Paris High School - Arena Yearbook (Paris, IL)

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A DREAM COMES TRUE She was only a Iwle in tlx ground when you left, but now she is a symphony. That's it, Joe! T fat’s the way to describe her, a symphony. Music, beautiful music: music of marble, steel, and con- crete. She is built of dreams, too, Joe: tlx dreams of tlx entire student body and faculty, of the architects wlx designed Ixr, of tlx laborers w x) constructed Ixr, and of the townspeople wlx) paid for Ixr. Six is an expensive dream, Joe, but, oh, so impressive—our new gym. Tlx new building, dedicated by Mr. Willis, president of tlx Illi- nois State High School Association, is big enough to muse the music and home living departments as well as the gym. You should see it, and you s xiuld watch our team play in it. Remember tlx fans talking critically and authoritatively about tlx box office? You can’t begin to name them, for they include tlx entire population. Tight game. Anxiety on every face. Anxiety and fear and lx pe and love—love for tlx team and an encompassing love for tlx sport. That’s American, too, Joe. Tlx flag still comes down in the afternoon. Never was a very impressive ceremony, was it, Joe? Still, you stop to watch tlx Stars and Stripes descend, and suddenly t xre is a lump in your throat, and your l at is off. We all feel that way now, you know; love of country and sclxiol spirit are one. High sc x ol days are more precious than ever. I know why you are fighting, Joe! You cannot forget these small, meaningful things—things that make up America. T xre will be more of us with you soon. We want to keep America free so that our children and our children’s children may enjoy t xse cherislxd memories, too.

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CHANGES the ocean in bis blood. Every day young men join tlx navy; the women, too. Miss Gisolo saw it Ixr duty to take a commission in tlx WAVES. The girls miss Ixr, but six looks trim, efficient, and somehow indestructible in navy blue. TIxre’s another you can't forget—Miss Wenz. Although she has retired now, six is and forever will be a part of P.H.S. Imst year, when tlx time came for Ixr to say good-bye, six made a speech. She was brave and immensely proud of us all; yet Ixr eyes misted, six bit Ixr lips once or twice, and her voice broke momentarily. We pretended not to notice because deep in our lx arts we knew lx)w six loved tlx school. Yes, Joe, we are far from the war, but it is not far from us. The milk line in the assembly at noon is an indication of our part in tlx na- tional nutrition program. Lights burn at night in tlx rooms where Defense Classes study, and pre-induction courses arc open to boys of military age. Cadet training is offered at the Armory each week. Physics classes spend extra time on prob- lems of air navigation. Seniors pour over Airways maps, working with compass and protractor plot- ting courses. A pile of scrap towering on the front lawn; nearly two tons of it. December seventh, all students meeting to buy stamps and bonds. Sales soar, over one thousand dollars. Stamp booth in hall. Boys and girls, who have in six months become men and women in tlxir thoughts and ideals, loaning part of tlxir allow- ances to win the war. Don't worry; we feel if Ixre—we feel it and are proud. Ensign Margaret Gisolo traded her P.H.S. gym classes for a commission in the WAVES. Wendell Blair left our commercial department to serve Uncle Sam. Carolyn L. Wenz closed the door on her career as high school principal last May.

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Cheer dear old Paris—Paris will win, I.S.H.A. president, Willis, dedicates new New gym lobby—money well spent.