niUHSDAY, MAY 21. 1942
TIMES. WILLAMINA. OREGON
War Effort Strengthened
By High School Graduates
Victory vs. Luxury
“ John’» o ld e r b ro th e r who fin
ished high »chool in 1941 burned
lip the tire « o f his old ja llo p y on
the highw ay» at s ix ty m ile s an
hour, e ith e r pleasure or business
bent. John w ill ride a bus or
w a lk to "g o places and do
th in g s .” Susan who graduates in
1942 w ill find th a t perm anents,
Huffy evening dresses, s ilk and
nylon hose w ere lu x u rie s th a t her
older s iste r of 1940 did not be
queath to h er. Youth, lik e the
rest of us, m ust sa crifice some
of the refinem ents of existence,
and before the stru g g le is over,
m ay forego some o f the necessi
tie s .”
Armed Service«, Industry and Farms Lure 1942 Students;
\ oeationul I raining Now Becoming
Increasingly Important.
By WILLARD E. GIVENS
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National Education duocialion.
, c<n estinr»ated that over one million boys and girls will
leave high school this spring with their diplomas.
It is this same group of boys and girls, the youth of the
nation, who were, figuratively being spoken to when a commence
ment speaker said to a group of graduates before him:
You have seen more history than you have read.”
During the first half of 1942, the pages of history have been
tu rn in g fust, re co rd in g the nam es » f
d n ra
o f th
a ll e ir ages
)i-n m a
arid
deeds in the greatest
And now today, not only the high
school graduate, but a ll those who
have read the sto ry of m a n ’s up
w a rd stru g g le fro m the e a rly dawn
o f h is to ry to the present tim e , rec
ognize the c lim a x o f h is to ry in
w hich they a rc now liv in g .
Each
and e veryone—especially the high
school g ru du nte —in seeking to find
the p ro pe r ploce, the suitable niche
in it.
The Significance ot Today.
O nly to the m an who is in some
m easure educated is it g ranted to
know w ha t is going on about h im
and to e stim a te its significance.
T here is an old s to ry o f tw o peas
ants o f B ra ba nt who w ere weeding
th e ir crops on a s u ltry June day in
1815 when the guns of the Iro n Duke
greeted those o f B onaparte a t Wa
terloo, One of the pensants lifte d
h is eyes fro m his hoe and scanned
the horizon. ‘ ’Soule,” he said, " i t
th u n d e rs; it w ill ra in to d a y !”
As
the guns o f destin y broke the silence
o f th e ir fields, these tw o peasants
w ent on hoeing th e ir vegetables, a l
m ost as ig n o ra n t as th e ir beets and
cabbages o f w ha t w ent on a n y
w here else in the w o rld but in the
lim ite d sphere in w hich they m oved.
The m e n ta l isolation of m a n
kin d in the not-so-long-ago un
happy days nt the hum an race
when one class of men was p r iv
ileged to enjoy the c u ltu re and
refin em en t of w ide know ledge,
and another class was doomed
to liv e and die in v u lg a rity and
p o v e rty , is banished. U n iv e rs a l
education has banished It. The
high school, e sp e cia lly, is re
sponsible tor m aking this va stly
d iffe re n t w o rld fro m the one
w hich existed a ce n tu ry and a
q u a rte r ago when Europe was
rocked as it is today by the
clash of a rm s and ideals—and
only a few knew the issues and
fe w e r s till had a p a rt in reso lv
ing them .
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school graduates, boys and g irls ,
w ill at once e nte r w a r-in d u s trie s to
help m a n u fa c tu re the guns and
tanks and planes upon w hich the
fik h tin g men on fa r-flu n g battle
fro n ts depend. The graduates m ay
e n te r these in d u s trie s at once, or
they m ay e n ro ll in one o f m any
d iffe re n t types o f tra in in g fo r m ore
s k ille d service in the fa c to rie s pro
ducing the m a te ria l o f w a r.
These tra in in g o p p o rtu n itie s range
fro m
the e le m e n ta ry vo catio na l
schools w here the S im pler s k ills of
the assem bly lin e are a cqu ire d, to
the
te chn ical
and
engineering
schools of o u r g re a t u n iv e rs itie s
w h ich are tu rn in g out re c ru its fo r
h ig h ly responsible positions both in
the arm ed forces and in in d u s tria l
ran ks.
