Manhattan High School - Blue M Yearbook (Manhattan, KS)

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F YOU should wander through the halls of MHS and 1f by chance pass 1nto the audltorlum and f1nd lt occu pled only by the qulet rest1ng a1r and 1f you f1nd the morn1ng llght sendlng 1tS rad1ant stream to ease the hush Stop for a moment and let that atmosphere envelope you Then gaze up towards that servlce flag Wh1Ch rests so peacefully agalnst the wall Now should you feel the urge to count each star or to know each 1nd1 v1dual there represented just cons1der for the moment Let your 1mag1na t1on run 1tS course See that l1ttle star gleamlng there? Class of 40 he was came from a well to do and establ1shed fam1ly and that one there he had to work h1S way men 1n Afr1ca and th1S one he was an outstand1ng athlete as he IS a good sold1er today and to th1s one perhaps learn1ng came hard th1S one here he was elected to the honor SOC16ty Now you have captured the feehng of th1s thmg you begln to see the g1gant1c scope of lt all Th1S flag and other flags all over the country are the flags that represent our boys who today on the battle f191dS all over the world are unfl1nch1ngly representmg th1S free Amerlca Yes look up' Look up to that flag observe It closely see each star for what lt IS Know each boy for what hes dolng For th1s then IS the story of Amer1ca as surely as Amerlca 1S the Odyssey of the Free From all walks of l1fe then came men born and bred of freedom to prove that they were not weak but to the contrary strong Strong 1n the bellef that all peoples have a r1ght to be athletes honor students or just free and happy people that all people have a r1ght to be free from he1nous leaders and the atroclty of wars OF THE PEOPLE . . . . 3 . . . , 7 ' l . 1 I . Q , . . 'EEl':: , ' ' . . . 4' 7 1 i ' ' , - - , . . I f through-Captam now, leadlng h1s 9 . . . , 7 . ' ' -, ,' v' - ' L . . . Q, , 1 3 ! Q ' . Q , . . . . 'g ' Q ' - ' . . . . , . ' 1 , . . . ' l . ' 1 - 1 Z 1 1

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S I X I I EDITOR B111 Hofsess ASSISTANT EDITOR V11g1n1a Hall ASSOCIATE EDITORS Wanda Jo KICISFI Noxulle G1sh Joan Aldous Balbela Vasew Nolma F1ase1 Jean Rodkey Joan Haylett Helen Smlth Jean Hanna B111 Patte1son Ma1Jo11e Flemm Joann Yapp Helen Otto Ca1ol1ne Pe1ne Ima Jean Geffe1t Vllglnla Buste1 John Robuts Gale Fa11ell J1m Rh1ne N1na Jean H6bE1G1 DICK McIntee1 Shelton MHIIOXY Ahce Ann C1131 lson BUSINESS VIANAGER CIRCULATION MANAGER Shu leg. MIIISI PHOTOGRAPHER J1m Fa1 1 ell COVER Boxd B1o1l1a1 ADVISER M111am L DeXte1 Manhattan Sen1o1 H1gh School Manhattan Kansas KWWT MBALEBT FIGC to wo1sh1p and to speak F1 ee hom want and fear These ale the thlngs wele flghtlng for F01 those we hold so deal The 11ght to say the thmgs We please The ught of food fo1 all The ught to go to church to pra The ughts of lalge and small The betterment of all on ealth Whelever we may look To these thmgs and Ame11ca We dechcate thls book The BL E FONTTNTJ MHS and the W11 Adm1n1st1at1on SEHIOI Sect1on Nat1ona1 Honox Soc1ety Jun1o1s Sophomo1es G R and H1 Y D1amat1cs MUSIC Clubs Athlet1cs Soclal Ewents Blue M Queen Student Counc1l 55 1 C 1 Q 1 Q T' ' 1'.1' ' ' W .1 Deane Tolliver I 9 4 3' lj' 1 3 1 1 117 L. . Ac . 1 . - - 2 . .1 ' . - I - - 4 - .V ' . ' . - ---- 7 ' ' ' - 17 ' ' ----- 18 . - ---- 22 . . '- - - - 24 , . i I ' 27 ' ' ' -.--- 29 2 . . ------ 33 ' ----- 41 ' 1 ---- 50 - - - - 53

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E CAN gaze mth prlde upon our servlce flag but when we come to th1S Honor Roll our humble pr1de and exultatlon along w1th our eternal thanksglvmg can know no def1n1te bounds nor can any words express the meamng so reverently en shrmed upon that scroll We are humble before those names for th1s IS another and sferner story of Amerlca They had prlde prlde 1n the rlghts of man' They had love love of l1fe but st1ll more strongly burned w1th1n them the love of freedom and that love knew no earthly bounds' mam untarnlshed throughout the hlstory of mans tlme Many of them we dldn t know by name Many we wlll forget Others we may remember and award posthumously as they so r1chly deserve Whatever the case may be as to 1nd1v1dua1 ones we w1ll never forget thelr sp1r1ts thexr comblned deeds wh1ch w1ll stand for them-one and all That Splflt of the1rs wh1ch leads them always towards vlctory can be ex pressed 1n words that have been used many tlmes 1n hlstory Yea though I walk through the Valley 45,-ml,fu,, malt of the Shadow of the Death I shall fear no ev1l for the Lord IS wlth me For they knew that thelrs was the rlght just as they knew man was not born to be a fettered slave to an ev11 master So remember as you walk the halls of thelr hlgh school as you trod the ground of the1r free country as you carry on the flght as you are bu1ld1ng a world of peace that we have a great herltage to uphold' We have great accompllshments to equal' Perhaps we shan t g1V8 our l1fe s blood as they d1d for through thelr sacr1f1ce th1s world IS safer and closer to peace We are allowed to enjoy the opportunltles and prlvlleges of the free wh1ch they gave to us unscathed If others must be taken let us place them b6S1d6 our honored w1th the same respect for thelr sacr1f1ce As for those st1ll l1v1ng let us uphold our herltage let us thank our God we have such boys EOR THE PEOPLE 3 Y , - , V ' They are the real heroes of this war, who shall re- -l .,.,,.:.l.::,. . . . . , -' ' , . y . . . y . 7 7 , - ' ll P Q . . . , G' . 1 ,Il Y 3 ! H ' U ' V i- ,, . ,, - . , -n . . l , a 1 , I s ' v 4 . . - 7 7 Y D ' ! 7 1 -' 9 '