Central High School - Black And Gold Yearbook (Providence, RI)

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CQ TENTS TITLE PACE - POREWORD THEME - - THE BLACK AND GOLD BOARD I. SCHOOL - V H. GRADUATES - III. ATHLETICS - IV. FEATURES - V. QRGANIZATIONS - - ADVERTISEMENTS - - QA! umm 1 2 4 5 7-12 13-94 95-108 109-168 169-183 184-196

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Foreword A HIS issue of BLACK AND GOLD connotes the rounding out of the fourth year of Central High School. Made up of the teachers and students of Commercial High School and of Technical High School when these two schools were abolished in l932, Central has successfully weathered the storms and buffetings of the ensuing four years. In each of these years over one thousand students have gone forth as graduates. Our school has now a spirit all its own, rugged, yet cultural, and, I trust, enduring. Our teachers through their sustained, unselfish hard Work, and their superb cooperation have proved the main factors in this success that Central has thus far achieved. We of Central know all this. The public does not. The theme, therefore, of this June BLACK AND GOLD is Central in Action. Un- der the eilicient leadership and supervision of Mr. Elmer R. Smith, head of the English Department of our afternoon session, and faculty direc- tor of the BLACK AND GOLD staff, the work of our various depart- ments, and our many and varied student activities have been listed and, when possible, photographed. These manifold activities, be it noted, play an important part in developing our students mentally, physically' ethically. They permanently aid in making personal adjustments in this our changed and changing world. Information has been added that will give the discerning reader a fairly accurate idea of the size of the school, of our numbers, and of the intricate, inescapable problems thereby created. The total result is a true, composite picture of just what Central is and does. Our heartfelt wishes for future happiness and success go forth to the members of the June graduating class,-some six hundred strong. This is particularly their year book. May they ever find in it a source of deep, personal satisfaction, and a well of pleasant, inspiring mem- ories. T. FRANKLIN WALSH

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THE BLACK AND GOLD ' - JUNE -1936 . . THEME ELIEVING that the function of a year-book is to provide material that will help to recall the happiest of associations and the pleasantest of memories in years to come, the staff of the BLACK AND GOLD has chosen to present in this issue a composite picture of Central High School in action. Students and their friends, and the faculty itself, have all too little opportunity for close acquaintance with certain phases of school life, and this is our attempt to bring about a more thorough and pleasant familiarity with all the complex factors in our work here. Many departures from tradition will be found in the pages that follow. New arrangement of material, different style of make-up, and an effort in the direction of new types of material are all included. One of these changes is the division of the book into sections, each devoted to some part of school activity. In Book I is presented the school as a whole, in un- usual phases and facts, Somewhere here you are sure to learn something about your school which you had not suspected, something which will surprise you. Book H, devoted to graduates and their activities, is the farewell appearance of the class. A short history of their work here, their pictures and personals, a class will, a class prophecy all help to present a vivid picture of the class of June, 1936. Book III contains pictures of teams, records of games, and interesting highlights and sidelights of the athletics of Central. You will find nowhere else so complete an account of Central sports. Book IV contains features-stories, humor, cartoons. essays-a little bit of everything, in fact. Here is the greatest departure from custom. A wider variety of ma- terial, more space, new ideas help to make this as inter- esting a section as possible. Book V, devoted to organizations, presents informa- tion about a phase of school life upon which too much emphasis is hardly possible. The wide range of interests covered by the clubs of Central is represented by ac- counts of activities, records of interesting meetings, and pictures. The staff is deeply conscious of its great debt to the many, many people who have assisted in preparing this issue of the BLACK AND GOLD for the printer. To list them all would be nearly impossible: we must be content with thanking publicly those whose work has been most important. To Dr. Walsh for his ready aid and encouragement the BLACK AND GOLD Board is deeply indebted. Mr. Breard, Mr. Crohan, Mr. Hatch, Miss Burnside, Miss Ruth Greene and Mr. Lyons also rendered services for which the Board is grateful. Appreciation is also expressed to the 12A Class coun- selors-Mr. Peasley, Mr. McMillan, Mr. Thayer and Miss Westcott-and to the teachers of l2A English class- es who labored diligently with graduates in the prepara- tion of personals for their generous assistance. Miss Mary Turner and her assistants in the main ofiice: Miss Myra Kimball, Mr. Clayton Smith and Mr, De Bellis all performed services that made publication of this book possible. To them the BLACK AND GOLD Board extends its thanks. The Board also wishes to thank heads of departments in Room ll0 for their courteous toleration of the noise made by staff members in connection with their BLACK AND GOLD duties. Those l2A students who collected personals must be thanked for their faithfulness, and particular mention must be made of the efhcient secretarial services rendered by Gladys Warren, Emily La Rocca and Sophie Pappas. The Board also Wishes to record its appreciation of the efforts rendered by Mr. John O'Hara of the Oxford Press, Mr. Howard Stapleton of Advertisers' Engraving Com- pany and Mr. A, Brouth and Mr. LeFevre of Bellin's Studio, John Fulton, '36, drew the design for the medallion used on the title and personal pages. The design was chosen from several submitted by the art classes for its nice balf ance and delicate treatment. An examination of the make-up of the BLACK AND GOLD staff will reveal two positions not previously men- tioned. These are the photography and secretarial groups. In attempting to provide a book attractive to a large num- ber of people, the staff felt that photographs would D2 a great help. In answer to the request of the board for assistance from students three photographers reported generously. Ernest Strauss, Jack Dawson, and Wardwell Bardsley are responsible for the majority of the informal photographs found throughout this book. Much of their work has been done in their out-of- school hours, and their time has been given freely and patiently. Without their excellent photography the staff feels that the BLACK AND GOLD would lose much of its attractiveness. The photographers worked under the su- pervision of Mr. Walter Brownsword, sponsor of the Camera Club. The retiring seniors on the board in preparing this issue of the BLACK AND GOLD feel that they have helped in a small way to present the school with a year- book of good quality and attractive appearance. The staff presents to the school as a whole the June 1936 issue of the BLACK AND GOLD, glad of the opportunity to have helped in its preparation and hoping you will enjoy reading it, as much as they have enjoyed preparing it. THE STAFF 4 .