Roseville High School - Rosette Yearbook (Roseville, OH)

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'Uafedicto-faq During the next few weeks, in thousands of high schools in these United States, commencement exercises very similar to this one will be held. They will announce the fact that another body of seniors is leaving behind the sometimes called easy days of high school to take their place in the world. In used the term easy because you, the older generation, are inclined to forget the disappointments that march hand in hand with good times of high school days. In the hectic worries of rents, bills, and taxes, you may look upon high school as four care-free years. When you stop to think, you realize how wrong you are. This formative period of our lives holds difficulties as real to us as the everyday problems of life are to you. I cannot say that the rest of the senior class and I are graduating in a particularly jubilant moodg for, we realize that the years ahead of, us are going to be difficult and jammed with stumbling blocks which we may not be able to surmount. This is the place into which you fit. Thousands of pages have been written on world co-operation. Co-operation does not start around the tables of the United Nations, but in the homes, schools, churches, and the small communitiesg between pastor and congregation, parents and children, faculty and students. Prejudices start within the heart of the individual, not within the nation as a whole. Before we say our Hnal good-bye, there is one more thing that I must say. This land has given us public education as a birthright. You have preserved it for us, and for this we are sincerely grateful. You have given us a chance at knowledge, but I want to ask more. Our school system is not perfect, and every effort to make it so should be undertaken. Im- provements could be made in the school building that would benefit every- one. More rooms would give us less crowded classes and study halls. It would enable us to meet the demands of our increased enrollment. An auditorium separated from the gymnasium is needed. Plays could be re- hearsed and dances sponsored without interfering with athletics. How- ever, material things alone are not able to build a good school system. Attitudes of individuals form an integral part also. The parents can do more than any other people. Encourage your children to attend school and show to them the advantages of an education. Teachers should co-operate with the parents in keeping the children interested in the schools. The townspeople should stand behind and support all school activities. Nothing discourages as much as disinterest. To the student is given the responsi- bility of keeping the town support behind the school. Respect for the town and its people should ever be present in the minds of the pupils. The town will not help you if you do not help it. It is of the utmost importance to better the schools and to place every aid that we can behind the advancement of public education. For, literacy breeds better governmentg illiteracy, national chaos. Sally Laughlin SEVENTEEN

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JIM SPRING '4Meat Football 1, 2, 3, 4 Boys' Chorus 3, 4 Varsity UR 3, 4 Variety Show 3 M. V. L. 4 ROBERT SWINGLE usonnyu Variety Show 3 EUGENE WILSON Class Play 3 Variety Show 3 CHARLOTTE WOOD uwoodyn -Secretary 1 Glee Club 1 Library Club 2, 3, 4 Class Play 3 Rosette 3, 4 Homecoming Att. 4 Variety Show 3, 3 SIXTEEN HELEN STEWART ..Buggy,, Variety Show 3 DELORES WEST Dottie Variety Show 3 Glee Club 2 ROBERT WILSON I lBObl1 Variety Show 3 Glee Club 3 Football 4 BEVERLY YEAGER I KBay7Y Glee Club 4 Variety Show 3 Hilites 4 Rosette 4

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EIGHTEEN Safutatcvag Parents, members of the school board, faculty, and friends: Tonight the class of 1949 welcomes you to their graduating program, a time when the seniors will receive the reward of twelve years of school life. We, as a group, are probably experiencing now many of the same emotions which you felt in the past years as you waited to receive your diplomas. To cut the bonds which have tied us together for so many years is not an easy or a happy task, nor do we feel that the world stage promises a care-free picture. The entire world seems to be shaking now, ready to erupt into a series of wars at the slightest provocation. World peace is a big question on the page of time. In this connection I am reminded of our class motto, All for one, and one for all . As a class we have worked together toward this goal and given individual help to whoever needed it. It would be a wonderful ac- complishment if the world could adopt this same motto, All for one, and one for all . Of course, this would take work and sacrifice. The first step has been taken in the form of the United Nations. There the countries can argue the point of difficulty instead of immediately jumping into a war that may cost billions of dollars and millions of lives. Here, it is possible to recognize a mistake and correct it, or to reach a compromise. The flaw is that there are some countries who refuse to admit that they have made a mistake and who will not consider that anyone but they can be right. These selfish, narrow-minded countries are the hardest problem the world must meet now. It will take tact and firmnessg for, a country of that type will quickly seize the advantage of the gullibility of a weaker nation. We seniors do not have the wise judgment that comes with the years, but we do know right from wrong and can profit from the mistakes of others as well as by our own experiences. The youth of today is willing to work and sacrifice for world peace but not willing to be trampled. We realize that America is a country which offers many paths to progress. If we are to take our part in changing the path to the broad highway which leads to permanent peace, we must think and work toward this goal. Our school and home training has fostered this ideal. It is time for the class of 194.9 to assume their share of the responsibility and do their part to help American progress move upward. This is our aim as we leave Roseville High School. Peggy McConnell