East High School - Tiger Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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I V - Y , C 'sir 'DW , YJ , I O 195 1 9 8 f P s 1 is li! i 5 ,M 5. x 6 I n N ,x ,X zrmugly , HE gym is in gala attire, the girls are all looking their best and the boys have just a little more shine to their hair. What does it all mean, any- way? Something must be going to happenuand it did. i On Thursday afternoon, April seventh, the B's entertained the A's with a dan-no, a party. School was dismissed at two o'clock and about two-thirty things began to happen. The first thing on the program was a stunt The A and B boys were in a contest, known in athletics as shot put. At the call Bring on the shot, a number of inflated paper bags were brought on. It was funny to see the boys work so hard to throw the bags and get such poor results. After another stunt several dances followed. Then at intervals through the afternoon stunts were staged. 0ne of the funniest was to see the girls try to hammer nails into blocks of wood. ' The most popular things at the party were the punch bowls and they certainly deserved their popularity. Two of the school bands furnished the music, and although it wasn't jazz music, Fm sure we shall all agree that it was peppy dance music. A broom dance and grand march were held late in the afternoon. Shortly before the strains of Home Sweet Home floated gently out in the late afternoon breeze, the Seniors were presented with a silver cup Creally aluminumj by the Junior President for winning the stunts which had been arranged like an indoor athletic meet. The Juniors want this cup to be used in future years on similar occasions. Did we all have a good time? Y-E-S, the Juniors did, and we hope the Seniors did, too. - CAROLYN BRYANT, '22. 11791 V J ,

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THE OBATORICAL CONTEST HE pupils of East High hear only the final oratorical speeches and possibly think that all one has to do is to write the essay and deliver it. What a mistaken idea and how much so-called red tape there is to go through with before the essays are presented! First of all, there is the question of eligibility. To be eligible, it is necessary to have had an average of at least 752, in all B and A grade subjects and of at least 8095 in both B and A English until the time of the contest. This year, all who were eligible and wished to compete were to hand their names to our elocution teacher, Miss Aldrich, by Thursday, January 20. Friday morning all directions were given for the preliminaries which were to be held the following Wednesday after classes. Eighteen dignified Seniors met that Wednesday afternoon and nervously reviewed their selections for the last time. The speeches were to be taken from some famous American orator and were not to exceed 250 words in length. These students were judged on the carrying power and the tone quality of the voice, perfectly memorizing the selection, and their general appearance and delivery. Mr. Jenkins, Miss Baehr, Miss Conner, Miss Dickinson, and Miss Aldrich, all teachers of the East High School were the judges. Ten of these eighteen pupils then received typewritten instructions as to the writing of the essay. Titles could be chosen from a large number of very interesting topics, which had been suggested as suitable subjects. The compo- sitions were not to exceed 800 words and had to be submitted, typewritten and in a sealed envelope, on or before March 7. With the essay, another sealed envelope was handed in containing a pledge to the effect that the essay handed in under a nom-de-plume was the student's own composition. March 7 finally came, as alldays will, and the twenty sealed envelopes were submitted. From these, five were chosen to deliver their essays in the auditorium before the entire school on May 9. 4 EDYTHE BUERKLE, '21, The finals in the oratorical contest were held in the auditorium, Monday, May 9, 1921. The contestants and their subjects were: ' 1. Time to Close the Gates .....,................. Sue Stanley 2. The Japanese Situation .... .... L awrence Ustick 3. The Invasion of America . . . . . .Robert Mclntosh 4. Our Duty to America .... ...... C arlton Rust. 5. The Soldiers' Memorial ......... .... R uth Garver Ruth Garver was declared the winner. msn