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Vol. XI. No. 32.

Senior Class to Graduate

on June 12 Fiftieth Gl'aduating Class

of 1926 Contains 332' ~Members

E. H. Jenks to Preach

Baccalaureate Sermon Be Next Sunday

Morning

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Diplomas will be given to 332 members of the class of 1926, the fiftieth class to be graduated from Central at the commencement exer­.cises to be held at the Technical high school auditorium June 12. The bac­c;alaureate sermon. will be delivered by the Rev. Edwin Hart Jenks, Sun­~ay at the First Presbyterian church.

Senior~ who will receive diplomas are:

Irene Jackson Francis Adwers

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GirlS:

Martha Jetter Hope Allen Mary C. Johnson Katherine Allen Ruth Johnson Ma·rths. Anderson Marion Johnston Doris L. Atack Elizabeth Jonas Helen C. Baker Dorcas Jones E I B ttl Lois Jorgensen In~~ y~att~es es Ruth Kaplan Elizabeth Bell Vel'a Kelley Helen Bethards Ruth Kendill Ellen Bishop Iris Kllgore Betty-Blackwell Helen Knapp Jane Bliss Helen Kobn Katherine Bloss

Ivian Krisel Marian Blumenthal uth Laird Evelyn Borsen race Larsen Linda Bradway laine Leeka Helen Butler aUline Lehmann Lqella Cannan barlotte Lentz Virginia Chamberlin orotby Llnabery Mildred Chappell

na Lintzman Lucille Christensen eresa Liverpool Evelyn Comp

ary Ellen Lucke Frances Cooksey elen McChesney Mary Cooper ladys McGaffln Marion Cosmey arab McKie Jean Cote

Catherin McNamara Ellen Craddock ~mth MMannlng Dorothy CraWford

a antel F . Cunningham ~ean Roberts Marjorie Davis L

uth Roberts Billie Mathews yle Robinson Helen Matous

Helen Robison Caroline May Hertha Rohwer Ruth Mendenhall Grace Rosenthal Elizabeth Mills Allice Runge Hazel Minkler Emily Rutter Serena Morg'an Alice Sablen Frances Morrison Dorothy Schad Frances D. Morrison LOUise. Schnauber Gladys Morrison M. Schneider Helen Oakford ~\I h S~br4&:er Wilda O'Hanlon

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EDITED WEEKLY BY THE JOURNALISM CLASSES, CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL

Senior President

EDW AND BROWN

Edward Brown '26, one of the famous "Funcaster Two," is the president of the fiftieth graduating class and is first lieutenant of Com­pany F. He also had the lead in the Road Sho;" comedy act.

Radio Class Leads in -Sale of Papers

With a sale of twice as many pa­'ers a,s there are pupils in room 140, .he Radio class went 200 per cent in .th e sale of the special h istorical is­sue of The W eekly Register on May 28. According to Clifford Macklin, circulation manager, this is the high­est rating of any homeroom.

The special issue is an eight page Jdition and is not included in the 'egular subscription. A sum of five

Junior Class Elects Tom Gannett Editor

of O-Book for 1927

OMAHA, NEBRASKA, MAY 28, 1926

Tom McCoy Virginia Chamberlin Wins First Prize in

Laundry Contest

PRICE FIVE CENTS

Student Manager

Tom Gannett '27 was chosen

Editor-in-chief of the 1927 O-Book at an election held in room 215 last Friday after school. The election was open to all juniors. This is the first year that the editor-in-chief has been elected before October or No­vem ber . of the senior year. The new plan will give the editor more time to examine· old annuals and decide upon the theme and organization of the O-Book.

to be Editor of Register

Ruth Ziev to Be Business Head-BoArd Selects

Staff

Tom McCoy '27 will be managing

Virginia Chamberlin was awarded

first prize in the laundry ad contest

conducted by the laundries and open

to high !lchool students . Seven other

girls received prizes, while Ruth

Ziev received a large basket of roses in appreciati9n of the 'work she has. .

Seniors to Get Various Pri~es

with Diplomas Dr. C. E. Allen to Deliver

Commencement Ad­dress

Program to Be Full

Tom is the president of the Junior Honor Society, and secretary of the Mathematics society. He represented Central in ,the Nebraska Academic Scholarship contest. He has also been selected as a reporter on The Weekly Register staff for the com-ing semester.

Mothers and Fathers of Seventeen Pupils

Are Central Alumni

editor and Ruth Ziev '27 business done in making the contest a ·success.

nanager of The Weekly Register for I Second prize, co-rel~:ed, was glve~ next semester. The appointments to Ruth Thomas and Ruth Dl\-hl,

while Zoe Lemon received third prize w ere made from the Journalism I I n the contest. Four one dollar prizes and Newswriting classes and accept- wer e given to Tobie Steinberg, Ruth ed by the Publication Board last Kaplan, Sophie Rosenstein, and D'or­W ednesday. Harriet Fair has been othy Monroe. selected as city edit or and Robert Thompson as sport editor. Luther Munson will be editorial writer.

L eila Bon, En-glish and advertising teachl'lr, was in charge of the C€ntral high school ads which were judged

The reportorial staff will consist according to their originality, appeal, of: Evelyn Simpson, Ida Tenenbaum, subject matter, and service. Tom Phillips, Cecelia .Bemis, Eleanor : , Bothwell, Morris Brick, Tom Gannett, I D . t' Th " Gertrude Marsh, Marjorie Gould, ecora IOn ,...eme Neva Heflin, Harriet Hicks, Sarah 1 of Senior Banquet Pickard, Lea Rosenbl.att, Jessie ~tirl- to Be Kept' Secret ing, Bernard Tebbms, Anazlllah }-laze, Georgene Rasmussen, an\l.

Seventeen' students in Central have Jane Warner. Dorothy Saxton and Shh-h ! Mum's the word! For not until 6 o'clock Monday evening will

mothers and fathers who were grad- Gretchen Goulding- will be the copy uated from Central. The two earl- readers and Adeline Brader and ies t graduates are Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Betty Steinberg proof readers: Woo(lland in 1897. . Paul Prentiss is circulation mana-

Mothers, &-8 of them, were grad u- agel' and Elaine Trahanes and Morris ated from Central. Some are , now Brick are staff secretaries. Madeline teaching, and some are working. Mrs. Saunders has been selec ted as index Clara Sanders was the earliest grad- secretary and uate in 1886. Only 12 mothers fin- and clipper. ished school in the eighteen hun-

Edith Cheff as r eader

dreds. D p." Fathers, who were gr~duated, ances, ICnICS

the seniors get ' one glimpse or sug­gestion as to the tl).eme or details. of the decorations for the senior ban­quet to be held at the Atbletic club. Helen Weir is in charge of tb e decor­ation committee.

Balloo-ns, predominating purple with fiftieth anniversary gold, mixed in with bits of every color as the modern conception of art, and futur .. istic design worked out to show how different the class of 1926 ' is from that of 1876, are just bare sugges-

. R" A, Van Orsdel Will Present piplomas

to Seniors

Central's fiftieth commencement

will be held Saturday, June 12, 1926,

at the Technical auditorium at 8

p. m. Dr. Clarence Eugene Allen ,

pastor of the First Methodist Episco­

pal church, will deliver the address. Ruth Ziev '27 was selected by Miss w1'll be The baccalaureate sermon

Leila Bon from the advertising class to be Central's student manager of held at the First Presbyterian church the Laundry Ad cOntest. She will be May 30 at 11 o'clock. business manager of The W eeldy The presentation of cadet certift-Register next year. cates will be given by William C.

Soap ,Will Appear in Soap Containers

Ramsey, chairman of. committee on

teachers and course of study; and

the invocalion by the Rev. Clinton

E. Ostrander. Diplomas will be pre-

sen ted by R. A. Van Orsdel, presi­Resulting partly from th e work of

the Central committee, soap will be dent of the Board of Education. The instal~d in CentTal's soap' containers. presentation of Susan Paxson Latin

"This action is really an experI- I awar(!s by Frank H. Woodland will ment ," states Principal Masters, "to follow. The Omaha World-He rald determine whether Central students prizes will be presented at this time. can use these re,ceptacles properly or A preliminary informal musical not. Boys especially are inclined to program will be given by the orches­abu~e these containers by marring tra under student directors; "Pro­them unnecessarily." cessional March" by Mendelsohn, number 35. The earliest date was I Are on Program

~893 when Dr. Georg~ ./ Gilbert fin- for Girls' Camp 1shed school. About seven fathers

tions as to the final appearance. Several mirrors will be purchased "Serenade" by Hose lli, "El Capian," Robert Rix is general chairman of from office fund s, and installed a march by Sousa will -be played.

der to pay the extra' cost of printing. dreds. - Dances, a banque,t, Sunday service n the woods, and a picnic supper in

the banquet. throughout the building. "Value of the Handicap" will be cents is collected in advance in or- gradu;tted during the eighteen hun I the groves are only a few of the fun Many Celebrities from King's to Movie Stars

the subject .of th e baccalaureate ser­mon by Dr. Edwin Hart Jenks.

Women's Temperance Union Institutes Fh'st producers in store for those plan- Visit Cenb'al During Past Fifty Years Senior's caps and gowns for the baccalaureate sermon will be given out at the First PNsbyterian church

Successful Lunch Counter at Cenb'al in 1897 ning to attend the Girls' Camp at Brewster from June 3 to 10. NOo

Crowned heads, United States Itral. From the capitol hill President at 10 a. m. in the church gymnasium B f b d f I I 19'10' Iff rules have been made, but camp will . ecause a mug 0 eer an a ree n , m pace 0 a group 0 . d th 1\" K' I I f th d'fi t' f I be run aCCOl ing to Miss Clara presidents, movIe stars, an 0 er :s.l' , In ey spo {e . or eel ca lOn 0 in ,the basement. The caps and gowns

lunch at the corner saloon on Twen- mana ers, the Cafeteria was given , I b 't' h . ·t d Id C tIthe lJ"'''s and "IrIs, voters and vot at" to be returned to the person in .. ' " ,. _ .t , Rrf'4Vflter,',tI r a ~Iations. ., , ce fI 1'1 ICS ave ' IS1 e 0 en ra. 1 ""'-' '" -

tieth and Dodge was not considered over to\ a sole manager, Miss Ethel Principal ~ sters wih be principal in be; half century Of' existence. ( ers' w(\ves. Willia:n Hov.Jard Taft, c arge after the II rmon, but all lien-the right kind of a lunch .for high Fullaway, who doled out nourish- peaker at th banque t to be held King Kulakua of the Sandwich ex-president and chairman of thl> io's will receive them again just be-

h I b . th '90' th W ' t' I t't' t h Wednesday a l-" o'clock. The !!uests fore the commencement exercises. Literary SOCI"etI"es sc 00 oys In e s, e omen s men marge quan lIes 0 ungry ' 'V ~ Islands, nows called Hawaii, arrived Red Cross central committee on Oct. Temperance Un1'on 1·nst1·tuted the first students for 11 years will be: Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Masters,

L d · A . in Omaha Jan. 21, 1875. This was 19, 1917 at 10 a. m. reviewed the ea In ctivities lunch counter at Central in 1897. Then in 1921, Miss Mabel Carter, Mr. and Mrs. J . H. Beveridge, Miss cadets on {he high school campus .. Jessie Towne. Miss Dorothy Sprague the first time that a crowned head

at Central in 1876 Although the lunch counter was the present head of the Cafeteri3l, Nil! speak fol' the teachers. The had come within the borders of the John G. Neihardt, Nebraska poet, --- started on a small scale, it was met came to take charge. H was nece;t twards will be announced to the in- l'ts under the auspicies of the January

What d'd th d th great republic slnce foundin g. senior class _of '25, gave readings 1 ey 0, ese grand- with such a bearty r esponse from the sary to enlarge the .seating capacity iivid, al and company winners ac- The royal party V1'sl'ted

parents of ours, 50 years ago in the t d t th t th the higb rom his famous book, "Songs of the s u en s a ere was soon no In 1923 and a dining-room for . 72 'cord g to the honor system. The

old high school on captiol hill? doubt that a cafeteria department in llass in camp craft will .have ~harge school during their stay in Omaha. ndian Wars." In 1922 the mid-What organizations, clubs, societies Central would prove successful. Thus was added. The present CafeterIa)f the banquet decorations. President Grant was guest of the year class presented Henry Lawrence did they begin and conduct? How in the following 29 years Centralltes seats 400, while 1,700 are served city Nov. 1, 1875. Mayor Samp~on Southwick, president of the Emerson

activitl"es 'th dailJ( during the two lunch periods, Th 1... • School of Oratory, Boston. Mr. those of modern CenCtOraml1?taerse of

Wt1he at noon have made wild dashes to and 13 women are employed daily to I an,I'. yOU! S. Chase introduced the president to Southwick gave reading!! from Sherl-

the cafeteria in the basement to ap-year 1926 ? prepare , serve the food, and clean the students and a large gathering dan 's comedy, "The Rivals."

