Central High School - Mirror Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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PUBLISH HI) UV THE LITERARY SOH-ETIKS OF THE INK M I N G II A M II I G II SCHOOL. THE MIRROR PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS HOARD OF Editokn-in-OhiIkp Mary E. Forbes Anita Wai.diioust Fiction Leon Israel Eugenia Blount Flora Spahro%v Francks Williams Liter a it v r it h y iibaton Lloyd Bowers Curtis King Clubs Grace Geohf.gan EDITORS Social Sal lie Evens Fannie Evans Athletics Lee pok Exchange Ralph Riddle Wit and Humor . Reuben Lewis Business Dkpartment James a. Moore Walter Orcutt Cartoonists William Beddow Cecil Sims EDITORIAL Real summer lias conic at last because vacation has arrived. Xo maiter how hot it may be it is not summer as long as we have to trudge day after day to school. To us summer means rest and recreation. On all sides is heard the joyful refrain, School is out- Summer has come. Everybody is glad to cease the routine of study and work, to enjoy the outdoors without feeling pangs of conscience, and to indulge in plain laziness. 'The school year of 1910-11 has drawn happily to a close, bequeathing us the pleasantest of recollections. It lias been a very successful year for most of us. and leaves 11s all feeling good except some of the Seniors who realize that next year you Freshies, Sophs and Juniors will reassemble without them. But the Seniors reserve the privilege of coming back whenever a homesick pang overcomes them. The anticipation of vacation joys is in every heart. Even the spirit of the Mirror is looking forward to a period of rest, for in some respects he lias hail a very strenuous winter. So in hearty sympathy with hard-workers the Mirror inscribes a wish that each one may spend a most enjoyable vacation and be ready next fall to be gin again with renewed energy and vigor. 'flic people of Birmingham have for the past week enjoyed one of the rarest opportunities of a lifetime, in the delightful lectures of Mr. Edward Howard Griggs. Mr. Griggs’ afternoon talks were on the Poetry and Philosophy of Browning. Besides giving 11s

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lovely interpretations of Browning's characters, he gave a deep insight into Browning’s own beautiful soul. Mr. Griggs portrays in the choicest language what the painter does with brush and oil. We feel as though we had traveled with him through the galleries of Raphael and Andrea del Sarto. t’n-dcr his touch these two characters become living men. and our deepest sympathy goes out to Andrea in his sadness and failure. In his talks on “The Ring and the Rook”, he showed us Browning’s beautiful portrayals of womanhood in the noble character of Fompilia. and of the highest type of manhood as expressed in Caponsacchi. Mr. Griggs’ evening series were on the Ethical Factors in Social Progress. In a most wonderful and convincing manner he unfolded some of life’s deepest truths- One mav sav we already had the ideas which he so clearly defined. True, but t « use one of his own phrases, “Our thoughts do us no good if they are locked in the bottom of our hearts and never expressed.’’ W e almost forget they are there until he expresses them for us. We are indeed grateful to Mr. Griggs for the pleasure and inspiration he has given us. and his lessons will not soon be forgotten. Me expects to return next year and give a course of lectures on Tennyson and Shakespeare. These will be especially enioved bv the High School students. ' E. W. The Mirror is polished bright and clean for the last reflection of this school year. For the most part this has been a very pleasant season for the reflection, though at times it seemed as if the quick-silver” of brain and money that make possible its reflecting capacity. would be worn off. But the old glass is still ready to reflect many more happv davs for the pupils of the. R. II. S. The Mirror board wishes to express their thanks and appreciation of the hearty support of the student body. • They have never once let it fall. If they had. no doubt, it would have been broken to pieces, and we all know what happens when one breaks a Mirror.— seven years of bad luck must follow. But that has not happened and if the pupils support it hereafter as they have this year, there need be no fear. The Mirror board wish also to thank the form ing committee for their successful work in ad-getting,—Miss Sal-lie Evens. Miss Irene Erwin. Miss Amy Gourlev. Mr. Abe Williams. Mr- Randolph Thornton.and Mr. Ralph Riddle. Also they thank Miss Carol Jackson, Miss Courtenay Hanson, and Miss Sal-lie Mae Wade for their great help in working up the Senior Department.