Jackson High School - Tatler Yearbook (Jackson, TN)

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Jack on High School : PRGSIDE2NT'S HDDRGSS 1l'allrr I 'Hl1't l Zt'00l1 llear friends of jackson High School: It is my privilege to welcome you to the class day exercises of the largest graduating class in the history of Jackson High School. If we were forced to close with the emphasis on only the numerical value of the class, our comment might not he of any great importance. Hut we are happy to present to you character and efficiency. The ideals and standards of life and conduct held during high school days hy the membership of this class are lofty and in- spiring. lntellectually the class of '42 is second to none. lf you will pause and consider the grades made hy our valedictorian, our salutatorian, and our essayist, you will find that they are pre- eminent. The work done in the classroom and in the extra-curricular activities hy the total mem- hership of the class will testify to the efhciency of hoth teachers and pupils. The dry hooks with which we have struggled almost in vain have more than once left us stranded on the parching sands of no man's land. VVe, wretched ones, Finally survived lililgfl-IIITS l'rogrr'.r.v and Illill on the Flosx, a feat which persuaded us that we are invincible. For the con- venience of all future seniors, we suggest that short summaries of these hooks he placed in the lihrary at their disposal. In spite of all our trials and tribulations we have today reached the highest rung of the high school ladder of success. Looking hack over the long way that we have come, we find the years filled not only with arduous lahor hut with the joys of accomplishment and the pleasures of companionship. XVith deep appreciation of your interest in us. l am indeed happy to present to you the jackson lligh School graduating class of 1942. Umor SIXTEENI

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:Seniv '42 Nfllilhlfhl. l.lflf l'llll.l.lPS, lflm'll'z'1' lllfilnllm ll4' lcrmr.-.f NIHUII, lm! .vllyx li!tl4'. .IOIQ HHNSON, lflm'll zu' llifvlmrm lfimtlmll '40, '-Hg llnsketlmll '-Il. '42: 'I'r:insler from l'opc High School '40. II4' gmsvx at tln' miylrtvv 'mls and .vuyx 'Yun ivrrz' min' ll litflr nut lilur' mn' l'.llNA l'..'XlQl.l'f ll.-XRRIIQR. lflrrlirw' llifvlnum Ui 4 'l'i':ii1sfm' frnni XI1-rc:-r High Srlnml. My-rcm'l'. 'l'n-nm-ssca. in '4l. , .N'lu ,v u mort t'.l'1llll'Xlft' lmly. ' i il COl.l'Il'fN -lOl.l.liY, .X'ril'utiji4' lliflnnm 'l'r:uxsl'er frmn Grnrr: High Svluml. l':iris. 'l'ennesse-e. in '-ll: Choir '42, IIN hun' is uf u 110041 rulurf' lHfl.l'fN 'l'UMl.lNSOX, ,Yrinzlljir lM'l'lmml Girl llc-scrrg-s '-Hb'-ll: 'l'rauisfcr frmn Tupl-lu High Srluml, 'l'i11u-lan, Mississippi. in '.l'Pg Mmxllily il'X'l'lliN Stull' 'Jig l'cp Squaul '41, 'l'ln'.v ulimyx fullf 'mlm m'w'r' tlu'nL'. XYILMA IEIQRRYINI.-XX, lilrrtitw' lllplnum Girl Reserves '41, '-L23 Pep Squzul '-ll: 'l'runsfcr frmn Sidney Lanier High Svslmfnl, Nlulllgulliriy. Alailrzunzi. in '-ll. ,S'ln' ulifm' lmx lm! tlzl' ur! tv lim' fulm mnnnt :vin nrru fri'vml.v. ANNHC l.,'XURllf Gl'f0RGlf, lfln'!1't'a' lllifllllllll Girl Reserves '4l. 'i,Y77lI'lL' um! flu' :vurld .vmllvx with yon, IQUNICE NORTON. .S'rim1lijir Ilifvluum Girl Rvsi-rves '40-'-ll. Secretary '4ll: linskethnll '42: Vhuir '40, '-ll: Mnrlel Plane lluilflm-r '-U. 'l'u lln' ruin' .flrt'.v jfulllx url' vfwr fuir. lllEl.liN 'l'AYl.Oli, lflvrlilru' llifvlnum llnskctlrzill '-ill. '-ll: Girl Rc'scrx'v.-s '40-'-42: ,lunior-Senior l'l:iy '-llg l'anrly Staind '-ll, '-42. l.nw rva.v4'.v lu lu' a plu.1.v1zrr :ulzrn it rvu.rz',v to hr a xrrn't. Al.lClf Y:XliNlfl.l., lflvrllw lllfvlnmu Qnirt1u'.vs is lw.vt. M.fXll'l'H:X l7ll:XNL'lfS H:XRRlS. lfll'1'll7'v lllifllllllltl Girl Reserves '41, '425 Pep Squzul '-ll. Sim duurnv likr an flIljll'1.'. JUNE JOHNSON, lflvrriw llifilvma Choir '-ll. '4Z: llnsketlmull '-ll, '-4.23 junior-Senior Play '41, '42g Ilrnmntic Club '4l. '-4.2: Girl Reserves '-U. l.'im' to mr ilu' lifr I luzw'---lr! flu' rrxt ym hy mr. l.AVlil.l.li lllflll, lflvvlifu' llifltlllltl L'ulm .mul af ull ll1l'll4r.v.' EMILY jONliS. lflvrl1 :'v lliplunm Uhoir '-ll: Girl Reserves '41, .-l .rmllr tu ull lll'l'llgl.Y many fril'ml.v. IPAGE 1f11frl21sN1 lf' 'J '7 N H1 , f sl ,- 1 Lllx I K lbff 1 111' ln If

