Wapakoneta High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Wapakoneta, OH)

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TO A YOUNG FRIEND bv Robert Nathan You asked me Cannot xouth saxe the xxorld Cannot the young burld here on thts earth a shmmg house Out of our hearts out of our good mtent1ons And I made seme stupld leply I th1nk I sald No Novt that you ne gone I thmk as always of the thlngs I should have saxd to you Hoxx youth rs a seed falhng across the earth Blovx mg ox er the land forexer bovxmg forexer falllng How some of lt f1nds good soxl and grows Wlth beauty How some of tt wlthers to death among the stones Here lh one spot roses and elsexxhere the desert CSomeone e se sald that long ago do you remember J Loam and stnd the seed fall rt cannot keep from falling How youth lS a xx axe 1oll1ng away 1n all dnectlons Part of It to break avamst rocks ot dle on the beaches Or ID the great calms And yet how the vxaxe rtself must rush on foammg far out mto dlS tance Into the darkness And the next waxe And the next Forex er 11s1ng forex er breakmg Those are the thmgs I should haxe told you I do not knovx vxhy I d1d not remember them Copyrrght 1942 bv the Saturday Rexlew of Lrterature We the Class of 1945, hereby present to the students, parents, and fl'lCIlLl5, thxs RHFROSPI' CT All, xfxe know, vnll appreclate our efforts herem, reahzmg that we have had to ox ercome war txme handlcaps and shortages Our generous thanks go to the Art C lass and Photography Club for thelr help ln makxng thus RFI RO posslble It IS our smcerest hope that the school day ehtrm Wlflllll these pages wxll he rexered 'md eherxshed by future generatlons ' .' ' 'F 7 C 7 Y I , -. 4 ' ' Q , . , .. ' , , ' . , , ., , , ' ' . . . , ,- , v v ,' . - . , - . , . . . 7 . , Y . 2 . O V , , . . . . - . A , ,- . .4 , r :, . ' , v - - A' V ' '- ' , , D ' Y Y 7 ' . I .- , v , y , Y Y I . , . . . ,, . . . . , if 11 f Y l . 1 I .1 , . , . , . . . - , . . , - . . t . . .

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-7-Q ff A 4 I .. ff: ' - ' Our Young Friends iq? ' , rl' ,' I 3 Nt J'fl'YL,J,J ,Y f Ag M RETROSPECT sf 1945

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Dedication To you, the under-classmen of Blume High School, namely, FRESHMEN, SOPHOMORES, and IUNIORS, we. the Mem- bers of the SENIOR CLASS. dedicate this zinnuzil. YOU, who are to be heirs of all that is good or bud in our civilization ure now hearing, or no doubt have heard much about taking YOUR place in the post war world. myllllf America will achieve a generation from now will depend upon YOU, the YOUTH, who are preparing for tomorrow, which will belong largely to YOU. In building for that tomorrow which will re- quire YOU to know and understand the true meaning of world events and the forces behind them, remember the traditions which have been Blumes, establish and uphold them. Yet do not stand so firmly in them that they will blind YOU to the possibilities of new improvements. Progress is based upon new improvements. To build Z1 new world solidly by ai united effort, begin planning for YOUR tomorrow-now. Q o