Galion High School - Spy Yearbook (Galion, OH)

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af r ff I DEDICATION After graduating, we seniors won't soon forget such things as our alma mater on an autumn day or winter night, the tradi- tional Iunior-Senior Reception, the class- es we attended, and all the other things , large and small, which were a part of our school life. So to these things, so soon to become happy memories, we, the members of the class of 1945, dedi- cate our Spy.

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THE SPY

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Edrtorm Chief Fmrcal Presents Susie Our Theme INTRODUCTION TO THEME Since this year s annual IS being dedlcated to the old thmgs around school and Susle the skeleton in the b1ology room is the oldest we ve decided to let her guide you through the 1945 Spy About fifty years ago Susre took up her abode in Gallon Hlgh School when a ret1r1ng physlclan but let SUSIE tell her own story Susie says From the comparative quiet of a doctor s office to the hub bub of a high school was certamly a drastic change 1n my hte Soon I became ac qualnted and learned to like the noisy students even though It was many months before I overcame my t1m1d1ty My IIISI home was 1n the old h1gh school and when I first heard rumors that a new bu1ld1ng was being erected I wasnt at all pleased A person of my age doesnt l1ke being shlfted about every twenty or thlrty years I was very sad the day they moved me into the new buildlng and even though lt was a beautlful structure I was homesick that first day But when nlght came a they peered at me not with suspicion but with friendliness when they recog n1zed one of the1r own kind A brief conversatlon brougnt me the glad news that th1s hlgh school IS bu1lt on the site of an old cemetery Ive never known a dull moment slnce The thmgs we do' Most students dont understand that I have two forms They see me as a collectlon of bones m my steel case in the biology room They dont reallze that I have another form my sp1r1t form and that I can fht about at will through doors through walls wherever I wlsh to go Dur1ng these fifty years Ive acqulred a wonderful education Ive taken every course in this school several tlmes Ive played on the teams gone to the parties sat rn at teachers meetmgs and helped the Board of Education declde we1ghty problems Through all the years Ive been loyal to Gallon Hlgh School and her stu dents Ive seen classes come and classes go and belleve me young people are getting better and better If only I hold together for a few more years' Now dear reader Im happy to help you find your way through the 1945 Spy and from t1me to time Ill comment on the act1v1t1es Im proud and grate ful that at last a class has realized how important a personage I am around this place ' wonderful thing happened. Ghosts walked the corridors of this building, and