Central High School - Blue and White / Pnalka Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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SENIOR CLASS

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SENIORS

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. - . , 5 . I n THE PNALKA '11 l Szninr Qtlass ibistnrp By RUTH DOGGETT , O you remember that delightfully thrilling day when you first Q? xg came to High School? Do you remember when the great doors closed upon you, how scared and lost among that great crowd you felt? Was there ever such chattering, such laugh- ing as you heard in those halls? And how timidly we crawled into our seats, and grinned cf sheepishly at other Freshies, or dashed wildly toward some familiar person as a drowning man clutches at a straw. All through the long exciting day, how we squirmed and wriggled, and lost ourselves - until our first day of High School life was over, and we escaped into the warm September air. As we grew and studied our fears were dispelled, and we became as the very lords of creation themselves. But, still we were not considered suiiiciently grown up to have class officers until our sophomore year, when we returned, crowned with halos of personally-conceived glory. Then it was that we elected William Yerrall president of our noble class, Mary Cameron, vice-president, and Frank Robson, secretary, a position which he has ever since enjoyed, writ- ing for us the most vivid reports imaginable. Chapin Stone was chosen to wring from the tight-wads that valuable fifty cents, and Douglas Swan was given the all-important position of member-at-large. Our class meetings were a riot of excitement. Everyone clamored at once for a chance to speak, until our poor president hardly knew what end he was standing on. But after all we were a good class. For there was no man who was willing to spare time from his studies to undertake the task of Editor-in-Chief of the Recorder. At last, three brave men, Chester Hulbert, Wilbur DuBois, and Paul Craig were found, who were willing to shoulder the responsibility of editing the Recorder for one issue apiece. During our junior year our meetings became a little less like bedlam, and a little less like chaos, and under the tutelage of William Yerrall, as president, we passed a somewhat eventful year. Mildred Gilbert was elected vice-president, Chapin Stone, shekel-collector, and Arthur johnson, member-at-large. In the spring Frank Robson managed the junior Dance very creditably. According to custom, a gift was presented to the senior class, as a token of our respect and adoration, the famous picture of Sir Galahad and the Angel, carry- ing the Holy Grail, sailing in an enchanted boat across a magic sea. The PNALKA elections showed Paul Craig as editor-in-chief, Sherman Ellis, assistant editor, and Lindsey Chilson, business manager. it it