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

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From one crisis to another seems to be the lot of today's youth and particularly so for those who are finishing high school. The knowledge that military service is immediately ahead has made it difficult to keep the poise and confidence that should be a port of all youth, Crossrcurrents of talk and the lack of a definite enlistment program by our government have been confusing. lnflationary tendencies have made f our physical world a little tougher. Stories o made it difficult to believe in the things youth This bedlam of forces and counterforces to think clearly and act sanely. But to me, seem to have found yourselves after a brief I believe you are ready to face the world wi scandalous action in high places have wants to believe in. makes it difficult for you young people you members of Central's Class of '5l period of confusion earlier in the year. th all of its difficulties. You ore looking deadly ot things in a real sense, stripping off the outer coat to see what is the core. You have the potential power to fashion your own lives and live in adult life, as you have in high school, on a plane that gradually goes higher. PAUL M. MARSHALL vice-Principal Lillian Lalrenbill, Registrar K Z V gyq gf 1. M. lalrene, cerarniee, crane ' 5 i 5- 4 , 3 ,,, V -Q4 R f, . . 5 1 we ' . ' - W-fer in r ' e- Grace Mapes, Commerce ' . lf y, '- K ' A fi? r B. w. Meuaniel, Social svaaiee -f ,, Q 'ff' W f Marv Evelyn McLaughlin, Latin X ,L in L gg, . if? ig . l ea if , f fi 1 vt 5 r,-if r'fff1 'r':- Few' :aft r , . , 1522, 511' VSQJ f H. rl, olaenaiek, Chemistry r y may r it-any Q virginia olaliani, Englien Af'X1e,.,,3 ' ig! A pi 3, 6 F 4' V I ' ggi? r a, , ,. R W , Q N .A i i-larel Parnell, Girls' Pnyeieal Education 'Q W -'gi 3, ge.-r ,g , fy L, .1 ' 4- . George w, Quigley, M sgi., R.O.T.C. lr N V Ann Rarnp, Cafeteria Manager QS M. .! ggi' 4. 5 x Q ' ' , A rmwfiaxs'y' I N Rail' 4 i ' ' X rr , ,.-. , ,- 562353 P Ml I I Doris lzeelr, Science -if -J if p 1452 5 9 'V -71.2 ' Fanette Riley, Ari ., -r 4574 Q, - gi A K i F .l -' at 1 ' . ' e.,,,r , r' - ,rr . Y , gr Virginia Robertson, saeeeli, Pnalie speaking gi i I ,Y I' gl L Nathan izainnan, aeye' Physical eaaralian 4, 4 . I in E' Glenn Royer, Bond, Orchestra X I ii X I! i I . , if Hgh 'fri g X M l g 4.355 ,Lg . .r - f.1-TT Q r ' . , .rr-2-ffgei Dorothy Sandberg, Science ,, i ' r ' v,, U r 'fx Harlenee selialler, Counselor ' lr 4, v f V 5 Willard Schmitt, Vocal Maeie ' ' ,E i ' tv r 7,4425 Mary c, Scoville, Commerce ' y r rf, r 'sf I , ar I ' l' . A Q ' ' Q55 Mary l-liirr snafer, English gl ff Mg,-, , g ,eg Stay' aa are ef. r :f Q, Q eartezrffffr 2 I Q a., i ' Harry s. slayrnalrer, says' Pliyeiral zaaailian, Science X V ini viala Thomas, Secretary A gs, A ' I M 'Y Rebecca ranilin, Englien ,-. f f V , , G. iz. walean, serial seienee, Marneniariee r' UQ 4 7 , ye, p eliraaern wells, Mainernaiire r , U A , Q , ge . I A new . 'riff'- - Q ' 1 sue Wiberg, saeial slaasee ,ey Neya wing, l-larnernalring, reads 'i '7' , .E ex as 5' ., , , my , YA 9

