Olney High School - Olnette Yearbook (Northwood, OH)

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SALUTATORY- ALL THE WORl.D'S A STAGE In As You Like lt, Shakespeare wrote: All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players, They have their exits and entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts, Tonight, we, the class of '46, are making one of those exits. Tomorrow, new players will occupy the stage we have iust left, and we shall occupy the stages which many of you in the audience are leaving. We are leaving behind us tonight the happy and carefree days of our school years. With the first foundation of life safely laid, we shall now settle down to a more serious mode of living, building and improving this great drama called Life on Earth until we reach the climax. The curtain now falls on act one. Tomorrow the curtain goes up on the second act. This new act will be entirely different from any we have played before. It will be the start of a part which we shall no doubt play the rest of our lives. We shall begin new iobs and new studies. This next act, because it is a start for our careers, is going to be an act of intensified learning. In this act we shall have to study much harder and learn much faster than we have done ever before in our lives. No longer shall we have the helping hand of a school teacher to help us with our problems. We shall be out in the world on our own and what we make of ourselves from here on will be our own doing and no one but us can be held accountable for our acts. Some of us may be going into service, some of us may go on to college, some of us may settle down immediately to the tasks we shall accept for our life's work, but whatever the case may be, these facts will still hold true. This next act will no ,doubt be one of the most important factors of our lives. What we make of this act will follow us the rest of the way through this play Life on Earth and right on into the play entitled Eternity, In this act we shall have the opportunity to make new good habits, improve our old habits, and get rid of our bad ones. lf we make a success of this act, and set a good record, this record will go with us the rest of our lives and help to pave the later roads of life smoothly in our iourney to success. lf we make a failure of this act and set a bad record, this record will make the roads much harder to travel. The curtain now falls on act two. For many of you in the audience the curtain is now going up on act three. The exact time this act begins is undeterminable, due to the fact that the length of of the second act varies with different persons. Some may work harder than others and finish the act much sooner. The part we shall play in this third act also varies greatly. lt depends on what the person does in the second act. The third act may be iust an intensified form of the second act, yet it may be an entirely different part. We may make an advance- ment in our old iobs, we may take on new jobs, or in the case of a person coming out of the service or graduating from college, it may be the start of the first important jobs of our lives. We progress through this act. On the way we shall find that we must work extremely hard in order to get through it. For some of us, this may be the last act of the play, but for others of us, we may go on through several other acts. Each act will be somewhat different from all other acts, preceding or suc- ceeding it. If we are successful, each act will be an improvement over, and more successful than, the other acts. Finally, when our time comes, the final curtain will fall on this drama entitled Life on Earth. At this time all the acts of this play will be reviewed and we shall be cast for a new play entitled Eternity. Thus, we see as Shakespeare said: All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players, They have their exits and entrances, And one man in his life plays many parts. KEITH CRAMER. 'I7

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L. KNOWLEDGE IS NO MORE A FOUNTAIN SEALED, DRINK DEEP Tonight I have chosen to speak on our class motto, Knowledge is no more a fountain sealed, drink deep. Some may have different ideas to what this pertains. To us it has great significance. It means that there is no limit to the knowledge that one can achieve in our world of today. Knowledge is obtained from education and education is no longer something sealed or limited as it was in the years past. It is something that can be gone into farther atd farther and still there is more to learn, experience, and earn. No matter how old we become we shall still be gaining knowledge. This reminds me of Life's School, by Ethel Skipton Barringer: I said to Life: I wish to learn Life turned saddened eyes on mine Your lessons, all today, With compassionate smile to say: Before I face this unknown world I shall be teaching you, my child, To tread its broad highway. When you are old and grey. We Seniors wish to go into the future with our motto before us, like a lighted candle, always remind- ing us to strive onward, persuading us never to stop, and telling us to secure all the knowledge we can. In order to obtain this knowledge and to succeed, we must know and use the five foundation stones of education: Intense Interest, Concentration, Observation, Exploration, and Cooperation. In order to gain something from a subiect, one must be interested in it. This interest persuades one to find out more about the subject. It arouses his curiosity and it keeps him wondering. So he proceeds to inquire and to concentrate on material concerning it. Concentration enables one to think things out thoroughly. It makes one see both sides of the question and brings out the different viewpoints of individuals. Thus facts may be interpreted and discussed in one's own mind and conclusions drawn. To prove that these ideas are logical reasoning, one must observe. Observation is the study of facts and through observation one can detect certain characteristics. Suppose you have a friend of whom you think well. If you sit down and study him, you are going to be able to see his reactions to different things. I I After drawing conclusions, one goes on to explore and to see if there are new things to find that may be added to the subject. By reading what others write and think, one may find new light on the matter. The final important foundation stone of education is cooperation. It is through working together that things are accomplished. This fact holds true throughout life. As we step into the' future we shall find that everything we do and accomplish comes th rough working together with our fellowmen. v After laying these five foundation stones of education through these twelve years of school, we are ready to face the future with a better understanding of how to cope with the problems that confront us. Through this knowledge we realize how much g raduation means to us. Graduation has not only given us some assurance of the future but it has left us filled with mixed emotions. We are proud and happy to have attained the knowledge and skills which our fine school has set forth for us. We are very thankful to our parents for the sacrifices they have made for us. Through their complete understanding, their inspiration, and their ready willingness to aid us in every way, we have made this gain. We are deeply grateful to our teachers for the loyalty and patience they have shown us. They have been always at our side encouraging us to go on and helping us to reach our goal. We are sad, to leave our beautiful school, close friends, and loyal teachers. But we are taking with us all the pleasant memories of these school days to remain with us always. Tonight, we, the graduating class of '46, will separate. Each one will choose his stepping stone to the future. We realize that success in the future will not come to us with ease, but that it will take a great dealfof work for us to achieve our goal of making the world a unified and harmonious place to live. Whether we succeed will depend not upon our luck but upon the effort we put forth and upon how deeply we drink at the fountain of knowledge. I ' ANGELA WASSERMAN. 1 6 I

