Salem High School - Quaker Yearbook (Salem, OH)

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difficulties, the football and basketball schedules were carried out. The stenography classes here at Sa- lem High have been doing their part in the war effort too, in supplying sec- retaries to the rationing board and to industries which need them. As there is such a great demand for well-train- ed stenographers in war work, the commercial course has been revised to meet these needs. The two deans' offices have been busy places this year since they serve as a medium between the students and the employment agency. With the present-day labor situation and the in- creasing demand for workers of all kinds, girls and boys willing to work are always able to find positions through these offices. Hundreds of student recommendations from vari- ous employers have been made out which contain information concerning scholastic achievements, character and loyalty to the United States govern- ment. The problems of finding farm hands was also put to these offices. With War-time buying becoming one of the tricks of modern housekeep- ing and living, the home economics de- partment has trained all students in the value of buying wisely, and the ra- tioning program has been studied care- fully. One thing which set apart this year more than any other, was the large number of boys leaving school at the beginning of the second semester to enter colleges. By special permit of the Board of Education, these students will receive their diplomas in June if their work has been up to standard. This same system of distributing dip- lomas has been worked out for boys leaving school before June for the army, whether through the draft or enlistment. Through Mechanical Drawing boys and girls gained valuable experience for vital trades. Parties this year at Salem High were few and far between. Dance, for- mal in other years, became informal, and local bands were engaged for mu- sic instead of out of town talent. Sev- eral penny dances, the band dance, the Varsity S dance and the traditional senior prom were held, but even so the shadow of war hovered over. Nowhere during this last semester of school could the 'tbusiness as usual sign be found. Everything was touch- ed or entirely overshadowed by the lingering and enveloping war clouds. We still sing the latest tunes and rave over the most recent movie, but some- how it isn't the same. Salem High school changed this year. It went to war.

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Superintendent E. S. KERR 7acaZtqmw! 74 . . We at Salem High are proud of our faculty, not only because they make their classes interesting, but be- cause they have the students' interests at heart. We of high school age aren't very sure of ourselves in many respects and it is always gratifying to have an under- standing faculty member to whom we can take our problems. Particularly this year when there is so much going on we don't understand, they have helped to make the situation, our situation, much clearer and not quite so frightening. They have really proved to be our friends. We have found that our teachers are really human be- ings Who have likes and dislikes just as We have. They encourage us when we get a break, and they help us when we're down and out. That's Why we like them. 11