East High School - Exodus Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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12 A CLASS OFFICERS Prcmi'L'nf Yiee-Prcxirlent Treasurer Secretary MS Sei-f eaut-at-Aims George Sturtevant Janet McCaw James Cook Eva Joseph John Keffer is

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Cites ijtatorij—SuttP, IBZQ ON the west side of East 82nd Street there stands an entrance whose dark green doors still swing on their big iron hinges. The doorway is little altered, although the stone steps below it are somewhat more hollowed than a half century ago. This old doorway is the threshold of East High School. I never see it without throwing off some forty years and going back to 1916-20 when we, the class of June, 1920, lived within those walls. There was the Monday in September, 1916, when we entered East for the first time. Then came the weeks and months of adjustment. Grad- ually we became a part of the school, a small part at first, but the longer we stayed the more we became imbued with the spirit of East High School. Still the picture remains in my mind of one night during our Sopho- more year when there was held a “Senior-Sophomore Reception.” During our Junior year we “grew up,” so to speak, joining clubs and assuming more social responsibilities than heretofore. It was in the latter half of this year that our class organized. At this time we contributed materially to the success of a bazaar, the proceeds of which were used to buy Victory Bonds, for the school. How clearly they all come back to me, the events of our Senior year! A very momentous question, the design of our class rings, was decided. It was with great pride that each one of us wore his ring, the true symbol of interest in a common cause, East High. Then after four years together we separated and went in different ways, but always there was with us the thought of the banner, “Noblesse Oblige,” and “A consciousness remained that it had left, Deposited upon the silent shore Of memory, images and precious thoughts That shall not die, and cannot be destroyed.” Portia Goulder, ’20. .19