East High School - Crucible Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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YE CRUCIBLE EAST HIGH Athletics have claimed several stars from 1920. John Miner, who was recently elected into Sphinx, is basketball captain-elect for 1924. Miner was State s outstanding player and scorer in basketball. Harold Stahl, '20, is a track man and a member of the Varsity O . He is also a member of the Men's Glee Club. Fred Tibbetts, '20, is a member of the Varsity A Association. Dwight Friend is connected with the football team. - Now for 1921 - Gansey Johnston is a member of Bucket and Dipper and Pi Delta Epsilom. He is Business Manager for the '24 Makio. Harold Platter is on the Malcio and Lantern Staffs. Russell Young is on the Sun Dial Business Staff and the Ohio Union Board of Overseers. Roland Wood and Henry Auld were on the Football Dance Committee. Ward Ross is a well-known track man and Wellington Guild is a member of the Football team and the O. A. A. Mr. Palmer Cordray, our former coach, will receive his M. D. degree from Ohio State this June. Roger and Hugh Addison of '22 like the Smith twins of '21, have brought fame to East through their great ability in swimming. Roger is attending Ohio Wesleyan and Hugh is at De Pauw. L John M. Vorys, '14, is a prominent member of the State Legislature. l East Hi can look with pride on her former students, who have gained recognition on Ohio State University Campus. From the class graduated in '19, Mary Laird is perhaps the most Well- known and popular girl at Ohio State University. She is a Senior in the College of Education and has been selected for Mortar Board, elected Pi Lamba Theta, honorary Education sorority, and is prominent in the Uni- versity Y. W. C. A. Miss Laird, while at East, was Editor of the Ma.id's Mirror, Associate Editor of the CRUCIBLE and a member of the Honor Society, Other '19 graduates, who have gained prominence on the Campus are: Dorothy Basore, a member of the Y. W. Cabinet, Glenna Schlitt, Vice- President of the Junior Class, Dorothy Getz, who has been doing clever art work for the Sun Dial, the Ohio State University Monthly humorous magazineg Lillian Ziegfield, who is a member of Phi Epsilom Omicon, hon- orary home Economics sorority, Dorothy Hanna, a member of Browning Dramatic Society, Mortar Board, and the Sigma Delta Phi, dramatic soror- ity. Miss Hanna also had a part in the Strollers' Christmas play, The Wonder Hat . Athletics, also, has brought our ex-coeds of '19 into the limelight. Helen Krepps, an all-round athlete, is President of the Women's Athletic Association and also Secretary of the Senior Class, Dorothy Gill, a mem- ber of W. A. A., and Lida Hays, who besides an athlete is sub-chairman of the Y. W. Committee. Gladys Bowen, '20, was elected President of the W0men's Athletic Association for '24. The class of '21 has produced the Smith twins, Ruth and Eleanor, our swimming champions, who have carried their names and East's to even wider circles than the Ohio State University campus. 13

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YE CRUCIBLE EAST HIGH East in the illimvlight The name of East High is engraved on the Ohio State Campus by her sons who have made good at the University. Among those prominent is Henry Metters of '20, former editor of the X-Rays and CRUCIBLE and a member of the Honor Society. Metters is Editor-in-Chief of the 1923 Makio, Ohio State's Annual, a member of Bucket and Dipper, and Sphinx. He is also President of Pi Delta Epsilon, honorary Journalism fraternity, a member of Alpha Kappa Psi, honorary Commercial fraternity. Besides this, he is on the Boost Ohio Committee, Junior Prom Committee, and the Sophomore Football Dance Committee. - John Harrison, '19, is Vice-President of Tau Beta Pi, honorary En- gineering fraternity, Secretary of Phi Lamba Upsilom, honorary Chemical fraternity, and a member of Pi Mu Epsilom, honorary Mathematical fra- ternity, and Sigma Xi, honorary Scientific fraternity. He is also on the Engineers' Council and the Boost Ohio Committee. John La Monte, also of '19, and former Editor of the X-Rays and CRUCIBLE, is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, honorary literary fraternity. La Monte was President of East's Honor Society for last year. Harold Harrison of '18, and Charles Adelbert Smith, '19, are both members of Pi Mu Epsilom, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi and Phi Lamba Upsilom, Smith is also on the Engineers' Council. Thomas Metters, '19, is a member of Scab- bard and Blade, military honorary fraternity, and is Secretary-Treasurer of the' Ohio State Branch of the American Association of Electrical En- gineers. The list of these former East students grows longer each year. From the class of '20, besides Henry Metters, are Charles H. Breininger, Treas- urer of the Junior Class, John Cole, who was the Sophomore Basketball Manager, James Comly on the Engineers' Council, Frank Connell, who has gained his recognition in track as well as being elected President of the Junior Class. He is also on the Junior Prom Committee. The As- sistant Secretary of the Boost Ohio Committee is Joseph Downs of '20, who was also on the Sophomore Football Dance Committee. Walter Eng- lish, Jr., is a member of Alpha Kappa Psi, honorary Commercial fra- ternity, and was recently elected to membership in the Beta Gamma Zigma honorary Journalism fraternity. The Sophomore Intramural has as its manager, Roy McDonald, of '20, who was Assistant Business Manager of the X-Rays. He is on the Stroll- ers' Business Staff, as is Robert Zimmer, of '20. Sampson Winters was on the Junior Prom Committee and the Sopho- more Football Dance Committee. Wellington Fordya and Wilbur Snypp, both of '20, are connected with the Makio and Lantern staffs, respectively . As a budding author, Milton Farber, '20, has surely started to bloom. His article, How It Feels to Be Eighteen , was recently published in Scribner's Magazine. Otto Swisher, '20, is Captain of the R. O. T. C. Infantry. 12

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