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

 - Class of 1938

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Central High School - Red and Black Yearbook (St Louis, MO) online collection, 1938 Edition, Cover
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Studios - Philip DeWoskin-DeVere-Princell, Alexander Piaget, Nolte Becktold Bindery Cover Design by Dorothy Nichols, Iune, 1938 PREFACE rv-r::::v--:www-rv--: -::-:: :::v-Y-Qvvwv-r:::: ::.-: re -r ::::.-.-:Y :eeee leer:::::.-+::: :eeeeflisirr-::--::::reea-:iii::::f3::f3?fl5v+rfiilsre.-::: - -er.-ere:-::.-:::::-h:::::::-al-:-:-:-:-4 THE manner of preparation of this book needs a word of ex- planation. lt was not compiled from authentic lists of Central graduates in the various vocations, for no such lists are available. Working from the office rec- ords of graduates was impossible, for that would demand the efforts of a re- search committee working for months or perhaps a year or two. Information was obtained from questionnaires sent to class officers, to alumni, whom others suggested, to people listed in the Diamond Iubilee issue of the RED AND BLACK, and to those whose names are in Mrs. Bryan's invaluable clipping Hle. It is evident that this method of procedure does not always result in accuracy. May the staff and sponsor be forgiven for unfortunate omissions. Acknowledgments are due and gratefully given to Miss Lily R. Ernst, Miss Matilda Gecks, Miss Lillian Heltzell, Miss Grace Dennison, Iudge Hugo Grimm, Iudge Iohn W. Calhoun, and Mr. W. S. Bryan for encouragement, help, and guidance: to the Board of Education, the Public Library, and the Chamber of Commerce for engravingsg to Mr. Vest Davis, sponsor of the 1928 yearbook, for records which have served as the basis of much of the material in this book: to alumni, who responded so readily to questionnaires: to Mrs. W. I. S. Bryan, whose clipping file, kept faithfully during the long period of Mr. Bryan's service in the St. Louis public school system, has been at our command and available in lists which Mrs. Bryan herself wrote out for us in longhandg to Miss Lottie Huff for permission to reprint the old woodcut of the architect's plan of High School found in a book of records owned by her late father, Mr. Merrifield W. Huff, who graduated from Central in 18743 to students, secre- taries, and faculty of Central High School, without whose generous coopera- tion this book could never have been produced. Keri vi- ' .Q 1 .fiiigwa r Lift! 01 I iq, 55 , C E NTRA L MARCHES CDN iiiiiiii1i?1' iiiiiiiiiii' iifE?1i-iiiiiiiii 1- 1' 112: 1-- 'ff ,rf-af-1'-if 3' , ..,.. M1 1,5 1 712. f ..w H51 ,If--r' . v,4g',,-,1...w. . .-Un, M.. Q ,L 1 .1,,1. Nf-554, fx L' 17Y l2'.-'v .W 1 '1 :J I , - --, -ur..-., 1 1113'- Ll ' 1 H1 1w'k I-I 1' X + z. 1 ,QL in-X84 Qi, 1 'Y if-1 , 4' E , . 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'W fllgg.-:.-:.-:f33:'3:::::?'i'Nwr:-3wNn 1:-at-0-0-4 - -rr - A - - - - - - - -:::::vNr::::--Y-::::::::::::ee:- -ree.-are-.-::+e:: - - --:: Jheme ,bong NTRAL MARCHES ON! tTune: Battle Hymn of the Republicuj Arranged by Vest Davis and Alfred Friedli Mine eyes have seen the glories of our dear old Central High: They have seen her sons and daughters by the thousands marching by With her banners, Red and Black, so proudly floating in the skyw While Central Marches On! Chorus Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! While Central Marches On! Our fathers builded Central back in eighteen Hfty-three. First High School from the Mississippi west- ward to the Sea. May thine be greater glories! Alma Mater, hail to thee- While Central Marches On! Let's give a rousing cheer now for our dear old Central High: Let's join our loyal voices with her thousands marching by: Let's keep her glorious banners ever floating in the skv- While Central Marches On! Sung by the Advanced Chorus Class -------k,,,-----.,,,-------------.,,,,,,,--.,,,,,,,,,,, QIQQQQQQ::?E?E:Q5l lllQ:::47a3:Yr::::-cs. gs? ' t . ' P 8 5 2 VL L VL g OVER THE AND NETWORK BLACK OF CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL IN ST. LOUIS At Her Studio in TI1e Yeatman Building-3616 North Garrison Avenue C80 ffdff f VFA85 l'Li A RADIO AND TELEPHOTO PAGEANT In Two Parts LOOKING BACK and LOOKING FORWARD 0 In Celebration of THE CENTENNIAL OF THE FOUNDING OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN ST. LOUIS a n d THE EIGHTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OLDEST HIGH SCHOOL WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI -r.-:ww-ar.----www------www-v-----.wer.---v---------.wverr.-------, - N I-:vw-1-lv-av-r:::::aazv-r::+ar::.-::++:vvvv+:+:-::-::-:+:: lQA- 1EQZl?:5EEE P R O L,0 G U E SCHOOL yearbook might be expected to portray only that which is fleeting and to occupy, from the standpoint of time, only that interval justly claimed as its own. This one, however, draws back the curtain of time and presents a glimpse of the development of eighty-five years-long or short, depending upon one's viewpoint-of our Alma Mater, Central High School. T is our hope that this Eighty-fifth Anniversary volume may, within its limitations, review cherished memories that deserve to be kept alive and revered as long as the friends of our school meet and mingle to reminisce. E now consign to your keeping the Red and Black of 1938, believing that it will occupy a place of honor and historical record in the One I-lundredth Anniversary year of the founding of Public School Education in St. Louis. Ava! 4-0-lv-lv-r :vw-I-cvs: :vvslvv-0-r-0-lsr-ow -:+:.-feililiwee:::++N3+'SNN:+:::+N:+.-.- 'Ir 'lr 'lr DEDICATICJN f E dedicate this Eighty-fifth Anniversary number of our yearbook to two esteemed graduates who, exactly seventy years ago, joined the ranks of Central's illustrious Alumni, Mrs Washington E. Fischel of the Class of 1868 Wife, Mother, Citizen and The Honorable Charles Nagel of the Class of 1868 Diplomatist, Iurist, Statesman INCE something of the lives of those honored is found on other pages, we, who have known and admired them so long, can pay them no greater tribute here than to pause a moment and express the fervent hope that their mantles of love, loyalty, and devotion may eventually pass on to a host of successors who will uphold the high standards of these honored ones. 'A' 'lr 'A' :eev-:4v-lvvsreersw-ov-4-0-r::NAvw::awvN::NvvvNv-:xNNv:r Alcxa d jk onoradfe CHARLES NAGEL It is difhcult to set down in words any spiritual image of a distinguished man that will seem just and adequate to the many with whom he has come in contact. Perhaps the best that can be done is to rely, in the first place, upon his history and accomplishments, with the inferences deducible therefrom, and for the inner and more intimate things, to set forth, as a sort of witness, the impressions etched upon one's own experience by personal contact and observation, aided by the contacts and observations of others. Charles Nagel was born in Colorado County, Texas, on the ninth day of August, 1849. His father, Dr. Hermann Nagel, was a native of Prussia, a graduate in medicine of the Uni- versity of Berlin: his mother descended from a long line of Lutheran clergymen. They left Germany in search of greater spiritual and political liberty. They went to the recently admitted Lone Star State, where Dr, Nagel undertook the practice of his profession, and where his son was born. In 1863, Dr. Nagel found it prudent or necessary to leave Texas, and came with his family to St. Louis. Charles Nagel became a student at Central High School, completing his course in 1868. After spending two years in a course of general reading, he took up the study of law, obtaining his degree from the St. Louis Law School fnow the School of Law of Wash- ington Universityl in 1872. The next year he spent at the University of Berlin, where he took courses in Roman Law, Constitutional History, Political Economy, and other subjects. At Berlin the influence of Rudolph Gneist deepened and confirmed in him that profound regard for the English system of government and that admiration for the great English states- men and publicists which had been inculcated by his reading. Returning to St. Louis he began the active practice of law, which he has pursued ever since, without interruption save for the four years spent in the National Capital as a member of the Cabinet. In the field of civil law his work has covered a wide range, and has had to do with many large questions, both of public and private import. He has an innate sense of moral values and an unusual ability to envisage an entire situation and foresee its probable result. His P ideal of the lawyer demands complete freedom and independence in choosing when and what he shall represent. In every case, however, the lawyer's choice must be guided by moral con- siderations. He is at one with Savigny in the conviction that law is born of a nation and for a nation. He believes in written constitutions as sheet anchors of principle. Even as such, in times of stress, popular demand for the general survival of the nation has always triumphed over any particular interpretation. Not the least of his service as a lawyer has been his constant and consistent effort to raise the standard of the bench. There was one condition precedent to his support of a judicial candi- date, I must never be tendered any appointment at your hands. His long career at the bar has been crowned with recognized professional success and a financial reward that would have been infinitely greater but for his incorrigible generosity. He was a member of the lower house of the Missouri Legislature from 1881 to 1883: President of the Council of St. Louis from 1893 to 1897: Secretary of Commerce and Labor in President Taft's Cabinet from 1909-1913. He was head of that Department prior to its separaf tion into the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor. He succeeded in bringing the Department of Commerce and Labor into a prominence and respectful recognition of its capacity for public service. His conception and his initiative brought about the formation of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. He began cooperation and consultation between his Department and the Department of Iustice as to the terms and conditions of judicial decrees providing for the dissolution of unlawful combination in restraint of trade, he successfully opposed the attempt to transfer to the State Department our foreign commercial agencies and personnel. The World War was a crisis in his life. He preached the gospel of necessary national solidarity. The writer, as a special representative of the United States, was in a position, if any one was, to know and weigh the attitude of the man in that distressing time. He was loyal to the core, and performed a very great service for his country, by reason of his unique position and influence. He is a staunch opponent of foreign entanglements and fears consequences to us. and others, of a League of Nations. In these, as in all matters where convictions were involved, he has voiced his opinions openly and clearly and supported them by impressive ratiocination. If it were necessary to compress the man into a single brief description, he ought to be called a Practical Idealist, who with much wisdom and disillusionment incident to long experi- ence, still looks with piercing and confident eye toward the fulfillment of many benevolent dreams. In the years that have passed since this pen portrait was sketched Mr. Nagel has con- tinued to give freely of his time and energy to the advancement of community interests. Two years ago Mr. Nagel was the recipient of the fifth in the series of ten annual awards devised by an anonymous donor for distinguished public services. The decision of the committee in charge was unanimous and by ballot without previous suggestion or debate. The citation read, For lifelong, varied, and outstanding services to the city, state, and nation: for elevating influence in civic affairs this certificate is awarded to Charles Nagel. C The life of Charles Nagel here presented consists of excerpts taken with per- mission from an introduction to a collection of his speeches and writings, published in a two-volume edition by a representative group of appreciative public-spirited citizens who desired to make them accessible to the thoughtful public. Alt' I P gt .fy Cgzefcla O! ffm life of MRS. WASHINGTCN E. FISCHEL Where were you educated? To this familiar question Mrs. Fischel might answer, accord- ing to the facts obtained from her by this reporter, somewhat as follows: A'My education began at birth on May 25, 1850, in the little town of Iackson, Mississippi, under the direction of my mother, whom I lost by her untimely death when I was five years old, It was then continued on a plantation nearby, under the care of an aunt and uncle and a personal attendant Qwith no white playmateslg and was supplemented from time to time by memorable excursions on the river boats, when my father took me with him on his business trips to St, Louis. Then I was helped by attending a private school in the town until I was ten years old, when my father determined to settle in St. Louis. There I entered a public school, the old Eliot School at 15th and Pine streets, where my education was colored by the agitations of the Civil War, a source of strife in the school. My first efforts in social service were, in this connection, the making of articles for sale at the numerous money-raising fairs in behalf of the Sanitary Commission. In 1864 I entered Central High School, the only high school in St. Louis, and indeed on this side of the Mississippi. Here in 1868 I was graduated in a class of twentyffive girls and thirteen boys. I was especially fortunate in my teachers, several of whom won later distinction in Eastern colleges. So far the early story in brief, which we may carry forward by recording that Mrs. Fischel retains a warm sense of gratitude for what she received at Central. The facts attest that she was very teachable, and was inspired by the ambition to teach, She soon began to gratify her 3 sf! -r '. 5, nl 'ai4gf'1 nn.,- ambition. This was in the heyday of educational expansion. That eminent pioneer, Dr. William T. Harris, had become Superintendent of Schools: and Miss Susan Blow, also of national fame, had been instrumental in establishing the first kindergartens. Some schools still lacked one: and Mrs. Fischel was assigned to one of these in North St. Louis, a neighborhood of foreigners, where she was taxed to handle a primary class of ninety-three children of six years of age, none of whom could speak or understand English. That proved her mettle. After marriage in 1876 to one who had been a schoolmate, Dr. Washington E. Fischel, she remained active in her chosen Held in various ways. In time she became a social visitor for the Provident Association, and as such developed a deep sympathy for the needy, and an under- standing of their deplorable lot. This led her in 1888 to enlist for service in the Wage-Earners' Self-Culture Clubs, just started by Walter L. Sheldon, the Leader of the newly established Ethical Society. She organized a Domestic Economy Section to instruct the children of these wage-earners in Home-Making. It flourished and drew wide attention: and, largely owing to its influence, this subject was introduced into the public schools with the service of a teacher who had been trained under Mrs. Fischel's guidance. From this time on Mrs. Fischel devoted herself to one welfare movement after another. She was one of the founders of the Wednesday Club: was active in the Emergency Aid, organ- ized to meet the needs of the unemployed after the closing of the Chicago World's Fair: at the same time served as Chairman of the Board of Charity Commissioners fa civic servicel prior to the adoption of the present City Charter: participated in Red Cross and other rescue work. All this may suggest to some the absentee wife and mother. By no means. Mrs. Fischel was busier with home-making than any of her pupils, and was nurturing three sons, two of whom have become distinguished doctors, and a daughter who is a leader among public-spirited women. She exemplified the adage that charity, like the other virtues, begins at home: and has demonstrated that private and public service may go hand in hand. ' All honor, then to the agencies that had a share in the maturing of such a personality: among which Mrs. Fischel accords, we know, a place of honor to the High School of her treasured memories. Ewan!! .5'+Ng'gh.'v5h'+,v. mNN Murillo Studio Dr. Henry J. Gerling Superintendent of Instruction :vvvvvvvvvvvvvvwvveeer:-:::ee-:-:::::::::::+v-::: rl-r :e:::.-:::.-e: - -:-:::-:4vvvvvx:::-:::-:-reee.-e: -Q::ee:e::ereerereare:-e::e:::: reaenfing- Superintendent o Instruction , Dr. Henry J. Gerling ' f ' ENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL has indeed a unique and distinctive history. Built in 1853, after ten years of planning, it achieved the distinction of being the first public high school west of the Mississippi River, and probably the first co-educational high school in the United States. From its beginning it has been a compliment to the pioneer spirit of American democracy. For fifty years Central High School was the only public white high school in St. Louis: and among its graduates of that historic half century, are the names of many distinguished men and women. The influence of these graduates has been no small factor in spreading high-school opportunities to an ever growing portion of the city's population. Today St. Louis has ten public high schools, eight white and two colored, enrolling more than 20,000 boys and girls annuallyg and while the girls greatly outnumbered the boys in the high-school enrollment of those early years, the enrollment today includes a slight majority of boys in all of the high schools, Central included. This volume is replete with information about the glorious achievements of Central High School through its eighty-five years of existence. What is being said, and said well, by the many contributors to this yearbook, needs no supplement of further facts. This statement is intended. therefore, merely to convey my appreciation of the school, my pride in its history, my earnest hope that its splendid ideals will persist. On the firm foundation of its traditions, may Central High School add to its illustrious past the splendor of a brilliant future. r:::::::::::::::-::::::::-hr:::::::4-rr.-::ee-eereere:sr:v-Y-::::::::4vsr:::-::::+:::::::::::::::v-eerr::::::::::-er President on the 100th Anniversary of the Founding Public Education in St. Louis THE N 1 t t l r WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON February ll., 1938 My dear Mr. Gerling: I am glad that you are planning appropriate recognition of the centennial of the opening of the first public school in St. Louis. Our democratic form of government, which gives the individual infinitely more than any other likewise makes infinitely greater demands upon every member of the community. Ae the bulwark of our system of govern- ment is education, the public school is indeed the corner- stone of our whole democratic plan. It is something we must protect and improve and perpetuate as the invincible guardian of that form of government which alone will satisfy a free people. Very sincerely yours , 21444-if 114 Roosevelt's Letter to Dr. Gerling Of reefingd EXTEND greetings to the faculty and students of Central High and congratulations upon this Eighty-Fifth Anniversary of distinguished service in the cause of education. With the inspiration of the memories of a glorious past, and with a consciousness of high achievement in spite of the difficulties which beset the present, may you take up the challenge of the future in the light of the school's noble traditions and with the same indomitable courage that has characterized the spirit of Central High School through the years. 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Qnfraf ,Mg H f Q v I A 1-49 I MISS VIRGINIA STEVENSON ameri .xgA5a om WA L S H C Oldest Living Alumnus of Central High School Iamcs Absalom Walsh Graduation Picture. 1861 OOKING back through a vista of ninety-three years, Mr. Walsh finds it difficult now to recall people and events that have played a part in his long and busy C3I'6EI', Yes las he came unfalteringly down the stairsl, I graduated from Central High School- and from St. Louis University, too, but I recall little about it now. I know that Calvin Pennell, my principal, was a fine man: and my German teacher, Mr. Keller, I have never forgotten. I think he taught me French, too, but I can't be sure-. I studied Latin and Greek, but this may have been in the University. I knew Mr. Childs and Mr. Morgan, but I suppose that was after I left school. Yes, I graduated during the first year of the Civil War. My most distinct memory is of running to hide with a crowd of boys at the time that Captain Lyons marched upon Camp Iackson fMay 10, 1861l. One of the boys with me may have been I-Ioldridge Collins, for he was my best friend. He and I sang in the choir at the old Presbyterian church on Pine Street. Another may have been Tom Page. I can't be sure. i'Yes, I remember the old slave market in front of the courthouse and the room where slaves were kept prisoned until time for the auction. Although my parents owned slaves when we lived in Natchez, Mississippi, they did not believe in slavery, and they freed their slaves soon after they moved to St. Louis, just before I started to high school. I was just sixteen. That was a long time ago, and I'm not sure that my memories are correct. And he went back upstairs, leaving his daughters to sketch the rest of his long and eventful life. rvvvvvvsr.-ee.-: .-.-.-.-eerawsasay-:-Y-v-.-.-ru-.--: :.-.-::.- -.-:.-:-rvvvvsree.-.n --:ev-v-Y- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -ws::-:-:-:::::::::e-vw:+::e+:+:.-e:xiii-1-515-:iqqiqv 5154151 - s?1e:-1-QQ :4ew :,w:-2544442:Wah-aes..-.-ae.-Q.-Q:: ::::,:.-aaaaw. - - - - - - sw - - - - - He was born in Natchez, Mississippi, in 1844. One still vivid memory of those early days is of his being frightened by suddenly confronting a whole troupe of grotesque wax figures in the dark attic of his father's warehouse. His father had taken these waxworks as surety for a loan he had made to a circus. The loan was never paid and the figures were melted and moulded into candles for sale. After high-school days, Mr. Walsh married Iennie Lind Conn, a grade teacher in St. Louis. He has been engaged in various businesses, was at one time a member of the Merchants' Ex- change, and when he retired from business life, eight years ago, was cashier and bookkeeper for D. I, Bushnell. He has always been a scholar. interested especially in languages. He mastered Spanish after one of his daughters married a consul to Mexico. He still reads from his beloved German books. But in his latter years he has derived his greatest pleasure from a study of plants and flowers. To frequenters of Shaw's Gardens he has been a familiar figure. for he has spent most of his time there during the past eight years. As one of his daughters remarked, Truly, his has been a long span of existence from those candlelight days of his boyhood in Natchez to the present. MR. IAMES ABsA1.oM WALSH at Ninety jim yllldf Hivm Bu FREDERICK OAKES SYLVESTER Immortal teacher of Central, painter, and poet By the red man's grave and the ancient trail, By cabin and camp I glide. Dark pines o'er which the eagles sail Stand guardians at my side. In a cradle of gentle hills I wake, I nurse and sleep on the breast of a lake-d And when my first full leap I take, I tremble in my pride. By the fields of wheat and the fields of corn, By forest and isles I flow. Now shadowed by dusk, now mirror of morn, Far down to the sea I go. I ioin the mirth of a thousand rills That laugh in the meadows and dance on the hi My song the path of the springtime thrills And the tide of the pathless snow. By the great cliffs and the prairies wide, By valley and farm I speed. Fair Heaven I clasp, a willing bride, To my ocean home to lead: Her garments of gold and azure light, I fashion anew in our onward flight, I double the jewels she wears at night. Her every word I heed. lls If i D. NICHQI-5 Presenting Hqfhg .... A Chronicle of Central High School Mine eyes have seen the glories of our dear old Central High, They have seen her sons and daughters by the thousands marching by. HIGH SCHOOL Fifteenth and Olive Dedicated March 24, 1856 Home of Central Until 1893 JW 3, Y in 4 K I Y V ,A ' 1. K it ,,,, ' , fu: - ' N ' ,i . it f ' T s J v' - .J J 1, + mug mmm . cm mm mm! , M ' N+N+-w:-'smr:iaa-:ia'v-'s-i---:aa-sw++N a+ img b nun, mn. 4-rv-av-:Y----vw--vw--wav-ow 4-no-r.-.rsrvv:-av-a-r --- I I , 3, up umnmnunmmzmfwunnnmmi -1. , ,V wanna:-nmrms wnummw.v.z,mnum if ,,,i.vWgt' ,w, V ,tg Q lvl. mem. - mms! xi. :mann nmnam M-at ,- A ' 1 - - ' wafnmueu' assi mamma r , 4 uNra:v.a:ltw-nsxvsmmrfmmmnmsmsnfmmusr - ' t - xxsmxm i-.mf miami an :.ms.mrx. - - 4 -fest Pi rf. at wif 12 as-frfrjeiig, zgiixyznlxyuvr sf. 1138. Page Twenty-two By the fiery kilns and the noisy marts, By city and town I race: The smiles and tears of a million hearts Are mirrored in my face: The kiss and the curse, the sob and the song, The cry of the weak and the shout of the strong- 1 gather them all as I hurry along. And scatter them all apace. By the deep bayou and the broad lagoon, By the ranch and the range I roll: The silver sheen of the southern moon I offer the sea as toll. I throw the delta gateways wide In my rush to the deep, and, side by side And hand in hand with the welcoming tide I reach my journ.ey's goal. O river, river, never yet Was half your glory sung: And never skill of painter's brush Nor praise or poets tongue Shall half reveal the majesty, The charm, the primal grace That clothe you and attend your ways And shine from out your face. ws By the Mighty Mlsslsslppn Introducing Miss Evelyn Green, Ianuary, '38, Historical Editor, who, with the help of well-known alumni will present a chronicle of interesting 3493 events in the history of Central High School-1853-1938. HE 1850's-a period of transition and unrest. On the banks of the mighty Mississippi rises the city of St. Louis-a city whose quiet French charm and serenity has not as yet been dispelled by the vague stirrings of national unrest. The echoes of the furtive tread of moccasin'd feet, the haughty step of the Spanish grandee, and the martial clank of French swords have not yet died: for over this gateway to the West-this city of Indian mounds-have waved the French, the Spanish, and the American flags. Even before the advent of the Spanish Conquistadores and French Iesuits, St. Louis was the home of the mound- building Indians, and Indian war drums throbbed where Auguste Chouteau and Pierre Laclede later built their stately mansions. But by the 1850's the footsteps of the Indian, the Frenchman. the Spaniard, the Virginian, and the Kentuckian have merged into the easy swing of the American. Through this city stream, the valiant Forty-niners to open the West for America: the Mormons in their search for religious toleration: and the Irish and Germans to seek a refuge from famine and political upheaval. Boats laden with the manufactures of the North and cotton from the South ply the Father of Waters, and the little French fur-trading post has become the metropolis of the West of that period. Let up stop at the year 1858. The memorable Dred Scott decision has made history the year before, and only two more years must pass before the Stars and Stripes will be replaced by the Stars and Bars in one-half of the country. A new political organization called the Republican Party is rapidly gaining new adherents, and an obscure young Southern composer named Stephen Foster is writing the melodies which are to become the folksongs of America. Victoria reigns in Britain and a Bonaparte, in France. The men affect flowing beards, and the women copy the crinolines and ruffles of Napoleon llI's Empress Eugenie. It is the morning of Iuly 2. Assembled on the stage of the auditorium of a large building on Fifteenth and Olive streets are a group of boys and girls-the boys self-conscious in their tail-coats and most of the girls in ankle-length dresses covered by demure fancy aprons. The building is the new site of the first high school west of the Mississippi, founded in 1853, on the third floor of the old Benton School building. Constructed at a cost of 543.000, it is one of the most modern in the United States, and houses not only the high school but the normal school as well. This is the first graduating class of the high school. The exercises are beginning. Mr. Ieremiah D. Low, the principal, is introducing the first speaker, Campbell Crrick Bishop. As the young man advances to the center of the stage to deliver the salutatory, two of his classmates whisper to each other. Let us listen: Even if Campbell Orrick Bishop hadn't received second highest grades, he would be the perfect choice for de- livering the salutatory, l'Ie's one of the most effective speakers I have ever heard. I think so, too. I thought that he would surely have the high- est grades in the class. but evidently Robert Allen Davison c a m e out just a fraction h i g h e r. If Bishop doesn't make good, it won't be because he hasn't the talent. What does he plan to do after graduation? He told me yester- day that he plans to go to college and take up Page Twenty-three Old Benton School on Sixth Street between Locust and St. Charles where the high school was begun in 1853. Home of Central until 1856. law. If I ever go to court, he'll be my lawyer And so the classmates of Camp- bell Orrick Bishop recognize the genius which is to make him many years later one of St. Louis's most prominent judges. Thus the first step taken toward secondary edu- cation in the vast region from the Mississippi to the Pacific, from Canada to Mexico, culminates in the graduation of these thirteen boys and girls who are the first to carry the ideals engendered at Central out into the world. The succeeding two years see an increase in the enrollment, but with the year 1860 comes the election of Republican Abraham Lincoln, and the secession of most of the South- ern states begins. As the call from both sides comes for volunteers, the young students lay down their books to shoulder arms and to help lndus- try meet the increased demands of War. Some join the ranks of the Confederate Army and some the Grand Army of the Republic, for the high school is a democratic in- 'rv stitution and the sons of proud Southerners attend as well as the sons of German immigrants. The crisis of Missouri's status-whether she is to be Union or Confederate--passes, and the sight of soldiers drilling becomes a familiar and thrilling sight to the young high-school pupil on his way to the High. The views of the German element in St. Louis, to whom slavery was not only abhorrent. but alien, rule the city. The following summer the school closes several weeks earlier than usual because of curtailed funds. Year after year the bloody war is drawn out until the last set of the great tragedy which had its beginning at Fort Sumter is played out at Appomattox. But through the war-years the high school continues its task of education. Many refugees from the South flocked to St. Louis during the war, and one such refugee from Texas was young Charles Nagel, son of German im- migrant parents. Fate had great things in store for the German- American refugee who spoke English brokenly, and to whom the High School was the first rung on his ladder of success. He was destined to become na- tionally known, for his long career as lawyer and member of the Missouri Legislature was climaxed by his appointment as Secretary of Commerce and Labor in President Taft's Cabinet. I now turn the microphone over to the Honorable Charles Nagel, '68, Central's most distinguished alumnus. Let him tell you of the school, of St. Louis-of America-in the late Sixties. The Honorable Charles Nagel: w+nvw++:e::.-::-::::--::--Y-4vvseee:e: Page Twenty-four ' fi:-0:1 lm T WAS on a Monday morning early in 1865 that father and I presented ourselves at this school. It was cold, and in all essentials We still appeared in our pioneer attire--that sort of clothes wore well. Cn the first floor of the High School we met a young girl, no doubt a pupil. She must have been a lady, for she almost suppressed a smile, and in the nicest way directed us to the room of the principal on the next floor. We went up, not without misgivings, approaching awe. The principals desk was in the room of the senior girls. Their desks faced the entrance: and as we came in, the customary response was instantaneous. I shall not attempt to repeat a scene to which I, at least, was not new. They were nice girls-some of them I met often in later years, when We were all graduates of the High School. But nice as they were, all human nature is akin, and the effect of our unheralded apparition was not unlike the first stampede in the boarding-school. With the principal it was different. He was tall and slight- wearing a black cutaway, I think, which helped me to feel at home. I had one, too: mine was brown. His hair and beard were dark and wavy, setting off features as regular as a Greek's. A kindly smile played about his lips as he took my hand. The mission was soon told in father's broken English. There was ground for hesitancy. We applied in the middle of the year, which was against the rules: besides admission was conditioned upon regular examination. I could not meet a single one of the rules. But we were in America, and we were fortunate enough to strike a respecter of the reason of the rule. He gave me a piece of chalk and sent me to the blackboard. The principal asked questions, and to the tune of unmistakable sup- pressed laughter, I gave undeniable evidence on that blackboard of my unpreparedness. But the principal was a man of resource. He saw one cause of my trouble and turned to German. That was my salvation. I could write German well enough to make me bless my stars that no lithographer ever captured me as an apprentice with the prospect of designing visiting cards for life. Well, said he, about some things you know nothing: about others you know more than half the junior class, and since you are a refugee, I will give you a chance. In that fashion I was admitted. As we left, he said to me that I must come to his house in the eve- ning so that he might show me how to catch up and use my books. How American it all seemed to me: and how American it was, judged by the modern rule-ridden methods. Now and then the principal would appear unannounced before the lower classes to try them out. One day he asked a question of our class, which was met with common silence. With that well-known twinkle of his eyes, looking at me, he said, I know one boy who can answer my question 3 I did, and I never knew whether I was more grateful for his generous help or for the rare luck that carried me through. But the luck of a refugee did not stop there. At the end of the school year we had the usual examinations. I made them all but one. Grammar was and is a mystery to me. I never knew Why natural speech should be complicated by so many conflicting rules: to me they always seem like obstacles to free expression of thoughts. I read the paper of questions: and certain that I must fail, I took it to the teacher's desk and said I could not answer a single question. I know you can- not, he said, and we will not say anything about it. He never did. and I did not for fifty years: but at the time I thought how wonderfully American it all was. Since then I have hesitated to mention this ex- perience. I would not have missed the general influence of that school- the association with members of my class, and with the faculty, who counted among them not only the principal, Mr. Childs, but his assist- ant, Horace H. Morgan: Davidson, a Greek scholar known in this coun- try and abroad: Miss Schaefer, after- wards principal of Wellesley Col- lege: Denton I. Snider, etc. I was admitted to the second class, School life 100 years ago as an artist thinks it was. Notice the drinking bucket, the rattans, the slate, and the fact that children are of all ages and showing some signs of progress, I was urged to try for first place. This was done less because of interest in me than from a desire to defeat an unpopular member. I made the attempt. Three times I paired him in the examinations: and then I went down with typhoid fever. Two of us had contracted the fever and the principal came to see us. My classmate died, and the principal contracted the disease. I-le came back to school too soon. The last time I saw him was one bitter morning when the school building was on fire. There he stood, without an overcoat, fighting the flames with the water turning to ice on his clothes. I'Ie won that fight, but had a relapse, and we never saw him again. I was at the I'ligh School about two and one-half years. Our school gave a play to raise a fund to lay the foundation for a public library, and I was asked to carry the flag. I felt sorry for the girls who took the parts of the Southern states-the prescribed declarations did not seem to come natural to them. I adored the girl who represented the Union-the very girl that, had almost fallen off the front seat when father and I first invaded the senior room. How the spokesman of war did make the windows rattle: and how gentle and quiet he really was. How the company could drill and march under the severe discipline of a classmate who had always made a joke of everything serious. But however interesting it all was, it seemed as nothing compared to the fact that I was bearing the Stars and Stripes every night for a whole week in a large hall packed to the guards. I was not even dismissed when, the first night, marching across the stage, I hooked the gas chandelier, all ablaze, with my flagstaif and came near precipitating the stampede of an admiring audience. The refugee boy had his day: errors were overlooked, credits were marked large. Our class was a chivalrous one-natural champions of the girls. I had my one big fight to resent a careless remark about a girl classmate, and to take my place in the esteem of my class. I wrestled with the studies-wondering now what trigonometry and calculus could pos- sibly have meant. We had German, a little Latin, and French. Two of us fthe other, Washington E. Fischel, who afterwards became a distinguished physician, and my dearest friend for lifej even sent a whole school into hysterics by our performance-in French-of the duel scene in Moliere's Tartuffe. My friend never complimented me on my French, but in duelling he thought me rather realistic. Declaiming was at its height then. We still took patriotic speeches very seriously. I had some advantage in that I could saw the air more promiscuously with my long arms than my less-favored classmates, Willis's Prometheus was my specialty: and after I had for the first time gone through the suffering tortures of that recitation, my class- mates held out great hopes for my future. I have since then been at great pains in public speaking to keep my arms and hands from interfering with what I am trying to say: Salvini, in Othello's address to the Senate confirmed my growing conviction upon that subject. Other- wise, all moved along in a beaten track of common harmony. I made many friends, chiefly in my class, and have much to remember in gratitude. How much they gave me in just accepting me as one of them! My escape from grammar was rewarded by my selection as valedictorian by my class- mates. My subject was True Manhood. I held forth to an audience that was not entirely new to the ordeal. Teachers were as relieved as I was at having me recite my piece without a breakdown. In that audience sat Father and Mother-grief not forgotten, but happiness un- deniedg and with that the Texas refugee boy walked off the stage. - , ij ,Wm ijxlxl UI fx V09 1 ' -F ,q'm 2'.-' I '1 ' , 3 li ff' 3-'Ti ' 1. :-fLi',If.J -'--- .,,', .1 ---- ---- -N sf.. M' I' I NU- -. ' ..u, +l'i1Wl-' i I, . .1 'L . X Ag i T TT .J mm. .. ,L I. .-:..,' - X num , ,f jzfgg I A. , - yn- 1 D 11' 'at 'L - , , 0 , . V gi umm 'I 1-5, hx X ' , .m .6-5. -. X X . .,... K... A , W.. ffzfdrxf.:-: .- ist 1 J ff iv ff- .6i-.,mi:'- 55,5 Af, ' .,-','j-,'c-,'jf':f M3 ?,'ftQ3f , an ' 1 W ',f?i'f'i- .1 gf. ,- -f iqzk. , Agngcgjvl niggas- rim. 5 I' ' , ,. l Q, '. ,:::Ef3' army' :- ,, , qv. -' .v5:',V 02? ' url 'Q oiilocg 3 is fm ii .vw .ww , ., , Zm . I Page Twenty-six In his valedictory speech Charles Nagel held forth on an ideal which - he was later to exemplify in his own life to the admiration of many thou- - .' sands o Central alumni. The years have touched him lightly and his generous heart has endeared him to all St Louzsans Next I wish to introduce to the radio audience a woman who might well person: y True Womanhood a woman who devoted her li e a ter . :-Qi, F . . ' 5 if . . I I '. . ' . ig, graduation from. Central to .educating young Americans. May I intro- g duce Miss Virginia Stevenson, formerly a teacher at Mary Institute, and - one of the alumni of whom Central is proudest. She will tell of her high- school days. Miss Stevenson: THE Senior Class of the Central High School of St. Louis. in 1870, chose for its motto, when it graduated, the well-known line forsan olim juvabit meminisse et haec lper- haps, hereafter, we shall delight to remember these thingsl. As I graduated with this class of 1870, even though I entered earlier, I considered its motto as expressing my sentiments, too. Entering the Central High School in September, 1864, I lost part of two years, from '67 to '69, but returned in September, 1869, and graduated with the class of 1870. During 1867 and 1868 my father's regiment in the Regular Army was stationed in Wyoming to guard the Union Pacific Railroad tthen in process of constructionl from the Indians. Living in tents until the forts were built was a delightful experience. A return to St. Louis and the Central High School was doubly interesting. Having chased the antelope over the plains, I was keenly interested in chasing German verbs to their lairs and English writers to their dens. In Iune, 1870, our class assembled in what was then called Verandah Hall, on 4th Street between Washington Avenue and Lucas Avenue. Why we did not use the hall of the Central High School on Olive and 15th I do not remember, unless it was the fact that Verandah Hall was larger. We girls wore voluminous white dresses with blue sashes. A spray of white flowers, artificial, decorated our heads. Our hair was arranged in two horns, one on each side of the middle parting. The back hair was plaited and brought up to meet the horns that were carefully shaped over what we called rats. For each of us the great moment of the occasion was the reading of the long and prosy essays with which we afflicted our admiring parents. There were probably twelve or fourteen of these efforts. The boys delivered their lucubrations as spontaneous orations. We girls read ours from papers tied with ribbons. My subject was The Use of Art in Perfecting Characterng in it, I proved to my own satisfac- tion, if not to that of the perspiring audience, that the study of art was all that was necessary to develop a perfect character. One girl excited my admiration by using in her essay the ex- pression, aeons beyond in the great hereafter. There was some meat in a phrase like that. After receiving our diplomas, we went home to a midday dinner. . Ah! how my small brother and sister admired me! As I was asked by the yearbook staff to give my recollections of the Central High School, I shall now mention my first impression of the dear old school. As I approached the building, I saw a long line of boys led by a beautifully developed man. I believe that his name was Hammersley. The boys, with their chests unnaturally puffed out, were learning to walk in proper style. My next memory is of the great examination for entrance to this enchanting place. Our teacher at the Eliot School at the corner of 15th and Pine had warned us that we must not turn our heads or roll our eyes around for fear that we might be accused of cheating. But she need not have worried, for no girl who ever came under the influence of Miss Kate I. Wilson would ever condescend to cheat. I was thirteen years of age and fairly crammed with geography, history, grammar, arith- metic, both kinds, particularly that brain-twister called mental arithmetic that prepared us so nicely to carpet floors, build canals, dig wells, and shingle houses-all with a certain or un- certain number of men. . I often found myself with one-quarter of a man on my hands. But all this developed the brain-maybe! After passing our examinations, we were summoned some days later to the large hall on the third floor of the Central High School to hear our per cents. As I chose German instead of Latin, I went into the German class conducted by Mr. Iohn Keller. He was a man of high ideals and infinite patience: he made me love to hear and speak the German tongue. As I had an excellent memory, I learned the German words that translated long English sentences without taking the trouble to fit the English word exactly to its German equivalent. This cold-blooded slaughter of lovely German sentences gave place in time to a Page Twenty-seven genuine love of the language. And Goethe, whom I had always called Go-eeth, became for me a living poet, along with Schiller and Heine. It is probable that my visit to Weimar and to the grave of Heine in Montmarte Cemetery in Paris resulted from the many inspiring talks of Mr. Iohn Keller. Mr. Frank Childs, the principal, seemed to take a personal interest in each one of us. While he was principal, a few of us acted a play called It Never Rains but It Pours. The play may be found in an old Godeyis Lady's Book. Dear Mr. Childs was so anxious that we should articulate properly. After his death, Mr. Horace Morgan was our principal. He made English literature, from Chaucer to Ruskin and Tennyson, a study of vital interest. We had a school paper edited by boys and girls chosen by the school. I had the honor to edit it once. The paper was called Our Own and was the result of many days of begging and nagging. The editor Wrote some witticisms and endeavored to make it entertaining: as I look over it now, I find its very flatness most amusing. We had many dramatic readings. Our stars were Fred Crunden and Frank Cook. We gave a curious play called The Great Republic Grand National Allegory and Tableaux, written and revised for M. Hager's Entertainments by Captain W. Miller. ln this play, the Southern states seceded. I was given the part of North Carolina because I had a gift for yelling through my nose. When I threw down my Union Flag and joined the seceding states, I roared at the Union crowd, What will you do for tar and turpentine? One of our serious studies was mathematics, taught by Miss Helen Shafer, who after- wards became President of Wellesley College. We had to attend strictly to the business of learning algebra and geometry: some ambitious girls took trigonometry, but I was too sweetly feminine to bother with that. I remember a time when Miss Shafer sent a boy to the black- board: this boy drew the geometric figure and carefully used the same letters that were in the book. With my good memory I could learn the position of each letter and therefore explain the problem: if he had changed the letters, I should have been lost. A young and pretty blonde, Miss Bigelow, who later married Mr. Trask, gave us drawing lessons. She showed us how to copy real flowers in water colors and also how to copy other pictures with crayons. After many days, I finished a black and white copy of a hillside, a horse and wagon, and a man who was supposed to be walking. I used my spending money to pay for a frame, and one afternoon I carried my work of art home with me saying to my father, Pa, here is a picture that I made for you. Where shall I hang it? He looked at it carefully and said, Hang it in the closet. This was tragedy. My mother was shocked. The longer that I have lived, however, the more certain I am that the closet was the place for it. The study that gave me the most pleasure was The History of Art, taught by Miss Mary E. Beedy, She had a great love of art, and illustrated her teaching with many pictures. We went from Egypt, 4000 B. C., through Assyria, Persia, Greece, Rome, Italy of the Renaissance, and down to modern times. It was a joyl I can even now see Miss Beedy's long forelinger tracing the outlines of an Apollo or a Bacchus with equal ' 7 ' ,,,g,i,tQ,, if 'W impartiality. After I graduated, ' J 2' , , SCX A' - I she invited me to give talks to 5 . Qgnllll Mukhi gfhnn, . xl , Q the Art Class in h er room. X , . gikouti Tw 11111111 L ,Q Sometimes she would invite a Q S E' 1 .sw MW .- .5 if ' - -Jw 50q:U, ' I number of us girls to her room 'li'utw55 ' Q L aws- WQYESQW 10145 in the south side of the city, ' ' ' 'I l ' A where we could revel in a corn- fggzasxs is T0 smrsHrxzW, JQZMMQ ,Ea gnation oaths G10r5'fhafgv0S fini HIAIIXAAIXII 1116111424 7122 ,Q6k1z!2rlf Xvggefigoilglentt 631551 tag Cfgtgn fzzzz 'C'YQZf1.1nrnQffaf1, Qrahuatrb with full guitars af 2 Qfymm !ll!'HllA!l!f:1 A, fd d4JW1 JldHf07lJ ZfCd1Z4 pf ll2!C3Z1rkf4:ggza1.Q dZZn4YQZ2ff M , 0 If M71-41 A 1 gn Qutimnug Mlnnnf, 496 153.-...QA-ff: amlcekmfay 142 5 f I f and cakes. It was the personal touch that made us happy. Later on we took Shakes- peare with Mr. Iohn Kimball and mental and moral philos- ophy fro m Mr. Denton Snider. One of our most distin- guished instructors W a s Mr. Thomas Davidson fr o m Scot- ,'2'a.mna mu law AIJINMO ae! 1669 fund an! War! I6 Qfwuaizlzbwa .sm , Q J, 477, 'ffl MZJWD '5'f0 '3 Z 'f E land. He ranked as one of the g 1 Znal W' ' ' K 2 awww., A twelve greatest scholars ofthe A! 1'1 seem: - fvuvhfn- .reacts ww - e 'omg Thomas Davidson with one of his favorite pupils, 19th Century. It was my good fortune to study Greek history and the Greek language with him. As for science, we had very little of that, although our botany work was good. There was no laboratory, on account of lack of funds. I remember that once, Mr. Richard Hays, a finely educated man, put something into a pipe and the result was a horrible . odor-probably sulphur. That was the ex- tent of my laboratory experience. Our elocution was criticized by Mr. Iohn Felix Hunicke. Martling, who insisted that I should bite my words off! The word bite suggests luncheons. Our luncheon was generally a flat slab of bread and meat with an apple or an orange. A girl in funds might run out to the front gate and buy a sandwich, or if she knew a boy, she might ask him to get the sandwich. But our mental pabulum was much more abundant than ordinary food. Probably, after the walk home at 2:30 P.M., the good snack from the home larder was quite sufficient for our needs. There were other teachers in dear old Central, but I have forgotten them. I can truly say this: there may have been a finer corps of teachers in the country, but I doubt it. These noble, generous, serious-minded men and women gave us something that is difficult to define. There was a steady onward urge that led us to do our best when seeking that intangible, elusive thing called Culture. So well were we drilled that we longed to attack new and interesting problems. A short time after I graduated in 1870, I went down to the Central High and informed Mr. Horace Morgan that I desired a position as teacher in the school. He gave me a quizzical look, wrinkled his nose, and said, I think, Virginia, it would be better for you to teach some- where else at first and come to me later. after a little experience. Later, I gained the experi- ence under Miss Sarah Bacon, Mrs. Dunham, of the Laclede School, Mr. Gilfillan, of the Lincoln School, and Mr. Davidson of the Polytechnic, on Chestnut and Seventh. A chance to substitute in old Central High restored my self-esteem, and forty-two happy years of teaching in Mary Institute made me ever conscious of this vision: a Greek runner with a lighted torch in his hand who seemed to say what my Central High School teachers had often said of the Torch of Civilization, Let us pass it on! m e 'E t eefkllfl Polytechnic School Building, Seventh and Chestnut. Page Twenty-nine - Thank you. Miss Stevenson. Central can never forget your loyalty and what you have stood for-the improvement of personality through education . V Three years later Central celebrates its twenty-fifth anniversary. What events have transpired, and what vistas have opened up with the passing of the years! The West has been conquered and the terms fi g? cowboy, rustler, posse, bonanza, and pay-dirt have become familiar to every American as the language of the Saga of the West. The foundations for huge fortunes have been laid by the Rockefellers, the Astors, the Morgans, the Vanderbilts, the Goulds, and the Carnegies. A band of steel has welded the East and the West: for the Union Pacific has been completed in 1869. New inventions are pointing the way to a fabulous future. The laissez- faire theory reigns supreme unmindful of a Manifesto published by an unknown young Ger- man by the name of Karl Marx. America is fast approaching the Gay Nineties. And Central has grown with the years. The once commodious building is bursting with eager students, so that branch schools must take care of the overflow. Our narrator for the twenty-fifth anniversary of Central's founding is truly one of Central's own. Graduating in 1869, with the highest average ever attained by a graduate of Central, he continued his education in college and later became principal of the school he loved so well. Let me introduce Mr. W. I. S. Bryan: THE first Quarter Centennial Anniversary of the Central High School was held on the fourteenth of Iune, 1883, twenty-five years after the graduation of the first class, which comprised these thirteen names: Henry M. Anderson Iames W. Loring Campbell O. Bishop Thaddeus T. Smith Robert A. Davison Amelia Child George K. Eaton Halcyon Child George P. Herchel Mary A. Gamewell Giles C. Litcher Anna I. Love Iulia T. Warren The Principal, Horace H. Morgan, said of the meeting: 'iThe event proved of great interest to the large number of graduates and former pupils, and to the still larger circle of friends and supporters, who availed themselves of the opportunity thus afforded them to testify their appreciation of the work accomplished by the High School. By their presence and words they evinced their conviction of the great value of the school to the entire com- munity. The unqualified endorsement of such men as S. D. Barlow, Iohn W. Noble, Nathan Cole, lohn A. Dillon, Shepard Barclay, Henry F. Harrington, Thomas Metcalfe, Richard Edwards, W. D. Dickinson, Iames E. Yeatman, Carlos S. Greeley, Wm. H. Thompson, should certainly carry with it great weight and should lead to a proper recognition of the worth and needs of the school, such a recognition on the part of the public as would secure for the school all the much-needed advantages of a suitable location, a convenient and com- modious building, a liberal provision for apparatus, books of reference, and such other appoint- ments as would facilitate the great work to be accomplished. The Alumni Association, which had been in existence since 1868, had become very active in its efforts to induce the community and the Board of Education to furnish the school condi- tions necessary for its most effective conduct-conditions which through its persistent presenta- tion were finally secured ten years later when the building was erected on Grand Avenue and Windsor Place at a cost of fB400,000 and comprising sixty-four rooms. The original building, which was dedicated February 26, 1856, cost 547,000 and contained ten rooms. In twenty-five years the high school had outgrown its first building and had been relieved by having taken from it the firstayear class, which was housed in branch schools. Page Thirty Pupils Teachers Graduates Rooms Branches Pupils Teachers In '53 72 4 13 lin 18581 8 .,.... ....,.... ...... In '63 297 9 27 10 ...... .,,....,. ...... In '73 355 13 53 12 4 942 27 In '83 408 15 76 14 5 441 15 In '93 772 20 187 14 l 873 40 ii This tabular statement shows plainly the growth of the High School by decades and the urgent need of a new building twenty years before the building on Grand and Windsor Place was finished and opened, if high school pupils were not to be divided and IJ, housed in different buildings. The proceedings of the Alumni Meeting of 1884 stressed further the need of a new building, and the speeches were so forceful and their arguments so conclusive as to fully convince the assembled audience and leave no doubt of the wise course to be pursued by the community and the Board of Education, entrusted with the education of youth and with the preservation and development of the essential institutions of a free people. Grand Avenue Building. Opened in 1893. Central's home until 1926. This is an age of expansion not only for the schools of St Louis but or the schools o America Other high schools and more colleges encourage the states to oster higher education And although the High School is heartily supported by the wiser of the St Louzsans it does not altogether escape opposition. A movement which threatened Centrals existence as a free high school will be described by Mr. Brant Van Blar- f i ' - ' ' ' ' gifiisis are ast bein established. Land rants rom the Federal Government 2-M: g . g . . 2-i fi .- A com Dixon, former principal of Central, and at present head of the Sophie Newcomb School for Girls in New Orleans. Mr, Dixon: 'N THE early eighties there was a political movement which threatened to become a menace to the existence of the high school. A number of the poorer people had formed the opinion that they were not getting any benefit from the money spent for the higher education given there, and thought it should be distributed among the schools of lower grade. Very many well-to-do people had the same idea, but for the opposite reason. They held that it was necessary to support the grammar schools, where elementary education was given, but that they should not be taxed for the ornamental studies. In a campaign on this issue, Mr. Iohn Brady was elected to the Board of Education as an avowed opponent of the High School. One morning Mr. Morgan, the principal, received word that Mr. Brady was on his way to visit the school, and to be prepared for a warm session. As Mr. Morgan was known to be unfriendly to the coming visitor, he preferred not to meet him, and he asked me to substitute for him, while he went down Page Thirty-one to the Superintendent's office on business. Mr. Brady arrived shortly with two of his political supporters, and I met them in the lower hall. The interview proceeded about as follows-ll cannot reproduce the rich brogue which Mr. Brady usedl : Are you Mr. Morgan? he inquired. No, sir, I am Mr. Dixon. Mr. Morgan has gone to the Public School office, and instructed me to meet you. I shall be pleased to show you over the building. And we proceeded to make the rounds. In the first recitation room Mr. Brady asked, 'AWhat do they be teaching here? Geometry, What! All these boys and girls, too? Are they going to be architects? Oh, no, and I tried to explain the value of the study. In the next room there was a class in Latin. When I told him what it was, he said, I suppose all the boys expect to be priests, and the girls, nuns. And so it went for each room and its study. Apparently he objected to all of them. In the German room he exclaimed, Dutch, in an American school! and do they be teaching Irish in this school? And why not? Isn't Irish as good a language as Dutch? I tried to explain, but evidently with no success. By the time we reached the study hall, on the third floor, I was thoroughly discouraged. The stairway came up at the back of the room so that the students were facing away from us. There were about three hundred in number, and I noticed in the front seat two boys, and an idea came to me: Mr. Brady, I said, I have heard that you are opposed to the high school, but, if you understood it, I believe you would be its friend. Here the well-off boys and girls, and those who are not, meet, learn to know each other, and become friends, It gives to the poor boy a chance to win a good position in life. Notice those two boys in the front seat: the one with the fair hair is the son of the Lieutenant Governor of Missouri, a German, and the other is Tim Kelley, son of a janitor of one of the schools. They are great cronies. Mr. Brady said at once, I know him. Tim, come back here, Of course everyone was startled, but soon came to order again. Tim came back. Mr. Brady asked, A'Who's that you were sitting with, Tim? That's my pal, Gene. We are on the ball nine together. And how do they treat you here? Same as everyone else. Do your work right, and you get along fine. And how are you doing? Right well, I think, ain't I, Mr. Dixon? I agreed, and, after a few more questions, Tim went back to his seat, and we went down- stairs without a word being said until we came to the front door, when Mr. Brady turned and asked, A'Mr. Dixon, how are you on free textbooks? 'Tm in favor of them. And why are you in favor of them? I gave him a number of reasons, and he held out his hand with the words, Shake, I'm with ye on the High School. And thus the boy Tim won the fight. A few years later Iohn Brady's daughter came to the high school, and afterwards became a noted teacher. The attack on the high school soon ceased, and was followed by a very pleasing public approval and such an increase of applications for admission that it was thought advisable to build a new building somewhere to replace the one now in use. B6 . -I if Zi.. 7 3312: ' ' '- -:' ::f15l?i 71- fzzfjfilfli -21:-Q -.-i The School Pin, Designed by Mrs. Mildred Bailey Carpenter. Page Thirty-two The site of the old school had become valuable for business uses and it was thought ad- visable to build a new building somewhere to replace it. In 1885-6 I made a chart showing how the center of population of the high-school students had traveled steadily westward for many years and now was situated just east of Grand Avenue, and not far from Washington Avenue. After the board had determined to purchase a site for the school, Mr. Thomas A. Russel and I searched for a location in the desired neighborhood and found it in the one afterwards purchased. A competition among certain architects was authorized, by the board, for the plans of the proposed high-school building, and I was consulted by them in regard to the de- tails. I gave to them freely the ideas which I had formed during my experience, but only Kirchner and Kirchner followed them at all closely, probably because my notions were so greatly at variance with previous school construction. I held for four ideas, not hitherto felt to be most desirable, as follows: a. A large hall readily accessible from the street, which could be used in making the school a public educational center. b. Broad halls and stairways to permit easy filing for several files at the same time. c. Uniform shape and size for classrooms, as nearly as possible adapted for about 35 students in class. d. Adequate and well equipped laboratories. I wrote a letter to each of the contestants, giving these points. I also stated a number of others such as the need of separate study rooms, etc. When the board came to the selection of the preferable plan, they could not agree, and voted to call upon me for a written report which I rendered. It will be found in the fiftieth volume of the transaction entitled Official Proceedings Board of Public Schools, page 611, f. f., Iuly 13, 1866. - This plan was adopted, and the building started, and carried to the first line of joists. Here it was stopped, foundations were covered, and the building waited for three years: when I re- ceived a letter from Mr. Wm. Koenig, then president of the board, asking me to write a letter giving reasons why the building should be resumed. I did this, the board agreed, and the building went on to completion. The ideas expressed in this building have been widely accepted in this country, especially in the Southern states. Mr. Ittner has used them, modified and improved, in many of his buildings. lBelgai31sE I had come to Nlew Orleans in 1887, I did not see the finished high-school building unti it a een in use severa years. j And, as Mr. Dixon has told you, the High School was appreciated by St. Louisans, for construction was soon begun on a large building to take the place of the old one at Fifteenth and Olive Streets. The large and al nilodern building was situated at 1030 Grand Avenue, located centrally in t e city. Although the last class to graduate from the old building was that of june, 1893, I wish to bring to your attention the class of Iune, 1891. One of America's foremost business men was a member of that class. To the nation he is one of its leading industrialists, but to Centralites he is one of the boys who made good. May I introduce to the radio audience Gerard Swope, indus- trialist, philanthropist, and Centralite? Mr. Swope: ' HAVE such pleasa-nt recollections of my high school days at the Cen- tral High School in St. Louis that I am glad to comply with your request to put down these few thoughts for THE RED AND BLACK. So your readers may have the proper sense of historical perspective, it is well for them to know that I graduated from the old Central High School in those almost prehistoric days of Iune, 1891. The school at that time was divided into three parts, one at Seventh and Chest- nut, where we spent the first year: then at Sixteenth and Pine, for another year: and the final Page Thirty-tlircc years at Fifteenth and Olive, All these buildings have since disappeared and their sites much changed. We lived on Olive Street, near Grand. My father had his office down on Broadway, a little over two miles east. He was a tall, spare man, with a good stride, and each morning we used to walk down, he to his office and I to school. This gave me a stride that has served me in good stead ever since and has been either inherited or acquired by all of my children, who, in turn, used to walk with me when they went to school. I have many pleasant memories of my classmates, but unfortunately those early associations have not been continued, except in one or two instances, no- tably with Edgar L, Taylor, now Vice-president of the Boatmen's National Bank of St. Louis, and a few other friends of mine who were in other classes. My recollections of some of my teachers are still very vivid. I remember particularly well Mr. W. S. Bryan, who had charge of chemistry in the chem- ical laboratory in the basement of the building, where all kinds of wild experiments were tried- although I do not recall that any of my acquaintances were ever injured or killed. He was a stimulating teacher, and my interest in science began with the work under his direction. It was here, also, in connection with my work in physics, that I built my first electric motor, having the castings for the field made in a foundry, building up the armature and wind- ing it and the field myself. It ran, but it never delivered the power that I fondly hoped it would. I need hardly make any comments on the place of science as a foundation for our engineer- ing work, our advance in all directions, and the very definite improvement in the standards of living and the well-being of an ever increasing number of people, particularly in the United States. But it was not only in science that my interest was awakened. I remember my French lessons, under Mr. Peltier, who was a jolly teacher. French was his native tongue, which he loved, and under his direction I obtained a writing and speaking acquaintance with French, which served me well on my first visits to France. I was asked to mention science, which of course has been so much in the forefront of my activities since leaving school, but I would much rather speak of the broader and broadening influences of foreign languages, of history, the development of people and government, which it becomes more and more necessary for our citizens to understand. Changes are inevitable: that is part of life, whether speaking of human beings or of nature. What is to be desired is that we understand the reasons for changes that have been made and are to be made and then see that new changes are not too radical, too abrupt, or too rapid in succeeding one another, so that equilibrium is maintained and that real progress is attained as we go along, taking full advantage of each new step. GERARD SwoPE The basis for satisfaction in life and accomplishments is largely laid in secondary educa- tion, and if these broadening influences are present, it is going to mean much for all students and the country as a whole in the years to come. It was because I believe in this so heartily that, when I was able, and because of the pleasant memories I had of my school days in St. Louis, I established the Swope Memorial Fund, in memory of my parents, to assist especially gifted and exceptional students to continue their education after graduating from the high schools of St, Louis. In September, 1893, the building at 1030 N. Grand Avenue is formally opened. These are the Gay Ninetiesp so picture, if you can, ladies, in sweeping skirts and large, feathered hats, walking down the streets. Streetcars are still drawn by mules, for it is not until 1895 that the Page Thirty-four .ynlfroclucing .... A page of St. Louis and Central High School History Bronze Tablet-Placed on the site of the First High School Building, N. E. Corner Fifteenth and Olive Streets, on the Fiftieth Anniversary. il V. ff ' me MNWEFLMA Mfliii I gwmgrqimx jwfw-M-i.wmvm.+m.wmm g Tlifilfflzil' M H. ,MirYiiPll?i.fffE5 Hhlifiifwtbillziwiii W f-iia cams. man scuoou.-s1.Lous.sw.nssum g uuuuruav vom: an muses no mmism-min Exiinigfii .,,g,. , ,. X 1- icq ,,?:i..f,f.m:-..i,,, , ... A World's Fair Award Three WorId's Fair A wards .-.Kw-- Festival Hall and Cascades-Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, 1904 last mule car is discontinued. A few contraptions called automobiles are making their appear- ance on American streets, and Get a Horse! is a familiar cry. Bi-metallism is an important issue, and America is entering more and more into World Affairs. In 1898 America declares war against Spain, and young Centralites wear buttons with 'Remember the Maine printed on them. Many Central boys join the army and the navy, and one who distinguished himself particularly was young Ensign Leigh Palmer, destined later to rise to the rank of Admiral. Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders are the heroes of every boy and girl. The American flag is carried beyond the seas, to Hawaii, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. But the Spanish War does not really open the eyes of America to the horrors of war. The average American continues to believe that his is the best world, and that the brutalities told of other eras will never become realities in his. Nineteen hundred and three and the Twentieth Century has begun. Central reaches her second milestone when she celebrates her fiftieth anniversary. The festivities are in charge of a committee, of which Mr. Isaac Hedges is chairman. Gentlemen, we are proud to introduce you: Mr. F. M. Crunden, Mr. Charles Nagel, Mr. james L. Blair, Mr. Benj. Taussig, Mr. Herman 1. Epstein, Mr. Ephraim Caplan, Mr. A. B. Chapman. And we are especially proud to introduce you, Mr. Hedges. Will you tell us of the celebration? An entrance fee to the exercises made possible the erection of a memorial tablet executed in bronze by Mr. Zolney, a noted sculptor, on the site of the first High School building on 15th and Olive. The memorial is placed on a building on this corner by the gracious permission of Mr. Wm. K. Bixby, trustee of the McMillan estate, to which the building belongs. Because of a rule which I was instrumental in getting the Board to pass the tablet has been kept clean and shining, its message still as bright and untarnished as when first inscribed. Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free. 'AThat they might have life and that they might have it more abundantly. One year later the St. Louis Fair opens and visitors from all over the world come to see and marvel at the progress man has made. Central's exhibits in the Education Department win high praises and many medals. Mr. Bryan, who was principal at that time, will tell us briefly of Central's part in the Worldls Fair in St. Louis. Mr. Bryan: HE LOUISIANA PURCHASE EXPOSITION held in 1904 was the first World's Fair to recognize the value of education in the political, social, and industrial life of the nation by assigning a separate building to education. Secondary Education was given special consideration. The various subjects of the course of study were represented by examination papers prepared by the pupils, living classes of pupils were conducted by teachers and demonstrated the actual work of the Central High School. Manual Training, Domestic Science, Drawing, Physical Culture readily lent themselves to attractive presentation. The papers prepared by various classes were bound in tooled leather covers, which showed the skill acquired by pupils of the Art classes. A jury of fifty judges met daily for six weeks and examined critically the work presented by the various nations which prepared the exhibits. Some of the nations were ably represented by educators who were familiar with the systems illustrated and were competent judges. To show how critical was the judgment exercised, one member of the jury refused to award a prize because the objects of Manual Training, constituting a very attractive display, had been prepared by a very limited number of exceptionally skillful pupils. His contention was that any school could turn out three or four capable workers, but awards should be given for class work. A Grand Prize was awarded to the Board of Education of St. Louis for Secondary Education. A Grand Prize was awarded to the Central High School. S h it Grand Prize was awarded for Drawing and Arts and Crafts-work of the Central High c oo . A Gold Medal was awarded to Living Exhibit classes of the Central High School. A Silver Medal went to Organizations of the Central High School. Gold medals were awarded to the principal of the Central High School and to the teacher of art. Miss Marie R. Garische, as collaborators. To the Public Schools there were awarded Grand Prizes: eight gold medals, nine silver medals, two bronze medals. The space assigned to the Public Schools of St. Louis was one hundred and forty by twenty-seven feet, and the exhibit was very instructive and interesting. Page Thirty-six W 'ggi' The next year, after the exposition, a young man by the name of Michael Walker joins the Central faculty, and from that time Central ,f' basketball, football, and baseball teams develop an alarming habit of fill winning championships. Q ' gfg ff-I In 1906 a dark-haired young girl was graduated from Central. Soon X after completing her work in college, plays, short stories, and novels writ- ' ten by her begin to appear in bookstores and in libraries, to be read by the 'fi' ' public, and Fannie Hurst takes her place among Americas Literary Great. She has graciously consented to tell us of the years she spent at Central. Miss Fannie Hurst: N the crowded areas of my memory, the old St. Louis Central High School stands out with vividness and reality. I can see it now, a red brick turreted pile remarkably modern for its period, standing on its little eminence between the Odeon on the north, and if I rightly recall, an elegant laundry on the south. Into that high-school building were crowded an intensive four years, dominated by one of the most arresting personalities that has ever, notwithstanding these adventurous and stimulat- ing years since, come into my life. I refer to William Schuyler, who, during the period I was a student in Central High School, was assistant principal. I am not at all sure that he was what is known in the vernacular as a good teacher. As I look back, it seems to me that he was not in step with the essential routines required of him. He was a man ahead of his time. and his theories of education, discipline, etc., had not yet come to be accepted in a more general way. What I do know about this man, as his influence relates to me, is that he was a transcend- ent, illuminating personality, with the heart of a poet and the mind of a scholar and philosopher. His classes were never masses. His students were never peopleg they were persons, one of whom it was my profound privilege to be. Even during my stormy adolescent years most of the faculty, and not without reason, fr fortune in having an understanding teacher and friend, such as William Schulyer. In later years, of course, I was to realize threefold to what extent he stimulated my imagination and awakened intellectual curiosity. That old red brick building on Grand Ave- nue will always be illuminated by the rainbow of that memory. In the days when I attended Central High we were an enormous family of fourteen hun- dred students. It was only in my senior year that Yeatman High School entered the scene. I can still hear the wooden floors of Central High School corridors resounding with the armies of students moving from classroom to classroom. We were a polyglot crowd of youngsters. South St. Louis, North St. Louis, The West End, mingling their various nationalities in the happy melting-pot of Central High. Much turbulent water has flowed under the bridge of human, national, and international af- fairs since those days. The high-school student of the present needs to be, and consequently is, more alert to world conditions than we were. Our world was still a comparatively peaceful place in which to dwell. Most of our parents voted the Repub- lican ticket, believed that children should be seen and not heard. We girls played basket- ball in bloomers and long cotton stockings, the phrase 'Ayouth movement had not yet been born, and a Kaiser reigned in Germany, a Czar in Russia, and a King in Italy. within the walls of Central High School when owned upon me, I was semi-aware of my great wut on' c F.fxNN1E Hunsr Page Tliirtu-sem n Because we were not particularly aware of world currents, life in those days concentrated itself emphatically within the school building. We were concerned chiefly with affairs that had to do with matters on North Grand Avenue. We were a co-educational institution, made up of boys and girls of wholesome naivete combined with a rather appalling ignorance, which parents of that period were pleased to call innocence Central High! I can still see myself in enormous pompadour and shirtwaist with a dip front, walking from my home in West Belle Place to school, my lunch in a folding tin box, my heart high with the thrill and excitement that high school meant to me in those days. There on Grand Avenue was my universe. There on Grand Avenue were the teachers and fellow-students who filled my days with interests, triumphs, and disappointments. Basketball, literary societies, school paper, school library occupied most of my after-school, as well as my school hours. Home duties were few. I concentrated with avidity on the four years I spent in Central High School. I worked fairly hard. I played extremely hard. I acquired too few facts, but an exuberant desire for more. The years in Central High School fed the youngster that was me intellectual vitamins that were to nourish me and sustain me in years to come. Yes, I think that we Central High School students of my period are entitled to feel that our institution took good care of us. I, for one, know that she sent me forward with the most important gift that education has to offer-intellectual curiosity. Thank you, Miss Hurst. You are an inspiration to us all, and your interest and generosity make you one of Centrafs most highly esteemed alumni. Some years later, in 1911, to be exact, a woman who later became a well-known artist went forth into the world after graduation from Central. She is listed in Who's Who in Art, in American Women, and in Impor- ' :,i,4g:P? f'Cf5dii-h '- 'Emfw-b .. aa, f . Q 2-fri? riff.. 35.515 - tant Women of America. These formidable accomplishments have left ' her as gay, stimulating, and human as when she first graduated from Cen- tral-an eager young girl with high ambitions and the will to make them come true. Mildred Bailey fCarpenterj, the designer of Central's owl pin. Mrs. Carpenter: N exciting moment for me at Central High was the time Principal Chester B. Curtis awarded me on Class Day an H for designing the permanent emblem lfor pin or ringl for Central graduates-won in competition among students of the school. Then there was the time I gave the class prophecy, feeling very elated-wearing a new dress of green and white, which were my class colors. And here, in answer to your question is my most embarrassing moment: In 1911 we wore detachable puffs on our hair. One noon, in the period when all the students paraded in two directions through the corridors, my puffs fell off my head and were picked up by a student, who put them in the desk drawer of a man teacher. Giggles and blushes ensued! Miss Mable Olmstead, Frederick Oakes Sylvester, and Clarence Stratton were outstand- ing among my teachers. Miss Olmstead remains the same as when I first knew her-stimulat- ing and warm. But in 1911, although America is quiet, Europe is feverish. Wild rumors begin to cross the Atlantic, leaving America puzzled and worried. But the belief that war is not inevitable prevails in America and the United States goes her way untroubled. Then in quick succession come Sarajevo, Austria's ultimatum, Russian mobilization, and then-War. A shocked America sees Belgium invaded, and to every school boy in America the phrase in his Latin book, Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori becomes a grim reality. But again America refuses to believe that the war in Europe can greatly concern her. Page Thirty-eight In the Class of 1917 there was a young man who was later to realize his ambition of be- coming a newspaper man. Possessed of a keen understanding and indomitable sense of humor, he was one of the leaders of his class. Mr. Richard Baumhoff, reporter for the Post-Dispatch, and for fourteen years associate editor of Shield and Diamond, national magazin.e of the college fraternity of Pi Kappa Alpha, may we hear from you? M Y FONDEST memories of high school are an intermingling of the good times of growing up with friends, learning many fascinating things about the world, and editing the last issue of the old High School News, when it was the semi-annual yearbook, preceding the RED AND BLACK. I was familiar with the old form of the News from the time I was able to read, early in the twentieth century, when my sister attended Central, and Central was the city's only high school. It really is hard to be articulate about memories of Central, because so many pleasant things of great variety and so few unpleasant things are bound up together in one's mind. Try as I will, the only amusing episodes I can recall really are not nice to relate, for they involve the discomfiture of teachers. There was the time when Mr. Schweikert, who liked to tilt back in his chair on the platform, tilted too far and fell over backwards in a Chaucer class. And there was always Miss Amelia Fruchte, whose bark was far worse than her bite: it was customary with us, in reading Shakespeare in her unique class, to skip about at will, without regard for continuity. Lincoln Barker, a fellow-student, in the long line of Barkers, now a Greek professor, used to join me frequently in long periods of staring at the interesting work of erecting the Tower Grove viaduct over the Frisco and Missouri Pacific tracks. Other days he and I would go to the attic of his home and operate a make-believe Frisco Railway in a miniature electric system. Two members of my class stand out in memory as students-Robert W. Pilcher, now a chemistry professor at the University of Missouri, and Cynthia V. Starr, now Mrs. Richard S. Stockton, who, with her husband, operates a book and gift shop at Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Dutch Seibert perhaps could be classed as an outstanding mischief maker of our day, though he did nothing really mischievous. He was funny. though. There was Iohn Waler Qprofj Barringer III, who endured a lot of kidding because of unquenchable interest in the Pennsylvania Railroad. It proved to be no joke, for he eventually worked up in the service of the Pennsylvania and moved to the Reconstruction Finance Cor- poration, where today, he has a nationally prominent part in handling the country's railroads. Another classmate who has accomplished much is Iohn I. Wolfe, who made a name as a prose- cutor in St. Louis County and now is a circuit judge there. When I was a freshman Qunew jay and two we called the first two semesters thenl, Paul Beisman and I flunked together in Miss Simmons's Latin class. Now he is manager of the world-famous Municipal Opera and of the American Theatre. Doubtless if I could look over the old lists, I could recall others who have accomplished things. It is hard to single out teachers for mention, for I liked and respected so many of them. Outstanding in my memory are Miss Olmstead, who still makes her history classes interesting and relates the world of the past with that of today's newspapers: Mr. Curtis, the principal: Miss Henne, of French-Canadian blood, from Marquette, Michigan, who made French interest- ing: Mr. Marshall, who called on me as Senor Arbolpatio and taught me enough Spanish to help me get about on a motor tour in Mexico last year: Miss Heltzell, who reported me for whispering in music class but made me like her: Miss Griffith and Miss Osburn, who knew how to instill a knowledge of English and its literature. Really, such a list could go on and on. Those who studied German used to tell how Miss Schneider, I think it was, used to open class with the statement: Die Kinder die nicht ihre Aufgaben fiir Heute gelernt haben, sollen aufstehen. The children who have not learned their lessons for today, stand up. Once at the end of the term Miss Griffith had us writing impromptu couplets in iambic, and I still don't know why she frowned when I offered this: Tomorrow is the day we flunkg the teachers think we're very punk. Standards of conduct in our day were not greatly different from now, I suppose, although they must have changed in many ways in the comparatively short space of time. Our class still thinks of itself as fairly young, yet we entered Central a couple of months before Taft left the presidency, and were halfway through when the World War broke out. I can still recall read- ing about the fatal shots at Sarajevo, and today, as I write, the papers are full of the troubles in Page Thirty-ninc Europe which may start a worse conflagration. Our class was through not long before America entered the war, and we saw and participated in many thrilling things, such as the great St. Louis Preparedness Parade. As a senior, I was one of those who, with quaking knees and trembling voices, addressed after-school gatherings of students in the old auditorium at Grand and Windsor on the various candidates for President. I spoke for Charles Evans Hughes, the Republican, although my political views were to change several times thereafter. Our manner of dress was simple and generally conservative. Teachers were fussy about boys removing their coats, except in hot weather, and to go without a tie was unheard of. Nor did the girls go about in ankle socks, and the occasional glimpses we had of the girls' gymnasium showed that they wore the darndest looking bloomer outfits and long hose there. The collegiate atmosphere was missing in the attire of boys and girls both. Probably in my senior year it was that I was asked to take my big collie dog, 'APrince to the Thanksgiving Day game with Soldan, as a mascot. That was a lot of fun, and Prince liked it, too. Coach Mike Walker had wonderful football teams in those days. One player I recall in particular, Steve McDermott, who, I think, played end, would roll up his jersey sleeves when he got mad and then it would be too bad for the enemy. Memories of Central for me go back to almost its earliest days, for my late mother attended the old school in the latter '7O's when it was at 15th and Olive, only a quarter of a century old, and she often recalled incidents of those times. Central still holds a warm place in my heart, as it does with thousands of others. The Preparedness Day Parade witnessed by Mr. Baumhoff foretold Q the day when soldiers would be recruited in almost every city in America, for in 1917 America enters the war. Many teachers, graduates, and stu- I dents join the ranks of the American army when the United States joins the war . . . to dedicate their lives to the ideal of Democracy. g g The activities carried on by Central in behalf of the war were many. Surgical dressings, comfort kits, etc., were made, and pupils subscribed q mg generously to all the Liberty Loans. But the most important activities were the Greek Games, given every year of the war in behalf of the Rea' Cross. These were games and dances of Grrcian origin put on by the Girls' Athletic Association of Central in the Municipal Opera. Miss Katherine Pfeifer remembers the last of this series of Greek Games and has kindly consented to tell about it. Miss Pfeifer: FIVE hundred girls sitting on the floor of the big gymnasium, Miss Sullivan trying to keep at least a semblance of quiet, Miss Lodwick measuring off yard after yard of beautifully colored cheesecloth -these are my recollections of one Saturday morning in April, 1918. We were preparing for the Greek Games, one of the biggest enterprises of the G. A. A. They were being given for the benefit of the Red Cross, and we, mere high-school students, were going to appear on the beautiful new Municipal Opera stage like real professionals to help keep the world safe for democracy. For weeks the gymnasium classes had been practicing athletic events and dances, while the art and sewing classes dyed cheesecloth for our authentic Greek costumes, the manual training classes made stage properties, and every person in school was busy selling tickets. Newspaper photographers came to our dress rehearsals. I can still remember the thrill of seeing pictures and names of people I actually knew in a big newspaper. Whether the performance was good or not, I do not know. People said it was. But the girls of the G. A. A., for the first time in their lives, had taken part in world affairs and had a wonderful time doing it. And so. at home and in France, teachers, alumni, and students did their bit in helping America win the war. The Croix de Guerre, The Distinguished Service Cross, and many other American and foreign decorations and citations were awarded Centralites. A beautiful bronze tablet, the work of Walker Hancock, also of Central, tells of those who gave their lives for their country. On Memorial Day Central's World War dead are honored in special meetings. Page Forty At last in 1918 the Armistice brings peace to the world, and the task of returning to civilian life confronts millions of young, war-weary Americans. The beginning of the incredible Twenties arrives, and prosperity seems a highly desirable condition, which only America enjoys. Mass production is the procedure of the day, the Machine Age becomes a reality. A little village in California called Hollywood has become the synonym for fame and fortune, while glamour becomes a fixation in the mind of every young girl. This was not an era of material achievement only, however: development of the automobile and airplane, hastened by the war, revolutionizes the life of the average American. New inventions and improvements over the old contribute to the comforts of life. All is not froth and foam. These hectic days see a change in the curriculum of St. Louis high schools. Commercial subjects are introduced, and liberalized courses of the classics are started. This is another era of expansion for schools all over the United States. But in 1927 the even tenor of Central's days is broken by disaster. The proud old school is destroyed by a tornado, and five of its young girls. Alice Berner, Eva Michalske, Blanche Reid, Zena Schneider, and Lois Shaw, meet death in the catastrophe. One of those in whose memory the tornado is still vividly retained is lane Wotke fHospesj. Mrs Hospes, will you tell us of it? 'T IS universally agreed that the surest way to bring rain is to go off with- out your umbrella: but it took one day in September, 1927, to bring to my startled attention the fact that a raincoat left at home can solicit a tornado. For three davs I had worn a new trench coat only to come home under a mockingly clear sky. On 'the fourth and fatal day I decided that I would not be fooled again by the over-cast skies of morning, and thus it came about that I walked home fthe Streetcar lines had been paralyzedl in a downpour in what had once been a resnectable hat and coat. I remember, too, my outraged feelings when we were told to go home. Why we should leave the Sanctuary of Central's roof for the dripping outdoors was beyond me. You see, I was unaware of the extent of the storm and of the danger which stalked the stricken building. At the time the tornado struck I was attending a physical education class in the boys' gym, which was roofed over by a skylight. Suddenly we all sensed rather than saw a shadow falling across the gym, and looking up, we were horrified to see a chimney coming straight down on to the glass above our heads. A single shriek came forth from our collective throats and with a unity of movement lwhich I cannot imagine will ever be equalled againl we rose as one and scuttled toward the door. Though badly frightened, I thought it was merely a strong wind which had torn the smokestack loose. Even after picking my way across the bricks which lay, unknowingly to me, as mute evidence of the tragedy beneath the collapsed southern tower, where five girls lay crumpled and still, the awful scope of the storm was not apparent. So I trudged home in a fine fury at being turned out, whereas I should have been thanking my lucky stars at being able to leave those doomed walls under my own power. Nevertheless, what to others brings memories of destruction and sorrow still remains in my mind as flashes of a raincoat . . . a menacing shadow overhead . . . a walk home in the rain . . . and a vile temper. The destruction wrought by the tornado is complete. The old build- ing is totally destroyed. The Board temporarily houses Central in the Yeatman Intermediate school building. but seeing the impossibility of maintaining two schools in the same building, they abolish Yeatman, and once more Central has a new home. The old building is never rebuilt. and the two oldest high schools in St. Louis are one. In that same historic year the newspapers of America one day carry the simple headline, Lindy Makes It. In his plane, The Spirt of St. Louis. he conquers an ocean and blazes the way for transcontinental gs and governments and worshipped by the world. Lindbergh remains the same young idealist who had the courage to make his dream come true. 1 'i-.'..-5521. lil ' :L wg if' H. ,g ti flying. Feted by kin On February I4 he returns to St. Louis. Crowds fill the streets, and swarm down to the levee, where he will make his first appearance. All the school children are there . . . every school represented. Mrs. Hospes. will you be our narrator once more? Page Forty-one CHARLES Aucusrus LINDBERGH-l928 SOMBER sky and a stiff breeze blowing up from the river didn't in the least dampen our enthusiasm as we stood en masse waiting on the levee, we being all the school children of St. Louis, and the cause of our excitement being none other than Charles Lindbergh who, earlier in the year, had spanned the Atlantic on that epochal flight which had roused the entire world as few things had ever done. However, as I stood looking at the gray water of the Mississippi, something of the bleak- ness in the atmosphere insinuated itself across my consciousnes and I thought how engulfing- how overwhelming must have been the realization of being utterly alone over the endless wastes of the Atlantic. Until then I had thought only of the glory and romance of Lindbergh's achievement, but now I perceived it was his courage and inlinite mental grit which made that achievement the glorious thing it was. While I stood musing, a great roar rolled across the levee, for the Lone Eagle had been sighted. Appropriately enough he came flying-like a modern young Lochinvar-from out of the West. I-Ie circled overhead and then dived expertly under the Eads Bridge. We stood bgeathless at the audacity of it, and then cheered lustily as we thrilled to the skill and daring o it. A few minutes more and he was gone. But I felt a certain exhilaration as though in that brief space I had had personal contact with greatness. On February II, 1928, Central has reached her seventy-fifth year. 6 The Diamond jubilee will live always in the memory of those who at- tended the celebration. Mr. Phillips W. Moss, a prominent lawyer of St. Louis, was a member of the committee in charge of the celebration, and has kindly consented to tell of the anniversary. Mr. Moss: .A THE yearbook of 1928 refers to the Banquet in honor of Central's Diamond Iubilee as an incomparable occasion. I think all who attended will agree - because as a banquet it was a total failure. Page Fort q-two The committee, Mrs. Chivvis, Iudge Grimm, Iudge Calhoun, Mr. Bryan, Mr. Douglass, then principal, Mr. Hedges, and I, debated long and earnestly the feasibility of a dinner. Finally it was decided that we attempt to sell 500 tickets. A preliminary Pep meeting of the Reception Committee at the old courthouse was attended by about seventy-five eager enthu- siasts and should have warned us of the impending riot. However, we blindly pursued our placid way, and with a group of young men and women, recent graduates, in charge, opened. one morning, our ticket office, a small room in the Boatmen's Bank Building, its use donated by the management. Before noon came a hurried S. O. S. A response revealed the tickets all sold and the corridors blocked by a good-humored mob of alumni refusing denial. There seemed no option save to accept their money and issue receipts for the coveted pasteboards, which were later rushed through the presses and duly forwarded. When the deluge of Central High loyalty had subsided, we found ourselves bound to feed and entertain nearly 2000 diners in a space which, crowded to the guards, might accommodate 1200. And yet they consider legislating such a school out of existence. Miss Gladys Gruner and her committee had assembled a greatly augmented kitchen staff, a couple of hundred upper-class girls had volunteered as waitresses, and numbered placards had been placed on the tables to apprise the diners of each class headquarters. Half an hour ahead of the dinner, the hall was the scene of forty or fifty class reunions, each new arrival greeted with cheers and proudly presenting wife or husband and children to the friends of long ago. And there at 6:30 it devolved on me to call the meeting to order. Order! King Canute's decree was no more ineffective than was my frantic but inaudible wielding of the gavel. Alas for the carefully prepared remarks of the chosen speakers. They were never delivered and-as one of them, I may say it, never missed. The trim waitresses emerging in good order from the kitchen, found their trays empty with their stations yet far distant. And still, such was the hilarious spirit of the assemblage that all were somehow fed and seemed to feel the occasion a great success. Indeed, surely, we have often since, while listening to a succession of After Dinner Speakers, longingly recalled The Central High Banquet. The Memorial meeting in the hall upstairs- all this, by the way, occurred at Beaumont High School-was less informal but no less notable. Iudge Grimm presided, and Messrs. Bryan, Curtis, and Douglass pithily traced the course of the school through their respective administrations. The alumni were represented by St. Louis's ranking citizen, The Honorable Charles Nagel, the beloved Mrs. W. R. Chivvis, and Mr. Herbert MacCready. And surely a unique, a well-nigh unprecedented event in any scholastic Diamond Iubilee, there was an eloquent speech delivered in a voice still clear and ringing, by a member of our first graduating class. the class of '58, Iudge Orrick Bishop. I saw him for the last time, a few days later, when he told me that the gathering, and his experience in speaking to the great audience, seventy years after his graduation, was the happiest occasion of his long life. From one whose career had been so eventful, so distinguished, this was indeed a tribute to a celebration the success of which, in the last analysis, was in its spontaneous reflection of the affection and loyalty, inspired by a long line of devoted teachers, in the hearts and memories of those who from more or less reluctant pupils, graduated into enduring friends. The sentiments you have just expressed, Mr. Moss, are those of every Centralite who attended the banquet, and our sincerest thanks to you for telling the radio audience of this memorable occasion. Introducing john W. Barringer, III, Chief Examiner of the Railroad Division of the R. F. C., whom Miss Anne Southwick, formerly Head jlgffit Secretary of the Central High School office, refers to whimsically as my 6 lgennsylvania Railroad boy. Mr. Barringer will explain the epithet. Mr. :A arringer: WF f fi THERE is a direct connection between Central High and my being Chief Examiner of the Railroad Division of R. F. C. Cen- tral friends who may remember me will recall in me a certain peculiarity which, if they did not entirely share with me, they tolerated and were sports enough to go along, which, in this case, meant quite literally, going along the railroad tracks -gforbthem, cpossibly a monotonous excursion, but for me, a way out to a life which I oun a sor inq an romantic. During high-school days a job on the railroad was still a long way off, and yet, this desire had to be fulfilled somehow, for this interest-obsession, if you will-was becoming quite in- f 'wi Tg Page Forty-three sistent. And here it is where the school gave me my chance. I shall never know exactly how it came about, for literary skill was not my game. Very likely it was one of those fortuitous things known as breaks But breaks, for all that, come of someone's awareness. And so I was made Editor of the High School News: and was given my chance to take my urge out in writing, which I did on railroads. Besides this, the Camera Club offered me an opportunity for photographing railroads, out of which developed one of the largest collections of railroad pictures anyone has ever assembled. My high-handed opinion on railway problems, on which I wrote papers and on which I addressed my graduating class is only interesting as a document in earnest of my convictions that transportation was my line: and a slight nostalgic glance back- wards that I have never been so assured since. Such is part of my debt to Central High School, which meant encouragement to a purpose- ful but undisciplined boy-friendships and the acquiring of a method with some tools in hand to do the thing I intended to make my life work. And that is my story. But to fill in the outline: Seeing my articles in print was not enough. I must get results which were not to be found in the English course, in mathematics, nor yet in the science department. So I took one of my railroad articles, printed in the Ianuary, 1917, High School News, and presented it in person with my compliments to a local official of The Pennsylvania in St. Louis. I still have his acknowledgment and thanks. I have never been accused of any deviousness in my character, nor have I ever been conscious of such: and I can- not recall any ulterior motive in this gift. Yet I do know that, on my graduation, I did present myself to the same officer with a request for a job. I suppose he must have thought there was some relation between the presentation copy of my railroad story, which was titled 'iAchieve- ment, and my desire to enter his company's service. Be that as it may, I suppose I seemed a likely enough prospect on which to take a chance, and I was sent as an apprentice to Altoona. I was an unskilled hand in the locomotive shops during the summer of 1917: but I got the necessary consent to undertake this job. And that is where I started on the work which I have followed ever since. In my case, Central High School was quite literally the stepping stone into a place which for me was the thing I liked best, even though four years of college-at M. I. T.-had to be sandwiched in between vacations working on the railroad before I could enter permanent employment. 