Kaukauna High School - Papyrus Yearbook (Kaukauna, WI)

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QFFICERS Four short years ago it was little realized what was in store for this senior class at the time of its graduation. Your country has sounded its call. ln due time it will be answered by all the boys in this class. We like to feel that in this, our national crisis, on some far-off field, in the air or on the sea, there is a part of Kau- kauna I-ligh. Surely each boy as he leaves will take, or has taken, something from this school. And we believe that it is something good, and that in those moments which come to all, when flashes of the past bring glimpses of things that are loved, these boys of Kaukauna will think of Kaukauna l-ligh and find some strength and vision for the hard days ahead. Some boys from the class of l944 have already left us. Each of these in his own way has had to make his own decision, and he has followed what seemed to him to be the proper course of action. A few short months ago they roamed our halls, worked at our desks, played on our courts and fields, laughed, joked and sang, and side by side with us they pledged alle- giance to our national colors. Now they have gone to the far parts of the earth to fight for us, that we and they, and others of our kind may keep on laughing and playing, work- ing and singing as in times past, and THAT WE STILL MAY PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE SAME FLAG AS BEFORE. Adviser, friend and schoolmaster H Principal O. G. Dryer. As the members of this class leave us one by one to join that mighty host of American man- hood in our armed forces, we will read the list of names, some friends, some brothers, and reading, we will wish them well and trust that at the last they will come back again. Those who do not will have gold stars to mark their places and as our eyes meet those stars we will halt in reading, solemn and reverent. So may we resolve that we, too, will do our part, and that no act of ours shall in any way retard the day of victory and their return to us. lf it means sacrifice, let us make the sacrifice cheerfully, and strive to meet the challenge here for what they fight for over there. MR. DRYER, Principal

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Page 12 lt has been a great pleasure indeed, to have lived and served with the youth of Kaukauna. I shall long remember taking part in the war efforts of the students of K.H.S. during the stirring days since Pearl Harborevregistrations for the Selective Draftg sugar, food, and gaso- line rationingg collection of scrap steel and paper, copper, tinfoil and old keysy selling of war bonds and stamps to the approximate total of iTp40,000, and writing speeches on topics such as Americanism, The American Way of Life, National Unity, American Democracy Trium- phant, We Live to Be Free, We Fight Today for Tomorrow. The memories of these activities I shall cherish as proof that the schools are a vital part of the arsenal of democracy. The teachers and the students play a prominent part in this conflict. The schools are paying big dividends today. Following the traditions of our forefathers for God and country, American boys from all the little homes and the big homes of America are fused into the greatest military machine the world has ever known, and under the Cross of Christ and Old Glory they are carving the highway to victory, each with his own blood and sweat and tears. But above the crimson lames F. Cavanaugh. TLA Ciertfi hell of battle our boys can see, though dimly, the tranquility and the magnificence of the new America which their hearts and hands, as your hearts and hands, will help to build when they come marching home. The boys of 1917-18 won the war and came marching home with high ideals and great hopes, but they found we had lost the peace. lf we do not win the peace, the winning of this war will mean little. All the blood and sweat and tears will have been shed in vain, and our boys, the little fellows now toddling off to school will be compelled, in their turn, twenty or twenty-five years hence, either to kneel before some future dictators or to fight and die. Unless the tragedy of l9l9 is to be repeated, the victors of this war must know what they want and how to get it. Our triumphs by land and sea and air give us good reason to hope that America has been given by the good Lord what nations so rarely get-a second chance to accept the responsibility of leadership for World Peace. Keep up the good work. Let the old go if we must, but teach the youth, for they hold in their hands the destiny of this great country of ours. MR. CAVANAUGH CCDMMANDING Champion of the democratic privilege of oral expression-Superintendent M.-L4 .iff:.m:'gy' Vu'-9-9 f Q'

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fl f ,7,g..,,,L,,, LQAA, Gov.: o-ua. qawj IMA f:LYd AA-f.-.14 l f'--1 0-'Ott-f.-0.4 C-but' GLA-u.A'A-L ' T-ea.,-4, flpdfl' '+A Q f,'?.t,'m53:i-TCAMEUTENANT L,9-1.,ul9-4-4' 1'-'fo-IJYIA-ll-0 Many changes in teachers, class rooms and subjects greeted the Kaukauna High School fleet in September and throughout the year. Many new teachers, seven in all, came to fill vacancies, the result of resignations and the call of Uncle Sam for induction into the service. With Mr. Schlise leaving in October to don the uniform of an ensign in the United States Navy, and Mr. Kriesa, band instructor, going to Milwaukee in December to teach, two new teachers were added to the faculty after the term had begun. When another foreign language, Spanish, was added in September there came guiet and efficient Miss Leach and her southern accent. Back at K.H.S. after receiving an honorable discharge from the Army Air Corps, Mr. Gunderson took up two new classes, meteorology and the pre-induction co se ui.g+iQ1tag,J6B,w M3 'fy-M. , A 1 . fkA4L-9.-...,-4- jo-M.:.Q jvc?-,41iJ.0lt-a..,,, MISS AUSTIN-'Christianson Choral School, Lawrence Conservatory of Music, B.M., Director Glee Clubs, Mixed Chorus, Co-chairman of Homecoming. Subject: Music. Her musical ability plus her wonde ful organization equal the fine concerts she presents. e E v - 7 v Uj.,uJ'l'-1.4.4-S ttf MR. BARRIBEAU-La Crosse State Teachers' College, BS Advis r of Intramural Sports, Coach of Boxing, Track, Co-chairman of Homecoming, Freshman Committee. Subjects: General Science, Boy's Physical Education. Here is the man who brings the sweat out of the boys taking the physical fitness course at K.H.S. MR. BEGUHN-Stout Institute, B.S., University of Wisconsin, Iunior Committee. Sub- jects: Woodwork, Cabinet Making, Architectural and Mechanical Drawing. The work of his cabinet making classes are his pride and joy. MISS BOUNDS4I..awrence Coll?geq B.A., University of Wisconsin, Senior Committee. Subject: World History. Her pep talks create a high percentage in the buying of bonds and stamps. ' ff I , f .ffl While Abe Liethen points to the scene of a battle, G. Siebers takes a peek at another person's paper. Naughty, naughty.