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

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Henry Meran Sarah Kruger We, the Senior A Class nf Central Gigh School, wish to express to the bereaved parents of Sarah Kruger and Genry McLean our heartfelt sympathy and sorrow. Our constant rom- panionship with them taught us to appreciate their pleasant character and personality. They were respected by all, and treasured by those who really knem them. Co the sorrowing parents we can only say that our thoughts are with them in their bereavement. We hope they will be comforted as are those who look beyond the mortal changes nf life into the infinite glory of the immortal spirit.

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TL — STEUER Z RAN 7 NEWARK, N. J, JANUARY 1918 Published monthly, except July and August, in the interest of and by the pupils of the Central Commer- cial and Manual Training High School. Single copies, ten cents. Subscription per year, one dollar. For advertising rates communicate with the Business Manager of the Pivot. Entered as second-class matter, October 24, 1912, at the Post Office, Newark, N. J., under the act of March 3, 1879. Contributions are earnestly solicited from students and others interested in the welfare of the school. All such must be in the editor’s hand by the first of the month. Short contributions must be left in The Pivot Boxes. VOL. XI. CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, NEWARK, N. J. No. 5 SENIOR EDITORIAL STAFF Editor-in-Chief Leon Kranztohr, Room 110 Associate Editors Philip Mintz Herbert Smock Harold Merz Gerald Hauser H. Norman Collier Faculty Committee Max J. Herzberg (Literary) William Lewin (Literary) Daniel A. McMillin (Business) J. Earl Griffith (Art) Robert Housman Leon Zeckhausen Rose Schaffer Ruth Benz Ethel Pearl Art Editor Alex. H. Donner Business Staff Sol P. Pressler.. ....Business Manager Eugene Donnelly Circulation Manager

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SENIOR FAREWELL Four long, yet seemingly short, years ago we stood on the threshold of the doorway marked “Enter.” To-day we stand on that opposite threshold marked “Exit.” Through the open doorway we see the world before us. Which way shall we go? What is the best road to travel on? For twelve years we have been under the sheltering wings of our teachers. But now we, too, have to step forth, alone. We are the masters of our own destinies. What we do, and what we shall be, depends on us. For many long years we have striven, striven faith- fully, to attain that goal which we now have reached. For four years we have enjoyed one another’s com- pany, have been banded together as brothers and sis- ters, standing side by side at all times. Soon we are to part, never again to be united as now. We are soon to leave these sacred walls, to return never again as students. Some of us are going to continue our education at college; others are going to enter the great world of business immediately. Within a short time we shall be scattered as the dust of the earth. May happiness and prosperity ever be the lot of the class, o f our faculty and of the student body. And so we, the class of January, '18, say farewell. A WORD FROM THE BOARD And now we, the twelfth regular Pivot Board, bid you farewell. Our task has been a hard one, but hardly a thankful one. Probably there is no one body of students that works so hard as the members of the Pivot Board. Their pay, the reward for their services, comes not in the form of emblems or medals, but in the satisfaction that they have done something for their school. We never hear the “locomotive” with our rame at the end given in our honor to cheer us on. Our praise comes in different forms. And those forms are knocks. The average high school student finds great delight in being critical. Nine cases out of ten these criticisms are unjust. To produce THE Pivor each month calls for more work than is at first supposed. For the six years that THE Pivot has been in existence it has always had a boy for editor. But now, in these advanced days of feminism, it is very probable that THE Pivot may have a girl for editor. We know that the girls of Central will feel themselves much superior to the boys. We know that the girl who is to be appointed will do her work faithfully. But she will do her work much better if she works in con- junction with the students. Hold back your knocks till you find they are justified. Now that we have opened our editorial heart to you, we can say more easily, au revoir. GIRLS’ PATRIOTIC KNITTING CLUB At a critical period such as we are now living in everyone is desirous of doing his or her bit. The Knitting Club, under the leadership of Miss Hast- ings, the faculty adviser, has succeeded in becoming a leading organization this term. Its membership en- rollment has increased so rapidly that further mem- bership had to be closed for the term. Its meetings are held once a week, when wool is distributed to the members. Work is being done for the Surgical Dressing and Red Cross units. So far 18 trench caps, 14 sweaters and 14 pairs of wristlets have been sent to the Surgical Dressing unit, and 15 sweaters, 15 pairs of wristlets, 2 dozen wash cloths and 6 pairs of socks to the Red Cross. Boys can also do their bit by saving all their tinfoil and bringing it in to the club, as the Red Cross is very desirous of obtaining this. About five pounds has already been gathered during lunch time.