Title

The Oracle, April 1942

Creator

Bangor High School (Bangor, Me.)

Date

April 1942

Description

En Garde: It is April 1942. Spring is just around the corner. But this year the season of budding trees and flowers finds us engaged in the most destructive war which the world has ever witnessed. Before last December 7th, we in America seemed to be spectators of this world conflict, although our sympathies and material aid had been going to the Allies for some time. Then, suddenly, on that December day we found ourselves drawn into the battle through the treachery of the Japanese at Pearl Harbor. Although our losses were severe, that tragic experience united the people of this country over night as nothing else could have done. Enlistments in the armed services immediately reached a new high. Production in war materials began to expand. An awakened America rushed to take her place beside other nations fighting for the cause of free people everywhere. Our lack of preparation, as a peace loving nation, made it impossible for us to obtain spectacular victories at the start, but our war production results will soon begin to tell.

Contents

Fiction--Features--Poems--Editorials--50 Years Ago--Fashions--Alumni--Junior Exhibitionists--Hokum--Spinning Reel--On the Bookshelf--Dots and Dashes--Outside the Classroom--Girls' Athletics

Subject

Bangor High School (Bangor, Me.)--Alumni and alumnae

Bangor High School (Bangor, Me.)--History

Bangor High School (Bangor, Me.)--Periodicals

High school students--Maine--Bangor

High school students' writings

Student publications

World War, 1939-1945

Type

Periodicals

Spatial Coverage

Bangor (Me.)

Temporal Coverage

Nineteen forties

Twentieth century

Language

English

Source

Bangor Public Library Special Collections

Note

Published five times a year by the students of Bangor High School, Bangor, Maine.

Cover design by James Powers. Cut by Joseph Petterson

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