Little Rock Central High School - Pix Yearbook (Little Rock, AR)

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 7Ite IdJlieeli Qa Round All tl»e hustle and bustle, hurry and flurry connected with the var- ious senior activities remind us of that old saying. Nothing good happens without having been plann. ed for”. This is proved to us by the loads of work so willingly per- formed by faculty members and students on committees in prep- aration for the oncoming events. Those students taking part In the Class Day Assembly were: Joyce Wilcox. Ed Smith. Jack Venable. Adrienne Storey. Bev- erly Boyd. Jim Penick, Stanley Bauman. Jane Gray. Joe Rice, Joy Shoemaker. Charles Smith. Jack Ginnocchio. Gordon Bemberg, and Chet Blackwood. Students on the committee to work out the Senior Assembly Program were: Gege Dickinson. Jane Gray. Jackie Foreman. Char- les Kirby. June Cross. Cowle Hamilton. Stanley Bauman. Mary Adalyn Young. Marilyn Long. Ransom Jackson. Charles Hobby. Mary Alice Griffin. Mary Stuart Nickelson. Boh Mackin. and Key- burn Reynolds. Faculty sponsors on the committee were: Miss Celia Murphy, Chairman; Miss Mildred Wilson. Miss Josephine Stewart, and Mr. Guy Irby. Students who worked on com- mittees for Senior Documents were: CLASS WILL — Margie Ad- kins and Bill Wilkins. C LASS DISTINCTIONS Miss Emily Penton. faculty spon- sor: Student Chairman. Hanson Jackson; Students on Committee: Jack Ginnochio. Jim Pchick, Car- olyn Davis, and Mayriann Conley. CLASS PROPHECY — Buck Shofncr. Jim Coats and Jackie Foreman. CLASS HISTORY — Nano- Sparling and Lewis Block. CLASS POEM — Gcge Dick- inson. Those on committee for senior luncheon were: Faculty Sponsors — Miss Mary Flood, chairman: Miss Mary Murphy. Miss Vivian Daniel. Miss Jennie Perkins, and Miss Mary Craig. Students — Adrienne Storey; chairman. Jeanne Smith. Mary Frances Stewart, Sam Stathakis, Ray Tilley, and Bill Stafford. Today seventh period the sen- iors had their long awaited sen- ior luncheon in the cafeteria. Last year, they as Juniors, looked on with longing glances while pteparations were being made for the luncheon. Today, these stud- ents found themselves amidst a senior luncheon all their own. What fun to be the ‘‘big shots’’ at last: The luncheon program follows: The invocation, introduction of all odeuf. And otnoviaw GLsU Poesn In this myriad dream called life, Wo strive for philosophy; From a setting of fragments called strife. We play fate's comedy. Today is a moment of sadness. Tomorrow the golden sun. The future, an hour of gladness. Thus are all battles won. The Musician Once on an idle evening. I played a master's theme; He lived again in the music. For his soul remained In his dreams. The Farmer One with the dreams of genius. May drink the cup of death; But the plowman stands on the open land. And I’ll choose the damp, black earth. The Artist There is a fragament of beauty In the soul of every man. That is never dulled by duty. Blackest sin, or sordid plan. The I’eet Why must I sit alone and write my verse. When others walk the golden road to Samarkand? I sing of love and hate to fill with worthless gold my purse. My soul is empty, but I fill the soul of man. Life The poignant pain that burns within At the sound of a great melody, Is the challenge of beauty to sin. Iii lrfe's turbulent symphony. Natron Ashley luf fjuamtx Qamhle faculty members and students who helped on Senior Committees, the reading of the Class History. Wi 1, Prophecy, and Class Dis- tinctions. Those on the committee for Vesper Services are: Mr. M. Y. Harding and Miss Edith Leidy. Mrs. Ruth Kleppcr Settle will be in charge of the musical arrange- ments. Those helping with the senior play Heaven Can Walt directed by Miss Alberta Harris are: Mr. A. L. Scruggs, printing of tickets: Mr. M. C. Moser and Adrienne Storey, sale of tickets; Miss Celia Murphy, advertising; Mr. H. T. Ziegler and Mr. E. A. Parker, properties. Mr. S. E. Tanner and Mr. Robert Parker will be In charge of the doors. Faculty sponsors for the com- mencement exercises are: Miss Rebecca Sewell who wrll make ar- rangements for the speaker. Miss Edith Leidy and Miss Mary Pier- coy who will arange for the flow- ers. Mrs. Ruth K. Settle, director of the A Capi el!a Choir, and Mr. L. Bruce Jones, director of the band, wili be in charge of the musical arrangements. Faculty sponsors in charge of the graduation announcements were Mr. M. Y. Harding and Miss Alma Spears. To tiie faculty sponsors, and students who have taken the res- ponsibilities so gladly, performed their duties so conscientiously, and obtained such admirable results — Vos Salutamus!” Qifbi tyoA fytieedla+n Wc arc at war—Many LRUS former students have gone to the far flung battle fronts. Soirb have given their lives. How much courage it takes to dive a p’ane down the funnel of a Jap aircraft carrier most of us will never know. How much courage it takes to fight in a deadly jungle with crawling Japs, or how much courage it takes to battle heat. sand, thirst, and Gormans in Africa most of us can only guess—but some of us will soon know. Those of us who will not know, let us keep the fires burning on ihc home front.

