Peru High School - Narcissus Yearbook (Peru, IN)

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. . . THREE MEN OF SMALL STATURE OPPOSED THE WORLD . . . PERU HIGH SCHOOL REVISED CLASSES AND ACTIVITIES TO FIT A WAR PROGRAM . . THE MARINES CAPTURED THE SOLOMONS . . . RATIONING SLOWED US TO A WALK . . . WE TIGHTENED OUR BELTS A LITTLE . . . SAILORS IN- VADED THE PERU NAVAL AIR BASE . . . OUR NETMEN WON FIFTEEN BAS- KETBALL GAMES . . . AND 178 SENIORS GRADUATED WITH AND WITHOUT HONORS . . . WE PUBLISH THIS COMPLETE STORY OF A MODERN AMER- ICAN HIGH SCHOOL . . . Bob Foster and Dean McCrea discuss Naval Aviation with Cadet Iohn Marinelli, U. S. Naval Air Station

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WE AIDED THE NATlON'S WAR EFFORT Yes. we all helped. not because we had to. but be- cause we wanted to. We saw many things that we could do to aid our nation this war year. At the end of the second semester all juniors and seniors were tested for mental and physical ability. Remedial math courses wereofiered to those who failed the math test. Our various school organizations sponsored many victory drives. Of course. we mustn't iorget the Iunior High vs. Senior High stamp and bond-buying contest. Also worthy of mention was the work done by the speech department in correcting I' .4 Q :cf . ,Zi -iv. X speech detects which often are the M cause of military rejection. .4.