Eastern High School - Echo Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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Win? IFCUHRUM QQ! How about It? To the Editor of the Forum: One of the girls has suggested a new club for Eastern-a Sight-Seeing Club. I have no- ticed that in various cities the school children have been taken in a body to see the points of interest. Baltimore has places of interest that many of the girls do not know even exist. I wonder how many know that we have a large piano factory here. The process of mak- ing pianos would, l am sure, be most interest- ing as well as instructive to see. Girls, what do you say to organizing a Sight-Seeing Club to meet, perhaps, once a month? See Baltimore First would be our motto. If we had such a club we could intelli- gently show our out-of-town guests the most noted places of interest, without having to re- sort to directories and histories at the last min- ute. l..et's make it a go! Anne Phillips, '26. A Suggestion Worth Trying To the Editor of the Forum: I feel sure the girls do not realize how very much they block traffic when three or four of them walk along the corridors with their arms about one another. l have noticed this espe- cially when we are returning to our home- rooms at the close of the lunch period. The stairways are even more congested than the corridors, and so it is difficult to get to the class-rooms. Besides, since the girls on the first floor don't have so far to go as the other girls do, they don't go so fast as they could. They often make it very difficult for the girls on the second and third floors to be prompt. If every girl will co-operate, there will be no congestion in the school. Sophomore. Punctuality To the Editor of the Forum: Eastern is a very fine school, but it would be still finer if all the girls would be punctual. It is very annoying to the home-room teacher to be interrupted by a girl who walks in late. ls it so very hard for high school students to come early? Lateness is a very serious of- fense and should be treated as such. ai .wi SSN There are many classes which take a great pride in having their names appear on the hon- or roll for one hundred per cent. punctuality for one week. Will there ever come a time when all of our forty-seven classes will appear on this roll? Eva R. Krongard, 'Z6. What Do the Seniors Think of This? To the Editor of the Forum: ln the last issue of the Echo, l noticed a letter from a senior who thinks Eastern is turn- ing into a nursery, because some of the girls wear socks and short skirts. lf she had taken time to consider the age of some of our fresh- men, l think she would not have been so sur- prised. Some of the girls in our class of '27 are not even in their teens. How can we ex- pect them to wear long skirts and stockings? l think we should be proud to know that some girls are bright enough to enter a high school while so young. Instead of'making fun of our smaller girls, therefore, let's be proud that they are with us. A small girl can be dignified in her own way as well as a larger one. A Freshman, A6. Never More To the Editor of the Forum: . Surely the shower compartments are not considered a part of the building when Eastern undergoes its daily cleaning. When we took our last shower, the curtains themselves emit- ted dust when pushed aside, and the floor was covered with dust at least a quarter of an inch thick. Nothing daunted, however, we pre- pared for our showers, for, as we said, we were not taking them to get clean but to prevent stiffness on the morrow. The fixtures could never have been properly regulated, for with the slightest turn of the spigot boiling water streamed forth in every direction but the right one, and the unlucky girl ran for her life. Fin- ally, some fully clothed and agile person walked along the top of the narrow partition between the two rows of showers and turned the spigot off. The unlucky victim returned to find her clothes drenched. English teachers say that personal experien- ces are interesting. l did not find this one so. l-lelen Nicols, '26.

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24 may --,Q - 3 1 QW -L. if THE JPRHNCHPALSS PAGE E .QE wmv 'N - s -Q HE two and a half years of my prin- cipalship of the Eastern High School have been one of the hap- piest and most satisfying periods ' WAS' of my teaching career. There has been offered a fine opportunity for social service. East Baltimore has gone in strongly for higher education, and the greatly increased enrollment at Eastern High means that this school is now, more than ever before, training young women to become leaders in the civic life of the community. For, whatever other aims are realized in the moral, vocation- al, and cultural education of the pupils, the practice of good citizenship by the students must be the proof that the school is satisfac- torily discharging its solemn obligations to so- ciety. With greater and greater emphasis be- ing placed on the social sciences, with a much broader curriculum, with more adequate voca- tional guidance, with increased emphasis on the development of ethical character, it is in- evitable that the influence of the school must extend ever farther and deeper into the life of the community. Apart from the processes of formal instruc- tion, there is wonderful opportunity in such a school as this for the personal, human touch of teacher and pupil. It is possible for a high school to be so large that the personal touch is lost, but this undesirable feature of some high schools is not noticeable at the East- ern. Of course, the principal and teachers do not know the pupils so Well as when they had only a few hundred students, but the four class advisers, the school nurse, the home-room teachers, the club advisers, the vice-principal, and the principal, together, know personally hundreds of the students, know them well enough to greet them by both names. It is not too much to say that every pupil is known inti- mately by one or more teachers and thus comes under the personal, helpful influence of very valuable friends and well-wishers. As prin- cipal, I have endeavored to become acquaint- ed with as many pupils as possible