Lima Central Catholic High School - Flame Yearbook (Lima, OH)

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V gkgwlcx, 1 . . '- 1 H. W. Leach W. Sch erman B. S. Ohio Wesleyan University, graduate Work, Ohio State, principal. E. A. Hauenstein Phyllis Mendenhall . S., M. S., Ohio B. S., M. S. Head of tate University, Head Home Economics De- f Industrial Arts De- partment, Bachelors' Jartment. Club, P. T. A. Corre- sponding Secretary. A. B., M. A. ilfiance Col- lege, Ohio te Univer- sity, Assistant Principal. Stanley Boylan B. A., M. A. Ohio Wes- leyan University, Ohio State University, Head of social Science Department, Debate. Laura Jamison B. S., M. A. Ohio State University, Ohio Northern University, Columbia. Unl- versity, University of Col- orado, Head of English De- partment, Weekly lVIir'ror, Handbook. E. L. Huber B. S., M. S. Transylvania College, University of Ken- tucky, Head of Science Department, Advisor of Student Council, Camera Club, Photography Advisor for the Annual Mirror. H. C. Heffner B. A.. M. A., Wittenberg College, Head of Mathe- matics Department, facul- ty manager of publications. C. R. DeLong B. S. Bliss College, Bowl- ing' Green University, Head of Commercial Department, Treasurer of Central High School, Commercial Club, Supervisor of Activities Tickets System. William G. Tempel Edith Simpson Harold C. Dillon Gayle Howey A. B., M. A. Univer- B. S. Ohio Northern B. S. Michigan State B. S. Ohio Wesleyan sity of Neb ras ka, University, Head of Normal, Head of Pub- University, Dean of Northwestern Univer- Public School Art. lic School Physical Girls. sity, Hastings Col- Education. lege. He-ad of Public School Music, A Cap- pella.

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To THE EDITORS OF THE ANNUAL MIRROR AND ALL STUDENTS OF CENTRAL I-IIGH. SCHOOL: Your parents know what it means for this country to be at war, for they lived when the greatest war of all time, up till now, was fought-World War I. But this is the first time that you have ever experienced your country at war. Little did your fathers and mothers think, when on November ll, 1918, the Armistice was signed ending a gigantic conflict in which they struggled either on the home front or in foreign Helds, that their sons and daughters twenty-four years later would be called upon to wage another World War. They fought that war for the two-fold objective of preserving our democracy and of ending all wars for all time. Dunkirk, Pearl Harbor and Singapore tell us that they fell short of the second objective, and while they succeeded in preserving our democratic way of life, even that was only temporary, What is the lesson that all of us are to learn from this second conflict, particularly you students now in school who soon will be faced with the grim realities confronting our country? It is this. The privileges extended to the citizens of a democracy cannot be taken for granted. The blessings of liberty in a free country don't just happen. Our forefathers had to fight for these things. Your fathers fought again in l9l7-1918 in order to keep them, and you are going to have to fight in order to keep them for yourselves and for your children in the future. There are forces without and within this country which would take away your free ballot and your free schools. So when the democracies win this struggle, as they most certainly will, it behooves these countries. if they would not bring on another war within another twenty-five years, to set up the international machinery necessary to guarantee justice, freedom and security for those willing to work, to the peoples of all nations. And then let every citizen exercise his rightful duty in seeing that this machinery is permitted to function. Only by some such an organization backed by the eternal vigilance of every citizen can the world be free from the threat of the dictator. These are the principles in which the public schools of America believe. . I trust that the students of Central High School will do their part in promoting these- our democratic ideals. H. W. LEACH Principal, Central High School Oo To THE EDITORS OF THE ANNUAL MIRROR AND STUDENTS OF CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL! Our nation is now engaged in the most ruthless and colossal war in the history of man- kind to determine Whether the principles of liberty, justice and righteousness upon which this country has been founded can endure. Before it is brought to a successful conclusion, all of us will be called upon to make sacrifices far greater than anything' asked in the past. If the privileges, rights and freedorms, which our forefathers fought so hard to establish and maintain. are to be preserved for this and future generations, we must make these sacrifices unflinchingly and fight eternally to eliminate those who seek to destroy them. From the time of the cowardly act of December 7 many have wondered how the past and present students of Central High would react in such an emergency, To me there has never been the slightest doubt but that all would respond nobly when called upon. The splendid records amassed by many former students who have already answered the call to armed duty clearly indicate this. The statements received from those in training have caused me to conclude that the lessons learned by all of you in the classrooms and on the athletic fields of this school have been adequate to carry out successfully whatever assignment in this crisis you are called upon to fulfill. I challenge all of you by your actions in the months to come to prove that the motto of your school is in reality For America, I Will . , H. W. SCHEUERMAN, Assistant Principal, Central High School ,...7...