Elwood Community High School - Crescent Yearbook (Elwood, IN)

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THE COMET Successor to The Crescent B-O-O-O-O! SAID THE BOOGEY MAN! “A yearbook would not be advisable this year,” they said. “It will be a complete failure. No one has any money to spend on such things because of the depression.” Beautiful sentiments! Such advice was doubly inspiring to the staff. It was up to us to decide. AND HERE IS We are willing to admit that this publication is not so large, or so nicely bound, or so full of color as its predecessor, the 1932 Crescent. We admit that the cost of this book to us was small as compared with that in many previous years. We admit that it is different! And we are glad of it I That was our aim for the 1933 Comet. We concluded that if we did have a yearbook, (and where would our school rate if we didn’t?) it could not be an expensive, old-type book. Some wanted to drop the publication until conditions got better, but we knew that if we did that, it would be twice as hard to start again. Here was our chance to show whether we really had any initiative, ability, or determination. Were we to let the groaners tell us what to do? Were we to be dictated to by the “depression”, to how our weakness before its awful majesty? Were we to be pointed out as cowards and quitters'! THE ANSWER! We changed the name of the Crescent to the Comet for the purpose of making the book still more different. Since this is an entirely different style of a book, we felt it would be unfair to the name of the Crescent to continue using it. Even if you do find this book with less pages, we will guarantee you that if you look in every nook and corner you will be amply rewarded. We hope this book has not been cheapened in spite of the lowered price. We have tried to build this book in such a way that you would be proud of it and be glad to say, “How’s this for a depression publication?” If you like it, tell your friends; and if you don’t like it, tell us. So here it is, The 1933 Comet. Published by the Elwood High School Elwood, Indiana 1933