East High School - Sunrise Yearbook (Erie, PA)

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Commencement Speakers George Schau ........................ America Catherine Stunder ..... The Lure of America Vivian Rohrbacher ..... The Spirit of America Kenneth Fargo ......... The America of 1930 Class Officers Kenneth Fargo ........................... President George Schau ....................... Vice President Thora Scott ............................. Secretary Laurence Behan .......................... Treasurer

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PAUL EDWARD SMITH Football 4— Track 3, 4— Baseball 3— Water Polo 3, 4— Swimming 4. Let failure strike—it still would find me working With faith that I should some day reach my goal. —Edgar A. Guest Understanding . . . O, world, crystal and cell, Wherein all men must dwell, What was the force that did divine Such countless orbs, yet mad’st us blind? Even the most learned seer With mind and vision clear, Can ne’er disclose the birth Of elemental universe. 0, Dreams, from mystic realms, Whose rim mere man has trod, 0, satisfy my longing And let me learn of God. Hut, long the way of life, Experience, filled with strife, And time will teach this Youth, That God is life, and life is truth. DOROTHY ST. LAWRENCE.

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June Class History At last we are seniors! What a wonderful word is “Senior”! It is like music to the ear of the undergraduate, for it represents the goal for which he is ever aspiring. When we were freshmen, we looked up to the seniors with great awe and respect. As we had heard of the horrible things which happened to freshmen, we were very meek until we attained the exalted position of sophomores. Now, we thought, we can show them how good we really are. And so we began the term. But, alas, the ending was very different from the beginning. We had reckoned without the juniors. They felt that they had a better claim to the friendship of the seniors than we. So passed another uneventful year. When we became juniors, we were on firmer ground and the goal was in sight. We helped with the Junior-Senior Prom and tried to make ourselves useful in other ways. Finally, we ended our junior year. All during vacation we wondered what would be the best attitude to assume. Should we be wise-looking and dignified, thus showing off to better advantage our great wealth of knowledge, or should we be gay and light-hearted and show everybody that being a senior is not such a great responsibility? It was quite a problem. But in the commotion of starting school again (the term wouldn’t be started right if we didn’t change our schedules at least five times), we forgot all about our attitudes and acted naturally. The time passed quickly, however, and in a short while, graduation was at hand. Graduation is a happy yet solemn occasion, for while we are glad to have finished our public school course, we do not like to think of leaving East High forever. 25 ELEANORE LIND.