'A' f 'A' Jana, now if 55 fha gear f938. A world-wide depression has sobered America. New governments and leaders, new problems and old ones confront today's Youth. The need for education is greater than ever that our future citizens may decide wisely and deliberately their course of action in the government and conduct of their lives. The whirring of some vast polished turbine, the shadow of a China clipper winging its way across the Pacific, the discovery and eradication of some disease-all tell of the work of the present and future. Education is the answer to the need of the world. Education of the mind and body: the formation of tolerant views and true friendships-these have been the ideals which Central High School has represented for over eighty-five years. Mother of High Schools . . . servant of the Youth of America. CENTRAL MARCHES ON! Page Fort y-four QIUMNI X W QQ ww fgfedenlfing Alumni and Tea h f C t I H gh School in the Af d S g SCULPTOR AND HIS MODEL Model for the figure of Courage, one of four to stand at the entrances of the Soldiers' Me- morial: and the sculptor, Walker Hancock, former St. Louisan and alumnus of Central Hiah School. SCULPTOR COMPLETES MODEL FOR MEMORIAL Photographs of First of Four Figures for Soldiers' Building Reach City. Photographs of a model of the first of. four works of sculpture by Walker Hancock, to stand at the north and south entrances of the Soldiers' Memorial on Memorial Plaza, were received to- day by Baxter L. Brown, president of the Board of Public Service. The pictures of the model, taken in a New York studio, were submitted for approval of the Plaza Commission. Page Fort u-six ir Each of the four works is to show a heavy winged horse, attended by an allegorical human figure. The one first completed is named Courage, and has the figure of a man holding resolutely to the bridle of the horse. The others are to represent Sacrifice, Loyalty, and Vision They are to be in Indiana lime- stone, and will be so arranged that the human figures are toward the spectator entering or leaving the building. Hancock, son of W. Scott Han- cock, St. Louis attorney, is director of the department of sculpture in Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia. The Indian Bird Charmer statue, near the bird cage in the St. Louis Zoo, is his work. The contract for the Sol- diers' Memorial figures was awarded to him 15 months ago, at S10,000, after a contract with a 59,000 bidder had been canceled on Brown's recommendation. Courtesv of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Monday, May 16, 1938. wwf::www-lsr::::::::ev-ereeeerrrre-r-::sr:++:v--Ju l vvvw-:::::e-N:v+:e:::v Y :v-::- -::v-:eeevev-:sr-:::::. ee::::.-e-ee-:-e.-:e :-:e -eeee:-e::::-N A R vv::--eexemeexeae:---:.-1:-.-eeeee:::::::-Q We now have the privilege of listening to Miss Marie R. Garesche. , ii ' who for many years was a teacher of art in Central and who has since wil A '. . . . . . ' devoted much time to writing and lecturing in her chosen field. Miss 5 Garesche: Tiff , 5 -tg-5 .3 'hi ADIES and Gentlemen of the Radio AudiencefThe subject assigned to me-Art at Central, from 1853 to 1938, presented several difficulties, not the least of which was the fact that to trace it back to its beginnings-the only logical thing to do-was something like hunting for that well-worn needle in a haystack. History, in the form of records and official reports, is absolutely silent on the subject. ln the Superintendent's report of the St. Louis Schools for 1855, two years after the establishment of the High School, afterwards known as Central, we get a faint glimmer. The eye-or the point of the needle ftake your choicel. begins to shine faintly. We read in that report that he, the superintendent, recommends the more general adoption of drawing in the curriculum for this reason-and mark it well-!'lt would afford amusement to pupils and help them while away some of the hours that hang so tediously on their hands. This recommendation was presumably intended for the grammar schools only, for can you imagine hours hanging tediously on pupils' hands in high school with its many varied studies and its shorter hours? However, we have found our needle. The existence of art, or at least one of its branches fdrawingghas been acknowledged as worthy or a place in the curriculum, if only as an amusement. Subsequent mention, however, is very meager. ln a report for 1859, we read that drawing in High School received prominent attention from a skillful teacher, but who that teacher was and how and what he or she taught are not mentioned. ln desperation l turned to an old friend, one of the oldest living graduates of Central, our beloved and honored Mrs. W. E. Fischel. This being the day of questionnaires, I sent her one, which, as I ex- pected, she promptly and definitely answered. In her school days at Central, that is from 1864 to 1868, she remembers that drawing was part of the curriculum frequired, as I ascertained from another source, during the first and second yearsl: that very little importance was attached to it and very little attention paid to it: that the course consisted principally of copying pictures, sometimes drawn on the blackboard by the teacher, also a little drawing from objects: that the equipment was very meager: that Miss Bigelow was the teacher: that she does not re- call that any member of her class showed any special talent for art, and that on the whole she thinks she can safely assert that the community in those days was not alive to the cultural value of art training. l can add that St. Louis was not alone in that respect. The same condition existed practi- cally everywhere in this country, in the East, as well as in the North, South, and West: in the universities as well as in the secondary and grammar schools. Art was for the specialist. the dilletante, and had no place in a system of education intended to fit the average pupil for life. Commercialism and the breadth of vision that characterized certain educational leaders of the calibre of our, W. T. Harris gradually brought about a change. The ugliness that characterized the art of the late Georgian and the Victorian period in England and that was reflected in the art of this country, had been 1 made painfully evident in a series of great ln- ternational Expositions, beginning with that of London, in 1851. In these, not only Art with a 2 big A, namely, painting and sculpture, but art MARIE R. GARESCHE Page Forty-sc-von An Old-Fashioned Boys' School William Scuqler, For- mer Assistant Principal of Central, posing as schoolmaster. applied to objects of every day use and as exemplified in the products of France, Italy, Spain. and even of the Far East, was so superior to that of England and America and this superiority was found to enhance so enormously the commercial value of the products of these countries. that it was decided something must be done. In England they acted promptly. Shortly atter the exposition of 1851, the great Kensington School of Art and Museum was founded in Lon- don. In this country nothing so definite or spectacular took place, and in fact we did not fully awake to the situation until the time of our own Centennial Exposition of 1876. From this time on the importance of art commercially and to a less degree, culturally has been recognized. We find that in 1875, Art History is required by all third-year high school pupils and is recog- nized as an important cultural experience for all the pupils. Please note this particularly, for in a way we today have gone backward instead of forward in one important phase of art education. Now, only pupils in the Art and Domestic courses get the benefit of the course in Art History and then only for the second term of their senior year. As pupils in these two courses form a decided minority of all the pupils enrolled in high school and as very few boys elect the art course and of course none, the domestic science course, it follows that the large majority of our high-school pupils and practically all the boys, get no glimpse whatever in their school course of that vast domain of art which has played such an important part in the civilization of the world. Occasionally an enthusiastic teacher of history or language cajoled las they often did me when teaching at Centralj some art teacher to give an illustrated talk on art to his or her classes-especially when they were studying Greek and Latin and those periods of history-the Greek and the Renaissance in particular, when art was one of the chief expressions of the national genius and without a knowledge of which neither the period nor the people can be properly explained or understood. I remember how Mr. Isaac Iudson, that cul- tured gentleman and accomplished Greek and Latin scholar, came back from a voyage in Greece simply amazed at the revelation that Greek art had been to him and how, from that time on, the walls of his classroom were always generously decorated with photographs and other reproductions of Greek and Roman art. So score one, please, for the old days at Central when all the students had one whole year of Art History, and pity the big majority today who get none at all. In the practical teaching of art, great strides were made from this time on. Trained teach- ers were employed. By slow degrees equipment improved-a lantern and a collection of lan- tern slides, which was augmented annually, were provided for the teachers of Art History. Graceful vases and other bric-a-brac, rich in color, beautiful replicas in plaster of historic orna- ment, were substituted in the drawing rooms for the chalk pictures on the blackboard. There Page Fort if-ciglit was not at first much formal instruction in design, color, and composition, but the pupils im- bibed these from the presence and contemplation of good examples of all threeMone of the best and surest ways after all of accomplishing these ends. Geometric solidsafthe cube, the cylinder, the square, and the triangular prism-'fall were used to teach the fundamental forms that under- lie all objects. These have disappeared from the art classroom today, but l for one want to register my approval of them as a means of teaching fundamental forms and the rules of per- spective, both of which in the modernistic craze that is on us, are almost ignored: and l am looking forward to a Renaissance of the use of geometric solids in the teaching of drawing to correct the ignoranceareal or assumed, of would-be artists who defy all the laws of gravity as well as of appearance and fill their canvases with tottering houses, rivers running up hill, two or more objects occupying the same space at the same time, and numberless other disturbing aspects that suggest cataclysms of nature or that the artist HJ was suffering from a disordered imagination or too much night life. Self-expression, originality, creativeness, are well and good and should be given ample opportunity to develop in any and every art course: but there is a grammar of artfa body of principles and terms that must be mastered before self-expression or creativeness are possibleef-just as there is a grammar of language together with a vocabulary of words and a rhetoric teaching the use of that vocabulary, all of which must be mastered before even a talented or inspired individual can express himself in words. When Cezanne used the word Cubism, he meant a return to solid fundamental form, which the lmpressionists had almost forgotten: intoxicated as they were with light and color: and I am sure the poor man would rise in his grave if he could see how the word has been distorted to mean just the opposite of what he intended. Another forward step in the development of art at Central was the gift by public spirited citizens, prominent among whom was Mr. Rudolf Schmitz, and later by purchase on the part of the Board of Education, of fine examples of sculpture, painting, and architecture freproduc- A Colonial Dame School Miss Beeson, a teacher of Cen- tral, posing as the old dame. Pagc Ifllfflj-Ilffll' An Early Christian Cathedral School School of Charlemagne Mr. Iudson, a teacher of Central. as Charlemagne, and Mr. Middleton, teacher of history at Cen- tral, as Alczzin. A Greek School Mr. Dunhaupt, a teacher of Central, as Socrates. tions of coursej that were placed at strategic points in halls and classrooms where all the pupils could see them, Provision was also made for the purchase not only of artistic vases and bric- a-brac, but also of flowers and for study from living models. Students were encouraged to visit the Art Museum, often in the company of the teacher, and were directed to exhibitions of fine and industrial artwthe latter often to be found at special times in the big department stores. The domestic science teachers often collaborated with the art teachers, the latter having their classes design objects such as collars, bags, runners, etc., which were afterward worked out in the domestic science department. I once tried an experiment with a third-year domestic science class that turned out most satisfactorily. Each pupil designed a house, simple of course, one story in height, and drew the ground plan and two elevations, carefully considering the proper placing of doors and windows from the point of view of both composition and utility, also providing in the plan for all necessary furniture-something that is so often neglected by other- wise competent architects. From the plan and the two elevations they made a perspective drawing showing the appearance of the house. They also composed a color scheme for the walls, the ceiling, and the woodwork of the living room and designed and made up a runner on cushion cover to harmonize with it. All were so interested that they constantly got permis- sion to spend their vacant periods in my classroom QI often had to send them away for lack of roomj in order to work on My House which I am sure each and every one dreamed she would occupy some day. I have been asked to make some mention in this talk of some work we did at Central in connection with the World's Fair in 1904. Mr. Soldan, Superintendent of Schools, had planned with Mr. lttner, the architect of the board and the pioneer of beautiful school architecture in this country, a facade for the St. Louis School Exhibit, adorned with sixteen pictures illustrat- ing chronologically the history of education. These pictures were to be photographs of groups in appropriate poses, costumes, and surroundings, of pupils and adults chosen as far as possible from the schools of the city. Enlarged on ground glass, colored, and with appropriate borders and legends, they occupied the front of hollow piers spanned by flat arches that formed the facade of the St. Louis Exhibit. Behind them was another sheet of ground glass, and behind this were dozens of small electric lights, making the pictures glow like beautiful stained-glass windows. Mr. Soldan entrusted me with the execution of this work giving me carte blanche as to selection of subjects-also as to any necessary expense for costumes, scenery, and acces- sories. I asked for and obtained as an assistant Miss Rhoda Chase, daughter of Harry Chase, one of America's most noted marine paitners. Miss Chase gave me invaluable assistance in the designing and execution of the decorative borders that surrounded the pictures-each of A School in Egypt Setting, Moolah Temple in St. Louis. Page Fifty-one The Rise of the Universities Mr. W. S. Bryan, Prin- cipal of Central High School, as the professor. A Blue Coat Boys' School Mr. W. S. Bryan, Prin- cipal of Central High School, as the Lord Mayor of London. Scriptorium of a Monastery Mr. Mahood, teacher of English at Central, and Mr. Taylor, Assistant at the Public Library, as Do- minican Monks. which was different from the others, each having to harmonize with the period in which the scene of the picture was laid. A dark room was fitted up for me at Central and another room was equipped as a combination studio for coloring the plates and a dress-making establishment f r the making of costumes that could not be hired or obtained in any other way. I was re- lfbved from my classes as the work took me the better part of a year: and I had the full co- 'peration of students and teachers of Central as well as of Mr. Soldan, Mr. Ittner, and Mr. athmann, the assistant superintendent. Mr. Ittner had made, from drawings that I furnished im, a number of objects-chiefly furniture and accessories-and ransacked the junk rooms of t e Board of Education for such things as the old stove and coal bin that figure in the picture, N OLD-FASHIONED BOYS' SCHOOL, in which Mr. Wm. Schuyler, Assistant Principal at Cen- t al, took the part of the schoolmaster, who with a quill pen behind his ear, a birch rod in one and, and a book in the other, listens to a class of grammar-school boys squirming in various egrees of order and disorder, the latter especially apparent in the last row: that is, the one rthest from teacher. I had planned for a dunce in this picture, crowned of course with the t aditional dunce cap and segregated from the rest of the class, but had a little delicacy about sking any particular boy to take the part: so I decided to call for volunteers. When I asked, ' Who will be the dunce? they all spoke up in one voice, I will. Please take me, etc. Profit- g by this experience, when I needed a dunce in another picture, namely, A COLONIAL DAME CHOOL, I simply selected my dunce at once, much to the delight of the little boy selected and t the corresponding disappointment of the other boys in the group. One was consoled by eing allowed to be the bad boy, punished by being put in a corner behind the settle fa crea- tion of Mr. Ittnerl from which he amuses himself by letting a cat out at the end of a string, while the Old Dame-a part taken by dainty, kindly Miss Beeson, a teacher at Central-sits complacently in her high-back chair pointing with her stick to the figures she has traced in the sind fthere were no blackboards in those daysl and quite oblivious to the hilariousness that c aracterized the whole group-including the dunce and the small boy on the settle. I cannot be grateful enough to the students and teachers of Central for their help and co- cilperation in this work. The students came to consider it quite an honor and distinction to be c osen to figure in the pictures. Whether the teachers were of like mind, I have never quite determined, but I know that not one refused, but all uncomplainingly and even cheerfully allowed themselves to be dressed up in wigs, flowing garments, ecclesiastical garb-or what- ever else their part called for. I remember that when I asked if he would pose in one of the pictures, he answered with just a touch of asperity in his voice, I suppose as Socrates. Ex- actly, I answered, but I hastened to explain that it was only his general contour, his high i l The Invcrztion of Printing Page Fifty-thrcc l Minstrelsq The First Kindergarten A Roman School brow and his beard that made him resemble the portraits of Socrates that have come down to us and which prove to us that he was no beauty. For the Athenian youths who were to be ,grouped around Socrates I chose boys with regular, Greek features and well-proportioned, lithe bodies. l told them they would have to let their hair grow to a certain length, as comparatively long hair distinguished the higher classes in Greece from the lower. It happened that we had that year a cold, belated spring, and as the picture was to be taken out of doors in the Ionic iportico of a friend's house in Compton Heights, I was obliged to postpone taking the picture for several weeks. During that time, l would occasionally meet one of my Greeks in the corridors of the school, who tossing his hair out of his eyes to emphasize his words, would greet me with Miss Garesche, can't I get a hair cut or some equivalent remark. Not on your life was my invariable answer and, believe it or not, l don't think one of those boys did get a hair cut until after that picture was taken. For the picture expressing the ideals and spirit of the Romans, those ancient militarists bent on conquest, I selected boys from the football squad, their sturdy, muscular bodies clad in the armor of Roman soldiers and grouped about a Roman Emperor in the act of crowning a vic- torious general. In the picture, AN EARLY CHRISTIAN CATHEDRAL Scnool., when Pope Gregory the Great for the first time in history extended the benefits of education to poor and rich alike, I chose the leader of the Glee Club to impersonate Pope Gregory, who, in the garb of an Augustinian Monk, often supervised in person the schools he had founded. Music was an important branch of the curriculum and the beautiful church music which arose at that time, encouraged by the Pope if not all composed by him, still goes under the name of 'AGregorian. The great round arches in the basement of old Central supplied the background for this picture lwith considerable elimination in the negative of steam coils and electric lightsl. The great ,arch in the vestibule on the north side lwith the stairway in the background, likewise elim- inatedl formed the setting for the School of Charlemagne, with Mr. Iudson in regal attire, with a crown on his head, officiating as Charlemagne and Mr. Middleton, teacher of history, taking the part of Alcuin, the Benedictine Monk, brought from England by Charlemagne to preside over his schools-on the benches of which he often sat himself, an earnest and enthu- siastic pupil. ln the picture, A FASHIONABLE GIRLS' SCHOOL in the 18th Century, Miss lennie Iones, one of the most efficient and inspiring teachers of English that Central ever had, figures as a stern duenna, who, seated in the background in wide skirts and long corkscrew curls hanging over her face, is sharply watchful that the dancing master and his pretty pupil, to whom he is teaching a new step, are not indulging in any romantic talk or glances, while beautiful Clara A Fashionable Girls' School Miss lennie Iones, a teacher of English at Central, as the stern duenna. Butler, the daughter and granddaughter of two public school principals, is sitting, ostensibly working on a sampler: but, the duenna's attention being attracted elsewhere she is coyly casting adoring glances at the handsome young dancing master. Another girl is standing with a wooden contrivance on her back from which two pieces project and around which her arms are curled. This was an instrument of mild torture applied in those days to young ladies who showed a disposition to be round-shouldered. To turn them loose in a gymnasium or on a tennis court was, of course, not dreamed of. The other figure in the group is a small girl seated on a tabouret in the foreground. ln her hands is a book-the only one in the picture-but the little girl has let it drop listlessly in her lap-for she too has her eyes fixed on the dancing pair and is dreaming of the time when her real education will begin. The entire group in the picture, THE RISE OF THE UNIVERSITIES was drawn from Central. Mr. Bryan looked to perfection the part he impersonated, namely, a professor in a medieval university in cap and gown-the cap red, the colors worn by doctors of law, but chosen in this case for the bright note it would give to an otherwise rather sombre picture. The students, all seniors of that year, also in cap and gown with quill pens and little tablets in their hands and inkhorns hanging at their sides, are grouped around the professor, some standing, others seated on bales of straw which they carried from one classroom to the other, for the equipment in those old universities was anything but luxurious, the students making up in enthusiasm for what they lacked in comfortable surroundings. flt is known that 20,000 at one time attended the University of Paris.j For lack of classrooms, professors often held classes in courts sur- rounded bv brick or stone walls. Old Central's inner court, with its dull red brick walls, made an ideal setting for this picture, the dull red color of the bricks combined with the soft green of the canopy under which the professor stands, his red cap, and the yellow bales of straw, making this picture quite colorful in spite of the sombreness of the caps and gowns. Time fails me to describe even briefly all the pictures. I cannot omit, however, at least mentioning the one entitled A BLUE COAT BOYS' SCHOOL, the first governmental free school of modern times, in which Mr. W. S. Bryan, Principal of Central, impersonated the Lord Mayor of London, who in full official regalia, white wig, white silk knee breeches, and long flowing cape, received annually the boys of the school and bestowed on each a bun and a penny: nor of the Scriptorium of a Monastery in which Mr. Mahood, teacher of English, and Mr. Taylor, Assistant at the Public Library, appear in the garb of Dominican Monks with two high-school boys as younger monks, all intent on copying or illuminating by hand manuscripts, which before the invention of printing were the only books available. And it was their patient toil that preserved for us the rich heritage of classic and medieval literature without which the world would have been so much the poorer. To return to our main subject, the history of art at Central. l have not been able to find out how long Miss Bigelow taught there nor who succeeded her. In the 80's we find Mrs. Margaret Taylor, she of the lovely white hair fas we knew herl and the courteous manners and with noth- ing of the professionaluschool marm about her. Many of her old pupils testify to the enthusiasm she inspired in them for the beautiful in both nature and art. As the school grew in numbers, and as the art course became more comprehensive and thorough, more than one teacher was required. Mrs. Taylor was still teaching when my connection with Central commenced, but she resigned shortly after. Others of my colleagues there at various times were Frederick Oakes Sylvester, Alfred Churchill, Antoinette Taylor, Lillian Mason Brown, Agnes Lodwick, and Louise Rowe. Subsequent teachers were Lottie Dayton. Augusta Finkelnburg, Evelyn Fitch, Florence Knepper, Amelia Krag, Carrie Wilkerson, and Lillie Willemsen. Many alumni of Central have distinguished themselves in the world of art, some achieving an international as well as a national reputation. Chief among these are Mary Fairchild Low, distinguished both as a painter and a sculptor: Richard Miller, painter, who, together with Mrs. Low, is represented in leading museums in Europe as well as in this country, notably in our own City Art Museum. McLelland Barclay-illustrator and sculptor, who some years ago took up sculpture with the idea of placing beautiful objects of art in American homes. To carry this through he is using the latest methods of reproducing his work. Today, with the assistance of his brother Shepard as business manager, fwho made a name for himself as a writer and bridge expertl, he is distributing his work through the McLelland Barclay Art Products, lnc., and is meeting with marked success. Walker Hancock, the grandson of the eminent specialist, Dr. Spenser, is another Central alumnus of whom St. Louis can be justly proud. One of the most talented and best known of American sculptors today, St. Louis will soon have the opportunity of seeing examples of his Page Fifty-six l lart, as he is at present at work on four monumental figures that will flank the two entrances of lthe Soldiers' Memorial now under construction on the Plaza. Many Central alumni besides those just mentioned have made a name for themselves in the art of their own city and country. Among these are Albert Block, painter and director of Art in the University of Kansas, Cornelia Maury, Martha Hoke, Nancy Coonsman Hahn, Blanche Scharff Skrainka, Alice F. Herthel, Emily Bausch Sumna, Adele Schulenberg Gleason, .Mildred Bailey Carpenter, Theresa Iones Sommers, Ruth Felker Thomas, Cora Pfeiffer Garret, lane Peyton, May Sharp, Remington Schuyler, Sophie and Amy Isaacs. To this list must be added those who adopted the teaching of art as a profession but whose professional duties in that line did not hinder them from continuing their own work-and in many cases from qualify- ing as professional and successful artists. Among these are Lillian M. Brown ldeceasedl and Margaretta Brown, Evelyn Fitch, Iessie M. Gleyre, Antoinette Taylor, Stella Trueblood, Flor- ence Hazeltine, Lillie Willemsen, Louise S. Barbee, Agnes Lodwick. An alumna of Central, Corinne Steele Hall, is President of the Art Section of the Federation of Women's Clubs. Another, Mary M. Powell, is in charge of the educational department of the St. Louis Art Museum and Mrs. Erma Perham Proetz, also a Central alumna, has made a great success in the line of Commercial Art Advertising. I am afraid there are many omissions in these lists and that many talented alumni of Central, who have drifted away from their native or adopted city, have made good in some line of art in other places. I can recall many individuals in my own classes who showed marked talent and ,who I like to think were able to carry on in a line of work they loved so well and for which they showed such marked aptitude. If they are within range of this radio talk, it would be a great ,pleasure to hear from them, and if the future presents another occasion similar to this one, to ienroll them in the honor roll of Central's successful alumni in the world of art. Introducing all teachers of Art in Central High School since the course was Hrst introduced into the course of study of the High School in 1, ii-...liz 1 -fri I' - 4 V . V in in- 'I Ml T' , 4 'V' -gut: . 4, Harriet L. Bigelow, '65-'69 Hannah S. Binney, '80-'81 Lillian M. Brown, '97-1903 Margaretta Brown, 1904-'07 Alfred V. Churchill, '91-'95 Ruth Emily Crone, 1931 Lottie E. Dayton, '14-'17 Augusta Finkelnburgfl 1-'15 Marie R. Garesche, '89-'91, '94-1910 C. K. Gleeson, '15-'16 Lizzie B. Gow, '75-'78 Iohn Keller, '56 Florence Knepper, '23-'26 Amelia C. Krag, '26, '28, '30 Carmetta Leach, '72-'74 Agnes I. Lodwick, '16-'37 Helen M. Richardson, '63 P. Roetter. '57 Louise M. Rowe, '05-'27 Matilda F. Smiley, '71 Frederick Oakes Sylvester, '92-1914 Antoinette P. Taylor, '93-1904 Mrs. Margaret H. Taylor, '81-'88 Lillie Willemson, '17-'20 Mary A. Williamson, '70-'71 f-i SS 3ii?Y-N- SSSi 3 '3Y2iii ?iii'llil'3ii'Ei '.,.N..i 'i -'iii-1-m'++::+++ ir Y Y Y: :::::::Y :::4srY Y Y Y Y Y eeewvv- Page Fifty-seven V W k - - I--N :-5- ur-pg:-i. .- vny X x - X X , N 3,a3.,,,q,fazgIi.r3,.5.f , XX XTX in +1 'fix X K 4:---.-33' J - u- Q-:f,.4.:ua:vf N .,r. -F-'Vg L. HI., W qw-.g1. I x ll ,v -1,-..q.gem,1.-4, ' N if-ff' X 'f l'i 2. 1531-711 . X 1 lv AAN - 5 Mg!! 310 -1 -1, A FQ-Z ..' .htm li 17335 'JY MT ' ' . '.W- -aavi'. ' Air-Wd if.s'ig! . NI -.Yihzfw , T57 'a-'5 f.-13 JM -I !:.,t:.' ',af,.55r3 ff.. 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' ' N' A X 4 1 r X l f f '. f' f f 119-1 , C Q1 ,:1. l a 4 ' 113511 . , .1-L I l,?.v.Iq ' . f' ' S r 25 X X Q! VN ' N3fi-. 1 ' ,y . N. N 27? r a P X Q X ' f if Q 1 I T5-ffjrlg 113, nga. ,,uf -I - ' K -' ' nf- ' S . Y .rbi V' 1239? w 7,-ra -I f?ia.,,f 3 . x , r ig!! dish-QLW' A ,Q ' 'aigfiii 'Q-3:4912 :L Sig' gif' ff-P999 ' 1' in ' a VVJKHANSGQ MUSHC3 Drawing by Walker Hancock. Made while he was Art Editor of the RED AND BLACK. vvvwxrravvvvvvvxrrlvvvvvxr wvvvv zvvvvvvvvv- :mlvvwxfvvv f N no field have our graduates made a better showing than in music I if should like to introduce here Leo C. Miller, musician and teach.er, presi- -'-N dent of the class of january, 1904, and founder of the Central High School gf Violin Club, which for many years was unsurpassed by any similar school W, organization in the country and which numbered among its members Her- bert Stein, Edgar Booker, Herbert johnson, Wm, Cowperthwaite, Martin I Fronske, julian Mersereau, Harry Berger, Herbert Woods,.Sam Lasko- M witz, David Turk, Edmond Siroky, Harold Mange, Frederick Arnstein, Walter Skrainka, Eli Goldstein, David Hochman, Carl Glaser, jacob Lie- berstein, jacob Rothberg, Philip Gronemeyer, Richard Richter, Fred Dolke, Walter Stockho, and julius Silverberg lnow in Californiaj for many years first violinist in our symphony orchestra. R. MILLER has had an eviable musical record. After high school and a four-year special course at Washington University, he studied abroad for seven years under masters. He re- turned to become head of the music department of Lindenwood College for three years and, finally, Director of the Miller-Ferguson Institute of Music, now in its twenty-third year, and supervisor of the Piano and Musicianship departments of the Academy of the Sacred Heart fsince 19251, and of the Villa Duchesne lsince the founding of the school in 193Oj. Artist pupils under Mr. Miller's tutelage have won scholarships at Curtis Institute, Eastman School of Music, Fontainebleau, Chicago Musical College, and Denver College of Music: they have won in Illinois and Missouri State and Washington University contests, as well as in the Greater St. Louis contest for pupils of high-school age. A few of Mr. Miller's professional honors are as follows: Director, Music Department, Lindenwood College, 1917-1920: President of the St. Louis Musicians' Guild, 1922-1926: Con- ductor of the jessie Gaynor Choral Club, 1916-1926: Honorary Degree, Master of Music, Chi- cago Musical College, l93Op Secretary, Music Teachers' National Association, 1931-1932 and 1932-1933: Vice-president, Music Teachers' National Association, 1933-343 Honorary member of Phi Mu Alpha in 1935: President, Missouri Music Teachers' Association, 1934-1935. But we must let you proceed with the findings you have made concerning a few of Central's graduates who have made a name for themselves in music. Is it true that your information comes directly from the musicians themselves-or from relatives? LEO C. MILLER ES. I thought that would be an interesting way of handling the subject-better than attempting to make a thorough study in so limited a time: HENRY ROBYN Deceased Taught music at Central High in 1870. Did not attend. Born in Emrech-on-Rhine, Germany, 1838: died at sea in 1879. Director of Music in the Missouri School for Blind 118701. Knighted by King of Brazil, Don Pebro, 1871, in recognition of his work in applying the Braille system to music for the blind. Book: Thorough Description of Braille System for Reading Music. This book was published in St. Louis, 1867, and printed by August Wiebusch 8 Son, St. Louis. Mr. Robyn wrote many songs for use in Central High at time he taught there. ALFRED G. ROBYN Born in St. Louis, 1860 Died, New York, 1936 Attended Central High about 1875. Did not graduate. Lived in St. Louis until 1910. Honors: Doctor of Music, St. Louis Uni- versity, 1909. Founder of Apollo Club and Amphion Club. Was organist at Holy Communion Church and Temple Israel, St. Louis. Organist at Tompkins Avenue Congregational Church, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1911. Compositions: Operas- Yankee Con- sul, 1903: Princess Beggar, 1908: Yan- kee Tourist, 1910. Songs- Answer, 1885: A Heart That's Free, 1911: etc. He also wrote a mass and oratorios. VICTOR LICHTENSTEIN 31415 Washington Street San Francisco, California Graduated from Central High in 1888. Present position: Director of Music fSym- phony Orchestral at the Iewish Community Center in San Francisco. Member of San Francisco Symphony Or- chestra from 1921 to the present. Music critic of Reedy's Mirror fSt. Louisl. Lecturer for San Francisco Symphony and San Francisco Opera Association, etc. Quote: A lively and affectionate recol- lection of dear old Seymour, mathematics teacher: likewise of old Froelich, who gently reprimanded George Vieh and me for play- inq Schubert's Ave Maria, Allegro com- modof' Page Sixtu TYRIE W. LYON 4957 McPherson, St. Louis, Missouri Graduated from Central, 1901. Present position: Organist St. Roch's Church, St. Louis. Quote: Recall with pleasure the efforts of Egmont Froelich to inspire high-school students with a love for music. Miss BIRDIE HILB 5330 Pershing, St. Louis, Missouri Graduated from Central, 1911. Present position: Director of Music in Roosevelt High School. Soprano soloist at Eighth Church of Christ, Scientist, St. Louis, 1924-1935. Song: Rosalind, music by Miss Hilb: words by Frederick O. Sylvester: published by Carl Fischer. Outstanding results in choral conducting and A Cappella choir. E. PRANG STAMM Northwestern Hotel, St. Louis, Missouri Attended Central High. Present position: Head of Music Depart- ment in Beaumont High School. Organist Holy Communion Episcopal Church. Organizer and conductor, Cardinals Base- ball Team Boys' Band. Composer of many compositions published by Shattinger and Company. PAuL FRIESS 321 Belt Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri Attended Central High but did not grad- uate. Organist at the Church of St. Michael and St. George: also at Temple Shaareth Emeth. On the faculty of Lindenwood College. IAMES T. QuARLEs 300 Westmount, Columbia, Missouri President of the Missouri Music Teachers' Association for many years. Member of Phi Mu Alpha: president for many years. For- mer president of the Association of Deans of Music of State Universities. NATHAN SACKS 5330 Pershing Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri Graduated from Central, 1887. Honorary life member of the National Mu- sic Teachers' Association. Lecture-soloist with the Board of Education. ERNST C. KROHN 51 1 N. Taylor Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri Attended Central High but did not grad- uate. Pianist, teacher, lecturer. Publication: A Century of Missouri Mu- sic. MRS. FREDERICK NUSSBAUM fAnna May Lowensteini Congress Hotel, St. Louis, Missouri Attended Central High but did not grad- uate. Musician and teacher. Missouri State Chairman of National Ra- dio Auditions, 1927-'32g founder and direc- tor, Mel-Harmonic Club. Songs written: Nostalgia, The Leaf and the Wind, Ml Know Not Why. Many piano publications. Quote: Happy thoughts of my days at Central High, with sincere greetings to Prin- cipal Bryan as well as to our splendid teach- ers and the girls and boys of my classes. I truly rejoice in those grand old memories. PAUL TIETJENS New York City Pianist and composer of 1'The Wizard of Oz, The Tents of the Arab, incidental music for the Maude Adams productions, four symphonies, and n u m e r o u S Songs, quartettes, and piano pieces. ERNST RICHARD KROEGER 1862-1934 Attended Central High but did not grad- uate. For forty-five years before the public in many capacities: Director of the Kroeger School of Music 26 years: in Park College,33 years: of the Extension Division of Washing- ton University, 6 years. He was a member of various college summer faculties-Cornell University, University of California, etc. Among his honors the following are of spe- cial note: Oflicer of the French Academy since 1904: Master of Programs Bureau of the St. Louis World's Fair: Honorary Mem- ber of Phi Mu Alpha Fraternity fSinfoniaJ. For many years Mr. Kroeger was organist of the Church of the Messiah funitarianl in this city. Most popular among his many compositions are the following: Prairie Sad- ness, March of the Indian Phantoms, Egeria, Orpheus and His Lyre, Bend Low, Dusky Night. Dr. Kroeger has written two String Trios: four String Quartettes: one Piano Quartette with strings, and one Piano, not published. HERBERT R. FENTON Graduated in the class of Ianuary, 1921. He is organist and choir director of West- minster Presbyterian Church and he is also director of choruses and instructor of piano, organ. and harmony at the Missouri School for the Blind: he is also a teacher of piano and organ at the Miller-Ferguson Institute of Music. ERNST RICHARD KROEGER IAMES T. QUARLES Paqc Sixty-om' AND NOW MAY I SAY A FEW WORDS IN APPRECIATION OF Ce1fLfra!.J4lig!a AGNIFICENT Symphony concerts, Muny Opera, Civic Music League Concert Series by great artists, Chamber Music Series, splendid Choral Concerts, Little Theatre and the Players, the Art Museum Lecture Series by great art authorities, University courses and lectures of all types, Memorial Plaza, Park Plaza, Iefferson Memorial, the Zoo, many beautiful high schools and grade schools, the pageant of 100 years in music education given wonderfully by the pupils of these schools under the inspiring direction of Ernest Hares. What a tremendous development since the Old Central High days of 1900-1904. lust as one is filled with gratitude to and admiration for those citizens of character, inspira- tion, and vision, whose efforts have made our city a better place to live in, one can but feel the same urge to express deepest gratitude to the memory of those educators who helped build such a good cultural foundation in the pioneer days. With reference to my Central High days, I recall vividly the deep interest shown in music by William Schuyler, George Platt Knox, and Chester B. Curtis, all of whom enjoyed music as a hobby. Their enthusiasm was infectious and did much to interest the students in good music. I also remember the intensive but always kind and sympathetic efforts of William H. Pommer, supervisor of music at Central High, to open up proper avenues of approach to great music. He was one of America's finest European trained musicians of broad culture, whose contribution to our great World's Fair of 1904 was the very beautiful concert given under his direction by hundreds of school children. At this time two of St. Louis's qreatest musicians were most active, Charles Galloway as official organist of the World's Fair, and Ernest R. Kroeger, Master of Programs. I was most fortunate to be a pupil of these two masters for many years. I met Mr. Kroeger through Wm. Schuyler. I shall be forever grateful to such teachers as Anne Waney, Iennie Iones, Annie Matthews, Mrs. Hildenbrandt, Miss Chase, Mr. Douglass, Iohn Spargo, Paul Peltier, and to Principal W. I. S. Bryan, for their kind, human understanding and helpful attitude. May I suggest that the best memorial to the great pioneers of our Central High would be to bring great music to as many of our citizens as possible fboth as listeners and perform- ersl and to do everything in our power to improve the many blighted districts in our city. Intelligent voting and active participation in our city's affairs will do wonders. Thank qou, Mr. Miller. And thank you, Mr. Iames T. Quarles and Mr. Ernst Krohn for helpful suggestions and information in preparing this section of our broadcast. Mus. DAVID KRIEGSHABER Mrs. David Kriegshaber fStella Weinerl graduated Iune, 1896. Her first year of high school was in the old building at Seventh and Chestnut streets, the last three, in the school on Grand Avenue. She was accompanist for four years at Central High for the chorus work: she was official pianist for the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra under Max Zach, Rudolph Ganz, and Vladimir Golschmann, conductors. She has appeared in many chamber music concerts as accompanist with Steindel and Guidi Quartettes: she has been accompanist Page Sixtu-two for many famous artists and she has been or- ganist and choir director for nine years at the Kingshighway Presbyterian Church and for the past fourteen years she has been or- ganist at Temple Israel. Mrs. Kriegshaber takes most pride in her important activities over a period of many years in distributing concert tickets to de- serving students. Those concert patrons who cannot use their tickets send them to Mrs. Kriegshaber and she distributes them to the students. Important also in the musical world is Mrs. Max Goldstein fLeonore Weinerl, sister of Mrs. Kriegshaber. Wm'smWMLITERATURE I .',' Miss Iennie F. Chase needs no introduction to Central listeners. fggilg l An alumna of Central, long a teacher in her Alma Mater, as well as in , McKinley and Soldan High schools, she has a wealth of information to 6 impart about St. Louis writers. She will tell us now about CentraI's part in the literary culture of our city. Miss Chase: .fue r Hair. Q' ,H 1' -1 THANK YOU! There must always be genuine thanks for the privi- lege of helping to celebrate Old Centralng and since I graduated, one of ninety-nine in what we all hoped would be a real centennial class, in 1876, I feel that I am truly a part of the good old institution-share in its beneficence and want to praise its attainments. Some of you who hear this voice from that mysterious box that sends out such varied thoughts these days will agree with my high appreciation of the wonderful spirit created in the first twenty or thirty years of Central's life. All who listen, I imagine, value its eighty-five years of worthy achievement in this community. You will hear praise of the good work done by Central's children in different lines of endeavor. I hope to speak of some of the elements that combined to make our first secondary school west of the Mississippi a vital force in St, Louis, and then of those writers whose paths have led from our Alma Mater to places of recognition-even fame in some cases-as authors. From the nature of the conditions this can not be made either exhaustive or entirely adequate. Probably some of you could add to the roll of names. I believe that there has been a goodly amount of successful writing and some really eminent achievement amongst Central's former pupils. But before tribute is paid to the significant influence of Central or to those writers who were pupils there, will you not sing with me a little apostrophe to the inspiration which true culture at Central may have helped to give them? Sing this theme-song to a tune well-known to most of us- Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life. racioud Sioirif Gracious spirit, born of Central's early living, All-pervading were the gifts thou didst bestow. Still be with us when new wings to thought we're giving Over new and pathless ways of life to go. Still let beauty and the power of clear thinking Cast in language where the truth is strong From whatever fount of life we may be drink- ing, Rejoice one eager soul or lift the throng. At Central there grew from various causes a spirit which was both penetrating and far- reaching-a spirit that seems especially favor- able to good writing when it works with sin- cerity through a fitting medium of expression. The high school was founded through the ef- forts of intelligent and practical men who felt a real interest in the advancement of St. Louis, and who believed in the eflicacy of thought and IENNIE F. CHASE Page Sixty-thrce knowledge in shaping the lives of their children. Possibly it was inspired to some extent by the fervent spirit of Dr. William G. Eliot, who promoted so many good movements besides the foundation of Washington University, for he was president of the school board at about 1835, though l do not find the exact time. The new kind of school attracted the attention of many who were interested in worthy living. So from pioneer families of different nationalities, from those drawn to St. Louis by its later business opportunities, from families of ambitious ignorance as well as from those of culture, came the pupils. They came from all parts of the city-and there was no legal compulsion. This was stimulating, and at Central they came under the influence of some fine men and women. St. Louis, even in those early days was a place of intellectual interests as well as indus- trial. We had our journal of Speculative Philosophy as well as our fur trade. Doubtless the group of philosophers had a hand in the early selection of teachers-and from them came Wil- liam T. Harris, whose wise, kindly, scholarly influence could never be measured. I wonder if it has ever received its due appreciation even: for the eminent wisdom of his thought found such simple, natural expression that most people did not recognize its profound significance and educational value. He kindled many fires of vital thinking, however, during the time between the days when he tended the old cast-iron stove in his early schoolroom here and those he spent in Washington as the first United States Commissioner of Education. The early corps of teachers included scholarly men and women who were vital personalities -real teachers, inspired perhaps not so much by pedagogical training as by an eager desire to pass on the torch of learning. There was real culture and much of what might be called the magnetic quality of character and thought-transference waiting on the old platforms, behind bell and book, to quicken the lines of pupils that came marching into the big classrooms. Who that saw it could ever forget the crooked smile and lighted eyes with which Horace H. Morgan greeted honest thinking in appreciation of the literature he taught so well: or, on the other hand, the way his smile could draw into lines of amiable scorn at some evidence of pretense or subterfuge? Both were tonic forces. And there was the underlying devotion to true scholarship and activity of mind that lay back of Brandt V. B. Dixon's smile and joke. There were, too, the fine interpretations of classical literature and sensitiveness to accuracy in thought or sound back of Thomas Davidson's impatience at persistent error. There was the amused tolerance of Denton I. Snider's smile, as he interpreted the humanity and philosophy of Shakespeare to immature minds. And at regular intervals came the penetrating power of classical and well-selected music, chosen and taught with enthusiasm by Henry Robyn and later emphasized by Egmont Froelich. Quite unconsciously, perhaps, many were endowed with a deeper sense of grandeur in life as well as with love of harmony and melody. All these things and many others went into the creation of the spirit of Central. I believe there was no other secondary school in those early days in St. Louis which gave so generously and so fearlessly of the various sources of mental and ethical strength: possibly because it was comparatively free from external restraint. The dominant note of that pervasive and potent spirit, as I think of it now, seems to be a brave and scholarly sincerity. Since that early day Central has not only been proud of its beginnings-its roots-but has recognized that a plant does not discard its roots as it grows, but draws nourishment through them. Who can trade such an influence or evaluate its worth? Much of this intangible endowment has gone into the other high schools as they have come into existence: but to Central has been especially entrusted the conservation of the precious heritage. Many who attended Central as pupils have become teachers there, and as times and courses of study and supervision have changed, new men and women of high intelligence and character have been added, many of them, probably, ready to preserve the good of an earlier time in the newer phases of school life. The inspiration toward literary expression comes not only from teachers of English and literature-some of them good authors themselves-but also from other evidences of clear thinking, creative imagination, and sincere expression. I am thinking as perhaps many of you out there are, of the quiet influence of that beautiful soul, kindly, vital, and sincere, Frederick Oakes Sylvester. He is only one example. To the memory of each of you, possibly, there comes the thought of some teacher who touched the spring of action, inspired, perhaps, to song or story by the old sterling spirit whose untrace- able lines are written into life. Through many, many years of change, there has been one who has never lost his special interest in Central's past and present well-being. As pupil, scholarship graduate, as teacher, principal, and as one of the superintendents, Mr. W. S. Bryan has always treasured Central Page Sixtq-four with unceasing devotion. This devotion has been sustained and supplemented by Mrs. Bryan. Nowhere else is there such a record of the achievements of Central's Children as that which she has kept. We do not see the full value of Central's fruitfulness in the field of authorship if we fail to realize that its influence was much more widely spread than could be indicated alone by tell- ing of her pupils whose publications have brought wide recognition, or fame. just as our schools derived incalculable values from the Society of Speculative Philosophy and from the wisdom of unique characters: so, in varying degrees, enthusiastic groups have been leavened by the same sincere active purpose through members of Central High. From these groups, have come writers of national prominence. The spirit of Central has been very active in such groups, I think. One example comes to my mind with insistent appeal. The Potters were girls who for years met for enthusiastic enjoyment of art and good literature. They wrote and criticized, modeled and sketched and designed, with sincere fervor. Of the active and influ- ential members, two were from Central-Edna Wahlert and Vine Colby. Both of them wrote well then, and since that time have done and are still doing excellent work though they are busy housekeepers and mothers. Some day we shall hear more of them. And from this group, The Potters, came Sara Teasdale, a true poet of international reputation. I have always felt that something of Central's influence helped to foster that delicate spirit, so sincere and so unique. I would find it hard to leave the topic of influence without speaking of William Marion Reedy, whose generosity of interest and advice helped many along some original path to suc- cessful writing. There must have been a goodly number from Central, though I can speak positively of but three, who profited by his criticism and by publication in his paper, Reedy's Mirror. They are Vine Colby, Margaretta Scott, and Fannie Hurst. I am stressing this matter of the far-reaching influence of that spontaneous and genuine culture which grew up in Central, our first public secondary school, because I believe it to have been as valuable as it was incalculable in its effect upon writers-and so, worthy of recognition. But the achievement which comes in recognition and publication by esteemed publishers of magazines and books is, of course, a more definite and satisfactory end. The three of Central's Children who have attained highest eminence and widest pub- licity in literature are Paul Elmer More, classical scholar and critic of the highest quality, Augustus Thomas, eminent playwright and author of plays, and Fannie Hurst, highly success- ful novelist and short-story writer. Of Paul Elmer More, President Dodds, of Princeton, writes- One of the greatest scholars of the times, Dr. More did not live in a closed world, but always gave freely of him- self, transmitting his opinion with a lucidity that was a constant inspiration to his colleagues. He left behind him in his many works those creative ideas which he derived from the spiritual heritage of mankind. Other eminent men said, One of the most gracious and kindly per- sonalities of our time. - One of the most distinguished critics America has produced. - His thought was profound and stimulating. His English prose had rare beauty and distinction. Dr. More lectured on Sanskrit and classical literature at Harvard, Bryn Mawr, and Princeton. He was literary critic and editor of journals of the highest class, notably of The Forum, As editor he taught his reviewers to fear nothing but deviations from the truth and the insidious vices of puffery and log-rolling. Washington University, Columbia, Dartmouth, Princeton, and the University of Glasgow conferred honorary degrees on him, His biographer, Stuart P. Sherman, says, If W. D. Howells is the dean of our fiction, More is the bishop of our criticism. His eleven volumes of Shelboume Essays, written through many years of scholarly, cultured living, and the last one published less than a year before his death, were his best-known works, though he published many other valuable ones. The Greek Tradition, The Religion of Plato, Biography of Ben- jamin Franklin and The Demon of the Absolute are some of them. We can be very proud indeed not only of the achievements of Paul Elmer More, but of the man, if Central played any part in such a life, I think we may especially rejoice in Fannie Hurst's short stories and novels. They show us real people, with characters, weak or strong, depicted in such a way as to bring out definite tendencies and controls. Their wide recognition and appeal show how near they are to the facts of life. In a rather sheltered youth, devoted to reading, writing, and school affairs, she was always intense in her interests. At nine she read Thomas a Becket, at thirteen, Christabel. She loved to express her thoughts: so she wrote verse and fiction. She took part in the athletics of her day, but always the ideal of authorship claimed her devotion. She not only wrote, but with unflagging determination tried to reach the goal of publication in spite of rejection slips. It Page S ixt y-five was like her to exhibit a sort of pride in their number, and indeed her attitude was a worthily de- termined one. Perhaps I am wrong, but I always imagine in her a sort of proud aloofness, rather different from her usual appearance and manner, in which she lived alone with her undaunted ambition. She was a good student at Washington, and after graduation and a restless year at home she persuaded her parents to let her go to New York for post-graduate work at Columbia University. This was the opportunity she had longed for to try her mettlef' She is quoted in Living Authors as saying, For a stretch of twenty-six months without even meeting an editor, writer, or publisher, absolutely ignorant of the game, and an entire stranger in New York, I wrote, peddled, rewrote, repeddled, without so much as one acceptance or a word of encour- agement. I wrote all day from loneliness, and all evening for the same reason. Finally, Robert 1-I. Davis, editor of Munsey's, told her that she could write: and success followed swiftly. lust Around the Corner, a collection of short stories, was published in 1914. Three other volumes of short stories followed, and then came Star Dust in 1921, which established her repu- tation. In order to gain experience, she worked as waitress, nursemaid, salesgirl, and as sweat- shop worker. She played in a Broadway show, crossed the Atlantic in the steerage, lived in a little room over a tobacconist's on the water-front, and later went to Russia-all in quest of experience. She has been the author of outstanding movie successes, and has lectured extensively. The titles of her books are suggestive-Imitation of Life, Lummox, Back Street, No Food With Mu Meals, and so forth. She lives in an apartment of mediaeval and ascetic atmosphere in New York. Her tables are covered with books on science, classic history, exploration, and philosophy. Doubtless her appetite for reading is still healthy. She is said to be a charming hostess and opulently handsome in incomparable furs, laces, and brocade of glowing color. She is president of the Author's Club of America. Central can be proud of her persevering, consistent character, as well as of her attainments. We await with confidence what she may publish next. You will be glad indeed to hear that Miss I-Iurst, with her usual kindliness, sends us a mes- sage reminiscent of her years at Central. It is significant that she does so in the midst of her busy, successful life. Her letter will be found in another section of this broadcast. Augustus Thomas, born in St. Louis in 1857, was a distinguished playwright and author. His two years of high-school work were passed at Central. Afterwards, many elements of a wide and varied experience entered into his education. I-Ie was a page-boy in Congress, had six years of practical railroading in a freight department, and studied law. He was a writer and illustrator in St. Louis, Kansas City, and New York papers: and he was editor and pro- prietor of the Kansas City Mirror. The stage was his main interest, and nearly all his major works were dramas, many printed only for copyright purposes. Honors were conferred upon him by Williams College, Columbia, and the University of Missouri. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and of the National Institute of Arts and Letters, of which he was president in 1914-1916 and from which he received the gold medal for life work in drama. France decorated him as Chevalier de la Legion d' Honneur. I like to think that much thoughtful appreciation of the conditions and human reactions in the life of our country is shown in Augustus Thomas's plays, a number of which were great successes. Even the names are significant-Alabama, In Mizzoura, Arizona, The Hoosier Doctor, The Education of Mr, Pipps, The Copperhead. I-lis reputation is international-and we have satisfaction in thinking that he was once a Central boy! There have been many of our Central people who have written well in connection with their special life work and who will probably be considered in some other field of endeavor than literature. I am thinking of Charles Nagel, whose wide experience and thoughtful observation led to such works as Commerce Under Our Dual System of Government, Neutrality and Public Opinion, Over Legislation, and A Permanent Court of International justice. What a contribu- tion to America is a life like his! Lee Meriwether is one of our writers who has combined the observant traveler with the interested citizen in a way that characterizes much of his writing. These interests, too, have led to appointments to United States missions connected with labor. The initial cause of his writing was probably his tramp trip from Gibraltar to Bosphorus. Some of his books are A Tramp Trip, How to See Europe on Fifty Cents a Day, The Tramp at Home, The War Diary of a Diplomat, and Steerage in an Italian Liner. Frederick M. Crunden, who did such fine work, first in the Public School Library, and then as organizer and chief librarian of the system when it became a municipal library, was a scholarship graduate of Central. I-Ie wrote A Free Public Library, Its Uses and Value, and Page Sixtu-six How Things Are Done in One American Library. Here is a Scholarship Graduate who built for us all a worthy memorial to himself. Margery Quigley has a certificate for A Libraries issued by the Regents of the State of New York. She took her A. B. at Vassar and attended the University of Wisconsin and the New York Library School. She has been connected with libraries at Washington, D. C., and Montclair, New Iersey. Her authorship of children's books, such as Etiquette Ir. and Poppy Seed Cakes, has made her one of the best-sellers in that department of writing. Alice Kroeger, I believe, has written well in connection with her work as librarian. I think of Margery Doud in connection with libraries. Her efficiency and kindliness as an ofllcial of our Public Library are reflected, probably, in her writings: but as a member of the Writers' Guild, her chief work, written in collaboration with Miss Clio M. Parsley, is Father, an Anthology. A favorite quotation, used by Mr. Crunden in one of his addresses to the Library staff is the following from Riickert: Wisdom of thc Brahmin. Thou art, O man, but half what Nature at thy birth Made thee,-and half what thou hast made thyself on earth. She laid the building-ground thou canst not change one jot: 'Tis thine to build thereon a shapely house, or not. To that thou canst do naughtf-with this hast all to dog Thou need'st not rust nor rest, with this great work in view. Rest not till thou hast made right what is wrong in thee,- And what is false and weak, made true and strong in thee. This cannot be too soon, nor yet too late begun: The making of a man's work that's never done. FREDERICK M. CRUNDEN Leland Shidy, Assistant Librarian at the Smithsonian Institute, was a chemist and author. The work of a goodly number of professors and journalists, if we can so classify re- porters and rewrite men as well as editors, has developed from their callings. I fear there may be many whose writings have not come to my knowledge. Articles and stories have their natural roots in such work. George Dwight Kellogg, who took his A. B. at Yale in 1895, when he was valedictorian of his class, and his Ph. D. in 1899, was a winner of many prizes at Yale and of a fellowship to Rome. He pursued classical studies in Rome and in Germany until 1913. He was preceptor and assistant professor at Princeton and edited a classical weekly. His publications appeared in classical magazines. Mr. Kellogg is now professor of the classics at Union College, Schenec- tady, New York. john McKenna, merchant and Government wool-buyer in the World War, wrote for the press under the name of jeff MacKay. Ernest Kroeger, musician of national fame, wrote well, especially so on topics connected with his profession. The Minnesingers of Germany is probably his best-known literary work. Henry W. C. Block, a mining engineer, published a play called Iohn Carvel. The last thirty years of his life were devoted to writing. Ernst Filsinger has held important positions which led to extensive and accurate knowl- edge of facts and relationships concerning foreign trade. He has written much on that subject. Edward M. Weyer, instructor at Yale and professor at Washington and Lee University, was archaological head of the Stoll-McCracken expedition to the Arctic, and wrote upon archaeological subjects. Louis jacob Block, who was connected with Chicago public schools for years, was a critic and well-known writer on philosophical subjects. Alexander S. Langsdorf, professor of electrical engineering at Washington University, has written several books on engineering problems. Theory of Alternating Current Machinery is one of the latest, and has been adopted as a textbook in many colleges. Halford E. Luccock, professor of homiletics at Yale, writes on ecclesiastical subjects. His latest book is Christianity and the Individual in a World of Crowds. Page Sixty-scurn William Clark Breckenridge was the author of many biographical sketches. He was a collector of Missouriana and research notes, from which Harvard University has purchased fourteen hundred items. Benjamin Moreell, who was a member of The Commission for Reconstruction in France and Belgium, was made a rear-admiral in the United States Navy in 1937. He wrote much on subjects connected with his profession. Herbert Bayard Swope, journalist, has been successively reporter for the St. Louis Post- Dispatch, the New York Herald, and the New York World, and editor of The World. As World War correspondent he rendered his country invaluable service and for his more recent brilliant editorial work he has received Pulitzer prizes for public service. In a letter of reminis- cence, which will appear elsewhere in this broadcast, he writes that even in school he was interested in journalism, being connected with the school paper. Kenneth MacGowan is one of the most prominent men in the field of dramatic criticism and production. He was assistant dramatic critic for the Boston Transcript, and dramatic literature and photo-play critic for the Philadelphia Evening Ledger. In 1918 he was a special writer for the New York Tribune and dramatic critic for the New York Tribune and dramatic critic for the New York Globe. He was a prominent playwright in New York and is now a producer for the Twentieth Century-Fox Corporation. He collaborated with Eugene O'Neil. For six years he was dramatic critic and vice-president of Theater Arts Magazine. In the new field of Little Theatres he was prominent, especially as director of the Provincetown Village Theatre. Amongst his literary works are The Theatre of Tomorrow, Continental Stagecraft, Masks and Demons, What's Wrong With Marriage, and Footlights Across America. Mr. MacGowan in the midst of his active life has sent us a cordial letter from Beverly Hills, California, which will appear in another place. Ernest Wilfred Garrison l1891j is literary editor of the Christian Century and professor of church history at the University of Chicago. He is a prolific writer in his field. Edna Wahlert McCourt was one of the group of Potters which I have mentioned. She has published in all of the important literary magazines of America, Poetry, Poet Lore. Reedy's Mirror, Smart Set, Midland, Transition. Seven Arts, Dial, and others, her verse, short plays, and short stories. She has also contributed to some of the pulp magazines. Mrs. McCourt has done considerable critical work for the press and revisions for publishers. She won a contest for a full-length play for the Municipal Theatre and also received an Artist's Guild award for a full-length play. This creditable array, however, is, l believe, considered by their writer as unworthy a separate paragraph. I feel that it is an unmistakable pledge of what is yet come, and worth much more than a passing mention. Mollie F. Schlaffman, a scholarship graduate, has written articles concerning physically handicapped children, and is a member of the Professional Writers' Club in Washintgon, D. C. She has just completed an autobiographical novel. Fannie Frank Cook received a thousand-dollar award made by the Readers' Digest in 1936. She is now devoting her full time to writing, and is about to complete a book which, I believe, we may anticipate with confident hope. jessie Roswell, whose pen-name is jay Gelzer, has been unusually successful in writing and publishing fiction. She is said to be a steady methodical worker, and she published almost constantly in Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, Collier's, and other magazines of established repute. Street of a Thousand Delights, and Compromise are two of her many works. George Kendall is described to me as a man of fine character, who teaches at Wabash College. lt is said that he refused an offer from one of the large Eastern universities to accept this position in a smaller college. He writes fiction for Cosmopolitan and other magazines. Ralph E. Mooney, busy editor of Southwestern Bell News, is an active writer for Saturday Evening Post and other periodicals. He has also published two novels, David Rudd, and Mr. Pelly's Little Home. Shirley Seifert has published a number of short stories in the magazines, one of which is The Land of Tomorrow. Lately she and her sister Adele published a mystery story. Orrick johns has given us some lovely lyrics in Wild Plum Lyrics. Black Branches and Blindfold. He has dramas, also in Black Branches and Three Plays in Chiaroscuro. His latest work, The Time of Our Lives, is said to be a discerning picture of the time in which he and his distinguished father, George S. johns, are living. Pauline jones Burns has been writing and publishing. just now she is interested in songs, a number of which have been published. Page Sixty-eight Margaretta Scott Lawler's artistry invites commendation. Some of her stories and sketches were published in Reedy's Mirror. Her verse has appeared in Poetry, of Chicago, and in Vanity Fair. Poems were reprinted in The Literary Digest. She has received prizes for plays in com- petitions sponsored by The St. Louis Art League and by the Little Theatre of St. Louis. Some of them have been produced by those associations as well as by Iohns Hopkins Work-Shop and the Pasadena Theatre. Paula Wilhelmi's poems reveal with delicacy of touch a personality in true harmony with nature. Some titles are Association, which won a prize awarded by the English Leaflet, Chimney Swifts, and Our Cathedral. Her poems have been published in School and Commu- nity, The Stratford Magazine, Contemporary American Poets for 1929 and 1930 iStratford Companyl, and the Crown Anthology of Verse. She is being included in the Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Poets for 1939. fAvonl. Lyman W. Allen, after taking A. B. and A. M. degrees at Washington University, went to Princeton Theological Seminary and was ordained as a Presbyterian minister. He wrote much poetry, and received a 51,000 prize for Abraham Lincoln. Other poems are The Parable of the Rose, Lincoln and Lee, and The New America. And the others? Yes, there are probably others, whose names and writings have not been ascertained. What a pity it is that the eyes of divination cannot reveal piles of manuscript which perhaps lie in desks unknown! What a pity that the connecting link between published Works and Central High cannot always be found!-But what a satisfaction to know positively that besides those whose work has been noted there are others who have literary interests and have published verse, stories, and critical articles: yet who feel, as Edna Wahlert McCourt says of herself that there is nothing to be said about me as an individual. I would add yet if I accepted her statement about herself at all, for I feel that she has done excellent writing. From such a group will come literature well worthy of the name. In accumulating these incomplete data, help has been generous, and thanks are glady ex- tended to Mrs. Bryan, Mr. Clarence Miller, Mrs. W. Knight, Miss Margery Doud, Mrs. William McCourt, and to Miss Mary L. Beck. NWINGS ACROSS AMERICA We are proud to introduce here Paul Oberhellman, '38, Business Manager of the RED AND BLACK and winner in the district comprising St. Louis and St. Louis County in the Air Mail Essay Contest. Please read your essay, Paul. HINING in the last rays of the setting sun, a silvery speck approaches us with the speed and grace of a bird. It is the mailplane-one of a vast fleet of wings that cross America bearing our letters and packages. Nearer and nearer it flies, until we hear its droning voice call to us, in- viting us to share in its benefits: hoping to aid us, literally while aiding itself. It wants to extend to us the quickest, yet a comparatively cheap, mail and emergency service, which reaches to all the principal cities of the country in forty-seven of its states, and connects with near-by islands, Central and South American countries, the Philippine Islands and Hawaii, and even with Hong Kong across the broad Pacific. Our mail, for just a few cents more, arrives at these places in a very short time: and our increased use of this service will build up a demand for better equip ment and more frequent schedules. Thus the plane flies majestically overhead, telling us that such splendid services are not the result of mere chance but have been developed through twenty years of unceasing effort by patient inventors, generous financiers, courageous pilots, and far-seeing government officials. Then, as we watch the plane pass into the twilight, we hear it prophesy that the future will bring us undreamed-of improvements in the present service, regular trips across the Atlantic, polar routes to the Orient, and perhaps commercial use of the stratosphere. i Cenfraf I'ClLe5 On! Page Sixty-nine f Vxifffa- it -. y, - ,---- .1 I ,f 'ff 1 ,f h f ' f gi' K' V+ - - -- -',,- .L -,X ?f-,Nfb ff +' f 'eefif ' :f Lff'-F'i'!1l-H-- ee X ' fffi ,W :.g.L.yiQ,Q :iff Lf-W, --Clif 1- W Tv' U 'OWWXWQ X h XX '51-' - 'A' X . if ,,1'Qvg ', ,XL I ' L l e f' , X Z we A h Vw X w9? e'h x hi ' Mf' E XL QlSf h x , 'gf 3f,- , XX X-,a ,,11, v-,lx I WM., I I N , ,.... aa' fv fm'l'. 1 yl Ni':F!1'3l . TV X W! 1 , 1 K ' - X i-.MN : . u mJ.m'Mr S, Em E wlx 7 ' Y pf vi I lf,T?lilll!I1:TulHWmfV!'L'!1 31' Wig IQ , fi- -1.5 ' N' H ' h 'VHF f Z! C50 e I 'e I' my M1 M gill -- N W 1 'W ?..N' . V 1 ' X J R , wk 'Z'2'W:iQ L HAI' 'U ' h WZ? I TM ffafu wmi f '1He QQ51 ' xQ7'f It ' fig ? 1 X 'X lulf,J3, ',m 4 FF ' if F5-k fwzzn 11111 ,,h x ff . X. New- lfl I .J,,,, ' T' M X fe f 4 4!'i'lfi2?4Li5faW-wf ' Z --N Y mmm VIEW FROIVIP-505 ofooling .7owara! lflze Wunicipaf ga!! Sketch Made by Lela Hager When She Was Editor of the Red and Black THE DRAMAM l The scene is the studio of the Central Broadcasting System on the 5 evening of Central s 85th anniversary. Cordula Knoernscluld, of the Class of 1934, is the announcer for this part of the program. he 'x CORDULA KNOERNSCHILD C. K.: Ladies and Gentlemen, it is my great privilege to present to you over the Central Broadcasting System, some of Central's graduates who have entered the Held of drama. In our studio, and in other studios throughout the country, we have waiting these Central graduates whom we shall introduce to you. We shall begin with some who are located at the present time in St. Louis, and who will speak to you from our local station, after which we shall intro- duce a few of wider experience who have graciously paused a moment in the midst of their busy lives to talk with us. It is an honor to begin these introductions with a graduate of Central's Iune '26 class, Mr. Edward Aguado. Mr. Aguado, will you please tell our Central alumni and friends of your career in dramatic fields? Page Seventy-one E. Aguado: My dramatic career, as you please to call it, began in our own St. Louis Municipal Theater. C. K.: Were you not already engaged at the Municipal Theater while you were a student at Central? E. Aguado: Yes, that is true. I was playing there as a member of the dancing chorus while I was a senior at Central. In fact, I had to give up all my cherished hopes of receiving my diploma with the other members of my class because the performance at the opera coincided with the time for the commencement exercises. But for once bad weather was happily wel- comed by at least one graduate, for a downpour of rain closed the night's show and I was able to arrive at Central just in time to dash upon the stage and receive my diploma with the rest of my class. And I didn't have to listen to the speeches! C. K.: I am sure your former classmates listening to our broadcast will remember that incident. Now will you please tell them what you have done since you left Central? Aguado: My work can, for the most part, be placed in the category of dramatic dancing. After I left Central, I entered the Municipal Opera, where I danced principal roles with my sister. Shortly after that I entered production work and produced several shows at the vari- ous local theatres, interrupting production with further study in New York, Los Angeles. and Chicago with people like Adolph Bohm, Anthony Nelle, Robert Alton Cansino, and others. Next came road units which I produced from Chicago and Philadelphia, in which I participated as principal dancer and producer. When I came back to St. Louis I taught dancing and did more production work. Two years ago I was the principal male dancer with the St. Louis Grand Opera. It was here that I had the pleasure of dancing with Miss Rita de la Porte. C. K.: And you have stayed in St. Louis since then? Aguado: Yes. I now teach and conduct Fortnightly Social Dance Groups and produce dance units in my studio at the Park Plaza Hotel. But I can see Sid Saunders eager to get his chance at this microphone: so I shall say good evening with a sincere thank you for your interest and kindness in including me in this anniversary broadcast. I feel none but the warm- est sentiments for Central and value very highly the friendships I made there. C. K.: Thank you, Mr. Aguado. It's no wonder Mr. Saunders is eager to come up to the microphone. It's your home ground, isn't it, Mr. Saunders? Sidney Saunders: Yes, it is. But Miss Knoernschild, do you think our Central audience will recognize that Sidney Saunders? C. K.: Perhaps I had better introduce you with a little more care. Mr. Aguado did rush you on a bit, you know. May I present to our radio and television audience a man known as Sidney Yawitz to our Central dramatic circle and as Sid Saunders to our local radio circles? S. Saunders: Ah. I hope that strikes a more responsive note in the memories of our Centralites. C. K.: Well, if Sid Saunders isn't remembered by our friends listening, I'm sure they will remember Sidney Yawitz, the Bohun of You Never Can Tell. the lawyer with the booming voice and huge nose-costume, of course. S. S.: Before you ask me any questions, may I ask one? C. K.: Certainly. S. S.: Although I am deeply grateful for the opportunity of being here, may I ask why I have had the honor of being included in this dramatic personages program? After all, I'm in radio. C. K.: We feel that in our times we can no longer limit drama to stage and screen. Radio is just as important in its way as the direct mediums of dramatic art. In the same way we are including those of our graduates who have entered fields of dramatic dancing. For drama can be presented through rhythmic movement as well as through the spoken words of plays. S. S.: I understand your point and I am certainly happy over the inclusion. C. K.: Mr. Saunders, how did you become interested in dramatics? S. S.: It was all Miss Eimer's doings. I hadn't thought of entering any field of drama in a professional way until she gave me the part of Bohun in You Never Can Tell. by George Bernard Shaw. It was my contact with Miss Eimer through that play that created my interest in drama which later led to my professional work in radio. However, my work in radio really came to me purely through accident and good fortune. After I left school, I drifted into many lines of business without much success. I did keep myself on call at various theatrical agencies and managed to keep in contact there mostly through work as a singer and master of cere- monies. One day I happened upon an announcement of a contest for amateur radio announcers and decided to have a fling at it. The following Sunday I made my first appearance before a microphone alone. I had done some singing over KMOX as one-eighth of a double quartet, Page Seventy-two but here I was left all alone. I was scared stiff in front of that mike, but I read my announce- ment and then decided I had better stick to audiences I could see. But I won the contest and was given a position at KWK as a commercial announcer and a filler-in-er when the pro- gram ran a little short. I later worked over WTMV and then won another contest at KMOX and am still there. C. K.: I wish we had time to hear more of your experiences, but we have more friends to introduce. But before you go, would you like to say anything else to our audience? S. S.: lust this. I would like once more to thank Miss Edna Eimer for all she has done for me. lt was the training that I received from her that has many times saved me in my career as an announcer and radio actor. Her plays were my direct inspiration to find a place for myself in the theatrical world. I say, will you pardon me? I'm sure that is Chippy over there and I must say hello to her before I run along to rehearsal. C. K.: You're pardoned because we enjoyed our little interview with you so very much. But you can't have Chippy now because it's my turn with her. Ladies and gentlemen, to Centralites she's Fanny of Quality Street, Chippy of You Never Can Tell. and Sally Fairfax of Percy MacKaye's Washington, the Man Who Made Us. But in general dramatic circles and to all of us, she's Miss Dolores Wentz. D. Wentz: Thanks for the build-up, Cordie. But when was I ever Miss Dolores Wentz to anyone? If you don't go back to Dee, I'll go back to Miss Knoernschild and walk right out of here. C. K.: But this is the 85th anniversary of Central High School and we're on a national hook-up on the Central Broadcasting System. D. W.: And I'm still Dee to my Central friends no matter how wide the hook-up! C. K.: Your career as a dancer and actor in stock companies certainly hasn't changed you. D. W.: Not when it comes to Central! By the way, in that nice introduction you forgot to mention that I understudied you as the flirtatious Mrs. Poskett in Pomander Walk, and just when I thought I had completely stolen your part when you came down with a double mastoid, you practically flew from Barnes Hospital to Central's auditorium in time to go on after all. Ha! And I had to stand in the wings in my lovely costume of which the audience had never a glimpse. C. K.: l certainly didn't forget that. That was a splendid thing you did, a perfect example of true Central spirit. But l couldn't give up that part, even for you. D. W.: Even for a double mastoid? C. K.: Not even that. But see here, this is supposed to be an interview about your the- atrical career. Come, tell us what you've been doing these past years. D. W.: lt really can all be stated very briefly. I've danced quite a bit locally and in Chi- cago, Minneapolis, Dallas, and many smaller towns, both in dancing choruses and as a featured specialty dancer. Then I managed to find a place in stock companies and have played in them since in such plays as Boy Meets Girl. and Butter and Egg Man. I guess that's all about me. C. K.: You surely have placed years of interesting work in a few words. Can't you tell us more of yourself? D. W.: Oh, I'd rather talk of the others, if you don't mind. Remember all the grand times and hard work we had in those plays? I wonder what happened to all those Centralites who were in those plays with us. Like Virgil Tramelli-- C. K.: Virgil Tramelli is in Hollywood now. We're going to hook-up with the studio out there and have him on the air in just a moment. D. W.: Oh, can't you do it now so I can say hi to him, too? lt's not fair that you should have all the fun. C. K.: I suppose so, if you wish it. Will our man at the controls switch us to the Holly- wood studio, please? Hello, Hollywood? Is Virgil Tramelli there? ' V. T.: Hello, hello, St. Louis. Hello, Cordie, and Dee! and Sid! This is great! I can't lifligve I'm really seeing and speaking to you instead of trying to keep in contact with you via . . mai . D. W.: Virgil! You're looking grand. What are you doing with yourself? I C. K.: I thought this was my interview. But that interrogation goes for me, too. Virgil T.: I'm still studying at the Pasadena Theater and doing odd jobs in and around Los Angeles in a theatrical way. But I'm planning to go in for production when I have enough training. D. W.: When did you go to Hollywood, Virgil? Page Se vent u-three Virgil T.: After the Municipal Opera closed last summer in St. Louis, I toured with part of the company and then came on to Hollywood. C. K.: What did you do in our Municipal Opera? V. T.: I was a member of the singing chorus and had small acting parts in every perform- ance as well as understudying major r6les. C. K.: Quite a number of Centralites have been in our Municipal Opera. Dorothy Speicher, who was a fellow member of our Pomander Walk cast, was there before she went to New York. She's there now producing her own dancing shows. D. W.: And Bill Garner was out there and Christine Little, too. V. T.: What happened to the other members of that cast? Remember the fun we had working with Miss Eimer? C. K.: We've been speaking of nothing else since Sidney and Dee came along. Remem- ber Fred Toelle, as the Muffin 'Man? D. W.: Oh, he works a great deal with dramatics in a non-professional way. He directs and acts in plays at his church. And lost Washburn is in the same group with Fred. Remem- berlhim as Dr. Sternroyd who's Arabella, no it was Araminta, died and left him a lost romantic sou . V. T.: I'll never forget the feud you carried on with john Peters, Dee. Or the way you did George Washington's negro Mammy Sal, Cordie. C. K.: Or what a wonderful Alexander Hamilton you played, Virgil, though your por- trayal of Lord Otford in Pomander Walk is still my favorite. V. T.: Speaking of remembering, I brought some one along with me tonight whom I am sure you'll both remember. Lucille, come here. C. K. and D. W.: Lucille Mathews! D. W.: I thought you were still in New York. C. K.: And I haven't heard anything about you for so long. How did your activities take you to the West Coast? L. M.: I'm every bit as surprised to find myself on this broadcast as you are. But I ran into Virgil and I couldn't resist the temptation to come along. As you know, I played in St. Louis shows while I was still at Central, and later I taught dancing at a dancing studio in St. Louis. In 1932 I left St. Louis to play in New Orleans during the Mardi Gras. After a brief return engagement in St. Louis I left for New York's famous Broadway. I had the ingenue role in Frank Fay's and Barbara Stanwyck's musical show, Tattle Tales. Later I played in Betty Compson's show, Highlities. After that performance closed, I organized my own show touring the eastern cities with it. When I returned to St. Louis after playing around the Lakes, I played under the name of Sandra Kent. Then it was back to New York for a lead in Edith Lambert's vaudeville unit. Then came a round of the New York clubs including No. 1, Fifth Avenue, the Cavalcade Casino, Hotel Astor, the Rainbow Room, and others. At this time I began to do work in commercial photography also. I also began singing with dance bands and then came Hollywood screen tests. So here I am. Fate alone knows what those screen tests will hold for me. Right now, all I can think of is how thrilled and happy I am to have a part in Central's 85th Anniversary. But both Virgil Tramelli and I have rehearsals and shows sched- uled: so we must run along. C. K.: It was such a pleasure having both of you. We are sorry we have to leave you, but we're scheduled to hook-up with Cleveland and New York before long, so good-bye, good luck, and thank you, to both of you. D. W.: Are we really going to hear from New York? C. K.: Yes, but right now I'm going to have a little chat with Mrs. Ray Leimkuehler, a former teacher at Central and Miss Eimer's colleague in many of Central's plays. Mrs. R. L.: Thank you. But I'm like Mr. Saunders. I don't know just exactly what I'm doing here. C. K.: You're one of the guiding stars of St. Louis's well-known Little Theater? Mrs. R. L.: I wouldn't put it just like that. But I have worked a great deal with the Little Theater. But that's in no way a professional career. C. K.: A non-professional basis does not lessen the value of drama, and the Little Theater is known for its splendid work. Mrs. L.: That is quite true. But I have a disappointment for you. C. K.: Yes? Mrs. L.: You requested me to bring Herbert McReady and Mildred Basden, both Little Theater workers, with me tonight. But they are both playing in one of the Little Theater's pro- duction at the present time and couldn't come. Page Seventy-four Lucu-LE MATHEWS C. K.: That is a disappointment. But we realize the show must go on : so we shall ex- cuse them for their failure to appear before the microphone. Speaking of the Little Theater, you'll be interested to hear my next radio conversation. Mrs. R. L.: Indeed? With whom? C. K.: Charity Grace. You know herfateacher of Dramatics, Public Speaking, and the Drama in Roosevelt I-Iigh School, but better known to you and me for her superb character parts in Little Theater productions. Here she is now. I am very grateful to you for consenting to speak in this radio broadcast. We should like to know how you first became interested in acting. Please tell us all about it. C. G.: My first experience in a real play came in my senior year at Central, when Miss Iennie Iones directed our class in a production of Alcestis. At Washington University the newly-organized Thyrsus engaged my lively interest. And our production of The School for Scandal marked the peak in my college life. To the teaching that followed student years, play directing became part of my work, as it is today, and my strongest leisure interest continued to be acting. Missozzri One Hundred Years Ago, Margaret Anglin's Electra at the Garden Theater, and the production of Antigone by Washington University were a few of the projects in which I had an active part. My connection with The Little Theater of St. Louis began ten years ago and has provided many opportunities, such as the part of Mrs. Fisher in The Show-Off, Aunt Ellen in The White-Headed Boy, Countess of Rousillon in AlI's Well That Ends Well, Mrs. Millward in The Distaff Sidef'-so many, in fact, that I find it hard to pick a favorite. The summer of 1936 brought the experience of playing a Shakespearean reper- tory at the Globe Theater in Cleveland under the direction of Thomas Wood Stevens. C. K.: Miss Grace, you have had so much experience in the field of drama not only from the side of actual production but from the teaching side that our audience would have a keen interest in knowing your personal preference in regard to plays and what your hopes for the theater are. C. G.: My strongest interest is in the field of classical drama, especially Shakespeare. It is a satisfaction to me to See the Bard of Avon once more a best-seller, as the last few the- atrical seasons have shown. And now through the wizardry of modern invention we are able to record for future generations the fine interpretations of a Iohn Gielgud and a Maurice Evans: so that their work will not die with them, but remain like other great works of art an inspiration and an example. A few of my hopes for the theater are that plays may once more return to the continuous action of the GreekseOrson Welles' Iulius Caesar proved the value of that method recently: that legitimate houses may soon approximate the movies in price and comfort: that every com- munity in the United States may have its Little Theater under trained leadership: and most Page Svlwritvif-ffm' of all that writers for the theater may feel an obligation, none too common in these days, to inspire their public to better living. C. K.: Thank you, Miss Grace. That was very interesting. I'd enjoy talking with you longer but our next distinguished guest is ready. Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce Mr. Clarence Stratton, once a teacher in Central, now Supervisor of English in the public schools of Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Stratton, now that I've begun to study this subject of dramatics in Cen- tral I realize that you must have been a sort of Father of the Drama, tif you'll accept the epithetl in the oldest high school west of the Mississippi. C. S.: Yes, I believe I was the pioneer in that Held in Central High School. I directed plays for years-so many that I have forgotten the names of some of them. C. K.: Yes-but the best? C. S.: Undoubtedly my best play was the Chinese Lantern by Lawrence Housman, which we presented May 8, 1919. But there were others. Many pictures of our Central productions appeared in magazines at the time, and I reproduced the best of them in my book, Producing in Little Theaters. C. K.: How interesting. I'm going to send for that book as soon as this broadcast is over. Thank you so much for taking time to talk with us. C. S.: I enjoyed it, and you have my best wishes in your interesting project. C. K.: Our time is growing short and New York is waiting with our last and most dis- tinguished guest. It is with great regret that we must bring this program to a close without having heard from our many other alumni who have been active in the field of the drama- Florence Brazile, Marian Schilling fof Midsummer Night's Dream famej, Sigmund Abeles, lane Ocher, and others, but time does not permit. Are you there New York? N. Y. Announcer: Hello, St. Louis, we have you. And here is your famous hometown boy that made good, Kenneth MacGowan. K. M.: Good evening, friends of Central everywhere. C. K.: It is indeed an honor to have you as our guest, Mr. MacGowan. We had intended to have Mr. Melville Burke here, too, but our letter to him went astray. We are proud of him, and we feel very proud to have you listed with the graduates of Central High School. I am gure your work in drama is well-known to all our listeners, but will you please review them or us? K. M.: I shall be as brief and chronological as possible. From 1910-'13 I was assistant dramatic director to the Boston Transcript. From 1914-'17 I was the literary and dramatic editor of The Philadelphia Evening Ledger. The next year the New York Tribune took my attention, and following that there came from 1919-'23 the position of dramatic critic of the New York Globe, from 1920-'24 the same position on the staff of Vogue, and then back to the New York Tribune, in 1918. From 1919 through 1925 I was associate-director of the Theater Arts Magazine and also ofhciated as publicity director of the Goldwyn Pictures Corporation. 1924 and '25 found me director of the Provincetown Players, and from 1925-'27 I had the honor of working with Eugene O'Neil and Robert Edmond Iones in the direction of the Green- wich Village Theater. Since then I have produced plays and have successfully been editor, editor-in-chief, and associate producer for RKO pictures. C. K.: That is certainly a wonderful record. It seems impossible that one man could have accomplished so much in so little time. Will you please mention for our audience some of the plays you have produced? K. M.: Some of them were Fashion, All God's Chillun Got Wings, Desire Under The Elms, The Great God Brown, Outside Looking In, Young Love, Lean Harvest, Children of Darkness, Twelfth Night, and These Modern Women. C. K.: You have also written quite a bit about the theater, have you not? K. M.: Yes, I have. Some of these works are The Theater of Tomorrow, Continental Stagecraft, on which I collaborated with Robert Edmond Iones, and Masks and Demons. a book on which I worked with Rosse. C. K.: Mr. MacGowan, our part of this anniversary program is drawing to a close. But may I state on the behalf of every Central graduate that it was a great honor to have you leave your many duties to appear on our program. No man could bring a program such as this to a more fitting close. By everyone interested in the theater you are respected and beloved. And to all the young Centralites such as we have presented, who are interested in the theater pro- fessionally, no higher ideal could be presented. You are' a real inspiration to many of these and your example of work in the theater as the highest and best, shall be a guiding light to many of them. Thank you. And now, ladies and gentlemen, we turn you over to your regular announcer for the next feature on this program. Page Sevent 11-six fs:aiiiiiigggggigtxssggggigmiiiggs I l I D G E S 73?2Sf2iiiii'!+SSiii'!:ii3'32SSi'!sT And now it is our privilege to 'Hlisten in at a social meeting of those jurists who are alumni of Central High. fudge Grimm, one of Centrals f most loyal and most beloved sons and one whose interest in this project 55 and whose helpful guidance gave the sponsor and the staff the courage 1, to proceed with the undertaking, is chairman. The program is just '-'- 44'! ' b eginning. 