Central High School - Arrow Yearbook (Aberdeen, SD)

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24 REPRESENTATIVE BOYS Glenn Kelley: “In high school we are confronted with many problems that occur repeatedly in life. It is here that we must learn to cope with these problems. As we have progressed through our three years here, we have become aware that the establishment of friendships is as vital as high standing in academic subjects. No matter what occupation or profession we decide to enter in our community, friendship and amiability will be a definite asset to us. These better friendships and acquaintances that will continue in civil life have been made in our days spent in the corridors and rooms of Central. Glenn Kelley. Gnylen Ferguson, and Robert Gerber were, in the opinion of llieir classmates, the three most all-around boy in Central's graduating class. Gavl en Ecr uson: A complete school life is composed of three important points that stand like the three legs of a tripod. Scholarship, social, and extra-curricular activities are the three points. To make the school life a success all three must be present. The preparation you make for your future comes under the first point. The friends you make come under the second. These are indispensibic to your happiness. To complete the tripod of your school life the part you play in the activities of the school is important. Have a well balanced tripod ami you II have a successful school life.” Robert Gerl) er: “The education of the individual, declare the sociologists, instigates social reform and reconstruction. Since education and training will change the habits of the individual and therefore his character, we must endeavor to substitute life's ideals for the many systems of gaining material success which predominate in determining the ambitions of youth. I believe that this moral duty of education is being fulfilled by modern school systems which emphasize the value of sportsmanship, fair play, and true friendship in all social contacts. Realizing the necessity of a universal sense of social justice, I salute the organs of Central High which support the philosophy of life's ideals.”

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23 OPUS 1937-1939 By Donna Daulton Shyly WE MARCHED through the halls that day in September, 1936. Our downcast eyes appraised this monstrous building. We supposed we’d learn to love the thing. They all seemed to. Still we weren't sure. Soon various activities claimed our attention. We tried out for music. Many of us got into Glee Club, a few into A Cappella. Band and orchestra interested many of our class. Several joined. We soon began to hear great things of Betty Gerritson. Football came next. Our sophomore squad had a lot of pep. e were proud of it. Suddenly speech work rose into prominence. Annrita Dresselhuys won first in extemporaneous -speaking. Other fine speakers that year were Alvine La inc, Richard I)c Vcy, Betty Jeanne Butler. Doris Gorder. Several sophomores went out for declamation. Among them were Luanne Wells and Jane Knight. 1 he next strain was Word Craft, which featured solos from Rosemary Braunstein. Mavis Ryman. and Clementine Schwan. That winter Philip Belanger and Wayne Marsh played in the Centralians, Central's first dance band. Spring came. We found that we had gotten in the groove and were really fond of this institution. Mary I rish and Dick Noll, with the skill of maestroes, led us at the Court of Awards. Why, almost before we knew it. we had reached the first repeat sign. W e looked the whole school in the face. We were no longer “ickeys”, but we were full fledged juniors! We elected Billy Beers “maestro” of the class. Harlan Davis and Turell Van Petten “wowed the assemblies with their “Just A Habit They Have skits. Dick Haddow began swinging yells in pep assembly. We had a championship team in football. Tommy Donlan, Spence .err. Pete Becker, Russ Smith, Robert McKray, Robbin Stevens, Francis Gleick, and Paul Geno, were heard from on that team. The Blue and Gold, edited by Betty Jane Kettering. Donna Daulton, and Glenn Kelley, hit the top note of the scale when it won high honors. We were well represented on the championship basketball team by Dean Driscoll, Spence Zerr, and Russ Smith. In February, several deserving juniors were initiated into Keystone. The Courtesy League “kept with the tempo” with Marjorie Daniels as “director”. The band and orchestra won high ratings at the state contest at Yankton. That spring Central's composers wrote for and won the annual song and yell contest with that song hit. “We're From Central . Suddenly we had reached the second repeat sign, and were seniors! W e were soloists of the school! We held our heads up. The upperclassmen looked up to us. We found a re-organized “concert shell in which we were to play our last year of concerts”. We had a beautiful new library—and an immense auditorium with a new music room annex for all Central’s music bodies. We elected Gaylen Ferguson “concert master” of the class. Brunette Marjorie Daniels reigned over the annual Pageant Day with the Chief Marshall. W in ton Solberg. Central played host to over two hundred musicians during the three day band clinic. loo quickly an inspiring finale to a successful football season was over. We really swung into a fast allegro in speech work. In both declamation, and debate, our class literally “blasted out”. More seniors finally hit high “A” and the Keystone society. The class, unusually musically inclined, struck a major chord with soloists in band, orchestra, and A Cappella. The basketball squad paced by seniors did not “drop the basket , but dropped them into the basket to conclude a successful season. Soon the gym resounded with rhythm as Central’s juniors and seniors practiced for the grand march on Prom Night. The juniors were our hosts. The Arrow became Central's latest “popular hit”. We now began to realize that we would have to place all “music scores and books” aside and depart from Central. We knew we would leave it with the satisfaction of having played our three year concert well. We knew we had accomplished something. Our crescendos, diminuendos, allegrcttoes will all be long remembered in Central! The record of the 1939 class is one to be envied.

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25 Mariarrl Archer. Betty Crumpton, and Anne Marie Johannen received the most votes from their classmates when all-around, representative girls were chosen. Hetty Crampton: Life in Central has been a wonderful and unforgetable experience to me. Starting as if on an unplanned journey on the tumultuous sea of life; going through the uncertainty of courses and unchartcred difficulties; and finally smoothing out into a voyage of joy and achievement, I feel as though Central High has aided me in achieving a certain assurance that will guide me in future voyages. I wish to express appreciation toward teachers and friends, my captain and crew, who have so kindly and willingly given me their cooperation. ENTATIVE GIRLS Margaret Archer: ”1 wonder if there will ever he Again in life a time so free. So full of opportunity, So rich in friendships dear to me, With students and the faculty, As high school years have been to nie. All our good times, these short years three ill soon he just a memory.” Anne Marie Johansen: “There was a time when a high school diploma signified that the formal education of a hoy or girl was complete. In this day and age with numerous opportunities for adult education, it is no uncommon thing for mothers and fathers to be graduated from college with sons and daughters. We are beginning to realize more and more that education is an unceasing process, and that the quest for knowledge and truth may he carried on long after high school and college days.”