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

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President, Ivan Seigrist. Vice-President, Lena Bumbargcr. Secretary, Fleta Donaldson. Treasurer, Barclay Moore. Sergeant-at-Arms, Amber Anderson. Sam’l Lucretius Historicus, Marea Newby. Critic, Moe Friedman. Adviser, Mr. W. A. Luby. 29 AN IDEAL SOCIETY Lena Bumharger, 07. U T SAY, Mr. President,” exclaimed a little red-faced man I tipping over a chair in his excitement, “we arc gatli-ered here, to-day to organize a society whereby our talents may be shown to the world. Of course this must be an ideal society if 1 am a member; so I move that we send a man over the world to visit other societies, to see how they are carried on.” The motion being carried, the president appointed a large man, with red hair and grey eyes, who looked capable of holding his own in any climate. A year or two passed away in which this man traveled from place to place, visiting different societies. One day, he was on the train thinking how hard it was to find a society which was actually an ideal one, when the whistle informed him the train was approaching a town. Looking out of the window, he saw a magnificent marble structure; it was hard to believe that this was a station, and upon asking someone near him, he saw and learned this city was Kansas City. Inquiring if there were any societies in that town, he was told Central High School was full of them. Getting off the train, he hurried through the crowded streets, to a large, handsome, brick building, the pride of Kansas City, Central High School. 1 le learned the societies were even then in session; so he decided to visit them. He first entered the room of the Cenrtal Webster Club; but the moment he learned it was entirely com- posed of boys, he left, disgusted, knowing that it was impossible to have an ideal society without girls. He next visited in turrt, the Central Shakespeare Club, Aristonian Literary Society, and the Minerva Literary Society. Although he found in these many of the brightest people of the school, still they could not reach his ideal. Thinking his task was indeed a hard one, he suddenly came upon a room from which he heard such orderly sounds, that he determined to enter. Inside was assembled the Society of Literature and History. Sitting down in a corner, he was immediately struck by the wise and calm faces he saw before him, and the order and dignity with which the meeting was conducted. It was composed of thirty-five boys and girls. He had come just in time to hear their program; listening attentively to each number of the program, he thought that at last his weary search was over and that he had indeed found a society which was, in every way, an ideal one. Delighted with his discovery, he remained in Kansas City two or three weeks, so that he might attend one or two more meetings of this society. He, therefore, went back to his home, much pleased bv what he could report to his friends. They straight way organized a society of their own, modeled after the Society of Literature and History of Central High School, a society well worthy of being taken as an example for others.

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SOCIETY OF LITERATURE AND HISTORY Mary Cook. Moe Friedman. Amis Nlcboalds, Blanch© Shadwell, Marca Newby. Harry Slichter, lVan Slegrist, William Fishman. Helen Falrland. Kva Thayer. Lillian Monahan. Bradford ost. Homer Love. Joe Mitchell. Flcta Donaldson. Katherine Siersdorfer, Nora Millard. Frances Canny, Homer Anderson. Gladstone Kellogg. Ethel Paul. Charles King, Barclay Moore, Lyle Logan, Kathleen Blanton. Robert Campbell. Lena Bumbarger. Ardls Baranger. May Leary. Louise Jones. Florence Benthrop. Myatt Lipscomb, William A. Luby Amber An«lerson.

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ARISTON IAN SOCIETY Mary Talbot. Miss Jane Adams. Beryl Blanchard. Ruth Van Doren, Hazel Harbour. Miriam Scofield. Florence Fleming, Ad el la Pepper. Gale Gossett. Virginia Robertson, Edna Bimmerman, Mabel Nowlin. Mildred Bell. Ola Jackson. Mary Leitch. Arzella Willson. Charlotte Marshall, Janet Vandowater, Bertha Teasdalo. Marlon Fox. Mildred Tavenner, Katherine Martin. May me Robert s. Amelia Frauens. Marie Webster. Elizabeth Willson, Bonita Ferguson, Idly Runyan. Louise Jenkins. Moda Moore Margaret Middlecoff. Martha W hittemore Catherine Elliott. Lillian Ball.