East High School - Crucible Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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YE CRUCIBLE EAST HIGH iEz1at'a Aihletir illiatnrg East 3l'Iigh'a Stair Bwarhall Olhampinna IHII4 The athletic past of East High School reads like a fairy tale. Since fairies are supposed to be able to accomplish almost the supernatural so did the Orange and Black teams line up as supernatural squads. When Ohio Avenue School housed the pupils Whose successors studied in what is now the present East High, they had great athletic teams in all branches of sport. Mr. Walter Collins, brother of Mr. Robert Collins, East's chemistry teacher, was the first coach of Orange and Black teams. Then in 1898 the present building, which is soon to be vacated, was buift and here again great strides in athletics were made. In 1905 perhaps the greatest constellation of stars ever assembled at one time, were study- ing at East High School. There were Walter Barrington, Joseph Phelan, Billy Purtell-all great athletes. Of these perhaps the greatest was Rink Barrington, a star in every branch of athletics. He was the Chic Harley of the olden days. Each 1905 team won a championship. The baseball team of that year was the greatest ever to represent the Orange and Black. They were the champions of three states,-a great aggregation. The success of these squads was due in no small amount to Coach Otto Magley, a wonderful mentor, who is now principal of West High School. Their triumph was repeated in 1908 and 1909. In 1909 the baseball nine captured the title on the diamond. Dr. Welsch was the coach whose team was the first to ever defeat North, our ancient foe. The score was 3 to 0. Hats off to Dr. Welsch. The next championship for the Orange and Black came in football and baseball in the year 1913. This was the first season that brought to list the greatest athletic product of Columbus High Schools, Chic Harley. Harley entered 8

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YE CRUCIBLE EAST HIGH In East's history the principalship has changed hands four times. John C. Hanna was the first principal and held the ofhce until 1898. He is now a school commissioner. Hon. Francis B. Pearson succeeded him in 1898 and served until 1914, when he left to become Superintendent of Public Instruction for the State of Ohio. He is now engaged in educa- tional work. Mr. John D. Harlor was the next principal and headed East's teaching staff from 1908 to 1914. Mr. Harlor has conducted several Eu- ropean tours. He is now teaching history and economics at East. Mr. Charles H. Fullerton, East's fourth principal, was made Assistant Super- intendent of Columbus Schools in 1916. Mr. Wilbert B. Skimming was appointed in 1916. East's roster contains many names of just school pride. Miss Jane D. Sullivant was head of the English Department at East in 1899. She is the daughter of the late Joseph Sullivant, to whom the new East is dedi- cated. Mr. J. Chase Hambleton, formerly of the Science Department, is now principal of Trades High. Ulysses S. Brandt, Columbus Attorney, formerly a teacher of Business Law, joined our faculty in 1899. Mr. Otto H. Magly, teacher of Commercial subjects at East, is now principal of West High. Mr. H. H. Reighly, former teacher of Physics, left East in 1921 to become principal of Highland Avenue School. Elbert L. Huesch came to East in 1912 as a teacher of mathematics and resigned in 1917 to become director of Trades and Industries in the office of the State Supervisor of Vocational Training. East Alumni will always remember Miss Ellen C. Rogers, Miss Louise M. Stewart, and Miss Maybelle E. Marsh for their faithful and efficient services. Miss Winona Schweir retired from the French faculty in 1921. Mrs. Mary Blakiston Guild was head of East's Latin Department until her re- tirement in 1919. She is now actively engaged in the Girl Scout Move- ment. Miss Cora Crane, a teacher of English, successfully produced two plays, The Birthday of the Infanta and Three Pills in a Bottle , in her last year at East. She left in 1921 to become Mrs. M. B. English. Miss Elizabeth Crooke came to East as an Art teacher. She left to join North's Faculty and retired in 1922. Some teachers who have passed on are: Miss Edith C. Reese, George Leahy and Abram Brown. Mr. Brown joined our faculty in 1899. These are honoured in their generations, And are the glory of the times. Bible. 7

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YE CRUCIBLE , EAST HIGH East High Basketball Umm-159 H East in 1912 but it was not until '13 that his athletic prowess became known. When one speaks of this great star, he cannot form words strong enough or adjectives forceful enough to characterize his playing. Suffice to say that no one before or since has come even close enough to make us place him in the class of our immortal Chic. Mr. Frank Gullum, now Athletic Director of Ohio University, was at the helm of the 1913 gridiron team. Mr. Gullum repeated his football success in 1914 but missed the baseball title. We captured the track title this year, however, and so made up for the baseball loss. The cinder men were coached by Mr. Robert Collins and were conceded to be cham- pions of the state. The Orange and Black managed to grab one scalp the next year, 1915, by stowing away the title of the three-sacked arena, i. e., - the base- ball championship. This diamond success was snagged again in 1916 with Coach Palmer Cordray in charge. Mr. Harold Emswiler, at present principal of night school and head of the Americanization work in Colum- bus High Schools, coached the 1917 football team which copped the grid- iron honors in superb fashion. Lloyd Pixley, last year captain of the Ohio State football team and Peggy Fuller, 1921 Ohio University leader, were members of this titular squad. Mr. Sylvester Noble was coach of the '16, '17, '18, '19 basketball and track aggregations and it is a notable fact that these teams, every one of them, were in the race to the finish. A period of rather mediocre squads followed and it was not until 1920 that East again broke into the front ranks. The swimming team, with the Addison boys showing the way, cut through all barriers and emerged triumphant and brought another title to East. This aquatic supremacy was manifest again in 1921 and 1922, 9