Lima Central High School - Annual Mirror Yearbook (Lima, OH)

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We Thank You, Mr. Reed I do apprccijto and tliank you tor the opportunity to write a few words for your 1940 Mirror. Almost three years have passed since coming to Lima. During that time it has been my good fortune to become acquainted with many of the parents and students in our public school system. In the last three years I have made almost fifteen hundred class room visita tions during which time it has been my special privilege to be associated with many of the boys and girls of our senior class. I have watched with interest and satisfaction the growth and development of individual members. Your desire for knowledge and your grati- tude for the many opportunities and advantages afforde d by your parents are most hopeful and satisfactory signs. I have been impressed with your wholesome attitude toward Government. Religion and Edu cation and your desire to make not only a suc- cessful living but to make a successful life. I sincerely hope that you have learned that a good character, honest endeavor, intellectual freedom, and a spiritual sensitiveness are indis- pensable qualities conducive to the general wel- fare of society as a whole and to the specific de- velopment of your own personality. I am hoping you have made the subject mat- ter of your high school courses a part of your- self; that in a large measure you have lived every worthwhile thing that could be brought within the limitations of your own life experiences. Life in our democracy is a way of living, ol getting along with others in groups, organiza- tions, families and communities. Ma ke the most of every opportunity. My sincere congratula- tions and good wishes to you in the days to come. J. McLean Reed, Superintendent Lima Public Schools, Lima. Ohio. J. McLean Reed, B. A,, B. S,. M. A., superintendent Dr. A. Wiseley. clerk : A, M. Gantz : C ' . H. Pool, president : C. A. Neiswander ; W. C. Derbyshire ; H. G. Mason. eight

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Here Is a Real Inspiration Permit me to thank you for giving me the opportunity of writing a word for your An- nual. I deem it both a privilege and an honor. To you and the student body whom you represent. I would like to say the following. Central High School is a fine institution. Fine for its accomplishments, its hopes, and its aspirations. The thing to remember, how- ever, is that all of thes2 fine things have been the result of the spirit, hopes, and aspirations of the thousands of young people who have entered its portals, eager to grow in intel- lectual and moral stature and then have gone out to work and serve. Some have achieved in a larger measure than others, it is true. But all have not been endowed with the same measure of capacities and potentialities. It is important to remember that it is not so much the number of talents one possesses but how he uses the ones he has, be they few or many. The young Athenian of old was taught the full meaning of Non Palma Sine Pulvere ( There Is No Palm Without the Dust ). Happy is the student who can say upon lea ' - ing Central High School that it is a finer place because he attended there: if he can say this, then Central High School will award him the Palm of Victory. His Alma Mater will rest secure in the knowledge that such a student will ever strive to bring both himself and society to higher and nobler ends. H. V. Leach. Prmcipal Central High School. Lima. Ohio. Row 1— H. W. Leach. B. S.. principal ; H. W. Scht ' uerman. M. A., assistant principal. Row 2— Laura Jamison, B. S.. M. A.. Enjilish : H. C. Heffner, B. A.. M. A. : mathematics : Stanley Bo.vian. B. A.. M. A., social science. Row 3— E. L. Huber, B. S.. M. A.: science: Hazel Messimore. B. A.. M. A., foreign language; C. R. DeLong. B. S., commercial. Row 4 — E. A. Hauenstein, B. S.. M. A., industrial arts: Phyllis Mendenhall. B. S., M. S.. home economics : Harold C. Dillon. B. S.. physical education. Row 5 — Edith Simpson. B. S.. ait : Mark Evans. Mus. B.. music : Drusilla M. Reilly. B. S.. librarian. nine