Central High School - Centralite Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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renal: Ten seasons now, the world has been in conflict. Lives have been lost, families separated, countries fallen. A few months after the war had begun, the Republic of France was overcome. It was hard to realize that this country, which had been the first European nation to sound the death knell of tyranny and raise the flag of Liberty, now lay at the mercy of a ruthless invader. Her language, customs, and culture felt the axe of the oppressor. And almost two years later, in the Fall of 1941, a French refugee, Rose Feldman, told Central's French Club of her flight, together with her parents, from Luxem- bourg, through France, Spain, Portugal, to America. Then to Central's French Club, came Mrs. Caminsky, a former Parisian school teacher, who told of quaint customs of her native land. Reuben Silver, with a cast from the membership, presented the plays, The Mystihed Doctor, The New Year's Gift, and Nicette. All this was staged by sponsor, Miss Ward, and officers M. Levenberg, president, M. Cohen, secretary, and D. Lipchinsky, treasurer. B. Weiss, E. Levine, and I. Hoffman succeeded the ot.hers in spring. France, as a land, has been conquered, but France ' in the heart of Le Cercle I CIW ll 0 still lives on .... Yes, proud France still lives in us despite all. For Dumas, Hugo, and de Maupas- sant will not let us forget the glory that once was hers. Books, the record of man's achievements, grow out of war and peace, happiness and pain. They educate, moralize, delight, and chill. They lift some people out of their everyday surroundings, into a fairyland of golden glow. To others, they are only a subject for comment, when conversations grow dull. In the Fall of 1941, the books were tinged with war flavor-William Shirer's Berlin Diary, Ernest Hemmingway's For Whom the Bells Toll, and Eric Knight's This Above All. Thomas Wolfe, who had created a new medium of prose-poetry, died suddenly. Masefield in England, and MacLeish in America turned to writing patriotic pieces. John Gunther produced another timely non-fiction work, Hlnside Latin America, while Pearl Buck's Dragon Seed added another star to her stellar list. So each author gave something of himself in an effort to communicate with a reader. And all of their work was neatly alphabetized, classified, and laid upon some musty library shelf, there to stand the test of time. Some will be thumb-worn ten years hence, but most will bear the bitter-brightness of seldom-leafed pages. It is left for the future to decide whether 1941 produced any literature of unforgettable quality that will live with O great names dflll of past .... Great names in literature? None will live longer than Caesar, Cicero, Homer, Ovid, and Virgil. From the Gallia est omnis divisa in parts tres of Latin Q41 to the Arma virumque cano of Latin f8j, there is delight and pleasure to all Latin students as they ponder over world-famous lines. From the little settlement on a hill on the Tiber, founded 753 years before Christ, Rome grew to become the home of ancient civilization and the starting point of modern. Through Rome's military and political growth, Latin spread to Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Roumania. The English language became indebted to Latin for over half of its commonly used words. To further the interest in Latin, to inform students of a people that have played so important a part in the history of the world, to tell of a people who had conquered all of the ancient world, Central reorganized its Latin Club in the fall, 1942. Spon- sored by Miss Flynn, the club carried through its fall semester with Dorothy Lazar, president, Alvin Nusbaum, vice-president, Margaret Berriman, secretary, Betty Shaffer, treasurer. During the year the club enjoyed a lecture by Miss Edith Kovash and celebrated Latin Week by presenting a Latin play and banquet. Novel, too, in the Club's activi- ties was the answering of roll call by reciting a Latin quotation. Spring officers included Alvin Lippitt, president, Margaret Berriman, vice-presi- dent, Leonard Zubroff, secretary, Lillian Stine, treasurer. Eighteen French Club Ist Row: B. Blumrosen, E. Budnitzlty, F. Pradell, R. Weinberg, S. Rovetch, M. Levenberg, E. Zubrin, A. Baschin, S. Klein, 2nd Row: D. Goldman, A. Lipsitz, J. Greenbaum, A. Harelik, E. Beresh, B. Greenberg, S. Stone, S. Green, I. Must, 3rd Row: N. Lister, M. Cohen, D. Lipchinsky, R. Phillips, R. Elconin, E. Levy, M. Brenner, E. Kawa, D. Know, 4th Row: S. Kess- ler, D. Lyons, B. Kurtz, E. Sandweiss, A. Shenker, M. A. Dunivan, R. Mol- denhaver, B. Eder, Standing: B. Weiss, R. Grauer, P. Brickman, Miss P. Ward, A. Sokanoff, R. Cohen, A. Karbelnick, R. Silver, S. Sarashohn, F. Kasin. Library Staff Standing: S. Franklin, J. Fink, S. Schooler, G. Rothbard, M. Berriman, B. Alexander, P. Duncan, E. Platnick, J. Reading, J. Scupholm, B. Neimark, S. Levine, D. Zemmel, Seated: L. Zussman, V. Weiss, P. Melnick, H. Freedman, H. Minasian, L. Glenn, P. Pechenik. Latin Club Standing: D. Lazar, Ist Row: Miss Flynn, M. Berriman, S. Plotnick, C. Bobroff, J. Jacobs, D. Cooper, 2nd Row: R. Leash, B. Schaffer, P. Anplebaum, L. Stine, R. Mathis, R. Mohr, 3rd Row: R. Rautenberg, E. Luby, L. Zubroff, A. Lippitt, C. Lippitt, R. Cole.

