East High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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 “Wasn't the frappe the best you ever tasted? The hall really looked quite partified. didn’t it? 1 think that was really an awfully nice thing for the teachers to do. Some freshmen were overheard talking thus a few days after the freshman reception. Yes. “It was an awfully nice thing for the teachers to do.” When the freshmen enter High School they are dazed by the newness of everything. They have no feeling of responsibility, they are laughed at by upper classmen because they are wee and look insignificant. Ily means of the reception given for the freshmen and their parents, the students were made to feel a sort of responsibility; they took part in the program, and they could really feel they were a part of the school. Their mothers and fathers were given an opportunity to see the building, and to meet Mr. Webster and the teachers. It helped to bring the students, parents, and teachers into a closer feeling of friendship and co-operation. We have heard that there is to be a reception for the upper classes as well as for the freshmen, and we hope that it is so. for this is surely a splendid movement on the part of the faculty, this effort to bring the students, parents, and teachers closer together and to make Hast High known and loved by the students, and understood and appreciated by their parents. The Sub “64-11-59-43 —Thud—Rush—Shouts. Out on the field the men are striving their hardest to beat Central. Pel ton rushes up and down the sidelines, fairly bristling with intense excitement, oblivious of everything except the game. Huey snaps the ball to Rees; Son Hamilton rips a vast chasm in the red-and-blue line: Mahoney looms up and crashes through the hole, over the goal! The whistle blows for time—. We won! Down on the sideline, a dressing-gowned figure suddenly springs up. seizes a long gown lying near, and runs out onto the field, to envelop the hero. “Who is that fellow? Oh. only a sub.—not good enough for the fir t team—not good enough to represent East—tried hard, but couldn’t make it—not much. I guess— only a sub. Then, above a great hubbub of voices, appears the victorious team, borne in this moment of victory on the shoulders of their cheering friends. Among the crowd.—almost lost sight of—the sub. They march shouting around the field and into the dressing room, packing it to the doors, and overflowing in a jostling mob outside, everyone shouting and XI iic

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A . THE CARDINAL BOARD Editor-in-Chicf............................................Samuel Sewall Business Manager.............................................Wyman C. C. Cole Assistant Editor.......................................Abraham L. Sugarman ASSOCIATE EDITORS f Margaret L. Anderson Literary...........................................-j Ruth L. Erwin (Edward C. Nicholson Art........................................................Dorothy Decker Society......................................................Katharine Baker ()rganizations.............................................Xorman Barden Athletics...................... ...........................Charles H. Davis Eiljhi

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cheering for the heroes. “Great work, old man! —“Say but you put tip a peach of a fight! Nothing but honor is accorded the team. And why? Were these conquering heroes given this ovation because they had a little more muscle than the other team, because they averaged heavier than Central, because they were faster, or taller, or could tackle harder? Was it not rather because they had the nerve to go up against a stronger team and show them and us the true old East spirit, because they never quit working, because they did their best and kept on doing it ? (Ircat honor is due to the fellows who humbled Central and showed North and South and West what the real, old, never-quit East spirit is: but just as great honor is due to the fellow on the sidelines who tried his hardest to be on the team, even though he couldn't quite make it: the fellow who did his best and kept on doing it: the fellow who stood for the thing that East stands for, never to quit. Citizens in The Making If there is one class of students at East High which deserves more than any other the honor and praise of the student body, that class is composed of those boys and girls who work their way through school. The rich man s son (often a worthless sort, though sometimes quite the contrary) does not. and cannot see how a fellow can be at work every afternoon at 1 :30 and work all day Saturday. To him. the idea is preposterous. Vet. there are many boys and girls in E. II. S. who are doing that very thing. These people should be respected more than the football hero, the debater, or the one who reads the valedictory, for they are the ones who will help make the world a better place. They are preparing for the struggles and problems of real life, compared to which the trials of a high school course are trivial, indeed. Hut think what sacrifices the young man who works must make as regards his school life, lie may have ambitions to get high marks, to debate, to play football or baseball. He may be a “star in one of these lines, but he has no opportunity to indulge, for these things all take practice, which means time. And all his spare time is taken up in an office or shop. He may want to let loose some of his surplus animal energy and school spirit bv attending the games and yelling for East; but even this pleasure is denied him. Of the great benefits which the student derives from his work, it is not the purpose of this essay to speak. Hut let this point remain, that the fellow who gets on the football team is not the greatest man on earth. His honors must at least equally be shared by the fellow who works his way through the High School course. If it came to a test as to who would make more of a success in later life, which would be a better citizen, the training of the latter makes him by far a favorite. $ The Cardinal wishes to extend its most grateful thanks to the nine-hundred-odd persons who swelled the subscription list, and to the great number who so gallantly responded to the request for literary or other contributions. We also wish to express our appreciation of the valuable suggestions offered by Mr. Robertson. of the Architect Press, and of the help received from the English teachers, and especially to Miss Jeter. Miss McDill. Mr. Spolin, Miss Crump, and Mr. Webster, for their editorial aid and helpful criticisms. We feel likewise a debt of gratitude to Miss Whitten for her assistance in the art department, and to Maude Stevens, for the original drawing from which the cover-design was developed. Ten