Central High School - Centralian / Sagas Yearbook (Evansville, IN)

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BRIDGES WE HAVE CROSSED By MARY JOYCE SHANNON Three hundred fifty-nine Central students will receive their di- plomas on Iune 8 - Leads for stories for probably all Evansville papers will start similar to this, but to three hundred fifty-nine students this lead will recall many interesting incidents of four years in Central. One of the largest classes ever to attend Central was the class of 1939 and their officers each year undertook their duties willingly and strived to make their class outstanding. The class in turn was one which always backed the officers and the sponsor, Miss Gladys Weinsheimer, and made all plans which were undertaken success- ful. The social events of the class were always attended by large groups and as a Freshman event the class held a skating party at the Recreation Hall attended by about two hundred students who can recall their many falls and bumps, but who had a grand time in spite of them. The mere mention of the words Rustic Romp recall the overall and print dress party where wheelbarrow races and square dances featured the entertainment for the Sophomore year. As Iuniors two unusual and different parties were held: first of the year was the Circus party and the second was the Basketball pep party, held just before a Iunior and Senior basketball game, where Carroll Taylor and Elnora Grin were crowned King and Queen. The class showed how democratic they were when plans for the annual Iunior and Senior Prom were formed. They didn't believe that the Prom should be a free dance for the Seniors and in turn make it a debt to their classy so a long old Central tradition was broken when both Iuniors and Seniors paid their ways to the Prom. The committee for the Prom was headed by W. O. Culley and the Stage Door Rehearsal

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ON OUR WAY By MARY IANE LAUDERBACH Well, seniors, it seems that the time has come. You are, as you have doubtless been reminded quite often, ready to step out into the world. Whether you plan to complete your education by attend- ing college, or find work, now that your high school days are over, both have the same meaning-you are going a step forward in freedom, and in independence. ' What lies ahead for the seniors? is the question that annually arises during lune. And the question is arising again, as though it were asked in two voices-two voices because there are two completely different schools of thought concerning the fate of the yearly senior class, each school vitally different, each one right, yet each wrong. For there is the group which looks upon the graduating seniors as though they were faced with all the joys that life might see fit to bestow. Peering through their rosy spectacles into the dim future, they see a bright and un- marred success for every graduate, and prophesy unlimited happiness and good fortune for each one of those setting forth into life. Then there is that other group-those men and women who, drawing a mantle of gloom about them, foretell in dreary accents the grim fate of the graduating class. It seems that they are doomed to failure: business is against them , the Governments against them , Life's against them p they warn, visualizing only misfortune for those ill-fated boys and girls venturing forth in a world that is unsafe for civilization. But surely the fates of the world's seniors-or, more specifically, Central's seniors-cannot be as perfect or as hopeless as they are so often pictured! Instead, it seems likely that in the future years of each one lies a skillful blending of each of these fates: perhaps a majority of happiness, tempered with a modicum of the disappointment and melancholy that'it seems is the fate of every man or woman to experience during life. It seems that the future cannot but hold a few of those unpleasant moments, which have so often made men's lives fuller and better for their understanding of everything that exist- ence holds. The problem of individual success, judged according to the amount of per- sonal renown or financial security a man may possess, cannot be estimated unless the -individual himself is taken into consideration. All of the various qualities that make up his character must first be taken into thought. But excellence of character is not merely bestowed by a kindly fate on some par- ticularly lucky person: it can be acquired, if he is willing to work for such qualities, and to make himself better where he finds himself weakest. And so, seniors, a toast! To the future! And with it a challenge: to look for- ward to the future expecting perhaps a bit of unavoidable grief, but a great deal of happiness, as well, and to strive for the attainment of the success that you desire by making yourself better fitted and more deserving of it! College Week Meeting . rs -:mfssks sz-max

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First Division National 1 , gala affair was held in the Continental room of the Vendome Hotel with music by lack Newman's orchestra. Dressed in costumes ranging from clowns to the ladies of the gay 90's the Seniors had as their first party of the year, a I-lolloween Hop. - Novelties, even to the dances, featured the Senior Novelty Swing session, the second dance attended and enjoyed by many Seniors. With valentines as favors, the Senior Open Dance was held at the Continental room of the Vendome, February 10, 1939. This dance allowed one member oi the couple to be someone other than a Central Senior and about one hundred couples danced to the strains of music of Iimmy Surbaugh's 1-lighhatters. A Free Fun Frolic for the Seniors was the last social event before the Senior Week activities were held. With the mention of a contest immediately the 1939 class were out to win the awards and very notably did they achieve most of their goals, especially during their Iunior year. Among the prizes won was S10 for the athletic ticket drive and S15 for having the most Dads at a Dads' club meeting. The girls proved their out- standing abilities when they won the Arista League Stunt Assem- bly award both in their Iunior and Senior years. On December 17, 1938 before a large and very interested audi- ence the class presented Noel Coward's comedy, 1'll Leave It To You which was under the direction of Mr. E. A. Hensley. Again those with dramatic ability were given an opportunity to display it when as Seniors the class gave 'tStage Door, a three act play by Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman. Miss Olema Mote was director of this group. Thus memories of four years at Central come and go and the three hundred fifty-nine graduates leave Central with regrets at having to part from the school and their many friends. But another adventure awaits them and they go to perform this task as success- fully as they have in their four years in Central.