Central High School - Centralian Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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.,, Ellie Qllasa Flag lfli class play committee of Central, after many weeks of consultation, decided on the Cricket on the Hearth, a dramatization of Dickens' famous story of the same name, as the class play. They made known their decision to the class at a meeting called for that purpose, and after some discussion this play was adopted. The class also voted on the liast High Audi- torium and the night of Friday, April 15th, for the production. XYe were also so fortunate as to secure Bliss XVilliams for our coach. The tryouts were held in February and being very successful it was with no little difficulty that the judges selected the follow- ing cast: Dot, or Mrs. -lohn Perrybingle, the bustling little housewife, is to be played by Florence Curran, and Tilly Slowboy, the awk- ward country girl, who is portrayed by Dickens as always being in a state of perpetual astonishment and gaping admiration, and who is also the nurse to Dot's precious baby, is taken by Abbie Chase. Agnes Read was chosen for the part of Bertha, the poor blind gentle daughter of Caleb Plummer. The part of the matronly Mrs. Fielding, who always stood on her gentility, was assigned to Blanche Lane, while that of her dutiful and obedi- ent and also very beautiful daughter, was given to Pauline Curran. Imogene Nelson has the part of that comforting com- panion, the Cricket. john Perrybingle, dear, good, generous John, to quote his wife, Dot's opinion, is to be played by Donald llrown. The part of Caleb Plummer, made famous by Nlr. Joseph Jefferson, is take11 by David jones, and he represents a meagre, thotful and whimsical man, while the part of his sarcastic, sour-natured em- ployer. Tackleton, who by an irony of fate has chosen the occu- pation of toymaker and though his partner has been dead for years, still goes by the firm name of Grutf K Tackleton, was assigned to George Davis. The stranger, later discovered to be Caleb's son lidward, whom he thot lost in South America, a sun- burnt sailor fellow, is to be played by Douglass Hawley. XX'ith such a capable cast and with almost daily rehearsals we may all look forward with great interest to the production to be staged April 15th, a production, which being a standard one, will keep np, if not raise a little higher the standard of Old Central. MARY CHll.lJ, Chairman. 21

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.NNY people, no doubt, consider education the means to success in either business or professional life. llut. educa- tion is not only the means to a natural success. lt represents the progression of the individual from infancy to old age. NN'e can- not feel nor see it yet it becomes a part of us and enters into the intellect. ln each of us there is an immortal being, as potent and strange as gravity, and also as invisible. None of our senses can detect it in any way, yet we and our teachers have been so sure of it that our object has been to develop this unknown force- this ego. .tNnd have llrofessor Greer and our teachers labored with us in order that our physique or appearance should he changed in any way? NN'hat has been their purpose? Did they hope we would be successful in the modern world? .Nnd does success mean. to them, the ability to exchange our commodity. either mental or manual, for a compensation which will procure for us, something to satisfy the senses? .Nnd if we do not acquire this material remuneration. after striving conscientiously and bravely, are we failures? Their purpose has been, to develop this individuality in such a way, that with or without fame, with or without riches, the object of our existence will have been fulfilled. Their purpose has been to prove that they and we have succeeded in our endeavors, by raising the standards of ideals. llut what can we, only a few individuals, do to raise the standards of a great country and a greater world. NN'e are like 150 drops of water in the ocean, but without the drops the ocean would not exist. Let us remember that an unworthy or clishonorable thought while not visible to others is doing incomparably more harm than any material act. l.et us not choose the path of least resistance but throughout oltl' whole existence cast our inl-luence with what elevates and will improve not only ourselves. but the race, and scorn to tem- porize with any movement which could assist in a retrograde or dehasing result. JEAN X Rt DRIZRTSI JN. 22 V L f ,