Deering High School - Amethyst Yearbook (Portland, ME)

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Dedication FIGHTING MEN EXW Km? We 5+ 1, ummm 0. The men of Deermg are takmg a brg part ln the greatest war In hlstory Through thexr bravery and self sacrrfice wlth others of thexr kmd they w1ll brmg the struggle to a vlctorxous conclusron But not always were they men they were the boys we all knew War came suddenly and terrnbly and overnight these boys became men flghtmg men The sharp sophomore wrth the Jazzy suspenders and bow tre who wrote you notes in study per1od IS now on submarlne patrol IH the Atlannc The shy semor who escorted you to your first Jumor Prom was kxlled 1n actron 1n Tumsla last month Last year s star basketball player IS learnmg to dlsmantle a mach1ne gun and use a bayonet at Parrls Island By these Deermg men the wlcked power whtch menaces the safety of the world w1ll be defeated and humxlxated as by all rrghts lf lS bound to be In puttlng down the ev1l they go forth as crusaders flghflflg for rrght wrth no thought of materlal gam except a be ter world In accomplrshmg thexr mxsslon therr work w1ll be glorrhed by many sacrnhces To them Deermgs finest we humbly dedxcate this book

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1 Official U. S. Navy Photograph

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4 emurtam In the sudden passxng of Wlllram H Emmons on the first of August of last year Deermg Hrgh School lost a fa1thful and efhc1ent teacher For twenty nlne years he had taught geography and earth scrence ln thrs school and s1nce 1920 he had been head of the sc1ence department He was an outstandmg geologist and had acqulred a fme collectlon of mmerals The earth scrence course Wlfh the Held trxps he had so well organ1zed was one of rhe courses most enjoyed by upperclassmen An educatlonal feature whrch he had developed here was the Washlngton Club for semors and nts annual trlp whrch he had conducted stnce 1916 A fine teacher lcmdly lh spmt lnSP1l'1l1g to n1s puplls hrs mfluence extended beyond the confmes of the school room Graduates and colleagues w1ll m1ss hrs frtendlmess loyalty and love of humour RALPH BRAGDON Head of Sczence Department 9' Q . . .. . .. ,. . . . 1 9 9 7 ' 9 9 ' J '