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

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After the exercrses the students separate and use the electrrc runways whrch carry them to the room where therr frrst perrod classes are held Some go to the astro scrence department where celestral navrgatron rs the favorrte subrect of many boys takrng courses rn commercral space travel Others go to the north end of the burldrng where practrcal courses rn jet and rocket engrne desrgn are taught and practrced Many grrls are also seen rn thrs end of the burldrng learnrng to become jet arrlrne stewardesses and office workers In the socral scrence classes students are watchrng the Unrted Natrons and the Planetary Government at work on the large televrsron screen whrch occupres the whole front wall of the classroom The translucent wrndows produce a soft glow rn the room whrch sharply defrnes every rmage whrch appears on the screen The freshmen rn the math department are busy wrth therr advanced geometry whrle the sophomore class studyrng wrth elementary calculus Because of the raprd advancement rn teachrng students usually finrsh calculus by the first half of therr sophomore year After therr trarnrng rn math rs through they go on to specralrze rn the courses rn whrch they frnd they do therr best work The Brology students wrll have a lecture by a natrve of Mars who wrll tell them of the advanced plant lrfe to be found on hrs natrve planet In mrnrature greenhouses he has several specrmens rn whrch he thrnks the students wrll be rnterested Many students who have free perrods are relaxrng rn one of the several large swrmmrng pools rn the spacrous gardens wrthrn the campus grounds The pools are open all the year round because of the radrant heatrng systems that are rnstalled rn all parts of the campus Senror students rn Crvrl Engrneerrng are workmg on plans for large free ways and crty recreatron centres The less advanced students are occupred wrth the fundamentals of brrdge tunnel and burldrng constructron Homework rs done by means of tape recordrngs whrch are handed to the students at the end of each class The student puts the tape on a recordrng machme and allows the machme to record hrs answers to the teacher s questrons The only resemblance to the Central of 1953 rs the sports program Students are strll playrng rn the same way except that new safety devrces have been desrgned to protect the players There are strll the football rallres the vrctory dances rn the large ballroom on the campus and the frrendly rrvalrres between Central and opposrng schools all over the State Although the students are more advanced rn these schools of the future and specralrze more setrously rn therr subjects they strll have not forgotten how to have fun There are many types of recreatron rncludrng week end trrps to drstant planets whrch are arranged by school ofhcrals The students leave drrectly after school on Frrday and go to the State spaceport where there rs an arrlrner wartrng to take off for the planet of therr chorce On the planet the students are shown the hrstorrcal spots the recreatron centres and the sports of whrch the people of the planet are especrally proud Other students enyoy gomg to some remote spot on earth where they enyoy jet races rn therr souped up planes lust as therr fathers had competed rn dray races some frfteen or twenty years before The world has become more advanced and rts chrldren have come to realrze the heavy burden whrch some day they wrll have to shoulder Therefore they are learmng early the necessrty of a good educatron and are specralrzrng rn many driierent fields before they even frnrsh Hrgh School But no matter how heavy the burden grows the Students wrll always be able to take a lrttle trme out to yorn therr frrends rn some good clean fun VOTING NOT A REWARD BUT A SERIOUS DUTY AND PRICELESS By GEORGE KWETKOWSKI Awarded Honorable Mentron rn Boys Anthony Medal Essay Contest for the Class of January 1954 In our country a great number of people who are elrgrble to vote do not exercrse thrs great prrvrlege Our percentage rs lower than that of other countrres that have the ballot box Probably many of us take thrs prrceless prrvrlege for granted lf we would only stop and thrnk a whrle at electron trme we would realrze the prrce our country has had to pay so that we may vote Srnce our country was born we have taken part rn seven wars Even though a few of these have been on a small scale human lrves have been sacrrflced rn order that we mrght lrve freely and run our own Government In our first conflrct we defeated the