The high schools them selves in
m an y c ity school system s, and in
some o f the v illa g e schools se rving
fa rm areas, are equipped to o ffe r a
high
grade
vo catio na l
tra in in g .
Some graduates who have taken
non - vocational courses in high
school w ill im m e d ia te ly begin such
courses, i f a v a ila b le , in the schools
fro m w hich they have been gradu
ated. o r they w ill seek that kind of
tra in in g in n e igh bo rin g co m m un i
ties.
The fe de ra l g ove rn m e nt in June
1940, a p p ro p ria te d $15,000,000 to
equip and s ta ff the ra p id ly ex
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F o r outdoor o r porch s e rv in g tr y
the p r e ttily d eco ra te d o ilc lo th
m a ts ; th ey o nly need a d a ily w ip
ing w ith a dam pened c lo th .
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I f the su m m e r perch ru g looks
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A fte r tw o days
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Today, high school students see
them selves in the se ttin g o f tim e
and events. In th e ir h ea rts is a
s tir rin g th a t finds its expression in
a com m on question, ‘ ‘ W hat is m y
place in a ll th is ? ”
Some o f the boys m ay vo lu ntee r
a t once fo r service in the a rm ed
forces.
The a rm y has ju s t an
nounced th a t volu ntee rs 18 and 19
ye a rs old m ay select tra in in g in the
co m b at branch o f th e ir own p re f
erence— in fa n try , c a v a lry , a r tille r y ,
ta nk corps, a ir corps, sign al corps,
o r corps o f engineers. O thers w ill
w a it the decision o f the Selective
S ervice system as to w here and
when th ey m a y serve best.
M an y g raduates w ill continue
th e ir education under the d ire c tio n
o f the navy, w hich has in operation
plans by w hich graduates m ay go
on to college and pursue studies
in w hich they m ay earn college
c re d its and a t the same tim e p re
pare fo r m ore e ffe ctive service in
the' n avy.
F ro m th is group, the
huge two-ocean b a ttle fleet now
b u ild in g in o u r sh ip ya rd s w ill se
cu re m a n y o f its com m issioned o f
ficers.
W a r In d u strie s to H ire M any.
Some thousands o f these high
A m echanized a rm y calls fo r the
u tm o st in v e n tiv e and o p e ra tio n a l
s k ills w h ich the A m e ric a n people can
produce. These D enver high school
boys w ill know how to operate an
e le c tric sem aphore if they should
serve in the sig n a l corps o f the
a rm y .
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w o rke rs, e le c tric ia n s , ship ca rp en
te rs , jo in e rs
and o the r skille d
trades.
There is o p p o rtu n ity of some
kind today fo r youth e v e ry
w here.
A ll can Join in the
“ g re a t
a d v e n tu re ”
in
some
ca p a c ity . T his is true fo r g irls
as w ell as fo r boys. M any g irls
are ta k in g th e ir places in the
w a r in d u s trie s . The g re a t ex
pansion of offices in W ashington
and other centers o f a d m in is tra
tion of the w a r e ffo rt issue calls
fo r typ ists, stenographers, clerks
and se cre taries. M any g irls are
e n ro llin g in n ursin g courses
w hich lead to d ire c t or in d ire c t
se rvice, fo r some of w hich o f
fic e r’s com m issions are a v a il
able, in the a rm ed forces.
The kinds o f m ilita r y w o rk fo r
( g irls to choose fro m are n u m e r
ous, and announcem ents o f fu r
th e r o p p o rtu n itie s are expected
fro m tim e to tim e .
O fttirn e s the im pulse to seek serv
ice fa r afield is i l l advised. There
is also the home fro n t. Whole states
m ust be prepared to resist invasion
fro m land, sea o r a ir. C iv ilia n de
fense is v ita l. F ir s t aid, a ir ra id
d u ty , a u x ilia ry fire and police serv
ice m u st be m anned and a dm in is
tered.
In hundreds of a g ric u ltu ra l com
m u n itie s high school graduates w ill
im m e d ia te ly la y aside th e ir d ip lo
mas fo r c u ltiv a to r handles and hoes.
