Saline High School - Salinian Yearbook (Saline, MI)

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Class History Con't. Grob, Glen Haeussler, Weston Haeussler, Russel Hosmer, Alice Klein, Alta Kuebler, Dorothy Kohler, Virginia Luckhardt, Shirley Maschino, Beatrice Nelson Charlotte Phelps, Alberta Robison, Laura Sally, Eugene Weed, Harold wilson and faul Hack. Initiation by the mighty seniors had our hair standing on end but we survived to follow the navigator of our class, President Charlotte Phelps. Miss Deverna, alias Mrs. Niehaus, was our sponsor who accompanied us on our sleigh-rides, dances, and ice-skating parties. What fun we had--candy sales, amateur programs, and our version of Shakespeare's Caesar. In our sophomore year we settled down to just plain cruising. Mrs. Dinelly and Mr. Bickel were the class sponsors who assisted us in the terrific job of ordering our class rings. With nRed' Feeman as president, our class meetings were positively the best, calm and collected riots which ever occurred on the good ship Education. Russell Bearss, Lynn Burdick, Edward Anderson, and Arthur Singleton joined us. With our destination coming nearer and nearer, we entered our Junior year with Beatrice Nelson as president and Mrs. Washburn and Mr. Burgess as class advisors. Under their direction we greatly enjoyed our Wlearn how to dancen parties. Our play, 'Hold Everything,n produced by Mrs. Lee, netted us noddlesn of fun as well as financial backing for our J-Hop. The patriotic absence of paper in the J-Hop decorations almost Nshipwrecked' us but Mother Nature came to our rescue. We used green bushes and shrubs from the woods with many colored flowers to produce a lovely effect. Into the twelfth grade sailed the class of '43 with chins up and hopes high. Forty-five strong are we. Uncle Sam has already reduced our ranks: Joe Thomas and Russell Hosmer joined the navy early in the year, in February Eugene Weed left for the armed forces. Our class advisor, Miss Stoianowski, poured 'Oil' on our 'troubled watersn and finally brought us into port. Not only did Margaret Finch do a remarkable job as president but also she brought honor to our class by winning the O. E. S. Oratorical Contest. After much worry and hard work on the part of Miss Carrothers and the class, our play, 'Girl-Shy , came through in 'ship-shapen condition. Our Skip Day Trip to Jackson Prison was wonderful for its educational value as well as from the stand point of fun. Scrap and paper drives occupied most of our spare time. We thank the Junior class for the superb JvHop put on in our behalf. Now our voyage through the Saline Public School is finished. The good ship Education lies at anchor today. Soon it will sail again but then its passengers will be on different voyages: some will learn on the job, others in the armed forces, and a few in higher institutions of learning. May we all remember Columbus' words, nSail on, sail on and on!W

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'ws-f' C yi 13 CLASS HISTORY by Florence Clark WAll ashore who are going ashorein The last bell clanged. Hurriedly fond farewells were exchanged with parents and then a mad rush. The class of '43 was boarding the good ship Education for its trip through the Saline Public School. On that day in September, 1931, Miss MacQueen entered into her offi- cial Wlogn the names of these passengers who remained to the end of the trip: Omah Bernard, Marion Bredernitz, Della Burkhardt, Marilyn Dietiker, Katherine Elsasser, Howard Feeman, Margaret Finch, Kenneth Gramer, Wesley Jahnke, Wanda Koebbe, Edwin Lewis, Shirley Rogers, Harold Schaefer, LaMar Steiner Doris Smith, Louise Tower, Ralph Uphaus, David Vaughn, and Jack Winkle. fhis was a new voyage, for we were the first class in the new school building. Soon we gained our 'sea legsn and took all in our stride. Recess fun-- climbing the old apple tree, playing house, indulging in the game cops and robbers--was interrupted as Miss Prosser, Miss Murphy and Elizabeth Hornbeck showed us the 'points of interestn in the second and third grades. Peeking at the personal log of Mary Morden, fourth grade teacher we quote the following: 'Katherine Elsasser broke arm on playground, Marilyn Dietiker ill for long timeg Wesley Jahnke and Howard Feeman difficult to keep at work. The class as a whole--the best everln Here Joe Thomas joined our happy crew. Esther Bowen guided us through the fifth grade. The sixth grade finds the class in the hands of Mrs. Hutzel and Katherine Briggs. Mrs. Hutzel tells us Wyarnsn of Marion B. breaking all records with her whispering ability, the class endeavoring to bring 'Redn Feeman out of his sulking moods, and Ed Lewis expounding on every subject brought up. Biggest event of the year was the pro- duction of the play, nThe Shoemaker and the Brownies.' At last the good ship Education carried us into the Upper Regions of Saline High. We entered the harbors of the seventh and eighth grades under the juris- diction of Virginia Horton and Mr. Bickel who can be quoted as saying repeatedly, Wwesley, get to work.' . . As we sailed into the ninth grade the passenger list was increased by twenty-two names as the following boarded our ship: Irmagene Blair, Florence Clark, Willard Ellis, Sylvia Feldkamp, Doris Finkbeiner, David Gordon, Irene

