Central High School - Spokesman Yearbook (Erie, PA)

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' ,I I Hx?ailllf1E C 'I program does not provlde for any physlcal lnstructlon we feel that any thmg that tends to strengthen the body IS to be heartlly supported Unt1l 1907 when a group of ambltlous glrls ralsed the money to equlp a gymnaslum there was no place for exerclse but the lawn 1n front of the school The field where the Cathedral now stands was used for base ball and football practlce The cellar of the school served as a place to llmber up A few mlnor accldents occ red when some athletlcally IH cllned student trled to do a trapeze act on the gas plpes thus spreadmg the contents all over school In thls way several half hol1days were procured Athletlcs not be1ng fully recognlzed there was no competltlon wlth other schools Th1S tended to make 1nter class r1valry an lmportant factor ln h1gh school hfe Each class developed the best team posslble and played 1n a tournament Wlth all the other class teams The w1nn1ng team became the varslty and was the only one Wh1Ch had sults or equlpment Conse quently It was more advantageous then than now to be on the first team As soon as athletlcs became promment a campalgn was started by the students to purchase and equlp an Athletlc F1e1d By 1912 they had ralsed the necessary funds For several years assemblles were held every day durlng WhlCh the en tlre faculty sat on the stage At the close of school the rooms formed 1n Centml School before the addztzon 11 Qsyjsa

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