Harrisburg Central High School - Yearbook (Harrisburg, PA)

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KIVIIIIIHIIVIIIHIVIIIIIIIlllllllllllllllllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllIIIlllllllllllllllIlllllllllllllIIIIIlllllllIIIIlllIII1Illllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll IllllllIII!IIIIIXIIIlllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllIIIHIIIlllllIIlllIllillllllllllllllllll Prophecy of the Class of '23 H, SHIRLEY, I had the most wonderful dream last night! Since -' ' Y-,Q yesterday was Commencement Day and probably the last time I figs? shzgl have seen my lclassnfafs tggwitliepl I1 was shinkingfcfggtinuilly' 'Q 'j an it seems quite ogica t at siou 4 iave Q reams o em a so si? not as thev are to-dav but as thev will be ten years from nowi 'lNWf.C.?lf , - - - . . Qi!-1 film The entire plot centered around a cross country trip which I took ' 1' -.1 - by automobile. I started from Portland, Maine Cwhere it seemed I was livingj, with Peggy Chambers, who was a noted portrait painter and who was taking the trip in order to select the ten most beautiful women in the United States. Our first stop was in Boston where we stayed over night. On our way to the hotel nothing unusual happened, but when we entered we certainly were surprised. There at the desk stood the proprietor, Rebecca Levinson, talking to a group of musical comedy actresses among whom were Rose Lampas, who we found out later was playing in the title role in HThe Vamp, Lucille Parth- more, who was playing opposite Lauder Knot Harry Lauderl, Nellie Stevens, the toe dancer, and Blanche Robinson, Mangurite Bowers, and Ruth Gehrett, the chorus girls. We talked with them long enough to learn that Mildred Bogar, an old maid, was keeping a home for bachelors, called MThe Woritler Home, in a nearby town, and that Polly Huntsberger was lecturing in Europe on 'tThe 'Value of the Tongue. After bidding our old friends farewell, Peg and I, fatigued from our journey rested until, dinner, after which we went to Mlle. Dare's concert. Her company included Evelyn Halrl, violinist, Sara. Pentz, cellist, and Gladys Pieffer, assistant pianist. The music was splendid. As we wanted to leave for New York early the next morning, we hurried to our hotel. The next day we reached New York in time for dinner at Delmonicols. The waitress at our table was Edna Dagle, who told us that she and Beatrice Smedley were working there. Later in the evening we went down on Broadway to look for amusement. We were entering the HMetropolitan Opera to hear the prima donna, Mildred Baturin, when we were attracted by a group of people down the street, among whom were Mrs, Paul Ray, nee Russ, and Elizabeth Smith, the popular divorcee. They were listening with interest to Harriet Jones and her husband, who were in the Salvation Army, holding a service. As we turned to go, we saw a group of exquisitely dressed young women descending from a limousine. YVe recognized Mabel Frank, happily married to a millionaire, and her guests to the opera, Margaret Fisher, an artist, Dot Atticks, a lawyer. and Mary Ellen Madenfort. a society belle. Learning that our evening was free she invited us also to be her guests. During intermission told us about Margaret Rider, a designer in a Fifth Avenue shop, Annetta Lotz, a librarian, Ruth Lisse, a tax collector, and Evelyn Smith, who had joined the Zeigfield Follies. After the opera Mrs. VVedell took us to our hotel in her Pierce Arrow, where we prepared to retire. Ylfhen we rang for a maid, Elizabeth MacDonald appeared. The dear girl explained that their family for- tunes had been lost in VVall Street and that she had been forced to take the first position offered. The next morning Peg and I sauntered through Greenwich Village. Hearing our names called we looked back and finally saw Betty Toomer's head protruding from the window of her studio, Down the Rabbit Holef' She seemed glad to see us and began chattering away just as fast as she used to in school. From her talk we gleaned that Minnie Hummel was the proud possessor of a nearby studio, that Frances Carr, Dorothy Kennedy, Virginia, Lytle, Naome Searfauss and Helen Zorger were traveling models and that Dorothy Sponsler and 'Isabel Fickes had gone to Europe to study art after the latter had won the IlllllllllllIIIIllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlllIlllIII!lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllIllllllllIIIIIIlllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlllIllllllllllllllllllll IlIllllllllllllllllllllllll Szzctecn Illlllllllllllllll

