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

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CLJIJJ' OF NHUGHT .FEUEN I Lucky number! Thrice lucky class! Never before in all the thirty-eight years I of its existence has Old Central been It , ,f ' blessed With so brilliant and progressive f f a class of ingenious boys and girls. 7 It has been said, and not without i f, fl truth, that the Sophs are conceited. . but I wish to state that this class is an exceiption to the general rule, being above conceit, which is no small virtue in a class so admired by the Freshies and praised and sought after by the Seniors. When We entered as Freshmen the whole school seem- ed overjoyed by our coming, for We were greeted on all sides by broad grins, and the Sophomores paid particular attention to us. But still, We were not overpowered by our own importance, and this year has exemplified our virtues even more fully. We are indeed the shining lights of Central: the magnet which draws the Freshmen on to renewed efforts and undying zeal, in their keen desire to be one day like us. We knoW that we have 'cdrunk long and deep from the fountains of knowledge and so from the kindness of our hearts and the depth of our Wisdom, we Wish to give some advise to the class of 708. VVork! My dear Freshics,7' Work! And think, chiefly think, for the work will take care of itself I Strap your books, and don't for- get to bring a cooky or a cracker to nibble during study hour, as it will strengthen and encourage you in your strenuous efforts to be like us. Above all never forget to bring your nickel when The Luminary is out, for next year you may find out that you need your nickel for other things. All classes have their small troubles, and of course We have ours. Chief among them is the curtailing of our brilliant Wit and eloquent flow of language into the small space of two page themes. Next year, however, will give us Wider scope for our bright and ever increasing ideas. Although our themes must be short we console ourselves, the girls by lengthening their dresses and the boys by donning long trousers. Much more could be said of the Sophomore class, but what is the use, when it can all be summed up in one short word. The Seniors and Juniors have been ND the Fresh- men hope to be, but the Sophomores are strictly It, Fiioaimcw Fisnma, 'O7.

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THE FREJHMEN OF '04 .HND '05 - Last September there came into Cen- tral about six hundred of the most brilliant ' A if first-year pupils that ever entered under the name of Freshmen We have been a persecuted lot, it is true, but despite all the pitfalls laid for us not one has asked for the elevator-hackneyed joke-and very few have the ear marks of the ordi- nary green Freshman. To be sure we have been written up in THE LUMINARY, but we must consider that, that ,ww j 4 if V ' l A fd' periodical is compiled by our f'l 'l'6'lZ-CLS, the enemy. Surely our school-mates do not realize what a debt they owe to this year's Freshman class. Was it not in our very first year that the teachers were so delighted with us that they had the school board lengthen the term to ten months in order to have us with them longer For our especial benefit, too, the Easter vacation was given. lleretofore no one has cared whether the pupils were hungry or not, but when we entered, the interest in us was so great that the sandwich club was orga.nized. Each day we are provided with' nourishment in the form of a huge sandwich. By this means our fagged brains receive renewed energy, NVith our class was inaugurated, for the Assembly llall program. the giving of poems, orations and essays in l'ori-ign languages. Our class contributed two poems, one in l+'rm-ueh and the other in German. NVe can safely say that they were as well understood by the a.udience as the Latin and Greek essays which were read by the Juniors and Seniors. The subject of our hall program need not be dwelt upon. If it was not the finest in the world, at least, it made a better showing even than that of the Seniors- and it was our first appearance, too! In former years it has been the Freshmen who have made the mistakes, the Freshmen who deserved the re- bukes, the Freshmen who wore out their shoes promenad- ing the halls before school in the morning, the Freshmen who could never find rooms and who forgot locker num- bers. Now, however, it is all changed and the Freshmen are the ones who teach dignity even to the Seniors. Perhaps never before has there been a Freshman on the foot-ball team, but this year our class brought from its ranks a guard who was nearly a match for one of our best players, a Senior, 'and the enthusiasm shown at the various foot-ball games by the Freshmen was enough to put the other classes to shame. Another example of Freshman vim and push, was the organization of a foot ball team which thought itself capable of competing with the first team. But we were underestimated and disregarded. - One of our classmates has thrown the hammer 115 feet. He is now a regular member of the track team. Perhaps the crowning ,event of all was the inter-class track meet. With such a beginning as this what will be the end as Seniors? Never before have so many first-year pupils competed for places on the team, and never were such results a.ttained. Although we did not win the meet -for experience counts a great deal in athletics-still we went ahead of the Sophomores by fifteen points, and won first place in the hammer throw. No! we are not It but we are going to be,

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THIS PAGE IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED TO THE CLASS OF NAUGHT SEVEN 'THE JUNIOR OFFICERS