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

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emeniaa of N CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL FACULTY LUNCHEON Honoring DAVID H. WEIR Member of the C. H. S. Faculty Since 1907 Principal Since 1936 To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and helpful than to be forty years old. -Oliver Wendell Holmes June 17, 1943 The Winston Churchill Tea Room St. Louis, Missouri LIMERICKS BY WALLACE C. GUNDLACH T0 THE BIG FOUR TQ ONE ALONE There was a fine fellow named Kittlaus, Them was a young fellow named Weir' Sharp as steel, though his name rhymes with XYho hailed from Britannitfs spherez witless: l His wit, it was sly: And the glint in his eye Bctokcncd a heart of good cheer. For his work in the gym Thousands venerate him, This rugged old gymnast named Kittlaus.

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aemee sind ff MR. D. H. WEIR We proudly dedicate this yearbook of the famous old school he has served so loyally and so long. Member of the Central High School Faculty since 1907+Principal since 1936eMr. Weir is part and parcel of the traditions and ideals of the first public high school west of the Mississippi. Hundreds of Central alumni call him friend. To them he stands for dear days of youth, when their talents and abilities, their dreams and hopes flourished under sympathetic leadership, and their little faults and sins were not too severely scanned. His life is a bridge between those gracious earlier days of leisurely learning, and this present, keyed to such a rapid tempo. And now, seventy years young, he retires from our midst, vvholef some philosopher and cheerful comrade, vigorous in mind and body, his Irish wit still scintillating.

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HONOR GUESTS Faculty Faculty Faculty, Faculty ect lfLlfLC 1902 1898 1941 1908 6014, Therc once was a fellow named Pratt, Who was neither too lim nor too fat, At type what a whiz! He sure knew his biz- There was a young fellow named Smellie Th6FC.S no doubt that his name rhymes with Kelly. At seventyfeight He's still going great, This scrupulous fellow named Smellic. There was a gent named Gochcnaucr Wliosc presence graced History's bowcrg From Harvard hc came To boost Ccntral's fame: His scholarship gave him his power.