Stevens High School - Red and Black Yearbook (Claremont, NH)

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Editorial Four years have passed since our class entered Stevens High School. For the most part we went through our years as underclassmen with little thought of the great conflict around us. We studied very little because we thought of other things to do. We finally realized, during the latter years of our schooling, that our country was at war. New courses in science and mathematics were added to the curriculum to prepare the boys in our class for the armed forces. While these new courses helped us mentally, a required course of gymnastics helped us physically. No senior will forget the sore legs, stiH muscles, and swollen hands caused by the daily workout in the gym. The number in our class has decreased considerably because of the war. Some of our classmates have gone to work in our defense factories, but the Army and Navy have taken a greater toll. Fifteen boys left us during the winter, others have just gone recently, and still more will leave soon after graduation. Of the few remaining boys and the girls many will enter a college during the coming fall. A large group of girls will become nurses, while others will remain in Claremont to meet the demand for workers in the stores and factories. The class of '45 will be swallowed up by the tide of war in no time. VVhat will happen to us after the war is over? In the not-too-distant future, the boys in the service will return to civilian life. The G.I. Bill of Rights provides a guiding light for them through this period of social and economic unrest. Blany of the qualified boys who wish to enter a college will have a great opportunity awaiting them, as the government will pay all expenses. A hard struggle for a secure place in the future confronts the rest of the class, for after the war the servicemen will have high priority on jobs. The problem is not only up to the young people themselves but is also the problem of every town and city in America. Post-war planning commissions are being set up all over the country. The commissions have met with leading figures of industries and agriculture to see how many people they can employ after the war. Many new things will aid us in the post-war world. The war industries will switch back to peacetime work. The great demand for automobiles. mechanical refrigerators, and electrical appliances will reconvert many of the present indus- tries and thus keep them functioning after the war. The future of America, eco- nomically and socially, lies in the hands of the people and the government, and the Class of 1945 will have to do its part in bringing about conditions favorable to all. 9

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Red and Black Staff First row, left to right: Harvey Palmer, Arnold Shulins, Joan Lord, llarshall Gelfand, Bette Goldberg, John Batchelder, Barbara W'ilmarth, Frank Wadleigh. Second row: Barbara Stone, Clara Chellis, Dorothy Elliot, Virginia Dunn, Rachel Blanchard, Jacqueline Mc- Kenzie, hladeline llarro, Barbara Long, Rosa Costa, Alice E. Schriber, Louis LaVaude, Margaret Perry. Third row: Doris Smith, Rose Obymako, Minnie Zullo, Rebecca Jacobs, John Pinette, Beverly Woodward, VVanda Soboll, Eleanor Bartlett, Rosalyn Satzow, James Kibbey. Fourth row: Raymond Brody, Claire Rouillard, Alfreda Leocha, Charles Currier, Donald Bartlett, lfargaret Breed, Nancy Kuzmich, Bette Berry. 8

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School and Class Statistics School Colors: Red and Black Class Colors: 45, Blue and Goldg '46, Blue and Whiteg 217. Green and Whiteg i-18, Red and White School llotto: Palma non sine pulfoere CXO honor without workj Honor Students Caverage over 9011 : Joan Lord, Virginia Dunn, Nancy Kuzmich, Claire Rouillard, Blar- shall Gelfand, Alice Schriber, Clara Chellis CLASS DAY PROGRAM lNfIarch by Band-Stepping Along Goldman Presentation of Red and Black to Blr. Rollins Class History R. Brody Read by B. Wilmarth Class Song Class fWritten by J. Kibbeyj Class Will N. Kuzmich and L. LaVaude Selection by Band-Victory Garden Walters Class Prophecy H. Palmer Selection by Band Victory Overture Coons Presentation of Awards Presentation of D. A. R. Pin Band GRADUATION PROGRAM Selection by Orchestra Invocation Salutatory: Opportunities of fllodern Education Virginia Dunn Chemistry In Warfare M. Gelfand The American Red Cross A. Schriber Valedictory: Seventy-fine Years Ago Joan Lord Selections by Orchestra and Chorus Address to the Graduates-Dr.Harold VV. Stokes, President University of New Hampshire Presentation of Diplomas