Pittsfield High School - Yearbook (Pittsfield, MA)

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Thoso two flags, ilyingr in tht- sunlit air. With thc tirst snow, tho cxodus hcgans A llllllllwl' of our classmatvs loft. tht-ir hooks 'l'o join thc- Army, Navy, or Marina-s. W0 did not want to fam- thc cold harsh truth That soon, so many ot' our childhood friends llvould march oil' to tho war, to unknown Clilnvs. At last tho strugpzlv rvally had hit homo. Thvrv was a gfroatvr ilnpvtus to join Thi- Victory Corps that now was hoing formvd, Its motto: To consorvv, to save, to servo. Now ew-ry day tho sale of war stamps soared And all of us strove' mightily to earn Tho covvtvd Nlinhtv Man Flag for Pittsfivld High. And whvn at last tha- flag was rightly ours. How proud wo worn- to svn- it waving: tht-rt' Bolivatll Old Glory, procious, dt-al Old tilory. And wo haw- vowvd to kt-vp thvst- two , i i i ilagrs iroo, For thvy arv symhols ot' a happy lifvg Thvy stand for justin-0, lihorty, and low-: Assuro us that no man van 4-onqum-r 'I'rut h! -1 32 lr

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Now as the' nt-w sc-hool yt-ar got untlvr way Our progrrauns showt-tl tht- t-llvvt of WUI'-lllllt' plains. M. Xlore- strn-ss wus luitl upon tht- Sl'lt'll1't'SQ .-X vlatss in zu-rontuitics wus lwgun For all tht- st-nior und tht- junior hoys. lnstrut-tion in nutrition for the' girls In lloust-hold Arts ln-gan in 1-urly fall. 'Xml nluny hoys and girls, 4-agzvr to svrvo, Joint-tl First .-Kiel 1-lassvs that wt-rv ln-ing ht-ltl. 5 W X use-ful prt--intlut-tion group wus fornn-tl ln Nlorsv voclt- und nvw rmlio tt-4-lnnitpiv. Yigorous physit-ul training: nmtlt- tht- boys llzmly und strong in trut- 1-onunundo st ylt-1 .-Xml girls, too, lloclwcl in IllllIllN'I'S to tht- gym lit-ntling and strc-tt-hingz, striving with km-n xt-st To ln- top-notvhvrs in tha- Filnt-ss Course-. :X nuniht-r ol' our boys gan- up long hours During: NOYl'lllll1'I', for thu Salvagt- llrivv, Wliirh brought out tons ol' valuahlv st-rap W, rt- turnvfl into guns and tanks und planvs 'Xml otha-r war lll211'lllIll'S for lnvlt- Stun. N vs, pravtivally vvt-rytlling wo tlitl Xlus to prvpurv us for sonic- vital part 'tt wt' might play in this gm-ut global wurf X war to sun- tht- lwuuty, tht- itlt-uls. 4- 1-ont't-ptsol'dt-n1ot'rut'y, the- truths lmttlt-tl for. tl :sl 1- att nn-n, sinw- 'l'inn- ln-gain, liuvt-

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'l'hrough all thc springs bright days our boys have gonn- 'l'o give tht-ir st-rvit-v in our t'ountry's nm-dg So, wht-n we gzrziduattv, wo shall not lltvl A-Ks nonvlmlunt and gay und light ol' lwart As othvr st-niors ll-lt, in by-gonv yt-urs. But, though wt- livt- in bittt-r, trying tinn-s, tlur grruduntion will unl'old for us Nluvb mls-opt-r joys and grvutt-r 1-liallc-ngn-s Than forum-r gzraduations cvt-r knvw. WK: art- the one-s upon whose- sliouldvrs rvsts 'l'ln- futurv ol' that world,--- at world that holds A million rivb und undiscova-rt-d rt-alms tbl' huppine-ss l'or vvvryom- to share-. And wv who stay at horns- nlust nu-1-t the- C'llkillt'Ilgf' tbl' km-ping sts-urlllist faith in God and man. Wv must, hold l re-t-rloin's light up high and bright, So that our 1-lusslmitt-s on tht- buttlt-livld, xYllt'Il tht-y liuvn- inude- tht- wholv world salu for pt-am-, Nlziy c-oniv honn- to ai l'rt-at und happy land. Hur lfluss ol' '13 is not ul'raiicl. Wt-'rv young und strong. pre-part-tl lbr any l'oa-3 Wtfrt' rt-ally now to l'at-t- tht- bluvlivsl night-f l3t:catisv our lit-ritagrv bus inadt- us brave, Bt'C2illSt' vw know how joyous lift' van bv, lit-4-utisv wt- know what pc-uw and lrwdoni moan, Bm-anisv wt- low- to livc and love to laugh, Bt-1-atisv we- lmve at song within our he-arts. X vs, wt-'rv .Xnn-rit'zuis, und we- will light And light and light without an nionn:nt's rvst I ntil wt- lmw an still- und mlm-vnt world. lt-s, we-'rv ,Xim-rim-anus, und we- will work ,-Xnd worlt and work until ut lust wt- se,-Q 'l'ln- dow ol' pt-uw' with broad und shining wings, llow-ring o't-r an l'rit-ndly, lmppy world. X vs, Wt'.l't' hlllt'l'lt'illlS, und wt' will build .-Xnd build and build, and nt-wr vt-usv to build l or N it-tory, lor livtory und Pe-at-cl 1331