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To That grand old spirit reborn at Central in the fall of 1916 and continuing unabated thruout the past scho.ol year this book is fondly dedicated

1867 1917

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The old order chnngeth -a new spirit prevails­

combil\ed with al\ impetus resultil\g fi-om loyalty al\d co-ordinatiol\-guided by ll master mil\d-our school­dear old Cel\tral-il\ her golden anniversary year has leaped forward with mighty strides-We, the class of 1917, know that future years will briI\g still greater advancement.

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Members of the Board of Education Orestes Mitc h el. Pl'es ident

' amuel J. Motter J ohn L. Dolman D r . F. P . Cl'onkite W. P . Full,erson Frank E. ·van cil

i\[r . C. F. A l t, P l'in c ipal of Robid oux High Sc h oo l

Me l'le C. Prunty. Principal of Centra l High Sch ool

Vel'llon G. Mays, Superintendent

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i'[lge Eig h t

Bonnie Cotteral "Methink s you are m y g lass,

a ncl not n, y s iste r. I see by you, l am a weet

faced you t h ." Bonn ie i s one of t h e favorites

o f t h e Juniol' College C lass of '17 . Bon is not a one-s ided per­son, in that sh e b el i ev es in th t physical d evelop m ent, as w ell as the m ental. Jf you do not b e­lieve i t, just watch h er play bas ­k etbal l. She says that i f sh e continues h er college w ork it will be at the New Haven Norma l School of Gymnas iu m (along with Donnie).

Zeta Gamma Sci entific Society. Y .\N.C.A. Junior Coll ege Clu b . Vice-Pres. Y . \V . C . A . C lu b.

Donnie Cottera l 11 A nd I was ta' en for her, a ncl

sh e for m e." Donni e is a lso a favorite of

our c lass. Of course, i t would be just as hard to tl1ink of a moonlig ht m a rin e scene with either t h e moon 01· the w a t er missing, as it w ould to speak of Donnie a nd no t t hink of Bonnie. Bon a nd Don a re so muc h a like in ever y respec t that they h av e clerivecl a g r ea t d ea l o f fun from t each er s as well as c lassnuLtes.

Zeta Gamma Scient ific Soc i ety . Y .,V.C.A. Jun ior College C lu b . C lass Secr et a r y.

David Raffe lock The h onest opinion of on e of

Dave's cl oses t friends i s that w ithout further effort on his part, without add ing a sing le cubit to his m en tal, p h ys ical , or mo,·al h eight, h e h as p lanted his foo t within the boundaries of his purpose in life : "Being a man in the broa d sen se of th e word." The writer w ill n ever forget his first intimate tall, with Dave, its origi nality, i ts m or a l c leanness, a nd spiritual ri chn ess - there! I've uncon sciou s ly uncov er ed th e p lan on whi ch h e is built-orig­inality , m or a l c leann ess, spirit­ual l'i ch n ess.

'To hin1 we owe n1uch of th e in terest of our co llege life, espe­cially the fol low ing act iv i t ies : We f in d him as Ger a ld 'Nillia m s in "How the Vote '\.Vas Won," as L ew Ellinge,· in " Th e v\' il ching Hour," as Chairman or th e C lass Executive Cornmittee, ~s Ed itor of th e Junior Coll ege Ann ua l. 1Vfanag·er " Th e VVitching Houl'.1' Editor of " Th e Central Hig h Sch ool News," and .ts Jtel entl ess Rudolph in "J1elentless Rudolph R epaid, " a burlesqu e m oti on pic ture written by him self. He was also on the co llege a thlet ic t eams. He h as been greatl y g i fted by na ture, especia ll y a l on g literary and artis ti c lines-but were h e to lose a ll t h ese, his in­cl ustr y wou ld clraw him t o th e top. It is hi s hope to be a n author a ncl j ournali s t w ith a few m om en ts t o spar e for a rt ancl lecture work.

Alm a Paralee D eh ler " T o h er charn1 n1 ay be add ed a

sweet disposition ." A lma i s o n e of oul' most p op ­

u la 1· g irl s, being vice-pr esid ent of our c lass. She i s also a "Math. sha!'k ," but h er sch ola r­ship in a ll h el' subjects i s high. All who saw h er as M rs. A lice Campbell in the " Witching Hour, " will testify t o h er clra ­m ati c ability. A lma 's eal'ly am­b i tion was to att en d college, a nd we hope sh e can go to M. U . ancl also Col umbia U. lo continue h er stuclies.