Probably the most important, if not the most exciting, were the liter­ary !locieties, which are now entirely extinct. These societies were divid- ' ed, one chapter for every class. No lnention has been made of the pur­pose or work of the societies, indi­vid..:.ally, or as a group.

The high school Athletic associ­ation, somewhat on the order of the present day Student Association, held a foremost place in the school organ­izations. A Gymnasium aSSOCiation was also formed in the early days, but unlike the present Gym club, in­cluded both boys and girls.

Various sporting organizations for bOWling, cricketing, which took the place of modern football, lawn ten­nis, fencing, which came into vogue in 1887, and baseball were also 'in

pease those knawing pangs of hunger. The W eekly Registet staft of up on the high school grounds. In re-

that assails one about the time of . Central high schoOoI wishes to Thirteen cents was the sum for G t d 1 d "I 1 d Students to Pay Tuition

for Summer Session fifth hour. thank anyone who has aided in sponse ran ec are, am pease

which a very satisfying lunch could to stand beneath the shadow of this be bought in 1900, but considering the publication of this historical how the cost of living has advanced, issue of The W eekly Register. building which is so well calculated Centralites of '26 are getting a bar- W e especially extend thanks to to preJ)are yoU for useful occupation

Central Dramatists Form Organization

---/ dgoauinblteo tbheatabplre1'cteo. secure a lunch for, Membership in the Central High

Dr. H. A. Senter Charles Morearty Miss Jessi e Towne J. G. ]\{ asters

in life."

Summer school session begins Monday morning, June 14 and will end Au gust 6. Tuition is $12 for

President Rutherford B. Hayes and one subject, $15 for two subjects, wife came to the city Sept. 3, 1880 and $18 for three subjects. State a.nd visited Central. They climbed tuition for two months is $24.

Players, Central's newest dramatic -An interesting comparison of the organization, is open to any expres- devouring cal)acity of Centralites of sion student and to anyone who has '00 and '26, shows that sandwich es Mrs. Albert Gordon '76

Mrs. Fred McConnell '7 6 to the tower of the big red brick Th~ followIng are the subjects of-taken part in some outstanding pro. gram of the school. It will be limited through competitive tryouts which will be held about the first of Sep­tember.

"This is not a club," stated Miss Floy Smith, originator of the idea, "it is an organiza,tion for the produc· tion of plays only. Other high schools in the country have dramatic clubs, but this is strictly an organization."

then as now w ere the most in de-mand. While ranking next was cake, since students of both times were de­privEld of delecatable candy.

Mrs . S. F. Woed ridge '76 building to obtain the best view of fered: English II to VII and possibly Mrs. A. Rosenberg ' 76 the surrounding country. English I; algebra T, IT, III; geOom-Ida Goodman '76. Presidents William Harrison and etry I and II and possibly trignom-

!...--------------~ . William McKinley, also visited Cen- etry or solid geometry; European

McCague Family Has Most Members to Graduate from Central; history I, II, III; American history I , II; civics and modern problems; Latin II and IV and possibly Latin I and III; maybe French I, II, II, and

Kiewit Family Is Second Highest; Years Range from 1876 to 1927

A son or daughter in Central for in '91 and is now a member of the 11924, is the KiewIt family, whose IV; possibly two classes in typewrit­every semester since 18t6 is th~ com- McCague Investment company. His first member now deceased, Miss ing.

progress. Music department organizations "Spooks," Broadway's latest mys-

were not in existence in the early tery comedy wil~ be the first play to d be presented. "Captain Applejack,"

bin ed record of two families, the son, Thomas Field McCague, was Elizabeth D. Kiewit, was graduated All summer school students will McCagues and the Kiewits. graduated in 1921, and his daughter, from Central in 1881. meet in the auditorium Monday

ays, the school depending on talent, "L' ht · ""Y and I ." and outside trai i d I 19 mng, ou

n ng, an vo unteers for "Mary III" will be given later. musical numbers on programs. In ' 1887, someone suggested that an or­chestra be organized wfthin the school to furnish music for the June

Cadets Leave June 2 fOl' Cadet Encampment

The honor of having the most peo- Dorothy McCag ue '28, is one of the Miss Adela Kiewit, a sister of morning after the close of school, at pIe in one family, 'all being graduat~ pr sent generation at Central. Elizabeth Kiewit, w~cretary and 7: 30 a. m . ed from Central high school, goes to Miss Anna C. McCague, who was r egistrar at Central for 24 years. I

th e McCague family whose gradu- graduated in 1907; Miss Henrietta She died five years ago. aUon from Central began in 1876 B. McCague '10; and Laurence M. The following are the 11 nieces and will end in the far future. McCague '13, ar the children of and nephews of the two Miss Kie­

In 1 854 the Rev. Thomas and· Thomas H. McCague. John L. Mc- wits, graduat s of Central: Miss

Pupils Hold E 'cursions in Social Science Work

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r<entral High School

Henrietta McCague were married and Cague, who was graduated in '06; Elizabeth G. Kiewit, history teacher, A round of excursions are being About 400 cadets will embark journeyed as missionaries to Egypt. Mrs. Mary McCague Aldrich, of Chi- atj::entral; and her brother, Wllliam held to finish up the year by the soc­

trom the Union Pacific s tation Wed- where Margaret and John L. Mc- cago, Ill., '08 ; Robert A. McCague Kiewit, living in Lincoln, Neb. al science department. Miss Autumn

Central Platoon Receives Trophy

in Drill Maneuver Performing almost perfectly be.

fore Major-general B. A. Poore ·and. )ther prominent army officers, the '::entral high school crack platoon headed by Lieutenant-colonel Leav­tt Scofield, was awarded a large bronze and silver trophy by the Oma­la unit of the R eserve Officers' as-sociation as a result of their win-ning a competitive drill maneuver at the first annual military field day to be held by the ' Creighton R. O. T . C. last Tuesday at the Creighton field.

The drill was the final event of a lUmber of military "stunts." Abra­ham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson high schools of Council Bluffs were epresented by one platoon ot the

Jest drillers from both schools. ~reigh ton Prep and Central were the )ther schools to enter crack platoons. Central was the only independent nilitary organization present as the Jouncil Bluffs and Creighton high chools are units of the Reserve Offi­

,ers Training Corps. Judges of the drill- were Captain

;::. L. Rutledge, Captain H. B. Wheel-3r, and Lieutenant W . R. McKay, all )f the Seventeenth Infantry. Promi­nent military m en and civilians pres­ent were : Major-general George B. Duncan, retired seventh corps area commander; Major-general M. A. Tinley of Council Bluffs; Brigadier­general A. W. Bjornstadt; Father W. J. Grace, president of Creighton; lnd Mayors Dahlman of Omaha, and }reen of Council Bluffs.

Is on Approved List nesday afternoon, June 2, to th e Cague were born. The parents and '10 are the children of John L. Mc- Appearing in order of their gradu- Davies, head of the department, con-

two children, in the early sixties, re- Cague. ation are Ethel G. Kiewit, music ducted one last Saturday to the Classes in Harmony annual cadet encampment at Valley, N braska, according to F. H. Gul­gard, commandant. Friday, June 11, wlll be Visitors' day at the caml) and the cadets will "break camp". the followin g Saturday morning . and return to Omaha.

turned to America, co~ing to Omaha Miss Cynthia McCague, wife of t eacher at Saunders school; and her Grain Excbange and also to Logan to Give Musical Tea Central high school is on the ap­

proved list of secondary schools of the North Central Association of col-leges and secondary schools. For the period beginning March 19, 1926 and ending March 24, 1927, C ntral has been continuously recognized by the association since 1905, according to the certificate received las t week at Central.

The schedule will not differ much from those of preceding years . A greater allowance has been set aside for food, and a permanent sanitary kitchen has been made.

where Mar~aret entered Central Principal J o n McMillan of North brothers, F red Kiewit of Grand and Byran's W r e stocks wer e ex-high school. John, who had been , high school and dau ghter of John I sland, Neb.; George Kiewit of Cali- plained and tickers viewedl afflicted with eye trouble contracted McCague, attend d Central. Her two fornia; Ralph W. Ki wit, and P eter Miss Ethel J. Spaulding , t eacher in Egypt, could not enter school. children, Mary '28 and John '29, now Kiewit; members of the PteI' K1e- in th department, took a group to

Margaret McCague, now Mrs. Gor. attend Central. wit's Sons firm, contractors and the Deaf institute on Tuesday while don of Cleveland, was gracl.uat d The two children of Mrs. Joanna bullders, in Omaha; and a younger yesterday and today classes are being from Central In 1876. Her brothers, McCague' McCullock are James H. sister, Alice Ki wit, who was gradu- taken to the naturalization courts. Wllliam 1. McCague and Thomas H. McCullock, who was graduated in ated in '23, . and is now a junior at An excursion to the Hen Biscuit McCague, were graduated in '68 and '05, and Wllliam J. McCullocl{ wbo th e University of N braska. company is to be held the week fol-'8'1 respectively. Two sisters of Mrs. was graduated in '08, and is now Mabel Ki wit, now Mrs. Earl Clark lowing examinations.

The first annual musical tea will. be given by members of the harmony classes in Central auditorium this afternoon at 2 o'clock, followed by a program at 3 in which various stu­dents will play original compositions composed as class work projects.

Tea wlll be served in 240 to stu­dents and their friends by the junior girls under Mrs. Swanson.

Clubs enabling students to unGer-Gordon, Mrs. Joanna ·McCague Mc- with his mother in San Diego, Cal. of California; and her sister s, Mal'-

Aprons were not compulsory for Hugh Hickox was el~cted next Cullock of San Diego, Cal. was grad- Edward Marples, of the class of '12, garet Ki wit, who is graduating from chemistry students in bygone days of year's chairman of Central commit- uated in '87, and Miss Lydia S. Mc- is in Chicago, Ill., with his mother, the University of Omaha in June; laboratory work. Moth r-hubbard tee at tbe last meeting of' the year Cagu in '88; while George S. Mc- Mrs. Anna McCague Marples. and Roberta Kiewit, who will finish dresses or aprons and pinafores were held last Friday after scl /ool in room Cag,ue, a brother was graduated Gertrude Marsh '27 is a cousin of her sophomore year at the University the only protection from acids. To- 118. Tom Gannett was rosen secre- in '89. the McMillan children; her uncle is of Omaha in June, nd who plans to day, student Ar r lired to have tary, and Georgene Ra mussen be- The last of this generation to be John McCague. enter Grinnell college next Sept m-long (l, fu do h aprons for Cd-me sergeant-at-arms f the comit- graduated from Central was Brower The sec est family in Cen- ber make up anot er branch ot the

ry 1 t fl . ElIlot McCague who was graduat d tral hi gh chOOl ating from 1881 to Kiewit family.

sland and take greater int rests in Painted scarfs, mottoes, decorated certain subj cts are drawing more boxes, and ships on silk are exhib­and more Centralites into their ited in the trophy case on the east midst. Le Cercle Francais, Reyna side. The work was made by the Spanish club, Mathematics society, students of the art department un­Radio club, Gym club, and Business der the direction of Miss Mjty An-club are all growin g rapidly. good, art teacher.

