Central High School - Colt Yearbook (Paterson, NJ)

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ini ini ini 'uuinluin inui Page Ten THE SENIOR CLASS BOOK Burn A Little Oil, Young Ladyi' .iioii , atiical circles that w en . f Pauline Lord, one of our most distinguished actresses, was, as a child of thirteen, studying and beginning to act in the school of the Alcazar Theatre in San Fran- cisco, Nat Goodwin, a theatrical manager of that day saw her in one of the school's performances. He recognized her extraordinary gift and called out to her from the wings this admonition, that has lighted her ambition and has served as a beacon light to ever greater and nobler ef- forts: Burn a little oil, young lady. And so, as you make your en- trance upon the stage of life, may I submit to your earnest consideration this much-quoted advice that Miss Lord received at the beginning of her career. HE story is current in the- r- gi ,V 1. . 1 1 l llll 1 This theatre, in which we play our little parts, is very trying and exacting. Triumphs are not easily scored nor victories lightly won. The world, contrary to common optimistic belief, is not going to meet you with maternal, open arms, ready to acclaim every little act of yours. Much rather are you entering a very arena of competition. You will have to be on tip-toes, every muscle tense and every fibre vibrant, ready for the leap to beat your nearest competitor to it. Take good care of yourself. Treat yourself squarely. You will need all your resources. You will have to marshal all your forces and you will have to keep on improving, always plodding, always striving, always struggling -to return to our original figure of speechito prepare yourself for your roleg rehearsing and studying for the part that will follow. If you would play your part well, burn a little oil, young ladyugand young man, too. Of course, I need not mention how ardently I hope for the success of each one of you. Sincerely yours, M. M. GII.BER'l', Vice-Principal. E221IE211IEIIIIISEIIICEIEIIEIIT

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CENTRAL H ...,...1w!f1111.1-14. religion whose impotence tl1ey clearly of society, and yet could not fulfill watching over the public morals. As l IGI-I SCHOOL ONTICUSQUIILU has said that l'NL republics are preserved by V112 tue and monarclnes by honor. He observes, moreover, that honor renders unnecessary among mod- erns the censors who were required among the ancients. Today on all sides is heard talk about censorship, an idea which is repugnant to every idea of a republic. To me the distinction between virtue and honor is very finely drawn, for, I think, the one will necessarily include the other and where virtue is, there is also honor, where honor is, so also is virtue. The censors among the Greeks and Romans were an addition to the pagan showed-fa religion which was mistress the first duty of all religionsfthat of ong as the deep religious convictions of the founders of our Republic continued, there was no place for censors and the appearance to-day of the censors might argue the lessening of the inliuence of religion on us. For when moral means are wanting, then recourse to physical ones is necessary and the regulation of one's conduct becomes an institution of the police where violence is substituted for persuasion, There is only one censor required and that is a well regulated individual conscience, the suin of these individual consciences making an admirable public conscience, regulating our actions according to the eternal principles of right and wrong, justice and injustice. Since the society in which we live is, as it were, one vast company, let us see to it that the strict a11d sound principles of morality prevail in this society, where is given the right name to every action. By not allowing the irregularity of our conduct to falsify the judgment of our actions we shall be surrounded by witnesses and judges who ca11not be corrupted besides placing a check on us when we wish to do evil and urging us on when we wish to do good. Put into practice during your lives the principles we have tried to instill in you and, of necessity, success, happiness and usefulness must follow-ab tainments which I sincerely trust will he yours. JOSISPJI, F. MANLEY. Page Nine

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TI-IE SENIOR CLASS BOOK Im the many congratulatory messages that Q you are receiving at this time, may I add my sincere wishes for the successful ac- complishment of whatever you have chosen to be your life work. I hope that you will continue the Wholesome friendships you have formed in the course of your high school days-, that you will further develop your faculties for learning and research-, and that in attaining that which you desire to achieve, you will be inspired by the idealism, enthusiasm, imagination, and daring so particularly character- istic of American young manhood and woman- hood. A ELLA JARGSTORFF. gritty.it-mi-iiit-itii...i..-.mm-lm-,E ii-mir. ' ' ' ' ' ' ' Page Eleven