East High School - Tiger Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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Practice for pitchers and catchers only today. They seem to be quite exclusive. -Bill Scorah has a great money-making scheme. So far he has managed to keep it a secret. . The cat is out of the bag. That's just another way of saying that we've found out what the scheme is. It's selling pillows at the Billy Sunday Revival. We close the basketball season with a defeat at the hands of Hughes. Miss Chapman plays the organ for us. -Group pictures taken for the Annual. Some find this a good excuse for skipping classes. -Work on the stadium is resumed. Well, if they keep it up, it might be ready for us by next fall. ' -The girls' swimming team defeats Woodward by the score of 54 to 22. Eh, What? Tillie Bise is the star. -Baseball practice begins to-day at Evanston. -A Grade defeats the B Grade in an inter-class game, 29 to 11, while the C Grade defeats the D Grade 16 to 12. -A Grade class meeting. We bid for a dance in the near future. -Senior assembly. The advisability of starting a school paper is discussed and we unanimously agree in favor of it. -Assembly for the entire school. Mr. Baynes talks to us on wild birds. This evening he will speak on How to Tame Wild Birds. Most of the fellows intend to go and get a few pointers. XL , 28-Betty Roe is absent to-day. It is learned that she had no umbrella, having lent hers Sunday night. That accounts for the new one Klayer Kline had to-day. niilfiii ' 30-Hughes mermen defeat our human fishes in an 14 exciting swimming meet. Score: Hughes, 32, ' East High 29. . -President Hicks of the University of Cincinnati X jx the session by rendering a few selections. ' QQ 31 if , l addresses the school. The band helps to enliven fi xx X L APRIL , I 1-The teachers have a party at Woodward to-day and we are dismissed early. We' hope it's not a joke on the teachers. l96l '

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27a January fifteenth. Memorial services are held in remembrance of Sidney Stille, who was killed 28AHamilton comes down early and dines with us. In the afternoon they defeat us for the second time. ' FEBRUARY 1-4-feWe are attacked with an acute case of exams, in JXENJ ri ii ffiijxx D ,R ww!! gl 10 X A 1 some cases proving fatal. 4We defeat O. M. I. --Mrs. Rixford, of the College of Music, plays the organ for us. The Senior Orchestra also plays for us. aPreparations for the largest crowd of the season are made in the gym for tomorrow's game. Hughes defeats us in the most exciting game of the season. Some crowd. We hold big pep meeting in the morning. 125Lincoln's birthday, but we do not receive a holiday. 14a-We are still weak from the game last Friday. 154Coming events cast shadows before. We hear there will be no school a week from today. 16eeA patriotic assembly, presided over by Jane Becker, is enjoyed by the school. 18m-We are kept from entering the tournament at the University of Cincinnati by the Athletic Council. 21MWe are addressed by Miss Jeannette Rankin. - ' V 1, 22 l-HUPT4'Al4! FOR Gforzesf' ls 7 X 23 . A X M p 'T ' 25- . 2, ,. 4, .af . . W7 1 T x :S 4 . X .N i 'Rc x..1Qk 5 A 21.1-' No school today. It is a good thing Washington was born in February and not in J uly.. -Organ recital by Mr. Ritchey. Dr. Maveety was to have spoken, but he was unable to get here. The B Grade organizes. We defeat Norwood for the second time. MARCH -The lamb is easily noticed. It has been warm for the last few days and we hope it stays this Way. J 4HWe receive Harding's inaugural address by wire- less and it is read to us. It might also be added that we lose to Woodward. l95l

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Mr. Surdo has gone on a week's vacation. He certainly deserves one. A popularity contest is held for the Annual. We anxiously await the results. -An attempt to collect for the Annual is started. The rooms of the school are apportioned among the Seniors. -The B-A dance is a success. The A grade wins a track meet held between dances and is presented with a beautiful tin cup. The game with Walnut Hills is postponed on account of rain. -The celebrated organist, Courboin, plays for us. One of the pieces, the Cuckoo, causes quite a bit of mirth. -The first game of the season. Newport defeats us 4 to 3. -The orchestra plays for us and we are also told of the school paper. This is also the opening day for baseball, and many of us make use of this per- fectly good excuse. -A small gasoline tractor is being used to plow and harrow the field so the grass seed can be planted. -We beat Hughes to the tune of 6 to 4. Allen gets a home run. -In the swimming meet Saturday at the University, Hughes defeated us by the score of 37 to 31. -Walnut Hills falls before our sluggers. Allen, our Babe Ruth, gets two homers and we defeat them 8 to 4. 1 First four bells only to-day. The school is open for inspection, this being parents' day. The first copies of our school paper are distributed. -We mn up against a snag. Woodward defeats us in a loosely played game, the score being 12 to 10. -A few more pictures for the Annual are taken to-day. -Major Parker speaks to us in the interest of the Community Chest. The special chorus renders a few selections. I -Norwood defeats us in a track meet 63 to 54. This is the first athletic event to be held on the new stadium, and it is too bad that we could not have won. -A grade goes to the Auditorium at the end of the second period and is addressed by Professor Benedict of the University of Cincinnati. u MAY -We lose a close game to Walnut Hills, the final score being 6 to 5. Allen gets another home run. A Mr. Roberts tells us of All-American Day and we practice the songs which are to be sung. ' - ' , p l97l