Altoona High School 1942 Yearbook (Altoona, PA) - Full Access

Expre in Cia faith of '42 The la~s of 1912 i th cia that enter d cho I in 1930. I cam L lloona that year. f know ' r \\ell what life ha been in Ito na during the e L\ elve ear . Eighteen hundr d Larted ' ith thi cia"~- The depre_ ion hit ) our cla hard. lL hit all pha e of life hard in lloona. Our in Lilulion:o, uch a the hurch, the home, th _chool, and th man vo ational ag nci , had to function on a lim- ited budget. nd now )OUr cia_ ha Lo b our fir t econd-World-War cia . our cla smale hme dropped b the way id . On! a portion ''ill receive the diploma. )' ou ha e weathered the year;,. either be au~ of d termination, or ompulsion, or abilit , or more favor d home conditions. a high school graduate ou will fa a world torn b war. You will be obliged to u e all the inl IJicrenc , all the phy i al Lamina and all th a baiLie that an ighleen-) ear-old po_ e c . You are beller able Lo fac th man re pon ibi litie that '~ill come to youth becau:, of your }ears in ~chool. In addition to Lh<' value that ha\ e com from th cla room , Lh re ar tho_e irllancrible qualiti . uch a enthu ia m, al rlne , hone t , and chara ter, that are difficult, if not imp .,jble, to leach or to mea ure. The , too, ar ) our . I best \ i h go out to th indi idual memb r of thi cia_ . I have a faith and a hicrh hop that ) ou ' ill ucceed in th ' ork that y u d cid i your to do. I know you will I cl Lo rve other and by o doing ) ou will help to perp Luale the broth rhoocl o[ man in the world. Page Nine