Central High School - Signal Yearbook (Columbia, TN)

Page 32 text:

59.153 developed nn ourselves the school love that prompted us to this rlpe age of learning and this consecrated day of graduation We next find ourselves unconsciously growing too old in mentality and age to be settled on the first six rungs of the ladder to whlch we have now put the tvv elfth step ln our background At the age of twvelve we at Andrews discarded Professor C U Barker and his grades bv moving ourselves and our thoughts to the Junior High at Central We then look ed upon the Seniors as our big bossv brothers and we had a longing desire to wear their shoes We eagerly dreamed of our becoming seniors six years hence So passed the days of our seventh and eighth years of schooling In the fall of 1935 one hundred twenty nine entered the first year of our Hlgh School education Wlth high aspxratlons and ideals We felt proud of our achlevements and felt that we were capable and destined to receive a High School diploma We set to work ln Latm English His tory mathamatxcs clvlcs sclence and of course home Ec We labored strenuously yet happily though some will not admit lt through our Freshman Sophomore and Junior years Although our ranks have been somewhat dlIIllIllSh8d eighty five of us enrolled as seniors approaching the end of our publlc school edu Miss Hale and the remainder of our notable teachers felt nt necessary for us to work We grumbled when we were told to write a theme or take a history test Yet from these class workings we developed a momento far greater than any other souvemr we can ever possess Friends we have successfully attained the opportunity to appear before you on this happy occasion This day IS happy ln that lt IS full of meaning but lt lS really one of the saddest days of our life The thought of leaving our dear Alma Mater IS sad for we are wearlng this question in our heart what IS to be our life s destiny? All ln all we are proud of our Alma Mater and we firmly believe there IS none better And now may I on behalf of the greatest class ever to leave Central High pay tribute to the merits of this school Dear Central our enrollment was as a vaper And is not Thy beauties we dld see and know Thy ments not forgot You ve enabled us to enter life With rare preparedness Concealed in every inch of care And culture nobleness e thank thee Dear Centlal Our cherished Alma 'Vlater We hope our presence vvlth thee Has made thee all the greater HLBERT ALLEN HARDISOIN Class Hzstonan 4Page Tvventy eight! 0-10 If-P v ' ' , , . . b , , 1 ' . . , 0 . . y . , . - 9 . 1 . . 3 ' 7 1 ' , . - . . - N i D ' ' M . , . J . - cation. Of course we have, at times, wanted to play when Mr. Gardner, T , . . ' ' 1 L. n . , , . . . , . . . ' Sl ' ' 7 ' !! , . ' ! I y .A.. . vv' , - y, 1 v

Page 31 text:

