Centennial High School - War Cry Yearbook (Compton, CA)

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We, Class Cf. '59 Ena A Busq Year N WE FINALLY MAKE it! We're graduating at last! These words are being echoed Through the minds of over 300 proud Les Savants during their last weeks of schogl. Remember the swinging Recognition Day when all our hand- some seniors paraded around the reservation in our elegant senior iackets and sweaters . . . The football games as our team led us to victory while the Centennettes were stepping high and enhancing the field with their unique dance per- formances . . . the skating party when all seniors skidded and slid around the arena . . . the senior picnic when a certain heavy stuffed himself with as much food as he could eat . . . Fun Day when all seniors came to school in their casual clothes and turned the school into a riot of fun . . . Camera Day when all seniors gave their prettiest smiles to capture pictures that would be remembered forever . . . the dances where everybody lived the music . . . Sweetheart Dance, Homecoming Alumni Dance, Basketball Ball - to say nothing of the after school club-sponsored hops out in room 94 or the cafeteria. Everybody felt the rhythm in their feet Nobody ever missed a beat. Les Savants have scrimped and saved for pictures, sweaters, rings, announcements, cards and th-'it biggest item of all - clothes. Yes, 1958-59 has been a big year, a memorable year. We face the future with confidence and we shed a tear for the school days that are over. Come In '56 NEARLY FOUR HUNDRED SOPHOMORES COMING from the then two feeder junior highs, Willow- brook and Enterprise, combined forces in Sep- tember, 1956, to become a part of a new and large group known as The Centennial Senior High Associated Student Body - our ASB. We beginners found exploring the tribal customs and understanding the great Apache Spirit a wonderful experience. We all were eager to ioin GRADUATE SECTION EDITOR GWEN MOORE COMBINES words and pictures to preserve the memories of Les Savants senior year. Happy that her tas kis over and diploma day iust around the corner, Gwen looks pleased. Aren't we all? the fun and wear the Red and White. Among the many activities we shared, we recall pleas- antly the Sophomore Breakfast, the Sophomore Hop and the Sophomore Talent Show. The Soph- omore Picnic climaxed the activities that made our first year at the reservation a good one. Long will we remember our first year in senior high - especially our pride in becoming iuniors in 1957. Become In '57 AS JUNIORS WE FIND ourselves back on the reservation, anticipating an adventurous second year at Centennial. Here the tribal dances and the Apache Spirit had been a part of our lives. We found more activities and fun than we were accustomed to and also found more and harder work. The football games, the assemblies and Mr, Shimo's weekly U.S. History tests -were now ours to enjoy or suffer. With the election of four feminine figures the future Les Savants were ready to roll. Under the guiding leadership of Counselor Elizabeth Bryan the Junior Class sponsored many activities. Among them were the Junior Class Variety Show given at the L.B.V.A. Veterans Hospital, the Turn About Dance, the New Year's Eve in May Dance and finally the class picnic held in Irvine Park. We also presented the dis- abled veterans with a radio in sincere appreciation of their fine work in the defense of our country. We shall always cherish the memory of our Junior Class for without that experience we would not be able to face the problems of today and those that will confront us in the future. We are now the LES SAVANTS.

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MARY ANDERSON LEADS the alphabetical list ot care- fully chosen outstanding citizens ot our class, Mary lends her talent and her tall good looks to many campus organizations. Arrows, Boosters and Future Teachers have used her abilities in office, Plans include college and teaching in Compton Elementary Schools. Cen- tennial is what we make it. Good citizens make a good school. I'll miss you all, is her parting word, OTIS ALLEN FRED ANDREWS We Complete BEATRICE Al EXANDER LUENETTA A'EX!NDER BEVERLY ARMBRESTER IRIS ARPOYO BARBARA ALEXANDER IOHN ALEXANDER SALLY AMARO BARBARA ARMSTEAD DOROTHY ANDERSON MARY ANDERSON if tl