Central High School - Signal Yearbook (Columbia, TN)

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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

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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 IS about three tlmes as large as the fmal ISSUE of 1938 for two reasons flrst that the Semor class IS twlce as large as ours and then that there has been added an alumm sectlon that tells what has happened to each person graduatmg ln the class of ten years before Then thxs IS our alumnl lssue and I begin turnmg the pages qulckly but a page Wlth some famlllar faces as It dropped catches my eye and I turn back to see better It IS the faculty of C H S Among those dxgmfled professors of learnmg I fmd that Dabney Anderson IS the Home Economxcs teacher that Clmton Gardner has become hxs father s asslstant m Hlstory but IS head of the Engllsh department that Cornella Floyd has succeeded Mr Seagraves 1n the Commerclal department and that Joe Whlteslde 1s now football coach How I plty the DUDIIS 1n thelr classes yet I wlsh that I were back there wlth them I fmally reach that part of the book dedlcated to us There IS .1 recent plcture of each graduate of 38 wlth hxs present posltxon beslde It At the top of the page IS our class presldent Wally Beasley who IS now asslstant football coach at Vanderbxlt There I f1nd that Marle Hackney and Ann Thomas are models ln Marshall Fleld s ln Chlcago Marle Jacobs has added a weddmg band to go wlth that dlamond and IS now l1v1ng ln Franklm Horace Waldrop and Ezel Morel are 1o1nt supervlsors of the Ex perxment Statlon Farm wlth Edward Black and James Morton as asslstants Ruby Lee Wortham and LOUISE Morgan the mseparables have open ed a very successful dress shop wlth Allce Fox and Frances James as salesglrls Dorls Cannon IS our asslstant postmlstress she should be ex cellent because she recelved so much experlence w1th mall ln her school days Anna Ruth Barnes and Rachel Amlck won a traller ln a contest recently and are now tourmg the country Beside Buster Orman s plcture lt tells me to turn to page 221 There I f1nd a full page ad for Esqulre wlth Buster as Edltor ln chxef and M1ck1e Lambert as head of the art department Ellanor Galther Frlerson became a natlonally known lava yer recently when she defended Mary Church Wagner for runnlng through the court house whlle speeding down Seventh Street Can you lmagme 1t'7 Chrlstme Young is managing the M K M glrls basketball and baseball teams The next plcture needed nothmg beslde It because just last nlght I heard Jlmmy Lynn s orchestra for an hour over a natlonal hook up They were on the No Smeer Llpstlck Company program owned by Eleanor Sweeney and Evelyn Edwards Hlram Barr also needed no explanatlon because last week I bought a new Barroblle and lt rldes magmflcently Luclle Klng and Eleanor Hayes are managxng the largest beauty shop ln Memphls among thexr operators are Evelvn Mltchell Margaret Galbreath and Helen Hardlson W1ll1am Dobblns IS wr1t1ng for Scr1bner's whose chlef photographers are Tut F rakes and James Taylor J A Lynn has become Judge of the County Court and frequent Jurors are Carlton Duke Wllllam Howell and Ray mond Trousdale tPage Twenty nmel . . . . y 1 u n 1 Y . . , . . . v 7 0 , X - 1 . . . , . . .. . . y 1 . . , . . . L . . v 7 ' . . I . c , - .. . ,i . . . H . ,, . . . . . V . . . . . . . f . . . . . , . x - g ' 1 . . . , .. V . . . . . ' 7 u I . . . . . . . . N 9 - 9 . . . . . Y v 9 -