Z eta Gamma Sci entific Soc iety . Y . '\CV.C .A . .Junior Coll ege C l ub. V ice- Pre. icl ent o f C lass.

J eancy Graham " Th ose that kn ow th ee not. 111,

words can pai nt , Th ose th a t kn ow th ee, know

that W0l'ds are fa int. " " Buttons, " as sh e i s som e­

tim es called, h as a c h a rm which f ew g i1 ·l s possess, as w e m ay kn ow by th e s tau nc h fri encls sh e has made cluri ng h er course at Cent!'a l. She says h er f avorite p as time i s laughing, a nd those who know h er feel sure s he can clo h e!' sha !'e o f it . Sh e intenrl s to b ecom e a t each el' o f histol' )' af t er fini shin g h e1· coul'se a t the Un iver sity of 1Wi ssou1·i.

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Audrey A . Linn "Nothing g r eat was ever obta in­

eel w ithout enthusiasm." vVe f'eel somewhat in clebted to

Aud r e)' f o r ou r Junior Coll ege. as she was the firs t to enroll in it. v\l e are mighty g la cl to hfl ve hl?r in our c lass, too , for she i s most ch eerful a n d enthu­siast i c . Zeta Gamma f eel s in­cl ebted t o h er for its p r ogr am s thi s term. Audrey is an excel­l ent rnusi cian too. a nd w e a r e sure she w ill find man y ways ''to serve w henever need ed, " ,vhi ch. sh e says, is h et· purpose in life.

Li l y in " f'fow th e V ote vVas VVon .' '

Asst. Sec.-Treas. Ze t a Gamma. Y.vV.C.A . .Juni o r College Club .

- Ca m e,·aldin e in " 11.elenlle:,; R udolph R epa id .. ,

Mary Etta Nash " On e who to h er se lf' is tru e, J\ncl th er ef'o 1·e w ill b e so to you.''

M a r )' Etta i s a lways tru e to her fri end s, a qua l ity w e a l l ad­mire so n1u ch. J-Ter favol'ite stud y is Fl'ench a ncf w e can a ll testify t o h er ability along that lin e. rr she attend s coll ege it will be at ·w ashin g t on . D . C .. a n rl w e h ope h er drean1 n1ay con1 e true. Mar)' E tta will ce rtain!)· fulfill her purpose in life. whi ch i s " To b e kinrl a nd goorl to nil T m ee t. Tn woorl 01· IRn e or cruwrl erl str eet. "

George Mel ninch Georg·e is on e of th e r eall y de­

p endab le m ember s of th e c lass­and wh en you consicler that h e i s fini shing his coll ege co urse al th e age of 18-you r eali ze that ther e i s a l o t o f b r a in behind hi s s low smile with whic h t o r e­enfor ce hi s d ep end ab i lity . '\Ve've n ever seen Geor ge lose his t em­p er , a lthough w e' v e often been pr esen t on occasions when we f elt. were we in hi s p lace, we'd make th e fu1· fl,v . A lthough George is st l'ong-ly interested in ath leti cs, play in g on the college athl eti c t eam . h e took a littl e <lip into dramati cs as .Jus ti ce I-Ien,l er son in " Th e '\-I . i tchin g JJou r"-all of whi ch has no co n­n ec tion w ith g1·eenh ouse veg·e ta -· bl e r a i s in g, w hich is to be his l'u t ure occupation. Now w e can sit back a nd wait f or that self­irrigatin g potato, w hi~I , be in g crossed with th e B en11ucln oni on. ,l r awR water rrom its 0\, 1 11 eyes.

Beulah A. B a rnes " ;-jl1e l oo l,s as c lea r

A s m0t·n Ing t o!!ies, newly wash­ed wit!, cl ew. "'

Th e ·17 Junior Coll ege c lass is certai n I)· f ond of .l:leu la h. .1 t is t11rougl 1 ll e1· ::; unn y clispos ition tnat ::; he nas w on m a ny a tri enu. .::, 11 e bel ieves sI1 e pre ters tennis to 1· auin g, .:Lithoug- I1 she is very rond o f t l1e la tter . .Las t year s 11 e p layec1 t11 e l eading r ole admira­b l y in "How til e Vote \Vas 1,1 on, " a n d s h e clid equall y as w e ll as l\[i~s \'i ola Ca mpbell in " Th e Witching H our, " Beulah is ver y fond o( any la nguage-1...atin, G r ee!.;, French or Ger n,an . She intends LO beco m e a t each er o f a n c ient language a l'ter get­ting h er cl eg1·ee a t l\l. U. \\'e k now that h er success is assured hy li er past r ecord. especially in G r ee k.

