East High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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lowing tin girls to have their share in the athletic activities of the school. It would he an inducement to many on the Hast Side, who now leave school after the completion of the eighth grade, to attend the high school, in order to enjoy the gymnasium. It would he the most effective method of teaching personal hygiene and cleanliness to those who do not have this teaching in their homes. But, most of all, a good gymnasium would cause a mingling of upper and lower classmen, and would make East High a greater social center. East High has been a school now for fourteen years. It has made splendid progress along literary lines. It has always stood for the highest moral ideals. Why should it not also have the opportunity to direct the physical development of its young people? Why do not alumni, student council, faculty and pupils join forces and see that our school receives its share in the recent appropriations for the high schools? Other schools have gymnasiums; why not East ? Teacher Attention AS we close our four years of interesting high-school experience, and in this book say “good-hve,” we cannot refrain from a few words of appreciation—and otherwise—of the teachers who have “guided our wayward feet along the thorny path of knowledge.” Memories of them will stay with us always, of those we loved and respected, and of those we would have liked to love. With varied feelings we will look back on those teachers who employed that hated and mortal weapon, sarcasm, who searched for our faults and criticised without helping. Ridicule and biting sarcasm arouse nothing but antagonism and stubborn rebellion in a student. To a teacher using such methods we can only say—“Don't.” By this pernicious habit, otherwise lovable teachers are estranging themselves from their pupils. Pleasant memories linger of a Freshman Latin teacher, now gone from the school, whose sweet voice and gentle manner and kindly helping hand not only won her pupils devotion, but made her a splendidly effective instructor. There are many such teachers in our school. They have given us justice at all times; they have shown us sympathy and courtesy, and no one appreciates courtesy more than a student. Though strict they have aroused and inspired us to more conscientious efforts. It is these teachers who really make a school and give it character. Be Happy' BE HAPPY. It is a brave thing to do. It is the coward, who sits and bemoans his fate. It is the quitter, who cries defeat first. It is the shirker, who complains of toil. It is the whiner, who burdens his brother with the cares lie has brought upon himself. The brave thing is to banish the unreal cares, rout those that seem real, and smile. Every time you fall, whenever things go wrong, smile and be happy. It is a brave thing to do. Carry your burden; don’t put it upon a brother’s back. When one shoulder is aching, shift the load a little, and smile. The load will be lighter. Courage makes the way seem shorter. Take a deep breath, straighten up, and smile. Be happy! It is a brave thing to do.

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Responsibility' THERE was once a wise old educator. In this wise old educator’s school, they had “auditorium” twice a week before the day’s work began. At 9 o’clock sharp on Tuesdays and Fridays, when the whole school was assembled in the great hall of the building, the wise old educator mounted the rostrum, and with upraised hand and commanding voice, demanded of his school, “What is the word?” As one voice came the answer, “Responsibility!” “What did you say?” “Responsibility!” “Louder!” “RESPONSIBILITY!” This time uttered with the entire force of a thousand voices. Satisfied, the old educator lowered his hand, the wave of sound subsided, the school quieted down, and the “morning exercises” proceeded. What did the little ceremony mean? Far more than I, or any of the other pupils in that school, or even the wise old educator could tell. That ceremony was making character; that word, so vehemently repeated, was becoming ingrained in the very souls of the children of the school. That wise old educator loved his children and, out of his great love, through example and through precept, he was teaching them the best life motto he knew. If 1 could give a school a gift, since the beloved educator is gone and I cannot give him to a school, 1 would give the school his motto: “Responsibility.” That watch-word, wrought out in the daily life of a school, means the three essentials of a successful school: scholarship, character, and patriotism. East’s Greatest Need WE have spent four successful years at East High School. We have had the advantage of its splendid teaching force and its unusually capable principal. We have been inspired by the clean, wholesome atmosphere which permeates the whole school, but we realize that there is one great lack in East High School. That lack is a well-equipped gymnasium. Think what a good gymnasium would mean to East High! It would increase school spirit by causing more boys to show their athletic prowess, and by al- Sezrn

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