Bridgeport Central High School - Criterion Yearbook (Bridgeport, CT)

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FOREWORD . Ji 'lun su ' 1 O ' . . lx . ' U H W1 t Y ,WQQQKQI H :Q Q 3 1 ,,.. .A Z -il Words alone cannot express the feelings of those who are leaving the halls of Central. Some will go on to college, others will go into the business world. Already many have entered the service of their country. We have tried to present a book that will help us remember Central as the school l in which we Worked and played together through' out our high school days. Nl

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PERSONNEL .... GENERAL MANAGERQ-ARTHUR C. SIDES, Ph.D. Neatly dressed, with a flickering smile upon his face revealing his quiet sense of humor, Dr. Arthur C. Sides, the Doc to Central's twelve hundred students, has continued to manage our plant with his customary excellent leadership. Dr. Sides, born in Massachusetts, came to Bridgeport in 1916, with degrees from Dartmouth and New York University. During the war, he served as ia member of Psychological Co. No. lg was assistant principal of Central from 1918 to 1940, acting principal 194042, and since then has been the oilicial manager of the Plant. To the student body, the Doc embodies all that stands for Central's spirit and tradition. We I 9 listen to him directing assemblies, try to seem serious and intelligent when he visits classesg we see him in the halls, and in the lobby at two' fifteeng sometimes we catch brief glimpses of him in his creamfcolored oflice behind a desk piled high with the paper work that is, unfortunately, necessary for the maintenance of a calm and tranquil school life. An appointment with the Doctor has often given us bad attacks of -the jitters, but none who have ever heard his calm, unruifled voice and listened to his sound understanding counsel can ever feel that he does not thoroughly comprehend and sympathize with the joys and sorrows of youth.