Crestline High School - Fortyniner Yearbook (Crestline, OH)

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mrfnme gyzfaccalfzfolfa We of the class of '45 have gone through high school under abnormal conditions. Scarcely had we started our freshman year than war broke out. From then on our lives were destined to undergo many changes. Boys and girls over- night became men and women. Young people, who never before knew real work, were asked to take part-time jobs in war industries during the school year and full time jobs during the summer The crisis ot our lives' was at hand. Never be- fore had the youth of America been as inde- pendent as now. Everyone was making money. Not cents but dollars. Frequently questions come to our minds. Should one leave school entirely and take a high paying job? Or would one regret all his life that he didn't get an education while at the age to get one? Most of Young America made the wise choice. As our high school years wore on those ahead of us graduated, and we saw many of these going into the service of our country. Then came the day when some of our own class members reached the military age and left for service before their school days were complete- ly realized. Our classmates of yesterday are the men of today. What lies ahead of us is known only to the Divine Being. Our future is uncertain, but we as Americans will be able to cope with the sit- uation. -Robert L. Tracht

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The Panorama brings to the students and friends of Crestline High School glimpses of its curricular and extra-curricular acti- vities. Consider the Pan- orama, if you please, as a I a r g e a n d luxurious streamliner, which takes us on a pleasant journey through the portals of C. H. S. and by words and pictures, presents the typ- ical high school activities from the moment the train moves gracefully from the depot until it reaches the long awaited destination, - C o m - mencement-l 945.

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ibecbcafion time mi n si is QQQEQSAIBIHW at 'IYCEE nl B Merle Hutson 'We, the members of the class of '45, would like to dedicate this volume to MERLE HUTSON. Coach Hutson, as he is still fondly called, was our adviser upon entering the portals of C.H.S. Now he is fighting for our .country some- where in Europe. For many years, Merle Hutson served as coach and physical education teacher in Crestline. The profound influence he exerted on the lives of the boys he coached and taught in sports has left its mark today. These boys have gone out into the world better citizens for having come in contact with Hut. It is to him that we dedicate the second volume of the Panorama.