Shawano High School - Shawnee Yearbook (Shawano, WI)

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Mr. O. A. Reetz, Superintendent of Schools In Education, it is not so much what we have learned as it is to understand what we have learned. Once understood, we can then make decisions. Decisions made by those who believe in the better way of life for all, and supported by a majority, determine, the destinies of man. If Americans un- derstood democratic rules and idiology, the more inspired they would be to apply such principles to their own way of life and help others to resist the unfair practices of politics in our present world affairs. But understanding comes not of itself. The many varying and conflicting points of view, in our social order today, must be understood-only then a fair open minded deci- sion can be arrived at. ln our school, let us aim to understand even though the result be most shocking to our peace of mind. -O. A. Rssrz page seven

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page six SCHOOL BOARD Mr. Rcctz Mrs. Wallrich Mr. Andrews Mrs. Czcsklcba Mr. Fischer Dr. Peterson Iudge Dillet 1 OFFICE FORCE Dorothy Meyer, Assistant - Mabel Gicbel, Secretary

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n- . MR. E. F. THOMAS Principal Ripon College B. Ph. University of Iowa, M. A. Chemistry ln American homes torn by the losses and anxieties of this war, there is one prevailing hope: the hope for peace, with victory for human rights and dignities we have been forced to defend. We are living in an age of confusion, an age in which civilization is more seriously theatened than at any period in modern times. We have witnessed the enslavement of people in countries in which we would not have thought this to be possible. We are winning the war. But a problem just as vital- even more staggering-will face us when the firing stops. It is to win the peace. The collapse of Germany and Iapan will not mean that the peace is won. Peace is never won unless it is maintained. One factor indispensible to the maintenance of peace is knowledge. Knowledge of problems. foreign and domestic-knowledge of world backgrounds and movements-of interwoven national interests. This nation is blessed with great human energy, vision and intelligenceg with abundant natural resourcesg with superior engineering skill, and with vast industrial capacity. It is qualified to assume a position of leadership in our rapidly changing world where everyone lives on the same street. We, as teachers, in a democracy are concerned with the of youth. The youth of America scans horif zons broader than any we ever knew. The fine new world for which we are hoping and planning will be run by the boys and girls who sit behind our school desks today. I-low they and their country will fare depends upon the knowledge and ability they are able to ac uire and the leadership they have a chance to develop, 'lghey need the very best that we can give them. They have much to learn and such a short time in which to do it. We face a great opportunity and a stern challenge in schoolrooms throughout the nation to guide the youth of America toward their future peace time tasks. To prepare them to assume, with our returning heroes, the responsibil- ities and high purposes of a lasting peace. The reward will be an unprecedented era of spiritual, cultural, political, and social betterments. ' E. F. THOMAS. A -a , I A CATHERINE MCLETCHIE R.N. OSWALD BARTH IEANETTE BRENNAN Wayne University Platteville State University of Minnesota Teachers College A I School Nurse Athletics, Mathematics Llbraflan page eight