Central High School - Central Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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What am I going to be! This moat important question if rightly decided will make the future, but if unwisely nmi without careful consideration passed over till the morrow then surely that person will follow in the footsteps of those other thousands of listless college graduates who crowd the cities of this country without stamina and independence, with crumbled ambitions and lack of strength to start in some other form of work than the one they have unwisely chosen. These men ore called failures, they are the undecided sort with the wrong start and the fatal finish. By their example must we guard ourselves against further failures. Some of us have gained a definite ambition very soon in life, through constant interest in the best and most distinct qualities possessed. These people have wisely choBen even in high school those studies which will most directly further their education towards their aspirations, and they are now one step in front of the other and fairly running for their goals. Through n period of childishness we have passed. Youths garnished phraseology is now fairly reduced to meaning letters. Pettish thoughts have or should have been determinedly erased and new ideas of honesty, obedience, and determination substituted. Sooner or later must come the realization that only through hard work and sincere study can we approach and scale the unsteady rungs of success. At this stage of development we should be able to view life with man's eyes if not altogether in it extremity far enough to realize its purposes, reward and failures. Experiences (greatly undeveloped ’tis true) have added their xeal and lesson to our general knowledge, for after all high schooling i but a period of growth more than assessment in specific knowledge. We are leaving our cherished school, perhaps some of us are leaving home, and parent , but let that fond refleo-tion back to our happy p»st nml the memories of dear Central High School always spur us on and lend new courage when we ore flagging on Life's Hoad to Success.

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 Hitor'iatS.— Pour yearn of high school life must leave nu indelible mark upon those who now take farewell of dear old Central High School, and it is with the utmost sorrow and regret that this graduating class of June and August, 1921, passes from this beloved institution and it's faculty. Reluctuntly wc take our departure from those who have shared with us the pleasures of youthful associations, and this Annual is dedicated to that never forgettable frientliy relationship which will ever bind as together. All too soon for many of us will these pleasant and joyful schooldays have terminated. Short but beautiful will the remembrances of Central ever be in our thoughts in the future. Clouds may roll by threatening in the distance, obstructions of all sorts may pall our destination, but this brief period of happinc to look back upon will dispel gloomy conditions and create the necessary test for further determination in the race for attainment. With varying emotions have we received a practical reward for our labors, the much magnified diploma. To many of the graduating class this will mean, no doubt, complete compensation for their tortures in Latin and (leomctrv. But the complete significance of the diploma is recognised by few, namely, that the diploma was not recognition for services rendered but a plain symbol of partial achievement. We have hod our crowning good times, the stately and dignified Formal, the souvenir Annual, our wonderful class night and the glorious commencement, but topping it all the Diamond .Jubilee and all that went with it. More fortunate than every class preceding ours in that wc have taken part in a historic cclebrution, in which memories of seventy-five years of eventful achievements surged and flooded the insignificant present with all their magnitude and noble ideals and now after all has taken its customary course and wc have but our fond memories to look back upon, a problem of grave importance stures us out of the happy present; a problem which must be wisely and thoroughly decided before we may continue in the paths we msy have chosen.

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