East High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Junior will support fervidly every attempt made by the schools various teams, just because they represent the effort of his school. Another way is the continuous support of athletics. At the present time, the zenith of school loyalty is reached during the football season. VVhy not continue this support throughout the school year to the other forms of athletic encounters and encourage the baseball. hockey and track teams, as they deserve? Some students still have the mistaken idea that a football game is the only athletic contest worth attending. Those who have seen the other forms of athletics, relish a clean, snappy baseball or hockey game as much as a clever game of foot- ball. If every student would attend some of these contests, as well as football, he would have instilled into him more of the loyalty that makes school spirit in its highest form. But athletics are not alone worthy of support. Countless hours of patient practice are given by our musical organizations to perfect that talent in the school. ln the end, the public judges our school by its intellectual showingg hence it should be our pride to maintain and support throughout the year a strong debating team. These are but a few of the ways by which a stronger and more loyal school spirit may be developed and maintained. Hlasrnline 13156111 NVoman is vociferously demanding her rights: man is contentedly silent. Can it be that he is unaware that she possesses vital rights and privileges which he does not? ln the matter of dress alone it is alarmingly apparent. A woman may wear mannish coats, hats, collars and watch-fobs, in fact, she may assume almost any article of masculine apparel with impunity. But, on the other hand, what is our opinion of a man who binds his hair in a snood, wears a perky chiffon bow under his chin, and bracelets on his arms? A woman may ride her steed cross-saddle unquestioned, but it would be a brave man indeed who would dare to canter into our midst upon a side-saddle. In the professional world it is, alas, even so. The opinions of the woman-doctor and lawyer are deferred to, but the maxims of the male nurse-maid are treated with contempt. It is very well for woman to invade the field of sport, but let man only make approaches to the domestic muse and he is cruelly repulsed. The world's champion woman tennis- player is honored everywhere, but the champion male crocheter meets with scorn unmitigated. XVhat wonder, then, that man clings frantically, tenaciously, to his one, remaining, exclusively privilege, the right to vote? Ten

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' hitnrials George lfVUSfI'l1'ZAQ'l01'L llC'.CI' told a lic, And f1'11z'11 liens Hott' as 111011, IVC cdz'z'oz's I1IIlSf sjvcale flu' lL7'IffIl-- life did it with our jimi. Srhnnl Spirit It was after the high school championship football game last fall. W'hen the bitter contest was ended, two members of the defeated team were seen walking homeward along a side street, with bent heads and an air of dejection. It came to me at once how different their status would have been if they had won. NVith honking horns and Happing banners, perched conspicuously in automobiles, they would have paraded the city. As it was, the autos had been filled with girls and the players walked home in the dust. So were those defeated honored. This was not an East High incident, but the question arises, what can we do to instil into every student the appreciation of true effort in every phase of school endeavor? Probably one of the best ways is through the Freshman. The Freshman of the present day is not an integral part of high school life. Upon entering, he is thrust into an entirely new world and spends his spare time, groping almost blindly for the ladder of school affairs. There is apparently no hand to help him, but there is a way to remedy this. The upper classman can make it his duty to do all in his power to place the Freshman in the place he rightly deserves to hold in school affairs. lf this is done, there will be the members of four instead of three classes supporting the school and boosting it. Vtfith this early installation of loyalty, the Freshman, upon attaining the rank of Senior or Nine

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he rntnheh Lllnfak mums As many inquiries have come to the Cardinal Board,-that being considered a wise and able body of scribes,Aasking how to obtain entrance to the different rooms, zfia the cloak rooms, about 8 125 in the morning, the following suggestions are offered: If you are very small and thin, you may be able to turn sidewise, and by a series of quick slides, get through the crowd. If you have several friends who also wish to go into the room, you can probably get through by the concentrated efforts of all,-that is by getting one behind another, and pushing with all your strength. Another way would be to drop on your hands and knees and crawl through where the hobble skirts make room. If you are a coy little thing, with dimples and blue eyes, and most of those in the cloak room are of the opposite sex, you will doubtless experience no trouble. However, if hatpins predominate, you will have to fight your way. If you are a football player, you have probably had sufficient practice to enable you to go through any crowd without difficulty, by using the same tactics as on the football field. BUT be careful that you do not pull off any curls as you go past. lt would be decidedly embarrassing, in the midst of a recitation to realize that a silky curl was hanging to your coat button. lf none of these ways appeals to yon, the best thing to do is to go out into the hall and come in through the main door. The above suggestions are all that the combined efforts of the Cardinal Board can produce for the present relief of the difficulty. But surely an appeal should be made to the Technical Society: for what is the reason for the existence of this organization if it is not some practical benefit to the school? A member of the club could bring up the matter at the next meeting, explain the difficulties, and suggest that some mechanical apparatus, working on the principle of the pulley, or better yet, some diminutive form of airship, could be arranged. 'Un- doubtedly, some ingenious brain could devise a solution to this vexing problem. he Qfieitile rf nf Clfheining 6911111 Gum chewing is a delightsome pastime and a deservedly popular one. No one who has ever visited liast High doubts its popularity. But has it ever occurred to anyone that gum-chewing besides being pleasant is useful as well? Elweu