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Les Bois, 1941:

Clouds of War

 

In the Spring of 1941, war raged across the globe but America was still at peace, if uneasily so.  As the Boise Junior College Class of 1941 prepared to graduate (the first class to do so from the new campus on the south side of the Boise River), its members reflected on their good fortune to live at peace in a democracy.  But there was no exultation in their reflections; it was as if they knew that their isolation from the world troubles could not last.  Indeed, before the next class graduated, America was at war and many of the men and women from BJC's Class of 1941 were either serving in the armed forces abroad or working in war industries at home.  The World War II memorial plaque housed in the Boise State University Archives testifies that a number of men from BJC, including the yearbook's editor,  made the supreme sacrifice. 

 

 Detail from artwork by Rachel Branson in 1941 Les Bois.
 To view the full work, click here.
 Boise State University Archives, Albertsons Library

Reproduced on these pages is the 1941 edition of Les Bois, the college  yearbook.  The tone is set in its Foreword:  "In a world discolored with 'isms' and torn by dictators, we, the youth of America, acknowledge with grateful hearts the priceless gift of American democracy and seek, through our education, the best means to preserve it.  With this thought, we here record the actions of democratic youth in a democratic school in a democratic America."   But along with the sober reflection there was fun: plays and dances and concerts and football games, all recorded in the school yearbook.  The Les Bois of 1941 presents a snapshot of collegiate life in a small city in the American West as one era drew to a close and another was about to begin.

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This page created: 21 May 2007

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