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

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54 THE Dreams Come True Blub! Blub! Splash! Gurgle! Gee how I like to swim! I'm sure if it hadn't been for G. A. A., I would never have been able to swim. Just think, too, if I 'm ever out swimming a11d someone calls for help, I can save him--and perhaps I might get a medal for it! ! Oh Yeah? fThis from Mariel But really, Marie, I think it would be grand and glorious! Just think of all the honor! Along with that I'd like to be a swimming champ also. You want too much, I'm afraid, ehirped Marie. CYou see, she didn't quite .agree with her chumis ideas.j All these exclamations had ensued Jean and Marie were learning a life-saving pointer in the East High Pool. Little did Jean realize that some day she was to become just as honored and just as notable as she had hoped to be- come. Let us now look into Jean 's life some years later and see if her high and mighty dreams of the future are actually to become a reality. What do you think? Could someone possibly have heard her wishes and transformed them into the almost impossible? Not one, but every newspaper i11 the country carried the news of Jean. Her name was widely honored by everyone. She was not only the swimming champion of her home town, but of the world as well! CDon't you imagine Marie was rather ashamed of the remarks she had made in response to Jean's aspirations of old fl Girls in G. A. A. Many girls have come out for G. A. A. sports this year. Those in the Tumbling class number twenty-six. If the boys' Tumbling Team doesn't watch out, they 're going to have some keen competition. QUILL It is evident that manyigirls want to learn to become good swimmers. There are thirty-six girls taking up this sport. Basket ball seems to be the favorite sport of the girls. There are exactly one-half a hundred members in this splendid sport. Baseball is a close runner-up to basket ball. Forty girls are taking part in this national game. If anyone should happen to visit the advanced swimming class, he would find there are plenty of girls wl1o want to learn more about swimming. The total number of girls out for this sport is nineteen. G. A. A. News The exciting sounds emerging from the gym doors and windows are almost enough to arouse anyone 's curiosity enough to investigate the reasons why. Vile have on Monday, Folk and Clog dancing, Tuesday, Swimming classes for beginners, Thursday, Tumbling and hit pin basket ball, Friday, Advanced swim- ming and life saving classes. At our last meeting on December 2, a short talk was given by Miss McKee, on the unlimited subject of Sportsman- ship, The girls enjoyed her talk very much. A number of the G. A. A. girls presented a short play entitled The Outsider. Refreshments were then served, and it seemed as if everyone en- joyed herself immensely. Officers ofG. A. A. G. A. A. is blessed with many talented oiiicers this season, among which are : President ............................ IWARY VINCENT Vice President ....... .......... O PAL GERMAN Secretary ..,........... ......... I IAZEI. VINCENT Treasurer .,.,...........,.... IWARJORIE N1CHo1.s Publicity Secretary ........ FAYE XVILLIAMS Ad . 'QAA SPENCER vzsore lMRs. SHEPHERD

