East High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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EAST HIGH SCHOOL, MINNEAPOLIS 'I' H IC FA! Il I .TY EAST'S HISTORY ND it grew, and grew, and grew. Years and years ago there was a Village. pretty as villages go, on the banks of a mighty river. They both had a name then. The river still bears its nameg but Saint Anthony lost his: probably married to Minniefsomebody or other, and because she was rich and powerful, our little saint took her name. Though the name was changed, the life in this small village con- tinued about the same, especially for the children. Schools -vacationsthen school and then some more vacation were the epochs in our lives. The school buildings were nice squares containing from four to eight rooms, all except one building to which all youngsters hoped to go-the Winthrop Schoolsotl' Central Avenuefon Tvniversity Avenue. It was a large stone structure set in a line block filled with oak trees. This Winthrop school was where the ljast High School had its first home. My first acquaintance with it dates from the days when Mr. Aiton with four or five able assistants were aiding about seventy-live pupils in the strenuous task of hacking their way through the woods out into the light. The great event in our quiet, busy life was the advent of a new member ol' the staff, a lady from Kansas City. Her opening remark to her turbulent room-task Miss Jeter what it wast was decidedly electrifying. And so the school grew, from live teachers to tenfancl pupils in proportion so that linallyvthe third floor of the Winthrop became loo crowded and the High School moved over into a most beau- tiful, modern, up-to-date building, the Holmes. A l1TT

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' , V . , ,., coNvlcTs l A'-'AS CellNo. A cAusE ofCONVlC'l'l0N TERM ssnvrn srnrsncrnz lfor the most desperate? l l JETER, JANE .......... ! Missouri Jane . C. ....... 1English.... .... 25 years. .... To be released on short ' notice. KELLEY, FRANCES R. . . Moik . ........ 7 ....... Science. . . . l year. ..... Till someone knocks the 1 out of her name. LAcKERsTEEN, WYNNE. Hanty Wynne . L ........ lEnglish. .......... 2 years. .... Until the Cardinal's gone Stenography and to press. LEvERoos, ETHEL. ..... ............ 1 3 ....... N Arithmetic. ..... 1 year. ..... Till She figures her way German and l out, LEUHRS, E. OPAL ...... ............ B ........ A lgebra ..... .. 2 years. .... Sh! Net long. lllCDlLL, GENEVIEVE....f'Pickles .... E ........ English. ..... .. 8 years.... TTO be let out soon to go into a canning and pick- ling factory. MCINTYRE, RUTH M Lady Mac', .... 'H. ....... lLatin. ......... .. 6 years. .... Till her money gives out. Mechanical BICNIILLAN, BERTHA L. ............ 39... .. Drawing. ....... 18 years. .... !Umil needed to draft A A plans for East's new F gym. MCNIE, ZWARY B.... . 43 ....... iCooking .... .. 5 years. .... Until She is needed in the 1 oven to keep cakes from T falling. MORTENSON, MARY E. NMerry Mort .. .ill ....... 'History. .... . .. 15 years, ,,,. Till Women can vote, PARLIN, FLORENCE W.. ............ 44 ....... Design ........... 4 years. .... Till required as head de- . l , signer by Paquin. PEDERSEN, NORA ...... .......... . Office. . .. Shuffiing the cards 8 years. .... Gone, but not forgotten, PENNELL, EUGENE D Fattie ... . 27 ....... 'Bookkeeping and 9 years. .... Till he is able 10 squeeze , N ACCOUUUHQ ----- W through the bars. POPPE, ELEAXOR ...... 4Ginger .... 26 ....... !English. .......... 3 years. .... AS long as Cupid Stays away. RAY, FLOYD W ....... uSunny ... . 29 ....... Machine Shop .... 9 years. .... 'Til the bees quit sting- mg. REICHARD, CLIFFORD. .. . . .. . 33 ....... General Science... 1 year. ..... Till his Freshman track RICH, ELIZABETH. .. SAWYER, HARRIET l.. . . SCRIPTURI-I, ELIZABET B. SEBRIMQ, AIARJORIE H. SHILLOCK, ANNA ..... . SLIFER, ARTHUR C.. .. SPo1-IN, Alicrisr L ..... ' STANTON, ALTA L.. . . . STRoHME1ER, LYDIA TJ OSSEM, LEsTER. . . , . . Toon, ERMA E .... i'Carrots .. . . 'Gloomy Gus 'gBristles . . . . TOWNE, JUnsoN R.... i'Judge ..... . ULRET, SHARON S ..... WHITTEN, JULIA G .... WILSON, CLYDE C.... 'Kid, the Slugger . . . L2 ....... 18 ....... Padded cell .... 16 ....... B 36 ....... 10 ....... 17 .... . . 9 ....... 24 ....... 6 ....... 37 ....... 35 .... . . W44 ....... iss ....... English. ........ . English. ........ . juggling Books. . . English. ........ . German and General History. Geography. ....... . English Literature. English, Spanish, Journalism. .... German..... Penmanship. . . . . . . Botany ...... . . Physics. ......... . Civics. Econom- ics, History. . . . . Freehand Drawing.. Spelling, Arithme- tic, Typewriting. . 