Ottawa Township High School - Senior Yearbook (Ottawa, IL)

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Our Captain THE 1948 SENIOR is your log book. You can turn to it as the years go by to refresh your memory of happy experience in the harbor of OHS. I shall use it as I do the other annuals, to renew acquaintance with you and to observe the influence of a changing world upon you. As you nose your ship out of the y ' harbor, you can elect to sail the coast line. These waters are known. They are colored with the silt and waste from human strife, race tensions, the strong over the oppressed, the struggle for the control of natural resources, and materialism at its worst. Through this gray air breaks the fragrance from two large areas in the sea of human relations. These are over the horizon and away from the coast line. You can head to sea and explore these little known areas called Peace and Plenty. The world for centuries has not known peace. War has been profitable for powerful minorities who have used it to support the economy of their invention. Yet, for most people, it spreads destruction, poverty, desola- tion and deprives civilization of the luxuries of its inventive minds. Today, man with his inventions, can penetrate farther into the darkness than the human eye can see in daylight. Mechanical touch will survey the side of a mountain, or the surface of the bottom of the ocean, more accur- ately than human touch can explore the surface of an orange. Food can be grown without soil. Factories can produce goods in great quantities with small labor output. These are in conflict with an economy of scarcity. It is up to your generation to explore these changing relationships. Co-ordi- nate these achievements with materials for peace, security, happiness, and the reduction of poverty. May you sail your course with faith in people, love for peace, and the good life for all, and with an eagerness to make your home, your commu- nity, and the world better for those who are to follow. H. D. ANDERSON 4

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-1 gf. Board of Navigators Our board of navigators, more commonly known as the board of educa- tion, have served faithfully in charting a safe course for the S. S. Ottawa High. Serving Without remuneration, these navigators have displayed keen insight into the many problems confronting an educational institution. Foresight and courage have been their attributes so nobly attested by their recent successful efforts to place our ship on smoother financial sailing. These gentlemen, and the tenure of their service follow: President-Daniel H. Riordan, 9 years. Board Members-F. A. Peterson, 11 years. Dr. J. H. Edgcomb, 3 years. Dr. H. W. Hessling, 2 years. E. H. Pool, 13 years. 3

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Chief Mates EDNA FELLHAUER , MARGUERITE HEMPEN History ' E History L iii i ii i Q? i'i , i.l , 3 i I JOHN L. HOFF RIVA HOFF Music and Mathematics Q Art ALLEN W. NINNESS MAC RAE SHANNON Bookkeeping English DOROTHY ROTTER BEN ROTTER English General Metals ANITA BALDWIN GLORVINA WILSON History English and Mathematics 5