Central High School - Almanac Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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for disturbing the peace, and as his words had no result, the President was forced to the sad necessity of iining the said Mr. Prentiss tive C55 cents. Ah, Mr. Prentiss, we all hope that you have repented, and, further, that you have paid the ive cents. But, while We are talking of money, it must be recorded, sad as is the task, that two of our members were once accused of stealing ten thousand dollars from the Eighth National Bank of Toledo, Ohio. But they were proved not guilty, thanks to the able defense of Mr. Corkery, Mr. Bittner and-part of the money ! These tribulations, however, were all forgotten in the rousing meetings and debates of those by-gone heroes. As we pass down to a period within the memory of living man, which, be it understood, is the time of our own member- ship, another trial will be found recorded on the Annals. This one had the real yellow-covered iiavor. Money box 3 a dark night, detectives galore 5 weary vigils, and-the burglars were not convicted. Thus it goes on. Doubts, disappointments, failures, new hopes, and, many times, success have been our lot. And all Demosthenians will wish with me that the arrow so propitiously launched may Hy on and on, higher and higher, with our brothers, to whom we now say Farewell, ever watching its course, until at last it stands quivering in the very center of the sun.

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The Demosthenian Literary Society., BY GEORGE FUGATE. We, if 9' if for our literary and social improvement, do establish this society. l Great oaks from little acorns spring, and from how small',, and, at iirst sight, unimportant, a clause hath the Demosthenian Lit-- erary Society risen ! Away back in theDark Ages,when the Seniors- were but Freshmen, and the Juniors were stowed away in the Ward schools-away back in '96, I say, some intellectual spirits gathered together to form a literary society. They determined upon the name of the irst of the greatest orators as their name,. as indeed, the nrst literary society should do. ' It is with reverence and a feeling akin to awe that we think of our quondam brothersp They say that the student of today knows more than the wise man of long agog so would it be pre- sumptuous to hope that we, at least our Seniors, speak nearly as well as did Mr. Wilson when he delivered the 'first inaugural' address, or Mr. Lemmon, when he thrilled his listeners with the- first valedictory? As we pass through the halls of time we see many events which have brushed away any monotony which might have clung to the ordinary routine. In June of the year of organization an open meeting program was delivered, and if the persons on the program were any criterion, I for one, should have been glad to listen to it. Again, in the Fall of the same year, occurred the nrst annual reunion, when the members gathered together in the Manual Training Building to enjoy the evening. For why should, they not, with a phonograph into which Mr. Gardiner had sung, Put Me off at Buffalo, to regale their ears, and a banquet looming up at the end of the sociab1e? But, alas! the feast of reason was not always served without. a hitch. For, to quote from the records of one meeting:- 'f Mr. Prentiss was repeatedly reprimanded by the President,

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Demosthenian Grinds. . When can their glory fade? Griffin, did you say? Oh, yes, his one fount of knowledge. ,Says he: Any carpenter can build docks, that is, of course, any carpenter who builds docks. In some meetings Gail becomes quite breezy, but he has never equaled Durand in wind. ' Wit is a dangerous weapon.-Mennel. I talk half the time to iind out my own thoughts.-Barton. Our Mutual Friend.-The Sub Critic. Like one who in a lonesome road doth walk in fear and trembling.-Hadley. The tumult reaches the stars I-Election of oiiicers. Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much, Wisdom is humble that he knows no more. -King-Schmidt. A mind for thoughts to pass into-A newly initiated Fresh- man. For late editions of philosophical volumes on the gravitation of wheelbarrows apply to-Downing. For information as to how to cause water to flow up hill, see?-Griftin. As to the rapidity with which sound and mischief travel, ask--Barton. Woman, woman, b-e-e-a-utiful woman.-Gail. The king is dead, long live the king! All hail! '01, At every word a reputation dies.-Ballou. I-Ie's armed without that's innocent within.--Peiter. Above all Greek, above all Roman fame.-Mennel.