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

Keep 'un ~ ... Keep 'un ~ ... War Change Routine o great a conflict a 1 e are 1101 en"'ag d in mu L both directly and indirectly aff cL our chool . o country in whi ·h ducalion pia u ·h an important part a it do in America could de iaL mu h fr m the normal path of it xi t n without afT ctin"' th li1 e of it ) oung p ople, man) of whom at:end the public hool . Thi se Lion of our book, 11hich wa not a part of the original plan, i d ign d to porlra the fin spirit in 11hich our _chool . o 1aliantl roe to meet the demand · of a nation fi"'hlin"' to pr ::oen the ideal which were re:;ponsible f r iL birth and which ha e been the lif ' blood f it ub ist n e. Ou~ eroe Honored .~~~tY ":tf/h:. On Dec mb r 7, 1911, all merica wa ::olunned b a Japane e auack on P~'~ Ha~r. Among the hundred kill d 11erp two of our alumni Brook Brubake1:-§.~d Ja ct~z~. n )I. To honor Lhe~e bo , a memorial servi e 11a · h ld in our chool. .{.~~.:· ir out ~~;l ing record wPrc re1iP11ed and re olution Lo plac th ir nam on a .i-ifi of hono??~,~ pr nl d. .lif~:; War Decl~.: ... d .. ;.;;~~· r'fii!:~ vent hour aft r the infamou act al Pearl Harbor. th "tud nl, j~y·A. H. . li Lened to~ Pre id nl's declaration of war on Japan. Th _land that ,.:.:.·.; rica took in that hi e«~ical moment bode no p;ood for tho_e "ho ek lo rob ;~1#' world of li~erly. • ·:\. ..~fl Phy 1cal Fitne · :%Run .§..~;~' "I pledg·:j~ !egianc to the nited tale of merica an cl;.:~~~ll keep my If ph icall fit and ·~~~.r ready to n m ountr) ." Thi 1 a the:i.~l1 taken b 1,600 _choolboy a the)lii!" s d an aluminum baton from th fri"'*-' "Con Lilution" in Erie to the "Cradle.:.... Lib rl) ," lnd p ndenc Hall, Phi lade~~ a. Fifty-fi e bo) from ltoona High .:~. l participated in thi v nL. . .J..~> ervice Men R m ~~red .:;&.~~- To leav hool aii¥]] the friend and n fam~· to a boy Lo r c one' country i indeed a nob! '!Jfi:ifJ.; but pang of loneline_- ~~ome, ickne are ur to follow uch a ::oudd n changw§:. To keep th m a quain t~i*~"\vith th "doing " of their lma Mater, Mountain Echo"ii$..~nd Hor e hoe wer ~~,tO Lh bo) 11ho left chool Lo join the armed force . ·~I!fk?:. ..~;$~F In th Army ow ·:#ft,:. /~f~t~· Th war ha mad a hole':.:f.~:.the faculL) ~~~ell a in th Lud nl bod). It. nol hard to gue how er, "her ::%f~e army wij:{;~;plac our teacher who have been drafted. Mr. ndrew Moore and ·wtr,. Harold·~~ idman will, f ·our" , b in the camouflag di i ion inc Mr. Moo /l!ift:£ri! iali~::in tag et and Mr. Fr idman i_n make-up work. Mr. oLL ee e will 'lfP.£ ba1Jf~~1l employed to cheer th bo) up vw the radio. Mr. J o I trawn has b n ··'lifhajj}J' in d f n_e work here in the cit for over a }ear. :~J!f}f "Buy a hare of Freedom Today" Each tudenl of . II. . wa given the chanc to do a real job for '"hen defen e Lamp wer pul on ~ al in th nat office. The "Minul b came a definil part of our live . top ! ave That Paper! me rica Man" That i the cr of th m rican Bo ·out . on~enalion of pap r i a gr at ta k during thi _ cri i . Wast paper '-a\ d in box s i ' collect d in th chool by th couL ea ·h " ek. Re porLe of . tud nl and Lea ·hers 1va~ . o oven1 helming that the f'agt' One Hundred Fifty-two