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

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P CLASS OF 1927 Duane Northup Walter Stark Suzanne Cope Raymond McCoy Ehzabeth Cates SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS Ftrst Semester President Vtce Prestdertt Secretary Treasurer Student Counctl Rep Yell Leader WILLLIS Sramc WALTER STARK SUYABNE Cort NGARY ELIZABFTH Cues DLAM-: NORTHUP RAYMOND Mcfov C' N the year n1neteen hundred twenty four Old Mother Nature pread her green mantle throughout the land and pushed the Class of 1927 out mto the cold cruel World lnto the three junlor hlghschools of Webster Classen and Capltol Hlll There ln all lgnorance thelr Freshman year, falthough 1t was not given thls appellatlonl was spent bllssfully ln short socks and pants learnlng the mysterles of X and y debatlng for a presldentlal six year term, organlzlng a health club edltlng a school paper enterlng W C T U contests and stralnmg thelr muscles ln athletlc attempts Nothing daunting thelr hx h resolves they awalted eagerly the change when they should be transplanted to a hlgher 1n IIIUIIOH of le trnmg Just at the helght of power and rnfluence came the Sophomore year brmvlng the desired change Central at least, but lo the change was not so l'l6SlI'dlllC For 1t se med ascent rather than descent No more skates dolls or marbles nothlng but study study study The first few day over the dear S01Jl'l18S, wlth a supply of elevator tlckets and llbrary admlts awalted breathlessly for somethmg to happen And th n th first assembly' Yellmg never had they heard the llke before and Skipper well they knew thelr masters volce Suzanne Cope made her debut 1n polltlcs as the first class presldent and was follow d the second emester by Wllhs Stark FOTCIISICS journal lsm and athletlcs attracted thelr followers WllllS Stark and Wlllard Thompson were members of the boys debate team and Duane Northup represented the gms ln standard oratlon Rlll Henke began work on the year book and Florence Hlll Opal Wllson Babe 'Nloore ,lark SPIVCY Harold Thurman Cecll Stewart and Howard Nloore went out for the var1ous athletle teams whlle mnumerable boys checked signals w1th the football squad Wlth ln creaslng heat the Sophlcs were anxious for the new season when the weather should be more favorable and the trade wlnds might blow a gale ln the second year of thelr oyourn m the Halls of Fame the Class began to enjoy the prospects and benefits of bemg Junlors Thoughts were turned to pleasure, romance and studv They WCIC happy, In fact the hap plest class rn school The Sophles were sorrowlng because they were down trodden by the ,luluors and Senlors md the Senlors were sorrowlng because thls was thelr last wear ln O H S Wlllls Stark agam became presrdent of the class the first semester and tables were turned when Walter Stark was elected the second semester Duane Northup and W1ll15 Stark were Vl e presldents Jacob Clark and Ruth ltlelster treasurers 'Vlary Ehzabeth Cates and Blanche Ratllffe secretarles md lark Sprvey and Raymond McCoy yell leaders For the first tlme In lustorv lunlor were elected to the Natlonal Honor SOCIETY Mary Louise Street YIHIITIIIC Starns Duane Northup Edith Schofield Wlllard Thompson leonard Aughtry Coulter Mlller and Leslle Woodson were those so honored The first annual play Merton of the MOVIES was gtven by the class Nlleyne Allen and Ralph Hefferlme playmg the leads And for the first tlme a Junior Suzanne Cope was elected football queen However, aznldst all the hum and fun of thelr ,lunlor year, thought WILLVS STARK Prestdent, Ftrst Semester age Ezghtj , . . V ' - - . Y V . - n w - - . , , . . ' . C- 4 - 1 - Q 7 7 7 - t , , X a 9 ' ,. . ' , , .... . . . . V .U N . . D , , s r . 7 7 I7 ' 9 . s 'I Q 4 , . ' V . , . Q , a -4 we , - - s ' ' ' . . s v . 9 D ' , ., . c ., . L . - . 4 . . , . . .. 'A . . 1 9 C .. . . . , c . . , . . . .. . , . 1: . ' - ,, , , h 9 S u I l 7 I ' 7 7 Y , T , I - Q- - tt as - 1 S .,z ' ' 1 1 . . 1 t I ll , . r- . e , l . . . W ' , . 4 , , .t l , . - ,.. s ' . 1 . - as v 7 . , . .. , . H, . ' , - tv - . . . ' .' f ., ., . v 9' 7 . .

