Central High School - Brecky Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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THE Rnvxaw i221 fviclory C HARLOTTE DAVIS '41 I saw last night how the moon came up: It tumbled over the hill,- I t threw its wealth of silver dust Upon niy window sillg It slid behind a purple house 5 It tangled in a tree,' Then it shook itself to the open sky And stood looking down at ine. The North Wind blew through the stormy clouds, So fierce and big and black. The poor 'moon struggled in 'vain to shine, While the big clouds held it backg And the storrn clouds growled, and the torrents poured Till the night was chased away. Oh, white nioon, rest! You can rise again At the end of another day.

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Instruction may be obtained at the meetings. The History, Physics, Biology, and Commercial Clubs deal with the subjects from which their names are derived. They have their social and entertainment aspects also. Newly organized is the Central Town Hall, which invites all to its discussions of current events. For years Central has had one of the best school orchestras. Anybody who plays an in- strument may join, providing he enters the fifth period class. If he does not already play, he can learn. The concert band has the first period class. Second, fourth, and seventh periods are the chorus classesg the fourth is the most widely known, because of its annual performance in as- sembly. L Are you a camera fiend? Or do you just like to take snap shots? The Camera Club is looking for you through its lenses. Or if stamps are your hobby, there is always the Stamp Club. Don't forget the Airplane Model Club, either. The Sketch Club is for the artists of the school, whether they are studying art or not. Members make posters and other forms of art, using any medium the artist desires. Rosellen Sugar is the president. It meets on Wednesdays in room 301. The Art Alcove is used for exhibits of pictures, stamps, photographs, and other forms of arts and hobbies. Each art class elects a member to the Art Alcove Board, which has charge of the exhibits. For students of architectural and mechanica.l drawing there are the Arc and the Cog. Both clubs have entrance standards, and the Arc has a goating period. Their object is to promote their respective interests: they are fraternal as well. The president of the Cog is Robert Ken- nedyg Robert Vetter heads the Arc. The Type and Ink Club is for students of printing. The brain trusts will be interested in the Chess and Checkers Clubs. Anyone is eligible, and in- teresting meetings are held. Furthermore, there is inter-high chess competition. The Hi-Y is designed for boys who are mem- bers of the Y. M. C. A.g it is an extension of their activities, At this point it might be well to mention the fact that in an article of this sort complete informa- tion as to meeting place and date, faculty adviser, etc., of each organization would not only make an extremely long article but an uninteresting one as well. The main office or the Student Council room, 117-A, will be glad to furnish the desired information. Incidentally, boys' sports and allied clubs will be treated in another article in the near future. For your convenience, there is a bank in tl- school, run by commercial pupils with goof' grades, where you may open a savings account Graduation credit is given those operating th bank. Pupils help to operate the lunchroorn. too- fo-- their services they are provided with lun'-lw The Library Guild, for those eniovino' lihr-wr work, affords good experience and training :t does serving in the librarv during stuflv of-1-ifvlf You no doubt have wondered about the :twin-1' working there when you took out bool.-C 'fl did you?j The sororities and F1-'wwf --f' 13 ' selves, but you might he interested '- that there are nine of the former and iivf- of t'-f latter. No extra-curricular credit is -'five-n for membership in the Greek letter activities, how- everg they are for purely social purposes. These myriad activities that form so lar-fre n part of our school life, that represent such varied interests and appeal to so manv tvoes of neoole these many activities that can make vour sc'-of-l years such happy ones, are calling vou. Thev are urging you to climb onto the magic f-arf-at and let it carry you to pleasure and profit. They hold out to you valuable rewards--material and spiritual. They offer you National Honor So- ciety membershipg medals: alumni awards- scholarshipsg offices of honor and resoonsibilitv They offer enjoyment-tons of it-couol-ad with training in getting along with people-in livin Extra-curricular activities hold out to vou, not at the end of a rainbow, but here, within your grasp, a true pot of gold. Tx-11: Rnvxnw lzll

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URING this year's football season. we have had more than ample opportunity to acquaint ourselves with the boys who make up Central's great backlield. Their names have met our eyes in local headlines and, farther down, in the sports stories, and many a time we have seen their photographs or had the boys them- selves pointed out to us in the corridors o' the school. With all this in mind, the names of Jimmy Porter, Bennie Steiner, Harry Martin, Johnny Bredbenner, Harold Evans, and johnny Dawes should be anything but unfamiliar. Yet it is the linesmen-those unglorilied, though deserving, players who open up t':e holes and block and tackle so that the backs may com: off with the top soil -with whom the average fan is not familiar. It is such boys as George Davis, Bob Belk, Dan Magnuson, Jack Wilhelm, Herbert Tucker, Steve Adams, Morty Neviaser, Irvin Tarason, Sam DiBlasi, Dick Farr, XValtee' Goodrich, Bob Lanzillotti, and Jackie Snnperton who in every contest give their all just as well as the celebrated backs but who, unlike the latter group, receive no glory. Now, don't get us wrong. We don't maintain that glory is such a wonderful thing, or that a boy should compete in a sport mera-ly for the glory which he can get out of itg but. as long as there is some to be obtained, we feel it should be distributed to those who deserve it, whether lines- men or backs. Though Central's 1939 football line may not be the greatest of which the school has ever boasted, it still ranks as one of the foremost of the past inter-high series, and this article is hereby dedicated to the boys who compose it. We write this as a tribute to their fine play. The natural plan for a summary of this kind is to start with the centers, where we find Co- Captain Jack Wilhelm, Reed Smith. Leonard Sweig, and Kenny Williams. Wilhelm has played practically every minute of every game and is be- lieved to be a popular chioce for all-high recog- nition. Smith and Sweig are important in Coach Hardy Pearce's plans for next season. iizear ensure Bois NAIMAN '40 Bulletin Slvurls lidilor. At guard we lind thc greatest variance in weight, with 230 pounds of Bob Belk taking turns with Morty Neviaser's 145 pounds. Herb Tucker, Harry l'istolas, Bob Lanzillotti, Bill Kelley, and Earliest Fritz fill out the roster of that particular position. Lanzillotti previously was a member of the backlield but, due to a scarcity of guards, he was moved up to the line where he has played regularly and clone outstanding work. Incident- ally, Harry Pistolas is the brother of Nick Pisto- las, a great Central guard of former years, who a few years ago obtained All-American honorable mention at Columbia University under Lou Little. The main brunt of the tackles' burdenhas been carried by Steve Adams, Big Dan Magnuson, George Davis, and Irvin Tarason. George Strombos, a converted end, also has seen service in this position. Of the group Magnuson has probably shone the brightest, having the advant- age of his size to back up that five-man line and snag those short passes. Besides making several long runs on this type of play, Big Dan has proved himself one of the best punters on the squad, though given little chance to demonstrate this ability under tire. At end is the strongest single line position of the squad, with Sam DiBlasi, Dick Farr, VValter Goodrich, and Jackie Samperton, any one of whom could cinch regular jobs on any other high school team, taking turns. Wilber Rock is the understudy to this quartet. This line may be used to furnish proof of the efficiency of the Central junior varsity, which, of course, is the object of much ridicule every year. The jayvees of the last few years are rep- resented on the 1939 edition of the line by Herb Tucker, Harry Pistolas, Leonard Sweig, Morty Neviaser, Steve Adams, Bob Belk, Bill Kelley, and Jack VVilhelm. VVith eyes open to all of this, our hope is that a few more bouquets may be thrown at the cen- ters, guards, tackles, and ends in the future, and that the importance of the group in the success or failure of the team may be realized by all. THE REVIEW E231