Washington Irving High School - Memoirs Yearbook (Clarksburg, WV)

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K-1-m,,.,,,,, I i I as i . 'II-IIE SPIRIT UI? WASHINGTON IRVING In a narrow,branching valley, among many familiar landmarks and scenes, stands a red brick building on the side of a hill. i In that building we have just received a diploma stating that we have grad- uated from Washington Irving High School. We might well pause in our exodus and consider some of the things we have graduated from and some that we have graduated intciffi- In a sense we have closed another door behind us and have opened a much larger and greater one before us. We have done away with childish ways and have slipped into the mold of men and women. We have worked and studied to take our place in civilizationg our activities have included much learning, both in and out of school. ,On the dance floor, in church, and on the football field, as well as in the class-room, we have gained a fairly well-rounded education. While wading through Shakespeare and state government, we have had lots of fun and many happy hours of enjoyment, too many perhaps, considering the condition of the world about us. Thousands of miles away the war's bloody grip seems too distant to affect us very deeply. Actually we feel it far more than we show. At the railroad station we have seen our friends and relatives who do know what war is about. Some have bought a one-way ticket out and will