Scioto Township High School - Sciotonian Yearbook (Commercial Point, OH)

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F ORE ORD For the first time in five years, Um Sen- ior class of Scioto Township can publish our annual, the Sciotonian, in peacetime. The changing conditions of the pest war years largely mould the form and fancies of 'thc book. As much as conditions have permitted we have spent our four years in high school oblivious to war and its horrors. The purpose of the present Sciotonian staff has been to look from every viewpoint of the student and picture ell the phases of school life. We have attempted to give due consideration to every interest of the stu- dent end to avoid over-emphasis of one fes- ture at the expense of others-to make this a truly representative publication. The better features of former volumes we trust we have not forgotten. Oncoming classes will blot out the mistakes of this edition. May each succeeding Sciotonian be better then this- The Sciotonian of Nineteen Forty-Six. The Senior Class

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WORLD PEACE Peace is here at lest. After years of blood and tears and agony we have been vict- orius of our enemies. ' We lost our great leader, President F. D. Roosevelt, one year ago on April l2th. It was a gre a t blow to our nation that -such a great leader should be taken from us lI1'th8 midst of a global war: But, on May 18th, a month after his death, we won our v icto ry over Germany. Just a few short months later we celebrated another great victory. T h e surrender of the.Japanese, thus bringing us victory over one of the most fore ever known to stage war SGSIIIS treacherous of' against man . But after the shooting had stopped it as though the greatest test remains to be fought--keeping the peace. Strikes 'ulaic market, inflation, discontent and suspicion are yet to be overcome. ' taken Our new leader, President Truman, has on the great unfinished task the late Presidnet Roosevelt left behind. with the help of Congress and with all the natim pw- ing for him, he will emerge victorious. War will be banished--let us hope, forever. The nations will work together and really mean that war can be abolished. Let us pray to God that it can be done and no more will our young men be called upon to sacrifice fx their lives for freedom. Let us hope that neve r again will war ravage our fair country an d leave the wreckage of empty homes behind, so if we work together with a will, it can be a world of fellowship and brother hood, Mary Hoover

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RECKLESS DRVING E RECKLESS DRVIERS The toll in human lives through reckless driving has alreddy mounted to severalihhou- sand killed and many more thousands injured and mained for life. The average person reads of these accidents but quickly Rngets because they think WIt couldn't happen to me.W There are three types of motorized 2 mur- derers. Speeders, Hit and Run and ' Drunk Drivers. Each of these types are hequally dangerous and murderously effective. It has been only a few days ago since I read in the paper of a Local Judge sentencing a man to six months confinement for drunken and Hit R Run driving that resulted in the death of a child. Is life so cheap that it can be paid for with a mere six months de- privation of one's liberty? I once read of a west coast state that banded the cars of this type of drivers with a wide stripe foot or more in width. This marked them as potential murders to be scorned by the law abiding mortorists. I believe this state and our country at large do not fully realize that tall that 'this man made mechanical plague is reaping in lives yearly because of three types of dri- vers. I believe Uuscourts with their light fines and sentences, and the present laws of the state that renews a driver's license after having been found quilty of any of these three mentioned crimes are infa degfe quilty also. Our highways ax not build for the speed ofwhich the modern car is capable of going. So, please all, let's take it easy as life B to short to go rushing thru t. Violet Elson