Upper Arlington High School - Norwester Yearbook (Upper Arlington, OH)

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jnfmwmd We have spent four years here now, four years that were long while we studied and played, but years that are so short in retrospect. So, to keep these years in some tangible form for the future, we have written and drawn and snapped a record of high school, the informal picture of the many-sided life of a high school student. And we present this record in its finished form as the Norwester of l945. Since january we have been working to publish not just an excellent year book but more than that. In this Norwester we have tried to set down the flavor and spirit of Upper Arlington. The education from books we have gained will help usg thephysical training we have received will benefit us. But there is an even greater lesson we have begun to learn here at Upper Arlington. We have worked together as one, cooperating to make a small monument to our class, to publish a souvenir of our high school life. We have joined, not only from necessity, but in friendship, to enjoy our last year of high school. And in doing this, we have learned a little of that art of knowing people. For it is good to be able to leave high school, to enter a life that is more serious and more exciting, with the knowledge that you have been prepared for that life by the best faculty and the bestfacilities. Seniors will find that what seems most important and interesting now will fade under the onslaught of new responsibilities. But whatever fades, it will be enough to know that Upper Arlington High School is still here- that the students are still banging lockers in the hall, still watching from the windows as the pool is being filled, and stopping just a second before the service plaque. So this Norwester of l945 is evidence of a class' loyalty-to our school, to our faculty, to ourselves. Page F ive

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With deep respect, admiration and appreciation, the Class of 1945 dedicates this Norwester to Mr. Ivan W. Davis, our prin- cipal. We have enjoyed the benefit of his leadership-a lead- ership that never seems to be limited to class periods or school hours or even school weeks, but extends into all hours of the day and all the days of the week. We have felt his interest in us as individuals and friends was genuine, and that we could expect and receive careful judgment and counsel on all our prob- lems. We are therefore honored to dedicate this Norwester, as an expression of our appreciation to Mr. Davis, on the occasion of his twentieth year at Upper Arlington. Pagf Four

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To the boys of the class of l'945 who have left and who will leave to enter the armed services of America and to those of former classes who are already engaged in battle in the far-flung corners of this earth, we offer this small tribute. These boys, whom we all have known, who have walked the halls of Upper Arlington High School and who now are gone, are giving their lives for an ideal which we call freedom . May our flag, which has seen many conflicts within this nation and with other nations and which has emerged to remain a symbol of this freedom for which these and thousands of others are fighting, be a reminder to us that while it yet waves, there is hope for a free world. This hope lies in the youth of this nation, in the hands of this war-time generation. To them the world is in great debt, for they are giving their lives for this hope. ln view of these great sacrifices, there is very little we can say in the way of gratitude to these boys. But there is much that we can do to show this gratitude. Our class- mates and friends-some of whom will not return at the end of this conflict-through their actions and lives, have charged us to keep the flame of the freedom for which they fight, a bright beacon into the future. We accept the chal- lenge. Page Six