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'TOMORROW IS WHAT WE MAKE IT' by Alice Klein--Valedictorian Parents, teachers, classmates, and friends: Welcome to our Commencement exercises. Tonight marks the end of the first short phase of our life. Tomorrow we will be out in the world, and more or less, as we say, 'on our own.' Since we will now be expected to meet and solve our own problems, we want you to observe the motto we have chosen as ours: 'Tomorrow Is What We Make Itn. This motto places the full responsibility upon us, the youth of America, to make our to- morrow a safe and peaceful one, one which will ever be free from the agony, suffering, and bitter pangs of war. First of all, however, we must be concerned with winning the war. It is much more serious and grave than we realize. Many people say 'We can't lose, it can't happen here.' gg, we can't loseg we can't afford toi we must not, or else all the degradation, all the misery and suffering that have been loosed upon Europe will be loosed upon us. We, of all people will not escape it. We dare not relax for a moment if we expect to end this war soon and victoriouslyg and thus have a chance to prepare for a 'brighter' tomorrow. If we are to reach this goal we have set before us, we must prepare our- selves now. Our success or failure will depend wholly upon how well we will be prepared to meet and solve the problems that will confront us. Education is going to play an important role in this preparation. Only young people who have been taught to make their own decisions and form unbiased opinions will be of value in solving future problems. There is a great force at work in Germany now, which we must prepare to conquer and completely subdue. This force is the present youth, they are going to be an even greater menace to the ideals and security of the world than is the present German Wwar machinen. It is the little boys and girls of whom I speak. They are the ones to which many people never give a thought. For nine years now the minds of these German children have been warped. They are not disappointed with Naziismg quite the contrary, it appeals to them. They are actually enthusiastic about it. Most of these children have been moved to towns in Eastern Germany. Hitler is very particular about them. With the exception of the soldiers, if it comes to starving, the youth will be the last to suffer. These children haven't been made to realize there is a serious shortage of food in Germany because they are very well fed and even receive special rations of cakes and sweets not available to grownups. They are given vacations every year at the expense of the State. Those small children still remaining in Berlin each evening are taken to the Fuehrer's own chancellery in the Wilhelmstrasse. There, they play in the luxurious basement, or else see movies or childlike plays. The Great Conqueror, whenever he is in Berlin goes to them and spends one-half hour talking small- talk to them. Those that have been transported to Eastern Germany live in open- air schools and play on great playgrounds scattered over the country-side. The strongest and handsomest of the boys are placed in 'Adolph Hitler Schools.' Their curriculum is amazing. In addition to studying German History, that has been arranged to suit Hit1er's purposes, and the three 'r's'---reading, writing and arithmetic, they are taught to mine coal, build bridges, and u dergo extremely rigorous physical tests. Outwardly their education is very complete, probably more so than our own, but their u derlying education is warping. They are taught to believe in German superiority to all other people. They are rigorously indoctrinated with the racial idea and above all are taught to nate. Christianity is decidedly denou ced and is never mentioned. The children instead are taught to believe in the divinity of the Fuehrer. They finish school techni- cally capable, strong, and alert, but with a sense of values not much more ad- vanced than any member of the gorilla family. These youngsters are going to be exceedingly dangerous to the world of tomorrow. There is no demoralization among their ranks, they are aching to become old enough to fight. Their toys are miniature tanks, airplanes, and gu s, some of which actually shoot. If we think the present Gestapo is brutal that is nothing compared to what it might be if these youngsters are ever permitted to rule. Hitler acquired