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

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sin: iuiuioioixxioli in 1: ini ininqbniuia 1 nxuini ui nic ini 1 1014 if 1880--1930 finish a year of school if he were required to be on hand at 8 o'clock and stay till 4? It is ridiculous to expect it and cruel to demand it. When could he play marbles, or ball, or anything else? Why, in the winter time he Wouldn't see much daylight at home. And just imagine a boy going straight home after eight hours of school in winter and taking a kerosene lamp to the cupboard to find a bite to eat! Of course, he had to bring in the coal and cut the kindling and do all the other chores that a boy is supposed to do and not grumble. Of course, too, his teacher gave him home work, as if the home did not have enough for him, and as if eight hours out of twenty-four wasn't time enough spent at books. What surprises me is that even five remained. Suppose one of those little fellows that hid somewhere so that he wouldn't have to go to school went to sleep and didn't wake up for fifty years. He would rub his eyes and feel around for his books and slate. Then he would hear a queer hum from the street, and of course he would go out to investigate. Who can describe the shock to his mental faculties as he steps out on the concrete pavement, that ought to be brick, and beholds scores of heavy looking horseless vehicles racing by with the speed of a train? While he gazes in wide-eyed astonishment a roar from somc- where over head grows louder and louder. He looks up, and there a huge winged thing like a monster dragon-fly soars above his head. He knows he must be dreaming, but it's a bully dream all right, and down the street he goes. He stops to wait for a chance to cross, and hears from a store behind him, Strike two, ball one, batter out! Gee whiz! Wonder who those smart aleks are playing ball in a store? I guess I'll go and find out. So he enters and sees a group of boys crowded around a funny looking contraption that's talking. He looks for one of his pals but doesn't rec- ognize anyone in the crowd, so again he hurries out into the street and bumps into what he thinks is a circus girl with bobbed hair and bobbed skirt. The shock is too much for him, and he slips around the corner. We could go with him for the whole day and check up a new surprise for every five minutes except that it would take too long and get us nowhere. But I want to say this much, if he happened to reach 37th and Guernsey about 3:15 and saw that book-strap brigade of 500 file out, all the other surprises would sink into insignificance. School wouldn't seem such a bad place after all. And if he followed the boys to the athletic field and caught the spirit of the fans rooting for St. John's, he would say, If it is a dream, I hope I'll never wake up. Let me go to school with them! - ri vi ni fini Q Q Q Q Q n Q 1 Q 1 H I H P' IP 3 'U if U I-1 C11 Q-E Q Q Q Q 4 Q Q I i Q Q Q Q Q xioioiojujoioicrioie :o1o:o:o1oie:cx14n1f:cw:o14n10:111n:cv:o11x11r14:1a14n:4 1101010 njojoioioiojoia 4

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101411011 eo ---i-0-0---f-1--'-1--4-N ----b-' T H E L A M P A D I S T -0-'--'-ff-1'-0-1'-0--'-M ' 1880--1930 EVENTS OF 1930 SOCIAL AFFAIR On Thursday, December 19, the Senior Class sponsored a card party for the benefit of the athletic fund. The auditorium was artistfully decorated in the school colors. The majority of the large crowd assembled were occupied for the evening either at euchre, five hundred or bridge. For the benefit of those who could not play cards a tango game was in session. Prizes were awarded to those who held the highest scores. At the close of an enjoyable evening cakes were raffled off, and some who had not succeeded in winning prizes for the games were lucky enough to win cakes. -Josephine Halenar, '30. ARMISTICE DAY On the morning of November 11, .Armistice Day, the High School pupils and those of the more advanced grades were delightfully entertained in the Church Auditorium by some members of the American Legion. The well arranged program opened with a short address by Max Duga, a war veteran. Following this interesting talk, the American Legion quartet came out on the stage singing that old favorite war song, Over There . They gave us other songs still famous and held by many as sacred memories of those lamentable days, among these were, The Rose of No Man's Land, On the Banks of Brandywine, The Old Grey Mare and also K-K-K-Katie. Q The program ended with a very interesting talk on What Armistice Day Should Mean to Us, by John Lavalle, an old graduate of St. John's High School, who has recently been elected City Solicitor. We enjoyed the program very much, and I am sure that everyone present felt a glow of patriotic pride as he came from the auditorium with his mind filled with memories of the awful days of war in which men bravely made the supreme sacrifice for the sake of their country. -Henry Boiarski. SPAGHETTI BANQUET It is very unusual that a team is feted in midseason, but that is what happened to the St. John's squad. To say we enjoyed the banquet is hardly necessary. It was appreciated by each and every player. Everything was fine, everything from the spaghetti to the jokes offered by the speakers. You may hardly think so, but one learns many new things at these banquets. Sometimes the speakers are boresome and long-winded, still 01030 iuimuinioivinil It 1 10101014 1