Sturgis High School - Sturgensian Yearbook (Sturgis, MI)

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Seniors? Hi-Y 1, 2, 3; Soph. Prom Comm.; J-Hop Comm.; Boys’ Intramurals; Tennis Team 1, 2. Left school November 2, 1943 to join U. S. Air Force. At present located at Smyrna Air Base, Smyrna, Tennessee. JERRY VOGT Men of humor are always in some degree men of genius. ★ ★ ★ Honor Roll Geniuses? Superbrains? Pliooey! Sure we got brains, but you got to make with the old gray matter if you expect the A- cards to come rolling along. We have as a background twelve years at hard labor, the last four of which rate us four points pei A per semester in each subject; three for a B, and so on down the line. Then they add ’em up, and out come the winnahs! Just because we’re up there is no sign we were book-worms: four of us have been in the band; three have kept on in art; we have been in the G.A.A., Girl Reserves, Hi- Y, Science Club, and other extra-curricular clubs. Two of us were so ambitious we jumped the gun. Gosling and Tennent both beat it up to Ann Arbor at the end of the first semester to become ft doctor and a lawyer, respectively (they hope.) That’s » why they’re missing from this picture. HONOR ROLL Carolyn Cromer.Valedictorian Sara Donelson.Salutatorian Mary Lee Purdy.Historian Sally Lou Mick j Lorraine Keeslar ••••Class Prophecy Robert Linder Patricia Lewis Joan Everard Dewey Tennent John Gosling .Class Will 21

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Clarence Urick “Squeek “School ' s alright , but it’s Mary Vandf.rlip “ Simple, sweet and oh what a treat” Football 1 Norman Vincent “Burly” “I’d hate to meet him in a dark alley” t ootball 1, 2, 3, 4; Wrestling 1, 2, 3, 4} Boys’ Intramurals 1, 2, 3, 4; Baseball 1. Evelyn Vogel “It’s nice to be natural, when you’re naturally nice” Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4; Girls’ Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Operetta 2; Sturgensian Staff. Duane Wagner “He’s got it bad , and that ain’t good” Sr. Play; Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4; J-Hop Com¬ mittee. Jean West “Bell of the Bell Telephone” G.A.A. 1, 2; Girls’ Intramurals; Chorus 1, 2. Phineas Wheat “He plucks the strings , and hark a beautiful (?) tune comes forth” Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Chorus 4; Op¬ eretta 4; J-Hop General Chair¬ man; Football 1, 2. Marshall Wetzel I’m quiet but a man of action” Soys’ Intramurals 1, 2, 3, 4. Beverly Wheeler “A bit of sunshine on a cloudy day” Chorus 1, 2, 3; Operetta 1, 2 Latin Club 2; Class officer 2 Mona Whitsel “I love a bit of music” Band 1, 2, 3, 4; G.A.A Latin Club 3. 20

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★ Valedictory ★ None of us can say what future lies ahead. We can only hope, imagine, per¬ haps predict and be thankful that we have had the kind of a past that can make a future look brighter. We are Americans. That is our her¬ itage and with that heritage comes the freedom of life itself to begin with and secondly, freedom of education—which helps us to determine more accurately, the ways of the world. It brings a broader understanding of life and its problems, its people and how to make the best of every little thing we have. Because of our education in the past and present we will be able to profit more from the experiences that are yet to con¬ front us. We have gained an education that will help to make the world a better place for all peoples, not for just one people. The fight for a better and more civilized world may be a long one, a tough one, but the educated American youth of today will be able to carry on toward a greater world of tomorrow. We can’t say how or when but each of us will have our share. It is up to everyone now to win the war and it will be left to the youth of the present to win and maintain the peace of the future, and we, the school boys and girls of America thank God for that heritage through which we gain the education, the strength, and determination to meet that dark future and come out holding high that shining light. —Carolyn Cromer ★ Salutatory ★ To parents, faculty, fellow students, and friends: For the last three or four years, the outlook for those graduating has not been the best possible—has not been even good. They have had only grey bomb-drenched days and cloudy bomber-filled skies to ex¬ pect. The future has been dark as far as they could see, and the brightest thought they have had was their hope for final peace. There will still be many dark days, but the skies are clearing, and the end of the storm can be seen. We, who are graduating in this deci¬ sive year, will see, and cause, many changes in the world. We will see the outcome of the war—the inevitable crumbling of the Axis, and the victory of the Allies. We will see the outcome of the peace—whether it will stand or fall. We will help determine the post war world, for out of this class— and the ones immediately preceding it and following it—will come the statesmen, the lawyers, the leaders and the advisers of the future. In determining the post war world, we will not be able to depend on our parents and teachers as we have in the past, for we will be the parents and teachers of the future with others depending on us. We hope that during our twelve years of school we have learned—in part, at least—what it is necessary for the leaders of a nation to know. Because we have not gained all the requisite knowledge, however, some of us will go on to college to learn more, some of us will learn through experienc e, but all of us will go on learning. In the end we feel sure that we will know what it is necessary to know. We have confidence in the brightness of the future, and we feel that out of this terrible war can come nothing, at last, but peace, security and better understanding throughout the world. For that confi¬ dence, and for the knowledge that we have gained thus far in our lives, we thank our parents and teachers, our advisers and friends. Without their help and guidance, we could not have come as far as we have. Without their future assistance, we could not hope to gain the bright promise of the future. —Sara Donelson 22