Jackson High School - Osky Wow Yearbook (Jackson, OH)

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Page 22 THE 1943 OSKY WOW EDITORIALS Today we may be blddlng fa1 ewell to the common 1nterests w h1ch have bound us together for an extremely pleasant twelve years Some of us have obta1ned an ex cellent grlp on the footholds of success some of us have a wobbly but lncreaslnglv strong gr1p on those footholds But whatever the case may be we all have had the beneflts of a wonderful lHSt1tl1tlOll Graduatlon has separat d us to a degree from one anothe1 but vse w1ll never be sepa rated from the bas1c educat1on obta1ned nor from the cul ture and hab1ts acqulred We leave th1s our Alma Mater as accomphshed men tally alert sen1o1s The change has come over most of us so gradually that wx e have falled to l10lZ1C6 It Though grad uatlon seems l1ke an endlng we do reallze that It IS ln re allty the beg1nn1ng And vue have no fear of the future for we know that when we encounter fallure we wlll have educatlon behlnd us to push us on to success But under no cond1t1on must we 1egard our educatlon completed there are great gaps gaps vxhlch must be f1lled Some, and probably most of us w1ll go dlrectly to the a1d of our country some of us to places of hlgher l arn lng some of us to preparatory schools for our l1fe wo1k and some w1ll go d11ectly to work But now we have a success secret a secret wh1ch can be apphed anywhere We KNOW that onlv by applylng as much scrupulous ef fort to the work of our school or occupatlon of the future as we have to that of the past can we real1ze our ambl t1ons and a s1m1lar success From the very depths of our hearts let us thank the patlent understandlng teachers who dlrected our work durlng these past tu elve years F01 lt 1S they uho are 1espons1ble f01 a potent lnfluence IH ou1 ways and hablts GRATIS could vse reap and enjov the beneflts of these teachers years and years of study GRATIS could we tap the1r reservo11s of knowledge GRATIS could vxe commune w1th these ou1 leaders Fully do we appreclate the equal advantages and opportunltles showered upon our heads by them In sad fareu ell xx e salute cherlshmg memorles of 1nterest1ng classes and sorry that all must end I et AMBITION be our gulde KNOWLEDGE be our shleld and EFFORT be our sword as forward we go READ THIS WHITF PEOPLE In some of the large Clt 19S IH th1S natlon of ours there are schools separatlng the wh1tes from the colol ed By th1s I mean e1ther the colored Slt on one Slde of the room and the whltes on the other or the ent1re school IS devoted to e1ther the colored or whltes The po1nt I am try1ng to clear IS why should there be th1s race preJud1ce'7 I am most cer talnly glad that such a th1ng does not QXISI 1n our schools But vue senlors are gradu at1ng 1nto that world where b1ts of that prejudlce ex1st You may thlnk th1s a fool 1sh ed1tor1al that such thlngs as race preJud1ce vs ent out XR 1th the C1V1l War In Prmceton Unlverslty a colored professor made the follow1ng statement IH defendlng h1mself If you dlscrlmlnate a ga1nst me because I am un couth Ican become manner ly If you ostraclze me be cause I am unclean I can cleanse myself If you seg regate me because I lack knowledge I can become ed ucated BUT 1f you dls cr1m1nate agalnst me be cause of my color I can do nothlng God gave me that I have no protectlon agalnst race pregudlce but to take refuge ln cyn1c1sm bltter ness and hatred So spoke Andrevs Hatcher 1n the greatest defense of h1s race I knovs , J .. V - . . I 0 - V ' I O U l u Q ., 0 - l 9 - '- o I I ' - v 9 . Q I . a v- . . . . . 9 , - ' . .- v - . 7 9 . . . . , a . - 9 . - 0 .. 9 9 1 ' - ' . 0 ' . . ' In . . . 7 - ' . . . . . ... s 9 ' 0 II . , 1 - 7 ' . . I I V I 7 . .. . . . , IO O - ' .0 I 0 9 . . x . , . . . L1 A a V Y 7 . s . . . ' ' 0 - y kb v . . . ' . ' .. 9 9 ' a . . 1 i s . . 7' . ' . . u ' - . I H . .. . . 0 - 7 - ' . .. 1 , - . I I I , 9 - ' . .. 7 1 u . L V . . . . - .. .. . . - , . . 1 O 1 in . . , . , , ' ,. .. I. a . ' - 9 9 . . v , .. y . , , 0 I . i . , , , . l . ,, .. . .. . .. , , . - - ' 9 7 ya, . . . , . 1 Y cc - . AJ , ' 1 77 ' 7 a 1 - '