and to be friendly towards all, with the result that l have never been associated with a more cordial, re- spectful, responsive student body. I shall al- ways cherish this recollection. The experience of working with a faculty like E RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT that of this school has been a great satisfac- tion. There is a singularly homelike atmos- phere in the school, credit for which must be given in large measure to the teaching staff. The teachers do not merely instruct in their respective subjects. Through the many activi- ties conducted jointly by pupils and teachers there is developed a fine feeling of sympathy, courtesy, co-operation, and gentleness that ennobles and refines. Of course, differences of opinion arise in the faculty, are debated, and settled, whereupon all work together for the success of the common enterprise. l think that no new teacher can be a month in the school without being aware of the famous Eastern High School spirit. The qualities of the stu- dent body mentioned above are no small part of this school spirit and are constantly re- marked upon by substitute teachers and visitors to the school. Social service, helpful human contacts, and co-operation in a great enter- prise with those of like aims are, then, some of the things that have made my stay at the East- ern pleasurable and satisfying. So much for retrospect. The future of the school holds possibilities difficult to exaggerate. The present building can accommodate but few more than last fall's maximum enrollment of l860. I do not be- lieve that the contemplated opening of several new high schools will decrease the size of East- ern's student body. On the contrary, when Eastern becomes a straight three-year school, I believe the enrollment in those three years will be as great as it now is. This will mean constantly larger graduating classes with con- stantly greater opportunities for the school to give a complete education. In other words, to express it mathematically, all of the present achievements of teachers and pupils will simply be raised to a higher power. I congratulate the new principal, Miss Cairnes, on such an allur- ing. inspiring prospect. l am confident that under her leadership it will ever be the funda- mental belief of the school that it is serving the state best when it allows every individual pupil to develop along the lines of her own greatest power. The Eastern High School will always have a warm place in my heart. WM. R. FLOWERS.

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f, 34- B-Mil i.. 1 'i+ g 2 fm l s cc H o o . E-++3 i -1 -SWE ASSEMBLIES TENTATIVE REPORT OF THE BAZAAR On Tuesday, November 6, we had the pleas- Play ------------------------------------ S183-25 ure of hearing Miss Charlotte B. Fraser, a young gandy Tails '- ' V Scotchwoman, who has been in America for Fgsgyyl-agile ' 9O'07 some time, speak on the subject, American Cake Table .-.-.-.- 83:84 Citizenship. She related several amusing in- cidents which happened to her shortly after her arrival in this country. Of them all, the fact that several Americans were astonished that a foreigner could speak English, was the most amusing. Miss Fraser is especially interested in settlement workg and she said that the foreigner's indifference to the condition of things, is largely due to the fact that he loses his grip on affairs when he is transplanted from one country to another. Our duty is to help him regain the grip, lost through confusion and ignorance. Mr. Henry B. Warner, from the Sun , came over November 9 and talked to us about The Making of a Newspaper. Mr. Warner told us everything that happens to news, from the time the reporter brings it in until we read it in the finished newspaper. He distributed samples of matrix among us to show us how a newspaper looks in one of the stages it has to go through before it is finished. His descrip- tion of how a photograph is treated before it can be printed in the paper, was very inter- esting. At the close of his address, he invited us all to visit the Sun some day when we have plenty of time. On Thursday, December 6, we were given a delightful concert by the artists: Matie Leitch Jones, soloistg Ethelyn Dryden, pianistg How- ard R. Thatcher, violinist. On Tuesday, December l l, Miss Cairnes, our principal-elect, was introduced to the school by Doctor Weglein. Her message to the school will be found on page 20 of this issue. Dr. West spoke briefly to us, saying that our co-operation with Miss Cairnes is absolutely es- sential for Eastern's further success. Stationery Table ............ .... 5 6. 48 Fruits 8: Flowers Table . ......... 53.50 Apron Table ................ .. 5 l .38 Doll Table ............... .. 43.50 Odds 6: Ends Table ........ .. 40.42 Supper ......................, .. 34.75 Ice Cream . ........ 26.52 Grab bag ............. l 8.86 Checking Wraps .... ....... 3 .95 35909.08 S. B. Stewart, Treas. -+6.B++- COUNCIL NEWS T the Council meeting held on November l2, there was so much business to be discussed that the session lasted from a quarter of three until ten minutes past five. No one can say that the Council has not been working. The subjects discussed were violations of the traffic rules and of the rules governing the lunch period. Mr. Flowers said that the traf- fic rules had been Hsplendidly violated. The Council members were asked to explain to their classes that a locker-room is not an ex-lunch- room and that there is still plenty of space left in the lunch-room. The use of cosmetics by the girls was con- demned by the Council, and fourth year girls were asked to be an example and use no rouge and but very little powder. On December l0, another meeting was held, when the matters discussed at the November meeting were impressed more deeply upon the minds of the Council members. The conduct at assemblies was also brought up for d sion. It was decided to urge all the girls to remember to stand after the reading o Bible until the creed has been repeated. iscus- f the As these different problems and questions have arisen, the Council has spent much time and thought in the attempt to exert just the right influence and to point out to the school