Eastern High School - Eastern Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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The EASTERN Page28 Nineteen Twenly-lllree The Temple of Education A building looms up in the azure sky, On firm foundation, laid with greatest care. Above its marble walls and pillars high, Uneven turrets rise into the air. And o'er its stately portal, white and fair, In queenly posture stand the virgins three, Who guard the entrance, and below them there In gold words carved is the divine decree, That, He who walks with Wisdom, shall a wise man be. What is this gracious building, dazzling white, Whose minarets like fingers touch the sky, Whose storied windows gleam with rainbow light- Their wondrous radiance with the sun doth vie? 'Tis Edumtion's Castle, large and high, A mighty building, wisely planned throughout. A noble pattem, which we well may try To follow, as we build our lives wit.hout False pride, but vital, strong, sincere, devout. We too are buildings-in the world of men. Not buildings built as was the House of Pride, Which by an unmtpected storm had been .Destroyed, and all its grandeur east aside. Laid deep in that which training did,provide For us throughout the years we studied here, The footings of our structures shall abhie, And stand unshaken, as from year to year They are assailed by all the storms of life severe. From this day onward till life's setting sun, Be this forever our unchanging aim, To fashion our own buildings now begun, Like Education's Temple. May the same Inscription carved thereon the truth proclaim, That more than boast of pomp and heraldry Of power we value an untamished name. So let us live and strive that all may see That, He who walks with Wisdom, shall a wise man bel Anrnun Kuemusnu, Class Poet. WHO'S WHO AND WHAT'S WHAT By Dennis Cooper, Class Prophet. Mr. Toastmaster, members of the faculty, classmates'- Let us assume that the time is 1950. Not long ago I happened to be looking through a history of the prom- inent people of Michigan, the beginning of which did not particularly inter- est me. NVhen I arrived, however, at the period between 1930 and 1950, many of the names seeming familiar to me, I paid very close attention to them. I found, to my great surprise, that these people had all graduated from Eastern High School, Detroit, in my own class of january, 1923. Desiring to learn more, I referred to a book called Who's NVho and What's What in Detroit. I was very much surprised to find how many of my old chums had done great things, so, where I was able, I obtained separate biographies of them. I have brought with me today the book called Who's Who and What's What in Detroit, from which I shall read short snatches, and I have also brought the few biographies which I was for- tunate enough to obtain. If Mr. Evans and Mr. Shultz will please bring forward the books that the public library has so kindly loaned me for the occasion, I shall read

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Puge27 The EASTERN i Nim-lean Twenty-lhrec Cooper, the greenest of our crew. Our worst enemies were the third class passengers, who, our captain told us, were Sophomores, or Sophs, as the upper classes called them. Strange stories were revealed to us of a horrible sea monster named mid-semester, who came twice every year and gobbled up green freshmen. We spent many sleepless nights in anxious watching for the terrible creature. The monster came, but to our great relief and surprise many more third class passengers were taken than steerage. After a while we were moved to better quarters and given different things to do. Our positions had risen to one of responsibility and from the elevated height we saw many more of these bothersome Freshmen board the ship. We racked our brains to think up some horrible stories to tell them. We were then given second class berths in the good old boat. Our thoughts were wholly occupied with building up the ship's log and record- ing events which will be looked upon as history. First class cabins and the training is about o'er. All hands in prepara- tion! For we are now about to test that which we have gained from the hold and forecastle of the good ship. We notice with increasing surprise the youth and small size of each Freshman group. We truly recognize how eminently fitting it was for Seniors to predominate as leaders of the entire crew. Of course, it is quite possible that not every group of Seniors were as well fitted for this position as the January, 1923. We, who were very anxious to put ourselves down prominently in the history of our ship, with much care and serious thought selected Bruce Carbutt as our lead. These last few months, with the most illustrious crew of 1923, have been months of much glory for old Eastern. Her renown has spread quickly over the vast ocean, and by mysterious means other ships have heard of her great skill in a game called football. No other ship could boast of such strength as this mystery ship, and they were all afraid and kept at a distance after once they were defeated. These last few days have been times of eventful happenings-plays, parties, and many social functions, and now we have gathered at a farewell banquet, our last social gathering as a class. We have reached the harbor of our port, Graduation, and other ships can be seen about us gliding slowly by. At last we have come to the end of a four years' journey. It has been a great voyage. In spite of sea sick- ness, terror of the storms, and hard work, we have never regretted for one moment that we boarded the ship Eastern. VVhen we are left on the deck out of sight of the Orange and Black banner, we notice many ships inviting us to become passengers within their busy cabins. Fear and terror strike us when we think of boarding a large ship named Business filled with cold and stern looking strangers. While we wait, other ships slip slowly into port, among them one very interesting and noisy vessel called College. Most of us choose this ship for our next voyage, although we lose many friends on the Business and Commerce boats. VVe have parted from our friends, waved farewell at old Eastern, and now we are ready to meet the dangers of the next voyage with as much bravery and cheerfulness as before. I have read you our ship's log. All its pages are written full. NVQ have not the prophet's eye to see the future. The History of the class of january, 1923, is finished. Thou, too, sail on O ship of Ours, Our hopes, our fears are all with Theeg Our hopes triumphant over our fears Are all with Theel Are all with Thee! FAITH McCui.LocH.

