East High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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ANNIVERSARY GREETINGS FROM FORMER EDITORS Earle Baillie (1907 and 1908) “ am delighted that the publication of the Cardinal continues. I congratulate you on your opportunity to be mixed up in such a piece of work. I think the doing of it well is a real service to the school ” Lawrence D. Barnard (1908) “Cardinal days are the happiest in a fellow's life, and will be the source of friendship and help in the days of work and business to come.” William W. Hopson (1909) “May extend my heartiest greetings and best wishes for the success of the tenth anniversary edition of the Cardinal.” Samuel Sewali. (1912) “May the Cardinal find its own place jn the hearts of its readers, where are recorded the memories of friends and good times passed.” Lawrence H. Cady (1910) “King Cardinal on his tenth anniversary has so much red blood flowing in his arteries that it is no wonder the ghosts of preceding volumes look anaemic. I am sure that I speak for many members of the class of lQto in greeting the Cardinal of it) lb, its editors, and its sponsors.” Elaine Cleveland (1914) “My heart is still with East High. Every time East wins, I feel like shouting: Hooray for us! The brains win.9 ” I 13 j

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A SHORT HISTORY OF THE CARDINAL TI IK first Cardinal to be published at East High was published in 1907 by the junior class of 1908; it was called “The 1908 Cardinal from the name of the class. As the juniors wished their publication to become a permanent institution, they tried to choose a name for their book which would have a lasting fitness and appeal. Many disapproved of the name, “Cardinal”, thinking that it referred to an officer of the church instead of to our school color. For this reason, the covers of the first two cardinals were red, and many of the succeeding ones have followed this precedent, in part, at least. The 1912 annual hail cardinal birds on the cover; the 1909 class used the bird for their frontispiece, and the 1908 class had the churchman in a cardinal robe for a title-page. The prices of these annuals have varied. The first three annuals were sold for fifty cents each; the 1909 Cardinal was a dollar, because of the extra cost of the linen cover. The 1915 Cardinal Board raised the price, which for the three preceding years had been fifty cents, to seventy-five cents. This advance was due partly to the raise in the cost of publication, and partly to the fact that the preceding Cardinals had gone into debt. The 1915 annual was the first for several years to cover expenses. For a similar reason the 1916 Cardinal Board has decided to charge the same price. We hope to make up for the advance in cost by the excellence of our publication. The 1907 class deserves much credit for instituting the custom of a High School Annual at East. So far as we know, East was the first local high school to have a publication of this kind, altho we do not state this claim positively. Earle Baillie was the editor of this first annual, and Edwin Brown, the business manager. There were but five associate editors, and no assistant editor or business manager. The annual was small, containing only ninety-three pages. It had no advertisements. Its pages boasted less than twenty engravings, and only one drawing; the editorial board was represented by baby pictures. The champion foot ball team of 1906, and the school organizations and athletics were the only pictures, save three in an illustrated article and two of Mr. Webster. The literary material was composed of class and organization write-ups, personals, and the cream of the literary efforts of the upper class men. The second “1908 Cardinal” was put out by the June class of 1908. Earle Baillie was again editor. Both of these Cardinals were dedicated to Mr. Webster. The second annual was almost half again as large as the first. It contained more engravings and drawings. There were small pictures of the whole senior class engraved on the inside of the cover, without names or personals. The Old-English titles and small inserts of the same type, such as “ Blessed are those who work—their teachers, at the bottom of the page, made this volume very attractive. ( 15]