Webster Township High School - Web Yearbook (Scotch Ridge, OH)

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4 , SALUTATORY Dr. Long, parents, teachers, members of the School Board, patrons, and friends! The Class of 1941 is honored tonight by your presence at this 14th Commencement of Webster High School. Towards this goal we have been working for the past twelve years, and during these years your interest in us and in our success has been even greater than our own. The effort and sacrifice that you have invested in us have made it possible for us to complete this course at Webster. More than half of our class have obtained all their mnmnlmg at Webster under the guidance and assistance of our teachers, whose knowledge, patience, devotion, and inspiration have brought us to this time of graduation, The education which we have received is part of America's heritage. Preceding generations through centuries of advance- ment have accumulated this store of knowledge and have made possible our civilization and its democracy, its freedom of speech, and its freedom of thought. You have planned and sacrificed that we might enjoy this inheritance and taxpayers, have ucation of each are figured the class of twenty school, represents resting upon us to the world value Tonight as ful of the debt parents for the be enabled to preserve it for others. You, the spent about two thousand dollars towards the ed- member of this class, and when all the expenses cost may be considerably more than that. Our three members, the largest to graduate from this a big investment. We recognize the obligatidn living such lives that we shall give back received. of we of welcome you to this Commencement we are mind- gratitude we owe--a debt to our homes and.our encouragement and incentive to continue in sduxl life,--a debt to the Board of Education for the time and effort spent in planning for our training,--a debt to our teachers for their interest in our welfare, for their interest and their dev- otion in directing our course of study,--and a debt to the tax- payers and the patrons of the school for the up-to-date buildings and equipment with all our needs cared for. Again, we thank you for what you have done for us. Irvine McCann 'lv 9451

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ROSE SCSAVNICKI , Cheerleader ............ 3, 4 Drama Club .......... 3, Glee Club ..........,..... 3, 4 Librarian ................ 1, 3, 4 Plays ..........,............. 3, 4 Skylight Staff ........ 4 Web Staff ............ nowann sizu-'ERT Skylight staff ........ Web Staff ......... 4 P 4,1 A www! 4 wmv swmrrz Band ........................ 1, 2, 3, 4 Play ,....................... 3, skylight staff Web Staff ............. 4 4 GEORGE WITTE Athletic Committee Band ..,.................-..- Basketball Mgr ...., Boy Scout ...,....,..... Class Officer ..,..... Glee Club .............. Mixed Chorus ........ Plays ...................... Webb Staff ....,..., 1. 1 1 1 1 1 9 I HAROLD SHAFFER Baseball .................. 1, 2, 3, Basketball .............. 1, 2, 3, Class Officer ........ 3, Glee Club ............. 3, 4 Mixed Chorus ...... 3, 4 Play ..............,......... 3, Skylight Staff ...... 4 Track ...................... 1, 2, 3, Web Staff ...... .. 4 i BURNICE SHIFFERT Drama Club .......... 2, 3, Librarian ...........,.. 3, 4 Skylight Staff ...... 2, 4 Web Staff .............. 2, 4 CHARLES WALLACE Boy Scout .............. 1, 2, 3, 4 Skylight Staff ...... 3, 4 Web Staff .......... 3, 4 Play ................. 4

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...-...-...............................-... . - ......,....... .. .... ...... .,.... . .,... ,. ................ VALEIJICTORY .During the past year another group of young people from this community have been looking to the completion of their high school careers. Tonight this hope is realized. We, the graduating class of 1941, extend our deepest thanks to everyone who, in any way, has helped to make our high school education so enjoyable and complete. Up to this time our lives have been, for the most part, planned for us. Any problems which we had could be taken care of easily by talking to the faculty or to our parents. New we must plan for ourselves. We are faced with a problem which we only, as individuals, can solve. That problem is nWhat are we going to do to earn a livingn? Some of us think it necessary to further our education before we try to provide for ourselves. The rest are satisfied with the formal education which they have had and are ready to go to work. Perhaps, in thc coming years, we may find that some of those who did not go to college are more successful than those who did. It takes more than an education to be successful. There are ' certain rules of conduct and thinking that are just as important. I have listed six of these which may be considered essentials. The first of these rules is nBe your own drivern. Sir Humphrey Davy once said, nWhat I am I have made myselfn. How true this is. There are many cases on record of men who had numerous opportunities to succeed, yet they failed. Why? Many of them lacked the will power and determination to do the things necessary to make their opportunities and determination to do the things necessary to make their opportunities successful. Young people can put this rule to practice by abstaining from smoking and drinking liquor even though called a poor sport by their associates, or by going to church in the face of ridlcuka from others. ,No one can expect to lead others unless he had learned to rule himself. The second maxim is HB0 fair to the other fellowng Quite often our anger is raised when someone contradicts us or ex- presses his own opinion. We are prompted by some inward force to get even with him, fairly or unfairly. We must learn to throw these unfair plans from our minds because he may be right or his plan may work our better than ours. In our modern society we are all so dependent on one another, and so much is accomplished by group effort, that tolerance of the opinions of other people is more important than ever before. 519-4-'I fl I