Central High School - Central Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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®lfp Annual Soarii D. Ralph Hertz...............Editor-in-Chief Sydney Klein ............... Business Manager Marion Benjamin. .Assistant Editor, Clubs Bert D. Glick................Boys’ Athletics Helen Heidtman ..........................Girls’ Athletics Art Personals Stanley Lippa Jack Garrett Esther Ulmer Walter Hallock Moses Halperin Board Assistants The Faculty Members Gerald Howland.. .Asst. Business Manager Sylvester Traub Hugo Wheelock Leonard Biskind Martin Blum Maurice Makoff Seth Hayes M. Foster Lewis Marcia Henry 32

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(Stria Atljlrttra HJartha Balbwin ) v Sprint firitemm 1Ei,rtorB We have all noticed that among the popular boys, the athlete generally claims first place, so among the girls. The athletic girl is usually more popular than any other type. On the fifth of October the girls began their gymnasium work for this year. As instructors we had Miss Mosher, who has been with us for' several years, and Miss Watkins, her new assistant. In the second week of October we began hockey, and although no teams were organized we enjoyed our hockey games in the gymnasium classes. When the cold weather arrived, we were forced inside, and hence we changed our entertainment from hockey to basket-ball. On the ninth of November the room teams began their practice. After a month of practice the inter-room games began. It was unusually early to commence the games, but on account of the mid-year promotion, we desired to complete the schedule before the promotion took place. The games this winter were some of the best basket-ball games we have had. Although sometimes they were rather rough, yet there was great excitement and much fine playing. It gives the Seniors great pleasure to claim the championship. They go out with a more friendly feeling toward the school than as if they had been defeated by their inferiors in their last year at high school. As usual the Junior Reds defeated their old rivals, the Blues. The Seniors won every game and the Junior Reds lost but one. Room 21 made the best showing of the Sophomores, while Room 41 won the championship among the Freshmen. On Friday evening, February the twenty-sixth, was held the Ninth Annual Gymnastic Demonstration. The performance was a pleasing success and much credit must be given to Mr. Lewis, Miss Mosher and Miss Watkins, who spent many toilsome hours training those who took part. We wish especially to mention the fine work done by the boys, because we feel that it surpassed anything we have had for several years. The first two weeks in March the interclass games were played. The teams were very evenly matched in most of the games, and most of the scores were very close. The result was as follows: (1) Juniors, (2) Seniors, (3) Freshmen, (4) Sophomores. So although the Seniors won the inter-room championship they were surpassed by the Juniors in the inter-class games. At the end of March the basket-balls were laid aside and a track meet was held. The meet was quite a success. The events were: 50 and 75 yard dashes, distance throw, traveling rings, running high jump, running broad jump, and goal throw. Room 21 won the meet among the upper-class teams, having entered seventeen girls. Marion Wood was upper-classs athlete with thirty-two points to her credit. Room 41 won the freshmen class meet. They entered sixteen girls. Elizabeth Grun was freshman athlete with thirty-two points. The winners of the first four places in the freshmen meet were: (1) Elizabeth Grun, 32 points; (2) Irene Esch, 30 points; (3) Roselyn Meltzer, Adeline Lavine, 21 points; (4) Lois Seith, 20 points. After the track meet the weather became so warm that we could no longer remain inside, and so we brought out our balls and bats and commenced base-ball. It took a few weeks to get in practice, but after we did get started we had some very interesting baseball. At the close of this another year, and the Seniors’ last year, we wish to thank Miss Mosher and Miss Watkins for their unceas-in effort to help us, and we want to wish them the greatest good fortune in the future. Our best wishes go with Miss Mosher as she leaves us and are with Miss Watkins as she remains with us. 31

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Among the many strange productions of the typewriter (or of the. pen) we find the editorial in the High School Annual. With all due respect to these offerings, it seems that very often one is inclined to smile, if not even laugh, at some of the expressions that are f ..nd in many of them. This is probably because of the marked tendency among publications of this kind, to look upon themselves as pieces of work for which the world has long been anxiously waiting. We find many of them looking back on the “four years we have spent in earnest pursuit of our- studies with a complacent air. It seems th tn many of them the spirit of concentrated egotism is manifested. They often deal with the great value that the class has been to the school and even seem to feel contented with the petty honors won at high school. In short, the average editorial that makes its way into an annual seems to say, “Look at me, a high school graduate, fresh (truly so) with all the glory of high school! I am a product of four years supposed to be spent in study, and I am putting myself on display without charging a price of admission. Look me over thoroughly, for you will not look upon my like again. The tenor of these so-called “editorial expressions seems to carry a cocky assurance that the graduating classes, armed with diplomas, carrying their club or team insignia on their breasts, have but to announce their readiness to the waiting world without, to conquer it. No one was ever foolish enough to deny the advantage of having confidence in one’s self. Nevertheless, it seems that such a display of egotism is uncalled for. We must realize our true position in relation to the world without. It is unwise to discourage youth, but in looking over this class of confident boys and girls, one cannot help but wonder sadly how long it will be before this innocent self-assurance will be shattered. The world is not waiting for the “Conquering Class of 1915. It can struggle along without our valuable services. It fails to recognize our great worth, nor does it beckon us for aid. But rather, it looks critically at us as if “sizing us up. It is anxious to receive our sincerest and greatest efforts, not our favors or assistance. We must therefore, at the close of our high school days, lay aside all ideas of self-importance, and, looking society squarely in the face, resolve to offer it our greatest efTorts, not our kind aid. 33