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JACKSON HIGH SCHOOL P390 'W 3 Elsle Gwendolyn Weese Kenneth Wllllams The better one knows her lC035t GU3rd5l the more one lzlces her Elsteddfod 1 2 Glee Club 1 2 0111 Of the way 4 Basketball 4 H R Sec Basketballl 2 Gen SCIGUCC 1 Home EC Club 1 2 Ples 2 Club 1 Commercml Club 2 Geneva Welsh Good 'nature IS Geralds Her speech mzrrors her actwns second nam 'e Semor play Blology Club 2 Scholarshlp team 1 Glee Club Home Ec Cllb 7 8 en SCIENCE Club 1 Maxine Westlake A lzght spot zn Jacksons Readu for seruce loyal to friends Assembly 4 Glee Club 1 Bas May Day 1 Basketball 1 4 Yet 21111 2 3 4 H R Tfeae Blologv Club 2 Home Fc Club 3, Hobby Club 1 Y Pr E' 4 f .x V W' ,if-we Mary Alice Whitehead She doesn t have to act pleasant she 18 pleasant Assembly4 Elsteddfod 1 2 3 4 Glee Club 1 2 3 4 Basket 1 2 H R Se Home Ee Club 1 Pres 1 Never tn the way and never Gerald White Neva Williams A serwus manner enhanced a pleasmg personality Hobby Club 1 Marilyn White Paulme Wills Everyones heard about lnttle Paulme Honor Student 1 Glee Club 2 Biology Club 2 Hobby Club 3 dark corrtdors SENIORS NOT PICTURED Everett Bowman, James Brammer, Aretta Austin, Bull Flaker, Carl Foster, Ralph Foster, Donald Harrison, Russell Harrnson, Turney Leach, John Murphy, Vlrglma Rasp, Siegel Terry, .lamea Vance, Earl Weed, Alun Whnldnng, Margaret Wllson, Lee Woolum 21 .f-,. t at 3 V ' QB .A ' ts 4 ,if , ' A gm H2 V ff V if 2 f ' W L , . , ..,,, .,,.,..F.., -i.. C' 'Fl '10 K V6 ' . . , ra I V Q . ,l 1 . K . B Q, Ns , . . . . . .. . , ff , , . 7, l ' JJ , . U . . 'ev - U v - ' , , , , , , ' - - 1 H 1 v 1 3, g s 3 . . '. . , 3 . ' 3 , , , 3 - - g , , g ' g , , ball , , 3, 41 . . C. 45 , '. . , . J 3 . . . . H . , ff . . ,, ff lf - b ' ' 1 n 7, y . Y i . i , . 7 9 , , L y :G.1,2,3,4QI.A.C.3,4. - . o ' ' . -f . . , 11 2 . ,, - - 1: Ku v. ' ' ,' l ' Q 5 3- 3 1 2 .' , : b y 1 9 3 - - J- l ' . W 1 4 , , '

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JACKSON HIGH SCHOOL PSEGQ3 JUNIOR DIVISION CLASS OF 1944 Junior Class Makes,, Histor FT TO RIGHT w f y Bnyw w v nys rr WHOS WHO IN THE JUNIOR CLASS Sprrlt of 44 Tells All t All ' ' I H gang I What s burrrn cousrn 'P 'P 'P ner ' We thought we mrght rs uell urrte and let you on rt rlso We plan o tell vou of the hrghly re garded Socral UD Strata of the members of the Jun ror class thrs year We have a number of keen personalrtres rn our class As a matter of fact the best vet' QNO slams on thrs vear s shall we say drgnrfred sen ro s J space nor energy to tell vou about all these brrllrant U7 Iunrors vue have decrded to grxe you some trls a bout some of the bovs and grrls who proved outstand mg rn our class We hope vou lrke the dope we have prcked up on these MEN AND WOMEN OF THE FUTURE especrally do we hope vou lrke the MEN AND WOMEN OF THE FUTURE V Hold Record For Attend ance At Seventh Perrod fDetent1onJ The J unror Class thrs year certarnlv drd all rrght for themselves They proved that they were really hep to the Jrve They held a Jam sessron all year and kept the corrrdors buzzrn wrth moron Jokes and tales on the teachers etc Members of thrs class got rnto many thrngs thrs year' Cood and Bad' For exam ple there were those boys who were lucky enough to be chosen for the H1 Y and then there were those who had permanently reserved seats for themselves rn the detentron room Many of the classmates were rn assemblres Some hot some cold' For exam ple a few of the numbers proved then actrng abrlrtv rs teachers students and babres' Thats rrghtl Ba bres' QYou wouldnt thrnk they needed to act J Now let s go back to the vear when these Junrors were just enterrng the hrgh school as seventh graders The whole class then was drvrded rnto three drfferent groups The 7 K group had 1 - l . ., , as as ac' ' H 9 . . , ' U as ' a 44 n , . ' I , , I , . ' I ' LE 1 President, Dan ashamg Secre ar , e lldmang . I Treasurer, Don illiamsg . Pres., a ur e. , I ' 1 1 ' . - . 7 7 sa ' u n 0 . . . . . ' ' H . . . . l . , - ' , 97 I . , ' V ' , . n . , . . . 7 . . 9 ' v ' Q 1 s v 9 ' Plentys buzzrn rn our cor- Ab we havent the tlme, , 1 I l 4 ' , u A H t l I ' V I- I Y . . 'I .I , 0 I Q I C A Q K ' 5 i I ' a rn ,z.'. ' t - '-'S ' ' ' 2. . .. . .. . ,' , 44 ' ,H ' ' O7 U ' ' - 7 U' Q J. ' ' , ' . , v ' . .- . . . , as ' l , as . , I I -I . ' . - ' ' - cc av I 1 I Y ' . ' ' ' as ra r , ' . X E E . . ca as , ' - - , ' ' ' I . . . , 9 ' I. . I . i, Q L .1 , L I I -