East High School - Orient Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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rrcA Full-Blown Rose” Class Poem Last month ’twas but a slip of green—this» scented blossoming rose. While fed by Mother Earth, 'twas then a dainty bud—and so it grows; Now petals ope to peep upon the world—oh, wondrous hour! The climax of God’s work is yet to come—the full-blown flower. For youth he uses harsher tones—to warn approach of a full-blown rose. How like a rose are we, just blossoming in East High's halls. First a little slip; then sealed bud; now as we bloom, the world calls! O’er babe, the slip; and child, the bud. gently mild zephyr blows; Let us awake and heed the warning: Come! the world to us is calling. Tarry not. friends, for each idle moment a petal is falling. Shall we, with hearts unresponsive, sleepily drift with the tide as it flows? Do this—and miss what is rightfully ours—the joy of a full-blown rose? No! this, dear Alma Mater, in accents loud we acclaim; With God’s help our blossoms shall not fade. May we live to honor thy name! Through the many thorns ami briers that may hold us in their throes. May each dear classmate blossom—into a full-blown rose' Rachael Muscat. n RACIIAEI. MUSCAT Page Fifteen

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WINriEM» KIF.MtR BACH A El. MUSCAT HELENE A. TIERNEY Class Representatives in the Executive Council Publications Committee Winfield Ricfler Rachael Muscat Helene Tierney .■It hie tic Committee Borden Booth Music and Literary Committee Garson Meyer Pat Pour teen UukI KN BOOTH «.ARSON MEYER

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Class History n IICLENC A. TIERNEY I CANNOT remember what sort of day it was when the illustrious class of January 1915 entered East High, but I do remember that we seemed to be tagged, labeled or something like that, for we were objects of curiosity every way we turned. (1 have found out since, by observing the incoming Freshmen, that it was because of the dazed, perplexed expressions on our countenances). (hir career in old East High had begun. It took us a term to get our bearings, but the second term we organized. The confusion and excitement of our first class meeting! The first year we chose our class pins and started off the second by drawing up a class Constitution by which the class has faithfully abided. Our class was rather shy so our activities did not commence until our Junior year. But even then our class was not so much for the social as for the educational side. The class forgot its own interests and worked in the school's l»ehalf. During the year we held a very successful Hallowe'en party. A slcighridc was attempted in February, but the weather would not permit. The girls held a Thanksgiving party, but left the boys out. Two of the most important offices in the Roman State were held by members of our class, that of “Praetor Urbanus.” bv Foster L. Mills, and that of Pontifex Maximus,” by Winfield Ricfler. A Roman Trial was conducted successfully in October by Foster Mills. The Clarion's most successful year, financially, was due to Winfield Rietler's manage- ment. Our class claims the honor of giving the school one of the most efficient Page Sixteen