Central High School - Centralian Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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To the Classes of 1913: There are many things which make this an important time for young people going out into the world of action. Changes in the policies of communities, commonwealths and nations are much in evidence; civic and moral betterment are common topics of conversation; while social as well as political and economic conditions have been made subjects of investigation. The final results of all this discussion and agitation will not be felt until you are well along in years of activity and service. Just one warning as you go out to find your place in the achievements of the world. Never say, “Oh. well. Remember that the world has never been as good and as great as you can make it if you will. With sincerest wishes that you may prosper, UNCLE MAC. 1913

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To the January and June Classes of 1913 Beloved Students: In extending to you a word of greeting and farewell, I want you to hold in remembrance the motto which is to be engraved in stone upon the new Central High. It is this: ‘‘The Commonwealth requires the education of the people as a safeguard to order and liberty.” The aim of the teachings of Old Central has ever been to have its students understand and appreciate the meaning of order and liberty and embody its meaning in their daily thoughts and acts. Unless order and liberty are correctly understood, there cannot be a republican form of government in which all shall have equal rights. Avarice and greed are threatening the very life of our nation by nullifying its laws and destroying its power. So your country needs you to help establish order and make secure its liberties. Wherever you may go or in whatever commonwealth you may live, stand staunchly for order, liberty and the education of all the people. Make the public school of your town as good if not better than the new Central High. As you go forth be worthy of old Central. Your graduation forms an epoch in its history. We will all look back to the last class of the old stone structure so full of fond recollections to thousands of students. With kindest and best wishes to each one. I remain, with loving regards. Your principal and friend. 1913 6 JOHN N. GREER.

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Annual Staff Editor-in-Chief................... Managing Editor . . . Business Managers . ... Bain Carey Andrew Cochran Myron Balch ] Gordon Young Organizations Athletics . Literary . Art . . Humor ASSOCIATE EDITORS ........................Brookes Deane ............... . . . Cecil Searle Agatha Tuttle Ruth Williams Irene Blanchard I Dorothy Brooksby j Mildred Mekeel I Hazel McCarthy Editorial THIS Annual has been edited under a new policy. Heretofore the June class has brought out the book; the January class leaving its record to be incorporated into four pages of it. This year, because of the large class graduating in January, and because the other policy was seen to be unjust to the January classes, the two classes have worked together and the date of publication has been changed to March first. This change has been a hindrance in one respect, namely, that while there is more material to be included in the book than formerly, thus increasing the expense, we were not allowed to change the size or the price of the book. Future classes should be allowed to issue a 150-page, seventy-five cent book. It has been the policy of the editing staff, therefore, to give articles pertaining to school life precedence over articles strictly literary. This makes the book more of a school catalogue than a literary production, and this change can not be looked upon as detrimental. While the book may not seem as bright or as clever for the present, it will be of increased value as the years pass, for .it will portray all those phases of school life that are so pleasant to remember. With all due respect to previous annuals, of this and other schools, it can be said without fear of contradiction that high school students are not able to write entertaining or natural short stories; and the essays are apt to be so ponderous and learned as to give the book an encyclopedic turn. As this is the first book under the new policy, there are many things which may be corrected and improved by the boards of future annuals. The June class hereafter will have to transact much of its business early in the first semester, so that they can leave their record in the book; and the two classes will have to work together even more than they have done this year. These foregoing suggestions must not be looked upon as being apologies for the succeeding pages, as the annual staff feel that this work is in need of no apology and that it approaches more nearly to the idea of a school record than any previous annual. 8