Eastern High School - Echo Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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H A A J -Q- I Q .. Q ga? fi f. '1 I' 'xg . fiat 5 4 1 ,. 5 4 P ' I it I II ,f 0 W9 ,V x s 0 1 'I N X I I CONTENTS FRONTISPIECE-Ethel Savin ............ . . A ROLLING STONE-Nora Kirwan ........ .. TI-IE NIGHT-THE DAWN-Miss Nlallalieu .......... CHINA DOGS-Berta Deussen .................... CHRISTMAS TIME-Katherine Dickey ............. CHRISTMAS TIME-Elizabeth Cornelius and NeIIye 4 5 7 8 I0 Buchholz ................................. NIR. FLOWERS'S PORTRAIT .... . ........ . MR. WILLIAM FISOWERS ....... ....... . . . KlNGLEY'S BEST SPORT-Christine Behm .... A SOLILOQUY-Nora Kirwan ................... NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS-Auclre Crahe .,....... I I I2 I3 DECEMBER DAWN-M. A. D. ............ . .. I 7 . I8 THE SPIRIT OF THE SPRUCE TREE-Elizabeth Getzen- esizi f lux I NI E I N 1 I 4 Q e , oo' I I X! I Y. 4 'DQ' Q A 0 N Xf- E X! danuer ................................... I9 . MISS CAIRNESS MESSAGE ..................... zo A BRAVE CHOIR-Dorothy Russell ..,... .. . 22 Z- K 3 A tw' ., MY FIRST VACATION-Rebecca Fish ..... 23 , Qr : ' L-'Q' T5IEHPER?1ls:A1gAi.6S,lPAAcSE......I ............. 24 - M - mella Blrkenstock ..... . . . 25 ' THE TI-IOUGI-I'I'I-'UL SPRUCE-Nora Kirwan ........ 26 X PAGES FROM A SENlOR'S DIARY ................ 27 . VISIONS-Kathleen Gould .....,................. 28 X I 0 TRAFFIC LAXVS AT EASTERN-Serena O'LaugI'xIcn. . 29 A pm WINTER-Alma Crowley ........................ gg 0 EDITORIALS ................................. B RECREATION-Vifinifrecl Gosline ................. BI W N x H SPEECH IS SILVER, SILENCE IS GOLDEN -Grace 31 , I Q Q M'll ................................... , g ' I y 1 'Vw cHRISTe1IfrAS -May Taylor ..... 3I - A L Jo p I THE FOUR ARTS .......... 0, f' 5253131Ngwsm'1:111:11:i:1i::.. 11:34 Q S ' Q3 MWINITERES CALL -Lillian Kravetz .... Z3 C 0 I ALU NA ...................... C' EXCHANGES ...... ...43 Q -X JOKES ...... 44 PERSONALS 45 J, , AUNT PETUNIA .. 47 Q . -l 'jX Q 9 9 n 5 0 I mn 54-gf 9 l O to 1.2 S-'Q f---s'g w 06 xr' Q., Q4 Y, K I 0 A f Q1 - If fx, 5 J - 5 I, Q V - S Lf '

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THE EASTERN ECHO A Rolllng Stone Nora Kxrwan I9 24 'N HERE was a bustle xn the llttle v1l Q gy lage of Fernbrook Why3 Chrnst '11 Q5 mas was only two weeks off Busy housewlves who had enough le1s 'S' B' ure to gosslp could be heard dls cusslng thelr plans for Chrlstmas Mrs I-loop was overheard telling MISS ennle Sharp that she had frve dozen eggs saved to make her Chrlstmas cakes and that she would need that many too because George and Jlm and Nel he and all the children would be home She mtended to make two frult cakes four choc olate cakes and a larder of sugar cakes MISS Sharp said that she had only a few eggs as her hens were not laymg It seemed to her that they stopped laymg for sprte around Chrlstmas time There was secrecy ln the alr every day someone made a mysterrous tr1p to town and came home wxth bulky bundles half concealed under hrs coat Everyone rushed and worked and was hap py except Cynthla Oaks who lxved rn the old fashloned brlck house on the hxll Sxx years before at the age of flfteen Cynthla had been a happy child wlth long dark braids and danc mg blue eyes Now she colled the bralds low on her neck She was not the happy glrl of old and her blue eyes were sad and thoughtful The reason for her sadness was that she mlssed Tom Carthwood