Central YMCA High School - Centralite Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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y- 4 of 4 - Qi I QI. I. E I D ei- 1, Wa 'E de 32 f 'a Q. vfx Q. If 'l Tl H. S I. oi: 'E Jr ,. 5 . ,? U Q. , O O Q LITERARY THE STATUE OF LIBERTY i 'l' ' Our own deity, keeping watch and ward before the open gates of America. PRESIDENT CLEVELAND. In 1875 the people of the Republic of France, seeking to commemorate America's first century of independence and liberty, collected by popular subscription 1,000,000 francs, and commissioned August Bartholdi to fashion a gigantic statue of the Goddess of Liberty. It was to be the gift of a nation to a nation and the lowliest peasant and the youngest child contributed to the fund. For ten long years Bartholdi labored on this task until, in 1885, the statue was completed and ready to be sent to America. An American committee had been formed to construct a base for the statue and had selected Bedloe's Island Qnow Liberty Islandj in New York Harbor for the site. Through public subscription they raised sufficient money to pay for a concrete foundation, but the size of the completed statue required that a pedestal of considerable height also be erected. The committee turned to Congress for an appropriation to complete the work, but, as often before, the sleeping solons at Washington failed to represent the true spirit of the American nation. To avert the shame that this seeming indifference would bring upon the United States, certain publicfspirited citizens of New York appealed to the nation through the press and begged the people to make donations. Since this was the gift of the people of France, and not of the millionaires, the common people of America, and not the millionaires, were asked to respond. In only a few days Sl00,000.00 had been collected in small donations and work on the pedestal designed to lift the statue a hundred feet above the sea was undertaken immediately. By the time the French transport Isere, bearing the crated statue, steamed into New York Harbor, the pedestal had been completed and all preparations had been com' pleted for the ceremony of dedication and acceptance. On October 28, 1886, amid great naval and civic demonstrations, President Cleveland unveiled this emblem of the freedom under which two great republics lived. The sculptor, in his presentation speech, said, It is as I wished, for in this work I see the symbol of unity and friend' ship between two nations. From that day to this the glorious statue, torch aloft, has stood at the gateway of America, and, through its simple beauty and kindly welcome, has filled with a tender feeling of love and adoration the hearts of all who come to her shores. WM. F. ZACHARIAS. Page seuentyftwo miie , , 1-ig -11 ,-, -, 51Q1. WW W T. -n5t'.3C5vt . -

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,ft o 1 o LITERARY meals. When he comes, everything is at its best. Fred's wife is wonderfully affable and accomodating. She helps Fred into his smoking jacket, brings him his pipe and slippers, and gathers up the papers he scatters about. Her whole life seems to be bent upon pleasing Fred. During the much bepraised meal the words of the devoted couple are as sweet as the honey on the table. Jack sees and believes. He hurries out and goes to his room with a gnawing feeling of what he has been missing. Yes, this single life is all the bunk. He must get himself a wife. He does. Now the only time he eats at home is when it is too cold to go out to the restaurant, or there is a waiters' strike on. These are some of the most popular methods of tying down that roaming, restless tribe called bachelors. Married men envy them, young men in love pity them, young ladies gush over them, and married ladies, unless out matchmaking, think them fiends in human form who lure their husbands to ruin. Yet, in spite of all this, the bachelors flourish, a happy-go-lucky race, with no one to tell them to wear rubbers when it rains, to match samples of georgette, to put the cat out at night, or to take their shoes off at three o'clock in the morning when coming into the house. VICTOR HAVEL. PLAYING THE GAME Yes, sometimes we argue and think we are right, To get to the top is the one goal in sight. We push and we trample, we strive to succeed, To get to the top is our one only creed. We start out determined to win the big prize, And give not a thought to the way that we rise. To beat the next man and to crush him like stone, To climb to the top is our goal-this alone. Yet-what profit the glory, what profit the fame, If we find at the top that we're covered with shame? A. J, GRossMAN. Page seventyfone . :-'F l u ii fl' in QI I' .I 3- N. ,o Y 'r 5' v 1,0 1 5. 3. gg. Q. V U 1 .O xl L Nl W' P 5. -.I .IQ .,i, . 3. is A E' S 4:4- 3 K l - -- -..fPi2w-fx

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v I ' l I LITERARY I ' MY HERO li Away from the city Its noise and its strife, To the country we went To enjoy our brief life. P The fragrance of flowers Freed my heart of its care, As I looked in his eyes 1, And saw happiness there. I was thrilled with joy P For he loved me true, , And his eyes saw mine lf' Filled with love for him too , f We sat down to rest In the shade of a tree, ,o His head in my lap, His eyes feasting me. 3 Then I suddenly noticed, , Jo As we sleepily lay, QL A long wriggling serpent K, Not five feet away. 5' Stupid with terror, 'tk As if petrified still, gc To speak or to shout wp 1 had lost an my Wm. Q. I5 But HE came to the rescue L The serpent to kill, V, At the risk of his life ' He fought with a will. : He severed its body With a last vicious shake: 'lf' My hero had vanquished 3- The hideous snake. 15 I would gladly have kissed him I: Right there on the spot, But--HE was only my collie, Q' So I kissed him not. ' DANIEL J. LEBER. 5 I Page SCUC'I1ty'IIl18C if im-w'-afrf'aer4'wF1eri?2:01'tf'rirv419'aw'1ri?aeF?5i'a-we:+wfwf24Pfx