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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John lSt1rts IIll1I'l2 out h1s appllcatlon J QBell TIDES for change of class J Scene ll Grade AdVlS0fS olhce Its a small room Wllh a lar e desk situated at the rear of the room Along the sldes of the room lre chalrs for the students who wlsh to see the Grade Advlsor Mr Good IA mlddle aged man who has a knack of solwn many dxfhcult problems wrth whlch the students are ftced Hls klndness 1nd understand ln have won hlm the conhdence of the students J Come m Johnny Have a seat Johnny what seems to be troublmg you' John Trouble' What do you mean' M1 Good Johnny Mlss Moore spoke to me about you Why dldn t you fill out ln appllcatlon for colleve' And your marks' Do you know you almost falled this term' John My marks have dropped because I have no mterest m my vxork any more M: Good Johnny ll s not l1ke you to feel th1s way I know there s somethlng else involved and I lntend to find out what lt IS If you ll only tell me what the problem IS we can stra1ghten II out fLon0 pause J All fl ht Johnny when you feel llke dlscusslnv lt come back John fGets up and walks halfway out of the ofhce 1nd then stops and w llks brck tc M1 Goods desk J Mr Good Mr Good Yes John' John The reason I dldnt fill out the appllcatlon for Colle e IS th lt my folks Of course I reallze that lt lsnt my parents fault that they cant afford to send me I know they must have sacrificed a lot just to send me to hu h school Mr Good Im Glad you told me Johnny because I was ln the s une s1tu ltlon when I was ln hwh school Johnny Im Oomg to grve you a ch mce to get to colleve Rolllns College IS lVlng a scholarshlp test and I want vou to take It But I m Oolng to warn you now the test IS really hard so dont ralse your hopes too hwh John Mr Good lt s a chance and thats all I want Scene 111 Assembly one month later The assembly IS sltuated on the ground floor of the school It IS enormous It takes up the whole floor Its walls are decorited with plctures of famous men of the past John lTakes h1s seat There IS a speaker on the platform It IS Mr Good I-Ie IS tllkmv but Johnny 1snt paylng attentlon J Mr Good John Wenders please joln me on the platform John Yes slr Horns Mr Good on the platform J Mr Good fAddresses the audlence J I have asked Johnny to stand beslde me thls mornmf' because I have a presentatlon to make Johnny took one of the most dlflicult scholarshlp tests glven IH the city and he has passed lt and won a four year scholarshlp to Rolllns College fThe lssembly applauds no1s1ly as Johnny accepts the scholarshlp J 31 I 7,1 I 7 ' ff. 4 .- .- Q . 4 1 1 I 1 1 U - r s' 4 1 ' . . . g . . . .- I -4 1 r r W 7. 2 1 . T H ' U ' ' ' ' ' g , .. t 2 ' ' ' ' C. A. 7 A' , , A. G . ' G . ,C , . ,C . . -I c Q 1 cant afford to send me. And I guess that's the reason for my low marks. . . . , . g I . .' ' g ' . , ' L z ' g , . , C ' z g . . . g : . ' . C I , , .l . .1 .I . C 1