Central High School - Central Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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000 0 0 OUR PRINCIPAL The memory of whose earnest efforts in behalf of the Class of 1915 shall never be forgotten. 29

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worthy of representing Central may well be expected. About fifty men showed up at the first try-out. 16. Perhaps you wondered on April sixteenth why so many girls wore white dresses. Well, I’ll tell you, but don’t let it go farther. Those girls belonged to the Girls’ Leaders class. They had a banquet on that day and had arranged to wear white dresses for the purpose. Soph to Senior: “Our geometry teacher gave us a proposition for tomorrow in solid geometry.” Senior: “Let’s see it; maybe I can do it.” (The Proposition) : “Find volume of triangle when the four sides are given.” The Senior gave up after working two hours. 30. On this evening the school was given a treat in the form of the Shakespeare annual play. Instead of one play, as usual, three comedies were presented, “A String of Pearls,” “Indian Summer,” and “French Spoken Here.” “Indian Summer,” a play but recently translated from the French, was but once before played before an audience in the U. S. The plot was very interesting and was well given. Olyn Shaw and William Sindelar took leading roles. “French Spoken Here,” was the play that probably brought the most laughs. In the course of the play everyone becomes mixed up, but in the end all becomes straight again. The part of the French dude was especially well acted by George Roberts. MAY 7. We were entertained by Mr. Henry Oldys in an interesting lecture on birds. Mr. Oldys’ excellent imitations of songs of different birds amused us all very much. 21. On this day was given the Senior Formal. This is the first time that a Senior Formal in this school has been a combination of a dance and a banquet, the former ones being only dances. It was very successful and was enjoyed by every Senior present. 21. The Annual Oratorical Contest. It certainly was a compliment to Miss Bruot who showed her ability in coaching the boys. Those taking part were: Harry Kirtz, speaking on “Tenement Betterment”; Sydney Klein, on “American Neutrality”; Sydney Selman, on “Co-operation”; Sydney Weisman, on “Commercial Jealousy”; Ralph Hertz, on “The Snares of Moloch.” Ralph Hertz was given the medal offered by the Shakespeare Club, honorable mention going to Sydney Selman and Harry Kirtz. The judges were, Atttorney I. Grossman, a Central graduate and winner of several contests at Harvard. Prof. Findley of East High and Prof. Murray Hill of Western Reserve. The Senior Formal also held the attention of all. “Some dance!” One thing more. The Annual goes to press. 28. For the first time in the history of the school has a joint concert of the orchestra and Glee Club been given. The orchestra and the songs of the Glee Club members made the presentation a great success. I have written the last word I shall write On the Belfry Owl for many a year. But that the Belfry Owl will cease to exist I entertain nary a fear. 28

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Xtrtnt Athlrttr0 TRACK The Cross-Country Run Our gym teacher and track coach, Mr. Lewis, started a new thing in the Central track squad by having a cross-country run. The course was as follows: Beginning at Adelbert College athletic field, cross country to the Cedar Ave. Y, down Cedar to 55th St., to the Central Gym. Leonard Parker, a dark horse in Central Track circles, wfon, making the required course in 15 min. 5$ sec. Vende-land finished a close second, making it in 16 min. 1 sec. The other prize winners finished as follows: Ferrier, Rivard, Pecha, Dobrick, Chandler, Seith, and Steward. The last three to finish, A. Miller, Prochaska and Kaftel, were handed a nice, red bottle of catsup. Here’s hoping they will profit by their experience and “ketchup” before the next run. The starter was Dr. Von Stein of W. R. U.; timer, Sol. Weinberg, a graduate of Central now attending Reserve; judges, Mr. Ruete-nik, Mr. Green, Mr. Blaser and Mike Hayes. It spoke well for the runners when it became known that our gym instructor who rode a bicycle down the course, could not keep in touch with the first man. THE INTER-CLASS MEET The annual inter-class track meet was held Saturday morning, May 1st, at Western Reserve University athletic field. The Seniors won the meet by massing up a total of 47 points. The Sophomores ran them a close second and secured 43 points. Next came the Juniors with 22, while the Freshmen footed the list with 18. Russell Davis, our husky shot putter, succeeded in smashing the High School record by making 41 ft. 5Vfc in. From this result we are highly confident that Davis will make a creditable showing in the Quad meet. Yogovone succeeded in tying the record for the 100 yard dash, making it in 10 3-5 seconds. James Ferrier, a Junior, won the title of school athlete by one point. Howland, Cheatham and Garrett ran him a close second with 12 points each. Most of the events were hotly contested, except the 220 yard dash, which Garrett easily ran away with; and the mile run, in which Ferrier far out-distanced his opponents. Leo Johnson, who has been a low hurdler, pulled a surprise by turning high hurdler and winning first place. The results of the meet: Mile run—Ferrier (J.) won, Vendeland (S.) 2, Rivard (S.) 3, Welker (S.) 4;Time, 5: 12 3-5. 100 Yard Dash—Yogovone (S.) won, Garrett (S.), 2, Johnson (S.), 3, Cheatham (F.) 4. Time 10 3-5 sec. 440 Yard Dash—Cheatham (F.) won, Ferrier (J.) 2, Stewart (J.) 3, Queen (S.) 4; Time 59 2-5 sec. Shot Put—Davis (S.) won, Jenner (F.) 2, Howland (S.) 3, Civelette (F.) 4; Distance, 41 ft. 5V in- High Jump—Howland (S.) won, Hobbs (S.) 2, Klein (S.) 3, C. Clark (S.) 4. Height 5 ft. 120 Yard High Hurdles—Johnson (S.) won, Pecha (S.) 2, Chandler (S.) 3. Time, 20 1-5 sec. 880 Yard under 120 pounds—Queen (S.) won, Feder (S.) 2, Wolf (F.) 3, Murvis (S.) 4. Time, 2 min. 28 sec. 880 Yard Run—Ferrier (J.) won, Vendeland (S.) 2, Chandler (S.), 3, Seith (S.) 4. Time, 30 sec. 220 Yard Dash — Garrett (S.) won, Cheatham (F.) 2, Pecha (S.) 3, Brown (S.) 4. Time, 25 sec. Running Broad Jump—Howland (S.) won, Cheatham (F.) 2, Seith (S.) 3, Klein (S.) 4. Distance, 16 ft. 5V in. 30