Central High School - Black And Gold Yearbook (Providence, RI)

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ANTHONY MEDAL ESSAY CONTEST LILLIAN I EASTHAM RICHARD R FAELLA Girls Prize Winner Boys Prize Winner ABOUT COMIC BOOKS By LILLIAN I EASTHAM Awarded Girls Prize in Anthony Medal Essay Contest for the Class of january 1955 Did you grow up in a normal American town or city? If you did you no doubt have read a good number of comic books the same as I Trading comic books was always a favorite pastime among boys and girls alike in my neighborhood When we first heard about the adults who were condemning comic books we thought they were old and frus trated people who were too busy to enjoy the finer things of life We could sit for almost a whole day just reading about Superman or Batman and the wonderful adventures they had After Superman and Batman we graduated to big time stories like Mad Ghoul the Witches Cavern and Vampire We always read these stories during the bright sunny mornings for the fact was that if we read them at night we had nightmares Sitting curled up on an old chair with one foot tucked under me I stayed with my girl friends a huge pile of comic books spread out carelessly all over the porch-except for the stack of books on my right That was what I intended to read before dinner As I thmk back I do not recall ever finishing one of those collections of pages and ideas When we had been called to dinner four or five times and finally gotten a good rap on our heads with one of our precious funny books we grudgmgly tore ourselves away and went in to wash for dinner As soon as we finished eatmg we were outside again in a flash acting out the characters in the books we had read During this past summer I read a newspaper story of a boy who had acted out what he had read just as I used to do It seems that he had read some inspiring Super man stories This young boy decided what he was going to do and did it He put on a cape like Superman went into a third floor closet like Superman and then leaped out the wmdow just like Superman just one thing was wrong he could not fly like Super man Instead of zooming up high over the tallest buildings he fell straight down three stories. At the hospital the Doctors said he had a fractured skull a concussion and a broken neck. Too bad that there was no real Superman around to swoop down and catch this child as he fell. I do not think that he will ever imitate Superman again that is if he ever plays again. Lately incidents like this unfortunate one have been occurring all over the United States. From my own experience I can truthfullv say that comic books are causing many of the numerous accidents that American children are having. I heartily approve not of abolishing comic books for they give a pleasure that children will always seek but of giving to our comic book people stories that will teach and stories with a moral that will' help our children grow into good American Citizens. THE VALUE OF ATHLETICS By RICHARD R. FAELLA Awarded Boys Prize in Anthony Medal Essay Contest for the Class of january 1955 A sound mind in a sound body is a statement that has been quoted many times by many people. This quotation was the code that the Greeks lived by. They knew that 24

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tn order to be at maxtmum tntelltgence the body must be tn good condttton 'Ihts con dttton was reached by constant exerctses tnd htvtng mtny dtfferent eycnts or gtmcs tn whtch to cotnpete Today tn our schools and at vartous clubs we h tve competttton tn mtny sports To parttctpate tn any sport, you would have to qualtfy to be on the tctm The qutlt Hcattons would depend on the sport that ts entered If you are out of condttton for your parttcular sport you cm get tnto condttton wtth practtce at dtfferent exerctscs Once tn condttton you wtll be able to parttctpate tn any sport wtth the know ledgc that you are dotng somethtng to the best of your abtltty Wtth parttctpatton tn sports the body wtll be tn tts very best condttton and would requtre very ltttle tratntng tn keeptng tt so There ts probably nothtng else that can brtng a body to tts gre ttest lexel other than betng acttve tn sports Bestdes getttng hts body tnto shape and more tmportant an athlete learns sports manshtp He learns to take defeat as well as vtctory the bad as well as the good and to follow as well as to lead The value tn an event ts not only tn tts betng won but also tn what comes after the event the sportsmanshtp that ts gatned and the knowl edge that next ttme tt could be your team that ts vtctortous All of these charactertsttcs that are gatned by an athlete wtll help htm to be a bet ter Amertcan to get along easter wtth hts fellow men, and maybe somedty well enough to end all war THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON IN MY LIFE By DONNA M DURRELL Awarded Honorable Mentton tn Gtrls Anthony Med tl Essay Contest for the class of january 1955 Everyone of us has had at one ttme or another a person tn back of htm who has gtven htm msptratton and gutdance To htm that tndtvtdual ts the most tmpottant person tn hts ltfe I would ltke to tell you about the most tmportant person tn my ltfe She ts an average looktng person and when mtngled wtth a crowd, one could not dtsttngutsh her as betng unusual but her pattence and gutdance have brought me through many crtses tn my young ltfe From the begtnntng she gave tne wtsdom tn choostng rtght from wrong She brought thts about by ctrefully suggesttng l do a thtng rather th tn telltng me to do tt Bv dotng thts she gtve me self reltance and a fatth tn myself Both qualtttes wtll be an asset when I go out to tntke my place tn the world At an early age she scnt me to church Here tn the place of worshtp I lc trned about sptrttutl needs as well as matertal needs My teachers taught me stmple Btble stones and as I grew older and rcltgton seemed to puzzle me she gave me understand tng and trted to help me solve my problems Honesty played an tmportant part tn her ltfe and b cause of thts tt also means much to me The stealtng of 1 small ptece of candy was looked upon wtth as much dtsdatn as the theft of a large sttm of money She was xery emphattc tn stattng that no mttter how smtll the arttcle was tt was dtshonest to ptlfer tt She helped tne gun tny Htgh School Dtplomt Many ttmes when I was dtscouraged and constdered mvself t fatlurc shc would talk to me about what a prtxtlege tt was to be able to haye 1 ch tncc to etrn a Htgh School dtplomt a chance she ncyer had Actually tt wts she who was gtytng mc the opportuntty to hntsh I-ltgh School For wtthout her persuastye ness and support I tm sure l would not be here today recetytng my dtploma from Centrtl Htgh School She alone has had the responstbtltty of brtngtng up two rather excttable chtldren She has many ttmes gone wtthout to gtve to others It has not been etsy but two of us from the next generatton wtll carry on the frutts of her totl If the thtngs she has taught self reltance beltef tn God honesty the Knowledge of eyery day thtngs and humbleness rematn wtth me I do not thtnk I wtll find tt dtf hcult to find a place tn the world Nced I tcll you who the most tmportant person tn my ltfe ts' lm surc you hate gucsscd who shc ts tlrctdy Yes tt ts my MOTHER 5 I I , . I ' I I I I I I I 1 - I, I I , I ' Q ' . f I . I' . I L V 2 , . . ,I ' - I ,. 1 a I I , ' . I I I I 1 ' I- I . I I , I I ,I I I I. y . 1 . . . Y- I I I , I I I I I I I I ' - I ' , I I , I I , I , I I I I I I I . , I I , I I X . . . Y . I . I I L , I I . , I ' L I I I . I I I I 1 I I ' . I , I I I I I I I I . I I I I A . L I Q. I - , . - I I a . I I I I I . I I I I , , . , I I I I I, . I - , I II- - I I. I I I , ' I I I I ' I I I I I , I I I I I I. I I ., .2 , ' c ' ,. . 4, I I I, I I I,I I , I I I IL I I 7 A I - - , I ' ' I I I , I I 7 . . , V I I - I - 1 I . . . , , M. . I I I I I M I ' - 4 I I I . I I I I L , I 4 , ,, I . I I. , , I I . , ,