1:25592 F ,nm 1 ENTLEMEN: You will agree with me, I am sure, that something should be said by those present, appropriate to the event which we are celebrating, namely, the Eighty-fifth Anniversary of the founding of the Central High School. This gathering is unique, since it is composed of graduates of this school who have served or are now serving in judicial positions. As the oldest living member of this group, with -.c..,,-.,, , , , the exception of one who is unable to be present, l have been re- quested to preside at this meeting and to call upon those present l for such remarks as they deem appropriate to the occasion. We all have pleasant memories of the four years spent at the High School, and any word of appreciation of the benefits we have re- ceived, and a narrative of some incidents of our high-school days we think amusing or edifying will, no doubt, prove interesting. You may not know that these little talks this evening are being broadcast and many of those listening-in will find our remarks and comments interesting. To me the years spent at the old school on 15th and Olive were not only profitable, but on the whole very happy, although l did have difliculties from time to time resulting from a rather mischievous spirit. My class was that of Iune, 1883, Hfty-five years ago. At that time the Principal of the high school was Horace H. Morgan, an able executive, a thorough scholar, and a tactful and reasonable gentleman, who was well liked by both teachers and students. He served as Principal for about a quarter of a cen- tury. The Assistant Principal was Brandt V. B. Dixon, who later Iuncsii I. Huoo GRIMM on became Principal, and who, I am sure, is well known to many N l v c 1 Iunnii C. Oumczk Bisuoi' Iuoou LEO RASSIEUR Iunoie SHEPARD BARCLAY IUDGE Ixxcois KLEIN Page SL'l'Cl'lf.l1-SK'l'l'Il of you. He was a brilliant scholar, capable of teaching successfully any subject in the cur- riculum, and was very popular with all the students. He established the chemical laboratory in my day. Then there was William S. Bryan, who taught Latin and Greek and later be- came Principal. Both he and Mr. Dixon are still with us, though well along in years, and I have no doubt that I express the sentiment of all present when I say that we hope that these fine old gentlemen will be spared for many years to come. Time does not permit a reference to all of the members of the faculty of that day, but I may say that among them were Denton Snider, George Seymour, Mr. Bryan, Miss Schaefer, and Igfliss Simmons, who died a few years ago leaving a legacy for the benefit of Central High chool. I feel tempted to talk about my day at the old school, that meant so much to me,-but time will not permit. I do want to say, however, that we had a real baseball team at the High School in those days, one which was able to hold its own with any amateur team in the City. I played on it myself and I ought to know. It seems not out of place in these introductory remarks to call attention to the fact that of the boys who studied at Central High, twenty-two have achieved judicial honors, and all except live of these are still alive: three have served in the Supreme Court of the State, two in the St. Louis Court of Appeals, and the others as judges of the Circuit Court. I do not take into account those who have served as justices of the Peace. I will mention these men by name: Shepard Barclay Conway Elder Harry Hamilton C. Orrick Bishop Frank Thompson james M. Douglas Leo Rassieur Leo. S. Rassieur A. B. Frey jacob Klein Fred L. English Harry Sprague Horatio D. Wood Rhodes E. Cave Frank Landwehr William Zachritz Thomas C. Hennings Arthur Bader Myself tj. H. Grimmj john W. Calhoun Thomas j. Rowe, jr. Moses Hartmann Of these, three, Barclay, Elder, and Douglas have served in the Supreme Court: two, Barclay and Thompson, in the St. Louis Court of Appeals: and the others named, as well as judges Barclay and Douglas, have served in the State Circuit Court. It seems to me that this is a very fine showing for the old school. And now, with our permission, I am going to call upon the brethren present for such re- marks and observations as they deem fitting and appropriate to the occasion. I hope I have not violated propriety by making too long an introduction, which would have been much shorter but for the fact that I wished to say something about the days, I, myself, spent at the school. It seems to me most fitting that I should first call upon one of the younger men present, because he is at the present time a judge of our highest State Court. Prior to his promotion to that important office he served with marked ability as a judge of our Circuit Court. Only one judge has the unique distinction of having served as Circuit judge, judge of the St. Louis Court of Appeals, and judge of the Supreme Court of this State: and he is the first student of Central High School to win judicial office, namely, judge Shepard Barclay: and now in calling our brother, james M. Douglas, for an expression of his sentiments for this occasion, I am going to take the liberty to ask him to say something also about the judicial career of judge Barclay. judge Douglas: Mr. Toastmaster-Fellow Alumni: Tonight I enjoy a double privilege. The first is to participate in the 85th Anniver- sary of Central High School, where I studied for four years, with Chester B. Curtis as Principal, and was graduated in 1914. The second is to speak for judge Shepard Barclay, who, before his death in 1925, was one of our Alumni most distinguished in the law. I now have the honor to sit upon the same bench to which he brought great culture and learning. Since my appointment a year ago to the Supreme Court of Missouri, from the Circuit Bench of St. Louis to which I was elected in 1934, it has been a continued inspira- tion to gaze upon judge Barclay's face, shown so gentle and wise in his portrait which hangs on the wall in Division No. Une of this Court. He was only the fifth to be elected from our City. A native St. Louisan, he graduated from Central High, and later attended St. Louis University, where he received his degree in the Arts, and then studied law at the University of Virginia. He returned to St. Louis to practice his profession, was elected to the Circuit Bench, and near the close of his term in 1888 was elected as a judge of the Page Seventy-eight Supreme Court. After his resignation from that position in 1898, he resumed the practice of law for a number of years and was then appointed to the St. Louis Court of Appeals. I know of no other man in our State who has ever held office on our three courts. His record brings honor to his Alma Mater. To quote the words of His Honor, Iudge Grimm, at the memorial services held in the Supreme Court: He was great as a Iudge because he loved Iustice. The high position of trust held by the graduates of Central, not only in law but in every vocation, evidences a lasting tribute to the fine teachers who gave us so much. Following the order of asking the members of the highest Court to speak first, I now have the honor to present Iudge Conway Elder, who served as ludge of the Supreme Court from Ianuary, 1921, to Ianuary, 1923: and I am going to ask ludge Elder, incidentally, to say some- thing concerning our oldest living graduate who rendered judicial service, but who, because of his advanced years and protracted illness, is unable to be present with us tonight. I refer to Iudge William Zachritz. Gentlemen, I present Iudge Elder. Iudge Grimm: It is with genuine pleasure that I speak of Iudge William Zachritz, who carved for himself a place of prominence in legal affairs in St. Louis. Serving first by appointment as Assistant Circuit Attorney in 1888, next by election as Circuit Attorney in 1892, and then by election as Circuit Iudge in 1896, Iudge Zachritz gave to the citizens of St. Louis four- teen years of able and conscientious service, characterized by courage, straightforwardness, and a sound understanding of the law. It is my hope that he may speedily recover from the illness now attending him, and that he may enjoy many more years of happiness to complete a vigorous and useful life. Many years subsequent to the time he attended Central High, it was my satisfaction and privilege to spend three years at that institution until 1897, when I was obliged to seek employment. Kindly Professor W. S. Bryan, who aided so many Central students, in- terceded for me with the old Lincoln Trust Co., where I secured a position in the Title Department at 520.00 per month: at the end of the second month I was raised to 33000, and I thought I was then on the road to affluence. As I recall how Professor Godbey en- deavored to pound algebra into our heads, how Professor Iudson tried to give us a nod- ding acquaintance with Greek, how Professor Morgan strove to familiarize us with the dead Latin Language, and how the charming and sympathetic Miss Kitchin Know Mrs. Bryanl, labored to give us some personal knowledge of the King's English, I wonder at their patient perseverance. As a surcease from the toil of continuous cramming, we had a baseball team which, though never graduating into the Big League, furnished a lot of footwork and some broken fingers. And again, in the lunchroom, there was the episode when the big two-hundred pounder, now the well-known Dr. Eugene Brown, threw the custard pie at lack Ahern, missed him, and hit the dignified but gracious teacher, Miss Wilcox, creating a furor which almost resulted in a double expulsion-Gene for the throwing and lack for the dodging. Not content with this close shave, Iack subsequently brought a live rooster to school and placed it in a closet where the feminine professors kept their wraps, causing a commotion worse than the preceding affair. Long live the memory of old Central High School! One of the earliest graduates of the High School was Leo Rassieur, a very distinguished citizen, who not only rendered valuable services to our country in the Civil War, but also served as Iudge of our Probate Court. Personally I should gladly pay him the tribute he so richly deserved, but in my position as Chairman I must avoid doing too much of the talking. Therefore, I shall now call on Iudge Iohn W. Calhoun, somewhat in advance of the order in which he should be called, so that he may, in voicing his sentiments, also speak of the record and services of Iudge Rassieur. As you know, Iudge Calhoun who has served on our Circuit Bench for three terms, has taken a keen interest in the matter of legal education, and for some years taught at the City College of Law and at the Law School of Washington University. Ever since I first met the Iudge, he has taken a great interest in the Central High School, which must be very dear to his heart: and I now take pleasure in presenting him to you. Iudge Calhoun: Mr. Chairman and Brethren: When I first met Iudge Rassieur he was in the evening of his life: yet the vigor of this man with the snow-white hair and striking personality, and the authoritative, incisive, and convincing way in which he voiced his opinions made me think of him asamuchyounger Page Scucntu-nine man. He had the rare ability to make his presence felt, whether at home, on the street, on the rostrum, or in the courtroom. He had, to a very large degree, that indefinable quality called magnetism that attracted men to him and held their love and admiration throughout life. I am sure it will interest the students, friends, and Alumni of Central High School to know that just before his graduation judge Rassieur was called upon to take and instruct, though yet an undergraduate student, the class of Mr. Metcalf, mathematics in- structor, who was ill. So well did he do this work, and so excellent a showing did his class make in the test given by Professor Chauvenet of Washington University that the judge was offered a scholarship in that University. In the Civil War, judge Rassieur fought with such distinction and gallantry that he was continually promoted. He entered the War a Private: he was honorably discharged a Major. It was, perhaps, but natural that, after having risked his life to uphold the principles and organic law of his country, when his service ended, he would seek as a career the profession of law. In 1895, the people of this City chose him to serve them as Probate judge: and it is no disparagement to others to say that as Probate judge of the City of St. Louis he presided with a dignity, impartiality, and sound judgment that has never been excelled. In 1900 he was elected Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic. I'Ie gave unceasingly of his time in devotion to their cause and did much to promote the welfare of that organization. If I were to hazard a judgment on his most notable traits, it would be that all his in- stincts were for the right and all his sympathies lay with the highest rules of the code of honor and justice. Central High can, indeed, feel proud of this early graduate. As for myself, judge Grimm, I became a student at Central High in September, 1899, and graduated in june, 1903. There were no automobiles in those days and very few people owned horses and carriages. Shortly after I entered high school, a street-car strike that broke out tied up street-car transportation throughout the City, and many students walked through rain and snow as much as eight miles in order to reach school. Despite this hardship, even in the worst weather there were few absences. Everyone seemed to want to be in school. Central High in those days was located at Grand and Finney Ave- nue. It excelled in almost every activity. Throughout that period it had four excellent football teams each vear, and our first eleven won the interscholastic championship every year but one of the four years I was in the school. We had a well-governed Literary So- ciety: and with Faculty assistance great debating teams were produced that consistently won from Smith Manual Training School, East St. Louis High School, Western Military Academy, and St. Louis University debating teams. In tennis and in baseball we were also champions. Pete Bernero was football coach, Professor Thayer was tennis coach, and Frank Pears was baseball coach. We carried off the honors in track under the able train- ing of Professor Knox, the chemistry teacher, later a school principal. We had a Glee Club that was second to none in the State. Leo Miller, then a student, now nationally known as a musician, organized and trained the Violin and Mandolin Club. We had a well-organized corps of High School Cadets. One of my classmates, Fred L. English, later a Circuit judge of the City of St. Louis, was one of its officers. Mr. Bryan was Principal of the school, Mr. Schuyler was Assistant Principal. Their unfailing consideration and counsel and their helpfulness, as well as that of the faculty, through the adolescent years-the most important period in any person's education-inspired higher and nobler aspirations and constantly created in the student a new and happier outlook on life. Every student participated in one or more activities. I delighted in three: athletics. the Glee Club, and the Literary Society. As I look back on my days at Central, I am thankful for the knowledge, the understanding, the initiative, the courage, and the helpful- ness they brought me, assets which have greatly aided me throughout life. The years I spent at Central were, indeed, very happy ones. My memory cherishes the fondest recol- lections of the days that I spent there in the classroom, in the Literary Society, and on the different athletic teams. Though I went on to college and afterwards occupied different positions in public life, I really feel, as I recall the days at Central, that I got more pleasure out of them than from anything else that I participated in thereafter. I am grateful to the school for all that it has meant to me, and I am proud to be numbered among the alumni. If my original program were followed, I should now call on judge Zachritz, the oldest of our group, to respond: but as already pointed out, he is too ill to be present, and judge Elder has kindly spoken for him. Following judge Zachritz in point of time, I should be next, but I have had my say in my introductory remarks. However, there preceded judge Zachritz by some years, two distinguished judges, who passed to their reward years ago. I first mention judge jacob Klein, who served two terms as Page Eighty Circuit Iudge. He was a very fine lawyer, a careful and painstaking Iudge, fearless and abso- lutely impartial. The older lawyers now living recall him with sentiments of high respect and admiration. The other Iudge who served at the same time was appointed by the Governor. Though his period of service was comparatively short, Horatio D. Wood won the esteem and good will of all those who had business in his Court: for he was an able and conscientious Iudge and while preserving the dignity of his Court was still kind and considerate towards those having business therein. Next in point of time is my friend, Leo S. Rassieur, who was elected to our Circuit Bench in 1920, two years after my own first election, and with whom I have been on terms of personal friendship for upwards of fifty years. He is some years younger than I and was a student at the high school some years after my time. All of you know him and it is entirely unnecessary for me to call attention to his fine record as a Iudge or his ability as a lawyer. It is a pleasure indeed to present to you now, Iudge Leo S. Rassieur. Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen: That time moves swiftly is best illustrated by the fact that it will soon be fifty years since the Commencement Exercises of our class were held in Entertainment Hall, which stood on the east side of Fourteenth Street, opposite what was then Lucas Place and is now Locust Street. It formed part of the old Exposition and Music Hall Building, corre- sponding to our present Municipal Auditorium. The lapse of time since our graduation has made many changes: the students have become scattered throughout the country, and, indeed, quite a number of them have died. Our class was small: there were only 34 girls and 6 boys. It had completed its four- year courses: and, though in no respects an exceptional class, the graduates were a bright lot of young people of exalted courage, prepared to cope with the problems of the future. All were imbued with large hopes: they had been well trained and contemplated their new tasks with grit and determination. So far as I know, while none achieved outstanding dis- tinction, they were all reasonably successful in later life in their chosen lines of endeavor. After all, they became good and useful citizens and have at all times been free from scan- dal. They are a credit to the school. It should be remembered, the facilities of Old Central High at 15th and Olive were far below those of the present-day high school. The building, old and dilapidated, and much overcrowded, was the only high school in St. Louis. A portion of the cellar of the old school building had been made into classrooms, one used for chemistry, the other for Greek. In these rooms there were no desks or even desk chairs: eight or ten pupils occu- pied a long wooden bench, several of which were provided for a room. It may be of inter- est to note that during the closing year the Greek class had dwindled down to one mem- ber, who of course was always at the head and at the foot of the class, and was compelled to go through the whole assignment. At class time, Mr. Iudson, the Greek teacher, would go about the crowded building with his class of one to find a place, usually finding one on some bench at the end of one of the halls which were never intended for classes. Modern schools are, of course, elaborate in their appointments, but I doubt very much whether the average graduate, who has had the benefit of these added facilities, in any respect excels the average graduate of fifty years ago. Two years after Iudge Rassieuzfs election, two of our boys were elected to our Circuit Bench: the Hrst, Iudge Rhodes E. Cave, who, after serving a six-year term with great credit to himself, resumed the practice of law, becoming a member of a prominent law firm here. It is a great pleasure to call now on Iudge Cave for such remarks as seem to him appropriate. Iudge ave: Well, Iudge Grimm, when I look back and realize that it took four different schools, with their four batteries of teachers. and the best efforts of them all, to get me through the four years of the high-school curriculum, I can but sense what a iob that must have been. But perhaps the many changes of scenery lent to the pleasure of it all. First, there was one year at the old Polytechnic at Seventh and Chestnut Streets, then one under the guid- ance of that somewhat eccentric but quite scholarly character, Professor Sanford, who, in addition to acting as Principal, taught Latin. Then came a year at the old Foster Academy at Sixteenth and Pine Streets, where Professors Peltier and Potthof probably had more in- fluence on me than any others. After that there was another year at old Central High at Fifteenth and Olive Streets, and then the last year at new Central High on Grand Ave- nue, where the teachers were finally able to get rid of me in the mid-year class early in 1895. Page Eighty-one During those latter years I feel that I was much influenced by Professor Bryan, afterwards Assistant Superintendent of Schools. Consider the lack of equipment in those days, compared with the abundance of the present day! Don't think about that! Think about the general character of the teaching corps in that period and the fact that with such poor equipment as they had-compared with that of today-they were able, perhaps, to turn out a product, by and large, which measures up to that of today. Anyway, with what we got, most of us have been able to keep our heads above water. After high school, with Washington University A. B. and LL. B. degrees, I practiced law until I was elected judge of the Circuit Court of St. Louis in 1912, from which position I resigned in 1917 to become a member of my present firm of Bryan, Williams, Cave, and IVIcPheeters. From 1908 to 1912 I was a member of the Board of Education of the City of St. Louis and its President during part of the time. Such the fruit of the seed sown at old Central High School. With judge Cave there came to our Circuit Court, judge Thomas C. Hennings, who, after serving as Circuit judge from january 1, 1910, to March, 1918, in a manner entirely satisfac- tory to his friends and the public, became Vice-President in charge of the Legal Department of one of our largest financial institutions, and in him we have a successful lawyer, a capable judge, and an able banker, all combined in one person. It is a pleasure indeed to present to you judge Thomas C. Hennings. And, if you will, judge, kindly say something of our, de- ceased brother, Harry E. Sprague. He, as well as judge Cave and judge Rassieur, served on our Circuit Bench with me. judge Hennings: Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen: I very cheerfully comply with your request to say something concerning judge Harry E. Sprague, with whom I dare say everyone present was acquainted. He attended the Central High School during the same period that I did, and in 1930 was appointed Circuit judge by Governor Caulfield, and served until December 31, 1931. While he served for only a short time, his record as a judge was entirely satisfactory to his associates on the Bench, to the Bar, and to the public at large. judge Sprague was a congenial, likable gen- tleman, who unhappily died all too soon, in january, 1934. As to my experience at the high school, there is little to say. I was a member of the class of june, 1892. The first of the four years I spent at the old Polytechnic Building on Seventh and Chestnut, the second at the old Wyman Institute on the northeast corner of Sixteenth and Pine, and the remaining two years in the Central High School Building on Fifteenth and Olive. Being moved about in that manner, there was less of the school spirit than would have existed had we spent the four years under one roof. However, there were the usual activities: namely, a literary society, a fairly good baseball club, and a track team. In my time, Dr. F. Louis Soldan, who later became Superintendent of Education, and a National figure in Educational circles, was Principal, and Mr. William S. Bryan was his Assistant. I recall my days at the old school with much satisfaction and a good deal of pleasure, for we had a fine faculty and a splendid group of young people as students. Friends, we are approaching the more recent members of the judiciary, who came from the Central High School. Of the total of twenty-two of our boys who have held judicial positions, all but five are still with us. The class at Central High School of which judge Cave was a member, has the unusual distinction of having graduated two boys who became Circuit judges, judge Cave and judge Henry A. Hamilton. The latter has not only served three full terms as judge of our Circuit Court with distinction and ability, but like a number of his judicial colleagues, has in addition rendered valuable service as an educator and has for some years directed the affairs of the City College of Law and Finance as Dean of its Law School. Unfortunately judge Hamilton is un- able to be with us this evening, so we will be denied the pleasure of hearing him. One of our boys who served in the Court of Appeals for a short period by appointment to fill a vacancy, was judge Frank Thompson. His term of office unfortunately was not long enough to afford him an opportunity to show how capable he really was. He is now acting as Assistant Attorney General of the United States, and enjoys an enviable reputation as a jurist and a lawyer, and as is the case of judge Hamilton, we find that judge Thompson is unable to be present with us this evening, which I regret exceedingly, for I have no doubt he would have something to say that would be worth while. Page Eighty-two During the term of my service on the bench, one of our colleagues was judge Hartmann, who, I have just learned, has removed from our city to California, and therefore is not with us. judge Hartmann served on the Circuit Bench for three terms, the last expiring in 1936. There also served with me upon our Circuit Bench, judge A. B. Frey, who, like judge Hamilton, judge Calhoun, judge English, and myself, found time to teach different subjects at the Law School. He also wrote a book dealinq with the law and is known as an industrious, as well as a capable lawyer, who shirked no work during his judicial career. I am glad now to present judge Frey. judge Grimm and Fellow Alumni: At the time of our graduation from Central High School in june, 1906, the future gave promise of accomplishment in a civilization vibrant with ethical values. The years to come -even so few as ten years-seemed an eternity, prospectively viewed: but the past thirty- two years, considered retrospectively, have been as evanescent as the melting snows. and latterly filled with world darkness. History has indeed been made since our graduation days. Little did we then think. as we were so painstakingly instructed concerning the catastrophic effects of war, that we were about to be precipitated into a European conflict that would cast its pall over civiliza- tion. And, even when plunged into that war, there were few, indeed, who ever dreamed that it would be followed by economic disaster, dictatorships, and the destruction of free- dom, of liberalism, and of religious ideals. We were trained at Central to look forward to a period of spiritual progress. It is to be hoped that our disappointment during the past thirty years in not attaining that ideal will not lead us to abandon the ideal: that our high schools will now, more than ever, stress the importance of ethical values, spiritual insight, and a belief in the Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood of Man. We are looking forward then, to the next thirty years, not only to reach the goal, but to enjoy the struggles and the sacrifices that we must make as we make the journey. Another one of the judges who served with me was judge Frank Landwehr, who served three terms, as I recall, as Circuit judge in our city. He intended to be present this evening and respond to my request for remarks, but has been unavoidably prevented. judge Fred L. English served upon our Circuit Bench for too short a period, I am sure, for he was appointed by the Governor to fill a vacancy. As I understand, he was in the same class at Central High School as was judge Calhoun, and they have naturally been friends ever since. Like so many of us here this evening, judge English also gave of his time to instruct the youth at one of our local Law Schools, St. Louis University. He is with us this evening and I am going to ask him for an expression of his sentiments on this pleasant occasion. judge English: Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen: This year marks the thirty-fifth anniversary of my graduation from Central High School: and my senior year was marked principally by hard work. I was taking the Clas- sical Course, and in connection with that was taking the regular studies for College Board examinations, thinking that I might want to attend an Eastern College. I had seven recita- tion periods every day and had to do all my studying at home. I have found that my extra curricular activities at Central High School have been of immense value to me. My four years in the Cadet Corps gave me a fundamental knowl- edge of military discipline and training which helped me considerably in my subsequent National Guard experience and in my activities in the United States Army during the World War. My four years' membership in the Literary Society taught me how to debate and gave me a knowledge of parliamentary law which has been valuable to me ever since. The cheer leaders in those days did not use megaphones but had to train their voices so that they would carry to the furthest ends of the stands in the leading of the school yells: and as cheer leader I was able so to develop my voice that I have been able many times in later years to make outdoor speeches without its affecting my throat. All this dates back to the old days at Grand and Finney, when we attended the only public high school in St. Louis. Those were pleasant days and I had lots of fun. I will never forget the time that we put an alarm clock set to go off in the middle of the class period under Miss Fruchte's statue of Shakespeare. I shall never forget the day in one of her examinations when we all agreed in advance to give the same absurd answer to Ques- tion No. 7 before we had seen the questions. The fact of the advance agreement kept us from all being discharged for cheating. Page Eighty-three I have no doubt that many prominent citizens of this community will remember the time when we all arranged to complain about the heat and held our thumbs on the ther- mometers to run the temperature up above ninety just before the Principal came around to geterlilnine whether to dismiss school at noon. I feel sure that Iudge Calhoun will remem- er t at. I sincerely hope that the Class of 1903, to which I belonged, will have a reunion this summer. Among the younger of our Circuit Iudges, and one who is deservedly popular with the members of the Bar, is our friend Iudge Arthur Bader, who served on our Circuit Bench for several terms. As a student at the high school he was not only an earnest and industrious lad. but took a marked interest in extracurricular activities as well. Those who attended the high' school with him remember him very well: just as those who had dealings with him as a Iudge recall his earnest efforts to be right, and his courtesy to counsel with pleasure. I am very glad at this time to present to you Iudge Arthur Bader. Fellow Alumni: , In response to the gracious and kind introduction of the Toastmaster, Honorable Iudge I. Hugo Grimm, for which I thank him, it is true that I was a former student and am a graduate of Central High School. I graduated from Central High in Iune, 1906, when the school was located on Grand Avenue. Mr. Bryan was Principal, and Mr, Schuyler was Assistant Principal. No finer men has it ever been my pleasure to come in contact with. Another friend of all the boys was Mr. Miller, who was teaching physics. The influence of these three men, I can honestly say, gave me the first insight into what one should strive to be. I, of course, was very much interested in all forms of athletics. I reported for spring baseball practice to the coach, at that time, Mr. Frank Pears. And, by the way, the Coach's salary and the team's expenses were paid by the dues of the Athletic Association. in which membership was not compulsory on the part of the student-body. Central High at that time was famous for its athletic teams, football, hockey, and baseball: and it was considered quite an honor to be able to make the team, which honor I achieved: and the following year I had the distinction of being elected Captain. We were then in the Ulnter- scholastic League, and our greatest rivals were Smith Academy and Manual Training School. We were fortunate, during my years at Central High, in being champions of that Interscholastic League in baseball. and later were State Champions, having defeated Blees Military Academy and St. Louis University for that title. If time and space would permit, I would like to recall some of the names of those whom I considered my friends and with whom I was associated at Central High. The friendships and contacts I made with the faculty and student body I shall always cherish: and in the years that I have served on the Circuit Bench in the City of St. Louis it was a pleasure to come in contact with them in the hearing of civil litigationsg I do not recall that any of them appeared before me in the criminal division of the court. After being elevated to the Bench by appointment of the Governor of the State of Mis- souri, Henry S. Caulfield, as one of the new Iudges under an act of the Legislature creat- ing the offices in 1928, and later being elected for a term immediately following, and after having the distinction of serving as Iudge by appointment in the St. Louis Court of Crim- inal Correction, I look back with gratitude to my high-school days. I feel that all the honors I have had in life, I owe in a great measure to the training and associations during my formative years at Old Central High. And now, Gentlemen. we come to the last speaker upon whom I shall call, the latest mem- ber of the Bench who graduated from the High School, Iudge Thomas Rowe, Ir. In calling upon him I shall ask him to say something for himself, and also to say something about the member of the first graduating class who later became a Iudge, namely, C. Orrick Bishop. In charging him with this additional duty, I am certain the Iudge will gladly comply with my re- quest: and, Iudge Rowe, since you are to speak for two, you will not be held to the time limit of five minutes, but may take double time if you desire. Iudge Rowe: Mr. Chairman and Brother Iudges, past and present: Being, so to speak, the baby of this family of Iudges, I shall not presume to make an extended talk and certainly shall have little to say for myself, but shall confine my remarks largely to incidents in the life of Iudge Bishop which, I believe, would be interesting to you. Page Eighty-four Ten years ago, when the high school celebrated its diamond jubilee, judge Bishop was the guest of honor, the only survivor of the first graduating class. He was very proud of this distinction and brought to the Assembly Hall not only his diploma, yellow with age, but also the program of the graduating exercises of his class: and this was reproduced in the year book of 1928. lt would be perfectly safe to state that judge Bishop was, without doubt, the best informed lawyer on criminal law in this state. He enjoyed the distinction of having served as Assistant Circuit Attorney year after year for several decades under Republican and Democratic Circuit Attorneys alike. Again he had the distinction of hav- ing taught criminal law at the Law Schools of both our local universities, first at Wash- ington University, and then at St. Louis University. He served as Circuit judge for a term ending December 31, 1908. He was, in many respects, a very remarkable gentleman. At the time of the fire in the M. A. C. Building he had a room in one of the upper stories, and although fairly well advanced in years, jumped out of his window and onto the roof of the building adjoining the M. A. C. on the west, escaping with but slight injuries. He was a great baseball enthusiast, and, I am reliably informed, prepared the constitu- tion for the American League. Many interesting stories have been told about him, one of the best by the Chairman of this meeting. It was in 1910, when the case of State vs. Kane was being tried before the gentleman who is acting as Chairman of this meeting, and judge Bishop was senior coun- sel for the defendant. He was assisted by two other attorneys. The defendant was charged with murder for having shot a man in the corridor of the old Four Courts Build- ing. The case was a very dangerous one for the defendant. On about the third day of the trial, about four o'clock in the afternoon, judge Bishop, during the examination of a wit- ness for the State, quietly picked up his hat and tiptoed out of the courtroom. Then, after an absence of five or ten minutes, he returned, quietly walked up to the counsel table, and then over to the side of the bench where the judge was sitting. Shielding his face with his hand, he whispered to the judge: New York-5, Boston-3. It was in September and the world series was being played. As both the judge and the ex-judge were baseball enthu- siasts, this very unusual action can be understood and appreciated. It is not generally known that judge Bishop and judge Barclay were bosom friends, and that the former was an attendant at the wedding of the latter. These two men, friends from early youth, remained such while they both lived. Your Chairman has also told of many an amusing occurrence in which judge Barclay figured. Some years ago there was a celebration of the anniversary of the founding of the American or of National League, I do not recall which. A game was being played at the Sportsman's Park and all the old players and fans were invited. In one of the boxes there sat Theodore Breitenstein, George McGinnis, Heine Peitz, judge Barclay, and Father Brennan, the astronomer priest. After judge Barclay had left the high school he had be- come a student at St. Louis University. Father Brennan was at the time a student at Christian Brothers College. Both institutions had baseball teams, Barclay being pitcher for his team and Brennan pitcher for his. On the occasion in question judge Grimm, passing by this box, greeted the gentlemen: and they insisted that he have a seat in the adjoining box. The judge complied with their request. After a time judge Barclay looked at Father Brennan and said: Do you remember that game between your team of the Christian Brothers College and the St. Louis University, when you pitched for your team and I did for mine? Oh, yes, said Father Brennan, you have reminded me-of it often enough. judge Barclay then pulled out of his pocket an old score book and exhibited the score of the game in question, which you will readily infer was won by the judge's team. judge Grimm then asked judge Barclay to let him look at the score book, and in turning over the pages he came to the score of a game between St. Louis University and Washington University in which judge Barclay pitched for his team, but which was won by the Washington Univer- sity Club. Quick as a flash he turned to Father Brennan with a query: Father Brennan, did judge Barclay ever show you the score of this game of his team and Washington Uni- versity, played during the same season that he won from yours? judge Barclay had nothing more to say, while the priest had a very hearty chuckle. judge Barclay's only comment was that he did not regard inquisitiveness as a great virtue. However, he said nothing more about the famous game in which his team won from Father Brennan's. Many interesting stories could be told about these two judges who were among the first students at the high school. Page Eighty-fi UC For myself, I have little to say: being the youngest in this family, it is becoming that I should be duly modest. My four years at Central were not exciting on the one hand, nor uneventful on the other. Mine was the class of 1903, and the school was then on Grand Avenue. Our class was an unusually large one. Mr. William S. Bryan was at that time Principal and he was ably supported by a large staff of teachers, including Stephen A. Douglass and Chester B. Curtis, who later became Principals of the high school: Paul Peltier, William Schuyler, Amelia Fruchte, and Miss M. F. Simmons fwho by her will gave a legacy to the high schooll, Miss Iones, and Miss Lily Ernst, now Principal of the Blewett High School. To me the years spent at the school were happy, as well as profitable. There was, of course, work enough to keep us busy and out of mischief, but not so much as to become too great a burden. As I look back upon these years with pleasure and satisfaction, I am wondering just how soon some of the boys who followed me at the old school will follow us on the Bench. I am still new as a Iudge, but I hope so to conduct the business of that important office that my work will reflect at least a fair degree of credit upon our Alma Mater. I thank you for your attention. We have now heard from all of the brethren who are present this evening, and I am sure all have enjoyed the remarks made by them. This broadcast has been taken down in shorthand and will be published, at least in part ln the yearbook for the high school's eighty-Hfth year. And now, unless some of the brethren have something additional to offer, a motion to ad journ will be in order. Motion made and carried. And thus ends, gentlemen, a very pleasant and enjoyable evening. :e:::wsreeev-Y-r:-::4v-:::wvsre:::::- -::ee::: :e - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A - - - - - - - - - - - - - - :aaare.-sae.-.-.-a:aaeenas.-N.-sf.-a -Q.-afwviasillzussssisieewza iii-Q'- '1-'3-' 1111-ifiiiiii IUDGE CONWAY ELDER IUDGE IOHN W. CALHOUN IUDGE THOMAS I. Rowa .-11:.'.'.':1?'.-.-1: .-:russia-ss ' ' :'++' 'af++++++ - ++::++++-- --------vv--v-------- ---v---- vv------ ::::::::.-:::::::e ::::-+r---- Page Eighty-six Ju v vvvv--Y ----vv---rv-- EDUCATION . The subject of education and educators of Central High School is ,fxjgf so interwoven with the reminiscences of alumni and with every other topic covered in this broadcast that it seemed scarcely necessaryuto make it a separate topic. To quote Dr. Soldan through Miss Heltzell, Th.e Central F teachers of those earlier days were a glorious galaxy of men and women, and indeed the spontaneous testimony of their pupils seems to prove the ' truth of that statement. 3- As we have become better acquainted with these men and women in preparing this record, we have been impressed with their scholarship. and we have wondered whether Emerson and his school of transcendentalism had any notable influence on these educators. Miss Heltzell. we have called on you for so much help in this pageant, that we dislike to impose further on your good nature and willingness, but would you mind talking for a few moments on this theme? We should like to establish that one point about Emerson before leaving this subject. We will not detain you long. Give us just a few facts bearing on this matter. THE St. Louis Movement in Philosophy, Literature, Education, and Psychology was started in Ianuary, 1866, by Governor Henry C. Brockmeyer with a group of a dozen men. Denton I. Snider and Wm. T. Harris were members. The Concord School opened in Iuly, 1879, under Mr. A. Bronson Alcott, Dean: Mr. H. S. Emery, Ir., Director: Mr. F. B. Sanborn, Secretary. Dr. W. T. Harris, Mr. Denton l. Snider, Mr. Thomas Davidson, and others were on the faculty as lecturers. And you are right about Emerson. The Sage of Concord himself, Ralph Waldo Emerson, was the head of the school. Dr. Harris was then Superintendent of Schools in St. Louis, Dr. Snider and Mr. Tom Davidson were Central High teachers: Dr. F. L. Soldan was first a teacher of Central High, later Principal of Normal and High. Professor Davidson about this time, and Dr. Snider in 1881, left Central to devote themselves to lecture work and private classes and writing for publication. St. Louis teachers from Central and her branches were well represented among the students in the Concord School as well as in the St. Louis Movement. I have found no list of the scores of men and women who attended the sessions of 1879 and through the whole ten years of the school's life. But I do know that the following teachers attended and took part. At many lectures, women formed three-fourths of the audience, a large group from the West. Miss Anna C. Brockett, Principal of Normal. Miss Gertrude Garrigues, assistant at Central High. fThese ladies translated from the German material by Goethe, which was later used in work at Concord, but published first by Dr. Harris in his journal of Speculative Philosophyj Miss Mary E. Beedy, assistant at Central H. S. fused to take part in discussions of the St. Louis Philosophersj. Miss Evelyn Grace Gilfillan of Central. Miss Amelia C. Eruchte of Central. Miss Susan E. Blow, Founder of St. Louis Kindergarten. Miss lennie M. A. Iones of Central. Miss Laura Hinchman of Central. There were others-Miss Susan V. Beeson, of Central, and her sister, Mrs. Clara Hub- bard, most likely: and a coterie of women, founders of the Wednesday Club in 1890, who had belonged earlier to study clubs-Homer, Hegel, Browning, Goethe, etc. Of that latter group, Mrs. W. E. Fischel, honored in this book, is the only surviving member. Thank you, Miss Heltzell. That serves our purpose-to show the connection between these early scholarly educators of the St. Louis Movement and the great Concord School under Emerson's headship. Miss Ernst, that answers the question you raised, too, about the con- Pagc Eight y-seven nection between St. Louis and transcendentalism. By the way, Miss Ernst, here is a message for you from Louis T. More, Professor of Physics and Dean of the Graduate School of the Uni- versity of Cincinnati: Will you give my very kindest regards to Miss Ernst and tell her that whatever success I may have achieved is due to her strong and disapproving attitude towards me in my Uni- versity days? l still remember her and my fear of arousing her scornful wrath because of my scandalous neglect of my studies. ee.-::::w-e:+:-e:eer::.--:::v-::-Ncw-:e- -v--::-:+v-::::- --::slsr::v-:- ::::.--.vsrv-:earv-.-.-::s:::::-:::4v-4-:vslvsl-O --:::.-+:.-::x::.-:::::::--:w-eeesavvsrlw favs.-ee.--e:+lk:+-:Y-::.-e -e::::::::::-:::::::::::::+r::e--::4sl l 0WLl:l'L0l'Lt 576!lfLCaft0l 5 ana! .SDCAOZCLP5 The following are just a few of the many Central alumni who have won recognition in the field of education: Winfred Ernest Garrison, President of Butler College and now professor in Chicago University: George Dwight Kellogg, Classicist and formerly professor in Yale, Wil- liams, Princeton, and Chicago University: now professor at Union College, Schenectady, N. Y.: Louis T. More, Professor of Physics and Dean of the Graduate School, University of Cincinnati: Frederick W. Crunden, formerly President of St. Louis Library Association: W. I. S. Bryan, formerly Asst. Supt. of Instruction, St. Louis Public Schools: now in charge of libraries and compiler of a history of St. Louis schools: Louis Iames Block, author and educator: W. R. Vickroy, deceased, former Principal of Manual Training School: Paul D. Kelleter, Director of N. Y. State College of Forestry: George Harkness, Vice-Pres. of American Educational Society: Meyer I. Epstein, college professor and musician: Howard G. Colwell, deceased, formerly teacher, lecturer, and Asst. Principal of Central High School. Rose Flynn Hartshorne is a prominent lecturer and dramatic interpreter. Antoinette Frances Dawes has been admitted to Oxford University. Rosa Hesse was the first president of the St. Louis Grade Teachers' Association. Philo S. Stevenson is a special representative of Washington University. Cornelia Catlin Coulter received a scholarship at Bryn Mawr and also a European fellowship. Iennie Wahlert is primary supervisor of the St. Louis Public Schools. Mariery Quigley is a graduate of Vassar College and Librarian at Montclair, N. S. lulia Bell Griswold was for a long period principal of Wellston High School. Meta Gruner is director of the Children's Aid Society. Rev. Raymond Elliott Brock is Rector of St. George Episcopal Church. He won honors in oratory at Columbia University. Elsa Butler Grove, Lecturer in Social Science in Teachers College, Columbia University: Clara Eliot fMrs. R. B. Raupl, now on the faculty of Barnard College: Theodore S. Eliot, Professor of Anatomy, University of Tennessee: Ruth Eliot Prentiss, teacher of English in high school in Portland: Mary Powell and Margaret Barlow, St. Louis Art Museum: Iosephine Gratiaa, St. Louis Public Library: Thomas Barclay, Ph. D., Professor of Economics in Leland Stanford University, who was a member of the American Peace Commission in 1919, and Herman Salinger, instructor in German at the University of Wisconsin. A few of the many who have been awarded important scholarships and prizes include Eugene A. Hecker. who won no less than seven prizes totaling over S1500 at Harvard, and became a member of the Harvard faculty: Huntley W. Herrington, now Professor of English at Syracuse University, who won two scholarships at Harvard: Cornelia Catlin Coulter. who won a scholarship to Bryn Mawr and another to the University of Munich: Vest Davis, who won a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University: Clara Louise Thompson. who obtained a fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania, and was the first woman to win a fellowship in the American School for Classical Study at Rome. and Louise Ellison, who won a scholarship and fellowship at Clark University. Duncan Mellier and Iohn Logan Marquis attained well- deserved reputations for scholarship. Dr. Alford Luccock is a professor in Yale University. q:e:q:::::::.-:::.-::::::::+-. -:.-:::e:::::::::: -.-::ea-are:.-:-::::::::::ee-::::::-av-0-lsr:v-:+:: - -re - - v - - - - :::- :Q-:vw-r:::::e.-::N:::.-: :Y-.-:::4v:::N:::: .-::.-:::::::.-:--4-a-r:.-:.-:::vsr::::::.-:.-.-::::: REE? Page Eight y-eight In presenting the general subject of Science in Central High School ' we could make no better choice or our speaker than Mr Brandt V B Dixon teacher in Central High School nally principal H886 18871 and ounder o the first chemical laboratory in the public schools Mr Dixon will speak rom the H Sophie Newcomb College which he ounded f . f . , ' ' 5 . t - . I. f I . . 2 33,5 . . ii ' Orleans, his home for the past fifty years. Your many St. Louis friends g,.,,f'e . . . . and which is the womens department o Tulane University in New 1-,W will be glad to hear you, Mr. Dixon. Will you tak.e the microphone? WHEN I was appointed to Central High School, the subjects assigned to me were the sciences-chemistry, geology, and physics, with various others to fill out my time, history, Latin, or any other, according to demand. There was a good supply of apparatus, chemicals, and specimens for display and experiments before the class, but I had been convinced that the proper way to teach science was by the laboratory, where the students studied and performed the experiments for themselves. I therefore petitioned the Superintendent, William T. Harris, to recommend the fitting of a chemical laboratory in the school. After the request had been several times repeated without effect, and since I was somewhat ambitious to become a chemist, I set about forming a laboratory of my own, and of getting enough commercial work to support it. This was in the summer of 1876. During the year 1876-7 a group of eight boys asked me to give them a volunteer course in practical chemistry: so I gave them one lesson a week throughout the year. We met in the basement after school had been dismissed. The boys made much of the apparatus they needed, and I am sure that they enjoyed their work. In 1893 I met one of these boys, Rider by name, who was a member of the Iury of Award in the Electrical display of the Chicago Exposition, and he told me that most all the members of that class had done well in a vocation related to a scientific study. He himself had been engaged in building a railway in Yucatan. Meanwhile my personal chemical business had prospered, and I was thinking of giving up my school work, when Mr. Harris told me that he would agree to request of the Board a fund for the construction of a chemical laboratory in the high school. I have always felt certain that this vias the first chemical laboratory in this country used for high school or secondary grade sc oo s. If we were not so limited for time w.e'd like to prove that point, Mr. Dixon, but no doubt you are right. Here is another interesting question we'd like to settle. Miss Lily Ernst says that she believes you worked out the mathematical problems for Captain Iames B. Eads in his great bridge project. ls that true? As to my working out a mathematical problem for Captain Iames B. Eads, this had no connection with my services or position in the Central High School, but, since you have asked for it, I will give an account of it. In the summer of 1868, at the close of my Sophomore year at Amherst College, I had come home with the idea that I would not continue my course. The times were hard, and I felt that my father should be relieved of the expense. At this time Captain Eads was busy with plans for his proposed bridge, and, being a friend, used to come occasionally to discuss them with my father. I was sometimes presentg once he remarked that he was wondering about the speed that might be allowed to a loaded train running out upon a span: how quickly the strain could be distributed throughout the iron work of the arches, etc. I ventured to remark that the prob- lem suggested an attempt to solve it by the use of calculus. What do you know about calculus? asked the captain. Now this study had been introduced into the course at Amherst only the year before, and I had been an eager student. I explained this, and there followed a flood of details, with a request that I should see what I could make of it. Of course, after seventy years I cannot recall these items, but I remember that I labored several days, and that the result pleased Captain Eads. He urged that I go back to an Engineering school or college and when I graduated I should apply to his office. Following this advice, I borrowed money to complete my college course, but went to Cornell University, where I graduated in 1870. Captain Eads was then in Europe, seeking a loan for his bridge, and I found a position in the St. Louis Public Schools. Page Eighty-nine Thank you. I wonder if one of those eight boys you spoke of could have been George Pegram. But it is too late for your answer now. Here is Dean Philo Stevenson, of Wash- ington University, one of our belov.ed alumni. Will you tell us something of the career of George H. Pegram, a son of Central and of Washington, distinguished in science? Dean Stevenson: George H. Pegram, who received the degrees of C.E. in 1877, M.A. in 1905, LL.D. in 1928, from Washington University, Chief Engineer of the Manhattan Railway and Interbor- ough Rapid Transit Companies, died December 23, 1937, in Brooklyn Hospital. Mr. Pegram, one of our distinguished alumni, had not quite attained the age of eighty-two. Graduating at the head of his class from Washington University, Mr. Pegram at once began work on the construction of the Utah and Northern Railway of Idaho. Two years later he became Chief Engineer of the Edgemoor Iron Company, of Wilmington, Delaware. Following a year's study in Europe, Mr. Pegram established himself in 1886 as a consulting engineer in which capacity he served the Missouri Pacific Railway for four years before becoming Chief Engineer of the Union Pacific. In 1889 he invented and patented the Pegram truss for bridges. Among important works to his credit are the Union Terminal Station in St. Louis, the combined highway and bridge over the Arkansas River at Fort Smith, and his construction of the East River tunnel from Brooklyn to Manhattan. This, the first tunnel connecting the two burroughs, was considered an engineering wonder at the time of its completion in 1907. From 1905 until his death he acted as Chief Engineer with the Manhattan Elevated Railway and the Rapid Interstate Construction Company and the New York Railways Company. Mr. Pegram was formerly president of the Technical Society of Omaha and was presi- dent of the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1917. In 1931 he was appointed by the American Society of Engineers to a committee of leading engineers to assemble authentic information on engineering opportunities in Russia for members of the profession in the United States. We shall next hear from Leigh Palmer, whose heart is really with 515,31 his classmates, the Boys of '9I, who are very anxious to hear from him, and who have planned a little broadcast of their own later. Your ' . ' activities are so varied, Mr. Palmer, that we may place you with appro- priateness in several fields. Will you give us a brief sketch of your ,-.-l interesting life? Mr. Palmer: 5 1' 'Fl 5 X , S -. .. V 5 'St 1' YES, I shall be glad to give you a resume of my activities after leaving Cen- tral High School. I belong to the Boys of '91 and, through Professor Soldan and Professor Schuyler, became very much interested in history and travel. After being graduated from Central High at Fifteenth and Olive streets, I entered the United States Naval Academy and later was an officer--from Ensign to Rear Admiral-seeing active serv- ice in the Spanish-American War, Philip- pine Insurrection, Mexican Campaign, and in the World War. I have always kept in touch with my friends of Central I-ligh and have had occa- sional class reunions in St. Louis whenever I could get back from sea. My duties natu- rally carried me to all the countries of the Far East, to Australia, New Zealand, and to many of the South Sea Islands. Many months have been spent in the heart of Africa and the eastern, western, and south- ern Coastal Countries of that great con- tinent. Considerable time has been spent in all the Countries of South America and ADMIRAL LEIGH PALMER Page Ninety of Europe but, after all, there is so much to see and learn that it is possible to be thoroughly familiar with only a very small part of the World. There have been many interesting trips: as Naval Representative at the Wedding of King Alfonso: Naval Aide to our Secretary of State on his extended visit to all South Ameri- can Countriesg Naval Aide to President Taft: and Director of Great Gun Target Practice for the Navy. I have had the usual duties of a naval officer from command of destroyers to battleships, Chief of Staff of the battleship Squadrons, Chief of the Bureau of Navigation in charge of recruiting, training, and assignment of half a million naval officers and men during the World War, and Chief of Staff of American battleship Squadron in the North Sea Fleet, witnessing the surrender of the German Fleet during that period. Some years after the World War I resigned to enter business in China, Iapan, Russia, and other Far Eastern countries, and later was President of the United States Fleet Corporation under President Coolidge. On completion of the latter duty, I became Vice-President and General Manager of two steamship lines, running from the United States to South and East Africa as far as Zanzibar and to the Islands of the Indian Ocean, and still occupy this position. Much travel has been very pleasant but always I return very thankful that my home is in the United States. I find it matches any country in the world 'in scenery, and, for educa- tional systems, freedom of thought and expression, to my mind there is no country that can compare with ours. Though my work has kept me near the Eastern Coast and in foreign lands, yet I am proud to claim St. Louis as my home, and am very appreciative of the oppor- tunity I had to be a student at Central High, You have my very best wishes for your success in the Eighty-fifth Anniversary arrange- And now Estelle Tarnalis, of the Iune, '38 Class, I believe you have something to tell of Iohn Frederick Wixford, whose name is heralded everywhere as the discouerer of a process for clarifying the waters of . qzgf f f, the Mississippi. Miss Tamalis: II12I'1tS. L25 leg. 3. 'xngffi it i- 'lc ,, gf is .2 5 5 'rl HAVE you ever filled two glasses, one with clear hydrant water and the other with muddy Mississippi water? It doesn't seem possible that anyone could drink that muddy water: yet in the nineteenth century people did drink it. They didn't like it, but they thought nothing could be done about clarifying the water: so they were optimistic enough to laugh about it. The famous humorist, Mark Twain, laughed with them. In his Life on the Mis- sissippi he relates the following anecdote: When I went to my room I found the young man, called Rogers, crying. Rogers was not his name: neither was Iones, Brown, Dexter, Ferguson, Bascon, nor Thompson: but he answered to either of these that a body found handy in an emergency: or to any other name, in fact, if he perceived that you meant him. I h He said, 'What does a person do here when he wants a drink of water? Drink this s us ?' H 'Can't you drink it?' 'I could if had some other water to wash it down withl' Here was a thing which had not changed: a score of years had not affected this water's mulatto complexion in the least: a score of centuries would succeed no better, perhaps. It comes out of the turbulent bank-caving Missouri, and every tumblerful of it holds nearly an acre of land in solution. I got this from the bishop of the diocese. If you will let your glass stand half an hour you can separate the land from the water as easy as Genesis: and then you will find them both good, the one good to eat and the other good to drink. The land is very nourishing, the water is thoroughly wholesome. The one appeases hunger: the other. thirst. But the natives do not take them separately, but together, as nature mixed them. When they find an inch of mud in the bottom of a glass, they stir it up and then take the draught as they would gruel. It is difficult for a stranger to get used to this batter but once used to it he will prefer it to water. This is really the case. It is good for steamboating, and good to drink: but it is worthless for all other purposes, except baptizingf' So Mark Twain ridiculed the water: and, like many another, thought that nothing could Page Ninety-one be done about it. However, there was one man who thought something could be done, and he did do something. That man was Iohn Frederick Wixford. We of Central today can be proud of the fact that he, too, went to Central. Miss Southwick, whom many an alumnus recalls as the jovial, friendly clerk in the office, and yet a wise and stern mentor, too, was kind enough to reminisce for us about the Wixford whom she knew. She remembers him as a quiet hard-working student whose quaintness was his only distinguishing characteristic. When Wixford left Central, he went quietly, as was always his way, through Washing- ton University. In the university he was known as the boy who went through college twice because he took two courses. Finishing college, Wixford saw St. Louis's need for a system for clarifying its drinking water. It has always been characteristic of Iohn Wixford that once determined to do something he would strive until he had accomplished his end. So with this trait dominant in his character, Wixford set about clarifying the water of St. Louis, and he did clarify it. When the World's Fair was held in St. Louis there was clear water to be had. Success did not affect Wixford. He continued living unostentatiously in his east-side quarters until death removed one of St. Louis's outstanding citizens. Here is the story of one who learned a spirit of helpfulness at the Old High, that spirit which yet is instilled in the youth of today. When next you pick up a glass of clear water, remember to give credit to Iohn Frederick Wixford, a man whom you can proudly point out as a fellow Centralite. A 5 Z , . 'Ei-:iii It was impossible to reach many of our scientists, since their number lj gfi. L is so great. So with the realization and the regret that important Cen- Diamond jubilee issue names of the following who have rendered service to the community and the world in the field of science: Kia? . iii . . . . . . tralztes are being omitted we close this section by reading from the ,-A rf! 'i ELAND PERRY SHIDY became U. S. Coast Survey Chemist and was author of several books. Alexander Suss Langsdorf became Dean of the School of Engineering of Washington University. A few other engineers and scientists are the following: Col. Seeley W. Mudd, mining engineer and explosion expert for the U. S. Army: Warren A. Tyrrell, consulting engineer to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition: Gen. Eugene I. Spencer, U. S. Army engineer and Past President of the Engineers' Club of St. Louis: George Davis Barron, mining engineer and member of finance and scholarship committees of Columbia University: Chas. H. Bohn, mining engineerg Edmund B. Kirvy, mining engineer and technical writerg Carl Luedeking, chemist: Gerard Swope, electrical engineer and philanthropist: Gen. Iohn P. Wisser, U. S. Artillery engineer: Major Samuel Reber, military secretary to Gen. Nelson A. Miles and member of the U. S. War College: Admiral Leigh Palmer, U. S. N. Some other prominent engineers include Chas. K. Traber, Capt. Gerhardt F. Schwartz, U. S. N. R., Charles Sidney, Iohnson, Walter C. Richards, Herbert M. Patton, Lt. Com. Brownlee Fisher, U. N., Wm. Holden fTulsa, Okla.l, Hugo C. Soest fMiddletown Conn.l, T. Elder, Mayor Gustave C. Taussig, U. S. A., lulius M. Bischoff, August Vincent Graf, Col. Samuel Reber, and Wm. H. Huer, U. S. A. f, And now, Mr. Vest Davis, an alumnus of Central, a Rhodes Scholar. It FQ and teacher of English and public speaking in his Alma Mater, will give . us a brief history of Medicine in St. Louis as a background for a presenta- ,- tion of the many medical men who have graduated from our old school. '-3 f You see what a fatal error you made, Mr. Davis, when you announced to a group of us that you would like to delve into the history of m.edicine. Our editorial ears were open. Now you have to talk for it. Mr. Davis: Page N inet u-two M E D I c I N E To laymen as well as to physicians the medical history of St. Louis is fascinating. From a French frontier trading post St. Louis has developed into one of the wor1d's greatest medical centers, not only comparable to any other in our own country, but equal also to the great medical centers of Europe, such as London, Paris, Edinburgh, Vienna, and Berlin. Although St. Louis was established f17641 by a band of thirty French pioneers under Pierre Laclede Liguest and Auguste Chouteau, these first settlers were soon followed by others, including those with families: and, so, during the first year of the village the first native St. Louisan, Iohn B. Guion, was born. The first doctor to come to St. Louis was Dr. Andre Auguste Conde f17651. He came from Ft. Chatres fIllinois1 to be post surgeon and remained until his death in 1776. He left a well-ordered set of accounts showing that he had served faithfully all classes from the gov- ernor to the village fiddler. In 1766 the first marriage in St. Louis was celebrated. In 1767 Dr. lean Baptiste Valleau came as company surgeon for the Spanish under Capt. Rios: but the French settlers did not wish Spanish rule, so the Spaniards stayed at Ft. Belle- fontaine on the bluffs of the Missouri River. Dr. Valleau died on November 1, 1768, and his will is the first on record in St. Louis. In 1770 the Spanish assumed full authority under Governor Piernas who ruled the French settlers very sympathetically. In 1776 the third St. Louis physician arrived. This was Dr. Antoine Reynal who prac- ticed twenty-three years, and then retired to St. Charles. In 1779 the first St. Louis inquest was held. This was over the body of a Spanish mer- chant, Domingo de Bargas, who died of sunstroke, and it was conducted by Dr. Bernard Gibkin for Gilkin1 about whom little else is known. In 1783 the independence of the United States was acknowledged by England, but as yet this had little effect on St. Louis. In 1786 a Dr. Claudio Mercier came from New Orleans. He was already sixty years old, and died in 1787, freeing his slave Francoise and leaving S100 to the poor of the city. In 1792 Dr. Philips Ioachim Gingembre came and bought a house: but he left without practicing, and the house was sold for debt. In 1800 Louisiana Territory was ceded back to France by Spain, but the people of St. Louis didn't even learn about this for several years. In 1800, also, the famous Dr. Antoine Francoise Saugrain fborn in Paris1 arrived at the age of 37. He resembled Franklin as a general scientist and philosopher, and was a leader in St. Louis life until his death in 1820. In 1803 Louisiana Territory was purchased from France by the United States: and in 1804 the American government formally took possession, establishing St. Louis as capital of Upper Louisiana. In 1806 the first real American doctor reached St. Louis. This was Dr. Bernard G. Farrar, who was born in Virginia about 1785, and who was a real pioneer in St. Louis medical histor . IZ 1808 the first St. Louis newspaper, The Missouri Gazette, appeared. In 1809 St. Louis became an incorporated town. It extended west only as far as Seventh Street and had a population of about 1,000. During this year Dr. R. Simpson arrived. In 1812 Dr. Davis B. Walker became Dr. Farrar's partner. About 1818 the St. Louis Academy for College1 was founded at Third and Market Streets. Later fin 18321 under the sponsorship of the Iesuit Society it received a state charter as St. Louis University, being the first university founded in the Louisiana Purchase Territory. In 1819 Dr. William Carr Lane fborn in Pennsy1vania1 arrived from Louisville. Later fin 18241 he was elected first mayor of St. Louis and altogether served eight terms in this position. Afterwards he was appointed territorial governor of New Mexico. His cousin, Dr. Hardage Lane, was also a prominent St. Louis physician. In 1820 the Missouri Compromise was adopted in Congress, and in 1821 Missouri was admitted to the Union as a slave state. During the latter year the first St. Louis directory was made, and it contained the names of ten physicians. The total population was about 5,000. Page N incty-three In 1829 fourteen St. Louis physicians signed an agreement to charge uniform fees for various services. the range being from 50 cents to fB50,00. Ordinary calls were 82.00. During 1829, also, the Mullanphy Hospital was opened, seemingly being the first founded in the city. About 1833 Dr. William Beaumont thorn in Connecticut in 17851, published his famous observations on the Physiology of Digestion after making a remarkable study of the stomach of Alexis St. Martin, a Canadian boatman who had been wounded by a gunshot. Dr. Beaumont died at St. Louis in 1853. About 1836 the St. Louis Medical Society was founded. It has grown to be one of the most important and influential societies of its kind in the world. At the present time 119381 its headquarters are at 3839 Lindell Boulevard in its own building, which contains a splendid auditorium and medical library. In 1840 the population of St. Louis reached 16,000 and a very important event in its medical history took place. Dr. Ioseph Nash McDowell arrived from Cincinnati and founded the medical department of Kemper College. This was usually called McDowell's College. In 1846 it was taken over by the state and called Missouri Medical College. Still later ll899j, it became a part of the medical department of Washington University. Dr. McDowell's greatest rival for the medical leadership of St. Louis was Dr. Charles Alexander Pope, who began practice in St. Louis' about 1840 also. In that same year a group of young doctors opened a free dispensary. In 1842 the St. Louis Medical College of St. Louis University opened, and soon Dr. Pope became dean of it, although lin 18551, it was soon separated from St. Louis University on account of the activities of the Know-Nothing Party. The St. Louis Medical College occupied a leading position in the annals of St. Louis medicine down to 1899 when it was united with the Missouri Medical College to form the present medical department of Washington University. The origin of the present medical department of St. Louis University will be explained later on. Perhaps the most distinguished early graduate of the Missouri Medical College was Dr. Iohn T. Hodgen 118481, while the most eminent early alumnus of the St. Louis Medical College was Dr. Elisha H. Gregory fl849l. These two succeeded to the places long held by lIrfIcDowell and Pope, and the four are often referred to as the Big Four in St. Louis medical istory. In 1850 the Missouri State Medical Association was founded. It was the direct out- growth of the St. Louis Medical Society, and the first meeting was held in St. Louis. The population of the city was then 77,000. In 1853 two very important events occurred in the educational history of St. Louis, and both of them had an important influence on the medical history of the city later on. The first of these was the organization of the St. Louis High School in temporary quarters on the third floor of the Benton Grammar School at Sixth and Locust Streets. The school was opened on Monday, February 4: and class work began on Monday, February 11. There were about seventy students, and the school was co-educational from the beginning. The original faculty consisted of Mr. Geremiah Low tprincipalj, Mr. S. H. Bushnell tassistantl, Mr. Iames E. Kaime lmathematicsl, and Mr. H. G. Kasten 1German onlyl. The second important event of the year was the founding of Eliot Seminary, later known as Washington Univer- sity, which at the present includes one of the world's greatest medical schools. Very appro- priately the opening ceremonies were conducted on February 22. In 1854 the city quarantine and smallpox hospital was established. The Good Samaritan and St. Iohn's Hospitals were opened in 1856, and the Lutheran Hospital in 1858. The value of Dr. Hodgen's services to the city were shown by his success in fighting the contagious diseases of smallpox and cholera. Several cholera epidemics visited the city, the worst being that of 1849, which took a toll of 4,500 lives, and that of 1866 which resulted in 3,000 deaths. However, Dr. Hodgen became head of the board of health in 1867, and the city has not had a cholera epidemic since that time. The conquest of contagious diseases by the medical profession has been a long, uphill struggle, however. When the various epidemics reached their peaks, the loss of life was tragic indeed. In 1872 over 1,500 died of smallpox, and 450 died of cerebro-spinal fever. In 1875 over 500 died of scarlet fever. In 1869 over a hundred died of measles: and in 1878 seventy-one died of yellow fever. In 1887 diphtheria took 900 lives and croup took 185, while in 1899 over 1,100 died of tuberculosis. In 1893, when the population of the city was a little over 460.000, there were over 10,000 Page Ninety-four deaths from various causes, including 500 from typhoid fever, 198 from diphtheria, 133 from croup, 55 from scarlet fever, 33 from cerebro-spinal fever, 26 from measles, 984 from tuber- culosis, but only one from smallpox. The conquest of these various diseases by the medical profession of our city, while it has been a long, hard struggle, has at present become almost complete-a truly glorious achievement. During the course of this medical development a rather large number of medical colleges sprang up. This showed the growth of the city as a medical center, and resulted in a good deal of wholesome rivalry: but, at the same time, it precluded the advantages to be gained by larger and more complete medical schools. Besides the Missouri Medical College and the St. Louis Medical College there were four other medical schools which contributed much to the medical development of the city. These were the St. Louis College of Physicians and Surgeons lfounded 18781, the Beaumont Hos- pital Medical College ffounded 18861, the Marion-Sims Medical College forganized 18901, and the Barnes Medical College festablished 18921. Although the population of St. Louis reached 575,000 by 1900, it was apparent to all who thought about it that the city could not maintain six first-class professional colleges of any kind. As has been told, the Missouri and St. Louis medical colleges united in 1899 to form the present medical department of Washington University. lts first dean was Dr. Henry Hodgen Mudd, a nephew of Dr. Iohn T. Hodgen, and one of the most able physicians in St. Louis history. ln 1901 the Marion-Sims and Beaumont Hospital colleges were merged, and in 1903 they were organized as the present medical department of St. Louis University. The Barnes Medical College and the St. Louis College of Physicians and Surgeons, eminent as they were in their best days, finally had to disband because they could not compete success- fully with the two great universities whose medical departments have given St. Louis a prestige in the medical profession unsurpassed by that of any other city in the world. In 1910 the Washington University School of Medicine received an increased endow- ment and was completely reorganized. ln 1914 it was moved to its present magnificent group of buildings at Kingshighway and Euclid, just east of Forest Park. At present St. Louis is justly famous for its splendid hospitals, many of which are known the world over. There are nineteen which qualify for membership in the city association. These are Alexian Brothers, Barnes, Bethesda, Christian, Deaconess, De Paul, Firman Desloge, lewish, Lutheran, Mount St. Rose, Missouri Baptist, Peoples, St. Ann's, St. Anthony's, St. Iohn's, St. Louis Children's, St. Louis Maternity, St. Luke's, and St. Mary's. The city hospital ranks with the best in the country and maintains complete facilities in all branches of medical service, including separate buildings for white and colored patients, ambulance service, infirmary, sanitarium, isola- tion hospital, and an open-air hospital for the tubercular. Both the St. Louis and the Washington Uni- 1 versity School of Nursing are excellent. Many Central girls have adopted this important profes- sion for their life's work. Some, indeed, have been outstandingly successful in the field. For example, Erna Knoernschild was a head nurse at the St. Louis Maternity Hospital and was chosen for special Red Cross supervision in the Ohio River flood in 1937. There are now 119381, about two thousand licensed physicians practicing in St. Louis and St. Louis County, including about 1,000 active members of the St. Louis Medical Society besides a large number of Honorary, Associate, Corre- sponding, and Iunior members. Many Central alumni have contributed to the glories of St. Louis medical history. One of the first to achieve eminence in this field was Iames Alexander Campbell, valedic- torian of the class of Iune, 1867. Dr. Campbell was born at Platteville, Wisconsin, Ianuary 12, DR. WASHINGTON EMIL FISCHEL 1847, and received his medical training at the Pagv Ninety-five Missouri Homeopathic Medical College, the St. Louis Medical College, and the Universities of Berlin, Vienna, Paris, and London. He later became President of the Homeopathic Col- lege of Missouri, then entered upon a distinguished private career as an oculist and aurist. Among the many important organizations of which he was a member are the American Insti- tute of Homeopathy, the Missouri Society for the Prevention of Blindness, and the American College of Surgeons. He was also honorary Commissioner from Missouri to the Vienna World's Fair. Dr. Campbell died about 1930 at the age of eighty-three. Washington Emil Fischel of the class of Iune, 1868, is an alumnus of whom all Cen- tralites may well be extremely proud. He was born in St. Louis tMay 29, 18501, and married a Central alumna and classmate, Martha Ellis tMarch 28, 1876l. Dr. Fischel received his M. D. degree at the St. Louis Medical College in 1871, and took post-graduate work in the Universities of Prague, Vienna, and Berlin. In 1887 he became Professor of Clinical Medi- cine at Washington University and for many years was one of the outstanding physicians of St. Louis, becoming President of the Medical Stall' of the Barnard Skin and Cancer Hospital and taking a leading role in the activities of the St. Louis Medical Society, the St. Louis Academy of Science, the Missouri State Medical Association, and the American Medical Association. He died in 1914 at the age of sixty-four. His widow, familiarly known in her Central days as Mattie Ellis, is not only the oldest living girl-graduate of Central, but one of its most loyal supporters. Another early Central alumnus to become world-renowned in the field of medicine was Dr. Harvey Gilmer Mudd fclass of june, 1876j, who was a brother of Dr. Henry Hodgen Mudd, and a nephew, of course, to Dr. john T. Hodgen. It should be noted that a third brother, Seeley Wintersmith Mudd, who graduated from Central in june, 1879, added lustre to this remarkable family by becoming a famous mining engineer and explosives expert. Dr. Harvey Mudd was born in St. Louis, August 29, 1857. He received his degree of M. D. from the St. Louis Medical College in1881 and studied for two years in Berlin, Vienna, Paris, London, and Edinburgh. In 1899 he became professor of surgery in the medical department of Washington University and also chief surgeon and director of St. Luke's Hospital. Later he became director of the St. Louis Skin and Cancer Hospital and was for many years, per- haps, the most widely known of all St. Louis physicians. He died August 16, 1933. Dr. Louis E. Hauck of the class of june, 1877, was also prominent in St. Louis medical affairs for over fifty years, becoming an honor member of the St. Louis Medical Society and taking an active part in the Medical Reserve of the U. S. Army during the World War. He retired from practice in 1935. Throughout the war a large number of St. Louis physicians rendered distinguished service to our country in the fields of medicine and surgery. Dr. Harvey Mudd was Chairman of the Medical Section of the Missouri State Committee of National Defense. Other Central alumni who were active in the medical work of the war included Captain Gray Briggs, Lieut. Theo- dore Prewitt Brookes. Dr. Omar H. Quade. Capt. Noble De Bois McCormack. Capt. Arthur C. Kimball, Lieut. William Newsom Mook, Major Sidney Schwab, Lieut. Col. Major G. Seelig, Lieut. Commander Rutherford B. H. Gradwohl, Capt. Iulius Benjamin Boehm, Lieut. Col. Malvern Bryan Clopton, Major Charles Ruby Castlen, and many others concerning whom we could not gather information in the time available. A list of Central alumni who have long been prominent in the medical field should also include the names of Robert Luedeking, Wm. Townsend Porter, Sidney Isaac Schwab, Ioseph Leopold Boehm, Henry 5 Spence Brookes, Percy joseph Farmer, jacob Friedman, Marcellus George Garin. Harry R. Hall. August Frederick Hienke. Arthur C. Kim- ball. George W. Koenig, Meyer Lipp, Garnett Crawford Lyttle, Louis Rassieur, W. Louis Schuchat, Ron Phillips Scholz, Norville U. Sharpe, All Gibson. Martin George Frouske, Walter: Emil Frank, Marie D. Heising, Harry M Lowenstezn Sander Horwitz Edward Loew Helen Frances Arthur E. Strauss, Harry G. Greditzer, and Wm. T. Zeitler. It is impossible to give a list of Central graduates who are active physicians at the present time. but we take pride in giving you the following list of those concerning whom we do have some information. Page Ninety-six ABEL, OLIVER, IR., B. S., M. D., Washington U. Specialty-Internal Medicine. Usually operates in Bames and DePaul. ABRAMS, SAMUEL T.. B. A., M. D. Specialty-Obstetrics and Gynecology. Usually operates in Iewish, Maternity, St. Mary's. BOLT, RICHARD ARTHUR, M. D., Western Re- serve U. Medical School. Honors-See Who's Who in America for complete biographical sketch. Writings include about 130 titles in medical, public health, hygiene, and so- cial sciences publications: e. g. The Baby's Health. Mortalities of Infancy. BROOKES. THEODORE PREWITT, M. D.. Washington University. Specialty-Bone and Ioint Surgery. Operates in Barnes, Children's, Lutheran. Administration of School Health Program. Travel and photography have been hobbies. CLOPTON, MALVERN BRYAN, M. D., Uni- versity of Virginia. Specialty-Surgery. Usually operates in Barnes and Children's Hos- pita s. DICKSON, IAMES ALEXANDER, M. D., Wash- ington University. Specialty-Pediatrics. Usually operates in Barnes and St. Luke's. GOLDSTEIN, MAX AARON QHonorary LL.D.l. M. D., Missouri Medical College, 1892 lnow Washington U. School of Med.l. Specialty-Otology. Rhinology, and Laryngology tear, nose, and throatl. See Who's Who in America. Ollices held--President, Amer. Otolo ical Society, Inc.. 1927-28: Pres., Amer. Lary. Rhin. 8 Oto- logical Society 1930-319 received the Gold Medal award from this society in 1933 for outstanding work on the deaf and defects in speech. Founder and Director of Central Institute for the Deaf, St. Louis, 1914. to date. Pres., Society of Pro- gressive Oral Advocates since its organization in 1914. Received LL.D. degree from Wash. U. Pres., 1937 and 1938 of American Speech Cor- rection Association. Founder and past president of St. Louis Art Lea ue. Served as Major in Medical Corps, U. S. during World War and was Chief of Dept. of Surgery at Camp Dodge, Iowa. Usually operates at Iewish. St. Mary's, St. Luke's, St. Iohn's. and Baptist San. Valedictorian of class of 1887. GRADWOHL, RUTHERFORD B. H., M. D., Washington U. Med. College. St. Louis. Specialty-Bacteriology and Pathology. Oflices-Formerly Editor, St. Louis Med. Society Bulletin: now Director, St. Louis Police Dept. Research. Usually operates at Christian Hospital. GUNDLACH, ARTHUR, M. D. Specialty-Surgery. Usually operates in DePaul and Deaconess. GREINER, THEODORE, M. D., Washington Uni- versity. Specialty-Dermatology. Usually operates in DePaul and St. Iohn's. HAUCK. EUGENE FREDERICK, M. D., St. Louis Medical College, 1880. tAttended Central three yearsl. Specialty-General practice mainly: special atten- tion to obstetrics and disease of children. HEWITT. WALTER ROY, M. D., Washington University. tAttended Central three yearsl. Specialty-Surgery. One of the organizers of St. Louis Horticulture So- ciety. HORWITZ, ALEXANDER EARLE, A. B., A. M.. M. D., Washington U. and Harvard. Specialty-Orthopedics. In Who's Who in American lewry. Usually operates in St. Iohn's. IACOBS, MAX WILLIAM, B. A., M. D., Wash- ington University. Specialty--Ophthalmology. Ollices-Pres. and Sec. St. Louis Ophthalmic So- ciety: Pres. and Sec. St. Louis Ophthalmic Alumni section. I Usually operates in Iewish Hospital or Barnes. KIRCHNER, WALTER C. G., A. B., and M. D.. from Washington University Medical School. Instructor in Bacteriology. Washington University Medical School. In Who's Who of St. Louis: President, City Hos- pital Alumni Association: President, St. Louis Surgical Association's Society. Has been Super- intendent, Medical Director and Superintendent in charge of City Hospital. Specialty-Surgery. Operates at the Iewish, St. Mary's, St. Iohn's. the Deaconess, and the Christian hospitals. KLENK, CHAS. L., M. D., Washington Univer- sity. Specialty-Pathology and Bacteriology. Usually operates at Deaconess Hospital. LEVY. AARON, M. D., Washington University tMo. Med. College, '97l. Specialty-Pediatrics. Usually operates in Iewish Hospital. LYMAN, HARRY W., M. D. Specialty-Ear. Nose, and Throat. OHices-Vice-Pres. Am. Academy Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology: Vice-Pres. Am. Laryngo- logical, Rhinological. and Otological Society. Usually operates at Bames, Deaconess, St. Luke's, St. Iohn's. Veterans' hospitals. MARDORP, WM. CHAS., M. D., St. Louis Med. College. Specialty-No specialty, General Medicine. Otlices--President, City Hospital Alumni. MEYER, HERMAN M., M. D., Washington Uni- versity. Specialty-Internal Medicine. Usually operates in Iewish and Deaconess Hospitals. PROETZ. ARTHUR W., A. B., M. D., Wash- ington University. In Who's Who in Medicine. Otlices-Editor of Annuals of Otology, Rhinology, Laryngology. Usually operates in Washington University Group, St. Luke's and Iewish Hospitals. REUTER, LOUIS A., M. D., St. Louis University. Specialty-Gynecology and Obstetrics. ' Usually operates in St. Iohn's Hospital. SALE, LLEWELLYN, M. D., Washington Uni- versity School of Medicine. Specialty-Internal Medicine. In Who's Who in the American Medical Society. Director of the Department of Internal Medicine at the Iewish Hospital. SANTE, LEROY, M. D.. Washington University School of Medicine. Specialty-Radiology QX-ray and Radium in the diagnosis and treatment of diseasel. In Who's Who, also Who's Who in the American Medical Society. Offices-First Vice-President of the St. Louis Medical Society: President of the Registry of Radiological Technicians: Vice-President of the American Roentgen Ray Society. Usually operates in St. Mary's Hospital. SEELIG, MAIOR G., M. D., Columbia University. Specialty-Surgery. - In Who's Who. Page Ninetu-seven Has held many offices in medical societies and civic organizations. TOOKER, CHARLES W., M. D., Washington University. Taught in university a brief period. Specialty-Ophthalmology. Usually operates in DePaul Hospital. TRIGG, IOSEPH FRANKLIN, A. B., University of Oklahoma: L. R. C. P. 8 L. R. G. S., Edin- burgh: L. R. F. P. 8 S., Glasgow. Specialty-General Practice. Usually operates in Mo. Baptist Hospital and Dea- coness Hospital. VAUGHAN, IOHN R., M. D., Washington Uni- versity. Specialty-Gynecology and Obstetrics. Offices-School Board of University City 5 years: President, 2 years. WOODRUFF, FREDERICK ENO, A. B., M. D.. Washington University and St. Louis Univer- sity. Specialty-Ophthalmology at Washington U. Med. School. Usually operates in Barnes, St. Luke's, Deaconess Hospitals. WEISS, RICHARD S., M. D., Washington Uni- versity lAssistant Prof. of Dermatologyl. Specialty-Dermatology and Syphilology. Usually operates in Barnes, Iewish, Lutheran Hos- pitals. WEISS, WILLIAM, M. D., Washington Univer- sity. Specialty-Children's Diseases. In Who's Who in American Medicine. Finally, we are proud to give the names of a few physicians who, although they did not graduate from Central, did attend it, however, long enough to feel its influence to an appreciable extent. Among these one-time sons of Central may be included Frederick O. Schwartz, Charles H. Ever- mann, Ellis Fischel, Leith H. Slocumb, Iames Lewald, Albert S. Steiner, Peter G. Moskop, Lawrence Gold- man, and Eugene Lee Myers. :::: :Q-lvsr::J-r:::++::4sa-:ree-:4sr:::vslsre::: :::::.-:eeesr:ee--::a:sr::4vvvvsr::4slslslslsrv-:::4sl-l-:::::-lsr .xgfumni PROMINENT IN LAW, STATESMANSHIP AND DIPLOMACY Three former cabinet members are included among Central's graduates. These are Charles Nagel, who was Secertary of Commerce and Labor in President Taft's cabinet: Bain- bridge Colby, who was Secretary of State under President Wilson, and Breckenridge Long, Assistant Secretary of State under President Wilson. Nathan Frank was twice elected a mem- ber of the National House of Representatives. Several have received the honor of being judges in the various courts. Among these are Iudge Leo Rassieur, who participated in the Civil War and has served as National Commander of the Grand Army of the Republicg Iudge Horatio D. Wood, Iudge G. A. Wurdeman, Iudge A. E. Wislezemus, Iudge Wm. Zachritz, the younger Iudge Leo Rassieur fl889l, Iudge Thos. C. Hennings, Iudge R. E. Cave, Iudge Iohn W. Calhoun, Iudge Henry A. Hamilton, Iudge A. B. Frey. Among the lawyers who became prominent before the World War may be mentioned the following: las. D. Barnett, David C. Breckenridge, Iames L. Carlisle, Benjamin Schnurmacher, Chas. F. Crone, Fred Armstrong Alvin L. Bauman, Iohn H. Boogher, L. R. Brokaw, Gustave A. Buder, Eugene H. Buder, T. P. Carr, Felix A. Chopin, W. Palmer Clarkson, Gustav F. Decker, Ioseph Dickson, Wm. R Donaldson, Henry F. Ferriss, Wm. E. Fisse, Harry A. Frank, H. H. Furth, L. W. Grant, R G. Grier, Chas. R. Hamilton, F. H. Haskins, E. W. Iacobs, B. F. Lindas, Montague Lyon Iulius F. Mulusch, A. I. O'Halleron, Theodore Rassieur, Thos. G. Rutledge, Harry C. Sprague Frank A. Thompson, Alva C. Trueblood, los. H. Tumbalen, Carl M. Vetsburg, William F. Woerner, Wm. Sacks, Iames C. Blair, las. L. Hopkins, R. A. Kleinschmidt, Alexander H. Rob- bins, Iohn H. Douglass, and Ephrim Caplan, Wm. S. FitzGerald, who was mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, in 1920-21, Mrs. W. R. Chivvis, Anne M. Evans, Fred Armstrong, Ir., Alroy Scollar Phillips, Henry H. Oberschelp, Karl Vetsburg, Wm. R. Gilbert, Ben F. Gray lLos Angelesl, Wm. H. Schaumberg, Morton M. Wolff lnow a Methodist ministerl, Harry E. Evers, Doug- las H. Iones and Norman I. Sadler. 4 1-0-0-l-4-4-:::vv-ov-re::::-r-4-4-:::::vsr::::-:Nw::mnxv::::N+N+N:::+NN::: Page N inet 1.1-eight INDUSTRY CENTRAL'S CONTRIBUTION TO BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY ll Mr. Louis B. Wackman, Iune, 1909, President and Treasurer of the Welded Ware Company, manufacturing steel barrels and shipping con- tainers, one of the largest concerns of its kind in the country, will now '53 speak: - 'F JH' UMAN endeavors are as nothing in the presence of the eternal forces which move the universe without the foresight, the sagacity and the impetus of man. Through the years, thousands of successful and prominent business men and women, graduates of Central High School, have carried on their operations, played a vital part in the life and development of the business and industrial activities of their city, indeed of all America. Their names would lill a volume greater than this. To each one of them we are daily dependent in some form or another for the joys of our present-day life and our earnings as well. Indeed, without the business men and women of America, our country might still be but a host of petty storekeepers and traders. Historical perspective alone is all that is necessary to realize that most of the progress we have made as a nation is due largely to the pluck and enterprise of our business men and women, leaders of today and yesteryear. The hearts of the boys and girls of America who are standing today on the threshold of life demand that they shall have private enterprise-enterprise which carries with it the indispensable vigor of life, of freedom, and of progress. And so to these graduates of our dear old school, to these leaders of business and indus- try-to those good citizens of today and yesterday-may we extend greetings and best wishes for their continued successes in the life of our nation. Leaders many in the industrial and civic activities of our city and of America, past and present, we salute you! CENTRAL GRADUATES IN BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY INCE it is impossible to list the thousands of successful and even prominent business men who have been graduated from Central High, we merely print the names of the following graduates who are listed in the Book of St. Louisans published in 1906 and 1912. with the addition of such names as have been brought to our attention of Central alumni: Benj. Conklin Adkins lattended 2 yearsl. contractor, Water Com- missioner: George F. Brueggeman, served in Spanish War as Captain: Willis M. Freer, engineering depart- ment of Mo. Pac. R. R.: Wm. Long Wright ldid not graduatej, assisted Capt. I. B. Eads to build Eads Bridge: Wm. David Biggers. sales agent of W. D. Biggers E1 Co.: Wm. Alex. Kammerer, banker: Henry Gray Noel, broker: Alden Howe Little, realtor: Bernard Eugene Grace, broker: Edward Saunder Sieber, secretary-treasurer, Sieber Mfg. Co.: George Miltenberger. realtor and business man: August Henry Frederick, assessor, realtor, director, World's Fair Co.: Andrew B. Pierce, realtor, lumberman: Robert Holmes Thomp- son. lumberman: Willis Percy Schureman, vice president. Bradley Stencil Machine Co.: C. McEliny Thomp- son, insurance man, member of Merchants Exchange: Iulius D. Abeles. president, St. Louis Mining Stock Exchange: Stephen S. Adams, vice-president, S. G. Adams Stamp 8 Seal Co., realtor: Clarence V. Beck, merchant: Wm. Andrew Brandenburger, secretary, Continental Commercial Co., sugar producers: Benjamin Geo. Brinkman lattended Centrall, banker: Cyres Edgar Clark. manufacturer and sportsman: Frank Payne Crunden, realtor: Wm. Augustus Dickson, secretary-treasurer, Forbes Coffee Co.: Eugene Drey, secretary- treasurer, Drey fo Kahn Glass Co.: Iacob Epstein, merchant, realtor, philanthropist: Alex Grant, broker, secretary, St. Louis Stock Exchange: Isaac Hedges, realtor, manager for Cupples Station property for Wash- ington Ll.: Thomas C. Hennings, vice-president and chairman of American Bonding Co.: Leonard B. Hirsch, president of Merchants Exchange: Marcus Aurelius Hirsch, manufacturer: George Wm. Hitchell ldid not graduatel, secretary-treasurer of Ely Walker Co.: Wlm. Milton Horton, realtor, vice president, City Council, member, Mo. Republican Committee: Herbert Newton Hudson, manufacturer: Henning W. Prentis, Ir., presi- Page Ninety-nine dent Armstrong Cork Company, Lancaster, Pa.: Morton Prentis. president of First National Bank and Trust Co. of Baltimore: Leo A. Landau, former Literary Editor of News, treasurer High School Athletic Association, director, Orchestra: Benj. Franklin Lindas, realtor and lawyer: Alden Howe Little, broker: Henry Mier, banker: Ioseph Gilman Miller, broker, railroad official: Kennedy Duncan Mellier, manufacturer, historian: Claude Austin Morton, grain commissioner: Stratford Lee Morton, general agent, Connecticut Mutual Life Ins. Co.: Byron Wallace Moser, publicity manager: Edward Combs Robbins, manufacturer: Frederic Morrison Robinson, mer- chant: Guy Solomon Sachs, merchant and manufacturer: Edward E. Scharff, Scharff-Koken Manufacturing Com- pany, member of Merchants Exchange: Oswald Schraubstadter, vice-president, Inland Type Foundry: Theodore Sessinghaus, president, Sessinghaus Milling Co.: Meyer L. Stern, commission merchant: George Iudd Tausey, president of St. Louis Transfer Co., president, St, Louis Merchants Exchange, director, Louisiana Purchase Exposition: Iohn E. Thomas, retired banker: Martin F. Trepp, realtor, former reporter, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Thomas Henry West, Ir., secretary, St. Louis Union Trust Co.: Edward Harry Pipe, theatre manager: Alfred Beck Chapman, Ir., general commercial supervisor, Michigan Bell Telephone Co. Followinq are a few other prominent business men: A. I. McGroarty, sales agent: Theodore A. Koetzle. director of Small House Service fLos Angelesl: Oscar M. Stoll, sales manager. Cupples Co.: Edward H. Iohanning, vice-president Iohanning Lumber Co.: S. Roy Culbertson, jeweler: Hugh Wright, capitalist: Simon M. Frank. merchant: Walter F. Barklage, manufacturer: Edwin C. Ballman, president, Baldor Electric Co.: William P. Gruner, vice-president, Mutual Bank 8 Trust Co., vice-president, Philip Gruner Co.: Abbeford Scherer Dolch, railroad official: Fred Epstein, president, Epstein Co.: Alfred Gantt White, advertising manager, Brown Shoe Co.: Wilkins Iones, realtor: C. Hobart Chase, vice-president, First National Bank: Henry A. Schramm. accountant: Edgar O. Oeters, president, Oeters Elec. Insulation Co., Philadelphia: Melville B. Hall, Dresident, Melville B. Hall Co.: T. P. Reinhart, vice-president, Twinplex Co.: Thos. E. Benish, secretary-treas- urer, Sarter Morgan Co., Vincennes, Ind.: Monte Baer, salesman: Ios. I. Sensenbrenner, president, Senack Shoe Co.: George Brandt Leitch, manager, Brass and Copper Sales Co.: Chas. A. Perry, realtor: Fred M. Luth, municipal contractor: Harry Kantorwitz. assistant superintendent, Commonwealth Steel Co.: Chas. Webb Gode- froy, president, Godefroy Mfg. Co.: Ray Diekenga, Langenberg Hat Co.: Elmer H. Meier, insurance agent: Fred W. Schwab, realtor: Iacob Miller, merchant fGary, Ind.j: Edwin Levis, president, Levis Goodbar Lloyd Co.: Raymond I. Denyven, broker: Geo. D. Haynes, secretary, Union Grain Co. tKansas Cityjz Earl C. Sherry, vice-president. Stewart Scott Printing Co.: Louis B. Wackman, president, Wackman Welded Ware Co. iHouston, Texas, branchl: Clarence F. Wackman, president of the Houston, Texas, plant of the Wack- man Welded Ware Co.: David D. Metcalfe, member, Lawton, Byrne, Bruner Ins. Agency: Geo. I. Yaeger, buyer, I. C. Penny Co.. Zimbalen: Ioseph H. Bursar, Washington U.: Benedict Farrar, architect, president, St. Louis chapter, American Institute of Architects: Tom Furlong, commercial artist, with the U. S. Steel Com- pany of New York: G. F. Schwartz, Captain KD-FI, U. S. N. R., Commander 6th Naval Reserve Area. Since 1934, Cecilia Razovsky has been the Executive Director of the National Coordinating Committee for Aid of Refugees and Emigrants coming from Germany: also Executive Director of the German-Iewish Childrens Aid, Inc. These organizations are concerned with the emigration, resettlement and adjustment of adult refugees as well as children who are coming to this country, as well as those traveling to other lands. Here is a reetin rom a ver success ul business man in New York .9 9 y gf City. Mr. David C. Ball, President of the Oakites Products, Inc.: if I -75, T was scarcely to be supposed that I would be remembered by anyone there in this con- nection. That is, other than my life-long friend from boyhood,-that Grand Old Man of Education in St. Louis-ffMr. W. I. S. Bryan. whom I am sure we all unite in loving and honoring. We all owe him so much. So your letter indicating such remembrance was very welcome. You ask for a message. Here it is. The best evidence that I can give as to the prac- tical value of the St. Louis High School course is that sixty-three years after graduation I can repeat with emphasis what I said in the valedictory with which my class honored me in 1875ithat the training we have undergone is a fitting preparation for the work which lies before us. Now may I add another message from experience: We get from life, just what we ourselves put into it, and And the World is a map of our own dimen- sions. So let us live to our very fingertips. Paac One Hundred , rv' Mr. Byron Moser, President, Mutual Bank and Trust Company, l. filflji. if-if -' 4 ll- isf- C ' -' , .fgjf tj :tg H. i T the request of the editors of THE RED AND BLACK, I sent a questionnaire to all the banks in St. Louis, to ascertain how many graduates of Central High School were actively con- nected with St. Louis's banks and, as a result of the inquiry. I learned that so many graduates were in the banking business that space will not permit listing all of them and giving their history. For instance, running through the list of banks alphabetically, I Hnd that one of our graduates is Cashier of his bank: the next letter shows that five officials of the bank either graduated or attended Central High and two of these officials are Vice Presidents: the next letter shows that the President graduated from Central: the next shows that the Note Clerk is a graduate and, of course. a Note Clerk in many instances is more important than a regular official: next we have the Manager of the Real Estate Department of his bank: next comes the Manager of the Savings Department: the next letter shows that eleven officials including three Vice Presidents, two Assistant Trust Officers, an Assistant Secretary, three Assistant Vice-Presidents, and the Manager of the Real Estate Department are grad- uates of Central: next the Vice President and Trust Officer, Assistant Secretary, and last. but not least. the President of the bank lone of the largest banks in the westl: next the Vice President of the bank: next the Treasurer of one of our trust companiesg and then an Assistant Treasurer: next the President of another bank: then the Auditor of another bank: then a list of seven ofiicials including one of the Vice Presidents: and in another one Vice President as well as the President of the bank. A further inquiry developed the fact that many of the Directors of the banks of St. Louis are grad- uates of Central High School, including the Dean of all-The Honorable Charles Nagel. Further investigation disclosed the interesting fact that many of the stockholders of banks and a large number of employes either graduated from Central or attended for a certain length of time. Thousands of depositors who attended Central hold commanding positions in our community. Since the founding of 'AOld Central fthe oldest classical high school west of the Mississippi Riverl, literally thousands of graduates have become leading citizens in all lines of endeavor. A story of how one of Central's graduates be- came a banker was told to me recently and is per- haps typical of many other stories of a similar na- ture. The young man in question had graduated with a fairly good scholastic record and when apply- ing for a position in one of the banks in St. Louis was asked the following questions: From what school did you graduate? Were you a good stu- dent? The young man had just graduated from Central and he produced a copy of his four-year record, which was entirely satisfactory and, as a re- sult. he secured the position, as he told me, at a salary of 520.00 per month. will you inform our listeners of the results of your investigation of the subject, Central graduates in Bankingu? Mr. Moser: BYRON W. MOSER This man showed an interest in the work and while he is no longer connected with a St. Louis bank, he is President of one of the leading banks of the country. Many instances could be sighted by me in con- nection with St. Louis bankers who attribute their suc-cess to the foundation received during the four years spent at Central High School. I can say without hesitancy that they are all proud of Central and that Central has a right to be proud of them, as evidenced by the above statistics showing what an important part some of the grad- uates of Central are playing in the local community. Few people realize the tremendous influence which four years in high school have on their lives as well as on the lives of the people in the community and most of us who had the privilege of attending Central High are appreciative of the fact that what- ever success we have enjoyed is due largely to the fine training which we received at the hands of our teachers. In concluding this article, I want to pay tribute on behalf of all bankers who attended Central High School. to our former principals, and to the teachers who were long suffering and kind. No one realizes or fully appreciates until he is older just how much he is indebted to the teaching profession for what- ever success he enjoys. Page One Hundred One Q-::::4vsr::-::v --::::vww-:+:::::::.-:Y-:raw-rr:eeA.-v-Y-Y-:snre:-:eras-rr:v-Y-eere:-:.-::::::e:-- f:-::::::::v-:e- -:e-::-eeee:Nea-:rr:-:e:e:+ve--: ::-::::::::::.-N::::::4vsr::::-eeeew::.-:J-lsre:::-:slvsl-0-:sl-lsr ARMY AND NAVY The Central High School Graduates in Military Service ., We now have the honor of introducing a real soldier, General Eugene 35+ Iaccard Spencer, Central, 1876, whose Army record will be called near the beginning of our roster of Central graduates who have served as officers in the Army and Navy. To attempt a reading of all soldiers names iifgltiig, yir, . would be impossible in the limited time allotted us: moreover, we cannot vouch for the completeness of our muster of officers. Their names were not found in a register but were assembled from clippings saved by such Mk careful historians as Mrs. W. S. Bryan. We did not ask the General to do more than check as many of the names as he could from the list we furnished. He was able to reach almost all: so that what you hear will be in most cases direct responses to General Spencer's call for information. If you miss a voice from roll call, lay the blame for the omission on the sponsor and staff of the RED AND BLACK. General Spencer will now conduct his review of Central graduates who have served as officers in the Army or the Navy. General Spencer: ,T is impossible to do justice to the memory of our Central High School graduates who entered the military service of our country during eighty-five years of the school history. There was all too short an interval between the founding of Central High in 1853 and the beginning of the Civil War for the matriculation of any great number of graduates of age acceptable for service under the constitutional age for compulsory military service. It is doubt- less the fact that many of the participants in the Civil War, whether northern or southern, were very young and few of them carried age or experience to win commissions as did the half dozen whose names are perpetuated in the list herein. Best known and beloved was Major Lee Rassieur of the Class of 1869. Then there was Brevet Major Eugene A. Weigle, Adjutant, 82nd Illinois Infantry, and after the war, Secretary of State. Horatio D. Wood served as Brevet Major and Commissary, and Eugene A. Haehn was with our First Missouri Light Artillery Regiment, and john Ast was in Company B of First Missouri Volunteer Infantry. Missouri being on the dividing line, there were probably as many Central graduates in the Southern Army. In the War with Spain our Missouri National Guard was given no part save as a standby, assembled in readiness in Camp at Chicamauga and returned for muster out at the signing of the protocol providing for the cessation of hostilities. A new regiment fthe Sixth Missourij was authorized and recruited at large throughout the State: also the Seventh Ll. S. Immunes la negro regimentj, and the Third U. S. V. Engi- neers, a National regiment, was authorized and recruited throughout the Mississippi Valley states. Many St. Louisans were numbered among these regiments. The First Missouri was an entirely St. Louis National Guard regiment, and each of the others had a sprinkling of St. Louisans, but who of them were from the Central High School the writer has no means of determining. The Third Engineers, of which the writer was second in command, had a large number from St. Louis, both officers and men. One company was composed entirely of Wash- ington University Engineer students. Many of these were doubtless graduates from the Central High School in its best days from the date of occupancy of the Grand Avenue building to the date of the opening of the War with Spain. Unfortunately the writer has no means of deter- mining how many of these were previously students or graduates of Central High. Many of them doubtless had so qualified. Page One Hundred Two iriri' 'kit GENERAL EUGENE IACCARD SPENCER The period from the close of the War with Spain until the beginning of the World War was one of realization that we, of the United States of America, were no longer isolated and detached from the rest of the world. The need of cultivating military talent, in order to protect ourselves from our envious neighbors and the imposition of distant, yet assertive, powers, compelled us to give grave considerations to the question of national defense. Many of our state schools had been organized under subsidy of funds, bonds, or land grants from the federal government, under agreement in return to maintain a department of military instruction. These, however, could not train students in sufficient numbers to fill a call for officers and men for defense in National emergency. Many endowed state or city schools arranged to provide facilities for military training and instruction, the national government providing the service of instructors and the uniforms and equipment for the students who were qualified and willing to undertake this additional course of instruction. For many years past the writer has urged the adoption of this course of training in our St. Louis high schools, but has been met by consistent refusal of our St. Louis Board of Educa- tion to follow such a course. The result is that St. Louis public schools have not contributed their proportion to the list of officers for the Army and Navy service in our wars: although the following list of service officers from Central High is greatly to the credit of the spirit of national honor. The entrants into service for our National Defense were slow in mobilizing and making themselves a real factor, on account of the requirement of undergoing the neces- sary fundamental training before being moulded into good soldiers, sailors, or marines. The following list entering into military service is greatly to the credit of the manhood of our high-school graduates, although not so numerous in proportion as in cities maintaining a department of military training in peace times: nor in numbers of those who rose to high com- mand in combat troop service: nor in positions of conspicuous service in the staff command and administration service. We may well except from this criticism our medical service, in which our school is well represented in numbers, in promotions to high responsibility, and in unusual ability professionally and in large administration command. Pam' Om' Hundrcfl Thru' Civil War RASSIEUR, MAJOR LEO, 1860 AST, IOHN Company B, 1st Missouri Infantry Volun- teers. HOEHN, EUGENE A. First Missouri Light Artillery. WEIGLE, EUGENE A. Adiutant and Brevet Major, 82 Illinois In- fantry. After the war, Secretary of State. Woon, HORATIO D. Brevet Major, Commissary Department. After war, Iudge of Circuit Court. A number of the graduates entered the war under the Southern Confederacy banners. Indian Wars SPENCER, EUGENE IACCARD, 1876 Entered U. S. M. A., 1878. Graduated in 1882: Second Lieutenant, Fourth Cav- alry and served in Indian War cam- paigns in New Mexico and Arizona. Transferred to Corps of Engineers, Iune, 1883, and served until 1892. Re- signed as First Lieutenant, Engineers to enter civil life. Returned to military service as a Lieutenant Colonel, Third Ll. S. V. Engineers during Spanish War. when returned to civil life once Was Colonel and Brigadier General of National Guards of Missouri, 1906- 1917. Re-entered army service as Colonel of En- gineers, '17, and served as Chief of Staff, Base Section No. 2 in France. Re- signed November, 1917, and returned a third time to civil life. Distinguished Service Medal of Ll. S. Official de la Legion d'l-Ionneur of The World War more, France. Spanish-American War Only a few former Centralites in the war are known to us. Ensign Leigh Palmer distin- guished himself and was highly commended by Admiral Sampson for his gallant work. He went within 150 yards of the Spanish shore battery to reconnoitre and discovered them remount- ing their guns. Frank Fay, Iune, '98, was promoted to be a Lieutenant. Surely this was a great honor for one so young. Others deserving mention are Captains Allen and Barstow, Lieutenants Otterbury and Carr, Sergeant Ittner, Privates Lewis, Tevis, and Williamson, Paul Hunt, Phillips W. Moss, Aubrey Whetton, Ed Harris, Harry McCormack, Fred Corwall, Wm. A. Becker, Henry H. Fox, Robert Wash Page, Ioseph Russell, Edward H. Schmidt, Charles Smith, and George F. A. Brueggeman, who was Captain of Company A of First Missouri Volunteers. ADKINS, ELMER C., 1905 First Lieutenant, World War. ALLEN, CHARLES CLAFLIN, 1911 Attended the first officers' training camp. Commissioned Second Lieutenant of the Cavalry. Captain, Ll. S. A., 79th Field Artillery. Attorney, St. Louis, Boatmen's Bank Building. Page One Hundred Four ARMSTRONG, FREDERICK, IR. Captain, U. S. A. Attorney in St. Louis. ARNSTEIN, FRED A., 1910 Officer, Naval Radio War School. Resident of city. AVERY, STEPHEN MOREHOUSE. 