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PGW29 TI1eEASTERN Nineteen Twenty-three from them. fMr. Evans and Mr. Shultz bring forward a table on top of which are numerous books of different sizes and descriptions, and place the table in front of Prophet. Prophet takes up first book, and readsj t'The first one contains the life and words of our class president, Bruce Garbutt, who was one of Detroit's most accomplished lawyers. His great- est work was a terribly complicated murder case on which he spent four- teen years of tireless energy in proving exactly how, when, and where the crime was committed. At the conclusion of his years of labor, however, the murdered man was found to be alive and well. The shock sent Bruce to a home for the old and feeble minded. The next book that I have here contains the life and adventures of Miss Viola Chubb, who for years was the daring aviatrix in American State Fairs. After achieving national renown in this line, she was selected to be general foreman of the most important aerial transportation line in America. Her duty was to tour about in a monoplane to see that all was running correctly. One of her most interesting experiences was the following: One day, as she was speeding along over a large body of water, she beheld, far below her, a curious craft floating along on the surface of the quiet lake. She became so interested that she completely forgot her aeroplane, and, on leaning a little too far out, lost her balance, and before long found herself floating downward through space. When she came to, she was lying aboard a small craft and Dick Holden was bending over her. Explanations brought out the fact that Dick had such an affection for water that he had resolved to spend the rest of his life aboard a raft. Viola was safely landed on shore. She is now a teacher of dancing and penmanship in a large Detroit private school. The title of this next book is The VVonder Book of Rubber. It cone cerns the life and works of Robert Trittin, who immediately after his grad- uation from High School, traveled, by band car, to South America, where he invented a way to manufacture rubber from cocoanut trees. It was chiefly his extensive knowledge of Physics and Chemistry that enabled him to do this dinicnlt task. Nobody, however, seemed' to realize his genius, so he could Find no market for his article. Accordingly, he has changed his occupation and, in company with Ray Garbarini, has become a missionary to the Congo Lands, Africa, where the two have done remarkable work in reforming the natives by singing to them, ' The next book is really a story of Belle Isle, past and present. How- ever, two of the members of our class, the inscparables Louise Beard and Helen Palmer, had much to do with its improvement. These two energetic young ladies persuaded the city to dump all its old tin cans, broken bottles, and other rubbish into the river about Belle Isle, so as to increase the area nf the island. Their work has been so successful that they have nearly succeeded in Filling up the Detroit river. So great has grown their zeal that they tour the country urging everyone to live as much as possible on canned goods and to ship the empty cans back to Detroit so that they may be used to further their work in filling up the river. The two modest ladies, when not touring the country, reside entirely upon Belle Isle, where Louise can he found at almost any time in company with the crocodiles, while Helen is contented only when playing with the seals in the aquarium. The last person whose biography I was able to obtain is our old friend Herbert Shultz. There are three volumes on his life, the second of which I was unable to obtain. The first one contains a detailed account of his good deeds before 1922. fprophet holds up very tiny book.l Since this prophecy has to deal with the future, I shall not read from this. The secs ond book, which has to do with his High School career, as 'I said before, is missing. However, there must have been a great change in his life dur-