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CLASS OF 1927 W1ll1S Stark Wlllard Thompson Suzanne Cope Robert Duncan Harlan lVlonk SENTOR CLASS OFFIChRS Second Semester WALTFR STARK Prestdent WILLIS STARK Vzce Presuient WILLARD THOMPSON Secretary SUZANNE Com Treasurer ROBERT DUIXCAN Student Counctl Rep HARLAN MoNK Yell Leader was turned to the next few months when they shoud become Sentors dtgnlfied and authorttlve What could the stgns of the zodIac hung? Klng Wlnter reIgned at last The Class of 1927 WHS nearmg the last season together as Semors And serlously they contemplated tlIe future as well as the past Thelr two years of school llfe at Central had been full to the brtm wItlI joyous ood tlmes never endIng studylng and sportshke play And wIth thoughts of the end so near they made ready for the last season So the wmds hummed and actIvItIes began Wllh the gale Flrst came the Student Actlvltv tltket and dlmes every Monday Organrzauon was effected and WllllS Stark repeated hrs presI dency followed by Walter Stark tlIe second semester lh Student Counctl governmg recommenced and the records show that women had entered pohttcs Football was first In Intelest Btll Stenzel Art Harp .loe Tlefel Blll Schooler Blll Robb Nlauuce Allen lron Slngletary bore the brunt of the l1ne nobly wIth the band and Floyd Seoggms and Raymond McCoy school yell leaders to ch er them After the grand old Hlppodrom came th Dramattc club play and th Operetta to attract attentIon wlth Luella Coffey Tom Walnrlght Isabel Brown and Raymond McCoy starrmg Then the basketball season lron led the team whlch had no llttle competttlon from the North and South schools In the clty asIde from thelr out of the Clly foes Ralph Hefferllne Alvm Davls Wllllb Stark Sherman Farrls Suamne Cope Duane Northup and Mary Eltzabeth Cates d1d theIr share of the argumg for debate champlonshlps The Sooner Sp1rIt made progress Wllh lVlarguerIte Ttllman and Ruth Melster as edItors and Sherman Farrls and Harvey Holhs busmess managers whIle Leonard Aughtry Ruth Beard and Blll Henke worked hours on the year book And then came track and base ball then peal ers N3t10Udl Honor representattves Centrahtes announce Inents and finally Commencement The Class of 27 lIas completed Its record whlch has left Its Imprlnt upon the annals of Central and whtch certalnly have become Ineffaceably traced on the lIfe of each of them Posr SCRIPTL VI When the year have sllpped by and Father Tlme shall have gIven us days and nlghts to work or Idle away In some fireslde corner In Washlngton or perhaps Tolxlo or even Cromwell classmates shall meet and hearken hack to therr student dtys at O H S Or perhaps IH solltude each wIll seek from tlme to tIme the well worn volume to blow from lt accumulated dust and open ll to gather thereln strands of our htgh chool lIfe to blend them together Wlth tlIe thread of the pa t and weave wlstfully In the stlent shuttle of thelr mmds and begln anew ll16lI' four short years of lughschool lIfe And may thIs sketch take them back to the days of youth BILL WITT RUTH MEISTER WALTLI: STARK Preszdent Second Semester Page Ntne X Ii , I . . ' l ' ' I' - ' - - - . , ., . .U . ' U. ' . . . U . - . . 4. . s a 9 - 9 . G . 1 U. v U ' rt . . Q ' ' . C U ' - w a v fe s - v ' s . ., ' 4. 1 , L , , c, , , , , I , c. , . . V . fa . . ' ' , ' ' L 1 9 s , ' , .4 va - - -- - - -. . , , S -' ' v - 9 1 . , 4 , 1 , V a s ev v ' Y' S 'i .,, ' ., c, , ' I . i , . X . s f v ' v S c - . ' , L, t s s sw Q 1 s - , r . . . , ., L , - , , , . . . Q . M s S S . s