Z eLa Gamm a Scientific Soc iet y. Y. '\V .C.A . Juni o r College Clut1. D 1·amatics.

Katherine E. Cole " J n th)' face L see t h e w or k o f

h on or . truth a nd l oyalty.'' J(a th erin e says that h er pur­

pose in lire is " to n1 a k e other peopl e happ)' and be happ y my­self," a nd w e t hink s h e h as made a goorl beginning-. fo1· she is on e of th e bes t natured gi rl s i n our c lass. She expects to attend i\ L l.'. next yea r and pecia lize in 1\ l a th. I ; ron1 h e1· good \V0rk in th e Calculus class w e are Eure site w ill be su ccess ful.

Zeta Gamma Scientifi c Soc i ety.

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The Pioneers-A Parting Word

SEVERAL milesto nes are past; many more are to be reached. But a lways there is the

eve rlas ting, beckoni ng idea l tha t every true s tudent is s triving for- s uccess ful attain­ment a nd serv ice. , ve Juni or College gra duates ha ve been inculcated with thi s idea l ; w e feel t he call a nd force of it and we s hall continu e our crusade in sea rch of it. Its

rays a re never di ming a nd they s hall always illumin e ou r Jifes, no matte r how dark and dreary our abiding place may be.

It was th e conception of thi s idea l, the desire to get a clea rer idea, a clea re r vis ion of : t, that spurred the present dozen graduates to embark the frail, untri ed vessel-the J uni or College-sa iling uncharte red seas, for a kn own port, but ove r a n unkn own co urse. The grad-1iates of thi s firs t Junior College class a re truely pionee rs. ·with no ass urance whateve r that the coJlege would turn out to be more tha ,, a. flim sy bubhle, the seve ral s tuclents, eage r for an education, we re willing to bla,e the trail- lead where it might. They we re worthy w ork­ers, as all p ionee rs s hould be ; they s trived a nd met diffi c ulti es, s uch as lac k of laboratory equipment, tex t books a nd refe rence books, but th ey met them a ll and s ucceeded. These graduates like Central High School-y('s, more than like it, for the school has heen a ho me, almost, for many years. The college was in the school and they owed ib to Central to make good a nd add lau rels a nd honor to the Central Hi g h School Junior College. The g raduates feel they ha ve done thi s.

Through an llttainment of real fe llowship hetween the students of th e co llege a nd a progress ive spil"it, co upled with a never ending des ire to work, much has been acco mplis hed in thi s s mall , embryonic co llege that co uld not have been atta ined elsewhe re. , v hat the students may have mi ssed in the way of co llege life a nd college professo rs, has been more than overbalanced by the splendid co-operation between teachers and pupils ; by the c lo8e friendships and by a p ermeating feeling of th e earnes tness and worth of " co llege education. Junior· College grad uates will be heard of in connection. with honors at large r sc hools nnrl in life. They ha ve had ,, training tha t has prepared them for thi s.

The congenial family- the college s tudents-ha ve done more than work on ly. T he first year of the co llege sa w the pioneers getti ng acq uainted with th eir fell ow bla,e rs of t he trail. They had none to look back to for aid; no precedents o r custo ms to follow- they we re making traditions-and t hey united in fellowship a nd worked and p layed together. The first yea r many social events were g iven, comp ri s ing severa l parties and a g reat annua l picnic. 1\ s hort play numbered the only other dive rs ion. The next year found the promising bud a full grown flower. Never letting down on schooL work the students-now back by " firs t year cl ass­found oppo rtunity for many events. Many parties, rea l, g lori ous affairs, we re g iven ; fo ot­ball and bas ketball ga mes played; hikes made a nd various othe r pleasurable events partic i­pated in. Two s uccesses crowned the cl ass a pee r : The capable presentation of "Th vV itch­ing Hour," and the defeat of the Holton, Kansas, Junior College debating t ea m.