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.1-. C1444 bag dcti itieA OUR FOUR STHR GC-INEIRHL Ol'lIfIilIll.' .-lllrrrf Slouc, Jr. Ladies and Gentlemen, Classmates: On these friendly Fields are sown the seeds that on other fields in other days, will bring victory. These are the words of a man, noted for his heroism and ability of performing what some people might class as the impossible. He is General Douglas MacArthur, Chief of Staff of the United Armed Forces in the Far Iiast. MacArthur spoke these immortal words in a locker room to a group of young cadets struggling to win a football victory. lXlacArthur has always advocated and practiced this policy, and through his great intellectual and physical labors he has become America's man of the hour. The General's great ability is easily explained in his life story. Douglas lNlacArthur was born in l880 of very distinguished parents. His father was an army officer with a splendid military record, bearing the nick-name, The Boy Colonel of the VVest. At this time the lNlacArthurs were stationed in Little Rock, Arkansas. and later they were trans- ferred to New Mexico, where young Douglas was baptized in battle by an Indian attack. After graduating from VVest Point in 1903. MacArthur served as an aide to his father in japan and to President Theodore Roosevelt in Washington. Upon the outbreak of the first world war he suggested the formation of the famous Rain- bow Division. consisting of troops from every State in the Union. He was placed in command of this division. thus becoming the youngest division commander of the war. A short time after the Armistice, MacArthur was appointed connnandant of VVest Point. At the age of fifty he was made Chief of Staff of the United States armies, thus becoming the youngest full general in American history. As early as 1933 MacArthur foresaw the present con- flict and appealed desperately for a great National Defense Program. In 1935 General MacArthur went to the Philippines as military adviser and started a ten year defense program after which the Philippines would gain their independence. ln july, 1941 President Roosevelt called MacArthur back into the service to command our Far Eastern armies. Upon the outbreak of the war MacArthur was in a desperate position. but with his small band of men he defended the city of Manilla very gallantly. Because of overwhehning odds he was forced to evacuate the city and set up defenses on Bataan, where he dealt the enemy some very costly blows before he was ordered to Australia to take command of the combined Australian and American forces. The sixty-two year old General is now faced with the problem of holding Australia and then regaining, step by step, the ground that fell before the ruthless onslaught of the deceitful Japanese. In other words he is the man in the clriver's seat: and as you know, he is a very capable driver. ln order to accomplish this goal he must and shall have the wholehearted support of the American people. who must keep his life line open and flowing with tanks, guns. clothes, food. and last but not least. a great American spirit. IPAGE SEVENTEENJ