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History' Shows Growth of, Central , Since 1 B 58; r' , • ,'I

, Has Be~nning as D~partment of Grad~ Schbol .. 1 , • I )0;, 'W

Schoo.l Finds Present 'Home after Housing in th; Grade Schoo), Church 'Basemen~" "'.", ," ,Hamilton Heuse, Church Buil4ing,. Territorial Capitol" Red,

Brick, Buil~ing '" ~,

Fifty years have rolled by since ,any' purp,ose; therefore" be it ena.ct- 1911-14; Clayton E. Reed, 1914-15; the first commenc'ementat Central, ed-. " ) ' Joseph G, Masters"1915. " and u'pholdlng the noble traditions <taverna}, ;rh~~e! preliared and Organizations have, never been of early, daYIl, she has developed fro,m signed the deed.~, To " com~euio"rate lacking at ,Centrat~ They have in­a small 'sehool to ' a well-organized this transferen()e, a tabl~t was ' etec~- creased In· number, a few dying out and progressive institution, attended ed in the cente,r arch of ~he east ~il-' ,.nd many sp.rlnglng up In ,place'" New by 2,100 students. , trance ,or the present buUdln'g' by 'the departments have come· into exlst-

The first Omaha high school was class of 1910'. " " ence glvi~g ilicreaslng opportunities founded In 1858 as a department In' Untll 1872 the ,olciI' . capitol ' wall to the student. ' a grade school then located on Ninth used, bU,t at that date ft wa~ demol- The library is 11 yearS' old ~ , It street, between Douglas and Farnam, Islled , and ,iI. re,d brick build~ng, was was in , i885 that the manual tra1n­The first instructor was , Howard erected in Its . place. The edifice, Ing department was fOJ;'med. · r:t:he Kennedy, founder of the present famo~s for 'its tall, Qr1ck to-wer and b,and was organized In 1902 . .. school system. Later, the high huge bell; was com'pleted at a- cost Student activIties have. beeJl, 'num-school was held In th.e basements ot of I!-' quarter ota million. erous. The ' Regiment' ha,s had '~ 34' the Congregational and Baptist ' Originally , the high sch091 . build- years ot successful work. C~\ O.~: C. churches, in the Hamilton house, and ing was much larger than nece"ssai-y w~s organized for tl:\e two-fold pur- , in a church building on FIfteenth for hIgh schOOl . , enrO'llm~nt. T,h'e ppse of service to the school ahd to street. Board 'Of Education maintained In the Regiment. The Student Associ-

Old capitol hill where the Terri- the building a grade schqol known as 'ation was ' founded in the fall of 1912 torlal state house had stood from Central ~cliool. Tlie schOOl, exlste~ to pl;Q.vide a reg'ular, athletic fund. 1855-57 and the Territorial capitol for 15 years, but finally In 188.7 I~ The Road Show, previously presenteji from 1857-67, was deeded by the was founq necessary to transfer the by the. Athletic board" wa~ taken action of the Nebraska state legisla- seventh and eighth grades tr am the over by the C. O. C. nine yea\s ago. ture to the city of Omaha for educa- high- school ' bull ding to" another In 1911 tqe first se:p,-Ior play was tional purpooes in April, 1869. Th~ place. given, act of the legislature provided for a Public opInion , was treely ex- Debating and literary societies ' board of regents to have manage- presse!! about the state of atrali's. In were popul~r Ip. the 'early ,days ; at ment over the building. 1891 when the building was crowded Central, The Student;..... Council, a

The legal document setting forth with 1,06i) studen'ts, the Supreme forerunner of the Student ' Control, the reasons for such enactment is In' Court ruled exclusion of grades be-- mad~ its , appearance in" ' l91 l ; the the original words as follows: low the high scliool. Speakers' Bureau, 1921; Central

Whereas, The capitol grounds Later the need of ' a much larger comm-lttee, 1924; and an endless heretofore occupied by the State of structure was felt, and the red brick numb,er of departmental organiza­Nebraska were originally conveyed building was torn dowrl in 1900,' tions have come Into ·existence. The to the Territory of Nebraska by saId I The modern 'building . erected at a voice O[ Omaha Central KOCH, was City of Omaha; and cost of $865,,250 was completed No- first heard in 1923. \

Whereas, After the erection of a, vember, ,1912. Two months before Among the publications of Central capitol building thereon had been the completion of the new building, are the Annual, the Register; and commenced by the government of the the CQmmer<le high school, now the Purple and Whit~ Handbook. United States, the appropriation Technical high, which had previously The Annual was named O-Book in therefore was found to be insuffic- been a part of Central, was tr8on8- 1922. ,The Register has developed ient; and ferred to the location on Leaven- from a four-page paper Issued once

Whereas, After the susp~nsion of worth street. In two weeks for 50 cents a yea~ to a. the construction of said buildings' The original plan of study was a ' four-page, seven column publication lor the reason aforesaid the people, six year course admitting ' to the' issued weekly. The Purple and White I of the said City of Omaha contrib- second year in college. Mathematics, Handbook giving complete informa­uted the sum of sixty thousand dol- ancient and ' American hia..tory, tlon aDout Central was "flrst pub-lars to complete the same; and science~ @ond, rhetoric were taught. lished in the fall of 1924., '

Whereas, The said capitol building .John H. Kellam was the first prin- Central has m;1de high scholastic has ceased to use said capitol cipal , of' Central from 1871-75. Oth- records in competitive examinations grounds' and buildings for the ob- ers who fiHed this position ' aJ;'e: J)f every type. The Beta chapter of jects originally contemplated; .and W. H. Merritt, 1876-77; C. H. Craw- the National Honor ,SOCiety was es-

Whereas, The said 'capitol building ford, 1877-81;' Charles D. Hlne, tabllshed , at CentFal in 1921. .. The is now In a condition to require the 1881-82; Homer p, Lewis, 1882-96; three chapters of the Junior Honor expenditure of a large sum o( mo~1ey Irvin Levlston, 1896-99; A. ~a- Society, an Origin.a~ Central Instltu- , before the ~aid butl,d'ing can be sa e- terhouse, ~899-19:08; E. 'U~ ) Graff, tiom, came into exi$tence throti~h the ly use<,l. by the State of Nebraska fr 1908-11; Miss KateA. ~cHugh, efforts' of Prlnclp\ll J. G. Masters. '

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This picture shows Central high before badge campus was covered with many trees and had a gra

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street was cut down about five years ago. The dual slope.

This Is .. picture of the modern 'OU;l1Ql:n~ or Central. It was 'P[IOt,ogral~m~!1 \11ras flrlt publ1lbed in tbe 1924 O-Book. back,round of the

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,This pi'cture shows the old red brick building ~f -" Centr~l J:l,nlshed in 1872 at a cost of a quarter 9t a mllIion. The building was tamous for its tall brick , tower.

, The picture of ' the west hall and stairway qf the old stl\.te house when it was the 'first O'inaha"hlgh school. was taken by Dr, H. A. Senter In 1899. Th~s four tlight walnut staircase was tlie main stairway. It was down these curving;- banisters that the boys used to 'slide and 'frequently drop a dummy to frighten the girls. . .,." ~ ,/.. .

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This picture shows the modern! building lof Central high nearing completion. The last wing which Includes the auditorium is under ' construction. The entir.e. structure was finished in 1912.

The first unit O,r , east wing of the present high schoul building, showing in\ the background the roof and tower of the old ' red brick bulJding before its destruction. 'Thi s ,wing was completed In 1901.

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. Above: Th~ old court hOUse, built in 1858, is building surrol,lUde~ by tJ;ee8 'In the lower lett band corner. The red brick building, on the hill in the hAAe.It,ir'rtm Is the flrSt Olll\lb.a MgII. sChool bullAt-- ted for itl tower and bell, ' which was erected in 1872. ' '" {--. no

Below: The Nebraska territorial capitol, built 1867, located on the ~~nds now occupied by the present Iligh school bullding, which were deeded in 69 by the Nebraska IIta , legtalatulle for educational purposes. \

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, . THE REGISTER-OMAHA CENTRAL HIG:H S-CHP'OL

,Central's Prinlipal ~

~F 6mier Pupils Write Letters

tQ Centralites

Mein~ers ;of Graduating ,Oass of l8 7 6 Commencement , E~e~cises in • 7 6

:Six Girls in Class of 1876 Send Reminiscences

of High Schoql

Several Are 'Missing

tGraduates Tell of EveRtS of Gradliation 'from

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Who were the graduates of 1876 rand wher~' are they now? " •

'Reminiscences from six of

Principal J. G. Masters came. to

Central high school as principal in

1915. ,Before coming here, Mr. Mas­

ters was principal of the high school

Are~ Beautiful Herald Prints Account of

Interesting Graduation of First CI8ss , ,

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Flags, Banners, Evergreens Decorate Auditorium

and Stage --,-

Commencement! Fifty years a,o. the same as today. the ~graduatlon eX!lrcises were beautiful and inter­esting according to the account printed In The HerAld. June 30. "'1876.

Jpsep~ F. ~o01.ery has taught in "The auditorium a~d the s~~CiOU8

Central sin<!e 1895, and became as- stage had been garlanded and fes­

sistant principal in 1903. Before tooned with evergreens and flower.

girls jn ' the class of 1876, who' naw .live in various parts of the country. tell about the high school. the IItud-1es, the social Ufe, and tlieir own 'life <since leaving school. No ,tr,ce of 'the two boys, Alfred Ramsay and :Henry Currie, could, be found. Three 'Of the girls;, Bi'llnche Deuel, Addie 'Gladfltone. and Stacia Crowley , are

Top row-Esther 'Jacobs; eUa Lehmer, Fannie Wilson, Mar~aret McCague, Bertha Isaacs, ~ ·deceased. , Blanche Deuel: I , in Tulsa, Okla,.

jOining the faculty, he was profe'ssor

of ancient languages at Cotner col­

lege, Lincoln. Neb.

and beautified more with grAceful flags . and banners and appropriately decorated pictures. The ' house wall filled with a glorious human bouquet made bright in white tArletan and tasty trimmings, and long before

. , ' Margaret McCague, now Mrs. Al- .. Front , row-Addie Gladstone, Stacia C'rowley, Ida Goodman. ibert Gordon living in Cleveland, 0:. =====================::;==;;==;:========~=====~=========;::==============================~ ..... = 'Writes the following letter:

Three Generations of Gordons i "Before me lies a yellowed copy of a program of the graduating exer­cises and folded within I find a bit uf blue ribbon, the class badge with the motto, "Esse , quam videri," (to be rather than to seem). It seems but yesterday so vivid are the ' re­membrances of 'the time when the long looked-for day of graduation

'came, the--to us-eventful Jl'xne 22, 1876. '

"It was not a large class, nine girls and two boys. A large number o~ students of varying . and ~e/rees ~f preparation, , in the new high school building, com­pleted in the summer of 1872, folir years before the f\rst class -received 'dipJOIpas. . . '. . .

"Omaha was then 'a . 1l.0urishin,g alttle city of about 15,000 or 20,000 in population. ,Its rapid growth had delayed educational ' facilities so the students who entered the first class 'Were not all able to remain the en­tire four years, business , and home duties, as well as other educational

Girls Don Graduation Gowns

institutions necessarHy claimiIrg Top row: Jeannette Zimmerman,Charlotte Heyn, Betty Furth.

Old Photograph Suggests Poem

About Graduates Thoughts suggested by a photo­

graphot the high' school _ graduates , -of 1876 '\YrltteI1: In the, autograph b~ok of Ida Goodman '76 by Profes· . . sot J. H. Kellorn. ' The bards of Greece In anCient time Before a p'oem or a s~ng. ' Invoked the aid of "Muses Nine" Whose honie was on Mount Helicon.

Grouped in a photograph so fine, Nine girls or ladies now, alas! ' Recall the days of Auld Lang, Syne When all w~re 'members of my class.

