Shaw High School - Shuttle Yearbook (East Cleveland, OH)

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ITS a long way from 1903 to 1955-lifty years, half a century. During that time there have been a lot of changes. The automobile grew upg radios found a place in every horneg and television was born. Your parents saw two world wars. You saw the last one and maybe we're all seeing the beginning of a third. In fifty years we haven't stood still either. Shaw has grown from a little red schoolhouse to the modern factory of knowledge that it is today. And the school yearbook, the Shuttle, went through its own growing pains, making the transition from a literary magazine to this reflection of school life. So you see, the years between 1905 and 1953 were ones of progress. The world, the school, and time-they all go . . . we-'M 'sun it ff!-F53 'fi-f 4!'e5Q'r?'wE'?s Wife t-Safes: ' 5 I V . 'G' 5--'Ps-aria! J'- . av S FORWARD 7 4- 452561 .10 ad-it -gig.-fl? I Z- 'Srl' I5 '

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FACULTY. . . turn the page SENIORS . . . Page 12 ACTIVITIES . . . Page 40 UNDERCLASSMEN . . . Page 92 SPORTS . Page 66 SENIORS' ACTIVITIES . . . Page 112

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Nelson F. Leist, assistant superintendent of schools To the students: The golden anniversary of the Shuttle finds us in a world which no longer knows the answers. Rigid formulas have broken down, drastic, world-wide changes have created problems which the human intelligence, with its love of order, finds increasingly difficult to solve. Ancient peoples put their faith in absolutes, fixed axioms, royal decrees, divine revelations. Their youth sat humbly at the feet of their teachers-Wise Men who claimed to know almost everything. The future to them was a Utopia of perfect happi- ness and complete victory for their side. Now, however, we question our wise men's conclusions in the forum, the press, the classroom. Our teachers Ceven at Shaw!D are discussion leaders rather than infallible authorities, they sug- gest where to look for truth, what questions to ask, what angles to explore. Slow, progressive betterment of mankind, rather than Utopian paradise for some one race or nation, is seen to be the best hope for the future, we are as universal clay shaped by events that touch all. To you especially, our youth-more flexible, more buoyant, less set in some pre-formed mold-the world belongs. Shape it as best you can. Dr. O. Korb, Superintendent of Schools To the Graduates: A modern high school should be a place where ideas, materials, and persons are brought together to achieve a desired goal. Shaw's aim is to enable its students to become increasingly independent, educated and useful citizens, dedicated to maintaining and im- proving our American way of life. Your class has made a good start in this direction. You have had experience selecting your officers and planning, organizing, and administering class and school activities. You have learned to work as individuals as well as in groups. Throughout your school experience you have found it necessary to make choices. The school has tried to help you to choose wisely. The faculty takes pride in the way you have faced the many problems which have confronted you. We congratulate you on your achievements thus far. We know you realize that this is but the beginning, the commencement, of your lives as citizens, with many new responsibilities as well as privileges ahead of you. As your principal I have enjoyed our association. Working with you has been an experience I shall always treasure. I wish you every success in the years ahead. Wayne C. Blough, Principal 8