Lorain High School - Scimitar Yearbook (Lorain, OH)

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A Message From Mr. Bunn i' When we consider the magnitude of this world wide conflict in which we are engaged, We feel so helpless. We are tempted to say: What can I do? I am only one person in a vast world of peo- ple. What part can I play in so great an enterprise? How can I alone find any way to help? And yet I want an end to this terrible struggle, an end to sorrow and suffering and pain. I want to have a world of peace and happiness. I know there are millions of other students who feel just as I feel-lost-alone. But I know that together we have the power to make the world free-free from greed and hatred and murder. I know, too, that to bring about the day when peace and righteousness shall reign, I must accept my individual responsibility to live and give and work and fight and serve as if S'-Eau Superintendent of Lorain Schools MR. P. C. BUNN the outcome of this War depended on me alone. I shall fight not only to defend my own country but to bring about a just and permanent peace for the world. That is the spirit of the boys and girls of Lorain High School. You have proved in many ways this year your loyalty and devotion to our American aims and ideals. You have not only preached but you have practiced our motto HSACRIFICE FOR VICTORY. That is the spirit that will win this War. I congratulate you on your many patriotic achievements. Fourteen

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THE SC CCL ACCEPT THE CHALLENGE 'k X- -77 N115-- J, QA. 1'-Q X - ,r ne ff X5 i' Blood in the bank . . . money in bonds . . . jeeps for the army . . . pre-flight classes . . . cuffs off the trousers . . . cafeteria prices higher . . . street car dates . . . part-time jobs . . . girls in machine shop . . . air-raid drills . . . first-aid classes . . . only one dessert . . . commando gym classes . . . War Stamps . . . Bombs for Tokyo Day . . . over 515,000 raised in one day . . . Lorain High School Service Roster . . . Faculty men in the service . . . Smaller hamburgers . . . Crowded busses . . . 35 miles per hour . . . Last year's clothes . . . Fighting alumni on the battle front . . . on the home front . . . The SCHOOL is at WAR! Thirteen 1 J

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Principal of Lorain High School MR. c. J. W. LUTTRELL flict will be won on many fronts. If it takes sacrifices to win, they are willing to make sacrifices. Some like Lofton Hen- derson have already made the supreme sacrifice. But to many it means helping in salvage campaigns, buying War Bonds and Stamps, raising food, conserving ma- terials, working part time on an essential job, and preparing more diligently for the days that lie ahead-days of war, and days of peace and reconstruction. Lorain High School accepts the chal- lenge. We will do our full part in help- ing to shorten the road to victory and in helping to build the new world of the future. A Message From Mr. Luttrell i' Progress in this war cannot be meas- ured wholly in terms of army advances and naval achievements-though these are exceedingly important. The performance of the civil popula- tion can aid materially in shortening the road to victory. By shortening that road the time is brought nearer when the men who are engaged in combat in Alaska, and Africa, and Guadalcanal, and other far-off combat zones can return to their homes and their loved ones in what we hope and pray will be a better world. It is reassuring to us and discouraging to our enemies to know that in addition to the millions of men and women in America who are ready to work, save, fight, and even die, if necessary, for the sake of freedom's cause, there are mil- lions of high school youth who are ready to make their sacrifices for victory. I believe that the boys and girls of Lorain High School realize that this con- Fifteen