The bell, the hill, the high 'school there

The lessons, books, and girlish tricks. Renew the joy,' the toll, the care. Fair graduates of seventy-six.

their attention; so many left befo~ Front row: Esther JOInes, Lois Jorgensen. -==================;==============::== ' But while I gaze my heart grows sad ,graduation. _

"In those early da1.s when Costume' ConStruCtion class of '76, did you say? How time I That one so pure and young in years much loved PrOf. J. H. Kellom, the Class Finds Dresses doth fly! Has 1 ft the group ~nd now is g~ llrst Principal, ~ught his pupiis in '. , ' ... "Going , to a hidden corner Of'l~~~' .A~~.ve, ,:w,~il~ 'Y,6 r~IIl,~!n Mtl!-.. l.~I.'s ,,,, _ ,,' ~he Ihn'~t~cf clasiiroom,"J)ut mile "tim'e Long trailing white cheese cloth bookcase; I tiJ,ke down a prec ou" , I ' "', was given .. to fechnic~l and manual iresses mad~ to represent the dress- s~uvenir ~ 1876-my autograph al- AS, fades the day and falls the dew trainmg: ~he equipment , was too 'es of the first, graduationg class. at bum. Yes, th~se,' books were very , As 'leaves that vanish in the 'blast meager and finances top limited. ,Pro- Central were recently found by the ' much i~ styl,e 60 ' year~ ago. The This group dissolves-not one but feBBor Kellom, who had accepte,d .:a costume construction class of Miss cover is leather, much worn, and, the 1)ositlon in a farther western state, Chloe Stockard, acting head of the leaves are yellow with-what? two, 'Was ,Bucceeded by Professor , Merrit~, householdyarts department: "It is not the cover nor the dlscol- Next three, then fOur, and so the and his assistant, Professor ' Dodge, The six costumes w~re discovered ored pages that attract me now. It ' last. just graduated, from Harvard. ' Both Qne day by the class whlle they were Is the section devoted to the class of

~ r h '7ti'. ' Here is a b' eautiful spray of N Id d th th were earnest teac ers. Under their cleaning up and arranging the cos- , ow a an e 0 er seven, ,.supervision the members o.f the first tumes~ in ' tiie costume room. They flowers done In water colors by Fan- A t~'a.cher's blessing Ol!. 'y,ou ' @.ll, :clASS received their diploJp,as." are the exact duplicates from the or- nie Wilson. ', Esther jacobs has Writ- Unbroken be your Band in, Heaven ~ E t t f I ten words ' of good wish"s tor my fu~ x rac s rom a etter from Esther iginal pi,ctures and were ' made about '" <

. t M t M -. When last is heard the truII}ll.!:.'t's call. now married and U~ing in five years ago for a play. ' ure, argare cuague urges rp.e ....... ~~b·v ' tell of the high school at the There were ,nine girls who were to learn to labor and walt:

she was a ,student !lere. graduated in the class of 1876, but "So each '''15age brings to mind "When I went to school, It was only six dresses were made. memories, of the good old days of '76

the Omaha high school con.. when the gates of opportunity were ,of one large roo:m, two .reci- took 'In succession algebra, geometry, just beginning to open for ,each' of rooms" ~nd a physical and trigonometery: and: analytical geom- us, showing wonderful views of life,

I'''''U&\; .. , labor~tory: ,W~ had a: larg;e etry in mathematics; Aesops Fabl~s, it,s pleasu,res, and its work." lU'LU'"'UIUl where, enterta,nments , Caesar, Cicero, extracts from Ovid Bertha Isaacs McConnell sends

schools were held. We also had and the Aeneid in Latin; ancient his- the ' following communication from in fact, 'we tory and general history followed by Pasadena, Cat:: '

wonderful civil government; physical geogra- "I am glad' to send my most cor­

, ie Wilson, also , m~rried and , "

~.p}aha, gives facts about . , f the flrst graduating

building was In ,t.h grade principal,

empered, and a,s the , high

dial ' greetrngs to the remaining mem-phy, rhetoriC, ,then selecteeJ, readings < .....

including several plays of Shakes- bers of the class of '76 as well as to and English} l1terature. In the alumni of the years that have

science we took iiotany, natural followed. AII\ong the latter I am lhilosophy, geology, meteorolligy, as- proud to group my own sons and ,ronomy, and chemistry. daughters. .

"We had at one time a speolal "It is a far cry to '76 but they ,eacher of pe~manship,\ .who paid: ,were happ'y school days. The school Ciaily visits. He was quite a dandy, was small, the teachers capabl'e and and when he wore white duck trou's- 'kind, and Hie friendships made there

