Crane High School - Science and Craft Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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PRINCIPZ-lL'S MESSAGE Never before in the history of the world perhaps, have the schools been called upon to bear so heavy a responsibility in training young people to serve. It is a re- sponsibility which the faculty at Crane has accepted wholeheartedly, with a deep- rooted conviction that it is also a high privilege-a privilege because of the whole- hearted cooperation with which our boys have responded during the past year to all calls for service. They have learned to serve in many ways. They have served the school in their Clean-up Campaign, in their clubs, and in their Student Council. They have served the community in the generosity they have shown in drives for such worthy chari- ties as the Children's Aid Society and the Infantile Paralysis Foundation, in the as- sistance our seniors have given to local rationing boards and in their Victory Gar- den campaign throughout the neighborhood. More significant than any of these, however, has been their service to their nation in war-time. First there was the Scrap Drive, when what seemed to be an impossible goal was not only reached but passed. Next came a War Stamp and Bond Drive in which sales mounted far beyond the most extravegent expectations of those whose affair it is to set quotas. These latter have learned to expect much at Crane and are now locking forward to a better than over-the-top performance in the current drive for the Red Cross. Our boys have served well, too, in the R.O.T.C. and in the newly es- tablished Naval Reserve Squadron. It has been a good year-a creditable year to the graduation class whose lea- dership has been responsible for its ' success. It would be a remission, how- ever, to forget those members who will not be with us on Commencement Night be- cause of their entrance into a higher service-the actual fighting service of their country. To the few who have left us to join the various branches of the army, navy, and marine forces, and to the many Crane alumni who are represnted both in blue and in gold in our service flag-from Captain Moran on down-the Crane boys who have done and are doing such a magnificent job of service, we dedicate our efforts and our yearbook. ,