1911 First Lieutenant, 13th Chasse Squadron in France. Now with First National Bank, St. Louis. BARCLAY, THOMAS SWAIN, 1911 Field Service, American Red Cross in France. Department of State as Member of American Commission to negotiate peace. Professor, Leland Stanford University. BEALS, LOUIS N., 1896 Lieutenant, l2lst Field Artillery. Civil Engineer. BEDAL. WILLIAM SHERWOOD, 1899 Colonel, U. S. A., Iudge Advocate Corps. Attorney in St. Louis. BERNET, MILTON EMIL. 1910 First Lieutenant and Adjutant, 314th Supply Train in France. Advertising Manager, Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company, Denver, Colorado. BOEHM, IULIUS BENIAMIN Captain, U. S. A. Surgeon. BRIGGS, GRAY Physician. Captain, U. S. Medical Corps. Chief of X-Ray Navy Unit No. 19 BROOKES, THEODORE PREWITT. 1905 Physician. First Lieutenant, 12th Engineers in France. Captain, Medical Corps. Colonel, U. S. Army Reserve Medical Corps, now 119381. CASTLEN. CHARLES RUBY, 1905 Major, U. S. Army. Physician, Los Angeles, California. CASTLEN, HARRY WIGHTMAN, 1904 Captain in Iudge Advocate General's De- partment. Attorney. Mayor, University City. Q Prosecuting Attorney, University City. CLOPTON, MALVERN BRYAN, 1894 Lieutenant Colonel, Surgeon in charge of Mobile Hospital in France. President, Washington University Cor- poration. Member, State Board of Health. Surgeon of national renown. CORNWELL, FRED I., 1906 Aviation Corps, World War. President, F. I. Cornwell Real Estate Company. DEBATIN. FRANK M. Lieutenant in charge of interned prisoners. Professor, Washington University. DOLCH, BRUCE EUGENE, 1910 12th Engineers in France. Manager, 'Standard Underground Cable Co., Kansas City, Mo. DOUGLAS, FRANCIS PASTON, 1915 Ambulance Driver in France, 1917. Aviation Corps, U. S. A., 1918. City Editor, St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 1938. DOUGLAS, IAMES MARSH, 1914 First Lieutenant, 342nd Field Artillery in France. Iudge of St. Louis Circuit Court. Iudge of Supreme Court of Missouri, 1937. Resident, Ielferson City, Missouri. DUNCKER, CHARLES H., 1911 Captain of Artillery in France. Killed in action October, 1918, at Battle of the Argonne. In his memory, his father gave to Wash- ington University Duncker Hill. ENGLISH, FRED LEWIS, 1903 Captain, U. S. A. Iudge of St. Louis Circuit Court. Attorney prominent in St. Louis civic affairs. FRIEDMAN, EDWIN M., 1903 War Industries Board, Archangel, Russia. World War. General Export Business, Europe, 1923. GILL. CLARENCE Lieutenant, aviator in squad with Quentin Roosevelt. Awarded the Croix de Guerre. GRADWOHL, RUTHERFORD B. H.. 1896 Lieutenant-Commander in Navy Unit 19. World War. Bacteriologist of note. IOLLEY, HAROLD DEAN, 1907. Base Hospital, Unit 21, in France. Civil Engineer in St. Louis. IONES, WILKENS, 1903 Captain, U. S. A. General Manager, Nash Automobile Company, St. Louis. IUNKIN, WM. GUY, 1909 Y. M. C. A. worker in France, World War. Second Lieutenant, Field Artillery. Received the French Cross Legion of Honor. Died from wounds received in action, Au- gust, 1918. When commanding his platoon, struck by a shell which took off both feet and one arm. While being carried away, he waved his uniniured arm and cried, Good-bye, boys- Good luck to you. KIEFFER, ROLAND SPURLOCK Physician. Captain, 138th Infantry Medical Corps. Page One Hundred Five KIMBALL, ARTHUR C., 1895 Physician. Captain, 10th Division Sanitary Train. Major, U. S. A., Reserve Medical Corps. Died about 1935. KLEIN, EDWARD Second Lieutenant, Field Artillery. Battles of Argonne, St. Mihiel, Cham- pagne, Soisson, etc. Received Croix de Guerre for heroism at Mont Blanc. Two citations for bravery. With Massachusetts Mutual Life Ins. Co. LAMAR, ROBERT WESLEY, 1903 Major of Engineers, U. S. A. Chief Engineer, Birmingham Electric Co., Birmingham, Ala. LEVIS, EDWIN I., 1908 Marine Corps, 84th Co., 6th Regiment. President, Levis, Goodbar, Lloyd Co. LONDON, IULIUS LEO, 1907 Second Lieutenant, Infantry, U. S. A. Attorney in St. Louis. McCORMACK, NOBLE DE BOIS, 1910 Physician. Captain, Medical Corps, U. S. A., Fort Smith, Ark. MCFARLAND, H. F. Captain, 12th Engineers. Awarded British Military Cross. MEYER, ARTHUR, 1910 U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis. Senior Lieutenant, U. S. N., in France. Awarded D. S. C. Lieutenant-Commander Naval Reserves. City Budget Director of St. Louis. MILLER, BERNARD A., 1907 U. S. Military Academy, West Point. Lieutenant-Colonel, U. S. A. Major Army of Occupation. Died at Coblentz, Germany, December 1921. MILLER, IOSEPH GILMAN, 1877 Member, War Commission to Russia, World War. President, Railroad Iron Co. MITCHELL, IR., IOHN E. Captain, 138th Regiment. Awarded the Croix de Guerre. MOLL, IOHN RAY, 1913 Second Lieutenant, U. S. A. Captain, E. Co., 138th Infantry, in France. Cited for special bravery. Made Chevalier of Belgium, honor rank conferred by King Albert. MOOK, WILLIAM HEWSON, 1897 Lieutenant-Colonel, Medical Corps in France. Skin and cancer specialist. An authority on his specialty. Died in 1937. Pace One Hundred Six MOONEY, RALPH E., 1910 Captain, Machine G u n Battalion in France. Short-Story writer. With Southwestern Bell Telephone Com- pany. MOREELL, BENIAMIN, 1909 Lieutenant of Marines, U. S. N., World War. Member of Commission for Reconstruc- tion in France and Belgium. Lieutenant and Ex, Officer to Engineers, Haiti, 1920. Lieutenant-Commander, 1925. In charge of Bureau of Docks of Navy. Awarded Wason Medal for Research by the American Concrete Institute, 1936. Rear Admiral, U. S. N., 1937. NELSON, HENRY B., 1908 First Lieutenant, 45th Infantry. NOEL, HENRY MARTIN, 1910 Lieutenant, 103rd Infantry in France. Received D. S. C. for heroism in action at Belleau Woods. Civil Engineer in St. Louis. PALMER, LEIGH CARLYLE, 1891 Graduate of U. S. Naval Academy. Annapolis honor graduate receiving the sword as honor for having done most for his class. Chief of Bureau of Navigation. Rear Admiral in World War. Honors: U. S. Navy Distinguished Service Medal for World War: Spanish-American War Medals: Philip- pine Insurrection Medal: Mexican Campaign Medal, Spanish Decoration of Naval Merit: Belgian Decoration: First Order of Leopold: Honorary LL.D. at Wesleyan University. Resident, 26 Beaver Street, New York City. Now Steamship Operating Executive. PRITCHARD, IOHN CHARLES, 1899 Captain, Engineers Corps, U. S. A., in France. St. Louis Water Commissioner, 1925. Major of Engineers Reserves. QUADE, OMAR H., 1904 Physician. Surgeon, U. S. A., Philippine Islands. RUTLEDGE, ROBERT COWDERN. 1902 Major, 128th Field Artillery. Lieutenant-Colonel, Field Artillery. Realtor. Died, 1924. SALE, IRWIN, 1906 Lieutenant, U. S. A. Attorney in St. Louis. SALE, LLEWELLYN, 1899 Lieutenant-Colonel, Medical Corps in France. Well-known physician in St. Louis. SCHWAB, SIDNEY, 1890 Major in charge of Neurosis Hospital in France. Physician, nerve specialist. SCHWARTZ, GERHARDT F., 1897 Captain, Marine Corps, U. S. A. Commander. Naval Reserves, 1928. SEELIG, MAIOR G., 1892 Lieutenant-Colonel in Surgeon-General Department. Physician and Surgeon. Head of Research Department, Barnard Cancer Hospital. Recognized authority on cancer. SPENCER. OLIVER W. Captain: received the Croix de Guerre. STEINER, ALEXANDER, 1902 Captain, 354th Regiment in France. TABACHNIK, ABRAHAM, 1912 Captain, 91st Aero Squadron in France. Two citations for bravery at Battle of St. Mihiel. Still 119381 in U. S. Army. TAUSSIG, GUSTAV C., 1902 Captain of Infantry, Oflicers' Reserve Corps, August 15, 1917. Maior of Infantry, Ll. S. A., September ll, 1918. Honorably discharged, December 25, 1918. Service at Camp Funston, Kansas, 19th Division TEASDALE, G. KENNETH. 1913 First Lieutenant, Field Artillery. Attorney. THOMSON, HARRY FREEMAN, 1906 Lieutenant, Iunior Grade, 1917-1919, United States Naval Reserves on duty with the Atlantic Fleet. Promoted to Lieutenant or Lieutenant- Commander: latter grade he still 119381 holds on duty with 7th Bat- talion, U. S. Naval Reserves, St. Louis. Vice President. General Material Co., St. Louis. TITTMAN, EUGENE C., 1905 Captain, U. S. A. Attorney in St. Louis. TITTMAN, HILGARD FABIAN, 1911 Lieutenant, Ll. S. A. Expeditionary Force in France. WALLACE, ROBERT GEORGE, 1906 First Lieutenant, 34th Engineers. Engineer. WARD, LELAND, 1900 Maior, 340th Field Artillery, France. English Instructor on Military Science at Sorbonne. France. Head of Litigation Department, War Veterans' Bureau, Washington, D. C., 1925. WHITLEY, FRANKLIN LANGLEY. 1903 Lieutenant-Colonel, I n f a n t r y ftem- poraryl, May 4, 1919. Personnel Bureau, Paris, France, Iuly to September, 1919. Transferred to Washington as Chief of Personnel Bureau. September, 1919, to November, 1920. Returned to permanent grade of Major, Iuly 1, 1920. Assigned to Military Intelligence Bureau and made a tour through Peru, Chile, and Argentine, 1921. Military attache at Rio de Ianeiro, De- cember, 1926. Distinguished Service Medal for services in France during the World War. Numerous foreign decorations. Promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel, Iune 1. 1932: to Colonel. February 1, 1937. WHITMAN, PAUL, 1911 Lieutenant, 128th Field Artillery. Sent to special Art School at France to become specialist in map drawing and orientation, 1918. WISSER. IOHN P., 1870 Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, 1870- 1874. Lieutenant, lst Artillery, Iune, 1874. First Lieutenant, lst Artillery, Ianuary 13, 1880. Assistant Professor, Department Chem- istry - mineralogy and chemistry, 1878- 1882. Principal, Assistant Professor, as above, 1886-94. Editor, LI. S. Artillery Iournal, 1895- 1900. Instructor, U. S. Artillery School, 1897- 1898. Captain, 7th Artillery, March 8, 1898. Major, Artillery Corps, November 4, 1901. Lieutenant-Colonel, March 28, 1906. San Francisco earthquare relief recon- struction, April 18, 1906. Colonel, Coast Artillery Corps, May 27, 1907. In oflice of Chief of Staff in Washington to September, 1907. Commander, Artillery District of Savan- nah, October 6, 1909. Brigadier-General, Iuly 19, 1916. Commanding Department of Hawaiian Islands. Died at San Francisco, Ianuary 19, 1927. Page One Hundred Seven jkeif ZWLQ5 olllllefk fo QI'L6l 6ltL0l'L5 We must most heartily commend these who lent their best efforts to maintenance of our National Defense, giving up their occupations in civil life and asserting for us those natural rights which belong to every nation under international rules of right. Page One Hundred Eight Play not the mournful sound of taps nor toll the solemn chiming knell: Wail not a plaintive threnody nor ululate an elegy For those who fought, for those who fell . . . Mourn them not. But at the dawn, at break of day, o'er their cold and slumbering clay, softly sound the reveille .... Softly call their shadowy forms from out their tombs and let them see maiestic cities, airy spans, begun by them with fearless hands- The sacred fruits of Liberty. Larry Weir, '36 ON TABLETS OF HONOR CENTRAL'S SUPER HONOR ROLL Some Graduates Who Have Been Listed in Who's Who in America ALLEN, LYMAN WHITNEY Iune. Distinguished Author, Presbyterian Clergyman and Poet: President of New Iersey S. A. R. BARRON. GEORGE DAVIS Iune. Mining Engineer, Member Finance Committee and Committee on Scholarship Columbia University. Home, Rye, N. Y. BLAIR, IAMES L. Iune, Lawyer, Counsel for President of Board of Police Commissioners and Louisiana Purchase Exposition. BLOCH, ALBERT Painter, Director of Department of Drawing and Painting in the School of Fine Arts, University of Kansas. BLOCK, LOUIS IAMES june, Author and Educator. Deceased. BOHN, CHAS. A. Iune, hflgggng Engineer, with American Smelting 6 Relining Company since BOLT, RICHARD A. DR. Iune, Physician and Lecturer: former Medical Director of U. S. Indemnity College: former Secretary and Treasurer of National Child Health Association. Associate in Pediatric and Public Health and Hygiene Department, Western Reserve U. Medical School. Home, 2175 Grandview Avenue, Cleveland Heights, Ohio. BUDER, GUSTAVUS A. Iune, Lawyer. President of American Press which publishes the St. Louis Times: Private in Battery A of lst Missouri Regiment in Spanish War, went to Porto Rico. Honorary Life Member of the Board of Directors of the Municipal Theatre. BURKE, MELVILLE june. Theatrical producer, now in New York City: Director of Art Theatre in St. Louis, 1915-16. CAMPBELL, IAMES ALEXANDER, DR. Iune, Oculist and Aurist: President of Homeopathic College of Missouri. Mason. Deceased. CLOPTON, MALVERN BRYAN Ianuary, Surgeon, Consulting Surgeon at Iewish Hospital. Clinical Professor of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine. COLBY, BAINBRIDGE, 36 W. 44th Street, N. Y. Iune, Lawyer: Represented Mark Twain, Rep. National Convention in 1912, supported Roosevelt Progressive Party Candidate for U. S. Senate 1914: Member U. S. Shipping Board 1917-19. Inter-allied gonference Paris 1917. Secretary of State in President Wilson's abinet. 1873 1878 1871 1863 1887 1 898 1889 1903 1867 1894 1886 Page One Hundred Ni ir r r 4 ir ir 4 v 4,0 ln' Z ir ir ir 4,'r 4,0 ir ir 1 41 ir r ir r 4, ' ir 'r in 'r 4 ir 1'2 4:47 in ir 'V 0 ir lr 4 r 'r ir ir ir 4 r,' ir E 4 4 4:4 4 'r fl jr 4 C CRUNDEN, FREDERICK M. V P 11 President St. Louis Library Association. Reader and Amateur actor. Deceased. if FISCHEL, WASHINGTON EMIL Iune. Physician: Professor at Washington University. Deceased. 7 EE FITZGERALD, WM. S., Terminal Building, Cleveland, Ohio About ll Lawyer: Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1920-21. 2 FRANK, NATHAN About 1, Lawyer: Congressman: Director of St. Louis World's Fair. li GARRISON, WINFRED ERNST Ianuary. I Educator: President and Editor of The Christian Century. Now pro- ti fessor in the University of Chicago. GOLDSTEIN, MAX AARON, M. D.. LL. D. qsee Physiciansl Y HOPKINS, IAMES LOVE Ianuary, Lawyer and Writer on Legal and Medico-Legal Subjects. 7 jg HuRsT, FANNIE lt Novelist and writer of short stories. 1See Literature Section.j ir :IZ KAMMERLING, GUSTAV Iune, ll Graduated from Annapolis: Captain in Navy in Spanish-American War. tr 4 KELLETER, PAUL D., 408 Pane street, st. Louis Ianuary, Forester: Extension Director of New York State College of Forestry, 4 EE Syracuse, N. Y.: Writer and Lecturer: Formerly U. S. Government ' Forester in South Dakota. KELLOGG, GEORGE DWIGHT Ianuafy, all Classicist. Professor in Yale, Williams, Princeton, and Chicago Uni- jijg versities: now Professor at Union College, Schenectady, New York. KIREY, EDMUND BuRGEs June. 4:1 Consulting Mining Engineer: wrote for technical journals. ' KLEIN, IAGOB ' Iudge of Circuit Court: President St. Louis Bar Association: Universal 12 Congress of Lawyers and Iurors. 4 P Q: KLEINsGHMIT, RuDoLPH A. January. I Lawyer: General Attorney for Oklahoma, Ian. 1, 1919: Secretary and 1' Treasurer of Wahl Investment Co.: Vice President of Creek Petroleum 7 Co. Home, Tulsa, Oklahoma. 4: LANGSDORF, ALEX. S. Iune. 4 Engineer: Former dean of School of Engineering and Architecture at ' Washington University. ' I LUEDEKING, DR. ROBERT June. I Physician: Member Board of Health: Superintendent City Hospital: College Professor: Dean of Washington University Medical College. 1868 1897 1866 1891 1887 1888 1906 1877 1899 1891 1876 1896 1894 1871 fr :E MCGULLOGH. RICHARD June, 1886 Former General Manager of the United Railways Company: Former I President of the Louisiana Pulp and Paper Co.: Honorary M. A. Wash- ington University: Trustee of Beggs Estate. Home, 1776 Arcade Building, St. Louis. MILLER, RICHARD E. A June, 1896 1 Artist. Awarded Gold Medal, Allied Artists of America. Home, 1 Provincetown, Massachusetts. I MORE, LOUIS TRENCHARD Iune 1898 4 Educator: Instructor of Physics: former Dean University of California: jr now Professor of Phvsics and Dean of the Graduate School of the Uni- versitv of Cincinnati. 4, MORE, PAUL ELMER Iune, 1883 ' Editor and Author: Formerly Editor of The Nation: Professor at Harvard: LL.D. Washington: D. L. H. Columbia, Dartmouth, and Princeton. Died. March 9, 1937. ' -8-Mwrffrfrrrr'mfr-rrrrrfrfmzmssaassw-'rrsw:.sm.,.,...c1MN-'sss?1.N+-rffzzmfniizwsssf nassaui- Paac One Hundred Ten MUDD. HARVEY GILMER june, Surgeon and Medical Director at St. Luke's Hospital and St. Louis Skin and Cancer Hospital. MUDD. SEELEY WINTERSMITH Iune, Mining Engineer-Consulting Engineer: President Queen Esther Mining Co.: President Cyprus Mines Corporation: Colonel in United States Army in 1918: Explosion Expert. MUHLEMAN. MAURICE About Deputy United States Treasurer, New York City: Author: Editor. NAGEL, CHARLES Iune. Lawyer: member Missouri Legislature: President St. Louis City Council: Sec. of Commerce and Labor in Pres. Taft's Cabinet. Home, 19 Lenox Place, St. Louis. PORTER, DR. WILLIAM TOWNSEND Iune. Physician: Physiologist: Professor Harvard Medical College of Com- parative Physiology. Professor Emeritus, Harvard. QUARLES, IAMES THOMAS Ianuary, Organist and Musical Director: Dean of Department of Arts. Linden- wood College: Organist of St. Louis Symphony Orchestra: Former Dean of School of Music, University of Missouri: now Professor of Music, University of Missouri. Home, Columbia, Missouri. RASSIEUR, LEO Iune. Former Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic: Pro- bate Iudqe. De-ceased. RASSIEUR, LEO ' Ianuary. Circuit Iudge. REBER, SAMUEL lune. Colonel in United States Army: Aviation Expert in France: War De- partment delegate to International Electrical Congress in 1904. ROBBINS, ALEX. HENRY Ianuary, Lawyer: Professor: Author: Editor Central Law Iournal. SANTE. LEROY, M. D., lSee Physiciansj Ianuary, SCHWAB, SIDNEY ISAAC, M. D. Ianuary. Graduated Harvard Medical. also went to Berlin, Paris, and Vienna. Professor in Washington University: Medical Director Base Hos- pital: Colonel in 117 A. E. F. SEELIG. MAIOR G., M. D. lSee Physiciansj Iune. SHIDY, LELAND PERRY Iune. U. S. Coast Survey: Chemist and Author. SWOPE. GERARD About Electrical Engineer: President General Electric Company since 1922: Member General Staff U. S. A. in World War. Awarded: Distin- guished Service Medal 1 U. SJ: Legion of Honor fFrance1: Order of Rising Sun Uapanl. Giver of Swope Scholarships to High School Graduates. SWOPE, HERBERT BAYARD About lournalist: Executive Editor of New York World: Chairman American Press Delegation at Paris Peace Conference: Winner of Pulitzer Prize in 1917 for most meritorious newspaper work: designated Lt. Com- mander U. S. N., 1918. TIETIENS. PAUL Iune, Pianist and Composer of the Wizard of Oz. a musical comedy: The Tents of the Arabs, grand opera: incidental music for Maud Adams productions, symphonies. etc. Home, 134 W. 92d Street, New York. WISSER, IOHN P. Iune. Professor at West Point: Graduated from West Point 1874: General in United States Army: Editor. See Army and Navy. WOOD, HORATIO DAN Iune, Lawyer: Iudge of Circuit Court. 1876 1879 1868 1868 1880 1897 1860 1889 1881 1895 1907 1890 1892 1868 1891 1 900 1895 1870 1860 Page One Hundred Eleven This program comes to you in answer to a challenge made by Mr. ,gli Weir, expressed with serious intent, but in his characteristic whimsical wording, Can we not do something, he said, to show whether our Washington University Scholarship Winners are worth their spinach? The Central-light who picked up the gauntlet prefers to remain incognito. I turn o t th Ch ' th S ' t'll t' C't' C I y u over now o e ampzon of e cini a ing iizens of en- tra : Good evening, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Radio Audience. This is Station W.U.S.W. lWashington University Scholarship Winnersl, broadcasting a special program called cghinfifalfiny Gfizend 0 Qlfbllfdf C-' mm 1860 fo i938 ROBABLY few of my radio listeners are aware that it was as early as 1859 that Washington University, then in its own infancy, established an annual scholar- ship award to the St. Louis High School, then hardly more than embryonic. The first recipient of the award, the father of a line of brilliant graduates, was WILLIAM R. DONALDSON, of the class of 1860. At that time there were only 9 teachers and 290 pupils in the high school, in its line new building at Fifteenth and Olive. Young Donaldson 1162 at graduationl made such good use of his opportunity to attend college that he obtained his A.B. degree after only three years. In the fateful year 1861, when according to records the schools closed early for lack of funds, the scholarship winner was CHARLES ILLSLEY, who had entered the High School in Ianuary, 1860, from a private school in New York City. He too, acquired his A.B. at Washington in three years. Though school funds were very low in these early 60's, high-school opportunities were made available to at least part of those who desired them, apparently by a tuition charge of S7 a quarter: and in 1862 the scholarship was won in a class of 23, by FREDERICK IULIUS CASTLEHUN, whose doctor father had brought his family here from Lorch, Germany. After gretting his A.B. in 1865 and A.M. in 1869, Castlehun eventually became an attorney in San rancisco. In the following year, enrollment must have been small, and eligible candidates for the scholarship few or none, for there seems to have been no award. But in 1864, a minister's son, EDWIN N. NELSON, is named as winner of the scholarship: which, however, he did not use: for he attended Hamilton College lA.B. '68l. He returned to St. Louis as a physi- cian, and was one of the early editors of the St. Louis Courier of Medicine, and a lecturer at the St. Louis Medical College. In the year that marked the end of the Civil War, the scholarship was awarded to another minister's son, FREDERICK M. CRUNDEN, who gained the A,B. at Washington in three years and the A.M. in 1871, and was made LL.D. in l905g and who endeared himself to our city as Librarian of our Public Library. He is the first of our list of scintillating Centralites for whom we find a general average given in the high-school records: it was 96. In those days one studied in high school Shakespeare, Literature, Rhetoricals, Latin, Greek, Mental Philos- ophy, and Mathematics lthrough analytical geometryl. Skipping another year, 1866, the awards continued with IOSEPH A. GRAVES, in 1867, though he did not attend Washington University. He later became Superintendent of Schools in New Haven. Conn. The next winner, ELIOT CONWAY IEWETT, a lawyer's son, from Maine, with an average of almost 93, received the A.B. degree in 1872, and was made Civil Engineer in 1874: and became connected with mining in Mexico. One of his classmates at Central was the Honorable Charles Nagel, who also had a high average: St. Louisans do not need to be told what he became. y Page One Hundred Twelve The next on our list is a very shining light indeed: for the record book says that his aver- age for the course was 981 He became A.B. at Washington in 1873, and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and an honorary A.M. 0051. He is WILLIAM IAMES SAMUEL BRYAN, who, after teaching Latin and Greek at the St. Louis High School, succeeded Mr. Soldan as Principal, was made an Assistant Superintendent in 1908, and after about twenty years was appointed Library Adviser. At present he is undertaking the important task of straightening out and Iso far as possiblel filling out the records of Central Qformerly the St. Louisl High School, oldest high school west of the Mississippi. As if to prove that such brilliance as Mr. Bryan's may come not single spies but in - pairs, IOHN WEBSTER SPARGO, in 1870, graduated with an average of 98 also! He completed the requirements for the A.B. in three years, finishing in the same year as Mr. Bryan. He too became a teacher in the High School. l cannot forbear exclaiming over the flactdthat, 'according to the old record book, he made an average of 100 in every subject in his t ir year. The next boy's record would seem more remarkable if not so near the two preceding ones: for ARTHUR ARNSON graduated at sixteen with an average of 95. He seems not to have used his scholarship, however. By 1872, there were several branch high schools: that is, first-year high-school work was done before the students came to the building now beginning to be called Central: they came there as tenth-graders. Though this evidence of increased enrollment would imply more mate- rial from which to select scholarship winners, there was no award in 1872: records seem to show no boys with an average above 90: and of course there was no thought then of a girl's attending Washington. With 1873, we come to another who later became a high-school principal in St. Louis. WILLIAM M. BUTLER. He, however, after one year at Washington, attended Princeton. He was Principal of Yeatman High School at the time of his sudden death in 1923. The winner in 1874, FINLEY H. McADOW, came to St. Louis from a private school in Ohio, and never attended Washington. There follow four years in which no award was made. Was it because there were no boys smart enough? Or was it because the depression, much in evidence then in various records, kept or took many boys out of high school? Or was it, as one note seems to indicate. because the scholarship was in those days awarded only to boys taking the classical course? After this interregnum, in 1879 the coveted honor went to SEELEY MUDD, who became M. E. in 1883 and was given an honorary degree in engineering in 1926 by Washington Uni- versity. He was director of a government explosive plant during the World War, with the rank of Colonel. He died in 1926, at his home in Los Angeles. Eighteen hundred and eighty is a red-letter year in our history. For the first time, there was a Ianuary graduating class and for the first time, the scholarship was awarded to a girl. MARGARET E. BOUTON, now Mrs. Wm. I. Thom, of Buffalo, Wyoming. Her family came from Michigan, and she completed her high-school work here, making an average of 95 in the two and one-half years. After two years at college and a few years of teaching, she married, and has made good out west as a pioneer banker's wife, much interested in estab- lishment of church groups, study clubs, etc. She has four grown children, one of whom grad- uated at Central in 1904. She writes that she cherishes memories of the Hiqh on Fifteenth Street, and of H. H. Morgan tprincipal for nearly twenty yearsl, Brandt Dixon, George Sey- mour, Professor Rosenstengel, Mrs. Smith, Susan Beeson, Fanny Waters, and the young teacher, W. I. S. Bryan. ERWIN A. REIPSCHLAEGER, born in Freiburg, Germany, and living in St. Louis with his guardian, Ferdinand Gottschalk, gained the scholarship in 1881, with an average of 92.8 for his three years. He attended college for only one year. In 1882, a member of the lune class received the award. It seems to have been the prac- tice to award only one scholarship a year from 1880 to 1900, although there were now two graduating classes each year. IENNIE M. HENDERSON graduated at 16 and went on to Washington, becoming A.B. in 1886, and a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She married Iohn M. Miller. The 1883 award went to LILLIAN M. HELTZELL, of the Ianuary class. After training Page One Hundred Thirteen at the Normal School, she became a teacher of Latin at the High School, and is at present on gave of absence from Central. Her high-school average was almost as high as Miss outon's. Next came IOHN S. CARROLL, who graduated at 16 and attended Washington for three years. HELEANOR WOODRUFF, of the Iune, 1885, class, apparently did not attend college at a . For the next two years the award went to sisters. fNote that another sister received it in 1894.1 MINNA C. SESSINGHAUS, with an average of 94.4, gained a Ph.B. degree in 1890, and later married a minister, W. G. Eliot, now of Portland, Oregon. CLARA SES- SINGHAUS, with an average of 95, gained the Ph.B. also f'91 J, taught at Manual Training School and at Mary Institute, and married W. R. Vickroy, who was also a teacher until his recent death. . Of BERTHA STERN, who was scholarship winner in Iune, 1888, information is very meager. She seems not to have attended high school here for more than a year, and not to have gone to college. She married Ioseph A. Arnold: her present address is unknown to us. But a teacher in one of our high schools won the award in Iune, 1889. SUSANNAH T. WILLIAMS, whose father was a journalist and came from Kentucky, received the Ph.B. in 1893. Then in Iune, 1890, we have an interesting situation. The award was made to twins. EUGENIA and GENEVIEVE RUCKER, whose father was then Assistant Chief of the Fire Department, made high averages fnot more than one-half per cent apartl, received the A.B. degree in 1894, and are now both teachers in St. Louis schools. Who's Who gives space to our next Central-light, GEORGE DWIGHT KELLOGG, a l21WVer's son, who went to Yale instead of to Washington, earning the A.B. in '95 and the Ph.B. in '98. His high-school average was remarkably high, 97.3, and he kept up the good work, winning prizes at Yale, being valedictorian of his class, and obtaining a fellowship to the American School of Classical Studies in Rome. He has written articles for classical periodicals, and is now head of the department of classics at Union College, Schenectady, N. Y. He has a son at Yale and a daughter teaching French at Skidmore College. In contrast with him in a way is the next winner Uanuary, 18921, a girl, now a doctor's wife: who modestly says that she has made no great stir in the world, is not in Who's Who, etc. We note, however, that SARAH LONG, daughter of a St. Louis Superintendent of Schools H880-18851, made an average of nearly 96, took the A.B. degree at Washington in 1896, and taught in the schools here until she married Dr. H. W. Lyman: and that besides her work as wife and mother fof two childrenj, she has done girl-scout and church-school work. HENRY OBERSCHELP, a ieweler's son, won the scholarship in Ianuary, 1893, a year in which the records show 69 teachers and about 1,500 pupils in the new High School on Grand Avenue. After reaching the very high mark of a 97.8 average, this youth secured his A.B. at Washington in three and one-half years, and became LL.B. in 1898. Now in Iune, 1894, comes the third sister in our only trilogy, BERTHA SESSINGHAUS, today a teacher at Beaumont High School. These sisters, may I remark in passing, lived dur- ing their high-school days in the same house in which two of them still live. Bertha Sessing- haus holds an A.B. from Washington, and has done graduate work at several universities and traveled abroad. Her high-school average bettered even her sisters'. The next year's winner Uune classl was ELIDA C. KIRCHNER, a doctor's daughter. now the wife of Hugo Muench and living in San Diego, Calif. Her average was nearly 95. After getting an A.B. at Washington and an A.M. at Missouri University, she taught at Cen- tral. Another girl won the prize in Iune, 1896. ALVINA STEINBREDER, who completed the A.B. course in 1900. She is now Mrs. W. H. Henby, and lives in North Carolina. ELIZ- ABETH DANN FREEGARD, fourth in a series of five girl winners, had eight term grades fall 94-971 to be averaged. We gather that the high school was now giving ninth-grade work again. This winner did not attend Washington University. Instead, she became Mrs. W. H. Wood in 1898: and now has four grown children and three grandsons. Three of her children completed college courses, and the fourth left Harris Teachers' College after three years to marry. The last of this succession of girl winners, ANITA T. BATTLE, daughter of an edi- tor from Ohio, graduated from high school in Ianuary, 1898, with a string of 94's, 95's, 96's: Page One Hundred Fourteen 'T and acquired the A.B. in 1902. She is a Phi Beta Kappa, and teaches English at Roosevelt High School, being much interested in public-speaking work. The boy winner of 1899, Iune, was IAMES S. MARTIN, a teacher's son, who made a most remarkable record, skipping one term by passing the work on examinations, and averag- ing above 981 He took the A.B. degree at Washington in 1904 fstill only 21 years oldl, and secured an A.M. from Harvard in 1905. He too was a Phi Beta Kappa. He was connected with the College of Archaeology at Athens, Greece, for a timeg and later was with the Century Company in N. Y. He died in 1928. In lune, 1900, we have the last of the one-a-year series, HELEN E. WOODS, with yearly averages all between 93 and 98. After getting her A.B. in 1904, she began teaching at Mary Institute. She was head of the Latin department there, and Director of Dramatics. She took work at the Columbia College of Expression with the degree, B.E. During the war years. 1918 and 1919, she had interesting hostess work overseas. She is now Mrs. Charles R. Lewis. of Webster Groves, evidently a civic-minded citizen, interested in various groups and even helping out in the schools occasionally as a supply teacher. From now on, there were two scholarships awarded each year. Our information about these later ones is sadly incomplete: moreover, the graduates of the more recent years have not yet had time to make their mark, get into Who's Who. etc. Before we go into the next century, let us review some general features of this chronicle. First, as to ages of graduates who won these scholarships: they vary from 15 to 22. Per- haps at first there was no age limit: and many who had had no opportunity for higher educa- tion for any educationl availed themselves of it at what may seem an advanced age. Though the Legislature limited the school age in 1875, some beyond the upper limit graduated, perhaps by paying tuition. Q In the early years there was a small tuition for everybody anyway.l Our ypulngesgfjcholarship graduates are, of the boys, Sam Elson, 1924: and of the girls, Dolores o s. 1 . Another interesting aspect is the variety of birthplaces of our pupils. When the High School was opened in 1856, the population of the city being then over 125.000, the total school enrollment fof which the high school was but a very small part, of coursel was about 10,000. It is estimated that there were some 8,000 children between 6 and 16 not in any school, and of course many children were in private schools. But of the pupils in public schools, a survey showed about half as having been born in St. Louis. One wonders whether this percentage held for the population in general. The statistics as to the amount of German taught, not only in hiqh school but in all the grades, show the nativity of most of our foreign-born. In 1877. 20,000 pupils were studying German in the schools. lt is interesting to trace the gradual low- ering of that predominance until, in 1888, the teaching of German in the grade schools was discontinued. All our foreign-born scholarship winners up to 1900 were born in Germany. Of those born in this country but not in St. Louis, we find among birthplaces mentioned: New York, Utah, Maine, Louisiana, Kentucky, Ohio. An examination of occupations of parents of our students shows, before 1900: doctors, lawyers, ministers, merchants, a miller, a jeweler, mechanics, carpenters and builders, printers. bookkeeoers, teachers and school administrators, journalists and editors, a real-estate agent. and a steamboat engineer. After 1900, we have: traveling salesmen, employes of large firms fexact work not givenl , civil engineers, electrical engineers, restaurant men and women, a har- ness-maker, buyers, a bricklayer, a factory worker, tailors, a park foreman, Post Oflice em- ployes, a rooming-house keeper, a cashier, a telephone company employe, and of course more doctors, lawyers, ministers, etc. The list reflects the increasingly varied and complex activities of a growing city, and the rapid expansion of the high-school population in answer to the de- mand for secondary education for all the children of all the people. Then as to residences: here is a history of the growth of the city. Some of the early ad- dresses of our winners are: LaSalle between Thirteenth and Fourteenth: 154 Carondelet Ave- n-ue: 3 Lucas Place: 64 Seventeenth Street: 151 South Fifth, 1019 Hickory, Iowa near Osage: 1413 Cass. But by 1880, the numbers begin to run up above 2000: and by 1900, we have some 5000's and 6000's. both west and south. A few home locations in our list reflect the large number of Central students coming from the southwestern part of the city for a time. Here follows the list of scholarship winners, two a year, from 1900 to date. with annota- tions: Page One Hundred Fifteen 1901 1901 1902 1902 1903 1903 1904 lan. lune lan. lune lan. lune Ian. EMILY SHIELDS-96 or above in all terms but one: Bryn Mawr A.B. '05, and A.M. '06. She studied in Europe, and became Recording Secretary at Bryn Mawr. HAMILTON DAUGHADAY-evidently out of school or taking only a partial course in 1900: but his final average was well above 90. He had one year at Washington. He became a lumber merchant, residing in Winnetka, Ill. MABLE K. COATES-from Illinois. She had one year at College. CAROLINE STEINBREDER-sister of 1896 winner: average 95.7. A.B. at Washington in '06, Phi Beta Kappa: now Mrs. Morris C. Emanuel, of Erie, Pa. MAURY CLIFFORD CAVE-family from Kentucky: term averages 96 to 99: B.S. at Washington in '07g with a mining company in Wisconsin for a time: later with Telephone Company in N. Y. He died in 1919. CORNELIA CATLIN COULTER-home, Ferguson, Mo. Average 95.6. A.B. at Washington in '07, Phi Beta Kappag scholarship to Bryn Mawr: scholar- ship for European study: Ph.D. at Bryn Mawr in 'l1. She has written arti- cles for classical journals. She taught Latin and Greek at Vassar for some years, and is now Professor of Latin and Greek at Mt. Holyoke College. -VINE COLBY-now Mrs. C. O. McCasland, of Pasadena, Calif. She says she learned little from high school and college QW. U. '08l, for real education is obtained from friends and from life. She made a name for herself as a poet, and was the first St. Louisan, it seems, to have a short story included in an O'Brien anthology. More recently, though she gives her occupation as house- wife, she has become prominent in movements for civic and social welfare: e. g., Community Educational Forum, Woman's Civic League, Flower Show and Orchestra associations, Cooperative and Consumers organizations. Her son has shown great scientific gifts: and her daughter, ability in writing. 1904-lune-ESTHER M. GAUSS-daughter of a minister, living way south on Michigan Avenue. Seven of her eight averages were 95 or above. After completing the course at Washington, she prepared for missionary work, and has been teach- ing in a mission school in China since 1910. At present, she is reported to be doing work among the refugees in Shanghai. 1905-lan. EHAZEL L. TOMPKINS-now a teacher in a St. Louis high school. She has ob- tained both an A.B. and an A.M. from Washington. NOTE: At this time, two other high schools were opened, and Washington Univer- sity arranged to give them scholarships too. Hence the Central winners from now on are not the only scholarship winners from St. Louis high schools. Also, at about this time, we find that students with an average of 80 per cent or more in a subject are exempt from ex- amination in that subject for that term-that is, up to about 19303 after which everybody takes comprehensive reviews in all subjects, regardless of grades. 1905-lune-MAX DIEZ-in Who's Who as a prominent educator. His editor father brought his family here from Germany. He is an A.B. and A.M., and a mem- ber of Phi Beta Kappa. He was instructor in German at Washington, at Wisconsin University, and at Texas University, and received the Ph.D. de- gree from the latter institution in 1916. After becoming Professor of Modern Languages at Centre College, Danville, Kentucky, he shifted from south to east: he has been Professor of German at Bryn Mawr since 1925-with a little dip into the business world through a short experience in the foreign account- ing department of Armour 6 Co. in Chicago in 1928. He has written and edited texts for use by German students, and is a member of various profes- sional organizations. He says his Alma Mater QCentralJ is unforgettably dear to him. Pafle One Hundred Sixteen 1906 1906 1 907- 1 907- 1908- 1 908- 1909- -Ian. -HARRY F. THOMSON-from Ohio: average above 95: made 100 straight through a term of trigonometry. He took the B.S. degree at Washington Uni- versity in 1910, and did graduate work at Massachusetts Institute. After serving as Lieut.-Commander in the Naval Reserve during the war, he settled down to hard work lconcretel Forgive the punlj, and is now Vice President of the General Materials Company, and consulting engineer. He is a mem- ber of professional and honorary societies as well as social clubs, and has writ- ten articles and helped to compile handbooks on technical subjects. He mar- ried a graduate of Central and holder of a scholarship at Washington, Marie S. Davis. lune-GLADYS N. DOTY-granddaughter of that fine old lady, Mrs. French, who recently died at the age of 104. Miss Doty was a special student at Wash- ington for several years, but did not take a degree, going instead into library work. She has been for some years in the Chi1dren's Department of the Pub- lic Library. Ian. -LOUISE DYER-A.B. of Washington in 1910. She taught for some years in the South and then in St. Louis before marrying A. I.. Currey. She lives in a suburb of Chicago. Iune-EMMA S. BUSS-one year of work at Washington: then she attended Welles- ley. She is secretary to Dr. Terry at the Washington University School of Medicine. Ian. -lKATHERINEj RUTH FELKER-average above 95. She was already spe- cializing in art, and continued to do so, with side flights into music and writ- ing. After several years at Washington University Art School, she studied in New York and Paris, being in the latter city during the siege in 1914. She says she is housewife and mother Hrst: but she is interested in various phases of civic and social work. She's in Who's Who in art, and has won prizes for designs, etc. fNot modernistic, she says.j Her fifteen-year-old son is a gifted violin pupil. Her married name, I forgot to say, is Mrs. W. D. Thomas: and she is living now in Flora Place. Iune--FRANK M. DEBATIN-with ten subjects on his program in the last two terms, which is one more than the phenomenal nine that most seniors carried, it seems -at least in some courses. Gaining the A.B. in 1912 and the A.M. in 1913, he became instructor in Greek at Washington. He left the faculty of Colum- bia University to serve as an army lieutenant in charge of interned prisoners during the World War. Returning to Washington University, he taught in the department of classical languages. Besides being a professor, he is now Dean of the Washington University College iEveningj: at present on leave of absence. Ian. -BEN MOREELL-from Utah. He was little more than 16 at graduation. He has had an unusually interesting career. With a B.S. from Washington l1913j, he became an engineer in the Department of Sewers in St. Louis. In 1917, because of his standing in an examination, he was appointed assistant to the Public Works Officer in the New York Navy Yard. From there his navy appointments took him to many far corners of the world-Azores, Haiti, Ha- waii: as well as to various parts of our country-Massachusetts, Virginia, Marvland. He has written authoritatively on concrete design in navy con- struction work. At one time he was sent by the government to Paris to take a special course. He has recently been made Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, and Chief of Civil Engineers of U. S. Navy, with the rank of Rear Admiral. He is married and has two children. ' 1909-Iune-FLORENCE I. IACKES-one of the valiant ones who carried seven subjects in her third year and nine in her fourthl And she averaged 931 She attended Vassar. She is now Mrs. Elom A. Robertson, of Glencoe, Ill. 1910-Ian. -WILLIAM H. WINGFIELD, IR.-graduating at 16: average above 95. He received the A.B. at Washington in 1914. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Of his later career we have no knowledge. Paae One Hundred Seventeen 1910- 1911- 1911 lan. lune 1912-lan. 1912 lune 1913-lan. 1913-lune 1914-Ian. 1914-lune 1915-lan. 1915-lune 1916 lan. 1916- 1917 lune -lan. Iune-ADELINE DE SALEfmacle the highest average ever made by a girl on our list, and one exceeded by that of only two or three of the boys. In her fifth term, she had no mark below 100 in any quarter in algebra, geometry, and history! After attending Vassar, winning honors, A.B. degree, and Phi Beta Kappa, she went, on a fellowship, to Chicago University, getting the Ph.D. degree in Chemistry in 1916. She is now Professor of Chemistry and Dean of Women there, and incidentally the wife of G. H. Link. CHARLES H. DLINCKER-A.B. at Washington, and Phi Beta Kappa in 1914. He was with Trorlicht and Duncker Carpet Company until the war. Becom- ing Captain of a Field Artillery unit, he was killed in the battle of the Argonne in Cctober, 1918. His father erected a building on the campus of Washington University in his memory. -CHARLES CLAFLIN ALLEN, IR.-son of page Allen. He got his A.B. at Princeton in 1915. He was also a Captain of Artillery in the war. He took some work in Washington University Law School, and is now an attorney. -GRACE AVERY-average almost 96. Withdrew from Washington after one year, on account of illness, it seems. -OLIVE THURMAN-average 94. One year at Washington. Then what? We have no record. -EDNA V. DE LINIERE-finishing in Ianuary, took post-graduate work in mathematics in the spring term: also studied French outside and passed an examination at Washington, getting two years entrance credit in modern language. She received the A.B. degree in 1917 and the A.M. in 1918, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. After teaching history at Central for a num- ber of years, she joined the faculty of the new Southwest High School last fall. -STANLEY V. FRIEDHEIM-16 years and nine months old at graduation: average 93. He completed the course at Washington University in 1917, but died in May, 1919. -GRACE D. HLIEY-from Ianesville, Wisconsin, daughter of a minister. She drops out of our ken after winning the scholarship. She did not attend Wash- ington. EMILY DAUERNHEIM--Washington graduate of 1918. Now U1 Mrs. Max Schroeder, of Rockville Center, N. Y. -MARGLIERITE FISCH-shortened her high school stay by taking six sub- iects at summer sessions. She apparently gained an A.B. and an A.M. in the same year, 1918, only three-and-a-half years after leaving high school! Inci- dentally a Phi Beta Kappa, she is the wife of William F. Parks, and lives in Hawaii. OTTO I. BURIAN-credit for algebra 3 and geometry 3 by examinations, in which he made 100. Out one year during his college course, he finished fwith Phi Beta Kappa honorsl in 1920. He went into the life insurance business. becoming an actuary: is now actuary and Vice President of the General Amer- ican Insurance Company. -VIRGINIA DE LINIERE-sister of winner in Ianuary, 1913. She too did post- graduate work and made up French for entrance credit at Washington. She secured her A.B. in 1921 and an A.M. in 1923. After a few years of teaching, she married Arthur Tschee. Both she and her husband died in the spring of '36. -DOROTHEA BURBACH-though out one year, completed work for the A.B. degree at Washington, and taught at Mary Institute for some years. Then she became Mrs. R. Hall Pearson, of Kirkwood. -ESTHER LAURA KNAPP-average 94. She gained -an A.B. at Washington in 1921 and an A.M. in 1923. She is now Mrs. Francis A. Kahler, of Glen Ellyn, Ill. Page One Hundred Eighteen 1917- 1918- 1918- 1. Iune-HILDA FOREMAN-a minister's daughter. She is an A.B. of Washington f'21 J, and also Mrs. I. M. Dennis, living in Magnolia, Ark. lan. -DEBORAH LASERSOHN-acquired the A.B. in 19217 later married David Breslove. and is a resident of Canada. Iune-MAX PODOLSKY-average in his last year almost 96, with 100 for the term in trigonometry. If he attended Washington at all, he did not graduate. We learn that in 1923 his surname was changed by law to Mabel. NOTE: About here there was a change in the course of study. Pupils no longer took so many subjects at once. Probably they spent more time each day on those they did take. 1919-lan. -SAMUEL ALFEND-graduated at 16 land four monthsl by earning six half- units in summer sessions. With a B.S. from Washington in 1923, he ad- vanced in the scientific field until he is now Food and Drug Administrator here. KATHERINE M. PFEIFER-graduated before her seventeenth birthday. She holds an A.B. f'23J, and an M.S. f'3'1J, from Washington, and is a teacher of science at Soldan. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi. HELEN L. TURLEY-average 95. She dropped out of Washington Univer- sity a few months after entering, apparently on account of illness. Perhaps ghe went to Harris Teachers' College later, for she is a teacher at Wyman chool. -IOSEPH SENTURIA-age l6M: average about 95. He won sophomore hon- ors, and the B.S. and A.M. degrees at Washington. He is now in Wash- ington, D. C. lncidentally he had one of his high-school years at Soldan. 1919-Iune- 1920-Ian. - 1920-lune 1921 -lan. -SOL LONDE-shortened his course to three and a half years by carrying extras 1 92 1 -Inne- 1922 1922 1923 1923 1924 -Ian. -Inne- -Ian. -Iune -lan. and doing work at summer sessions. He has a B.S. f'25J and an M.D. C271 from Washington, and is a doctor in the Lister Building. LOUISE MASON-received the B.S. degree and final honors at Washington. Will some one who knows tell us about her since then? -FLORENCE SCHADE fSKlNNERJ-just 16 at graduation, with an average of 96.61 Kansas City must be basking in the effulgence of her brilliant mind. She is A.B. f'26J and A.M. f'27J , and Phi Beta Kappa. DEBORAH S. PORTNOY-A.B. '26 and M.S. '34. She has been doing social work, and is at present with the St. Louis Children's Aid Society. IOHN BERGMANN-also in social science work, but as a teacher. He obtained his A.B. at Washington in 1927. He taught at Normandy High School, but is now at University City High. -CARL FIRESIDE-took his B.S. degree in Business Administration. When last heard from, he was in Dayton, Ohio. -SAM ELSON-born in New York on Christmas day, 19083 entered Central High in February, 1921, and by piling up six half-units in summer sessions, graduated at the age of 15 years and one month!! He completed the course at Washington University in three and a half years, making Phi Beta Kappa. He reached the dignity of an LL.B. in 1930, winning various prizes and two fellowships. After studying at Yale for a year, securing the degree of I.S.D. fdoctor of iuridical sciencej, he returned to St. Louis, taught for a time at Washington Law School, and then went into the practice of law, particularly corporation law. He is married and has a son eight months old. 1924-Iune-ELIZABETH A. PLEGER-a minister's daughter. She finished high school in three and a half years. with an average of 94.5, aged a few months over 16: and went on to gather in an A.B. f'28j and an A.M. C291 and final honors and Phi Beta Kappa. Does any one know what she's doing with her erudition now? Page One Hundred Nineteen 1925-Ian. D 1925-lune 1926-lan. 1926-lune 1927-lan. 1927-Iune 1928-lan. 1928-Iune 1929-Ian. 1929-lune 1930 lan. 1930-lune 1931-lan. 1931-Iune 1932-Ian. 1932-Iune 1933-lan. -MARGARET RICHARD LEDGERWOOD-graduated before he was 17, with an average of almost 94. He received an A.B. degree in 1929 and an A.M. in 1930. He went in for teaching, and is still at it, in Southwestern Teachers' College, Durant, Okla. -WILLIAM C. KOPLOVITZ-graduated at just past 16. He has an A.B. f'29l and an M.S. C'3Ol from Washington University, and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He graduated from Harvard Law School cum laude in 1933. Be- fore that he had made a survey of world relief for the Russell Sage Founda- tion. He is now with the Department of the Interior in Washington, D. C. GORDON-attended Washington for something more than a year, and then married. Is she living in St. Louis? ROBERT MANGOLD-graduated with an average of more than 93, at the age of 16. After he had completed two years at Washington his family moved to California. His father was a teacher, prominent in social service work. Robert graduated from the University of Southern California, and is living in Los Angeles. ARTHUR BROMBERG-born in Poland. After receiving the A.B. degree in 1931, he went into advertising work, and is now with Famous-Barr. He is married and has a daughter. LULA LORANDOS-received the A.B. degree in 1931 and the A.M. in 1932. and a scholarship in history. She taught for a time, but is now occupied as housewife, and mother of a 15-months-old baby. She says she is old-fashioned enough to intend to stay married to the same man, Iohn Leontsinis. -MOLLIE SCHLAFMAN-born in Europe. She went from Central to Wash- ington University where she received the A.B. degree in 1932. She took secre- tarial work and is now with the W. P. A. in Washington, D. C. She is espe- cially interested in physically handicapped adults and under-privileged chil- dren. She has written articles for magazines and is working on a novel. She says she tries to pass on to others the kindness shown her at Central. QIACQUELINED IANE WOTKE-graduated soon after she was 16, with an average above 93. She attended Washington for one year only. She is now Mrs. Richard Hospes. Incidentally she was editor of the Diamond Iubilee issue of this yearbook. -NEIL A. KOOP-received the B.S. at Washington in '33. And since then?? LYDIA A. M. MUELLER-average above 94: age 16. She earned the A.B. at Washington in '33 and an M.S. in '34. She won final honors and Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi. She is now using her mathematical skill for the Shell Petroleum Company here. -NORA NANCY STEEL-A.B., Washington University, '34. ABRAHAM ALPERT-B.S., Washington University, '34. -MILDRED DORA TERRY-after two years at Washington, married Forest Paris. HILDA KOHM-from an intermediate school. She finished at Central in two and a half years, averaging above 94. She was awarded Hnal honors, Phi Beta Kappa, and the A.B. degree at Washington in 1935. She died in 1936, at the age of 22. -IEANETTE RUDMAN-B.S. at Washington in 1936. -IOHN PERL-apparently did not complete a year at college. -HOWARD RUSSELL WILLIAMS-won the Harvard book in his sixth term and graduated with an average of nearly 94. He was awarded sophomore and final honors and Phi Beta Kappa at Washington QA.B., '37l. He is studying law in Harvard. In answer to this question on our questionnaire- Are you in Who's Who? -he writes, Give us time. Page One Hundred Twentu I 1933 1934 1934 1935- 1935- 1936 1936- 1937- 1937- 1938 Iune- Ian. - Iune Ian. - Iune- Ian. Iune- Ian. - Iune- Ian. CHARLOTTE BARBARA VOLK-average 94. But she did not complete a year at Washington. SYLVIA MORNA HUME-little more than 16 at graduation: average 93. She is now a senior at Washington. GERTRUDE THOMPSON-from Paragould, Ark., in September, 1931. She finished high school with an average of 94.6, and is now a senior at Wash- ington. HAROLD GARBER-won the Harvard book in his sixth term. He is now at Washington. MAE ELLEN MENSENDIEK-unusually high average, 95.5. She is now a junior at Washington. -BERT O'NEIL RUSSELL-finished a year at college but was unable to continue. LOIS LOUISE GRUNDMANN-now a sophomore at college, DOLORES HELEN VOHS-average above 93, at the age of 15 years and ten months. She is a freshman at Washington. VERNON C. POHLMANN-won the Harvard book. Average 93.5. He is a freshman at Washington University. -STELLA I. SUDIKA-will enter college in the fall. 'A' And so the procession of Scintillating Citizens of Central marches on. Station W.U.S.W. is signing off for the year 1938. Good night. :qqiii4ylqfiYgqiiq:Y-1-av-:Y-::Y-Yr-o-asr::::: Y Y Y Y Y Y Y--Y-:::-Y-::::::::: .iiii i1iii FOOTNOTES: 1. The compiler of this material deplores the fact that there seems no satisfactory way to do honor to the many Central graduates who made records only a little less splendid than those of the scholarship winners. 2. This compiler wishes to acknowledge indebtedness to Miss Dena Lange for information gleaned from her most interesting and helpful collection of excerpts in the Public School Messenger of Ianuary 3, 19385 and to express gratitude for invaluable assistance to Miss Grace M. Denison, secretary to the Chancellor of Washington University. 3. The editors and sponsor of this yearbook join with this compiler in the following plea: LET US BEG OF YOU CENTRAL ALUMNI, NOT ONLY SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS BUT ALL OF YOU. TO SEND IN INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR- SELVES AND ABOUT OTHER CENTRALITES. FIFTEEN YEARS FROM NOW. ESPECIALLY. WHEN YOUR ALMA MATER WILL BE 100 YEARS OLD, YOU WILL WANT TO HEAR. AND WILL WANT OTHERS TO HEAR. ABOUT THE PROGRESS OF CENTRAL'S GRADUATES. YOU FROM WHOM AND OF WHOM WE HAVE NOT HEARD RECENTLY, TELL US ABOUT YOURSELVES: WON'T YOU? WRITE TO CENTRAL, AND DO IT SOON! QQNITDTTHEN DO IT AGAIN WHENEVER THERE IS ANYTHING OF INTER- O ADD. JV-I-'r:::Y1-l-:vw-Y Y Y Y :5iiiSrI-SSSSSS'Y '-iiiS?SSi15iiSSS?ii11!QSSiSi'i -Qiiiiiixiiiiiiiiii 'A' ik i' Page One Hundred Twenty-one swoPE SCHOLARS Miss Alma Fletcher of Soldan High School, who keeps the official 6 records of Swope scholars, will give us a brief account of Centralites who have won that coveted prize through the generosity of Mr. Gerard Swope. Miss Fletcher: .3 ,-1 4 'L' There are ten Swope scholars from Central: Iohn P. Grogan, 1926, Washington University, 1920. He is highway engineer for the Illinois division of highways: lives in East St. Louis. Milton Cohen, 1926, Qnow called Michael S. Kochl, Washington University, 1930, now with the bureau for homeless men. Omar Midyett, 1926, of Black, Missouri, attended university only two years, now Chief Instructor at the Curtiss Flying School. Iacob Saper, 1926, did not graduate from university. Norman C. Parker, 1927, Washington University Law School, 1934, made Phi Beta Kappa and is now an attorney with Rassieur, Long, and Yawitz. Robert T. Ecoff, 1930, attended university two years: is in Armour's Packing Company of Kansas City, Missouri. David Margulois, 1930, attended university two years. Michael Hadgicostas, 1931, attended university one year. Helen Reller, 1934, is making a fine record in Washington Universityg will receive her A.B. degree in Iune and enter the Medical School next September. Edward Czebrinski, 1936, is a sophomore in Washington University: expresses great appreciation to Mr. Weir, Mr. Friedli, Miss Lowry, and Miss Stuehrk for recommendind him and seems determined to make good. As we are about to close this section of our program, we announce with pride this special item just received by the Post-Dispatch: COLUMBIA U. AWARD TO ST. LOUISAN New York, lune 1.-Howard Russell Williams, of St. Louis, and Herbert Stanley Gross- man, of Brooklyn, N. Y., divide the Beck prize scholarship to be presented to them today at the 184th annual commencement of Columbia University. The Beck scholarship is awarded an- nually by the Columbia University School of Law to a member of the first-year class for the best examination in real estate law. vsrlw-e-:::.-4-r:e:.-:::e-www-re.-:easlslw-Y--:--vvsr:evslvw-Y-:--Y--ee::Arts-Q-vNr+::::.-Y-:: -:Q-l-:sr-.-:- -e:-: rs:::w-e:Y-::::-:: ::.-ee.-:N:e.-eA-Y-:ee:vvsr:e ::::vsr::Ne:ee::-s:v+:slshr:-s4s:slw-:N-:v-:::.-:4v:er+::+.-: Page One Hundred Twcntu-two X ff fi 'J-Q Z 4 , 451. l TT fo H Q , Q56 Sf We la! ff! Oh, 0,7 fzz. ffwdfafofp X29 QL! J yeah Sf 43' XX llln..JIn. !Ze5enfin9 ADMINISTRATORS PAST AND PRESENT OF CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL Ihlllt' Um' llundrvcl Tun-rrtu-tflrul' Mr. W. S. Bryan, Central, 1869. Veteran Public School Administrator in St. Louis. Teacher of Latin and Greek in Central High School, March 1873-1895. Principal of Central High School, September, 1895-Iune, 1908 Assistant Superintendent of Instruction, 1908-1928. Library Adviser, September. 1929. Page One Hundred Twcntu-four pvvvvvv-:vsrlslv-lsr .av-fvvvvvvvvvvslv Nvvvvvvwlvrrcw ADMINISTRATION PRINCIPALS OF CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL Ieremiah D. Low .......,.... Iames E. Kaime .... .,.,.,,.,....... Calvin S. Pennell .........,..... Richard Edwards ,..,..... Thomas Metcalf A..,.,.,.... Ebenezer Knowlton Charles F. Childs ......... Horace H. Morgan ...... Brandt V. B. Dixons F. Louis Soldan ,,,l..,,. W. S. Bryan .....,.r., Chester B. Curtis .......,. Stephen A. Douglas ..,,...., D. H. Weir ,Y,.,...,l.,l.,..,,.,,.. ...........Feb., ,,,,, Iune, ,.Sept., , ........, Mar., l,t.. Aug., ,, Iune, ...........Feb., ....... Sept., .,,.,......Nov., .......,..,Sept., ,,,.,...,,,Sept.. Sept.. 1853-Iune 1855-Tune 1856 Ian., 1862-Mar 1862-Aug 1862-Iune 1863-Feb. 1866- Feb. 1886 Sept., 1887 Sept., 1895 Sept., 1908 Mar 1920-Apr., 1936- 1855 1856 1862 1862 1862 1863 1866 1886 1887 1895 1908 1920 1936 SUPERINTENDENTS OF INSTRUCTION OF THE LOUIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS DURING THE EXISTENCE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL A. Litton ...........,,.....,,.,,,.,.... ,....,......,,,.,,, .,..,.,, Charles A, Putnam ,....,,.... ,.....,..,. I. A. Tice .........,.,.........,.,.., ..,........ Ira Divoll .,...........,.,.,... ..,.....,.........,......,....... William T. Harris ....,..........,.,.,,.....,...,,......, Four 1852-1853 1853 Died 1854-1857 1858-1867 1868-1880 Edward H. Lon F. Louis Soldan Q ............. Ben Blewett ,,,,.,,,,,.,...,, Iohn W. W1fhEfS,,, .........,.,.,.......,............ Iohn I. Maddox Henry Gerling IActing Superintendent for six monthsl .,,.,. 1930 Recent Principals of Central High School STEPHEN A. DOUGLASS I CHESTER W. I. S. BRYAN B. Cuims BRANDT V. B. D1x0N 1881 1895 1908- 1917- 1921 ST. OF 1894 1907 1917 1921 1929 I COMPLETE Adams. Grace Albrecht. Grace E. Allgier, George I. Amend. Loretto C. Ammerman. Charles Anderson, lames N. Anderson, William B. Andrews, Isabella M. Armstrong, Edward S. Arnold. Pauline Atwater, Ellen R. Bacon, George W. Bailey, M. M. Baker. Charles Fuller Baker. Lincoln D. Baker, Margaret F. Ball. William C. Barbee. Louis S. Barr. Hugh H. Barron, Marv T. Barry, F. E. Bavs, lohn A. Beck. Marv L. Beck. Paul H. Beedv, Marv E. Beeman. A. N. Beeson. Susan V. Biuelow, Harriett D. Binnev. Anna S. Bluthardt, George A. Bock. C. W. Bowen. Irene E. Bradburn. Vernon I. Breckenridge, Virginia Brev. Delia M. Bribach. Ruth L. Brightman, Anna Bristol. Eloise Brown. Lillian M. Brown, Marqaretta M Brown, Marv Brvan, W. I. S. Brvant, Wm. M. Buck. Philo M., Ir. Buckey. Hazel Buenemann. Iohn Burns. Earl T. Bushnell. S. H. Butcher, Ralph E. Butler. E. H. Butler. Wm. D. Butler. Wm. M. Bvrne, Lee Caldwell, Grace Calhoun. Henrv C. Callan. C. A. Calvert. Malinda A. CamDbell. Ellen E. Carmody, Imelda Carr, Elizabeth H. Casev. Anna F. Chavlin, Susan E. Charlton, Irmenqard M. Chase, lennie F. Chidester, Marv H. Childs. Charles F. Childs. Dorothv Childs. Lue M. Choate. Alice D. LIST OF TEACHERS OF HIGH SCHOOL Christenson. Elmer H. Churchill, Alfred V. Civrianni, Charlotte I Clark. William N. Clayton. Sarah Sale Coats. Chas. P. Coffey, Roy V. Colwell. Howard G. Comfort, Marion C. Conant. Paul H. Corvell, Relta Coulson. Ruth Craig, Grace Crippen, Frank A. Crone. Ruth Crowder, Tennie M. Cullen, Charles B. Cummings, Ruth R. Cunningham, Nellie Currier, Edward H. Curtis, Chester B. Dang, Iulia Davidson, Thomas Davis, Arthur Davis, R. F. Davis, Vest Davton, Lottie Dean. Mrs. Dee. N. B. de Liniere, Edna V. Detering, Oscar C. Deutsch, William Dickinson, Ruth B. Dickman, Rosine Dixon, Brandt V. B. Dolch, Isabel S. Douglass, Stephen A. Dowd, Caroline A. Doyle, Mary A. Dunhaupt, R. C. F. Dunn, Mrs. Iulia D. Dutro, Iulia A. Dyer, Louise Easterbrook, Iris L. Edwards, Lizzie G. Eikenberry, W. L. Eimer, Edna Enzinger, Philip Ernst, Lillie R. Erskine, Esther Erskine, Lucille Eschbach, A. G. Evans, Wm. Prentice Th Ewin, Margaret W. Ewing, Marjorie Fager, Oscar F. Fattmann, Arthur A. Fenby, Ella Field, Faith W. Fink, F. W. Finkelnburg, Augusta Finn. M. Theresa Fischer, Robert Fisse, Edna I. Fitch, R. Evelyn Flanigan, Blanche Flickner, Maude R. Foote, Eleanor B. Forsman, Guy C. Forsman, O. R. Freiberger, C. W. Friedli, Alfred Frank, Coleman D. Froelich, Mr. Fruchte, Amelia A. Gaines, I. Allison Gardner, Charles R. Garesche. Marie R. Garrigues, Gertrude George, Marguerite Gerber, William A. Gerdes, Martha Gibney, Anna Iean Gilfillan, Evelyn Grace Glatfelter, Edith E. Glen, Margaret Gochenauer, I. S. Godbey, Walter A. Goodson, Hope Gould, B. B. Gow. Lizzie B. Green. Charles A. Green, Howard E. Gregory, Edward McAfee Grier. Norman M. Griffith, Carrie E. Griggs, M. C. Grolton, Lillian L. Grossman, August Grossman, Charlotte Grueb, P. Max Guenther, Corine Gundlach, Wallace C. Guy, W. C. Haack. Aelize Haanel, Hugo P. Haeseler, Ella CENTRAL Ham, William R. Hammond, Edith Handshy, Olive M. Hargitt, G. H. Harris, D. H. Harris, Hanah Iewell Harrison, Lillian M. Hart. Maynard M. Hays, Richard Heinicke, Esther Helbig. Emily M. Heltzell, Lilliam M. Henne, Emma M. Heston, William P. Hibbert. R. W. Hickey, Anna E. Higginbotham, Florence Hildenbrandt, Mrs. L. D. Hinchman, Laura Hoch, Herman F. Hoffman, Ivan M. Hohn, E. Holbrook, L. G. Holferty, G. M. Holman, Mary Holty. I. G. Hoolan, Ioanna Hospes. Mrs. Cecelia House, Roy T. Howe, Rose Anne Howlett, R. S. Hudson. M. Ethel Huenkemeier, Earl H. Hughes, R. P. Huntington, Albert H. Ingerson, Carl I. Isaacs, Gussie Ittner, Mary S. Iameson, Henry W. lansen, Earl Iansson, Karin E. Iasper, W. R. Iohnson. Roy Ivan Iohnson, Theodore L. Tones, Iames McLain Iones, Iennie M. A. Iones, Leonard Iudson, Isaac N. Kahn, Blanche Kaime, Iames E. Kampmann, Bessie Kastin. I. H. Z. Kaufman. Rosalie ree Early Principals of Central High School IAMES E. KAIME CALVIN S. PENNELL RICHARD EDWARDS Three Later Principals of, Central High School CHARLES F. CHILDS Kelbaugh, Charles H. Keller, Iohn Kelsey, Theodore D. Kendall, Ellen F. Kendall, Lydia T. Killam. E. F. Kimball. Iohn E. Kingsbury. Lucius Kirchner, Elida C. Kitchen, Grace A. Kittlaus, Louis M. Kittlaus, Louis W., Ir. Koehler, Bertha Knepper, Florence Knight, Margaret Knowlton. Ebenezer Knox, George Platt Kohl, Iulia F. Krag. Amelia C. La Berge, Ada L. La Croix, Louis Langenberg, Emma Lautner, Iohn E. Lawitzky, Mrs. M. E. Layer, W. R. Leach, Camilla Lehman, H. B. Leigh, Edwin Lenney, Iames P. Leubkert, Wattraute Leutheusser, Arthur O. Levy, Iudith Lillard, I. B. Lillehei, F. L. Lodwick, Agnes I. Long. Lyda Low, I. D. Lowry, Lorraine Ludlum, Mrs. Mary H. Lynch, Mary MacLellan, George B. Mahood, Edward W. Marine, Alma Markland, Levi Harris Marriott, Elles T. Marshall. Herbert L. Martin, Iennie M. Martini, Katherine Martling, Iames A. Mason, Louise Mathews, Will H. Matthews. Annie L. McDaniels, George N. McEachron, Fred C. McGuigan, Lucy McGrew, Minnie MicKinney, Gladys Metcalf, Thomas HORACE H. MORGAN Meyer. Emily I. L. Meyersieck, Marion C. Middleton, Arthur R. Middlekauff, Helen Miller, Fred Miller, Paul G. Miller, Paul M. Mills, Esther Mills, Lucy M. Moench, Mrs. Amelia Montgomery, Iosephine Mook, Fannie I. Moreell, Caroline Morgan, A. R. Morgan, Horace H. Morris, Elizabeth T. Morrow, Ethel Morrow, Loyal C. Moss, Iohn Mott. Marguerite Mueler. Pauline Mueller. Laura M. Mulford, A. Isabel Murray, Catherine Nelson, N. L. T. Neubarth, Lillian T. Neumann, Roland F. Nicholson, Mary L. Niedrinqhaus, Bonna, Libr. Noble, Edward H. Noel, Bernard W. O'Connor, Margaret B. Oertel. Netta Olmstead, Mabel Osburn, Mary V. Oviatt. Laura M. Parker, Edward A. Parker, Elizabeth I. Parks, Clara Dell Parrott, L. M. Parselle, Hetty H. Peabody, Helen E. Pennell, C. S. Pierce, Marion V. Peltier, Paul Phillips, Iohn A. Pierson, Ruth H. Pinkus. L. F. Piliboss, E. D. Pommer, W. H. Potthotf, Fred W. Powell, Ioseph E. Prather, Iohn W. Pratt, H. F. Prelutsky, Alfred Quellmalz. Florence Quest, Charles Quinn, Iohn B. F. Louis SOLDAN Raggio. A. P. Randall, Lillian I. Randolph, Elizabeth Rawles. William A. Recht. Bessie Reess, Stella G. Reiss, David Reppy, Allison Reynolds, Sarah T. Rice, Elizabeth G. Richardson, Helen M. Richardson, Lucy S. Richardson, Mary E. Richeson, Virginia Riddle, Oscar Riefling, B. Ieanette Rieman, Edward G. Rifkin, Sarah L. Riggs, Melvin Riley, Anne Pope Roach, Harry F. Robinson, Edward Robinson, Leone Robinson, O. P. Robinson. P. O. Rocfort, R. A. Roetter, Paulus Rosentengel, Wm. H. Rosing, Margery S. Ross. Bessie G. Rowe, Louise M. Rucker, Thomas I. Rudolph, Helen Bake Ruth. Anna Harding Sanborn, Ioseph L. Sanford, Wm. F. Schneider, Bertha I. Schonhorst, Viola Schultz, Rudolph Schuyler, William Schweikert. H. C. Scott, R. E. Seipp, Oral W. Senne. Ioseph H. I' Sessinghaus, Bertha C. Seymour, George E. Shafer, Helen Shaffer, Mary I. Shaffer, Sophis B. Shapiro, Anna Shaughnessy. Kate E. Shaughnessy, M. A. Sherman. Miriam S. Sherry, Susan Shryock, Gertrude Siebert, W. S. V. Siler, R. W. Simmons, Emma P. Southwick, Annie M. Smellie, H. B. Smith, Bruce Smith, Mrs. Cecelia Smith, C. A. Smith, Fletcher Smith, Harry H. Snider, Denton I. Soldan, F. Louis Sophir, Leo Spargo. Iohn W. Sprague, Ethel G. Spross, Harold E. Stark. Hannah B. Steinbreder, Caroline Stephenson, Kenneth R. Stetson, Sylvia Stille, Werner A. Stillwell, Frances B. Stocke, C. B. Stratton, Clarence Sullivan, Aurelia Sullivan, Catherine Z. Sylvester, Frederick O. Symington, Edith C. Taylor, Antoinette P. Taylor, Margaret H. Thayer, Harvey W. Thom, Iennie C. Thurman, Harry Thomure, Laura R. Timmons, Winnie Tompkins, Hazel L. Torrelle, Ellen B. Tower, Fannie E. Tumalty, Caroline Tupper, Beatrice Twining, Edward H. Tyler, Early G. Van Hook, Anna M. Van Landegend, Edward Vaughn, W. H. Vertrees, I. R. Volkmann, Edith Von Willich, Eliza Waddock, Florence C. Wake, William Sales Wakeman, George B. Walker, M. W. Wallace, E. V. D. Wallach, Iacob Walsh, Blanche M. Waney, Anne R. Warner, Anne L. Watkins, Blanche N. Watkins. Laura D. Watson. Mathilde H. Watters, Fannie B. Weber. Raxley F. Weir. D. H. Weld, Wm. T. Whitbeck, Iennie A. White, B. C. White, Richardson D. Whitehouse, H. Whittemore, Lelia M. Wilhelmi. Paula Wilkerson, Carrie L. Willcox, Isabel Willemsen, Iennie Willemsen, Lillie Williams, Susannah T. Williamson. Myra A. Wilson, Martin C. Woodruff, Frederick E. Worden, I. Perry Wostenholme, C. L. Yeomans, Mabel Ford Zacher, Ruth Page One Hundred Twenty-scucn D. H. WEIR Principal, Central High School, September, 1936 Former Assistant Principal, 1919-1936 Former Principal of the Benton School, '28-'33: the Baden School, '33-'35: the Henrq Ninth-Grade High and Vocational Center, '35-'37 'A' 4-:-:-:2:::z:Qr.r.:-e2::::::4-e2:2:-Y - +:wwr::::::unr::4:r::vaa:4 W 0 4 S 4,1 0 0 V 'r j gr 44 U: Z4- 55 141 P 64 40 1'Z lv 44: gr 4,17 lr - -s .-: 5- :MN assi,-a+.-.f.-.-,aaa 2??S.-+3ilS:ff4:AhN rs:-.-:::+.-seas, STANLEY HILL Assistant Principal, Central High School IJ4'V4-ru Page One Huncirvcl Twenty-ninc THE CENTRAL HIGH FAC ULTY 1937 -'38 D. H. Weir - Stanley Hill Albrecht, Grace Ethel-Music. Sponsor of Glee Club, Band and Orchestra. Amend, Loretto C.4Physical Education. Sponsor of G. A. A., Dancing, Intramural Girls' Games. Bailey, M. M.flndustrial Arts. Member of Athletic Council. Beck, Mary L.4English. Sponsor of the RED AND BLACK. Bluthardt, George A.4Music. , qggpgsor ofkgl-cimei3f kqxzjzl. 'S J Bradburn, Vernon I.-Citizenship, Geog- raphy. Coach of Baseball: Coach of Basketball. Breckinridge, Virginia--English, American History. Sponsor of the Pep Club and lce Skating Club. Christenson, Elmer H.4Physics. Co-Coach of Tennis Team: Treasurer of Ath- letic Council. Page One Hundred Thirtu - - - Principal a Assistant Principal Coffey, Roy Vf-Commercial Subjects. Crowder, lennie M.-Home Economics. Davis, VestgEnqlish, Nlathematics. Sponsor of Boys Literary Society, Debating Team, Oratorical Contests. Commencement Speakers, and the 85th Anniversary Radio Program. Detering, Oscar C.-Commercial Subjects. School Treasurer. . K V Dickman, Ros Waldjgo' an and America Sponsor of Co-C-Hi. Dolch, Isabel S.-History, Later European and American. Sponsor of Chess Club. Doyle, Mary A.-English. Sponsor of Spelling Team. Elmer, Edna E.4English. Sponsor of Class Plays. Ewing, MarjoriefCommercial Subjects. Friedli, Alfred-History, Later European, and Sociology. Secretary of Athletic Councilg Press Commit- tee for Public Schools Centennial Celebra- tion: Public H. S. League Representative. Gibney, Anna lean-Spanish. q Sponsor of La Castilla. Gochenauer, S.-History, American, and Government. Gundlach, Wallace C.-English. Sponsor of the News, Poetry Contests. Co- Coach of Tennis Team. Heltzell. Lillian M.-Latin. Former Sponsor of Classical Club. Higginbotham ,Florence-:4English, Citizen- ship. 9-I Sponsor of ls Literary Society. Iansen, Earl-Physical Education. . Coach of Track and Basketball. A . X memlcLain7History, Early Euro- mer Sponsor of Gym Club. p p Nand erican Geoqraphy Iordan, Iulia M.-Speech. Kittlaus, Louis W.-Physical Education. Athletic Council. Kittlaus, Louis M.-Physical Education. Sponsor of Intramural Boys Games, Coach of Football. Knight, Margaret-Mathematics. Kraq, Amelia C.- rt. Lan enberg, Emp German. 1 S onsor of w s and Lamps Lowry, Lorraine-En, ish. Former Sponsor of Girls Literary Society: Sponsor of Ianuary Senior Class, 1938. McDermott, Florence-Geography, Govern- ment, and Economics. Markland. Levi Harris-Mathematics. Coach of Golf Team. Marriott, Elles T.-Industrial Arts. Marshall, Herbert L.-German, Spanish, and Latin. Martini, Katherine-Historv, Later Euro- pean, and Latin. Sponsor of Classical Club. Miller. Paul G.-Mathematics, Science. Member of Athletic Council, Coach of Football Team. - I . Mook, Frances I.-H me Econogs. Olmstead, Mabel- istory, ater uropean. Sponsor of Iune Senior Class, 1938. Osburn, Mary V.-English. Parker, Elisabeth I.-French, Spanish. Phillips, Iohn A.-General Science, Physi- ography. Sponsor of Committee of Twenty and Coach of Swimming Team. Powell, Ioseph E.-Chemistry. Sponsor of Chemistry Club. Pratt, H. F.-Commercial Subjects. Prelutsky, Albert-General Science. S ons of tron y b dCamera Club. Randall, Lillian l.- nqlish. Randolph, Elizabeth Cabell-Civics, Eng- lish. Sponsor of Hiking Club and Girls Swimming Club. Rice, Elisabeth G.-English, Bookkeeping. Ross, Bessie G.-Biology. Schonhorst, Vi a Physi 1 Ed tion, Mathematics y Scott, R. E.-Mathematics. Smellie, H. B.-Economics, Government, Geography. Spross, Harold E.-Mathematics, Science. Assistant Coach of Baseball, School Treasurer. Thomure, Laura R.-English. Sponsor of Athenaeum. T ler, Early G.:-English. . Vl..rfas.a'a,en-dmsfdrfvrsfhisrties. Vertrees, lesse R. Industrial Art Coach of Golf. eil Watkins, Laura D. Biology. Sponsor of Biology Club. Nieclrinqhaus, Bonna-Librarian. Cleveland, Eunice E.-Clerk. Gunkel, Vera-Clerk. Stuehrk, Margaret-Clerk. lten. Anna L.-School Nurse. Rotteck, M. D., Iulius-School Physician for Boys. Schaaf, M. D., Katherine M.-School Physi- cian for Girls. Gentry, Mrs. Ethel M. - L u n c h r o o m Manager. Page One Hundred Thirty-one We ti lull. , f'- , .-i , And now let us hear from one of the older boys and then from 6 one of the very. very young ones 1si ?af' 4u- ' ' ' '- fi Herbert Bauard Swope: on this subyect of teachers, Mr. STEPHEN A. Doucuxss Principal, Central High School, 1920-1936 Y first class in high school, was, I think I-8. I remember my teachers better than I do my fellow students. What Freudian interpretation is to be placed upon that? I remember Louis Soldan was the principal and W. S. Bryan was the vice prin- cipal. Some of the others of the faculty were Professor Bryantee Cas we used to call him, to distinguish him from Bryanj Dunhaupt, under whom I sat in the assembly room: Quinn, Algebra: Godbye, Rhetoric and English: Ingerson, Physics: Morgan, Latin. Among the women I remember, perhaps most pleasantly, Elizabeth Carr in Greek: Mrs. Lena D. Hildebrandt fshe would always insist upon her full namej, German: Miss Garrigues lwas she a relative of Thomas Masaryk Garrigues of Czecho-Slovakia? That was his middle namel: Miss Ernst. Now Edward Czebrinski, of the class of '36: My fondest memory of Mr. Douglass, who died on Friday night, May 1, 1936, my principal, is of his sitting on a chair in front of his typewriter, and since the chair was low, he had to sit on a huge dictionary in order to be able to type. One could find him in this position almost any day after school hours. Another characteristic of his was his willingness to help students. I shall never forget the day when I was a new senior and needed a little guidance in choosing a career. He was very busy at this time and his desk was piled up with work when I entered. He looked up from behind a mass of papers and greeted me cheerily, asking what he could do for me. I, seeing the amount of work he had to do, excused myself for intruding on him, but he would not let me go. He said, 'Nonsense, Mr. Czebrinski, what is it: I can do this work later.' Undoubtedly a similar personal incident connected with Mr. Douglass has occurred to many students who attended Central, and it is for this reason that he is fondly remembered by many, many students with whom he came in contact. My teachers, too, were helpful and inspiring. To give just one example. what senior ever taking sociology will forget Mr. Friedli? Here was a teacher! His course was really instructive and enjoyable. Don't you remember that his method of teaching was one of lec- turing? And what lectures he gave! Don't you remember how he used to stand before the class with his arms cradled before him, and how he, looking through his dark brown horn- rimmed glasses, would tell about society and her institutions. His lectures remain vivid to me because he did not merely present matters as they stood in the book, but colored them with his personality. And he had a great personality. In auditorium sessions I have never seen any- Eodyzl hold, the attention of the student body and fire them with enthusiasm as Mr. Friedli as one. Page One Hundred Thirtu-two -: :vsr::::::::e::-:4sr::-:1sr::4vvvsr-::wsr.-::err Q-:.-:v-:e::::::-e.-:ev-::::::4vsre:.--::::::.-::::?Yfe:::::e:.-' ' ' ' Ulm 1 O P fs' SAINT LOUIS BOARD OF EDUCATION EDWARD A. FERRENBACH IOIIN I. SHEAHAN - - Arthur A. Blumever Solon Cameron Mark D. Eagleton Iames I. Fitzgerald lohn A. Fleischli uk ir - President Vice President Rudolph Hofmcister Mrs. I-laymer Lowenhaupt Thomas F. Quinn Francis C. Sullivan David C. Todd -:r:e::4sre:::4vvvsr::1s.r:.--:vvvvsr-:: 4vvvvvsr::4vvv--Y-vvrr---:sr-vvflsr.-v-:sr--vwvvsr-vwvsr-v4sr---vflvsrovvv -:-eev-:::rlvsr.-:::::::v-:Jvvv::4-r::-er.-rr.-:vvv::::sr r - - Q - - - e::v- .-::: v - :: v - -:v :e::::-r:::vsr::e:.-: ::::wvvs4 Page One Hundred Tlzirty-tlzrcc ' ' N ' ' 'AN ' ' ' l2l?ii4: : :3S13S: S??SS5SS:i?f! ge One Hun re e fin gd from EDWARD A. FERRENBACH President of the Board of Education of the City of St, Louis: S7455 opportunity of expressing to the Cen- tral High School my greetings on its Eighty-fifth Anniversary is one which l most sincerely appreciate. The glorious history of the Central High School is one of the great marks of the St. Louis public school system. From it the Whole field of secondary educa- tion has extended west of the Mississippi. lts graduates have become famous throughout the length and breadth of our land. lts influence has been felt in the cultural and civic life of our community. Those who have the privilege of attending Central High School today have the opportunity of participating in a school spirit built up through all of these marvelous traditions. To all of you, past graduates, the graduates of the present year, and future grad- uates, I extend my heartiest congratulations and good wishes on the privilege of serving for Central. d 'cd Tlzirtu-four MEMORIES ome QCO!8Cfi0lfL5 0 .Mg Shoo! maya Miss Lillian M. Heltzell, '83, Speaking THE public High School became so popular that Central's new building at Fifteenth and Olive soon was over-crowded so that branch high schools were opened in various parts of the city to house ninth-grade pupils, then called the junior class. It was my good fortune to attend the Peabody School, and when my class completed the eighth grade on the second floor, we were moved up to the third and became high school juniors. It was not merely a matter of climbing stairs, but we had to assemble with the eighth-grade pupils from other schools at the Polytechnic Branch High at Seventh and Chestnut, to take a written examina- tion in arithmetic, geography, grammar, history, spelling, and an oral examination in reading. Seventy per cent of the number taking the examinations passed, and the successful were distributed among the various branches. No sympathy was expressed for these children sent to undergo this ordeal in a large down-town building under the watchful eyes of strange teachers. To each of us was qiven a number that was to be used instead of our names on our papers. This device guarded against any charge of favoritism in grading the papers. So about thirty of us entered the junior year of High School in the sunny Peabody Branch High-happy to be back under our revered principal, Mr. D. H. Smith. While we were assigned to a different set of teachers, we already knew them by sight and name. We enjoyed our new studies and the novelty of having a different teacher for each subject, but we sadly missed our long lunch period, which in good weather a group of us used to spend in Lafayette Park near the school. For those of us who lived on Compton Hill, then on the outskirts of the city, had to carry our lunches. A one-man bob-tail street car conveyed us from Grand and Lafayette Avenues, the terminus, to Lafayette Park, where a two-horse car assumed the job of taking passengers down-town. It was a proud moment when the driver on our way home would let one of us girls drive the mule for a block or two. Our trips to school were not so pleasant when the tracks were buried by the heavy snow, and a large sleigh replaced the car. The floor was made of planks set a little distance apart for drainage and was carpeted with straw. The School Board dealt us a crushing blow at the end of our first happy semester. The Peabody Branch High was to be closed and in September we entered the Polytechnic. My Page One Hundred Thirty-five sorrowful forebodings were more than realized. My most intimate schoolmates Went to private schools. The Peabody juniors were brigaded with second termers who had been in the Poly their first term and hence lorded it over the newcomers. And the building! Away down on Seventh and Chestnut. The ground floor was occu- pied by offlcesp the second, by the Public School Library, then partly supported by the School Board. The Polytechnic Branch High School had the third floor and the story above us held the Saint Louis Normal. The ceilings were high and correspondingly so was the wide stair- way. There was a small elevator which bore aloft the patrons of the Library and the teachers. The large assembly hall had a long platform holding the piano and two desks-one for the Principal when he was not in his private office dealing out condign punishment, the other for the ranking lady teacher. They were an awe-inspiring pair when robed in the panoply of their authority! What pupil meeting them would casually say Hello! after the fashion in which the 1938 model addresses his teacher? Spare the rod and spoil the child was the creed of the day. But while the discipline was rigid, the teachers were excellent-some of them in the privacy of their class rooms with closed doors showed themselves actually lovable. After the semi-annuals in lune, we were promoted to the second class. ln September we entered Central building at Fifteenth and Olive with happiest anticipa- tions. As before, we carried our lunch from home: when weather permitted, we girls ate in the east yard, devoted to our sex. Outside the locked gate of the iron fence stood a man with a basket of cakes, pies, chewing gum, and candy. Even some of the teachers yielded to the lure of these dainties. Germs, microbes, bacilli were unknown to us. Intelligent mice emerged after the lunch period fespecially in the Greek and science rooms. located in the basementl. The teachers resented our observing these hungry rodents as they scampered about our feet. Filing time was indicated by a large brass bell rung by hand in the corridor. At eight forty-five the janitor on the front doorsteps rang this bell to notify all Olive Street that a pupil entering Central after that peal was tardy. Tardiness was a serious offense. So sympathetic was one janitor that he would delay the tocsin if he spied a speeding pupil. Our modern elec- tric clock is not so humane. Our quarterly reports bore the numerical average of each of our five, six, or seven subjects, a column for number of checks fdemeritsj, deportment percentage, general average, number in class, and rank. At the end of each quarter, we were seated according to that rank in class- number one occupied the front seat. Quite different from our present method of bringing to the front of the room the failing pupil. Another ritual was solemnly observed. With our reports we assembled in the Hall. Mr. Morgan addressed us on some timely topic such as preparation of work or behavior. Then all pupils who had no checks were told to withdraw: the others were dismissed in order of the number of delinquencies. Finally, only the hardened offenders remained. One might get a number of demerits for few infractions of rules because some teachers gave checks wholesale, five or ten at a time. This practice of advertising the bold bad pupil was later discontinued as being mirth provoking. Every half year our fitness for promotion was determined by examinations which made a surprise attack. The Principal arranged the schedule, and if the teachers knew the order of the subjects, they kept it secret. Pupils who had neglected daily preparation might fail to make the required sixty-five per cent on the test. A failure in one study meant a re-examina- tion with a minimum of seventy-five. Failure in two subjects meant repeating all the work of that semester. No school publications existed, but manuscript magazines privately circulated, uncensored by the teachers, satisfied the amor scribendi of the budding journalists. When we entered Central Building, the enrollment was nine hundred, two-thirds being girls. Eleven of the twenty-six teachers were men. Some of our former teachers were trans- ferred to Central--our beloved Mr. Deutsch and Mr. Schuyler from Peabody, and from the Polytechnic several whom we had always respected, but knowing them in a different environ- ment we learned to admire and love them. Our teachers must have had some leisure, for sev- eral of them edited magazines, some published books, and all of them left their impress on the cultural and civic life of Saint Louis. Several had won national recognition. Mr. H. H. Morgan, the principal, was a man of liberal education and extraordinary ability. His ideal of discipline and education aimed to teach Central boys and girls to recognize and perform the duties of life and citizenship. Disobedience, lying, cheating, forging of parents' names were severely punished. l remember with what pride Mr. Morgan watched the careers of his Central graduates and how he held these men and women before us as examples to be followed. He voiced his belief that in this land, it is the great privilege of everyone to aspire to the loftiest position which his intelligence, industry, and education enable him to fill. Mr. Morgan kept in touch with the student body by teaching one senior class regularly and by entering a class Page One H undrcd Thirty-six High School room unexpectedly and conducting the day's recitation. He seemed equally at home in the languages, science, mathematics, history, or literature. An English teacher, he believed, had the greatest field of intellectual and moral influence. Our curriculum called English Rhetoricals . After grammar in the grade school, we had a stiff course in English grammar in our junior year. Brought up on McGufTey's readers, we had mastered the mechanics of reading. Rhetoricals included reading of classics, memoriza- tion, original composition of essays and orations, and their delivery with whatever elocutionary ability we had. Our Hall for Auditoriuml was on the third floor: it had a wide, high platform across one side. Here our Third Class gave a public exhibition each term. The program was varied- essays: orations: declamations in English, French or German, violin, piano, or vocal numbers. Many of our musicians later brought fame to our city. As seniors we assembled once a week in the Hall to hear our classmates deliver orations and essays. Hall Exercises gave us excel- lent training for our public efforts after our school days. When a larger hall was needed for school entertainments, such as high school concerts under the direction of Professor Robyn, Senior, or his worthy successors, the Mercantile Library Hall was available. In 1853, Saint Louis claimed that this was the most magnificent hall in the United States. Twenty-three hundred people could be seated comfortably. No extra-curricular activities were staged in the building. Private clubs or classes there were, but they met in the homes. Shakespeare clubs flourished-these may have been stimu- lated by the visits of Iohn McCullough, famous for his portrayal of Virginius, Richelieu, and Hamlet. He visited our Shakespeare class, addressed us, and sent each senior a complimentary ticket for his matinee. ln the McCullough Dramatic Club-a society group of amateurs-were to be found Central graduates who had been stars on Central's stage, No loitering in the building after school hours! Hear how we paid the penalty! A small group of us formed an advanced class in German with Mr. Deutsch and he obtained permission Page One Hundred Thirty-scvcn for us to stay after two-thirty. One afternoon our teacher departed, expecting us to follow. Instead we stayed to finish the drama we were reading. Meanwhile Socrates iso-called by us because of his bald head and classic profilel locked up and departed. Even if we could have found the big brass key, we would not have dared to leave a door unlocked. But we took a chance on a window. Crawling out of a basement window, we climbed up into the yard, only to find the gate locked. We could not climb over the iron fence in view of Olive Street. So to the rear! With boosting, shoving, and pulling each other, we clambered to the roof of the wooden shed. Thanks to a heavy snowfall, we dropped painlessly into a snow bank in the alley. Rest assured that we gave no publicity to our escape-or would you call it escapade? Our class numbered twenty-four at graduation-eight were boys. Since it was a Ianuary class i1883l and small-the Iune class had fifty-two graduates-we delivered our essays and orations and received our diplomas on the familiar platform in the school hall. Our costumes were chosen with respect to becomingness and future use-no attempt at uniformity. As the season was the dead of winter and our new steam heating plant none too reliable, no diaphanous robes revealed our warm underwear. Not until lune was the annual Washington University Scholarship awarded. Then it was given to the pupil of the Ianuary or Iune class who had the highest average for the four years. ln my recollection, this scholarship was never dangled before us as an incentive to industry, and the honor was bestowed without parade. l still prize a book, Home Life and Influence, written by W. G. Eliot, Chancellor of Washington University and Mary Institute. and presented to me when I graduated. Written thirty years before, the book describes the ideal woman as one who Hlooketh well to the ways of her household and eateth not the bread of idlenessn. ln a postscript to the 1880 edition the Chancellor says Womans admitted sphere of duty and occupation is now almost commensurate with her ability . Ternpora mutantur! fffifflw . . X Ternpora Mutantur. No doubt that zs the sentiment also felt or ex- pressed in these changing times by Miss Mary B. Ittner. whose graduation preceded Miss H eltzell's by two years. Miss I ttner: , ..g1,fgauEy ,,l, A .pf ,jr iwi .-,. .. I 4 MY T will be fifty-seven years next Iune since I graduated from Central High School. I think the greater number of our classmates are no longer living, and it has been a long time since I have met any one of them. There were forty-four of us, and in the senior year Mr. W. S. Bryan taught us in three branches: Greek, Latin, and English,-the three afternoon class periods. On Fridays in the English class we often had a program of memory selections. Once some naughty boy or girl fI've forgotten whol laid a plot to have everyone, when called upon to recite, give Portia's speech cn Mercy , and many did so. Finally, after our teacher had heard the same several times, he excused all who had no other selection from giving it, saying it looked as if this speech of Portia had been chosen by so many accidentally, on purpose. A few years ago when Mr. Bryan celebrated his fiftieth anniversary in connection with the school, I gave him this little poem Q ?l-rhyme, I should say. jo mr. gryan Today is Mr. Bryan's jubilee. No class, indeed, can lav a better claim Than Iune of '8l. We helped his fame: For every afternoon with him were we. Of Greeks. a stalwart few old Homer read And Latins many more the classic page t Of Virgil scanned. Like war it was to wage: t Nevertheless a happy life we led. Our English class, where each a sonnet made And other verse less hard, included all The forty-four, a class now numbering small,- Not bad, but once with Portia's speech we played. Fond memory brings all back to us once more: Here's greeting true to teacher dear of yore. Page One Hundred Thirty-eight E And now we have a message from one of Mr. Bryan's boys, R. A. S i g Kleinschmidt, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, who graduated from Central in Ian- , iff A uarq. 1896. gif- , LOOKING Back more than forty years-yes, I well remember those high- school days of 1893-1896, in the then brand new Central High School on North 'Grand lsans gym, swimming pool, cafeteria, athletic field, or playgroundl: our handsome Principal, Prof. W. I. S. Bryan, and calls to his oflice for infractions of rules: the unforgettable hour of enter- tainment by the beloved poet, Eugene Field: my first experience with woman-suffrage, when the girls outnumbering the boys some 54 to 15, elected my opponent for class president, he being quite a handsome fellow: the founding of The High School News and my tribulations as its first editor: and finally commencement exercises in the big Exposition Music Hall-reported in the daily papers under the heading Farewell to the Halcyon Days of High School Life . Ho, Hum, those were indeed the days! Yet Mr. Ralph Mooney, of the Class of 1910 thinks his were the days! M Y day-1 make the flat assertion-must have been the Golden Age for old Central: for Central on Grand avenue. The building was mellowed with use: the faculty was com- posed of settled, city-wide figures. Away off somewhere, brash newcomers, Yeatman and McKinley were building toward their first graduations, or were graduating their first classes. Before long, Soldan was to thin our ranks, taking all but seniors from the district to the west. The city ended, then, a little way west of Hamilton avenue. At only a few points had it reached feelers into the weedy tracts across the Wabash Railway line or Hodiamont Avenue. De Baliviere Avenue was a desert except for the street-car sheds, and Delmar Garden was still an amusement oark. As I entered school, W. I. S. Brvan was principal, but soon he was to move up to a position as Assistant Superintendent. His successor, Chester B. Curtis, was pretty much in active charge of the school lin 19061, and he had taken over before I left in 1910. At least, he waioaictive enough to suit me-he was the one who sent for me after someone else had sent me to Knowing what I know today, Curtis looms as a figure of quiet power-of immense under- standing-an enemy, then-but a friendly enemy. I hear of schools today where pupils run out to parked cars for a few cigarettes during study hours. And at these schools l'm told, they say that nothing can be done about it. I . . . well, conditions have changed . . . maybe lax parental discipline weakens all authority . . . but I know it didn't happen at Central . . . not without something being done about it. They knew where we should be, study hours and all: if we weren't there, sooner or later we explained where we had been. We might get away with an occasional sandwich or soda during school hfcgurs, but we had to talk about it. We soon found that keeping the rules saved one a deal of e ort .... Not only the schools, but the whole nation would benefit by a little of that quiet, firm dis- cipline today . . . if it could be restored . . . probably it will be. . . . To return to the Golden Age. Our arch-rival, Smith Academy, was on its last legs. I recall that we won from them three years in succession, with young Mike Walker as coach, with Earl Sherry, Harry Hall, Arthur Donahoe, Iim Lincoln, the Haines brothers, and the Rohan brothers, prominent in play at various times. Ding Duemler, I remember, went out for the team after three quietly studious years-and made it. I think of that every time I scc him quoted in the papers as a Socialist leader or candidate, now .... Since I've mentioned certain sets of brothers, I mustn't forget the endless Foote brothers who Dervaded all classes and activities. Frank, I remember, was in the Cadets. Hathaway was captain of the cadet company about that time. The Sparks family was represented, too . . . Grover and Sallie Lee. . . . Then . . . there were Edith Tavlor, Dot and Ada Nicholson, Pat Stead, Marian Saun- ders, Margaret Allen, Marie Hawley, Annabelle Clark, and Mildred DeCourcy, who could do stranqe tricks with her double-jointed elbows. Yes, and Marie Briden. Iohn Bohn and lim Porteous were high men in the Glee Club. I can still hear them, humming the second chorus of Fly Away, Kentucky Babe. That would be in the old Page One Hundred Thirty-nine Odeon, and I would be behind the scenes, aware of the formal atmosphere out front, smelling the unmistakable backstage aroma of old theaters, as I waited with the Mandolin Club for our turn to assist some graduating class off the gangplank. Bernie Aal would be somewhere around, and Shep Barclay, Bill Glorius, Walter Sen- delback, and I. T. Holmes. Walter died, by the way, during the War-a flu victim in civilian life. I. T. passed through St. Louis a year ago, on his way to Los Angeles from Europe. To go back . . . it was in my day at Central that the inimitable team of Verne Gould and Al Sihler began to click. I-Im! What would have happened if radio had been discovered then? Probably, two very useful citizens would have gone into show business. They were as good as Moran and Mack, anyhow .... Any time you looked along the hall, you might see Moulton Greene and Charley Duncker, sauntering together .... Glancing around the cafeteria at lunch time, you'd see Art Idler, George Hodman, Ioe Feinstein. Carl Hecht, and Ben Shifrin. Am I forgetting Milton Bernet, or Charley Beals or Noble McCormack? No, nor Taussiq, Kane, and Tom Chase. Skeet Kieffer, prominent in distance events on the track team, died while still in school. Classes were dismissed the day of his funeral. Marcus Wolff put in a term as editor of the News. unless I'm mistaken. I last saw him in New York wearing the heavy cane which was the badge of the journalistic fraternity- about 1914. George Kendall was another editor of the News: his close friend was Harold Crandall. Both, at last accounts, were professors-Crandall, at Amherst. On the faculty-I'll give you the corridor, rather than the classroom names, were Stratton, Schweikert, Hohn, Douglass, Siebert, Pop Vaughn, Dunn, Marshall, and Miss Matthews. Miss Southwick, Miss Bribach. Miss Iones was there, too, but I didn't have her. You see-the picture isn't so clear. Miss Ernst is clear enough .... she still worries me a little .... I can't meet her without that feeling that I'm tardy again. She used to be the reception committee for late-comers and as such used to greet me pretty often .... I'll take this occasion to apologize to Kate Shaughnessy. I see now that I didn't have the faintest idea what Latin was all about. My share of the gift of diverse tongues wasnt delivered until about four vears later. Miss Fruchte was there then. She would appoint you First Lord of the Gaiters, if you happened into her room at the right time. Which was exceeding good luck, because no boy who helped with those gaiters ever flunked Shakespeare. V And so, you see, it was the Golden Age! What? l'Iaven't I proved it? Well, we won t dispute. Perhaps it was a Golden Age that lasted from 1853 until Central was shattered by the cyclone of 1927. Perhaps the Golden Age is not to come until Central is safely housed in her own building again. Mrs. Ecoff fLucy Wolffj, you evidently agree with Mr. Moon.ey about the period of the Golden Age at Central? YES: while I was attending Central, our loyal song, By the Mighty Missis- sippi was adopted: the mural paintings by Frederick Oakes Sylvester, a teacher at Central, were presented: and the busts and tablets of Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin were unveiled. My two brothers, Morton M. Wolff, who is now a Methodist minister in Warrens- burg, Mo., and Marcus A. Wolff, editor of Newark, N. Evening News, were also grad- uates of Central and both were editors of The High School News, then a sixty-page maga- zine, published monthly, with original designs on the cover. My son, Robert, received the Harvard Book Award in 1929, Iune, the first one to receive it at Central. In Iune, 1930, he graduated from Central, receiving the Swope Scholarship. He attended Washington University three years. He was president of his class at Central. My daughter, Ruth Lucille Ecoff, graduated from Central in 1932, and is now a private secretary at KWK radio station. She was secretary of her class. So you see, we are all Centralites of long standing and very happy memories, and it is with deep interest I follow all Central activities. Mrs. Ecoff, we have often wondered how the loyal song came to be written: so we have asked Mr. Stratton. the author. to tell us. Clarence Stratton, former teacher in Central, now Director of English in the public schools of Cleveland, Ohio, please address this interested audience. Page One Hundred Forty Hail Glu Glrntral Thigh Words by CLARENCE STRA TTON Tune. Annie Lyle I Is I S 3 I. t , I. I -- 1 1 P- - -' -J- :I Il .: 'J I' -gt - H,z,.I..h2::,I51:s:L:'-I By the mwlrt - y Mis is sip - pi. Sweep ing to the sea, I. ln the midst of noise and bus tle, of the cit - J's life. I' I Qggzri P-TQ' P-I I Q: E 'E gi 12. ,QI :E'5:, I I 'L'f ' , - 7- 'Y I :V I' v I If I -I' J' I 'D. C. I .U f B - ,P --' --I I A I ,.1 4 I 5.1. ' ti. A -.. ZZ Lll l. I - -,- -I JT 5 lI'f 1 Q S S, -5 ' 1 ' 4EEI:g-f-?