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

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F53 IEIZIIEIZIIElliliiilllildilhwilIIFAIE IEIZI ali W E33 m in are I must confess my memory has run astray. Suppose you tell me about those activities. Well, there was the 2B Social and the Thanksgiving Assembly that we gave when we were 2A's, and the Junior Prom, and the 3B dance. We were lively little things! VVhat about that memorable card party we held in the lunchroom? The boys collected card tables and brought chairs from all over the building. They also made numerous trips to the kitchen. Funny what an attraction candy is l You must know, my dear, that our class possessed a very famous family tree. By the Way, were you ever in Miss Anthony's English class? No? Then you don't remember Stuart Lyman. He was some boy! As I recall, he was very playful not only on the violin, but also in class, where he usually did his work to the tune of, 'Don't play with your fingers, Lyman.' H Wasn,t Carl Miller in that class also?,' Well, I should say so! He was a tireless student, when he started talking, nothing could stop him. One thing that has puzzled me is how a person could attend a school three years and fail to learn the location of the different rooms. Who on earth could that person be? Why, Marion Ferguson. She never could find her way about without the aid ofa certain young orator named Johnsonfi There seems to be one who stands out in my mind-ah, Barbara Shattuck, of course! What would our class have done without her? She was a born manager. She managed everything from a rummage sale to the whole class! VVhy, even this day, 1,11 wager she's managing her husbandln Talking about managers, don't forget 'Lauriei Phelps. He was a Midas where our class was concerned. As treasurer of the class, he certainly deserved great credit, but leave it to Laurence-he got the cash every month. I'll say he did! When he had charge of that famous comic-opera Pinafore, he could convince you to go without your lunch to buy tickets. He certainly couldn't convince 'Junie' Hurlbut of that. He used to sit in the corner seat of Room 217 and at lunch time you'd think he was starting on a Marathon. This talk of races reminds me of Maxham Metcalf. He liked to run very much. He ran for almost every office in class at one time or another. A VVell, youlll have to give him credit. He never ran after the girlsli' In that respect he reminds me of Louis Mazer-they were so different! Mazer had nothing on Johnnie Stewart. After all, do you realize that our class must have had a great attraction F What do you mean by that? Well, several people, for example, lNIorris Seader and Harry Fisher, liked it well enough to let their classes go ahead and join ours. It took those boys a long time to realize that there are more than three days in a week. Don't you remember that Fisher was so enthusiastic over graduation that he dozed off at the rehearsal? The last incident that remains firmly fixed in my mind is our Senior Prom. Wasn't it glorious?l Glorious is no word for it. VVhy it was a wonderful, lively affair! There weren't any wall-flowers that night. Those who could dance did so, and those who couldn't didn,t know it, and so they thought they were dancing. All in all, the Prom was a very successful and glorious way to end our social activities. IXIURIEL CLEVELAND GERTRUDE ISRAEL 25 'W-EMEEiEQfEM.E.Q.EE. EEE E33 W E33 W W Eli W

