The Central Preservation Committee is made up of a group of Duluth Central High School alumni and friends. 

The all volunteer committee has been meeting in the 1890s Classroom Museum--located inside Historic Old Central High School in Room 112--on the first Friday of each month since the fall of 2000 for the joint purpose of saving the building as a historic site and maintaining the Classroom Museum. 

Through the efforts of the committee and other concerned citizens, the building was saved.  However, the Museum continues to need donations to carry out its Mission. Committee members have taken the responsibility of preserving the heritage of the Museum through a focus on Culture, Curriculum, and Classes.

The clock is a product of the E. Howard Bell Company of Boston and was installed new in the Central High School Tower in 1893. 

According to the manufacturer, the clock, with proper maintenance, would last 200-300 years.  Changes have been made in the last 100 years--changes which included the electrification of the clock in the 1940s and the lighting of the tower in the 1990s.  These changes coupled with the passage of time have resulted in the need for repair, restoration and ongoing maintenance of the clock and tower. 

One goal of the Central Preservation Committee is that of establishing a permanent, dividend-bearing, Old Central Preservation fund, part of which would be dedicated to just such procedures.

Chimes
Almighty God,
 Almighty Power,
 Cherish Our School,
 Throughout the Hour

 These now famous lyrics were written in 1948 by John F. Zorbas while he was a student at Duluth Central High.  He won a school sponsored contest in which entrants submitted lyrics to match the famous Westminster Chimes melody. 

One of the planners of the 20-year reunion for the Class of '84 found out a surprising fact about the 1948 winning entry.  Mr. Zorbas was not credited for writing the lyrics to Chimes.  His name did not appear after Chimes in yearbooks, graduation programs etc.* However, something has finally been done to correct this five-decades-long oversight. 

Mark Engblom, the reunion planner, and Gina Zorbas, the contest winner's daughter, both Class of '84, have had a special certificate presented to John Zorbas, lyricist, Class of '48.  The certificate was signed by the Duluth Superintendent of  Schools, the chairperson of the Duluth School Board, and the 2004 principal of Central High.  Mr. Zorbas was honored at the Saturday evening reunion event at the DECC on July 24, 2004.

 *Credit was given, however, in a brochure, circa 2001, created by the Central Preservation Committee.