Central High School - Cog N Pen Yearbook (Newark, NJ)

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“THE NEW PARTNER.” TREMENDOUS success and thoroughly enjoyable is sented by the Class of January, 14, to June, '13. the way the newspapers described the 4B farce, pre- Wednesday evening, June 4, 1913, was the day set for this great event, and toward it the prospective actors looked with fear and trepidation in their hearts. But the material for the farce was good, and the management and the coaching excellent, so every- thing went off fine. Much favorable comment was passed on the play by those who witnessed it, and many said it was the best one ever given in Central. Jonas Lewis, the hero of the play, did ample justice to the portrayal of a rather difficult part, while Re Lesser presented with grace and skill the part of the heroine. Aaron Lasser and Edith Hood had the two character parts, and called forth many laughs all through the play. Elmer Powell made an excellent villain, while William J. Brohm, Jr., and Edna E. Smith were very suc- cessful as the dignified and worldly parents of an unmarried daughter. Other members of the cast were Morris Kleinberg, Alex. Schmidt, Jack Hellthal, Jack Frank and Florence Lai fer, all of whom acquitted themselves well in their various parts. We take this means of again thanking Mr. Arnold for his conscientious and skillful work in coaching, and also our patrons and advertisers, whose worthy support helped to make our farce, The New Partner,” a success. OUR GIRLS HAVE BEEN BUSY. Our girls, as well as the boys, have done a few things worthy of especial mention. Last term the Suffragist Number of the Pivot, a very difficult undertaking, was edited by Edna E. Smith, one of our number, and two other girls in our class who assisted her on the board were Tessie Maybaum and Minnie Abramson. The latter, with Miss Glassman, was also the recipient of a prize offered for excellence in German. When the Girls’ A. A. was 15

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IT 14 AFTER GRADUATION—WHAT? OR many of us the completion of our high school course is but one step further toward the ultimate finish of our education, but for nearly as many more it means the wind-up of all the education we shall ever receive under the guidance of an organized school. Those of us who have reached this point are standing at the threshold of life, looking out upon the world. Glancing down, we see the vast mass of people who have started out in life with a poorer equipment than we have, and who are fighting and struggling to keep from being trampled on in the crowd. Looking upward, we see those who have started out with far better weapons to fight with than we possess. Then, between these two armies of people, we see a great, seething crowd, the people in it continually moving and shifting about, as if trying to find their proper places. In this crowd there are men and women from the lower ranks, who have overcome their environment, made the most of their opportunities, and are still on the upward climb. Bumping elbows with these are strag- glers from the army of the well equipped, who have not learned how to use their weapons, and have sought the lower level to learn, or to fail and go still lower. Then, too, there is among this gathering a great number like ourselves, who, having started out with a like amount of training and knowledge of the world, are wandering about trying to find their places in it. Before long many of us will be in that hurrying, bustling, jostling crowd. Shall we stay there, satisfied— shall we go to the lower level of the less fortunate—or shall we rise to the higher level of the favored? It is up to each of us to choose for himself—may we choose wisely! AN APPRECIATION. To the class of June ' 14 do we extend our heartiest congratu- lations and sincerest thanks for presenting the farce, Daddy in our honor. Some men acquire greatness and others merely get a swelled head. When you find a willing helper, don't take advantage. When you lose your friend you use a valuable asset. 14

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formed Miss Maybaum, Miss Gluck and Miss Falter were con- spicuous workers. The girls representing the class in the basket- ball games are Miss Maybaum, Miss Falter, Miss Smith, Miss Apperson, and Miss Walzer and Miss Richards as substitutes. In the Fall Athletic Meet, Miss Cobb represented our class in the 50-yard dash. JANUARY ’14 IN THE ATHLETIC MEETS. In the Fall Athletic Meet of this year, the 4A Class came in second with thirty- five points, being beaten out by two points by the ЗА Class. The illness of Jinnie Gardner perhaps accounts for our not coming in first. The 4A point winners were: Senior One Hundred Yard Dash—Won by E. Benatre (7 yds.) ; second, A. Schmidt (5 yds.) ; fourth, J. Gardner (scratch). One Mile Run— Third, John Cullen (55 yds.) ; fourth, Louis Cohen (110 yds.). Pole Vault—Won by Aaron Lasser (scratch) ; third, Jay Baer (6 in.). One Hundred and Twenty Yards Low Hurdle—Second, A. Lasser (scratch). Javelin Throw—Second C. Watts (20 ft.). Eight Hundred and Eighty Yard Run—Second, John Cul- len (25 yds.). In the First Annual Indoor Track Meet held by Central in February, 1912, Gardner and Lasser, of our class, scored for Cen- tral. Gardner took second in the 70-yard dash, and Lasser took first in the standing high jump, and ran a dead heat in the 70- yard hurdles with Cassan, of De Witt Clinton High, but relinquished his claim to the medal, and split the points between the two schools. FOUR CLASSES OF SENIORS