Eastern High School - Punch and Judy Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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30 selected the men, who in their opinion, had earned their E’s. Just here a word of explanation in regard to the athletic council would not go amiss. The coun- cil is composed of ten members, includ- ing the chairman, five being selected from the faculty, and five from the student body. From the faculty Miss Wilkins, Miss Grosvenor, Mr. Wallis, Dr. Span- hoofd, and Mr. Van Vleck have been chosen, and from the student body, Miss Hall, Mr. Harrison, and Mr. Hamill from the fourth year, and Miss Walker and Mr. Fred Sanderson from the third year. Dr. Small has the right of veto, and no motion can be passed over his veto. The members serve for one year, and meetings are called by the chairman. This method of school government is an innovation at Eastern, and in order to be successful must be supported by the en- tire school. The men who were selected by the council to wear the school letter were as follows: 1910. Babcock, Harrison, Nottingham. IQII. Defandorf, suy, Donn, Wilson. 1912. Weaver, H. Smit. No captain for next year’s team has been elected, and the election will prob- ably be delayed till June, when the marks go in. It is none too early to begin talking and planning for the coming baseball sea- son, and as Manager Fischer is already arranging an attractive schedule, we should all prepare to play that schedule the best we know how. After a captain is elected in February, indoor practice will commence in the gym, for the bat- teries especially. If any fellow thinks he knows anything about pitching or catching, let him come out and try. As last year’s battery is missing, these posi- tions will be open, besides third base and one of the outfield positions. There are experienced men to fill all other posi- The Easterner tions, but there is plenty of chance for hetter men to displace them. Of last year's team the following men are in school: Parker, catcher and third base; Leland, first base; Ligon, second base; Varela, shortstop; Babcock, Defandorf, and Whitney, outfielders, and Whitney, pitcher. There are several other men who have already announced their inten- tion of trying for the team, namely, Reeder, Payne, Fischer, Harrison, Not- tingham, Royall, Fitzhugh, Murray, Mc- Cafirey, and there will be others to come. ] et us live up to the prospects. The following are the basketball games played up to date. December 15, in a hard-fought game, Eastern lost to the Georgetown Preps in the home gym, by the score of 43 to 13. The game was not so one-sided as the score indicates, many fine plays bringing cheers from the rooters. For the Preps, Trumbell, Loch! and Waldron starred, while for Eastern, Varela played the premier game. The line-up: PREPS. ISASTERN. Wgoch] yuk . Ligon -o.-. Varela .. Whitney Trumbell, Lane. .R. Murphy (Capt.)... pleiskeliie uetrere Gre Fitzhugh Waldon, McGee. .R. G.. McCaffrey Referee—Dodd. Timer—Leland. Goals from field—Trumbell (6), Lane (1), Loehl (5), Murphy (1), Waldron (6), McGee (1), Heiskell (1), Varela (4), Whitney (2). Goals from foul—Varela (1), Murphy (1). Time of halves—15 minutes. December 21—In the Quaker gym the Friends Select School defeated the East- em basketball team by the score of 52 to 23. The game was very fast, but East- ern was hampered by the small size of the hall, with which they were unfamil- iar, and their team work was in conse- quence considerably off. The distingish- ing feature was the goal shooting of Walker, for Friends, while Whitney dis- played the best article of ball for the losers. The line-up was the same as the previous game.