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by Many Shelton lUe . So this is the end and the begin- ning- The end of school days, chi d- ish associations and the security which is the inevitable result of routine: he be inning o.' matu ity, independent thinking and the re.il- izrtion o ambitions and ideals. As we seniors face the night of graduation, our minds whirl with a medley of houghts—some hap py. some sad. While we are ea-o- to assert ourselves in the world rf adults, we are yet reluctant to give up the pleasures and friendships we have enjoyed .he past thre» years. But the time has come when we must enter a new phase of life and choose our paths. After we have rccieved our highschool dip- lomas we are free to make our im- pressions upon the world. Shall these impressions be good or bad: strong or weak? It is for us. individually, to de- cide how we shall run the race of life, whether we shall be fast or slow, winner or loser. It is heart- ening to know that the finish line for all is different, and the degree ith which we keep loward the goal, and not our swiftness, is the do. ciding factor. Our minds have been trained and developed through years of care- ful guidance from parents, teachers, and friends in preparation for this our end and surely our beginning. A I over America and the world institutions of learning are opening their doors to emit the stream of educated young men and women of this generation. . . the generation whose task it is to rebuild civ- i ization and rescue mankind from the dregs of despair and faithless- ness. We are wondering . . .about the tasks which lie ahead—hoping, that we may successfully meet the challenge of a suffering humanity —dreaming ... of a future unsul- lied by the whirling depts of hate and greed and fear—praying . . . for divine guidance and the moral courage to face our destiny. The time approaches—the hour L at hand. Our minds grow hazy with a thousand unfinished thou- ghts. We are in the midst of a sea f billowing white, and somber dark. Endless chatter and laughter issues forth from the lips of hundreds eagerly awaiting that slip of paper which is the ticket to a broader field of endeavor. There is a sud- den hus!« of expectancy :.s the mus't begins: a shifting of positions to to in readiness for the coming march. We file to our places to the stir- ring strains of the concert band. Who can say what vision now is ours? What dreams? Then we are settled and LRHS's en'.ire choral ?roup. led by the A Cappella Choir pours forth a medley of songs which seem to express those thoughts whch we cannot. The stirring service songs bring pic urcs of battleships gliding over the darkening waves, battalions of soldiers marching, marching . . . over uneven ground to the rhythm of pounding hearts, clumsy ‘auks, lumbering destructively on their way . . . gleaming wings, dipping and soaring, and dipping again as they unload their cargoes of death. War. The fundamental calamity of man.What will its numbing effect have upon our lives? We canr.- drift along as those before us have done. We must lay aside normal living, and adapt ourselves to the unusual conditions of the world. ent speakers are announced. Ann Anderson, and Marion Boggs, rep- resentative of this 1943 graduating class, will deliver the messages of youth to the assembled students, alumni, graduates and friends. The conferring of diplomas marks the climax of this eventful evenings. The term commencement ‘n its fullest sense includes not only the actual graduation exercises, but also the Vesper Services which prece.'d this by a week. Vesper Services are held on the Sunday before the diplomas are granted. The program consists of special music and a ser- mon on religion or ethical address which is given to the graduates. The speaker who has been ann- ounced for Sunday afternoon. May 16. is the Reverend Connor More- head, pastor of the First Methodist Church. Little Rock. Reverend Morchcad is the father of a May graduate. Sarah Jo Morehcad. Al- though his topic has not yet been made known, it will be announced at a later date. The service will begin at 5:00 o'clock. •Sesu id. rWUa Pecome Ga+uHixiat i an. Qiaduatiost fluM at Pne-iAtune y ► Gladys Blount Cornelia Cazorti A Adron Bradley Anne Craig Bobbie Lee Fox A

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fee,GA,eSiA' - - 9 ima. 2ee £patU and jb yiatliy. '2becJ iU$t All praise8 seem to have gone to ti e graduates so far. but sen- ior sponsors deserve much credit for xulding us ov.t the rough spots. They know our good points and our bad. yet somehow they have had the heart to over look the latter and are sending us on our long journey ahead with ad- vlre and knowledge, and with sin- cere hope that we will be the leaders and the backbone of our world tomorrow. MISS MARY CRAIG. teaclrer of Knglish, is a native of Missouri, where she completed most of her education. She received 11. A. and B. S. degrees from the University of Missouri, and her M. A. degree at Columbia University in New York. Her hobbies are reading and caring for flowers and