- ' Stands our glor - ious Al ma Ma ter, Stands per - pet - ual - ly. Calm, se rene re served, and no ble, Un ss - smiled by strife. ' , , , n Q n - A 32' D C, -'P'j-P- Is -I: -I. -, J ,v ,Ie -p+ . . ' W D -3-. O C Y I- Q 5-A , I I v I I' i Caonus. , L 1 I P - 5 ' I , E-' 2 -T 'I - -ll: A 'I ?C?..-4 U I F f -f-II 5 ti- L F- -s 1: ev -::f I Sing our cha - rus of de vo tion, Till we tend the sky, , :LQ A., 1 1 - , Q?-r. I2 1' S' E I, B- 3- -1- an I. C- , I V, I ,. ',. I.P V i' - , s I B I 5 I I C' . J4 4 T' H i 1 -3 -'I -'1:rI:1 'E 'I -+11 -I I -. Hail. to thee, our Al - ms Ms ter, Hail, to Cen - trnl High. .,. l 1 1 9 ,K 'Q' 'E' '5- ,wei ' :A sE,'-es: fs.-E - F P -I' A -a I I' If ' I I 9 2 3 0. to thee our Alma Mater. Dignilied and stronf, Now we rsise our loya voices. Ofler we our song. Never shall we let our footsteps Waver or turn back. Marching ever 'firmly onward. 'Neath the Red and Black. Thus we'll sing our heartfelt praises T'll d h ll nd. I OUI' EYS 5 I C May thy spotless reputation All thy sons deiendg May thy walls be never weakened.' N th t' e die Ol' DfES IK . May the bllessings of the ages, Rest on Central High. MANY years ago Ihow long it seemsII Mr. Curtis, then teaching chemistry, directed the Central Glee Club. A concert was to be given and several weeks before its date, he asked me if I would write a song for the school which would be sung for the first time at that concert. I told him. Yes, Then, of course, he began to pester me for the words, Though I was thinking of them frequently, I, as usual, did not sit down to put them on paper so soon as he expected. The week before the date of the concert, I told him to teach the boys' glee club the tune for which Page One Hundred Forty-one the words were to be written. I told him that on Saturday or Sunday before the concert I would write the song. All his singers would have to do then would be to memorize the words. Une or two rehearsals would make it fit for public performance. And that is the way the words were prepared. I know that he and the boys were rather nervous, but I had promised that the song would be written and I knew that I would turn it in soon enough for their preparation. For the concert Mr. Curtis had obtained lantern sliclesgsuch pictures as views of the Mississippi, the Bluffs, the old building of Central High School, the building at 1030 North Grand Avenue, and then as a culmination, a picture of me which he had obtained from the photographer who had taken several. I remember he told me later that some of the boys were so affected by the words that tears stood in their eyes as they sang the lines. It was then declared the school song and was sung on all occasions. The only stipulation I made in writing it was that when- ever it was printed the title was to carry a succeeding line that the words were written by me. As Mr. Curtis was a Cornell man, he chose as the music the Cornell song, but I believe the Cornell song has only four lines in each stanza. I believe these are all the facts connected with its composition and first performance-cer- tainly they are all I remember now. I hope you will convey my best wishes to all the persons whom I know on the teaching staff. And now we shall hear Mr. Warren R. Sprague of 1908, another Mgt I . ' flf I it e I if A. 9 student during Central's Golden Age. He will talk on Frederick Oakes Sylvester, whom he admired and whose book of sonnets, THE GREAT RIVER, he hee edited, Me, Sprague: -V192 ,K , FREDERICK OAKES SYLVESTER POET-PAINTER of the Mississippi was the well-earned title affec- tionately and appropriately bestowed upon Frederick Oakes Sylvester. More than a poet, more than a painter, he awakened thought to a keener understanding of the beauty so close around us yet so reluctantly perceived. He aroused dull hearts to loftier views and fed the understanding with re- freshing draughts far beyond the ordinary sense of mere artistic appreciation. He not only gave insight to the truths of art, but he made beauty and loveliness at- tractive and usable-the while imparting a philosophy of life that always lifted one above the sordid and commonplace toward the contemplation of spiritual values. And it was his own understanding of these values that gave him such a conquering spirit. Al- though belied by a body seemingly frail and wan, he was empowered with gentleness, humility, patience, perseverance, and a love for beauty which it was his passion to share with his fellow man and which we find ex- pressing itself- Page Onc Hundred Forty-two To see these lilac bushes all abloom, O Nature, is enough of joy to fill The soul-and yet you give, besides, this hill, So temple-like, with great fair trees that plume Themselves incessantly. Ah, scarcely room Have I within my heart for this-this still More lovely thing that doth my being thrill: The mighty river where the gray cliffs loom! What pride, great Nature, tempted me to boast That I had song or color, gifts of art To speak your glory or to sing your praise? Yet will you not forgive, since I have most Of all wished touch of mine rnioht some lone heart Awake to see your grace and hear your lays? How rich a fulfillment his wish has found. How well his touch has awakened hearts to see and hear and has made them throb for loveliness. He left influences that are still at work and have made the world better for his contact with it. With those who had the privilege of personal association with him, particularly those in his classes, he left a never-to-be-forgotten impression not only of ability in the expression of his dual gift but of a goodness and manliness far above ordinary worldly ambitions and motives. As an artist his work has a charm that makes us want to turn to it again and again. Some- times striking contrasts of color and form yet never bizarre, his pictures express a purity, calm, and poise that were the characteristics of the man. His interest in adopting the Mississippi, The Great River, as he fondly called it, as his theme in most of his paintings and many of his poems, was aroused by friends at Central High School shortly after his arrival in St. Louis from New Orleans, where he resided for a short time before coming here in the early 90's. His success came gradually and through patient labor and effort. He undoubtedly has a permanent place in the art of the middle west. At the time of his passing in 1915 a writer in the Bulletin of the St. Louis Art League says in part, His life has meant and yet will mean a good deal to St. Louis. ' He fed the patriotism of the city. He opened the eyes of thousands to the charms of nature 'round about them, helped them to reasonable delight and pride in their own country. He taught thousands of St. Louisans to look for and find and use loveliness. ' How shall a measure- ment be made of such a service to the city. While he left less than a hundred poems, in these he gave clear messages of joy, rever- ence, sincerity, and earnestness that are not only beautiful in rhythm and line but reveal a full measure of deep understanding and love. To read his poems is to know him. So, let us hear him speak in typical fashion- I hold that Life hath beauty everywhere, Awaiting but some faithful heart to thrill. The play of sunshine round the distant hill, The folding tender reaches of the air That harbor every sailing cloud, the fair Bosom of Earth that nestles close and still Creature and tree and blossom-these all fill The soul with joy that nothing can impair. When liqht Hrst wreathed the universe, to span Mountain and main and star-dim depths of space, Page One Hundred Forty-thrcc i- u Life hallowed it with beauty and with song To ouicken and sustain the hope of man, Sweeten his faith and give him power to face The claims of imperfection and be strong. 6 The Boys of '91, we understand, haue kept in touch with each other throughout the years. Mr. Theodore A. Koetzli, will you tell our listeners who they are? YES, the Boys of the Ianuary, 1891, class have attempted to keep in touch with each other at least to the extent of a reunion supper on each fifth anniversary, and in this Mr. Harkness has been and is the managing spirit, and he, I think, is best equipped to report to you the data that may be of interest for the RED AND BLACK. Walter C. Guels will tell you the same thing. Speak up, Guels. Yes, Mr. George Harkness, 5050 Kensington Avenue, St, Louis, is the mentor and secre- tary, guide and counsel, of our Ianuary, 1891, class of boys of the old Central High School. By the way, Mr, Harkness was, until his retirement, vice president of the American Education Society. Here he is now and he will speak for us. The Central High School class of Ianuary, 1891, was composed of fifty-eight girls and fourteen boys. There was a close bond of fellowship between the boys, and a number of reunions have been held. From the small number of boys in the class we are proud to report that the names of three appear in Whos Who: W. Ernest Garrison, college professor, college president, and writer, George Dwight Kellogg, college professor, Leigh C. Palmer, U. S. Naval Academy graduate who reached the rank of admiral. There is one architect, there are three lawyers, one physician, one postoffice official, and six business men. Three have died since graduation. Six are still living in St. Louis. I regret not to be able to report on the activities and successes of the Hgirlsn of the class. Now that we're together again, in this radio hookup, couldn't we do a little reminiscing? fi-D0 you QFYLQWLLZP? The old Poly building at Seventh and Chestnut where we started on the road for higher education by climbing three long flights of stairs? Professor Sanford, the principal of HPoly and his assistant, W. M. Butler, who so efficiently patroled the rooms and halls? And the teachers, old Mr. Hayes, teacher of physiology, in whose room a skeleton was hidden behind a curtain. tPoor man! He was afterwards murdered-l mean Mr. Hayes, not the skeleton.J Page One Hundred Fortq-four Z0 QOH, ememgefy Daily singing in the large, barn-like auditorium, conducted by Miss Kate Shaughnessy. Other spirits of the past arise, Miss Logan, Mrs. Richardson, Fraulein Meyer, statuesque Miss Andrews, the quiet Mr. Grieve, the disheveled Iohn Spargo. Moving up and into Foster Academy before the furniture had been installed. What a mad-house it was, particularly for the new teachers. There were Prof. Evans, Prof. Harris, and Miss Mary Ittner. With what awe you entered the castellated Central High at Fifteenth and Olive? High, narrow halls-narrower stairways. How the new students would misplace their programs and get lost? Prof, Bryan's laboratory in the basement? I-low frequently the door would be left olperg and the noxious fumes of Hz SOi would rise to the upper rooms to the delight of t e oys. How Prof. ludson held forth in the basement with his classes in Greek and Latin? Did you ever lose your place in the Latin interlinearf' which you had placed in your reader ? Did you always sign kindly Prof. Schuyler's pledge in examinations? Can't you see in memory old Prof. Deutsch, the irascible but genial Prof. Peltier, Miss Amelia Frutche, the great Shakespearian teacher, Miss Simmons in Latin, Miss Choate in algebra and geometry, and chief of all, Prof. Soldan? Mrs. Thom, whose frigidity was so stirred by the failure of the students to partici- pate in the parade commemorating the hundredth anniversary 118891 of the inaugura- tion of George Washington, that she read to each class The Man Without a Country. The boys' campus -that fifty-foot-wide yard with its low iron fence in front? Here was the football field, and the game was played with an ordinary baseball, believe it or not. How the ball would soar across Olive Street and crash through a show window? Then how anxious we were to reach the quiet of the classroom? But a collection would be taken, the glass replaced, and following week the game would go on. Exercises in the hall on the third floor each Friday afternoon-orations QU by the boys-essays by the girls. Did your knees ever knock when you realized you were next on the program? But the singing! You surely remember that it was always good. o you ememher? Kan you joryef? The seed planted and nurtured, the high ideals presented, ambition awakened, the horizons widened, the new opportunities presented by unselfish men and women, who even today greet with pleasure their boys and girls ? - plkv HAIL! HAIL! to the teachers of Old Central! Many other classes of Old Central hold regular reunions, among them the class of 1903. Mr. William P. Gruner, Vice President of the Mutual Bank and Trust Company and Director of the Philip Gruner Lumber Company, is here to say a word for his class. L li j j 'Wifi 3 i 7 i gr.: v J y l ai , ,' 1 u p 'v THE Class of lanuary, 1903, was probably one of the most active classes ever to graduate from Central High School. These activities, always entered into in a spirit of fun, sometimes culminated in something serious, as the time of the appearance of the boys of the class several days before graduation in tacky costumes . This resulted in sus- pension for those who had thus appeared. The friendships created led to the formation of the Shagaroo Club, which for six or seven years after graduation sponsored a series of dances which were the gathering place for many Central High Alumni. The young ladies of this class still meet regularly and the class attempts to have a grand reunion each five years. Page One Hundred Forty-five More recentlq graduated classes hold their reunions, too. Listen to Marner Stuart and Helen Kurnrnzng zlg renewing memories of old H ia, f - - - :stil 4 A A - . . times on a Black River trip of the Central Botany Club. 51IQ. .. ,r. V 3. Vp' ATURDAY, Iune 18, 1927, found the Botany Club eager, excited, and slightly concerned about the rolling clouds and questionable weather. The spirits of the members were unquenchable, however, and the sun, peeking out at intervals, added encourage- ment for a fine day. By eight o'clock most of the gang were present at the meeting place. Ewell Mueller, commissar, discovered that our larder lacked such essentials as pepper, braunschweiger, etc.: so, gathering some loitering members to handle the load, he hiked to a neighboring store and proceeded to purchase pepper by the pound, cakes by the box, and braunschweiger by the yard. With the provisions stowed in the truck and all the members parked on benches, Mr. Walter Watkins pegged the tailgate in place and the cheering, laughing cargo was under way. True to its promise, the sun came out and turned the day into a burner. Marner Stuart started the trip with a sunburn, and the additional sun and wind in the open cattle truck necessitated cold-cream applications made under violent protest by the patient. The long trip down to the Black River, near Lesterville, was chock-full of gay incidents. Miss Watkins was the only one with a worry to mar her mental horizon. Our esteemed chaperon was in constant terror of seeing one of the crowd decapitated by low branches which overhung the road at spots. Most of the crowd insisted on standing up, looking forward over the cab, and the cry of low bridge always brought a simultaneous head-ducking. Much to Miss Watkins's relief, we finally arrived at the bank of the Black River, across from our destination, Dr. Holferty's farm. He had expected to ford the stream with the truck, but recent rains had raised the water so that the engine would have stalled. Instead of a catastrophe, this proved to be a treat. Everyone removed shoes and stockings and joined hands in a chain gang which inched its way across the knee-deep cool water. The provisions were delayed until Mr. Watkins could scare up a high-wheeled box-wagon that would keep the food and duffle out of reach of the river. When the evening meal was finally served, everyone was so hungry that even the over-seasoned slumgullion prepared by Ewell fpepperj Mueller and assistants was devoured with much gusto. Someone, quite by accident, had used A Dau on the Black River Page One Hundred Forty-six ,, our dessert for a seat during the trip down, so the cake was more or less condensed but still good. Some of the boys rose early Sunday morning while the mist still hung in wispy clouds, to enjoy a before-breakfast swim in water so cold that Elmer Sunderman claimed he couldn't go over two steps because his legs were frozen from the knees down. With motion once started the swim was really invigorating. Swimmers and late risers alike were caught in the breakfast rush when the sweet aroma of bacon and eggs was wafted to their noses on the morning breeze. Later there was a Sunday-school sing to the accompaniment of pattering rain on the old farmhouse roof. Next came a havloft circus. After dinner Mr. Watkins offered to guide any who were interested to an old Indian cave. Most of the crowd were included in the party that finally found the shallow shaft which inter- cepted the cave proper at a depth of about ten feet. The more curious descended and explored the underground stream bed. It proved a thrilling experience, but all were glad to get out into the fresh air again. The Beinlich brothers were fortunate enough to find some Indian arrow- heads in the vicinity. Being connoisseurs of Indian relics, the boys were highly elated. When everyone had emerged, the party drifted down to the river. The crystal clarity of the water made it possible to see large game fish swimming to hold their own against the swift current. The recent drop in the river had left shallow pools in which small fish were trapped. This provided abundant sport for the boys, who used old curtains for seines to catch the small fry. A small snake slithered across the rocks, resenting the intrusion of such noisy invaders of its privacy. An alert eye caught the movement, and the snake was captured. The crowd decided to adopt the minute reptile as a mascot, the girls, after much discussion, con- tributing a name. Archibald Reginald Van Wiggle was agreed upon as appropriate. Archie traveled back with us and remained a mascot of the crowd for several months, until he escaped under his own power. No entertainment had been planned for the evening, but the flickering of the bonfire must have suggested footlights. Someone suggested an impromptu melodrama. Neighbors dropped in to see what all the whooping was about and were just in time to get front seats for the first performance. Tommy Knox, Marner Stuart, and the Beinlich brothers concocted the plot. assigned the characters, secured the props-and the curtain went up . The realistic capture of a fugitive by Tox Knox, climaxed by a thrilling struggle for possession of a weapon delighted the audience. The cast was given a generous hand and the crowd turned to roasting marshmallows, telling ghost s.tories, and singing songs until bedtime. Monday was clean-up day. Everyone had his part to do to leave the premises as clean of debris as possible. After a hurried lunch, a very tired but happy crew departed with many fond memories to recall in later years, when members reunite to live again the brief hours spent with the Club on the Black River in the Ozarks. No doubt many boys and girls of former years would enjoy tell- Y-ff. ing of pranks which enlivened the routine of school duties, but w.e have time for only a few. Mr. Ioseph G. Miller, of the class of '77, in 1903 ilj g y Commissioner to Greece, Turkey, and Egypt, to secure .exhibits from these governments for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, you haue a twinkle in your eye. Heres your chance: gin: .t .V i KNOW of only two members of my class still living, Dr. Ernest H. Cole in St. Louis County and Dixon H. Kennett of Mercedes, Texas. The last-named ran me a close second as the worst boy in the class. We always came within one or two demerit marks in the Senior year to earn expulsion. I was always at the foot of the class and was the despair of the teachers, but always passed in the examinations and they could not rook me. That's hard to believe. You think not, Mr. Swope? Here's Mr. Herbert Bayard Swope, who probably has some wild tales to tell on himself. All ready, Mr. Swope: I was rotten in math: fair in Latin: superficial in Greek: not very good in physics: good in history, and disputatious in all. In fact, I used to be the ringleader of a group which would seek to trap the teachers by baiting them with interesting and intelligent questions, but always remote from the study subject of the day. Ingerson was always a sucker for that. Page One Hundred Forty-sepen - I knew Dr. Soldan fairly well-not because I wanted to, but because I would be so fre- quently sent to him for discipline and pep talks. Here is Al Fleischman, of the class of '23, Chief Deputy Clerk of the Circuit Court. who has something to impart. Mr. Fleischman: I ALWAYS had ambition to return to school and address the auditorium session and keep it going for a long time so students could skip classes. The opportunity presented in 1934 when, as Superintendent of Recreation of St. Louis, I was invited to speak at a football session, at the invitation of Mr. Douglass. Ben Kessler was with me. The session began at 8:45, and between us we kept it going until 11:30 A. M., and heard Mr. Douglass announce, 'iGo to your first lunch period. I remember turning to Mr. Douglass every few minutes and asking if it was all right to speak a few minutes longer. He was a good sport and he let us go on and on and on .... And now Edward Czebrinski, of the class of '36: A practical jokester of our time was George Cohen. He was the master of witty say- ings and of directing poor bewildered freshmen on various nonsensical pursuits. He and his crowd of enforcers made life unbearable for freshmen boys. His favorite prank was, as he called it, i'Father Cox's Army. It was workec in this manner: he and his enforcers would gather a large group of freshmen in one corner of the locker room and would tell them that they were a committee which had as their purpose the aim of adjusting the freshmen to their new surroundings. He would say that they were doing this for the good of the freshmen and expected full cooperation and they usually got this because Georges bunch included some husky football players. They would make the freshmen count off by fours: form a line four abreast and march around the locker room a fevx times: and then about five minutes before the bell, George would send them scampering up the stairs to the fourth floor to find out whether the water in the swimming pool was warm or nat. The trick was to find the swimming pool. which didn't exist. George thought this was great sport and recently he expressed a desire to go back to school and try out a new prank of his called the Whirlwind . I don't know what this is, but he may turn up at school some day, so let the freshmen beware. Not all the mischief-makers of our days wezfe boys. There was one young pert and saucy lass who could match any of the above with her witty remarks and playful pranks. She is none other than Marge Hoops. I am sure all the members of the class will remember this person for her enigmas and witty observations told in a manner of dead seriousness . I have never seen her fail in cracking the gloom of the gloomiest person into a big smile or hearty laugh. Don't you all remember Marge with her brown shining eyes, curly black hair, and tinkling laughter? Surely you do, I don't see hovf you can forget such a personality. It is now my great pleasure to read a few brief greetings and messages that have been expressed by many former Centralites. We hope you will appreciate them as much as we do. Iudge G. A. Wurdeman, 1895, says that, besides himself, only two of his classmates are living, Miss Barbara Cousland, a teacher in Mary Institute, and Otto Kueffer, a lawyer in St. Paul, Minnesota. Oscar F. Doering, 1876, is proud of the fact that his father built the original Blow School. Edward McGuiqan, 1882, remembers as his most efficient teacher Miss Helen Shafer, who taught rhetoric. From Edward E. Scharff, Scharff-Koken Manufacturing Company: With all good wishes for the success of your work- . Alfred B. Chapman, lr., says: I am always glad to hear of the activities of Central High, and my mind frequently goes back to the days when I was there and to the old associates of those days. Mrs. Charles R. Lewis lHelen Woodsl, writes: I have affectionate memories of Alma Mater. May her long and distinguished service be indefinitely continued. From Dr. Richard Arthur Bolt, Director of the Cleveland tOhioj, Child Health Associa- tion, comes the following: In my travels around the world, the memories of old Central High School have ever remained bright. The inspiration gained from teachers there and from fellow students has made life worth while. Dr. Iohn R. Vaughan, a member of the school board of University City, declares: The present generation was born entirely too late. They have missed all of the good times that we had in the class of 1906. Dr. Max Aaron Goldstein remembers with pride the fact that he was valedictorian of his Page One Hundred Forty-eight class. 1887. b Dr. Major Seeliq, well-known cancer expert, says of his school-boy days that his most outstanding experience was his contact with as finely enthusiastic and stimulating a group of teachers as he ever met before or afterwards. Mr. George Dwight Kellogg has this to say: A well-known superintendent of schools who once taught in St. Louis, told me that he would be pleased if schools of today could main- tain the standards required by the St. Louis High School of the year 1890-95! Those were the days before compulsory education for everybody. Mrs. Elida C. Muench lMrs. Hugo Muenchj: May dear old Central continue to flourish and prosper, and may her students ever maintain those high standards of scholarship and character which have contributed so much toward the ultimate success of her graduates. Mr. Harry Freeman Thompson: Have fondest recollections of high-school days. I hope the name, 'Central High School' can be perpetuated. Otto I. Burian would like to see more class reunions. And so, though others have written messages, our allotted broadcast time for 0510045119 gash' draws near an end. But wait. Here is New Zealand-The Vicarage, Sheffield, Neg: Zealand! It is Ruth Lomas Bribach fMrs. Frederick Gowenlockj. Iune, 1902. How interesting to hear your voice across so many miles of ocean, or. rather, shall I say of ether. And how fortunate for us that we still have time to hear you. Will you speak, Mrs. Gowenlock? -. S it 14 Qgfllifllfl ' ' . wfw' j if PM Q. '-1 -.j is ,Q Q. 1-'lf CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL! What depths of loyal pride these words stir in all old june Bugs of '02, and especially this one in far-away New Zealand! Grateful memories rise-of Mr. Bryan, that staunch champion of the girls in their many activities: of Mr. Iudson, whose urbane manner subtly suggested to his flattered Greek and Latin students the professorial atmosphere of a Yale classroom: of Miss Iones, who inspired in her devoted worshipers original literary effort as well as appreciation of the masters of the penn: of Mr. Froelich, conspicuous not for the white gloves he wore at the piano and the comical way he had of looking over his spectacles down at his too lively boys and girls, but for the whole-hearted response he evoked, whether the song were Concord or Forth to the Battlieu, no conflicting theories of pacifism and of militarism disturbing the ample serenity of our ays. It was a privilege to return to Central to teach English after I had completed my course at Vassar in 1906 and browsed around for a year at the University of Chicago. From 1908 to 1920 I enjoyed, on the one hand, the stimulating association with young people, among whom I ought to include Mr. Curtis, whose quick buoyant step and cheerful tromboning down the corridors after school hours diplomatically routed the loiterers: and I was enabled, on the other, by the position I held, to enrich my background with unforgettable trips abroad and a second year at the University of Chicago, taking there, in 1916, an M. A. degree in Old and Middle English. Since my marriage in 1920 to an Anglican clergyman, I have traveled extensively. In Iamalpur, India, where my husband was chaplain, our daughter, Margery Esther, was born. lShe recently passed the stiff matriculation examinations of New Zealand University.j From Calcutta we went to British Columbia, by way of Penang, Singapore, Hong Kong, and the Inland Sea of japan, and for a while Mr. Gowenlock was senior assistant at the Cathedral in Victoria. Next he was rector of two parishes in Rhode Island, our little son, George Iames, being born in old Portsmouth. lGeorge soon will enter the southern hemisphere Eton, Christ's College, in Christchurch.l We lived for eight years on Long Island before coming out here early in 1935. The voyage from New York via the Panama Canal was a memorable one, the tropical greenness of the Canal Zone yielding to the vast expanse of a kindly Pacific and a sky piled high with gleaming, billowy clouds. Only a brief stop at solitary Pitcairn broke the long journey, so that when, just before we arrived at Auckland, two immense white albatrosses followed the ship, we were deeply thrilled. I am very happy to have been given the opportunity of sending a greeting of loyalty and congratulations to Central on her 85th Anniversary. i -I Page One Hundred Forty-nine glad to hear your voice, Mr. Iames T. Quarles, of our state university. .52-H4 J!! .. Q Whats this? Another station tuning in? Columbia, Missouri! So l Q f f lgj i H713 X M r. Quarles: T GRADUATED from Old Central in 1897. During my period as a student, the musical opportunities were decidedly meager, especially if compared to the won- derful developments of recent years. Our music teacher was Egmont Froehlich, an excellent musician of the old German type, who spoke English with a most labored accent. We had two music assemblies each week in the Auditorium, which many will recall occupied the cir- cular bay at the front of the building on Grand Avenue. The exercises consisted entirely of singing from one book containing a selection of standard music, Shubert, Beethoven, Abt, and others-nearly all arranged for soprano, alto, and bass. Mr. Froehlich always wore cotton gloves while he played and as his sight was none too good, it took most of his attention to play the piano so that he made little effort to conduct. Naturally, it was a period in which the mischievous pranksters, of which there were always a goodly number, took keenest delight in trying out all their specialties, musical as well as others. Various teachers were stationed around the hall in an endeavor to keep order. Needless to say all enjoyed the music assembly and equally strange to say, we did learn some fine music and sang it quite well on special occasions. It was on such occasions that Stella Weiner iMrs. David Kriegshaberj and l lboth pupils of Victor Ehling at the timel used to alternate in playing the piano accompani- ments for the chorus to sing. It was also on such occasions that students with special musical attainments were given opportunity to sing or play. Among those whom I remember besides Stella were Bert Maginn and Paul Tietiens. Bert tauqht music for many years in one of the St. Louis high schools and Paul had made a name for himself in the east as a composer of light opera, particularly in The Wizard of Oz . Perhaps the most gifted contact made by me while at Old Central was in the person of William Schuyler, son of Montgomery Schuyler, Dean of Christ Church Cathedral. Billy Schuyler, as he was popularly called, was a gifted poet, a scholarly historian, and a composer of most sensitive and imaginative songs. I often had the privilege of discussing musical matters with him. He also wrote the critical notes for the St. Louis Symphony programs. He was assistant principal, and while called on by his position to discipline the unruly, his was a genial ungerstagiding nature and he was greatly revered and admired for his line qualities of heart an min . The old St. Louis Pedagogical Society, of which Miss Ellen Peabody was president, was made up of a select group of teachers from all the schools. lt used to meet at old Central, and it was my duty and privilege to organize and provide music for its meetings. Other students as well as professional singers and other musicians frequently appeared before them. Our Commencements were held in the large music hall of the old Exposition building, which formerly occupied the site of the present library building. The exercises consisted of singing by the whole school, as well as solo numbers by gifted students, and papers, essays, etc.. by members of the graduating class. Certain it is that the old school lives effectively today in the lives of many who acquired a stimulus there for their life's work. There is a certain nostalgia comes to an old grad when he reverently recalls the old days. We close this part of our Program, before we begin Looking Forward, with this most appropriate message from Herbert Bayard S wope: Time and age mellow and soften men and faces. lt seems to me there was a kindlier spirit in those days. But it seems to me that the students of today are touched with greater awareness and a more definite sense of responsi- bility. Their relationship to Life has been sharpened by the world convulsions of the last twenty-five years. A new responsibility rests upon the schools to mould those entrusted to them, so that they may be conscious of their priceless heritage of freedom: to make them understand that as long as they remain free men, with free choice made in free debate, nothing else matters much. Page One Hundred Fiftu I'0lftgA tA8 86ZI r5 -:sl-lvsrr::v-:avvsev-:4vvvsre:e::::::::-:vw-0-l-tsrrerr-:rev-:::::::: -7lv-:ev-4-l'-lv-lv By Eileen Smith, '38 Our four years now have slipped away, And here we stand to wait While those to whom we did belong Now open wide the gate. And as we look upon the world, Our hearts begin to fear: For we are leaving all behind That we have held so dear. The day when first we entered Into these hallowed halls. We heard firm gentle voices And heeded all their calls. How rapidly our terms went by From first to second years! We now look back upon those days With iust a hint of tears. But all is not forootten, And though we must be gone, Forever in our ears will ring That Central Marches On. Page One Hundred Fifty-one -JOI ING FV RVWAI T :.-:wwwee:.-.-:::4sr++.-e.-wvwsree:::-:Y- .-e:-.-.-:N.-:.-Je:v-:4vvsre:.-Aravsr-::.-:Y-Y-Jvsre.-.-vvwvvsr::.-::-:-:Y :ver.-:4s:vwvvvv::.-:.-:Y-::rNsn:v---Jsar:.-A1v::::::-::-www.-ee:e:--::::: :-:wvsre .-:::.-:.-::4vs:vs4vw-::4vsr::.-:.-.-::::::.-:: .-.-.-:-awww.-::Nve:e-:-:-e---:::v-Jvsree.-Aavwsr ak Central Marches On ak The Graduates ir Prevues of Central's Centennial-1953 'A' Clubs ir News and Views ir Sports 'Ir A Wooden Humoresque oggfg give cz forming clwer now Aw our cfear off! Qnfra! .Hgh oggfn join our Kaya! voiced wiffn Aer tfL0mmaQ marching lg,- Ltg Leap lm gforiom Aannem My Mating in Me 54?- 'IXWLLL Gmfmf Wmlm Onf ir Staff of thc 1938 Rcrl and Black awe gee! QVLCJ gfacg :--:::-0-4vsree:::+:4w-:::: -:+:f alvvsr::.-ee:-rv-4vsr:::::-l-tvs:-r.-::. -e-'-:ev-+::4vv aww: -::e:::.3fr'Tw:+ ou-:sr By Kenneth K. Brown, 1939 The RED AND BLACK this year must be Something to store in our memoryg Something to give us food for thought From the minds of those that now have A bookful of mental thoughts and deeds As important as any physical needs. brought This product of minds is closely wrought By a single purpose and single thought To develop a book for this special year That will always to Central hearts be dear. The theme is, Central Marches On : It has been set to words of song By two who for her have Worked long And know that slogan is not wrong. Central has marched for years and years Through times of joy and times of tears: She has reached the age of eighty-five: Through a thousand more she'll yet survive. A button commemorating this we wear: We're proud to show it anywhere, And when at it all stranqers stare, We're proud to be a student there. To thee, the RED AND BLACK, we raise Our hearts and lips in words of praise. Thou dost the years at Central High See, and store them as they pass by: So, RED AND BLACK, step right along And prove how Central Marches On. ?Ziiii isiiiiQ5iiSS3 Page One Hundred Fifty-four 'lr if MM' 5 !Ze5enfing THE SCHOOL ULet's give a rousing Cheer now for our d old Central High: L ' l'l' 'hh h d h b KQVLIRS IUJ-I z.- I.-115 RUXV I I rIv-'I Ruhx' INIrlun'rs II u. IVII-wlvl I MA glmzzn lil-mv IVIIIMI vllw.-lv INIrvvr Ivins' Mlkuv. I 1 wk INIlIIxvxxsI41 I Ixm-ml Mxllvr li zulu' 5Imux'x' I nmxm- Mulxr I Iwll Nlnmrr 41 v INIurg.u1 lk wmv Ixlmu I umm Nluuwr X I-vm Nvlllf- I Ix-.AMI N4-wQh.ml ROVV ' Ifmxl Przcmk Thmn.us Puhsr I:Iurrmr RnmI.n:1o Paul llnmiauzzu Ilurrv R4-mkvrt C.llI1rr11w Ribds Kvnnclh Rwaingvr Nzxiimv RnIwrla Icwlm I2uIxl'uI'1ougI1 Rum' Rnrn.x11u Els-.nnor Rothhcrg Rau Russo Inlm S.upur1t.l Ruvumxld Srlmrlvl' Xvlllmxn K. 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I..1R1wL' r, Ri QNX' S a nu a mf - CJQA fs I I I Jurmhy lf. AIlvn.nusIwvv'grr Ifmlllv Ifwthrx' Arlu-m'1' K..1!lwl'llu' lf. Axullmll M.nrtlx.1 Maru' Hmnwn-Il Inwph liarrvsx Aun.nlu'llv Bulxrm- Huw-4-ll Br.uisll.xw Bvn Bxrmmn Hvlrn Cfmnlvu Hmmm M.uu- Brunr lmuxsv lhxllrr Hnrnlml l1h.xpxn.ul M.urgurn-1 M. Kfnmlvv luv-ph Qfmurnd Rnih Mm' Cfrlswunnn s.. .1 January RUTH IRENE si-1uRNAs Her gracious ways could not be sweeter. So charming and so fine: Ruth is beloved by all who meet her: She is the warm sunshine. Vice President, Senior Class. '38: Vice President, New Senior Class, 37: Owls, '35-'36: Co-C-Hi, '35-'3B: Presi- dent, '37-'38, Freshman Sponsor, '36- '38g Chemistry Club, '37-'38:vSecre- tary-Treasurer, '37: Pep Club, 36- 33: President. '36-'38: G. A. A.: Chevron, Volleyball, Homecoming, 37- 38. Champion Team. '35: Tennis. G0lf. Ping Pong: Pin. ROBERT H. ECKHOFF In many things he did quite well: He played his tennis game with xest: ln volleyball he did excel. But as a pianist he was best. Treasurer, Senior Class, '38: Treas- urer, New Senior Class, '37: RED AND BLACK Art Staff. '37-'38: Chemistry' Club, '37: Advanced Chorus. 37: Senior Orchestra. '35-'37: Secretary- Treasurer, '36-'38: Iunior Orchestra. '34, B. A. A., '35-'37: Night In May, '37g Musicale, '36: Band, '36- '37: Librarian, '36, Drum Major, 37: Tennis, Letter, '37. STELLA I. SUDIKA If you'll accept a metaphor Expressing thoughts of you. l'd like to give you this for keeps- l think that you're true blue. RED AND BLACK Staff, Associate Edi- tor, '37-'38: Fourth Term Scholarship Award, '36: Lamps, '36-'38Z Owls. 35: Co-C-Hi. '36-'38: Art Appreciation. '35: Athenaum, '35: Chemistry Club, '37g Night In May, '37: G. A. A.: President, '37-'38g Pin, State Letter. School Letter, Chevron, Tennis, Golf. Volleyball, Tournament, '34, '37, Homecoming Volleyball Team ' Badminton Team, '38: Hockey Pong, Aerial Darts, Swimming, Hand Tennis. , 37. , Ping HARRY F. MARIENAU A loyal son of Central High. As true as true can 'be: When duty called, he ne'er hung back. But answered eagerly. Ren AND BLACK Staff, '37-'38: Chem- istry Club, '37p Iunior Orchestra, '34- '36: B. A. A., '35-'37. MILDRED M. GRAWE Wisdom set in graciousness. Attractively displayed: Keen mind, blue eyes. and golden hair- A very charming maid. Ren AND BLACK Stalf, '37-'38: Iann- ary Versist: News Staff, '37-'38: Lamps, '36-'38: Owls, '35-'36: Spelling Team. '37, Alternate: Co-C-Hi, '35- '38: Freshman Sponsor, '36-'38: Sec- retary, '37g Art Appreciation Club, '35: Athenaeum, '35: Chemistry Club, '37- '38: G. A. A.: Volleyball Tournament, '37, Golf, Ping Pong, Aerial Darts. Page One Hundred Eighty-six VICTOR E. HEMMY Our president is pictured here. The leader of our class: ln life we think he surely will Climb upward through the mass: President, Senior Class, '3S: President, New Senior Class, '37: Gym Club, '34-'35: B. A. A., '37, HAROLD EUGENE CHAPMAN Harold is quite a man we say. A smile bedecks his penn: He lilibusters all the days For he's found out he can. RED AND BLACK Staff, '37-'38: News Staff, '36-'38: Assistant Business Manager, '37, Business Man- ager, '37-'38: Committee of Twenty, '36-'38: Vice President. '37-'38: Chemistry Club, '36-'38: Sec- retary-Treasurer, '37, Vice President, '37-'38: Gym Club, '35: Glee Club. '34-'36: Night ln May, '37: Amateur Show, '37: B. A. A., 36-'37: Musicale, '36. EVELYN GREEN No matter what her destiny. We know that she will gain The very highest heights that one May possibly attain. Secretary, Senior Class, '38: Secretary, New Senior Class, '37g RED AND BLACK Staff, Historical Editor, '37-'38: Owls, '35-'36: Lamps. '36-'38: Spelling Team, '37: Classical Club, '35-'36: Girls Literary Society, '36-'37: La Castilla, '36-'37: G. A. A.: Chevron. BEN BRONSON His intellect brought him the name Of the brightest boy in class: We say that as through life he goes, Most people he'll surpass. RED AND BLACK Staff, '37-'38: Editor, Group Pictures, '37-'38: Harvard Book Award, Ianuary .'37: Lamps, '36-'37: Owls. '35-'36: Forensics Club, '37: Gym Club, '35. 4 , NORMA D. APEISTER Iournalism is her aim. ' , Here Norma will excel: ' For as editor of our high school - NEWS She surely has done well. 1 News Staff, '37-'38: Editor, '37-'38, Associate News Editor, '37: Lamps. '37: Owls, '35-'36g Athenaeum, '35- '37: Vice President, '36, President, '37g Chemistry Club, '37p Girls Lit- erary Society, '35-'37: Pep Club, '36: G. A. A.: Chevron, State Letter. Swimming, Tennis, Golf, Ping Pong, Baseball, Volleyball. EDWARD S. OLSEN ln chemistry Ed Olsen shone. Most likely he'll pursue This science in his later life. Discovering some things new. RED AND BLACK Advertising Commit- tee, '37-'38: Chemistry Club, '36-'37: B. A. A., '35-'37: Chess Club. '37-'38. CATHERINE E. ASIMONT With such intelligence. we're sure That Catherine will be An asset to an office as A private secretary. RED AND BLACK Staff, '37-'38: Editor Group Pictures. '37-'38: Chemistry Club, '37: Girls Literary Society, '35- '37: Vice President, '36, President. '37: Pep Club, '36-'37: Vice President, '37-'38: G. A. A.: Chevron, Baseball, Tournament, '36, Volleyball, Tourna- ment, '37, Hockey, Tennis, Ping Pong. W M ' 1 EILEEN GREEN This dear colleen called Eileen Green Does seldom wear a frown: ln spite of all her dignity. She loves to laugh and clown, Athen.-rum, '35-'36: Seeretary-Treas- urer, '.56: Dulcimer, '36: Nlusicale, '16: G. A. A.: Chevron. EDWARD T. LINEHAN 'Tis Ed, our football star, you see. Whts brought grief to our foes: We know from his good records here. lle'll stand life's bumps and blows. Football: Numeral, '34, Letter, '35, '36, '37, Captain, '37: Track: Nu- meral, '35, Letter, '37: Swimming: Numeral. '36, Letter. '37: Baseball: Letter, 'l7: Physical Efliciency Tests: lst place luniors, '35, Znd place lun- iors, '36, 3rd place Seniors, '37: B. A. A., '35-'37, President, '36-'37: Homecoming, '37, '38, PALILINE GIACOLONE Dark merry eyes. a pleasant smile. And hair that loves to curl: For Pauline win a host of friends. Who say she's one grand girl. Chemistry Club, '36-'ith Pep Club, So: Dulcimer, Sh: Advanced Chorus, '37- '3ll: G. A. A.: Chevron, School Letter, Volleyball, Homecoming, '37. '38, Baseball, Hockey, Aerial Darts. Hand 'l'rnnis,, Ping Pong, Swimming. Tennis. Golf. . I' f'Uf4f9 J ' THOMAS BARCLAY LIBER He plays his trumpet with a will. His music flows quite free: Down through the year, to all his friends. He'll surely bring much glee. Chemistry Club, 'Ql7: Boys Literary Society, M57: Gym Club. '35g Senior Orchestra, '35- 37: Librarian, '36, '37: Band, '35-'37: B. A. A., '36-'37g Ten- nis, 'I7: Intramural Volleyball Cham- pions, '37. CHARL T . NAGEL A smile. H ' . a winsome face. A ers n y: t e e find in Charlotte, and re popularity. Athen m, '37: Pep Club, '37-'38: Vice President, '36-'37: Night In May, '37: Dulcimer, '36-'37: Vice President. '3tx: G. A. A.: Chevron, Baseball, Hockey, Tennis, Goll, Ping Pong, Aerial Darts, Volleyball. J DAVID ALBERT LIBER A Wal fun was always found here'cr this lad did show: ku And yet he did much work. for he ' Was always on the go, Committee of Twenty. '36-'38: President, '37: Boys Literary Society, '37- SS: Vice President. 57: Gym Club, '35-'36: Glee Club, '37: Librarian, 'I7I Senior Orchestra, '35-'37: President, '37-'3l3: Nov- eltv Orchestra, '36: All High School Orchestra. '37z Musicale, '3b: Band, '35-'37: Treasurer, '36: ,- B. A. A., '36- 57: Tennis, 'z7. me' DONALD IAMES RILEY As down the field Don Riley charged. He gained mueh gridiron fame: He's not through. yet, for he will add Neiu laurels to his name. B. A. C., '36-'37: President, '36-'37: B. A. A. '36-'37: Vice President, '36-'37: Football: Letter, '35, '36, '37: Baseball: Numeral, '36, Letter, '37 January MARVIS A. WILSON Four busy years has Marvis, Her willing service lent: Wheri'licr she was needed. With helping shc's content. RED AND BLACK Staff, Typist. '37-138: Owls, '37: Co-C-Hi, '37-T385 Athen- a:um, '3o: Girls Literary Society, '37- '3l3: G. A. A.: Chevron, Volleyball, Tournament, '36, Baseball, Tourna- ment, '34, Tennis. IOSEPH A. SCHMIDERER Another lad from off the held Of football. here, you see: If he works through life as in this game. He'll gain each victory, C-lee Club, '36: Football: Letter, '35- '36-'377 B. A. A., '35-'37. LOUISE BUTLER Louise is carefree as a lark. But when she's serious: The efforts of her pen are such As should bring pride to us. News Staff, '.3ti-'38: Associate Copy Editor, '37-'3l3: Owls, '37: Athena-um, '3X: Forensics Club, '37: Girls Liter- a Y Society, '35-'38g G. A. A.: Chev- mn, Ping Pong, Tournament, '57, Tennis, Golf, Hockey. HAROLD W. EDWARDS A king pin of our swimming team. To stardom he'll ascend: And swim his way to great acclaim. Against all who contend. ii sf if - A- A-. 33-'-372 Swimming Team: Letter. '34, '35, '36, '37, Captain, '37, EMILY M. KOPRIVICA Although tall. dark. and handsome is Not said about a girl. It surely sketches Emily. Who seems just one rare pearl. La Castilla. '36: Athenmum. '36: Dul- cimer, '35-'37: President, '37: Cheer Leader. 'I6: G. A. A.: Tennis. Page One Hundred Eighty-seven January STELLA H. WALEZAK A person full of sparkling laughter. Combined with wit and beauty: Friendships she had and loads of fun. But never shirkcd her duty. Owls, '35-'363 Co-C-Hi, '35-'38g G. A. A.: Chevron, Golf, Hockey, Tennis, Ping Pong. IOSEPH L. VALENTI Although he's very silent, hc Will smile most any time: What an asset this will be As he starts his worldly climb! La Castilla, '36-'37: B. A. A., '37. ANNA GEAN DOWNEY Gean is a girl whois constant as The stars that shine at night. She always works hard to succeed ln what she knows is right. Athenaeum. '37: Biology Club. '36: Ad- vanced Chorus, '36-'37g KWK Radio Program, '37: G. A. A.: Golf. IULES W. DRAXLER A thought of music brings to mind How this boy plays the trombonep Against the greatest in this line, We'rc sure he'll hold his own, Owls, '35: Iunior Orchestra, '34-'35: Senior Orchestra, '35-'37: Band, '35- '37: Novelty Orchestra, '35g B. A. A., '36-'37. RUTH DAVIDOVITZ Her pleasant looks and chatter. That are so very gay: Make Ruth a welcome visitor. At any time of day. Girls Literary Society, '37-'38: La Castilla, '35-'37, Advanced Chorus, '37s Dulcimer, '36-'37: Night ln May, '37: G. A. A.: Tennis. Page One Hundred Eighty-eight SAM TOCCO Athletics hold Sam Tocco's heart. He always does his best To play his part in every game. And pass each trial and test. News Staff. '36-'38: Reporter, '36, Head Typist, '37-'38: Boys Literary Society, '36-38: Forensics Club, '371 La Castilla, '36-'37: Advanced Chorus. '35: Night ln May, '377 B. A. A., '35-'37: Football: Numeral, '34-'35, Letter, '36g Basket- ball, Intramural Champions, '36. IOSEPH I. CONRAD Ioseph Conrad, the yellow-haired boy. Had blue eyes and was full of joy. He ran his mile and that quite fast, But oftentimes he finished last. Gym Club, '34-'37: Football: Numeral, '35-'36, Letter, '37: Track: Letter, '37: Homecoming, '37. GEORGIA SEIDMEYER Georgia is a red-haired girl, Her eyes are brown and bright: Wheneifer you encounter her. You'll meet a pleasant sight. G. A. A. NORMAN WASSERMAN Norman likes to argue on The things in politics: He states his views with eloquence. And to these views he sticks. Chemistry Club, '36-'38p B. A. A.. '36-'37. DOROTHY I. GREGORY lane has good taste in everything, Especially in clothes: For when she's choosing what to wear. She knows not any woes. Dulcimer, '37: President, '37: 'ANight ln May, '37: G. A. A.: Chevron, '38. Tennis, Baseball, Ping Pong, Aerial Darts, Volleyball. PETER LOGAGLIO We miss you from our halls. dear peffl Wc'd like to have you back. Success we wish you in the world Far from the RED AND BLACK. La Castilla, '36-'37: B. A. A., '37. ANNABELLE BONROE Ann is a girl we all do like, And certainly admire: We look to her to climb up far- To dizzy heights aspire. G. A. A.: Aerial Darts, Baseball, Ping Pong. Volleyball. STEPHANIE M. ROTA This maid is quite intelligent. So in the hall of fame. We hope that some day we may see Inscribed, Stepl1anie's name. Girls Literary Society, '37-'38: Dul- cimer. '35-'37: Night In May, '37: G. A. A.: Tennis. IAMES ARTHUR RAHM Aiellow we were glad to know, s a student in Central High: His spirits never seemed so low. As when bidding us goodbye. B. A. A., '36-'37. IANET ROTHBERG If you should ever wonder why Her heart forever sings. It is because gay lane! sees The sunny side of things. Dulcimer, '36-37: Girls Literary So- ciety. '37-'38: Biology Club, '36s Night In May, '37: G. A. A. WILLIAM T. MERRELL Alfellow who is nice to know s Bill. we here declare: He's honest and straightforward, too. And always on the square. B. A. A., '36-'37. KENNETH W. DOERR Kenneth a Doerrs the halls of Central. And ever will come back: With a smile and a laugh he'll greet us And a hand that's full of jack , B. A. A., '36-'37. '38: Football: Numeral. '35, Letter. '36: THERESA C. IOSEPH P. SPANO foe Spano did his work quite well: He took an active part By helping with those extra things That set our school apart. sary Program, '38s Radio Program, K T Numeral, '35. '36, We hope to see her as a star Of opera fame some day: For with her voice there's nothing that Can keep renown away. News Staff, '37-'38, Typist: Dulcimer, '35-'37: La Castilla, '36-'37s Secretary. '37: Amateur Pro- gram, '37: G. A. A.: Tennis. Golf. WK. rack: Jqnuclry VIRGINIA M. SENDLEIN Athletics is her great delight, And here she does excel: Her clothes are always neat and bri ht. And Ginny wears them well. Dulcimer, '36: Advanced Chorus. '36: G. A. A.: Chevron, Volleyball, Home- coming, '37, Tournament, '34, Base- hall Tournament, 'Hz Tennis, Swim- ming. EDWIN E. PEAK A lad as tall as tall can be. Whose brilliant mind will reap reward: In later life he'll meet renown: He'll merit honor and regard. News Staff, '36: Spelling Team, '37: Boys Literary Society, '36-37: Glee Club, '35: Operetta. 'J6: B. A. A., '35-'37, L, M- , ff ANNA WILEAN ODELL Whenever you are 'round Wilean. The air with laughter rings: To know her is to love her for The joy she always brings. La Castilla, '36-'37: G. A. A.: Hockey. Tennis. Ping Pong. IOHN P. REAGAN Tis Irish that I am. says Iohn. So I'm a good-natured lad. And true I am to all my friends. Have you ever seen me sad? Glee Club. '31: Intramural Basketball Champions, '37: B. A. A., '36-'37. BARNEY DEUTCH In business he will make his mark. This studious fellow. quiet and kind: Admired by many, respected by all For his level head and steady mind. Gym Club, '35: B. A. A., '35. Page One Hundred Eighty-nine JQHUQIY IRIS GHVERARDINI KATHRYN SEXTON Kathryn's mass of lovely hair ls the color of light gold: We hope that it will keep its sheen Long after she is old. Advanced Chorus. '37-'38: G. A. A. IACK E. MILLER UACK NELLISJ lack is a boy who's much admired. By ladies far and near: With big brown eyes he knocks 'em cold, And never sheds a tear. Biology Club, '35: La Castilla, '35-'36: Glee Club, '34-'37: B. A. A., 'ZH-'37S Operetta, '36. RUTH MAE CRISSMAN She is so sweet and so petite. And also. dear and kind: That loyal riends are never hard For this air miss to find. La Castilla. '36-'37: Advanced Chorus, '37-'38: G. A. A.: Tennis. WALTER H. IANKOWSKI He was a lad whose every joy Was being gay and fearless: His manner was exceeding coy, By no means sad and cheerless. La Castilla, '37-'38. RAYMOND H. HAUCK lnto the world of lndustry Ray will at once proceed: To find his place in business life. We know he will succeed. RED AND BLACK An Staff, '37-'38 Chemistry Club, '37: Glee Club, '35- '37p Musicale, '36: Night In lVIay,' '37: Gym Club, '35: B. A. A., '35- '37g Intramural Volleyball Champions. '37 Page One Hundred Ninety Athletzcally inclined was he. Especially towards track: As to his skill-opponents say They're glad he won't be back. Track, '36-'37, Numeral, '36. DOROTHY F. ALTMANSBERGER We'll hear her on the radio, As pianist some day: Interpreting the latest tunes, As only she can play. Owls, '363 C0-C-Hi, '37: Chemistry Club, '37-38: G. A. A.: Chevron, Tennis. CORRINE ROSE ELLIS A girl who lends a willing hand, And does it with a smile: ls Corrine, who, we all agree, ls a friend who is worth while. Owls, '36: Co-C-Hi, '35-'38: Fresh- man Sponsor, '37-'38: Pep Club, '36- '38: Treasurer, '36-'37: G. A. A.: Chevron, Volleyball. Homecoming, '37- '38, Tennis, Golf, Ping Pong. WILLIAM P. REGLI This fellow. Will. is quite a clown- Well-known for his wise cracks: A good comedian he would make: There's nothing that he lacks. Biology Club, '35: Glee Club, '37: B. A. A., '36-'37. HELEN G. KADANEC Helen's as quiet as a mouse. ln everything she does: She labors hard at every task, Without the slightest buzz. G. A. A. CHARLES L. KIZER Out in the Feld of wireless. Charles Will try to reach top place: With faithful work he soon will be The foremost in the race. Chemistry Club, '36-'37g B. A. A., '36-'37. MEYER KATZMAN Of Central's gymnasts hc's the peer, He's quite a boxer, too. His physical ability Will carry him right through. Gym Club, '34-'37, Leader, '35-'37 La Castilla, '36-'37: Pied PiP9l'f' '35: Night In May, '37s B. A. A. '36-'37: Intramural Volleyball Cham- pions, '37g Homecoming, '37. EVELYN ROSE MOHR This dark-haired lass is full of fun. And merry as can be: Evelyn is vverybodgfs pain, We surely will agree. G. A. A.: Aerial Darts, Ping Pong, Baseball, Volleyball. MARION GOODMAN Marion is one we shan't forget, For always being gay: She overlooked her many cares That rose from day to day. Rao AND BLACK Art Staff, '37-'38: Advanced Chorus, '37, Dulcimer, '36: l.a Castilla, '36-'37: G. A. A. EMILIE E. ARBEITER Unless you know Emilie well. You miss out on the fun That you can surely have when you Her friendship, true, have won. Chemistry Club, '36-'37: G. A. A.: Hockey, Tennis. ELEA NOR MARIE ROST She has the vim and vigor that It takes to hit a ball: ln any kind of athletics, Rusty can beat them all. G. A, A.: Chevron, Volleyball, Home- coming, '37-'38, Tournament, '34, Baseball, Tennis. BESSIE INEZ KINCAID Hair golden red, as Bessie's is. We do not often see: And, too. such faithful friends as she. Ale rare as they can be. Owls, '35-36: Dulcimer, 'Wg Oper- etta. 'lin G. A. A.: Chevron, Volley- ball, Homecoming, '37,-'38, Champion Team, '34, Hockey, Tennis. KENNETH W. VOLLMER Kenneth is a handsome Hguyu. He's good and kind and gay: All at Central like his smile And wish it here could stay. Chemistry Club, '37: Senior Orchestra, '35g Band, '34-'36: B. A. A., '35-'37. RUSSELL CARL BRADSHAW In salesrnanship Rus should succeed. If his pas! recnrd's true. He sold the News and the RED AND BLACK, And they say he went right through! Biology Club. '33-'37: Chemistry Club, '35 January ADELE ROSE LEVIN She's fair of face, with poise, and grace: So it would surely seem That safely we can prophesy She'll be a movie queen. La Castilla, '36-'37: Dulcimer, '36-'37: Advanced Chorus, '37: Operettu, 'Btn Night in May , '37: G. A. A. PATRICIA WALSH We know so many tall. slim people. But few uve'ue ever seen Can measure up to our Patricia Because-well, she's just keenl Chemistry Club, '37: Dulcimer, '36- '37: G. A. A. EVELYN V. LAROSE Evelyn sang in the Dulcimer And made her life a song: And her smile, so sweet and ready. Did happiness prolong. Amateur Program, '37g Athenzum, '36: Advanced Chorus. '37: Dulcimer, '36- '37: Treasurer. '36, Secretary, '37: Operetta, '36: Night in May , '37: G. A. A.: Chevron, School Letter. Volleyball. Homecoming, '37-'38, Bad- minton, Homecoming, '38, Baseball, Aerial Darts, Hockey, Hand Tennis. Ping Pong. DOROTHY I. HUBBARD Her very stately mirn, together With sueh a Charming air. Woulzl lend to her a terrain poise. At any great affair. La Castilla. 'ilu-' 37: A d v a n e e d Chorus, '36-'37: G. A. A. MARIE BRUNE Marie seems retieent and shy: She never does impose: But friends she gathers quietly. As on her way she goes. Pep Cluh, '36: G. A. A.: Chevron Tennis, Volleyball. Page One Hundred Ninety-one IAMES N. VINYARD. IR. This Iellow paints, so l am told. G-I I l As though his hands were Y brushes: His name's lim Vinyard, good as gold: To Hollywood he rushes, '3' L Castilla '36-'37- Glen- Club. Biology, D: a . , , '34-'35: B. A. A., '35-'37. VICTORIA N1cKoLA You seldom catfh her serious, f But her laughing eyes betray. Thai when you need a friend, Indeed. Virkiv goes all the way. E Adxanccd Chorus. '37: Dulcimer. '37: i Night in May . '371 Cv. A. A.: ' Chevron. School Letter. Volleyball. Homecoming, '37-M581 Tennis, am- pion '37: Ping Pong. Ckey, llasrball. Gull imming. H d Ten- nis Ae ial Darts. X f.WKf ., . MARGA I M. CO 'LEE WE knou her for her erellence ln any kind of sport: And likewise into anything She puts her best effort. Athenxuui, '57: Biology Club. '35f'36: Chemistry Club, '36-38: G. A, A.: Chevron. Tennis, Hockey. Ping Pong, EVELYN R. TRICKEY A saucy. piquant sort of girl Was merry Evelyn: She was a queen at sports, l'm told. We hope we meet again. Advanced Chorus. '373 Dulcimer. '36-'37: Treasurer. '37: Miisieale, '36: G. A. A.: Chevron, Tennis, Golf, Hockey, Ping Pong. MARY IANE WATTON lllaru lane is the nite possessoi Of a most engaging smile, Her friendly mien and disposition Make knowing her worth while. Art Appreciation. '35-'36: Athenxum, '36-' 37: Secretary-Treasurer, '36: G. A, A,: Tennis. BESSIE MAY HORTON Good fheer just seems to follow her. ln everything she does: Two merry dimples flash the news. NA charming lass here goes. Chemistry Club '36-'37: Ci. A. A, Tennis. MAX GRALNICK Although he's such a silent lad. We're sure he sees of life The sunny and the funny sides, And not all pain and strife. Page One Hundred Ninety-two MARY M. GRAHAM Sweet and quaint and full of grace ls Mary to a TH: A fitting prize for any boy She certainly will be. RED AND BLACK Art Staff. '37: La Castilla, '37-'37: G. A. A.: Cb2Vl'Or1. Volleyball, Homecoming, '37-'38, Baseball, Member. Champion Team, '36, Swimming. MARTHA M. BARNWELL It seems her hobby's making friends: She does it with great ease: For with her personality she Everyone does please. La Castilla, '35-'36: G. A. A.: Base- ball, Hockey. Ping Pong, Volleyball. Aerial Darts, MARY HIEKEN Youll always find her quite demure: Her eyes, however, say That shc enjoys your company, And hopes that you will stay, B b ll. Dulcimer, '36-'37: G. A. A.: ase u Volleyball. DOROTHY MAE IONES Quite active was this blond-haired miss, ln everything at srhool: May generous words and actions Bc her life's guiding rule. Chemistry Club, '36-'ZBJ La Castilla, '36-'37p Dulcimer, '36: Advanced Chorus, '37: Pep Club, '36s G. A. A.: Chevron, Baseball, Hockey, Tennis. Golf, Ping Pong. Hand Tennis, Aerial Darts. Volleyball, Swimming. EDNA MAE RIES To find the good beneath the bad ls part of Edna Mae: And we are glad to know her for Her simple trusting way. Cv. A. A.: Baseball, Volleyball. U . l . V 'J' January t. 'ff l IJ HELEN C. BROWN DORIS l. IXINDENMEYER IOE BARRESI Her voice is small and sweet just Doris is note for hcr Clothes 1oc's loyalty is here as Quite different , chic, and For everyone ro see. Yozfd know tha! hers would beg neat: He boosted for the RED AND And you will find this lass a form! And likewise on thc dance floor. BLACK. Of cheer and sympathy. shc Chccred them Io victory. Dulramfr, 'set G. A. A.: Night in ls very hard rv bw- B. A. A., '36.'.z7. May , '37. Dulcimer, '36-'37: Advanced Chorus. '37: Night in May , '37: G. A. A. -Yi'-4-33333 'i3ifl3?235i3i5ii53'lnN 'Siiiiiiiiiiivv'iiiiiiiiiiiiii:': '5i CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION Eighty-fifth Year The One Hundred and Thirty-ninth Graduation Thursday, January 27, 1938, 8 P. M. Beaumont High School Auditorium Processional-Pilgrim Coronation March ............,.. .Lake Presentation of Class ........,......,........,...,.........,... Mr. D. H. Weir Orchestra Principal of Central High School Song-Glory and Honor .,...............,.....,... ..,.... . .Rachmaninotf Awarding of Diplomas ,.-'--Av.'4...A,,v-,. Edward A. Ferranbach Mlxed Chorus President of Board of Education G d ' Th ra uanon emc Presentation of Washington University 1 CENTRAL MARCHES ON' Honor Scholarship.. .....................,.,......... Dr. Geo. D. Stout 1. C l' Od .... ....................,......,...... S ll . S d'k emra S yssey te a I U 1 a Presentation of Class Honors 2. Central's Athletics ............ . ............ David A. Uber An Appreciation ............. ..,........ V ictor Hemmy Song-Love's Mission ........................................... ........,.... G rieg Class President Boys' Glee Club Remarks.. ........ ........... I udge Iohn W. Calhoun 3. Central's Organizations .................. Mildred M. Grawe Class of Ianuary, 1903 4. Ce-ntral's Alumni ...... ...... . . .,............ Thomas B. Uber The Level Song Song-Hdming .QIIllabuvlI.-..-A-v,-,.--,llayvnnbvyvllllaav, A ..--.,.-4..-AA-,-.. Del Riedo Recessional-Senior March.. ......, ..... . ..,....,. A scher Dulcimer Orchestra O The Washington University Honor Scholarship for the Class of Ianuary, 1938, has been awarded to STELLA SUDIKA ?3SS'3-Qiise e.-iiiiit-2 iiiiiiiiiii SSSSSQSSSS' -?Gi5'3-'-,.'.f ':SiSSSiSS ,1'. Page One Hundred Ninety-three -r N , ,Nv,,,N,NNNWwNv,,,,MM.+NqM,W,Ww+ JANUARY- eniom nfoy ,9- .v.-:N+Nw:- .-e.vwr - :qv .hgvvvvvvvvv vqvvvvvvvvv v ww Jvvqvqvvvvvvvv CMN lbw,-JUNE NwM June EVELYN VVEHRENBERC1 She'll never fail to catch your eye: She's bright and very gay: Always happy. with spirits high, She cheerfully goes her way. Vice President. Senior Class, 38: Vice President, New Senior Class, 37-38: Co-C-Hi, '57-38: Chemistry Club, 37- 38: Skating Club, '37-38: G. A. A. AGNES E. HANZELY Dear little maid with the smiling eyes, All Centraliles adore you. Treasure this homage with humble heart As you enter the world before you. RED AND BLACK Staff, '37-38: Editor, 37-38: News Staff. 36: Lamps, 36- 38: Owls, 35-36: Fourth Term Scholarship Award. 36: Co-C-Hi, 36- 38: Vice 'President, 37, Freshman Sponsor, 36-38: Girls Literary So- ciety, 36-38: Secretary, 37: Debating Team. 37: Representative, Central Y. M. H. A. Spelling Bee, 36: Mem- ber, Spelling Team, 37-38: G. A. A.: Letter, Chevron, Member, Champion Hockey Team, 38: Homecoming Volley- ball Teams, 37-38, Homecoming Baci- minton Team. 38, Tennis, Baseball PAUL O. OBERHELLMAN He is the pride of Central High. A gentleman is lie: With greatest ease he makes all ..E,s,,, This lad of dignity, RED AND BLACK Staff, '37-'38: Busi- ness Manager, '37-38: Lamps, 36-38: Owls. '35-36: Astronomy Club, 37- 38: Secretary, 37: Classical Club. 35- 37: B. A. A., 36-37: La Castilla, President, '38, ELMER HARRY VISHION Elmer loves the game of golf. He's Central's own Gudahl: Arid when he drives the pellet off. lt's goodbye to that ballf RED AND BLACK Start, '37-'38: Associ- ate Ioke Editor, 37-38: Owls, '35-'36: Lamps, 36-38: Committee of Twenty. 36-38: Chemistry Club, 36-38: Vice President, 36, President, 36-38: Golf Club, '37-'38: Debating Team, 37-38: Alternate, Spelling Team, 37: Anni- versary Broadcast, 38: A m e r i C a n Legion Oratorical Contest, 38: Fire Prevention Speech, 37: B. A. A-. 36-38. MARY IANE SCHNITTKER We have a future artist here, Who fame will win. we know: She'll take life in her serious way l'Vherever she may go. RED AND BLACK Staff, '37-38: lune Versist, Art Staff, '37-38: Classical Club, 37-38: Girls Literary Society, 'lb-38: Vice President. 38: Hiking Club, 38: G. A. A. Page One Hundred Ninety-six GEORGE GLISTIN, IR. Georges traits are the uery best- He's polite. refined, sedate: The admired memorable president of The class of 38. President, Senior Class, 38: President, New Senior Class, '37-'38: RED AND BLACK Staff, '38: Associ- ate Editor, 38: Lamps, 36-38: Owls, 35-36: Com- mittee of Twenty, 36-38: Treasurer, 37, Secre- tary 38: La Castilla, 36-37: B. A. A., 36-38: Track: Numeral, 36: Letter, 37. AUDREY KLOEVER This quiet. tall. and comely lass Types with ease and speed: ln any job she undertakes We're sure she will succeed. RED AND BLACK Statf, '37-'38: Typist, '37-'38: G. A. A. AUDREY DOLORES RENO Audrey is one Hgorgeous girl. And this you'll also find- This very cheery friend of ours Has a brilliant mind, Secretary, Senior Class. 38: Secretary. New Senior Class, '37-38: Lamps, 37: Owls, 35-36: Co-C-Hi, 35-38: Chem- istry Club. '37-38: Secretary-Treasurer, 38: Girls Literary Society, 36-37: Vice President, 37: Pep Club, 37-38: G. A. A.: Chevron, Hockey, Ping , Pong, Volleyball, Baseball. RAYMOND F. WALTERS Here's one boy who will succeed, Helped bu his ambition. Raymond Walters is the boy Who'll be a famous statesman. Treasurer, Senior Class, 38: Treasurer, New Senior Class, '37-38: Harvard Book Award, 37: Lamps, 36-38: Owls. 35-36: Committee of Twenty, 36-38: Vice President, 38: Biology Club. 35: Boys Literary Society, 36-38: Secre- tary, 37, President, '37-38, Vice Pres- ident, 383 Debating Team '37-38: B. A. A., 37. RUTH L. KEISTER Our smiling Ruth, so very wise, Shines like a lone bright star: A pianist she aims to be. Excelling all by far. RED AND BLACK Staff, '37-38: Head Typist, 37-38: Owls, 35-36: Lamps, 36-38: G. A. A. STANLEY RYAN A speaker truly great is Stan: His words can sway the crowd And make them all with him agree, And' sing his praises loud. RED AND BLACK Staff, '37-'38: Ioke Editor, lune Versist, 37-38: Lamps, 37: Owls. 36-37: Committee of Twentv, 37-38: Chemistry Club, 36- 38: Vice President, 37-38: Anniver- sary Broadcast, 38: Alternate, Fire Prevention Speech, '37: Debating Team, 38. EILEEN E. SMITH Eileen will grace most any task Where inclination leads, You'lI find her ever ready there With willing words and deeds. RED 'AND BLACK Staff, '37-'38: lime Versist, '37-'38: Dulcimer, 37-38: Vice President, 37-38: Spelling Team, '37: Night in May, 37. E. THOMAS RUHLE A science course our Tom will take When he goes to college: I I ' He wants to be an engineer: That's why he's seeking knowledge. RED AND BLACK Staff, '37-'38: Advertising Com- mittee. '37-'38: Committee of Twenty, '36-'38: Secretary, '36-'37, President, '38g Chemistry Club, '37-'38p Glee Club, '36: B. A. A., '37-'38. RITA REGINA TOWERS A M. EVELYN WULFERS Rita with her grace and poise Makes us very proud: S to all the waiting world 'AVL' shout her praises loud. Ran AND BLACK Staff, '37-'3ti: As- sistant Advertising Manager, '37-'38: Owls, '36: Co-C-Hi. '36-'38: Presi- dent, '38, Vice President, '37-'38, Freshman Sponsor, '37-'38: Girls Literary Society, '36-'38: President '37-'38, Secretary, '38: Debating Team, '37-'38: Pep Club. '37: Secretary, '37: Night in May , '37: G. A. A.: Chevron, Letter, Homecoming, Volley- ball Team. '37-'35, Championship Hockey Team, '38, Ping Pong, Aerial Darts, Baseball, Volleyball, Badmin- ton. Tennis. .1 GEORGE LOWE The spelling team was proud of him. So was the RED AND BLACK! For he made the best of his mental store. Of which there seemed no lark. Ran AND BLACK Staff, '37-'38: Editor, News and Views, '37-'38: Committee of Twenty. '37-'38: Owls. '36-'3X: Chemistry Club '37-'38: Gym Club, '36: B. A. A., '37-'38. RUTH PIEPENSCHNEIDER You all know well this little blond, Our quiet little Ruth: Need l sing her praise to you? High praise of her is truth. Ren AND BLACK Staff, '37-'38s As- sistant Business Manager, '37-'38: Cu-C-Hi, '36-H581 Girls Literary So- ciety, '36-'38: Vice President, '37 President, '38s G. A. A.: Hockey Hand Tennis. WM. E. FENIMORE, JR. He's editor-in-chief of the Central NEWS. This curly-headed boy: Of stature slight, but wisdom great: His work to him is joy. News Staff, '36-'38: Editor, '33, Liter- ary Editor, '37, Writer. '37, Reporter. '36: Boys Literary Societ , '37-'38- Orchestra, '31-'35: B. A. '36-'38 OLA E. HLIFFMASTER She is a typist truly great: She's accurate and fast: And in her work will win renown And fame that's sure to last. RED AND BLACK Staff, '37-'38: Typist, '37-'38s La Castilla, '35-'38: Treas- urer, '37: G. A. A., Championship Volleyball Team. '37. ' An inborn grace that nothing lacked Of culture and appliance. The warmth of genial courtesy. ' The calm of self-reliance. ' RED AND BLACK Staff, '373'Q38: As- sistrqft Advertising lVl'agagef4.Q??FgZ. ' 3 03:15, '35'36:' lass5AJ'Club, ' 4 J Vii PJesid . , '37, , Pr sidentl '38: Gir Litera Socir.-t'y',' 'Q-'3l'l: 'Spelll ing Team,.'37-'38: G. A. A. ESTELLE V. S. TAMALIS This charming lass. that gladdens ' f : hearts - When the are feeling blue. Will c r gre sick as future n s A t eir ills adieu . AND BLACK Statf, '37-'38: . A. A. Editor, '37-'38: Lamps, '38: Owls, '36-'37: Co-C-Hi, '37-'38: Freshman Sponsor, '38: Chemistry Club, '37-38: Classical Club, '36-'37: Vice President, '37: Girls Literary Society. '36-37: G. A. A.: Chevron, Ping Pong, Aerial Darts. Hockey, Baseball, Volleyball. LARRY H. DICKASON Larru is a stellar star When it comes to track: And what a fellow for a pall He'll never turn you back. RED AND BLACK Staff, '37-'38: Associate Editor, News and Views, '57-'38s News Staff, '36-'38: Owls. '36-'38: Committee of Twenty. '37: B. A. A., '35-'38. HAROLD WM. HOHLT Of basketball. the manager. An all student. too: His talents plainly indicate He's headed for WHO'S WHO. RED AND BLACK Staff, '37-'38: Sports Editor, '37-'38, Lamps, '37-'38: Owls, '35-'36: Committee of Twenty, '36-'38: Anniversary Broadcast, '38: B. A. A.. '36-'38: Manager. Basketball Team. '36-'38. dslow-0-LCLJ I 3 . ANNA M. B. MCCANN So refined in all her ways And pretty. too. is she: Her eyes so bright, her chestnut hair- A pleasant sight to see. Athenarum, '37-'38: Astronomy Club. '37-'38: G. A. A.: Chevron, Hockey, Tennis, Hand Tennis. DOROTHY LUCILLE IACO She's full of pep and happiness. ..ih7.:':: :.f':::2rz, J' sports: To know her is worth while. Athenaeum, '37: Winner Clean-Llp Poster Contest. '37: G. A. A.: Stadium Exhibition, '35, Chevron, Hockey, Hand Tennis. Page One Hundred Ninety-seven June FLORA E. WALSH Flora is known for charm and grace, Dark eyes and lovely hair, Reminding one of rare old lace- She's one of Central's fair. RED .NND B1,ArK Stat-li, '37-'38: Owls, 36137: Co-C-Hi, '37-'38: Astronomy Cluh, '37-'Wg Vice President, '37-WX: La Castilla. '35-'36: Advanced Chorus. 35-'36: Night in May . '37: G. A. A.: Chevron. Homecoming. '38, Anni- versary Program. '38, Hockey, Tennis. Volleyhall. Hand Tennis. RAYMOND S. IONES ln school work he's industrious: To him it's quite enthralling: So niatheniatirs. astronomy. too. Will be his future falling. RED AND BLACK Staff, '37-'3H: Adver- tisin Committee. '37-38: News Stall' 9 , 37138: Business Manager, '38, As- sistant Business Manager, '37-33: Owls, '35-' 36: Lamps, '36-Mill: Com- mittee of Twenty, '36-' 38: Treasurer. 33: Astronomy Cluh. '37-T581 Presi- dent, '57-H551 Boys Literary Society. 57-UH: Anniversary Broadcast. '3K: Orchestra. '35-B73 Musieale, '56: All- Higli-Sehool Orchestra, '37: B. A, A., '36-' 37. HELEN E. CHRISMER A tearher she desires to be. We hope she does suereed: Her winning smile and rharming grave Will take her far, indeed. RED AND BLACK Statf, '37-'Blk Atlvt-r. tising Committee, '37-38: Spelling Team. 77: Dulcimer, '57-'Klip G, A, A. SALVATORE ZLICCHERO He's tall and dark and nire to see. Very pleasant and neat, Polite ai lad as he ran be: Quite a boy to mt-et. Chemistry Club. '37- ill: La Castilla, 35-'37: Orchestra. '35-'3o: Camera Club. 'iliz Cheer Leader. '36, ELAINE ESSELBRLIEGGE Endowed with beauty, wisdom, too. She wins both friends and fame: ln whatsoe'er she undertakes She'll make a prominent name. Girls Literary Society, '37: Pep Club, 'l7: Skating Cluh. WS: G. A, A. Page One Hundred Ninctu-eight WILLIAM L. TY BLIRA Plans for fine houses Bill will draw And quite nice ones we know: For he has talent in this line And gifts the world to show. RED AND BLACK Staff, '37-'38: Advertising Coni- mittee, Historical Research Editor. '37-BX. .as GLADYS L. NOTTBLISCH She's sunny. often serious. Always kind. and neat: She's interested in type and sports: With the best she will compete. Co-C-Hi. '36-33: G. A. A.: Chevron. Hockey. Hand Tennis, Ping Pong, DOROTHY NICHOLS A little artist, sweet and coy. Climbing up to fame: With perseverance such as hers She'll make an envied name. RED AND BLACK Art Staff. '37-'38: Art Editor, '37-'38: Owls, '36: G. A. A.: Volleyball. IOSEPH F. KLIEPER foe is liked by almost all: He makes full many a friend: He smiles and works quite honestly And never does pretend. RED AND BLACK Stall. '37-'38: Adver- tising Committee. News and Views. '37-38: News Staff. '37-'38: Reporter, '37-'38: Owls. '35-'Bog Lamps, '37-'38: Committee of Twenty, 37-BS: B. A. A,,34-38. WJ -Ev 5-'11,-v fe-6Lu,QQ'ff' T 'Het MYEDRED D. DAVIDSON This lass so dainty and petite, With surh a 'graceful gait, Will wend her sunny way through life Unhurried. quite elate. RED AND BLACK Statf, '37-'38, Adver- tising Committee, '37-'38: News Statf. '3X: Reporter, '3X: Chemistry Club, '38s Pep Club. '37-'3l'l: Art Apprecia- tion, '35-'36: Athenaeum. '35-'373 Hik- ing Club, '3tl: G. A. A,: Golf. Swim- ming, Tennis. ROBERT I. WINDISH We have a reeortl-breaker here-f This really handsome boy, Who, in the world of contest sports Brought Central pride and joy. Skating Club, '37-'EBL B. A. A.. '35-'37: Track Letter, '35, '56, '373 First Place Physical Etlicieney Test, Midgets. '3S. DOROTHY L. PALIBEL Her merry heart goes all day long: She's always full of fung As a professional softball star She will make a real homerun. La Castilla, '36-BX: G. A. A.: Co- Champion Ping Pong Doubles. BB. I MARIORIE WARNER Marjorie Warner, lively sprite- A twinkle in her eye. Quickens the hearts of all around As she passes by. Anthenzum. '38: La Castilla, '36-'38s Pep Club, '36-'38: G. A. A.: Hockey. Hand Tennis. HARLAN A. KAMP This Harlan gets on with the girls: For he's a likable lad: He's always debonnaire and gay. And never is he sad. La Castilla. '36-'38: Glee Club, '36-'37: Advanced. '3b. MARY C. USKIWICH Mary is tall, slender, and blond, She studies until perfected: And in later life, as here. she'Il had That she is well respected. Co-C-Hi, '35-'38: Skating Club, '37: Owls, '35-'36: Lamps, '37-'38p G. A. A.: Hockey, 'IRnnis. - HOWARD MASCHHOFF He's tall and straight as a slender oak, And cheerful every day: As an air-conditioning engineer His wisdom he'll display. Glee Club, '35: B. A. A., '35-'37. MELBA ROSE KNAPP CMELBA URANIGJ Her sustenance and birthright are Honor. courage, worth: Hers, a face in which one meets Charming wit and mirth. Lamps, '36-'37: Owls, '35-'36: Co-C- Hi, '36-'35Z G. A. A. v LORENZO WALTER MCGLASI-ION Along with those great master minds Who know the violin He may be numbered some fine day- With Kreisler and Menhuin. RED AND BLACK Staff, '37-'38: Advertising Com- mittee. '37-'38: News Staff. '37-'38: Reporter '37-'38: Boys Literary Society, '38: Orchestra '35-'37. MARVIN C. NOLTE An athlete tall and strong is he, Who swims just like a Hsh. He hopes to be an Olympic star: We know he'll get his wish. B. A. A., '35-'37: Football: Numeral, '35-'36, Letter. '37: Swimming: Letter, '37-'38. June VIRGINIA NANCY COLE She loves to dance and gaily laugh And always be care-free: She's perky, peppy. popular, And pretty. we agree. Athenaeum, '36: G. A. A, 5 IOHN MICHAEL I-IALEY He writes with ease, his words flow free. A Shakespeare he will be: He's tall, reserved, and serious A genius, we foresee. La Castilla, '37, A I F LOUISE IRENE KARL 'Tis said that pretty girls are dumb. An exception we have found: Louise has looks and wisdom. too. And will the world astound. Owls, '38: Athenaeum, '37-'38: Spell- ing Team, '37: G. A. A. ALVIN EDWARD DAY In football he helped send the ball To the goal and victory: His alert and skillful playing shows He is n star of the hrst degree. B. A. A., '35-'38: Treasurer, '36-'3S: Football: Numeral, '35, Letter, '36'-'37. MARY HUTH This winsome miss has many charms With which we are acquainted: Her winning smile and easy grace. An artist might have painted. G. A. A.: Chevron, Homecoming Vol- leyball Team, '37-'38, Championship Hand Tennis Team, '38. Page One Hundred Ninety-nine June FRANKIE AILEEN SMITH This pretty miss you sec is smart: She is a beauty queen: She's sweet and lrind and swell zo all: The boys toward her do lean. Girls Literary Society, '36: Advanced Chorus, '35-'36: Dulcimer. '36-'381 Night in May , '37: G. A. A.: Chevron, Letter, Homecoming Volley- ball Team. '36-'37, Championship Hand Tennis Team, '33, Champion- ship Volleyhall Team, '36, Ping Pong. Swimming. ALBERT ELLIS WIESER Outstanding really is this boy. Because: of bright red hair: That is his crowning attribute. Which hc guards with care. Chemistry Club, '37-'33: Camera Club, '38: B. A. A., '36-'38. MURIEL OLDENDORPH With chestnut hair and eyes like hers. Shell charm a multitude: A Sonja Henie she will be: We know her aptitude. G. A. A. WM. I. MCMILLIN, IR. Hc's always seen amongst some friends: Hc's always full of glee: He seems to have a generous share Of personality. Gym Club, '35: Advanced Chorus, '3il, BEATRICE L. LAYTON This swift and tacfful softball star. Many a homerun makes In peoples' hearts as on the field: For she has what it takes. La Castilla, '36-'38: Dulcimer, '37-'38 G. A. A.: Chevron, Homecoming Vol- leyball Team, '37-'33, Stadium Ex- hibition. '35, Ping Pong, Baseball, Swimming. 'if in M fi , Page Two Hundred MANUEL NEWMAN In Spelling Bees and school programs, He broadcasts on the air: He's tall and wise and handsome, fOO. And approved by all the fair. Glee Club. '35: American Legion Oratorical Con- test, Alternate, '38: Forensics Club, '38: Spelling Team, '37g Anniversary Broadcast. '38: Chess Club, '37-'38: La Castilla, '35-'37: Sergeant-an Arms, '36, Vice President, '36-'37s Chemistry Club, '37-'38: B. A. A., '37-'38. EVA RUTH SNELSON She will commercialize her art. This pretty little twin, And make old Central proud of her. By praises she will win. G. A. A. MARY E. WIREBACH In her profession as a nurse, Mary will succeed. With charm and grace and helping hand To all who are in need. Co-C-Hi. '36-'38: Dulcimer. '37-'38: Night in May , '37: G. A. A.: Chevron, Letter, Homecoming Volley- ball Team. '37-'38, Championship Hand Tennis Team, '38, Champion- ship Hockey Team, '38, Championship Volleyball Team, '36, Ping Pong. Swimming. VENTURE CARAVELLO He's pleasing. a true gentleman. A boy who always trics To reach above the common mark ln all that's good and wise. La Castilla. '35-'36: Chemistry Club, '37-'38. BERNICE B. LANIER Bernice is such a clever kind- An always dainty maid. We're sure she'll always try her best. And always make the grade. Co-C-Hi, '36-'38: La Castilla, '36-'37: Pep Club. '36-'38: Skating Club, '37-'38: Dulcimer, '37-'38: Anniversary Broadcast. '38: G. A. A.: Chevron. Homecoming Volleyball Team, '38. Hockey, Ping Pong. Tennis, Aerial Darts, Hand Tennis. EARL DUEY He is one of our Romeos And is a lively lad: You'll find he is a lady's man. And never is he sad. La Castilla. '35-'36. DORA E. MEYERHOFF Good-naturcd, clever. and refined. We're sure we'll see the day She-'ll reach the top, among the best. In the roller-skating way. G. A. A. VIOLET MARIE ANCELL She is a very lively miss. ln sports she does excel, And has a ready smile for all: For all know Violet well. Athenaeum, lo: Astronomy Club. '37- ill: Chess Club. '37-38: Girls Literary Society. '36-M571 Pep Club. '37-'ltlz G. A. A.: Chevron, Letter. Homecoming, '37- Stl: Tennis, Hockey. Swimming, Ping Pong, Hand Tennis, Volleyball. Baseball. Aerial Darts. LOUIS BONACORSI There's one in every thousand boys Wl1iv's such a reg'lur guyni Not long from now u'e'll proudly say. I knew him back at High . Owls. 77: La Castilla. '35-'36: B. A. A., '36-M57: Track: Numeral, '36, Let- ter, 'l7. BETTY KREHMEYER At tennis Betty did quite well: ln most sports she was grand: Debating platforms knew her. too: Hou' frm there was her sland. News Statf, '36-'37: Astronomy Club. '3tl: Girls Literary Society. '30-'38g Biology Club, '36-'37: Pep Club. '37-'Plz Skating Club, '37-'38: G. A. A.: Tennis, Swimming, Volleyball. Baseball, Hockey. HENRY WM. NIEMANN Along with Chopin, Bach. and Gluck We'll some dag find his name: Ht-'s quiet, noble. and refined. The world will him acclaim. La Castilla, '38: Orchestra. '36- l7: Band. Hill. DOLORES K. HERRMANN Dolores is a eomely miss: We think she's pretty swell . And when she leaves our honored halls Central will wish her well. Owls, '3!1: Cn-C-Hi. '37-H583 Chem- istry Club, '37-38: Skating Club, '37-'38: G. A. A.: Chevron, Tennis. MELVIN BENNER All-round describes this hand- some lad. For that's just what hc is: ln classrooms he excels the rest: ln sports he is a whi: . RED AND BLACK Staff. '36-'37: Assistant Business Manager. '36-'37: Chemistry Club, UK: Radio Club, '34: B. A. A., 38: Basketball: Letter, '38. DOLORES FRANCES BLOCKER This little maid is very cute: She's always kind and sweet: Her gentle word helps many out, A sweeter girl gou'll never meet. Dulcimer, H572 G. A. A. B: June VIRGINIA NIKRANT Virainia's lovely tirian hair Occasions many a thrill: She aims to ser a reeord pace ln type. We know shi- will. G. A. A. IAMES KRUGER 1inx's tall with all athletic strength: He swims just like a fish: He'll take gigantic strokes through l'f' Attaihlng every wish. Chemistry Club, '36-'381 Camera Club. 'HL Golf Club. '37-'Wiz B. A. A.. '35-78. RUTH CAROLINE KEMPF Our classmate here, so neat' and nice. Never wants in friends: Such cheerfulness. such kindly ways Always pleasure lends. Biology Club, '37-'BEL G. A. A.: Hockey. 7' WARREN F. KNAPP This lad is quite a ladifs man. And seems to do all right: But also you are sure to find He really is quite bright. B. A. A.. '35-'Dig Football: Numeral, '36, Letter, '37. BERNICE BOLLENBACH She has pep and vim and looks And persunalityf She seatrers sunshine as she gots On all impartially. G. A. A.: Hockey, Hand Tennis, Volleyball. Page Two Hundred One June DORIS IEAN WICHMER You all do know this mirthful lass, Who will. we're sure, win fame: And when successes come to her. To help will be her aim. Athenaum, '36-'37: Girls Literary So- ciety, '37-'38: Anniversary Broadcast. '38: G. A. A.: Hockey, Tennis, Hand Tennis, Volleyball. IOHN W. MARYAN His winning ways will speed him forth. And hnd him much romance: He aims to travel far and wide And teach the world to dance. B. A. A.. '36-'37. DOROTHY C. STONE This girl has a really dancing eye And never seems to tireg She will go happily on her way And success she will inspire, G. A. A.: Tennis, Ping Pong, Aerial Darts. ROBERT L. NEWSHAM Football, tennis, the cinder track- These and more know Newsham: An all 'round athlete, skilled and strong. A star he will become. Track: Letter, '35-'36-'37: Tennis Letter, '36: Football: Numeral, '35 Letter, '36-'37, ELAINE DITTMAN She is sweet and blond and quite sedate. And has a winning smile: And even though she is not tall. She has an impressive style. Pep Club, '36-'38: G. A. A.: Chevron, Championship Hockey Team, '38. Page Two Hundred Two La Castilla, '36-'38: B. A. A., '36-'38: Secretary. '36-'38: B. A. C., '36-'38: ROBERT WILLIAM LAM PERT Our Bob. a mighty man is he. So tall and straight and strong: As a valiant forest ranger, he Will be remembered long. B. A. A., '36-'37: Swimming: Numeral, '34 I rd, MAYBELLE PHILBRICK Our Maybelle is a quiet lass. Fresh as the month of Mays She'd like to be a secretary. She'll get her wish some day. Athenaeum. '38: La Castilla, '36-'38, Secretary, '38: Pep Club, '36-'37g G. A.: Hockey, Hand Tennis. MARY THOMLIRE Mary will dance her way through life- Cheery and so gay. Never conscious of any strife. Happy all the day. Owls, '36: Co-C-Hi, '36-'38: Pep Club, '37-'38: G. A. A.: Chevron. ANGELO G. THANASSI He is a tall and quiet lad. Of unlimited ambition: He is quite sure to get ahead, With such a disposition. La Castilla. '37-'3B: B. A. A., '36-'38. ALIDREY A. WITBRODT How sweet woman's beauty smiles Upon her lovely face! A rainbow must have lent her Some of its airy grace. Co-C-Hi, '37-'38: Chemistry Club. '37-'38: La Castilla. '35-'36s Girls Literary Society, '35-'36: Skatin Club. '37-'38g Dulcimer, '35: G. A.: Chevron, Hockey, Hand Tennis. -Wwe, MJ He is a serious. thoughtful bo He's sure to teach some day. His knowledge will carry him far And help him on his way. Owls, '37: Chemistry Club, '38: La Castilla. '36-337: Boys Literary So- ciety, '36-'3B: Anniversary Broadcast. '38: Gym Club, '38: B. A. A., '37. ES STELLA ANAGNOS She's like a bird, so gay and free: So happy all the time: And as a librarian we're very sure To starry heights she'll climb. Athenaeum, '38: Biology Club, '35 La casffzza, 'ss-'38, Pep Club, '36-'38l Dulcimer, '36-'37, Librarian, '37: G A. A.: Hockey. MARCELLA SCHMITT She's tall and trim and so sedate. To all she is most kind: Her faults are few, her virtues many. A better you'll nc-'er find. Co-C-Hi, '37-'38: Classical Club. '35-'37: Skating Club, '38: G. A. A. ROBERT H. LUTZ This jovial lad with the curly hair And happy. honest eyes. Will make great fame in chemistry: To worthy heights he'll rise. B. A. A., '35-'38. LEONA SMITH A clever dancer will she be. Exeelling in her art: For we are all aware that Lee Has talents to impart. Pep Club, '36-'38: Skating Club, '38: G. A. A.: Chevron. Championship Hockey Team, '38: Tennis. LOUIS DRIEMEIER Louic's on our basketball team. His charm will not abate: His faith and courage made us The Champs of '38. Glee Club. Mill: Gym Club. '37: Basketball: Numeral, '36. BEATRICE M. GOEBEL This pretty little golden blond. Whose work is clone with care. Will be a typist. sure and quick. And rank among the fair. G. A. A., '37-'38: Chevron, Tennis. Ping Pong. GEORGE E. REYNOLDS For he is sure to win: If you will study him. you'll see He has a victor's grin. To George we all do wish success. Spelling Team. '37. CARRIE GERTRUDE MEINERS ' This tall slim girl you all know well. Who's famous for her curls. Some day. her service royalty Will need. for its curls and swirls. Cn. A. A.: Tennis June IUNE A. GREGORY This girl does have a love of fun. And hopes to grace the stage: And she will dance her way through life. To see her'll be the rage. La Castilla. '36-'38: Advanced Chorus. W: Dulcimer. '34-'38: Anniversary Broadcast. '3B: Night in May , '38: G. A. A.: Tennis. KENNETH BOPP Admired here. and soon will be When he's out in the world of strife: For Kenneth has those qualities That prepare one well for life. Advanced Chorus, '36-'37: Glee Club, '38. RUTH E. SCHLICHTING Ruth is quiet and oh. so sweet. Well liked by everyone: Always willing to help one out When thcre's work to be done. Co-C-Hi, '37-'lllg Dulcimer. '36-'37: Advanced Chorus. '37: G. A. A.: Hockey, Hand Tennis. VICTOR W. KIWALA You all know Victor is quite jolly. We all think he is swell : And you will find when he is gone His mem'ry here will dwell. Chemistry Club, '38: Camera Club, '38' B. A. A., '35-'38: Basketball: Numeral, '35. DOROTHY FITZSIMMONS This happy girl has nice grey eyes And a smile so gay and free: She is a skilled stenographer. And successful she will be. G. A. A. Page Two Hundred Three June MARIE IOAN MOONEY lVlarie's vivaeity and mirth Bring to her many friends: She's comely. clever, and rehnedz Her joyousness ne'er ends. Rau AND BLACK Staff. '37-'38: Iune Versist. '37-'38: Athenaeum. '36-'lliz President, '3B: Girls Literary Society, '3'5: La Castilla. '37-'38: Pep Club, '37-'38: President. '3B: Astronomy Club, '37-'38, Sergeant-at-Arms, '38. LOLIIE F. MOORE With those curly locks and tapping toes And jolly care-free ways, He'll crash the movies, dancing in. And reap just heaps of praise. Committee of Twenty, '36-38: Ser- geant-at-Arms, '38: La Castilla, '37: Glee Club. '35: B. A, A,, '36-'37: Football, Numeral, '35. DOROTHY LINDHORST Thi peppy blo . so gay and free ice to ieryone, ill have s cess out in the world But alwa S keep her fun. Owls, ' ' -Hi, '36-'38: La Cas- xilla. '36 e Club, '37-'38: Skating Clubgl '3 8: G. A. A.: Chevron, Homecomi g Volleyball Team. '38. Ping Pong, Aerial Darts, Hand Tennis, Hockey, Tennis. ROBERT KOEHNE With such a sunny view of lifc He'll never bc alone: As lawyer great, and friend to all He'll far and wide be known. Committee of Twenty, '36-'38, LUCILLE M. RLIMMEL Her pleasing manner attracts friends. For she is thoughtful. too: Shell take the bitter with the sweet And calmly smile at you. News Staff, '36-'38: Reporter, '36-'38 C0-C-Hi, '36-'38: Girls Literary So- ciety, '36-'38: Spellinu Team, '37-'38 G. A. A.: Hockey. Page Two Hundred Four GUY FAVAZZA Ghio is a jolly boy. Who is never buef Telling friends some stories That never can be true. Chemistry Club, '37-'38, Camera Club. '38. THELMA ALBERTA BOYD Sunny South where cotton grows And folks all love to sing- That's where Thelma has her home And where her memories cling. Co-C-Hi, '36-'37: Dulcimer, '37-'38g Pep Club, '36-'37: G. A. A. DOROTHY O'LAUGHLIN Some day she'll grace an office, And in her pleasing way Will capture hearts in every line. For she is sweet and gay. Owls. '36-'37: G. A. A.: Hand Tennis. Hockey. Ping Pong. FRANK BOVA Are the skies o'c-rcast and grey? Are there Clouds awhile? 'Tis sunny even though there's 'n rar When Frank beams wtih his smile. La Castilla. '36-'37: Gym Club. '36-'37: Orchestra, '35-'3S: Band, '35-'38: B. A. A.. '36-'3S. MARY IANE COPPEDGE We're sure that you know our dear lane, That battling baseball barter. That sports girl smashing record hits: The subject of softball patter. La Castilla, '36-'37: Pep Club, '37-'38: Skatinq Club, '38g Advanced Chorus. '36: Dulcimer, '38: Anniversary Broad- cast, '38: G. A. A.: Chevron, Home- coming Volleyball Team, '37-'38, Championship Hockey Team, '38, Ping Pong, Tennis, Aerial Darts, Hand Tennis, Swimming, Baseball. WALTER A. WINDISH ln basketball he did his part And did it very well: His cheery smile and hearty laugh Helped our team excel. B. A. A., '35-'38: Second Place Physical Efficiency Test, Midgets, '30 Track: Letter, '35: Basketball: Let- ter, '38. ALIDREY GOEBEL Her golden hair, her charming ways. Her skill in type and sten, Will rich rewards bring in for her lust time and time again. G. A. A.: Tennis, Ping Pong. FLORENCE M. A. KELLY She-'s lovely as a night in May With all its mysteries: Graceful she is and very swcet And dances with all case. G. A. A.: Tennis IOHN HENRY VAHLE With a hearty laugh, quite pleasing. Our Iohnny will go far: He will succeed in any field With work. a shining star. Chemistry Club. '37-'38: Gym Club. '35-'36: B. A. A.. '35-'3S. MARGARET H. MEAD That quiet dainty maid you see ls sweet Miss Margie Mead: ln everything she undertakes We're sure shi: will succeed. G. A. A.: Tennis, Ping Pong, Aerial Darts. FRED H. WINKLER ln Commerce he will take his place And quickly rise to Iamc: He'll reap success at rapid pace: Wall Street will know his name. Gym Club. '37: La Castilla, '36-'37: B. A. A., '36-'37. ROSEMARY FLYNN Rosemary is a swcllegant girl. A friend to one in need: She lends a helping hand. The proverbial friend indeed. Skating Club, '38: G. A. A. CARL F. HLIFFMAN Our Carl's so quiet, so reserved. Such a right-minded lad, That he deserves in later years The best that's to be had. B. A. A.. '35-'38: Basketball Numeral. '38: Golf Club, '3B. EILEEN A. SWANSON She is a small. sedate young lass Who is one of our fair: And when loyalty is given note She surely will be there. G. A. A. June IRENE NIEMEYER Irene is sometimes serious, Shc's always neatly dressed. Her art work shows her inborn skill And hard uforlr dom' with zest. G. A. A. IAMES F. OTT Whis lad '. a popular. He's known slretball: He's liked A a 's many friends. And respect to all. L a, '35-'37: Advanced Chorus. 3: B. A. A., '34-'38: B. A. C.. '37-'38: Baseball: Letter, '36-'38: Basketball: Letter. '37-'38. I 4 'V XJVBERNADINE M. BURTHARDT Such lovely wavy golden hair, Such charming ways has shag Such pep. such bubbling-over life, Such pure vitality. G. A. A. ALBERT W. LENALIER This care-free classmate has a place In our book of memory: For he had the skill to tune our hearts Up to a brighter lccy. B. A. A., '34-'38, JANE LODDEKE She's lovely as an April shower l'm sure you'll all agree: She's dainty as the snowy blooms Upon a budding tree. Co-C-Hi. '36-'38: Classical Club. 35-'36: Skating Club, '37-'38p G. A. A.: Baseball, Volleyball. Tennis, Ping Pong, Aerial Darts. Pane Two Hundred Five J' ANTHONY ANDREW SLIZEWSKI He is one of Central's swimmers MARY M. RALSTON lVlarcella's bright red-hcad will shine Whenc'er she plcads a Casc: Taking a strong stand for thc right, She'll rank high in life's race. Athenzum, '36-'37: Astronomy Club. '37-'38, Chemistry Club, '37-'38: La Castilla, '36-'38: Pep Club, '37-'38: G. A. A.: Tennis, Hockey, Ping Pong, Hand Tennis, Volleyball, Baseball. Aerial Darts. JOHN L. WOZNIAK He was a track star herc at school: To him we wish success: He will go far in life. we know, Great traits he does possess. Camera Club, '3?l: Orchestra, '34-'38s B. A. A., '35-38: Track Team: Numeral, '35, '30, Letter, '37. REGINA C. BRZEZINSKI Regina. tall and slimly built. Her fingers on piano keys, Will fame and fortune find ahead With all skill and case. Orchestra, '34-'38p G. A, A. STANLEY F. RAFFEL 1'm sure you will agree with us He'll be a business man: And then l'm sure we all will be Quite proud that we know Stan. Skating Club, '37-'38: B. A. A., '35-'37, RUTH LOUISE FINKES You know this tall attractive girl, With brown and dancing eyes: Making friends is a gift with her. With her sure victory lies. News Staff, '36: Reporter, '36s Athenaeum, '36-'37: Girls Literary So- ciety, '37-'38: G. A. A.: Chevron, Hockey, Tennis, Volleyball, Hand Who always did his best: And when it Comes to loyalty, He will surpass the rest, Chemistry Club, '38: Band. '36-'Blix Swimming Team, '37-'38: Gym Club, '35-'36. iw, WILMA E. RUSSELL Wilma is studious, you know, And quite essential here: For she has always loyal proved To all that we hold dear. Owls, '37: Dulcimer. '37-US: G. A. A.: Tennis. EDWARD 1. GLOER He is a nice but quiet boy The kind that's true to oncg To us I know he'll prove most loyal When there's work to be done. Camera Club, '35. ld RY FRANCES HOCHENEDEL You all do know this cheery girl: She has a pleasant smile: And will be long remembered here For all her poise and style. La Castilla, '35-'37: Dulcimer, '37-'38: Pep Club, '35-'38: G. A. A. IRVIN COVITZ He's valued for his courteous ways, His truth. and cheerfulness: He'll be an honor to our school: We're sure he'll reap success. La Castilla. '38. DOROTHY A. LAGERSHAUSEN This neat and cheerful lass you sec ls up on type and sten: If you'rc in need of office help, Look this way, Business Men! Co-C-Hi, '37-'38: La Castilla, '36-'372 Pep Club, '36-'38: Skating Club. '37-'38 Dulcimer. '37-'38: Anniversary Broadcast, '38: G. A. A.: Ping Pong. Tennis. Hockey, Hand Tennis, Aerial Darts. MELVIN WILLIAM KOSTICH He is a football letterman Who always did his part: He will be missed by Central fans Now that he must depart. Gym Club, '38: B. A. A., '36-T582 Football: Letter, '37, '38: Homecoming, '38, Pane Two Hundred Six ROSE AGNES DOOLEY A sweeter girl there never was. She stoops to conquer all: You'll had her ever popular ln classroom and in hall. La Castilla. '35-'36: G. A. A.: Ping Pong, Baseball, Volleyball. STEPHEN A. VLIGRICH Not too solemn, not too gay. A smile upon his face: Hr will go upon his way With a steady pace. MILDRED E. GOEDDEL The melody that dwells in her Surrounds us all as well: Her winning ways and charming smile Are a lovely spell. Dulcimer, '36-'38, Secretary, '38: Music Conference, '38: G. A. A. RICHARD WRALISMANN He has towering ambitions: OI him we hope to boast That his humorous compositions Will be heard from coast to coast. La Castilla, '36-'37: B. A. A., '34-'38: Intramural Basketball Championship Team, '37. MARY IANE ROBERSON A winsome smile and sunny ways- Friends she has so many: With her we have spent happy days That will surpass most any. Skating Club, '37-'38: G. A. A.: Volleyball Championship Team, '37. PETER PILGRIM CARAPELLA This jolly lad with curly hair ls bashful, calm. and grand: And as he goes his winning way He lends a helping hand. La Castilla, '36-'57: B. A. A., '36-' ABE GREENBERG Our Abe an able lad is he: Theres no doubt. we confess, That he will find a worthy goal. For he's looking for success. June ANNA LOUISE NEINER Her sparkling eyes and wavy hair Will never lack for praise: Many. happiness will find ln her cheery. charming ways. Advanced Chorus. '37-'38: Anniversary Broadcast, '38: G. A. A.: Chevron. Baseball. Hockey, Hand Tennis, Aerial Darts, Ping Pong. IAMES A. HAIL His fellow students will remember His shiny black, black hair- The golfer, the artist, the good old P3 ' james Hail, so debonair. Golf Club. '34-'38: B. A. A., '35-'37: Golf Team, '35-'38. ...JU MARIE LOUISE WILSON Some day wc may all go to her With all our tales of woe: For to be a doctor is her aim. To help those feeling loiv. Chemistry Club, TSR: Athenxnm. '37-'KX MARTIN M. MILLNER A happy-go-lucky lad is he And one that is never sad: Hc'll riches reap at a rapid pace Where riches may be had. News Stall, '37-'3?l: Reporter, '37-'38: La Castilla. President. '36-'37s Boys Literary Society. '37-'38s Chess Club. President, '37-'3B: Debating Team. '37-'38: Anniversary Broadcast, '38: - B. A. A., '37. fiffri A x n MARGARET COYNE This dainty pretty little mite Will many charm, we know: For mighty oaks with howering power From tiny acorns grow. G. A. A.: Tennis. Volleyball, Hockey. Baseball. Pane Two Hundred Seven DQ 4 June MORRIS M. MUCHNICK DOLORES M. KOHLER Dolores with the pale gold hair And charming. cheery ways ls sure to reach her goal in life And gather large bouquets. Classical Club. '37: Girls Literary So- ciety, '37-'38: Orchestra, '34-'36: G. A. A.: Tennis. ROBERT P. CROWN Our Bob is known to everyone ln good old Central High. And later. on this planet His name may light the sky. B. A. A.. '35-'37. VIRGINIA LEE CAUBLE She's neat and well-dressed all the time: Her hair is just so-so. She'll make a darling little cub- A journalist. you know. Co-C-Hi, '36-'38: Chemistry Club, '37-'38: Girls Literary Society, '36-'371 Pep Club, '37-38: Dulcimer, '37-38: Advanced Chorus, '37-'38i Anniversary Radio Broadcast, '58s G. A. A.: Chevron. Hockey, Ping Pong. Baseball. Volleyball. EDWARD F. TRYNIECKI Ed is a friend to everyone No matter who he bc: Some day we'll be quite proud to say He went to school with me. Advanced Chorus, '36-'38: Intramural Basketball Championship Team, '36-'37. DLIANE K. STARKS The track was where Duane did star, And in his serious way Did all he could to help us out. Loyal every way, Gym Club. '36: Track: Numeral. '35, '36. Letter, '37. Page Two Hundred Eight Our Morris is a quiet lad: He has a busy brain: We know that every step he takes Will be another gain. B. A. A.. '35-'38. FRANK LOUIS LAPOSA Franlr's quite a baseball champion: Out on the Held he's grand! And in future years the admiring world Will shout. Give Frank a hand! B. A. A., '36-'38. MAUDRIA E. DOWL Maudria is the best little dancer That you would want to see: ln a few more years l'm sure we'll fnd A great little star she'll be. La Castilla. '37s G. A. A.: Tennis. Hockey. Hand Tennis, SOL BERMAN An admirable lad is Central's Sol. We're very fond of him: We know he'Il garner huge success And happiness to the brim. Chemistry Club, U83 B. A. A. '36-'37. VIRGINIA L. SPEERS She is a pleasant girl to know: And everywhere she goes. l know that you are sure to find Her personality glows. G. A. A.: Tennis. EDWARD I. CLARKIN To those who always toe the mark. To those who strive with stress, Come all the honor. all the praise. And all the happiness. IESS L. RUSSELL less is small but Iess is rough. He might have fought with james: But he's a kindly sort at heart. And called by kindly names. La Castilla, '38: Glee Club. '55-'36 B. A. A., '35-'37. LORENE BROWN Lorene's a comely blue-eyed blond Who draws and paints with ease. She'll be renowned in years to come, She will her public please. Ren AND BLACK Art Staff. '37-'38p G. A. A.: Tennis. MILLARD M. MITCHELL Millard is a friendly lad. He's liked by Central's many. When il comes to real hard work, We'll talre him well above any. Jai RUTH N. ICKSON Beautiful hair and smile so sweet, Grace and poise she possessed. Though serious at many times She joined in fun with zest. Reporter, News Staff. '36-'37g G. A. A.: Tennis, Swimming, Volleyball. LOUIS SPOHR He is a tall, attractive boy: Work is his guiding star: His winning personality Will carry him quite far. Stamp Club, '34: Vice President, '34: Advanced Chorus, '34-'36. ALBERT W. NICHOLS Merry Al with the handsome grin A future Astaire will be: As an actor and dancer he'll reach the top. lust give him time. You'll see' ROY LEO OECHSNER Roy is small and stocky But his character is fine: He works and plays so very hard. A better you'll never find. Gym Club, '35-'37: B. A. A., '36-'37. -Q IOSEPH MOGEL On the track the cinders fly: ln the school girls' heart go popl folly, courteous. handsome. wise. Ioe's progress none can stop. La Castilla, '36-'38: Vice President, '38: Gym Club. '35-'38: Assistant Leader, '36-'37, Leader. '3il: Track: Numeral, '35-'36: Homecoming Tum- bling and Ballet, '38, June 'pl' rf-A , LL vf giff '- wwf KJ '- - CLEOA DUNNINO The spice of life she'll always be Anrl always will she smile. Her jovial ways and humorous wit Will forever be worth while. La Castilla. '35: Biology Club, '37-'38: D uleimer, '37g Advanced Chorus, '38: G. A. A.: Golf, Swimming, Tennis. . I , ,-f4 mx, Q , .1 GLENNON ACKSEL Glennon is a veritable giant And we like his athletic skill: For when he turns upon the bars He's Ht for a circus bill. La Castilla, '37-'38: Advanced Chorus, '37: Glee Club, '3ll: Gym Club, '37. MARY ALICE CRUMP Our little Mac with so much pep Both far and wide is known: She has the graces other girls Would give a lot to own. News Staff, '36: Reporter, 'Jog Pep Club, '37: Night ln May , '37: G. A. A.: Chevron, Letter, Homecom- ing Volleyball Team, '57-'38, Cham- pionship Hockey Team, '38, Champion- ship Handball Team, '38, Ping Pong Singles Champion, '38, Co-Champion Doubles, '38, Championship Volleyball T T eam, '36, Homecoming Badminton eam, '38, Tennis Champion, '35, Swimming, Aerial Darts. RLIDOLPH D. WAGNER A iolly, friendly sort of boy He's known on fields of sport. Smiling and cheerful every day- A very pleasant sort. Gym Club. '35: Biology Club, '36-'38: President, '37: B. A. A., '36-'372 T rack: Numeral. '35: Basketball: Nu- meral, '36, CHARLES OTTO HENKE Z r ch arien y. regular guy . '3 ' ' 38 We'll all recall his loyalty To the N WS of Central Hig nd how Lou at all orget ews Sta P j I Sports Editor. '37-'3 , Copy Re der. '37, Writer '37, Reporte '36: Boys Liter So ty, '37-'38: ess Club, '37-' S: As nomy Clu : Anni- versa ' . A.. Paae Two Hundred Nine JUHQ DOUGLAS N. IOHNSON, JR. This boy is bold and daring Which makes him fast and snappy: He has the qualities that wear And keep a fellow happy. Chemistry Club, '37. GRACE E. GRIESMAN This vharming girl is popular Witli seniors and other students. She has a pretty riimpled chin: She is the height of prudence. G. A. A.: Hockey. Ren AND BLACK Staff. X-Z ra , . W P, , CHARLES C. IACOBS This athlete, swimming his full speed. Will former records break: ln science, too, in future years, He may some history make. Stamp Club. '35-'36: B. A. A., '36-'38: Swimming: Letter, '35-'38, Captain, '38. AUDREY M. MULHERN As a peppy. pretty. blue-eyed blontl All will remember her: She plans to take a business course And be a stenographer. Co-C-Hi, '37-'38: Classical Club, '36- '37: Pep Club, '36-'38: Skating Club, '38: G. A. A.: Chevron, Hockey, Ping Pong. Hand Tennis. LEONARD B. SENDLEIN He's known to all. both for his fun And for artistic talents: A Michaelangelo he will be Gathering up his Compliments. B. A. A.. '36-'38: Basketball: Let- ter, '37. Page Two Hundred Ten WARREN EGAN Warren is a Comely fellow: He has friends galore: When he laughs and trifles, We love him all the more. MARIE MCCOMBER This rosy, happy little lass. Like a rainbow after rain. Cheers cach heavy heart she meets And shares its grief and pain. La Castilla, '35-'38: Advanced Chorus '36-'38: G. A. A. I. RAN, IR. ln basket al was whit: ' f Of him h's t m pro a hete, u f . s pleased th owd. Gym Club, , Glee Club, '35-'36: B. A. ., '35- 3: B. A. C., '36-'38: e resid '36-'37, President, '35: Ba ball: meral, '35, Letter, '36- Captain, '37-'38: Track: Numeral. ff A'36,',' tter, '37, - -. ,W L wx ELI NIA A. ORE Her shining curls and pleasing smile. Her poise, her graceful ways. Will make her memory here at school Live on for many days. News Staff, '36-'37: Athenazum. '37-'38: G. A. A. JOSEPH F. TENSCHERT Ice seems to be a quiet boy, But his friends, I know, will say That when you really know this lad. He's not at all that way. r EDI IH ALEX EVITZ Our Edith has so much of worth: She's quiet. neat. and kind. She surely will excel the best Of secretaries, you'll End. Co-C-Hi, '35-'38: G. A. A.: Hockey, Tennis. OLIVER A. ANDREAS For a merry grin and twinkling eyes And jolly carefree ways. lust try to match this portly lad. And you'll try days and days. La Castilla. '35-'36: Football, Numeral. '34, '35. CARMEN BARRESI He's a worthy lad. of durable stuf: He's ready with a smile. He's courteous. kind. a modern knight. He's modest and worth while. Chemlstry Club, '37-'38s Camera Club, '38: Golt Club. '36. EDWARD F. BEITER 'Tia known as fact, both far and wide. That perseverance pays: Add wisdom to that precious gift- That's why Ed reaps great praise. Gym Club. '36-'38: B. A. A., '36-'37: Track. Letter, '37. FRANCES BUSBY Her rosy lips and rosy cheeks Bring to her much afection. And everybody envies her That school-girl complexion. Athenaum, '38: G. A. A. VICTOR A. CALLANAN Victor's name may shine in lights Across the spacious sky: For here at Central he had dreams Of rising very high. Glee Club. '36-'38: Gym Club, '35-'38: Camera Club. '38: B. A. A., '35-'38. LEONA RUTH COLEMAN She's dark-haired and lovely as can be And praised by everyone. And we are sure whate'er she does lt'll be the best that's done. Dulcimer. '37-'38: Operetta, '36g G. A. A.: Tennis, Baseball, Volleyball. RITA CUNEO This lass is sometimes studious And sometimes loves good fun. And always she attains the prize When any race is run. La Castilla. '35-'38: Advanced Chorus '36-'38z G. A. A. GEORGE H. DAVIDSON We all know that some day he'll be Outstanding in his line: Wherever fate may see to lead We'll see he does quite Hne. Chemistry Club. '37-'38. MILDRED E. DODSON She is a small and quiet girl That has a pleasant way. And is sure to see the sunny side Throughout the longest day. Pep Club, '37: G. A. A. 