Central High School - Central Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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 • LffTEMRr jTo r---- V? Gdt.-vr In the beginning there was no G. L. S., neither anything of the kind, and lo! there was a great dearth in the land, and many souls were thirsty. But there arose one mighty in good works, and she said unto herself, “We have need of literature, and of much speaking in public,” and a great plan arose in her mind. The Great High Priest thought well thereon, and gave thereunto his consent. Lo! on the eighteenth day of October (1894). Marie, the daughter of Bruot, called an assembly of senior maidens, pious and fair, and learned in the wisdom of their teachers. The whole number was twenty, and they all came together in the great and lofty chamber in the temple of learning. When they were all seated, lo! Marie, the daughter of Bruot. began to speak, and wise words fell from her lips. And the maidens rejoiced, and were exceedingly glad that they could have an assembly and get much learning in literature and parliamentary law. Then they all went their way. Thus is the beginning of the great G. L. S., and moreover there was none like it in all the land, for other schools had no such mighty prophetess nor such Great High Priest to guide them. Lo! the assembly came together again, and it was the fifth day. And they made laws and wrote them on pages of paper to be delivered unto the members. Then they chose a maiden, Lotta, the daughter of Cotton, to be their leader, and she sat in the chair of the prophetess and spoke words 23

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GIRLS’ LITERARY SOCIETY.

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of wisdom with her voice. They called the name of this assembly the “Girls’ Literary Society,” and it thrived and grew, and all the maidens therein were full of joy. And it came to pass that Lotta, the daughter of Cotton, grew weary, for all the days of her rule were ninety, so they chose another to be in her stead, and she was Gertrude, the daughter of Sanderson. And the days and nights passed, and lo! it was spring, the time of examinations, a terror and dread in the land! and Gertrude, the daughter of Sanderson, called together her virgins, and said unto them, “We have need of a feast.” Behold! there was a table spread in the library with all manner of good things, and it groaned under the weight thereof. There the maidens feasted, and were satisfied, yet sorrow was in their hearts for they wrere soon to part one from another. Thus passed the first year, and like unto it all the others. Behold! these are the annals of the “Girls’ Literary Society.” It has grown, yea, it has prospered, and many are the joys therein, and much learning abides in its beauteous chamber. The maidens of the assembly are all sisters loving one another, and long keeping in their hearts the memory of those days, for youth is theirs and all the joys thereof. Here endeth the chronicles of the “G. L. S.” Bessie L. Moore, ’02.