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The mid-w it basketball and tr Also to m from past both contests we tive strength of As yet track has not been taken hold of in the way in which it should be. De- fandorf, ‘11, was recently elected cap- tain, but no call for candidates has been issued up to date. There is no possible reason why we should not organize a track team capable of coming up to the good records which Eastern track teams have always made in the past. We may not set the Potomac on fire by our feats, but we can make Eastern stand for clean athletics and thorough gameness, and to do so “it’s up to you.” The way in which the football season ended is common property to all now, and, therefore, needs no recounting here. The future of football is at present very uncertain. Nothing is surer than that football, as now played, will be abolished in the high schools, but it is absurd to imagine that it will be abolished entirely. Doubtless it will be considerably changed by next season, and indeed may be com- pletely revolutionized, but it has taken too great a hold among American sports ever to be completely abandoned. No i Ft | i inter period, bringing with ink rack, is now fully here. any it is a period of reaction [E endeavors, and sh : S, should be to all, one of preparation E The basketball squad larly, with Captain Varel Hamill as able leaders, has played two games so far, ‘ te lost, a very creditable showing was made, considering the rela- the opposing teams. The second team has not as outside games, but has several scheduled for the immediate future. for coming sports. 1s working regu- a and Manager The first team , and though yet played any game in America ever held such a promi- nent place in the athletic world, unless we mention baseball, as football does. Especially true is this in regard to W ashington High School athletics. If football is ever abolished here, there must be a sport ready to take its place capable of arousing as much interest and enthusiasm as its predecessor, a thing which would be rather difficult to bring about. Here at Eastern, though suffer- ing greatly through graduation and wo- fully wanting in material, a team was organized and struggled bravely along, spurred on by the fascination and inter- est of the game. When the schedule was called off, we had one more game to play, that with Central. At this time, we were still further weakened by losing some of our best players through in- juries and parental objection, and pros- pects for winning the game were not Therefore, not many on the team sorrowed when the remaining games were canceled. Soon after, the athletic council, a new idea at Eastern,

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The Easterner Alumni A meeting of the Alumni Association of the Eastern High School was held December 29, at the school. The first part of the evening was purely social; next came a business meeting in the as. sembly hall. The report of the executive committee was read; the constitution which the executive committee had pre- pared was also read and adopted. In accordance with a motion made by one of the members, Dr. Small reappointed the members of the former committee— Mr. Church, 1894, president; Mr. Em- brey, 1898, secretary and treasurer, and the other members of the committee as » follows: May Bradshaw, 1899; Eliza- beth Birtwell, 1900, and Marguerite Weller, 1906. After the business meet- ing, supper was served in the drill hall, The remainder of the evening was de- voted to dancing. The committee this year will be able to leave some money in the treasury, owing to the number who responded to the invitation to join the association. It is hoped that next year many more mem- bers of the alumni will have a share in such an enjoyable evening. CLASS OF 1907. Benzler, Mabel L., is studying music under John Porter Lawrence. Brown, Andrew H., is studying at the University of Michigan. Donn, Anne E., is employed at the Public Library. Eslin, Melville P., is studying dentis- try at George Washington University. Fawcett, Walton, is studying at Hamil- ton College, New York. Hauke, Charles Royce, is taking the engineering course at Washington and Lee University. Handy, J. Bruce, is employed in the Washington Navy Yard. Johnston, Horace, is attending the George Washington University Law School. : McFarland, Walter R, is attending the Georgetown Law School. Ofenstein, Clarence, is a student at 31 the Massachusetts Institute of Technol- ogy. Tl 5 ‘ fet hompson, Russell S., is in Harvard. CLASS OF 1906, Bradburn, Adeli i a » Adeline M., is empl i the Congressional Library. ee , bryan, Samuel, is a senio: ord University. Bie Bunyea, Hubert, is pastor of the B : 1, Flu pak eth- any Baptist Church, Atlantic City. Covell, David R., is a student at George Washington. Field, John, is a junior at Yale. Griffith, David, is a senior at Wor- cester. Herring, Oscar HL., is a junior at ga haeten and Lee. over, David L., is i { ean S a senior at Co- Reshers: Florence, attended Bucknell for a while, and is now emplo: t th Capitol ployed at the Miller, William C., is a junior at Yale. aon Edward A., is working for Alton Manufacturing Compan New York. f meee Phelps, Earle, expects to graduate this year from the University of Illinois. Priest, Daniel B., is a senior at Har- vard. [He is a member of the college chess team, which has just finished play- ing a series of games. These resulted in a tie between Harvard and Yale. Pyles, A. Zane, is also a senior at Har- vard. He is one of the editors of The Harvard Crimson. Ranson, Leonard B., is a student at Washington and Lee. Weller, Marguerite, is George Washington. working at €LASS OF 1905. Adams, Vera E., who graduated from George Washington last spring, is teach- ing in the Christian Science School in Buffalo. Beller, Frederick F., is employed in the railway mail service. Berry, James W., is studying law at Geerge Washington University. Burritt, Alice, is teaching domestic science in the public schools of Baltimore.