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

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ln Memoriam News of the passing of Miss Carrie E. Griffith on March 22, l94O brought much sorrow to her friends at Central and to her former pupils. Miss Griffith, after teaching English at Central for over thirty years, resigned in 1932. Though no longer connected With it, she did not lose interest in our school, but was ever eager to hear news concerning it. She was greatly beloved by many of her former pupils Who kept in touch with her for years after gradu- ation, because of the great encourage- ment she had given them. Her cheery smile will long be remem- bered by all who loved her.

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TO CEN'I'RAL'S PRINCIPAL, MR. D. H. WEIR, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, MR. STANLEY HILL, THE FACULTY AND STUDENT BODY. Greetings from Colorado Springs, Colo., April 4, 1940. The end of school year 1939-1940 is just around the corner. I trust that the high hopes with which you entered this period have been realized! May June, 1940 find you happy in your achievements! During my travels, I have followed Central's career as recorded in the daily press, the Red and Black and the High School News, and have rejoiced with you in her successes. As I have taught in no other school, my affection for Central is undivided, and my dearest wish is that Central soon may have a new building worthy of her long and honorable life, located in a progressive district capable of expansion. One great asset of a Central graduate is that we graduates shine in the retiected glory of our alumni and alumnae who have rendered distinguished service to our national, our state and our city governments, or who have been or are now main- taining a high level of citizenship in the civil, economic, and cultural life of St. Louis. Wishing you all a vacation of leisure to enjoy your avocations, Very cordially your friend, LILLIAN M. HELTZELL. A BETTER WORLD If democracy were to fall, And despotism conquer all, If bigotry and hate prevailed, Alas! this world would be assailed With strife and misery. If man's enslavement were deemed right, And justice should succumb to might, If man could not attain his goal Without a censor's ruthless toll, This world would be no place for me. But if man would think in terms of good, And don a consul's righteous hood, lf man would crush that thought of lust, And trample hate into the dust, Then this world would better be. -STANLEY S. SHER, '40. Five

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FQREWQRD We, the senior class of 1940, do solemnly dedicate this book to the cause of peace. We consider this dedication most appropriate in this year that has seen so much death, carnage, and de- struction. The time has come when our childhood days are behind us. Now it is our time to be on our way. We must enter into the affairs of a strife-ridden world, and it is our duty to shoulder the burden of the battle. However, ours will be a new type of battle, a battle for peace. Therefore, we shall press ever on- ward, never retreating, never ceasing until the battle for world peace has been won. This shall not be an American peace nor yet an English, French, nor German peace? but a peace that shall be enjoyed and zealously guarded by every member of the great brotherhood of man. CLAUDE DUVALL, '40 Seve