Chaney High School - Lariat Yearbook (Youngstown, OH)

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DR. N. H. CHANEY CHANEY IN WAR AND PEACE In the period between September 1926, when over 400 students from South High and 500 from other schools, were transferred from schools that were well equipped and large enough to offer desired courses, and arrived at Chaney, which was really not completed, to the date of the infamous attack on Pearl Harbor, Chaney has grown over 10021. The auditorium and cafeteria seatings were not in at the time of the opening. Pianos, curtains, and other equipment were installed and found ready use. At one time 2,320 students were enrolled. Then two portables, and the balcony vestibule were used as class rooms. The athletic field was prepared, and a new gymnasium was added. Friends increased. Support in many ways was forthcoming. Since Pearl Harbor the improvements have been greatest in other than material things. The Evaluation by 30 visitors showed the strengths and weaknesses. A tradition that Chaney is a school of action and opportunity began to grow. Today the school is recognized because of a worthy product and a spirit of sacrifice both on the home front and in the service. The Chaney of the future will be determined by the national and local situa- tions. Most essential will be a still more improved teaching. More money will be needed to attract the best teachers possible. An attitude of more efficient study and a real desire for an educaion must be instilled into the student body if the increased competition, which will likely follow the war, is to be met successfully. Increased equipment, larger playing space, dropping of unessential courses and adding more modern ones, are a few needs of the future. As the alumni of the school are prepared to meet the requirements of the positions for which they are selected, so will the reputation of the school be heralded in the coming peace as it was before Pearl Harbor and since. Page Six

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ing Pearl Harbor, December 7, l94l, have naw turned to the grim realization that we are fighting this war with two im- placable enemies-that of the West, brutal, determined, that of the East, fanatical, inhuman-both bent upon the destruction of all that America stands for and, throughout its history hasfought to preserve-the brotherhood of man, a one world philosophy, equal opportunity, freedom here, which meant freedom everywhere, and-Peace on earth to men of good will. And with that realization has come an equally grim determination to preserve these ideals, and Chaney, always in the vanguard, has given generously, and with heart break- ing sacrifice, to the struggle on the Battlefront. Nearly 2,000 students and four faculty members proudly wear the uniform of the armed forces. Many wear the Purple Heart. Others suffer in enemy prison camps.-Many more have given the one life they had for their country. Blue and gold stars gleam from nearly every window on the West Side. The war has penetrated every heart and every home and on the Homefront all are engaged in some kind of war work, all are co-operating with government rules and regulations, and all are contributing generously in the purchase of war bonds and stamps. . ln grateful recognition of the great contribution made by the young men and women of Chaney serving on the Battlefront and to their parents who have given their sons and daughters, those on the Homefront, confident that the Peace for which we are all Fighting will long endure, dedicate this book, the June i945 Chaney Annual. E Page Five

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