Central High School - Maroon and White Yearbook (Sioux City, IA)

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that will not be perfect, but will be a better place in which to live than the human race has yet seen. The men and women coming from our high schools in these years of war will be serving both their nation and them- selves. The call upon all of us now is for sacri- fices, but in making these sacrifices, we know we are fighting for something worth while. History is being made by the men and women serving their nation today. I am sure that the graduates of Central High School will merit their share of the glory in saving their country for a bright instead of a hopeless future. Sincerely, Robert Bellaire MILITARY COURTESY Dear Annual Staff, I have always been very much interested in people, and have believed in them most implicitely the greater part of the time. And during this past Christmas time, as I went home for my vacation, my faith in humanity was increased many fold. A sprained ankle is never an asset, and traveling with one on crowded trains is surely a thing not to be desired. This Christmas, however, I was unfortunate enough to require the use of a cane to give first aid to the afore- mentioned sprained ankle. Perhaps the sight of a lady in distress, with a traveling bag in one hand and a cane in the other, was enough to arouse the sym- pathy of any ordinary man. At any rate, I never had to carry that bag once! From the time I stepped from the train in Chicago until I landed in Sioux City after a two week's visit, that bag was carried by the Navy, the Army, and the Marines, and a very tall handsome M. P.! Not all at once, please, but from train to taxi, from taxi to another train, across the Union Station in Chi- cago and through the gates to a train, home- ward bound. I chatted with many men in service iso many of them so youngjg I heard praise of their particular branch of service. I asked many questions, received courteous replies, and felt as though I had really had a short course in Military . Not once, did I feel like apologizing for the human race, nor at any time did I wish that some mother were present to remind a son that he was forgetting the principles of manhood which had been taught him. I con- sidered myself very fortunate that I saw this fine display of gentlemanliness, for undoubt- edly, in so great an organization as Men in Service , there are some who occasionally forget . So I say that I am proud to be an Ameri- can and to know that our Service men are, for the most part, highly deserving of the faith, confidence, loyalty, respect, and love we offer them. All good wishes for your 1943 Annual. Katharine Mourning GREMLIN-OLOGY To The Editors: Who said there are no gremlins? Those of us who are familiar with the facts disagree -in a quiet sort of way-with anyone who makes the boldly unsupported statement that such things don't exist. May I mention that not only do we have gremlins who spread ice on airplane wings, and who tickle the back of the pilot's neck when he must keep both hands on the con- trols, but that we have them everywhere. There is indeed evidence of over-whelming significance to support the contention that we have them even in the classroom. Gremlins spill ink over bookkeeping pa- pers, they bump the T-squares in drafting class, they put the commasplices in themes, and steal the decimal points from math prob- lems. Gremlins keep teachers awake all night so they will enjoy a good fight the next day. Gremlins spread invisible adhesive on teach- ers' chairs after lunch so they can't rise to their feet during the last three periods. And why do teachers always give exam- inations on the day before vacation? Right! Gremlins of a most vicious and depraved nature have been whispering in their ears. No gremlins, eh? One laughs quietly. W. C. Johnson XXXQSU f' I J' K lx X fiqgg .A- X 3 'Wx j i by . V ,1 'Nfn 'Xllf ff 'A 'el X,-R in MR. JOHNSON and one of his Gremlins. ..3..