boys made him useful as a were deep and lasting. , ~.he old red

~~~~~~~~~. brick building with its fine central ~ class rings, designed by tower domlna~lng the iandscape for

bearing tIie letters 'many miles stands out in one's ~m­enamel with the H ory as a picture to he cherished 'as a

7 and 6. part of the formative days of dear dance fOllowed old Omaha." ,

graquation and

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Dean of'_Girls

Miss Jessie Towne, assistant' prin­cipal and dean of girls, came to Cen­,ral high school in , 1896 to teach English and Latin. ' In 1'916, she )ecame dean of grrls and in 1924, .Bsistant principal. (Before \ teach~ ng In C,entral, she studied music,

playing the organ for church choirs.) . r

alumni as~oci­

unable to sup­\n\lmll>er ~of gradu­

was small. an Omaha

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Our definition of success is-M~ney honestly earned by , giving ~atisfaetion to o,thers.

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That our efforts to please, meet public approval, is evldenced by a continual growth~

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About July 1st ·we move to our newbuil~ng at 2014 St. Mary's Ave. '

{'Make our.. telephone wire your wash line."

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half oOf those who desired to gain ad-

Who Attended Central High School mission had succeeded, it became neces~ary to place guards- at the main entrances to resist further ingress,

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"The old high school building had all it could hold. It was full, and further sitting room, or at&ndinc room, or even hanging room, was out of the question. But despite the jam and crush and intense heat, the at­traction was so powerful in its mag­netisrp. that those who had secured places held them and exhibited en­durance to see the exhibition.

"The entire program, quite .. lengthy one, was carried ou~n all its details, and the result was an un­qualified and delightful success, and all these connected with the exercise~ din themsel.,ves much credit. Pro­fessor Merritt, assisted by Profess'or DOodge, In tlie general conduct of the affair, and Professor Decker, in charge of the music, succeeded, just

as they always do, admirably well."

Grandfather, Father, / Fred Gordon" the third generation, Son Attend Central is a member of this year's gIidu-

, Then tolowed an account of , the 11 essays, two oration.,

little plays, and a class ·song. " --- ating senior class. He has atten!j.ed "-'Threegei;erati~~s ' of Ce'iitraiites'-i~ ' C~~t~;:rf~; 't;~-';~~;;' -' ifa-;i~~'--' at-

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the record of 'the Gordon ' family: Fred A. Gordon, a member of the class of 1816 of .' the Omaha high school, Frank A. Gordon of the class

paper '\Ylllhe4 the graduates that "this their commencemnt in life so brightly, may ultimate' in a glorious and happy ending."

of 1904, and Fred Gordon of the ' ion Gordon, class of 1926. 1927. When 70U pack Jour trnnk

for your ',,~r vacation , "I enterell tp.e high school on the day It'opened," Bahi Fred A, Gordon, "We had quite a ceiebration on tha~ day be<;.ause it was the first real school building we had. All the other classes had been held in church basements, ap.d other such places. Mr. Gordon' was not graduated w th hi. class but left ' schoo1 in his junior year to join the Union Pacific rail­road, "In those days it was quite ( a thing to ,be a railroad' man," he re­pliea with 'a ' laugh. '

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"My brother and I both went here;" saId Frank A, Gordon when inter­viewed. "He was of the class of 1.902 and I of 1904 but neither of us graduated . He' left school ' in 1902 to join the U. P. Railroad, and I left in 1903 to.take p- surveying,"

FRANCIS POTTER TeMher of

Ba.n,jo, Mandolln, Guitar, and 'lJk:aWe . ,

STUDIO, SANJ'ORD HOTIlL OHAllA., IDmB.

Ask Any / Man of 50

-what he thinks ot regular saving.

One of the fallacies of young people is the belief that pleas­ure.can be bought just as clqth­ing or footwear.

But the spending of money is merely Incidental to the joy of living and often a dollar saved brings more pleasure than the same doUar if-spent in an effort to buy happiness.

The man of 60 knows that happiness depends to some de­gree on avoiding the difficulties and vexations of ,life. Especial­Iy ,valuable is a savings reserve when trouble comes. ..

Come In and let, us tell you about our melllberspip plan for aaving regularly.

4% Dividends Ann~J . ' Pa)'ble ' QUarterly

ABBetts _________ '20,1540,000 Reserve Fund -----..:.~,1500

Graduation gifts" one of the great­est JOYs of being graduated! Can yoU imagine the' time when no presents were given in honor ' of that memor­'able day in June when the Idiplomas are given out?

Fifty years ago, In the days of braids and long, flowing skirts, the sweet girl graduates each received ), bouquet of Howers, usually present­

~ed by her parents. The boys, not car-ng to receive fiowers, got nothing at l.Il. i

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EDITORIAL I '

IN THE DAYS OF '7fk

The Squeak column is an institu­tion at Central, something llke the Central-Tech tootball game. However, it has enjoyed as many changes of nallle as any beautiful movie star. First it ~as called Selected Smiles, then Squibs. later Squawks. Now we call it Central Squeaks. Here are a few samples ot what our alumni laughed at:

Wanted-A /sharp saw to sever the 11011' growing mustaches ot· ,several well-known high school lads .

March '88 .

A minister, dining with an editor and observing the scant table, asked a blessing as follows: "Lord, mate us thankful for what we are 'about to receive, and strengthen us to journey home after we have received it."

February '92.

In School: "How many mills make a cent?" \ Johnny: "None of 'em. Pa says

they're all losing money." May ' 9%.

Mother: "Bobbie, do you love your teacher? "

Bobbie: '~Yes, ma'am." From frizzed "fronts" to Peter Pan 'bobs, from literary Mother : "And why do ' you

societies to the Radio club, from church basements to a beautiful, her?" love

imposing building, 1876 to 1926, 50 long, golden years of Central Bobble: "Because the Bible says history, history that should be the most interesting in all the we must love our enemies." world to true Centralites. . December '93.

In June, 1876, the first graduating seniors read their e'8says on reforming the world and left Central. Since tlien 100 cla,sses of varying sizes and compositions and ambitions for the future have solemnly received diplomas and, as the valedictorians gener­ally say, "gone out into the great world." But there is always something more vitally interesting in the first of anything than in any of its successors, something of the very human interest in

A tragedy in three acts. Act I: Maid one Act II: , Maid won Act III: Made one.

r- November '96.

pioneering. Let's take a look at the C.entral of 50 years ago: When all my thoughts in Vaij1 are In the first place, the buildings stood on t,he present .. site of t~unk,

Central, although that was much higher in the air than it is now. When all my winks' in vain are wunk, This building was referred. to in awed tones as "the one with the What saves ine trom a rooky fluI\k? mansard roof" and it also sported a tall bell tower. It was red \My pony. January '96. brick and was. a very fine one for the time. . ---

As for the Centralites of 50 years ago, who are probably An old lady, beiI!g late at church, much more interesting than the building, they were very much entered as the congregation :was the same as Centralites of 1926. Most likely they had the same rising to sing. little objections to studying and suffered in eighth hours just as "Oh," she said, courtesying, "d_on't we 00. What if they wore clothes that trailed on the floor, and get up on my account."

. ~t~t:~~~¢l'i~n~/~nIr:.~~~;~es'::*!=n~~~s~~~~~h~~~:;. _ .. _._ ...... ' ... _~ .~~~~,h _:~.7~ _ pride of school. . I Evolution

So three cheers for the Centralif'es of '76 and the spirit of '76. Rags make paper. Thus was laid the foundations lor the fine Central of today. Paper makes money.

Riddle: When did Central have no jokes about freshmen? Answer: In 1872, because freshmen were the one thing there,

was nothing else bllt.

THE VISION. BEAUTIFUL

"Following the pream" may be bosh and "Witheut vision the people die" may be sheer and sentimental nonsense, but the 50 years of Central history can stand out as glowing proofs that there is, so to speak, "something in it."

Central as a school has always followed an ideal and tried to

Money makes banks. Banks make loans. Loans make poverty. Poverty makes rags .

Septem\er '03:

Girls faults are many, Boys have only two-­Everything they say And everything they do.

October '03.

Tomdix: ' "Where are you going to live up to it. She has stood for certain things, high scholarship, send your son to school?" honesty', fair play, self-respect, progress, and tried to carry them Howso : "To some good agricul­out in her deeds and in her students. tural college. ".

The years since the first seniors were fr'eshies have brought a fine fulfillment of all these things. Central has won three 'co~;;~~~: "Why an agricultural Nebraska Academic Scholarship contests' with a huge majority. 1 . Her teams in athletics and scholarship have won their .victories . Howso : "I take It that an agrl"cul­with square games and honest effort. She has taught her stu- tural college possesses superior facil­dents to be proud that they are Centralites and to be worthy of lties foz: sowing wl1d oats.''' . • their school. She has carried her conquering banners into many January '9'6. other fields, music, commerce, debate, journalism, and emerged with credit in all of them. ~, '

All of these things that Central stands for can be summed up in "Central spirit," and this spirit is the finest gift the 50 years have brought us.

I Well anyway, 50 years have at last brought Central some soap

containers. Now her children have good reason for rejoicing.

Considering the two facts that democracy is based on the majority and that there is an astounding number of yellow slick­ers in Central this spring, shouldn't everyone be glad we've had some rain? . \

HOKUS-POKUS! PRESTO!

I Teacher : "DesctIbe a rabbit." Boy: "A r~l>bit is an animal with

long ears and an dntedote." Teacher: . "What do 'you mean by

an antedote? " Boy : "Why, a short tunny tail."

February '96.

Little five-year-old: "Mamma, how do do say 'thank yoU' In Ger-man? " ~other : "Danke." Five-year-old : "Then how do you

say donkey?" May '97.

Small boy translating Latin­"Fortis dux t etellit in dlctis." "Forty ducks tell fiat In the ditches."

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bicycling and I croquet

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rides, workll, .

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I Advice to Y OUDg L~dies I Alwnni Is Very Good in .1876

L_ -----------:,--~ h-hls Is the advice that young girls Editor!! Note: These alumnI were k'" I b 50 taken trom old RegIsters and Weekly got i,n .answer to ques ons a out

Registers: years ago. It's really authentic.

f • "When a young man asks you to

May Copeland '86 is 'llome rom

Do y.ou still have that mummllled Vassar. dance with him a 1911' b,ow or smile is sutHcient acceptance."

.' "If your llance tells you he no Penelope Smith will graduate this l ' t d t h it t . onger cares or you, 0 no es a e

year at the State normal school. t b k t'~ t " J . 0 rea ne engagemen . Christy? finder In your pocket, . "Duff"

gone

Traditions of Central . Remain Unchanged

Years may come and go; but

there's one thing on the horizon ot Omaha that never changea, and that

Is Central high school. Inside Cen­tral'll walls there is a regular llttle city; a stream ot pulsing, throbbing lite' a foundation tor a future Oma-

.' I ha, perhaps a nation.

Through the many changing years

so"'me students must have gazed out

ot Central's windows. They must have telt the beauty their ey:es looked upon. In 1899 perhaps Mary gazed upon the lazy, muddy Missouri,

a wide snake-like stream winding in

and out over the. green treetops, and she must have been glad. Today

some other Mary look~ through a Let·s see, now, who was that well- Ira E. McBride Jr., '17, accom-

known surgeon 'of 'the class of '03 panied by his wUe, has gone to the

"Young men of your own age are window at the same' old Mislouri, addressed as 'Master'."

"Even on leap-year it is not prop- another thing that remains un-whom Dr. Senter once likened to a Sudan United Mis!l.ion, locate.d in quail?

Do you still share your dill pickles with Dolly, " Gene'; Meyer?

Remember the time that a certain :orporal, new to drill, was so inter­ested in shouting "Hep! Hep!." that he marched on down the street, so un­aware of anyone but himself that he didn't even know that the rest of the colul,Dn had turned to the letq

StaCia"Crowley . --~ •. ,,-­Composes Words

for Early Song

~trica.

George Buffet '18 won a two-year chemistry scholarship for the Uni­versity of Michigan from the Univer­sity or Nebraska. Last year he won a one-year scholarship for the same university from the University of Nebraska.

Ralph W. Douglass '14 is now c9'n­nected with the art department of the Chicago Daily News. r ... ..... _ .. .... - . ..,. .. ~ _M .. ~~"!t::? • ... --,~ P""" n: · t....,....., ..

The Rev. Larimore C. Denise '90 ' has been established as president Of) the -Omaha Theological Seminary. Dr. rienis~ is the father of Margaret Denise, a senior and Paul Denise, a

"The Parting Hour," words writ­ten by Stacia Crowley and . set to

sophomore. music by Prof. Theodore Decker, was 'the class song 'for the first grad- ---

The Cyprlal), a dramatic short uating class of the school. story in the November Atlanttc ' by

The following is a copy of the Lyman Bryson ' 05, was written on hIs return trom a Mediterranean trip.

song:

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er for a young lady to call on a changed in a changing city. gentleman." In 1900 John stopped his studying

