Jamestown High School - Red and Green Yearbook (Jamestown, NY)

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THE APPRENTICES QSUPHOMDRESJ NE sunny September morning, the class of '45 came to apply as appren- tices at I. H, S. and since then we have very successfully begun to learn our trades. Realizing our need for capable leaders we elected officers as follows: DONALD KING ....,.., .....,.. P resident VIRGINIA THOMAS .... Vice President CAROL OUIST .,., . .... ,. , . . . . Secretary DONALD OSTERSTROM ...., i....,....,.,.. T reasurer ARTHUR LAUDENSLAGER ,... ,... K eeper of Properties GLADYS E. CARLSON ,, .................,,.....,.... Historian To satisfy our parents concerning the conditions of our apprenticeship, We held open house at our plant one November evening during National Educa- tion Week. A reception in the gymnasium followed an informative program in the auditorium. On March 26, after our shift was over for the day, we changed the factory from its usual work-day appearance to a gay festive place, ready for the Soph-

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omore Party. Beneath decorations of wine and white, our shop colors, we enjoyed round and square dancing, as well as the antics of our more robust male section featured in a ballet and style show. Since the apprentices are not mature enough to join the armed forces of our country, most of us have enlisted in the General Division of the newly formed Victory Corps, helping to do our part to shorten the day until ultimate victory. Naturally our factory needs more workers, so to attract future apprentices from the junior highs we displayed the advantages of our workshops at an Open House in March. ln one respect, however, our factory workers differ from most, in that in- stead of getting the usual time and a half for overtime, we get nothing. Yes, you guessed it: we try to be efficient workers during the month so that our names will not appear on the seventh period study hall listl Under the leadership and capable guidance of our faculty advisor, Mr. Anderl, our apprenticeship has been a rousing success from every standpoint. ln our ten months of work we have learned much from the skilled and semi- skilled workers. We, the classs of '45, have been making ammunition now with which we can fight our problems in the future. Our motto, Not for self, but for all, is appropriate for a class that must face the' world of the future. Gladys E. Carlson, Historian.