Deering High School - Amethyst Yearbook (Portland, ME)

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QU R'N Ji' + L 4 J Q5 fi , A1-'A' 4 A , ,. SQ-L,3,:.5..a',iif:fiZ-gh., K. N X .ig L f' 9 0 I LA AMETHYST PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF DEEQING I-IIGI-I SCHOOL PORTLAND, MAINE A Editor-in-Chief ROBERT G. NISBET Associofe Editor Advisor JACK TRACY JOHN MCCANN N N o n -..fi N' N QQ.-332

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-l-heme OUR DEEIQING Emblem of the noble, And of truth and rightv The American school system is often said to be the foundation of our country's greatness. ln war or in peace the leaders of the country continually stress the point that the educational program must be raised to the highest possible standard. This year at Deering we find that our lives are patterned by the dictates of a war time America. Courses must be planned with military service in view. Physical programs must be stressed more and more. We are being equipped so that we can better fulfill our part in the struggle. This is the fourth Amethyst to be published in wartime. Three gradu- ating classes have stepped forth into an unsteady world. Their lives are being moulded by wartime principles. For the teen-aged boys of today there is only military service. For the girls there is a life of serving on the home front and of waiting for loved ones to return. As the class of T944 graduates into a troubled world we hope that they will cherish the memory of Deering. This year's graduates soon to be scat- tered over many fronts will be fighting for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. We like to think that they will also be fighting for ideals of which Deering is the symbol. ln this wartime Amethyst we picture Deering emblem of the noble, and of truth and right.