Wapakoneta High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Wapakoneta, OH)

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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

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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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Frt hmm Ire :de t jxek Stoutnm rc 73 Putty Cole 17 JoAnn Punter 74 Cha. tx Crusxe 34 Other cJfflLt'!' Blll Ankermm Io mph Buber Ronald Buley Shxrlu Hnnx lun Hxrrcd IICQIIIC' Weber john Nlettr Bl tl Xut Blll XIIIIIIILII Rlllllfd Niulhollmcl Boh Nllller . XG 5 'L 3.3. fp , NNT I Af' If . 1 K, -s a ' s' 'usf a- ' a i X LI, a , if L. , 'sz . 1 s-' 1. a , ' z' , urn, 'L 1 m. a' ' 7 , .M ', 1 ', ' .' , a . 1 , .' . N l .... 1 . . ,, , . . . . . . ,, L - l Q 1 , V . 1 I . CL ' n Y 1 I , . . . f - 1 - L Y ,lx I .L . Y, ' WI, 4 Y 7 . 1 Q zz an ' - A x A ' , . 7 L , L . You asked me Cannot youth save the world? Cannot the young bu1ld here, on th1s earth, a sh1n1ng house, out of our hearts, out of good 1ntent1ons 9 And I th1nk I made some stup1d reply I th1nk I Sald, no FRESHIVIEN enter hrgh school as en thuslastlc boys and g1rls mth hopes of brlng mg fame, fortune and honor, not only to them selves but to the1r school and country All of us flnd, hovu ex er, that be1ng a freshman becomes a hlt bCXVlldCI'lHg as we follow the program prescrlbed for us, not qulte under standlng perhaps many tlmes just what 19 hap pemng We ask ourselxes Shall we waste our energ1es wrth books only and what we can learn from them Shall we be LlZ1SS1f1CLl as freshlesp If so, can we not have the assurance that we are green but Urovw 1ng Freshmen are assured that as they go through hrgh school perhaps the answers to these questlons w1ll be made more clear and that the experlences whrch we w1ll all recelve enable us to carry out our ldeals Accept1ng th1s explanatron freshmen begln to show the1r w1ll1ngness to fulf1ll the1r hopes W1th th1s promrse, shyness and bashful ness grow less and they 1010 1n a comradeshlp w1th the sophomores 1n some extra currlcular 'ICIIVIUCS The present class has been proud of those who partlclpated 1n sports Those who played basketball were Chuck Schaub, Iohn N1eter and LOUIC Erb Erh and N1eter appeared along wlth Buddy Vert, Ted Marker, and Tom Maxson on the football fleld Some freshmen play ed 1n the band, others rn the orchestra and st1ll others sang 1n the glee c ubs Flght of the greenles were chosen to represent the1r class IH school councll, namely, Bob Gustafson, Marllyn Archer, Shlrley Ham an, Dan Pope, Ted Marker, Alma Lou Shavs, Iohn N1eter and Rlchard Brautlgam