Central High School - Signal Yearbook (Columbia, TN)

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THE SIGNAL All Hlgh School IS dlxlded 1nto four grades the flrst of whlch the Freshmen 1nhab1t the second the Sophomores the thlrd the Jumors and the foul th grade 18 occupled by those w ho IH thelr own language al called The XX 1se ln othel words The Senlors -X11 these puplls dlffer from one another IH age stature educatlon and depol tment Sheax es of four credlts separate the Freshmen from the Sophomores the Sopho mores from the JUDIOTS and fllklde the JLIHIOTS from the Semors Of all the puplls of H1gh School we the Freshmen were the most numerous and ummportant Owlng to our extreme wouth and the un educated state of our m1nds we were an unassumlng and lndustrlous bunch On account of our prox1m1tx to the Rhx mes our most strlkmg characterlstlc was a und shade of green A years dlstance from the Freshmen we as Sophomores roved at large more barbarous and warhke than the prew 1ous year both because we remembered the mortlflcatlons ot the former year and because It was our nature to be cruel As Junlors we occupxed that put of Hlgh School wh1ch l1es between the Sophomores and the Semors Haxmg 1eached sears of CllSCI'6t1OI1 and because of our prox1m1tx to the Senlors we were a grade deferentall studlous and ambltlous But bemg oxershadowed on the one hand bv the QQHIOYQ and on the other by the Qophomores our vlrtues were often undel rated As all thmgs must have an end the Junlor vear passed and ex entuallw we came to the last vear of nur H1gh Qchool career c1OXX scholallx :long wlth us The best IS set to be The last of school POI XXl11Cl1 the flrst was made Of all the puplls of the Hlgh qchool we as Qemors are the oldest and the wxsest On thls account we ale an 1mpo1 tant md powerful grade Por four xefus We chatteled ox ex dates and rules We gulgled on f1llOt3tl0I1s We bubbled mto molecules We b ibbled L0lllLlL,d.t10lls O41 m tm '1 mustx tome we pored Ou m mx a theme we nodded O 61 In mx a helo tile we soared Through mam 4 sum we plodded We daw dled mto class and out, Along the halls we tluttered The dxmkmg founts we hung about -Xnd IH the lab we puttered 1Pa e Twenty sevenb ! . . . .. . ' 9 ! ' 9 e 's ' . ' ' 1 vs, . ' ' . x, U .. ,, . ' V Y . v . . , T n - . 4 . . . . . , V v 7 ' , - . . . . . 1 . 1 v u v v . , A . , . x ' I ' - . . . N .. K. C L., . . ., . E . . V U . 1 . . v -' v' 1 v , l 1 v ' A 7 7 ! I . Y- ! ' 7 ' . w . v v n n D u ' v ' I v . . ' ' 2 T ' . Y f ' l 1 I v' 1 1 l v 1 .v D L . . .. V . . L 1 ' v l w . . v I Y w ' . . . . , , . V L. L 1 V X el, . 1 I 1 I v 1 Y r - . . . . , L . V Y f 2 1 c v 1 I . V . N . T . HQ. . . .JE ,. .' L., , . ' v v ' ' . 1 . . T 1 v ' . w v 7, l w ' 1 v I A. - A , , . L, . , e K. ' .. V, . ., . ' .L. 2 . ,- U c . U ' A ,. . 4 V 1 . fy . ., . V . N ' Y . 3, .1 Z D . W . Q., U ' ,. 2 K. ' A. 5. . E ' ' X' 2 ' I S I 'A I . J l u r ' v 4 v 1 c K c c . , . . . . . 99 L .I y A n cc ' I , ' , . . , ' K V v! . . O' - D

