Minersville High School - Eleusinia Yearbook (Minersville, PA)

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In Dedication to the Memory of CHARLES HDVVRBD HOUDIXBUSU Supl. Min'-rsvill-1 Scluvol 25i:3il'ic'l 1915 V341 throc

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two Foreword ..... ln these days of war, editing and publishing a year book seems, indeed, a trivial matter. The Class of '42, however, feels that the record should be continued to be perused again, perhaps in a bright- er, happier day. We offer this Eleusinia, then, as another chapter. This is the record of aur four years not different in most ways from those of other class- es, having for us the charm of intimate and indi- vidual accomplishment. We hope that you the readers, and the world, will like it-and usl Theme ..... We have followed in this year's Eleusinia no con- ventional theme. Instead we have tried in some measure to make our book memorial to the one to whom it is dedicated: Mr. Roudabush. There have been some slight curtailmentsg indeed, we are fortunate in this year of shortages and ra- tions to have a yearbook at alll But it is a year that has also blossomed with slogans, belligerent or in- spiring. We have kept in step by giving to most senior portraits the words of some well known ad- vertising slogan. After all, these are the products of another mighty inportant war industry-Amer? can education!

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i . four DEDICATORY NOTE He Was a happy Warrior and a real friend to de- serving youth, and We miss his familiar figure in office, corridor, and class-room. We keep remem- bering him. He knew the first spring birds and the Ways of trout in spring streams. He had a way of getting deserving seniors into the colleges they wanted to go to, at prices they could pay. It was a special gift of perseverance. I-Ie had an instinc- tive love of truth and duty. He liked Wood-working and his coin collection and Southern chivalry. His word was his bond and carried authority. Wher- ever he Went in life: strength of purpose Went with him. He liked dogs and hunting tales. He liked especially the season and the spirit that is Christ- mas. With a granite integrity and a steady devo- tion he led the educational effort in Minersville for more than a quarter of a century. He died last sum- mer. The Eleusinia which he directed for years, and which he kept always near in bound editions, mourns his death. It dedicates this volume to him hoping that his memory may he green. ,Li .-. 1i