Wapakoneta High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Wapakoneta, OH)

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THE RETROSPECT Miss Marion Wilson APPRECIATION To Miss Marian Wilson we wish to express our sin cere appreciation for her inestimable assistance throughout our high school career. She has endeared herself to us through her understanding and ready sympathy, her cheering word in our discouraging moments, her hearty school backing and her irrepressible wit. She has given us unselfishly of her time, experience, and advice, and through her sincerity has secured for herself a place of honor deep in our hearts. Her personality has domin ated her courses, made her innumerable friends and won for her many admirers. To her we wish to give our deepest gratitude and respect for her honest endeav ors to make our school a better place. i i i i i i i I i

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THE RETROSPECT SCHOOL LIFE George Washington George Washington, our great American soldier-statesman, who was first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen, was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia. Had “The Father of His Country” lived until the present time he would have celebrated his bi-centennial birthday February 22, of this year. This self-composed and dignified gentleman was a leading member in both the First and Second Continental Congresses. He, with his iron-like character, became the Commander-in Chief in the Revolutionary War. Under his leadership the Constitution was formed and George became the first president of the United States. Here it may be interesting to note that political leadership was unattractive to Washington. Three years after resigning from the office of president, this great man died at his home at Mount Vernon.