Central High School - Zenith Yearbook (Duluth, MN)

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wmz'4e7 777z,,l J MWQMMM mite wWMmffiW WWW This IS our Vlctory Zemth We have been walt :ng for lt for four long years and are happy to present ut to you In thus the first year of peace we sensors have known In hugh school we honor our Central men and women who have served thelr country In the war against aggresslon As they came from all walks of llfe so Cen tralltes served In varlous branches of the servlce Throughout our Victory Zemth we have used pnctures of Central graduates to represent the approxlmately two thousand former students who have been In the servlce The school feels lust: fiable prude In these sons and daughters The 1946 Zemth ns respectfully dedncated to the boys and gurls who helped wm the vuctory w fm XILLLQJLJ KW M -9 wvfqiffjlw QM wfwf QM VUL +59 I I 0 PW! aiu! V! 1 T A ,, D . . I ffl . . L y Q, .I . gk 5 . . I X y . . Lffwfjsl, .N . , xf fd 3 l .I - '. Q s I '

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nw All swimming classes and many of Cen- tral's gym classes are held at the Boys' Y.M.C.A. across the street. This is the library, a place for research, study, and leisure reading. The ticket oFFice at the gym entrance is a busy place before a basketball game. Here is the Lake Avenue entrance of Washington School where trade and home economic classes are held. A wise old owl is the center of interest of two girls in our museum.

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lllV U we pause to remember those valiant boys who sacrificed their freedom un concentration camps and nmprnsonmg centers, and those who sacrificed their lives In this war The fall of Corregndor the Death March of Ba tacm those were the dark and menacing days of the first months of the war Brutally treated and almost starved, our boys endured atrocities un dreamed of in the soft, safe lives they had been leading at home They kept their faith that America would wan the war that America would liberate them But It was a long walt till General Patton marched into Germany, till General MacArthur landed In the Lnngayen Gulf till the daring Rangers made their courageous dash to Cabana tuan prison camp to liberate the men of Bataan and Corregldor ln the years between, many of our boys had been liberated by Death We honor reverently In our Victory section not only the men who fought In battles throughout the war, the men who lay wounded In hospitals, and the men who gave up their lives, but also the men who endured the llvmg death the prisoners of war They also serve, who only stand and want JOHN C METCALF 33 s gn I sted n Na y l94 a ossg ed to Co te No al Stato Sep b r 4 a en so er h or reg dor fell p sorter Ph I pp es t ll l 44 k lled on pr on h p December l944 I ll ' YI En i , eni i v in O nd i n vi v i n in tem e , i9 lg t k pri n w en C i , ri in ii in i 9 l is 5 l , , .