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IlllllllllllllllllllllllllllIIllIIIIIIlIIIlIIllIIllIIIIIllIIlIIlIIIlIIIlIllIIIIIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllIIIIIIIllllllllllIIIllIIllIIllIIllIIllIIllIIIIIlllIlllIIIIIIIIIIlllIllIIlIIIlIIllIllllllllIllIIllIIlIIllIIllIIllIlllIlllIlllllllllllllllllllllIll The D. A. R. contest was won by Margaret Chambers, Margaret Dickert and Elizabeth Toomer. The play, HPennsylvania Too, with Emma Spence cleverly portraying the leading role, depicted colonial days in contrast with modern times. Christmastide found the Class of '23 busily radiating Christmas cheer to many Stockings filled with Hgoodiesu gladdened the hearts of many Edgewood kid- dies, A chorus of several hundred voices, on the Capitol steps, rang out clearly and sweetly on the 4'Still Christmas Eve, singing carols of HGoodwill to men and peace on Earthf' The officers for the second term could not have been chosen to better ad- vantage. Helen Graeff, efficient and capable, headed the crew as president, Ruth Bowman, vice-president, Helen Groce, secretary, and Agnes Clancy, treasurer. They earnestly cooperated to make the senior year one of success. The study clubs, the S. P. Q. R., Le Cercle Francais, the Demosthenian Liter- ary Society under the leadership of their capable advisors, reached the climax of their helpful year of work by giving a joint scholarship club party. One of the many admirable traits of the class of '23 is coicm-ge. They have successfully accomplished what other classes heretofore have hesitated to attempt. One of the accomplishments was the conducting of chapel exercises in the audi- torium twice a week. Another' was the formation of the Athletic Association which made possible a basket-ball team, unsurpassed in its record of victories. No little- wonder with Helen Gracff as captain, Rose Lampas, Helen Toomey, Mary Fessler, Violet Baumgardner and Ann Wilsbach as players! The Glee Club is entitled to the many compliments it has received. It reached the height of its career when it gave, with the aid of Tech, one of the finest musical programs Harrisburg has had the privilege to hear. Miss Zeiders led the debating society to a happy termination by a Moonlight Frolic in her garden. The society did not confine its good work within Central but sought bigger fields and established a fine record by debating with Central High School, Washington, D. C. The affirmative team was composed of Gertrude Klemm, captain, Elizabeth Longaker, Ellen Holbert and Catherine Pellow, alter- nate. The negative consisted of Pauline Greene, captain, Catherine' Meikle, Min- erva Bernhardt and Mildred Yingling, alternate. Another victory was won when the affirmative received a unanimous decision in its favor. HThe Argusw this year has been of an unusually high quality. Marion Oehme, editor and Margaret Mitchell, business-manager, with their staff worked hard all year for its success. Every department from Editorials to Jokes has been thor- oughly enjoyed by all its readers. The class play, 'LThe Commuters with a well chosen cast of girls and the assistance of Tech boys won undisputed glory. The Commercial department represented Centra.l in an efficiency contest in Indiana. Mabelle Miekley, Thelma Stipe, Lucy Cremonesi and Thelma. Mathews all won honorable mention. The Washiiigton trip, June 11, 12 and 13 is in itself a big accomplishment for any class. Many classes have merely talked of such a trip! The end of your course on the Central Sea was reached at Commencement, with Minerva Bernhardt, valedictorian, and Emma Spence, salutatorian. You are thc fiftieth class to graduate from Central High School and as the class of 723 you leave behind a record of glory and honor, one that will never fade. Even though some of your praiseworthy deeds may be forgotten, the life-sized statue of Joan of Arc dedicated to Central. as a memorial, will ever be a vivid reminder of the class of '23. Your capable body of officers, your efficient, worthy class advisor, yes, every member of your class has helped to make 723 a fiaming example of success.. Your ship of state of '23 with the Brown and Gold flaunting in the breeze, is ready to leave Central is harbour, to sail on-on into the misty sea of the future, prepared to brave any storm with each member of the crew ready, To find a way or make 0116.77-PAULINE GREENE. lll lllllllllll IllIllIllllllIllIllllllIlllIllllllIIllIIlllllIllIllllllIIllIllllllIllIIIIllllIIlIIlllllIIIlIIIllllIIllIIIIIIIIIllIllllIIIIIIIllllIIllIllllllIIlIIIlllllIIllIIllllllIIllIllllIIllIIlllllIIllIIllllIIIlIIlllllIIllIIllllIllIIIIllllIllIIlllllIIllIIllllllllllllllllllllllll Fzfteeoi

