Evening star., 1919-12-27
central Alumni
GREET PRINCIPAL
AT ANNUAL REUNION
High School Graduates Hear
Addresses and Elect
Officers.

Central High School Alumni ASsocia- =
tiOn had a jubilee last night to well
come back to the bosom of his official
family. 50 to speak. Emory NJ. Wilson.
veteran principal of the school and
honorary president of the association.
who has been seriously i'll for the last
eighteen months. The occasion was
the annual reunion of graduates from
the class of 81 to the class of '19.
Officers were elected for the coming
year. The school war memorial move
ment was given vigorous impetus.
There was music, dancing and refresh
ment.
This is the best medicine I've had
since i became i'll eighteen months
ago" Mr. Wilson said soon after
his appearance as the patter of ap-
plause would permit. Your steady
sympathy and Understanding from
the most prominent alumus, the most
obscure freshman, and all between
helped me nightly. ! appreciate II
in way | can't express: | appreciate
from the bottom of my heart the
symps thy. interest and affection that
has been shown me.
Warm Tribute to Assistants.
agement of the school during his long
absence from duty by Assistant
Principals Miss Helen NJ Coolidge aud
Robert a. Maurer was voiced by Mr
Wilson. The best job l ever did.
he declared. was to choose them To
help me. / have come back to a big
ger. better school than l left
The principal urged immediate pro
motion of the alumni war memorial
plans. The boys and girls who grad
uate from Central will be disap-
pointed if they cannot contribute TO
to fund for memorial tablet, he
said. I'VE owe a debt to the boys
W n
who didn't return. Let's do it ade-
quately. Let's put it over the top"
Urges Big War Memorial.
Central High School war memorial
should be the biggest thing in Wash
ington." Gideon y. Lyon stated: not
the biggest thing in size. but in spirit.
Central High is the biggest school in
Washington. 1t has the largest alumni
and has more influence on the social
and business life of the community
than any other institution here.
The memorial to the fourteen boys
who lost their lives should be splen-
did. dignified. distinct Mr.. Lyon con-
tinued. I'VE can get any ordinary
memorial for few hundred dollars.
pockets we can get a distinctive one.
We have now S315. just a beginning.
Perhaps we can make the fund $4,000,
maybe $4,000. We may not put up
just a memorial tablet. Perhaps we
can erect a really big memorial"
Brief talks were made by Mr..
Maurer, who described the physical
equipment of the new school building.
and by Miss Coolidge. Both Were
elected honorary vice presidents of
the association. George Hodgkins also
spoke.
Election of Officers.
Officers elected were:
President. George w. Hodkins; vice
presidents. Harry English. 'S3; Fred
l.. Fishback, IS: Mrs. Selden NJ. Ely.
81: Mrs. Grace Ross Chamberlin, SO :;
Sara T. Lynch. '9T; Robert c. Greene.
90: Emily F. Sleman, 'O1: Paul b.
Lesh. '03; Sidney Kent, '05: j. Paul
Yoder, '06; Airline NJ Pollock, Febru-
airy, is: Dorothy F. Thompson: FEB.
ruary, '13; Margaret f. Hudson. IA;
Hyman d. Shapiro, IA: Mary Brown,
'1S; secretary. Mabel Paul. -; treas
urer, Bruce Baird, 10.
The Alumni Association now has
about 500 members. About 400 were
present at last nights reunion.