afijm. A SINCERE WELCOME NICIIIIJQIS of the Boald of Educatloll IQHCIIGIK IJHICIIIS alld frlellds XIQIQ tt ords could net er expless to tou th SIIICQIQ happlness tte feel becausc ot YOIII IJICSCIICQ IIQIQ todat There lllust be an under Sfalldlllg ot tll s III NOIII healts The one ttorcl that can best HSSUIG tou cll It tte clcep t 111311161 lace tour lltxlllg IIQIL IS a WOICI that has glott II st cetcl as It has COIII to us dott Il lIIIOIlgI thc ages It IS slnlpt fl llealttelt W PICUIIIP It 5691115 tclt IJIOPQI to nlalk thc COIIIDIQUOII of a long journet as an llnpoltallt etcllt We hate Spellt the greater part of our Iltes on the sea of Pdlllaflilll We hate changed SIIIIJS at IIltQINdIS but It has alvtats been the same sea lNotv tte hate HIICIIOICCI our slllp 111 the harbor or C OIIIIIIQIICQIIICIIT and we WISI1 to celeblate Wlfll tou our frlellds the end of our tot age Xt IIIICS the breezes hate been gentle the tt aters peacc 'ful At otllel tlllles tte hate faced the IIIOSI tulbulent storms, dI'lWlIIg' ttlnds tllat hate lashed agalnst our bett 111161911 nllllds The COI1lfOI'tIIIg thought IS that tou hate helped us to tteatllel each storm N011 hate 91181911 each GXIJQIISIIIQ jot alld sorlott alllce We feel that thls gltes us a peltect IcdS0ll tor Illtltlllg tou hele toclat because thls IS the happt CIIIIIEIX to thc teals of OUI toutll that tte hate dedlcated to maklng oul totage a successful one lNott tllat tte hate attalned our goal, Olll healts stt ell ttltll pllcle as tte see that tou ale tt ltll us at the end as tou hate been lll along The WIIIdS hate sllbslcled, alld all IS calm and KLICIIG III thc Ilalbol of QOIIIIIIQIICBIIIOIII as the Class of 59 bldS tou a lllost QIIICGIQ ttelc 01116 I I CII LE GU XD Salutatorlall Class History 9 S tte thlott oft the burdens oi SQIIIOI hlstolt alld Engllsll, let us peel IIIIO Ulll past tttelte tears and see just tthat brought us to be n. 6 SGIIIOIQ These tttelte teals Ilflte IJPPII the most Collstluctltc, IIOSI actlte alld most llappt dats that tt lll etcl come lIItO Olll llt es tte lle told At the age of slx IIIZIYIJP fite Ol set PII tte find OUISGIY es accom DZIIIIQCI bt OIII IIAIQIIIQ Illdllhlllg fc IIIIIHX IIIIU the 21lldlt0IIIlIIl of -XIILIIQW s Gralnnlal School Xlc llotvell and the XLIIIOIIS otllel LOIIIIIIN schools tt IIOSG KOIIIIIIIIIIIUIIS to celltlal H1211 hate IIIQZIIII IIIIIKII ln d6tQI'IIIllllIIg IIS lllgll liltlllg At Allcllett Q tte IIIQI 0111 hlst glade teac 11815 NIISSES HHIIIGY DIlEIg9I Clala XIOIIOII 8.1111 Lucllle ROIJPIIS ttltll gleat teal tt 110111 latel tte leallled to lote We became det otecl to IIIEIII and thet to us Just as tt as the case at Xlcllott ell tt ltll the CII9I'ISII6d i9d.ClI9IS Nllss bett ell XIISS GIIIJGIT and Nllss Lucas We plated Olll tt at tlllllllgh the filst and to a celtalll extent the second grades And II tt as III IIIGSE ttto XGHIS that tte 4Plge Fttelltt NPXOIII -Agn U69- . . . , ... , . f .V V V ' V V V, V , V . V A V , - V ' ' V : V r . . . V X . . .. V V V - V ' ' - . - ,'. 4 V ' V ' V V V , V V V 2 X It , , A 1 . . . V V , V . ' V . . V, . . . I , . -. ' I V . . .... , .. V ' . V, V . V. V V V V V V V V V V A . ' V . , V . V, ' 1 , ' V V ' ' V V, ' V VV. , J . . , D . 11 1 1 v v w 1 a ' ' ' W l , V V' , u v' V ' ' ' 1 ' VV 9 ! V V V A ' , V V V ,J- N . . I . , , ' V u A V V V , Q ' V' ' V 4 V , V V V - V V ' V ' Y . V V V , , V V' , ' V V V ' V v ' ' V ., . , 5 . , . ' ' 5 -V s ! s . ' V , V V VV V V - - ' V ' v V V, V , . V Y V V V V ' V I .. . s - 1' u' 1 V v V - V' 1 Y ' 1 1 v' V ' ' C . ' t V ' 1 1 - ' kv I ' ' - . V . ' A A I , V I V V N ' n I V V ' v A. ., V. t iz ' . I ' ' - V V V 1 1 ' h 'L ' K s. n D 1 1 s , , , . ' , V , V V V' V V . V, ' 4 ' V - , , . t l . V VA , V' V V V V V i - V V - , , . . , - A V V , , , ,X , , ,, , . . . V V h ., c I A w , , w U , V, V' . V . V V V - . , l - , , Q' 'V V Y u ' V v X 1 I A u V. . . V . R V -I c v 4 ' - c. ' V , . . ' V - V V ' V V V V' ' V n . A' v . A l , . A n , , . . 8 , - V . V ' - , . ' -V ' v f - ' I , . . . . , z '1 '-: '-

Page 33 text:

