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

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The 1981 PIX Little Rock Central High Little Rock, Arkansas Volume 36

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Renovating A Champion Throughout the 53 years that Central High School has been in its present location, it has been the state’s best- known high school. Constructed at a cost of $1.5 million, the building was hailed as ‘•America's Most Beautiful High School” at a dedication service”attended by more than 20,000 people, including journalists from throughout the nation, in 1927. At the dedication service. Mrs. Lillian D. McDermott, a member of the School Board, said that Central High would stand as a public school for decades to come, a public school where Ambition is fired, where Personality is developed, where Opportunity is presented, and where Preparation in the solution of life’s problems is begun. Mrs. McDermott was correct. In fact, until renovation work began last summer, very little money had been spent on the building. The SI.5 million used to construct the building was a tremendous amount for that period in time, but it was SI.5 million wisely spent, as the years have now proven. The current renovation of Central has provided a new spirit to the school’s student body and to its faculty—a spirit that has made Central a champion” again this school year. Standing in now, the trombone section of the Tiger Marching Band performs during halftime ceremonies of the Central-Hall football game at Quigley Stadium on Thanksgiv- ing Day. The Tigers' victory over Hall provided Central with the state title in football, j 2