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IlllllllllIllllllllllllIlllllllllllll IIIIIIIlllllllllllllllllIlllllllllllIlllIllllllIllllllllllllllIIIIIIIlllllllIllllllIllllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIIIIIIIIIllllllllllllllllllllllIIIIIIIllllllllllIlllllillllllllllll Greenwich Village scholarship of cartooning. VVe certainly did admire Betty's studio and after looking into every niche and corner said, t'Goodbye. Returning to our hotel by a different route, we saw a dazzling sig11 which read, HStr'aw,s Straws for Straw Hats. The name' sounded familiar so we entered and sure enough there stood Dorothy Straw and her clerk, Katherine Mcliellan. VVe greeted them and while we were talking many customers came in, among whom were Carrie Stewart, a. noted milliner, Helen Manahan, a designer, Esther Utt. a hair tonic demonstrator, and Evelyn Jenkins, the manager of a large whole- sale house. From these girls we learned Margaret Rick, the cabaret dancer, had disappeared. Continuing on our way we saw another sign announcing that Helen Gastrock was a painless dentist assisted in her work by Mary Sheesley. Coming out of the ofhce was Helen Eyler with a pained look on her usually pleasant countenance. HThe extraction was anything but painlessf' she explained. After lunch Margaret and l again started outgthis time to inspect the residential district. We had just passed the former Ruth Foster with a. small Bomb CBaumJ, in her arms when whom should we meet but Mrs. Charles Edward McLaughlin Palmer Stover, in fewer words, Helen Keet. She knew us im- mediately and said she was on her way home from Dr. and Mrs. Donald VVayne Schroeder's Cthe later you will remember as Dorothy K. Holtzmanj, who were going to sail for the South Sea Islands in a few days. She asked us where we were going and when we told her nowhere in particular, she pressed us to come to her house for tea. While we were leisurely sipping the tea, the maid, Pauline Shaeffer, ushered in a neighbor, Mrs. Paul Burns, whom we recognized to be none other than the charming Martha. Shumaker. She joined us about the tea table and mentioned that she was very tired because she had taken her weekly gym- nasium exercises from Dorothy Kreiger. She added that Isabelle Davis and Catherine Van Horn taught aesthetic dancing at the same place. This naturally turned our thoughts to the girls with whom we graduated. The information I received can be summed up thus: Romaine Clemens and Mildred Taylor, public school teachers, Pauline Fortney and Mildred Enders, nurses in the St. Mary 's Hospital, Ethel Lackey, a demonstrator for Davis Baking Powderf' Margaret Scheffey, a beauty parlor specialist, Serene Smith, director of a Broadway Female Jazz Quartet in which Marion Shiley played the saxophone, and Mar- gueritte Iiebo, a preacher in a fashionable suburban church. This dream was such a confused affair that I don 't know what happened until we reached Chicago. Margaret and I registered at the Lake Side Hotel where we found Mrs. Frederick McGuire, we Longaker, from NVashington, occupying the neighboring suite. She said that she had come to Fhicago to attend the wedding of Be-rnice Nisley and Clarence Frankenburg, which was solemnized the day before at the Iiittle Gray Church whe-re Elizabeth Ensniinger was minister a11d where Pearl Cohen was organist. She also said that the church was beautifully decorated by the florists, Mickey and Balthaser, and that Halbert and Stoner were the caterers at the delightful reception which followed. After luncheon, while exploring our surroundings, we met Helen Graeif, quite a distinguished-looking personage, who was the governor of Illinois. She talked with us only a few minutes, but during that time she informed us that Catherine Fenieal and Virginia Lohman were Pennsylvania's representatives at VVashington. and that Ruth Bowman and Anna Shepler had won great renown lawyers, We certainly were glad to have seen our former class president and sincerely hoped that she would again be president not of the class of '23, but of the great United States. We turned the next corner and found ourselves among stores and signs. Glancing at those nearest we saw a sign which read, US. P. C. A., Pres., Alice Carl, Sect'y, Geraldine Cooper. YVe entered and, after zig-zagging through stray dogs and cats, saw the presi- dent severely reprimanding a young lady for spanking her doggie. VVhen they saw us they both ran towards us, revealing the fact that the cruel lady was the IllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllllllllllIIllIlIlIIllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllIIIllllIlllllllllllllllllIllllllIllllllIlllllllllIllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllIIIIIllllllllllllllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Sei entecn