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LETTERS T0 TIIE EDITDRS To The Editors: Greetings from an Old Timer who re- members when the Central High School build- ing was nothing but a blue print in an archi- tect's office and John W. Carey was the smartest boy in school. When Ralph Yeck wrote to me asking for a letter for your yearbook, it opened up a treasure of old memories, most of them rosy tinted as I looked back at them through the haze of many years. Only one dark cloud appeared in the picture and that was the gloom that hovered over my old report card, indelibly fixed in my memory by the monthly frowns of my parents and the, as I recall it, perpetual disfavor of my teachers. That I was the dumbest kid in school has lingered with me all my life and when Yeck related in his letter that my scholastic record was preserved in a bound volume in your of- fice, my old shame came back and I was al- most afraid to look. Fortunately he quoted my marks, and to my astonishment they were all above 80 and four of them in the 90's. I can't believe it. Either my memory has lied to me all of these many years or they have got John Carey's record mixed up with mine. Anyway my father and mother and teachers managed to make me believe that as a student I was a total flop, and I have spent all my life trying How NILJ w!Ll.IA.M, , . WETHIE-fr,V YELT' AX A ' HE LE HOME -ro x , E'N'T'ER, HIS FIRST ' W .C , YEAP, IN l IlfJ'lSCHOOL. ? lx g -L y L I ' M hVj.i N'- xl I' I Fl I.. 21.24.19 .42 f ,w Q.. .1430 wwf- A Q sf v ,IU ily f ln'g1Rf:lM'WHHH ' 1l......... i..i.iilsi2a.... rs. fx I ,Z ff' :moon - if f fi g e . K JL s ' U .':..' rx. Six!!! Ira !Qi241 - X ' 'fx X 'L .Ei I N - , f lx 1,1 V' ,W ' 45 7 ,A , R Ti. Q fre qw .BT-.I I lil 95 dX CARTOON DRAWN hy Ding Darling for the Record in the 20's. ' AND How iigfjntv warm Hr: Azmveo to prove that I wasn't. Maybe it was a good thing. With fond recollections and best wishes. Jay N. Darling Alias Ding Captiva, Florida. ROBERT BELLAIRE T0 STUDENTS To The Editors: When I graduated from Central High School in 1931, my class and I thought we were entering the outside world at the worst time in history. The country was in the depts of an unprecedented economic de- pression. Prospects for work were slim, and few of us could look forward to a college education on the family. No doubt some of you leaving Central High School this year and next will feel that you are the unluckiest class yet. But I think you are luckier than we were. Aside from economic depression, we came out in an era of disillusionment. The world, especially our country, was losing faith in itself. We were not standing up for our ideals, but seeking, without finding, contentment in cowardly wishful thinking. Today we are changing. We are stand- ing up for our rights and are fighting to pro- tect our ideals and the institutions which have sprung up from them. Today we can see where we are going, and we have an oppor- tunity to take a direct hand in it. We are building a new world, a world MR. HEITMAN AND ROBERT BELLAIRE inks-n when Mr, Hs-l ' II lmre spoke at Central last fa . -2-

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COUNCIL'-Sentetl. Carolyn Curtis, Gertrude Verstegen. Carolyn XVolle, Dorothv Briggs. lleggv Mr Cilintoclv. Standing. Tom Mcliride. Ben Kirlvemlall. Gordon Ciuining. lfrancis Pederson. lf.irl llolloclv. ll.irold tlorltbill, lirnnlx Gill, .lack Dyer, .lolm Vogel. Mr. linutlsen. MEETING ul Student l'vvlll1l'll with lhesirlent .lolun Yogel presidin CLASS ELECTIONS is 1-ue ol the Stull:-ul t'ounr1l's many Iuutli SPEAKING 0F PICTURES srunm councn AT csmnl ICssent,ially democratic, the Student Council has come into its own this year. Fol- lowing past attempts at a student govern- ment, a new group was formed under Mr. Knudsen, which was the basis for the sue- cessful group now in operation. Responsible, in a large part, for the en- thusiam of this year's group has been the president, John Vogel. He was especially assisted by the Inner Council, composed of officers, committee heads, and grade repre- sentatives. The Student Day Committee swung into action by co-operating with the cheerleaders on Homecoming. The Defense Committee continued air raid drills and launched an all- out campaign for the sale of war stamps. The Radio Committee highlighted its activities by the installation of a radio line into the aud, over which pep rallies and the musical show were broadcast. Class elections were also handled by the Council both semesters, head- ed by the vice-president. The second semester found a renewal ot' the vigor of the first. The Couneil's loss ot' Mr. Knudsen to the Navy was filled by Mr. Down. With new officers and committees, the Council kept on, hitting a new high in attainment for the Central High Student Council. -4-