There is m uch tru th in the slogan
th a t "F o o d w ill w in the w a r.” The
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O n ly h a lf the q u a n tity o f sugar
w ill be re q u ire d to sweeten stewed
fr u its if sugar is added a fte r f r u it
is cooked.
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As d rie d f r u it is u s u a lly soaked
before cooking, save the soaking
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p on ding vocational d ep a rtm e n ts and p ro visio n of food stuffs and the use
schools o f less than college grade of foods d ic ta te d by m odern k n o w l
w hich had und erta ken to tr a in edge o f n u tritio n fo r both c iv ilia n
w o rk e rs fo r defense ind ustrie s. The and so ld ie r are of v ita l im p o rta n c e .
need o f w orkers was so u rg e n t and
M an y of the o pp ortu nities m ay be
the plan o f m eeting it so successful seized w ith o u t leaving home or
th a t subsequently o th e r sums w ere
c o m m u n ity . The a le rt and eager
a p p ro p ria te d fo r th is purpose.
high school graduate w ill look about
By M a rch , th is y e a r, a p p ro x i h im fo r u nfilled places in the ranks,
m a te ly 2,463,862 w o rk e rs had been step in w here he is best q ualified
pre pa re d fo r the w a r in d u strie s in and serve.
th is m anner.
T his n um be r is in
The student selected by fa te fo r
add itio n to those tra in e d fo r s im i g ra d u a tio n in 1942 faces to w e rin g
la r occupations in the vo c a tio n a l handicaps as w ell as o p p ortu nities.
courses th a t co n stitu te the n o rm a l F o r m a n y o f these graduates, school
se rvice o f the schools.
days are ended. In any case, edu
The dem and fo r the graduates
c a tio n a l careers w ill be in te rru p t
ot these vocational courses is
ed o r d iv e rte d fro m o rig in a l p u r
m uch g re a te r than the supply
poses.
and is increasing.
A cco rd in g
The Test They Face.
to the W ar P ro du ction board,
A m b itio n s m u st be m od ifie d , new
o v e r ten m illio n a d d itio n a l w a r
em phasis placed upon ideals and
in d u s try w orkers w ill be needed
duties. The high school g ra du ate of
w ith in the ye a r ahead to s ta ff
1942 faces the severest k in d o f test
p la nts now being b u ilt or ex
w hich can be given to in d iv id u a ls —
panded.
the te st o f fle x ib ility , a d ju s tm e n t to
The vocational tra in in g a c tiv itie s u n to w a rd circu m stan ces. T his ap
in O a klan d, C a lif., are ty p ic a l of plies to the m in o r as w e ll as to the
those in m a n y c itie s n ea r g re a t sh ip m a jo r e n te rp rise s of life .
ya rd s o r other centers p ro du cing
The c o n tra s t is s till g re a te r if we
the m a c h in e ry o f w a r. On A p r il 1, co m p are th is generation w ith g ra n d
1944 th e re w ere 199 classes in “ de fa th e r’s as an illu s tra tio n o f change
fense tra in in g ”
in the O akland in o u r n a tio n a l life . To th a t e ld e rly
schools, e n ro llin g 3,901 students. gentlem an now toasting his slippered
T h is w as 473 less th an the n u m b e r heels in re tire m e n t by the firep la ce ,
o f students the O akland schools H orace G re e le y ’s advice, “ Go West,
w ere prepared to accom m odate in young m a n ,” was an in s p ira tio n ’
th is k in d o f wonk.
There was an im m e a s u ra b ly w e a lth y
D u rin g Ja nu ary, F e b ru a ry and West to conquer. G ra n d fa th e r saw
M a rc h an average o f 500 tra in e d the fin is h in g touches g ive n to the
w o rk e rs a m onth w ere placed in w o rld ’s g re ate st econom ic e m p ire ,
w a r m a n u fa c tu rin g fro m th is school as the in g e n u ity , energy, and de
syste m .
There have neve r been te rm in a tio n o f a N ew w o rld , assem
s u ffic ie n t trainees e n ro lle d to m ee t bled fro m the trib e s fro m the Old,
the dem and fo r riv e te rs , ch ip pe rs, trim m e d o ff the last fro n tie rs fro m
ca u lke rs, ship fitte rs , sheet m e ta l the A m e ric a n w ilderness.
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