Rockford High School - RHS Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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foreword In presenting the story of a year at East high we, the editors of the 1945 annual, have taken as our theme the subject of the very story we are trying to tell. Our school is our theme, and upon that theme is our story based. The year 1942-43 has been one marked by an unusual activ- ity, for to the many annual events, which have now become a permanent part of school life, have been added several new activities which but two years ago would, to most of us, have seemed strange indeed. How truly far-reaching were the world events which occurred within the past several months was shown by the students of East high as fifty-three per cent of the boys and thirty-four per cent of the girls began working for an average of sixteen hours weekly at jobs within the community. Wfartime subjects such as preflight aeronautics, defense mathematics, and accelerated typing and shorthand made an unprecedented appearance in the list of courses offered, and the war stamp, Red Cross and metal scrap drives conducted were almost continuous. With these, then, as but a few examples of the type of activity which has gone on during the year, we leave the reader to see and to read the whole story as presented in the following pages. We shall try to portray not only the story of school and the people in it, but also something of the spirit of East high, that spirit which drives us forth on Friday nights to yell our lungs out or to do or die for the four and a half million cubic feet of brick, cement, steel, classrooms, books and people which is . . . East high. And in the same spirit of humble tribute with which East high dedicated its first service flag on Constitution Day of 1942, we, the editors, dedicate this book to all East high students who have gone into the service of their country. It is our sincere hope that it will be for them and for those of us who will enter that service during the coming months a permanent record of the spirit of East high as they would remember it. l 'A' 'A 'A' 'A' A' 'A' 'A' 'A' 'A' 'A' A' 'A' A' 'A

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A 'Jr' rTa1 ?gt V -. XLR ,ry , , ft sv , 5: . K .E 5 ., .M M t, ,,.1. N. new X 4 . At f . ff? - l ff, .X KX ,, ff l 'V ix fl W ' .M - X il! ti - ,Q 1 f L l .X xf fri ' f' 1' lx In ' ff l X. Service men returning to school were frequently seen at East high during the past year, and a warm welcome was always extended them from teach- ers and friends. Miss Jane Wfilliams is shown above greeting jack Sally.