Monessen High School - Greyhound Yearbook (Monessen, PA)

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Jlonexsen High, Svlzool Monessen Vocational School FIV!

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FOUR Wlduoation for iotory I believe i11 America! Ainerica where Ainerica where l'1:li'llCllI'2llS, Anierica where :k1l1Ql'll'2L where Arnerica where creative tl1lIlkC1'S and earnest workers are building a brave 11ew world i11 tlL5lll0VQlllCllt is written i11 steel and stone and growing things, towering gigantic bridges, niodern liospitals, beautiful parks, l'0Sl'2ll'l'll laboratories IICNV horizons of opportunity beckon 111011 who possess tl1e pioneering spir 111611 may dl'02lll1 great drearns and make those dreams come true, tl1e upward ll12ll'l!ll of 1118.11 has but begun! lViIf1'z'zI IJl'fI'l'S0lI- 'in 1710 Fr which to live, skyscrapers, inspiring , and l1alls of learningg itg icndly Adventurer. Tl1is expression of America demonstrates both wl1at education has d0119 i11 the past i11 tl1e United States and what its progressive continuation can do i11 tl1e future. The iAlll0l'll'2l11 schools have never before lagged bel1i11d tl1e nation 's eo11rse of action ill ti111e of crisis, nor will tl1ey do so i11 tl1is ernerge11ey. Education is 1'll01'G llll1J01't1ll1t IIOXV than ever, for it 1l1USf lll0Ot the ClCl112ll1dS of both the warti111e and the post-war construction periods. How are tl1e schools meeting these two problems? The Educational Policies Connnission of the Natio11al Education Association listed eleven groups of activ- ities which are the responsibilities of organized education in order that the outcon1e of the war will be success- ful. This l'0l111lllSSl0I1 further states that tl1ese war dutiesm should be given absolute a11d innnediate priority in tilne, attention, personnel, and funds over any and all other activities. Among these responsibilities are train- ing workers for war industries and services producing goods and services needed for tl1e war, conserving mater- ials by prudent co11su111ptio11 and salvage, helping to raise funds to finance the war, increasing effective inan- power by correcting educational deficiencies, pronioting health a11d physical efficiency, protecting scl1ool chil- dren Lllld property against attack, protecting tl1e ideals of d8Il10C1'il.l'y against war hazards, teaching tl1e issues, 2ll1llS and progress of tl1e war and tl1e PCHCO, sustaining the lllOI'tllS of children a11d adults and inaintainiiig ill- telligent loyalty to Ainerican fl0l110l'1'2lCy. , Monessen High School, illll011g other schools and colleges througliout tl1e country, is doing its part. Defense classes have been established i11 0l11' classrooms and l:1bo1'atories at night. Both tl1e Red Cross VVar Fund Drive and the Victory Book Campaign have been emphasized within the schools with successful results. The sales of defense stamps at school have risen rapidly. First aid classes have bee11 inaugurated in tl1e high school curri- culum, and on all sides, in the halls a11d ill assemblies, the need for preserving our democracy has been stressed. The instructions for general behavior during air raids have b9E11 clearly presented, and practical experience in air raid drills will help to provide a means of protection, if necessary. Even i11 8X'L1'21-Clll'1'lC11l211' activities ed11- cation for victory is apparent, for i11 both oral and written discussions tl1e various phases of tl1e War are being brought clearly before the students' minds. In all these activities both faculty and students l1ave cooperated readily and they are willing to do so in the future, in order that there will be a continuation of education for victory. It is i11 this spirit that we tl1e students of Monessen High School, dedicate The Greyhound of 1942 to those in tl1e Bl'I118d forces of tl1e United States, the H1011 wl10 are upholding tl1e rights and ideals of our country tl1I'0lIgll0l1lL tl1e world. In particular, we dedicate this book to those 1l1Qll1lJG1'S of tl1e faculty a11d the Senior class who have joined tl1e arn1ed fo1'cesQMr. Vincent Bolton, our science instructor, who is 11ow in the Ar111ored Battalion, Camp Chaffee, Arkansas, Alan T1'0l1lZ1112U1 and Herbert Lees of the United States Marine Corps and Edward Sabol of the United States Merchant Marine.

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2 MR. H. A. 3fC1DERlTOTT DR. T. B. HICRRON DH. H. J. BLXXXVELI. B0ard.0f MR. VICTOR SATRIANO, President EducaH0n HON. DAVID H. VVEISS DR. G. L. TRTLLI MR. NICHOLAS ZORE'I'1CII