Central High School - Spokesman Yearbook (Erie, PA)

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'X1 1 .4 I if . ai 1211 u S nigh X l'2!i'iD tuos 111111 I1li1L1lU110 INUNIL 111 1'l1l111d1X 0111611 1110111 the Lhool lt was t Q h1ghest iI'll1Jlt10Fl oi uux ileshle to make the blee Llub thu most 1111 110111111 dCt1X1tX f111111t1o11 11111 k'xI1iLll11lLll 11 11 1X1 us 11 xnxx um an 111111111 on .11 sthcml 'No 111 1ttL1 hon 1111111 U1 lllwlglllfltdllt 4 club rnax 111. lt has had soma dfett upon sthool 1111 lhuctou 11 bud 1 ue uux ot somg ot LL11t111ls 101l'l1L1 attlxltles 111111 clubs vsxll 1111 111 1u.1t111g 111 1111 de1st1mc1111g ot hu hlstolx The gloxnth oi tht thool ls 1eflaLted 111 hu club The musudl and clebfxtmg o1g111111t1o11 fun the 0111K ones xx hlch haue tontlnued to be at t1X9110I'I1 the xux begmnmg to the 1316389111 111116 The othe1 clubs vs e1e 01gfm1Let1 11x ul 101 sex 91111 xefus and then g1aduallx ceased to 1u11ct1o11 A1te1 11 xx hlle thex xxe1e 16OlgdIl1L9C1 pe1h.aps ulth then name changed and pmpose lexlsed .md thex agam took then place IH school 1 tlX1t1QS The h1st01x of the Clubs IS 101 the most part a con stant 01g11n171ng and 1eo1gan1z1ng F01 many X631 s, 11t61d1X soc1et1es xx e1e the most 1Il'1pO1t2iY1t cog 111 the Qphool xx heel but thex hdxe gone the xx ax 01 the Eta BX te Pwe So xetx and the O11 mplan Club the DUIDOSQ ot xx huh was to D1 omote all a1ou11d de xelopment md SOLIA1 SGIXILG Aftu the school was mox ed to Centldl Snhool the 11'lf1LlLl1Q6 ot the Cluls qOLl tx xx ls tar leachlng ae was th xt ot the bL1L11t1f1L I'K1LlQdtlO1'1d1 Burpau Thg p1eQe11t 131611611 Club had lts bc glnmngs 111 19.22 ll11d81 the tltle La Leltle 1'1 il'lLd1S In the Ldl1V pdlt oi the tu e11t1eth centuu the 1111 k 111161 Reto1t Llub o1gd1111u1 to IJl0m0t8 1111 mterest 111 111clust11111 Lh6I'l'1lNt1X vs as attlxe The new R11d1o C lub at Centldl th1s ual xx as not the hlst is 4 s1m11a1 one ui lstecl 111 1072 Thy Sphmx Club nhlth was 11111191 excluslxe .md the John Club composed 01111 oi box s I1iIHLf1JO1'1H xx e1e two oi the most xmus mg O1gd111l3.t1OY1S 111 1017 tha Sp0kesn1a11 conducted a Cdlilpdlgn 101 a D1f1mf1t1t Llub and the 1951111 vs as the club xxhlth ls xctlxe toddx L11t11 the xx 11 It vs 41 the custom 01 the 5611101 class to goto XX dNh1I'1gtO11 D C 111 1 bodx dttel tommencemcnt A QIOUD called the 11 dshmgton Club xx .as 19 SDO11N1b1L 101 111 411 iI1gt:'U1L11IS Dtxlfdllllllg to the tllp Duung the xx ll L11e Hlgh Sthool had 1 lugy Lamlet C0113 tlamed to A hlgh deglu 01 1 ILMIILX 11 111111111111 0 hL xtultx e'1 1 L 111 dlxfus