Eastern High School - Echo Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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I8 THE EASTERN ECHO W Q ffm 1, 1 7 761, , fn A111121 K Sl IE: T 1 YE HE students of Eastern and Western High - Schools are to be congratulated on the v,4,4,Q excellent sportsmanship displayed in the Mita recent interscholastic basketball tourna- ment. This applies equally to the teams and to the rooters. The same spirit was in evidence in our own school during the games played to decide the championship of Eastern High. That this commendation can be given is especially gratifying to me, because it was hinted that competition between Eastern and Western would not be a good thing, one of the reasons given being the alleged inability of girls to show themselves generous losers. It was ex- plained that interscholastic competition among girls was such a new thing that a satisfactory code of sportsmanship had not yet developed. I did not share this feeling, but even if I had shared it, it was difficult to see how such a code could be developed, if there was to be no com- petition! Well, a satisfactory beginning has been made, and l hope soon to see a much further extension of athletic relations not only between Eastern and Western, but also be- tween Eastern and other nearby high schools. My hearty congratulations to both schools- the teams, the rooters, and the coaches! l-HLE we are considering the subject of school athletics, I want to express the 3,344.5 hope that in a year or two every girl in MSA Eastern High who is not physically dis- abled may be a participant in at least one ma- jor sport. lf, as leading schoolmen assert, the chief aim of education is health, why should the above hope not develop into reality? No school can longer justify an athletic' policy that gives a few girls full opportunity for athletic development but denies it to all, others, or if not denying it, at least does nothing to encour- age the great majority to participate. Too often have high schools developed a few stars and ignored the rank and file. I should be much happier to know that we were giving every girl a chance, than to know we had won --lr-Q:-3zc4 -aiu a dozen city championships at the cost of train- ing only a negligible percentage of our enroll- ment. I realize our great handicap at Eastern in having no athletic field, but why not utilize the advantages of Clifton Park to the fullest extent? During October, November, April and May we should have hundreds of girls en- gaged in outdoor sports. When indoor ath- letic activities flourish, we should have not fewer than sixty basketball teams and an equal number of volley ball or other teams using both gymnasiums every afternoon in the week. We have made a good start. May the next school year witness a splendid advance in our athletic activities! --lv-Qi-3214?-aiu ORE and more leaders in high school ed- ' ucation are coming to believe that activi- 7 ties of the students conducted by the students themselves in clubs and similar groups are an exceedingly valuable aid to the development of the social efficiency of the pu- pil. A big school like ours should have a suf- ficiently large variety of such student organ- izations to give every girl the opportunity of joining one that really appeals to her. At pres- ent we do not even approach this ideal. I am confident, however, that in the near future we shall see a large increase in the number of student organizations. If and when We do have as many as we need, what shall be the school policy toward membership in them? Shall any girl be free to join as many clubs as she likes? Shall the more capable be invited or permitted to monopolize the prominent of- fices? Shall every form of athletics be open to every girl with the result that a few girls are on every school team? Some schools have such a rule as this: No pupil can belong to more than two organizations, nor be an officer in more than one, nor participate in more than two branches of athletics. Students of East- ern High, what are your answers to the above questions? WII,LIABI R. FLOWERS

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