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acuity ,xv XWIRK 'wi' 0-QL W. W. CLEMENT You of the Class of '51 have had the unique privilege of providing responsible leadership to your high school for two years. You have been the first full class to pay the price of full twelve years for your diplomas. You have had the opportunity of standardizing student scholarship and student attitudes during the past year when Central has become once more a senior school but with an added year of maturity. You have done a sterling iob. Scholarship has been notably enhanced. All comparative test scores have found Central in the upper brackets among her sister schools. Twenty-four seniors have earned the coveted gold pin for continuous superior rating for their entire high school life. Thirty-five are graduating with distinction, nineteen with high distinction, and sixteen with highest distinction. The student council has lifted to a higher level student participation in school government and Central's participation in city-wide high school activities. Extracurricular activities have been maintained on a plane of good citizenship and good sportsmanship, But all has not been serene, International tensions, together with the imminence of draft calls and the possibility of universal military training, have rendered planning for the future highly uncertain. However, we must have faith that sanity among the nations of the world will ultimately triumph and that even soon in our time world peace will prevail. Meanwhile l can but charge you, as did Aeneas of old: O socii, revocate animos, maestumque timorem Mittite: forsan et haec olirn meminisse iuvabit. Courage, comrades. Dismiss desponding fears. Perhaps hereafter you will remember even these Prinripnl days with pleasure. za: l A 'n ' e ,reg ' I , ,Q aeryl Alton, Hialary, english N ,H 4 ' . -5 1. l 'af Mabel Beattie, Nurse , 1 l 1? r 5 ,V jt Wg, sarn E. aallarff, Nlfsar., R.O,T.C. r K ', -' X r ' air 4 A ' A K rg , N ' oaraner Boyd, Metal Shop X I I . l M., , Allae Brasfield, librarian l 'L' '?- . ...rr ' ' H ?E1 r'rfH4fl-fr , ge I 1? fiesqgi - r.- at? . .A is 4, ,fm Qi f . .-155 Doris callaharr, English E ' if f 6 ,ow ,. ' A fr sees G. Clcppr English ' 4 :lil K J g Maud F. carnalan, Mathematics fgggfy, y -- ' K Elsie carnell, carnrnerre -X r' . r , lzalanal Crane, Science It rf R fi r 5' , Q . D. M' -1-Q r -j i . ,X 2 e - - ,, t g , ,. . .., ir, . .. 'I if -gary - lner Dahl, Commerce l if g W - W W .-ef r NA Mildred Daniels. serrelary ef - .g ri ., 1: ' . A 2' l - , it r t w ,V 3, r , y l. H, oenrel, sarenae gg ' r l ' ,' 1 o, r, Diersen, saelal slrraeee grief' f ' ' NY if c, L, naarhsrr, Peyahalaay r f r f ri' :lf 1 . Y . X Q N Agnes Engel, Frenah, c-errnan, English if C John E. Eyanr, History y X Q at ft, I . 4. 15 ' fs 31, K I V 1 a . f 5 - 4- U - I, - gp: .ggi gr ' Mg- , .' r 4 r l I i . --' P ,a fi'-' ' r rs .3-f 5 ,ir rar. ,J r, A ' . ,- 'isr -. ' A.. l I 8 2, .216 1 n' ar 12 - - , '54 9-' E g WI 5' 1 Mary re, orabbe, laaaureepana -1 t 3 Erdiae Grube, Commerce ' Frank orremale, Boys' Phyrzaal Ea., History vh ' I c. s. Hann, Zoology .. 1, ' J. Ivan Hayea, Drafting, Photography X A f Edith Humphrey, spanarlr oerrraaa lanes, Girls' Phyaleal Education f Mildred E, nearing, Clothing Nil l l D lla Maude Kale, Enalarh '37 ff? vaya Kaenig, Music Accornpanist ' , 'N Rebekah lerbenaaaa, Science X, H. J, Lewis, Engineer, crraraalan r N, Alva Larnbaagh, Prlnnng ha- I rg. ref.

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fetdfzemevzla :ge-Sift H. H. Oldendick, Central's loved chemistry instructor, is retiring this June alter thirty-five years of service to our school. Except for four years as an auditor for South- western Bell Telephone, Mr, Oldendick has devoted his life to teaching. His chemical formula signature, H:O, by which he was known to Central students, won him national attention when it appeared in one of Ripley's famous Believe It or Not cartoons. Though born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Mr. Oldendick came with his family as a child to Kansas and later entered the State Teachers College at Pittsburg, where he received his B.A. degree. He obtained his M.S. degree from the University of Kansas and he continued his graduate studies at Missouri, and later again at Kansas. Mr. Oldendick will be remembered by his students, not only as an excellent instructor in chemistryhphysics and bookkeeping, but also as a friend and fellow worker. His personality, his eagerness for students to learn, and his fund of knowledge have made Mr. Oldendick a teacher to be greatly honored, and one whom Central High School is going to find hard to lose. MR. H. H. OLDENDICK Quietly and with no previous announcement to her pupils, Miss Emma Stegner, English instructor, retired last June from Central's faculty, of which she had been a member since 1946. Although her association with the senior building was brief, she had strongly entrenched herself in the affection of both students and fellow teachers. Miss Emma Stegner was born in Boonville, Missouri. She went to the Teachers' College at Springfield, Missouri, for her bachelor's degree, after which she attended Missouri University, Chicago University, ond our own Kansas City University for graduate work. After serving as principal of a Boonville elementary school for five years, she went on to supervise teachers' training at the high school. When she came to Kansas City, Miss Stegner taught at Westport Junior until that school was disbanded. Trans- ferring to Central Junior, she continued the excellent training she always gave her pupils in grammar and the mechanics of writing, in addition to supervising the publica- tion of The Searchlight. After o year of rest, Miss Stegner is planning now to do some social service work with young people and continue her hobby of raising flowers. Gggeae Snape -I rug few- Mr, ctemm tram at om , Mt. Mmiwtt mites time out. 189 ' ldv ,Q-1 MISS EMMA STEGNER ist Row-Mfg, amicus, Mrs. thomas, and Miss Lukenbill give Us me eye, Mass Schaller mn imes was 70