8 4 6 2 27 6 6 8 24 5 2 10 3 A6 li years.. . . . years.. . . . years.. . . . years.. . . . years.. . . . years.. . . . years.. . . . years.. . . . years.. . . . years.. . . . years. .... years.. . . . years.. . . . years.. . . . year. .... . l beats up the team. Until she bowls her way out. Till required in Manual Training Department. Until passing bell rings. Until we let the sea bring her out. lnterned 'til the end of the war. 'Til Y. Al. C. Afs are no longer needed. 'Til Shakespeare is put on the shelf. Until Lake Poluska goes dry. 'Til the submarines are off the sea so she can go back to Germany. Until he gets pen nies enough to get him out. 'Til she can make flowers l grow from a Bur Bankf' !'Til needed upon the bench. 'Til needed in the army. l Until blazing colors go out. 'Til needed to change places with the Presi- .W'arden's T W dent. BICWHORTER, LOUIS N. 4'Mac ......... ' Office.. Warden... .. l year. ..... As long as he likes his g viii V f I. i- if johfforever, we hope. f16l

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V I 4 nlltllllllllllllllizitmlllNlllllllllullllmllllillll1' it iwAlllil1,tillillll,WHWMllllwllllillllxlNllwlllltlllMilllwlllllllllillw. tmlllillltiliimIii. ',ilmtll,llllwllll,wtlM:1.llllilllrfillill!llllallllxllliillllilmiillitlt llll-1-5 ,,N, .Emu NINETEEN SEVENTEEN CARDINAL Here is where the old time final examinations were lost in the move. The daily marking system was adopted instead. When we remember the continuity of effort of all of us that the final examinations inspired, we regret that they have been abol- ished. When we think of the nervous strain of the examination week. and the deep grief-shock felt by some unfortunate hopefuls at the result, then we do not wish for the good old times. However, we cannot but regret that the pupils today, who have developed such marvelous powers of forgetting, might be hampered a little in that facility and might not be permitted to live mentally in quite such an improv- ident way. It was not long before the Holmes building proved inadequate. There was no room to develop. The manual training department was hampered, the drawing department was crowded, as for the laboratories, they were such only in name. The teacher did the experiments and the pupils did the observing. There is one exception to this which I cannot forget. It was physiology that I was trying to teach. As the grand finale to the course, various organs of a calf or an ox were brought to class as illustrations. Willing medical students were asked to demon- strate and dissect these organs. Unhappy day! A cat was brought to class. Pupils and medical students were enthralled. Poor teacher tried to escape, but the tables were turned. The students became disciplinarians and forced their instructor to witness. Even today I cannot think of it. But again the shoe began to pinch. We had increased not only in numbers, but also in pride and spirit. The East High School began to be looked upon as the place for students and culture and refinement. There was an indefinable something about 'fEast,' that attracted the students from surrounding towns, even from the Dakotas and Wfisconsin. Then pupils from other districts in the city began pour- ing in. The atmosphere here was different. The spirit was different. What the difference was, we, who had lived and breathed in this atmosphere so long, did not know. We only knew that others seemed to think it unique and desirable. So a little self-conscious pride crept in and then we first began to hear the words, loyalty, school spirit. Then, too, athletics made some effort and some headway. The building we are now in was finally completed and we moved in. only to Hnd that over night, as it were, we had grown so that plans were at once made for the enlargement of the schoolhouse. Physical culture was taught, tool Those were the days of real sport when grace of motion was attained by stretching. Whether we stretched too far--or at least too far for the space allotted, l do not know, suffice it to say, the exercises were no longer required and were suddenly stopped. They must have done something, though, for East after having attained its maturity simply kept on growing. The auditorium was added, and the Monday talks of lVlr. Webster became an institution. School yells, and rooter captains came into existence. The curriculum kept changing from courses where pupils took liatin through courses where Latin was left out-on to the present Commercial and Domestic Science Courses: all the changes were rung. The purely student pleasures changed from year to year. Class days were formerly as much of an institution as Commencement day today. Then the teachers were most cordially and urgently invited to attend, only to find humorous interpre- fl8l