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

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Acknowledgments ITH the ending of this year's work, the BLACK AND GOLD Board wishes to express its deep appreciation to all those who have helped us so greatly. We wish to acknowledge our deep debt of gratitude to Dr. Walsh for his ready assistance and encouragement in many of the phases of the production of the yearbook. Appreciation is also expressed to the senior counselors. Miss Gorman, Miss Hildreth, and Miss Tourtellot. for their generous assistance. The Board wishes to extend its thanks to Miss Mary Turner and the office staff for their assistance in preparing material and in the use of office facilities. Mr. DeBellis also deserves appreciation for his patient assistance to the photographers and other members of the staff. We extend our thanks to Mr. Clayton Smith for his generosity in allowing the use of his room for photography. The Board also wishes to proffer its thanks to Mr. John O'Hara of the Oxford Press, Mr. Ralph Bickford of the Bickford Engraving and Electrotyping Co., and Mr, A. Brouth and Mr. LeFevre of Bellin's Studio. Although it is not the custom to mention under this head the names of students already members of the staff, it would be a serious oversight to neglect mention of Raymond C. Colwell, Jr.. for his untiring efforts in making the darkroom serviceab'e to the other photog- raphers and in the enlarging of many of the pictures which appear in this book. Mr. Polling of Westcott, Slade and Balcom has been most generous in his willingness to assist and advise the Photography Staff of the BLACK AND GOLD. This helpfulness. which has been an important factor in the production of our yearbook, fully warrants our gratitude. THE EDITORS. .5.

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Prologue Another school year has ended, and in this, the eighth issue of the BLACK AND GOLD, the Staff wishes to pay tribute to the musical and dramatic organizations of Central High School. Realizing the rapidly rising importance of these or- ganizations, we wish to extend our enthusiastic support for their continued growth. In this issue we wish to acknowledge our debt of gratitude to Dr. Walter H. Butterfield of the music department, and Miss Florence Bray of the drama depart- ment, for their untiring efforts to enlarge and improve the department each directs. Our musical organizations rank with the finest in the state, and they alone well deserve the honor of having a place in the theme of the June issue of the BLACK AND GOLD. Equally important is the dramatic department, and we feel that one without the other would make the theme incomplete. The general make-up of the book centers around this joint theme. In our feature article we have attempted to express our gratitude to these two organizations, knowing how much prestige the school has gained by having them as two of our most progressive departments. In the pages that follow, we trust that you will find much to interest you. Different style, new arrangement, and a large number of unusual photographs are all included. As a result of six months' careful work, the Staff pre- sents this issue to the school. We hope it will prove enter- taining, and worthy of being cherished in years to come as a memory of what you have done throughout your years at Central High School. .4.

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THE BLACK AND GOLD Foreword This issue of BLACK AND GOLD connotes the ending of the fifth year of Central High School. Again, under the skillful direction of Mr. Wal- ter Brownsword, assisted by members of the faculty and a well-trained student staff, a vivid picture of Central's varied activities is presented. An unusually large number of photographs depicting these activities makes the total picture more interesting and real. Particular attention has been devoted to the exceptionally fine work that is being done in music and dramatics. The general result is a year book of which the stu- dents of Central and their parents may well be proud. The June graduate class, over five hundred strong, will, perhaps, more than any other class, find things of lasting value in the follow- ing pages. This book is the permanent record of their Work, particularly of their last term in school. Through the long years to come may this BLACK AND GOLD prove to be for them a pleasing memorial of their happy school life. And may these future years bring to every graduate a still greater happiness and SUCCESS. T. FRANKLIN WALSH .5-