Harrisburg Township High School - Keystone Yearbook (Harrisburg, IL)

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George Davenport B. E. Hari W. B. Westbrook Lloyd L. Parker F cmk Parker Pres dent Secretary Board of Education A The responsibilities of Boards of Education during peace time are far from small and like all other public institutions, its responsibilities and the demands for its services are greatly in- creased because of the War. . Students' and members of our faculty have responded for various types of service that in any Way would help -bring certain victory. lf Boards of Education, through the coopera- tion of all the citizens of their school districts can cause their schools to continue with least interruption, to offer such courses as are asked by the Federal Government, to continue the peacetime curriculum and assume added responsibilities in such a manner that they can still have available functioning institutions at the close of the War, these boards may justly feel proud. We are Well pleased With the leadership that our school has, looth from the standpoint of administration and teacher personnel. Our school has devoted itself enthusiastically to the task before it, yet has remained completely free from hysteria. We are very pleased to report that the Harrisburg Town- ship High School is meeting amicably the various demands and yet is operating on a sound financial basis. The Board of Education proposes to continue the opera- tion of this school in such a manner that the boys and girls not in service may continue to receive as good as, yes, even better training than before, and at the same time preserve this institution for effective permanent post-War service. We express our gratitude to the public for unexcelled understanding, cooperation and support. 12 . ,,.......................t..h. L....- M-, .

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To the Mothers and Fathers of the Boys and Girls Who Have Attended The Harrisburg Township High School and Who Are Now in Military Service. My Dear Friends: This school is ever mindful of the fact that our Harrisburg Township High School boys and girls who are now in the military service of their country owe much to your unselfish love and care, and that this same unselfish love is with them today wherever they may be. Most of these boys and girls, to Whom this book is dedicated, were born and reared in and around this community. They have at- tended this high school and many of them have graduated here. Many were graduated from this school only through the hard Work and sacrifice of their parents. But all have taken with them to the far places that fighting spirit which Was instilled into their hearts, minds and souls during their school days. Whether these same boys and girls today are on land, in the air, or on the sea or under the sea, the faculty and student body of this school will follow them-through the jungle, over desert and mountain, in the air or under the sea-day by day and mile by mile. When the fog, the dust, and the smoke of battle have cleared away, and the sun rises again on a peaceful World, our fondest hope is that these boys and girls Will return again to their parents and homes to enjoy in our midst peace and comfort in the most richly blessed country in the World, the United States of America. Most sincerely yours, a 7Principal