Shortridge High School - Annual Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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MR. JULIUS TO THE CLASS OF 1939: I GREATLY APPRECIATE THE HONOR THE CLASS OF 1939 HAS BESTOWED BY DEDICATING THIS ANNUAL TO ME. I HOPE I SHALL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO SERVE IN SUCH A WORTHY SCHOOL AS SHORTRIDGE. IT HAS GIVEN ME MUCH PERSONAL PLEAS- URE TO HELP IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT AND ITS FACILITIES AND TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ASSIST IN PRO- MOTING ALL SHORTRIDGE ACTIVITIES. WITHOUT THE FINE CO-OPERATION OF OUR FACULTY, STUDENTS, AND PARENTS, OUR ADVANCEMENT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE. I WISH EACH AND EVERY MEMBER OF THE CLASS OF 1939 A MOST SUCCESSFUL CAREER. - RUSSEL SCOTT JULIUS

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CLASS POEM by Qovis gufffe FROM OUR PIONEER FOREFATHERS WHOSE CONESTOGAS RINGED THE DRY WATER HOLES, FROM THE SUN-BONNETED WOMEN WHO GATHERED TOGETHER THE BED CLOTHES AND KETTLES, FROM THE HEAT-SCORCHED MEN WHO YOKED THE PATIENT, PLODDING OXEN, WE HAVE INHERITED OUR COURAGE AND FORTITUDE. WE DO NOT TRAVEL THE WESTERN PLAINS OF CACTI AND SAGE, UNDER HEAT OF MALEVOLENT SKIES, BUT WE SEE A VAST DESERT OF STRIFE, BLOWN BY THE STORMS OF A WAR-SICK WORLD. AS THEY BUILDED AN EMPIRE OF CITIED STRENGTH, OF WHEAT FIELDS, AND RAILWAYS, AND- TOWERS, SO MUST WE CREATE A NEW EMPIRE'S FRONTIERS IN THE VASTER REALM OF HUMANITY. SEARCHERS LIKE US, THEY TRAVERSED THE BROAD, YELLOW TRACT, WRENCHING FROM IT THE SECRETS OF GOLD AND SUNLIGHT. THEY SAW THE INFINITE SIERRAS TOUCHED BY THE FIRST DAWN. AS THEIR SLOW-MOVING TRAINS MEASURED' THE UNMEASURED PLAINS OUR LEADERS STRAIN THEIR EYES AHEAD AND VIEW IN THE FAR-FLAMING MAJESTY OF THE DAWNING MOUNTAINS THE DESTINY OF A NATION BORN IN OUR STRIVING. OURS NOW THE INWARD SIERRAS, THE INWARD DESERTS, STRIVEN FOR IN OUR STRUGGLE OF THOUGHT AND DEED. Ci,