'Y' WENZEL M. EBERHARDT Sometimes we call Wenzel Prof For he does most everything. He works and plays upon them all- Fiddles and anything. Chemistry Club, '38: Biology Club, '36: Skating Club, '38: Orchestra, '36, ARVILLE FEICK Through his help our basketball team To prominence did rise: His skill and quick decision helped Our Eve to win the prize. Advanced Chorus, '37-'38: Operetta. '36: Anniversary Broadcast, '38g B. A. A., '36-'38: Basketball Numeral. '35, Letter, '36, '37, '38. EDWARD F. FRANKEY He is stout and oh. so jolly: With friends he is endowed. His ready laugh and love of fun Will mark him in a crowd. B. A. A., '35-'37. LEON GARDEN He has his share of mental gifts: We hope that he'll succeed By drawing up to guide his path A worthy personal creed. La Castilla, '37: B. A. A., '36-'38: Tennis, Letter, '36. KENNETH E. GRONEMEYER This small but sturdy lad you see Who is all happiness. Enjoys the woodworking Held so much We know he'll meet success AMON IENKINS He's good and true. a gentleman: He tries to do what's right: To him the star of real success Will shine out fair and bright. Advanced Chorus. '37: Intramural Bas- ketball Championship Team, '37. IAMES KERR lames was once among us But out in the world did stray. Now he's come back for his sheep- skin. Which he'll get on Commence- ment Day. CHARLES KLUCKER He's agreeable and popular He's admired everywhere: And as a chemical engineer He'Il be a millionaire. B. A. A.. '36-'37: Swimming Team. '35: Intramural Basketball Champion- ship Team, '36. HUGO L. KLUGE We hear he's good at basketball, And though not six feet tall He'll tell you if you care to ask He doesn't care at all. Radio Broadcast. KWK. '38: B. A. A.. '34-'37. EDWARD I. KOEHLER Edward is a diligent lad: ln some little house He'll work and slave and slave and work To please his chosen spouse. STANLEY LLITOSTANSKI Some say he always loves good fun. Some sau he has real brains: But all aaree that he works hard, And the very best attains. Owls, '36: Gym Club, '34-'35: B. A. A., '34-'3B: Basketball: Numeral, '36. BEN L. MANISCALCO His work he never would neglect: He alwaus strove with zest. He made his life brimful of joy. And alwaus looked his best. B. A. A.. '37-'38: Track Numeral. '36, Letter, '37: First Place, Physical Ethciency Test, '37. IOSEPH PIERRE NAVIN He's tall and handsome. neat and pau. Always busy. with an aim. The world of sports is his delight. And there he'll rise to fame. Gvm Club. '38: B. A. A.. '36-'38. ELMER C. SCHMATZ Elmer is a future leader. A well-known bOll who pitches The balls across home plate And pulls his team from ditches . Skatina Club. '38: La Castilla, '36-'37: B. A. A., '34-'38. LAMBERT STELZLENI With a ready laugh and a happy arin. Gaily through life he'll go: But when the final count is taken. A victory he will show. Glee Club, '34-'38s Operetta. '36: School Play, '35, '37. IOSEPH SWIERCZEWSKI He likes to sing in low bass tones: Quite musical is he: ln chemistry he'll make his name As a Conant or Curie. Amateur Contest, '37: Glee Club, '35-'38: Gvm Club, '35-'36: B. A. A., '36-'38. DOROTHY VINCENT The ioy of learning in her face. A auiet steady smile. Her slow and unassuming grace Make her a friend worth while. Lamps. '37-'38: Owls, '36-'37: G. A. A.: Baseball. Volleyball. Aerial Darts. CONSTANCE WARD She has a business attitude And will go far indeed: Her gracious manner and her smile Are all that she will need. G. A. A.: Chevron. VICTOR W. WICHMANN Vic is known as quite a swimmer: His skill we all acclaim. And in Olympics of the future He'll win his bit of fame. B. A. A.. '35-'37: Football, Letter. '37: Swimming: Numeral. '35, Letter, '36, '37, '3B. IRVIN I. WOZNIAK On 'football fields and basketball floors lrvin is alwaus at ease. He's adept at making nifty scores That never lail to please. B. A. A., '37-'38z Football: Numeral, '36, Letter. '37: Track, Numeral, '36. '37: Swimming, Numeral. '37. Irwin is the ll684th graduate of Cen- tral High School. Central Marches On! Page Two Hundred Eleven Y . ' Mr , , .?3fsf,u...,.,,., 1. , r.Q.,M,,, , Q? R 4' A Yung' 'Ni ns'inv4, '-Q THE YEATMAN BUILDING Central's Home Since 1927 Encomium means high praise, and it is high praise that we wish to express here of the Yeatman High School, Central's home for the past decade .,... Though the building bears the inscription A'1902, it was in reality not until Iune of 1903 that Edward C. Eliot laid the cornerstone ..... Dr. Iohn W. Withers was the first principal, serving only from 1904 to 1905: for the prog- ress of the St. Louis school system, due to its growth and expansion, caused many changes, and these changes brought to the new school five principals in its twenty-one year history. These five: Dr. Withers, Mr. George Platt Knox H905-19071, Mr. Iohn Rush Powell H907-19091, Mr. William Morton Butler 11909-19231, and Mr. Wilbur N. Fuller 11923-19261, were loyal Yeatmanites and carried with them to their later positions a warm regard for Yeatman .,... When the increasing high-school needs of North St. Louis could no longer be met by the Yeatman, the Beaumont High School was erected. Consequently, in Ianuary, 1926, Yeatman was disbanded as a senior high school, its students and teachers forming the nucleus of Beau- mont. Thus Yeatman was available in September, 1927, when Central was in need of shelter after the tornado had destroyed the Grand Avenue building. Excerpts from an editorial by Ernest Nolle, Editor-in-Chief of the 1937 RED AND BLACK. -Y-::::::sr:e:::Y-Y ::::::Y-:re::::: ::::::::Y-:::::sr:e:Y-:: . Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 1-Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y e:::::v-Y-ee::: - - -Y-Y-e:::v-ee::: - -::+:r:e:::::::e:::Y- - - Pace Two Hundred Twelve , w I , l s . l i e5enlfing PREVIEWS OF THE CENTENNIAL OF CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL .S?0l'Ll'L0lf 'N'N 'hi1-viii-f'i!i5lS'3vvvv.f 'iiiiiiii'iii' By Dorothy R. Childs, Iune, 1909 Today I look before me and behold A moving shape that seems to beckon me, But ever from my keen pursuit to flee. Some inward voice my listening heart hath told That this is Truth. who in her hands doth hold The hidden scroll of pain's deep mystery. For my newfopened eyes begin to see How thick a darkness doth the world enfold. I follow Truth henceforth with all my speed, Urged on by fire within. Not even death, Life's so-called end, shall ever stop the race. Is Truth so weak that she must also heed That bar! Ah, Truth, I pray with my last breath For thee to turn and show thy glorious face. KCLPCQPOKKQ ::::e::ee-::::::::v-::::-lv::::: Q-als:-:sa-::::w-lv+re :::::::-.-:::::::::+- -Walker K. Hancock, '19. f Dreamilv drift we o'er the white wave, Under the moon. Near to the shores where the billows lave Around the sylvan crag and cave With murmuring tune. Soft winds that stir our silver sail Bear sweet perfume From snowy lilies that exhale Fragrance from the sheltered dale Where they bloom. O while the night lingers o'er the sea, Tranquilly sing. Too soon will the radiant sun be free, Forcing the children of darkness to flee Under her winq. SinCI before the moon doth wane From the sky, Before the day melts her whining chain, Which in enchantment binds the main Where we lie. Page Two Hundred Fourteen UIQ Story ST. LOUIS CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL A Radio Play BY VEST DAVIS 'A' PRESENTED ORIGINALLY OVER RADIO STATION KWK FEBRUARY 10, 1938, 8:30 P. M. 'A' DIRECT FROM THE SCHOOL AUDITORIUM AT NATURAL BRIDGE AND GARRISON AVENUE NOW BEING REPEATED AT THIS CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION DIRECT FROM THE CENTRAL HIGH BROADCASTING ROOM ' Pau? Two Hundred Fiffvvn 348 .Sjt0I'g or sr. LOUIS CENTRAL HIGH scHooL A Radio Play by Vest Davis flntroductory Music: First half stanza of Hail to Central High! by orchestra only.j Station Announcer fDick Fisherj: The Greater St. Louis Secondary Schools on the Air! This is the thirty-sixth of a series of programs I 6 planned, prepared, and produced by the students of the Secondary Schools of Greater St. Louis. 53511, ilfjif .Q V, Q. ONIGHT we are broadcasting direct from the St. Louis Central High School in honor of the Eighty-Fifth Anniversary of the founding of this oldest public high school west of the Mississippi River. The program to be presented is a play depicting highlights in the history of old Central High. The play was written and drected by West Davis, a graduate and teacher. The incidental music is directed by Mr. George Bluthardt, director of the chorus, and Miss Grace Ethel Albrecht, orchestra director. Here is the play: fMusic by Orchestra: First four bars of Largo from the New World Symphony by Duorak.j Commentator lManuel Newmanl : Our first scene is a meeting of the Board of Education of St. Louis on December 31, 1852. It is New Year's Eve, and there is the sound of holiday revelry heard outside the room where the school board is meeting. fMlzsic by Orchestra: Sixteen bars of jingle Bells. j fSound Effect Qby Ioe Spanol 1 pounding of gauel.j President Hack Williamsl: Gentlemen, I realize that several of you are here at con- siderable inconvenienceg but we have some very important decisions to make tonight, and I think we have all made up our minds to give whatever dliberation is necessary to conclude these matters properly. First Board Member lloe Schneiderl : You are right. Let's get down to business. I call for the report of the special committee on establishing a high school. President: Is the Committee ready to make its report? Mr. Partridge, you are the chairman, I believe. Mr. Partridge lReg Thomasl: Yes, Mr. President, we have a brief report and some formal resolutions to offer. President: Will you explain them to us? Mr. Partridge: Your committee believes that the time has now arrived when the income of the public schools and their wants, and the increased efficiency, absolutely demand the estab- lishment of a High School. The Benton School House, on Sixth Street between Locust and St. Charles, being the most central, seems to be most suitable for the temporary location of a high school. Satisfied that the establishment of a high school cannot longer be deferred, your committee would propose and recommend the adoption of the following resolutions which the secretary will read. Secretary tEdward Olsenl: lst-Resolved, that a high school be established, the course of instruction in which shall occupy four years and comprise the following studies: Higher arithmetic, algebra, geometry, plane and spherical trigonometry, surveying including navigation, analytical geometry, civil engineering, natural philosophy, natural history, miner- Paae Two Hundred Sixteen alogy, geology, history of the United States, Constitution of the United States, rhetoric, Ger- man, French, and Latin Languages, and mental philosophy. Second-Resovled that a special committee be appointed to ascertain the best site that can be obtained for a High School and report upon what terms the purchase can be made. Mr. Partridge: We request the Board to adopt these resolutions at this meeting. First Board Member: I move that the report of the Committee be accepted and the resolu- tions be adopted as read. Second Member fDan Tracyl : I second the motion. President: Is there any further discussion? First Member: We all have our minds made up. Let's vote and get the business done. President: If there is no further discussion, we will out the matter to a vote. All in favor of accepting the report and adopting the resolutions as read say Aye. Five Voices: Aye. President: Those opposed say No. One Voice iDan Tracyl : No. President: The ayes have it. The report is accepted and the resolutions adopted as read. fFade out.l fMusic: four more bars of Largo by Orchestral Commentator: Our second scene is in a large room on the third floor of the Benton School at Sixth and Locust on the morning of February ll, 1853. fSound of Voices - Then ringing of a belI.j Phoebe Couzins iRose Glazerl : Yoo hoo! Did you pass the entrance exams? Orrick Bishop fRaymond Ionesl: Yes, Phoebe. I guess you did also. And there is Dave Phelan, too. He is going to be a great musician if he can find sufiicient inspiration. Do you suppose you could stop talking about women's rights long enough to give him a smile now and then? Phoebe Couzins: Smarty! Mother, this is Orrick Bishop. He likes sour grapes. Mrs. Couzins iWilma Russelll: How do you do, Orrick. Phoebe tells me she thinks you are a fine boy in spite of your teasing. Orick Bishop: How do you do, Mrs. Couzins. Phoebe is one of the chief reasons why I'm going to like going to the high school. Mr. Ieremiah Low is another. He is going to be the new principal. He was principal of the Laclede Grammar School. There he is now, starting to speak. Mrs. Couzins: I came to thank him for helping make our high school co-educational, the only co-educational high school in the United States, I think, unless there are some in New England. Mr. Low iRussell Bradshawl : Boys and girls, I want to congratulate you on being here. As I told you last week, the entrance requirements are that you be twelve years old, that you have graduated from the grammar school, and that you pass examinations in spelling, reading, writing, arithmetic, geography, and grammar. More than seventy of you have met these require- ments. Besides myself you will have two other regular teachers: Mr. S. H. Bushnell, who will be assistant principal, and Mr. Iames E. Kaime, who will teach mathematics. Special instruction in German will be given by Mr. H. Z. Kasten. Until a high-school building can be erected, our classes will meet here on the third floor of this building in this large room formerly occupied by the girls' grammar department of the Benton School, and have the use also of the two smaller rooms on this same floor. I understand that the School Board has purchased a lot at the north- east corner of Fifteenth and Olive Streets at a cost of Sl5,000, and will erect a splendid 540,000 building on it. I hope you all will persevere though our four-year course in order to earn the distinction of being members of the first class to graduate from the first public high school west of the great Father of Waters. fMusic: Largo, continued by orchestra onlyj Commentator: Our next scene is at the dedication of the new high-school building on March 24, 1856. The building was a square, three-story edifice with a hexagonal tower on each corner surmounted by a spire: and there was a square tower in the center of the Olive Street front. The chief orator at the dedication exercises was Charles P. Drake, Esquire, who had been expressly invited by the School Board to speak. We listen now to his closing remarks. Page Two Hundred Seventeen Mr. Drake fRaymond Waltersj 1 My friends, St. Louis may well be proud of this splendid building with its twelve capacious classrooms and this large auditorium, the equal of any high school in the entire country. It is an ornament to the city, a monument to its liberality, and a perfect adaptation to the purposes for which it is designed. I am informed that it has been constructed at a total cost of over 547,000 exclusive of the Sl5,000 spent for the ground, and not including the cost of heating furnaces which are yet to be installed. I congratulate the School Board and Mr. George Partridge, former member, who has striven so unselfishly to bring about this occasion. I also wish to compliment the Superintendent, Mr. Iohn H. Tice: the principal. Mr. Iames E. Kaimeg the teachers, the students, and the citizens of St. Louis on this momentous achievement. fflpplause, and voices in conversation. Music stopsj Dave Phelan fStanley Ryanl: Hello, Orrick! Mr. Drake is a fine speaker, isn't he? How do you like the new building? Orrick Bishop: I think it's splendid, Dave, especially this auditorium. It will be fine for our singing and literary exercises. I'll bet we can have a good time singing 'ATrancadillo here. Dave Phelan: I'll bet we do. And I'd like to play the piano in such a fine auditorium. Say, have you heard that Mr. Kaime is going to resign in Iune? Orrick Bishop: Oh, that's too bad. I had him when he taught math. Then we'll have a new principal next fall. Being principal of the high school seems to be a good way to secure a higher position. First Mr. Low, and now Mr. Kaime. We ought to give him some kind of a present. Dave Phelan: That's a good idea. What do you think it ought to be? Orrick Bishop: Let's ask Phoebe Couzins. She will know what to choose, I'm sure. Dave Phelan: You are right. She always knows just what to do. Let's go ask her now. Orrick Bishop: All right. Let's do. Phoebe! Won't we have a good time in this building? Oh, by the way, let me present my friend, Mr. Dave Phelan. Phoebe Couzins: Still think you're smart, don't you, Mr. Orrick Bishop. Well, I'll inform you I'm glad to say Dave is my very best friend, so there. Dave Phelan: Now don't you two start quarreling again. Phoebe, one of the school board members told father that Mr. Kaime is resigning in Iune. Orrick Bishop: Don't bite my head off, Phoebe. Dave and I think our class should present Mr. Kaime a gift, and we want you to choose it. What do you say? Phoebe Couzins: Oh, We will miss him, won't we? Now, I wonder-I know. Mother and I saw the most wonderful silver service at the jewelers. It would be a splendid gift for Mr. Kaime if we could afford it. Dave Phelan: That would be fine, and it would remind him of us all the rest of his life. We could get the whole school to help pay for it. Orrick Bishop: Phoebe, you have real brains even if you are a girl. I'll bet if you live long enough to put over woman suffrage you could be elected president of the United States. You must make the presentation speech to Mr. Kaime. Suppose you and Dave find out how much the service costs, and we'll start raising the money tomorrow. fMusic in background: First stanza of Fosters Hard Times by piano only.j Commentator: Our next scene is the graduation exercises of the first graduating class held in the High School Hall, Fifteenth and Olive Streets, on Friday, Iuly 2, 1858, at 9X3 a. m. The program was a long one including no less than sixteen orations or essays, mostly by the graduates, and a short scene from Shakespeare's play, The Merchant of Venice. The first oration, the Salutation, was given by Campbell Orrick Bishop, who was all dressed up in his first tail-coat, while the closing oration, or Valedictory, was given by Robert Allen Davison. There was, of course, a talk or report by the principal, Mr. Calvin S. Pennell, a ripe classical scholar from Boston. Mr. Pennell introduced many new features into the school, notably that of bringing prominent speakers such as Horace Mann to address the students. Let us listen to him as he introduces one of the numbers on the program. Mr. Calvin S. Pennell Hoe Schneiderjz Ladies and gentlemen, by unanimous request of the graduating class the closing musical number will be a song by the noted composer, Stephen Foster, Hard Times, Come Again No More. fSong by Mixed Chorus: Hard Times bij Foster! first stanza and refrain with piano accompanimentj Commentator: And so we leave that first graduating class of thirteen members to receive their diplomas at approximately 122 o'clock noon on Friday, Iuly 2, 1858. In spite of the Page Two Hundred Eighteen hopeful words of our song, the old school was somewhat stirred by the strife of the Civil War days. ln the spring of 1861 the school was actually closed six weeks early on account of the war. The salaries of all the teachers were reduced and a tuition fee of 87.00 per quarter had to be charged in the High School and the new Normal School, which was established in the high- school building in 1857, while a fee of 151.50 per quarter was charged in the grade schools. Mr. Pennell resigned the principalship in Ianuary, 1862. He was followed by Mr. Richard Edwards, who was succeeded by Mr. Thomas Metcalf in March, 1862: Mr. Ebenezer Knowlton in August, 1862: and Mr. Charles F. Childs in Iune, 1863. In February, 1866, Mr. Childs was stricken with typhoid fever: and, while he was on the way to recovery, a very serious incident occurred. fSounds of confused voices.j Mattie Ellis lCatherine Tracyl : Mr. Morgan! Mr. Morgan! Mr. Childs says he would like for you to come down stairs right away. He says it is very important. Mr. Morgan Hack Williamsl z All right, Mattie. Class, you may study for the remainder of the period. Charles Nagel, will you sit here at my desk and remain in charge while I am gone. Where is Mr. Childs, Mattie? Mattie Ellis: On the first floor in room 4, Mr. Morgan. fSound of confusion .j Mr. Morgan: Mr. Childs, Mattie Ellis says you wish to see me. What is the trouble? Mr. Childs iHarold Chapmanl : The furnace must have become overheated and set fire to something. The basement is full of smoke. Will you tell all the senior boys to report here at once: then sound the signal for fire drill and clear the building. Mr. Morgan: Yes, sir. Be careful, Mr. Childs, you are not strong, yet. I'll clear the building and be right back with the boys. fSound of four bells, then confused voices and tramp of marching feet and cries of Fire! Fire! The building is really on fire, Look at the srnoke. j Mr. Morgan: Silence, everybody. No talking during fire drill. Senior boys, report to room 4. Every one else march out through the Olive Street door at once. Here we are, Mr. Childs. Boys, line up here along the wall just a moment so l can count you. Good. The first ten of you see how many fire buckets you can find in the building and bring them to the base- ment stairs at once. The rest of you, except Charles Nagel and Alexander Campbell, see how many buckets you can get from the neighborhood. Nagel and Campbell, you two stay here with Mr. Childs until l explore the basement. fSound effect: Sound of walking down the basement stepsj Here, boys, the fire is directly above the furnace. Form a line and pass each bucket of water to me so l can throw it on the flames, then go fill your buckets and get in line again. That's it now. fNoise of water thrown on flamej -Next! fSimilar sound.j -Nextl fSound of dropped bucketj Steady, now: take your time. Look out for the steam and smoke. Everybody be quiet now, a minute. Mr. Childs, can you hear me? ' Mr. Childs: Yes, Morgan, what is it? Mr. Morgan: The fire is over the furnace and directly under the floor of room 4. Mr. Childs: All right, Morgan. Nagel and Campbell, bring several buckets of water in here. Charles Nagel fCharles Henkel 1 Yes, Mr. Childs. But you must not exert yourself too much or get wet. You can't afford to catch a cold now: you have been out of bed only a few days. l'll send the fellows in here and Campbell can dash the water where you tell him to. Here Thompson, Mr. Childs wants you to bring that into this room. Mr. Childs: Hurry! Give me that bucket. The fire is breaking through the floor. fSound of water thrown on fire.j Charles Nagel: Smith, bring yours in here. Be quick. Here Mr. Childs. Mr. Childs: No, let me have it. You and Campbell will have to get some buckets and carry water yourselves, or the fire will spread through the whole building. Now, hurry, l can Paae Two Hundred Nineteen dash the water on the wall if you will just bring it to me fast enough. Quick! That side is afire already. Charles Nagel: All right, but you must be careful. Come on, Alex. Mr. Childs: This way, Washington Fischel. Give me that bucket and tell the next five boys to bring their buckets in here. Washington Fischel fDan Tracyl : All right, Mr. Childs. Here, Leland Shidy, Mr. Childs says the next five fellows are to bring their buckets in here. Mr. Childs: Thanks, Fischel. Now, Shidy, let me have yours. Next, there. Have Nagel and Campbell got back yet? Nagel: Here we are, Mr. Childs. You are soaking wet. I knew I shou1dn't have left you. Here. Mr. Childs: l'm-all-right. I think the fire is about out here. See-how-Mr. Morgan is getting along down stairs. Mr. Morgan foff Mikel : The fire is all out in the basement, Mr. Childs. Is everything all right up here? Mr. Childs: Yes the fire is all out here tool Charles Nagel: But Mr. Childs is soaking wet and all worn out. Mr. Morgan Ion mikej : So he is. Here, Mr. Childs, you must go home at once and put on some dry clothes. Campbell, will you and Nagel tell all the boys to clear the building and return all their borrowed buckets while I get Mr. Childs home. He might take pneumonia. Mr. Childs: Thanks, Morgan, I guess I will go home now. Mr. Morgan: Here is your overcoat. Better put it on. I'll go along with you if you can make it. Mr. Childs: Yes, I think I can if I hold on to your arm. fFade out.l Commentator: And so, Mr. Childs got home, but in a few days he developed pneumonia End gave up his life as the price of his efforts in helping to save the building from destruction by re. fMusic: Chorus hums Deep River, with piano accompaniment, as commentator continuesj He was succeeded in the principalship by Mr. Horace H. Morgan who continued in that capacity until February, 1886, or exactly twenty years, the longest term served by any of the fourteen men who have thus far held the position. During Mr. Morgan's principalship many episodes worth recording in the history of this famous school transpired. The largest class to graduate from Central during the first twenty-five years of its existence was the class of Iune, 1876. The school was preparing to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of the Declaration of American Independence by graduating a class of one hundred students. However, one unfor- tunate young gentleman failed to pass, leaving only ninety-nine graduates for the centennial year. In 1882 the total number of graduates reached the thousand mark, and this was an incen- tive in 1883 to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the first graduation class of 1858. Among these first thousand graduates of Central High School were many who became nationally and internationally famous, including Charles Nagel, who was Secretary of Com- merce and Labor under President Taft. As early as 1870 it was necessary to establish branch high schools for the first year or new junior students- new jays, they were called later. The first of these branch high schools was opened in the Polytechnic School Building at Seventh and Locust streets, which was also the original home of the St. Louis Public Library. Soon four more branch high schools were established. By 1874 only the last three years of the high school were enrolled in the main or Central High School Building. From 1881 the urgent need of a new building was voiced by all the school authorities. Second Commentator fWi1ma Russelll: In 1885 Mr. Henry Ames bequeathed S100,000 toward the purchase of a new high school lot and the erection of a modern Central High School Building. In March, 1886, a site at Grand Avenue and Windsor Place, approximately 190 by 360 feet, was chosen. At the same time five architects were selected to submit plans for the new building. Meanwhile Mr. Morgan had resigned: and it fell to the lot of Mr. Brandt V. B. Dixon, who had been a member of the faculty for thirteen years, to become principal and to select the winning design. The resulting classic building was destined to become the revered home of Central High School from 1893 to September 29, 1927, a period of thirty-four years. Mr. Dixon resigned the principalship in 1887, later becoming president of Sophie Newcomb College in New Orleans, where he still resides. While at Central, Mr. Dixon established the first high-school science laboratory in the United States. First Commentator: Dr. Louis Soldan was principal of Central from 1887 to 1895. In Iune, 1893, the last class was graduated from the old building at Fifteenth and Olive, and in Page Two Hundred Twenty ,, September of that year the school moved into its new home at Grand and Windsor. A total of 2345 students were graduated from the Olive Street building, and their achievements spread the name and prestige of Central far and wide. When Dr. Soldan became Superintendent in 1895, he was succeeded as principal by Mr. W. I. S. Bryan, who had graduated from the school in 1869 twinning the Washington University Scholarshipl and who had been a teacher at Central for a number of years. During the principalship of Mr. Bryan, Central became, without a doubt, one of the foremost high schools of the country. It is impossible here to do more than recall brief memories of a few of the significant years of Mr. Bryan's leadership. We shall let a few of these memories speak for themselves ..,......,,.............. fMusical background: Memories -Sung by chorus, softly. with piano.j Memory of 1896 fAudrey Witbrodtj : I am the memory of 1896 which was a great year in Central's history. At the beginning of this year the only active school organization was the Boys Literary Society which was organized away back in 1868. In Ianuary the boys started a monthly magazine called The High School News, which has lasted in one form or another down to the present day. Soon after this a Girls Literary Society was organized and was given joint management of The News: an athletic association and a Cycle Club were formed: a field dlnay wlas Tonducted: and the colors, the Red and Black, were adopted as the official insignia of t e sc oo. Memory of 1903 fElmer Vishionl : I am the memory of 1903 during which year Central celebrated her fiftieth anniversary. One impressive ceremony connected with this celebration was the dedication of a memorial tablet by the alumni on the site of the original building at Fifteenth and Olive Streets. Ephron Caplan and Isaac Hedges were the leaders in this action. In 1930 a new teacher named Clarence Stratton came to Central. To the tune of Annie Lyle he wrote the words to our official school song, Hail to Central High! Memory of 1904 fHazel Erbyl: I am the memory of 1904. Then St. Louis celebrated the Centennial of the Louisiana Purchase by building and conducting in Forest Park the beau- tiful and inspiring Louisiana Purchase Exposition. That summer the school track team won the interscholastic championship of the world as our contribution to the Olympic Games. Central was awarded a grand prize by the World's Fair for its class work, and a gold medal for its student organizations. Mr. Bryan and Dr. Soldan were both awarded gold medals as collaborators. That same fall, also, Central's football team under its new coach, Mike Walker, won the local interscholastic championship. This was soon followed by the national champion- ship in baseball. There were now two other St. Louis High Schools, McKinley High School on the South side and Yeatman High School on the North side of the city. Memory of 1908 fHarold Hohltl: I am the memory of 1908, the year when Mr. Bryan became Assistant Superintendent in charge of high schools and Mr. Chester B. Curtis suc- ceeded him as principal of Central. Mr. Curtis and Cr. H. F. Hoch, the new assistant principal, made many notable changes in the school's organization. Central's track team that year was coached by Mr. Lee Byrne and won the state championship, breaking eight records. lim Lincoln was captain. Memory of 1909 flean Wichmerlz I am the memory of 1909. During this year Central and St. Louis welcomed the opening of the new Soldan High School. The School Board also appropriated funds to erect Sumner High School, the best equipped high school for colored children in the United States. On February 12, Rudolph Schmitz and Samuel Schroder pre- sented Central with marble busts of Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin, to commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of their birth. Central's graduation exercises in Iune, 1909, were the last conducted in the famous Odeon Auditorium on Grand Avenue where thev had been held since 1900. From 1888 to 1900 the exercises were held in the old Exposition Build- ing at Fourteenth and Olive where the Public Library now stands. Prior to that time they had been held in the high-school auditorium and at the Temple at Fifth and Walnut. Memory of 1917 tMartin Milnerl: I am the memory of 1917. fMusic: Refrain of Over here sung by boys with pianoj To the war-torn battlefields of Europe Central sent hundreds of her sons, young and old, in our country's fervent sacrifice upon the sacred altar of freedom. Eighteen of these were killed in action and the school has tried to preserve their cherished memories by inscribing their names upon a bronze tablet designed by Walker Hancock, a Central graduate. fSound of taps on bugle in distance-by Marshal Shurnasj Second Commentator: And so through the years, this grand old school, mother of St. Louis High Schools, carried on! In 1920 Mr. Curtis resigned as principal, and Mr. Stephen A. Page Two Hundred Twenty-one Douglass was called to the post. Mr. Hoch had already been made principal of the new Cleve- land High School, and was succeeded as assistant principal of Central by Mr. Howard Colwell, who had long been one of the school's best-loved teachers. Mr. D. H. Weir succeeded Mr. Colwell as assistant principal in 1919. Mr. Douglass was principal of Central from 1920 to 1936, the longest period served by any principal except Mr. Horace Morgan. First Commentator: ln Ianuary, 1926, after the Grand Avenue Building had been declared unsafe, the school was housed temporarily in the Yeatman Building, which was vacated at the opening of Beaumont High School. After a year and a half had been spent in fire- proofing the old building, the school was moved back to Grand and Windsor in September, 1927. But the famous old landmark was doomed to destruction. fMusical background- Going Home -Hummed, then sung softly by chorus with pianoj About 1:00 o'c1ock on September 29 the city was struck by a terrible tornado. Five Central girls were killed when the southwest tower was blown over and crashed through two classrooms. Only the calmness and courage of the faculty and students prevented the loss of more lives. The girls who were killed were Alice Berner, Eva Michalske, Blanche Reid, Zena Schneider, and Lois Shaw. fMusic rises: then dies awayj And so, on October 4, 1927, Central moved back into the Yeatman Building where it is still carrying on with all the momentum of its traditions, prestige, and power as the oldest public high school West of the Mississippi River. Second Commentator: On February 11, 1928, the school celebrated its Seventy-Fifth Anniversary by a huge banquet and reunion. fMusical background-chorus sings all three stanzas of Central Marches On! to the tune of The Battle Hymn of the Republic. Words by Alfred Friedli and Vest Davisj n Mine eyes have seen the glories of our dear old Central High: They have seen her sons and daughters by the thousands marching by With her banners, Red and Black, so proudly floating in the sky- While Central Marches On! Chorus Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! While Central Marches On! Our fathers builded Central back in eighteen fifty-three, First High School from the Mississippi westward to the Sea. May thine be greater glories! Alma Mater, hail to thee- While Central Marches On! Let's give a rousing cheer now for our dear old Central High: Let's join our loyal voices with her thousands marching byg Let's keep her glorious banners ever floating in the skyp- While Central Marches On! u All but five of her one hundred and nineteen graduating classes were represented by one or more members, including ten of the 99 who graduated in 1876, and C. Orrick Bishop, the only one left of the first 13 to graduate in 1858. lsaac Hedges, Phillips W. Moss, Iudge Hugo Grimm, Iudge Iohn W. Calhoun, and Herbert MacCready were the chairmen of the principal committees. First Commentator: So, through year after year Central Marches On , although it is not housed in a building of its own. On May 1, 1936, Mr. Douglass closed his life as a faithful educator and administrator, being succeeded as principal by Mr. D. H. Weir, the unanimous choice for the position. Although, of course, the future is unknown, we feel confident that fifteen years from now, when the school celebrates its hundredth anniversary, it will still be marching on to greater achievements. As guests of honor tonight many of Central's most illustrious alumni have been invited to be present here in the Yeatman auditorium. lncluded among these are the two oldest living Page Two Hundred Twentu-two graduates, Mr. Charles Nagel, and Mrs. Washington Fischel, also such staunch supporters of the school as Mr. W. S. Bryan, Iudge Calhoun, Iudge Grimm, Iudge Hamilton, Iudge Frey, General Spencer, Byron Moser, Alfred Fleishman, Dr. L. R. Sante, Col. Ioseph Gilman Miller, Herbert MacCready, Edgar L. Taylor, Isaac Lionberger, Miss Lillian M. Heltzell, Mrs. Gilbert Fox, and dozens of others. The spirit of Central High School is that of loyalty and cooperation. All that it asks is that it continue to bear the name of the St. Louis Central High School. Meanwhile, Central Marches On, and in the words of its loyal song will stand perpetually for the highest ideals of service and leadership by which its more than twelve thousand graduates, including three Cabinet members, have already accomplished so much for the advancement of our city, our nation, and the entire world. fSong: Hail to Central High! Words by Clarence Stratton, Tune, Annie Lyle. Sung by mixed chorus with pianoj By the mighty Mississippi Sweeping to the sea, Stands our glorious Alma Mater, Stands perpetually. In the midst of noise and bustle Of the city's life, Calm, serene, reserved, and noble, Unassailed by strife. Chorus Sing our chorus of devotion. Till We rend the sky, Hail to thee. our Alma Mater, Hail to Central High. O to thee, Our Alma Mater. Dignified and strong, Now we raise our loyal voices, Offer we our song. Never shall we let our footsteps Waver or turn back. Marching ever firmly onward, 'Neath the Red and Black. Thus we'll sing our heartfelt praises Till our days shall end. May thy spotless reputation All thy sons defend: May thy walls be never weakened. Nor thy prestige die: May the blessing of the ages Rest on Central High. Station Announcer: This evening, Greater St. Louis Secondary Schools on the air was presented direct from Central High School in celebration of the Eighty-Fifth Anniversary of that institution. These broadcasts heard twice weekly-Thursday evenings at 8:30 and Sunday afternoons at 12:30-are designed to bring about a closer relationship between the community and students of public, private, and Catholic high schools throughout St. Louis and St. Louis County. Any comments or criticisms on this program will be welcomed. Iust address your letters to Mrs. Charles Martin, Chairman of the Committee. in care of Radio Station KWK. St. Louis. fNote: The author and the school authorities are very sorry that they were unaware at the time of the broadcast that Mr. lames Absolam Walsh, Class of 1861, is really the oldest living graduate of the school.l Page Two Hundred Twenty-three -WQWWNWNCENTRALIAWWMM-M lntroducing John Haley, '38 LADIES and Gentlemen, I am very happy to have been given this honor of returning once again to Central. I am here at this celebration of the one hundreth anniversary of the founding of Central High School as a repre- sentative of the Iune, 1938, class. Therefore, without further ado, I shall endeavor to tell you about my class and its achievements. - Y A strange twist of fate, my class members are not scatttered and em- ployed in various occupations but are concentrated on a small island in the Pacihc working to- gether towards their destiny. This has been made possible, largely through the efforts of three boys, Ben Cocalisman, Walter Dishwin, and Lorenzo Lenglashmc, who were members of this class. One evening after a casual conversation about the turbulent conditions of the world at large, they conceived the idea of founding a country where strife and crime were unknown, and which could serve as a model for the World. Unable to proceed in this venture on their own initiative because of lack of funds, they solicited the aid of a wealthy philanthropist. The philanthropist was very much interested in their proposed project and offered to back it to the limit if the boys could succeed in getting a considerable number of respectable, intelligent people to go on such an expedition. The boys hit upon a capital idea. What more intelligent group could they find anywhere than the lune class of 1938? So they planned to have their classmates form the population of this new island. They all had at least a high-school education, and that in itself would be a good start. The boys therefore made a canvass of all their old classmates. Of two hundred and eight members in our class they won over one hundred and ninety-four to their idea. The others, like myself, because of certain circumstances, found it impossible to join the venture. The phi- lanthropist procured for them an uninhabited island in the Pacific in which to try their experi- ment. After the future inhabitants of the perfect country had been recruited and had settled all their home affairs, he outfitted them with a boat and all necessary supplies. Fourteen years have passed since that memorable voyage. I recently had the pleasure of paying a visit to the island on which my classmates settled. It is now officially known as Cen- tralia. When I arrived at Centralia, I was given a royal welcome and was asked many questions about things back home and especially about the old school. They were delighted with my de- scription of this wonderful new building and its splendid equipment. Some of them intend moving back to St. Louis so that their children can attend Central. After I had answered all the questions that I could, I proceeded on a sight-seeing tour of the island. First, I should like to tell you of the peculiar layout of the island. It is almost a perfect circle in shape. It is divided into four sections by two roads. One of the roads runs north and south, the other east and west. These sections or quarters are called Cuts and correspond to our cities. They are so-called because the island as a whole, when surveyed from an aeroplane, looks like a huge pie, cut into four quarters. In the direct center of the island, where the two roads form an intersection, are located all the public buildings and stones. Each Cut is designated by a color. The color by which they are known corresponds to the names of our cities. The Cuts are known respectively as the Red Cut, the Blue Cut, the Orange Cut, and the Green Cut. At the exact geographical center of the island stands a tall flagpole on which is flown the red and black flag of Centralia, while in each Cut a flagpole, not so tall as the center one, flies the respective color of each Cut. The island was separated into these four Cuts, for the sole purpose of fostering competi- tion. Each inhabitant of the island tries to make his Cut the most beautiful section of the coun- try. Each tries to have the prettiest gardens and the cleanest houses and streets. Because of Page Two Hundred Twenty-four this competitive spirit that has been instilled into the inhabitants, the country is very beautiful and the cleanest I have ever seen. I should hate to have to judge a City Beautiful Contest there and yet the job might not be so difficult after all, for there is such loyalty to the colors and ideals of Centralia that few mean rivalries or petty jealousies spring up. This spirit of competition between the Cuts extends to sports also. Feeling ran so high at a baseball game which I attended that I feared a civil war might have started if the umpire had called a bad one, even in that perfect country. The different Cuts compete in almost every Evert under the sun. They are figuring on sending a team to represent them at the next Olympic ames. The country is ruled over by a president who has a term of five years and who may be reelected indefinitely. Each Cut nominates a member of its community for the presidency. The entire population of the country votes on the four nominees for its president. Each Cut also elects a mayor. The president and the four mayors are all the rulers that there are in the coun- try, and since the president acts as judge over all the cases on the island, there is little expendi- ture of money for the machinery of government. Money that other municipalities use for the conduct of politics is spent for education. There is no great strife for office, for only the wisest men can conduct the affairs of the commonwealth. There are no jails in Centralia. If a person does anything which the Centralians regard as frightfully wrong, he will be put off the island. To a Centralian this seems to be about the worst punishment that could be inflicted. On the other hand, if a person does some little thing out of the way, he may be made to work during his free time, he may not be allowed to partici- pate in his team's games, or he may receive some other slight punishment. There is very little need, however, of any kind of punishment in Centralia. Very seldom does a person do any- thing to have his privileges revoked, for he values them very highly. Everybody on the island is contented. They all have plenty to eat. They all have plenty to eat. They all have plenty of leisure time in which to enjoy themselves. In the center of the island with the rest of the public buildings is situated a large library. The people simply take a book out on their honor. Every year a check is made of the books. Not since the library has been founded has a single volume been missing. This is just one of the many examples of the honesty of Centralians. On the island of Centralia there is a person, a former all-E student of Central High, who has made himself a veritable genius by extensive reading in this library. He is a walking ency- clopaedia, and every time a Centralian is in doubt about anything, he simply asks the genius. It is not an uncommon thing for the genius when walking down the street reading a book to bump into a tree. Having this matter brought to his attention, the President has ordered all trees padded that lie in the gentleman's accustomed path. Often when one wishes to talk to him, he has to slap him on the face to make him conscious of a visitor's presence. He seldom notices anybody who passes him on the street, but despite all his peculiarities, he is beloved by all the people. Young and old appreciate the great things he has done for their community by his great knowledge, and they realize that he is a crdit to their country. His fellow countrymen believe that he is the brainiest man in the world. He was the first president of Centralia, but now he is general counselor. At first the Centralians were dependent upon their financial backer. But by an elaborate system of irrigation they have made their country self-sustaining. All in all, I believe that the Centralians have done an excellent job. The larger countries of the world can hardly look on their peaceful and prosperous country without feeling a little ashamed. It is indeed too bad that Centralia is not large enough to serve as a haven and a place of regeneration for many of the discontented people of the world. I suspose that the only solution to the problem is to have all the Centralians go out to the different countries of the world occasionally and live the doctrine of Centralianism. In fact I was told that the commonwealth is just about ready to send some of its citizens abroad to take up residence in the various countries. When I left the island and saw the red and black flag floating proudly over it, I marveled at the way Central High's ideals had been carried across miles and miles of land and sea and had still been preserved. Centralia has now reached a point where it can serve as model for the mighty world and be the fair beginning of a time. S5 SIiiiS?SZ?2i333fi5 3i?.+v-4- A Nwww ''A'L'Tfl '4.,.4s:-ai:iii'llfl'4-:-r':31' ?,+.4q.4-:v-:-:-:-:-: '::: Page Two Hundred Twenty-five Unusual View of the posing Edifice That Is EI lfllllfllf fl? ,fdrf llWl!L7l'l'1' fo I if By Oliver Becker, '40 CJUR CITY BEAUTIFUL ww- We ar.e now happy to present two gentlemen of the Class of 1938 who ,gill will repeat for us today an illustrated lecture given by them upon the occa- gl sion of their graduation. It portrays the St. Louis of their day. Let me Q H introduce Raymond Walters, well-known lecturer, and George Lowe, noted feature photographer, now with the Associated Press. Gentlemen: rv, - T. LOUIS-the city surrounded by the United States. This is truly the case, for St. Louis is the major focal point for transportation facilities from almost every state in the Union. Airlines, railroads, truck lines, and waterways bring importance as a transportation center to St. Louis. A pioneer in commercial aviation, the Mound City's three- million-dollar municipal airport is an important link in passenger and mail service in all direc- tions. Through St. Louis flows the trallic of nineteen trunk-line railroads, These nineteen lines and their affiliates control fifty-one per cent of the railroad mileage in the United States. From their terminus in St. Louis, three hundred and forty-five truck lines extend service to over eighteen thousand cities in forty-two states and Canada. All important bus lines also have terminals in St. Louis. Though much of the glamour of the river has passed, and the romantic side-wheeler packet has been replaced by the efficient Diesel tugboat, still the Mississippi is a part of modern St. Louis: for today. 1938, the barge lines carry a volume of trade greater than that of Mark Twain's day. ln accompaniment with this efficient transportation system there also exists an unlimited supply of power. Inexpensive coal from the neighboring hills: almost unlimited electric power from Keokuk, Cahokia, and Bagnell Dam: gas, supplied in St. Louis through 1,100 miles of mains all furnish sources of power. This ideal combination of transportation and power has favored the industrial growth of the city. Do you know that of the 312 classes of manufac- turers listed by the United States census, 201 are represented in the 2,500 industries of St. Louis? The manufacture of railroad cars, chemicals, drugs, shoes, and fur products all assume major importance in St. Louis. The value of all the products manufactured is over 588,000,000 View Northeast Across Memorial Plaza Page Two Hundred Twenty-seven The Municipal Auditorium. St. Louis, while it has been growing economically, has not overlooked those things which go to make a modern progressive city. The Memorial Plaza in the heart of downtown St. Louis is the result of the progressiveness of the people of this city. Around the Plaza are grouped the city's important public buildings. The new Federal Courts building, the Civil and Mu- nicipal Courts buildings, City Hall, the Public Library, and the Municipal Auditorium. This latter edifice, though a recent addition, has become the civic center of St. Louis. ln addition to a spacious exhibition hall and various smaller convention halls, the auditorium also has an opera house with a seating capacity of 3,500 persons and an arena which can accommodate 12,500 people. These two sections are so arranged that they can be used simultaneously. On the Plaza itself stands a still-to-be completed Soldiers' Memorial building. Walker Hancock, who graduated from Central in Iune, 1919, and who has achieved international note as a sculptor, is modeling four horses to adorn the entrances to the building. When opened later this year, it will house a tablet erected to the memories of the War dead and will also contain many relics of the World War 1 A few blocks from Memorial Plaza is Aloe Plaza. The new postoffice faces it, as does the Union Station, a terminal for many railroad lines, one of the finest examples of Gothic architecture in the United States. It is a little known fact, however, that the station was designed by George Pegram, one of Central's most illustrious alumni, who achieved national recognition as Chief Engineer of the Manhattan Railway and Rapid Transit Companies in New York. Although Aloe Plaza is as vet devoid of decoration, it will soon be beautiful with a fountain and statuary groups by the famous Swedish sculptor, Carl Milles. Cultural thinqs have not been overlooked in this march of progress. St. Louis supports an elaborate public library system with branches throughout the city. It also supports the Art Museum, ranked as one of the four best art galleries in the country. Located in Forest Park, the building was erected as part of the ' 4-Nev-f 'si2?4-'v.f 'SSSSil5li4i fr-r 3 S ii X?' , Y The Civil Courts Building. Page Two Hundred Twenty-eight The Iefferson Memorial Building. World's Fair in 19041. Open daily to the public, lectures are given from time to time on appropriate subjects and special exhibits are given throughout the year. ln musical circles St. Louis is ranked high. The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, composed of ninety brilliant musicians, under the capable direction of the noted Vladimir Cvolsch- mann, presents numerous concerts throughout the year. This orchestra makes frequent tours throughout the United States and has done much to raise the musical standing of our city. Dur- ing the winter season a Grand Opera company sings many famous operas, and in the summer the Municipal Theatre takes over this work, although its productions are of a lighter kind. The Municipal Theatre, located in a natural amphitheatre in Forest Park, presents twelve-week long light operas and musical comedies during the season. So popular has this theatre become that the audience is composed of people from all parts of the country and the nightly attendance averages about 10,000. The theatre is solely under municipal control. Any loss is guaranteed by a group of prominent citizens, and any profit is required by a city ordinance to be used for the beautification of the theatre and its grounds. Also in Forest Park is the jefferson Memorial. This building houses a library of 40,000 volumes and many interesting collections, among which are the Lindbergh Trophies. These mimi-entos of Charles Lindbergh have been viewed by 7,000,000 persons since they were put on ex i it. . The new jewel Box in Forest Park attracts large crowds with its beautiful floral displays. Comprising seventy-seven acres containing over 2,000 living creatures, the St. Louis zoo is one of the best in America. Experts from all parts of the world come to St. Louis to study the methods used to make the animal dens seem so natural. Especially notable in this respect are the barless animal pits, the sea-lion pool, and the chain of lakes known as Peacock Valley. ln 1860, a St. Louis philanthropist, Henry Shaw, established the Missouri Botanical Gar- den. Since then it has grown to one of the largest in the western.hemisphere. ln addition to the city gardens, there is an arboretum at Gray Summit, Missouri, and a tropical extension at Balboa, Panama. Collections of every type of plant which can be grown successfully in the St. Louis area are found in the garden: the conservatories and greenhouses hold the more fragile varieties. The orchid and chrysanthemum shows staged by the garden have received nation- wide reputations for the gorgeousness and rarity of the blooms and the method of displaying them to the public. In conjunction with the garden, a botanical library, a laboratory, and a school of gardening are maintained. The garden is supported entirely by endowment and is free to the public daily. It is worthy of note that soon one will be able to travel the thirty miles from the city garden to the Gray Summit arboretum over a highway beautified by plants from the Garden. This year, as you all know, the public schools of St. Louis are observing their centennial anniversary. The public schools are the pride of St. Louis and have long been recognized by educators as the foremost in America. The system consists of two teachers' colleges, ten high schools, one hundred and seven elementary schools, and thirty-two special schools. Textbooks and supplies are furnished free to more than 110,000 pupils in the day schools, and over 10,000 pupils in the night schools. In addition to public schools there are many private schools includ- ing two well-known universities-St. Louis and Washington, Recreational facilities are available to all in St. Louis. In the summer two major league baseball teams play at Sportsman's Park almost every day. In the winter professional hockey, soccer, and football teams provide plenty of entertainment. St. Louis has also long been known as a center of the boxing and wrestling circuits, and many thrilling matches are witnessed during the year. There are numerous golf courses in the city and the surrounding country while the city maintains public parks in which are found picnic grounds, baseball and softball diamonds, soccer fields, swimming and wading pools, and playgrounds. The adjacent Meramec, the Missouri, and the Mississippi Rivers provide pleasure for thousands and the nearness of the scenic Ozarks and the many good fishing grounds makes them a mecca for tourists during many months of the year. This, classmates, is a sketch of Our City Beautiful in the year of our graduation, 1938. Page Two Hundred Twenty-nine SENSE GF VALUE Ruth Keister falso of the class of l938j noted pianist, familiar to I audiences, both in this countrq and abroad, has taken time from an over- crowded schedule to come back to Central just to read to you a little story she wrote for the RED AND BLACK in 1938. Miss K eister: :itjmfs ' :S ..,,,.: Vi. S I stand here in your immense auditorium, I cannot help comparing it with our old Maud of 1938. In place of our little wooden platform which we called a stage, you have this spacious arch-roofed stage fully adequate to the portrayal of your marvellous Centen- nial pageant, in which I find myself playing a small part. As I tell you my little story, I have no fear that you will not hear me, for I know that your amplifying system is perfect. The time was the spring of 1938. To be definite, it was on April l, All Fools' Day. The place is one with which most of you are not familiar, for it is near The Old Central of 1938 and the surrounding neighborhood. I can see in memory those homelike houses on Palm Street, bor- dered by green lawns. The persons I am thinking of were classmates of mine. Ierry Anderson was a tall, freckled-faced boy. He was polite and very frank. His in- genuousness was displayed in his every action and shone in his frank boyish eyes. Although well-dressed, he was not fastidious. It made no difference to him if his hair was not in perfect order, for he was a boy's boy. But on this occasion, his hair was perfectly combed, his face was shining, his trousers were pressed, and his manner was gay as he came bouncing down the stairs all ready to go to the Norside. I-Ie opened the screen door and was just beginning to descend the stone steps when he heard, Ierry, Ierry, come here. There's something I want you to do. Ierry walked clejectedly back into the house, through the hallway into the kitchen, and stood before his mother. Ulerry, be a good boy and take your little sister for a walk. I can't let her go alone. , A'I'Iuh? Ierry's eyes opened wide. But, gee. mom, I got a date. Delores promised me she'd go to the show with me. I'm sorry, lerry, but you'll have to change your plan. I'm too busy to go with Baby, and your father's too tired. Now go along. l'm sure Delores won't mind. Perhaps she'll go for a walk with you and Ginny. Coaxing did no good. Ierry was doomed. As he plodded up the stairs, he mumbled to himself. Aw, rats, what good's a sister anyway. She's always getting me in trouble. His mother's voice reached him from below the stairs. Stop grumbling and get Ginny. She's in your room waiting for you. As Ierry opened the door of his room, he was greeted by a three-year-old's entrancing smile. A cute little red-head sat on the floor pulling the lining out of his best silk tie. Hey, where'd you get that? Ierry cried. There, she pointed to an open drawer. He looked in the drawer. What a mess! Of course, he remembered. He had taken out his shirt and carelessly left the drawer open. Thats a sister for you, he thought. Always where she doesn't belong. His shirts were piled topsy-turvy, and, gosh, Delores's picture was torn. Resignedly he took his tie away from the child and put it back. Taking her by the arm. he pulled her across the room into the hall. Downstairs his mother called to him, Are you going now, Ierry? Yes, he shouted and slammed the door. He was still standing on the porch when a group of his high-school classmates, including Delores and lim, strolled by. They looked at him just once and then laughed. Playing nursemaid? called lim. Ginny saw them and waved. That was the last straw. Back into the house went Ginny: no evening walk for her. With a Curt Go to mother, Ierry stalked upstairs. Later that week, a new girl came to Central. She too was a senior, and as most of the fellows said, She's a sport. Iackie Miller was just-well, just swell. She could dance well, play tennis, swim, and she even made good grades. Ierry was smitten by her vivaciousness. He told his mother of her prowess in tennis. He talked with his father about her knowledge of Page Two Hundred Thirtu chem, and, confidentially, he told his little sister of her pretty eyes and hair. The time came for the senior dance. The big four went into a huddle and decided upon an April Fools' Dance. Iackie certainly was in demand on this occasion. Iim, who had previously dated Delores, asked Iackie. To the surprise of the rest of the girls, she definitely told that athlete, No, Since lackie had refused so many of the school's stars, Ierry wondered whether there might be a chance for him. So one evening, contrary to his usual custom, Ierry waited for Iackie by the south entrance. Now, as Ierry had been accustomed to walking home with a group of boys, he was rather abashed at his 'iboldn act. But, thought Ierry, shes in some of my classes, and she passes my house every day, I guess she ought to have noticed me. Much to his surprise, Iackie seemed glad to see him, and began walking with him. On the way home they talked of school, of teachers, of fellows and girls, but Ierry could not bring him- self to ask her about the thing nearest his heart-the dance. They kept walking until they neared Ierry's home. As they approached it, Ierry's little sister came running out of the gate to meet him. He saw Ginny, and his heart sank. Now what shall I do. She's gonna get me in trouble. I feel it, he thought. Ginny ran toward them, but when she saw Iackie, she stopped and put her hand to her mouth in surprise. Her little eyes became larger. Iackie was fascinated by the little red-haired lass who had come to greet her brother, and she stooped to pick Ginny up. As she did so, Ginny touched Iackie's black curls and said, Ooh, pretty girl Brover talks about. Ierry's face turned a bright red, and Iackie laughed a little self-consciously. Ierry tried to cover his confusion by taking Ginny from Iackie and pushing her in the yard. To his relief she disappeared into the house. Soon, however, she returned. Ginny was hiding something as she came down the front steps. She cautiously walked over to the pretty girl and handed her something. Ierry started. It was a picture of Iackie which he had cut out of the last issue of the News. Instead of laughing at him, lackie said, You have a very sweet sister. lackie bent down to Ginny, who whispered, Brover likes you. lust then the child's attention was attracted by a shining object in the grass, and she scampered off to investigate. Iackie started to leave but said to Ierry as she turned, Your little sister said you'd like to go to the dance. So would I. Of course, his sister had said nothing of the kind, but Ierry didn't think of that. You, you, you'll go with me? ' he stuttered. She nodded her head and strode rapidly toward her home. Ierry yelled, picked up his sister, and ran into the house. Mom, he shouted, sisters are good for something . Sometimes, he added in an undertone. Miss Dorothy Dunn, of the Class Iune, 1931, and editor of the RED AND BLACK of that same year has come here today to read to us poems that have been selected from various issues of the Central yearbook and represent CentraI's best bards. You who have studied English 6 are familiar with Miss Dunn's beautiful poems included in your new poetry book. It might interest you to know that the poem we have asked her to read on this occasion is one she wrote for the 1931 RED AND BLACK, of X which she was editor. You will remember that Miss Dunn won her first I public recognition with third place in the Wednesday Club Poetry Contest 'i in 1938. Miss Dunn: . -433112. rx . -. mljt. U' X nt Qt I dreamt I was a little elf That played among the trees With fairies and with goblins And with the silver bees. I was so funny and so small Yet surely it was I, For all the fairies waved at me As I was passing by. dfbtddy And one sweet little wizened elf Came up and played with me, And told me of a fairy boat Upon a cobweb sea. And then my new friends loined their hands And formed a fairy ring And danced away and didn't say Goodbye or anything. Page Two Hundred Thirty one uening in fine Ozark By Rudolph Loeffler, '34 The golden sun now ends his stay, And, as he journeys to the West. He paints a colorful display Above the distant mountain crest. So soon as fades the sunset's qlow The evening steals without a sound Into the center of the show To make its never-ceasing round. The silvery moon does now arise To light this lovely night in Iune: Then sound the coarse, unearthly cries Of frogs that croak their dismal tune. The twinkling lights that softly glow Upon their wand'ring here and there Are caused by fireflies, I know, Who quide the traffic of the air. They're mimickers of stars l view, That, dancing in the evening sky, Have made me wonder if it's true They're put up there on us to spy. To break the evenings ghostly spell So faint but clear, I hear a toll, The ringing of the church's bell That seems to pacify my soul. Wig Yfllfopia Etta Grodsky, '25 'Tis Dawn . . . the Sun, an orange mass Of perfect symmetry, peers drowsily below To see what mortal rival 'tis To rise so soon: And wakes a Youth, who 'neath a tree, Cn soft and dewy grass, writes slow of poetry, His eyes aglow and softly warm With visions new. The birds in bough above him chirp A charming melody, the flow'rs around him sway So graceful to the breeze that toys His qolden hair. Alone, with things of Nature round, He sits, and broods, and writes, away from worldly noise. And happy in his little sphere! Alone in bliss. Page Two Hundred Thirtiy-two jg? .90l l'l'L jj Qlfel' By Rachel Katz, '24 The storm is over and majestic night Conceals from worldly gaze the flower beds Till trustingly the blooms lift up their heads And gaze with joyful calm to starry height. The storm is spent, and soon the rosy light Of soothing dawn appears. A ship instead Of plunging headlong on the rocks, is sped Towards Home, and Peace prevails-All's right. The storm is over and the wind is still. The atmosphere with freshness now is fraught. My spirit soars ethereally, and then I see the beauty of God's earth, until A sacred calm relieves my troubled thought, The storm has passed - my soul is new again. jim ollflfi .greef By Herman Salinger, '22 ln glistening silence stands the little street. In glistening silence where the street lamps shine On cobblestones all covered white with snow That crunches 'neath unfrequent passing feet Where hoary street-lamps guard in broken line. The frosty roofs all glimmer gray and white ln the cold yet kindly moonbeams' light, And the whole universe seems kind tonight. And 'tis a curious fact, I will admit, But seems the friendly moonbeams down- ward Hit, And in the warm and cozy parlors sit. Till yellowed and mellowed by the heartfires bright They go back through the windows into the night. Yellow and mellow they cheerily go Shining again on the glistening snow. All calmness and Quiet the little street stands, And the street-lamps' cross-bars sentinel hands. ..!g9Cl'6L By Larry Weir, '34 I stole from the blue of the heavens The dust from off the stars. Strew'd it on a crown of silver Streak'd with moonlit bars. I brought it before Alycia: See what my love has wrought. But she was facing the moonlight And missed the gift I brought. vv I wove the threads of the sunset- Fine threads of flame and gold- Into a scarf of beautv, Wild beauty, uncontroll'd. I brought it before Alycia: See what my love has made. But hers was the glory of sunset And mine the dark of shade. I spun from the dreams of dreamers And iewels from idol's eyes Two fragile chrysolite slippers So she could rove the skies. I brought them to Alycia: My love has made this pair. But she was treading starry spheres Beyond my wildest prayer. I found the lyre of Orpheus, I stole the pipes of Pan, Heard the melody of the Ages, And wrote the Song of Man. I played it before Alycia: My love has made this, Dear. But she was teaching the mocking bird: So of course she didn't hear. Inspired, I wrote a tender lay, Lovely, lilting, and sweet. I brought it before Alycia: This is my love, complete. But she was singing a sweeter lay With a rarer, truer art, Hers was the song of life and spring Mine, the song of my heart. LSQHJ' llldll By Elinor Mersereau Tonight I watch the clear, bright evening skies. With Venus rising in the golden West. And see the stars come out as daylight dies, And hear the trees' soft murmur ere they rest. 'Tis now I wish to have vou near: We'd see the things we could not see apart: We'd hear the music of each rolling sphere, And feel the pulses of each beating heart. I should not know the lack and loneliness That takes the glory from the summer night And that sweet hope I do not now possess Should quickly come again with strength and liqht. So long as sunsets fade for man to see So long I see them not, away from thee. -fglorif By Ruth Kane, '30 Like a winged arrow In a sapphire sky Spring came in. Her trailing robes of rich young green. Her cloud of spun gold hair Left vivid spots of color That warmed the April air. Again she came like the misty wisp Of a cloudv, hidden moon. Her smokv hair, dew drenched, Her lacy gown of cob-web grey, With only the sparkle of tear-wet eyes To lighten the April day. ir Z Komfance .xdlorif ,jQm!oy -Ioseph D. Hirschberg, Ianuary, 1908. Vice President of the Class of Ianuary, 1908. As precious as thy like-named months bright gem: And sweet and modest as that month's fair flower, Whose tender bloom glows in the diadem Of laughing spring, and purples her rich bower: So diamond-precious, violet-sweet art thou. As varied in thy glad and joyless moods, As April's sunlight on the shimmering brow Of Iris: or as moonlight-flooded woods Thy gentle voice comes to our charmed ears Like music of the rippling, lyric fall Of gleaming rain, the sunlight disappears, And fuller harmonies our souls enthrall. 'Yet constant thou art to good, and constancy Henceforth shall be maid's dearest quality. Paqc Two Hundrcd Thirty-three CHANGE OF FASHION We next present two members o the class o anuary 1938 Stella tion o Miss Elizabeth Parker teacher of French whom you all know. Posing in old ashioned costumes William Fenimore Elmer Vzshzon -. Stella Sudzka Agnes Hanzely Ruth Keister Norma P ster Evelyn ' Q Wulfers. f fl . . Sudlika and Norma Pfister, in a fashion review writt.en for the Eighty- H Fifth Anniversary Celebration of Central High School and at the sugges- Yffiflis ' f ' ' , , wx z , , f , H AVE you ever wondered how boys and girls dressed in the good old days Y Let's turn back the pages of Central's history and see. lt is in a rhetoric class, one day in the early fall of 1855, that we find ourselves interested spectators to an amusing scene. Standing by her desk, Phoebe Couzins casts dart-like glances at a slightly amused, very much abashed boy on the other side of the room. Excitement and near anger make her eyes sparkle. As she stands there proclaiming on the subject of women's rights, we find ourselves examining the very quaint costume in which she is attired. Her feminine dress and gentle face belie her capability of such demeanor. Hers is a dress of gray barege, just right for these warm autumn days. The skirt reaches demurely to her shoe tops, for since Phoebe is now growing up and is no longer a child she must wear short dresses several inches above her shoe tops. The waist of the dress is made very slim, for the bodice is very tight-fitting. It becomes her girlish figure most charmingly. As she gesticulates-not too violently, however, for Phoebe has too many traits of the true lady ingrained in her ever to become forgetful of good manners-we must notice the sleeves of her dress. Under short sleeves of barege, also gray, are longer ones, very full, which are gathered in at the wrist. These are of white batiste. A white collar and scalloped epaulets finish the frock. Phoebe is for women's rights and independence, and thus she refuses to wear the crinoline that is already making its appearance in a modified form. Wise Phoebe! Listen to what she is saying: Again, I say, Orrick Bishop, that you'll learn that women should have political rights as Well as men. Why, some day you may even hold a public position, and it may be the votes of women that will help support you. Young Orrick had the grace to blush. I' Y 'I 'K Y Some very shy and small youngsters are wandering timidly about the school building. Why, of course, these are the freshmen! What would a high school be without freshmen? What if this is 1864? One must have freshmen. There is a very pretty little girl over there. She has on a very stylish dress of checkered silk over a white guimpe. Ruffled drop shoulders, too! She may be a freshman, but she keeps up with the styles. Her sleeves are very modish and full-cut. Terribly juvenile, though: of course, she is only about thirteen or fourteen years old. But those gaiter boots are the very latest. Look! the front of her dress is plaited and has . . . one, two . . . three . . . four . . . five! Five rows of ruffles on the skirt! How pretty and attractive she isdshe won't be alone long. Ah, notice that black-haired girl, who is just joining her! Well, that was in 1861 that the Garibaldi shirt came in, but with the Godeifs Lady's Book and everything, it has retained its popularity. It isn't bad, but oh, the crinoline! The crinoline, or hoop skirt-oh, there is a most charming red-headed young lady over there wearing one. I wonder what she thinks of it. She is stopping to speak to another young lady similarly attired. Hello, Bessg well, how do you like it? The redhead turned slowly around to let the other's admiring glance fall on every detail of the outfit. I finally convinced Mother that l was old enough to wear one. Why, here I am in my second year of high school, and they want to keep me attired as though l were a child-like those two over there, she said, gesticulating toward the two freshmen girls. Page Two Hundred Thirty-four A'Father said that he didn't see what possessed women to walk about with rows of steel wire around them, and, as if that were not enough, to have these contraptions stuffed with cotton and taped together, at that. But, then, he was never a girl, was he? He just can't under- stand fashions. Y 'I i W 'I It is April, of 1864, and there is to be a party after school for some of the boys and girls. It is morning before school that we see some arriving in their very best frocks and suits. Even the boys are frankly dressed up. Two girls, walking arm-in-arm, are just turning in at the gate. One is a very lovely girl, and the other is most attractive with her black hair and vivacious manner. Why, these are our two freshmen! She of the dark hair is evidently well known, for, as they enter the yard, a boy cries out, Hello, Virginia. Friendly creature that she is, she returns his greeting. Page Two Hundred Thirty-five As she and her pretty companion continue on their way. they are stopped by a very tall boy and his comrade. A'l'lello there, Charles and Wash. The boys doff their caps to this spry little lady for whom they both have the greatest admiration and respect. Oh, do you boys know Mattie Ellis? May I present Charles Nagel andWashington Fischel? Charles and Wash, this is Mattie Ellis. Having no caps to doff this time, since they had kept them off while speaking to the young ladies, the two youths bow from the waist. What a pretty picture they make standing there, the girls in their wide skirts, short and tiny hats, and the two tall youths in their loose-fitting, short, round coats and plaited shirts with their colorful cravats and long trousers. The two girls-Virginia, in blue, Mattie, in pink, vie with each other, unconsciously, in attractiveness. Mattie wears her hair curled in little ringlets around her face, with the back hair coiled into a heavy Grecian knot and a braid passing over the top of her head. Virginia arranges hers with a roll at either side of her head. As the frisky May breezes gently lift the skirts of their dresses, a glimpse of their footgear may be caught. Their boots rise about three inches above the ankle and are made of cloth. Virginia's are elastic-sided and Mattie's are buttoned at the side. Virginia's are of bronze- colored leather: Mattie's of chamois. The group is facing us now, and we can get a better look at the girls' dresses. Both have ruffles around the bottom of the skirt. The blue dress has a panel set in the front and has a bow to set it off. The pink dress has several panels in the skirt, set at regular intervals, each with rows of alternating colored lace. Mattie has a high collar, striped bodice, and wide belt. also made of colored lace. The sleeves are elbow length, are ruffled at the shoulders, and are trimmed at the bottom with two rows of lace. The waist has a high neckline topped off with a pert little bow. The blue dress, Virginia's, has two rows 'i of lace running down the front of the bodice and down the front of the skirt and finally en- closing the panel. There are drop shoulders. and the entire thing is covered with thin mate- rial. The very full, modish sleeves are also cov- ered with the qossamer-like material of a smoke-blue shade. The fascinating uncertain blue of the dress is set off by the certainty of the white lace trimming, which is also used on the sleeves of the dress. The girls' hands are encased in t'ny and dainty brown kid gloves. These co-eds are very well-dressed, espe- ciallv since their mothers were former Southern belles with a dzcided flare for and knowledge of clothes! lust at this minute we hear a bell ring, and the group enters the building and is lost to our sight forever . . . i' W Y 1' i' 1868 saw the return of the close-fitting qown, a new mode, which went out of vogue only with the World War, some fifty years - later. lt is at the graduation of the class of Iune, 1870, just a little over a decade since the first graduating exercise, that we again find ourselves at another one of those happy and important exercises. The High School is turning out all sorts of interesting people lately. Two years ago, in 1868, we had Charles Nagel. Mattie Ellis, and Washington Fischel, last year we had William Bryan, and now Virginia Stevenson. The girls and boys are dressed simply for this graduation. Virginia has on a plain white frock with, a blue sash. The full sleeves are gathered and are tight around the wrists. The skirt is full, but by no means does it resemble the crinoline of several years ago. The slippers are high and are made of the very best of white satin. Virginia's startlingly black hair is arranged in rolls on either side of her head. The girls call the rolls 'Ahornsf' Odd name for so attractive 8 CO1ffCLlI'l 1 if 1 af 1 'AThat was a fine discussion we had in the current history class, today, said Lillie Balmer, who always seemed to be in the center of things. At present she is addressing a group of girls Page Two Hundred Thirtu-six j who have assembled in the corridor. As Lillie stands there telling how those horrid boys acted when she suggested that the girls be allowed to cast their votes in the mock election to decide whether Mr. Hayes or Mr. Tilden would be- come President of the United States, she makes a very charming picture. She is wearing a lovely salmon pink dress, closely fitting. The bottom of the dress shows a tendency to flare, and the rows of ribbons add both charm and grace. The tight-fitting, long sleeves, the neat cuffs, and the Hprincessn collar make her dress just the right one to wear to school. Lillie's friend. Anna Dudley, stops to greet the girls and to tell them that she is sorry that she is not able to walk home with them tonight since she must hurry. Her father is going to cast his vote at the election, and she will probably be needed to stay with her mother. i' i I t l Eighteen hundred and eighty-three is a great year H in the history of Central High. The twenty-fifth anni- versary of the first graduation is to be celebrated on june I4! Of course, the seniors are to play an important part in this celebration, for upon their graduation the grand total of alumni for the twenty-five years will be 1138. As the seniors are having an assembly to determine how this event should be celebrated. one can hear many different discussions and opinions. Finally, someone suggests that Hugo Grimm express his ideas. He was usually clever in things like this. Everyone agrees. As Hugo stands up to express his plan, his clean-cut appearance makes more than one feminine heart flutter. He is wearing one of the famous three-button cut-away suits. The trousers are dark with blue silk stripes-just the kind that most boys wanted so much to wear to school. The costume is resplendent with a piccadilly collar and figured shirt, and low-quarter shoes. Of course, the girls cannot go unrepresented: so the chairman now calls-Lillian Heltzell to voice her opinions to the group. Everyone expects something very exceptional from Lillian, for she is noted not only for her brilliancy in her studies but also for her good common sense and keen wit. Her clothes always represent what we might term just the right thing for a school- girl to wear. At this time she is wearing a dress of heavy navy-blue, serviceable silk. A tiny bustle gives a flair to the skirt. The sleeves are puffed slightly and terminate with white cuffs on which are fastened tiny white bows. The bodice is gathered and ,set in with heavy, creamy, hand-made lace. The neckline is edged in white pique, as are also sash and cuffs. i' 1' ik 'I Y A lively discussion is going on. It's only an after-school meeting of the seniors of 1898, but there is certainly enough activity. lt seems that someone has suggested using the Spanish War subject as part of the graduation program. Girls as well as boys, chime in the chorus of assenting yeas. Girls in costumes with leg-o'-mutton sleeves and full skirts supported by six or seven petticoats take an enthusiastic part in the debate. Pompadour combs with those creations called rats effecting the coiffeur, and high-topped boots complete the conventional school-girl garb of the day. And vet the discussion continues. One hears the names of Paul Hunt, George Breugge- man and Ed Harris on the lips of the students. War is certainly the all-important topic right now . . . Tension is high today, especially among the more artistic-minded pupils. This is the day that the winner of the contest is to be announced. What contest? Why, haven't you heard? lt's the one that was planned to decide upon an emblem for the Central insignia. They do say that Mildred Bailey has more than a good chance. ln fact, there is a rumor going around school that two of her designs are considered tops by the judges. Look, here comes Mildred, let's ask her if she's excited. She certainly looks as though she is. Don't you like that suit she is wearing? I like man-tailored things, don't you? That gray- striped skirt and jacket are very chic. lt's ankle length and just about right for a schoolgirl, isn't it? You can tell Mildred is an artist. That white lawn shirtwaist with the hemstitching is just as crisp and pleasant-looking as a Vermeer painting. Page Two Hundred Thirty-seven Here, she comes-let's ask her about her chance of winning. Oh, pshaw! A crowd of young folks have stopped her: now we'll never get to talk to her. That is the trouble with these oulareole. ' p p Therfe ffangs a bronze tablet made by a Centralite to honor Centralites-Centralites who gave their lives for a cause in which they believed. If you trace the names, you will find in the right-hand column the name, Everett Simpspn, ,andtdirectly across it, Charles H. Duncker- ei hteen names in all. - Q lt is April 18, 1917. The crowd that gathers in the corridors of the Central High School is the same that was here yesterday, yet it is not the same. The same people, the same physically, different mentally and spiritually. A tenseness and a calmness not unlike that preceding a wild storm hangs over them. There is a young man talking to another- Go, why of course l'rn going. just think, France, England - and fighting for your countrvf' Could it have been only yesterday that the same boys and girls were discussing what they should wear to the dance that was to be given the following week? The boys would wear their best suits with stiff, high, and rounded dress-up collars. The girls were to have been radiant and fashionable in their hobble shirts, laces, and frilly cioilfeurs resplendent with ribbons. Would that day ever come? The.horrors of the past few months have passed and Central is in her new home. The stu- dents, saddened by the loss of five of their schoolmates, victims of the cyclone, are again recover- ing their glad spirits, and life is beginning to fall back into its old happy groove. A group of boys and grls, members of the Student Council, are busily considering plans for the celebration of their Alma lVlater's Diamond jubilee. By the way, aren't the girls' skirts short this year? How funny they look after the ankle-lengths of the past entire decade! Lands alive! Here we have two editors-Christine Little, editor of the NEWS, and lane Wotke, editor of the RED AND BLACK! Christine is dressed in a frock of beiqe silk. It has a dark brown collar, and V neck, likewise trimmed. A string of pearls completes the neckline. The skirt is short and slightly flared. A pair of dark brown oxfords complete the outfit. Christine's hair is waved closely to her head and the ends are in a neat knot at the nape of her neck. lane, on the other hand, has a short haircut. What a vivacious manner! She is attired in a pink linen with a skirt equally as short as that of Christine Little's! She also has a string of beads, but of pink crystals. Necklaces are certainly coming into their own these days- Yes, Central should have a grand Diamond Celebration! W I 'I I i' Well, here we are. 1938. The dav of sweaters and skirts, of socks and saddle shoes. Comfort supreme! Not that we don't have lovely feminine styles, too. You should have seen us on gradua- tion night. The boys looked grand, too. Their dark suits made such a stunning contrast with our pastel frocks. just a few more days and the june graduates will join us in the march of Central's sons and daughters. Another cycle will be completed as Central marches on! THE JEFFERSON NATIONAL MEMORIAL In closing this program the president of the senior class will now read to you an editorial appearing in the current issue of the Osage Iournal. V,,. Q published by Agnes Hanzely, editor of the eighty-fifth anniversary issue of the RED AND BLACK: ERHAPS before I give you a definite impression of the beauty and dis- tinction of the jefferson National Memorial project, it would be better to explain the funda- mental facts behind its construction. The cost of the project was approximately thirty million dollars, of which St. Louis gave seven million, five hundred thousand dollars, the rest being paid by the Federal government. The project extends thirty blocks along the waterfront and in- cludes such historic spots as the old courthouse and the old slave market. More than five thou- sand men were employed in the construction of the memorial during the period of the great depression. Now let me give you an idea of how the memorial itself looks. One afternoon I wandered Page Two Hundred Thirty-eight into what evidently was the project. I felt that I trod on hallowed, consecrated ground that was nationally dedicated. Here was the place where the territorial expansion, not imperialistic, mind you, was embodied into a living vital thing. No longer is it to be regarded as multi-colored additions to a map. Here was the living example of the reclamation of virgin sod, but no virgin soil was used. Instead, land that had been defiled by ugly buildings, either pretentious or non- descript, was converted into a thing of beauty. Indeed as I glanced about, I saw beauty, beauty not only of form but also of color and de- tail. The white expanse of the buildings against the blue sky formed a setting for the green lawns and hedges, the colorful beds of tulips, primroses, wistaria, and hollyhocks. The great trees cast shadows which moved about in response to the flighty breeze and gave delightful refuge from the clear warm rays of the sun. Everywhere there was a sense of well-being and cleanliness. No. cloud of smoke, no pall of dust overhung the background of the memorial to mar a perfect picture. The buildings were tall, towering over the Father of Waters, their marble carvings por- traying the vigorous vital characters of history, and these sculptured figuresa perfect in artistic construction-themselves literally vibrant with life in every curve, line, and shadow. On exposition in these buildings was a collection of illustrative material relating not only to national expansion, but also to our state's and the city's mechanical, agricultural, and industrial progress. The government has done itself proud by enabling the city of St. Louis to erect such a tribute to man's ingenuity. Nothing could have portrayed better the greatest period in our American history, the period of territorial expansion. Nothing more expressive of American comradeship can be found in the whole wide world than these two completed projects, the Ieffer- son National Expansion Memorial, and the Great Lakes to Gulf Waterway, whose purpose is so beautifully expressed by Walt Whitman's For You, O Democracy. Ol' 014, 8WLOCI'G,Cy C- O Q25 Come, I will make the continent indissoluble, I will make the most splendid race the sun ever shone upon. I will make divine magnetic lands, With the love of comrades. With the life-long love of comrades. I will plant companionship thick as trees along all the rivers of America, and all over the prairies. I will make inseparable cities with their arms about each other's necks. By the love of comrades. By the manly love of comrades. I nl!lll934l . , lm ml I . Q W f,,,,5, f . .,.. , A -gvswxm -' Page Two Hundred Thirty-ninc' CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL MOTHERS CLUB Introducing Mrs. F. I. Moran, who will talk to us about the Mother's I 'ri' 3: . If ti ' .I Club. 1,1fi3'?5f fvP:I' f iii ig .5 Q51-IS 'king I HE Central High school Mother's Club was founded approximately nine years ago and is an integral part of the school. The organization has progressed from a practically obscure unit until today it is of invaluable assistance to both faculty and students. The primary object of the Club is to promote the welfare of the child in the school, the home, and the community and to create a better understanding between parents and teachers. In addition to these interests, the organization is active in other agencies beneficial to the welfare of the child. such as the Child Conservation Conference, including the Cultural and Service Club for the Blind: and the Playground Mothers Circle, involving playground activity. The Mothers Club presents quite an interesting social aspect aside from its business phase. The Club gives a picnic in Iuly and a boat excursion in August, thereby affording opportunity for sociability. The regular monthly meeting is held at the school, at 1:30 p. m., the second Wednesday of each month, from September to Iune, inclusive. All mothers who are interested and do not now belong are cordially invited to become members. Visitors are always welcome. The officers for the year 1937-1938 are as follows: President ---- MRS. F. I. MORAN Secretary ---- MRS. I. M. RING Vice President - - MRS. C. P. RIECHERS Treasurer ----- MRS. O. PAUL Hospitality Chairman ------ MRS. I. HAIL Introducing the members of the Mothers Club: Mrs. B. Ammann Mrs. A. Hanstein Mrs. G. Noonan Mrs. Steinkamu Mrs. Kathleen Anders Mrs. Anna Heitert Mrs. G. Oestreich Mrs. G. H. Strathmann Mrs. H. Ayers Mrs. L. Hennefeld Mrs. M. I. Palermo Mrs. C. H. Sullivan Mrs. Erwin Branahl Mrs. E. Hibbert Mrs. C. Phillips Mrs. C. O. Thompson Mrs. F. Busche Mrs. S. Hill Mrs. L. A. Ramsey Mrs. G. Towers Mrs. W. B. Chrismer Mrs I. Hindert Mrs. E. Riefschneider Mrs. Lillian M. Unger Mrs. I. Curry Mrs. A. Hoelker Mrs. M. Rice Mrs. A. Vossmeyer Mrs. O. Duke Mrs Stella Hoff Miss M. Ruhle Mrs. D. H. Weir Mrs. A. Dunn Mrs . A. C. Horack Mrs. H. Sander Mrs. Weiss Mrs. W. I. Egan Mrs. Mary E. Iones Mrs. L. Schaeperkoetter Mrs. H. F. Weisz Mrs. E. Fecht Mrs. G. Kelley Mrs. Scharitz Mrs. A. Wilhelmv Mrs. Iohn Feldhaus Mrs. I. F. Kennedy Mrs. F. Schlueter Mrs. I. Windish Mrs. W. I. Fenimore Mrs. E. Kroeter Mrs. L. Schultz Mrs. Geo. Windley Mrs. W. Foege Mrs. N. Lavton Mrs. Schroeder Mrs. I. Winkler Mrs. F. Friel Mrs. I. Lockhouse Miss Laura Seim Mrs. Louise Zeip Mrs. M. Goodhardt Mrs Fred Marx Mrs. Wm. Shannon Mrai W. P. Zein Mrs. Grothman Mrs Mary Montqo ery Mrs. C. Shoptaugh Mrs. L. Zewiski Mrs. Ethel Guffey Mrs. G. Guntly . 1 m . Geo. Morris Mrs. Mrs W. F. Mulhern Mrs. I. Sittner Mrs. L. R. Snohr Q. Mrs. E. Zollmann OFFICERS OF THE CENTRAL HIGH PATRON'S ASSOCIATION MR H. A. WRIGHT - ---- President MR. L. E. DE MARTINI - - Financial Secretary R F. I. MORAN - - - - Vice President MR. BRuNo SENDLEIN ----- Treasurer MISS MINNIE RUBLE - - Recording Secretary MR. L. ZEWISKI ---- Sergeant-at-Arms The sponsors and staff of the RED AND BLACK take this occasion to express appreciation to the Central High School Mother's Club and to the Patrons' Association of Central High School for generous financial assistance in the publishing of this yearbook. Page Two Hundred Fortu X .I X QNQNS K fl 1 1 A -I f f -L-,L 1 - , - X . I I . f I I - ' X -... ii .X . ,Q 1-- - l ,fix - XI -. If E EEEEE? J v?EEEEEi Af i ' X ' , .l - ?1 I I f XX 4 rfzf i ' ' -.l x X ff ' - - . ., . - W T - -l l ' l? 1 i. - - f, , ' I - C ' ! - -- 7 - - .. - ,, p - ::::::- -:r-- 'E X ,f Q I f 1 Cf l K, +L . ..-. f , - .'i . . i' I V . .. - .-. . l -..l.....--1 N ' X N X - I X X - , - , J' jI I I x f lk ' If ' ' , ' T , reaenfing ORGANIZATIONS CDF CENTRAL HIGH SCHCDOL Let's keep her glorious banners lever floating in the sky, While Central marches on. 1 w CLUBS CDF THE PAST f5iQP51'?i . . . . . . . A review of Centrals Organizations. by Miss Lzllzan M. Heltzell: 'fgisif 1 'V , ig-,fi ffhl' is '.'5'E' J-,px ,i :Q Q ' 1 ENTRADS first organization was an Alumni Association of both sexes formed in 1867. This body held a reunion on the evening of Commencement Day. From 1858 to 1880, Central graduated one class annually. Mr. Horace Hills Morgan, the principal of Central, considered this Alumni Association a decided asset to the community in general and to Central in particular. Mr. Morgan said in 1871, Public education is a vital social problem which each citizen must study to comprehend-as graduates advance in age and social position, they will find in the association a field of much valuable effort. To the community it already has a value in enabling one to trace the progress of our graduates, and to determine whether they fulfill the promise which was claimed for them. if 501.5 N , M For approximately thirty years this alumni reunion with the cooperation of the high- school principal was an event anticipated by the graduating class marking their entrance into a superior group of citizens. This association rendered valued assistance to Central in securing the new buildinq at Grand and Windsor. ln Central's earliest days there were no school organizations meeting after school hours in the school building. Parents planned activities, social and educational, for their own children. during the hours for which they, not the teachers, were responsible for the safety and entertain- ment of the pupils. Private classes in dancing, in vocal and instrumental music, in art and elo- cution flourished. ln early days Saint Louis was a city of private schools. Public schools, when established, were not generally coeducational except in the primary grade. Conservative citi- zens shuddered at the Board's decision to open the High School to both sexes. Now Saint Louisans are proud of the fact that Central was the first coeducational public high school in the United States. Any kind of public high school in Saint Louis was an experiment-it had foes who objected to paying taxes to support a poor man's college. If parents wished their children to continue their schooling beyond the grammar-school grades, let them pay tuition in a private school cor- responding to their social status. So the school authorities avoided social contacts for boys and girls by assigning them separate rooms for assembly and study. But before long, little groups drawn together by common interests united for literary, dramatic, or musical study. These students met in the afternoon or evening in the homes of the members under parental chaperonage. The boys had their athletic sports as a private venture and not under school auspices. And now, let us set aside all limitations of time and space and call together in spirit some pupils of Central from the years between February, 1853, and February, 1938, to tell us of the clubs. We are now listening to Iudge Campbell Orrick Bishop-graduate of the first class, Iuly, 1858. We had no class organizations and no school clubs. We older boys organized a debating society in which we discussed fand settledl the great questions which have perplexed the ages. lt was this same Iudge Bishop who said, February 13, 1928, Let us earnestly urge on the powers that be with one heart, one soul, and one voice that they give us a new building. Let this new building have its baptismal name of Central and no other. He was heartily applauded. Iudge Bishops Debating Society took root and developed into the hardy perennial, The Boys Literary Society, formally organized in 1868. Membership in this society, doubtless, helped Mr. W. S. Bryan, 1869, to become the silver-tongued orator of his class. ln 1903 the High School Assembly was organized. Mr. Ephraim Caplan, will you tell us the purpose in founding a society which might have jeopardized the existence of the Boys Literary Society of which you were a member? Page Two Hundred Fortu-two lf The Assembly was formed for improvement in forensic speech and parliamentary skill, for promoting general school spirit and good fellowship. It is not a literary society but one where music as well as speech has an important part in the program. A second rival organization appeared-The Debating Team: but since the majority of the debaters were members of the Boys Literary Society, the Team, like the Assembly, merged with the Boys Literary Society. Mr. Howard G. Colwell, an alumnus of 1895, when a teacher in Cen- tral, became sponsor for the society in which he had been a shining light. We have with us Mr. Vest Davis an alumnus of 1909, who was president of the Boys Lit- erary Society in his school days and now as a teacher is its sponsor. Mr. Davis, will you give us the names of Literary Society boys who have become distinguished citizens? In the words of the Cumaean Sibyl, Hnot if I had a hundred tongues and an iron voice could I enumerate the members who have achieved signal success in their calling. But every St. Louisan has reason to be grateful to our President, Iohn F. Wixford, class of 1881, by whose magic the muddy Mississippi was constrained to furnish us the crystal clear water we drink today. lf you will permit me to read an old program of the Boys Literary Society handed to me by Iudge Grimm you will hear the names of several of our distinguished members: 1869 1886 GRADUATING EXERCISES OF THE ST. LOUIS HIGH SCHOOL LITERARY SOCIETY FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1886 HIGH SCHOOL HALL 2:45 P. M. OFFICERS President - - BAINBRIDGE COLBY Seqfetarq - - IOHN W. WEBSTER Vice President - RICHARD MCCULLOCH Treasuner - - WILLIAM L. RICKER Sergeant-at-Arms - - THOMAS E. FLAHERTY 'A' I'0gl'6lWL 1, Presidents Address .....,.. .........,..........,,..........,.,....,...... ,..,......,.. B a inbridge Colby 2, Oration ,I,,.,...,,,,..,.,,...I..,.,,.,.........,..,...........,,........,.,,,. .,..I......,..,.........,.,............,...........,,........,...........,,.,..,. A lexander D. Grant 3. Music ,,.,,,,,,,,,.,.,.,.,,..,.,..I..,,I.I..,....,...,I,.,,,..........,,,..,.................,,.,.............,.......,.. ..........,..,........,.,..,.,.....,,...,..... M iss M. G. Braun 4. Debate: Resolved that the assassination of Tyrants is justifiable. Aflirmative Negative Thos. E. Flaherty Gustave L. Stern Richard McCulloch William L. Ricker 5. Music ,.,,,,,,,.....,.,,.......,,.....,,,,...,.........,.................,.,......,,............... ............. M essrs. Bausch, Haas, and Furth 6. Declamation ,.....,......................,....,............................................. .........,..........,.........,,...,........,..,......,. P aul M. Miller 7. Address and Presentation of Diplomas ..,,........... .....,.....................,,............,. P rof. I. N. Iudson 8. Critique ,........,.......,.....,...............................,...................,.,....,.., ........,...., S igmund A. Abeles 9. Announcement of Ballot. 