Central Commercial High School - Hour Glass Yearbook (New York, NY)

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heart beatrnff all throuvh her speech After rt wrs over amid cheers and rpplause she mowed blindly back to her se rt She was only dimly rw rre of Tom makrnv hrs way to the podium only vavuely drd occasional words from his speech drift back to her facts not promises man s world whether we like it or not onward to greater rchrevement The appl ruse was loud enouvh to shake Ann out of her daze So now this was it Little Elsie Farrell wrs at the podium From the audience came Gentle laughter Ann wondered why Then she looked at Elsie and saw the reason Elsie was so small that onlv a p rrt of her forehe rd showed from the podium All that the rudrence could see of her was a bit of forehead and some curls When she started to speak the audience Grew quiet Mr Clark she started quietly members of the faculty and fellow students It seems to me that the usual G O campugn rddress would be out of order rn this electron I rm not Uornv to bore you with a detailed lrst of my achievements for I don t think they matter This job calls for merit rlone Throughout this campaign I have been Given the impression th rt this girls rn this school rre rntellwent rnd fair minded enouvh to know th rt the job requires someone who rs dependable and sympathetic to fellow students I should like to see our school burld a hner reput rtron th rn rt h rs Alone I can do nothmf' but tovether we c rn do much So cast your vote for Elsie F rrrell There was a burst of appl ruse The school had taken Elsie to its hc rrt rnd kept her there rrffht throuvh the electron Tom and Ann h rd c rncellcd e rch other out as c rndrdates On their way to the subw ry the afternoon of the electron their quarrel healed by defeat Tom said to Ann Well I Guess we were pretty dumb We forvot all rbout Elsie 1nd concentr rted on hghtrm each other And we drd r wonderful job of it too Wh rt r mess Tom thouvht a minute Then he said Ann let s be friends again Ann looked up at Tom rnd then put her h md rn his Thev kept r xcrx precious silence rs th y w rlkcd down the steps to thc subw forum Cllflllllfl ' ' D ' C 5 ' . '13 ' . ' 3 ' 1 ' ' iz. ' zz ' I -' 'Q V, ' 1 ' . 1 ' f , 1 C . . C . . ', , x ' I V . he I , l. , Hb 1 ', , I . , . . .. , ., ' z 3 5 - 5 ' ' 1 ' . ' ' ' Lf ' ' . . ' ' C , .1 ' .l V. I c , 5 . z ,C C ' ' J . C .t L . election was mainly a personality contestg but I am sure that the boys and . S . up L . .D l I. - . C r L x C. C 1 . 1 ' 'C C ' . ' z 'z X s 1 u f ' . . A-. Q l C v v v D x C ' 1 1 ' 2 ' ' g ' C 1 1 L L .. . v ' 5 -1 ' 44 1 '- ' 1 I . ' ' ' 1 ' 1 ' 'X' 'X Q Yi 'V 'XHI -' A'. X 15 Z' ' Cf 'L 'E ' 1 F' 5 y' 1 5 'ay. X is . , I i ggi:-..'2f'j S' '

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he Unexpected Ann stopped to look rt the new e rmpargn poster on the wall of the thrrd floor h lllll IV Put Some Go Into Your C O Elect Tom Andrews rs G O Presrdent As she w rlked elow n the h 1ll tnere were strll more posters on the w rlls But Ann lelt eonlrdent th tt she would wrn the eleetron She w rs sure she eould count on wood sh rre ol the boys votes rnd she h rd eno wh vrrl lrrends to supply the rest Hr worveous I see you ve been lookrng rt the posters I-Iow do you lrke them' Ann turned rt the sound of Tom s voree They re re rlly beautrlul rnd what talent she sard sare rstrcally You know Ann thrs rs re rlly srlly I me rn rbout you md me runnrne awarnst eaeh other of rll people But I thrnk I rn Home to wrn thrs electron so why don t you qurt now rnstead of w tstrng your trme' By thrs trme Anns temper w1s rerehrng, the borlrnv pornt Th rt w rs very sweet ol you Tom your offer I mem but ld r rther stay on Just then the bell rrnv for the next el rss Well Tom I hope you don t feel too bad when you hear the results of the electron She walked aw ay and down the hall to her next class Whrle srttrng rn her seat Ann thouvht of Elsre Farrell the thrrd eandr date Nobody ever notreed Elsre She h 1d very few posters on the wrlls and wasnt very popul rr rmonv the students Ann thouvht rf mybody was w rstrnv her trme rt w rs Elsre When rt was trme for the electron both Ann 1nd Tom were glad rt was nearly over They had worked very hard competrnv avarnst each other Thev h rd not been speaklnv srnee therr meetrnv m the hallway and when Ann elrmbed the steps to the stave where Tom wrs rlready seated she passed hrm and sat down wrthout sayrnv a word Lrttle Elsre then walked up perched hr h on her seat wrth her feet barely touchmv the Hoor and looked at the students before her One by one the candrdates for other olhees filed onto the st we and took therr se tts Ann helrd md srw nothmv untrl her turn earne to speak She felt her 28 1 - 1 1 s1 1 I 1 11 I 4 - L C. . 1 11 I N 1. 1 1 ' c 4 . - . J, .. X . . L., . . X .. - ' 1 -1 rs - s 1 I 1-x 11-s - ' -x - - s -. . 1 L L . . - l .1 I1 s S 1 1 - 3 1 1' x X 3 s I 3 11 1 . x . X t . . e. . , s - 1 - L -x I 1 1 1 s.- 1 s L x L '- '-ls b . . . e . C b , s s- 'S . ' ' '11 I 3 3 1. 1 3 ' 1 ' 1 . 'X 1 C. C. -1. . Q . .. - 1 x - '1 l -m x 1'-s 1 1 1 1 K 1 1 1 L L ' ' ' . Q Ilf ' '. 1 - '- '1 1 1 -' 1. 1 1 1 , . ' 1 . . . 1. . . e e 1. - 1 1 1 1. C - 1 L . C 5 . . h V , . Y . Q 1 . 1 I . I . xl .. I . K. s 1 ' - l s '- s 11 1 - 1 . ' y 1 ' ' ' 1 11 , . e. e C 1 1 4. 1 - 1 s I 1 - 1 .1 , 1 1 . 1 1 L . L , . X 1 H L x u 1 -- . C, 4... 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 11 1 1 1 1 . . 1 C. . . - I l x l I I ' 1 - 4 1 - . L 1 . L . c 1: ' t 1: 1 ef .1 . . 1 1 . X . 1 ' . I Q . 1 e , ' t' C' ' ' 1 i B- 1 - 51 . 1 1 1 C' C' . . , C. . 1.. L , , . ., ' 1 1 ' -1 ' 1 1 . 11 , . C . . . 0 L1 1 . 1 C' C ' - 1 1 1 ' 1 , .' L.. ' .' 2 e 1. 2 fl ' C f ' '. ' X '

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