Washington High School - Anvil Yearbook (East Chicago, IN)

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DEDICATION No nation is any greater in integrity or worth than the character of the citizens who make it so. All that our country represents is an enduring monument to the sons of industry, for it is those hardy people who strength- ened the foundation of our democracy in spirit, power, wealth, and morale. lt is the men who do the hard, grueling, back-breaking work, day and night, in an effort to make America the great land that it is, who deserve the credit. For, it is they who toil amid all conditions, labor for long hours, and receive only wages for their services. The common laborer is often thought of as unimportant, 'but in reality, the status of the common laborer, either directly or indirectly, influences the status of the entire country, lf wages are low, as is usually the case when a depression sweeps the nation, and unemploy- ment is prevalent, ruin comes to all. l-lowever, if the years are prosperous ones and if output of industry strains toward the utmost peak of production until the streets are crowded with overalled workmen going to and from work, success comes. Children no longer weep from hunger, and the business man purchases another factory. And so the eternal cycle lessens or increases continually, to a certain degree, according to the activity of the laborer. Each worker skilled in a special field of industry is an essential part in every act of the wide range of activity found in this country, l-le is the ever important cog in the wheel from which radiates almost all of the necessary items for a fuller, richer life. lt is the so-called unimportant workman upon whom the wealthy in- dividual is dependant for his land, labor, and capital. l-le does not create the products of his factories or industrial plants with his own hands, but instead, he utilizes the labor of thousands of workmen to meet the demand of national and international markets. lt is the common workman who has built up the respect for America by foreign nations. The worker, laboring in the steel mills in large industrial centers, shapes molten metal into heavy girders for the construction of our world-famous sky-scrapers and bridges and into thousands of automobiles that total seven out of ten manufactured in the world. lt is the dusty miner, laboriously extracting minerals and ore far below the earth's surface who provides the fuel needed to heat American homes and to power huge loco- motives that rumble over shiny steel rails covering more territory than those of any other nation. And so, in appreciation for the services rendered by the laborers who, for the benefit of all, counting no task too difficult to perform, have made America the greatest nation on earth, to the common worker, the backbone of America, do we, the Class of l942, dedicate this, our Senior Anvil.

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SENIOR ANVIL STAFF Members of the Anvil Staff are chosen sometime during the latter part of May. ln September each member begins his work to put out an Anvil that will please the entire student body. This year, Gus Lackerdas submitted the best dummy and was made editor in chief assisted by Frances Sutkowski. Gus has plan- ned the arrangement and size of the book, directed the photography and supervised the members of his staff. The art staff, whose editor is Eleanor Kapera and her assistant, Alex Slivko, help to carry out the theme of the book. The photography staff headed by Bill Giannopolous, assisted by Larry Mervis, Anne Trbovich, Ed Carlson, and l-lazen Stoddard, take the photographs and snapshots that are used in Anvil. The literary staff has the important task of writing stories about the various pictures and also idenifies the group pictures, which are checked and re-checked. Virginia Christ- off is the editor of this group assisted by Mar- jorie l-leskett, Kathryn Fields, Ray Matule- vicius. Bill Messex, business manager and his assistant, Ruth Dasse, create ways and means of raising funds by managing dances, enter- tainment and refreshment sales, etc. They also keep records of expenditures and sales and assign duties to others when assistance is needed. The advertising staff solicits advertise- ments in collaboration with the rest of the staff, also keeps accurate records, of all trans- actions, copy, cuts, etc .... Harriett Marcus is the advertising manager and her assistants are Carmen Martinez, Richard Glassman, Eula Collier, Arvenell Begler, Dorothy Rumas, and Lillian Nathanson. Marcena Crundwell, circulation manager, and Theresa Sufac, assistant, plan and execute efficient methods for subscription sales, keep accurate records of all sales, and manage the distribution of Anvils. This year lrene Eva has the important pcsition of secretary-treasurer, l-ler job is to take care of receipts and disbursements, and do stenographic and secretarial work for other members of the staff.