"A red nose is caused from eating to look out the window 111 215 upon too many sweets." . "On a young lady's meeting her bethrothed on the street ,she should bow pleasantly and walk on."

"A girl of 14 sho.uld npt wear he.r dresses below the ankle."

'89 Marks Adoption of First School Yell

..... ......, ....... . .. _.,.; .. ,1'11.)0,.,... ......... .. , "O-O-O-M-A-A-A-A-H-A O-ma-ha High School!"

In October, 1893, this :rell went out across the football fi eld tor the first time in ' the history ot the school. Since then the word Central has been added to the yell.

This yell probably had its begin­ing in the March of '89 when the sch,ool yell adopted was "Oh! mama! ha! ha, ha. hi! hi! hi!"

June 1891 found the students root.

the small gray homes, the old horses .

plodding alOJig on Twentieth street;

little post omce rising ~bove the homes. Only yesterday a boy looked

upon the same scene; but what a change time had wrought. A post omce clock remind.s him that school

,,111 soon be over tor another day; automobl1es whid by him n tbe

below; houses stand In a dls- •

row on the street below j and

black Imoke curls up to a cloud and Is lost.

Idle gazers prob~blY looked from the library Window in those days of yore upon a magestic old home on a high hill on the corner ot Twentieth and Dodge streets. Below, to the

"Comrap.es, long these halls have H elen Wright '08 r eceived the Ph. ing with:

eft, lay the town. merely a few, small buildings; but they spelled life . to those gazers who looked upon ~hem f with loving eyes. r

echoed To our ·sorrow and our glee. Here we've struggled on together, Dreaming of the great to be. Orten here we've joined in .singing. As the years have swept along. Now, ere comes the hour at parting, Let us Sing another song.

Chorus Once again let's swell the chorus, And our sighs' with Singing mb; FQr the world that lies bet ore us, Calls the cl~ss of sev. nty-six.

II ' Long the years have seemed in pass­

ing. S~ort they seem, now they are past. Through .the sunshine and the shad-

ows, We have reached the end at last. Standing here, the battle over, Looking on the field we've won, Let us join once more' in chorus, 'And our anthem be, "well done,"

Chorus III

Close the books, the lessons over; Now our schoolroom is the world: Here we give the new life greetin~, With our banners all unfurled. Truth imd Freedom for our w'atch-

word,

D. degree at the University of Chi-cago. She Is 'now instructor of eco-nomlcs at Washington.

Dorothy Scott '11 is a government bacteriologist at New York City.

Our First Exchanges

The Exchange Department of The Weekly Register in 1887 received four high school papers. These were the High School Times of Dayton, 0., T~e Hesperian ot Lincoln, Neb., The Comentator of Iowa City, Ia., and the Bellevue College Star of Bell€Yue, Neb.

To Central Editor's note: This sonnet wall

written especially tor pur historical Illsue in the English IX clasl.

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By Tobie Steinberg 'Z6 I

"Never !lay die, Omaha High Rah! Rah! Rah !"

Today one can gaze and be in­spired by a massive steel structure rising to meet the sky, a sym~2l -- 0' man's hope and taith i n Ute. Below lies a city of skyscrapers, a radio

Then for a time, each graduating 'tower; everything to inspire the de-class originated its own particular yell, while the lower classmen used the senior yell, changing the year to ftt their own class.

Some of! these yells w re:

"RIp! Rap! Rip! Rip Rah! R ive! Omaha High School! ' 96 ! "

"Ready go bang! Ready go shake! We are the ones who take the

cake--'96 ! ..

"Zip! Zap! Zip! Rip t Rah! Rill! ' 97! '97! Capitol Hill!"

lIire tor knowledge In the minds of" any Central youth.

Mary paused by an open window to look at two large homes, houslnl two of Omaha's prominent tamllles They .are, according to the rectory, considered "tar trom the downtown an apartment ,aze.

What matters akyabove old Missouri

For fifty years they've lett your tam- "Bartie" ous door,

Ambitious students,

stretched to greet hands out-

"Hokus-pokus, Venezuela, kumquats! Kalamazoo, Oshkosh, Saskatchewan!" No Centralite can say anything like that while making wig-wags over a crystal and see what the next 50 years will bring Central, but anyone with two eyes, two ears, and one mind can make some guesses.

"1976 will bring Central 100 times as much as 1926 has brought," runs a very good guess. "She will have Spanish ham­burger every Wednesday of every week of every term until 2976. She will try harder every year to beat Tech and probably will do it. She will win 50 more scholarship contests by 1976, 50 more music contests, 50 more debate cups. She will play' jokes with 100 more sets of freshmen and bow to 100 more sets of gradu­ating seniors, each set more brilliant than the last.

May '97.

College son writes to father: "It you love me As I love thee,

, We will stand before each foe, Fh\n, unflinching, as our fathers Stood, a hundred years ago.

ExcitIng lite they've waited long to meet.

You gave them knowledg~, them lore;

taught

Pawnshops Nebraska, but remember with shop which

"She will always live up to Central ideals. In 1976, everyone, including the freshmen, will buy O-Book tickets. trhe Weekly Register will be 16 pages, for it will increase in size with a grow­ing Central. Joking about Spanish hamburger and freshmen will be as popular as it is in 1926."

One place the guesses fall off. They don't say anything about ,there being "a cork in every wash-bowl" in Central, 1976!

Send me lltty-see?" Father writes back :

"The rose is red The pink is pink, I'll send you llfty I don't think."

April '97.

Frellhman: "Comedy of Errors" Sophomore : I'Much Ado About

N'othing" Junior : "As You Like It'" Senior: "All's Well That Ends

Some one has figured that the average student has seconds of. school to live through till he hears the worst.

78,300 Well. " April ' 97.

"The great thing about modern educatiol\," says Dean Briggs of Harvard, "is its appreciation of individual needs and develop­ment." It is not, ~!;J many school boys have disgustedly avowed, to make them work.

She: "How was your speech re­ceived the other nighU"

He : "When ~ sat down they llaid It wall the best thing I ever did."

j March '93.

Chorus

All This Happened Once Upon A Time

When Omaha bad such poor pavements and street. car service, the students used to arrive late on account ot the mUd.

S,tuqents objected because the Board ot Education furnished leg­al cap paper and not cheap scratch paper.

The Regillter stat! lIuggellted that the high school hold an alumni reunion.

The roll was taken by seat num­berll not by names.

The girls waltzed In the hal,ll dU l'ln l! rece~lJ.

ot "Bill" Egan, h Each year ,you gladly strive to give over the "v< .. uu,<"" .. ,

them more. the extreme en The years may change you, yet th~y IIchool. This was

can't defeat in scfuool, that is And It was the

Bonored traditions, Ideals which are nearly caused a replete.

With precious me.morles

been be fore. of what's

Unllke a vetera.n content to relit , Compelling forces urge you to your

best.

"Jiggs" Mlller, omcer, had a most for pI;actical Egan's success, that he could pu~l even the taculty

Several days later .. Jlggs" asked to be pUlling behind the Itudents noted his

SymbOlic ot your vaJue and renown,

From green.~lothed heights ~ou've gazed serenely down

FIYe decades pallt. It you could lIiD, surmised that sOI~eth~D~r=::~::~::::::::::::::::::~::~::~

And what he was " thil: Egan, who your song, \

AchIevements rreat and IImall would ma.ke It long.

1lce, had access to a

p.nds now occupied by the legislature tor educational

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6 REGI~TER-OMAHA CENTRAL ~IdH SCHOOL

Army History Exposes Novel ,MilitarY Tactics

• Republican Club is First

Military Company of 1884 ---

Cadets Buy Rifles

First Camp Lasts Five Days; Ashland Harbors

Cadets --'-

I Cadet Officers Club 0/1926

Lieutenant Colonel-Leavitt Scofield. Major 1st Battalion-Harry Hansen. Major 2nd Battalion-Allen Meitzen .

Captain, and Adjutant-Dean T. Hok-anson.

,Captain and Ordlnance--Alfred Wad­leigh.

Captain Company A-James A. Ma­

son. Captain Company B-James Hamil­

ton. Captain Company C-Robert Rix. Captain Company D-Clifford Harris.

Organizing a Captain Company E-Henry Moeller. drill society for Captain Company F-Harold Thorpe. the first time In Captain Band-Clyde Miller. /' the history of

Captain and Quartermaster-Hugh Omaha Central high school, 30 Miller. members of the Captain and Pe'rsonnel-Claude Ma-class of 1884 en- sOon. listed as charter Captain and Commissary-John Sta­

the ley.

First Lieutenant and Adjutant First

Camp C6mpet ' to Determme Winnmg ,Units

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Company E, Winner in 1925, Hopes to Repeat

Fete

Cox Wins 1925 Medals

Five Spelldowns at Camp t9 Decide ,Compet

Entries "

Holdi~g a drlll \. cons i s tin g of both ) close and extended order drill, the com­panies ' of the regiment vie with each other to WI~ compet and the company cup. Standings of the companies are

Battalion-Keith Ray. ciose at the present, and compet on First Lieutenant and Adjutant Sec- Visitors' day. decides the winning purpose of expressing in a material

way the desire of the members for comp.ny. military training. First Lieutenant Company A-Amos Company E, captained by Charles

ond Battalion-Robert Fitch.

After receiving equipment consist- Young. Dox, won compet last year and also ,

CADET REGIMENT OF' 1926

ing of rifles, caps, and: belts from the First Lieutenant, Company B-Har- captured the loving ' cup. ' ~Hank" Grand Army of the Republic, the ley Moorhead. Moeller present captain of Company organization lasted until 1886, when First Lieutenant, Company C-Ed- E hopes tOo repeat the fete this year, because of the lack of interest it was ward Rogers. while other captains of various com-

\ ' r' Major Harry Hansen and staff, Company A, Company ~ Above Is the latest picture of the regiment of omahaLeCaevnlttrtaIS~~f~r~~gl 'st:J,fk~nod~t ~I~~t front tf? rear: Major Allen Meltzen_and staff, Companr '

Com any E. Center fr.ont to rear: Lieutenant-Colonel disbanded. First Lieutenant, Company D-James panles expect to win.

The second military club formed, Paxton. Arthur Cox, now second lleuten-called the High School Guards, was First Lieutenant, Company E-Don- ant and quartermaster of (he second organized Tn the fall of 1886. The aId Fetterman. battaMon, won individual com pet last roll call consisted of 38 names in- First Lieutenant, 'Company F---:Ed- year. All men who win the medals eluding six officers. Drill was held in ward Brown. in their respective cOompanies are

Company F, Company D.

N on-Corn Drill Plays Important Part in

Regimental Affairs the armory at the south end of the First Lieutenant, Band-Carl Siph- eligible to compete in the final indi- Non-Com drill, hall on the fourth floor. Interest in ard. vidual compet. Approximately five r.i"~ ' one of- the most the organization dragged so, that at Second Lieutenant and Quartermast- spelldowns are held at camp and ' .~.: : IT'~).''1> Important phases the suggestion of the commander it er, First Battalion-Burton points and medals are awarded on :1! ' ' . ::a:::l~ of military drill was disbanded after two years of Holmes. the same basis as those ' held at ·~, . ::, at Central high "catch as catch can" organization. Second Lieutenant and Qua,rtermast- school. ~. school, is held

No more school drill companies er, ,Second Battalion-Arthur Cox. once each week on Wednesday after were formed until the passage by Second Lieutena:nts, Company A- p t I schOool. The purpose of the extra congress in 1893 of a bill introduced John Pehle and Howard Culver. Camp resen s ' . drill is to train non-commissioned by Hon . D. H . Mercer, providing for Second Lieutenants, Company B- Eats, Promotions, officers and aspirants for non-com-compulsory military drill in the high Rezin Plotz and Robert Johnson. Athletic Contests misions to perform their duties .as schools. Protests from the prominent Second Lieutenants, Company C- J ___ commissioned officers in their senlor [amllies of Omaha brought a decision Edward Brodkey and Clifford An- Camp! The freshman's horor; the year. by the Board of Education that a derson. The omcers of non-com drill are

th ts Second Ll'eutenants, Company D- senior's delight; and the sophomore's j d l' t nant and written request from e paren the ma or, secon leu e w uld excuse the student from drill. George Tunnicliff and Charles Mar" and' junior's time for unceasing la- quartermaster,. first liz.uten~nt and

On the arrival .from Fort Omaha, tin. bor and initiative. Eats! drill, mov- adjutant, and the omcers of compan-First Lieutenant Julius A. penn, a Second Lieutenants, Company E- ie~, rests, athletic c,ontests, and ies in their respective turns. Drill classmate of General Per shing, drill Henry Pedersen and William Lam- greatest of all, promotions. Some- consists of both close and extended began in earnest. eroux order drill. Major Harry Hansen

Student cadets were required to Second . Lieutenants, Company F- times disappointments, sometimes commands the tlrst ,," battalion, and purchase their rifles and uniforms. Dwight Benbow and Kenneth surprisek. Never dull times. Major Allen Meitzen commands , the The rifles purchased ranged from Young. Attending camp. for the first time, sec6ha.battiUibn'.,!.··~ , howitzers to rep guns according to Second Lieutenants, Band-Bernard the freshman imagines all the hor- Attendance at non-com drill is re-/ , the size of t e cadet. Competitive WoIfmeyer and Charles Cox. rOor and work of Kitchen POlice, and quired of all "no~-coms" and those drill was introduced into the regi- cadets who are to make up absences

all the duties sometime thrust on the ment in 1894. . it i ti at regular drill on Mondays and ,

time smce s organ za on. unsuspecting young tenderfoot. -It is In 1894 a subdivision of the regi- d t id i Thursdays; Non.com drill is not Forming a Cadet Ban 0 a n true that at. one time during the' en· iii ment took place. Three divisions the ceremonies ,of the military organ- held at camp since battalion dr 1 s·

were organized. The first was the Ization was also accomplished during campment "freshie" is forced into SUbstituted. , signal corps, the second the hospital the year of 1897. the work and maintenance of camp" _______ ,

