Jonestown High School - Maroon and Gold Yearbook (Jonestown, PA)

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jo fAe Cfazid 0 1943 K You FACE one of the most critical periods in the history of our nation. The conclusion that we must come to is that conditions in the world today are conditions of stark realism. There is a job to do. The Axis must be crushed, and the peace must be won. Within youth today lies the key to victory. Without any malicious design on the part of any persons, up to two years ago a state of affairs had arisen when society seemed to have no place for the full number of its youth. But now we have entered into a war, when youth suddenly become needed to manufacture and bear arms for the defense of democracy. - However, to meet the challenge today, youth must continue to grow. Someone said, Beaten paths are meant for beaten men. Grow or go should be our motto. It is not enough to take life to pieces, you must put it together again. The modern man recognizes that if he loses his sky he loses his earth. You cannot live by Nou, you must live by 4'Yesf' Life is not a negation, it is an affirma- tion. The future of the world is in the hands of believers. The nonbelievers cannot act. They are suffering from paralysis of analysis. The centipede was happy quite until the frog, for fun, asked, 'Which leg comes after which'? It raised his mind to such a pitch that he lay helpless in a ditch, considering how to runf' We talk about youth, that is good, but not good enough. We must understand youth. Everything depends on three things: You, science, and religion. The powers of science can be used for the purposes of reconstruction or for pur- poses of ruin. A man was expatiating upon the wonders of science in a ca- thedral in Europe. He looked up, saw a shell hole in the roof, pointed to it, and said, This also is science. We need a new spirit behind the powers of science. Give us two things, you say, and we can remake the world, the tech- nics of science with the spirit of living religion-love to God and love to man. Science alone cannot change the world, nor religion alone, but together they could. My generation so far has failed to put these two together. It may be that the rising generation will be able to putt them together. If so, you have the greatest task that has ever been entrusted to a group of young people- the greatest task and most glorious opportunity ever opened up before a group of young people. We know you can do it. Sincerely, fjssf iam, March 9, 1943- Supervising Principal

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6lClfl,Ay ROBERT L. ADAMS Supervising Principal Rothsville High School Millersville State Teachers' College, B.S. in Education Duke University, M.Ed. Science MINNIE F. BATDORF Millersville State Teachers' College Albright College, A.B. Teachers' College, Columbia University, M.A. German and Mathematics MRS. CLIFFORD L. HILTON Stevens High School, Lancaster, Pa. Millersville State Teachers' College, B.S. in Education Library, English, History, and Health MRS. WILLIAM ETCHBERGER Lebanon High School Lebanon Valley College, B.S. in Music Education Music and English THOMAS REINHARD Northampton High School The Pennsylvania State College, B.S. Vocational Agriculture ' RICHARD F. HARTZELL, IR. Lock Haven High School Lock Haven State Teachers' College, B.S. Social Studies MILDRED L. STAHLNECKER Coatesville High School Drexel Institute of Technology, B.S. Home Economics LOTTIE I. SNAVELY Ionestown High School Millersville State Teachers' College Lebanon Valley College, A.B. Teachers' College, Columbia University, M.A English and Latin DAVID S. WALMER Millersville State Teachers' College Iunior High School and Social Studies MINNIE GRUBER Highspire High School Millersville State Teachers' College, B.S. Grades 5-6 GRACE E. EARNEST Ionestown High School West Chester State Teachers' College Millersville State Teachers' College, B.S. Grades 3-4 MRS. ROY GASSERT Myerstown High School Albright College Millersville State Teachers' College Grades I-2

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6ll 00l'l CLIQ6! X Ideas-Worry--inspiration-troubles-ads-snapshots, we need more snaps -Write-ups--disaster-failurel But no, not failure. After Weeks of struggling through unexpected hazards, this group, which was given the full responsi- hility to formulate the activities of our life in high-school, finally presents this, our edition of the MAROON AND GOLD. We realize that this issue is far from perfect, but We believe that we have produced a fairly accurate account of the trivial and yet important occurrences in the daily life of a student of Ionestown High School. We sincerely hope that the results of our difficulties will be of some assistance in the compiling of year-books by the classes following us.