Harrisburg Central High School - Yearbook (Harrisburg, PA)

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'Q +8 CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL Helen lNlcPhail and Eleanor Wolhnger shared honors equally. The Senior Year opened with its usual hustle and bustle. Miss Read was unanimously re-elected advisor. The class officers for the entire year were Helen McPhail, President, Cynthia Douglass, Vice-President, Marie Ammon, Secretary, Mildred Clowney, Assistant Secretary, and Marie Wvolfe, Treasurer. With such a cabinet it was evident that the government of the class was destined for success. The very first thing accomplished by the class proved that no matter how much handicapped a class may be, if it sets a certain goal and deter- mines not only to reach it, but to go over the top-that class is certain to be successful. This theory was decidedly proven in the presentation of the D. A. R. Pageant entitled, Noble Womanhoodn which was a glorification of the deeds and characters of various famous women. It was almost flawless, and the audience gasped in wonder at its beauty and splendor. lt could, of course, not have been otherwise under the direction of so wonderful a person as bliss Swartz in leading the spiritual to triumph over the material. The prizes for the D. A. R. Essay were awarded to Doralda Erb, Helen Bross, and Vira Dunmire. The good work done along literary lines was shown in the product itself, the Argus With the cardisystem as a drawing card, the 'LArgus under the direction of Cynthia Douglass and Rebecca Grand had one of its most successful years. The John A. F. Hall prizes for excellence in com- position during the Junior Year were awarded to Rebecca Grand and Katherine Truman. A To talk of originality is one thing, to practice it, another. The Seniors, of course, practiced what they preached when they added to their list of successes the VVorld Fair. The World Fair, was, indeed, a novelty along the line of bazaars and again illustrates what can be done by an ambitious, energetic group of girls. The Class Pageant, Women, Women, VVomenl was the achieve- ment of the Senior Class. It was a stupendous undertaking, practically every girl in the class taking part, nevertheless it was a tremendous success. There was no longer any battle between the material and spiritual. The battle was over. But it was only by the direction of Miss Swartz and the hearty co-operation of Miss Read that this was made possible. The Debating Team! Here is an organization which broadcasted Central throughout this section of the country by defeating Washington Central both at home and abroad. R. Miller was the coach who produced this successful team. A football team, indeed! Then the weeks rolled by and the class received its hard-earned reward in the three delightful days at Washington, class picnic, banquet, and dance. Thus with the commencement exercises the career of these girls, not as in- dividuals, but as a class came to a triumphant close. Their spiritual success will be forever an example to future classes when they are confronted with similar material difficulties: On and upward I JOHN HARRIS. .gm MO fl-Zl