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THE SIGNAL of the sky and the sea and of all the eternal thmgs that are as true md as hlgh as the Heax ens and as deep and unrestlng as the ocean Blendmg w1th the blue that means so much the rlch gold of pure value and true honest sterlmg worth the color of the sunshlne and the symbol of all glory what colors of more slgnlflcance could we hope to attach to our banner as we march forth 1nto the crowded throughfares ol lxfe There are many reasons why we chose the rose to be our class flower Flrst perhaps because of 1ts beauty and rlchness that appeal to our artlstlc sense but second because of the unlversal symbol of love VR today are very much 1n loxe wlth l1fe and wlth all 1ts lovely glfts We are ln love Wlth the past and all that lt has meant to us we are IH love Wlth the present and the honors It IS today holdlng out to us and we are perhaps more than all ln love wlth the future because of 1ts promlse lts dellghtful uncertalnty and the wonderful mvstery of 1ts unvelled glfts We reahze that at thls our graduatlon we are only at the begmnmg of our hves We put before us these four words to urge us on and cn courage us What better goal could We hope to reach than On to the Top Mary Pogue 600 Class ll-lllstorv F YOU w1ll glve me your k1nd attentlon for a few moments I wlll relate to you the story of a marvelous class the most wonderful class that ever happened at old Cental Hlgh namely the class of 1938 We come from haunts of QUIZ and test We drop our sad demeanors And sparkle out above the rest Of pupil hood The Seniors' By twelve grades we scrambled here And thrlce as many teachers Through nlnety books a salty tear And half a hundred bleachers Our flrst elght grades were spent ln trymg to fool our teachers IH reahty foollng ourselx es Then we arrlved at Hlgh School very elated But the noble Superlntendent And the teachers of the classes Looked upon us wlth compasslon For they knew we were but chlldren And they spake such words of wlsdom That our frlght was stralghtway melted And we Jolned ourselw es together And llke brothers l1Y6d henceforward K Page Twenty s1xJ , ' , 1 1 - T , n K ' I I Y ' - . r, - r r . ' , ' x 1 Q ' ' . . . 7 4 v L . . V N , . . W . . V My . . . . Y vn , . - v . Y . . V. . v . 3 1 . . 7 . 1 K 9 fr . Y Y. . . . 1 1 9 y r K , v 1' v v . Q - cc an . , . - . O 7 W L l 7 , . u - A 9 . K , ' ' H n 9 7 v r il ' v 7 r ' ' - . V. . Y ' ' - 7 9 7 . . Y 9 . . 7

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THE SIGNAL Here lt would pl obably be flttlng to glxe a careful physlcal descrlp t1on of th1s umque class of 38 Its component parts are mnety young men and women ranglng from axerage bo super Thelr 1nterests range from the subllme to the rldlculous Its members have traveled nolth south east and west The combmed mlleage of thls class would equal many trlps to the moon There are lmqulsts among thls xersatlle group some versed m Latln some Ill French and a few ln F ngllsh Some speak slang and others occaslonally use almost perfect dlctlon From thcs facts It may be lnferred that the class IS not handlcapped by a pI'OV1IlCldl vxewpomt but IS mdeed even cosmopohtan ln 1f,S sympathles Thlrty elght of lts component parts are handsome and vallant Fxft, two are charmlng and demure From its oombmed helght of nearly 500 ft lt can look mto the wlndows of the thlrtxeth i30thJ story of the Empne' State Buxldlng on Broadway From such an elevatlon how far can thl-. class not see' The comblned vselght IS 11,251 lbs somethlng over flve and one half tons welght enough surely to anchor its feet to prosalc work even though 1tS head IS 1n the clouds Its combmed girth IS well n1gh 2 672 lnches Imagme the sensatlon lt vsould create 1f lt were togo mto Plgg class when lt goes out lnto the world' Apprommately 1ts would f1ll 341 tumblers Its combmed years number 1 584 no mean age compared to the pyramlds of anclent Egypt. Durlng such a span of tlme emplres haxe rlsen and fallen c1v1l1zat1ons have llourlshed and decayed all of our modern convemences have been lnvented and lndeed some very anclent ones wars have been waged mortals have rlsen to fame dled and Oassed lnto obl1v1on Let us hope that at the end of our alloted 4 400 years whlch remam to us more can be wrltten of our deeds than of Methuselah lor the record says he llved 969 years and d1ed But we must resume our story Educatlon had entrenched herself behlnd book bmdmgs teachers and work For four years we have pecked beaten and pounded at the almost lmpregnable fortress The flrst year we advanced slowly and uncertalnly the result could not be known Agam as Sophomores we attacked the walls stlll the outcome was vague Last year the bulwarks almost fell Th1s year we have chalged w1th all ou1 strength and tomorrow the walls vull tall a unxque and marvelous class IS th1s that only 1ts Prophetess can dlp 1nto the future and reveal 1ts achlevements. Cllnton Gardner 0 0 O Class Prophecy N PAST years our school paper the S gnal has grown we know that lr future years It w1ll contmue to grow Let s look forward ten years and see the progress that oul pubhcat on nas made I have Just rece1ved the fmal xssue of the year 1948 Thls signal QPage Twenty elgnt I . . . , ' A , . I . . . . 7 . v k , , I n A A . I . . we 7 7 ' . n . . . 1, - Y 1 Brothers and ask for a belt size 2,672! What a furor is to follow this ' 5 ! n K . 1 o - 1 v B 4 I Y K ' 7 ' K v s 9 ' 2 I ' - . Q I , . . 1 , ' .c 4 r L ' tt ' ' 3? 4 . . . . . 4. Y' ! ' 7 , . 1 L I - ' 1 v 1 v' 9 -1-r ' ' w , l ' , I ' 'I 4 V . . . V , V