Central High School - Prospectus Yearbook (Flint, MI)

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Tve Watched Them...... OLD FLINT HIGH SCHOOL WAS THE SEAT OF LEARNING IN FLINT FOR NEARLY HALF A CENTURY. This poem was written by E. J. Viall, a Flint poet, and en- graved on the stone base on which the bell was placed when it was moved from old Flint High to Central's campus in 1938. THE OLD SCHOOL BELL Like a man retired from his life-long work. When his usefulness is o'er I've been removed from the place I've held Since eighteen seventy-four. For years I've watched from that belfry high. The passing events below Over Flint as the time went by Watching it thrive and grow. I remember well when they placed me there. With the clock in that building new. Where I chimed the hour and called to school Flint's children, the long years through. Children from every walk of life Have hurried along their way As over the city my beckoning call Was heralded night and day. FOR MANY YEARS THE OLD SCHOOL BELL WATCHED THE GROWTH OF OUR COMMUNITY FROM THE CORNER OF OAK GROVE CAMPUS. Oh I've seen the rough and muddy roads Made smooth with the brick and tar. And the plodding horse with his heavy load Replaced by the motor car. I've watched the buildings around me rise To mammoth structures tall. As if they sought the honored prize. Of being the best of all. When war broke out I watched our boys March ofF to the training camp. I heard the bugles and drums and noise And the scuffling youthful tramp. But then was the happiest day of all. When we heard our boys had won. The noise you made I well recall, 'Twas then I was loudly rung. But the grand old school where I've lived so long With age has crumbled away. So they're taking me down, from my lofty perch. To Oak Grove where I hope to stay. With ceremony I'll proudly go. Yes, proud of the fact that I Have held a place where I watched Flint grow As the Bell from old Flint High. -Ed J. Viall.

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KEEP YOUR EYES ON FLINT CENTRAL! WATCH HER GROWTH! PROUDLY, THE ANNUAL STAFF PRESENTS TO YOU ONE YEAR OF PROGRESS IN THIS YOUR...... I960 PROSPECTUS 1 Aft 1 If IFLINTHIGH SCHOOL | i UPmk z-b FLINT CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL OAK GROVE CAMPUS FLINT, MICHIGAN

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