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be itleral Vol. X +11 4-VI-I Harrisburg, Pa., jan. 5, 1935 hliiizo Topics of the Day FIRST WoMaN President Selects Her Cabinet VVe all remember that two weeks apo the great- est political honor possible was conferred upon a woman of Pennsylvania in the appointment of Miss Helen McPhail as President of the United States. Many may still be wondering why the Vice-Presi- dent or some other member of the cabinet did not fill the vacated oflice, but this great social pheno- menon will be explained in the next edition of this paper. VVe believe, however, a greater phenomenon has now occurred by Miss McPhail's selection of an entire Keystone state cabinet. With the ex- ception of Mr. J. R. Miller as General Advisor, the cabinet is made up entirely of women. We feel that in the choice of the following cabinet, the president has ,exercised particularly good judgment: Miss Marie Ammon has been selected as Secretary of State, Miss Francis Tate as Secretary of Warg Miss Mila Schwartzbach as Attorney Generalg Miss Edythe Critchfield as Postmaster General, Nliss Florence Badorf as Secretary of Navy, Miss Ruth Barr as Secretary of Interiorg Miss Odessa Spahr as Secretary of Agricultureg Miss Nellie Smith as Secretary of Commerce, Miss Rebecca Grand as Secretary of Labor! and Miss Viola Mc- Kissick as Secretary of Air Service. New Uommittce for FRENCH REPARATIONS During eleven years of its existence, the Dawes Plan has failed to accomplish its purpose, and in the hope of finally settling the French reparation problem a new committee has been appointed. The five Americans on the committee are Miss Eleanor VVoltinger who has received the honor of general chairmanship, Miss Helen Davis, Miss Blanche Lutz, Miss Adelaide Zuse, and Miss Thelma Cooper. The committee will start immediately to investigate the internal conditions of France and determine her capacity to pay. -.-Ixsofiated Press. FIRST Commencement at JOHN HARRIS High School Five hundred students, the first to be graduated from john Harris High School received their di- plomas at the exercises held last evening in the high school auditorium. After two selections were played by the orchestra Miss Elenor Saul delivered the valedictory address, the subject of which was The Advantages of Chemistry in the Home. The class was greatly honored in having Miss Miriam Bell the noted psychologist, as the speaker for the occasion. The principal, Miss Betty Stein- heiser, then awarded the prizes offered by the vari- ous departments. At this time, Samuel Miller, jr., a freshman in the school, was awarded the In- creased Vocabulary prize, a prize which is sought after by students of every class. For four years the students have been under the instruction of a most capable faculty, and now they are ready to put into practical use the knowl- edge, they have gained. VVith Miss Miriam Ma- deira as head of the Economics Department, they have thoroughly learned the advantages of budget- ing, whether it be for one or two persons. Miss Alice VVert has done much to help them master the difiiculties of the English language. They should never find themselves unable to read a doctor's pre- scriptions or understand the anthropological terms which confront them, for Miss Maude Miller has been the instructress in Latin. More and more, students are realizing the necessity of knowledge of the French language, therefore, over half the graduating class have been instructed in French by Mlle. Grace Johnson. Miss Lisette Mower, as head of the History Department, has likewise thor- oughly instructed the students in the whys and wherefores of the past ages. Those who expect to enter the business world have been efficiently trained by Miss Ella VVachtman. This group of teachers have dealt with the graduating class, and it is their opinion that they have set a high standard for future classes. E131

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COIVIMENCEMENT ARGUS f iii' -f sud 'Et . X Hg -- ' - BN- ity to display her particular talent. 'Twas on this very night that Central discovered her Junior Class was an extremely versatile one. And then my worthy children were given an opportunity to see this versatility displayed in a musicale produced and acted by the Juniors themselves. Originality! Here was a promise of greater things to be done in the future. It was at this point that the spiritual won its Erst triumph over the material. The musicale took the city by storm. Its success was due to Marie Wolfe as General Chairman and Miss Read as advisor. Then the crowning event of the Junior Year, the Junior Oratorical Contest! Fear, excitement, suspense, tears, laugh- ter, sorrow, and joy were expressed not only in the selections but by the contestants themselves, prior to the Centralites. The class determined at the very beginning of its career to make the Class of 325 one which would bring Cen- tral's name into the Hall of Fame where it would stand wthout a peer in originality. The Juniors went about accomplishing their purpose in a most logical manner. They named Mary Louise Cow- den to launch them on their way to fame, and Miss Read to advise them great event. The victori- ous contestants w e r e Helen McPhail, Hor- tense Temple, and Nlary Louise Cowden. The Junior Year, to a very few minds, closed appropriately with a con- test given by the Daugh- ters of 1812. The jun- iors proved to be such ex- pert historians that the papers had to be given to the State Department to decide whose were best. as to the desirability of their plans. They selected green and whitei' as the class colors, and On and upward as their symbolic motto. The class spirit at this time had reached such proportions that the girls felt as though they just miust have something to show that they were members of the classy hence the clamor for rings and pins. A committee was appointed with Mildred Clowney as chairman and the orders were soon filled under her ellicient management. Central, in spite of any deficiencies she may have possessed, nevertheless offered a desirable place where girls might en- joy themselves to the fullest degree. Central was trans- 55 9? l Continued on Page Tfwrlfve i fi ,f If formed from its usual drab self into a scene of gayety when the Juniors held their George VVashington Party. There were surprises galore, and everybody was given an opportun- .Ng llll ri,-