Steele High School - Annual Yearbook (Dayton, OH)

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STEELE SPOTLIGHT BSBSPSPSPQESFSBSPSPSESFSPSPSFSP 5? 5 in Q Q. W sv fl e ay 0 Class Poem RETREAT No more our footsteps through these halls resound, No more our voices will united be, Henceforth we pick our fruits alone For, now, we gain our longed-for liberty. The word is spoken-how it rends our lives Asunder, no longer shall we be as one, But each a separate unit to be tried, Each with a separate problem to be done, As down this aisle we make our sad retreat, And into fog we slowly feel our way, Our groping fingers may the object clasp, Or skim unnoticed o'er the surface, gay! Oh, let our eyes be guided by the Light That shone before us through the darkened way, And not be beckoned by some unknown star That flickers coyly from across the bayg The door has shut, but in the chilly hall Our hearts may yet the glowing ember bear, Of Truth, and Love, and Loyalty, We meekly ask that it be so-in prayer. -Erma Gillam, '34. 3 452 2 'G f Q 4G iiwrdididiwhibiiiiwiidiii

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STEELE SPOTLIGHT 9 the appreciation of worthwhile things. Our class work and participation in the extra-curricular ac- tivities have developed our personal characteris- tics. We have gained an increased capacity for continued effort in study and work and a fine sense of personal integrity and honest perform- ance in doing it. Our increased research and individual work out of school have made us more capable of fitting into the world of today. As the world has room only for those who are ever striving toward higher goals, so must we choose our course and move swiftly on to the work of service, for which our life at Steele has pre- pared us. -Rufus Lisle, President of the Class of '34. I FACE FORWARD Face forward! It is a simple phrase, but it holds a world of meaning. It can be applied to life itself, to every attempt to accomplish some- thing. For centuries men have been turning their faces forward, not only to seek new things, but to meet new conditions that force themselves upon mankind. The lowly cave man turned his face forward, today we behold the results. Tomorrow, new gen- craiions will behold newer, greater results. One could make a long list of the known men and women who have contributed to our present state, but behind these people are innumerable others who have faced the front courageously and con- tributed their small part, unknowingly, to our world of today. Sometimes one comes upon some difficulty which makes him want to turn aside. Perhaps he can change his course just a little to the right or left, and get around that difficulty. Later, he can again face straight forward, but that slight veer- ing of the course leads to more acute veering, He cheats and shirks his duty more and more when difficult tasks arise. One day, he is called upon to do a thing which he cannot evade, it is then that he fails. It is then that he realizes the value of keeping his face squarely to the front, of doing his duty honestly and willingly. Perhaps he makes a :fright-about-face, and begins all over. That act calls for courage and will power, two hu- man forces that have sustained men for ages. In the life of a young person an event which de- mands a face forward position is that of graduating from high school. Every senior of 1934 is faced with a problem. That problem resolves itself into a few words: HWhat am I going to do?'l Many lave their courses mapped out. Some are going to college: others have already obtained jobs. Each one is responsible for his success or failure. Those wlzo, through necessity, are required to stay at home, or who have yet to find suitable work, must a so fa:e' the front if they hope to overcome their disadvantages. We all want the good things of life, we want to be able to recognize those good things when they come. Come on, everyone. Face forward! -Anna Johnson, '34, I THE UNCERTAIN FUTURE When the class of 1934 passes through the doors of Steele for the last time, it faces an uncer- tain future and is prepared to meet it. The trials of the future are anticipated more clearly now than ever before. The senior class of 1934 will not know so universally the troublous transition from school to everyday life. It is aware that hundreds of thousands are being gradu- ated this year into a world that cannot absorb half the number. But the seniors have the experi- ence of three previous graduating classes to draw upon, and consequently will be prepared for the emergency. So, many of them will not know the heartbreaks that characterized the graduating classes of the past few years. The heartbreaks will occur: the remedies will already be formulated. Modern educators needlessly doubt the effect this discouraging outlook will have upon graduat- lack of adequate the result of such ing seniors. They deplore the teaching facilities and question curtaiiment. The senior of 134 has been deprived of these things, but there is that although he has been no doubt to him deficient in the 'fhumanitiesjl he has learned a great deal of hu- manity. The idealistic bubbles have burst into terse realities, the star is not being leaped at, but the wagon and the senior wait for a more propi- tious time to grab the star. In the interval, a more self-searching discipline will prepare the sen- ior for the opportunity when it comes. The senior of 1934 knows what confronts him after graduation and is prepared to meet it. He works toward an uncertain goal, but with the idea that turbulent changes can be overcome by unre- lenting work and that an uncertain future can be conquered. -Milton Graham, '34.

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STEELE SPOTLIGHT f RALPH ABLON MARGARET ALTIC ROBERT ABSHIRE ROBERT ANDERSON WINIFRED ADAMS MARTHA APPLE FRED ALEXANDER CHARLES ARNOLD HERBERT ALLEN MARJORIE ASHWORTH DOROTHY ALSTON RUTH ASZLING