Gowanda Central School - Valley Bugle Yearbook (Gowanda, NY)

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VALLEY BUGLE IUNE, 1947 QDEDICATIONQ 3 Yearbook Dedicated to Mrs. Schultz Gowanda High School, February 13 -Today the Senior Class voted to dedicate their yearbook, the Valley Bugle, to Mrs. Howard Slchultz, popu- lar teacher of mathematics at G0- wanda High School. Mrs. Schultz has served for three years as a guide and inspiration to all the students with whom she has come in contact. The Class of 1947 wishes to express its gratitude to Mrs. Schultz for her sym- pathetic and understanding manner, for the pleasant etlicienlcy of her classes, and for her sincere interest in the welfare of her students. Mathematics Teacher Honored Mus. Soil Ulxrz

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2 QEDITORIALD ILINE, 1947 VALLEY Bus E Valley Bugle Published Annually Cowanda, New York SENIOR CLASS, Editor When the Valley Bugle Staff met for the purpose of choosing a theme t'or the yearbook, they wished to find one which would be timely, original, and adaptable. The newspaper theme was chosen. First, we considered the timeliness of the newspaper theme. We thought that surely tlIe newspaper plays a greater part in our lives today than ever before. We recognize the news- paper as the mouthpiece of the nation and the arbiter of public opinion. As the reader turns the pages of our paper, he may judge for himself the adaptability and the originality of our theme as we have used it to relate the unfcensored facts about Gowanda High Schrzol, about its students, about its faculty, Zllltl about its activities. We have recorded permanently school events and we have depicted school activities for the community. We are exercising the same freedom of the press which has become a heated topic for discussion in inter- national circles today. We are entitled to the same freedom -of the press for which men have lived and died. In- deed, the importance of the newspaper has been recognized universally. Only through truthful knowledge may we attain liberty from the dark, yawning caverns of ignorance, poverty, greed, and oppression, which threaten to en- snare and engulf us at every turn of the way. Cowper expressed his own sentiments when he wrote He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, and all are slaves besides. In some foreign countries there is profound suspicion of anyone who is in touch with the rest of the world. The newspapers print little or nothing of happenings in other parts of the globe. Ignorance breeds its ugly and more dangerous progeny-fear. Fear, in turn, leads to submission and to the loss of civil and personal liberties. The people become as ra meek herd of cattle blindly obeying the commands of anyone who may choose to assert his authority over them. They become the masses, losing their distinction as individuals enjoying Icertai-n God- given rights some of which are stated in our Declaration of Independence as inalienable. Among the rights so stated are the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Happi- ness is destroyed by the fear, the op- pression, and the poverty brought inevitably by a totalitarian or other undemocratic form of government. We consider freedom of the press as one of our essential freedoms. The states of t.he original United States refused to ratify the constitution until the first. ten amendments, which still remain a cornerstone of our liberty today, were added. Among the first ten amendments is the one which states that Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of the press. Freedom of the press will ever seem as important to us as it seemed to early lawmakers, who were often charged with treason in pre-Revolu- tionary days, when they criticized the acts of governors who were appointed by the King of England. In order to form a more perfect and more lasting peace, we must have free- dom of the press to promote complete understanding and goodwill among all national, racial, and religious groups of the world. Understanding is gained only through a knowledge of fact as given by expert and unbiased men. -HETIFIN AI.I.ExsAHT INDEX huge EDITORIAL - - - 2 DEDICATIUN - - - 3 IXPPRECIATION - - 4 PUBLISHERS-BOARD or EDU:-ATIoN - - - 6 MANAGING EDI'l'0li-PlUNl'll'Al. - 7 CITY En1'rcms-FAc-ULTY - 8 SENIOR HIS'FORY - - - 9 Arr: R.lCl'0R'l'ERS-SICNIORS - - 19-15 WAR ICoaIz1-:sroNpEN'rs- VETERANS - - - 16 FEATURE REPIIRTERS-JUNIORS - 17 BEAT tMEN-SoPIIoMonEs - - 18 LEG MEN-FRESHMl'IN - - 19 Cllli l2EPOR'l'ERS--EIGHTII GRAM: 20 Curr BOYS-Sl'1Vl'lN'l'H GRADE - 21 CALENIIAR ---- 22 EDITORIAI. S'I'Alf'l1' - - - 24 I oIu-:IGN Nl'lW'S-PRlIl'lll-lt'Y - 25 Loom. NI-:ws-W1I.I. - - 26 CLUBS - - 29-32 SOCIETY - - - - 27 THEATRE - - 28 COMICS - 33 Sroirrs - 3 -37 FEATURE - -40 IFINANCIAL - - 4 -56

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IUNE 1947 VALLEY Bucus Advisers Reflect Capabllltles of Newspaper Proof-readers Miss GIA'-un MR SKHUI T7 Miss Dusux Efforts of Class and Yearbook Advisers Apprecialed June, 1947- The Senior Class is anxious to ex- press its appreciation to the senior class advisers and to the adviser of the Valley Bugle Staff for their in- valuable guidance. Miss Glaser, Miss Dehn, and Mr. Schultz have unceas- ingly worked in the interests of the seniors. They have contributed their time, their advice, and their inspira- tion, Few people consider the time spent by the teachers who work and worry over clubs, sports, and class activities. Teachers receive no payment for the hours spent in supervising the decora- tions, the refreshments, and the pro- grams of school dances. They receive no bonus for the hours spent. on the yearbook or for the time spent with the class treasurer balancing the bud- get. They receive very little verbal thanks from the students for their efforts. The seniors take this opportunity to make known to the public their often thoughtlessly concealed gratitude. r