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

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THE, SE,NIOR. Judith Connelly. N the eyes of the Faculty, the Senior, like faith, is the substance of things hoped for. He came to them a low-minded mass of Philistine clay, and lo! they have moulded a creature of ideals and aspirations. No longer does he accept their dicta in awed silence; he has honest opinions and convictions of his own, though tactful enough to air them only on auspicious occasions. Life, he has learned to regard in a large way. Accepting the popular theory that schooling is but the preface to the real book, he gives as little attention to it as is usually devoted to a preface. He understands, also, that grades are not such vital matters—that the development of character is the true thing, hor the purpose pf better securing this end. he is often constrained to linger an extra year in school. Though scarcely believable in one of his years, he has formulated his philosophy—carefully extracted it from the English poets. A few of the most satis-factorv specimens have even discovered their purpose in life and it is indeed gratifying to observe that in almost every case, their end is humanitarian. No sordid plans for earning a livelihood trouble the Senior. He enters upon life with the aim of serving the world. Much of his time is spent in trying to put salt on the tails of his ideas. If he is so fortunate as to capture one. it is ardently cherished and developed, and finally embodied in his commencement oration, his donation to society. Yes, in the eyes of the Faculty, the Senior is the substance of things hoped for: in his own eyes, the Senior is a compromise, a mosiac of pet theories.

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POST-GRADUATES

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SENIOR OFFICERS Harry I). Minton Sergt. at Arms. Clement Parker, Giver of Gift. Harold McKibben. Vice-President. Roy Dietrich, Prophet. Moxie Frischer, Historian. Judith Connelly, Secretary. Vale L. Nance, President Irene Shepard, Critic. Lucius McConnell. Treas.