Central High School - Caldron Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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SEPTEMBER TO FEBRUARY President ..., .,.. Vice-President , . O Secretary . , I Treasurerml ,. FEBRUARY TO JUNE President , . .. I . ,, ,. Vice-President . , Secretary . , Treasurer . . , . BETTY BOWERFIND LOUISE REITER JULIET GROSVENOR .. REOINE MINSRE MARY JANE CRANE DOROTHY MOSSMAN . .MAXINE GROTH , . .HELEN BITTLER Faculty Adviser. . I ,MISS WILLIALIS Sorosis Literary Society The Sorosis Club is an Organization Of girls striving for the worth while things in education, the fine, beautiful things in true friendships, and the culture of good society. Throughout the year Sorosis has successfully lived up to its motto, HTO be intensely something. Page Ninetu-eight

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Friendship Club This year was started with the same old pep, enthusiasm and spirit that the club has evinced for the past seven years of its existence. The Friendship Club was organized in l9l6 under the leadership of Miss Wingert and Miss Harrah with a three-fold purpose in view: l. To create a friendly spirit among high school girls. 2. To encourage habits of helpfulness. 3. To develop growth in Christian character. This year's programs have been snappier and more interesting and the service work has been carried out more extensively and genuinely than ever before. The outstanding features of the year N322-1923 were: The Halloween party given by the So-Si-Y. at Lavon Fletchers lt was a very spooky affair, yet it was immensely enjoyed by all present. The Pirate party. at which the Friendship Club acted as hostess to the So-Si-Y: where all came attired as ferocious pirates. The Faculty Tea, at which living portraits were a main feature, was a very delightful affair which accentuated the feeling of fellowship between teachers and students. The annual May Day Breakfast need hardly be mentioned. Between terms a very large banquet. at which Ethel Masterson was toast-mistress. was given at the South Side cafeteria by the four clubs of the High School Girl Reserves, ln May the Mother and Daughter Banquet proved to be an exceedingly delightful affair. The annual picnic marked the close of the year. The service committee worked very hard to accomplish more than was ever accomplished before. lt was this committee that planned the jolly Christ- mas party for the children and took Easter eggs and scrap books to the Pixley Relief Home, where they entertained the children for the afternoon with games and songs. Easter Sunday the girls visited the wards of the hospitals and gave each person a daffodil as a token of the remembrance of the Easter spirit. The programs at the regular meetings were planned so that the meetings would be alternately serious or light. Occasionally very interesting discussions were held. It is hoped that Friendship Club will continue the good work it has set out to do. The one prudence in life is concentralion.-EMERSON. lt was an idea that fed the stalwart faith of Columbus: an idea that taught the observant Watt the power of the steaming kettle: an idea that shot through Franklin's kite cord. Ideas have been the foundation of every achievement that has gone down in history. Ideas are a measure of your possibilities. There are no limitations: from a ten dollar idea, to a fifty thousand dollar-the choice is yours. Page Ninety-seven

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K :5.-gcczv. -:':.z-LASR .- Q., . .., - THE CXLURON ti ' L f f' ff'j3'Tji-ii-gflfsfl.iffmtfa a ....C,Q, ,.,,,,, aa. Q f ff--.4 li-T---is - An education that merely teaches an individual what to do during his working hours is not suflicient. lt must teach him how to spend his leisure time, how to use it for self-improvement. Sorosis offers many opportunities to this end, and in current topics and literature, story telling, dramatization, music appreciation, public speaking. debates, extemporaneous speaking. and in the study of the lives of famous authors and composers, both ancient and modern. The literary purpose of this organization has very delightfully been brought forth'in the programs. Clever little plays given during the year were: Rooms to Let, 'AA Broken Engagement, and Mademoiselle's Mistake. There was one very entertaining musical program, in charge of Billie Dancer. ln December Sorosis girls visited the Pixley Relief Home, where they delight- fully entertained the children by spending the afternoon telling stories and singing. The toys, candy and ice cream which the girls brought for the chil- dren greatly added to the ecstacy of the little tots. ln January Miss Suter gave a very interesting talk on The Plays I Saw in Chicago. An unusually interesting patriotic program, with Mary Louise Rhamy as chairman, was given in February. In March, Elizabeth Goebel worked up a program called The Tribunal. The accused had to prove themselves innocent by display- ing their talents, the success of which largely depended upon the wit of the judge and lawyers. In April, Miss NVilliams, our faculty advisor, gave a talk on modern poetry. Several girls recited poems to demonstrate her points. May, with all its beautiful blossoms, was a very fitting time to give a May Day program, featuring college customs. spring festivities, dances and songs. Miss May, Miss Gross, and Nliss Miller told of customs at Vassar, Indiana and Smith. Regine Minske had charge of this program. The annual picnic, in June, very iittingly marked the close of activities for the year. Sorosis made the blue and white caps by which the wearers so proudly displayed Fighting Central's colors at the Tournament. The pennants worn by Central's representatives at the state contest at Muncie were also made by Sorosis. This club conducted the management of the Loring Recital and donated the funds gained therefrom to the school. The two memorable social events of the year 1922-1923 were the Annual Banquet and the Fiction Party. The banquet given at the home of Billie Dancer on January 25 was the best ever. Attractive decorations, place-cards and clever toasts helped to make the affair a great success. The fiction party was held December 9 at the home of Betty Bowerfind. The costumes taken from characters in books were very clever and beautiful. To reveal her identity each girl spoke a few lines or acted out a scene from the book in which she was a character. Dancing and games were enjoyable features of the evening, and later delicious refreshments were served. Sorosis cultivates in its young members the appetite for the best in litera- ture. music. and art. in order to enable them in the future to be a little better, a little nobler, and a little happier in return for the experience they have received from Sorosis. Page Ninety-nine