Madison High School - Madisonian Yearbook (Madison Heights, MI)

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A junior A.W.V.S. was organized at Madison, October 13, 1942 under the guid- ance of Miss Gloria Gloor, whom we are proud to claim as our senior adviser. At our first meeting Grace Mills was chosen as junior chairman; Grace Millsap was selected vice-chairman; Jacqueline Clanton, secre- tary; and Dolores Dzendzal, treasurer. We are a new organization in Madison but from our many duties and experiences we feel we are veterans. Our duties are strictly voluntary and nothing is accepted for our services. The girls have been collecting used stamps, rec- ords, grease, silk hose, and clothes hangers. These activities will be continued for the duration. So far all our projects have proved a success, which is due largely to the girls hard work and to Jacqueline Clanton, Shir- ley Brown, and Lois Ziegler, who do such a good job on the advertising committee. We held a bake sale in January which netted the grand total of $9.00. Our match box first aid kits which we sold during April at the outrageous price of 25c brought us approxi- mately $12. The girls, feeling they now have the money to back their projects, are plan- ning bigger things. a. W. V. S. Back row: left to right: D. Illich,wG. Kettner, M. Hopper, D. Carnes, M. Miner, L. Ziegler. Second row: A. Johnson, M. Miner, P. Stuthers, D. Brazee, E. Barber, B. Olson, Miss Gloor. Front row: L. Clare, D. Dzen-dzel. J. Clanton, G. Mills, G. Mill- sap, S. Brown. J. Belger

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Clockwise: E. Alley, A. McCool, G. Mills, 1. Jesswein, A. Smith, D. Brownie, A. Kcskie, W. Leaf, L. Sheldon, P Gilezon, P. Stuthers, G. Sheldon. speech contest Listening to the four orators who com- peted in the school contest March 25 made one thing very clear: our students are as concerned about the key problems of the day as our leaders are. Grace Mills present- ed the question of uThe Negrds Fight For Freedom on the Home Front? Jerry Shel- don discussed, ttPlastics in the Post-War World? Walter Leaf won first place with, ttA Basis For a World Peace? Sue Thomas talked of ttThe Share Cropperts Needs? A larger group of sophomores contested for top honors in the declamation division; there were nine gathered for the elimination contest March 15. This group included, Pete Gilezon, Art Smith, Alvin McCool, Aldred Koski, Emmett Alley, Don Brownie, Lucille Sheldon, Phyllis Stuthers, and Iola J esswein. Five were chosen from these to represent the tenth grade in the school battle, namely; Emmet Alley, Pete Gilezon, Iola Jesswein, Don Brownie, and Phyllis Stuthers. The win- ners chosen by the judges were Emmett, first; Iola, second; and Pete, third. Our contenders brought a first and sec- ond place home from the district contest held at Utica, April 13. Walter eloquently talked himself into the blue ribbon position. and Emmett walked away with the second. Walter again brought home top ranking honors from the regional contest held May 5 at Birmingham Big Beaver.

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In the midst of the worlds darkest hours, when the blight of war has once again descended upon mankind there arises in the hearts of the subjugated people of the world an overwhelming desire for freedom7 and secondly, there is a universal desire among all peoples for a lasting peace. This war, as in all wars, is an outgrowth of the greed among men, who place wealth before the welfare of humanity, and regard war as a profit making enterprize. It is an outgrowth of the lust for power by men who cloak their evil intentions beneath the pre- sumption that they are earrying out the will of their people, and it is the result of econ- omic barriers created by differences of mak- ing a living. Hatreds handed down among nations for generations until their differ- ences are more traditional than realities have been so cleverly handled by frustrated, power loving leaders that they have served to bring to the boiling point any number of differences among peoples of the world. Wars do not breed in twenty or even a hundred years - the roots of this war start- ed when time first be- gan. The inability of a country to provide the necessities of life for its people is the re- sult of a lack of land, minerals, and natural wealth. Surely, this dates back to prehistoric times, as the wealth of a nation could not increase proportion- ately to its population. To a certain point the aggression of Japan is justifiable for Japants 80 million people are crowded on an island equal to lower California. This is true also of both Germany and Italy. Boake Carter aptly notes that when a man wants for food, clothing, or shelter he immediately becomes the plaything of fear. Under the impulse of fear, he will do almost anything. He will listen to the glirn promises of a Hit- ler. He may go over to Fascism. He will turn to anything or anyone who offers to res- cue him from want. The rise of Adolph Hitler, Benito Mus- solini, Franco, and Napoleon can not be blamed soley upon the citizens of those na- tions. It was a broken Germany that accept- ed Adolph Hitleris doctrines. The Weimar Republic failed because of starvation and inflation, and allied nations still mistrusted and refused to help Germany. Italy, disil- lusioned after World War I, and lacking wealth to build the nation that it might hold a basis for a world peace a respected position in the world turned to Benito Mussolini in his dream of the new Roman Empire. Dissastified and weakend Spain drove out the royal family and install- ed Franco after a bloody revolution. France. allowed Napoleon to take over the ruins after internal strife had split France for years. In all history there has been one major, just treaty; that drawn up between the United States and Great Britain, in 1783 and today we are united by unbreakable bonds of friendship. Another just treaty would produce the same effect. Peaces have been based on the thoughts of revenge and greed, and peaces based upon these factors inevitably lead to future wars. At the pres- ent time, it would be advisabled for Amer- ica to scorn the type of peace makers of Ver- sailles of 1919 and 1940, and follow the sage advice of Lincoln, who at Gettysburg urged the North and South to found a sounder union based on brotherly love. Twenty years ago at Versailles the lead- ers of the victorious nations ignored a gold- en opportunity to cre- ate a permanent peace. Revenge was fore- most in their mindse revenge they got - and. today the world is paying for their blundering. However, at the end of this war, there is a promise of a brighter future; for the peo- ple of today are becoming more thoroughly united than ever before to end war. The residents of Warsaw, Rotterdam, and Lon- don have been subjected to fierce bombings and now in retalliation United Nations bombers are paying visits to Naples, Ham- burg, and Berlin. The United Nations and now the Axis people have seen their cities callously and deliberately ruined, and they realize the utter futility of war and know that it settles nothing. We of today are thinking more in terms of internationality than nationality. Nationalism from this time on is but a limited point of View. The United Nations, potentially the greatest force the world has ever known, is pledged by their leaders to remain united for all time. Thirty independent nations are being welded into a unified agency for making and preserving peace. To this end the United Nations are endeavoring to profit by the mistakes of the past. They learned that hastily created councils, boards, and programs working half