Strong Vincent High School - Spokesman Yearbook (Erie, PA)

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tertainment on Lincoln’s and Washington’s birthdays. We also hope that at Strong Vincent, clubs will have certain meeting days which will not con- flict and that they will have programs which show some preparation and thought. Another idea of the past which might be translated into the present with great advantage is class rivalry. In former years every class had its colors, yells, entertainments, and teams and there was much spirited competition, while now there is only a friendly toleration. The Spokesman feels that there would be more progress by the school as a whole if the urge of competition were present. Strong Vincent will have her problems and only she will be able to solve them. Central has had her problems and only time and the lives of her graduates will tell how wisely they have been met. When the last di- ploma will have been distributed and the last few notes of “Central High” have floated out upon the air on June 20, 1930, her students will be sad at her passing, it is true, but they will rejoice at the happy completion of her truly wonderful life. With all their hearts, as a tribute they sing, “Long shall we love her, our Alma Mater, Central High!” J. A. 13

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twos and marched to music in military order from the school. It was the highest ambition of every freshie to “make” the Glee Club, the most im- portant activity. Organizations and extra-curricular activities always exert direct in- fluence on a school. No matter how small or insignificant a club may be, it has had some effect upon school life. Therefore a bird’s eye view of some of Central’s former activities and clubs will aid in creating an un- derstanding of her history. The growth of the school is reflected in her clubs. The musical and debating organizations are the only ones which have continued to be ac- tive from the very beginning to the present time. The other clubs were organized, lived for several years and then gradually ceased to function. After a while they were reorganized, perhaps with their name changed and purpose revised, and they again took their place in school activities. The history of the clubs is, for the most part, a con- stant organizing and reorganizing. For many years, literary societies were the most important cog in the school wheel but they have gone the way of the Eta Byte Pye Society and the Olympian Club, the purpose of which was to promote all around de- velopment and social service. After the school was moved to “Central School” the influence of the Girls’ Society was far reaching as was that of the Scientific Educational Bureau. The present French Club had its be- ginnings in 1922 under the title “La Cercle Fi'ancais.” In the early part of the twentieth century the Flask and Retort Club, organized to promote an interest in industrial chemistry, was active. The new Radio Club at Central this year was not the first, as a similar one ex- isted in 1922. The Sphinx Club, which was rather exclusive, and the John Club, composed only of boys named John, were two of the most amus- ing organizations. In 1912 the Spokesman conducted a campaign for a Dramatic Club and the result was the club which is active today. Until the war it was the custom of the senior class to go to Washington, D. C., in a body after commencement. A group called the Washington Club was re- sponsible for all arrangements pertaining to the trip. During the war, Erie High School had a large cadet corps, trained to a high degree of efficiency by a member of the faculty. The Y. W- C. A. and the Y. M. C. A. have always been represented by some organization at the school. At first the medium between the “Y” and the school was, the Girls’ order of the Sterling Yardstick which has since become the Girl Reserves. The boys have the Hi-Y Society. When a new school is organized some of the old clubs are discarded and new ones organized to take their place. Before doing this we hope that Strong Vincent will consider the clubs and activities of former days, and reject only the unworthy and impractical ones. There are many old organizations and customs which could profitably be renewed. For in- stance, until recently it was the custom of the Junior Class to give an en- 12

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