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l I M Eurasiapanamauuaaaamiamux.rim 5 T9 53 m at V7 Iaisturp nf the Glass nf 19235 Gffnners Senior feat Prexidenl, MERRILL KEYES Secretary, RIURIEL CLEVELAND Fire-Presidznt, JEANNE CoNvERsE Treaxurer, LAURENCE Pl-IELPS Member-at-Largf, BARBARA SHATTUCK Faculty Adwixer, MIss GEORGIA E. LYON Zuniut Bear Prefidfnt, MERRILL KEYES Secretary, STANLEY CARON Vice-Prefidenr, MAXIIAM IVIETCALF Treafurer, lN1ARY DYBA Membfr-at-Iargf, lVIURIEL CLEVELAND Faculty Adviferf, Miss LUCY H. CHAPMAN, Miss HARRIET W. MARR ,freshman fear Prfrident, ALLEN'SPENCER Secretary, STANLEY CARON Vice-Prffidfnt, PAUL TAIT Treafurer, GLENN PEASE Member-at-Largf, DONALD HAINIILTON Fafulty Advisers, Miss LUCY H. CHAPMAN, Miss HARRIET W. ZXIARR Ziaisturp uf the Cutlass uf 19235 uf Glentral Ziaigb Srbnul A document of historic anecdotes in the form of a dialogue between two graduates of the class, who meet again in 1935, and who, after the preliminary greetings, start to chat of dear old Central High. Didn't we have some good old times in that class of 19235? Ours certainly was a great class, you must admit. It certainly was. VVe showed them what a small class with a lot of 'pep' can do. VVhen I think of all the things we did in three years, I wonder the clock didn't run slow. Do you remember when we came to Central as 'little green freshies, and suffered the agony of wearing our hair in pigtails?H And came home each day with our arms loaded with books to let people know that we went to High School? Yes, and endeavored to twist our tongues around the entanglements of that 'Undertaker's Song' and 'Bracks-Quacks-Quacks' under the guidance of Kendall Joy? I remember sitting in the back and wondering what under the sun the rest of the school was yelling. Then you must surely recall the class picnic at Riverside. Don't you remember how we were all cheering and singing when Merrill lost his hat and had to go back after it?l' It was about the same time we ran our first real dance. We all had a wonderful time. But wasn't that dance a failure? Hardly anyone attended! A failure? Why, there was a big crowd there! Alphonse Alphano camel I was talking of picnics, not dances, for I'll never forget the one at Forest Lake. It didn't look as if we were going at first. We didn't get the kind of weather we ordered, and the truck didn't come. But we procured another truck and after we got there, we made up for lost time. Remember how we played drop the handkerchief in the dance hall and 'Junie' Hurlbut arrived just in time to give out the forfeits? Then we had that impromptu entertainment in the theatre and Miss Lyon gave that funny stuttering stunt and Merrill,Alice, and somebody else acted hero, heroine, and villain. Well, have you talked yourself out at last? Here you have been raving about a 3B picnic and we were discussing our sophomore yearf' 24 TT15TW,EMlEEIefQft3M.leE.-IilQ. EQ? E93 ETH E53 fi 1 573 N U W vi N I W

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5 ZIIEIZIIEIZIISIISOISSUI MIB-.IEIIIUIEIZ IEIZI ali V ET3 ETS W W3 W E53 553 The 3B1'fzntatiun nf the Qlllass nf 19235 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: ' It has long been the ambition and endeavor of the Central High School to graduate a perfect class. We, the class of 19235, offer you our congratulations on having at last fulfilled your ambition. In recognition of the outstanding qualities of various members of our distinguished class, we wish to present these members with appropriate gifts. We understand that during this past semester Merrill Keyes has had a little difficulty in mastering the science of mathematics. We know, Merrill, that this difficulty did not come from lack of application or intelligence, but rather from an excess of social and official duties. However, to aid you in further pursuit of this subject, we wish to present you with this clever little device used by the Eskiinos to keep basketball scores. The members of this school may rest assured that the Blue and White for 1924 will be a masterpiece of literature, as Jeanne Converse has been elected its editor-in-chief. Jeanne has been working very hard on this book, and we think it appropriate that she should be given something in which to put her many writings .... Here, Jeanne, is a waste basket. Edwin Lyman has won the distinction of having his name engraved on several cups, but he has never been given a cup to keep. Here, Senator Lyman, is a handsome silver cup, littingly engraved with your name on one side and a rasp- berry on the other. ' Though it was very hard to select the prettiest girl from a class with so many fair damsels, Muriel Cleveland finally won this title. So that your beauty may be everlasting, here is something to keep that school girl complexion. For four or five years you doubtless have been familiar with the bass voice of Cornelius Hurlbut carrying the lower part of Work for the Night if Coming. After much pressure on the part of his admirers, Junior finally broke down and confessed that he would have made a fine captain for H. M. S. Pinafore. As it is impossible to reproduce the play, we have decided to give captain Hurlbut a boat in which he may be sole commander. When we hear that Leah Klempner's name was read regularly on the Honor Roll, we wonder if she does much homework. When we see the books she carries home, we wonder if she does anything but homework. Although we cannot say from experience how it feels to carry many books, we nevertheless sympathize with you. In order to make it easier for you in transporting them, we have this little book bag. If it doesn't hold them all, make two trips. Clothes don't make the man, but they have a lot to do with it. VVhen we hear the epithet dude, we think immediately of three people: the Prince of Wales, Rudolph Valentino, and Max Abrams. In order that the Prince and Rudolph may have nothing on Max, we wish to give him this small vanity case. Cleanse face thoroughly before using powder. During a recent visit of the sociology class to that famous resort on York Street known as the Hampden County Jail, Louis Mazer was enthusiastic in his admiration of the luxurious cells inhabited by the guests. We all would hate to see Louis in jail, so here is a nice dry cell you can have right at home. All those who have ever seen Alice Seybolt gliding along the corridors can easily see why the nickname Shrimp,' was given her. Of course there are many 26 TffTIW-EImEHTEETkriM,EEZlEE'iEQE K m in m m in in