Montpelier High School - Mirror Yearbook (Montpelier, OH)

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A Change of Signposts All over the land, institutions of learning have taken on a new sig- nificance-a new objective, as it were. No longer do these walls of stone a prison make, but rather they are concentration centers for various activities necessary in carrying out our defense measures. Seldom a day or night passes that lights do not beam forth from many parts of the building where long lines of humanity file through the open portals to secure the necessary gas, sugar, canned goods, or shoe ration books. In the many rooms, a first-aid course is in progress, a blackout meeting is being planned, a bond issue is at hand, or a scrap drive is on. MONTPELIE Page 10

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i WE ARE FUTURE BUILDERS For many years we have looked for- ward to this time of graduation-a time when our dreams and hopes would be realized. Like you, we did not know that our most elementary principles of hu- manitarianism would be threatened. We did not know that our hopes and dreams would be put aside until the time when our American way of living would no longer be in a precarious condition. Never before in the history of our school, or in the history of any of the thousands of schools in our nation, have we, the youth of our nation, been pre- sented such a challenge. This challenge is so searing, it threatens the very soul of our Democracy--a soul that will perish under tyranny and oppression. Yes, we the high school students have been called upon to help in the tremendous task before us-a task re- quiring many sacrihces and tribulations. We have done much to help this year, but we will do more next year, and still more the next, until we are sure that our country, and scores of countries like ours, are again free from fear and want, with freedom of speech and religion. This edition of our Mirror com- memorates our twenty-fifth anniversary Page 9 -twenty-five years of service and vic- tory. This book has expressed the Amer- ican Youth during that period - his work and his play. That youth had his problems to solve, also. But those prob- lems which confronted him were not problems which required him to develop his scope to cover the farthest bound aries of the world-only his own little world of hope and security. But now, our boys, upon graduation, become men to go forth to do menis work on our fighting fronts. The girls become women to do women's work and men's work in the positions of the home front left va- cant by those who have joined the vast throng to answer the needs of our gov- ernment. But our eyes and minds reach beyond this wall of war which surrounds us, and see the years when our graduating classes will again be able to go forth into a world in which there is every opportu- nity for them to follow the dictates of their hearts. That is why we are fighting now-- that is why we have accepted the chal- lenge thrust upon us by our enemies- for we are FUTURE BUILDERS. -By Peggy Edwards, Lit. Ed. Y

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1 A Warring World Yes, many changes are evident and the schools are playing a mighty part as soldiers on the home front. The problems of education for freedom are not simple in these times. Priority must now be given to the winning of War-and Winning the war requires the services of young men and women. This generation will have no time beyond the age of eighteen to acquire the knowledge and training they will need and are entitled to have as American citizens, but we sincerely hope that the coming generation of students will have a smoother pathway on which to travel. -Harvey Scott, Jr. 3 'J -x it ,f 'R J Z ,.-I' ----.1 lun! .flaw IGH SCHOOL Page 11