Central High School - Red and Black Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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' A 1 1 1: 1 . 1'- A Q7 sky, I are we f F - ii fit. - ' ' Q 'N .NA 'g-dn f , 7 1 vi-Y f - , N ' A 'f 'rue ,- RED AND BLACK 4 CLARENCE STRATTON By Herman Salinger Z V 1 y R. 'CLARENCE STR-ATTON came to Central to teach English in Sep- . tember, 1903, having previously graduated from the University of Penn- sylvania with the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy, and the additional honor of the Phi Betta Kappa Key. In 1905, having been given a brief leave of absence, he spent some months in Europe, part of which time he studied at the University of Rome, Italy. During his career of eighteen years at Central, Mr. Stratton 's work was not lim- ited to teaching alone. Besides having charge of the Senior English classes for many years, he trained the graduates for their commencement speeches, and offici- ated as director of the Class Pla.y. In this latter connection, Mr. Stratton has achieved much success and reputation, and there is no doubt that his services will be greatly missed. It is perhaps ap- propriate here to mention that Mr. Strat- ton is a great lover of the drama and dramatic art, and an inveterate theater- goer. Mr. Stratton was greatly interested in the course in Public Speaking, which was introduced at Central during his last term, and, knowing the great need for such a course in our high schools, he eX- pressed himself as determined to make something worth while of it. Besides being thought of as a teacher, Mr. Clarence Stratton will long be remem- bered at Central as the author of our school Loyal Song. Here, as in every- thing else, the intellectual and spiritual high-mindedness of the man will be felt. In it he sings of the glorious history of Central's Past, her Present attainment and fulillment, and her idealistic hope for the Future. In addition to his work at Central, Mr. Stratton taught for several years in the Benton Colleges of Law, one summer in theiColorado State Teachers' College, and for three years in Public Speaking exten- sion classes at Washington University. He is a member of the National Council of Teachers of English, and has served as Vice-President, Secretary, Chairman of the Committee on Speech, and Chairman of the Committee on Plays. Clarence Stratton is no less notable as a writer and lecturer as he is as an edu- cator. He has written a great many verses, stories, articles, and translations for American and English magazines, as well as a number of books. Among these latter are Great American Speeches, A Mid-Summer Night's Dream, and a translation from the Spanish of Zara- gnetaf' His most recent Work is Public Speaking, which has been generally ae- cepted by critics as anauthority. Those who know Mr. Stratton look for- ward eagerly to the edition of the volume on which he is at present working, which will be published by Henry Holt and Company in the near future. This work will embody, in a concise form, the au- thor's experience as a teacher, and will be used as a text-book for high school study. Seven F , ..,. , l

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-----nI.-,T,- - ,--gum 'L-1 r- 9,4 , I, h ' Rx--.. rl , ' -K.-. .X V, 540, r ' A A f g , , egtgifzktgiff . as--:rv AA A' 1A' fl Y .ffir-vg 'M'af-1 THE RED' .'. AND .'. B.L.A'CK. JUST FOLKS By Agnes Dunaway URLED up in a big arm chair by the glowing tire, with the Literary Cat . blinking in her lap, sat the social arbiter of the house of Exeter. The Lit- erary Cat was so called because he elected to jump into her lap upon those nightly occasions, when household tasks were im- minent, and the social arbiter, otherwise known as Theodora,'madc a feint of study- ing her lessons. The social arbiter 's hair was rumpled as if hasty, impatient fingers had been thrust through it more often, perhaps, than necessary and her cheeks were somewhat flushed. She was speaking in a wailing tone to the Literary Cat, which blinked under- standingly, and put a tentative paw upon her pretty pongee blouse, either through sympathy or with a purely feline interest in the dangling ends of the jaunty black bow at thc social arbiter's throat. Don't you think, you dear old Liter- ary Cat, that when Stephen's beautiful Anne is coming we might have things fixed up a little? Especially when Rosewood is such a dnmpy old place, and the Friendly House is so hopelessly old-fash- ioned, and Anne Van Cortland is coming from the city and she's used to every- thing niee. I know Stephen would want us to make things nice for the girl he's going to marry. I want to get out that darling old china of mother 's, and polish up the silver-real silver, too, not the plated kind we use every day-and put flowers in the house--big, purple asters. There are a whole lot in the garden now, But Mumsie and Dad-I do hate to say it, but they are so dreadfully old-fash- ioned-say that if Anne is the kind of girl Stephen 's wife ought. to be, she'll like us better plain. And Stephen would want us to fix up for her-I know he would. Those old pictures, too! She won't be interested in them. There 's that one on an easel of Stephen when he was five years old and dressed i11 kilts-anybody that is anybody would bury such an atroc- ity in the attic! And they say that the Van Cortlands are awfully snobbish. l do wish Mumsic would take it down and put up a Corot landscape, or 'The An- gelus' 01' something like that. lilll sure Anne would appreciate that. And Dad will be sure to want me to play, and that old piano needs tun- Oh, Sis! Hasty steps came pound- ing up the stairs, and the next instant a saucy face peeked around the door of the girl 's room. Oh, I say, dearest twinnie, have you- Ted! expostulated the girl, as she jumped up from her chair, thereby dump- ing thc Literary Cat uncereinoniously out of her lap. Ted, you know how I hate that. VVhy don 't you call me by name? A look of mock seriousness came over Ted 's laughing face. Most certainly, fair Theodora.. Any- thing to oblige. should find thee have journeyed pantry, to be Being convinced that I in this, thy sanctum, I hither from afar-the exact-to consult thy learned higliuess as to the proper way to translate a certain passage from the Com- mentaries on the Gallic VVars as written Nine