Jun IL 111 11111 A ume O1fIi111ldt101l 1tt e st oo A 1 1 116111111111 1111111111 thm L 1 oo vs 1 e 11 1 ot tulmg X 11c1st1111 xx huh hx smt 111111111 t L 111 wseue 'lhg Joxs xt 1k 1 H SOLI 111 1 1111 f 111 QK 1 f1111xu 11 1 mt 110111 1 ut 103 xt 811111131 X 11111111 1 XXI! lil K C L11 I 1 11 f111111t11111 111 1 1LIlLXX ll l 'IV- 1 1 xx 1 ' V v -x X - -5 Ch M wif' 1' 1 'P cbs L ,I 6 413 1 W Avi ' ai 12 V . S 2 . . 1 A w X Q v - Q L' ' I .1 1 , H -w A 1 J S - - 1 2 , , ' .' tx Org: 'zz ' s 1 'z -' A 11 ' 1 't' '1' 'l 1 't c1i1'1 't 111- 5 '1 ' ' . -v 2 J' 2 .' . ' ' ' ',' if l 'K' 1 L' 4 A 1 L11 .'1' ri 1'x' '11 'S 1' 1 ' ' 1 , ' ' , 1. 1 1 ' 1 , 1 2 . ' -' ' 1 . . . 1' 2 ' ' ,, 1 ,. ' . - 1 1 1 1 v C X 1.1 4 . . A5 1 .51 1 v. v 1 I A 1 'nw I 1: ' 1 I . S. L1'11 I 1 ' 1 2 'zz ' S . 1 , N1 K1 1 ' , - 1 . ' 1 .- ' 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 ' ' 1 K1 ' . 1 . 1 1 1 1 . '1 , ' 1 , ' 1 L1 1 -1 - 1 1k 1 1 1 . K1 1 . ' V.. -4 . . 1 1 P 1 .IC , I 1 tv I ' . ' .' ze. I' :. 3 u iv' 3 J, ' ' , - tv ' W , ' K1 I v Q 1 vm KN 1 1 1 - . . . ,, Q' .' 1 1, ' 1 .'. 'z, ' . 2 ' 1.-J I ..' . . 1. ' , .A 1 . . ,- . . 1 I 5 ' 1 . 66 4 Yr li V1 in xc ' yy 1 1 I 1 J' ' -I ' ' I ' ' A r 'LY X 4 1 VY v 1 , '14, 1 1 ' L- ' ' 1 1'. . '1 1 1 1. 1 . . ' 1 . , t , . . , . ' . j .. 'A...,. . '. 723. :' '. . J ,4- ' 1 ' 1 1 A ' 1 ' 1 ' , 1. 1 1. 1 1 1 1' 1 . . .- . 1- .1 , . . I . , y . K, L. L1 2 , , . . . - 2 .- Y 11 4 Q a 1 A 1 K1 11 kv 4 ' ' A .S 2 r ' ' I tv' v D 'a ' '- Q 1 .7 : ' -1.3.7 V -' 3 , . 2 1 1 ' 1 . . 1 . T1 .1 1 S 1. L. 1 - A, l.' , ' 1 2 . 1 12 J K1 1 . ' ' 1' A 1' 12 1' I 1' ' J . . 2 2 1 , .. . 1 S, 11 ' 1 ' 1 , , ' 111. 1 1 ja 1 1' ft 11,2 ' Th '. W. C. A. 211111111 Y. M. F. A. hz'1-'. -1111 '1I'1SJl'11L'S Q: 1 h .7-h .1. ,tti'st t11- 1 1 ' 1 1 211111 th1 s'h 1 'us th C1 'ls' o1'c111' ' thc Qs. 13111 1h1C lP1: s. '11 hz1'1t1 1 li- ' 1' m1ty'. Wh- 1 1111w sch 1 is 111'g,,z111izt11l su11111 111' the 0111 clubs are dist-1 '11111 211111 ll 11' mvs org.: 11 t Lulu- th1111' plusv. 11111' '1 ' g th s '1 1 111 th: .' ' '1 will 1-:111si11111' tht- clubs 111111 211-t1v1tit1s ut' 1'u1'111111' lays. iillll l'l'.ll1k'1 only thu 1111 ' 1'111j' 111141 1111 'actl 1:11 mos. '1'h1'1 arv 11z111y 1111 11,2 ' s 211111 61151411115 wh' 11 111111111 p1'u11tz1111y 111 '1 1 1111. For 111- stz111 '1. l11l1'1 1'11t'1111tly it was 11111 1-ustom 111' thv .I11111u1' Class tu 5. '1 1111 1111- AJ

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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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