Central High School - Centralian Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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THE FRESHMEN. Yell. Central Ree, Central Rah! Freshmen! Freshmen! Sis, Boom, Ah! Colors Burnt Orange and Light Blue. RECIPIENTS for all anti-diluvian jokes, unspared objects for jest and jibes so called, milk-drinking, candy-eating, sand-pile-playing Freshmen, we want to state right now that we are here, four hundred strong, patiently, calmly serenely abiding the time when the hated name of Freshmen will be relegated to the past and we shall be Sophomores, rampant in name and in deed. The history of our year’s existence has been one long series of abuses imposed upon a patient, long-suffering class of individuals whose only fault was inexperience and extreme youth. But how can we help being young and unsophisticated. We were born young and we have not the grinding out of the years so that we can make ourselves older faster than other people become; and as for being inexperienced, the time will come when we will talk back to our teachers just as Seniors do. and chew gum like Sophomores, and flirt like Juniors. Just wait ’till we get started and the school will be in a continuous hubbub as we pass through the four years’ course. Already we have had a meeting where one obstreperous member was bodily expelled, where chairs flew through the air like meteors through the sky, where frightened girls lost their false hair and boys fainted in the excitement. Just think when we get old and strong how we will tear things up. We advise the Board of Education to brace the building with iron girders so that in future years it will stand the strain of our meetings. We are organized and ready to do business; we have chosen colors and a yell and have elected officers. These are the regulators: President, Fred Pugsley (strong enough to enforce all rulings by physical backing); Vice Brest., Martha Brent (good to look at); Sec., Lucile Gibson (adds dignity to the meetings); Treas., Will Singleton (counts coin easily); Ser., Roy Russell (a good rustler); Ser., Helen Swofford (does cake-walk when performing duty); Reporter, Lloyd Morrow (a regular sunbeam. )

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THE SOPHOMORES. IT was on Friday, October 14. 1898, that we first began 1 to move the universe and we have kept it on the move for the whole nine months. In fact, we are the only class organization that ever has a quorum at its meetings. On account of closed doors and intense interest in candy eating our meetings are always well filled until adjournment. With the two years of society training, every member of our class has learned how to vote “aye ” and “no,” half know how to move to adjourn, and one says he knows what is meant by the previous question, but as he refuses to divulge the secret, a committee of three has been appointed to investigate the aforesaid member and report to the society the meaning of this mysterious phrase. Our wit and humor is of dark brown color, but when warmed up by a heated debate, effervesces with sparkling repartee. Mr. Howard Packer pounded the table at the first meeting, but now Mr. Harry Switzer wields the eraser. We have only two hundred and ninety-seven members, and the loss of two. of the class, Packer and Warrick, possessed of so much intelligence and beauty, has greatly impaired the progress of the organization. We also miss the presence of Miss Emery and Miss Kinney. Mr. Downing, one of our most valued members is repeatedly absent on account of continuous engagements at two o’clock. By next year we hope that all these evils will be remedied and that we will be the noble, illustrious, world-renowned, eye-dazzling Juniors of 1900, as we have been the Sophs of ’99. ill I) -18-

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Mr. Frank Copley (98) is attending Ann Arbor. Mr. Kersey Reed (98) and Mr. I). L. James (98) are at Vale. Miss Ruth Gentry (98) is at Vassar. Misses Virginia Moore and Marie Pugsley (98) are at Smith. Miss Fthel Osgood (97) is clerk of the Manual Training High School. Mr. James Yeager (97) is attending Ann Arbor. Mr. Earl Rieger (97) will in a short time be admitted to the bar. Miss Grace Hawes (98) is studying elocution in Boston. Miss Alice Russell (98) has been in Chicago taking the kindergarten course. Miss Mary Bone (98) is substituting in the Kansas City schools. Mr. Benjamin Lee (97)1 is at Harvard. Miss Bernice Wells (98) is teaching in the Humboldt school. Miss Cora Waring (98) is substituting. Miss Sophia Baum (98) is traveling in Europe. Mr. Steve Ganson (96) is at the Missouri State University. Mr. George B. Longan (98) is reporter for the Times. o—