Tracy High School - El Portal Yearbook (Tracy, CA)

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PRINCIPALS MESSAGE . . . Tracy Unron Hrgh School made tts con tr1but1on to the central theme of thts book All Out tor VICIOIY We have oougnt stamps and bonds to speed up those forces whrch wtll bnng peace and normal l1fe condltrons We have temporanly set asrde our studles to help ln the harvest1ng of farm crops We have arded varlous agenctes of the communrty 1n the1r contrlbutlons for a fast and flnal vrctory Faculty and students have manned atrplane observatron posts We have helped wrth Red Cross work and we have made flnanctal con trtbutlons Speclal defense classes have been made to coordrnate our work wrth that of the Army Navy Martnes Coast Guard and Mer chant Martne Former members of our faculty and student body are now actlve members States and abroad We rlghtfully assume our respons1b1l1ty rn gorng All Out for Vrctory Prestdent Roosevelt s message to the 78th Congress emphasrzed the rmportance of the Atlanttc Charter whtch rncludes the Four Great Freedoms for whtch we flght They are Freedom of Worshrp Freedom of Speech Freedom from Want and Freedom from Fear Educatron IS one of the chlef agenctes for the spread of the democrat1c freedoms The tm medrate task of educatton IS to w1n the war and to educate all people to preserve a lastrng peace based upon humanttartan pnnctples The year ahead wtll be frlled w1th heavy responsrbthtres for tndrvrduals and for our Natron We each of us must concentrate our efforts more fully on war actrvrtres Our fore fathers fought to preserve for us thts great Natron thts form of government and thrs way of l1fe We tn turn are showmg that sa'ne Splfll ln aerenarng our nentage from tnose who would take tt from us our ftghtrng boys are remarkable To them we grve encourage rrent and grateful apprec1at1on Thetr exem pllflcatron of the energy 1n1t1at1ve courage and creattveness of Amencans gtves comfort and understand1ng to those of us who must do our ftghtrng on the home front The boys across the seas are dependmg upon us to carry our share of thts great burden The faculty and admrntstratton adrntre the prtnctples of morahty truth Justrce and pa trlottsm Whlch are found tn the students of Tracy Umon Hrgh School We entoy the re newal of frlendshtps and the memorles of those who have left our rnstztutron for greater frelds of actron Our Natton has gone All Out for Vrctory and Mrss Drenth and her staff have gone All Out for an El Portal Whrch ls lnterestrng and Commendable The faculty and students of Tracy Unlon Hrgh School face the years ahead conscrous of our responstbrlrty rn the tasks enumerated by Presrdent Roosevelt when rn hrs address on the State of the Natton to the 78th Congress he sard A tremendous costly long endunng task 1n peace as well as tn war IS sttll ahead of us But as we face that conttnutng task we may know that the state of thrs Natton IS good the heart of thrs Natl n IS sound the sp1r1t of thts Natron rs strong the fatth of thts Nation IS eternal I l I I - 1 I 1 A 1 , ' I . I I I I - I I v u - I I I - of governmental forces both in the United , , , , , ' . , , - ' 'C '

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Suaar once came rn great brg sacks But n w t cc'nes rn trny packs Three p unds per stamp and then vo rrt re lflakr g rt last IS autte a ch r Bu y Ul never hear us Yank es squa .fk Although you may hear a lot f talk The bean f the coffee when ground rnto us freates an aroma that makes you have 1 s Happy s the fellow who never drd learn The rrusery rt rs for coffee to yearn When to a party you go a trtpprn Srnce coffee has been hard to frnd No one looks for the correct grrnd But they ve already formed the habrt To see a can and then they grab rt They act as rf therr manner they never knew Manners they forget regardrng precrous brew The autom b1le has been struck a blow For rt has no trres on whrch to go What a wondrous blessmg a soul would be If he could make't1r es to grow on a tree Though you look on the land and rn the axr You wrll not see a tree lrke that anywhere The fellow who drrves h1s car lrke mad Some of these days wrll not be so glad lvVhen he frnds the arr rn hrs trres showmg through He wtll then realrze what has been sard 1S true Then no more new trres wrll go to htm And he wrll start to nde on the nm A great many people have the blues Srnce O P A has taken the shoes No more ne N shoes to crowd the toes rn Because the shoes all have been frozen If your darnty feet are almost bare Then do thou take the greatest care Cf your stamp l7 Book Number One And to your nearest shoe store run Your stamp won t take the place of money But to your feet rt IS sweet as honey Three parrs of new shoes rn a year Is all that you can have my dear Many people therr necks would break Because there has been a shortage of meat Even the rrchest have none to eat Srnce meatless Tuesday has gone rnto effect Many bay wrnclows are berng checked It never hurt anyone you say To go wtthout meat for a day lf sacrrfrces help us wrn the war We wrll bear them one day and maybe more The people rn the U S wrll get along And on therr lrps wrll be a v1ctory song Eager to help our great country are we Eager and helpful as people can be We do queer thrngs never done before But th1s 15 really the open door To the v1ctory that rs sure Hence these thmgs we gladly endure Frteda Cook C i' r Y ' . ' . . . . o o. . . ' o ' ro - -- 'n '. ' ' c e. - ' ' t o r ' e , , 0 - so r o , ' ' I - b' , V T ' Q ft . Carry your own, if you'll be a sippinf Just to Smell G 'phone Steak. , A . , A 'Wh 'l V I 4 I ' ' ' 1

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WAYNE W CROW AB MA P CDCI1CI1'1dDSTCtS pe me de-I MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF TRACY UNION HIGH SCHOOL f 3 Q JOHN L MULLALLY BERT B BANTA WILLIAM F COSTELLO WILLIAM KOSTER IRVIN M PETZ P C k rin I i ri u ri n T1 o c - ' 'R I h Q' ' ' V in , resident le-I