Dover High School - Swirl Yearbook (Dover, OH)

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DEDICATION During our seventeen, or eighteen years, we have twice seen our fathers, brothers, and friends leave their homes to become o port of a fighting Army or Navy. Can we, as the coming leaders of our country dedicate ourselves to PEACE, to an understanding which will eliminate future conflicts? Numerous have been the attempts of mankind to establish an everlasting harmony among men. With a constant desire on the part of peace-loving peoples to reach mutual accord and tranquility, men have repeatedly engaged in conflicts designed to end all struggle. To us, education is a way to achieve this freedom from civil disturbance. Through education we can so strengthen our social structure that the attitude toward peace, toward a peaceful nation, will be strengthened and encouraged. With a desire to foster the human and spiritual values of life, we present the activities of a typical American institution, the public school. May it play its part in extending to all nations and peoples the olive branch, that eternal symbol of peace. 4

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SUPERINTENDENT D. C. LEMMON TIME MARCHES ON-------------------- In the year 1900 universal disarmament, world-wide peace, general education and a good living tor everybody were forecast for the new 20th century. Now that we have passed the half-way milestone, let's look at the balance sheet. We have a record of two world wars and a major depression. Actually, there were more peace movements and disarmament conferences than there were wars, but the wars were bigger and killed millions of people. More recently, price control, labor unrest, and inflation are problems of the day. During this same time, we learned the technique of assembly-line production and invented many things to raise our standard of living, such as the modern automobile, airplane, radio, and television. As for general education, the advance of public schools within the past fifty years has been phenomenal. Education is bigger and better than ever before. In Dover, only five persons were graduated from our high school in 1900. This year, the graduating class has 114 members. I wonder what the record will show for the year 2001. As we look into the future, it is evident that our struggle for individual security and freedom must continue. The hope of man to live an unshackled life along with the functioning of the United Nations, is proof of the will to overcome all obstacles to world peace. Man must keep faith and carry on.