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ENID HIGH Scuoot I4 memdiv of . By Dale Wilmoth ln 1916 the Enid Board of Education was successful in se- curing the services of a Mr. Leon R. Vance. He remained a year at Enid High as football coach and science teacher and then went into the grain business at Kiowa, Kansas. Later Hnding that his real in- terest lay in working with boys and girls, he returned in 1922 and had since been identihed with the school system, becom- ing principal of the Longfellow Iunior High School in 1933, The shocking airplane accident of Iuly 5, 1944 that took him from us, has since made us realize even greater his value as a citizen, a school teacher, and a youth lead- cl' Mr. Vance had those two es- sential elements of personal magnetism, a consuming sincer- ity and an overwhelming faith in the importance of the work laid out for him. Yet in his sincerity he retained that gentle comical wisdom so notably char- acteristic of the great men of history. Mr. Vance was graduated from Blackwell High School and later from Oklahoma A and M College. At both schools he was an outstanding athlete and scholar. He seems to have carried with him into his coaching career that necessary talent of inspiring his teams with aggressiveness and initiative which are so important for a winning team. An excellent representation of the senti- ment felt throughout the sports world for Mr. Vance is a statement by Bus Haskins, who played under his coaching on an un- defeated team in 1923 and is well known among sports fans. He was one of the Hnest coaches 1 ever served under, said Haskins. His death ended the career of a man with the highest ideals. He was very even tempered, clean cut and never given to unnecessary displays of temperament as is wont to come under the stress and strain of high pitch competition. His interest in boys and girls grew abund- antly from day to day. Probably half the children of Enid took their first swimming strokes under his guidance. One can hardly name an athletic event or any activity of youth with which he was not involved. Mr. Vance's concern for the boys, his inspiration for a healthy and agile body, for an alert mind and a cooperative spirit has paid heavy dividends on the gridirons of yesterday, on the battle fields of today, and will pay again in the America of tomorrow. His son, Lt. Col. Robert S. Vance, show- ing extreme gallantry in action was severely 1 , 1 1 1 3 1 I 1 l Leon R. Vance His life was gentle, and the elements So mix'd in him, that Nature might stand up tflnd say to all the world, 'This was a man..! i wounded in the crash of his B-24 bomber into the English channel. Mr. Vance was spared the grief of the knowledge that his son was lost at sea while being flown back to the United States on a hospital plane. But had Mr. Vance known of his sonis fare, he prob- ably would have been proud to know that his son had made the supreme sacrifice for the way of life he loved so well. The Ameri- can people too, have since shown their high esteem for Col. Vance by awarding him posthumously the Congressional Medal of Honor. Youths and adults alike seemed to rever- ence Mr. Vance, for he was a living symbol of those things we all plan to do, things we know are right to do but are inhibited from doing by our own negligence and lack of will power. Mr. Vance was successful. For a man who is honest, fair, tolerant, kindly, and charitable of others, is successful. Such a man comes in contact with all classes of people and is admired by each. Student, business associate, or intimate friend, Mr. Vance will be missed immensely by all, His poise under all circumstances seems to have come from an ability to live the ideal expressed by the scripture, If there be any virtue, think on these things. 7 ODE to f'Tbose Who Have Made the Supreme Sacrifice By jeannette Giltner Each night 1 hear from out the halls of starry darkness A voice call, Some one died for you today, And he was young and full of great ambition. In younger years he tread the old familiar halls And laughed and loved with all the zest of unmarred youth, Until, one day, thc echoes of a battle cry Came vibrant in his ears, and he was off to war. Gone, but in a distant corner of his heart and mind There was a place for what we best call reveries. The girl next door, the shaggy dog, Bobby socks and crew cuts. Sloppy joes and horn-rimmed glasses, Marked up books and beautiful lasses. Saddle oxfords, dirndl skirts, Old blue jeans and red plaid shirts. Pep assemblies-serious talks Skipping school and taking walks. Hikes and Hshin' and all those things That bein' out in the country brings. Model T's and late dates Loses steady-fan't get straight. Pretty girl, big moon beamin' Out too late, left to dreamin'. What could be better than the life of a guy Whose head is always way up in the sky? And suddenly they were no more, For he was out to fight the foe That threatened all these things he loved. Ar times 'twas fun to sit and talk Of all those things he loved back home, But all too soon the sun would rise And they were back again. For many months he braved the storm And then one night when the moon hung low, - And all the earth seemed tense and still The battle came, and for one second he remembered Then to Hght. And then the dawn... The battle fought-the Hght was won, But he was dead and buried in the sea. And you could hear them say, 'He was so young, Why did it have to be?' D To those brave souls who in the face of death Rushed forward, unrestrained and won, but still lost all, We give our heart's most full devotion. To those whose only shroud was but a blood stained vesture of the fatherland Who took the hand of death, like one expected friend And walked with him across the threshold Into the Unknown Land, we give high honor. They died for such a glorious cause, and I shall always pray Would God that I could give my life for such a cause as they.
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