Central High School - Centralian Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Junior Ball ever given by a Central Class. The Masonic Tem- ple hall was secured and decorated for the occasion in Oxford gray and Yale blue, the class colors. The reception room was decorated in blue and gold, the colors of '07 class, and frappe, kindly provided by Mrs. Evans, was served. The enthusiastic reports that everyone gave of it were ample proof that all had a very enjoyable evening. EDWARD s. BYRON THE '08 SENIORS T LAST we came to Senior yearg we were now P A Lfrmdi QQ' -1 Q at the top of the ladder, and most important. A Room was our abode and Mr. Macwhorter, l T L: l the autocrat of A Room, our taskmaster. W 1 . . - ix In e e ected Mr. McCall for president, Miss Garlock, for vice presiclentg Miss Thompson, for secretaryg and Louis Hahn, for treasurer. Our class meetings, that Harry McCall conducted with such boyish dignity, were lovely because they were so devoid of ill nature and hard feel- ing. Though Mr. Dibble and Mr. May did thrash out about every motion brought before the class, they were always good natured. I And who can say that a girl cannot conduct a class meeting? One day when Mr. McCall was not able to be present at a meet- ing Miss Garlock conducted it with such dignity and decorum that the whole class praised her, and some of the young gentlemen in the right hand corner of the room were so carried away with enthusiasm that they completely forgot themselves at the next class meeting and called for Mrs President, much to the embarrassment of Mr. McCall. During the first half of the year A Room was somewhat overshadowed by the January seniors. We all breathed a sigh Page twenty-nine

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'08 AS JUNIORS QYQL 'H HEN we were Juniorsln How vividly that phrase 'K recalls to our minds the stiring scenes of B ' R I xl 0on'lRuff-house Korner' that well known in section of B Room, has never seen more ex- citing times than when the shining lights of our class first made it popular. Junius Edwards' pranks, Ralph Bostwick's first long trousers, the ejection of one of our honored editors from the Korner by way of the window, and a host of other occurrences, have become famous. Many were the con- flicts that occurred down the Appian Way leading to the Korner, but how suddenly the struggling mob of boys were put to flight by' the scurrying figure of Cousin Hi, charging down on the disorderly crowd! Our junior elections were strenuous, to say the least. No one will forget Bill Schafer, who aimed to be the Boss of B Room. The room itself was a mass of posters. Every avail- able space was utilized. After days of exciting campaigning, we were finally organized as a class with Walter May, president, Edna Nimocks, vice-president, Fred Acomb, treasurer, and Grace Ganssle, secretary. We were very fortunate in our officers, each one of whom worked well and over time. The papers of B Room were models of enterprising journalism. The Buzzer, and Lyre, edited by Willard Grimes, and The Smudge, edited by Edward Byron, aimed to keep the room supplied with local literary productions by such poets as Hunter Passmore and Addison Lewis, and with artistic car- toons by Claude Bintliff. Their work seemed to be appreciated, for copies of the papers were always in demand. The crowning glory of the class of '08 as juniors was the great Junior Ball. Harrison McCall as chairman of the social committee, assisted by President May, worked hard and suc- ceeded in giving, as everyone said, the biggest, most successful Page twenty-eight

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of relief when they graduated for we were now the only seniors, at least in Central High School. We explored many fields of knowledge with our differ- ent teachers. Miss Williams drilled us in Old English so ener- getically that we scarcely spoke in any other tongue while study- ing Chaucer. We traveled to Canterbury with the Pilgrims and became so well acquainted with many of them, that the result was some very good dialogues on their characteristic points and little eccentricities. ln Civics we determined fine points of Constitutional law. The Political Economy classes discussed and settled many weighty questions that Congress had been wrestling with. The class boasted a number of orators, some of them having social- istic tendencies. The Senior Socials represented the festive side of school life. Here the Seniors congregated to enjoy intellectual com- munion, ausculate harmonious effusions, preambulate terpsich- orean relaxations and masticate comestibles. LAURA BRAYTON HARWOOD BEWARE OF THE TREACHEROUS PONY! T AKE warning, oh ye Freshmen, Sophomores and Juniors, from the knowledge gained by the manifold experience of your wise senior mfs -,rt . . . Q74 ,JI Sh' ,N brothers and sisters and do not think that this v - N -1 f M. . . . ,'q.I9l alluring, secretly cherished pet is always your friend in time of need! He too often errs and strays and causes the loss of a credit or even of a diploma when the stern-eyed, solicitious, desiring-to-lead-his-erring- students-back-to-honor, instructor calmly lifts the leaf of one's latin book and there spies the pampered darling reposing peacefully and innocently. But, oh, the irresistable attraction and magnetism of the forbidden object! just one little taste of the bountiful know- Page thirty