North High School - Silhouette Yearbook (Youngstown, OH)

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Do you, the Class of '48, realize that you are privileged to live at a time when the seemingly impossible is being accomplished? ln one gen- eration the average span of life has been increased by twenty-five years. Many diseases have been segregated and placed under control. New and wonderful drugs have been discovered. Machinery does most of man's work. We can measure the stars in their courses, change one element into another, and harness the heat of the sun. Man's genius has achieved the apparently impossible. We are mastering the technological and material world but are not succeeding in solving the problems of human relations. Can we control this mechanical monster we have produced? The new atomic bombs are one hundred times more powerful than the one that fell on Hiroshima, and the bacteria bombs are more deadly still. Yes, the world about us is changing, but we see little change in man. There is still in his make-up the animal attributes of greed, envy, selfishness and ignorance. Technologically we have developed by leaps and bounds, spiritually and socially we have- changed very little. The world needs a renascence of faith - faith in God and faith in the destiny of man. Our philosophy of life must evolve with our technical progress if our civilization is to survive. C. V. THOMPSON ten

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'zifzlendslmip It is Sunday afternoon, January 25, as I write this required word of farewell to the class of '48. I have thought of the many things which a good school tries to do for young people - ability to reason from fact and not prejudice, knowledge of the great values of American citizenship and their inevitable responsibilities, desire to be honorable, courageous, and dependable. I have faith that you have all of these things in some measure. May they grow stronger in you as the years pass by. I have tried to think of your school career from your viewpoint. I know that you have not always liked everything about school and that sometimes it was difficult to restrain your youthful exuberance. Yet simple explanation brought conformity readily from the good sports that you are. I know that you have liked many things about your school and that as the years pass you will remember them with a nostalgia for the good old times. We have liked you for your loyalty, your ideals, and your generous friendship. Come back to see us, or write us a card once in a while. Good- bye and good luck. Sincerely, W. L. RICHEY Rifle

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Qdvrsofzs Rose Marie Bode, a native Youngstbwner, graduated from South High School. She is interested in the theater, although not from the standpoint of acting, since she prefers to produce and direct plays. Here at North she is very active in the Creative- Writing field. She belongs to the American Association of Unive-rsity Women. She teaches English, dramatics, and creative writing. Mr. William Beacham taught school in the state of Pennsylvania and New York before coming to Ohio. He has been at North High for a number of years in the department of commerce. Sports is his chief hobby. He is quite a bowler and golfer. His summers are spent at beautiful Lake Chautauqua. Frank Percic began teaching at West Alexandria, Ohio. From there on he taught at Springfield Township High School and Fitch High School. He came to North in l945. At these schools he was head coach in football, basketball and track for nine years. At North he has been assistant coach in football. Hobby - Breeding Purebred Collie dogs. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Adrian C. Doyle attended schools there as well as in Youngstown and Boardman. On the North High Faculty he has the most years of service. He teaches drafting and science. Home and stage craftmanship are his hobbies. eleven