Central High School - Optimist Yearbook (Crookston, MN)

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In honor of the National Celebration of the passage of the Or- dinance of 1787 and the establishment of the Northwest Territory, we submit this DEDICA T I ON and commemorate particularly this clause in the Ordinance: Relig- ion, morality, and knowledge, being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall be forever encouraged. The principles which set our government apart from those of other nations came, not from poli- ticians or statesmen, but from the men of Lexington and Bunker Hill . . .Valley Forge and Yorktown . . .who, with peace assured, had the time for the consideration of their own and the nation's future. For at their behest, Congress adopted the Ordinance of 1787 . . . which gave government to that large region which now comprises the six midwestern states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, VVisconsin, and part of Minnesota .... The principles of that ordinance became the first ten amend- ments to the United States Constitution .... As the nation moved westward from sea to sea every state constitution reflected the influence of the Ordinance. Among the exceptional provisions of the Ordinance of 1787, free schools . . . free churches.. free soil. . . free men, none was of greater significance than those relating to education .... Here was laid the foundation of free public education. This land. . .carved from a wilderness-. ..had no wilderness of mind or spirit. There was to be something more than a bare existence gained from the axe . . . the hoe . . .and the rifle. . . . In the hearts of every pioneer was the same dream . . .equality of opportunity for every man .... Thus, as soon as the emigrants touched the soul of their new homes, schools sprang up. In these rude shelters were the lamps of learning lit. The time that has elapsed since 1787 has wrought changes in the Old Northwest which would have staggered the imagination of any man then alive. Here began the political expansion of the United States . . .here the principles which made possible the future development of the nation as we know it today were tirst concretely applied. Such is the historical significance of the Ordinance of 1787. E21

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E I Q l l E E ! 5 E F i l I l 5 I i l 5 5 E . 1 E

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The staff of the 1938 Optimist presents for your approval this book of picture and story, concerning our school at work and at play. On page five of the TABLE OF CONTENTS is a Prologue to a Dream. We ask you to travel in imagination with us to a time of long ago, when the Northwest was a new and undeveloped country, and back again to the modern Northwest. Then, if you will turn to SCENE ONE THE DEPARTURE FOR THE OHIO ...The beginning of a journey for the Northwest Settlers and also for our pioneer friends ---- 6 THE ADMINISTRATION AND FACULTY ...Presenting the superiors and supervisors 'behind thc desks ---------- 8 THE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL...Big news from little people ------- 14 THE TENTH AND ELEVENTH GRADES ...Advance news from prospective seniors - 20 SCENE TWO THE CAMP AT SUMRILL'S FERRY...The caravan is well on the journey when. this long stOp is made. Our students, too, are carried in a caravan of dreams to complete participation in school life 24 IN CASE YOU FORGET...Eeing a hasty distortion of the events of 1937-38 - - - 26 THE NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY INI- TIATES...New members at an impressive cere- mony - - ------- - - 28 STUDENT GOVERNMENT... Student Coun- cils provide an outlet for student expression - 29 FROM EIGHT TO TWELVE AND ONE TO FIVE...Merrily we go to school - - 30 THE OPTIMIST AND THE PEPSTER. journalism in facts and faces ---- THE SHOW GOES ON .... A n appraisal of speech and dramatics ------ 38 A PREVIEW OF NEW FIRES...Casting an PROM .... A Dutchman's holiday - - 44 A BIT OF MAGIC...A flying visit to school parties ---------- 45 THE ATHLETIC STAFF.. . Close-ups of the coaches ---------- 48 RECORDS OF THE YEAR...A summariza- tion of athletic scores ------ 49 GRIDIRON GOSSIP...A game by game de- scription of the football season ---- 50 A PIRATE'S DIARY...Intimate glimpses in- to the life of the basketball team - - - 52 RAH, RAH, PIRATES! . . . A panorama of ath- letic activities and of the leaders of school spirit 54 GIVE A GIRL A BALL...A report on the ac- tivities of the Girls' Athletic Association - - 56 PHYSICAL EDUCATION ON PARADE... Exhibiting muscles, coordination, and rhythm - 58 ONE, TWO, THREE...Around the year in music with the band, the pep band, the orchestra, the drum corps, the choir, the junior glee club, the dance band, the junior ensemble, as well as several smaller ensembles-all under the regulation of the Music Council ------- - 60 SCENE THREE THE ARRIVAL AT MARIETTA. . . The pion- eers reach their goal: the dream is over - - 68 THE SENIORS OF 1938.. . Rechristened for local color with Indian names - - - - 70 CROOKSTON BUSINESS FIRMS .... A word from our most faithful supporters - - - 80 THE HALL OF FAME...Famous faces of eye through the keyhole to watch a senior class play 1938 ........... 86 liclwarsal 40 THE EPILOGUE Facts and fancies about THE JUNIORS .PRESENT A , COMEDY: the meaning of it all. By Margaret Stevens - 95 TWEEDLES . . . ln which we have the Junior actors in order of appearance ------ 42 - FINIS BARBARA MILLER. Editor MAURICE McFARI.IN MARY SPRING RALPH EICKHOF Business Manager Assistant Editor Assistant Business Manager ROBERT McCALL MARGARET ANNE CLARK GIFFORD MILLER Advertising Features Subscriptions MARGARET FOX CONSTANCE KIEL BETTE RAINES MARGARET STEVENS Organizations Assistants Activities Art and Features , I 3 I