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Girl Reserves Ist Row: L, Glenn, H. Nash, C. Brenner, S. Reik, A. Melcher, J. Mar- gets, C. Molnar, B. Davis, 2nd Row: V. Maher, M. Clifford, D. Cooper, D. Babcock, L. McGowan, B. Rylan- der, A. Pyle, K. McCallum, L. Thiery, Miss E. Mason, 3rd Row: B. Smith, E. Anderson, V. Veely, M. Hall, E. Scupholm, D. McDermott, B. Simp- son, E. Hudnut, 41h Row: P. Rose, J. MacMillan, P. Glenn, B. Lloyd, A. Benson, M. Berriman, M. Voelk- ner, D. Miller, M. Holcomb. Quest Club Ist Row: R. Lupchinsky, E. Kawa, B. Rylander, L. Thiery, P. Levinson, 2nd Row: H. Salk, I. Markow, L. Stark, A. Feder, M. Cameron, R. Silber, S. Richie, F. Hoffman, Miss Harmon, 3rd Row: A. Shenker, S. Dorn, S. Newman, I. Cantor, B. Bia- lick, R. Magid, L. Davidson, M. Burn- stein, L. Kritchman, J. Wilk, J. Jacobs, J. Galen, S. Goodman, M. Cohen, I. Raskin, M. Kline. Hi-Y Ist Row: F. O'Boyle, R. England, J. Wells, D. Gorgan, M. West, H. Ivyson, J. Constand, L. Anderson d , ing, P. Van Auken, H. Moritz, R. Hines, C. Lacy, R. Crampton, B. McCabe, J. Cottrillg 3rd Row: W. Holbrook, W. Muncher, D. Cole, G. Pickering, R. Sickelsteel, R. Linde, J. Cooper, R. Mohrman, J. Wickey, J. Jans. y 2n Row: A. Ottewell' D. Chicker- Girl Reserve Not only was there talk in the Fall of 1941-talk by a debating team any school could well be proud of-but there was the merry chatter of girls-girls typically American-girls alive-girls who were thinking of dates, and dresses, and class . . . girls who whistled the latest hit tunes as they swung arm-in-arm down the halls . . . girls who whispered mysteriously together over their latest crush . . . girls who boasted military emblems and proudly passed around their letters from the armed forces .... Girls who were captivated by the charm of Miss Diana Dale as her Hngers ran down the keyboard playing now moodily, now merrily . . . girls charmed at the talk of Miss Betty Bingham, society editor of one of the city's newspapers .... Miss Anderson . . . Miss Mason . . . Oflicers, June McMillan . . . Margaret Voekner Kathleen McCallum . . . Gladys Lautner . . . Donna Babcock . . . Virginia Maher . . . Elisabeth Hudnut. . . . Inter-Club Counselors, Patricia Glenn and Betty Rylander the Girl Reserves meet the Hi-Y boys . . . join in a skating party . . . share in a Weiner roast . . . give a buffet supper at Elisabeth Hudnut's home, with ping pong, singing, and dancing afterwards . . . girls . . . pretty and plain . . . e t c generous and sly warm and provoking . . . . . . i'What should I wear when I go to the basketball game? . . . Are anklets all right? . . . How long should boys be kept waiting? . . . Is it proper to speak of the date I had last week? . . . Shall I tell him about the expensive place Jim took me too? . . . Is it advisable to accept a last minute date? . . . What about apply- ing make-up? . . . What about spending dates at home? . . . The purpose of the Quest Club is to help girls of high school solve their social and personal problems. The girls were led through the fall semester with Marietta Cameron as president: Sandra Marinelli, vice president, Audrey Feder, secretary, Roslyn Silber, treasurer. Among the club's many activities was a Boys' Forum, a talk on Clothes for the High School Girl by Miss Eflie Winkel. A wiener roast planned early in the year, was held in the Chemistry laboratory because of inclement weather. The Club also maintained a question box throughout the year. Any problem which confronted a member was discussed on being presented to the question box. Spring oliicers were Esther Kawa, president, Bessie Bialick, vice president, Mildred Bernstein, secretary, Joan Wilk, treasurer. Miss Harmon was the sponsor. Girls . . . sweet and coy . . . 0 filled with I 1 laughter and hidden mirth . . . From girls to boys . . . boys of the Hi-Y chapter . . . boys who tomorrow may be fighting for the country whose breath they own . . . boys who will become pilots in planes somewhere over the Pacific, or sailors or soldiers, or fighting forces overseas, or workers in a defense plant . . . boys who see a new life opening up before them . . . boys who roll up their trouser cuffs, sport bright socks and ties . . . boys, like girls, compare notes on latest dates, beat out the solid jive . . . boys who vie for father's car . . . Hi-Y Officers . . . John Wickey . . . John Wells . . . Dan Gorgon . . . Douglas Lent .. . Barry McCabe . . . Pierce Van Auken . . . Boys who chill to Mr. Brooks, account of his Alaskan trip . . . boys who listen solemnly to the Reverend Cole at induction services . . . boys who listen to Mr. P. Roach of Hillsdale speak of education in these chaotic times, and hear Mr. E. P. Young of the Y. M. C. A., a missionary returned from Ankara, Turkey . . . Boys who take it on the line from Marietta Cameron of the Girl Reserves, on the proper way to take out a girl-friend . . . boys who pile truck-loads of food to give every family a happy, stuffed feeling at Thanksgiving time . . . boys who print programs for spectators of all home football and basketball games . . . Boys . . . and girls . . . happy times . . . fun times . . . Seventeen

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