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LET His Experience Dear Editor: I would like to tell you about the most outstanding experience in my high school career. I rather doubt if you can appreciate what I mean, but I'll do my best to make it clear. First imagine yourself with your very best friends. Then, imagine your- self working with these friends toward a goal as a unit, and not as an indi- vidual. If you can do this, you 11ow know what it was like to be on the basketball team of 194-0. Sincerely, EUGENE DEMAR Q This couldn't he better expressd.- ED. What, Miss the Teachers? Dear Editor: As I look back at the many happy years spent at Madeira High School, I am very sorry that I will have to leave. I shall sincerely miss the fine teachers who have guided me through the most important years of my edu- cation. When I leave school, I shall always think of the happy days at Madeira High. .M Sincerely, BETH DONES Dear Editor: I can't say I really regret leaving school. From my twelve years at Madeira, I have many things to re- member. All of my activities and my many friends will surely be missed. Going out into a new world will be something to look forward to. My plans for the future are to become a secretary and then I hope to secure a position as a private secretary. Very hopefully yours, ELIZABETH WEHRMAN From Superior Intelligence My dear friend: Though I would at any time rather engage in conversation, I shall trv to make this letter of interest to us bioth. Practically everyone of our grad- uating class is outstanding in at least one phase of his school activities: but me--throughout the entire day, from history to English, my superior intel- ligence is heavily offset by my dis- like for compulsory attendance and the length of the days I do put in. If I were set free from required work, this country would be overflowing with luxuries of every kind. Most of TERS my associates believe that my returns for my inventions or discoveries would be too slow coming in to sustain me. So positive are they that there is a possibility that I may he made to further my education. If not, I may be still further restricted to the position of making a living. I suppose I must fall into this line of the em- ployedg but it shall always be my ambition to be among those that, like Einstein, think for a living. -I think anyway. Yours very truly, WILLIAM KEMBLE O We think that your thinking shows some thought.-ED. Wants to HHogshead Dear Editor: I experience both glee and sorrow when I think that the years of my education are drawing to a close. The biggest part of my life lies ahead of me into which we all must go. I really enjoyed the last two years of my high school education. We did have some good old times in the Sen- ior Class. It is a little doubtful as to my vocation, but I would like to se- cure a 'fjob on the railroad. I hope someday before I 'gcash-in-my-checks to Hog-head a freight or passenger train over some R. R. Division. Rail- roading is my best and only hobby. So to all members of the good old Senior Class, I say 'iso-long. SHERIDAN ELWOOD YELLIOTT Complimentary: Dear Editor: May I extend to you my best wishes and sincere thanks for the realistic manner in which you have portrayed our school life throughout the Mnemonic. Now we must all go out into those new surroundings where we shall find a different routine by which to work ourselves upward. And so in closing this last chapter of youthful memories, we pause to reflect upon the fun and heckling which we each received during our school days. Yours truly, MARGARET KEETHLER OThe Mnemonic wishes to thank Margaret.-ED. Dear Editor: In regard to my leaving school, my feelings and thoughts are mingled. I am anxious to face the future but reluctant to leave the joys and sorrows Page Two TO of the past. I am glad to have par- ticipated in athletics and to be a mem- ber of the Camera Club, which has helped to enlarge the activities of our school. Sincerely yours, CARL F. THORNTON, JR. For the Fun of It? Dear Editor: The past twelve years of my life will always linger as a pleasant mem- ory, but I will be very glad to retire. To be a uprivate sec is my chosen career in life, and I shall work very hard to accomplish this goal. I plan to attend night school at U. C. for the fun of it! Perhaps I shall learn something along with the fun. Yours t1'uly, ELAINE MILLER Do It Over Again? Dear Editor: I am very glad to be out of school this year: but, when September comes again, I will be ready to come back. I am planning to look for a job and after receiving one I will further my education in Commercial night school. After all that is said and done, I wish I were starting to school again. Yours truly, AGNES MAE WOOD O You're not alone in your thoughts, 5'Aggie.',-ED. Dear Editor: As I watch the book gradually close, I seem to recall the many memories of those dear old school days which we all enjoyed. We had fun taking part in all of the athletics, clubs, and other activities. We had our quarrels and fusses but they were part of those school days. Now it's time to close the book of the Past,' and start a new one with the 5'Present and Futurei' as its sub- ject. I hope as we leave we shall all stick together and remain as we did before, but with a determination to get as much or more out of life than our parents did. Itis ltot good-bye but just so-long until we meet again. I I Yours sincerely, l MARY KEETHLER I I I
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DEDIGATIDII We, the seniors, dedicate the Mnemonic of 1940 to Aaron W. Gerrard, whose considerate nature, industry and love of fair play, has inspired the sports- lovers of Madeira High School to the highest plane of sportsmanship and to victory.