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THE QUILL 53 Newton Wins First Cage Meet During the first game of the season for both teams and with each team playing well, Newton succeeded in nosing out East High by a 17-13 score. Newton held a slight lead throughout the entire con- test, but finally clinched their victory in the last quarter with a four-point mar- gin. The initial line-up for the Red and Black this season contained Winder, Rickebaugh, Cilva, Frisk, Hokanson and Bergstrom. The East High second team also lost to Newton in the first part of the double- header, 13-10. Cross Country Gains Favor This new sport during the past season has received more attention than ever before. This fact is undoubtedly due in some degree to the appearance of the harriers between the halves of our foot- ball games. It has also been decided that service in crow country running will apply directly on the earning of a track monogram in the spring. The schedule for the past season consisted of dual meets with Perry and Muscatine, and the state meet at lowa City. The New Point System of Award- ing Monograms The new system of awarding mono- grams which was discussed recently and which is probably to be adopted in East High, would doubtless prove superior in many ways to our present system of athletic awards. In addition to the general require- ments of regularity, willingness, ob- servance, and loyalty, one must during his athletic activity accumulate at least 400 points in one sport. A 500-point limit is placed for one season's activity and not more than 100 points may be carried over to the following year. Points are won differently, the amount varying from 80 points for a first player in a tennis meet, to 4 points on each hole won in a golf match. Additional points are also awarded for service. Intramural Volley Ball The attention of every gym class dur- ing the past several weeks has been focused on the progress of the volley ball tournament being conducted among the gym classes. From among the many teams entered in the contest, the teams reaching the semi-finals were captained by the following: Selover, Versaw, Zook, and Johnson. The final contest, played between the teams of Selover and Ver- saw, was won by Versaw regardless of the losers' high opinions of themselves. A recent battle between Versaw's Var- mints and the Faculty Flatfoots resulted in a defeat of the proud pedagogues by a one-point margin. Mr. Lyman is errors and Mr. White 's mistakes featured throughout the contest for the teachers. Can You Imagine? 1. Inter-school basket ball tournaments for girls? 2. No more gym classes after this semester? 3. Chorus girls' dancing instructions? 4. No more exercises in the girls' gym classes? 5. Bob Rook not being a football player? 6. Dad Hoyt without a voice? 7. East High losing a football game? 8. East High without the wonderful school spirit? 9. Coach Mike Augustine telling the football boys bedtime stories in the tent meetings during the half 'I 10. Frank Manny taking up the na- tion-wide game of Tiddledy Winks?

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THE QUILL 55 A L U M N I Ernest Wogen Mistress of Her Plane Salome Minetor, '29, was awarded a private pilot's license and is hoping to be the Hrst woman i11 Polk county to be- come a licensed operator ot' aircraft. Miss Minetor has a weakness for a huge mnltimotored plane and hopes to be a mail pilot. She says, At any rate. I won 't quit until I'm a transport pilot and that's as much as anyone can do in the matter ot' a license. Prominent Alumnus Harry Hartwick. a graduate of East Iligh in 1925 is professor in the State llniversity of Iowa from which he gradu- ated last year. Three of his stories. Chicago ldyll, Happiness l7p the River. Veni Santi Spiritusf' were given honorable mention in 0'Brien's Best Short Stories for 1929 and 1.930f' Harry was editor-in-chief of the QI'Il.i. in 1925. From Editor to Editor Paul Cotton, '25, has made good in the way of editing. While attending East he was active in debating. ln his college days at Drake he was editor of the Times- Delphie, the Drake paper. After work- ing at the copy desk and at cub report- ing, Paul was advanced to assistant editor ot' the daily Tribune. Lately he was promoted to editor ot' the 'l'rib1me. Eleanor Burton. former student, daughter of Principal A. J. Burton. was a substitute teacher at East High, December 17. 1930. Martha Sellers, '29, was pledged to the Phi Sigma iota sorority at Drake. Wedding Bells Horsburgh-Madden On September 1, Ella T. Horsburgh '28, was united in marriage to Chester W. Madden, '29, Mr. Madden is con- tinuing his studies in the architectural engineering department at Iowa State College. Both Mr. and Mrs. Madden are graduates of East High. Tyler-Johnson Elsie Tyler, '28, was united in mar- riage to David Johnson, '29, at the home of the bride, on August 30, 1930. We all join in wishing them success and happi- ness. Johnson-Clark Pearl Johnson, '23, and Wilson f'lark, were united in marriage at Boone, Iowa, October 18, 1930. They are now making their home in East Des Moines. Coatney-Wayne Pauline Coatney, '30, was united in marriage to George B. NVayne, '27. The otiiciating clergyman was Rev. Frank Case. The couple immediately went to housekeeping at 1514 Lyon Street. Black-Martin Mildred Black, '29, and Jack Martin, y28, were united in marriage December 7, 1929. The couple is making their home at 3208 NVest Eighth Street, in this city. They are the proud parents of a daugh- ter, Donna Lee. Here's wishing them many successful and happy years. Mary Caspeis Verse Published Call Me Mary, a collection of 100 verses by Mary Caspe, former East High student, was published Charles F. Pye, secretary of the lowa State Teach- er 's Association. Several of Miss Uaspc 's poems have been published in K's column of the Tribune.