Central High School - Optimist Yearbook (Crookston, MN)

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Signing up for the Optimist- Joan and Rollis The Pepster's out in room 217- Miss Dirks, teacher International honor society for high school journalists- that's Quill and Scroll. All members must be in the upper third of their class and have done superior work in writing, editing, or business manage- ment. With Miss Esther Leino as adviser, Central's chapter has had an active year. Coverage, creativeness, editing, features, head-lines, news writing, page make-up, balance, photog- raphy-these are a few of the headaches of the Pepster and Optimist staffs. But hard work always pays-as was proved by the Pepster's high rating of All-American for two consecutive years. It was great fun to publish an eight-page edition at Christmas. A new feature of the paper this year was the Letters to the Editor, in which criticisms, complaints, and praise of the school were expressed by students. Central's first annual was born in 1905 and was christened the Knocker. From then on it bore various titles until in 1917 it was permanently named the Optimist. This year the diligent staff looked Through the Looking-Glass for the '49 theme. With true ambition they worked to raise more money so that they could provide the annual with the luxury of a padded cover-something the Optimist hasn't had before. All set for initiation are old and new members of Quill and Scroll-back row: C. Emmerich, J. Sorvig, M. Vraa, M. Fylling ivice presidentl, A. Wright, E. Huotte, B. Rude lpresidentl. D. Wermager, S. Stewart fsecretary-treasurerl. M. Paulson. A. Sylvesterg front row: C. Linster. C. Ellis. M. Davis, M. Collins. M. Stone. V. Hanson. wmunnnmarm....s, , 4 -.-wana: Take pen and ink and write it down

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t . S agdlfl . Qhristrila P - 5 rx Y - S1 Q. . .Herod cha,geaEi:e:,hgt3'a,1 and smiev f . 1 The Warning 2 Jgssghme Seraphlm is 1- 1 towne 0 The Joumey of the Kings- Bless the Lord. Balthasar CBryant Ulsethj, Caspar fAlvin Torvij, Melchior fJim Blokzyll. ,. Mary, -lo oung 10 slay' impsofll- S i seph The Annunciation to Mary-Mary 4Ma Paulsonf, Gabriel 7 fDavid Pilkeyj An impressive perrormance ot the Nativity pageant-play, The Shepherds' Star, climaxed the Christmas festivities. The cast disgayed outstanding acting ability as well as unusual talent in solo performances. Lighting, stage settings, costuming, and grouping-all con- tributed to the loveliness of the production. Alpha Morck general chairman, was assisted by Evelyn Probstfield and Betty Johnson dramag T. W. Thorson, musicg Helen Sivertson and Alleyene Dirks, costumesg Loyd Fezler and Leslie Knox, lightsg Ralph Katainen, proper- tiesg Q. C. Wood, stageg and other faculty members and student committees. The Adoration of the Child-Advised by Hezdrel fCar1 Emmerichj of the journey of the Kings, Abiel 'fRoderick Skibenesl with his fellow shepherds follows the Star to Bethlehem, where the sight and speech of his brother CWil1ard Kottsj is restored.

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The Pczpstcr Advertising and typing are the duties of, back row: C. Sorvig, S. Stewart, M Fylling, B. Priesen, J. Hamilton, N. Engeg second row: M. Feldman, C. Arch B. Bradley, A. Sylvester, V. Madison, front row: M. Stone, M. Buness, M. Guerra A. Hendrickson, S. Erickson, M. Paulson. Details and plans .for the Pepster originate with Miss Esther Leino, adviser, assisted by Laddie Bakke, advertising manager, and Barbara Rude, editor. Checking and re-checking next week's Pepster are C. Em- merich, reviewsg A. Wright, editorial editorg M. Davis, assistant editor, D. Wermagerg R. Skibenes, business man- ager, M. Collins, feature editor. To fellow heads: E. Johnson, exchange, J. Lavely, circulation, A. Sawyer, student pollg E. Huotte, girls' sports editor, D. Schipper, circulationg D. Steenerson, sports editor, shows the advantage of snappy headlines. Below: Five eager reporters are J. Kimball, M. Vraa, J. Monroe, P. Andrist, A. Miller. In the joumalism class you will find the majority of these reporters-back row: D. Peltier, I. Anderson, L .Andrews, G. Olson, E. Eide, second row: L. Johnson, V. Johnson, S. Simpson, M. Paulsong front row: C. Ellis, D. Gustafson, B. Paasche, M. Melby.