10. Adiournment. GRADUATING MEMBERS Bainbridge Colby Richard McCulloch Thos. E. Flahertv Wm. L. Ricker Alex. D. Grant G. L. Stern Page Two Hundred Forty-three Modestly out of the limelight, as befits a maiden of her time, stands Miss Louise Myers. l recall, Miss Myers, that you were president of the Girls Literary Society the year you grad- uated. How many members had you then? One hundred and two, and that was not the peak. We were the largest organization in Central, and next to the Boys Literary, the oldest: for our organization was effected in 1896. What was th.e outstanding program of your year? We gave a reading of Shelley's Prometheus Unbound in the Auditorium with the kind assistance of Miss I. M. A. lones. Our rendition was pronounced a success and accorded much praise. There stands before us a later president of the Girls Literary Society, Ieanette Rudman, a Washington University scholarship winner, who like many others in that society, reflected honor on the Society and on Central. an Miss Rudman, who directs the activities of your club? U: vl:5 ah.f '7 'aw if .ISV AT FIRST, we had no teacher in charge, but arranged our programs unaided. One of our early sponsors was Miss Ruth Bribach, a Central alumna, who, when a pupil was president of the Girls Literary Society. How do you account for the diminution in the number of members. Formerly you num- bered over one hundred and twenty. First, we admit only the above-average pupils: second, there is competition, as many more clubs have been opened to girl members: third, Mr. Douglass thought it wise to limit the number of clubs to which pupils might belong. He ruled that all clubs should meet on Wednesday- one group of clubs meeting on the even week of the school year, the other on the odd. That automatically cut down our number. The Co-C-Hi and Nifty-Fifty organizations have been formed either because of the pupils' inner urge for expression or from the schools need of service. Two groups come before us with Natalie George and Louis Kittlaus, Iunior, as representatives. Miss George, when and why did your organization originate? In 1919, Miss Matthews, Dean of Girls, called upon fifty boys and fifty girls to serve as ushers at the Greek Games Central gave in Forest Park. We looked very impressive in our uniforms of white with red and black ribbons. Within a few months we formally organized- the girls under the name Co-operative Central High-familiarly called Co-C-Hi. Our boy col- leagues were named the Nifty Fifty. Please tell us, Mr. Kittlaus, what your organization did besides looking line in your white liveries with the red and black ribbon across your distended shirt fronts? Our real purpose of exstence was to provide a dependable reservoir of helpers who could deliver the goods when needed. We took care of the Christmas boxes and their delivery: we assisted in passing the eighty-five cent tax by ushering at mass meetings, distributing circulars and posters, and both in school and out making ourselves useful. And so the good work has gone on in these two clubs with ever-expanding duties. To this day the girls retain their original name, but about 1926 the name Nifty Fifty disappears, but the same activities march on under the banner, Committee of Twenty. Among those present, l see Mr. Brandt V. B. Dixon, a former principal of Central. Let us hear his account of Central's first Chemistry Club. In 1873 I was appointed to teach science in Central with practically no equipment. ln my private laboratory downtown, in 1875, a group of boys formed a volunteer laboratory class. buying their own apparatus. Mr. W. T. Harris, the superintendent, on hearing about this, secured from the Board two thousand dollars to equip, in the basement at Fifteenth and Olive, the first Chemical Laboratory in any high school in the United States. Thus the need was sat- isfied: but in the spring of 1925, Mr. M. S. Brown sponsored a Chemistry Club of some thirty- five members. lonas Carol was the first president. ln 1929 it reappeared with Mr. Wilson as sponsor. You will note both boys and girls among its members. You now see a large group of well-informed boys and girls. They can tell one about the Municipal Museum, the art, architecture, and antiquities in our city. Richard Ledgerwood, the first president, will tell us about that organization. Paqe'Two Hundred Fortu-four Mr. Rudolph Schmitz is the real initiator of the Art Appreciation Club, for we became so interested in the collection of pictures he displayed in our corridors that in 1923, under the guidance of Miss Bertha Sessinghaus, we formed the club, and Mr. Douglass suggested the name. After Miss Sessinghaus was transferred to Beaumont, Miss Olmstead became our spon- sor. Central was the first high school to have an Art Appreciation Club. Other schools have followed the trail we have blazed so successfully. No, these groups that come next will tell you that they are not foreigners: they are various language clubs airing their conversational ability. Their reports in the yearbook may be in French or Spanish, and their entertainments may include recitations or plays given in the lan- guage of their club. I shall call upon the founders to speak for these clubs. Miss Frieda Sausselle: Our German Club organized in 1917 for conversation. Our spon- sor was Miss Sessinahaus. Miss Thelma Horwitz: In the spring of 1921, La Castilla, with Mr. Iohn Bays as sponsor. cgrganized with a membership of fifty sefiores and sefioritas who had passed three terms of panish. Mr. Iohn Bergmann fa Washington University scholarship winnerlz I was elected Sec- retary of the Classical Club, organized in December, 1921, under the sponsorship of Miss Helt- zell. The president, Dorothea Glauser, initiated the move to create this club. Mr. Lloyd Bean: Le Salon Francais was organized in February, 1922, and Miss Parker was our sponsor. I was the first president. Before this each French class had been organized as a club and presented weekly programs within class time. In succeeding terms some members listed themselves as La Fleur de Lis or Le Cercle Francais. Who, you will ask, are the boys and girls in outing costumes, with lunch boxes, which will serve on the way home as specimen cases? Let us ask Marjorie Carver. This is Central's Botany Club, organized in March, 1925, by thirty pupils under the spon- sorship of Miss Watkins taffectionately called the Ace of Clubs? . The Botany Club suspended its activities after Miss Watkins was transferred to Beaumont. Mr. lordan Beinlich, of what organization were you the first president? Of the Biology Club. We organized in September, 1929, under the guidance of Miss Ross and Doctor Holferty. After death removed our friend and sponsor, Dr. Holferty, in 1930, Miss Watkins, who had returned, took us in charge. I see Richard Baumhoff, a representative of a once popular club organized in 1907. Mr. Baumhoff, you were a member of the Camera Club when it had eight successful years to its credit. What were the qualifications for membership in 1915? Two only-the candidate must have a camera and must belong to the sterner sex. We were not woman haters-we were iust bashful. You can tell us something about the camera club, too, Dr. Sante. Will you speak now? It might be of interest to some to know of the organization of the Central High School Camera Club: an organization which I understand is still active. This club was started in 1906 by Roby Albin, Osmer Edgar, and myself in a small room adjoining the lunch room in the old Central High School building, I myself put in the electric wiring for the rooms and assisted in fixing the partitions and other facilities. Interest was soon aroused and our membership grew rapidly. I still possess a beautiful artistic photograph taken by Miss Garesche, on her trip to Venice, which she offered as a prize in the Camera Club's first annual photographic contest. Iudge Albin is now a practicing lawyer in the city of St. Louis: Osmer Edgar has since died, and I have followed my previous photographic interests in the kindred field. Radiology. I congratulate the members of the Camera Club on their interest in this fascinating hobby and wish them success in their enterprises. Who are those shadowy groups-seven of boys, six of girls? Chorus of boys: We are the seven Greek letter fraternities. Chorus of girls: We are the six Greek letter sororities. Chorus of boys and girls: We flourished in the early years of the Twentieth Century, holding honorable places in school and yearbook. But by an edict of the School Board we were dissolved and banished from the annals of Central. .lgou ask who are these groups of boys and girls-some with musical instruments or rolls of music. Chorus: We are the Musical Organizations of Central, once volunteers: but we have ren- dered such valuable assistance to our Alma Mater that we have gained recognition in the High School Curriculum. School time is now allotted to us for our meetings and credit given toward graduation. Page Two Hundred Forty-five Glee Club: Fifteen of us with Mr. George P. Knox organized in 1896. We have had eight faculty directors in our time. Dulcimer Girls: Miss Theresa Finn organized us in 1906 under the name Girls Glee Club. Later we took the woman's privilege of changing our name. A group carrying instruments in chorus: Our Orchestra was organized by Mr. Egmont Froelich in 1895 and flourished till 1898. While we were in a state of suspended animation, the Violin Club formed in 1903, and the Mandolin Club organized in 1899, and reincarnated in 1917, carried on until we reorganized in 1916. By 1918 we had gained the tempo which we still maintain. In 1927 Mr. Bluthardt became our director. In that year we entertained Mr. Iohn Philip Sousa and played several of his compositions with the composer as our director. And now we heat Central's Fife and Drum Corps of 1920 ushering in Central's Band and disappearing from the stage as it merges with the newer organization. Band: We organized in the spring of 1921 with Mr. Kelbaugh as director. The school cooperated by purchasing the larger instruments for us. Needless to state, we more than com- pensated for this outlay by our service at field meets, games, and parades. In September, 1930, under our director, Mr. Bluthardt, we blossomed forth resplendent in our colorful uniforms. But the bird of time already is on the wing, and methinks I hear the gong beginning to reverberate. Here are groups yet unmentioned that have played their noble part on Central's stage and at some future time may again rise and shine. Please pass in review and give your names and dates of organization: Architectural Club ........,... .....................................................,......... 1 923 Hi Y fBoys1 ................,,.,,,,,...............,. ........,. 1 914-1918 Aero ........................................................................................ ............ 1 912 High School Club tBoysl .............. ................ 1 915 Aeronautical ........................................ .................. 1 930 Indian Archaeology ........,,....,..........,,... ..,........ 1 927 Art Club tCreative workl ............ . ........... 1905-1912 International Club .........,..,...,..., .,......... 1 912 Cadets ........................,.,...............,............... .................. 1 898 Iunior Engineers ........... ...... ........... 1 9 21 Cehiso tGirls1 ............................. ............ 1 917 Mozart ....,.,,..............................,............ ........... 1 904 Chess tBoys1 .........,........... ....................... 1 905 Pepper Box .....,.....,.......,,..,...........,......,.. ........... 1 915 Reorqanized ..,,..............,.,..... ............................ 1 912 Radio 1914, Reorganized ........... ........... 1 917 College Club tGirlsJ ..,.,...... .......... a ctive in 1905 Readers' Club .,............................... ........... 1 927 Commercial Club .,......,... ............................ 1 921 Science Club ......................................... ........... 1 912 Dramatic Club ......,...... ,.........,,,.......... 1 920 Stamp 1922, Reorganized .............. .......... 1 936 Dumas .........,.,................ ............ 1 917 Stunt Club lBoysl ......,.....,,............,,......... ...,....,.. 1 918 Engineers .........., ............ 1 928 The Toy Shop fCreative workl ......,... ..,,....................... 1 920 Frohsinn ....,..,..,......... ......,.,......... 1 911 Ukulele Club ..,...........,........................................................................... 1923 I-Ierpetoloqy .....,.......... .......,,...,,,....,... 1 927 Varsity tBoys1 ...........................,............ .....,........ a ctive in 1912 Hiking Club ..... .,.......,, . ,.....................,,.... 1 916 Writers iCreative workl .............. ......................... ....., 1 9 22 History tGirls1 ..,...,...,. ,,.,. a ctive in 1905 'k THE 1938 RED AND BLACK STAFF EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Agnes I-Ianzely ASSOCIATE EDITORS George Gustin Stella Sudika BUSINESS MANAGER Paul Oberhellman ASSISTANT Ruth Piepenschneider EDITORS. GROUP PICTURES, CENTRAL MARCHES ON. Ben Bronson Catherine Asimont ASSISTANTS Audrev Reno I-Iarrv Marienau Flora Walsh NEWS AND VIEWS Editor, George Lowe Assistant, Larrv Dickason Ioe Kueper HISTORICAL RESEARCH Editor, Evelvn Green Page Two Hundred Fortu-six I Loretto C. Marjori -L wx-bw H- -'sssssssi Norma Pfister Estelle Tamalis Evelvn Wulfers Thomas Ruhle Ioe Kueper Ravmond Iones Helen Chrismer Mildred Grawe Marv lane Schnittker Marie Moonev Audrev Kloever Elizabeth Huffmaster ASSISTANTS CLUB EDITOR Aqnes Hanzely ART EDITOR Dorothv Nichols SPORTS EDITORS A WOODEN HUMORESOLIE Editor, Stanlev Rvan Associate, Elmer Vishion ADVERTISING MANAGER Iohn Cassimatis ASSISTANTS ADVERTISING STAFF Lorenzo Mc Glashon VERSISTS IANUARY IUNE HEAD TYPIST Ruth Keister ASSISTANTS Anna Marv Mc Cann SPONSORS EDITORIAL AND FINANCIAL Marv L. Beck William Tvbura Harold Hohlt Rita Towers Marv Butler Edward Olsen Mildred Davidson Grace Griesman Harold Chapman Eileen Smith Stanley Rvan Marvis Wilson Eileen Green SPORTS ART Amend Alfred Friedli Amelia C. Kraq TYPING PUBLICITY e Ewing H. F. Pratt Isabel S. Dolch PHOTOGRAPHY CLUBS Laura D. Watkins Elizabeth G. Rice '3 ' 'iSf252fi2S3SSiSiiiii1S'lAN 'iSSSS'iiSSSiS'3wvsNvi t t Page Two Hundred Forty su cn JOURNALISM IN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL Q: You are now going to have the pleasure of hearing Bernadine Edom Zukoski. '20, and Charles F. Zukoski, '15, of Birmingham, Alabama. Mr. and Mrs. Zukoskfs journalistic experience in Central dates back to those P. interesting years when Mr. Schweikert, first sponsor of the RED AND BLACK, was such a dominant literary figure in the old school at Grand and Z, Windsor. fl The recollections, which we of the great army of Central High graduates have of the days spent under its roof, are related as much to the personalities of teachers and students and to the extra-curricular activities in which we engaged, as to the hours spent in classrooms. This un- doubtedly is the reason why on this 85th anniversary of the founding of Central our minds turn back particularly to the days on the Red and Black and to those priceless hours, after the regular day's work was done, with our friend and teacher, H. C. Schweikert. There follows this brief introduction a summary of the history of student publications at Central going back to the original Monthly Blossom in 1877. A few of the living alumni may recall this early effort, or some of its ephemeral successors. For most of us, however. student publications at Central mean especially the old High School News dating back to 1896, the latter-day News organized during the war, and the Red and Black, which came into being in 1918. lt is one of the limitations of formal schooling, whether at high school or at college, that the mind of the student is too much on the receiving end of instruction and that it has too infrequent opportunity for original development and self-expression. This, it has long seemed to us, is the altogether sufhcient justification for eforts at journalism even in high school. It is the reason why students and faculty alike have enthusiastically given their time and effort to the long line of publications which for more than 60 years now at Central have delighted their editors and sponsors even though they may not always have interested their readers. These publications have meant a very great deal in human contacts and in efforts at accomplishment to the large number of students who have been their editors. They have constituted in addition a useful record of students and faculty and of events at school throughout the years. There will not be many of the living graduates of Central who will not place high on their list of valuable experiences their association with Harry C. Schweikert. That association for very many of ,them of course went much beyond the contacts with him on the News or Red and Black. No account of these publications, however, written within a year of the time when he handed on the torch, would be adequate without the fondest recollection of his days as their faculty sponsor. And to the writers of these introductory lines, who attended Central in the days when H. C. S. was at the height of his powers, such a recollection is inescapable. Harry C. Schweikert knew high-school students and knew how to arouse and develop their latent capabilities. He was tireless in the hours after school he was willing to spend with them. He went far beyond in classroom the routine outline of his subject. He treated the mind of every student as one of unfolding possibilities. When it came to editing a yearbook he was much more interested in the training of the editors than in the immediate result of their work. He would encourage them to widen their literary backgrounds-Aas one day in our experience he induced a whole group of his English students to storm the library for Oscar Wilde's Importance of Being Ernest simply by telling them he had been bun-berryingf' He would bluntly tell them that to become writers they first had to learn how to spell. He aroused in them an enthusiasm and a desire for genuine attainment which were perhaps the most lasting things they took with them from school. They loved him and he will remain for them one of the great monuments of Central High. Harry C. Schweikert typified in extraordinary degree the opportunities which at least are possible in student publication activities. He was one of those who have truly educated students by leading from them the flood of observation and narrative and constructive thought which constitute the publications at Central since 1877. The history of these publications should be sufficient reason why they should carry on. Page Two Hundred Forty-eight I Herman Salinger, Central, '23, who is our speaker, has taught at Stanford University and at Princeton, and is now instructor at the Uni- , versity of Wisconsin. Mr. Salinger was editor of the RED AND BLACK for several successive terms under Mr. Schweikerfs sponsorship. Mr. Salinger: 5 . .xv ' In looking back-and not for the first time since leaving Central fifteen years ago-we meet a very living past. It is around the figure and personality of Harry C. Schweikert that for me the liveliest recollections group themselves. How truly Miss Beck spoke, when in her letter to me she called him almost epic to hundreds of you who knew him. The mere number of those passing through Mr. Schweikert's sphere of influence during thirty years at Central must have been far greater. We speak to them and to those younger who missed knowing him. Nothing would have displeased Mr. Schweikert himself more than our striking up the once upon a time note. Yet I am unavoidably carried back to the murky room where this frightened freshman first saw him. There is supposedly much to first impressions, and one's first impression of Schweikert tended to support the axiom. Not that his deeper personality became evident at a glance, but his honesty was felt at once. Outwardly there was ruggedness and cultivation. These two qualities, as one came to know him, were found to run cleanly through his make-up, existing in almost surprising balance. And yet I am convinced that the rugged vein ran the deeper. He was the son of a blacksmith: he had worked at the forge before saving enough, at that and many another hard job, to leave his home in Berks County, Pennsyl- vania, and to start himself on the even harder job of earning his way through Princeton. That was a rarer feat in the years between 1899 and 1903 than it is today, and the room in Edwards Hall, where he lived those four years, was not elegant. He delivered copies of the campus paper. For a time he acted as secretary to an eminent professor of English literature. He won the honor of Phi Beta Kappa. During Mr. Schweikert's senior year Woodrow Wilson became president of the University: in fact, the offer of an instructorship at Princeton, which Schweikert rejected to come west, was signed by Wilson. It was in this Princeton that he learned to look beyond appearances, the while he preserved his native ability to confront facts. There was never anything snobbish about his association with the realm of letters. His Dersonal interests were far from universal, and it was not unlike him to turn a cold shoulder to whatever he felt to be merely modern in a machine age. Yet his passion for literature had a wide and democratic range: it unhesitatingly took Homer, Shakespeare, and the current Satur- day Evening Post in what he would have called one fell swoop. The writing game and the classics were sisters under the skin. Perhaps this accounts, as much as anything can, for his almost unaccountable wizardry as a teacher-fSchweikert would have raised his eyebrows at my wordsj . It was an inborn knack. He turned still pools into live springs, led us to water and made us drink-of our own accord. He was the first sponsor and possibly, in a sense, the founder of THE RED AND BLACK. For years those who worked on the staff came to know his brief, pointed comments penciled not too legibly in the margin of manuscripts. I well recall how, in a single gesture, the acceptance of one poem and the rejection of its mate were brought home to me. On the less fortunate manuscript was written quite simply: Lacks the divine afflatusf' I had never heard the phrase before. but I have often discovered the lack since. As an editor of anthologies and school texts, Mr. Schweikert has had an important place for the last fifteen or twenty years. His books are remarkable in almost every way thinkable: for their choice of material, for the ingenuity of their stimulating questions, especially for never losing sight of the student. They merit more thorough analysis and homage than I can give. In his Five Plays of Shakespeare, bringing together with superior editorial workmanship what had previously been scattered, and aimed primarily at saving the student's buying five volumes, he characteristically prefaces his work with the remark that his first consideration was to avoid over-editing the text. He did not desire to supplant the teacher by editorial machinery. The prefatory words to his excellent collection of Short Stories show his attitude beautifully: UNO textbook, however well-intentioned, can displace the personal factor in the teaching of any subject. He despised a 'high-brow' attitude on the part of the teacher. It is astonishing, as one looks at Schweikert's books, to see how great a part the pupil himself plays in them. As an editor, he remembered his own student days. In Princeton he had taken a course in Early English Plays. One night he went to the University library and explained to the librarian that he could use a certain type of book to advantage. The librarian answered that no such book Page Two Hundred Forty-nine existed. Thirty years later, however, it did, for Schweikert got together and published exactly the book he had asked for, his Early English Plays. His conversation was made of the same stuff as all the other manifestations of his per- sonality. It was often terse, and yet his clipt sentences could spin out into a graceful phrase or twist into an epigram. In a cloud of smoke, sipping at his pipe and talking, that was Schweikert at his best. His courage surpassed that of most mortals. It remains an unwritten chapter. His death in Iune, 1937, though it ended much, has fastened him in our lives and made him all the more changeless. We shall not look upon his like again, but not a few of us will feel that he belongs to us, not to be lost. THE EVOLUTION OF CENTRAL'S PUBLICATIONS 1877, Monthly Blossom, 1885-'86, The Nut, a monthly: 1891, the Reflector, a monthly: 1896-1917, the High School News. a monthly of national reputation, published by the literary societies: 1918-1938, the Red and Black. first a semi-annual, then an annual. Sponsors of the Red and Black are three in number: Harry C. Schweikert, 1918-'22: Mary L. Beck, 1922-'27 and '29-'38: Vest Davis, 1928. Editors are the following: Herbert E. Koeneke, B. I. Friedrich, Helen Seevers, Bernadine Edom, Herman Salinger, Frances Ruth, Leonard Finger, William Sems- rott, Annette Weinberger, Mary Greene. Etta Grodsky, Arthur Bromberg, Omer Midyett. Lela Hager, lane Wotke, Sarah Finkelstein, Abraham Alpert, Dorothy Dunn, Genevieve Shelton, Charlotte Volk, Claudia Herschel, Mae Mensendiek, Anna Powers, Ernest Nolle. and Agnes Hanzely. ' Editors of the early editions of the News include the following students: Fred Bohn, Levy, E. Val Putnam. C. M. Herrington. E. R. Grace, Ben Iacobs, los. M. Herzberg, Iohn H. Sears, Melvin Adams, Emil Boehm. Ephraim Caplan, Herbert B. Frank, Arthur E. Simpson, Morton M. Wolff, Everett R. Roeder, George A. Hodgman, Edward A. Mitchell, Arthur C. Eckert, Henry Roemer, George V. Kendall, loseph D. Hirschberg, Marcus A. Wolff, George C. Enzinger, Vest Davis, Wilbur W. Wood, Leo Hammerschlag, Iacob L. Ellman, Harry L. Oppenheimer, Truman I. Settle, Homer Dye, Irl G. Whitchurch, Roy W. Wenzlick, Max Wasserman, Iohn Elvin Mitchell, Iohn W. Barringer, Richard G. Baumhoff. From a one-page news sheet printed in the printing classes in 1916, the News has been enlarged to its present size. Mr. Pratt was the sponsor from 1917 to 1923, Miss de Liniere and Miss George to 1930, and Mr. Wallace C. Gundlach has been the sponsor from that time to the present. Editors since 1923, the date of the initial publica- tion of the News of the present size are the following: NEWS EDITORS, 1923-1938 Alfred Fleishman, Aline Leutert, Clay Bording, Helen Pruess, Christine Little, Helen Cummings, Ruth Mason, Nora Steele, Coleman Ralston, Charlotte Brown, Ieannette Dillas, Michael Hadgincostas, Dolores Wentz, Virginia Hammerstein, Tillie Balch, Louis Triefenbach, Thelma Taylor, William Weber, Wayne Brinkerhoff, George Frazier, Louise Moore, Leroy Allen, Vernon Pohlman, Heinz Weiss, Norma Pfister, William Fenimore. THE NEWS STAFF EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ASSOCIATE EDITOR William Fenimore Charles Henke SPORT EDITOR ASSISTANT SPORT EDITOR Larry Dickason Robert Carpenter ASSISTANT EDITORS Melvin Erlinqer Sue Wright Eugene McCreary REPORTER-WRITERS Lorenzo McGlashon Martin Millner Alice Miller Wilma Moss Iune Richardson Shirley Rudge Lucille Rummel Catherine Shay ART EDITOR Bob Miller CO-TYPISTS lack Cusamano Mvldred Davidson George Freiburghaus Rose Glazer Kenneth Hundelt Betty Krehmeyer loe Kueper Marv Lanza Rita Mastroianni ASSISTANT TYPIST Gladys Runge ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER Eugene Ellebracht Page Two Hundred Fifty Orieneio Simmons Doris Snohr Iacquelyn Stovall lane Thiemeyer Daniel Tracy Georgianna Wallace lohn Weber Guy Wright Larry Moore BUSINESS MANAGER Raymond Iones SPONSOR Wallace C. Gundla-ch CLUBS OF THE FUTURE ' f. That broadcast makes one feel that Central, through its clubs, has entered every social, cultural, and athletic field. Everyone revels in his 'A , choice of work after school, and here manages to shake off any unpleas- ' antry that may remain after the day's toils. S Has anything been left undone in this extra curricular line? It hardly '15 1.' I seems so, but let us take a look through our magic ball and see what the clubs of the future will do. JURN the qlass, and let us see the clubs in session on our 100th birthday. No, no. I don't want to see women at work in their homes. Look and listen and you will see I am granting your request. Oh, Mrs. Dale, what a beautiful color your jelly is and how clear! So much of mine turned to sugar. I am determined to let the grapes rot on the vines next year. Well, if you would come to our Cooking Club at the Central High School, your jelly gvould be as pretty and tasty as mine. Your grapes won't rot on the vine. I'll jelly them if you on't. Tell me about the club. Don't say club, say clubs. There are so many to choose from, and all are so worth while: I hope I live many years to enjoy them all. Tell me more about the cooking club. Don't you ever spoil anything? You couldn't spoil anything. The teacher knows everything. She tells you about the temperature of your oven, why it must be kept so, and the changes that are taking place as the article cooks. In making candy and jelly, we use a thermometer that we drop right into the cooking matter. It tells us just how hot the food is and we know how long it is to be kept at this temperature. You can't fail. We know how to cook a balanced meal that is full of nourishment and not fattening. What must one do to enroll? Come with me this afternoon and you will find out just how easy it is. In the afternoon, we see Mrs. Dale and her dubious friend arriving at the magnificent new Central. After leaving her friend in the hands of the club directors in the office, Mrs. Dale goes to her cooking class and regales the club with the story of her neighbor. lust a turn of the ball, and we hear the club director explaining to Mrs. Coffy the possibili- ties in choices of clubs. We now see the bewildered inspection. Mrs. Coffy, do you know that we have a complete directory of all adult educational facili- ties? That we issue a monthly bulletin which gives full information about all our concerts, plays. lectures, radio and television broadcasts? No, I did not know about it. How glad I shall be to spread this news. I am so glad to have my husband able to get these benefits as well as myself. On the tour of inspection, Mrs. Coffy saw many clubs in session. The immigrants wer.e busy with their study of American history and government. The advanced class was planning a model city: another group was reading a pamphlet on Saving our Soilu: a community beautifi- cation class was discussing the kind of trees and flowers that would thrive in this locality. We visited literary clubs, debating clubs, poetry clubs---and it seemed as if there was a club for every subiect in the universe. Well, magic ball, thank you for the glimpse into the future of Central's Clubs. Tell me, are all the clubs now for adults? No, indeed, but you asked for the new feature of the clubs of Central: so that is what I showed you. We surely have a school-centered community through our adult schools. It is a great pleasure to see the parents as well as the juniors enjoying the magnificent school buildings and the 'up-to-the-last-minute' equipment. We shall now give you brief sketches of the clubs at present in Central. Page Two Hundred Fifty-one THE CLASSICAL Oh, Iuneln Yes! Come here, now! You're taking Latin, aren't you: well, come on in here and ioin the Classical Club. The Classical Club? Why, I don't belong in an organization like that: I'll see you later. I'Iere's Miss Martini, Iune: she'll tell you all about the club. A'Now, Iune, look at this exhibit of Roman culture: a model house: a toga, the gown of the Romans: bridges, which played a major part in the conquest of Gaul: and war implements. Oh! I see. You're admiring the celebration the club is having: well, how do you like it? It's the Roman Christmas, or the Saturnaliaf' It doesn't look so sedate and formal: it look's as if they're having a happy time. A'Don't let that name, Classical, discourage you so much, Iune. We have spelling-bees, Latin word-forming tests, talks on Roman gems and jewelry, and Roman entertainment. Your explanation of the Classical Club is very interesting. I think I'll join it. All right, Iune. Here are the officers. I'll introduce them to you. Oh, I know these girls, but I don't know what offices they hold. - Well, there's the list on the board. 1937 President - - AuDREY SULLIVAN Vice President - EVELYN WuLFERs Secretary - - CELESTE HACKETT Treasurer - KATHERINE BRIGHT af The NEWS I'Ieyl What happened to that type-written copy? Those station will be here any minute and what will we have to show? Charley, get those printer's galleys ready for me, will you? UO. K.. Bill. CLUB Left to right G don, Behrendt, Kar owicz. Geller Tracy, Stmecipher. or p , Bright, Wulfers. Selover, Sanders, Hackett, Mital. Shay. S b d S h 'ttk B h V0 O a, C nl er. UC anan. 1938 EVELYN WULFERS KATHERINE BRIGHT ROSEMARY KARPOWICZ AUDREY SELOVER fellows from the broadcasting Thanks tKnock, knock.l Come in.-Are you the fellows from the broadcasting station? I guess you want to know all about the News. A'Twenty-two years ago a two-page news-sheet with 'First in everything-We print news that never happens' as its motto fell into the hands of the student body. That overgrown hand- bill, for that is what it was, was published by the APrinters Devils' of the school. On the first page in large, bold, black two-inch type a screaming headline blared forth, 'Wilson Winsf Look, here is the old relic. Read this egotistical story here below the headline. Its phrases blare forth an article telling how 'the pupils of Central High School almost to a woman,' turned out to Avindicate the faith that the News had placed in them. Down through the years the News has been published by the students. Today the News. Page Two Hundred Fiftqftwo The NEWS which is issued seven times a term with a circulation of 1,400 copies, is carrying out its ideal in present- ing accurate and timely news of the happenings, discoveries, opin- ions, and matters of any sort which affect or interest the students and is thus affording an opportunity for thirty-five students to pursue their journalistic urge. Look, Bill, did you know the subscription rates on this first is- sue? 'One vear-Free: Shorter periods at proportionate rates?' 'iYes, Charley, 1 know. That first edition was supposed to be the last, but the idea of a student publication became so deeply im- pressed upon the minds of the stu- dents that finally a sponsor was put in charge of the paper. The News is now under the leadership of Mr. Gundlach, who succeeded Miss de Liniere as edi- torial sponsor in 1930. ln Sep- tember, 1937, when Miss de Liniere went to Southwest, Mr. Gundlach was given full charge. thus taking over the financial du- Left to right across page I I Ilillrhracht Davidson Wallace' Pfister Wright Moore ties MISS de Llfllefe had SO .r ingrr Gl' z S' : M'Il C,,.,am,,,, E' 'm '5 Knew ' ably handled for the past seven Grawg- Lanza M C H Mgnstroianni Iones years. Mr. Pratt, 3 former Y, lllni ac iighnwyff Mme, swan Tracy Moss Henke sponsor, who now takes care of u-mryrr Richardson Maslowska Chapman Runge Dickasun the extensive Alist. holds Wright MfG1f-sr-fm Shay Spohf the unofficial title of the Uncle Ft-nimnrr Hundvlt Rummel Millner Carpenter Weber of the Newsf H So much for history. Let us continue our broadcasting preparations. This term the News published a special issue commemorating the eight-fifth anniversary of the RED AND BLACK. This edition carried a complete and detailed history of the school and is considered by many alumni and teachers to be an issue well worth saving. One thousand copies were distributed to the guests, who witnessed the special anniversary program the eve- ning of publication. A The News has its lighter moments, also. Each year the staff, to counteract the growth of gray hairs involved in equalizing the standards of the past, stop the clattering of typewriters, stop extending their grey matter for new and novel ideas, and merrily trip off to a gala staff outing or party. Now that you know almost everything about the News, let us put it together for the broadcast. But Bill, you may not know it fthis from the announcerl, but you have just been on the air. Thanks for the swell program-. LA CASTILLA The presidents gauel gave a resounding whack on the desk. Since the entire radio program today is to be given over to anecdotes and reminiscences of La Castilla meetings in the past, the next person on the program will relate an account of a fiesta held on December 14, 1921, made notable by the presence of Mr. Antonio de la Cruz, the Spanish Consul. The speaker will proceed. Page Two Hundred Fifty-three On Wednesday, December 14, 1921, the annual fiesta of La Castilla took place. The club was honored by the presence of our prin- cipal, Mr. Stephen A. Douglass, the Spanish con- sul, Mr. Antonio de la Cruz, Miss Annie Mat- thews, all the Spanish teachers in Central High, and our charming ex-president, Miss Thelma Horwitz. Really amusing games were played. Mr. Marshall and Mr. P. Parker played beautiful Spanish music on the piano. Not to be outdone, our peppy girl members played choice selections and sang beautiful Spanish songs to the delight of the onlookers. Meanwhile. other members in dainty, quaint costumes served ice cream and cakes to their distinguished guests and to all the Castillians. Very few of the members paid attention to the lateness of the hour, for the fiesta was really delightful. However, the party had to break up: the guests, pleased with our hospitality, extended us their heartiest congratulations. May I ask a question, Mr. President? You may, Dorothy. Where did the speaker get his information? Our sponsor, Miss Gibney, translated it for us. lt was written in Spanish by the secretary of the club in l92l. LA f gif T S 7 will i-'eS:'- . 'ly .. Well, Mr. President, it looks as if we are car- Ralph NIE-Eivmmpan rying on the traditions and ideals of the old club. ggffgffffjlg Vgjgffj Thhng? We, like the old members, consider our fiesta our Villfffffal Dowling cafziiiia red-letter day. We have a party held in the lunch- giiilil lglmafr room, and then a dance in the third-floor corridor. Everyone sings and dances to his heart's content. A'Are there any more comments or questions? Yes. l'd like to add that our motto now is the same as that of the old club, Adelante, siempre adelante. Let's give three cheers for the La Castilla. May it continue to prosper. 1937-1938 1938 President - - - MARTIN MILLNER PAUL OBERHELLMANN Vice President - - MANUEL NEWMAN los MOGEL Secretary - - THERESA MASTROIANNI MAYBELLE PHILBRICK Treasurer - - - ELIZABETH HUFFMASTER Louise CARVER Sergeant-at-Arms - IOE MOGEL IOE Tocco News Representative PAUL OBERHELLMANN IuL1A DELUCA , wk GIRLS' PEP CLUB DANCE Good evening, Ladies and Gentlemen. This is station CHS broad- casting. We are about to transfer controls directly to the Boys' Gym at Central where your roving reporter is ready to bring you an account of the 2 Pep Club Dance going on there. 4 1 5 '11 .wlirf miie? .Lit-Q' in f,n+.erg+i A v'Y3?- E-. :QSW5 gf reflux, .,..5..- ,1 ...W fx OOD evening, Ladies and Gentlemen. This is your roving reporter, right on the spot as usual. That music you hear in the background is the Central High Orches- tra composed entirely of Central students. There are about two hundred dancers tripping the light fantastic on the highly polished floor. lust before we came on the air, the collegiate dancing contest was held. The decision was a close one with Ioe Mogel and Billy Day carrying off top honors. I have been trying to get the winners over here to say a few words, but they are surrounded by enthusiastic friends, and we haven't yet been able to reach them. The music is Page Two Hundred Fifty-four CASTILLA r starting again. Oh, yes, this is the prize fox trot. There are about ten aspring couples on the floor. Each couple seems to be dancing smoothly, and the spectators seem to be enjoying the dance im- mensely. As I understand it, the winning couple is selected by the applause of the audience. Well, while the dancing is going on, I'll bring you a resume of the inci- dents which preceded the broad- cast. Earlier in the evening, most of the boys and girls joined in the Big Apple, led by Ioe Mogel. The high point in the dance was reached when one of the partici- pants became a bit over-zealous and literally let herself go. As a result, she wound up in a sitting position on the hardwood. Ah! The winners of the fox trot have just been selected. I will ask one of these fellows next to me who they were. What was that name again? 1 , Mildred Schwerzler and lames Bailey composed the winning Left to right across page Couple Mooney Hulfmaster Ralston Barton Maul Pauhel l ' . Frick gregory Saulich Drake Slizewski Mastroianni I SCC the old englneef . . h . . Z K . . 1 I . I Stinecm cr ing Covit Miss Gibngyermwn Simonem Koehler wagging his finger me agaln. Philhrick Anagnos warm Mmnsky Mccann Bryant Im sorry, but I wont be able to Carver R der C e M K n Ro. nhe T Il' - Witkowski Iaydkowski Sgirfietl Dftweeil-.eery Digfiel rg Hilhedekson let you hear from either of these Mogcl DrI..uca Scholer Winners. Goodbye nowl 'A' BOYS LITERARY SOCIETY land so, Mr. President, I deem it wise for the Boys' Literary Society to depart from the custom of the past and decide not to sponsor a Hobby Show this year. Mr, President, Mr. President, I beg to differ with the gentleman who has just spoken. Ever since I first joined this organization when I was a sophomore, we have upheld the stand- ards set by the founders of the society in 1868. Would we ever think of relieving ourselves of our Armistice Day programs or our annual Declamation Contest? Of course we wouldn't, and therefore I say .... Ladies and Gentlemen, this program to which you have been listening has been a portion of a Boys' Literary Society meeting. This organization was founded in 1868 to promote and encourage public speaking and debating at Central. At that time no other organization flour- ished within the domain of the high school. Today, Hunassailed by strife, the society completes seventy uninterrupted years of steady and glorious growth. Under the leadership of Mr. Davis, the members have held heated and intelligent discussions and debates on subjects ranging from the unsettled definition of civiliza- tion to the disputed best movie of the year. In lighter moments aside from these deep and ponderous questions a member may be court- martialed and tried for murdering the English language or committing some other heinous crime. Page Two Hundred Fifty-five THE BOYS LITERARY SOCIETY Many famous alumni have been presidents of the Society. A partial list of those who filled that I office in Centra1's most distinguished organization would include Iohn F. Wixford, Richard McCul- loch, Winfred Ernest Starr, Ioseph Forshaw, Ephrim Caplan, Max W. Iacobs, Hugh Wright. George Dwight Kellogg, Ralph Roeder, Hunley Herrington, Simon M. Frank, Iohn W. Calhoun, Oscar M. Stoll, Abraham B. Frey, Douglas H. Tones, Thomas Ferguson, Iacob L. Ellman, Her- bert Frank, S. A. Abeles, S. L. Stern, Carl Law- ton, Claude M. Herrington, B. H. Wright, L. Sale, Roy Handley, W. S. Bedal, Richard A. Bolt. George C. Mackay, Theron C. Rice-Wray, Harry Dawes, Iohn M. Coleman, Landeau, Stanton Block, William Hudson, Morton M. Wolff, Harry Sandperl, Delos G. Haynes, Arthur Eckert, Iohn I. Heil, Edward Boehm, Henry Roemer, Oscar Duemler, Arthur Dunham, Thomas Ferguson, Russell A. Rebman, Thorpe Boyd, Samuel Morse, Lewis I. Stadler, Robert W. Pilcher, Alfred Nor- rish, Arthur Keimel, M. I. Kling, Ioseph Senturia, David Shorr, Robert Treiman, Floyd Clear, Ches- ter Reese, Ioseph Weisman, Albert Gelfand, Carl Beckers, Sam Goldman. Llvan Handy, Max Colo- desch, Vest Davis. OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1937-1938 Left to Rishf Williams Millner Brown FIRST TERM SECOND TERM Eilllii' Masimgif President - - RAYMOND WALTERS REG THOMAS Bergff Dave Uber GMS Vice Iones Hoelseher IVICGIash0n . Brown Hcnke Hundelt President - DAVE UBER RAYMOND WALTERS Walrus Mr, Davis Secretary - - REG THOMAS GILBERT GRoss Treasurer I SIDNEY KATZ IACK WILLIAMS ' I GILBERT GRoss if THE GIRLS LITERARY SOCIETY Place: A meeting of the executive committee of the Girls Literary Society. Time: The Present. The President: Girls, now that we have planned our meetings for the next month, 1et's have a social hour. Does anyone know when our club originated? Iuanita: Katherine and 1 do. We were looking over the early records only the other day and found that on February 20, 1896, two societies were organized, one by the girls of the last two years and another by those of the first two years. There were fifty-two members in the former group and thirty-eight in the latter. On February 4, 1897, the two societies united, and there has been only one since then. Rita: What did they give as the purpose of the organization? Katherine: The Preamble of the Constitution states: The obiect of this society is the improvement of its members in literary attainmentsf' Sophie: Who was the first sponsor? Iuanita: There seems to have been no sponsor for the first few years. In the minutes of the meeting on November 19, 1896, we read: A motion was made and carried that the teacher who remains until the meeting is over be allowed to be present at the time of the program. The society must have had some obstreperous members or must have expected some members to prove so, for in the minutes of the meeting on April 16, 1896, we read: The business on hand Page Two Hundred Fifty-six THE LS! , Q LITERARY SOCIETY was the continuation of the reads inCI of the Constitution. It was de- cided by a large majority that there should be fines and that the fine for leaving the room and re- ' turning without permission of the President should be fifteen cents: for leaving a n d n ot returning, twenty - cents: f o r absence, ten cents: for nonperformance of duty, twenty-five cents. As a fine for speaking disrespectfully to th e president, a fine of one dollar was moved by Miss M and seconded by Miss S, but was rejected by a vote of twenty-three to fourteen. It was agreed that this fine should be twenty-five cents, and that after three fines have been imposed dur- ing the year, the member shall be expelled. lean: Who w e r e the first officers? luanita: ln the senior society, President, Magdalena Messmer: Vice President, Bessie Badger: Secretary, Fannie Willcox: Treas- urer, Grace Bryang Sergeant-at- 1' If I r Left to right across page Macc Amos Hohlt Rothberg Tracy Wulfers arms, Laura Watters. lose Sullivan Behrendt Efthim Wichmcr Schnittker . . . P Zark Rummei Ewing Piepenschnnider Kohler Karpowicz Of the junior society, resi ent, Hendricks Hackett Abstcin Krehme S ohr Wilson . ' ' ' ' Pfister Leslie Butler Hanzeljfler Tzwers Finkes Pearl Dyer' Vlpe Ipxesldgnts' Lllhe Asimfmf Row March and Virginia Richardson: Secretary, Laurie Cassidy: Treasurer, Ida Roth. Esther: Who are some of the outstanding members of our society? Katherine: Many of the girls who won Washington University Scholarships were once members. Among them are Anita T. Battle, Cornelia C. Coulter, Vine Colby, Hazel L. Thompkins, Emma S. Buss, Grace Avery, Edna V. de Liniere, Grace D. Huey, Emily Dauer- heim, Katherine Pfeiffer, Nora N. Steele, Mildred D. Terry, Hilda Kohn, Ieannette Rudman. and Lois Grundman. Charity Grace, now a teacher at Roosevelt, is one of the prominent members of the Little Theatre here in St. Louis. Rita: Let me see. President, Ruth Piepenschneider: Vice President, Mary lane Schnitt- ker: Secretary, Rita Towers: Treasurer, Sophie Leslie. Group of girls: Were new in the society and we would like to know a few things about it at the present time. First, how often does it meet and how are the meetings conducted: and- oh, just tell us anything we should know about the club. Evelyn: We meet every other Wednesday and the dues are twenty-five cents a semester. The colors of the society are purple and white. We now have thirty-three active members, and the meetings are conducted like those of any other society, with the president presiding. After all business has been transacted, a program is given by specially appointed members. Ruth: The Girls Literary Society presents a play before the Mothers Club each year and has given the program on Memorial Day since 1926. Martha: Do we have any hikes or parties? Norma: We have a party instead of a meeting during the last weeks before Christmas and another party toward the end of the second semester. Rita: As it's 3:30, I think we'd better adjourn. Page Two Hundred Fifty-seven THE COMMITTEE OF TWENTY ir OFFICERS. 1937-1938 President ----- THOMAS RUHLE Vice President - - RAYMOND WALTERS Secrctaru - - GEORGE GUSTIN Treasurer - - - RAYMOND IONES Sergeant-at-Arms - - Louis MOORE 'k Ryan Dave Uber Hohlt Ruhle Hoelscher Hundelt Allan Koehne Isringhaus Left to right Branahl Lowe Gross Chapman lones Moore Vishion Kuepcr Becker Wright Temme Walters Fecht Woicicki Mulcahy Mccreary Gustin Mr. Phillips Another Wednesday, and the Committee of Twenty is meeting. I certainly wish they'd vote me into the organization. They do all types of services for the schoolg they usher at Maud sessions, control lighting facilities and curtains at the entertainments, supervise the locker rooms, and help the faculty wherever help is needed. Boy, if I raise my scholarship and citizenship a few points, perhaps I'll be voted in as one of the five associate members. Then the next step is into the Committee itself, if I do my work well. When I was freshman, I went to the swell party they sponsored for us-ice cream, hot- dogs, cakes, games, and everything. All of the boys seemed to like Mr. Phillips, the sponsor, too. At all the athletic meets they take tickets and usher, and even help the school doctor when they are needed. Yep, I see that I'm going to start working a little harder right now and cooperate as much as I can, to get into that club of select members. Here come two of the members now. Stanley Ryan: What's the matter, kid? George Gustin: O don't disturb him, Stan. He looks as if he's planning to do his home- work Monday. Come on. I've got to hand this list of officers in for the RED AND BLACK. Page Two Hundred Fifty-eight under the sponsorship of Miss THE CO-C Left to right across the page h -HI Scene: The Freshman Party in the Boys' Gym ir Mary Butler at the microphone. The door swings open: the freshmen qirls s c r a m b l e in. Now let us listen in to the con- versation of two of these girls. You are a member of the Co- C-Hi, aren't you? l've heard a Shurnas Grawe Sudika Walsh Schmidt Iltlicstemachcr lot about this Club. but I Should Trac M ce B yant Shurnas Hanzely agershause ' ' Boydy T:wcrs Vllfirebach Loddeke Rummel Alexsevit: n like to know more about lt' Sullivan Kl ' Wright Lanier Cauble Lindhorst ' Moss Wffffrodt Wehrenberg Uskiwich Zlotuka Nahirna Certalnly' I shall be fo Hallerman Sieckman Reno Tamalis Mastroianni Bisping tell Vou all I know abgut lt. Piepenschn er Masters Asimont Hackett Miller Wallace T . I d . Mulhern Abstein Schlicting Butler Ferrara Leslie his C ub was founde In Herrmann IOS? Miss Dickman Annie Matthews. At this time the Greek Games were being held at Forest Park, and fifty girls were needed from Central. The fifty girls who took part in these games were the first members of the Co-C-Hi. The name signifies 'Cooperative Central High' and the motto of the club is 'Courtesy, Kindness, and Helpfulnessf The chief purpose of this club is service to the school. The girls you see ushering at school functions, supervising the locker rooms, taking part in the Christmas programs, performing stair duty, coaching pupils, and the girls who are managing the Freshman Party, are all members of this organization. Miss Dickman is the present sponsor of the club. The colors of the club are similar to those of the school-red and black. If you are interested in this club, you will, no doubt, want to hear what two former members have to say about it. Marie tllbelhackj Parker, of the class of Ianuary, 1933, says, AThe Co-C-Hi is without a doubt the most outstanding social and business club at Central, and every girl should be proud to be a memberf Maydell Burst, a very recent president of the Co-C-Hi says, 'The many duties of the club required time and energy, but we were well repaid by the pleasure we derivedf The officers of the club from September to Ianuary were the following: President, Ruth ghsrlnasf Vice President, Rita Towers: Secretary, Mildred Graweg and Treasurer, Stella u 1 a. The present officers are these: President, Rita Towers, Vice President, Helen Nahirna: Secretary, Alice Miller: and Treasurer, Ruth Sieckmanf' Thank you so much for all this information. You've really convinced me of the value of being a member of this club and I intend to become one as soon as I am eligible. Page Two Hundred Fifty-nine THE LAMPS THE MEMBERSHIP VIRGINIA BISPING ALICE MILLER ELFRIEDA BODENHAGEN WILMA Moss ERWIN BRANAHL HELEN NAHIRNA ESTHER GELLER PAUL OEERHELLMAN GILBERT GROSS ESTHER PETERS GILBERT GUSTIN MARTHA PETERS RUTH HALLERMAN AUDREY RENO AGNES HANZELY ESTELLE TAMALIS HAROLD HOI-ILT STANLEY RYAN CHARLES IOHNSON MARY USKIWICH RAYMOND lONES DOROTHY VINCENT RIITH KEISTER ELMER VISHION VIRGINIA KLASENER RAYMOND WALTERS MELEA KNAPP DANIEL WILDEONG TOE KUEPER MARVIS WILSON MARIE LAuTE Another aud session this morning, I guess i they're going to make scholarship presenta- Leftmrightacrossthe Page tions. All that bunch does IS studv and more Crm Nahii-na Bisping study: look at that! whole parade going Sggfjr Ilgliflfr E152 up there to get their pins. Ill bet the good S223 Hlaggizlfrn YIQEEH v Y students dont even belong to the group. Ah! Branahl Vsfloss guitlin here comes Gustin: he's on the track team and gfflfe Kzijff VJ'i,Q,,Q is a lettermang Ill bet he doesnt like that Oberhellman wanegs limes ' . Llskiwich Tamalls Knapp bunch. Say, George, how do you like that vincent Hemi, bunch of bookworms on the stage? I guess they're all right, fellow, I'm going up next! He's going up next?!l why he's a letterman, not a student. Here come Elmer, Agnes, and Ruth. They're all in sports and are regular fellows too: I'll bet for sure this time they don't like those bookworms. Hi ya! Say, what do you think of the parade going up on the stage? We're in the parade: so I don't think we can say. What? is everybody going up there? Boy, I'm behind the times: Mr. Weir is going to speak before the awards are made: I'll listen for once. UFriends of Central High, I welcome you here today to witness the presentation of scholar- ship awards, the Grecian Lamps, silver and gold. They are new awards, but they are old traditions of Central: many of our eminent alumni received awards of like merit, such as Fanny Hurst, the noted novelist, Charles Nagel, eminent statesman, William Bryan, educator, Iudge Grimm, noted justice, and General Spencer, army expert. The actual Grecian Lamp was an improvement over the Homeric Lamp, and now it has become symbolic of the light of knowledge. That light will become a great help to the students who have worked for it. fApplausel All those famous people went to Central and received scholarship awards? Well, I'll have to read Virginia Bisping's article in the RED AND BLACK on the Grecian Lamp. THE GWLS After working a whole term and making over ninety in my grades, they give me a pin with an ugly owl on it. I'm going right down and see Mr. Weir about it. 'AMr. Weir, after my doing my work so well this term, I have been rewarded with a worth- less trinket with an owl stamped on it: I don't believe it's fitting. Page Two Hundred Sixtu X 1 A wise old owl lived in an oak: The less he spoke the more he heard: Why can't we De like this old bird? A -A' Kling. Wojiciki, Dickason, Dietrich ln top groups, not appearing below: Wallace, Maschmeycr, Eberhardt, Esselbrueggc, Kersulov. Hoclscher, Schneider. Buchannan, Wright, Carpenter. Hundclt. Karl, Sullivan, Kettenbrink, Klinq, Hassebrock, Pokorny, Marsteiner, McCreary, Groth, Russell, Furderer. Lanza. Sirrawski, Seidmeyer, McCann. Polilln, Ferrara, Basile, Carey, Mastroianni, Zwilling. Smagala, Glazer, Shay. Ohl l see, son, l really do see your side of it, but now let me present our side of it. You know that there aren't very many of those pins in the entire school because they re difficult to get, especially if one doesn't work hard. Now! you have a pin and ,the rest of the school looks up to you, not because the pin costs money, but because it signifies that YOU are intelliqent d d l an i igent. Now here's another thing to think about. The owl may not be a handsome bird, but the world over he is the symbol of wisdom. b I l'm sorry that l took that selfish attitude, Mr. Weir, and l'll wear that pin with pride: esides, it has got a unique design now that I notice it, that big wise owl sitting, homelike, on the Central lt gives me pleasure to hear you say that son because the late Mr. Stephen A. Douglass designed it from the owl design of Mrs. Mildred Bailey Carpenter. if DEBATING This is your Vox Pop reporter roaming around the halls of the school which has made the colors R d d Bl ' ' ' e an ack famous. Who is this coming down the hall now-he does look most important. Pardon me, but would you care to say a few words to the listening public-we'll start with your name-you have one of course? Er-yes-my name is Raymond Walters. My friends call me Ray. :Thank you, Raymond. Will you please tell us something about your school activities. Surely. l belong to our debating team here at Central. Yes, go on. Please tell us some of its background. This will be rather sketchy but it might help Four years ago the Old City Debating League, which was composed of the St. Louis high schools, was dissolved. A rather interesting fact about the old league is that only boys were allowed to participate in debates. Page Two Hundred Sixty-one The more he saw the less he spoke: THE ATHEN!EUM If anyone had been especially observant one Wednesday morning about 8:20 A. M., he would have perceived two girls, jean and her best friend, Mary. at the end of the first-floor corridor ani- matedly engaged in conversation. If anyone had been listening, he would have heard- Iean, why don't you join the Athenaeum? We have a meeting today in Room 210 and we're always glad to get new members for our club. You've been wanting to join an interesting club, and we really do have a nice congenial group of girls in it.' Ch, I would like to join it, Mary, for I really do want to join another club, but you know I was never good at debating. Debates always seemed so stiff and formal to me. Yes, but I know you'd like our debates, jean. They aren't formal at all, and they're educational as well as interesting. Why, you'd be surprised how much I've learned about parliamentary pro- cedure and debates since I joined the Athenaeum. I know the main points of formal debate and what a rebuttal is, while formerly those terms were merely names to me. I've enjoyed myself im- mensely since I joined the Athenaeum about four terms ago. But, Mary, is debating the only thing you do? I mean, don't you go on any hikes, outings, . or anything like that? You can bet your life we dol Last term we 1 Richardson' Mooney, . V Kcelan, Coppedac, Ling, Glazer went On a Wlenef roast and HQVQI' fgfget what McCann. Payne. Auers. Ralston. Lanza, Warner, Per- a grand time we had. Didn't I ever tell you about Iane's slipping off the edge of the creek into the water? Poor lane was drenched to the skin, but she took it in good humor, and we ended up by having a perfectly hilarious time. Who are the oflicers of your Club? Do I know them? 1'Yes, I'm sure you do. Marie Mooney is our president, Martha Peters is our secretary, and of course you know our sponsor, Miss Thomuref' You know, Mary, I think I will come to the Athenaum this afternoon. Your descrip- tions have certainly keyed up my interest. I know it's just the kind of club l've been wanting to join. Oh, there goes the advisory bell! Well, I'11be seeing you in Room 210 after school, Mary. So long. Left to riaht: Russell. Pavxa, Butler. Grawe. Karl, Moore. Pfister. Downeu, Peters. Philbrick, Sudika. Erbq, Kling. Krchmcuer, Delcour. Amaanos, Moore, Wilson. Dickason. rlcone. Berger. Miss Thomure. A'Central, along with other public high schools, joined the Missouri High School Debating League. Raymond, could you tell us something of your tean1's record? A'Since the time of our membership in the new league, we have had an enviable record. We have never finished below second place in the North St. Louis District and have tied for first place honors twice. The year of 1937-38 was also one of success. What was the question of your debate? The question was as follows: 'Resolved, that the several states should adopt the uni- cameral system of legislationf It pertains to the Nebraskan type of government, you know. And your fellow teammates, Raymond? Who were they? Rita Towers, Harold Hoelscher, and Elmer Vishion upheld the affirmative of the question I mentioned, while Reg Thomas and I upheld the negative side of the issue. HWho were your opponents, and how did you fare against them? Our team did very well as we unanimously downed Blewett, and tied with Soldan. After Page Two Hundred Sixtu-two THE CHEMISTRY CLUB Well, 'mebbe' the wieners can stay in the fire a little longer: this annual wiener roast sure brings out a person's digestive qualities. The wiener that fell on the ground didn't taste so good. At the next meeting can we etch our names in qlass, as we did last year? Well. 'mebbe', and we can asphyxiate the mice and revive them with oxygen, and ohl yes. the Vice President has a program with Professor Quiz, one with a Confession Chart which reveals each members characteristics, one showing how ether and chloro- form are distilled, and one, a game in which each member must per- form iust as the slip states. Some will sinq, others will dance, a boy will use cosmetics, and some will blow up balloons until they pop. Oh, swell! Hand me another wiener, please! Mustard, please! Shhl Mr, Powell is going to speak. Left to right, across page Grllcr. Davidson. Benner, Caravcllo, Ralston, Tamalis. Let's l'laVC quiet, P19355 nfjw vigrx!,Z:i5fb.ZE: ,':ffsif1i,.?,11f'Cs,,.,ii.,. each, Officer of the Club W1 We Ebcfhgardf, sfhgmdrf, M.-. powezz. Kan. D.-mam. a brief address. They will speak wffilflfii,'ULTQT'r?ffff.fffi v2Z1iI,.vhfZ'22k,,,. in the following Order, the retir- Kochlrr, Newman. Berman, Becker, Ryan. Wacchtcr. ing' and than the new- First Term Second Term Secretary-Treasurer - ELMER VISHION ELMER VISHION President - - - HAROLD CHAPMAN STANLEY RYAN Vice President - - - RUTH SHuRNAs AUDREY RENO D E B A T I N G csms sssv::issmssssssimsssssississmsssswzsaxis:---auxin tying Soldan, Central encountered and tied the favored McBride team in what was described by one coach as the best he had ever heard. As a result of the one win and two ties, Central was second in the North Side District. Thanks for that, Ray. What plans are being carried out at the present time, Ray? A'Well, this spring a practice schedule was presented on the question: 'Resolved that the local labor unions should be required to incorporatef With this question in mind, several new debating candidates are studying this subject. I might mention that they are lack Williams. Gilbert Gross, and Martin Millner, the promising 'fverbal battlersf' What system of debate do you follow? We've recently adopted the Oregon System. This system, however, makes the debates doubly interesting and difficult because it allows a speaker from each team to cross-examine a member of the opposite team for a period of ten minutes after his arguments have been pre- sented. This calls for the keenest of thought possible, for all questions to be asked are prepared while the person to be questioned was speaking. Our time is almost up, but will you give us a look into your thoughts of the future? l think that I can assume the responsibility of makinq this statement for the whole squad We feel confident of future success, and with the able coaching of Mr. Davis, we cannot fail to bring additional honors to the Red and Black. Thank you very much for your interview, Ray. Page Two Hundred Sixty-three there are some THE BIOLOGY CLUB Station B. C. is All right Here we Miss Watkins. Yoohoo, everybody. Let's go over and listen to the broadcast of the Biology Club outing. broadcasting over the Central High network. Quiet everybody. 'are at Sugar Creek: the sun is shining and everybody is happy. Here comes She's about covered up with bundles of 'weenies' and 'marshmellersf Over boys making a campfire. From that grove of trees a group of merry, happy-go- MEMBERS OF THE BAND-1937-38 lucky girls and boys are coming carrying huge masses of flowers and vines. l'll bring one over to the microphone and ask a few questions. Hey there, come over here a minute. O, K. Be with you in a minute. Righto. Well, now that you're here, tell me where you've just come from. Oh, we've been picking flowers in that hollow just beyond the hill. They are for the spring wild-flower exhibit in our first-floor corridor at school. We have one every year. Some of us have even been swimming. Well, thanks for the interview. You'd better hustle back or you'll miss some 'hot dogs'. Statioggf. C. is signing off, with hunger pains getting the better of him. All clear? H clear. OFFICERS OF THE BIOLOGY CLUB-1937-38 P'resid.ent - - - ROBERT MASCHMEIER FRANK BUCHANAN Vice President ELLA MAE BRUENING MAXINE EWING Secretary - - MAXINE EWING ELLA MAE BRUENING Treasurer - - - GEORGE FREIBuRGHAus DAVID LocKHAusE Sergeant-at-Arms - WILLIAM EVANS Clarinets: Frank Bova Kathleen Ceries Wm. Hermann Florence Kowalczyk Wm. McCoy Henrv Nieman Ewald Winker Ewald Wood Guv Wright Baritone: Marvin Sallee Alto Saxophone: Frank Bova Wm. Herrmann Vernon Hill Florence Kowalczyk Wm. MCCOV lames Morris Wilber Richter Rav Vollmer Alto Horn: lean Clay Page Two Hundred Sixtg-four Percussion: lames Bailey lames Herbst Harold Riddle Anthony Slizewski Robert Steinberg Walter Wolpers Walter Gleiber Trumpets: Ralph Bacon Robert Barrett Terrv Carter Ralph Feldhaus Harold Hundelt Lerov Kidd Richard Klausmever Harold Lamb Glennon Mueller Milton Popp Marshall Shurnas Thomas Uber Trombone: Ralph Brindley lulius Draxler Robert Maschmeier David Uber Daniel Wildfong Tenor Saxophone Hortense Villarreal Tuba: Clvde Gilbert Victor Lehr Drum Maiors: Robert Eckhoff Walter Gleiber THE BAND On a quiet summer evening when the lights are- Close up the ranks over there. All right, Miss Albrecht. You, over there, keep in step. Your roving reporter, Florence Kowaczyk, has caught the band practicing for the Clean-Up Parade. I wish you could see the glistening HRED AND BLACK costumes, the shining instru- ments, and the charming, vivacious instructress. Perhaps l can get an interview, Miss Albrecht, would you come here for a minute and tell us something of the band's activities? Why, certainly. This year the band has played at the Anniversary Program, the Home- coming, the football games,the pep sessions, and for Color Day. We've also been represented at the Music Educators Convention this year. Thank you, Miss Albrecht. Perhaps I can get your band again on the air, THE ORCHESTRA Can you hear strains from Strauss's Tales From Vienna Woods? That's the Central High orchestra just warming up. Let me introduce the various members as they step up to the microphone: ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL-SEPTEMBER, 1937-TUNE. 1938 Conductor-Grace E. Albrecht Violin Lorenzo McGlashon Cello Trumpet Trombone Rav Kieffer Pauline McGinnis Alice Baker Tom Uber lules Draxler Florence Kowalczvk gfnver Mllskol-I Accordion Sfanlev Bacon Dave URN ennon Mueller . . R b t B r tt Ralph Brindlev Sam Berqcr H . Leo Staniszewski 0 'ff ar 9 .V - enrv Niemann Ed , S b. Tcrrv Carter Primo Charles Bradley Arthur Porporis nd tu Its Ralph Feldhaus Regina Brzezinski Eugene Brink Anrhonv Roth Clarinet Lcrdv Kidd Robert Eckhoff Frank Dccaro lrlilenvgufhank llgxathtfegogeries Richard Klausmcvcr Rosg Rusxso I V o n oznia an a Hi ld L b ass io Carl Hermann Robert Zewiski William Hermann Iogrgrwlam George Freiburghaus Kenneth Huiidclt Nick Zuniga Bill McCoV Marshall Shumas Percussion Ray Tones I Ewald Winker Walter Cvleibcr VVilliam Kreutz Vlola Melvin Wood Alto Hom Russell Steinberg Ralph Leistcutz Arthur Porporis Guv Wright lean Clay Walter Wolpers l DULCIMER l l I'Ifm-m. Wot's this, Mary Frances I-Iochenedel? I ask myself. Wot's this? 'Pears like I'm in the wrong vestibulefbut it looks interestingfthink I'll stick around and watch the proceedings. Guess I'll just sit back here so I won't be noticed tl hope, I hope, I hopel. Hearing a cheery Good Morning, Mr. Bluthardtf' I whirl to see a lovely young miss coming down the aisle toward the group already assembled down front on both sides of Central's spacious auditorium. Well, this is getting much more interesting than I dared hope. On further investigation I see the capable secretary rise to her full height and take the roll, while the librarian gives out the music and Mr. Bluthardt begins to run his nimble fingers over the ivories. Mind you now, all this is done in a very systematic way by the seven officers of the organization. What's that! Look at that lassie cramming for that next period history class lA'un-be- knowinsn, to Mr. Bluthardtl. And what I mean she's really cramming, but she'll never get away with it-fNo, sir. See, I told you. Heh, I'Ieh. How did this club get started? I asks myself. l'Cause I'm just a lil freshie trying to get alongl. Doing some silent research work I find that this has been going on since the Dulcimer was organized in 1906 by Miss Teresa Finn. Slick as I am, I also enlighten myself to the fact that the present competent director has been in charge since the good old year 1926. QI'Iow time does flyll Dulcimer-Ah meg'tis such a soft, beautiful word-comes lightly to my tongue. I find that it means 'Asweetness in tone . Could anything be more descriptive? Shucksgthere goes that bell. They aren't even stopping, much to my delightfjust going right on with the song. What in the world is that girl turning around for? Now everyone is looking. Zounds, here's where I make my exit. My, but that was refreshing. There is nothing in the world like starting the day with a song. 1937 1938 President - IANE GREGORY WILMA Russian. Vice President - EILEEN SMITH EILEEN SMITH Secretary - EVELYN LA Rosii MILDRED GOEDDEL Treasurer EVELYN TRICKEY ANNA BARBIR STELLA ANAGNOS IRENE BRZEZINSKI - - - ,- Librarian - - - Pianist ---- NE WS Representative Page Two Hundred Sixfu-six MARY WIREBACK IRENE BRZEZINSKI MARX' HOCHENEDEL GLEE CLUB Practice, practice, and they call this a GLEE club. What was that remark back there? Nothing, Miss Albrecht. nothing, Did Mr. Bluthardt and Miss Gerdes have as much trouble having you practice as l do? Trouble? Why, we've been in the Armistice Day Program, Commencement Exercise, Open House, Pageants, Plays and Operettas, and the Centennial Pageant for the National Music Educators' Convention at the Municipal Auditorium. HThat's Hne training for your voice: remember, you only meet each morning and once in awhile after school. All right, now practice starts for the Operetta. The first boy come up and sing this role as if you were frolicky and happy, skipping about in a meadow. Oh, l'm joyous, I'm gay and free, You'l1-- 'AYou'll stop! l said gently skipping about on a meadow, not grazing and chewing your cud! All right, before we leave, try a chorus of the Loyal Song. By the mighty Mississippi, sweeping to the sea?. And so the boys trooped out from B4, after a pleasant First hour. OFFICERS 1937 1938 President - - - IOSEPH SWIERCZEWSKI KENNETH BROWN Secretary-Treasurer IOHN BERGER IOIIN BERGER Librarian - - - DAVE UBER LAMBERT STELZLENI Central Marclies On! Pgityc Two Hundred Sixty-seven THE PEP CLUBH OFFICERS TERM 1 TERM 2 President - - - RUTH SHURNAS President - - - MARIE MooNEY Vice President - CATHERINE ASIMONT Vice President - - MARTHA PETERS Secretary - - - MARIE SCHMIDT Secretarq - - EDNA KETTENBRINK Treasurer - - ALIDREY MULHERN Treasurer - - - ESTHER PETERS Drill Master - MARY' DELoREs NOONAN IMARY DELORES NOONAN Drill Masters - 4VIOLET ANCELL IAUDREY MULHERN Rah, Rah, Rah, Rah, Rah, Rah, Rah, Rah, Rah! Central! Dorotliq Lindhorst, will you please come forward to the microphone? Can you give the public an idea of what the Pep Club does? Witty, certainly, sir. Here you see before you a good-sized representation of the club, all dressed uniformly in black skirts and sweaters, which proudly display the Pep Club emblems. Why, right now were getting ready to go en masse to the Central-Beaumont game. You know the team can't get along without us. When we're at a game, we form a cheering section, and our cheers really do something to the team. Qccasionally we go through various marching for- mations. We have great fun in our club, especially when we have our dances. Nearly every- body comes. The prizes for dancing entice them. Andfand-I suppose that's all. Let's give some yells for the RED AND BLACK reporter. All ready: Page Two Hundred Sixty-eight I I I .1-. -.' ..,.-1 . -I' 'I-,,-.--' , .- . .' Q L f, TTS- .. 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And now, Mr. Alfred Friedli, Director of Athletics and former coach .:.,gEQ':gi of football and basketball in Central, please take the microphone and con- duct in your own way a general review of Central's athletic achievements Qi tti yh. through the years. .4 . pl-IYSICAL Education and Athletics have played vital roles in the eighty-five years of Central's history. In the early development of the High School there was no form of organized physical education and athletics: however, as interscholastic competition appeared in the schools east of the Mississippi, the High of St. Louis adopted those inter- scholastic games popular at the time. The most difHcult problem was to find suitable competi- tion, since no other public high schools were organized in this vicinity. High School gradually scheduled games with other schools of secondary rank in our metropolitan area, such as Smith Academy, Manual Training School, and Western Military Academy, as well as playing Wash- ington University and St. Louis University teams. Leagues of various kinds may have been formed before 1896, but Central cannot trace a continuous schedule of interscholastic contests beyond this date. No alumnus of Central High School is better qualified to tell us of the permanent organization of the Interscholastic League than Ioe Forshaw, Forshaw of St. Louis, as he was called in the Olympic Marathons held at Athens in 1906, at London in 1908, and at Stockholm in 1912. Listen as Ioe gives us the story of athletics at the old High from 1896 to 1899: Well do I remember the Interscholastic League, for I was present when Western Military Academy, Smith Academy, Manual Training School, and the High organized, or reorganized, a permanent organization. These four schools scheduled contests in football, baseball, and track. Besides these sports we often met each other in bicycle races and ice-hockey, but no regular schedule was followed in these events. The keenest rivalry was developed in football, and the biggest event of the year was the Smith Academy-High football game on Thanksgiving morning. I suppose we were the most natural rivals because the sons of rich families attended Smith, while the rest of us went to High. We were not always champions, for there was a run of several years when Smith took our measure. After each defeat by Smith the High fans would chant: 'Heres to good old High, Though she got a black-eye, Smith can't black the other next year.' h By l89f9lHigh turned the tables on Smith Academy with a whale of a team consisting of suc o ' ' ' ' P WSI' u p ayers as Phil Chopin, Phil Smith, Carter Long, North Moore, Frank Cook, Sam Erskine. Mal Hoolan, Walter Ran- dall, Gene Sessinghaus, Ashley Papin, Hamilton Daughaday, Carl Lawton, George Reepy, Sam Sample, and others. HOCKEY TEAM. 1899 I was fast, but too light for their type of football. A man named Schweepe coached this team. My sports were bicycle racing, ice- hockey, and track. Professor Schuyler, assistant principal, organized the bicycle club, and soon High developed such speed demons as Breckinridge Long, L. Byrd Smith, Dan Dougherty, Charley McCarthev, and Arthur Stockhof. Stock- hof not only won the High meets but took first place in the grueling Forest Park Road Race. I was too poor to own a ibike', but a friend loaned me his wheel, and much to my surprise I won two races in the High meets, one being the scratch paced race. These races were held on the one-third of a mile track at the Pas- time Park, located some blocks west of Lcft to right: Sample, Cook, Erskine. Hoolan, Bischoff, Randall, Sessinghaus. Page Two Hundred Seventy-one Etzel and Hodiamont Avenues. All of the big athletic events of the Year were held there until about 1899. Ice-hockey was another favorite sport in my time. I was captain of the team that scheduled games with Smith Academy, Manual Training, St. Louis U., and Washington U. at the old Crystal Rink. High had a crack team, winning the Southwestern Amateur Champion- ship in 1899, and after graduation its members played on the famous '1904' team, that was sponsored by R. M. Gillespie, a brick contractor, to advertise the World's Fair. It was the first all-St.-Louis team. and we defeated teams from Cleveland and St. Paul, but lost to the champions of the United States in a hot contest. Track has been good to me, for Uncle Sam sent me abroad three times to represent the Stars and Stripes. I ran the best race at London in 1908, coming in third, less than two minutes behind the winner. By the way, Coach Mike Walker of Central was at the start to wish me good luck and at the finish to congratulate me. High School was coached by Tom Aitken, a great runner in the old country, who later competed in the East against Mike C. Murphy, the greatest American track coach of all time, mentor of Pennsylvania and Yale. Coach Aitken was a kind of supervisor of activities at Pastime Park. Other track stars at High were L. Guy Blackmer in the high hudles, Will Bray in the Pole-vault, Hans Wulff in the shot-put and discus, and Walter Randall, who was undoubtedly the best all-round athlete High produced. However, we had other interests besides athletics at the High. Long before I was an athlete I was known as a debater. Ben Lindas, R. O. Bolt, and E. Val Putnam, a red-hot Socialist in his day, were my colleagues. When I was president in 1897 the Board of Educa- tion was requested to investigate our debating society because we dared discuss such radical questions as The Adoption of the Parcel Post, and the Initiative and Referendum for Mis- souri. Seventeen-hundred people crowded the school auditorium to hear Lewelleyn Sale and me debate the 'Land Policies of Henry Georgef COACH WALKER AND REPRESENTATIVES OF TWENTY OF HIS CENTRAL TEAMS l 1 Front row. left to right: Earl Sherry, Insurance: Dick Kelly. St. Louis Post officer M. W. Walker, Coach: Frank Kentnor: Sidney Maestre, President, Mississippi Valley Trust Company: lohn Rowan, Contractor lDeccasedJ. Second row, left to right: Maffit Minnegerodc, Sporting Goods Company fDeceasedjp Russell Nels. Ioe Rowan, Contractor IDf:ccas2dlg Estell Kipp, Bob Lelnesch, Salesman: Oris Poupenay, lohn Matheivs, Contractor. Third row left to right: Fred Porthof Teacher: Will Bremser. Lawyer: lohn Rutledge, D. D.: Frank lHickorql Wood, Bell Telephone Company: Frank Rowan, Contraczbrp George Kalkmann, Godfrey Brigham, Supt., Foundry, Tulsa, Oklahoma: Earl lRedj Fox. As I look back over forty years I think of that famous saying, 'There is no pain so painful as the growing pain of a new idea,' and then I hastily add, ABut society still moves on.' Another alumnus of the Old High who has retained his keen interest in the athletic pro- gram is Dr. William Weiss. Dr. Weiss was also too small to play on the football teams when mass rushing was the favorite method of attack, but he took an active part in the track events. Dr. Weiss will now give an account of athletics at the close of the last century. I suppose that every man thinks that the greatest period in the life of a school is at that period when he was a part of the student body, but nevertheless I am going to dare to state that the athletic enthusiasm was at its height from 1898 to 1901. You will recall that High was the only public high school at this time, which meant that all of the interest in St. Louis public educa- Paac Two Hundred Seventu-two Rgnlqwas centered in The High. The following year marked the beginning of Yeatman and ' l h' h - ' ' c in ey ig schools, so you see why I believe we had the greatest enthusiasm Central has ever witnessed. As Ioe Forshaw said, the great event of the year took place on Thanksgiving morning when the High football team played Smith Academy. This contest drew such great crowds that Washington U. and St. Louis LI. had a diflicult time securing a following on Thanksgiving afternoon. The finest picture of this athletic and social event appears in a book, 'Out of a Fleur-de-lis,' by Claude H. Wetmore, from which I shall now quote: U 'Che-He! che-hi! che-ha! ha! ha! High School! High School! 'Rah! 'Rah! 'Rah!' Red and black flags wave from drags, busses, open carriages, and vehicles of every de- scription: red and black streamers, thrown in fantastic festoons, catch in wheels and trail on the ground: red and black rosettes rest on the jackets of pretty girls and women and on the liqht overcoats of men and boys. The triumphant colors are everywhere, for Smith Academy has gone down to defeat before the brawny eleven of High. 'Rickety, rickety, rack! Siss, boom, whack! St. Louis High School Red and blackf CHAMPION FOOTBALL TEAM OF 1904. 'A 'He won't get up, he won't get up, he won't get up in the morningl' blares a trumpet from the back of a tally-ho, as the performer, an ex-army man, sounds the reveille while the four snorting horses make way through the crowd that is pouring from the football grounds. 'Who won?' calls a man from a passing street-car. 'High. Six to nothingf 'Rah for Highl' 'Che-He! che-hi! che-ha! ha! ha! High School! High School! 'Rah! 'Rah! 'Rah!' A thousand voices join in the yell. 'Rah for Leroux! 'Rah! 'Rah! 'Rahl Now a tiqer.' Page Two Hundred Seventy-three 1904 COACHES OF ATHLETICS COACHES AT PRESENT IN CENTRAL Left to riqht Friedli Vertrees Phillips Bradburn Spross Markland, Marriott, Iansen, Gundlach Miller Kittlaus Marshall Christenson. CHAMPIONSHIP TENNIS TEAM-1925 Standing, left to right: Elmer Nooter, Doubles: George Bier- man, Doubles: Vernon Tiet- iens, lst Singlesg Mr. Christen- son, Coach. Kneeling, left to right: Harry L. Berkin, 3rd Singles: Iohn Kienker, 2nd Singles. Central 4-Cleveland 0 Central 4fYeatman 0 Central 1-Soldan 3 IN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL-1938 IThcsc pictures are rcpmclucrd here for thc- interest they hold. ln most stances xhcv had hc cnI1rqi-il from old prints in hooks. lhv unrlvrstnnding render ll hvrefor excuse poor rrpri . I Top row, It-fr to right: Ham. Mzzhnorl, Colwrll. Walker. Bqrnc, Horh. Nlinlillr row, loft to right: Cullen. lVlathcu's, Der, Gould, Cullan, Nvunmnn. FOOTBALL Walker, 1904-1927 Friedli, 1928 Conant, 1929-1930 Bailey, 1931-1935 Kittlaus, Ir., 1936-1937 BASKETBALL Mahood, 1904-1911 Cullen, 1912-1915 Mathews, 1916-1918 Callan, 1918-1927 Friedli, 1928-1932 Bradburn, 1933-1937 Iansen, 1938 BASEBALL Walker, 1904-1910 Marshall, 1907-1911 Walker, 1912-1928 Bottom mu' It-it I u right: Conant, Bailru. Gcrbrr, Kittlaus, Ir., Wi-141, COACHES NO LONGER IN CENTRAL Neumann. 1929-1931 Bradburn, 1932-1938 Spross, 1932-1938 TENNIS Colwell, 1904-1915 Beck, 1916-1917 Dee, 1918-1922 Christenson, 1923-1925 Weld, 1936-1937 GOLF Vertrees, 1932-1936 Markland. 1937 TRACK Ham, 1904-1905 Bvrne, 1906-1909 Kittlaus, Sr., 1909-1911 Siler, 1912-1916 Dee, 1917 Marriott, 1918-1927 Neumann, 1928 Conant, 1929 Bailey, 1930-1931 Miller, 1932-1933 Kittlaus, Ir., 1934-1937 Iansen, 1938 SWIMMING Kittlaus, Sr., 1911-1912 Neumann, 1932-1935 Miller, 1936 Gerber, 1937 Phillips, 1938 LEAGUE REPRESENTATIVE I-Ioch, 1911-1915 Colwell, 1916-1917 Gould, 1918-1931 Friedli, 1932 Page Two Hundred Seventy-five The young man thus vociferously honored was seated on top of the second tally-ho to leave the enclosure, Friendly hands were wrapping a heavy coat around his broad shoulders and turning up the collar, so that the chill wind of this Thanksgiving Day might not harm the hero of the afternoon. 'Good boy, Leroux! Well run and well kicked! 'Rah for Leroux!' A young woman, whose eyes were very blue and lips very red, and whose fluffy brown hair insisted upon straying over her forehead, smiled back at him from the front seat. 'I hear you are going abroad, Marietta. Is it true?' he asked leaning forward. 'Yes, we leave tomorrowf 'So soonl' and his face, that had been radiant with triumph, clouded over. 'Only for six months, Charlesf 'Six months! That seems ' His words were drowned by shouts as another tally-ho caught up with them. 'Good boy, Leroux! 'Rah! 'Rah!' 'Che-He! che-hi! che-ha! ha! ha! High School! High School! 'Rah! 'Rahl 'Rah!' They soon escaped from the jam, and driving rapidly south on Grand Avenue, turned west on Lindell Boulevard, then out Forest Park Terrace, where rein was drawn in front of a large white stone residence, There the upper classman vaulted over the side-rail to the ground, and assisted the girl to alight from the front seat. 'May I call tonight, or will you all be busy?' he asked. 'I'm afraid we'lI be bending over our trunks until the small hours,' she replied. 'Can't you come to the train at noon?' 'Of course. I'll be there. Goodbyef A cheer, a trumpet blast, and the tally-ho drove away, to leave other spectators and the few players who had made up the party at their homes, and as it went those within and those without joined in the yell: 'Hi Oh! Hi Oh! Hi Oh! Ha! Risha laca! Rip a laca! Risha laca! 'Rah! Boom a laca! Bish a laca! Sis! Boom! Bah! Hiqh School! 'Rahl' CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL TEAM OF 1911 Coached by M. W. Walker CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL TEAM OF 1916 Coached by M. W. Walker Paqc Two Hundred Scuenfufsix Leroux is the author's hero, while our star was the quarter-back, Skippy Moore. After the game it was quite the common practice for the loyal fans to hoist Skippy, Sam Erskine, or Carter Long on their shoulders and carry them off the field in a gay mood. Professor Bryan often announced after a victory over Smith that we might take off a school period to march through the corridors to celebrate in the proper manner. Then you might hear us sing to the tune of There'll Be a I-lot Time in the Old Town Tonight. 'When you hear old Skippy give that yell, We'll all line up and tumble in pell-mell, And when Lang goes round like a cannon ball from hell, There'll be a hot time in High School tonightf I did not play on the team while I attended High, but I took a great pride in our track work. Other fellows made better records than I did, but I practiced faithfully every day at Pastime Park. The old Suburban line took us out in the country, and since it was not a part of the regular street-railway system, we had to pay an extra fare. I shall never forget the time when the street-car men went on a strike while we were still on the practice Held. Imagine my predicament when I discovered that I would have to catch free rides or walk from Etzel and Hodiamont avenues to my home at Eighteenth and Lafayette avenues: well, I reached home after about three hours of the most embarrassing experience I ever had. The Field Day of High was the predecessor of the present Annual Field and Track Meet sponsored by the Board of Education. In 1901 the greatest crowd that had ever witnessed a track meet turned out at Pastime Park. Of course, bicycle racing was still an added attraction to the regular track and field events. It may be interesting to note that following Coach Tom Aitken we were coached by Martin Delaney and St. Clair Shaw, these two also coaching St. Louis University at the same time-and St. Louis U. was one of our track rivals. Now you see why I believe we had the greatest enthusiasm of all time. PI.. Mr, Forslzaw and Dr. Weiss have given us fascinating pictures of the High-Smith Academy football games from the viewpoint of the spec- tators. We are now going to call on C. Walter Randall, a successful at- torney-at-law in New York, receiver for the Bush Terminal, and Mayor Sf -jQ:j?T3 q of Garden City, New York, to tell us about those contests as the players ' actually experienced them. Take the mike, Walter: .1 .lf . M EMORIES of school days at St. Louis High at the end of the last century! Bicycle, street car, horse and buggy or shanks' mare transportation! The mad student rush to get under the wire at nine o'clock! Hourly intervals of changing classrooms on the ringing of bells that sounded like fire alarms! Another mad rush for the cafeteria when the bell for half-hour luncheon sounded! That last-and generally the most welcome-rush of the day to get away at two-thirty or three o'clock, when scholastic instruction ended and extra-curricu- lar activity commenced! What wizards of science, business, or professional activity could have been developed by the members of that splendid teaching staff had the young Indians they had to work with been half as eager to absorb their teaching as they were to impart it! As it was-mirabile dictu- they managed to graduate most of us and enough of their painstaking efforts took root to result in many outstanding citizens who have succeeded in their chosen fields of endeavor. Two members of the class of 1901--Eugene Hecker and the writer-were prepared for Harvard University, and I shall never forget the withering heat that enveloped the city during Page Two Hundred Seventy-seven the time we took the entrance examinations in the old Y. M. C. A. building. To the everlasting credit of our teachers at High, both of us made the grade and both succeeded in completing the four years of college work-one of us carrying the banner of St. Louis High to the forefront of Harvard's Class of 1905-winning Phi Beta Kappa membership with a scholastic standing amolng the first five men in a class of over eight hundred. Hats off and three cheers for Eugene ec er. As for the writer, the bare fact of having been admitted to Harvard ranked among the major miracles, although I doubt that I was as fully aware of it then as I soon came to be. The awakening came just after my return to college from the Christmas holidays of my freshman year. Having spent the vacation at home I had accepted an invitation to address the Senior High School class. It was a proud Harvard freshman who spent a good half hour moralizing with and advising those who had been his High School juniors the year before. I knew it was well done, for I had not forgotten a word of the speech I had carefully written out and learned by heart. Besides, several of the teachers told me it was good. A week or so following my return to college I received a copy of the High School News and opened it with a great deal of pleasant expectation. There it was-first page-a full col- umn about my speech, with a big type heading. It was the heading that caught my eye-and burned itself into my brain. It was a double head-the main title reading RANDALL AD- DRESSES SENIORS, and the sub-head stating SHOWS NEED OF COLLEGE EDU- CATION. The story that followed is a blur in my memory. In a few years grandchildren of the class of 1901 will be traveling that same four-year preparatory route and they will have better equipment and perhaps smoother road-bed than we had. Yet I doubt that they can have more fun than we had-particularly at our play. During that period High School was a unit. Almost without exception boy, girl, and teacher belonged to the Athletic Association, turned out in a body for every contest in which one of the school teams participated, and never left the Held until after the final whistle had sounded and a whole- hearted cheer been given for its representatives-win, lose, or draw. It was that loyal school spirit which contributed so greatly to the many victories of our teams-some of them literally snatched from the burning. It was partly that support which made many of us so eager to gain place on the first hockey team that ever represented the school that we willingly appeared at the then new indoor rink at eight o'clock in the morning three days a week in order to practice a half hour before rushing over to school in time to beat the nine o'clock deadline. Ioe Forshaw-one of the fastest skaters in St. Louis in those days- was the star forward on a team of seven players-four forwards, coverpoint, point, and goalie- which represented the school with credit for several years. Basketball had not yet taken its place in school and college athletics. It had been invented only a couple of years before by Dr. Naismith of Springfield Manual Training School. Some of us played it during the winter, in the Y. M. C. A, gymnasium, but not as a High School team. The girls of the school were quick to adopt it, however, and in 1900 or 1901 the first girls teams in the City were organized by the High School girls, among them Fanny Hurst and my sister Lillian. I enjoyed the envied position of coach to that bloomered outfit of girl athletes, which developed several excellent teams and played a creditable game. Baseball, football, and track athletics were the major sports of the school and in each of these High School competed in an Interscholastic League. Despite the facts that we had no athletic facilities, practically no equipment except what we provided individually, and whatever coaching we were able to get came from unpaid volunteers, we were always competing for first place in the league and won many more than our share of championships. Among the pitchers our teams were called upon to face was Ed Ruelbach, who then played with Manual Training School and later became the mainstay of a great Chicago team. Inci- dentally I met him again in college baseball competition when he came to Cambridge as the pitcher on one of our early season opponents during my senior year. Had we known, when we faced him as High School boys, what a really great pitcher Ruelbach was to become, it might have made some difference to us, although I doubt it. We were pretty sure of ourselves and- good though he was at that time-to us he was just another pitcher. That spirit of confidence-a spirit that defeat never seemed to shake-is one of my most vivid memories of the old High School teams. It was climaxed in a football game between High School and Smith Academy that stands in my memory above any I have ever participated in or witnessed. Page Two Hundred Seventy-eight It was the last game of the year 1900 in the Interscholastic League. As was so frequently the case it was between Smith Academy and High for the league championship. As was the annual custom it was being played Thanksgiving Day morning at the old Pastime Athletic Club grounds, then far out in the suburbs of the City. The rivalry between High and Smith was then-as perhaps now-of a piece with that existing between Harvard and Yale. The entire season's work was but a preparation for that contest. lncidentally a number of us-including Cook, Erskine, Long, and the writer-were playing our last football game for the Red and Black. Ours was a much lighter team but we thought we could make up in speed for deficiency in bulk and, as always, we felt confident of success. Remember that in those years there were no quarters to the game, no separation of the lines of scrimmage, and no rules against push, pull, or piling up. The game consisted of two halves of forty-five minutes each with a fifteen-minute rest period between them. Five yards had to be gained in three tries to gain a first down and the old type of mass play was perfectly legal. Touchdowns counted five points and the goal afterwards an additional one. The day before Thanksgiving was rainy, and that night there came a heavy frost. When we arrived at the field next morning there were thin crusts of ice over parts of the playing sur- face and hard frozen bumps in others. fFootball fields were not cared for in those times as they are today.l The Referee's whistle started the game at ten o'clock and it seemed no time had expired before we found ourselves standing under our own goal posts awaiting an opportunity to rush out and try to block the try for extra points following Smith's first touchdown. The kick was good and the score became 6-0 against us with the game barely started. Came another and still other touchdown, after each of which Smith kicked successfully for the additional point. After what seemed about two years, the first half ended with the score 30-0 in Smith's favor and with most of us Kas well as the Smith boysl pretty much battered as the result of frequent encounters with the frozen ground, broken particles of ice, and the opposition. As we lay sprawled about on benches or floor on our side of the partition which divided our dressing room under the grandstand from that used by the Smith team-some of us having bruises cared for, some being rubbed, and all of us trying to think out what had happened- and why-a representative from the Smith team came in, spoke to our captain, and retired. We were called into a huddle and told that Smith had offered to cut down the playing period of the second half and had asked if that would be agreeable to us. It was a generous gesture, made in a sportsmanlike spirit to a respected but apparently outclassed opponent upon whom the vic- tor had no desire to inflict unnecessary humiliation. There can be no doubt of the good faith or the fine spirit in which that tender was made to us. But to eleven boys who had taken the fear- ful beating of that first half-who were playing their dearest enemy, many of them for the last time-against whom the score had already mounted to a total never before registered against them--the chivalry of the offer was buried by a flood of angry humiliation and desperation that sweDt over us all. There was an instant chorus of No, and word was sent back that we would take no quarter but would play the full forty-five minute half and let Smith run the score up all she could. l ln a few minutes we were back on the Held. Bruises had been forgotten-so had touch- downs that had been scored against us. All we thought of was that we had to score more than 30 points while holding Smith scoreless and do it all in forty-five minutes. Our great concern was not that the score would be increased against us but only that we might not be able to work fast enough to win the game within that time. A spark had been kindled. It became a flame when we scored our Hrst touchdown, shortly after the half started. High's plays began to click and touchdown after touchdown followed until iust before the final whistle, the impossible became the fact and the winning touchdown was followed by the extra point which gave High School the victory by a score of 36-30. In my home the picture of that team holds place of honor among the pictures of many teams of which I have had the honor to be a member. The story of that game has been my theme in talks to boys and girls on many occasions- and its moral has not been confined, nor should it be, to athletic competition. The will to win of the St. Louis High School football team of 1900 I have never seen surpassed. May it serve as an inspiration to the youth of today and of tomorrow. Thanks. Walter. Central High School is still famous for her will to win! Page Two Hundred Seventy-nine CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL TEAM OF 1918, Coachcd by M. W. Walker CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL TEAM OF I922. C:O!1L'l1CCl bu IW. W. Walker The man who has Contributed most to the title, Champions Through F the Years, is Michael W. Walker, coach of football and baseball from 1904-1928. In this period Coach Walker produced twelve championship Q, ' ll teams out of twenty-three football teams. His success with baseball was the same, for his 1907 team became High School Champions of the United 1,5515 i'K if, .L,, L' States. It is now indeed a pleasure to introduce Michalel Walker and let if him tell about his champions: HEN I became coach, Central was in the lnterscholastic League, com- peting with Smith Academy, Manual, Western Military Academy, and for a time, Blees Mili- tary Academy ol Macon, Missouri. Our teams also opposed St. Louis University, Christian Brothers College, Shurtleff College, Alton High, McKendree College, Blackburn College, and others. But it must be stated that our boys in those days were much larger and huskier than the crop of the present high-school age. l had my first champion football team in 1904. This team had a burning desire to win. Page Two Hundrcd Eighty for they scored 130 points to the opposition's 33, during the football season. Stratford Morton, one of the star backs, continued his football career at Yale after he graduated from Central. ln 1910 we again brought to Central a championship. McKinley was our closest rival, and it was only after a hard game that we won by a 6-5 score. The seasons record was eight vic- tories, one tie, and none lost, Central had a fairly easy time winning the 1911 football title. lt was a fine all-round team with many boys from the 1910 team. The outstanding player, Quarterback Davis, was voted All-lnterscholasticf' The 1922 team was one of my best, and l treasure my memories of it. The 3 K combi- nation of Kittlaus, Kessler, and Kutterer led the team to another championship and a cup, the Yale Bowl. Manu Central alumni will remember the Odeon decorated by the banners of the five St. Louis Hiqh Schools, the Yale colors, and the large Red and Black banners. Mr. Vincent Price, SMALL TROPHY CASE former president of the Alumni Association, after lauding the team, presented the Yale Bowl to Cap- tain Robert Lanisch, the presentation being accom- panied by a tremendous ovation. After the 1924 football season Central again held a great cele- bration, at which time a picture was taken of Coach Walker and representatives of his twenty teams. This is the Red and Black network. Your regu- lar announcer speaking. We now continue with Champions Through the Years. Mr. Friedli: Central's success in basketball has also been that of Champions through the years. Coach E. W. Mahood was Central's first basketball coach, producing live championship teams from 1904 to 1908. inclusive. Then followed a series of lean years, but between 1923 to 1926, Coach C. A. Doc Callan lead us on to three more champion- ships. Let Doc tell us about these teams: Well, I hardly know which of these teams was the best. The Michigan Cup was placed into competition in 1922, and at the close of that season Cleveland High and Central were tied with seven games won. and one game lost. In the play-off at ski ' ' ' ' T , lftt ' ht: 1934-B..'b.ll, H' h S'h I L 1958 ashlngton I unlversltyf Cleveland Won the first Bggkellcbtavll, eKanZalslg City Trophy? 1392 5. 525, ell? '38 QB k I II leg on thg M1Qhigan Cup dgfeating us' to 17, Michigan Cup: 1938-Balslkhctlhag,hHighLSchooI League: I9I9 . 