, a cup of sugar, or a quarter pound of butter . . . overheard in the halls: Guess I’m getting old; I can re- member when girls wore nylons” . . . waiting for the bus . . . we didn’t go to out-of-town games . . . rationing ... no spring operetta . . . office telephone wearing a sign around its neck saying Associated with the Butler County Air Raid Warning System” . . . glamour bob appears; it needs no bobby pins . . . third finger, left hands sparkle . . . commercial department stresses government forms .... Victory Book Drives . . . empty seats of classmates who have joined the Service ... a girl plans to be not a housewife but Rosie the Riveter . . . the harassed office force making recommendations and reports . . . increased interest in current events and geography . . . more students taking higher math, chemistry, physics, mechanical drawing, typing . . . more feeling and solemnity in the flag ceremony ... no more Pittsburgh dates . . . martial tunes issuing from seventh period Band practice . . . meatless sandwiches on Tuesdays—and sometimes on Wednesdays and Thursdays . . . In spite of these changes, all of us are working to preserve and increase those things which make up our American way of life; therefore,

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3. Qu . fja+tuasuf. a+uH jj +te. Q'uutnaleA. who have resisted the call of bugle and high wages profited from relations with teachers and classmates 4. worked hard to lay a firm foundation for the future 0jf OuA, Activities which have continued, in fact, increased trained us in leadership, cooperation, and sclf-confidence supplied us with wholesome fun and recreation 5. Ojj OuA. Athletic 7ea+ t'L which amid undreamed-of difficulties kept to schedule proved the value of team work and good sportsmanship 6. brought credit and honor to the school Qjj Special Ui+ujA. which we remember from the past enjoy in the present hope for in the future indicate individual accomplishments