Central High School - Prospectus Yearbook (Flint, MI)

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Il MEMURIAM '4 MRS CHESTER P HENRY Thrs year brought a great loss to Central rn the death of Mrs Chester P Henry who was a favorlte of students and faculty The students of Central H1gh owe Mrs Henry a great deal for she drd many thmgs to make the1r classes mterestrng She and Mrs Wnght of North em mtroduced the modern problems class rnto the school system rn 1936 Many speakers were brought to Central to speak to these classes Mrs Henrys classes also v1s1ted the factorres and CIVIC burldmgs of Flmt One year a group of her students rn a study of Flmt s hous 1ng cond1t1ons made an excellent motron plcture whrch many other schools borrowed The most remarkable of Mrs Henry s achrevements was the model pol1t1cal con ventrons These convent1ons whrch were held rn Cen tral s audrtorrum were attended by representatrves from many of the lfhnt 1un1or and semor hrgh schools The meetrngs were conducted ln every respect as the natxonal convent1ons of the Democratxc and Republrcan partles The purpose of these meetrngs was to educate youth 1n the ways of democracy Later Mrs Henry wrote two artrcles based on these convent1ons whxch were pnnted 1n the magazrne Socral Educatron and later reprlnted 1n The Educahonal Drgest The frne work started by Mrs Henry rs bexng con tmued to grve the students of Central an opportunlty to study democratlc government rn actron I t l . ,J , t , , I I - . , , . - ll . . ll .'

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CONTENTS Wlthln this volume the editors have deavored to present a record of Central in 1943 cmd a brief chronicle of the graduating class by means of an industrial therne On the following pages will be found the People of Central de- cribed and pictured their rnultifold Activities and their splendid Athletics ,fl f X If

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I' E II I' I, II These are the students of Central . . . the people of Flint . . . Seniors . . . Iuniors . . . Sophomores .. . wolves and witches . . . the big shots . . . whom everybody knows . . . the little guys . . . Whom nobody knows . . . yet . . . These are the developing muscles of Flint . . . laborers . . .mechanics . . . engineers . . . typists secretaries . . . executives . . . all of them builders . . . all of them makers . . . of spark plugs . . . gauges . . . motors and trucks . . . trailers . . . bodies . . . trucks and guns. These are Flint . . . supplier of mechanical tools to the world. 6 x,,, x f, Q-fsg I . , . as , L11