Central High School - Centralian Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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!r I i (limnii«» ' J riTTTT'T TT T'T T T T T T T T ITT'I ITTTTTT 17 rivimiTimiimmiim in mulling CHS Back of the Scenes CRIX'G the past year the stage of Central High has seen one grand thing after another. To begin with, on November 23 and 24. the Glee Club put on Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Mikado.” Then on December 8. the January, 17, people showed their best talent in dramatics in “Christopher Junior. The afternoon of December 13 marked the initiation of “The Players’ Club to the public, when “Bill Jepsen’s Wife” and “The Fatal Message, one-act plays, were staged. The combined music choruses, assisted by outside soloists, gave music lovers a treat on December 20 by rendering Handel’s masterpiece “The Messiah. Following that, on the afternoon of January 11, came the Girls’ Club “vaudeville, which, besides dancing and singing, presented “The Neighbors,” a one-act play by Zona Gale. A week later this was repeated in the assembly. On February 15 “The Players’’ again showed their talent by presenting in assembly a one-act play “The Green Coat.’’ With a lull of more than a month affairs began with a rush on March 20, when “Hurry, Hurry, Hurry,” by Leroy Arnold, was played by the members of June 17 class. On April 20, under the auspices of the alumni. “The Private Secretary was again staged. Such a record pronounces Central to be a school of “action.” 20

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mm 17 Centralian Day—The Assembly S a circus, the Centralian Day Assembly bade fair to rival the famous Bar- num llailev aggregation. As an assembly, the birthday party of the 1916 Ckxtkauak. held in the Central High auditorium, has no equal, either in this country or in any other. Ringmaster llermie Goldstein, appropriately garbed, was in charge as Master of Revels. I’nder his stern command all the animals and actors went through their stunts. The headliner on the bill was the Dance Antiseptic, or the Hunt for the Speck of Dust. This stupendous spectacle had for its leading man. The Little Ray of Sunshine, Franklin Ralph Chase, whose curls locks and beaming, ruddy countenance well adapted him to the part. Miss Lorna Bates made the audience helpless by his superb rendering of several touching little ballad melodies. Her clear mezzo-soprano voice echoed throughout the auditorium and then gradually died away, while his l osom quivered with the feeling that she was trying (vainly) to express to his prostrate audience. Another interesting feature on the program was a song stunt put on by members of the Girls' Club. This little song novelty was especially designed to show up certain members of the female species as being two-faced. (Owing to the presence of masks, the actors succeeded remarkably well in their purpose.) Philosophers say that sorrows make the joys scent sweeter, but the entire audience felt that in this case the sorrow could very easily have been disposed of and the day yet have been an entirely satisfactory one. It was with a lump rising in their throats that the assembled students listened to Mr. McW horter’s farewell address to the members of Central High School, before leaving to take up his new duties as Principal of East High School. 19

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 17 nnimimiimmii] The Class of January, 1917 Fellow Classmates: Captain Kidd’s pirate gold can never be found, unless one could know the key or code with which to locate it. Similarly the golden treasures of life—fame, riches, great place, happiness—can never he attained by us, unless we possess the key to their stronghold. What is this key? Older people tell us it is hard work, directed by a trained mind with a good foundation to build upon. Our parents sent us to Central to build that foundation and to train our minds. We are grateful to them for it; and we thank the faculty also for their assistance to us. For our share we have tried our best. You will remember that our class motto is “To know, to do. to he. As we leave Central let’s not leave the motto. We’ll always strive to know, to do, and to be. Your President, Mark Severance. 21