1 I V 'Jil YHA UV. The next year Earl Brown, Dave Cristal, Dillman 9 K q - ' - - Bottom row, left to right: 1918-Fuothall, lligli S h I I q Gockel' Alvin Margulls' William Thomas' and 1926-Basketball, High School League: lI925l-Basketball? ll gl S h I Harry Hebberqer Won the Championship 3 League: 1923-Basketball. Iligh School League: 1922-F tb II l ' School League. defeat, At the close of the season sport reporters from the metropolitan papers selected the entire Central five as the All-Stars of the High School League. However, the 1925 and 1926 Red and Black teams were just as powerful. Earl Brown, Dave Cristal, Charles Conners, George Cameron, Leslie Hunt, and the two Hosler brothers. Melville and Paul, won the second leg on the Michigan Cup. Bud Hartnett, Sylvester Mclntosh. Forrest Willits, Red Gayle, Herb MacCready, and Vern Hunter were added to the squad to replace Brown, Hunt, Conners, and Cristal: once again we took first place in the League. And now we shall hear from Coach Earl lansen, the youngest of the Central coaches, and the most recent mentor to bring us a basketball championship in 1938. When I came to Central last December my predecessor, Coach Bradburn, handed me a fine squad of well-coached players. Of course, I was more or less on the spot with such good material, but the boys worked hard and finally brought us the Public High School League championship and the Inter-City basketball championship of Kansas City and St. Louis. The details of these great battles are found in the regular basketball write-up of this section, but no one can adequately describe the thrills l received in leading these boys to victory. Page Two Hundred Eighty-one Getting away from the coaching staff, we turn to a man who has had a long and active athletic career at Central. ln 1907 a young man was appointed to the teaching staff at Central. Before many days he was appointed as custodian of athletic goods: later he became athletic treasurer. and still later this fellow was elevated to the position of League Representative in the High School League. Mr. B. B. Gould, what events stand out in your memory of athletics? Well, sir, I can recall so many interesting things that l hardly know where to begin. How- ever, I'll select just a few experiences that stand out as the unusual. Listening to Mr. Forshaw and Dr. Weiss give their impressions of the Central-Smith Academy football games reminds me that a certain handsome young athlete was always selected as one of the officials. That official was none other than our own Dr. David C. Todd, member of the Board of Education and also an ardent advocate of athletics. Now, l want to remind you that the lnterscholastic League was disbanded by 1911, and in that year the High School League, consisting of Yeatman, McKinley, Soldan, and Central, was formed. Mr. H. F. Hoch, and Mr. H. G. Colwell preceded me as league representatives from Central. I don't recall how many years l served on the League Board, but l do know that l was League Manager at least three times, which office rotates among the member schools. Perhaps one of the most startling upsets in football that I witnessed occurred Thanksgiving of 1917. Central met a strong Cleveland team in the first League game of that year. Now it happened that Cleveland's coach was Bill Mathews, who had been Coach Walkers assistant at Central during the preceding year. Naturally, Coach Walker and Mr. Curtis, our principal, were determined to win this game. The players were keyed up to a high pitch, and when the final whistle was blown, Central had won by four touchdowns. However, the boys had played so hard, that Coach Walker had a team of cripples for the next two games: McKinley beat us by about 49 to 0, and Yeatman gave us a 33 to 0 trimming. The championship game was scheduled to be played by McKinley and Yeatman on Thanksgiving, with Soldan and Central to play the prelimina1'y contest. Now, Yeatman had defeated Soldan 3 to Og so you see the odds were against Central. l tell you the entire game was played within twenty yards of Central's goal line, but as the game wore on, Bill Bremser intercepted a forward pass and ran the length of the Held for the only touchdown of the game. Bill was just the fellow to take that pass for he held the record for the 220-yard dash: in fact, his time of 22:2 is still the high- school record. At the Pep Session held after this game, Ed Klaiber, one of the finest athletes the Red and Black has produced, told how Central had never lost a game when he played because a Bible was always snugly placed in his pocket. 1 CHAMPIONSHIP BASKETBALL TEAM OF 1906. Coachcd bu E. W. Mahood and M. W. Walker. Page Two Hundred Eighty-two Another exciting incident occurred in 1922. Soldan and Central, keen rivals in that clay came to the final game undefeated. Dr. Weiss has told us how enthusiasm ran khigh in 1901i but 1 don't see how it could be Wilder than at this Soldan-Central game. Centrals allotment of 3000 tickets ld 1'k h k ' ' so i e ot ca es, we ordered another 1000, and then another 1000, until we wondered how the crowd could be packed into the old Federal League Park at Grand and Laclede Avenues. Soldan sold more than 5000 tickets, the oth er schools of the League dis- CHAlV11JlQNSHl17 BASKETBALL TEAM OF 1923. Coaclicd bu C. A. Callan. CHAMPIONSHIP BASKETBALL TEAM OF 1925. Coaclicd bu C. A. Callan. Page Two Hunclrccl Eighty-tllrcv CHAMPIONSHIP BASKETBALL TEAM OF 1926. Coachcd bu C. A. Callan. tributed several thousands, and over 2,500 cash customers bouqht tickets at the gate. Central won that game by three touchdowns, but l was more concerned with the huge crowd. You can understand my problem, when 1 tell you that the city building commissioner condemned the stands during the following spring baseball season. lust one more thrill before 1 tune oil. The League always had difficulty finding a park in which to conduct its games. Finally, in May of 1927, while 1 was League Manager for the third time, the Public Schools Stadium on North Kingshighway was dedicated. What a joy it was to run off the Seventeenth Annual Field Day on this fine quarter-mile track! 1 might go on indefinitely, but other men must have time to reminisce. Something should be said about the baseball prowess of the Red and Black. Coach Mike Walker produced many championships, but he must have received the greatest satisfaction when Central emerged from an elimination series of interscholastic baseball games as the high school champions of the Ll. S. A. The no-hit, no-run game hurled by Godfrey Wiedlich against Yeatman in 1917, also gave Coach Walker a thrill. ln 1919 Central, under the cap- taincy of Tony Anzolone, won the last championship for Coach Walker, when Soldan went down to a twelve-inninq defeat, 1 to O. Baseball reached a new low in high school enthusiasm by 1934. However, the St. Louis Browns, of the American League, offered to finance the League baseball season as a tribute to the late Phil Ball, owner of the Browns for many years. Coach Vernon Bradburn can give us a graphic description of the big moment of that year. Mr, Spross, who has given me expert assistance in coaching baseball, and 1 started the 1934 schedule with the usual hope that our boys would be among the leaders. As the season progressed. we looked like a championship club, but McKinley gave us a jolt by defeating us 7 to 3. Fortunately for Central, McKinley also lost one league game, so the two of us were scheduled to play off the tie for the championship as a preliminary to the regular big league game at Sportsman's Park. Andy Luecker pitched a nice game until he weakened in the final inning. Central was leading, 6 to 5, with McKinley at bat, when the Goldbugs placed the tying run on third, and the winning marker on second, with one down. At this point, we called on the left-handed Harold Wright to replace Andy on the mound. Coach Maguolo of McKinley decided to use strategy and called for the squeeze play. Wright delivered the pitch as the man on third dashed for the home plate, but the bunt turned out to be a pop-up back to the pitcher, who doubled the man out at third-and Central won the first championship in fifteen years. Page Two Hundred Eighty-four Members of the Central team were presented with season passes to the Brown's games by Manager Rogers Hornsby, and Elmer Serb, our star shortstop, was selected to make the entire American League circuit as the guest of the Browns. How about track and field events since the days of joe Forshaw? No one is better qualified to give us the inside story of this sport than a member of one of the greatest teams that represented the Red and Black. Vest Davis, now a popular teacher at Central, was one of the stars on that squad. Tell us about it, Vest. You have heard of that team coached by H. R. Ham in 1904 which took both first place in the state of Missouri and the interscholastic championship at the World's Fair held in St. Louis. Well, we had something to shoot at in 1906. I was on the track team for three years during 1907, '08, '09, when Central's prestige in athletics probably reached its peak. The 1907 team won the state championship at Columbia and broke six records. The captain was Will Haynes, who was the first Central athlete to make 22 feet in the broad jump. He also broke the record in the high jump. The most con- sistent point winner was Skeat Kieffer, who broke the record in both the mile and the half- mile on the same day and later added the quarter-mile to his record-list. The entire school was broken-hearted when his death from appendicitis cut off what undoubtedly would have been a brilliant career both as an athlete and as a citizen. Richard Baumberger brought Central laurels in the sprints, especially by establishing a record of 2296 seconds in the 220-yd. dash. Other members of the team included Charley Morton, brother of Strat Morton, the 440 runner. F. Dickerson, C. Garesche, H. Curtis, A. Stewart, Iim Lincoln, Henry Nelson, Hank Billings, Clifford Godwin, George Kaynes, Grover Sparks, and Louis Kane. The team of 1908 was even more brilliant. We won all the championships in sight and broke seven more records. The captain, jim Lincoln, led with two, doing the high hurdles in 16:56 seconds, and putting the shot 46 feet and 3 inches. A. Dore ran the 100 yards in 1056 seconds and threw the discus 104 feet. Hank Billings pole-vaulted 10 feet 3 inches, E. Bayley threw the hammer 143 feet and 6 inches, and I, myself, ran the low hurdles in 2556 seconds- just once. Among the other fellows on that team were Shep Barclay, Tom Chase, Lonie McFadden, Paul Nelson, Henry Neuhoff, Charley Powers, Iohn Rowan, and George Thomp- son. Our coach was Mr. Lee Byrne, who was not only efficient but treated us to some thrilling trips. The first was to the state meet given by the University of Missouri at Columbia. I remember that I tried to sleep on a single cot with Shep Barclay, a six-foot high jumper. I'was at one end, and he was at the other. We had only one blanket between us. About three o clock in the morning we were serenaded by two other members of the team. I think they were Grover Sparks and Hank Billings. One of them started to toot on an old cornet he had found during his prowlings and the other scraped a dish-pan across the side of the steam radiator. The result-in the pitch dark of night-was bedlam, and it ended up in a riot. The serenaders were lucky to escape murder. But next day we broke half-a-dozen state records. Later on, Coach Byrne took nearly the whole team to the University of Chicago Field Day, and we occupied deluxe quarters at the famous Chicago Beach Hotel. We usually managed to order everything on the menu, partly in order to find out just what the French terms meant. Then lim Lincoln and I were given a very special trip to the University of Illinois meet at Champaign. jim came back with a gold medal for the shot-put, but I ran too hard in my pre- liminary heats and just got a silver medal for second in the low hurdles, being out-generaled by a colored boy who had won the event the year before. In 1909, I was captain, myself: but we were not able to break many more records. Too many of our great stars had graduated. Howard Haynes was one of the best sprinters. Godwin distinguished himself in the high jump. Blewett Wagoner started on a great career as a pole-vaulter. Si Lincoln was pretty good at the hurdles. Ed and Charlie Powers teamed up in the distance races. Paul Nelson showed up as an all-around athlete and was chosen captain for 1910. Those were great days at Central, and we all enjoyed them to the full. For many years the athletic sports were divided into two groups, the major and the minor. The major sports had the greatest appeal to the participants and to the spectators. In more recent days, the leaders in physical education have concluded that the distinction between various types of activities was unnatural, if not harmful to the best interests of the participants. After all, tennis, golf, and swimming have more value as leisure sports in one's later life, than the so-called major sports. Golf was not introduced as an interscholastic sport until 1932, and as yet, has not received the wholehearted support of the Central students. Tennis has been more popular, and the Page Two Hundred Eighty-five Red and Black netmen have brought Central several championships. H. G. Colwell coached the teams for many years, and in 1904, 1905, and 1906 Central was tops in high-school tennis. A ' ' W h S ' , B man, Outstanding netmen consisting of Adkins, Magill, Perry, Smithers, unsc , errario ow and Townsend brouqht us these victories. Mr. E. H. Christenson, also a teacher at Central, coached our last tennis champions in 1925. He will now give a brief account of this achieve- I1'16Ht. P A ' ' - 1 r'-i ir-t ' s'e' it A . . , HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL CHAMPIONS OF THE UNITED STATES. 1906. Coached bu M. W. Walker. CHAMPIONSHIP BASEBALL TEAM OF 1919. Coachcd bu M. W. Walker. Page Two Hundred Eighty-six There is not a great deal to say. The team consisted of the following tennis enthusiasts: Vernon Tietien, Iohn Kienker, Harry Berkin, Elmer Nooter, and George Bierman. When we began to train for the tournament, l told the boys on the squad that they would have to defeat me in tennis if they desired to be members of the team. We plugged away throughout the year, and by that time the boys were able to defeat not only their coach, but also the tennis teams representing the other high schools of the Leagues. That's all there was to it. Coach Walker mentioned the three K's as being largely responsible for the fine record made by the 1922 football team. One of those backfield stars, Louis Kittlaus, lr., has had the distinction of becoming a teacher and coach for his Alma Mater. Louie has had charqe of our track team and football squad for the past few years. He will add a word to this historical account of athletics. The work that I have don.e is so well known that l need not go into a long discussion. The well-balanced team of 1937, whose scores are listed in the track article of this volume, gave as fine a performance as any l've coached. Two individuals stand out as the most efficient, George Cash, high jumper and high hurdler of the 1934 squad, and Leo Otten, the present INTERSCHOLASTIC WORLD TRACK CHAMPIONS. IQO4. Coachcd bu W. R. Ham. CHAMPIONSHIP TRACK TEAM THAT BROKE EIGHT RECORDS. 1908. Coachecl bij Lee Burns. Page Two Hundred Eiglity-svlfvri miler of Central. George holds the senior high hurdle record of 15:6, and we expect Leo to better the high-school mile record before he graduates. You may enjoy an inside story connected with the McKinley-Central football game upset of 1937. McKinley is coached by my friend, Otto Rost. Last summer Otto, Charlie Naylor, in charge of playground workers, Mr. Alfred O. Anderson, Director of Physical Education and Recreation, and l often formed a foursome for a round of golf. One day Otto and Charlie kidded me about the trimming McKinley would administer to Central in football when the two of us would meet. Mr. Anderson was a good sport and agreed with me that if the Goldbugs would beat Central by more than two touchdowns, we would pay for a chicken dinner for the four of us: of course, they took up the offer, and countered with the same agree- ment. When the sports reporters stated unanimously that Central would go down to defeat, they were preparing the dinner for us. As you know, the Red and Black warriors held the foilimler champions to a 0 to 0 tie-and Otto and Charlie bought delicious dinners for Alfred O. an ouie. This storq would not be complete without a good story by the grand old man of Central, Louis Kittlaus, Sr., father of the football stars, Louie and Bill. He has been associated with Central for more than half the time it has been in existence. Louis, Sr., you have the Hmike' . You want me to give you an ancient history lesson, so here goes. ln 1891 a young graduate of the American Gymnastic College at Indianapolis came to the South Side St. Louis Turnverein as their instructor. He wanted to see physical education become a more vital part of the St. Louis school system, so he agreed to work without pay in the schools until such a time as the Board could find a place for him. The following year Louis M. Kittlaus was appointed as a supervisor of physical education in the grammar schools. As the years passed on, opinion was organized in favor of introducing physical education in the High. l had the honor of being selected as the first physical education teacher in the public high schools of St. Louis. We had no gymnasium. Why the citizens believed that their children could get all the exercise they needed out-of-doors! High had an enrollment of 3,000 and more, only 700 of whom were boys. There was a large open court formed by the square high-school building, which was used as a promenade for girls. However, we convinced ,Q 1, . '. I V E I .1 g fivw TENNIS CHAMPIONS. Adkins, Magill, Perry, Smithers, Wunsch. Page Two Hundred Eighty-eight the authorities that this court should be converted into an open gymnasium, so when it was good weather we went through our exercises out there. When the weather was too rough, we went through our paces in the northwest corridor, or on the stage of the auditorium, We had no equipment at first. The first indoor baseball was played with a tennis ball 'is the baseball and a wand for the bat We tried to organize basketball but the boss failed - . I Y to warm up to that silly game. The lunch baskets carried to school formed the high jump standards, and the good old fishing poles were brought to school for the crossbars. Siometime around 1910 the Board supplied us with the first apparatus consisting of one vaulting buck on ll I b' ' ' e para e ar, and one horizontal bar. Finally, the Board placed a roof over the concrete court, and High had the first bona-fide gymnasium in the public schools. I must say that the old gymnasium at Grand and Finney was undoubtedly the best one ever constructed in the citv. Dont let me forget the old swimming pool at Central. Its length was about the total extent of limmie I,incoln's reach, The very smallness of the pool encouraged the boys to swim f V h I y . . . . . or t ev xx ere not afraid of drowning in that little hole. About eighty per cent of the boys learned to swim, and this probably accounts for the fact that in 1912, the swimming team coached by me, won the high-school championship. But I will never be remembered as an athletic coach. While I believe in interscholastic athletics as an incentive for the more expert athletes, I am more concerned abo t th h ' 'l u e p ysica development of the mass of boys. That is why I introduced the intramural games into the regular gymnasium program, persuaded the League to organize the track and field events into the Senior, Iunior, and Midget divisions, increased the apparatus work, promoted the efhciency tests for all-round h ' l f ' ' ' p ysica per ormance, and encouraged the formation of the first high-school gymnasium club. It is gratifying to be working with Mr Alf d 0 A d , t Q . re . n erson in his expansion of the intramural game. You can imagine what a kick Old Man Kittlaus got when his intramural volleyball champions of Central took the championship of the public high schools when they defeated Cleveland at Beaumont onlv last week. We have given you a panorama of the development of physical education and athletics at Central. The RED AND BLACK champions are ever Marching on. Championship Swimming Team-1912 Coached by Louis W. Kittlaus, Sr. l i Page Tivo Himclrccf Eighty-nirit B'ck row. left to right: Coach Bradburn, Schmatz, Weber, Huber, Zesso, Kamp, Windish, Coach Spross. a Middle row, left to right: Chall, Kinker, Hoenerhoff, Parres, Kostich, Sanders, Dunn, Rzesenrny, Hesselbach. ' ' F ' k D bb' , Rudd, McDermott, Serb. Front row, left to right. Wulfemeyer, etc , o ms SQEISOTI. 5 Introducing Bill Hesselbach, 1940, who will review the 1938 baseball 'i , ,rx- HE Red and Black baseball team will finish the regular League season of 1938 by playing off a tie with McKinley for first place on Wednesday, Iune 1. The record is five games won and one game lost. Central also played eight non-League games with fair success. At the beginning of the season the squad included six veterans: Walter Serb, pitcher, Bob Kinker catcher- Douqlas Dobbin first baseman, lim McDermott, Bill Sanders, and Charlie H b V fi ld f . Th' cle s was strengthened by the addition of the following new play- u er, out e ers is nu u ers' Orville Feick and Louis Zesso second base: Ken Wulfemeyer and Tom Parres, short- ' Al stops: Cliff Rudd, third base: Walter Windish, Henry Hoenerhoff, Mel Kostich, outfielders, Dunn, Chester Weber, and Elmer Schmatz, pitchg Harlan Kamp and Bob Riesenmy, catch. The non-League games served as a means of testing the strength of the various players, and as a result Central won but five of the eight games played. The strong South Side Catholic team of the Catholic League defeated the Red and Black in the initial game of the year. Nor- mandy, a leader of the county schools, followed suit with another walloping, while McBride of the Prep League, administered the final defeat of the season. Central, however, received much satisfaction by twice taking the measure of St. Louis University High, champions of the Prep League, and winning two games from C. B. C., runner-up in the same class. ln the first contest with McBride, Central was also victorious. The St. Louis press picked the Red and Black team to win the championship of the Public High School League, but in the first encounter, Beaumont, champions of 1937, gave Central a rude shock by being on the long end of a 6 to 4 score. Poor base running and a case of jitters in fielding accounted for the only defeat in the regular schedule. Cleveland, the next League opponent, threatened to put Central out of the running by taking a 6 to 2 lead in the fourth inning, However, the Red and Black attack began to function in the fifth inning when six runs were added, and when the contest was over, Central had amassed 15 runs to 6 for Cleveland. Homers were the feature of this game, Serb polling two, Wulfemeyer one, and Kostich another. Page Two Hundred Ninetu The Roosevelt contest was a pitchers' duel from start to finish, Serb allowing four hits, and Benish, of Roosevelt, yielding five hits. This game was decided in an extra inning, when with two out, Kinker connected for a double, and Dobbin followed with a single to drive the winning marker across. Central won 2 to 1. Blewett furnished stiff competition in the next game, but Serb outpitched Zachritz to win 6 to 1. White Central's attack was weak, the Midtowners took advantage of Blewett's errors to add the third League victory to the win column. Soldan, a team which has not tasted a League victory since the 1934 season, fell an easy victim to Central's bats in the fifth League game. Triples by Feick and Wulfemeyer featured in the attack which netted 12 runs to 3 for the Gold and Brown. The crucial game of the season was played with McKinley. The Goldbugs had mowed down five of their live League opponents in rapid succession, and needed this lone victory to win the championship. The contest started out as a pitchers' battle, with Mugavero and Serb at their best in the first inning, the lone hit being a homer by Stehlik, McKinley left fielder. ln the second inning the Goldbugs' defense cracked wide open, donating five runs to Central. The Black and Gold came back with two runs in the fourth, but Serb held the McKinley boys in check during the remainder of the contest. In the meantime, the Red and Black scored three additional runs, and when the smoke of the battle disappeared, Central had won 8 to 4. Serb struck out ten batters, while Muqavero had nine strikeouts to his credit. Date Date March 29 South Side Catholic 5 Central 4 May 2 St. Louis U. High 10 Central 12 April ll Normandy Il Central 4 May 3 C. B. C, 8 Central 9 April I2 Beaumont 6 Central 4 May 10 McBride I 5 Central 4 April I9 Cleveland 6 Central 15 Mav ll Blewett l Central 6 April 25 C. B. C. 3 Central 4 Mav 14 Soldan 3 Central I2 April 26 McBride 3 Central 5 May 18 St. Louis Ll. High 5 Central 6 April 29 Roosevelt l Central 2 May 24 McKinley 4 Central 8 'A' 4 4 Championship Baseball Team-1934 Coachecl by Vernon J. Bradburn ik. VJ. First row. left to right: Riti, Green. Unland fMascotj, Shoptaugh, Ruh lManagerj Second row, left to right: Srelzer, Fisher. Serb, Cigno. Fawcett, Luecker, Herman. Third row, left to right: Coach Bradburn. Beuolo, lones, Wright. Bauer, Duncan, Schnezdtr Hughes, Assistant Coach Spross. Martin and Pribble were absent when picture was taken. Page Two Hundred Ninety-one THE FOOTBALL TEAM-1938 Left to right: Heitert, Wozniak, Bailey, Nolle, Knapp, Schrniderer, Klos, Ncwsham. Riley, Day, Linehan, Coach Kittlaus, lr. V FOOTBALL ftilfliz Mfr' vi . , , , Introducing Eugene Allen, 39, who will reuzew the 1937 football ' ,3'if? fy-'af g,.- 3' ,,,i 15f1i?, 5 season . . -zz. -,us h lfw 1'i:f'f ENTRAL opened its 1937 football season beneath the brilliant flood lights at the St. Charles High School football field, Friday night, September 24. Central's fine blocking featured the game. The Midtowners time and again advanced the pigskin to St. Charles's 10-yd. stripe but lacked the final punch to put it over the goal line. Central's op- ponent had little to offer except a fair passing attack. Neither team scored until the waning minutes of the fourth quarter. About three minutes before the final gun, Weber, St. Charles's star ball carrier, faked a pass and streaked around right end to score the only points of the game. On October 8, the Public High Schools were given a half-day off to witness the Central- Roosevelt crash. The Midtowners' sky-rocketing hopes took a sudden nose dive as Roosevelt's aerials proved too much for Central's weak pass defense. However, the Red and Black line formed a stubborn barrier that stopped most of Roosevelt's ground plays. Central's most prom- ising offense was shown when she advanced the ball to the Rough Riders' 8-yd. line in the first quarter. Aerials proved to be Central's Waterloo, and at the end of the game they were on the short end of a 19 to 0 score. On the unusually cold day of October 15 Central met McBride in her second non-league game of the season. Both teams had difficulty in holding on to the ball as the thermometer hov- ered around freezing point. Early in the contest the Midtowners were forced on the defensive Although the Red and Black offense did not seem to click, Central's forward wall defended her goal nobly. McBride penetrated deep into the Midtowners' territory several times. but an epidemic of fumbles and an air-tight line only failed to stop the Colonnaders once. On that occa- sion a 14-yd. pass in the fourth quarter enabled McBride to score a touchdown. The score board's final readinq was McBride 6, Central 0. Central played its second league game with Cleveland as her opponent on October 23. ln the opening minutes of the game the Midtowners drove the ball fifty-three yards to their op- ponents' 20-yd. line only to have their first pass intercepted. From that moment on Cleveland had the situation well in hand, and Central had a rough time. The Carondeleters lived up to their reputation of being a tricky team as they pulled several deceptive plays out of the bag. Central's line lacked its usual stubborness as Cleveland repeatedly made long gains through right and left guards. When the gun finally ended Central's nightmare, the team had received its worst trouncing of the year to the tune of a 25 to 0 score. They shall not pass would have been a suitable motto for the Central team that met Mc- Kinley High November 6. The Red and Black squad accomplished the unbelievable-it held Page Two Hundred Ninetu-two the League-leading Gold Bugs to a scoreless tie. The sports writers who predicted a McKinley victory as an almost forgone conclusion paid Central high tribute after the contest. The back field played as never before, and the line functioned beautifully. Ed Linehan's fine kicking was one of the major factors of Central's defense. The Midtowners' moral victory over the Gold Bugs cost McKinley a tie for the championship. Central's next game was with Beaumont. The Bluejackets, because of their more impres- sive record, were heavy favorites to win. However, the Red and Black's morale was at its peak and its hopes were high. This may be explained by the fact that McKinley had trounced Beau- mont 25 to 0 earlier in the season. At the half Central was trailing 8 to O. Beaumont had scored two points on a safety and added a hard-earned touchdown. In the second half of the contest the Midtowners played an inspired game of football. Late in the third quarter Central scored its first touchdown of the year. his feat was accomplished by Don Riley, who went through a hugh opening off right guard and raced thirty-three yards to the goal line, untouched. Linehan made the extra point on a line plunge a moment later. In the last quarter Riley passed to Linehan who sprinted the re- maining distance to the double stripe. At the conclusion of the game Central owned her first league victory and insured herself of fourth place in the final league standing. When the spec- tators filed out, the score board read Central 13, Beaumont 8. The mercury was in the twenties when Central played Soldan for her final game of the sea- son. In the first half of the game Central plunged deep into Soldan territory. Once the Mid- towners reached their opponents' I-ft. line but lost the ball on downs. There was no score for either team at the half. Late in the third quarter Central's end accidentally knocked down a pass into the hands of a Soldan receiver. This play put Soldan on the Midtowners' I0-yd. line. in a short time Soldan scored the only points of the game. Ed Linehan, halfback, and Don Rilev, fullback, were Central's contribution to the Public High School All-Star eam. Linehan once more took a bow in the football limelight when he was elected the most valuable man on the Red and Black squad by his teammates. ' SUMMARY September 24 Central O St. Charles 6 November 6 Central 0 McKinley 0 October 8 Central 0 Roosevelt 19 November 13 Central 13 Beaumont 8 October I5 Central O McBride 6 November 20 Central O Soldan 6 October 23 Central O Cleveland 25 Homecoming Basketball Team Back row, left to right: Hucttncr. Wriyflit, Wclircnbcrg, Zcicllcr, Krclu. Coach Bradburn Middle row. left to right: Tudor, WlllfClHC.llCf, Serb. Hug. Front row, left to right: Stcl:cr, Batfciqcr, Hafcliafd, Borckmrm. 4 PRESENTATION OF THE MICHIGAN CUP THE AUDIENCE g BASKETBALL 5 The 1937-1938 Basketball Champions, Harold Hohlt, '38, reviewer. li 7 'J' f I N iff. 4 -X '2 Wx r- .l4 f. ' Jghal' ' W ENTRAL started its 1937-1938 basketball campaign with a 28-10 vic- tory over Beaumont. Each player gave a good account of himself offensively as well as defen- Sivelv. The Red and Black warriors' defense permitted only four field goals which were the result of numerous long shots taken by our opponents. Coach Bradburn, although he resigned the coachship in order to pursue graduate studies at the university, acted as coach till his suc- cessor would be named. As no coach was appointed and we were to play McBride, Captain Walter Serb and Man- ager Harold Hohlt were put in charge of the team. When the teams retired at the half, Central lead, I2-5. McBride pulled a grand come-back in the second half and walked off the floor vic- tors, 27-26. Arville Feick muffed a chance to tie the score in the final seconds by missing a free throw. The whole team was weak at the foul line, for Central made only two throws out of e even. Central's coachless five next emerged victor from a rough and tumble game on a small court against South Side Catholic, 36-25. Spills and thrills were numerous. The foremost thrill was Feick's flattening a spectator and several chairs when he dived into the crowd trying to retrieve the ball. Earl Iansen, outstanding athlete while he attended Cleveland High School and later at the University of Illinois, was appointed basketball coach. Central's first game under his guidance was against St. Louis University High. It was a nip-and-tuck battle right down to the end. Championship Basketball Team-1938 , . wwe! Back row, left to right: Coach Iansen. Manager Hohlt, Brown, Huber. Benner, Windish, Hesselbach. Middle row, left to right: McDermott, Moran, Feick, Serb, Wulfemeyer. Front row. left to right: Driemeier. Nolle. Thurmau. Zesso, Huffman. Captain Elmer Serb iv cjyflfllm l Aff' X THE MICHIGAN CUP Presented to Central bu the St. Louis-Miclzigan Alumni Associa- tion for the 1938 Championship. Kenny Wtilfemeyer, our freshman star, personally contributed eleven points to the 30-28 victory, C. B. C. handed Central a 29-26 setback, which was to be the team's last defeat this season. Walter 1 Serb's valiant efforts, which ac- counted for eleven points and topped both teams in scoring, were not quite enough. The team that gave us this defeat later became cham- pions of the Prep League and of the St. Louis Regional Tournament. Opening League play at St. Louis University, Central opposed Soldan, who was thought to furnish stiff opposition. This was quickly dis- proved as Central steamrolled the opposition under a 33-19 score. lim McDermott and Arville Feick proved real stars as they broke up plays and prevented shots. Chaminade furnished weak op- ' position as the 32-ll score indicates. Central's substitutes played most of the last half and did very creditably. Kenny Wiilfemeyer lead the teams in scoring. The next game against Roosevelt was very rough with a total of twenty-nine fouls being called and two Rough Riders being ejected from the game on four personal fouls, Fred Moran tallied fourteen points. Homecoming night found Central's varsity pitted against the Alumni. Such stars as Elmer Serb, Herman Wiilfemeyer, Iohn Tudor, Henry Huettner and others composed the Alumni. lt was a well-fought contest even if the 341-15 score seemed a run-away for the ex-weavers of the Red and Black. v After the mid-point of the season Central opposed Beaumont who had not tasted defeat in League competition. Central, however. defeated her quite handily by a 30-10 score. The de- fense of the Nlidtowners again shone as Beaumont could only score two field goals. Blewett, weakened by graduation, was completely powerless before the high-geared scor- inq machine of Central which rolled up 36 points to the 5 of the opposition. This type of game was a good 'fseasoningn contest for the subs and Coach Iansen took advantage of the oppor- tunitv and sent them into the fray. Spirit was running high as a championship loomed on the horizon. This was severely iolted as the fourth quarter began against Cleveland with Cleveland leading, 15-11. Central braced as Wtllfemeyer counted twice, McDermott added a field goal, Huber followed suit, and Feick then added the twenty-second point. Cleveland could only produce twenty points: so it was one more step forward. The next game was Hit. McKinley was undefeated as was Central. The stands were packed to capacity and cheer leaders led the schools in yells of encouragement. Central quickly jumped to a 9-5 lead at the half. The Centralites in the stands began to feel more and more confident as each basket added point after point to her total, while McKinley was unable to penetrate the Central defense. The 28-12 victory was a team's victory and this team brought Central its first Public High-School Championship in Basketball since 1926. Page Tivo Hundred Ninctu-si.x' Arrangements were made whereby St. Louis's Public High-School League teams that finished in first and second places would oppose Kansas City for the lnter-City Championship. McKinley was to play East High, and Central to play Paseo High, champions of Kansas City. The game was played in the Municipal Auditorium, a magnificent structure. The baskets were equipped with a lighting device, a huge clock on the wall recorded time, and a scoreboard on the wall, high above the heads of the spectators, told the score. There were four bands, and cheer leaders, brightly costumed, from each school led the cheers. The game was closely played with McDermott committing three fouls before the first quarter ended. Walter Windish replaced him and'scored the point, which tied the game 13-13. The game ended in a tie, as did the first three-minute overtime period. Second overtime began and Feick was awarded two shots for being fouled in the act of shooting by Israel, Paseo's forward. Feick made one and the period ended 14-13, but since two points were not scored, a third overtime was called. On the tip-off Israel again fouled and this time it was Wulfemeyer. The crowd quieted down and Kenny came through with a basket to win the game 15-13. Central was awarded a trophy as Champions of the Inter-City game. McKinley also defeated East High, 18-14. Central's Champions of '38 have compiled a very interesting record. They won 11 and lost 2. They have scored 375 points to their opponents' 221. ln League play Central averaged 30.3 points a game. Three Central lads, Ken Wulfemeyer, Fred Moran, and lim McDermott made the All Stars . Credit here should be given Coach Vernon Bradburn and Coach Earl lansen. The former tauqht and laid the fundamentals for the team and then, when he resigned, Earl Iansen stepped in and with fine coaching skill led the team to victory. I KANSAS CITY BASKETBALL TROPHY. I 938 C hampionship. ST. LOUIS BASKETBALL TROPHY. 1938 Championship. SUMMARY OF THE GAMES December 7 1937 Central Beaumont 10 December 10 1937 Central McBride 27 December 17 1937 Central South Side Catholic 25 December 21 1937 Central St. Louis U. High 28 Ianuary 4 1938 Central Christian Brothers College 29 f lanuary 7 1938 Central Soldan 19 f lanuary 11 1938 Central Chaminade 11 lanuary 14, 1938 Central Roosevelt 12 February 4, 1938 Central Beaumont 10 February 11 1938 Central Blewett 5 - February 18 1938 Central Cleveland 20 February 25, 1938 Central McKinley 12 March 5, 1938 Central .15 Paseo 1Kansas Cityl 13 Page Two Hundred Ninety-seven TENNIS Ali. .Q fffk 'vii . , . . . . . Egg Introducing Dave Huber, 38, who will speak of Tennis actzvztzes A 5 for the current year: at V' V ' ig., M 12?-rf, HE 1937 RED AND BLACK netmen made a valiant attempt for victory this season despite two heavy blows that were dealt with the loss of Coach Bill Weld and a four-year letterman, Ioe Tryniecki. The task of selecting a new pilot for the team was left up to our principal, Mr. Weir, who found the solution in two capable men, Mr. Gundlach and Mr. Christenson. The new coaches set to work immediately, although there was not ample time for practice and organization. The Public High-School League ran off the annual tennis tournament at the Iefferson Memorial courts in Forest Park. The oriqinal team was altered after the first match, for Leon Garden, third singles player, wtihdrew from the team. Thus, the following team was selected: First singles, Lynn Schnake, second singles, Robert Eckoffg third singles, Norbert Grossheimg doubles, Tom Uber and Dave Uber. The lone alternate was Henry Zak. Lynn Schnake proved to be in good form as No. 1 man for the squad by easily taking two matches from his Cleveland and McKinley opponents.. Robert Eckhoff also came through with a victory in a colorful match with William Broadhead of Blewett. And Norbert Grosheim, new to the team this year, showed very good prospects for next year's team. The doubles team. consisting of Tom and Dave Uber, was given a fifth place rating among all doubles' teams because of a good showing with the Beaumont Champs. Beaumont again was league champion, having such brilliant players as Bud Blattner, George Hendry, and Benard Manic. Other outstanding players of the season were Dwight Lasater of Blewett, Dick Russel of Soldan, Stanley Levy and Tom Giles, doubles' team from the same school, and Leo Miller and Bob Nelson, both from Roosevelt. Christenson. Page Two Hundred Ninety-eight Dave Uber, Tom Uber, Robert Eckhoff. ' SUMMARY OF SCORES I September 20 Central Cleveland 3 September 22 Central Blewett 3 l September 23 Central Roosevelt 4 1 September 27 Central Beaumont 4 September 28 Central McKinley 3 September 29 Central Soldan 4 'A' Coaches Gundlach and GOLF Left to right: Zeip, Kruger, Wehnzuellcr, Coach Markland, Waechter, Hail, Saegcr, Schultz. . inf: , 1 ,s - itll , Presenting Golf, of 1938, by Elmer Vision, 38. MJ ENTRAL'S golf team is chosen from the members of the Golf Club. This club has for its purpose the development of future golfers. The club, under the direction of Mr. Markland and Mr. Vertrees, offers instructions to beginners. Approximately twenty-Hve boys have been working out each week faithfully, in order to master the game. Nine boys reported from last year's golf club. Central's golf team, although not taking any championships, has developed the golfing spirit in all its members. This year Central will have several meets. The plan is to have dual meets with the various high schools of the St. Louis district. The Public High School League tournament will be a thirty-six hole medal tournament on the eighteen-hole links at Forest Park, on May 28 and une 4. Heretofore this tournament has been held in the fall. The reason, perhaps, for the change lies in the fact that a team can give better performance after a long practice during fall months. From the following golfers six will be selected to represent Central in the Public High School Tournament: Robert Kruger, Edwin Waechter, Iames Hail, Elmer Vishion, Robert Wehmuel- ler, Warren Zeip, Iames Kruger, and Harry Schultz. TRACK Q Nineteen Hundred Thirty-seven Track will b.e reviewed by Gilbert Gross, '39. Gilbert, it's your cue. Take the mike : V1 :?'l: 7'?:s 15,91 Q - fr9-fl ml: 2- ., ., ' L-,, ff'i.- M 1: ..-1, kiwi-5 'Ta 1 V? if Zu? ' A ANG! They're off! The track season started off with a bang and so did Central. The Midtowners won four of the six dual meets, losing only to Roosevelt and Soldan. During the 1937 Track Season the Red and Black team became known as a very diffi- cult opponent to beat. Under the splendid coaching of Coach Kittlaus, the Red and Black team finished third in the Annual Field Day of the Public High School League. Page Two Hundred Ninety-nine ln the first dual meet of the season Central emerged victorious. The Red and Black de- feated McKinley with ease in the Iunior and Midget divisions, and a fine display of sportsman- ship was shown by both teams. Ben Maniscalco, a Iunior, was high-point man of the meet, scor- ing ten points alone by winning the 50-yd. and 100-yd. dashes. The Red and Black Senior divi- sion was swamped by McKinley by a score of 61 to 43. Outstanding performances were re- corded by Leo Otten in the mile, and Robert Windish in the high jump and high hurdles. Central defeated its second rival, Blewett, by a wide margin. Central won in all three divi- sions by the scores of 66 to 40, 76 to 20, and 50 to 9, in the Senior, Iunior, and Midget divisions, respectively. Eugene McNeary and Bob Driller were high-point men of the Midget Division. ln the meet with Cleveland, Central met with keen competition in all divisions. However, we emerged victorious. This was the first meet in which Central's strength was really tested. Windish was high-point man in the Senior division, scoring 7 points. In the lunior division Ma- niscalco in the dashes and Leo Klos in the high jump and low hurdles upheld Central, securing ten apd eight points, respectively. ln the Midget division, Central nosed out Cleveland by a score o 27 to 25. Central added another victory by defeating its North Side rival, Beaumont. Central lost in the Senior division, but swamped Beaumont in the Iunior and Midget divisions by the scores of 65 to 33, and 43 to 16, respectively. Louis Bonacorsi and Klos scored eleven and eight points. ln the Midget division Driller captured three firsts in the 75-yd. Dash, High lump, and Broad lump, scoring 15 points alone. Central met the hardest foe of the season in the meet with Roosevelt. However, her cour- age was not daunted, and she made a fine showing in all three divisions. The scores for the Senior, Iunior, and Midget divisions were Central 31 Roosevelt 39, Central 40, Roosevelt 50. Central 19, Roosevelt 39, respectively. Again Driller and McNeary starred for Central in the Midget division, while Maniscalco and Bonacorsi registered good performances in the Iunior division. TRACK-1937 Top row, left to right: Manager Gross, Moran, Schlegel, Klos, Branahl, Wozniak, Shurnas, Stauder, Terrarnagra. Third row. left to right: Coach Phillips, Linehan. Newsham, Bono, Conrad. Vineyard, Often, Gheridini. Wozniak, Coach Kittlaus. lr. Second row, left to right: Mogel, Starks, Windish. Rudd, Hyland, Dickason, Stelsleni, Gustin, Niehaus. Beiter. Front row, left to right: Wolpers, McNeary, Stunkel, Bonacorsi, Bastian. Martin, Maniscalco, Driller, Farless, Sprinqle. Paac Three Hundred The Central-Soldan dual meet was the last of the season. Central won in the Iunior division by a score of 48M to 441Q, Maniscalco and Bonacorsi leading the attack. Central lost in the Senior and Midget divisions, Driller scored all of the 1014 points in the Midget division to Soldan's 48M. The Twenty-seventh Annual Field Day of the St. Louis Public High School League was held on May 21 at the Public Schools' Stadium. After the colorful parade of the combined high-school bands and of the athletes representing the competing schools, the two thousand spectators settled down to follow the fine performance of their favorites. Three new records were established and one old record was tied. Alsbury of Roosevelt ran the 200-vd. Senior Low Hurdles in the fast time of 22.5. after he had already tied the 120- yd. Senior High Hurdles mark of 15.6 established by George Cash of Central in 1934. Bock- man of Beaumont vaulted to the new height, 11 feet 11M inches, in the Senior division, and Rothwell of Blewett set the new record of 10 feet IOM inches in the Iunior Pole Vault. Roosevelt won the meet with a total of 100 points, Soldan came in second with 69 points. while Central nosed out Beaumont for third place, with 48M points. Robert Driller, Midget. was the high-point man for Central, taking first in the High lump, second in the 75-yd. Low Hurdles, and third in the Broad lump. Leo Otten placed first in the Senior mile, his time of 4.55 being ten seconds short of the record. Klos scored seven points, winning first in the 120-yd. Iunior Low Hurdles, and third in the Iunior High lump. McNeary won the Midget Broad lump with a distance of 15 feet 7M inches. Maniscalco came in second in both the Iunior 100-yd. dash and the 50-yd. dash. SUMMARY FOR THE 1937 SEASON April 7- 9 Central 163 McKinley 85 April 14-16 Central 191 Blewett 69 April 21-23 Central 139 Cleveland 119 April 30 Central 146 Beaumont 112 May 7 Central 90M Roosevelt 1711,Q May 10-11 Central 97 A Soldan 158 SWIMMING 1 6 Your reviewer for 1937-38 Swzmmzng, rs Charles Iacobs. 38. N the third week of December forty swimmers answered Coach Phillips' call and the squad was cut to fifteen men three weeks later. With three returning lettermen as a nucleus and twelve comparatively inexperienced candidates, Coach Phillips turned out one of the best all-around teams that has represented Central since Swimming has become an inter- scholastic sport. The first meet of the season with McKinley resulted in an easy victory. Taking first place in every event except diving the RED AND BLACK splashed to an easy victory. On the 17th of Ianuary the RED AND BLACK met with their first defeat, which was inflicted by a strong Soldan team. The Gold and Brown later won the lnterscholastic Championship. The fine display by Ed Espenschied in the 100-yd. back-stroke and the medley relay team composed of Espenschied, Nolte, and Iacobs, were the outstanding features. H ln the third and fourth meets of the season Cleveland defeated the RED AND BLACK mermen to the tune of 36 to 30, and 34 to 32. Our next meet was with Beaumont, Central's bitterest rival, and she was defeated by a score of 35 to 31. In this meet Victor Wichmann, Kenneth Kircher, Tony Slizewski, lack Newsham, Charles lacobs, and Marvin Nolte turned in good performances. Page Three Hundred One In the last dual meet of the season, with Western Military Academy as her opponent, Central found herself on the short end of a 45 to 21 score. The outstanding performance of this meet was the exciting 180-yd. medley relay event. Ed Espenschied gave Marvin Nolte an even break after an exciting stroke for stroke race and he, in turn, gave Charles Iacobs an even break after the same sort of race. Here Iacobs, matched stroke for stroke with the West- ern paddler and on the last lap beat him out by less than a foot. This race broke the record made by the Western Military Academy team by over two seconds. The time was 1 :54:2. In the Sixth Annual Public High-School Swimming Meet, held at the Washington Uni- versity pool, Edwin Espenschied and Charles Iacobs were high-point men for Central, each taking third place in the 100-yd. back-stroke and 100-yd. free-style events, respectively, and swimming on the medley relay team, which was nosed out by Beaumont in a record-breaking performance. Beaumont broke the old record of 1:3516 by nearly 6 seconds. Marvin Nolte also helped to swell Central's point score by taking a fourth place in the 100-yd. breast-stroke event and swimming on the medley relay team. Soldan won the meet, while Central took fifth olace. In the Annual State High-School Meet held at Washington University, Central entered three men and came out fifth among the twelve teams entered in the competition. Edwin Espenschied took third in the 100-yd. back-stroke, Marvin Nolte placed fourth in the 100-yd. breast-stroke, Charles Iacobs took fourth in the 100-yd. free-style, and the medley relay team composed of the same three came in second, giving Central a total of fifteen points and fifth place. The meet was won by Soldan with a total of 28 points. Marvin Nolte has proved invaluable in his consistency in winning the breast-stroke event and being a member of the medley team. Edwin Espenschied, only a freshman, deserves much credit in his winning the 100-yd. back-stroke event and being a member of the medley relay team. Victor Vichmann has turned in a very good record in the 220-yd. free-style event and the sprint relay. Charles Iacobs sparkled in the 50-yd. and 100-yd. free-style events and being a member of the medley relay team. Kenneth Kircher featured in the 50-yd. free-style and the sprint relay. Tony Slizewski has made a good record in his first year in the 220-yd. free-style and proved his ability as a member of the sprint relay team. lack Newsham, Irvin Wozniak, Leo Staniszewski, and Robert Delong have all par- ticipated and added points to swell the final scores in dual meets. Iohn Cassimatis was made manager and handled the job to everyone's satisfaction. Swimming Team Back row, left to right: Coach Phillips, Wozniak, Slizewski, Iacobs, Wozniak, Manager Cassimatis. Front row, left to right: Kircher, Espenschied, Nolte. Newsham, Delong, Wickmann. Page Three Hundred Two SUMMARY OF DUAL SWIMMING MEETS lan. 6 McKinley 27 Central 39 Ian. I2 Soldan 38M Central 27M lan. 17 Cleveland 36 Central 30 lan. 21 Beaumont 31 Central 35 Feb. 3 Blewett 24 Central 42 Feb. 8 Principia 30 Central 36 Feb. 14 Western M. A. 45 Central 21 Feb. 17 Cleveland 34 Central 32 Feb. 21 McKinlev 44 Central 22 SUMMARY OF POINTS BY SWIMMERS IN THE PAST SEASON Charles lacobs. ,,.,,,....,,. . 65 Edward Berg ..,.,.,....,..,...,.. 9 Marvin Nolte .......,............. 54 Irvin Wozniak .,.....,,,,.... ,, 6 Edwin Espenschicd ...... 49 Robert De long ......,,...,.., 4 Kenneth Kircher .........,,.,,. 34 Robert Burrichter ......,.,,,, 2 Tonv Slizcwski, ,,,,........,.., 33 Leo Staniszewski ,,,,,...,... 1 Victor Vichmann, ,..,, . 28 Claude Du Vall,,,,,,,,,,,, 1 lack Newsham ....,...,. 28 Warren Zeip .,..............,, 1 BOYS INTRAMURALS Reviewed bu Gilbert Gross, '39. F A boy particularly likes a certain sport or game, he is sure to find it included in Central's athletic program. Central has such a complete program of athletics for her boys that anyone can find one to his liking. There are competitive sports as softball, volleyball, and basketball: there are calisthenics which pro- mote bodily health and well-being: there is drilling which teaches precision and discipline. Central fosters interscholastic baseball, foot- ball, basketball, swimming, track, golf, and tennis teams and has been the pioneer in intramural athletics, there being intramural championship con- tests between softball, volleyball and basketball teams from the various gym classes. Central also has physical efliciency tests given once each year which show the pupil's advance- ment physically. In these tests there are ten events: broad jump fstanding and runningl, high jump, chinning, pushups, basketball free throws, 50 and 75-yard dash, pole climbing, and shotput. GYM CLUB We now introduce loc Mogel, '38, who has made it possible for us to it listen in on a conversation in the Gym Club and get our information at first hand. O. K.. loel , ,,-,,i.Kl'? ll ' ,LQ5Qt'N- . f X up-ff 1 , ' M.. QS - msn .- QQW' ' If ' ' mf - f C'.f'f, 5 .gsm y iii' 1 CME on, get in there, and come to order so we can get some prac- tice in. Hey, Ioe, Mr. Kittlaus has been sponsoring the club off and on since 1910, and he's calling out the same thing, They used to call our club the Nifty-Fifty: it's a funny name but a swell club. They even gave performances at the Municipal Theatre in Forest Park. Hloe, our parents are coming today: so let's make it a peppy meeting. Theres the whistleg everybody line up. No loafing on the warming-up exercises today, boys. We want to do more apparatus workg then we can do more exercises at the next open house. Mogel, Kemper, Hughes, and Busalaki, you leaders, get out the parallel bars and high bar. Come on, Eddie, try that back roll again, you almost got it last time. We've got to be good for that gym meet in April, the first one in ten years. Oh, there's the whistle to put the apparatus away. My, how time flies. That's all for today, boys: now go take a shower and be out of the building by four- thirtvf' Why did you give up the club in 1927, Mr. Kittlausln Lack of time and the disaster at our school caused me to give up the club. Mr. Iones. hlgwever, took over the club in 1934 and sponsored it until this spring, when l again took c arqe. 'AWell, here's hoping the Gym Club moves on under your sponsorship, Mr. Kittlaus. You've a fine bunch of boys. You betl How about the sponsor? None better! THE GIRLS' This is the Girls' Athletic Association, sponsored bu Miss Amend, broadcasting over station C. H. S. The purpose of this broadcast is to turn the pages of time and reveal the history of girls' athletics in ' f f l Central. 1 will now introduce our announcer, Estelle Tamalis, '38, who 'lf'.' l ' will take us on a tour through time. T HE first attempt to organize athletics for girls was in 1899. The move'- ment for woman suffrage was sweeping the country at the time and it was havingits effect upon the girls at Central. A group of girls have gathered in the gymnasium. Let us listen to their conversation, which at this moment is being interrupted by a commanding voice. Girls, may I have your attention, please? As you well know, Central's boys have been carrying off all the athletic honors for quite a while. I think that something should be done about this situation. A diminutive voice speaks up. May I offer a suggestion? There are many tennis enthusiasts among the girls. Why not form a Tennis Club? And so a Tennis Club was founded. The club was a successful venture. In fact, it was so successful that it led to the formation of a baseketball team. Because of lack of better facilities the girls had to use Muegge's Gymnasium for their practicing. The girls were then encouraged by having the first part of the fourth floor outfitted as a gymnasium. An active campaign for more basketball players was begun. Because of the increase in number of girls who wanted to play basketball, the use of the old Washington University gymnasium was permitted. The girls trained vigorously and even gave up chocolate. Their labors were not in vain, for, having won thirteen games and lost none, they were competitors for the Inter- state Championship in 1903. Let us look in upon two young reporters from the Central High School Echo as they follow that momentous game. Look at that fine pass work, will you? I have never seen anything like it before! There goes the ball from Birdie Hoffman to Bertha Hensel. Oh! Bertha just passed it to Fannie Hurst. There it goes into the basket. INTERSTATE CHAMPIONS Pave Three Hundred Five You know, it almost seems as if that ball goes willingly into the basket for Fannie. Say! Did you just see the captain, Lillian Randall, pass? We are bound to win this game with such a fine captain. By the way, don't you think Lillian's brother, Eddie Randall, is the cutest little mascot you ever saw? Oh! The game is over. Central has won the Interstate Championship! Yes! Central has won. Now the girls of Central brought back the honors, and the boys looked on. The girls returned to Central and to the praises they deserved. The names of those seven players, Lillian Randall, Bertha Hensel, Birdie Hoffman, Sarra Strong, Louise Meyer, and Florence Messing, went down indelibly on the pages of Central's history. We find ourselves again with our two reporters interviewing the victorious players the day after the Game. What do you consider the crowning glory of yesterday's game? Is it the beautiful loving cup that you are going to receive? Well, no! The cup is lovely, but still we cherish more highly the new silver-mounted mirror for our dressing room on the fourth floor. During these exciting days Mrs. M. H. Ludlum was in full charge of gymnastics. Mrs. Ludlum was a pioneer in the field of gymnastics, being the first instructor of that subject in St. Louis. The girls under Mrs. Ludlum's supervision gave fine exhibitions at the World's Fair and in later years, at the state conventions, held in the coliseum. Central was fortunate, for not only did she have Mrs. Ludlum but also enjoyed the benefit of the services of Miss Eliza- beth Carr, who acted as sponsor for such organizations as the basketball team. The following few years were tranquil ones as far as athletics for girls was concerned. The scope of athletics into which the girls ventured steadily increased, however. In 1908 a new ggfm hiid to be opened for the girls. ln a few years there were three gyms at the disposal of t e air s. Soon after the new gym had been completed, Miss Catherine Z. Sullivan came to Central. Working together, Mrs. Ludlum and Miss Sullivan conducted a program consisting of formal lgyslnastics, apparatus work, folk and national dancing, and such organized games as captain- a . Soon, however, Mrs. Ludlum confined her teaching to English and Latin, and Miss Sulli- van was aided by such able assistants as Miss Mason, Miss Guenther, and Miss Neubarth. Other activities such as hiking, swimming, tennis, archery, and field hockey were replacing basketball, and, fiinally, in 1911, basketball was abandoned. In 1917 the Girls' Athletic Association was reorganized by Miss Sullivan. The new plan was indeed new, for there was nothing like it in St. Louis. Under Miss Sullivan's system every girl in Central belonged to the Girls' Athletic Association and could share its privileges. The year 1918 came and with it came war. Everyone was eager to help. Let us look in upon the Girls' Athletic Association while it is formulating plans to help also. Miss Sullivan. we need advice and suggestions, and so we have come to you. We have cut bandages, knitted stockings, and saved our pennies, but still we feel we haven't done enough. Can you suggest a way in which we girls could make more money? Why, yes! I think I might be able to think of something. What do you think of the idea of presenting a pageant of Greek games? Why, that is a fine idea. Don't you think so, girls? We agree with you. We could get Miss Crowder's help in making our costumes. Let's start as soon as possible. The girls put their hearts to the task and their efforts were well rewarded. After the war was over, Central again resumed her former peaceful schedule. Miss Sullivan, after having so successfully taught and presented the Greek Games, returned to her scientifically chosen exer- cises for straightening round shoulders and teaching Central's girls how to acquire good pos- tures. Miss Sullivan was nobly assisted in this work by Miss Neubarth, Miss Haeseler, and Miss McKinney. The program for the Girls' Athletic Association included baseball, hiking, golf, hockey, swimming, and tennis. Central has had many girl athletic stars. Alma Schoeperketter is still remembered for her Page Three Hundred Six Entrance of Aurora, from the Greek Games beautiful game of tennis, which won her the championship in 1925, and Iulia Foster, who, in her fifth term, won the school golf championship, is not forgotten. In 1929 we find such champions as Mary Margaret Frederic, Miriam Beeman, and Mar- garet Prince. It was girls like these who hiked a hundred miles in ten hikes, entered tennis tournaments, and went the rounds of a golf course. 1: vt x if if When the depression came it had its full effects on Central and the G. A. A. The girls had to economize as much as possible, and so the dues were reduced. But the G. A. A. survived the depression in spite of its reduced income. It not only survived, but it produced such stars as Ethel Demsey, Margaret Prince, Ruth Ecoff, Dorothy Dunn, Iosephine Tamalis. and many others too numerous to mention. Now let us look in upon this years first meeting of the G. A. A. Stella Sudika has been elected president and the question of dues has come up. The president speaks: Is there any discussion on the subject of what the dues should be? l should like to suggest twenty-five cents. l think the girls can afford that much. We could get some more equipment for athletics in that way. That's a good suggestion, but why not let the gym classes decide. They're the ones who have to pay. you know. So the matter was left to the gym classes and the measure for the twenty-five cent dues was adopted. The scope of athletics was widened until now Centrals girls can enroll in the follow- ing sports: tennis, hockey, soccer, ping pong, aerial darts, volleyball, basketball, hand tennis, horseshoe. and badminton. This year's athletic calendar began with the tennis tournament. Many an eager girl en- tered this tournament, but only Rita Towers and Sue Wright emerged as finalists. ln a close game. Sue defeated Rita to win the coveted championship. Cooler weather brought soccer. hockey, and hand tennis. Under Miss Amends instruc- tion the upper-term girls soon learned the fundamentals of hockey. A tournament was held. in which the teams of Helen Nahirna and Rita Towers emerged as finalists. When the champion- ship game was played, Rita's team defeated Helens. While hockey occupied the upper-termers, the lower-term girls, under Miss Schonhorsts instructions, could be seen playing soccer on the athletic field. In this field of athletics, Sophie Efthim led her fourth-termers to victory. The hand-tennis tournament was also being played at this time. Ann lschuk's team came out ahead among the lower terms and Mary Alice Crump's in the upper terms. Weather again changed the athletic schedule. ln the ping-pong tournament, Mary Alice Page Three Hundred Seven CHEVRONS Victoria Nickola Mildred Grawe Bessie Kincaid Corrine Ellis Evelvn Trickev Norma Pfister Virqinia Sendlein Marie Brune Marv Graham Dorothv Altrnansberqer Eleanor Rost Marvis Wilson Pauline Giacolone Evelvn La Rose Eileen Green Stella Walezak Marv VVirehach Flora Walsh Frankie Smith Rita Towers Bernice Lanier Reqina Brzezinski Marv Thomure Marv Huth Dolores l-lerrmann Aqnes Hanzelv lane Loddeke Beatrice Lavton Ruth Finkes Constance Ward Dorothv Lindhorst Estelle Tamalis Hs Stella Sudika Ruth Shurnas Violet Ancell Marv Alice Crump Victoria Nickola Marv Wirebach Flora Walsh Rita Towers Frankie Smith Aqnes Hanzelv Crump won in the singles championship. In the doubles also Mary Alice teamed with Dorothy Paubel to win that championship. Not all girls were interested in ping-pong, and for these, aerial darts and hand tennis were provided. The G. A. A. does not confine itself to its school affairs only. This year it entertained at the meeeting of the Mothers' Club, at the Open House, and at the Homecoming. Let us go with two reporters from the News to the Homecoming. You would get a flat tire and make us late for the Homecoming! Well, there's no use crying over spilt milk. Let's see what we can see. Yes, I think the volleyball game is on now. It's between the sevens and the eights. I'm afraid we're too late to see the game. We have to get the results for the News. though. I'll ask Violet Ancell. She was referee at the game. Oh, Violet, who won? The sevens did. Well, what happened at the badminton game? We're too late for that also. Mary Alice Crump and Agnes Hanzely defeated Stella Sudika and Evelyn La Rose. Thanks. What's next on the program? It's the ballet and tap dancing. That's something I don't want to miss. Do you know the names of all the dancers? Why, yes. In the tap dancing there are Marie Strinni, Annie Laurie Moore, Virginia Indermark, Doris Spohr. Don't you think they have a clever act? Yes. but who are the ballet dancers? Here I have a list of them. Rita Towers, Frankie Smith, Leona Smith, Flora Walsh, Louise Wagner, Helen Slizewski, Virginia Bisping, and Virginia Iordan. So the G. A. A. helped make Centrafs Homecoming a great success. This year gold pins were presented to the outstanding senior girls. When a vote was taken in all the gym classes, Stella Sudika and Ruth Shurnas were selected outstanding in every- thing they undertook. Missouri M's were awarded to Norma Pfister and Stella Sudika. In order to get these M's. Norma and Stella had to swim, excel in studies, stand for good sportsmanship, and be leaders in their classes. The winners of the athletic H's also had much to accomplish. In order to obtain an H, they had to gain 1,200 points by entering the various fields of athletics and excelling in them. Those girls who were able to accomplish this feat are Violet Ancell, Mary Alice Crump, Pauline Giacolone, Agnes Hanzely, Victoria Nickola, Ruth Shurnas, Frankie Smith, Stella Sudika, Rita Towers, and Mary Wirebach. So the G. A. A. has again produced outstanding girls, mentally and physically fit to face the problems of the world. This is your announcer, Estelle Tamalis, signing off until next year at this time. Your station has been C. H. S. 4 A TOAST iFrom The Central High School News of Ianuary, 1896.1 Here's to the man that wears an Here's to the H he wears, Heres to the man without an MH But a man that never despairs: Here's to the girl in red and black. True as the stars on high, Here's to the man with a loyal heart. Here's to the man from HIGH! page Three Hundred Nine GIRLS SPCRTS AT' CENTRAL ln a few moments you will see exclusive television snapshots of the varied sports activities in which Central girls engage. The sports are many and varied-if I may use so trite an expression. No sports which promote bodily health and well-being are slighted. Those games which tend toward physical grace and beauty are stressed, such as tennis and badminton, There are, however, competitive sports, such as volleyball, ping pong, baseball, and hockey, which give mental and physical alertness. Dancing, both tap and ballet, is encouraged, and Central girls are given frequent oppor- tunities to present exhibitions of their skill. .ML Oil! CCIIfl'iIl'5 1938 Cliaznzpionslzip Basketball Team in Action Against the Pasco High School Team at Kansa: City. nu' Thru' llzmclrcrl Twvlvc NEWS AND VIEWS GEORGE LOWE ------ Announcer LARRY DICKASON - ---- Photographer IOE KUEPER - ------ Reporter REGISTRATION WE DIDN'T MOVE! For two weeks before the end of school in Iune, 1937, Central's teachers and pupils were busy packing innumerable boxes. By Iune all the boxes were filled, labeled and addressed. All the tags read To Southwest. Central was laboring under the delusion that we were to move to the new high-school building on Kingshighway and Arsenal. Came the dawn! In September it was definitely stated we would remain where we were. With dull mutterings, the faculty and student body went about the arduous task of unpacking. THEN- Clump-clump, pitter-patter, pitter-patter. That noise you hear filtering through our micro- phone is the sound of the footsteps of hundreds of Central pupils returning to school. The clump-clump is the sound of returning upper-classmen: the pitter-patter the lightsome footsteps of newly-entering freshmen. There will be no classwork for two days in order that the work of registration and classifica- tion may be carried on unhindered and also that both the teachers and pupils can get used to the routine of school life after the carefree summer. AND NEXT REGISTRATION Good morning, Ladies and Gentlemen! This is Ioe Kueper, your roving reporter, speaking to you direct from the corridors of Central. Since early this morning the halls have been massed with eager students feverishly seeking to enroll in classes with their favorite teachers. At present, we are speaking to you from the south end of the second-floor corridor. Let's set the scene for you. Along the east wall, behind temporarily erected registration tables, sit the registration committees composed of teachers and students. Directly in front of us is a table at which we may enroll in any of the various classes in Page Three Hundred Fourteen social studies. Farther along in the hall is the mathematics section, and at the opposite end of the corridor is the English department. Perhaps you can hear the hub-bub of voices as the students mill around the table directly in front of us. Let's get a student's viewpoint of the situation. Before our mike stands an angry, perplexed looking, youngster gazing dejectedly at his program. In case you may not know what a program is, it's a student's list of studies. 'AWill you step over here, please? What's your name? Step right up and speak into the microphone. Don't be frightened. Sam Stood. How old are you, Sam? How long have you been attending Central? I'm fourteen years old: I have been going to this school since September, l936. You're looking rather puzzled. Could you tell us what's the matter? Well, at first my program worked out the way I wanted it. Now I find I can't get into the historvnclass I wanted because its overcrowded. Now l'll have to make my program all over again. Rather a predicament you're in, son. Thanks very much for the interview. Well, were sorrq, folks, but we'll have to leave you. I don't know where our fifteen minutes have gone to. but I see the engineer giving me the fingerg so until tomorrow at this same time when we plan to bring you other interesting sidelights on student life in and around Central, this is your roving reporter, Ioe Kueper, signing off for Station CHS. So long, everybody. NINTH HCUR CLASSES Do the two scenes in the picture before you look familiar to you? If so, you are one of Central's few unruly children. To those of you who do not recognize this radio-televized photo, I will explain. This is one method which the Central disciplinary committee uses to curb impetuous youth. Perhaps a boy or girl takes it upon himself, herself, or themselves to have an ice-cream soda during a free period when he. she, or they should be reporting to a study hall. When the criminal is apprehended, he is brought before the bar of justice fthe offlcel and condemned to spend a week or more of ninth hours in the Library. A Hninth hour is a full period of forty minutes after school has been dismissed. These two forlorn figures seated, poring solemnly over their homework, were guilty of the dastardly crime of adorning one of Central's beautiful pieces of statuary with a top-piece. if-XMA- Attention, Ladies and Gentlemen: I-lere's a special bulletin concerning the athletic ticket sales race. The winning team is the red, captained by Ed Linehan and Georgianna Wallace. Congratulations! When questioned by our interviewer as to how they did it, Ed and Georgianna blushed, and said, We got teamwork. ii ii ii THE FOOTBALL SQUAD 1938 Page Thrcc Hundred Fifteen THE FOCTBALL SEASON IS ON! ja ay, Ocfoger 8, 1937 Central today is the guest of the Board of Education at the Public High Schools Stadium. Central was invited to attend the Central-Roosevelt football game free. Busses loaded with Centralites will leave the school building at approximately 1:00 p. m. Before and behind the busses are the decorated autos of various members of the Central faculty and student body. The stands are a colorful spectacle. Central fans are pouring in to the number of about a thousand. It is a glorious afternoon. The Roosevelt cheering section, as you see, makes a bril- liant splash of color against the somber background of the stadium. As to the contest itself, the fighting Central squad, we fear, is going down in defeat. Yes f25-O, before a much superior coordinating, Roosevelt team. However, the Central fans are well satisfied, for they have seen Roosevelt forced to fight for every inch of territory they gained. ULet's give a rousing cheer now for our dear old Central High: Let's join our loyal voices with her thousands marching by: Let's keep her glorious banners ever floating in the skys- While Central Marches On! Paar' Thrcc Hundred Sixteen reelfingff TO NEW CLUBS CHESS CLUB The Red and Black network is bringing to you the exclusive broadcast of this meeting of the Cen- tral Chess Club. The club is in the midst of a series of games now, to determine the local champ, Don't be worried by the blank expressions on sev- eral of the players' faces: that signifies that they are thinking intensively before moving that pawn, or is it a horse? l don't know. Don't ask me. The sponsor, Miss Dolch, may be seen but not heard, if you have x-ray eyes and can see through the pas- sive-faced players seated before her. The champ has not yet been selected, but a news flash will announce to you the winner and champion chess player as soon as he is crowned. THE SWIMMING CLUB The Swimming Club, under the sponsorship of Miss Randolph, held its first meeting March 1. The club holds a business meeting on the first Thursday of each month. The members of the club swim at the Y. W. C. A. every Friday after school. The officers of the club are as follows: President ---- MARY DOLORES NOONAN Vice President ----- IUNE RICHARDSON Secretary - - - - - - VIRGINIA DRAKE Treasurer ---- - - VIOLET ANCELL News Representative - - IACQLIELYN STOVALL THE CAMERA CLUB The new Camera Club is flourishing with Mr. Prelutsky as sponsor. Mr. Prelutsky also spon- sors the Astronomy Club, organized under Ray- mond Iones, as president. The Hiking Club, not pictured here is sponsored by Miss Randolph, with the following as officers: President, Louise Carver: Vice President, Elaine Esselbruegge: Treasurer, Mary lane Schnittkerg News Repre- sentative, Mildred Davidson. THE ASTRONOMY CLUB A number of Centralites interested in astronomy have organized the Douglass Astronomy Club, named after Mr. Stephen A. Douglass, late prin- cipal of Central High School. This group, interested mainly in practical as- tronomy as it affects us today have developed their programs into such popular discussions that the membership has greatly increased. DEBATING TEAM Our good old Debating Squad has come through once again this year for Central. Under the faith- ful leadership of Mr. Vest Davis, the team has again ranked honorably in the High School Debat- ing League. Not even the change to the Oregon system of debating has been able to halt its for- ward march nor break its enviable record of finish- ing second. N l I-Y-Nlary Butler and Sidney Kat: represent Central at the Wasliington University Oratorieal Contest. 2 and 127 Open-House niyht-a physics experiment. 3-A biology lab. pet. 4-Mr. Hill. Mr. Quinn, and Iudge Henninys at the Anniversary broadcast. 5-Central's act in the music pageant at the National Mizsie Convention. 6 and 7-H The Clean-up Parade. 8'--Ann Gillis and Torn Kelly, Tom Sawyer principals, visit Central. 9 and II-Old grads at Open House. I3-Winners of the Citizenship H: Mildred Graufe, Evelyn Green, Stella Sudika, Norma Pfister, and Catherine Asimontp I4-Warnzing up for the KSD Spelling Contest finals. Page Three Hundred Eighteen OPEN HOUSE MARCH 25. After days of frenzied preparation, Central is at last prepared. Her halls are bedecked with the handiwork of hundreds of willing 1?1 pupils: her various classrooms are filled to over- flowing with exhibits prepared to show the type of classwork which Central affords her student bodv. Tonight Central entertains her loyal alumni and equally as loyal parents. The first half of the evening is taken up with visits to the various classrooms. The latter half of the evening is taken up with the awarding of the various trophies won by the Central cagers during a stirring game. Une of the trophies, the Michigan Cup, is awarded by the Michigan Club of St. Louis. If Central again wins a championship, this cup will come to rest in the display cases of the first- floor corridor. Central has also won the first cup to be awarded by the Missouri State High School Athletic Association. The cup of the St. Louis Public High School League is also being presented to Central at this time. APRIL 26. 12, 12.1 Two of Central's leading orators present their orations at the Washington University Oratorical Contest. May we present these two able speakers, Mary Butler and Sidney Katz. 1 1.1 APRIL 19. The Annual Clean-Up Campaign is on! See the boys and girls of the Red and Black unit marching to join the grand all-high-school parade downtown. 16, 7.1 MARCH 31. We switch you to the Municipal Auditorium for one glimpse of a group of Central's boys who took part in Musica Americana at the Music Educators' National Conference. 15.1 APRIL 13. Central spellers practice for the KSD finals to be held April 16. 1 14.1 Visit 213 if you wish to meet this one of the many pets of the Biology Department. 13.1 Old grads come back for Homecoming on Central's 85th Anniversary Celebration, Feb- ruary l0. 14,9,10, 11.1 if CITIZENSHIP H. WINNERS Introducing Evelyn Green, Stella Sudika, Katherine Asimont, Norma Pfister, and Mildred Grawe. These five lucky girls were winners of the citizenship award for the term ending Ianuary 28, 1938. The gentlemen, as you see, are conspicuous by their absence. Our principal, Mr. D. H. Weir. in an exclusive statement, said that in the past this has been the exception rather than the rule. He expressed his belief that in the future the boys would again take a fair share of the citizenship honors. Right here it gives me great pleasure to quote this statement from Mr. Herbert Bayard Swope, a former Centralite, and a journalist of international fame: Girls always seemed to me to be more interesting and better students than boys. Most of the boys were pretty dumb. The citizenship award is based not only on scholarship but also on reliability, industry, cooperation, leadership, personality, and health. All of these young ladies came through the acid tests of their teachers' criticisms unharmed. Orchids to you, girls. 1 13.1 MONDAY. MARCH 14. Tommy Kelly and Ann Gillis, co-stars of Mark Twain's immortal Tom Sawyer, visited Central today. They were accompanied by Mr. Clemens, cousin of Mark Twain. Mr. Clemens, during an aud session gave a rather lengthy sketch of Mark Twain's life, embellished by numerous excerpts from many of the famous author's works. The visitors left about noon, and Tommy, upon being accosted by our enterprising RED AND BLACK cameraman, spoke the immortal words, Hurry up, will you? I'm hungry, I haven't had my lunch yet. 18.1 After a little trouble with our generators, Station CHS is back on the air. We're broad- casting from room 111, in the midst of one of Miss Mook's home economics classes. This picture shows some of the pupils in a productive frame of mind. Other television pictures will follow. Paae Three Hundred Nineteen AT OPEN HOUSE- Central's Co-eds Demonstrate How 'lTo Sew a Fine Seam. ,wr All Set for Inspection at Open House. The smiles portray the popularity of the subject.f0h-the generator is faltering again. l'll see if l can-splut-crackle-ssstfbrrr. Ladies and Gentlemen, the beautiful sight you see before you is just one small part of the training given Central girls who are interested in home economics. This table was set entirely by the girls, and they can cook the food that goes on it, too, A complete course in home economics is offered any Central girl that desires it. This includes cooking of the more common dishes, and also the more delicate pastries and desserts. Maybe some of you men will be lucky enough to land one of these fine cooks! l'm one hundred per cent in favor of the Home Economics Course. Miss Crowder. When was it established in St. Louis? Miss C.: Well, young man, you seem to be genuinely interested: so we'll just call Mrs. lttner iMiss Maud R. Flicknerl over to the microphone and get her to explain it to the entire audience. Mrs. lttner: Mrs. Ittner: Home Economics was introduced into the curriculum of Central High School in the fall of 1907, when Miss Maud R. Flickner was appointed to start the work in this depart- ment. The Hrst classes met in a basement room, which, however, was a cheerful one and was made more so by the encouraging visits frequently paid to it by the principal, Mr. W. S. Bryan. When the building known as The Annex wat completed, the classes moved into fine, well- equipped quarters, consisting of two sewing rooms, a practice kitchen, an attractive dining room, and a laundry. Across the hall was the Art Department, and the teachers, the beloved Mr. Sylvester, Miss Garesche, and Miss Rowe, gave generous cooperation and encouragement. As classes increased in number, Miss Leigh Harris was sent to Central to share in the work. ln 1911 Miss Flickner became Mrs. Anthony F. lttner, and Miss Mary Nicholson succeeded her. Sometimes, but too rarely, a teacher is permitted a glimpse of the significance of her efforts in the lives of her pupils. One girl, after graduating from college and marrying, told her teacher that as she looked back over her school work, her courses in home economics in Central High School meant more in her life than she could have realized at the time. Perhaps she had come to feel the need of courses such as are now given in many colleges which aim to prepare young people for successful marriage and parenthood: for schools not only have the duty of passing on the great cultural inheritance of the past: they must also prepare students for the world of their own time. The original home economics courses were a start in this direction. Page Three Hundred Twenty BETHLEHEM HOME-COMING Good Evening, Ladies and Gentlemen. This is Ioe Kueper, your roving reporter, speaking to you directly from the Bethlehem Gymnasium, located at 2155 Salisbury Street. The occasion for all the revelry you can hear in the background is the Annual Athletics Homecoming, given yearly to bring the alumni together in a sort of reunion. There's a splendid program arranged for the evening, but we won't be able to bring you the program in its entirety. As we are speak- ing, the girls ballet and tap-dancing act has just concluded, and there's a short lull in the pro- ceedings. This gives us an opportunity to give you a summary of the events that preceded this number, and what is still to come. The girls' 9Ym class opened the program with an exhibition volleyball game. It was an interesting game, The new-senior girls beat the seniors by a top heavy score in two straight games. The Loyal Song was then played and the huge throng rose to its feet in respect. Next came an exhibition badminton match between the senior and new- senior girls. This also resulted in victory for the new-senior girls. lt looks like the new-senior night. After a medley by the band, the boys' gym class gave a tumbling exhibition that was enjoyed a lot by the crowd. Then came the ballet number by the girls and also a tap routine. Both brought down the house and had to be repeated. Still to come is a number by the football squad, Ml can't do that sum. After this, Mr. Weir, Central's principal, will address the alumni. Then Mr. Anderson, Director of Physical Education, will give his impression of the festivities. After this, comes the feature attraction, the Alumni-Varsity basketball game. We hope this gives you a small idea of what's gone on and what you missed by not attending. That's all we've time for, folks. CENTRAL'S BIRTHDAY EVE February 10. Hundreds of alumni gather to hear the Radio Play written by Vest Davis and presented over Radio Station KWK direct from the school auditorium in honor of Central's Eighty-Fifth Anniversary. A few of the alumni meet in 103 for a picture, Happy times! Where will Central be, old pal, when you and I go back for the Centennial? Flash! lust as we close this section we'll have a word from Byron C. Herbert, Ir., of the Globe. Roosevelt Takes Eleventh Straight Public High Track Title-CENTRAL SECOND! CENTRAL MARCHES ON! Lest Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot. Alumni at Homecoming, February 10. Tap Dancers Entertain at Homecoming. At the KWK Broadcasting Station. Central's Public Speaking Class on the Air. Page Thrcc Hundred Twenty-one Centrai's 1938 Gridiron Heroes in Action Page Thrcc Hundred Twenty-two i l f 1 l I I fn r if? r fm 5 preaenfing 'Our ADVERTISERS and Featuring UA WOODEN HUMORESQUE A Bergen ancl McCarthy Number vsr:v-:::::er:Q:ev-:eea-lvvvw-:eeev-r:-:::e:v-reee:::.-.-::4-I vsr:::+:e:::e:-:vsAn:sr::::vvsrovvsr::.r-l-owsr:::.-:Jw-0-rv-::v-4-4 uk 'A' ir ir Cfmffze 'lHARDWOOD We Cjmfhy Page Three Hundred Twenty-four Charlie McCarthy the prize of our school Central's little Pinehead fool. Handsome is the feminine label, But to Fields he's hewn maple. When you see him you will giggle, As the woodticks through him wriggle. But despite all this he's funny, For Georgianna calls him honey. Thus you see he's quite a fellow: His wood is good and oft quite mellow. But when he sees you, he will cry, Goodness Gracious, My o' My. Bergen! Bergen! do you get my jist? Oh, that's right, you're my ventriloquistf' l??2iiiiS 3i BONG! BONG! BONG! ADIES AND GENTLEMEN we now take pleasure in presenting Charlie McCarthy and Edgar Bergen They are brought to you through the courtesy of the Daze and Panborn Coffee Co. This program comes to you over the CHS Red and Black network operating under kilocycles 1938 W e invite you to patronize all the advertisers whose ads you will f ' ,r , . ,- ' r - ' - 'Q see flashed before you as this broadcast proceeds. W? Bergen: Charlie, I must compliment you on the fine-looking pupils attending Central. Why, there goes Melba! She surely has a fine complexion, just like a fresh young peach. Charlie: Yeah, I know, Bergen, yellow and fuzzy! Wow! What a joke, what a joke! Bergen: That was a very rude remark, Charlie. I'll have to chastise you for it. You know that, don't you? Charlie: I know Bergen. They chastised me when I was a mere babe. They dropped water on me and Skinny Doogan, one day at church. Boy, did it tickle as it run down my back! Bergen: Charlie! Charlie! that's bap- tize not chastise. Baptize means to chris- ten, as you see them do when they name a bat- tleship by breaking a bottle of champagne on its brow. Charlie: Boy! Oh, boy! I wish they'd launch me with a bottle of champagne across my noodle! Bergen: Sometimes I think they did, Char- lie. But enough of this idle chatter. Let's get back to your good-looking students. Charlie: Well, Bergen one of our girls did take second place in a nation-wide beauty con- test. Bergen: She did? Well, who took first place away from her, Charlie? Charlie: Dracula's daughter, Bergen. Ha! Ha! Bergen: Well, I see I'll have to drop the subject. Why, Charlie, I just remember, to- morrow is color day at Central. Say, what are your school colors? Charlie: Why, they're red and black, Bergen. Bergen: Red and black! why Charlie, those are Nazi colors! Charlie: Nutzi? Now listen, Bergen, my school loyalty calls us to a duel-either cream puffs at five places or pea blowers at twenty paces! Choose your weapons! Bergen: I meant no harm, Charlie, but I'll take cream puffs at five gulps. Charlie: That's a swell duel, Bergen, and say, while we're on the subject of Central, and you plan on being with us a while, why don't you buy a season elevator pass for 51.50 cash? Bergen: I'm only going to stay six weeks. How much will it be for that long? Charlie: I Aside I Well, since we haven't an elevator, I'll make a profit at any price. I To Bergen I Well, Bergen, I'll settle for a dime. fAsidej That'll be enough for a candy bar for Alice, Melba, and me. Bergen: fAsideI I don't think the little spruce stump can figure. I'll see, now. fTo Charliel Why, Charlie! it's only worth a nickel for a six weeks' stay! Charlie: Oh! all right, you old codger, I suppose Alice-er-er I mean, I can get along on a nickel. Bergen: Women again, huh, Charlie? Well, listen! She doesn't like you in the least. you charred Casanova, just because she carved her initials in your back the other day. Charlie: Well, listen, Bergen, if we weren't on the air, I'd tell you something that would make your heart flutter in jealousy. And be- sides, double-talk, you're no dollar-day bar- gain with the women. Why, your pan looks like it's been washed in vinegar, fried, and then rung out through a buzz-saw. Bergen: Come on, Charlie, let's be friends. Shake on it, pal. That's it. Now let's go up to the Public Speaking class. Well, here we are, and say, has he got a lot of study pupils in there! Charlie: Study pupils? Boy, it sounds like a subway station in there! Bergen: Well, let's go over to the Amer- ican Literature class. Ah! they're speaking about Gunga Din. You know what that is, don't you? Charlie: Sure I do, dopey. I never went to Central for nothing. It means if you haven't got a ticket you gunga din. Bergen: Charlie! Charlie! you're totally lacking in all knowledge. I'll give you a brief lesson in grammar, right now. Analyze this sentence. It was getting to be milking time. Now, Charlie, what mood? Charlie: The cow! Bergen: I suppose I'll have to give you a history lesson instead. Now tell me who it was who defeated the Phillistines? Page Three Hundred Twenty-five Greateal the RINGS 8-PINS F O R T H E SENIOR CLASSES OF 1938 S768 Coffege SS 8 CULBERTSON OLIVEATNINTH i LINDENWOOD COLLEGE Founded 1827 ST. CHARLES, MISSOURI i if Through the Red and Black Lindenwood wishes to express her compliments and deep appreciation of the educational activities of the Public Schools of St. Louis, and wishes to honor Central High School. Many of your young women have come to Lindenwood and we invite the interest of the students of 1937-1938. ! JOHN L. ROEMER, President Box CH-38 -- St. Charles, Missouri Charlie: I don't know, Bergen, I don't fol- low those league games. Bergen: Well, I suppose it's useless. Let's go to lunch. Oh, say, Charlie, can you lend me a dime? Charlie: Why, sure Bergen. Here you are. Bergen ftesting itlz Why, Charlie, that dime doesn't have a true ring to it! Charlie: Say, Bergen, what do you want for a dime-sleigh bells? Bergen: Sh! I see they have beef stew today, Charlie. I just love that tender beef they put in it. Hope it isn't like that we had last night. Charlie: Beef? The nearest that stew got to beef was when they drug a piece through it. while it was cooking, it's got about as much beef in it as a hot dog has barks. Bergen tHe thinks he's too smart. I'll tame him down.! : Say, did you hear the notice last period, Charlie? Mr. Weir says we're only going to have a half-day of school, this morn- mg. Charlie: Whoopee! boy, that means me and Georgianna takes in a show this after- noon. Bergen: I don't think you will, Charlie. They're going to have the other half this after- noon! I-Ia! Ha! Ha! Charlie: That wasn't funny, Bergen, and if I wasn't afraid of splintering my carcass on your rock-bound head, I'd park it all over your pan. And speaking of your sour pan, Bergen. how much will you charge to curdle a bottle of milk for me? l-Ia! Ha! Ha! Bergen: Now that you've got me mad, I'm letting you know that I am a graduate of Beau- mont. the old rival of Central. Charlie: Well, that doesn't anger me, Berqen: in fact, I admire that big athletic field you have over there. Bergen: Tut! just a mere pile of dirt. Charlie: And that's a tremendous stage you have over there, too. Bergen: Tut! Tut! iust a mere soap-box, Charlie. I guess you thought our swimming pool was pretty large too, huh? Charlie: I know, Bergen, I know, your roof merely leaks. I'Ieh! Heh! Bergen: Oh, well, no matter anyhow. Say, they tell me you were the life of the party at the senior dance. Is it true? I'll say it is! Why I even sang a Charlie: solo, and, boy, did I get a big hand, Bergen! Bergen: You did, Charlie? Charlie: Yeah, right across my mouth! Bergen: No wonder you did! Look at those shabby teeth! Don't you ever use tooth paste? Page Three Hundred Twenty-seven PHUTUGHI-XPHS Jive joreue DEVEHE STUDIU Artistic Photography New and Distinctive Styles O 319A N. GRAND BOULEVARD SAINT Louis Phone Jlifferson 5548 0 Official Photographer OF THE Class of June, 1938 0 long cgi your ,JC-awe .ibie wifA you P Th Hdd7 h est wishes To All of You POIYL YCDUR PHOTQGRAPHER For the January Graduates Philip lleWnskin Sturlin 4271 Olive Street Charlie: Tooth paste! why should I? I haven't got any teeth hanging loose. Bergen: You'll have to get serious again, Charlie, the lunch period is over. Now, as a vocabulary lesson, Charlie, define the following terms: man, military strategy, and diplomat. Charlie: Well, a-a-a-a man is the only ani- mal that can be skinned more than once. Mili- tary strategy is to keep firing when you don't want the enemy to know you're out of am- munition. And a diplomat is a man who re- members a lady's birthday, but not her age. Bergen: Well, Charlie! how did you do it? They're all right! and to tell you the truth. I got the answers from the Straud twins. Charlie: And to tell you the truth, Bergen. I got the answers from them. Heh! Heh! Bergen: You're absolutely lazy, Charlie. Why don't you pattern yourself after this fel- low coming down the hall? He's a very as- tronomical fellow, named Raymond Iones. He surely is an authority on astronomical and celestial conduct. isn't he? Charlie fAsidel: Wow! he's got me now! Astronomical? Celestial? That first lulu must mean race-horse betting, because I always hear about Mrs. Astro's horse, and nomical means money, I think! I guess Celestial is a girl. fTo Bergenj Yeah, Bergen, he is pretty astronomical: in fact I saw him lay 55.00 on Upsie at Pimlico the other day. And as for Celestial, he has been seeing her pretty often. Bergen: Charlie, my boy, you certainly are a blot on your Alma Mater. Charlie: Oh! you mean I soak up all the knowledge? Yep, that's me, Bergen. Bergen: We'll skip that, Charlie. But your kleptomania is getting to be a very se- rious problem. In other words, Charlie, your subconscious snatching. Why, even Mr. Powell reports you laid hold of the suction pump, mebbe. Miss Ross reports a missing microscope: and Mr. Scott, a piece of paper. Well! what have you to say for yourself, Charlie? Charlie: Guilty! Guilty! I am guilty, woe is me! Bergen: Here come Louise Karl and Eu- genia Moore. Act as if nothing happened. Louise: Charlie, did you hear the latest gossip about our English teacher, Miss Hanks? Eugenia: Why yes, Charlie, didn't you hear she had her face lifted? Charlie: Well don't look at me, I never took it. Bergen: You'll have to excuse him, girls. I-Ie's not quite comprehensive enough to un- derstand you. Charlie: That's funny, Bergen. All my Page Three Hundred Twenty-nine WHITE WHY FLORIST TELEGRAPH FLORISTS-BONDED MEMBER T. D. S. FOR EVERY OCCASION -- FLOWERS 2521 N. l-ith Street GArheld 7145 mm. A. HI-:LLWIG g iznwm ir. DICKHANER HAMMER STUDIO ' B e s t F o r P 3609 NORTH GRAND BLVD. 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LOUIS. MISSOURI l 9 Sixteen Standard Courses ,l 9 Reduced Rate of Tuition for Summer Students- Students Are Admitted Each Monday 0 Visit, Write or Call MU. 1222 teachers say that at the end of every twenty weeks, when the Comprehensives are in. Bergen: Forget it, dimwood. Let's go down to see Paul Oberhellman, the RED AND BLACK business manager. Charlie: Wow! Bergen, who's that gal at his desk. Give me your comb, hurry! Bergen: Why, that's Mildred Schwerzler. They say she's a good salesman. Charlie: Boy, O boy, she can sell me any day! Introduce me, Bergen, introduce me! Bergen: Mildred, this is Charlie McCar- thy, an admirer of yours. Charlie: Oh! how do you do, Millie? How- do-you-do? Umph. Mildred: My, but you're sweet and cute. Come sit on Mildred's lap. Charlie: See that, Bergen? They just can't let me alone. Mildred: l'm sorry, but I must go now. Goodbye, Charlie! Charlie: Goodbye, Millie, goodbye. Well, I'll have to settle mv RED AND BLACK sales ac- count, I quess. Ah, there's Paul, but listen to him talk. Tut, tut, he sure is modest. Paul: As you know, I am the business manager of the RED AND BLACK. Ah-as you know, I am the business of the RED AND BLACK, and as you may know, I am the busi- ness manager of the RED AND BLACK. Charlie: I say there, my good fellow, you don't by chance happen to be the business manager of the RED AND BLACK, do you? Paul: Why, yes, I am, Mr. Knotwood, and say you low-pressure Elmer 'Hope-a-hope' Blurpf' your group is last in subscriptions, my magnitude, my soul, and my undeniable pru- dence. Say, this monetary bigotry cannot con- tinue! Well? Charlie: Well, what? I don't care what those other guys say. But what do you think I should do about my R. 8 B. sales? Should I trick-er-I mean convince some more subscrib- ers that the book is a good-seller? Paul: Sir! You are a mouldy miscreant, and if I had my drill along, I'd fix you so that the little kiddies could see through your Hplanked anatomy, when it's on the ball park. Charlie: Woe is me, is zat sol ah, come on, Paul, let's be friends. Shake. Paul: All right, but stay away from that money drawer. Charlie: I was just admiring that girl's graduation picture on your desk, Paul. She's a snappy gal, all right, Paul, huh? Paul: She sure is, Charlie, and look at those teeth! lust like the pearls of the sea! Page Thrcc Hundred Thirty-one RICA SCHOOL offers Thorough preparation lor Secretarial, Stenographic, and Accounting positionsg Placement Service Without charge to Rubicam Graduatesg Summer Classes in Shorthand and Typewriting. l DAY AND EVENING CLASSES Individual and Group Instruction Three conveniently located Schools . 4933 Delmar Boulevard - - FOrest 3900 3469 S. Grand Boulevard - - LAclede 0440 7701 Forsythe Boulevard - - CAbany 4102 C H A 'LZ 551.5335 0 'S - Mem. . KA 5 FURNITURE HARDWARE, GLASS, PAINTS 1 1 AND ROOFING PAPER zoos SgALISBURYg ST. of the many pleasant years we have enjoyed in faithfully and effi- ciently serving the Public Schools, we take this means of thanking Central High for their patronage which ' has helped make our store a household word to the musical minded. l l PIANO ACCORDION IS EASY TO LEARN-WE TEACH YOU TO PLAY-SEE US AND SAVE MONEY k Distributors for Buescher, As about our Rental Plan. Olds, Buffet, Selmer, Penzel, Instruments and Lessons for u Mueller' Holton, Elkarty Du- as low as 31.00 per week. X plex, and Deagan Band and Orchestra Instruments. , CONVENIENT TERMS EXPERT REPAIRING Over 61 years of conscrentro s se vrce i 709 PINE ST. CEntral 1826 OTTO and JOE'S FOOT COMFORT SHOE STORE 2615 N. 14th St. GA. 9967 Page Three Hundred Thirtq-two COVE RS AND BINDING 4 9 FOR THE C N 3 x RED AND BLACK I! Furnished by BECKTGLD CIIIVIPANY ST. Louis, Mo. It's been a real pleasure to again have f had the opportunity of serving you. Charlie: Yeah, and they look like they need restringing, too. Heh! Heh! Paul: Out of here, hardwood, before I pol- ish vou off. Bergen: He's mad, Charlie. We'd bet- ter qo downstairs. Come on! Charlie: Okay, let's go down and see Frankie for a minute, huh, Bergen? Bergen: Oh! all right. Now don't hurry or you'll fall. Oops, now you've fell down- stairs! Are you all right, Charlie? Charlie: I must go now! I must go now! Bergen: He's in a kleptomania Ht again. I'll follow to see what he does. Oh! Oh! he's taking down all the bulletin boards, and he's building them into a square box with no open- ings in it, and sticking a pencil in the middle of it. I wonder what on earth it's supposed to be? Say, Charlie, what is that you got there? Charlie: l've just seen the Central High of the year 2538. It looks like this- Bergen: Wake up, you dope, Here, An- nouncer, give me that mallet. Now. Bang! Charlie: Where am I? Oh! yes, I know, I fell down the steps, oh! My head hurts, Berqen. Bergen: Forget it and hurry! We're go- ing off the air in a minute. Now darn it, where's that microphone? I left it here! Charlie: Oh! here it is in my pocket. I guess I picked it up during my Ht. Bergen: This is the last in a series of broad- casts over CHS until later next year. Bergen: And before we close, Charlie, there's a pleasant surprise for you on page 28 and 29 of your RED AND BLACK. Those photographers who took your picture and Skinny Dugan's have beautiful advertisements there, and so have the engravers, Sanders and Melsheimer, who made your cuts: besides. there are the florists, the business schools, the barber shops, and the Von Hoffmann Press: in fact, everyone we sent you to see because of your winning ways has bought an advertise- ment, Charlie. Charlie: Tut! Tut! It was nothing, Bergen. I suppose I'll have to look at the results of my work in the ad section. Come on, Centralites, look through it with me. Charlie: I just want to say goodbye to Georgianna, Alice, Mildred, Melba, Audrey, and Virginia, and Ruth, and? Bergen: We don't want to be here all year, Charlie, say goodbye just once. Clharliez Adieu! Adieu! and I do mean you. Page Three Hundred Thirty-three NEIGllBOIlll00D ADVERTISERS Bakeries Claver Bakery Wm. Claver, Prop. 2827 N. Jefferson Ave. G. A. Herb, Bakery '2400 Bacon St. Barber Shops Bill's Barber Shop William Brawley, Prop. 4002 25th St. Clyde's Barber Shop Clyde Cooley, Prop. 1512 St. Louis Ave. Leo's Barber Shop Leo Guccione, Prop. 3017 N. Jefferson Ave. Ballery. Companies Meeks Battery Co. 2622 Benton St. Beauly Shops Angelica Beauty Shop Sophie Culcers, Prop. 4038 25th St. Carpenlers Becker, Henry J. W., Carpenter 2322a Madison Conleclioners Moran's Confectionery Elsie Moran, Prop. 2700 N. Jefferson Ave. Green's Confectionery 3926 Grand Blvd. Wesley Green, Prop. Hel'Fers'l'ay Confectionery 3900 Grand Blvd. Ida Helferstay, Prop. Hubach Confectionery 2528 N. Jefferson Ave. Keister Confeciionery 2714 N. 22nd St. Benton Cigar Store and Confectionery Wm. J. Meyer, Prop. 2244 Benton Niehaus Confectionery 2704 N. 23rd St. Supersalesmen in Edward Olesen - - - Melvin Kostich - Stanley RaFFel - Dancing Schools Buchmann's School of Dancing For Children and Adults 3528a N. Grand Ave. Delicalessens Quality Restaurant Daisy Shrum, Prop. 2300 Madison St. Doclors Dr. A. M. Krall 2704 Cass Ave. Druggisls Grand-N. Market Drug S+ore 2400 N. Grand Blvd. joseph C. Scher, Prop. Grosse's Drug Store 2700 sc. Louis Ave. Jost Prescription Drug Co. 3506 N. Grand Blvd. Dry Goods Mowrey's Dry Goods 2710 St. Louis Ave. Oonk Dry Goods 3024 Kossuth Ave. Radmore Dry Goods Co. 2016 Salisbury St. Filling Slalions Lossos Service Station Hebert, Elliot, and Glasgow FRANLIN 7006 Florisls Day and Nighl' Florist james j. Collins, Prop. 1906 Grand Blvd. Mullanphy Florists 3520 N. Grand Blvd. Groceries C. A. Caldwell Market 2517 Hebert St. Ed and Paul's Markel 2249 Montgomery St. H. Kronsbein Clover Farm Store Ernest Burggrabe, Mgr. 2930 Glasgow H. W. Ri'Her's Grocery 2722 Sullivan Ave. FRANKLIN 7059 Lay+on's Market Wm. Layton, Prop. 2201 Montgomery St. Rohling's Market 2643 Hebert St. FRANKLIN 7027 S. M. Lume'l'la Grocery and Meats 2138 Benton St. Hardware Tieman-Kaimann Hdw. Co. 2600 Hebert St. FRANKLIN 7036 Insurance J. Chas. Mueller and Son Realtors-Builders 3528 Hebert St. laundries General Laundry Bachelor, Family Service 3020 N. Grand Blvd. Old S+. Louis Laundry Co. 2317 Benton St. Manulacluring Companies Ho-Ro-Co Mfg. Co. M. G. Roth 2726 Dodier St. Novelly Shops Mangrum's Novelty Shop 4512 N. 20th St. Thealers King Bee Theater 1710 jefferson Ave. B. A. Pautler, Mgr. Vegelables Fruit and Green Store 2509 Hebert St. From a Friend the RED and BLACK Campaign - Group I Joe Spano ---- - Group. I7 - Group 22 Roberi' Kuehne - - Group 25 - Group 38 Jean Wichmer - - Group 4 H00 PER CENT GROUPSI Page Three Hundred Thirty-four 1355, 1933 eventy-Cgecon ear I Advanced Courses for High School Graduales . . . 'GREGG SHORT HAND 'ACCOUNTING 'SECRETARIAL 'TYPEWRITING I Sludenls of characler and abilily are inviled Io invesligale Ihis school. lnlereslinq new boolclei PLANNING YOUR FUTURE senl on requesl. Day and Evening Enroll Any Monday I Full Employment Service ROWII'S BUSINESS AND SEGRETARIAL SGHO0L 3522 HEBERT fat Grandj C0lfax 8293 Q I I Compliments OF CHARLES T. KOLLAS THE UNLY V I co-oPEnA1lvE course I n T h is A t e a Accounting 85 Finance Applied Art Compliments I OF ROLING PRINTING I oo. Engineering Marketing W CAdvertising Bs Salesb Day 85 Evening - Coeducational ,k JEFFERSON GULLEBEI 1528 Locust Street :: Saint Louis, Mo. , 1, f , K , J ' - , L Page Three Hundred Thirty-five Page Three Hundred Thirtu-six 0 ll, have scanned the pages of your year- book of 1938, presenting some of the outstanding achieve- ments of Central's eighty-five years of existence. jf is our hope that this book has given you keen delight and satisfaction: that its recurring perusal in the future may give you added joy and pleasure. if -- Let's give a rousing cheer now For our dear old Central Highg Let's join our loyal voices with Her thousands marching byg Let's keep her glorious banners Ever floating in the sky- While CENTRAL MARCI-IES ON! 25. J! My QL! Z - x DZ W75fwfA Q. Wfzfmw fafw' ' 'QL Mif yzwwfk I ,MQW f mwvf,WMMMi2fMCgZQQfWf Kf fWWb L wwf? 'UW gm, OM df N? ' . ,,,,,,,,,Q'f 52533 LUWA ,.'., ,.:-E9 11' -4 . ,, ,. 1 4 f .gf ,,-.1 1. .I 3 A. 34'- -1 ,.'. -V -V L... fr ',- a,J -xg wr. . 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