Waynesville High School - Mountaineer Yearbook (Waynesville, NC)

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Editor—Charles Way Business Manager—Dwight Beaty WAYHSVILL[ TOWNSHIP HUH SCHOOL WAYNESVILLE. NORTH CAROLINA Haywood County Public LiDiafy Waynesville

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Seniors, in behalf of the faculty may I express a genuine pleasure in our association with you for the past four years. Our best wishes and continued interest will be with you in what¬ ever field of endeavor you may enter. We of the faculty feel that the class of 1944 is entitled to some distinction. First, you have had more than the usual distractions in staying with the job of completing four years of high school. High wages and the demand for labor have lured many high school boys and girls from the classroom. We commend you for your perseverence. The romantic and patriotic appeal of service with the armed forces has claimed several members of this class; these we proudly hail and pray for a safe and speedy return. We feel that this class is unique in that you have a greater challenge and opportunity to do something worthwhile. To those who will be called up by the armed services there is the challenge to make yourself the best fighters possible but at the same time you will have an opportunity for training and experience which can be of great vocational value. Seldom has a generation of young people had such a wide variety of choice of occupation and at the same time been able to get work most anywhere at any time. We urge you to get into work which you hope to follow for a life time and get some training and experience. We trust that you leave high school as friends of the public schools. Your schools need your continued interest and moral support. Public education asks for your friendly, cooperative criticism and will rely upon your intelligent leadership in whatever business or profession you may choose. Sincerely, 4