T he goocl na me and hono r of the St. Joseph Junior Co llege is grow ing, as it ca nnot help h ut grow. As long as the ideals of the pioneer class are kept sac red, as long as the traditions of old Centrnl are honored, then as long as the sta rs sparkle and God s miles happil y behind them, will the Junior College ri se hig he r and hi ghe r to the heig·hts of un blemis hed s uccess .

,~1e re this a s t o ry of real pioneers, se ttling a fres hly opened, prospero us co untry , a nd we re Miss Ca lla Varne r the g uiding hand in it as s he is in the Junior College, t he worthy men of that g ro up would e rec t an indestructable comm emoration-a worthy s.vmbol of wo rk well done-to Miss Varner. She has done more than s he need to make the co ll ege a s uccess and her effort s a re che ri sherl and respec ted .

V{ell, folks, we are preparing for real life now-some of us will go the re immediately afte r commence ment- think of us so metimes and wi s h us w ell; we want to make Centra l pro ud of us; we want to ca rry on the ideal s we have found there · we want- well , we a1·e going to do o ur best and worl;- here is our ha nd on that! '

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I'res id en t.. ........ ............ F r a n c is M cGr a th V ice- P r es irl ent ................... . Alma Dehle1· Sec,·e t a r y ......... Bonnie Cotter a l Treasurer ............................ \ V illia m Co l l C ha irma n Executi ve Com1n it tee ....

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Statistics of Senior Class of Junior College-, ·--.

STATISTICS of t he J un ior College people s how many in te res t in g facts . F ive-s ixths of the g l'llrluates wa nt t o be t eache rs. All of them believe t hei r p urpose in life is to he good o r t o help others to be good . T he st udents-a ll of them- are busy, t a lented, go:id natured and fri endly . It was d iff ic ul t for an y one to wi n th e vote for a ny pos iti on, as

the q ua li ti es a re so evenly d istrib ut ed. The re was a pretty genera l concens us of opin ion t hat Frn nr is McG rath was, the m os t ta lented; Da vid Raffeloc k, bus ies t, anrl A url rey Linn, the witties t . F ive people rece ived votes as t he bes t natured, with Billy Colt lead ing, rece iv­in g seven vot es ; /\ udrey r ,inn pus hed hard w ith fi ve votes. It was a hot race for mos t t'ap­ahl e, a nd Be ulah Barnes crossed t he tape f irs t with one vote a head. Ma rt in Thomas a nd Fl'll n r is Mc G rn t h ti er! for second, 111 ade t he race a close one. The re arc 111 any dependabl e mernhe rs of t he cl ass . /\ Im a D e hle r mana ged to ge t on top with fiv e votes, b ut s he w~s close ly fo ll owed hy Ma l'i e tta Nas h a nrl Dav id Raffe loc k w it h three votes each, a nrl by Francis :\1c-Grath, , v a lte r Pinge r a nd Bonni e and D onnie Cotternl with two votes eac h. Mi les Hale ancl B ill y Colt , dete rmin ed not to lw left out, earned one each . /\ II t he pup ils are /?.' .1od fri ends, l111t A ud rey Linn is s uc- h a g·ood fri r 11rl t o a ll s he received a majority of votes, thu s proclaim ­ing he r t he hes t fri end in a class of 1·e:d fr iends.

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Second Year Class of Junior College William Col t :\ I ile8 Ha l e

Ned Hill Waller Pinger

Fmnc is i\rcGmlh Martin Th omn s

T HE six young men-the second year class- who do not graduate from lhe Junior College, are not representatives of failure, nor do they prove that girls are better students than boys. Most of the

youths, four to be exact, started with the original graduating members and worked just as industriously and are just as competent as those grad­uating. For various worthy r easons the several boys were not able to co m­plete their college course in two years.

The boys of the second year class r eprese nt the highes t type of 'A meri­can youth and have done much to make Central proud of them. Francis McGrath has been a leader in many affairs and his gentlemanly qualities are respected by all. But r ecently he and Walter Pinger, another very well liked member of th e class left for Fort Riley to become officers . Every­body knows Bill Colt and admires his good fellowship and friendship. Reliant and willing to work is Martin Thomas, and his rugged frankn ess is a pleasing characteristic. Ned Hill and Miles Hale are two students who have bee n in the college but a short while, but have made many r eal fri ends.