St John Central High School - Centralite Yearbook (Bellaire, OH)

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1 1 11111011111-:ut T H E IJ A M P A D I S T ini: 11 xi-1:11:11 1010111 1.1. 1880--1930 , . - ' f 42,5 CLASSES OF '17, '19, '20 AND '21 they were examine-dj a list of books then used shows that the Scientific Course they took included everything we study now except Latin, and besides these they delved into some of the ologies that we know nothing about-geology and zoology, for instance. We do not Wonder that some who came to school up to the fourth year could not muster up courage to face the final ordeal. The Church ,Where these final, crucial tests were made is now our High School. An old proverb says, Walls have ears. If they had tongues as Well, what tales our walls could tell! After '97 there were no more tortures before the altar. How many finished high school between this date and 1905 we do not know: but in 1906 there were five graduates. In 1907, and thereafter for eighteen years, St. John's turned out yearly a class of commercial school graduates. All Bellaire and neighboring cities as well know them, for they have given a splendid account of themselves in the particular line of work for which they were trained. Altogether two hundred and fifty have graduated from the commercial school. The scientiiic course was continued for those who preferred it, but nearly all took the short cut into office work through a two-year business course. On our commercial room wall hang group pictures of all the classes from 1914 to 1925. We have tried to reproduce on these pages as many of them as could be copied, hoping that former graduates who did not rioxoiozoxnzoiujenioioiojavzozirzmvzoioiox-,join 1101011

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101 Zvi 11111111 11111 T H E L A M P A D I S 'F :ini 1111111131111 24111113 1880--1930 I . M . Vx., . , K f1,, . ...- CLASSES OF '15, '16 AND '18 The span of my life has reached three score, and though I live at the Cross Road of the World, I am proud to have been a pupil of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, Ky., and St. John's Parochial School of Bellaire, Ohio. -Ella O'Malley Brady. In order to continue the story so Well begun by our first graduates, the editors of the LAMPADIST endeavored to find out all they could con- cerning early days at St. John's, and particularly about all those who finished the high school course. Realizing that the best alumni list we could possibly make would probably be incomplete, we thought it advisable to give only a general survey based on information supplied by the old graduates whom we were able to consult and records beginning with 1890, the year when Miss Anna Whealan, the second on the alumni list, finished her course at St. John's. Like the epic poet, We can begin somewhere near the middle of the story, and like the same poet we shall deal with the heroic. If it is necessary to back up this assertion with specific instances, graduates of the nineties Well bear us out. They have not yet forgotten the dreaded public oral exams held in the Church, and covering all matters they had gone over. As for the subjects they handled fin Which, of course vjvjexzuieniunjojoianjoioioia nie-:o:u1u1o:o1uj1 rjoie oz nic

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303.10303 1 1 1, 101, T H E L A M P A D I S T iiniuiwivxwi 1 101 1:14 1880--1930 i 1 i i .gli put out a year book might enjoy the advantage of seeing these groups all together. We regret that we have no pictures of earlier groups. And now, Alumnus of the commercial school, find your year and pick yourself out. DO YOU REMEMBER? When the repository with its lace curtains and beautiful flowers went up in smoke? If you do, you must be at least sixty years old. 1906-When we studied commercial downstairs in Old Trinity and Science upstairs? 1907-The evening lunch sponsored by the Sisters and when the one boy classmate just had to go home? Does Sister Mary Jane remember? 1908-Our last day at School June 30th, because of the holiday taken in March? 1909-The Strawberry Social sponsored by the Sisters instead of an annual banquet? 1910-That we have the distinction of being the last class to graduate in the old Columbia Theater? 1911-The graduation exercises held in the City Building? 1912--The old famous quartet? 3111111 rin: ri 11111: in 2 ri I :iuioxuqbninin I 1 is if 1 if 14 14 11:1 111:31 10101011 -ofa u1o14x1o14,1u1nioi4rjoiojoiavicsiojuia-joiojanioiixix -rioioioiojc xjoiojoioioioiojoja i ebpoioif