Central High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Oklahoma City, OK)

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2.4 . if 'TI-IE SENIOR CLASS I r If First Semester The Year of '26 T could not be said of this year's graduat- O ing Seniors that any one year in their his- tory has been less eventful than another. It was the privilege of this year's Senior class to be among those students who attended the junior high s:hools the first year these institutions were established in the Oklahoma City public school system. That year we were in the eighth grade and the many thrills received from the experiences undergone are n-ever-to-be-forgotten. The idea of having every class in a different room with a dif- ferent teacher in contrast to the old grammar or Tomlgfjgiclfll-L Iejifkpgrggggnl grade school method was simply enthralling. I' I T1 ' Thus by the time we reached our Freshman year the development of real talent in literary, forensic, dramatic, and athletic events had really begun in earnest. Unlike the unfortunates for several years past we did not have to attend Irving preparatory to enter- ing the stately halls of Central High School, but were allowed to storm this noble edifice in our Sopho- more year. In spite of the unsophisticated, and as some cruel person remiarks, unmannerly ways of the newly arrived Sophomores in 1923 and l924, the upper classmen were astou.nded at the ability of such seeming infants to make themselves heard and generally recognized and respected by the faculty and those who came in contact with them. Some of the members of our class even copped regular places on the school debate team and represented the High School in forensic contests. Others took leading roles in stage pro- ductions, while our help on the various athletic teams was greatly appreciated and readily made use of. In that year we entered class elections for the first time in our history and new ability was shown in the se- lections of capable, efficient class officers, who upheld the honor and traditions of Sophomores from time immemorial by making speeches in the assemblies denying the facts that any of our members had been hooked by some enterprising Senior or Junior, and also warning all whom it might concern that they had better watch our dust or it might become necessary to eat said dust in large quantities and to wipe it out of eyes and off of faces trailing in our conquered wake. In the fall of l923 the Sophomore class was made up of students from about four junior high schools. In a very short time those different groups of students, who had formerly lustily cheered their re- spective teams to tear at each other, had blended their loyalty into one great feeling of the true old O. H. S. spirit, and all former animosities and feelings gave way before the desire to put Central High over the top in everything she undertook to do. As a result of this combination of many low-er schools into the one large class the Seniors this year are members of the largest class ever to graduate from Central High School. The members of the class of 1926 have been very prominent in the club work o he school. Before the girls' clubs were disbanded thiw it was generally conceded that the life of th 3tition between I First Semester JACK STONE IVIARY 'I-1XYI,OR VJHITEMAN HARRY DEUPREI2 BENTON FERGUSON Treasurer Secretary Student Council Yell Leader Page Ten

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THE SENIOR CLASS Second Semester The Year of '26 the different organizations depended on this year's sweet girl graduates. In the boys' clubs many have conquered their quaking knees and cracking voices and have come to believe that they know at least in general what everything is all about. ln the interclub forensic contests it was clearly demon- strated that the bull is mightier than the bullet. In the spring of 1925 we had the honor of being the first Junior class to collaborate with that preeminent publication, 4'The Sooner Spirit , in staging the first annual Junior Class-Sooner Spirit Carnival. lt was absolutely the most stupendous affair ever held within the four walls of the High School building, The dozens of side- shows of every possible variety, the many con- HAROLD NETHERTON RALPH MAY fections vended by members of the different clubs, and a large and happy throng of people made that first carnival go over with a bang. To cap the CHIUQX the final big PfOgr21IT1 in the 3UdlfOflU1T1, Which was centered around fthe program not the audi- toriuml the very original farce Julius C2sar's Ghost , was a howling success. Anyway, the crowd howled. Here the queen of the carnival was crowned by her escort, not with a club or any other such weapon, however, but with a nice shiny crown and in a very gentlemanly manner. This year, inter-class athletic competion was again revived and the Senior class basketball team won the championship in that sport for the first time for long, long years. A lot of good old spirit was shown in these games, but the student support was very small. In the spring track season the Seniors were prepared to enter the inter-class track meet and were confident of the outcome. This event, which has taken the place of the annual cross-country run, prom ises to be a very interesting spring fracas in the future. As this voluminous compendium of useless information concerning the histrionic achievements of a troupe of scholars during the most impressionistic years of the adolescent period must of a necessity be terminated, let the undergraduates not censure the same as being too egotistical in portent. For, when they too stage their last stand in the great drama of edification, the subject will be looked upon in mu.ch the same light. As the Seniors look back upon the enviable records they have established. and review the many pleasant experiences of a long and fruitful career, I am sure they will find nothing to regret at all. This year has been a fitting climax to all the previous struggles and aspirations, and little more could be said in the way of praise. President Vice President -T. P. Gafford, Jr. Fw 'N liSecond Semester K if i 'K X .OX EUGENE HEMRY Louise REPLOGLE MARION Amos JANET SEVERIN Treasurer Secretary Student Council Yell Leader Page Eleven