Hagerstown High School - Heiskelite Yearbook (Hagerstown, MD)

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. . The Heiskelite . SENIOR CLASS HISTORY The class of 1946 is the first peacetime graduating class in four years. This fact alone should present a brighter future for the 300 odd graduates. The class of '46 has made news, and seen news made in our four years. In the ninth grade as freshmen we became youth at war. We will never forget that Monday, De- cember 8, when classes were interrupted with the news that the United States had declared war on japan. That infamous day not only altered our classes for one day, but it altered our lives for the next four years. Nevertheless, we did our part in winning the war. We bought war bonds an-d stamps. We joined many types of benefit organizations, and many of us waved our brothers and sisters off to war. To those who did not return we pay tribute. During the latter part of our summer vacation of 1945, mankind's most hor- rible war ended. The Atomic bomb, which meant the dawn of a new era, had hastened the day. That new day gave us all new hopes for the future, as we en- tered our Senior year. As we near the time of our graduation we cannot help but look back at the progress we have made. We marvel at how short a space of time it took for us to complete our high school education. We remember only too well that won- derful feeling of graduation from junior High School. Most of us came from schools much smaller than Hagerstown High, and in our sophomore year we were inclined to feel a little lost. The junior year seemed to be that in-between year: some of us felt as if we had passed our worst year and that our best was to come. Then came that year of all years-the year when we became Hsophisticated seniors. This school year of '45-'46 has been a very important one right here in the portals of H. H. S. We have seen the adding of two new courses in the school. This year a new radio course was offered in the school's program of study. The course, under the name of 'tRadio Workshopf' gave experience in radio writing and speaking. The other new course was that of Journalism. All types of newspaper writing will be studied by this new course. Equally important is the advancement made by the vocational and agricultural programs. In some respects you can compare our progress and learning these past four years with that of a War Bond. At first mention this sounds remote, but not if you consider it. Let's say in the ninth grade in our freshman year, we took out a bond. As the next three years sped by our bond gathered interest. There were those along the way that cashed in their bondsg some had no choice, while others could have held onto their bonds. Now our bond as reached its maturity date. It will pay off a dividend-not in money, but in something all the wealth in the world cannot buy, an education. 16