Delavan High School - Comet Yearbook (Delavan, WI)

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J. F. LUTHER. HELEN OLSON Another school year at Delavan High School has become history. Despite numerous war time handicaps, we have strived to carry on in a traditional way. The war has wrought a noticeable depletion in the ranks of our junior and senior classes. We are fortunate to the extent that we have been able to keep all teaching positions filled. Therefore, we have not suffered the loss of any classes. Our school activities have functioned as usual, with the exception of choir and glee club. Of course, the loss of these two activities was sorely felt. Our other activities have done a very credible job. as is shown in this year book. In general, I am proud of the manner in which students and faculty have accepted the responsibility of carrying on under emergency conditions. However, we realize that our achievements are dwarfed by those of our service men and women who are fighting the cause of democracy. They give their services and their lives to preserve for us those American institutions that we so greatly prize. One of these institutions is the American Public School. Our men and women fight with valor to preserve that great heritage that we Americans enjoy—the right to an education. If this great heritage is worth fighting and dying for, then it is deserving of the fullest appreciation by those who are now enjoying it. Therefore, the students of Delavan High School must assume a sacred responsibility. That responsibility is to strive to make our school achievements worthy of those gallant men and women who are defending those privileges we are enjoying. Let us take a solemn pledge that we. on the home front, will not fail those who fight for us on the far flung war fronts.

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 0 0 Dedic tcoK To the boys who entered the service from the Class of 1944 and to the boys and girls who will enter the service after graduation, the Comet Staff dedicates this 1944 Volume of the COMET. LORING DeGROFF. JR. Dee Choir 1. 2; Commandos 3; Football 1. 2. 3; Basketball 2. 3; Photo Club 1; Baseball 2. 3. CALVIN EARNEST Stud Band 1. 2. 3. 4; Football 2. 3. 4; Baseball 2. 3; Commandos 3. JACK STARIN Red Choir 1, 2. 3; Band 1. 2. 3; Basketball 2. 3; Football 2. 3; Activities Association 2. 3. EUGENE FEATHERSTONE Feather Photography Club 3; Commandos 3.

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 The ftowetl 'That Ife Mi. Gunard Plchl. Mr. E B. Arnold. Mrs. Dora Lowo. Mr. John O'Brien. Mr. Walter von Gnechten. The Delavan Board of Education consists of people who will represent the business, professional, and industrial life of our community. Mr. Piehl. the Clerk, is a building contractor. Mr. Arnold is proprietor of a local drug store. Mrs. Lowe, the Treasurer, is principal of the State School for the Deaf. Mr. O'Brien, the President, is a local attorney. Mr. von Gnechten is a foreman at a local industrial plant. It can well be said that our Board of Education has worked faithfully to give the citizens of Delavan the type of education that is a credit to our community. This group is vitally concerned with the welfare of the youth of Delavan and is constantly working to improve that welfare. Being a School Board member has not been an easy job the last two years. There are many war time conditions existing today that make their tasks more difficult. There are matters of keeping a good staff, keeping the playground and equipment in con dition. The matter of repairs and maintenance of the buildings is very important. Of course, there is always the factor of financing a school, and this in itself presents many problems of considerable importance. A recent survey by the State Department of Education has revealed many housing problems that need to be solved within the next few years. The Board is now making a careful study of our school building conditions. This study is being made with the hope that these building conditions may be improved in the years directly following the end of the war. When we, as students of Delavan High School, become acquainted with the many things that are being done for us in an educational way. we can consider ourselves fortunate. The faculty. Board of Education, and the citizens of Delavan are giving us opportunities that are invaluable. Althouqh we have our thoughtless moments, we are appreciative of what is being done for us. And so to these groups who work for our many interests we say Thanks a million. 4