Central High School - Warrior Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

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Daily Activities at Central Mold Our Minds THERE WERE SERIOUS moments also, each one introducing us to the decisions and realities of life. Those tedious lessons and long dreaded exams, each one had its purpose . . . The Bible readings in homerooms and in assemblies and the silent prayer in the lunchroom . . . the ex- citing campaigns, whose underlying purpose is to train us for future citi- zenship the strict discipline of R.O.T.C. . . . the frenzied efforts to meet deadlines-deadlines on publi- , , , ,, T 5 p

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Cumpusuupers uispel Tension cmd Provide Pleasure We had Tun This year aT CenTral, The kind which leaves one wiTh a lingering sense of saTisTacTion. Our gaieTy oTTen found expression in laughTer and merry voices, in shouTing and singing To The loud accompanimenT of The band, or in merely a pleasanT expres- sion on our faces and a brighT smile aT a passing person. The exhilaraTing Thrill of a sTroll around our campus... The Tense momenTs of fooTball games as we saT bundled up in blankeTs, en- ThusiasTically cheering The Warriors on To vicTory . . . gaThering in The gym on rainy days and dancing unTil we were exhausTed The ioy of giving our Time and ourselves To worThvvhile proi- ecTs . . . These Things and oThers we shall always remember as ouTsTanding, yeT Typical of good Times aT CenTral.

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nd lI CIIh uur lnoughfs to Accept Responsibilities caiions, on Term papers, and on book reporis The long hours sperii iri preparaiioh for skiis, plays, aricl assembly programs . . . for seh- iors, Naiiorial Nlerii Scholarship Tesis, College Board exams, and, aT long lasT-gracluaiion all These ele- mems, vvheiher gay or serious, worked Togeiher To make our life aT Cemral more compleie. Sruclyihg, laughing, working, playing-we had The Time of Our Lives.