Westmont Upper Yoder High School - Phoenician Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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Under the existing wartime conditions, the circus has surmounted almost unbelievable obstacles in order to extend a form of relaxation and entertain- ment to a weary people and to abide by its. motto- The show must go on. Let us look behind the black smoke-screen of battle to the gaudy posters and spangled costumes typical of a circus. Hear the thunderous applause of the audience instead of the thousands of marching feet and crying children. Smell the peanuts and pop-corn, not the' odor of a crowded hospital lacking sufficient antiseptics. Taste the pink lemonade and candied apples rather than the K rations. Complain about the hard benches and the sawdust-cow ered arena but be thankful that you aren't crouching in a foxhole or- plodding knee deep through -mud. Be afraid as you watch an aerial act, not a Messer- schmitt coming in for the kill. Watch the circus parade instead of the lines of our soldiers, taken prisoner and marching at the 'German command. See the ringmaster, clowns, bareback riders, seals, trained dogs, and elephants, but think for one moment of the sights of desolation which others must be- hold day after day. All the performers think continually, however, of those who formerly worked with them, but who are now taking part in a bigger show. W e, of the 1945 Phoenician of Westmont-Upper Yoder High School, are proud to compare our school spirit to that of the circus people since we too are continuing under the trying conditions of today.

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