Central High School - Centralia Yearbook (Bay City, MI)

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Twelve J U N E oFFlcEns CLASS OF 1943 Presndenf Vlce Preslden? Treasurer Secrefary ROY POWELL WALTER BORK CLEMENTINE McDONALD ELAINE BAKER Y SENATORS 0? ff, 9 5 DICK SCHMIDT CARL SNABLE OWN ELIZA JANE HERMAN IVAN STRINGER gf SPONSORS X

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Welding for nalional defense. Making model airplanes for fhe armed forces. Girls, foo, musl lake calislhenics in flue new war program CORPS Milifary camouflage is an irnporfanf par? of lhe new vicfory program. Radio physics has ifs place during war limes.

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June Honor Students ,pf ed... Valedlcforuan Salufdfo,-,an Tl lEl.lVlA EURlCl'l SPINNER Educaflon ln a Democracy A democracy fo survnve musf have an nnfellsgenf crfu zenry We of fhe June class of I943 are beglnnrng fo realuze now fhaf our school lnfe has been dedlcafed fo fhaf end None of us In fhe pasf fhoughf much of whaf we were affempflng fhrough able guudance fo accomplish here af Cenfral Buf now as we are abouf fo leave nfs profecfmg walls comes fhe full realuafuon of educafrons affarnmenfs We remember fhe surge of loyalfy fhaf wenf fhrough us af all school gafherlngs Thaf splrlf will nof be losf now We have obfalned a hlgh sense of lusf fidellfy a sense fhaf has led us also fo be frue upholders and bellevers rn our counfry our governmenf our communufy and our homes We were ready 'ro serve our land In fume of peace and are even more ready fo serve If In fume of crnsos Many of our number wnll leave soon for servxce an fhe armed forces while ofhers are ready for work on fhe home fronf Knowledge of school oblugaflons has broughf knowledge of counfry obllga flons wrfh fhe ldenfucal feeling of loyalfy Amerrca has been called fhe melfmg pof of fhe world Was nof fhen fhls class a mnmafure melflng pof7 How many classes creeds races fypes of people have been represenfed here7 And yef fhroJgh our peaceful years of friendly rrvalry fogefher has developed an essence of complefe cooperaflon Shall we nof flren be prepared for fhe same cooperaflon wxfhrn our commumfy and wufhun fhe world7 We cannof say fhaf we have been foleranf of olhers for fhere can be no folerance when fhere as no percepfuon of drfferences Our close confacfs wnfh one anofher have prepared us for cooperafuon and fol rance elsewhere The fume wall soon come when we wull have an even greafer need for fhese quallfues loyalfy folerance sense of coopera fron We are lnvnng IH a rnch land a land fhaf IH comparlson wufh ofhers has been fouched only llghfly by fhe furmoul fhroughouf fhe world And soon we musf be prepared fo share wvfh every nafnon whaf we are fighflng for now The Four Freedoms have been a parf of our everyday life here af school We have been able fo lrve fhem Who could say fhaf fhere was nof freedom of speech freedom of relrglon freedom from wanf freedom from fear every smgle day of fhe pasf years7 We know fhese freedoms are worfh whsle because we have experienced fhem and fhus rf IS fhrough our educafnon fhaf we are ready fo share fhem We do nof leave fhns parf of our llfe bewrlderlngly We do nof know whaf IS ahead buf we are ready fo face whafever comes We have developed a social ponse a world pollflcal knowledge an economic capacafy We could nof have done If alone buf we fhe June class of I943 wlfh fhe faculfy and admrmsfraflon have done If fogefher Thelma Eurlch Oblecflves of Educaflon We of fhe June graduaflng class of I943 have complefed fwelve years of formal educaflon Our educaflon has been presenfed fo us freely and gladly Whaf we have absorbed will be r flecfed In our rndlvrdual lrves The oblecfnves In fended were fhree fold namely fo socialize fo feach a voca hon and fo feach lnfrunslc values The firsf oblechve ns fhaf of soclalrzafron Our democracy IS founded on fhe Ideal of equalrfy among men Our feachers have endeavored fo lnsfrll an us a sense of equallfy and fol erance fhrough fhe co educaflonal publnc school sysfem lf IS fhe funcfnon of fhe school fo confmue supplemenf and some fumes correcf fhe Influence of famuly lnfe In order fhaf fhe sfudenf may fake hrs parf un fhe conserving and developrng of llfe ln fhe communlfy Thus a school musf be a genulne SOCIEfY nnsplred by fhe besf ldeals and fherefore able fo fransmuf fo nfs sfudenfs fhe franfs whuch enfer Info fhose Ideals ln fhe second place fhe school musf offer nfs sfudenfs In sfrucflon In a number of skilled occupafrons The uflllfarran demands of fhe day and of fhe commumfy musf be considered These demands are consfanfly changing because America experlences a sfeady subsflfuflon of new Ideas lnsfead of a mulfupllcafron of old ones Several monfhs of war succeeded where as many years of peace may have fanled In brmgmg abouf a change In school curriculum The school musf nof only be able fo produce fhe sknlled workers fhaf fhe presenf de mands buf also musf help fhe sfudenf adlusf hlmself fo fhe slfuaflons and prepare hum for hrs lnfe work A liberal educaflon wnll brrng fhe sfudenf Info confacf wrfh 'rhese elemenfs whuch are fhoughf fo have fhe mosf en durmg and vlfal srgnrhcance In fhe hlsfornc life of fhe people If should help make hum senslflve fo fhe mfellecfual and socral movemenfs of fhe modern world lf should help hum fo develop an appreclaflon for fhe more beauflful fhnngs In life Educahon has been called fhe bulwark of democracy If we fhe semor class of I943 have affarned fhese fhree oblec frves In our educaflon fhen we are ready fo fake our place as men and women of a democracy Ellen Spmner O K New Tlurfeen ' 3