East High School - Quill Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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58 THE It's Just an Old French Custom Many may look upon the school sav- ings plan as a purely American idea, but The Duster has discovered that thc plan was still sucking its thumb when Napoleon was showing France how to win wars. The plan was introduced to the ll. S. in 1882. During the past year, over bli26,000,000 was deposited in the school savings banks in the l'nited States. But Ojyicer, I Didn't! Imagine finding a parking tag in your lizzie some time after school! This is exactly what happened to the students of VVestinghonse Technical Night School in East Pittsburghi Most of the cars were tagged for violating a two hour parking ordinance. Such a raid at East would break the pocketbooks of many of our students. Here's One for Uur Scientists The science clubs at Thomas Jefferson High School gave a liquid air demonstra- tion recently. Among their many stunts performed by the aid of the liquid air, the most painful to the stomach was the sight of a. beautiful steak smashing to pieces. Several of the demonstrators placed their fingers into the liquid air, only to swear Never again. Televox Demonstrated to Wash- ington High Pupils Mr. F. A. Wheewlei' ofthe Vklestinghouse Electrical Company demonstrated the Mechanical Televox in Cedar Rapids on November 26. Televox is outfitted as a bell-boy. He has green eyes, and his heart clicks simul- taneously with his eyes. Televox is di- rected by voice and whistles, each whistle being used for a different task. Several of the Washington High students had the honor of directing Tele- vox in his duties. QUILI.. Carl Sandburg, Poet, Lectures N. S. P. A. Convention Uarl Sandburg, noted poet and lec- turer, addressed the opening session of the National Scholastic Press Association recently. Sandburg talked mostly of poetry and songs. Ile said that children should be allowed to write poetry while they were still wearing bibs. He Was Paid lt is reported that the authorities of a city church, noted for elaborate in- terior decorations, had some repairs made by some painters. When the bill was presented, the treasurer refused to pay it unless it was itemized, and so the painter who touched up the decorations submitted the following statement: 1. For correcting the Ten Command- ments, embellishing Pontius Pilate, and putting new ribbons in his hair-:i?8.00. 2. Putting tail on St. Peter's rooster and mending his comb-?l42.00. 3. Gilding left wing of guardian angel-rl-92100. el. Vilashing high priests' servant- 37.00. 5. Renewing lleaven, adjusting the stars, and cleaning the moon- bFl2.00. 6. Brightening up tl1e flames of the lower regions. and putting new tail on the Devil-51410.00 7.-Mending the shirt of the Prodigal Sonfai-1Zl.tI0.-E.relitinge. The lecturer warmed to his task. The consequences of drunkenness are ter- rible. If I had my way I would throw every keg of beer, every bottle of wine. every keg of brandy into the middle of the seaf, V o i c e from audience: Bravo, Bravo! . . Lecturer Cvery pleasedl : You're also a confirmed teetotaler. my friend? Voice: No, l'm a deep sea diver.

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THE QUILL 57 E X C H A N G E Halford Brocicett Pebbles', ,Iudged State's Best All Around Paper Returning from the eleventh annual Iowa High School Press Association con- vention held Friday and Saturday at Grinn ell, Pebbles representatives brought with them a lion 's share of the prizes awarded, being named the best all around paper in the state, taking first in the news editing contest and second with their humor column. Pebbles was awarded a beautifully engraved 12 inch loving cup by Sigma Delta Chi, national journalistic fra- ternity, for being the best all around paper in the state. MarshalltoWn's student newspaper was ranked better than the Blackhawk, Davenport, and The Central High Record, Sioux City, which received second and third places respec- tively. Papers from schools in every part of the state were entered for judg- ment of their qualities.-Pebbles, Mar- shalltown. Girls As Adventurers Wheii Lincoln High reporters inter- viewed Admiral Byrd, they discovered that girls prefer to fly over oceans. Ad- miral Byrd estimated that there was one girl to every hundred men who wished to accompany him on his North Pole trip. There was one girl to every two hundred men who wished to make the South Pole trip, but to his surprise, there were fifty girls to every man who wished to fly the Atlantic. The fair sex must have a fear of getting their feet cold. Jumping at conclusions is about the only mental exercise some people take.- Exchange. Tickets, Please After having a monopoly on their ticket taking job at football games for a number of years, Mr. Seevers and Mr. Gabrielson are now faced with a new source of competition. The men teachers of Fort Dodge High, are being enlisted to collect tickets at the high school foot- ball games. Mr. Gabrielson, in a private interview, expressed the opinion that the Fort Dodge faculty members were only in- creasing the number of unemployed. He also stated that they were also helping to prolong the economic depression and that they could not be good upstanding gate-keepers because of this fact. Mr. Seevers expressed the opinion that the Fort Dodgers were only copy-cats. They should be original, he added at the end of the interview. Despite these woeful tales, we are of the opinion that Fort Dodge can not pro- duce two gatekeepers who have the dis- tinctive qualities of Mr. Seevers and Mr. Gabrielson. Just think of what an East High game would be without Mr. See- vers' mustachio. Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.--Helen Keller. Lincoln High Seeks Slogan Lincoln High School is now hunting for a school slogan. Lincoln is the only high school in Des Moines without a slogan. A committee consisting of one member from each senior home room is to have the final choice. Mr. James Sterrett, a former vice principal of Lincoln, has sug- gested Lincoln's athletic slogan, Give all you are worth and play the game square.

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THE QUILL 59 FEATURES John Pxdlon Gertrude l.ibles i Esther Osness Josephine Sperry The Pill Dedicatory Message Friends, Romans, and fellow students falso Sophs.J. we have prepared tl1is masterpiece for your Pll'j0yllll'lll', and to prove to you just what a wretched flop that awful magazine called the QI'Il.I, really is. tlt probably wouldn't he so bad, if it wereu't for that bunch of nit witsif who write it.D VVe sincerely hope that you will enjoy and appreciate our splendid work in The Pill. XVe wish to dedicate this magazine to Prof. K. Stratton in acknowledgment of his splendid eo-operation and assist- ance. CTsk! Oh Yeah l and other expres- sions of star CHNIIIILD 'iNit wits-:1 little less brains than :1 half wit. Signed, l1ERTRl'DE G1m,Es, Aouis JD1,oN. Osrusa Esxsss. Sossriirmi JARY, The Quill Stay? The QI 111 st ntl 1 supposed to be a group composed of literary geniuses, but alas-if you can sneak out of your fifth period class, long enough to gaze through the window and behold the spectacle, you will see- -Harold Shover. yelling. 'tAren 't there any news articles? NVhere's that one on the last assembly IH Josephine XValsh arguing about some teehnieal points in gramniarg Helen Hanson enticing Ray Townsend from his studyg Howard Porter learning a part for some playg Ernest XVogen, matching. penniesg Ester Osness, laughing at her own jokesg John Adlon, evading the women 5 Hazel Ward, getting. Shorthand Josephine 'Sperry powdering her noseg Esther Sipling talking earnestly with Russell Olson about some English assign- mentg Flaribel Sommerville and Halford Brockett arguing about Shakespeare. Gertrude Libles thinking up some joke to write about one of us, and oh, where is teacher? Oh, we forgot to mention that other member-we don it know his name, but he seems to be making mischief. he wears glasses and is seated at the teach- er 's desk. Then hurry on and wonder- how they ever got the QVILI. written. It's a great life.