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

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- some will fight In the past few months, We teachers have been conscious of an increasing eagerness on the part of our students to do their part in winning this terrible War in which our country is engaged. This desire is an indication of a spirit of which we all are proud and which is bound to bring ultimate vic- tory to our cause. I cannot doubt that the boys and girls who graduate from Central in the Class of June 1942 will carry on the finest traditions of the past. Some of them will be called upon to fight in our armed forces. Others will serve in the great army of industrialists Whose efforts will be the main support behind our men at the front. Whatever may be their individual roles, I am sure that Cen- tral's Roll of Honor will be a brilliant one and a comfort to all of us who will be with these young people in spirit and will Wish them every success in the difficult days ahead, and happiness in the peace We confidently hope to win. HORACE H. HENDRICK HORACIE HENDRICK Vice- Principal l J

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T. liRANKl.IN WALSl'l Principal - we stand ready This issue of BLACK AND GOLD comes out in the midst of a new world war,-a new and more terrible kind of war. The sacred, age-old values of human life are being methodi- cally, ruthlessly destroyed by the evil fanatics of the dictator hordes. Nation after nation has been hurled by them head- long into the black abyss of hopeless, despairing slavery. They plot our own utter destruction,-the destruction of our be- loved America. As loyal Americans,-teachers, graduates, and students of this American high school,-we stand ready to do our share for America. We shall help America win this war. With high praise, and with grim determination, we shall give our all, our very lives if need be, that American freedom may live. This is the true spirit of our Central High School. This is the spirit in which our graduates go out into the perilous days ahead. This is the spirit with which we who remain at Central shall carry on. America foreverl T. FRANKLIN' WALSH

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Acknowledgments The staff of the BLACK AND GOLD realizes that the task of editing and publishing Central High School's yearbook would indeed be a difficult task Without the ready assistance and cooperation which We have had from our many friends. Dr. Walsh, our principal, through his interest and encour- agement in our Work, has given the staff the incentive to pro- duce the best work We could. Mr. Mackintosh, the senior counselor, has been most Will- ing to help us at any time. To Mr. Breard, Miss Burnside of the Student Activities Office, Miss Greenwood, and the office staff for their aid and generosity in the use of office faculties, We wish to convey our gratitude. Mr. Fine of the Roberts Studio for his patient assistance to our photographers and other staff members, is deserving of our most wholehearted thanks. Our sincere thanks, too, are extended to Mr. Ralph Bick- ford of the Bickford Engraving and Electrotyping Company. We wish also to bestow our appreciation upon the advisers of organizations in Central. They have been most coopera- tive With the staff in connection with group pictures and ac- tivities. Most cordial appreciation should be extended to the mem- bers of the senior class and the BLACK AND GOLD Senior Com- mittee. We sincerely thank these people for their thoughtful and heartening interest in our yearbook-an interest which has turned what might have been a tedious task into a thoroughly pleasurable experience,