Central High School - Mercury Yearbook (Auburn, NY)

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EDITURIAL Bow that we are leaylnv Central H1511 School we look back at our 111011 school years 181111 a stranve feellng of affect1onate farewell to the chool that has harbored us fOr so lonff and w1th a feellnff of deep scrlousness about the eyents that haye occurred Ill our school and 1n the world at larffe durmg our years at Central '1Y1th1n our school, we haye made many fr1ends and haw framed many memor1e that w1ll remaln w1th us throughout our l1yes We haye learned the rules of good c1t17ensh1p the ways and means of gettlnff alonff wlth others and the fundamentals of a well rounded fducatlon ln th1s last vear we haye framed the pec1al memory of beU111n1ng each day w1th a prayer to Cod and w1th the pledee of allefnance to the tlasf lhe words of the pledge haye long been fam1l1ar to u , but we haye learncd to sav together the followlng prayer Almwhty Cod we acknowledge our dc pe11d ence upon Thee, and we bee Thy blesslngs upon us, our parents our teachers, and our country Th1s prayer w1ll come back to us tlme and agaln, brmffmg memor1es of school World HHHIYS of course, have been lmportant durlng these years XVllll011l warnlng the Communlst forces of lXorth Korea struck south of the 38th parallel on June 10 1950 We were sophomores then, just gettlnfr ready for our JUIIIOI' year, but war was on and our Amerlcan bovs were 1n the fight Our yunlor year too was a tlme of natlonal IIHIJOTIHHCC on January 3 1951 the 82nd Congress was opened, on July 1951 truce talks were begun 1n Korea, but up to th1s date nothmfr yery tanglble has been accomphshed Also 1n 1951, some 110 000 census takers counted the populat1on of our country , thelr count revealed that nearly 151 IT11lllOIl people were then l1y1n0f 1n the Un1ted States Our semor year, 1952 1S one of Great pol1t1cal 1mporta11ce lll the nat1on for It lb 1n thls year that another Pres1dent1al 6l9CtlOH IS to be held Who w1ll be our next Pres1dent'7 That questlon w1ll not be answered unt1l we are graduates Mayor problems too face the Un1ted States as we end our h1gh scl1ool days Lately graft and other corruptxon haye been all too preyalent 1n our nat1on Brlbery ln Amerlcan sports freezers and fur coats as tokens of grautude cheaung on exam 1nat1on papers these all show a deflnlte lowermg of Amer1can eth1cal and moral standards Unfortunately cor1upt1on has happened before and now as beforc some thxng must be done to F8156 the ethlcal and moral standards of th1s country 11 1t 15 to remaln a free and democratlc nat1on Telev1s1on an lmportant factor 1n Amer1can l1fe today IS both a luxury and a problem ln 1925 when C F Jenklns announced that he had lnyented a way to transmlt plctures by electr1c1ty, he probably had l1ttle 1dea of the tremendous change hls lny entlon would brme about It has completely chanffed the Amerlcan way of l1fe and has had both good and bad effects It has found 1ts w ay 1nto m1ll1o11s of homes and now the problem of 1ts place 1n educat1on 15 bemg stud1ed Should 1t be used as an educatlonal a1d 1n school bulldlngsf' Would It be a benefit or a detrxmentg Should the schools own and operate teley1s1on channels? Another y1tal ISSUP IS the IIVIT fLTI11X ersal Mllltary Tf3lH1DUl plan The corp 1f Congress decldes to create ltl w1ll be our nat1on s f1rst lt 19 deslgned to take men at the age of 18 and tra1n them for suc months keepmg them afterwards 1n the m1l1tary reserye of our country for seyen and a half years 'Nfaybe our frlends or chlldren w1ll be 111 such a corps, who knows? Our ma1n problem, howeyer 15 our relat1onl11p w1th Communlst Rus 1a The world IS now UlfldPI'gO1Il'7 a four way COYIHICI w1th democracy strugffllnvf affalnst dlC tatorsh1p and w1th free enterpr1se fiehtxng avamst goyernment ownersh1p RUQSIH and our country are on opposlnv sldes How lone can we go on 111 th1s COIlC1ll10Il9 When w1ll Russla end her aggressxye pol1cy9 When w1ll true peace come to the world? To answer these quc st1o11s and to lesolye these confllcts wc as stronff and bold Amerlcans, w1ll haye to do our part we w1ll haye to show a11d practue what we haye learned about the democratlc way of l1Y1H0' We hall become we hope the step11111ff stones to a more solld and peaceful Amer1ca 'NATALIE TORBAL I 6 ,- V I 5. .I H V Al . I . zz- 1 z- - , - . . . v .. . 1 c I. s, . C C , - c . -1 . Y 1 V, . , ' C . . ,V . . ,IC , 5 . , C D c, ., ' J v z: F f , 1- ' 'xv 5 H .. F. , . 1, , ,s y ' ' 1 . U . s 1 - 1 . 1 . ' , . ' rn 2 , ,D e, ' - ,, . V. I, . . . . . . C 0 , ' I c, ' .. . N . - , A c ' , ' ., 1 ' ,. , . c , D YI -u . I l 4 7 ' , ' , ' 1 w sa f s ls 9 1 Y s, ' , , : , ' , ,G y . ' k .. ' ' if .-. 1 .V. . . , , C . -1 1- C f I 7 x . V 7 . . . 7 , , . 5 . , y . . V , 1 . - ' . .1 s , L ' 1 1 9 ' 7 7 'T Y , . . 7 V . , . . zz ' ' ' 1 rf f . V Y. . Y. . 1. Tl .7 .. .. F. . V S y. I. . .1 . , '. . I. ' 1 7 7 ' 4 T I . 7 Y . . Q . v. . NS. 0 , - E ' ' f ,' ,e zz In M .' , . 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FACULTY W. JAY ELLIS Principal CLYIIE B. Fl-INN, Vim:-Principal RIITII W. Commercial Subjects CARRIE L. BROWN JOHN P. HORCHNER Mathematics English, Social Studies BI. GHRTRUDI-I CORA PAH J KLFIMR Science ' ' ' ' VI-IRA E. COTTER Mathematics, Social Studies WII.I.IAM M. IJAVIDGE Commercial Subjects BERTIIA A. ELLIS Librarian JAMES P. ELSIIREE Commercial Subjects English NLARY I . FREI-:MAN Commercial Subjects IKIARGAKI-l'I' S. IIARRINCTON Commercial Subjects lhlII.l.ARD R. IIARTI-QR Social Studies RETII NI. IIAWKINS Physical Instructor of Girls JUIIN II. IIILIIERT Social Studies Physical Instructor of Boys, Health CAROLYN L. KLINK Commercial Subjects BERNARD H. LEE Remedial Rosiz M. LYNCH Social Studies DORIS L. LIAOI-IE English CLYDE A. MCEWAN Science BIARY B. LICCRATH Commercial Subjects WI I.I.IA NI D. LIILLER Industrial Arts AIARJORIE M. OLIVER llomemaking ..r51.. LEONARD, Vice4Principal Spanish LESLIE R. PAGE Social Studies, Supervisor of Social Studies VIRGINIA S. PAGE English, Dramatics CWI-INDOLINI-I L. RI-:ID English, Ilead of English Dept. HELEN M. SAIIOURIN Art WINII-'RED SorsRY English HOLMES D. SIJLLIVAN Social Studies ARLILNE N. SI.'PERKo Mathematics RUTH V. TANNER English NIARCARET A. TAYLOR Music E. CLARA PAUL Clerk

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