who had been her pal They had played together when chlldren gone through school together and had always par tlclpated ln the same hollday entertalnments Many were the dlsagreements they had had but when Cynthla was Just sixteen and Tom twenty they had found that they were more than pals to each other and ln the manner of lmpulslve youth had decided to be marrxed at once Cynthla s parents would not consent to the marrxage first because of her youth and second because Tom was consldered lazy by the vlllagers and would not be able to provlde well for Cynthla Although Tom was not fond of labor and was a dreamer he was good natured and Jolly They were both very fond of llterature and had spent many pleasant wmter evemngs readmg together Tom had a vxvld lmaglnatlon and wrote many storles whlch he dellghted m hav mg Cynthla crltlclze l-le was angered upon hearlng Cynthla s fa ther say that he was lazy and could not have Cynthla until he proved hxmself worthy l-lot headed and lmpulsxve he declded to go away and not return or even wrxte untrl he had made hxmself known ln an honorable way Consequently he had bldden Cynthla goodbye and told her she would not hear from hxm un tll he had won a name for hrmself then he would clalm her rf she would walt that long Don t go Tom she begged tearfully you can become successful here as our fath ers drd l wlll walt for you just the same You w1ll be so lonely out ln the world alone No Cynthla Tom had samd when Fern brook sees me agam l shall not be known only by Fernbrook and l shall return for l know l shall succeed with your memory to urge me I could not bear to stay and have every one CTltlClZC each step l dared to take Wnth these words he had departed and Cyn thra had not heard a word for slx years She had begun to belxeve hlm dead or that he had forgotten her and hrs old home town She had not entered lnto many of the gay pastrmes of the vlllage boys and glrls but had preferred readmg ln the evemngs Books were her chlef comfort The stones and es says of one rlslng author named Charleston seemed to renew her hope and to comfort her hrs words golng dlrect to her heart The days sped by and soon lt was Chnst mas Eve Cynthxa drd her part by fllllng stockmgs for the poor and helplng to trrm the enormous Hr tree whlch stood on the stage of the hall for the Chrrstmas nlght entertam ment but her heart was heavy as she thought of the good old tlmes when she and Tom had been so enthuslastlc over the entertainments and the candy and presents dlstrxbuted Chrxst mas nlght On Chrlstmas morning snow covered the ground and made the alr whlte as It fell The day was merry enough as boys and glrls ln groups stopped at all the houses to wlsh a merry Chrxstrnas and then wlth laughs and snatches of Chrlstmas song were off agam through the snow battllng as they went All the chrldren of the vxllage and some of the proud hopeful mothers too were rn a hlgh state of excltement as Chrrstmas nlght drew near for almost every chxld had somethlng to recite or smg at the Christmas entertalnment and all wanted to be the best The small chrldren were exclted because Santa Claus was to be I , . - , .prryvs ' ' ' ' ' ' v , YY - , wr-e . L51 tr. - - - i f Il . . ' , 31 Q-Q ffz' ' ' A ' 1 1 r .J . . - . . . - 1' ' , , ' svn A - - - J 9 , . . .. - H . 9 n 7 9 . .. 1 1 ' . . . . -v , - e . 1 il . ll ' ll 7 ' 7 I 7 y . , , . OD. ' 4 - . . . Y' , . , - , . ' 7 ! Y ' ' 7 , . . , . , . . I , . Y I I Y . , . . - . . 7 Y - 7 ' , 1 ' 1 S- 1 1 ' - - y ' 1 1 Q 1 ' 1 . . v - - .