Lower Merion High School - Enchiridion Yearbook (Ardmore, PA)

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A stltch m time Cautlon Keever working' Thu for n In honor of the Merionites in uniform Red Cross helpers on the home front

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GEORGE H GILBERT Tremendous changes haxe taken place slnce the Class of 1944 entered Lower MQFIOH The cataclysm of war upset our complacent l1fe The armed forces have dravxn avnay relatlx es and frlends of each one of us And the school you are about to leave has changed too A new and well equlpped shop bulld 1ng now offers a xarlety of techmcal opportumtles Tramlng boys and men for defense Jobs several of these shops have been runnlng far 1nto the nlght In the mam bulldlng the most consplcuous change has been the openlng of the Honor Roll alcove glft of the Class of 1943 Thls does fittlng honor to our What of the next three years? Most of the boys w1ll be men 1n unlform soon after they recelve thelr dlplomas Many glrls w1ll be tralnlng for nurslng or other work that vslll haxe especlal xalue during war days Llfe wlll be strenuous sometlmes dangerous dlscouraglng But I am confident vou wlll fight a good fight carry forward the school s noble tradl t1on and use your talents and tralnmg for the bulld mg of a bettel world G H CILBFRT F0141 fccn F A DUBGIS I am told that the theme for the 1944 Lower MCFIOH ENCHIRIDION lb The Four Freedoms These freedoms as well as many others have been be queathed to you wlthout effort on your part They should be guarded 1ealously defended resolutely augmented Judlclously and transmltted to posterlty undlmmed I have ex ery confidence that the members of the Class of 1944 have the ab1l1ty the vlgor the stamma the determxnatlon and the v1s1on to assure the preservatlon of these freedoms to the generatlons whlch are to follow As I Wflte these words It IS reported to me that who were 1n the al med forces of the Unlted States ln the present war have d1ed for thelr countrv and to preserve the freedoms wlth whlch all of us are blessed I have the utmost falth that all of the mem bers of the Class of 1944 w1ll so order thelr Ines that these dead shall not haxe dled 1n valn I' A DUBOIs A' . ' . 7 7 - ' 7 7 v 1 ' . u . ' ' Al . . . 'l , . . , 1 , . 1 1' - - u u - K Y K V ' I n V K' ' ' , ' . S . . . ' y. . . , . . . . ' l 1 ' Q I u n , . . l former students, now scattered over the world. upwards of a Score of fgrmgr Lgwer M91-ion bgys Y' 1 ' ' f ' . . K 1 ' . A l . a - x x , nu D L 1 K' KIA' I A' . I Y L1 s ' H ' Y . . . ,, N . , . . . . - Y . . . - 4 , K , . . .. f . I 4 Q