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

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Being tlie true and authentic account, including personal descriptions and anecdotes never heretofore revealed, of those most modest, meek, dignified, egotistical, sophistical, and lethargic personages who intend, expect, and hope to graduate from Central High School, Anno Domini 1909. Compiled, arranged, authenticated, edited, and revised up to date by Professor Hezekiah Ezekial Nncodemus Chees-bobbin, P. D. 6., (). K„ C. . I). Addison, Beulah. Born 1870. Very proud of her intei-mediary cognomen. Dundeena. W ill soon die of sunstroke (the son’s name is Joseph). Is very anxious to become the heroine of Married at the Altar.” Allison. Donald Dewey. Born Dec. 23. 1905. Substitute on football team. Pamous for his sickly grin and his ability to do the wrong thing at the right time. His ambition, to become famous, will never be fulfilled for he will die of heart failure caused by the shock of receiving his diploma in June, 1939. Ashlock, Ethel. Born 1910. Protests that she will not change her name to Ethylle, for she wants to be original. Is distinguished by her nose, which is very clean cut. due probably to the sweeping glances issuing from the eyes just above. Doesn’t know when shell die. and neither do we. Aylward. May Elizabeth (if you please). Called l.izzie for short. Her age cannot be given, for it varies constantly with the time and place. However, there’s but one date for her death, for she intends to die but once. August 15. 1925. Bacon. Mae Belle. Before becoming a sophomore she spelled her name May Bell. Declines to inform the encyclopedists as to her date of entrance into this world of misery. Our guess would be that she’s about nine years old. Barbee, Elias Emmet. Born 3:39:51 a. m.. June 6, 1904 A very playful little youngster, notwithstanding his superabundance of brass and nerve. He has two places of residence, spending his evenings and early mornings at Thirty-first and Garfield. Will die in the near future from eating too much ice cream in the lunch room. 9

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Barnard, Bessie. Born July 4. 1866. This accounts for her hot temper, for she hasn’t had a chance to say. as yet, “Oh, this is so sudden.” However, she’ll bury her spare caloric January 14, 1945, in the cold lap of mother earth. Barrell, Merritt. He doesn’t know when he was born and declares that he will never die. for he has found the secret. 1 le is intellectual, good looking, clever: in other words, he’s Merritt itself. Bennett, Ela. Born 1885. Has a great taste for books, especially pocket and trading stamp, when they’re full. She’ll be a financier (in a home) and will die a slow death in 1950. Bourbon, Rollo Preston. Born February 18. 1876. Is scientifically inclined and somewhat of a chemist, lie’s not bottled in bond, however, even if he is thirty-three years old and came from Kentucky. Some thirsty fellow will “kill him,” July 4, 1826. Bower, Ralph S. The S stands for Shorty and Skinny, for he holds the record of being the youngest and smallest member of the class of which lie’s chief chalk collector. 11 is little toys are the shot, the hammer, and the discus, with which lie performs very creditably for one so young. Bowling. Ruth. We have her age, but out of respect for her feelings we’ll not publish the secret. She looks highly intellectual, but it’s not her fault. Ruth will die of eating too many woodberries in the near future. Brenner, Sara. Born October 26, 1903. Is a great student of Prof. Bob Burns’s poems. She aspires to be a college widow. Will die of a complication of diseases, measles, mumps, and chicken pox being the complicated ones, on December 16, 1923. Brightwell, Berniece. Obtained her luminous qualities from her stellariferous handle. Will not tell her age, and we really do not care to risk our reputation in trying to guess so great an uncertainty. We don’t care to know, anyway. Brown, Louise. She’s a person of the past in some respects. Xo one knows the date of her birth, the size of her shoe, or how many inches her waist measures. She’s well known, however, in some things, especially in regard to the fact that she’ll pass away in two.years. Brown, Marie. Born July 6. 1871. She’s full of joy when she’s supreme, and consequently is joyful most of the time. She lunches very often at the chaperonless paradise and will die buying lunch checks there, September 12, 1909. Bufton, Hilary A. The A is wrong. There should be two initials after Hilary, L S. When nobody is around. Bufton cuts up very much. However, as he is in such a state but a very small part of his waking moments, he keeps still and studies. Burrough, Phyllis. She’s very popular, for during lunch hour all the fellows call out her first name. She stands the popularity gracefully for a young lady of sixteen summers. She’ll wither and die after enduring the rigors of eighteen more winters. Burton, Cecile. Born 1875. on April first, but she has overcome her natural disadvantage with credit to herself. She won’t die on an April 1st, which should be a consolation to her. She’ll go to sleep on February 30, 1916. Bushman, Andrew Kidd, lie’s a terrible man when on a rampage, which probably explains his middle name, lie’ll die with his shoes on (for he doesn’t wear boots) on January 1, 1940, after having resolved to begin the new year right. Butler, Kate. (1898-1930). Katherine is the proud possessor of a set of real auburn capillary appendages. She