Trrpolr Prrates who had at tacked our merchant shrps Even though we drd not have a navy we defeated them and marntarned the freedom of the seas Then we fought the Revolutronary War so that we could run our Government the way we wanted to In 1812 agarn our freedom of the seas was rnterfered wrth by England No one expected a young Natron lrke us to challenge the sea power of England but we were deter mrned to have complete freedom We defeated England for the second trme We showed the rest of the world that we were wrllrng to light so that we mrght be free Thrs country was drawn rnto the Frrst World War when a German submarrne sank a Brrtrsh merchant shrp Many Amerrcans who were aboard the shrp were lost Germany who was conquerrng Europe had become a threat to our peace at home Agarn we fought and were vrctorrous but a large prrce was pard Not too much later the Axrs forces were overrunnrng Europe and Japans sneak attack on Pearl Harbor drew us rnto a second World War Thrs trme a much greater prrce was pard Mrllrons of dollars were spent and thousands of our people lost therr lrves so that we mrght be free to lrve rn a country rn whrch we could have the rrght to vote to speak freely and to be governed democratrcally Srnce the second World War we have formed the Unrted Natrons an organrzatron of world powers Its purpose rs to marntarn the peace of the world VOTING Not a reward but a serrous duty and prrceless A few years ago when the Communrsts entered Korea the Unrted Natrons went to the ard of South Korea We were the hrst natron to send help to Korea Agarn many of our soldrers lost therr lrves so that freedom mrght be preserved Today rn the Iron Curtarn countrres the people have to follow the rules of therr Drctator and do not have the prrvrlege of votrng freely If only more people would thrnk of the prrce thrs country has pard so that we mrght have the prrvrlege of votrng lm sure that a larger percentage would go to the polls on Electron Day , . .... , . , . . . , D , . . , . , rs , . , , , , . - , , , , . . . , ' . , . ! , , , - - , . , . , . ! 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WHAT MAKES A GOOD LIFE By NORMA MOREID Awarded Grrls Prrze rn Anthony Medal Essay Contest for the Class of January 1954 If we should ask someone what hrs rdea of a good lrfe rs I thrnk that we would frnd that hrs rdea would fol low along the lmes of hrs character Perhaps there are hundreds of rdeas on thrs subject each havrng one small detarl that rs drfferent I shall try to grve you my rnterpre tatron of What Makes A Good Lrfe Frrst of all I belreve that relrgron has the utmost rmportance rn developrng a good lrfe Each and every one of us shall be farthful to hrs relrgrous belrefs by attendrng a place of worshrp regularly There are many drffetent relrgrons berng practrced however rt does not matter whrch relrgron we practrce as long as we abrde by rt Our every day words and actrons should be gurded by the laws of our relrgron Another good precept rn relrgron rs to have farth rn prayer We must never revolt agarnst the Lord because somethmg deptessrng has happened to us Instead we must always realrze that the Lord rs lust and that he has a reason for everythmg he does It rs evrdent that rf we are all consrsterrtly relrgrous people our lrves wrll be good Another mayor factor rn good lrvrng rs practrcrng good crtrzenshrp We Amerrcans are not fully aware of the extent of our freedom We have a somewhat vague rdea as to what our freedom means However as trme marches on and we learn more about other countrres we are begrnnrng to realrze the value of lrberty Earlrer I spoke of relrgron there alone we have unmeasured prrvrleges Then we recall some other rrghts we have such as freedom of speech of the press of educatron of a just trral and of the ballot box For these we should be thankful The best way rn whrch to express our gratrtude rs to be a good crtrzerr Thrs rs not a hrghly drfficult task One of the chref ways to demonstrate good crtrzenshrp rs to obey the law Thrs means not only federal laws but also state and crty laws rncludrng laws made by Labor Unrons to whrch we be ong traffrc laws laws governrng trade and the rrghts of prrvate property and many others A good crtrzen wrll also strrve for the good of the communrty rn whrch he or she lrves There are many ways to do thrs of whrch we are all famrlrar Lrvrng as a good crtrzen rs lrvmg a good lrfe In the last analysrs regular practrce of our relrgrous farth good crtrzenshrp and other lrttle qualrtres of good character such as honesty and consrderatrorr of others make up a good lrfe MY FUTURE By