Central High School - Centralian Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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'08 AS FRESHIVIEN SDL N HY, hello, Esther. l've just been thinking about ua you and the good old days when we were ' - . . Freshmen together. Weren't we angels then? X Say, do you remember how trembly we used to get as soon as we approached Miss Pratt's classroom? l was simply scared to death of her and I don't know why either. She really isn't a bit terrifying. How many times did you get to the head in her class? How much of the first chapter of Caesar do you remember? Let me see: Gallia est ommis divisa in partes tres, quarum unam- dear me, l've forgotten the rest and I used to know every bit of it. Were you ever among those favored ones invited to be present at her matinees. They used to be quite famous! But didn't we use to have a circus in Miss Patterson's class? We acted terribly in class but we managed to learn a little chiefly memory selections, and the normal training we re- ceived when she made us be teacher made up for a good deal. What fun we had in drawing, tho! The poor teacher! l'm afraid we drove her almost distracted. l know we kept her busy trying to find enough work to keep us out of mischief. l'm sure you couldn't forget Mrs. Allard, who held such perfect sway over her dominion, that it was considered a crime, and a punishable one, too, to whisper at fifteen minute period or, worse still, while marching to classes. This discipline was just what we needed at that time to calm us down and show us that High School life is not all fun. Don't you remember how she had each of us write the sentence, Character is habit crystallized, and keep it in plain sight. l suppose that helped some to make us what we are now. You know very well that ours is the finest class that ever favored old Central with its presence. ALICE VAN F OSSEN Page twenty-sl

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WHEN WE WERE- SOPHS HE Sophmore year stands out in bold relief from Q 1 the other years in High School Life. First, be- T gb cause that year marked a period, when we threw off the Freshman habits and ideas La and started in earnest to reach the goal- Graduation. Second, because our Sophmore teachers took such an interest in helping us along thru the dark passages in Cmsar and in explaining to us that a triangle is a figure bounded by three straight lines. If we were to pick out the most prominent teachers, we would turn first to Prof. Thomas E. Hay ward, that illustrious leader respectfully called De Boss by his admiring pupils. As we all know Mr. Hayward superintended D Room. Mrs. Allard would come a close second in our admiration. Two room papers, the Advocate and the Kidder added to the spirit of the times. The editors of these two papers never missed any chances to lay bare the idiosyncracies of their fellow students. A Mr. HH . threatened to annihilate the editor of the Advocate for directing the public eye to his amusing attentions to a certain young lady. The Skits attracted more or less attention to its artististic cover designs. While these papers were published in D Room, which seemed to be the News Center, great bustle and hubbub was going on in G Room which had the reputation of being the social center of the class. Mrs. Allard had to summon up all her reserve power to keep the warriors in subjection. She succeded very well. We remember her only with the kindliest of feelings. It was with a sigh that we received our nwalking papers and were told to 'lstep up the aisle. JOHN COLGATE BUCKBEE' Page twenty-seven