East High School - Exodus Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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A II lqintnrg T was with trembling knees and fluttering hearts that we set out for East High one beautiful September morning in 1912. Upon our ar- rival at the school, we went immediately to the auditorium, that is as immediately as seeking for it in the basement and on the fifth floor first would allow. We were kindly received by some teachers and then sent to our rooms. We were now Freshmen, commonly called Flats, This first year was a perfect night-mare of learning not to run through the halls, and many other new rules, and the less said about it the better. After an all too short vacation we returned, this time not with fear and trembling, but with joy of seeing old friends and with anticipation for the fun we were to have at the expense of the newly arrived Flats. We were not burdened learning new rules, and so were able to begin to enjoy high- school life. As a token of our love and loyalty we presented some beautiful pictures to the school, which may now be seen in the hall on the second floor. We also displayed our loyalty by selling a large number of tickets for an entertainment course and so helped to buy our magnificent piano. This, our second year, was happily spent. e Another vacation and then our third year. We were now the jolly Juniors. We were permitted to join societies, give dances, and to hear the speakers at rhetoricals reasonably well, fsomething tabooed in our Fresh- men yearb. Several of our members distinguished themselves in ath- letics and debating. This year was very pleasant but we were not sorry when it ended and our last vacation in preparation for our Senior year began. Upon our return to school we hurled ourselves immediately into the hurry and scurry of a busy school life. We were allowed new privileges this year in the form of self-government. We were no longer watched as prisoners by a cordon of teachers standing around the auditorium, and we were allowed to take charge of our study halls, and sometimes even of our classes. In the second term, of this all eventful year, a weekly school paper, called the Blue and Gold, made its appearance. Much inter- est in this paper was shown by the pupils and it was a success from the start. During the year we were the recipients of small pieces of white paper, folded in half, which were followed a short time later by our ap- pearance upon the stage in the auditorium. In spite of this, this last year was the most pleasant of all, spent at East. We are now nearing the end of our high-school life. Some of us are preparing to go to college or some other institute of higher education, while others are preparing to strike out into the world of work, but no matter where our paths may lead us, we shall always remember our years spent at East, as some of the most pleasant moments of our life. GORDON HAMEL, '16, .T.?.- THINGS WE SENIORS LIKE T0 STUDY. 1. Each other. 2. Teachers. 3. Dramatic art. 4. The gentle art of bluffing. 5. The Annual. 17

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Clark Dellinger .. Marion Henderson ..... Ryllis Alexander . Thomas Comstock Delia-Wiener .... Otto Lehecka . . . A II CLASS OFFICERS EXECUTIVE COM MITTEE . . . .... President . . . .Vice-President .. . . . . .Secretary ............Treasurer Assistant Treasurer . .Sergeant-at-Arms Mildred Blake CChairmanJ Richard Beatty, Myron Blanchard Irma Lauster Charles Futch 16

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Ryllis C. Alexander Columbus, O. Recording Secretary of Laurean A Critic of Athenaeum Secretary of Senior Class Glee Club Student Government Committee Mantle Orator Young, if you will, and tiny too, But oh, how willing, stwanch and true! Marsden Atwater 3051 Euclid Boulevard Sergeant-at-Arms of Demosthenean Vice-President of Prothymean Glee Club II-III Manager of Basketball Who says the world is sad? Away with care Pd raise the roof, did I but dare. Esther Loretta Anhut 707 East 128th St. Senior Executive Committee Chairman of Student Government Committee She ll help eaeh one, to each 1:8 trueg She loves her friends, they love her too. Dorothy Bate Case School of Applied Science A quiet, modest maid, but still Iler friends all know her fine good will. Richard Charles Beatty 2028 East 100th St. Sergeant-at-Arms Demosthenean Senior Football Team Prothymean Senior Basketball Senior Executive Committee f'Born to command! When he holds sway, IIe'll but demand, we'll all obey. Mildred S. Benjamin 1835 East 87th St. Glee Club IV Her pleasant disposition Makes her friend of one and all. 18