East High School - Tiger Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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March lllemorg books begin now to appear Among Senior girls as they do each year, The teachers and each member of the class Must wrlle in the book of every fair lass. The lamb is very much in evidence. ' B-A dance preceded by an entertainment. Some quartette. East almost beat Woodward, 24-20. Assembly. A dog enters in search of learning. Suddenly disappears. Meat pie in lunch room. -N0 assignment in mathematics. How they do neglect us. Paper says last of winter is pastg spring zephyrs on their way. Wind, snow and zero weather in outlying suburbs. Hughes defeats us again. It's becoming a habit. The A graders defeat the B graders, 27-9. Candidates out for spring track. Candidates out for baseball. Spring is surely here. Our bunch goes to town and watches Mr. Jones' birdy. Feeble attempts made to collect for class rings. Feeble attempts made to collect for Annual. We are contemplating mur- der, being on the verge of bankruptcy. Some of the fellows receive a commendatory card. Fuller demands his. April The baseball season has begun, A time of pleasure for everyone ,' The crack of the bat, and the whlr of the ball, Gives a feeling of glaolness to one and all. Very few caught unawaresg because we are, most of us, prepared for it by nature. Good Friday. 'Many absent, but not because they went to church. Some musical college boys entertain us. Out at the end of the second period. 'Rah for the Community Chest Drive. -Our rings and pins at last. Some one sat on Kreidler's ring and he wonders why it doesn't fit. We lose an eleven inning game with Hughes, 10-9. Beware, Hughes! The worm will turn. The organ arrives at last in Cincinnati. We receive the time by wireless, direct from Arlington, at eleven o'clock. Some class to us. Eh! What? Opening Day. We make fine use of this perfectly good excuse. VVe dedicate this Annual in a memorable class meeting, with Bob O,Dowd starring. A human bird warbles for us in the auditorium. There are some singers on the Harvard Glee Club. VVe again lose by one run to W. H., 11-12. - Track team pictures. Our modesty was severely shocked. My gosh! We win a game. East High 8, Hamilton 4. The VVoodward game is postponed. The diamond floated away. A Mock Trial in the auditorium. It was so very realistic that all of us felt a little guilty. Hurrah! Old Sol shows his face again. We joyously put one over on Hughes to the tune of 3-2. Some band and some drum major. I 1:35 1

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January, 1920 Back to work 'wrfth will and zest, Each determined to do his best, For Christmas joys have come and gone, And mid-year exams are coming on. 5-At it again, and the exams in the offing. 6-First practice for our basket shooters. 8-Powerful odor of ancient eggs in the east wing, but hurried investigation reveals hydrogen sulphide in chemistry laboratory. 13-Our earnest New Year's resolutions are nothing but dim memories. 15-A grade meeting. We decide on this Annual. Mistakes will be made. 16-A red letter day. League of Nations and Prohibition goes into effect Newport beats us at basketball, 16-10. 23-Assembly and The Cricket on the Hearth. Odor of spirit gum is still noticeable on the faces of the distinguished actors. 26-Our class pins and rings are finally decided upon. 27-Meeting of our heroic guards with a distinctly military air apparent. 28-Assembly. The Rev. John Herget gives us a talk, and Geo. Roth, of the Chicago Grand Opera, sings for usf 30-We are proud to have lost to O. M. I., 23-22. Our hearts are still weak. February Ah, 1't's those dreadful exams Which now bother the Hlambsl' But they will soon be over A nd the 'tsheepu will be in clover. 2-The ground hog casts his shadow. 3-4-5WExams! Numerous mental and vocal explosions plainly audible. 6-A well earned holiday. 9-Our dramatics entertain the B. M. C. 12-Another holiday in honor of Honest Abe. 13--Hughes defeats East High, A24-6. 14-St. Valentine-'s Day falls on Saturday, and we are saved the insults from the so-called funny ones. l6HThe lack of gas saves us from hamburger. 18-Annual Staff election. Third reports. Heard for some distance. 19-Dramatic Club election. We're getting used to it. 20-21-Tri-State Basketball Tournament. East High wins two out of three. 22-What terrible luck! Washington's birthday falls on Sunday. 23-What wonderful luck! A day off anyhow. 26-East High loses a fine game with Covington, 28-20. l1341

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Bday Once a resolution we did make That spring fever we would never take. But Spring flowers and weather have come, When the stun shines and the bees hum, And what care -we for reslatfzfons When u-orlf is harmful to our const1'tut1fons . The class of 1920 is photographed en masse, also in pieces. Maveety has not missed one yet. Christy spills the beans in the lunch room. He was probably excited by the new rubber chair tips. The Annual Staff watches the birdie. Romulus could hardly remain still long enough. The Chem Lab opens amid the crashes of glass. Our long lost carpenters return to work. The indomitable meets the invincible, and we beat Woodward, 6-4. A Chaplain S. B. Knowles addresses us. The bunch decides to bone for exams. That, however, is about as far as it goes. Our orators vociferously contest for the highest honor. We play Walnut Hills. East High's beautiful bird bath is finally completed. Commercial Club Dance. Dutch and Mac shine. -Last A Grade Assembly. We entrust the glorious colors to budding seniors. A Grade party and dance. Our team plays O. 'M. I. The last game. - -A Grade exams. June The last month of our Senior year, And to our eye there comes a tear, Exams, Commencement, and then goodbye To the class we love and dear East High. -B, C and D final exams. -Oh Horror of Horrors! Keck cannot find the family dress suit. -We are given our sheepskins amid much embarrassing confusion and we depart on our various ways hence. DELMORE W. GAETZ, '20. 1 1361