Whitmer High School - Oracle Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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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.

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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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DEDICATION We, the Senior Class, would like to dedicate this twenty-first publication of the Oracle to the man on the faculty known as Stace . Graduating in 1930, with a Bachelor of Science degree from Bowling Green State Uni¬ versity, Donald A. Stacy came here to Whitmer. He taught physical education and biol¬ ogy, and was coach of all athletic activities, which then were basketball, baseball, foot¬ ball and track. In that same year, Mr. Stacy and Mrs. Gladys Rust were co-authors of the famous Whitmer circus. Through Mr. Stacy ' s leadership, we celebrate this year the performance of the seventeenth annual circus. In 1937, he received his Master ' s Degree from Bowling Green. In 1945, advisor to the yearbook and Senior Class was he. Devoted to his teaching profession, Mr. Stacy also has been a contractor and registered basketball and football official for sixteen years. Mr. Stacy, the spicy little advisor of this 1951 Senior Class, has helped us come out in the clear on the Junior Play, designed the float for which we received first prize, and directed our Senior Class Play. Yes, we, the Senior Class, wish to express deep-felt thanks and true gratitude for all things accomplished to that man on the facutly affectionately known as Stace . . . 6