Washington High School - Massillonian Yearbook (Massillon, OH)

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To tlmsu 0Ll1 Qtudgnts md fmulty of XX lslnngton Hlgh Sghool who hwy Lntyrgd, 01 Qholtlv wlll Lntcr mlm 'unud llludx lun pud thu Qupngmn SICFIHCL tlnt llbcrty mnght lug wg humbly dcdlcltc thls 1947 Ldltlon of thc M199lllC3l11lI1 5 forces uf our country-and to those brave Massillonians who I V i I 7 l . 51 'I ' 1 . .

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The town 0 Masszllon belzeved zn the great Amerzcan zdeal o ree puhlzc educatzon or all the chzldren o all the people Schools sprang up here and there zn the town good schools where were taught the Rs A small hzgh school was huzlt by the town athevs to pre pare a ew chzldren or that magzc adventure known as college Thzs rst hzgh school lay somewhat to northeastward o the sweet meadow at the road crosszng Q One dag the wzse men whose duty zt was to make the laws the chzldren o all the people should attend the hzgh schools Thus were the people moved one step nearer the great Amerzcan zdeal o equal zty o opportunzty Now a larger hzgh school would he needed It was then that the unique posztzon o the sweet g1 een meadow became apparent And so zt happened that a neu hzgh school l9ea1 zng the name o a g1 eat patnot rose from the meadow at Oalz and Fzrst . f A 9 f ' f ' f for the great state of Ohio declared that all ' f . g . f - 9 . A. ' l lt ' A' 9

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WSC roudly the people 0 Masszllon celebrated the chrzstenzng o the new hall o learnzng From all the town, and rom every red schoolhouse zn the surroundzng countryszde came the rst cztzzens o Washzngton Hzgh School They were grate ul or the prowdence o thezr elders, and ull o hope or the uture Not even the wzse men zn command dreamed o the school's destzny