Thornton Fractional North High School - Chronoscope Yearbook (Calumet City, IL)

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ommencemenf Weand we Zbzginning X, o ur ig 364:54 5 fl CLASS OFFlCERSeSeated: Florence Lynn. Left to right: Anna Mae Cwetna, Arthur Ollrich, Katherine Mangiaracina. 0 v lt all seems so strangely different this year! We're Graduating Seniors now, and We remember the hubbub and flurried excitement that formerly was connected With commence- ment day-and then mark the quietly determined almost grim attitude of our classmates nowe-and We Wonder, This is graduation in War time. Normally, eager visualization of future plans would monopolize our conversationeplans of being placed in good jobs, or going on to university or business collegeedbut not now. Almost all of the boys in this year's graduating class look forward to being a part of one of our armed services in the near future, or to Working in some local War industry if that is Where the government thinks he is most needed. Some will help produce our food. No one is going to loaf.

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tiki J Mft The girls think seriously of joining the ranks of the countless numbers of women who have been given the opportunity of helping with our war effort, and have donned uniforms or overalls. There won't be any unemployment problem. So we see that, although we make our debut to the world-at-large in a slightly different manner than we might ordinarily have, we're really none the worse for it, for We are just be- ing given an early chance at doing our share to protect and preserve our way of life. This war which we have to fight has gone a long way toward strengthening and matur- ing us mentally. Perhaps we don't know a lot, but since that Sunday in December, l94l, growing up has become an important opportunity, not just an unpleasant task. We're optimisticfand realistic-enough to know that this universal battle can't last much longer: and, when it's finally over, we know that we shall have the tremendous re- sponsibility and privilege of helping to shape into being the kind of world worth living in. We're grateful to T. F. for the part it has played in fitting us for the tasks which lie ahead, and we are certain that in the future she will have reason to be proud of we gfacluafing add 0 f f J.