East High School - Quill Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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'7TI-lE quit 1 - A i - ' , :seat-.vnawv ' ef yr i 1 QM 1 is 1. 1 To the Faculty. 'E have toiled four long years, and now they are almost over. Among the many events the class of 1919 will have to re- member is the Flu, It came with a dash, and broke un- ceremoniously into our school career. However, we have been fol- lowing our daily routine with precision and due decorum for a num- ber of weeks. Now we are about to take our departure from the Cor- ridors of Knowledge and sally forth into the Great Unknown. Before we go, let us say a word to the Faculty. To them, let us extend our sincere appreciation and gratitude for interest and con- sideration they have shown us at all times. Let us thank them, too, for the part they have played so well in helping to make our enter- tainments and enterprises successful. We heartily congratulate our- selves upon having such a body -of instructors to stand by' and ass sist us as our faculty has done in the past year. Then, we say, three cheers and a tiger for the faculty! Dorothy Graves, '19, To the June Class of 1919. OUR years ago there entered the portals of East High a throng of youngsters. They trailed self-consciously across the plat- from amidst thunderous 'applause from the student body. Today they are the Seniors-the Class of 1919. We have looked back four yearsg let us now look ahead four. Where will the Class of 1919 be then? Wherever they are, whatever they do, let us hope they have not forgotten East I-Iigh and the good old days there. The memories that come to them, memories of days gone by, may they be of those spent at East High-those of games, assemblies and contests, those of defeats and triumphs-filled alike with the real spirit of East High. May they be thoughts of the members of the faculty, who so valiantly struggled to see them through. Class of 1919, when you are looking ahead, don't forget to look back also, to the happiest days of your school life, those days spent in dear old East High. Do1'othy Graves, '19.

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THE quit The Royal Road to Learning. OUR years ago this June, a class of rollicking, eager, expectant youngsters longing to experience high school life, entered the portals of East High. They formed in twos in the corridor and then marched, on to the platform, down the aisle, made by the new graduates. In front. of themf loomed an important personage, who seemed to be ofiiciating at this initiation of the new Freshies. ,She directed them as to the matter oi' turning to the right or left, as the case might be, and saw that they quitted the platform with as good a grace as they came on. Now one of these round-eyed youngsters made the terri- ble error olf turning to the left instead of the right and Miss-this personage-grasped her firmly by the shoulder and wheeled her back int.o position. Theora never has forgotten the humiliation she felt, The program that followed was hardly comprehensible to these awed Freshies, their minds were so occupied with absorbing new emotions and sensations. At last they were part of a high school, East High. After the summer vacation, we returned to school, dreading the first day, yet eagerly anticipating it-and each small student grasped a quarter in his hand to be expended on the first symbol of high school- ship, a locker key. Many of us had difliculty in opening our lockers at first. Why, I had to call on a Freshy to help me out and wondered how I ever could open that door alone and unaided. tl was not as dexterous then with a key as I am now with a hairpin.J As we looked around tho-se corridors with their numerous classrooms and endless suc- cession of lockers, what wonder if our poor hrainsreeled as we realized. that out of that number we were expected to find our classrooms. We listened in awed humility to the A Freshmen dispensing informa- tion in a somewhat lofty and condescending manner, it is true, but we could stand anything from them until we, too, knew the ropes. VVe would have our turn to assume the wisdom of a Delphie Oracle at mid-year. In a week or two though, you couldn't faze us with any- thing, We were really an exceptionally intelligent lot of Freshmen. One Freshman English class had a live hunch of youngsters in it, too peppy at times. Now a certain young man, an excellent marksman, undertook to exhibit his skill by shooting-what is it?-O, paperwads. tlt is so long since I was a Freshman and of course Seniors don't bother with such child's play.J Now, Miss Pa- crossed the room just in time to receive the full force of its impact. She demanded who the culprit WELS. He evidenced a natural reluctance to disclose his identity. and Miss G-- happening by at this inopporitune time, took a hand in the investigation. Everyone being too modest to admit the excellent -shot was his, she asked all who ever shot paperwads to stand. All the boys rose and one girl, red-headed, I believe, and addicted to such Tom- boyish pastimes. She looked rather out of place, but the truth is she should have had company. It all ended in a lark. Miss P- retired to the window, her shoulders shaking, and Miss G- had much ado to