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Page Three THE EDITCDR Memories: Dear Editor: 1940 - My graduation year! - The year of wars.4 The year we won the Hamilton County Basketball Tourna- ment at Green Hills. The years I939- 1940 will always be remembered as happy ones. Yours, JOHN PAUL SCHAEFER O You het, Johnny.-ED. A Dreamer Dreams Dear Editor: As I reviewed the Mnemonic of 1940 and looked over the faces of many former schoolmates, the question arose of their ambitions and desires. I can still remember my desires very clear- ly, although they seemed hazy at the time. As I think back, a wave of picturesque names Hood my mind: Shanghai-HawaiiASan Diego-cocoa- nuts - the Philippines-pineapples - Yes, you can well wonder if I have fulfilled my ambition: hut all I can say is!-HI'm still young. BILL KERSHNER O Bon Voyage, Willie, we know you will make it.-ED. Florida Bound Dear Editor: I am really sorry that the last four years have gone as fast as they have. The last four years will have lasting memories for me. At last we are on our own. There will be no more teach- ers to reprimand us for talking, to ask us questions and to keep us after school if we do not have the answers. Instead, we may be fired if we have not gotten over many of our slothful habits. As soon as school is out, I am going to Florida. It is really a great place to go. I would like to be a hook- keeper after I am out of school. Sincerely, , ,, PETER STRIFLER Dear Editor: I cannot say I am sorry to leave, although I have spent many happy years here. I plan to attend Miami University and I know I will enjoy every minute there, as I have here. Sincerely, MARY JEAN TEAL Philosophy Dear Editor: The past four years have been pages in life's hook: they're over and very few have Ndog ears on them. My only ambition is to be successful, in my own mind, in whatever I choose to do. Sincerely, THERESA JACKSON 0 T11at's the stuff, Mel.-ED. Dear Editor: Soon the great day all of the seniors have been waiting for will arrive. For some it will be just a stepping stone on to college, to others it will mean the end of their preparing and the beginning of their career in busi- ness. I plan to enter night school as soon as possible to prepare myself for en- trance into the advertising business. Sincerely, RICHARD BUTLER 0 Good luck, Dickie!-ED. Dear Editor: I would like to express the joy of my last year in high school. The end of this year has always seemed so far away, but now it is almost here. I thought there was plenty of time to decide what I wanted to do, yet here I am without plans for the future. No year has gone by so quickly as this one. I hope the friendships that I have started in school will last throughout my life. Sincerely, RITA M. YOAS Munitions Maker Greetings, Inquisitive Editor: You wish me to delve into those in- ner recesses of my so-called brain, you probe into my cantankerous grey matter-merely to disclose my per- sonal reactions to the prospect of leaving the portals of Madeira Hi. One thing, to he sure, has changed the complete course of my life. I shall never gain fame and fortune in the field of gunpowder. That is truly my great disappointment. It happened in Madeira, alas! The futureAoh yes, well, who knows? A long life-a merry one-a contented life-and a happy one. These are my answers. Best of luck to one and all. CLIFF O Let Room 135 profit by your ex- periences.-ED. Dear Editor: I am leaving this good school with a heavy heart fhuhll. I am leaving my old cheer-leading suit to whom- ever it will fit, and I am leaving Helen Spradling for the new cheer-leader to argue with. They didn't think they would get rid of me, but Iim gone for good. DICK CATES A Cook-Fancy That Dear Mnemonic Editor: My high school years have been very enjoyable I have had much fun and I probably will look back and say they were the best four years of my life. Next year I hope I can see my way clear to attend college and take up Home Economics. Sincerely, BARBARA JOY BOONE Dear Editor: Oh, when I'm old and gray, I hope I can then say, That though I have lived long, High School was all a song. And that friends I then made True to me always stayed. If I have gained success, Or if I have done something less, I shall always recall, In the earliest fall Good old Madeira High With a glad sort of sigh. Hopefully yours, DAN .l. DEMAR O Darn Dandy, Danny.fED. Regret Dear Editor: ' One of the hardest tasks of my life so far is the writing of this farewell letter to the Editor of the 1940 Mnemonic. My school years have been the hap- piest years I will ever experience and I deeply regret leaving Madeira High School. Sincerely, RITA STAGGE Dear Editor: This being my first and last year at Madeira High School I cannot com- ment on my four years of high school, but I can say I have enjoyed this year at Madeira more than any of the other three years of high school. Sincerely, GORDON MOORE
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