Lima Central Catholic High School - Flame Yearbook (Lima, OH)

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T 0 TWELFTH GRADE CLASS OFFICERS President ----- Wayne Wells Vice President - Betty Reese Secretary - - Ruth Alice Miller Treasurer - - Pete Newland Advisor - - Miss Grace McClurg ...3 3...

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Class of 1943 Members of the junior class, our carefree, happy days are over. Next year as dignified seniors we must focus our attention on the intellectual phase of the game. lt is imperative that we settle into the yoke and pay allegiance to our studies rather than our amusements in their various forms, All through the year just finished we have been merely juniors, getting the required work and then running out for a good time. Now don't misunderstand. There are many exceptions, especially those who stay in every night and pore over well worn volumes: however, the general opinion of a junior is the former. New friends have been made, new girls have been met, more knowledge has been added to heighten our mental status, and new names have been added to our list of athletic heroes. The love of mankind for sports and pleasant diversions has led to the establishment of teams, tournaments, and troupes of actors and singers. Even though our minds have a tendency to lean toward these more pleasant pastimes, we have nevertheless kept up our lessons, for we know that a person well versed has a better chance to establish himself when once out of school. Especially in times like these, when skilled workers are urgently needed, we should under- stand and appreciate rather than critize what our teachers are doing for us. CWorking not only helps an individual to gain a solid foothold in future life, but also helps the government to preserve a haven of safety and democracyfl In passing from our eleventh year of fun and knowledge into the final stage of our public education, a feeling of grandeur creeps over us: yet intermingling with it is sadness, sadness that we have just one more year before we are thrown into the cruel world of realism. No more are we to lead the innocent existence experienced hy adolescent youth, with not a worry in the world. Of course, we have some cares, but they are nothing compared to the headaches to be suffered once we are on our own. Now, when complicated machines do man's work, furnish his power, and do practically everything but feed him, brain, not brawn, is required to raise oneself a step higher on the ladder of success. To the majority of job seekers a mental test is given where once a physical examination was enough. Make your work a treat and you will sail through with flying colors to a respected position in life. Yes, the die is cast, the gauge has been thrown, and the challenge accepted. The curtain falls on a successful year with favorable comment given to juniors as well as all other ClaSS2SS for the part they have played. We of the junior class are proud of the fact that next year we will occupy the seats of the seniors, and we feel that we can make our stay there as satisfactory as our sojourn during the present year has been. TREVOR CRAIG --3 2.-

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Class of 1942 There are so many fascinating ways to look at it. Twelve years of toil and study: twelve years of fun and laughter. To the romantic idealist these have been years of joyful learning, a collecting of knowledge. To the hard-fisted realist these have been days of studious poring over the lore of the centuries under the supervision of numerous pedagogeus. Days of toil and danger .... , nights of coking with the gang, dancing with that girl, football games and basketball games, Central vs. South, lights, action, curtain, study with the midnight oil-all these and many more bring and will bring in days yet to come fond memories of our alma mater. How often have we heard someone say that school is preparation for life? No, no, a million times no! 'Tis living at its fullest. XVhere in fame or fancy can be found the carefree. irresponsible hours of pure human living that our life exemplines? In fondest caprice We reminisce over days gone by and dream of years to come. We live life for the moment happily and construct in our fancies glamorous castles-in-the-air. We learn what life is and what life holds: we embark upon our mission-living a life that will produce self-satisfaction and an ideal for others. 'Tis not the life of Reilly: 'tis not the life of Augustine. Every individual has his own life and his own manner of living it. It is democracy maternalized. Therein lies the difference. From this day hence we will live the life we have begun within these years but free from the guiding hands of our superiors. It is the great game Disraeli livedg the great game we live. Our success and progress, our failure and retrogression lie within our souls. Our inspiration is dependent upon our sensitiveness to beauty and inspiration. XVithin our individual selves lie inert our potentialitiesg it is for us to do and live or to do and die. We face the future with hearts alive and souls awake. We look at the past with fond memories, but are unshackled by it. We are the future of America: we are the future of man- kind: we are the future of art, literature, music, culture, and civilization. Upon the foundation laid for us it becomes ours to preserve and buildi The world, its good and its bad, is ours for improvement or degradation, success or failure. But we shall live! It is for us to determine the method-the product. There are monsters standing maliciously ready to destroy us and our happiness. With the fire and the brimstone of hate, perfidious jealousy, and ubiquitous bias they are prepared to reek havoc with our ideals and our spirit. The black curse of universal distrust, the system of class-conscious aristocracy, and the jealousy of individuals are rampant, lurking behind our portals prepared to fall upon us. Only through intelligent application of those principles we have learned during these years can we hope to live victoriously and honorably. We can and must! We must and shall!! E. DON SNOW 134-