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

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Class of l9ll-9 Witnessed Unusual Events Fall-1945, and a small band of awfully scared but hopeful freshies entered the hallowed halls of Cen- tral. ' Some of their impressions of the school were printed in the first fall issue of The Centralian. Ruth Curtis and Wilma Schlumpf agreed that it was, awfully big. Emma Hemmerlein's only comment was, too many stairs, and Bill Clem was most impressed by the women. In the same issue there appeared a story about the long faces and groans of the freshies as they vain- ly attempted to locate all of their rooms. tWe don't believe they are still looking for the elevators, how- ever.J Mrs. Lahr's freshman English class could have commenced with- out comedian t?J-Fred Williams. At about the same time Gloria White was seen running down Main street with Siggy Vanover's false teeth. Betty Lou Briody had a secret love interest. A little bird told us that it was John Brown. The Barchet twins were still con- fusing the majority of the students, who found it difficult to tell one from the other. Something else that was hard to make heads or tails of was this joke: First moron: I saw you go by last night. Second moron: Why didn't you wave? First Moron: I didn't know it was you. Everyone was so glad that the new bleachers were put up in time for the 1946 tournaments. The strange thing was, however, no one seemed to have a ticket. The Bruins came through with flying colors and won the sectional, beating Memorial in the final game. This set the stage for Principal Carl Shrode's poem, Bear Facts. It was rumored that Coach How- ard was caught napping in an as- sembly. Evidently he didn't get enough sleep the night before. Train with the team. freshman class' first event The was a party which we called Fun Frolic, and a gay time was had by all. The question, Do you think high school boys and girls should go steady? There were many and varied an- swers, but Jim Ewing said that he didn't think high school girls should --especially redheads. What could he have meant by that? Oh, well, he's practically a married man now, anyway, so he couldn't really have meant it. Here's a poem but we know it couldnit apply to any of Doc Alcorn's star students. A green little chemist, on a green spring day, Mixed some green little chemicals in a green little way, Inquiring Reporter ran the Now the green little grasses tenderly wave, Over the green little chemist's green little grave. A new saying took hold fast and could be heard echoing through the corridors. This quote was Chump- Foos and we heard that it came from the girl scout camp. Inciden- tally, the Chump-Foos were a band of natives who lived in the deep, dark jungles of Africa. The con- nection between African savages and girl scouts is hard to explain, though. Alice Tapscott was one of the pupils who contributed the picture inserts for the 1946 Senior Edition. We didn't know we had a Rem- brandt in the class. Freshman: May I go out tomor- row night, mother? Sophomore: Going out tonight, mother. Be in at ten. Junior: 'tGoing out-dont wait up I7 7 Senior: Night, mom. I'll bring in the milk. Principal Carl Shrode entered a classroom just in time to hear the instructor say, This is a switch. Thinking that some unfortunate student was about to be punished in his presence he quickly inter- vened. To his amazement the topic was a circuitg the class, one in electricity. Doyle Kifer won the Lena, the Hyena art contest. Evidently he specializes in gruesome personages but we hope he didn't use any Cen- tral student for a model. Willie on the railroad track, The engine gave a squeal, The engineer just took a spade, And scraped him off the wheel. Clarence Pico was chosen to lead the dance band. At the same time this was announced, Mr. Smith stated that the band couldn't play for any dances until they got a piano player. Dewey Glore came to the rescue, and we think he has been doing a very good job. At one time Bill Garrison had about twenty girl friends and all of them were named Dot. Jerald Gentry's main interests were focused on Gail Cook but now .fK M'M-eg. sei. if - ,gg D 30 r she is away at school. Quoting from Shakespeare, Parting is such sweet sorrow. Central's bobby- soxers contrib- uted to the crowd that mobbed Elliott Lawrence at the stage door of the Grand when he played here. Evidently Frankie's popularity is decreasing. Such songs as Oh By Jingo, The Page by Wilma Jones and Bill Greenwald Y Hut Sut Song, Mairzy Doats, Honey Dripper, Cement Mixer, Open the Door Richard, and Hey Bob a Ree Bob were still popular among the younger generation. Spring Hop was the name of our Sophomore party. Look up and down, sideways too, Straighten your dress, tie your shoeg It's time for the bell, so pick up your books, To heck with your studies, think of your looks! April Fool! Students and teach- ers were really fooled by a Cen- tralian story and picture of Suzette Renaud, protege of Henry Meyer, who was supposed to arrive in the United States to attend Central. Basketball fans were buying large quantities of iron foods after Central defeated every city high school in the sectional. Garfield of Terre Haute smashed another dream in the semi-finals. Donald Grimwood journeyed to the bookstore for a pencil only to discover afterwards that he made the trip with a pencil behind his ear. Wiecher Bergsma, Dutch orphan, was adopted to replace Louis Le- Bervet who no longer required help. September, 1947, found the class of '49 trouping back to the dear old school as jolly, jolly juniors. The shrunken head received by J . L. Cooprider shows how far some men will go to get rid of their mothers-in-law. Band members still remember Helen Hammett's red face when she walked in on them while they were dressing for a program at the McCurdy. Remember when Deloris Winna- ham, Faye Bone, and Janis Johns lost him, Donald Wilson boasted a 101 per cent on a chemistry test-brain child! Al Sutheimer, Dick Cunningham, Audrey Bolen, and Anna Mae Braun were privileged students- they had lockers with running water! Definition: Homework - What Springer gives you to keep you from enjoying the radio. Tight skirts with split sides, short sleeved sweaters, and long sleeved blouses were p o p u l a r among girls while the boys stumbled up the stairs with their eyes bugged out. Herbert Richard Burdette and Leonard the Ghost were feuding over a window in David Kardokus' room 109. Summer school was held at Bosse while Central was redecorated. This reduced the number of fa- talities caused by falling plaster. Driving lessons were offered to juniors in health and safety classes with muscle-maker Lew Eckerman teaching the course. The girls really liked this f?J subject. Unusual first and second names Page 28 which have been kept dark secrets are now brought to life due to the snooping of ye little ole reporter: Lyndsey Lundsford Barclay, Wal- ter Sigfried Vanover and Rubert Herschel Kingsley. From the fac- ulty there is Paul Titchenor Thomp- son and W.,Burnell Smith. The W has long been an unsolved mystery and from the looks of things, it will remain so. fDon't hit me again, Mr. Smith. I promise not to telllj Grunts and groans were heard when Leroy Shrode, mathematics instructor, invented his grading de- vice. Then came the unforgettable fire which gave students a vacation. One day! Fifty-four forty or fight! And it was exactly that in the semi- QK T, finals as Central defeated Jasper for their third championship. In the parlor there were threeg The girl, the parlor lamp, and he, Two is company: no doubt That is why the lamp went out, Central finally got into the final game at Indianapolis. 'Jay-walkers on Court street were given notice of enforcement of po- lice traffic rules. Fifty cents, please. Marilyn Peters found laziness paid off at the picnic. She won a prize for being on a lucky spot- leaning against a telephone pole. Heavy bearded Gene Brooks took a razor on a one-day trip to New Albany. Things considered by the senior class as gifts to the school include: a dinner bell or fog horn so the students would know when class was OVQFZ give Springer a cat, so he would have something to tell about besides his dog and parrot fbig jokebg Supply the Junior band with mutes so it wouldn't wake up classes on the Seventh street side of the buildingg furnish The Cen- staff information for so we wouldn't have to tralian stories write stuff like this for the Senior Edition. Behold the little duckling Wears on his face a frown For he has just discovered His first pair of pants are down. fThere will be a brief pause for people like Bill Greenwald who don't understand this poem.J Senior week activities brought to a close the school life of another group of Central graduates. In leaving the school we would like to extend thanks and appreciation to our teachers and leave that won- derful school spirit to all future graduates and hope they enjoy school as much as we did.

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