Class Colors, Flower, and Motto iF' 5611101 Class of 1939 at the lkgllllllllg of the school year chose threc emblems These emblcms our colors flower and motto represent our future aspnatxons We chose for our colors blue and xx h te for our flowct the ted lose and fm out motto Not ln our stars but lll oulsc lxcs out futule Iles Whltc lcplcsents puntx 'md blue leprcsents truth and loxaltx It to tluth and loxaltx xx add pulltx wc haxe three noble xlrtues Xlax our hxes ex er conform to them The led IOSQ was not out CllOlC becausc of lfS beautx fragrance and warmth of co'o1 but b cause lt 15 a sxmbol of loxe We haxe loxed out work and assc ctates xx ltlllll these walls I oxe for out felloxx men and loxe fox our hfc s worlc IS essentlal to happiness Not ln out stats but m oulselx es our future l1es It was not just chance or because we were born unclel a luckx star that we are completmg out sc n1o xear Bx desne and UEtllIlllIlclflOll wltlnn out selxes we haxc atta ned tlns goal It m thc future we attaln dlStlllLtl0Il lt xx 1ll bc because of VklQll deslre and cleternnnatlon and not because of w ords There IS no chance no clestlnx no fate tan cncumxent or lnncler or contlol 'l he Him lesolxe of a cletelmlned soul XHRX I' RANCFS AI I EN The ldeals of C H S FNTR Xl lll,f.,ll Scnool llke anx other wotthwlnle lnstxtutlon cher lshes Ingh Ideals But xou max ask W hat are Ideals? To f I ansxx 91 tlns one max sax Ideals are the hopes behefs and asplratlons of xont better selx es the best goals for xx Inch xou strlxe Theletote the hopes behefs and aspnatnons of Centxal Hlgll school .ne hex lcleals Fnrst we shall consxdet hopes One of the greatest desncs of fkllltldl Hlgh school IS that cleslre of gn mg to all of nel gldfllldliS those qll1lltlQS xx Inc h will best flt them tor the future and which xv1lI malcc of them XN0llllX Xllltllfdll cxtlzens Central Hugh school wishes to gxxe to -XIIIGIICH cltlzens who haxe ac quired hablts and 1'e1ls of lcxexence obechence and applcclatlon for the good 111 llte cltnzens who are honest and lIlilllSU'l0IlS The behcts of C entral Hlgh school atc as bxaxe and optlmlstlc as axe het hopes It IS her behet that ln spite of tallule at IIIIIQS all of her gladuates ale fitted fo1 a full hte and good Cll1Z8IlSlllp It ns her behef that lnchnatlons toward good haxe been cultlx ated and made more pro 'lfic that bad llICllll'1Il0llS haxe been culbed and plox ed unpopular llllt Tw I -'il 93 'T ,J I. L' ' - f ' I I ' ' ' J ' 1 ' w x 1 I - 3 - ' - ' 1 . . , , , ,Y ' ' 1 , . - , . . V , . . . . H ' ' . , A - v L w x A v ' .- J v , . - v ' . I' ' 1 ' 5 ' 'C I 1 ', 1. , ' ' L' .' ' '. ' v . -. Y 'Q . .' .l - , . v . I .' L.. A I - . v I ' . A v' 3 I I ' ' v is v . l 7 . v v . ' ,' Q Y ' . ' ' . H ' - . . ' .. , , ' ' I' V . ' - K E ' 1- U- f ' Av I ' .V f g ' , 5, ' , ' V' ' .- L. ,,L.. .v,. if Q -- , .Y . - - - .- y auspicious omens in the heavens. We go forth remembering these 55 ' . , s ' v W ,' - , v ' s, v ' 1 v - n ' Y 1 Y 1 is A A A Jia A J A A . . ,hmwzeg ,W-Ye ,, O O I I J : 4 s , , v , , ' I '. - ' ' , . -4 v ' . H I s . . v y 1 lv w v 1 ' , L1 f ' . u .Y 4 ' ll. v ' n l I r ' vi ' V 1 l 1 ' V L K' . 1 . . ' L.. ' v 1 . . 5 ' 1 - . I . ,S K ' . ch. - .. ' S . . L' ' v . . s, . K. K. , 2 ' ' - ' . 7' I ' . ' , ' , . X - - - I y .1 .' ' 1- ' S. . ,'. A .l' I L x . . . ' ' .. 'L 2 m ' - . v ' Q f ' x -'f ' ' ' ' ,, I .Z . ' . ' K ' - . I . . v 8 tgf 'enty-ni ren