South Zanesville High School - Conatus Yearbook (Zanesville, OH)

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n . LL u T Dear Parents, Teachers, Classmates, and Friends: My classmates have conferred upon me the honor of bld iing you welcome to our commencement. It is difficult to express our feeling of appreciation to you for the part you have played in preparing us for this occasion. First of all we want to bid our parents welcome. It has been a long hard struggle for them to see us through these last twelve years. To bid them welcome to our commencement seems in- sufficient. But perhaps we may some day be better prepared to repay them, Vv ' e certainly owe a heartfelt welcome to our teachers. To them we owe a debt of gratitude. They have labored unceasingly to aid us with our daily lessons. To you, our friends, we bid a cheery welcome. Through your backing and occasional boosts you have made our school life pleasant. We who stand before you tonight are together for the last time as the class of 1940, At the close of this, our commence- ment, we will step out to take our places in the world. i-Iany will seek higher institutions of learning, others will continue their education in the business world. In whatever we do we step out from the protecting roof of our homes and the guiding influence of our parents and teachers. vVhat should we expect of the future? Wo demand the right our forefathers fought for — the inalienable rights of life, lib- erty, and the pursuit of happiness. Do we have full liberty that is rightfully ours? It ' s true we have liberty to a greater extent than any other country In the liforld but still our liberty is not comTDlete, We are de- prived of our economic rights. The problem of distribution of wealth in a machine age has never been ' orked out without the destruction of individual liberty. To preserve this Individualism will be our Droblera. It is not a problem of Americo.n youth alone — it is one of world-wide interest. But America «gain must be the leader. Will she con- tinue her leadership in the economis field? Will society teach proper use of leisure time in order that the worker may use his right to pursue happiness v isely?

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Vlr ll Matthew ' s an Inventor, If you please, Of a mouse tr- p that doesn ' t need any cheese. Catherine McQuillan in school w«s a boop-boop-a-doop, Lately she met a man and knocked h.im for a loop. Since bidding the country life adieu, As a stenographer, Beatrice Reynolds has started out anew. Esther Riley, i ith her talkative ways, Is announcing over WHIZ these dayt . In a Main Street window in a ten cen ' . store. Is Joy Schofield frying doughnuts by : ' ie score - At the Metropolitan Betty Shook sang Carmen, But Ffter that she returned to f arrain ' . Arthur Steed, if I may be frank, Is now presiding over a Zanesville bank. Verna Sweet in her trailer on wheels Travels extensively and cooks all her meals, Esther Thomas is our first lady President. To think she was a South Zanesville rosid enti Mary Tipton, who is so dignified, I see is to be another June bridQ Lawrence Tov ning in basketball did shine, But now is working on the telephone lino. ' .Vhether you want y ur hair dyed red or brovm, Call on beautician Marjorie Wagner — she ' s the best in town, The fat. of the author I have left untold. She married many years ago and now she ' s old. Haul in the gangplank. Anchors aweigh. So sails the ship so mighty. I have brought to you In swift review The class of 1940. --Marilynn McClelland

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This Is the real challenge to the j ' outh of today. It Is rather dark nlcture of our future as I have nalnted It but one element is mlsr,lng. We have not taken into cons -deratlon what we as American citizens c-n give to society. V c can chrnge the picture to one of the social security If we so desire. Our goal Is to develop America morally; end makie It socially secure. We have been given the background of our task. For twelve years we have attended public schools vhere we have learn from books and people. We have been given all possible train- ed from books and people. We have been g ' von all possible training make us capable citizens — the rest, lies with us V e must be willing to take an active part in tr.o life of the com- munity. Courage must be ours to meet do-toto ' To keep on through trying difficulties, will pover and perseverance are essential. With these weapons in our hands and with the help of the Almighty G-od we are ready to go into the world to fight for better conditions. There Vi ill be defeats and disasters, but we must forge steadily ahead and we must be victorious! America 25 years from now will be, to a great extent, what the youth of today make it. This is the cl.cJlenge that has been has been given to us, one of the many senior cli sses of 1940. Again i e bid you welcome to our commencement and hope to make pr.ch and everyone of your proud of our class by meeting our challenge with courage and determination. — Louise Barker Saluatorian