Central High School - Almanac Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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Tl-lEl911Al.MANAC fx at KEIINA BOARD 0FFIf'ERS Mn. G. .L lV,XSHBl'HNlC . . . I'rr.w'flrni Hmvixiin P. W.xuwic'K . I'1'1-v-I'1-rszrlmzf EDWIN J. 'l'1rrr:TT . . . Trm.wurm' STAFF Hmszxuim P. W,xnwIr'Ic . ,fill-flll'-Iill-Illllifff EDXVIN J. r1lIPl'ETT . Ifll-Vlillf'-YN .llunager ALICE I,,-nvR1cNf'i-3 SIWIAHI l'Irlz'fnr GENEXA R1-:1NH,xn'r Ijfcrriry Sum'cfz'm HERBERT 'l'Iuc:Es .lflzlcfinv HUGH IFIERNAN ,lrf 7 . 1 1ELMA 5MITlI , 1z.1'f'l1r111gv 'I'nm1,xs .XLMROTII IXYIIIIll.l'N LVLI' SALLVMIC . , . 1,01-als T was just thirteen years ago that the 'l'olc-:lo High Sc-lmul stnrlents first read a c-opy of The Retina. then a sniall paper ul' one sheet. It has steaflily growii year after year until now it is a large paper averaging over forty pages to the c-upy. and is pnlw- lishefl in magazine lurni. In May. 1898. The Retina was estahlisherl. having for several years a rival in the Krishna. Now the fornier is the only monthly public-ation in the High Sc-lmul. The Retina is c-cnisimleretl hy niany as the best sr-honl paper in the country. there being no other that is almle to rear-h its stanflaral. Of this the stnilents should he pruncl ancl flu their lmest to keep the paper np to the inark. In Nuvenilmer. 1910, the first nnnilwr of the thirteenth Volume was pnhlishecl. WX- might say right here that 133 is not considered an nnlneky ninnher by the Retina Board. YYe ninst 111

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THE 1911At.tVtANAC thank Dame Fortune for tl1e kinctness she l1as hestowerl 11pon us :luring the past year. Our laek ol' experienee was against us i11 the first issue. h11t we hegan our work with tl1e vow to make eaeh sue- eeecling numher hetter than the one hefore. Tl1e same restrietion as to aflvertising that last year's Hoarfl had to eonfront was macle upon us. However. witl1 the influstry and aetivity of tl1e Business Man- ager. we managefl to seeure a larger numher of aflvertisements than last year. Tl1e loyal assistanee whieh the sturlents gave 11s assistefl eonsirlerahly. Tl1e lloarrl was surprised at this womlerful support. for it exeeeflect Otll' fonclest hopes. Through it we l1ave heen ahle to put l1lUl'C 111o11ey i11 tl1e paper and 111aintain a halanee in tl1e t1'C2lSllI'f' which is aflclefl to every llltllllll. ivithout tl1is support this year's Retina would have laekefl many of the features it eontainerl. sueh as tl1e variety of new euts every month. tl1e exeellent halftones. ete. Our eireulation was larger this year tl1a11 ever hefore. heing almost twiee as great as last year. ln aclmlition to tl1e finaneial aid in the way of suhseriptions that tl1e SttiflClllQS antl teaehers aeeorrlecl us. they have marle many eontrihutions. sueh as jokes. essays. stories. ete.. for whieh we are thankful. We aholisherl the language wlepartment of last year wl1ieh few reall antl i11 its plaee estahlishe4l several new anrl interesting clepart- ments. They are tl1e Hall of Fame. ertiterl hy Gloria Falham. n1ore familiarly know11 as Selma liaerz the Question Box witl1 Violet Yere cle Vere. or Esther Stamats. at tl1e heart. and tl1e Loeals Department. eontaining the miscellaneous news of the sc-hool. This flepartment was first lilliCl1 eare of hy Herhert Tigges ami then hy l.ula S2lllllIH9. hotl1 of them proving exeellent workers. tive also printerl an organi- zation clireetory. a feature usetl hy o11e of the hest sf-hoot papers in tl1e eountry. The remaining tlepartment eclitors l1ave proven their sterling worth. We are sure that all enjoyefl the writings of Xliee Lawrenee. our soeiety eclitor: Geneva Reinhart, wl1o followerl the fortunes of tl1e litsg Zelma Smith. our exeellent exehange emlitor. anal George Hassett. wl1o 1lahhlerl with tht athletie clope for a short ti111e until his heavy outsifle work eauserl hin1 to resign. leaving tl1e work in the eapahle hancls of Herhert Tigges. Vlifforcl Benton anal Hugh Tiernan. wl1o sue:-eeelefl the former when he left sehool. are exeellent artists. tl1e goorl euts ancl eoy ers proving tl1is. NVQ' nmst not forget our funny little man. Thomas Almroth. small i11 size hut large i11 wit. who so eleverly hanrllell tl1e Komies for tl1e year. The lioarfl wishes to thank Nlr. iYashhurne espeeially for his gootl :ulviee as to the work. Miss .lermain who 1-ritieiseml tl1e stories. illltl the faeulty in general who assistetl ns on 4liH'erent oeeasions. The great sueeess of tl1e paper this year was flue to tl1e support of tl1e stuwlent hotly. tl1e husiness ahility of lirlwin Tippett. assistecl hy iYa4le tvtley. anml the lioartl in Qt'll0I'2ll whieh proved itsell' lllilSlCl' of the oeeasion. Tl1e next lioartl has our sineerest wishes that X olume let will prove as lueky as Yolume 13. and that the slumlents will not forget The Retina next year. fll. P. llv.. '11, 11: