East High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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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

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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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iiitmiiiiiiumiiiiiiumiiiiiiumtu.vmlmiiiiiiwutwutuuiiiwttttwutWntwmmrittwwftmuinv.mmm.rmsrvmvrmuvtamimtitHiiumiiiiiimmiiiiimuiiummmiiiiiumiiiiiimuiiiiiiumiititttmitimwiwmumwuu EAST HIGH SCHOOL, MINNEAPOLIS tations of their imperfections held up for the amusement of the wickedly gleeful under-class pupils. Most undemocratic class parties were given in costly halls Mover townfi The sewing room has eliminated them. Ever the same, however, were the troubles of the girls. What to wear for Com- mencement was the question to be settled anew every year. White usually won the day, but not always. Today we have a rest room. Two years ago it was only a dream. The way fainting girls were carried around to get them out of harmis way fand then carefully deposited on the Hoor in some dusty corner was too Spartan for words. Our course of study grewfso the five busy hours were increased to sex en. The lunch room facilities grew to its present proportions from a little lunch counter between the stairs to the basement. The girls' club and the various boys, clubs now so prosperous have been preceded by other smaller clubs that flourished a year or two and then died of neglect. The prospect for future growth is promising. Wfhatever the changes may be the foundation and walls built by the past generations bid fair to weather the changes. ANNA K. SHILLOCK. A GUIDE T0 THE UNENLIGHTENED HEREAS: Certain persons have experienced extreme difficulty in discriminating between various members of the faculty and other less exalted objects, and have experienced this difficulty because of the sameness of the names of the afore-men- tioned, we therefore have compiled the following guide, in the hope that it will assist materially in alleviating the diliiculty. We regret to state that we are able to publish only three examples, because of lack of space. 11-7 How T0 TELL MR. Coon Fnoivi A COOK for culinary artisnj You may have noticed, when the paths of Ignorance you've forsook, Our most dear and worthy pedagoguefProfessor Cook. He delighteth to elucidate on the great complexity Of valences and atoms, telemental chemistryt Now the only difference we perceive in the connotation, 'Twixt the learned one and tiother, is that of occupation. For while the hrst prepares, with skill, concoctions odoriferous, The latter mixes calories up for mortals most carnivorous. t2.l How T0 TELL Miss HAYES FaoM A HAZE fthe foggy hrimlj. You can't tell Hayes from haze by mere enunciation, For the simple reason that they have the same pronunciation. The difference is obviously one of magnitude, As they both are seen to show a sort of Hay-zy attitude. .3- t.u.,t How T0 TELL Miss SHILLOCK ifnoir SHYLOCK fllze gentlenzan of the 1Iucats.j How could we compare Shylock, a man exceedingly penurious, With lovely fraulein Shillockl 7Tis a matter quite too curious. For while she's cruel regards to marks, she would have no pound of flesh, But she gets in her most 'Gdeadlyw work, when the Freshies get too fresh. lt9l