Piedmont High School - Clan O Log Yearbook (Piedmont, CA)

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lik H. W. JONES, A. B.: M. A. . Suporinlendenf and Principal SUPERINTENDENT S MESSAGE T HIS YEARBOOK bears lhe disfinclion ol carrying a record ol our school life during 'rhe year when viclory crowned 'rhe Allied eilorls in World War ll. This viclory over rhe forces of oppression which would Turn back The pages of civilizalion lo barbarily and slavery marks a new epoch in fhe rriumph of inlelligence and freedom over The blind 'forces ol bru- ral lyranny. I+ marks lhe beginning of fhe developmenf of a new air age of One World and The universal advance of civili- zalion. This vicfory emphasizes Jrhe impor- 'rance of foleralion and of an enlarged undersfanding of all races, nalicinally and inlernalionally. If will bring noi only life more abundanlly 'ro fhe people of fhis earfh buf also 'rhe hope fhalr Through fhis

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. N.. mwwqgwnws wwmeg Ag , vwwg N air ik 'ik ik FOREWCRD JUST AS Tl-llS WORLD-CONFLICT has changed 'rhe lives and desfinies of every living person. so The lives of all Piedmonl' High School sludenfs, in common wiih Jrhose of all American Youfh, have been radically changed by a world a+ war. A rouiine compelled by wariime living has aliered our very manner of life. Of necessiiy. values which we had herelofore overlooked, or did noi undersland, have been broughf 'ro our aHen+ion. and our ideals have been changed lhereby. The many gold siars added lo our service 'Flag in ihe pasf year have broughl home 'ro us The iragic cos'r of ihis war, and our ailenlion has been diverfed for The presenl' from ordinary aciiv- ifies 'ro lhose pariially. if nor wholly, in accord wilh 'rhe war efforl. Necessary adiusfmenfs have had To be made. and we, as siudenis of America, have worked logelher +o achieve as normal a school life as possible, while conlribuling 'ro fhe goal of permanenf and universal peace. New acliviiies, in keeping wifh Jrhe war effort include among olhers, Milifary Training Classes, Red Cross Clubs, and 'rhe sale of Bonds and Siamps, and are pariicipaied in wholeheariedly by lhe enlire sludeni body. H' is ihe devour hope of 'rhe i945 Clan-O-Log Slaff and all leachers and sludenfs associaled wifh ils publicaiion, fhaf complefe vicfory may be ours when ihis, fhe iweniy-Third volume of our annual, reaches rhe hands of ifs readers.

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undersTanding There need be no repeTiTion oT The presenT world conTlagraTion. Our Clan School, wiTh iTs obiecTives oT college preparaTion, has carried on Through This war period wiTh preparaTions which are commensuraTe wiTh The ideals oT The new world. Through college and professional courses The way is opened To malce The larg'esT conTribuTion To our na- Tional developmenT and To parTicipaTe in The world leadership which America will be called upon To assume in The new world order. This record, necessarily abbreviaTed by The limiTaTions oT The war, adds anoTher chapTer To The annual volumes seTTing TorTh The acTiviTies oT PiedmonT High School. STudenTs who have made conTribuTions To The progress and achievemenTs oT This school year, in spiTe oT The resTricTions which war imposes. are To be complimen- Ted. The sTaTT which has produced This splendid year book is enTiTled To our high- esT commendaTion. Mrs. L. RueTTe Dunning, whose par- TicipaTion on The PiedmonT Board of Edu- caTion has endeared her To all her Triends and associaTes, has reTired aTTer TiTTeen years of TaiThTul service. She served in The period oT The mosT irnporTanT growTh oT PiedmonT High School, during which Time Three elemenTary buildings, The Quad. and The library were compleTed. Her moTherly inTeresT in sTudenT acTiviTies has endeared her To TaculTy and sTudenTs alike, and unTiringly she always promoTed The besT educafional inTeresTs oT The sTudenTs. Mrs. Florence M. Ham has been ap- poinTed To Till Mrs. Dunning's unexpired Term. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION H. L. Breed PresidenT Mrs. L. R. Dunning SecreTary R. S. Milligan J. C. WiTTer H. J. ChrisTensen