Central High School - Spokesman Yearbook (Erie, PA)

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,gf- C 'N b.gf'i- my . f j j in Paris. A chilly and tingling sensation runs up and down one's spine when his foot sinks into the crevice worn by the feet of many gone before but if one is too tired to walk it is very thrilling to slide down the shiny narow bannisters whose posts bring the free slide to an abrupt end. But how different are the stairs of the tenement houses. Those dirty, narrow, high run down steps who if they would talk could tell many a tale of sadness and gladness. But nevertheless, no matter how big or small, in whatever condition they are, stairs are a necessity. -MARY KING EVIL WEALTH The table was covered with crisp, green bank notes. What ecstasy it was for Gotham to sit and gaze at them! The fortune he had set out to obtain in China was his at last. But a pang of conscience bothered his Irish heart. It told him that this was dishonest weallth,-that he had bought it with his soul. It asked him to think it over how he had gathered it. Dimly it reminded Gotham of long past meditations before a confession as he began to muse over those last six years. He saw himself joining the rebel army,- deftly arising to command unscrupulous men,-leading troops to victory amid the roaring, white heat of battle. Then the English Oil Company came. He had tried to get the land from the farmers by peaceful means and would have succeeded if an American educated heathen by the name of Sin Foo hadn't organized them to resist. But he had the army,-a little bloodshed,-and now the English agent had just been given the lease to the land in return for this money. Queer, for him to be uneasy like this! Perhaps he had best leave China at once- could there be somebody behind him? My God! it was that damned Sin Foo and his men. Sin Foo laid the lease on the table, took the money and went out the street door, while Gotham sat numb, paralyzed. Then he awoke from his stupor and rushed to the door but it resisted him-it was locked. Strange,too, the key was on the inside. Gotham reeled, why what was wrong with him? That cursed money was still on the table. Yet an hour later it was gone and torn pieces of the recent lease fell where the notes had been. A contented sigh came from Gotham as he arose from his chair. How easy it was to turn the key and walk out into the clear sunshine, and, only down the street the soft chant of afternoon vespers issued from a little monastery. -JAMES CONDREN WHY WALK - The student population of the school is rapidly acquiring an excellent collection of antique motor cars. The warm breezes of spring have swept these decrepit vehicles from their peaceful resting places in abandoned garages and junk yards to portals of learning. The general trend seems to be toward the less expensive types of cars, preferably touring, with no top, or with the top down, advertising the joys of open air travel. What could be more dignified than a 1919 model Ford touring car chugging out Tenth Street at a full thirty miles an hour, with seven disciples of learning in and about the tonneau. What matter if the engine is missing on three cylinders, the tires tied on with twine, the wheels ready to fall off and the engine going full speed at forty miles an hour. What matter if more time is spent under the vehicle than behind the wheel, it runs. Better spasmodic service than dissecting its quivering frame under the junkman's torch. More plutocratic cars may sneer at their plebian relatives but the trend of the times is a great leveler, and these wrecks now have the upper hand in popularity. Why pay an enourmous sum, from seventy-five to two thousand dollars on a car? Get one of these mechanical nightmares, tie it together with hay wire and patch the tubes with chewing gum and drive it until it falls apart like the One Hoss Shay. -ALLAN WILSON 119

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-1- ------------ ----------- - -1- TO OUR READERS: We hope that those who have read this book will approve the efforts of the staff to produce an enjoyable means of re- membering our high school days. The following pages contain advertisements of various business houses of the city. They have taken space in this volume for two reasons: ' l. They are convinced that this is a valuable medium of advertising. 2. Their interest in our high schools is suffici- ent to make them glad to help us in the production of this volume. ln order that their judgment as to the value of this space may be justified We ask our readers not to stop here but to note carefully who have advertised in this book, and what their products are: and in order that the spirit of civic pride which they have shown in buying space may be matched by the high schools which they have benefitted, We ask you to give serious consideration to them in the matter of purchases or other business. Very sincerely, THE EDITOR .lg 1---111---1 uuu1vn1nu- 1 -I - 1- - 1 1 1 1 1 ,P I