shrubs. MISS VIVIAN DANIEL teaches Civics and American History. She is a native of Texas and received her M. A. at the University of Texas. Her favorite hobby is traveling. Miss Daniel says that since sire has been senior sponsor several times, it is nothing new to her. but she still enjoys it. MISS MARY FLOOD, instruct- or in Home Management and clo.hing. has been in LRHS «since 1926. Her hobbles are reading, handwork, and walking. Miss Flood has thirty-four graduates this year and states that she en- joys working with highschool people more than any other age group. MR. M. Y. HARDING, teacher in Commercial work, states that since he lias a senior homeroom every year. Ire thinks that, year by year, the senior classes get better and better . That's a bit of optimism for you. Mr. Harding is a native of Missouri and re- ceived his college work in the University of Missouri. MR. CLAUDE HHFLEY and MRS. LILLIAN WILLS, instruct- ors in Diversified Occupations and Retail Selling, devote all of tlreir time in preparing pupils to be the better business men and women of tomorrow. Thoy have graduates each year. MR. L. BRUCE JONHS, direct- or of the band, is one of the most famous persons serving on the faculty. He has been active out- sld.? of the school program serv- ing as critic, guest director and organizer for numerous civic and school organizations. MISS EDITH LIEDY is in truci- or in pre-flight and English. Her major hebby is collecting classi- cal records. Miss Liedy is a student flyer and enjoys tra cling. She has been a mem Irer of the faculty u- bout’six years, and this year has twenty-seven graduates. MISS CELIA MURPHY, is Hu- senior sponsor for homeroom 2!7 and the ralthful English advisor who pulY'd bewildered Seniors a- long their last mile. She has taught English for many years and at the present is the head of the English Department. Being a good reader and advisor for all her pupils, she is one that lends a helping hand to everyone. Miss Murphy su|iervised the senior as- sembly. MISS MARY MURPHY spon- sors a boy's home group and is one of the most |K puler French readi- er» in the city. Like her sister Celia. Mary Murphy is a leader and advisor. This year she has helped with tire direction of the senior assembly. Coaching indivi- dual acts for the assembly has been her major job for the pro- gram. MISS HARNHSTINH OPIE is the lady everyone knows pretty well before he leaves highschool. the one who knows all. sees all. and lv?ars all She is a person that has that certain way about her that gets you—yes. she gets YOU”. Mr. EUGENE A. PARK- ER. room 6. sponsors a home- room with five seniors. Mr. Park- er is teaching Auto Mechanics and aviation Engine repair. He Iregan teaching for the government in 193T». coming to LRHS in Novem- ber 1941. Mr. Parker's hobby is inventions. One of his Inventions is a devlre for testing coils, and he also has a patent on a boat. Being an author, he has written two books, one on automobiles and strange as it seems” one was a book of poems on which he has a copyright. MR. ROBERT PARKER, the assistant band director, is one of the youngest members of the fac- ullty. He Is a graduate of the Uni- versity of Wisconsin where Ire re- ceived his Bachelor of Music de- giee. While in College. Mr. Park- er was the Leader of the scl.oo 's swing band which lie later took abroad. He has been teaching here for the past three years. At lire present he is playing in a lo- cal swing orchestra. MISS EMILY PENTON. grad- uate of LRIIS and head of the history department, hus thirty- sewn graduates. Miss Ponton's hobbies are reading and playing biidge. Her rcuding consists most- ly of non-fiction, principally In- tel national affairs and personal- ities. She is a graduate of Hen- drix College at Conway and re- reived her Masters' degree at the University of Chicago. MISS JENNIE PERKINS has a homeroom of 35 graduating stud- ents. She is a teacher of Amer- ican History and has been a mem- ber of the faculty for fifteen years. Among her favorite past- times are sewing and playing the piano. MR. A. L. SCRUGGS. Instruct- or in Printing, is the man who al- ways gets the dirty work and enjoys it. Give him ink. machinery pa|ier, and a few boys, and he'll show you what a genius can do. Proving that some do come back he's one of the few faculty mem- bers who have graduated from here. MISS REBECCA SEWELL is a person of many hobbies. Among her favorites are golfing, knit- ting. horseback riding and read- ing. Her reading consists princi- pally of biographies. Miss Sewell is a native of Tex- as and received her B. A. degree and took Pre-medic work at the University of Texas. She received her M. A. at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Miss Sewe'l has also done graduate work in the University of Colorado. MISS ALMA SPEARS is an English teacher in LRHS. Among her favorite hobbies are golf and horseback riding. She also col- lects antiques. Miss Spears is a native of Texas where she receiv- ed her B. A. degree in Texas State College for Wonren and her M. A. in the University of Tex- as.