MARIE IOZZI Awarded Honorable Mentron rn Grrls Anthony Medal Essay Contest for the Class of january, 1954 There rs only one person who can predrct and who knows what the future wrll brrng and He rs God How desrres could come true I for one am rn that bracket Very soon I wrll have graduated from hrgh school whrch at the present wrll be the most rmportant goal I have achreved What hes rn the future for me I do not know but I hope and pray rt rs a good future I know educatron wrll play a brg part rn my future but srnce I am not gorng on further wrth my schoolrng I am satrsfred wrth my Hrgh School drploma After graduatron I hope to secure a good rob My rnten trons are to work for a prosperous lawyer rn a clean and comfortable office and to serve hrm to the utmost of my abrlrty Berng hrs secretary I know I wrll have many re sponsrbrlrtres and oblrgatrons whrch I wrll have to fulfill These of course I wrll enjoy dorng because I am very eager to get started Well enough for my job whrch I hope to have for a long trme to come and a look rnto the rest of my future After five or srx years of workrng and enroyrng lrfe I hope to meet someone specral and to get marrred Of course there wrll be the great excrtement of buymg a weddrng gown sendmg out weddrng rnvrtatrons havrng a shower buymg furnrture lookrng for an apartment and finally the brg day About a year or two later I would lrke to be famrly Four chrldren are my rdea of a nrce famrly Meanwhrle I am gettrng older and my chrldren are gettrng brgger All thrs trme I hope I have been a good mother to my chrldren and a good wrfe to my husband Frnally rt rs trme for the chrldren to start gorng to school Oh the first day they are thrrlled and cant wart for the nrght to go by for the next day After the first week of school rt seems that Ann doesn t lrke rt too well but Stephen rs enyoyrng hrmself and rs very contented Well that rs the way rt goes Now the chrldren are already rn hrgh school Doesn t the trme go fast? Here I am a mrddle aged woman strll trymg to grve her chrldren a good educatron and a decent lrfe Pretty soon my daughter Ann wrll be graduatrng you know the one who drdnt lrke school but she trred her best and succeeded Unfortunately orres lrfe cannot go on forever but whrle rt lasts you have achreved somethmg My future looks pretty brrght from what I have rmagrned I hope rt really happens that way CENTRAL OF 1975 By WALTER V CARPENTER JR Awarded Boys Prrze rn Anthony Medal Essay Contest for the Class of January 1954 Today we are gomg to take an rmagrnary trrp through space to vrsrt the Central I-Irgh School of 1976 It rs early mornrng and the sun rs lust begrnnrng to reflect from the whrte marble and glass burldrngs on the schools cam pus It rs 7 45 A M and the students have started to arrrve for the early mornrng exercrses rn the glassed dome audr torrum By 8 15 Centrals seven thousand students are all assembled and ready to begm The Prrncrpal steps to the stage delrvers hrs mornrng address of welcome and begrns the salutes to the State Natronal and World flags The salutes are followed by a quret prayer and the bulletrn for the day rs read by the Prrncrpal I' 7 . . 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72,4 Song ada Mr Touchdown Who Put the Devrl rn Evelyns Eyes Hey Good Lookm Why Don t You Belreve Me Wrth These Hands Oh You Beautlful Doll Crazy Man Crazy I Get A Krck Out of You The Arr Force Song Me and My Shadow Goxng Steady I Went to Your Weddrng School Days Weddrng Bells Plano Roll Blues Take Me Out to the Ball Game My Buddy Rhode Island Redhead Deep rn the Heart of Texas When Irrsh Eyes Are Smrlrng I Understand You re Foolrn Someone Pretty Baby Danny Boy No Help Wanted Oh Marte Wrshrng You Can Depend On Me I m Wonderrng Dorng What Comes Naturally Small Fry Dark Eyes You ve Got To Be a Football Hero Joe DAmbra Evelyn Bejran Bobby Rrccr oan Gaule Donald Check Anna Lursr Tony Velluccr Barbara Anatone Robert Brurns June Ketchum 8a Dons Larsen Chucky Ruggxero Pat Bubar George Kwetkowskr Lors Fenner Frank DIRISSIO Eleanor Boucher Donald Cello 8: oe Annarrno Margre Smrth james Derderxan Marllyn O Brren Sarah Motran Vxrgrnra Costantrno Dotty Arbolmo Danny Murphy Norma Morerd Marte Iozzr Rrta Grllane Elame Games Walter Carpenter Elarne Capraro Shnrley Colasante Judy DeLuca Ralph D1Fant1 Beautlful Brown Eyes Nazely Krlkorlan Youll Never Know Open the Door Rrchard It Had to Be You How Lucky You Are Brlly Boy Dear ohn 20 Gordon Murphy Rrchard Petterun Barbara Strobl joan Remrkka Wllllam GIll1S John Krrkconnell H ' ' .. ,........ The Marine's Hymn . , . ,.V. H unl. Robert jordan