Pittsfield High School - Yearbook (Pittsfield, MA)

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Uu Xl. i is Uh nu! iw lm-1-d t 19-Ll -19-1-2 Huw gray and proud and cunlidvnt wc fvlt Wlivn wc-. as .luniurs. Ukllllt' hack in thv lull 'l'u start our Sl'l'Ullfl ye-ar at Pittslivld Iligzh. Now, laugzhingr at tho Suphs, wc' roalizvd Huw small and quitv hvfilddlt-d wt- had lwvvn Wi- rvully did not svvni su 4-hildish nuw Uni- yi-ar ul' high sm-liunl lill- had givvn us poism lluvivvvr, W0 did not prvtvnd to hv St-datn' or SUIH'I'l'lllOllS or wisv. u laugh und sing: und play: Wv fairly lmlrlmlvd on-r with our zm-ul In sv:-kim: all thv joys that lil'0 migxht, hold. ,Xt the' lwgrinningr of nur .I uniur yvur, W 4' had swim- dvlinitm- C'lltlllg0S in tha- svliuul. r first girl cln-mir lvadt-rs ut Pittslim-ld Iligh 'uh' thvir tlppt'2il'tllll'l' ut thi- llmtlmll garlic-sz K c-hiv, lrlundt- Juninr, lit-ttn' NM-stun-r us vliusvn lvaulvr ul' tht- nc-xy girl squzid. ln llllll-XOYt'lllllt'l' smut-tliing: nc-w ln-gran sm-iul lliillvlllgf vlass gmt midi-r way Vt ith sixty pupils le-earning! how to waltz! 1241

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Not one of us can easily forget The burning in our hearts, the searing pain That camo with those few terse and dreadful words. America at war! We scarce conceived The full import of this soul-stirring news. lt seemed so terrible and sad to our young minds. Our troubled eyes looked to the Christmas stars, For they alone remained serene and bright Above the black and angry smoke of war. The enemy had caught us unawares, And so, during the first few months ol' war, Our nation worked with lightning, frantic speed To keep the enemy from oil our shores. At Pittsiield liigh, our air raid drills began: And many teachers joined a first aid class: The Household Arts girls sewed on ehildren's clothes To help the lied Cross in its nlerey missions: .-Xnd with a zeal to us before unknown, We gave our time and strength to salvage drives. The sale of war stamps gradually increased, And slowly we began to understand That every little sacrifice we made Was going to help America win the war. 21 li