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I I I I I I I SENIOR CLASS HISTORY K Looking back at the days when we were only seventh graders and mere children, as some people would have called us then, we begin to remember the exciting events that occurred and the adventurous things we did. ln the latter part of nineteen hundred and forty, and the first of nineteen hundred and forty-four, we felt sophisticated, being in junior high. How would we have felt being seniors? Then came September of nineteen' hundred and forty-one. Once more we reentered school. Each year led us to the top of the stairs of school and on to the stairs of life. We were now eighth graders with a class of fifty-six, two more than the previous year. We were excited this year, not only because it meant we would graduate from junior high, but also because the time had come when we started thinking of what course we wanted to follow and to what goal we would strive. Yes, some of us did select those subjects which we thought would be fun and easy for us, but then some of us, who planned on being doctors, nurses, secretaries, elec- tricians, farmers, and salesmen tried to select those subjects that would help us in our future professions. The evening of May 22, I942, the same evening when the class of '42 graduated, we received our eighth grade graduation certificates. As Mr. Loudenslager was distributing the certificates he made a statement which we were unable to forget. He said, I wonder how many from this class of fifty-six will be here at this school to graduate in the year 'l946. Had he looked into the Book of the Future? As time passed on we soon became Juniors, a class of thirty-two. During this year our versions of school had changed. We notzonly thought of it as a place we had to go in order to learn something, but also a place where we could enjoy ourselves and have loads of fun. On the evening of April 9, 1945, we presented the play, What a Life, starring Violet Koluch as Miss Shea, Mel Richardson as Mr. Nelson, Keith Cramer as Mr. Bradley, Bob Kurfis as Henry, Millie Bartosek as Barbara, Henry's girl, Jack Bieber as Bill, Rosie Marcinek as Miss Wheeler, Willanna Ruchman as Mrs. Aldridge, Mary Rideout as Miss Eggles- ton, Beatrice Eckert as Miss Pike, Dean Schultz as Mr. Ferguson, Viola Wasserman as Mary Deeter, Tom Selmek as Mr. Vacheto, and Mary Stumbo as Miss Johnson. With the money made from this play, plus the amount received from our Junior Jitneys and Ju tior .luke Jumps, we were able to give the Seniors lclass of '45I a nice Banquet and Prom, held in the main ballroom of the Secor Hotel. Then came the day when we became Seniors with only a class of twenty-seven. In December of the same year, Frank Marcinek, after serving two years in the U. S. Army, returned to school to complete his high school education, thus making our class of this school twenty-eight. Some had to quit and go to work, others married, and still others went to different schools, or joined the Armed Forces. Chuck Moom and Don Griffith, two of our best basketball and baseball players, left us last year and joined the Service. Chuck is now serving in the U. S. Marines. We were terribly sorry to see them go but they wanted to do all they could to help win the war and we could do nothing to change their minds. Naomi Edwards quit after her Sophomore year. She is now Mrs. J. Bruschaber. Albert Hall is now attending Scott High. He al,o left us after his Sophomore year. Elsie Hazel, the pretty blonde, left after her Sophomore year. She is now working at Grant's. Bob Healy, who also left after his Sophomore year, is attending Clay High. Josephine Hornik left after her Sophomore year and went to Waite High. The latter part of I945, her family moved to Owasso, Michigan, where she wfll complete her Senior year. Gladys Schreiber quit after her Sophomore year and is now working at the City Cleaners. Ruth Keplinger and Hilda Kuebler left us after graduation from the eighth grade. Hilda graduated from Waite High last year. Betty Latta quit at the end of her Junior year. We were sorry she was unable to return this year. Betty Young and Pat Robarge left after their Freshman year. Pat is now attending Waite High. Dick Schutt left us after his Sophomore year and is now in the State Guards and attends Woodville High. ' There are only a few whom we are unable to mention. Now as our Senior year draws to an end, we begin to feel sorry that this is our last year. We have thus reached the top of the stairs of school life. We shall always remember the splendid teachers we have had and the fun we have had in the past six years. JUNE SPENCER. I8