Eastern High School - Orient Yearbook (Bay City, MI)

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ward to it with great, joy. We are going to give a play that is different. We do not intend to tell too much about it for it is to be a great surprise. Rehearsals have already started on the play that is to be the big hit of the season. tl. W c . 1 f up-1' ' fz i U i li fl, if According to the latest reports, the class of 1916 seems to have been largely composed of shining scholastic lights. Anyway, the records of those who have migrated to higher instiutions of learning would lead one to think so. Willie Favorite, our auburn- haired president, threw in two A's at the U. of M.. and Earl Spiesberger did likewise. Florian Hiss, Lewis Chapman, Clarence Moulthrop, John Kerr and Morgan Ramsay, all naturally bright boys, received six A's altogether. fOf course, we all know that the six belong to Morgan, but he magnanimously allowed us to to give the others a portion of his honor.J It goes without saying that the girls of '16 upheld our stand- ard. -- The enrollment of the University of Michigan was recently swelled by the entrance of Ronald McEwan into the collegiate world. Mac is bound to get along as well as he has a very taking way. lSo Mr. Basler saysj Florence M. Wells, '15, is in pursuit of higher education in the east. To date, she has succeeded well -very well, indeed. Gardner Wilson, '15, has returned to New York city after a short illness which had necessitated his re- turn home. Scotty intends to take up a course in journalism in Columbia University in connection with his theatrical work. ' lpage t t threel -i2l'l1-WO

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-l2l'11--WO Following this, the retiring president outlined the past work of the club in which its members have gain- ed many helpful points along chemical lines. Lee Mc- Cabe then took his seat of office and delivered an ex- ceedingly interesting and well prepared speech on Ex- plosivesf' Ecclesia Do you realize that the girls of this school, or to speak more properly some of the girls are becoming very well informed, besides having excellent practice in parliamentary law and in speaking before an au- dience? All this is due to Ecclesia. At every meet- ing we all obtain a great deal of information. The last two programs have been on music, and they have been interesting as well as very instructive. Esther Schroeder was chairman of the day, on the 17th of February. Her paper was on Wagner, and af- ter telling us of his life, she related the story of Thanhauser to us. Aileen Jones gave a delightful piano solo, and Lorraine White spoke most interest- ingly on the History of Music. A paper about Beethoven was read by Gertrude Lewis and one on the U. of M. songs by Minnie Hirschfield. The program closed with a vocal solo by Harriet Gustin. On March 2nd Agnes Diehl, the chairman of the day, was ill, so Ruth Chapman took the chair during the program. The meeting was carried out in a very pleasing manner. The girls realized the value of par- liamentary practice, when they saw a program pro- gress with such ease even in the absence of the chair- man. The subject of the day was Great Opera Sin- gers. Mildred Beckman gave a fascinating talk on Melbag Arzula Adams spoke of Geraldine Farrar, and Sarah Koch, of Louise Homer. Thelma Yeager gave a delightful piano solo. The program was indeed a suc- cess. . Ecclesia is going to do something rather unusual for open day this year, and the girls are looking for- ix '::.' 3 -.111 f' hinge twenty-twol

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'-lZl'l1'-550 Sli? gli' 1,1 5 'li if 1:7 Ng fi. L ' A T EXEHHUEEEQ QQ Our exchange department is still growing. Be- sides our regular exchanges, several new publications were received here since the last issue of the ORIENT. These include the very best editions ever published. Twoare graduation numbers, and they are highly com- mendable. The ORIENT gladly acknowledges the receipt of the magazines for the past month and, also, extends a hearty welcome to the new exchanges added to our list. Following are the publications received: CALDRON, Fort Wayne High School, Fort Wayne, Ind. THE COME'1', West Division High School, Milwau- kee, Wis. KODAK, Cheboygan High School, Cheboygan, Mich. THE LENS, Washington High School, Portland, Ore. THE ORACLE, North High School, DesMoines, Iowa. THE OBSERVER, Petoskey, High School, Petoskey, Mich. THE OPTIMIST, Ann Arbor High School, Ann Ar- bor, Mich. THE PENNANT, Elkhart High School, Elkhart, Ind. THE PIONEER, South High School, Grand Rapids, Mich. THE ROMAN, Rome High School, Rome, Ga. STUDENT, Detroit Central High School, Detroit, Mich. SAID AND DONE, Muskegon High School, Muske- gon, Mich. VINDEX, Elmira Free Academy, Elmira, N. Y. lpage twenty -four!