Mattoon High School - Riddle Yearbook (Mattoon, IL)

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We Dedicate This RIDDLE 0151945 To Victory and Peace One year . . . and one step nearer ultimate victory and a long-awaited day of peaee . . . a day from which we shall guide our steps, in a hope that there will never more be a need to pray for victory in war. Peace, to the men in our Armed Forces, means freedom . . . freedom from a muddy foxhole that had to be home for three days and two nights, from won- dering where the next screaming shell would hit, from slow boats and slower trains, and from a plane that went too fast . . . freedom from all these things, and the oth-er thousand and one tortures that compose the tiny word war, To our parents, peace will bring relief from count- less hours of worry and fear . . , relief from the numh- ness that shot through them at the words, This is lVestern Union. Peace will luring happiness with the knowledge that their loved ones are once -more . . . safe. But to us, the generation that was too young for war, lies the task of defending our peace as vigor- ously and strongly as our friends and brothers defended their country in its time of need. VVe are determined to keep that peace, not only for ourselves, but for later generations, so that, in time, war will be forgotten . . leaving only a rightful heritage , . . Peace!

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hopes thz MR. BLACK . . . Superinlendenl War Time Responsibilities lhe w'tr di-'ru'mtc4l the c:luc:1tion:tl cztrcer ol niztny youths ol .Xinericzt 'llltc records show that inuny lmoys who were good pupils lmegun to worry zthout going into the ser- vice ol their country. Qlilztny were urged to reinztin in school, hui unlortunztiely niziny such lost their interest in school. Nlnttoon lligh School hzzs lveen ztnx'ous to help :ill who had not linishcd high school to see how they could cluztlily for their high school diploinzts, .Xny hoy or girl who hzts lmcen in such service, :ind who lacks some credits is urged to coininunicztte with the high sehoiol principal or superintcvdent and see what can he done zthout the matter , The nzttioiiztl til Hill ol- Rights lor the returning serviee ' niztn is ol grezttcst importance und Mzittoon High School it every' service niztn will secure the inztxiniuln henclits under th'-t l'1w loo niuch credit cannot he given looltl'1't'll1I'Il1Il vm-t r'uis ol this XX oild XX .u. . . . Administration . . . .Xt this writing, upwards ol :L tliousund ol our ululnni have hecoine inenihers ol the various :Xrined Forces of the United States of :Xl1lCI'1CZI, Twenty-seven hztvc given up their lives in Service. These people very evidently hz-lievc that the institutions of their hoinelund :ire worthy of niueh in the way of personal sacrifice. To them, :ts well as to us, the honre, church, and school represent the ztcine in opportunity for :tttnining true happiness. .-'Xll of us in the Senior High School, who are in any wziy responsihle for its operation and policy, are resolved that it shall never cease to exude that sznne wholesome, enlight- ened, and genial zttniosphere which they once knew ztnrl the ineinory of which they now cherish. MR. PARKER .... Principal