Whitmer High School - Oracle Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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September The freshmen came as neophites to prove to all That they would have their rights. October We ' ll not forget our football team, which played so hard To bring our school esteem. November They planned this month the Senior play; It was a great success, I ' m sure they all must say. CONTENTS June This was a year of work and fun; June marks the end— Our school year is done. Foreword 3 Dedication 6 Administration 8 Faculty 11 Classes . 15 Organization . 67 Athletics . 85 December The Christmas season came at last and the spirit of Christmas We wished could not have passed. May To Seniors, this is the month of graduation. Let ' s not forget the years we spent To gain a better education. January Back to school, the old year past, our school spirit we knew Would always last. April When April came, out went the call to the boys who would answer; It was golf, track, and baseball. March We hope the circus will always stay. So we may come back to enjoy The performers in future days. February The Juniors gave their annual ball; we must report A gala time was had by all.

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One of the most important assignments of students of Whitmer Journalism Classes is the preparation of the Oracle. Into the assignment these writers pour not only the record of the current year at Whitmer, but a good por¬ tion of their own hopes, dreams, and effort. That is why this publication represents what it does to each student. But there is still more to the assignment than the reader will note from even a careful reading of this volume. Countless hours of planning, writing, art layout, proof-reading, editing, and final preparation for the printing lie behind this important job. You will not find pictures or stories relating this work, but it is here just as though photographs and legends recorded the effort. To the student staff must go the full credit for the good work accomplished. Their own knowledge of their thoughtful effort will be the best compensa¬ tion they could ask. The staff and advisor hope that the satisfaction of each student reader of the Oracle will equal our pleasure in presenting this written and pictorial story of another great year at one of America ' s greatest high schools. A. H. Rice Publisher. 3

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OUR MAJORITY Twenty-One! Yes, Whitmerites, this marks 21 years of recording the annual events and activities of our classes here at Whitmer. The Seniors, especially, like to observe this twenty-first year, as it is a symbol of all things that mean we ' re grown-ups. As we graduate and make our way into the cruel, cruel world, we look ahead to the year when we will be 21. Voting and many other opportunities available only to adult life, then knock on our door. Today our world is in great turmoil, and beset in some quarters of the Nation by sinful destruction. Morals are per¬ haps at low ebb, but throughout all this, young Christian men and women still look forward to their twenty-first birthday. To some, it is perhaps a sign of great age; to others, the achievement of entering a night spot; but to all it should be attainment of age linked with knowledge acquired throughout these few years. So, Twenty-One, we salute you! In the three years left to look ahead, may we all consider what it really means to reach the magic era, the first step of which is: becoming 21.