corps, and the third the drilling com- In 1901 the first camp, lllsting five but with the bitter comes the sweet .. Legion Gives Medal pany, Company Z. , days, was held at Ashland, Neb. I R' t

fl d I i All ,hardworking freshmen rece ve to Central eglmen Purchasing ags an earn ng Sponsors for each individual com- . • codes was the business of the signal pany first appeared in 1901. Each their rewards. ---corps: Boys were at first interested company elected a senior girl as H eadquarters is usually estab- Presenting the American Legion by the novelty of the wig-wag, but sponsor. She was usually one of the .lished as near the center of camp as drill medal to Principal J. G Mast­as in the precedin g organizations in- girls who stood in favor with the possible. The mess tent is' estab- ers on February II, 1926, Clinton terest waned, and the corps were dll!!- captain of the company. It was her lished to the , extreme left of head- Brome, commander or the American banded in 1906. duty to supply the officers with candy quarters and the "Y" recreation tent Legion Post No; 1 of Douglas county,

Stretchers, cots, and flrst aid kits and dan ties while the company was about 300 feet from the mess tent. inaugurated the first presentation were included in the' paraphanalia ot at camp. This was discontinued in ComPany streets are arranged per-the hospital corps. Great service was 1912 by the Board of Education. pendicular to headq~arters on one ceremony for the awarding of the rendered the Regiment by the corps, During .the year 1911 the two side, and on the other side i1! th~ par- ' med,al. Leavitt Scofield, lieutenant but in 1907 it was disorganized when battalions of 1910 were' form ed Into the membership fell decidedly. a )regiment with Geib B. Nash and

ade grounds. . colonel of the regiment, made the

One hundred of the school's snap- C. Hiffert as majors, Voyle Rector piest girls made up the roll of Com- was the first ' lieutenant-colonel of pany Z. Herberta Jaynes was the the Regiment.

Camp lasts for ten days. Eats, presentation to First Sergeant Em­sleeping quarters, drill, r ecreation, mett Solomon, who 'Won the medal baggage transportation, and train

first captain of the much talked of The engineers, an organization company. In 1899 the reminine which attends camp three days early company was disbanded.

fare are all provided for the sum in the first spelldown. of $ 7. The medal is given to keep alive

the memory of Central alumni who

In 1894 Company A, commanded by Captain Ralph Connell , was formed. The fla g for competitive drill was won by this company. In 1895 the company still held its place among the leaders but placed second in the tlnal standings.

Cadets increased in number dur­ing 1897 and at the end of this year out-numbered the rifles left the school by former cadets two to one. Company B was formed in 1895 and drilled for five years without winning the coveted 1iag. In 1901, under the leadership of Captain Walters, Com­pany B captured the flag for the tlrst

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,'., - ..... /'f ommandant of 1926-F. H. Gulgard

in order to put up the officers' tents and the mess tent, was organized by L~uls Bexten, mechanical drawing and mathematics insttuctor.

Military drill was held only once never returned from the recent war. a week in 1887 because of the many This 'reward is the only one of its ' outside activities whi~h ' Interfered type in ,the regiment. The other with attendance. '

Hailing from 1894 the Commis-sioned Officers' club has continued Company B was made up of small­through every year of the organiza- er cadets at the time of their orga­tlon of the regiment. It has been nlzation. The men had no gUns and found helpful in bringing the officers drilled once a week. The member­of the different companies together ' ship limit was 40 and at any time to further the interest of the regi- a cadet could be ellminated on bad ment as a whole. conduct.

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medals presented at camp on Visit­ors' day are the Cadet Officers' Club medal which is retained by the win­ner and the Thurston rifle which is kept for one year by ~he winner of individual cbmpet.

William Ure, sergeant Company C, gained possession of the medal at the second spelldown and Sergeant Robert Thompson, Company D, won it at the last spelldown. The next Legion spelldown will be held during camp.

Commandant of 1893-Julius A. Penn

~------------------~~·--~~--------------I Six Commissions Cam.p Routine I -Company Streets ----=.:..------.: for Camp Issued , Available in 1893

6: 00 ,a. m.-First call. 6: 10 a. m.-Reveille. 6: 30 a. m.-Callsthenics. 7:45 a. m.:",-Mess.

( Prep~ration for .inspectioo.)

Following are the company

streets for th~' 19Z ( camp at Val~ ley, Neb.:

First street, band

Obtaining the only commissions in the regiment. the following men of the class of 1893 were looked up to as the leaders in the school activities. Six ,positions were all that were available.

8 : 30 a . m.-Company drill. 9: 30 a. m.-Battalion drill (quar- ~ Second street, Company A

Captain-J. W. Broatch. . ters' inspection.) 11:15 a.m.-Guard mount. 12: 00 p. m.-Mess.

1: 00 to 3: 30 p. m.-Open camp.

First Lieutenant-H. Rogers. First Sergeant-H. W. Smith. Sergeant-H. B. Taylor. Corporals-F. Austin and A. 4: 15 p. m.-Parade.

6: 00 p. m.-Mess.

Third street, Company C

Fourth street, Comp~y E Fifth street, Company B

' Sixth street, Company- F .

Seventh stree,t, Company., D Bell. 7 :110 to 7: 30 p. m .-Company drill. IL_-------------:

Hamiltons seem to dominate in 9 : 00 p. m.-Tatoo. Lieutenant Julius A. Penn deliv-Company B. Allan B. Hamilton was 9: 45 p. m.-Call to quarters. ered his farewell address to the high captain of Company B in 1900, and 10:00 p. m.-Taps. school cadets on the afternoon of 26 years later James A. Hamilton Is June 11, 1896.

captain. ,"/ The words "All drills are suspend-In 1887, company Z, the girl's i f t1 xt . An article justifying milftary drill ed until the beginn ng 0 e ne

in the high schools wa s written by c.ompany, made a ftag for the mili- school year" appeared at the end of, Ralph Connel '96 and was published tary department as a reward for the'· general order which climaxed in the iune number of The Register. valor. the m1l1tary drill season.

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Omaha alone, will spend $2,500,000 this year on ,its public schools, maintaining a high standard of learning.

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June Senior~ Present Play

Characters Portray Y outh­iul 'Blunders in

Love Youthtul blunders in ]o"e were

vividly portrayed in the Senior play,

"Seventeen," which was presented

under the auspices ot the senior cl&18

in Central's aUditorium in two even­ing performances May 21 and 2J.

The saucy pertness of J!Lne, Willie

Baxter's seven year old pesterin~ sis­

ter, with Doris Hosman filling the

roll, brought roars of laughter trom

the aU'ditmces. The leads, William

Sylv,anus Baxter, John Pehle;- and

Lola. Pratt, Jean Ellington; were

commended by spectators for their

good acting; Willie's parents, Jos­

eph Lawrence and Irene Howe as Mr. and Mrs. Baxter, received much ap­p]ause.

Other members of the ' cast we~e: Johnnie Watson, Rezln Plotz; May Parcher, Josephine Thomas; Genesis, Henry MO,eller; Joe Bullet, James Paxton; Mr. Parcl:J.er, Howard Cul­ver; Wally Banks, Edward Brown' George Crooper, Robert Rix; Ethei Boke, Virginia Randall' Mary Brooks, Charlotte Troxell. '

The guests ,of the party in act IV were : ' girls-Helen Butler, Dorothy

Linabery, Gladys McGa1r1n , Dorothy Parmelee, Irene R eader, Veva Belle Rainey, Charlotte Troxell, Helen Rohison, Marjorie Williams; boys--; Dwig ht Benbow, Robert Fitch, James

.. JIamllton, Dean Hokanson, Bucton Eolmes, "Bud" Thorpe, Sherman, Welpton,

Miss FIOY Smith assIsted by Mis!! Dorothy Sprague directed the play. <Other directors were: costumes, Miss -Chloe Stockard; makeup, Miss Dor­'<lthy Sprague; properties, Miss Myrna Jones; stage and lighting, Louis N. "Bexten; orchestra, Henry Cox; stage decorating, Miss -Mary Angood,

Senior play management was car­ried on by the following: manager, I H enry Moeller ; assistant manager, Theodore Saunders; properties, George Tunnicliff, manager, Harold Thorpe and Burton Holmes; cos­tumes, girls, Jane Bliss and Nora Per­ley, boys, Keith Ray' and Carl Sip11-

. eli.d ; prompter, Betty Furth; pro­gr}.-ml' . -Sp.erman._ .welpton;, _ makeup mistress, Elizabeth Jonas; publicity, James Paxton:

Reservations were in charge of Barry Hansen and Lea-vitt Scofield. Usbers for the two perfo~ances

were: Allen Meltsen, Dean Hokan­son, and the Titians. A musical pro­gram between a~s was given by Ute orchestra, directed bT Stanley Shap­Iro.

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Calendar Friday, May, 28--

School closes at 2: 45 p. m. for exams.

Tea given by ' the music depart- ' m ent in the auditorium at 3 p _ m_

Saturday, May 29--Central Colleens' Theater part,.

at the Brandeis at 2 p . m. Sun~y, May S'O-­

Firat Baccalaureate sermon Presbyterian church 11 a. m,

Monday, May 31-Senior banquet at the Omaha

Athletic club at 6 p. m. English erams at 8 : 57-10 : 26

a. m. :vathematics exams

12:01 a, m, Tuesday, June 1-

History exams at a . m.

at 10: 31-

8:57-10:26

Science exa,ms at 10:31-12-01 a. m,

Civics exam at 1 :,16-2: 46 p. m . Wednesday, June 2-

Cadet Camp at Valley begins. Latin exams at 8: 57LI0: 26

a. m. French , and Spanish

10 : 31-12:01 a , m, exam at

Harmony, mu,tc appreciation. and shorthand exam at 1:16-2 : 46 p. m .

Thursday, June 3--Girls' Encampment begins at 1

p . m , at Camp Brewster. Conflicts l\t 8': 58-10:26 a.. m. Expression, hIstory of music,

and clothing exams at 10: 31, 12:01a_ m. I

Food exams at 1 : 16-2; 46 p. m . Friday, ;June 4-

School begins at 8 : 37 a, m. Thursday, June 10-­

Grade cards given out. Friday, ;June 11-

VIsitors' day at Cadet camp. Saturday, June 12-

Seniors' g raduation exercises at the Tech auditorium at 8 p, m ,

National Honor Society lunch­eon at the Y. W . C. A. at 12 : 30p.m.

Monday, June 1,(-

Summer school students meet in Central's auditorium at 7:30 a. m.

, The annual Senior Glee club party

will be held June 15, probably , at Carter' Lake club, where it has been held for the past four years.

Central's Room of Projects Is

Largest of Kind "Would you care to go' through

the project collection?" asked I. I

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room, 130, one day ,after school.

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Do You Know-- THE REGISTER SPEAKS ITSELF

FOB Graduating Seniors -to Complete Work

\ ' . That 'Central high was ,once dis­missed in 1917 because the building was too cold. I' am the brightest paper Ever read by boy or man; , (Continued from Page 1)

That the seven period l)]an at Cen- Dorothy Seabrooke Frances Olds tfal started August 21, 1917. And the Jadies all have loved me Doris Secord Sallie O'Rourke

From the time I first began Gertrude Shanahan Dorothy Pardun That the Central high girls' organ- " Bessie Sheldon Dorothy Parmelee

fzaUons the PI 'di i 1] k it I am full of squibs and jokelets, Ruth Shotwell , Bernice Pearce , el es espec a y, n - Geraldine Silverma.nHazel Pederson

t d I Always witty, bright, and smart, e a , arge number of sweaters, Louise Simon Nora Perley

I tl t d h ] Which, although they may be pointed, DoriS Small Helen Peterson

wr s e s, an e mets for the Bol- Frances Smiley Ruth Pilling dler!! during the war. Yet pierce no one to the h~art_ Alma Smith Evelyn ,Plouzek

My contents are well chosen Crystal Smith Elfreda Radbruck That "Bums' day" was observed Elizabeth Smith Veva Belle Rainey

by the b t C tiN· b From the thoughts ot many a heart; Louise Smith Virginia Randall oys a en ra ovem er 17, Gretchen Stand'evenlrene Reader

1917. A~d the editors are witty, Rita Starrett Dorothy Reah\

Th ' 2 ' A,nd they understand their art. • Tobie Steinberg Phyllis Reitt

at 1 years ago the te'achers Virginia StephenllonVlvian Rhodes , were not 'allowed to have th d To tell my thoughts to readers, Christine Steyer Irene Richardson

"I would love to," answered the e oorl ('Twill show I am Quite cool,) Dorothy Stone ' -Elizabeth Davison ' open during class hours_ ' Elizabeth Stone Frances Deits

student, , That with a 'set standard for If e'er was born a. genius Bonnie Sutcliffe Beulah De Singers

school." .

"Th' i G k t i " It'~ th • th' h I Evangeline Swanson Jeanette Dreibus IS 8 a ree r reme, ex- 'school credits, 100 boys of Central " e paper 0" IS SC 00. Eleanor Swoboda Kathedne Dunaway

plalned the members of the commlt-: lett school i.n the spring of 1917 to -Published December, 1888 . • ' i.~~~~r~~eT~~~:B ~~i~e~ri~:t~dghlll tee. "It was made eight years ago help tarmers in Nebraska with crops Mary Thomas ' Jean Ellington d th fI i Travllla Thomas Bernice Elliott an was erst, p ece in the collec- Cor Uncle Sam's ' army. ;- Societies of Literature Nellie Thorsen DorothY ErickSOn tlon. This Slfanlsh galleon, that That 11 high school debaters were ' Charlotte Troxell Kathrlne Foley Prevail 50 Years Ago Gertrude True Mary Foltz gondola, and the Norse ship are a selected as tour-minute' speakers to Marlon Turkington Gladys Foy tew ot the ships that have b_een add- address audiences in the Omaha lj:-:~!e\v;::f~~~ ~~I:~:t~hF~t!':~CiS ed to the collection in the past thflaters in support of the third Lib- (Continued from Page '1)_ Helen Walker Betty Furth .\ ' d tl i Marjorie Walker Mietesena Gepson years, erty, loan c!lmpaign. . gra ua on eIerc ses. , Nothing came Elsie Wallin ' Jane Glennon

"This Globe tbeater .as tbe lint That Proof. S, D. Beals was the first of the idea, however. ,~:m'uJ!e{{;.elch ii~'fe~ ~:I~ of the ' theaters, although the' other superintendent of Public Instruction. The mllitary department and the Miriam Wells Marion Hall

Gl b th t d , 0 at ri lit I d Helen Welty Allee ~amer

