Central Catholic High School - Centripetal Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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THE SENIOR WHITE BOOK IN September of 1923, Central’s doors were opened wide to permit the entry of many eighth grade graduates whose one purpose was to explore the seas of higher education. After they had undergone the required formalities, they launched out into the unknown with the course of time proving their expectations rather farfetched. They became the target for the ready criticism of the upper classmen, and upon their shoulders fell the burden of their new studies. They found time for their childish pranks and indulged in them: they sent young warriors to meet the competition of the athletic field and modestly accepted the praise these warriors gained. Throughout the entire year they enjoyed this newness of things and at the end willingly accepted the rewards of which they thought themselves well worthy. In their second year, as sophomores, their steps were more observed, and instead of being criticized, they found themselves possessors of the same tendency in respect to those who had filled their vacated places. Their studies were more difficult, yet they lacked the sting of newness. Somehow they came to the realization of the fact that the school was supporting various activities and. in consequence, they published an issue of the Centric: their warriors became main cogs in the athletic machine: their every undertaking met with due success and thus they finished their second year with a better knowledge of the nature of their exploit. Then began the third, namely, their junior year, with the realization that half of their high school course was finished and half yet remained. The Junior Week of 1926 was heartily greeted and received commendation. The publication of the Centric, although not enlarging the circulation of the paper, held its own in a journalistic way. Their athletes were stars in every athletic event and. as a reward, upon the star of them all. fell the honor of being captain for the following year. Wide was the range of their activities and in proportion were their rewards. They returned for their senior year with the determination to make their last chance prove best. They donned the responsibilities of leaders and set the pace for their followers. Their athletes experienced the most successful year in the history of Central. The publication of the Centric proved a very interesting project to all the members of the news writing class, but the activity that proved most difficult, yet most attractive, to the entire senior class, was the publication of the Centripetal. Thus, amid the congestion of crowded classrooms and corridors, they have spent the four years of their high school course, and now, as they look out into the world, they begin to realize that for them it is not a time for retirement from the strife, but rather the beginning. Clayton Wagner. '27. P‘9' fiiwuy-wim

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 OUR HERITAGE GLORIOUS Middle Ages! With tournament made bright! In manly sport and feat of arms, men took their chief delight. Brave, chivalrous knights, who rode to fight for ladies fair. Cavorted gaily in the lists amid trumpets' noisy blare. Blithe centuries of song when the trouvere’s lyric notes Resounded from the castle grounds across the silent moats. Stern, black-robed monks spent happy lives in solitude of cell: They rose: they worked; retired to the daily sound of bell. Their work of copying pages adorned with colors rare. They offered up to God with the incense of their prayer. To Medieval Ages, a debt the world must own For those great seats of learning. Paris. Oxford, and Bologne. We glory in the Heritage which those times to us impart. For the works of greatest masters in literature and art. Cathedrals, paintings, statues, and sweetest strains divine. Delight the eye and please the ear since that bright, happy time.— The inspiration of it all. our Mother Church's voice. In this, our glorious Heritage. O Catholic youth, rejoice! Florence O'Brien. '27. Ptgt tusmty-ti

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