Spartanburg High School - Spartana Yearbook (Spartanburg, SC)

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SCRIBBLER A scene from Tish,U a three-act play, presented by The Dramatic Club in December 0 Machine Shop Class ' Welderls Class 0 A group of -Iunior and Senior Homemaking girls working on Red Cross afghans 9 GENE CARSON and RAI.PlI FINE before leaving for the Navy. I3

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SEIXIICDR CLASS l-IISTCDIQY - I9ii5 All was ready. Provisions had been placed in the large trucks, we were in our assigned places in the trucks, and our leaders were getting into their jeeps. We had begun taking our places early that morning, and now at 8:40 A. M., Ii-Hour of D-Day had come. The crusade was onl The crusaders of old were nothing compared to us. The infantry fmeaning the most of usj was prepared to do it well. The air wing was prepared to give its necessary and brilliant supporting. Yes, they were all there, our trained and trustworthy leaders fsome 50 of themj, our infantry, and our air wing. Every per- son in that crusade was determined to accomplish something. Our main objective was the city of Dumbness vihere King Ignorance held beautiful Princess Knowledge a captive in his castle. As our army rolled confidently along toward our destination those lovely September mornings, we were sure of an easy victory. After all, we had the most modern, up-to-date army that ever set out to defeat Ignorance. What could stop us? As we crossed the boundaries of King Ignorance's land, we found many things that had that alarming possibility. Our first ob- jective was the strongly fortified city of Laziness. After a terrific battle, by which only mid-term exams can compare, we passed on to the plains beyond. However, there are still many snipers there that disrupt our routine quite frequently. After a few months respite-which seemed like moments- we again resumed our crusade. We were now in the forest of Pessimism which had been strongly fortified by Ignorance. We spent the whole winter reaching the other side of the forest. We approached the lake of Ezzalingl' that summer, thankful that we had brought our Amphibian Forces along. As we climbed out on the other side we approached our main objective-or so we thought-the fortress capital of King Ignorance's land. Here we thought we would rescue the fair princess and be in pos- session of Knowledge. How wrong we were! For, after nine months of steady battle, we crumpled the last defender of the castle only to find that King Ignorance had set up his capital elsewhere. He had also, to our disgust, taken his captive, Princess Knowledge with him. ' To prove that Sherman was wrong, among our happier memories of this war we find the following: The promotion of a new group of officers. Spencer M. Rice was given the highest position as Chief of Staff. Brigadier E'rn1:i. CEUN I'IAN'I'SKE MEREDITH DAvlsoN General George justice was made General in Command of the Army with his very able assistants Major Generals Grady Stewart and john Crawford. The majority of the army was given a week's furlough while the leaders issued them their field ration . . . books. The Armed Services Entertainment Board, headed by Cap- tain Red Dobson and Lieutenant Lucile Bowers, gave us the Gym Circus to relieve the monotony of war. Memories of our second year of battle were: Again we promoted ofiicers in an installation service as we did last year. Major General john Crawford was promoted to take the place of retiring Brigadier General George justice. To assist him Major General Gene Carson was brought up from the ranks. Freddy Robertson was also promoted to serve in the capacity of their aide. This winter went by much as the last one, perhaps because we were becoming used to the rigors of war. The realization of our coming victory did not detract from our enjoyment of the things that happened this year. Some of them were as follows: Due to the paper shortage we are only now able to give our excellent football team its full credit. They proved themselves worth yelling for by tying with Greenville High School for the Upper State Championship. Although the Minimum Essentials couldn't stop our onward roll to victory, they certainly did try. We have done our patriotic best during this war by invest- ing in War Bonds and stamps and by trying not to grumble when standing in line. Our second proudest moment was when we stepped forward to be decorated for our heroic deeds outside the line of duty. fHonors Day., Our proudest moment came when Chief of Staff Rice pre- sented us with our campaign ribbon and discharge papers. There are some soldiers in this crusade of Ignorance who will return home weary with the fight and shall have no more to do with it in the College Theater of War, there are others who will pledge themselves more diligently to the task of re- moving Ignorancc from the World. ETHEL CELIN HANTSKE, MEREDITH DAvlsoN.