o e ea er an the , Fortune That 10,000 ,people were gathered r 0 ca soc e y cone u ed the Marian Whittam Evelyn Hansen theater were added la.tel'_ Yes, they to ~ear the booming of the cannon known activities ot the high scbool Virginia WlckatrumBesa Haspel , ' Vlrglhla Wilcox Marion Helgren w.ere made bT students in the schoo] Crom Capito.! hill at the moment ~at students of long ago. Ruth Wllfson Virginia Hogle and given' to the project department the golden spike wall driven with the Students nowadays have many op-' ~~;~ ~mr:~s t~~sHJ~~man to exhibit." silver hammer into the last tie h' h portunities and many variations to Marlon Williams ' Irene Howe "I .\ • w lC , f S t ' Marjorie 'Williams Alice Humphreys

have studied about those joined the Central Pacific and! the raw rom. ome ac Ivitles are Florence Wolf Arline Hussey theaters, but that ~odel makes the Union PaCific roads at Ogden U merely honorary, such \ as National Frances Wolfe Kathryn Indoe

style so much clearer to me," said That J. H. Kellom was the' first Honor Society and Quill and Scroll Boys: th,e student. "Do all high schools principal of Central 'high new national journalism society. Claude Mason-. S ti James Mason have project collections like this?" That at the first celebration of the ome are ac ve and honorary COjD- Allen Meltzen

"No, only a ' few have tb:em, and' nation's birthday occuring in Ne- bined, 3S the Junior HOOlor Society. fi::: ~m:~ also only a few colleges have them. braska July 4, 1854 on Capitol hill Cadet officers find pleasure and ser- Maurice Miller It has been said by different people .before the white' were permitted by vice in the Commissioned Officers r::n~~ ~~~~l:: ' that the Central high school nroject ,treaty to permanently locate on the clu~, formed in ,1894. N. C. 0, C . is 'Charles Moorehead

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"" a I il ti Harley Moorhead( col ectlon, which has grown to nearly ands, Indians, aroused by the two ,s ~ ar orgamza on for non-com- Norman Mouck 600 pieces in eight years, is' the blacksmith's an '1 d f fi mlssloned officers. VI s use or ring M ' largest of its kind in the country." a salute. frIghtened the whites away.' USI? Is not la~king in Centra]:B

Dom Pedro II E f composition. JUDlor and Senior OF· , mperor 0 Brazil .

Miss Kate McHugh Is

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Only Woman Principal In History oi Central

Miss Kate McHugh is Central', I1rst and and only woman principal. She was principal from 1911-1914. Miss McHugh was born in Galena, Ill. She taught in Galena for 15 years be­fore coming to Central where she taught for 25 years. During her years at Central Miss McHugh filled . l1e positions of English teacher, head of the English department, as­sIstant principal, and principl/ol. She was retired in ,1914.

IlCcompanied by three officials, visited chestr~, Cadet Band, Junior and Sen­Omaha in 1876 -Th E ,ior Glee clubs, mixed chorus, in fact

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, 8 THE WEEKLY REGISTER-OMA HA CENTRAL H.IGH SCHOOL

Maroon Track T earn Annexes Cinde~ Honors

Central Leads Field Until 880-Yard and Mile

Distances

Technical high school's track team

won the 1926 city cinder title by a

margin of five points last Saturday

afternoon on t~eir field . Central had

been leading the field until the last

two distance events, the 880-yard

and mile runl!. Tech placed :first and

second in both of these events and

won the championship.

It. was the sixth annual city track

meet, and Central for the first time

was forced to take second best.

"Missouri" Jones4 captain of the

Central team, was in great form an.d

stepped off the 100 and 220-yard

dashes in fast time. His time for the century was 10 ant! two-tenths sec­onds, and he sprinted the 220-yard dash in 23 seconds.

Another point getter for Central was "Heinie" Nestor, . who took first in the 440-yard dash, placed after "Mizzou" in the 220-yard sprint, ran

. t.hird in the 100-yard dash, and fig­ured prominently with Central's win_ ning half-mile relay team.

Purple Diamond . ,Squad Defeats ·

South J:j~gh 3-2 South high school's baseball team

was eliminiated from first place hon-. ors in the city baseball race Thurs­day, May 20, at the Fontenelle park diamond, when they were trounced by Coach F. Y. Knapp1e's nine, 3 to 2.

Glade and "Charley" Cox scored in the first inning on a double and two singl~s. The Southmen were h eld scoreless th.,fl first four inn ngs imd Icored once/ln the fifth on ' a base, on balls, and a double. The other' run made by the Packer . outfit came in the seventh on a fielder's choice, two stolen bases, and a passed ball.

In the fourth inning Glade, Rey­nolds and Liley stopped a would-be South ,rally by executing a fast double play. Two men were on base and nonl'! were out previous to this play. .

"Wooden arm" Liley and "Heinie" Glade both pitched masterful ball for t-he Centralites, allowing . but five hits between them. John Owens, South hurler, who scored both his teams' runs, also allowed but five hits, but three were bunched in the first inning and proved to be almost enough.

SOUTH

~tdnerb;!ns~-p-=tr g' ~ Ashburn, 3b ____ 3 0 g Ohnesorg. 1b ___ '4 0 0 Wakefield, 2b ___ 1 0 1 Joe Owens, cf, 2b 2 0 0 Matulka ,If _____ 3 0 1 Hughes, r! _____ 2 0 0

Purple Grldsters Win 74; Lose 31

A review of football records since 1913 shows that the Purple pigskin teams have won 74 games, lost 31, and fought to a draw in five contests. Central's ' gridiron record follows:

Opponent Won Td. Ls~. Creighton __________ 6 0 1 South _____________ 9 0 2

Nebraska City ______ 2 0 0 Council Bluffs ______ 10 0 0 Norfolk ___________ 6 0 0 Slou~ City _________ 4 1 6 Lincoln ___________ 4 2 7 York ____ L _________ 3 0 0

North Platte _______ 2 0 1. Blair _________ L __ 1 0 0 Shenandoah ________ 1 1 0 East Des Moines_·___ 1 0 1 Chicago ___________ 1 0 0

Grand Island _______ 1 0 0 Tech ______________ 3 1 5

Beatrice ___________ 6 0 4 St. Jooeph ,_________ 8 0 0 Sioux Falls _____ ,.. ___ 1 0 0 North Des Moines ___ 2 0 3 School for DeaL____ 1 0 0 Kearney __________ 1 0 0 Columbus _______ :..__ 0 0 1 Fremont ___________ 1 0 0

Totals __________ 74 5 81

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Tech Be~ts Purple and Wins City Title Technical high school won the

city baseball championship last Tues­

day att.ernoon by defeating the Cen­

tral high school diamond nine, 6 to

1, at ~he Tech field. This is the

second city fine annexed by the Ma­

roon and White athletes in four days

this season as they nosed the Central

track t eam out of the city cinder

'title la.st Saturday afternoon.

Mel Harder, Coach "Jimmie"

Drummond's mound ace, allowed but

two measly 'singles the whole seven

innings he pitched. Liley and Glade, Purple hurlers, allpwed but five hits between them but they were bu~ched in the third and fifth )nnings and the Techsters did all their damage then.

GENTRAL , AB.

Glade, ss, p _____ 3 Turner, cf ______ 3 C. Cox, 1b ______ 2 Fouts, If _______ 3 Jones, rf _______ 2 Liley, p, ss ______ 2 Tollander, 3b __ 3 Reynolds, 2b ___ 1 W. Cox, c ______ 2 .

R. H . PO. o • 1 0 o 0 1 o 0 • 002 100 o 0 1 o 0 I 1 000 019

Totals ________ 21 1 2 18

TECHNICAL ~ ·AB.

' ~. Nelson, c _____ 4

A. E . o 0 o 0 o 2 o 0 1 1 1 0 o 0 2 1 o 0

!.-__________ -.,_-....J Rasmussen, 2b __ 3 R. H. PO. A. E. 11921 2 1 220 1 1 9 0 1 10100 -ltthletes to Banquet

Central athletes winning letters

Swoboda, 1b ___ 2 Prerost, cf _____ 3 Rice, ss ________ 3 R. Nelson, rL ___ 1 Walthers, If ____ 3 Worthing, 3b ___ 3 :larder, P ______ 3 Beisendorf, rf __ 1

o 001 0 o 0 0 0 . ~ o 0 0 ,0 0 1 100 1 o 0 030 o 1 000

Not So Bad at . Th at, Is Itt

South Wins First City High School Golf T oumament During the last 13 years Cen­

tral hoop teams have made tb following record: (tournamen Omaha's first city high school golf

tournament was won with compara­tive ease by a strong and well bal­anced team from South Wednesday when the Packers defeated Tech by

are not included) Opponent Won

Sioux: ' City ___________ 13 University Place ______ 6 Lincoln __________ .,--:__ 9 South _______________ 12

St. J~ep.l1 ___________ ~

Oakdale _____________ 1 Kearney _____________ 1

Hastings _____________ 3 Sutton ______________ 1 Fremont _____________ 8 York ________________ 1

Fort Dodge ___________ 0 Red Oak ____________ 1 Geneva ______________ 3

Council Bluffs ________ 6 Seward ___________ --- 1 Tech ___ '-____________ 7

Jefferson _______ .£' ____ 1 1)oone ___ '-___________ 1 Nebraska City . ________ 3 Kansas C'ty __________ 0 Creighton _______ ..: ____ 2 Benson .1 ______________ .... 3 Schuyl'er ________ -;-__ 0 Norfolk _____________ 1 Grand Island _________ ;1 North __ :.. ____________ 2

Tota!s _____ .,, ______ 9 5

14 the 'decisive score of 7 to 4 in the 5 final match, South defeated Central 9 and Tech beat Creighton Tuesday in o the semi-final round. Siedlick and o Goodman of South played stellar golf o throughout the tourney. The latter o broke the Dundee course record of 71 2 with a card of 70 Wednesday. o The 'Central-South match Tuesday 1 was close and well-played, South win­O ning 7 to 4. Jack Pollard and JoOO o Goodman, captains of Central and 7 South respectively, waged a close o match whic~ ended in a tie. Pollard

won the first nine but Goodman took the second, each had a \ total score of 78. Fred Young of Central won three pOints from Ohnesorg. Chad­well and Johnson lost three points to South players, Siedlic,k and Zadells respectively.

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o o 2 5 ' o 1 ..... -Golf team competition between 1 high schools, inaugurated this year, 1 has been a marked success. o

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Central, Blue Net Players -' . Play Finals

Lungren and Halpine Clash for High Court

Honors

The finals of the Omaha high school tennis tournament were being 'played Thursday afternoon just as the jlaper went to press. Ogden Lun­grElO of Central and Paul Halpine. Cteighton net star, played for the singles title.

In the semi-final round Wednes­day afternoon Halpine defeated Shoe­maker of Tech in two sets, 6-3, 6-4. Lungren emerged viC?tor over Louis Gruther of Oreighton Prep, only af­ter three hard-fought sets, 6-2. 5-7, 6-1.

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First place in the 220-yard low hurdles was garnered by "Jerry" Cheek with the time 27.6. "Heinie" Glade skirted the 120-yard high b !lrdles for second place. "Bertie" Mortensen added another marker for Central by taking third place in the HO-yard dash.

Hupp, c --______ :1 0 0 Reeves, cf ______ 1 0 0

PO. A. E . 131 000 000 700 000 o 1 0 200 100 500 200

n basket ball, · baseball, swimming, ~olf , and tennis will receive felt ~ircles tonight at a banquet In the Jentral cafeteria at 6 o'clock.

to be turned in by tonight. Totals __ _____ 26 6 5 21 8 3 _\

Score by innings: _------------------------------::

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Pulos placed third in the running broad jump and tied Keutilik or South for second in tpe high jump with a h eight of 5 feet, 10 inches. An<\erson 'came third in the miie run and Lepicier hurled the javelin 133 feet , 4 inches for a second place.

The Purple freshman half-mile r elay t eam stepped the 880 yards i~ 1: 44.2 to win first. Twelvetrees, Montgomery, Eplan, and Lungren were the frosh who composed this squad. Nestor, Cheek, Lieben, and Jones ran the S80-yard relay in one minute, 36 seconds for first.

Final results found ' Tech leading with ' 45 points, Central second with 40 pOints, Abraham Lincoln of Coun­cil Bluffs 26, Creighton Prep' 7, Shuth fifth, 6, and North sixth, .2 points.

According to . present indicatio~s 20 lettermen in all branche!! of spor~ will be in the Purpl e camp n ext year. Swimming 'heads the Jist with seven ret.urning veterans. . Baseball claims six, basket ball, three; football, two; golf and tennis, one apiece.

Coach F. Y. Knapple will give let­R. H. PO. A. E . ·ers for basket ball to Lepicier,

Totals _ ~ ________ 25 2 5 18 4 1 CENTRAL

AB. 1 i 0 2 0 Jheek; Hamilton, Glade, Jones, Chad-Glade, ss, p _____ 3

Turner, cf ______ 3 C. Cox, lb _______ 3 1 1 1 0 0

1 . 1 5 0 0 well, and Thompson. Glade, Bleicher, ~ ~ ~ g ~ J. Cox, Reynolds, B. Cox, Turner,

Bleicher, rf ____ 3 Fouts, If _______ 3

o 0 1 2 0 Fouts, Liley, Tollander, and Mc-~ ~ ~ i ~ Jreary made "O's" in the diamond

Tollander, 3b ___ 3 Liley, p, SB _____ 3 Reynolds, 2b ___ 1 W. Cox, c _____ __ 2 ? 0 10 0 1 port. \ ,

Totals .. _______ 24 3 5 21 6 ' 1 The following navigators earned ond.Wiig ran for Wakefield in the sec- ~ircles: Chaloupka, P. Enger, Palmer

Score by innings: J-allup, Charles Gallup, Kelley, Lark-South ___________ _____ 0 0 0 0 1 0 1-2 Central ' ______________ 2 0 0 0 1 0 x-3 n, Mockler, and O'Hanlon. Golt

Summary: Three-base hit : Matulk a. tt ill b . t P 11 Two-base hits: Glade. Ashburn. Stolen e ers w e given 0 0 ard and bases: John Owens (3), Ashburn (2), Jhadwell, nibliCK artists, and tennis Turner (2), Wakefield (2), Glade, Hughes, C. Cox. Double play : Glade to Reynolds to C. Cox. Struck out: By Liley, 6; Glade, 4; by Owens, 5. Bases on ba lls: Off Liley, 4; off Glade, 1; off Owens, 1. Left on bases: Central, 4; South, 8. Pitchers' r ecords: Off John Owens, 3 runs and 5 hits In 6 innings; off Liley, 1 run a nd 3 hits . In 4 2/3 innings ; off Glade, 1 run and 2 hits in 2 1/3 innings. Winning pitcher: Liley. Losing pitcher: Owens. Wild pitches: Owens (2). Passed balls : W. Cox (2), Hupp. Umpire; Nufer, ' Time of .game : 1:25. .

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nine embarked for . North Bend yes­terday to meet the North B end high school team. The game was played tob late for 'the result to be pub­lished. This contest was the last on the Central schedule.

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Summary: Two -base hits: Rasmus­sen, SWOboda. Stolen bases : Glade, Rasmussen. Bases on balls: off Harder, l ' off Liley, 1·. Struck out: By Harder ; 9; by Liley, 4 ; by Glade, 4. Pitchers' records: off Harder, 1 run and 2 hits In seven Innings ; off Liley, 3 runs and 3 hits in three innings; off Glade. 3 runs and 2 hits in three Innings. Win­ning pitcher: Harder. Losing pitcher: Liley. Hit by pitched ball: by Hardey, Reynolds (2) , Liley, C. Cox; by Glade, R. Nelson. Left on bases: Central, 4; Tech, 4. Umpire : Crawford. Time of game : 1 :26.

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