East Lansing High School - Ceniad Yearbook (East Lansing, MI)

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AS SUPPOSED TC HE. 4 THE HIGH SCHOOL oBsERvER. worked very patiently to make the reception an enjoyable one and it is to be regretted that so very few Seniors and Juniors attended. Un- doubtedly the inclemency of the weather prevented a large number from being present. Perley B. Jones, formerly re- porter for the GBSERVER from the class of '97, has tendered his resig- nation to that paper, and will leave for New York April 5th, to take up a position as head-artist on the staff of the New York W'07'Za s col- ored supplement. Mr. Jones is highly qualified for this work and under his skillful pen without doubt the yellow kid will wax yet more popular. Mr. Rolinson of Detroit, having organized a company for the aid of the Cuban patriots, left for Cuba last Monday, in company with Germond Graham, on the steamer Two Friends. Mr. Graham is a highly esteemed member of the class of '97, and although only eighteen has already mastered the most intricate war tactics, having always had an inherent desire to attend the Annapolis Naval Academy, and having been a warm member on the Lansing football team. In his departure the Gov- ernor's Guards lose a valuable would-be member. .29 Poem Found on Physical Laboratory Black Board. The light of day is fading, The darkness now appears, It seems that we've been trying Experiments for years. Each time we make a failure, We note the deepening shades, YVould no experiments there were For Senior youths and maids. The Junior Ex. The annual airing of the Jun- ors was given by the class of '98 at Baird's Opera House, March 26, 1896, after dark. The Junior EX. is not supposed to be kept a secret, so a few days previous to the last one, three posters were carefully pasted on the Downey House bill- boards announcing that such an event was about to take place. Consequently a large audience assembled. When the curtain went up at the beginning of the performance they perceived the president about to exhibit his wax doll which could walk, talk, and move its arms in two directions. This exhibition seemed to please the audience and a few applauded. Some other selections followed, between the renderings of which a couple of farces were perpetrated, and taking into consideration the fact that they were probably gotten up on the spur of the moment much credit was cast upon the participants. The latter part of the second farce, however, savored somewhat of previous practice. The outside talent was especi- ally enjoyable and the class, no doubt, amused the people to the best of their ability. Taking it all in all we think that the Junior EX. nearly, if not quite, equalled that of the Sophornores, and indeed the Juniors have much reason to be proud, and it is ap- parent that they are. .29 The revised edition of Mont- gomery's Rules of Order is out.

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AS SUPPOSED TO HE. THE HIGH SCHOOL OBSERVER. 3 THE HIGH SCHOOL OBSERVER A Paper Devoted to the Interest of the High School. PUBLISHED ANY OLD TIME, BY THE JUNIORS. Editor-in-Chief, - - CHANDLER ToMPx-:INS FLORENCE GITCHELL First Associate Editor, - FRANCES FARRAND Business Manager, - - CHARLES LESHER Asst. Business Manager, CLARENCE UIQQUHART Circulating Editor. - - CHARLES HAX'ENS Class Editors. R.-XLPH MILLER. PERLEY JONES, - - - Senior G EO. FIELD, j BESSIE COOLEY. - - - - Junior HIILDRED MOON. - - - Sophomore R.ALPH WHEELER, - - , - - Freshmen Subscription price, 35 cents per year. 5 cents per copy, payable when you wish it stopped. All communications should be sent or delivered to the editors. Advertising rates furnished on application. Entered at the postofiice, Lansing, Michigan, as Junior Class mail matter. Editorials for the Observer. As it has become an almost uni- versal opinion that Henry Ott combs his hair with his own pom- padour, we wish to refute such a statement before it goes too far. .al Inasmuch as some difliculty has been encountered by Mr. McKib- bin and Mr. Chapin in determin- ing the time when each should enjoy chapel with Miss Freeman, we would suggest that some such schedule as this be arranged: Tuesdays, Mr. Chapin. Thursdays, Mr. McKibbin. As shooting-stars are mostly composed of iron, we would Sug- gest that they be called shooting- Irons. .X The OBSERVER deeply regrets that it is obliged to chronicle what is perhaps the only genuine Hunk of Miss Ferle in Latin during the past month, and it heartily extends her its sympathy. .25 News Items. German Graham and his friend Pres. McKinley, went fishing last Saturday. April 23 Louis Appleyard spent the afternoon and ten cents with Susie Davis. Wilbur Judson is taking a course in number work and arithmetic of Miss Trefrei. Ralph Miller, Marjorie Ronan, Emma Webster and Mr. Harriman have the measles. Ralph Finkelstein was a guest, last December, at the Glicman pew of the L. H. S. H It has been reported that Frank Rork had a very pleasant time at the Senior banquet. It is rumored that Watling an- swered an advertisement offering a ire escape for one dollar and got back a bible. April 29, the L. H. S. had chapel, after which the seniors were entertained by an amusing address by Miss Lizzie E. Young of the L. H. S. The reception tendered to the Seniors by the Juniors, was a most pleasant affair. That class had

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AS SUPPOSED TO HE. THE HIGH SCHOOL OBSERVER. 7 ANSWERS T0 CORRESPONDENTS PERLEY: No, the Encyclopw- dias give no other summer resorts except Bay View. BRUCE HOWE: HAS you in- ferred in your letter, it has been five years, we would say that we do not as a rule recommend long engagements. Yet under the cir- cumstances it may be allowablef' ZOE COOK: It is as you say, teachers should not get too per- sonal. We would advise that papa speak to him at once. GRACE FERLE: No, we do not consider you are under any obli- gation to make out reports for all the teachers. Fav SEELEV: Yes, you have a grand idea, and we would suggest that you patent your lemon squeezer at once. FRESHMEN: Yes, we think it would be a good plan for you to hold an EX. You might combine with the third or fourth grades and in that way get a greater number of participants of about the same size. CHRISTOPHER: There is no doubt but that you did just right. The Athletic Society has no need of the filthy lucre and it would be foolish to burden them with such stuff, and besides they recognize, or ought to recognize, that your losses from the benefit dances, have been severe. STEWART: We think it very ungrateful in your class not to have offered you the presidency again on your return, after what you have done for them, and we also think it very presumptuous in Mr. Hopkins to act in the arbitrary manner in which he did. FRESHMAN! We do not think you canjustly claim Mr. Lesher as a member of your class, as the Sophomores have got ahead of you and seem to have a copyright on him, we would advise you to look elsewhere. WILBUR, J.: You must be mis- taken, we can find no mention, not even in Audobon's works, of any bird called a crow-faced hawk. Perhaps what you meant was a Jay. MONTY: Only summer resort girls wear their neckties at the back. R. WHEELER: In response to your inquiry in regard to the ora- torical contest, after much inves- tigation and research, we are ready to submit the following informa- tion: Mr. Jones' longest gesture was of tive minutes duration. He gave eight quotations and pointed to the flag twelve times. Turner's longest gesture was of five minutes duration. Hesitations three. References to the flag ten. Gestures forty-seven. Hayden, length of longest ges- ture 3.042 seconds. Number of gestures to flag was four. Reference to Cuba and Armenia seven times each. If the above can be of no use to you, we would advise that you pro- cure a copy of Seeley's Platform, Pulpit and Stump, or Twenty Lessons in Eloquence. Price, in boards, 13c. In cloth, 26c. ,...,.-.n ,farm :Y ..-Y . .. ,