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

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EASTERN HIGH SCHOOL ur Eastern in the Great War W. Ernest BARKMAN, '16, sergeant, Artillery: “I don't know whether or not I told you I was billeted in a little French village. We don’t see much of the inhabitants during the week, but on Sunday everybody is out for a good time. In the afternoon all the madamoiselles promenade all dressed up in their best clothes. Last Sunday I missed that, as I was in the midst of my ablutions.” After the Signing of the Armistice Grorce C. Ropcrr, '14, private, Ordnance: “Since coming over I have been stationed at Foecy, not far from Bourges Domgermain, which is about five miles from Foul, Neufchateau, Ligny, Souilly, Nixeville and Souhesmes which is about ten miles south of Verdun. Most of my time has been spent rushing ammunition or doing guard duty around shell dumps, but for the past six weeks or so I’ve been attached to the office of one of the Corps Artillery Inspectors of the First Army.” From the Navy Eart G. Jonscuer, '16, Yeoman School: “Everything seems to be about the same in our training, the routine each day very rarely changing. The bugler still sounds reveille at 5:00 a. m. in the wee hours of the morning, and the familiar call of “Hit the deck, sailor!” always comes to our ears. You know we sleep in hammocks, and when we get out of them, we are bound to hit the floor often quite hard on our bare feet—hence “hit the deck” origi- nated. Sometimes, during the night a lad falls out of his hammock and instead of landing on his feet, falls on his head or side.” Recently Commissioned Among Eastern graduates recently commissioned in officers’ training camps are: J. Rrent Arnorp, '14, second lieutenant Engineers, ORRAG Avbert M. Weser, ’14, second lieutenant Coast Ar- tillery, O. R. C. Epwarp Y. Davinson, Jr., '15, second lieutenant Coast Artillery, O. R. C. Recent Promotions Ernest E. Harmon, ‘10, lieutenant, Air Service. Lesuie Bacay, ex-’16, lieutenant, Air Service. Srantey B. Smita, ’12, lieutenant, U. S. Marines. Marn Sanpor, ’15, ensign, U. S. N. R. Joun M. Sanverson, ’10, captain, Field Artillery. RicwArp O, SANDERSON, ’08, captain, U. S. M. C. Rate E. Ocre, '13, captain, Infantry. F. StTertinc Witson, ’11, lieutenant (junior grade), US.N.R Wuittey McCoy, ’09, lieutenant U.S.N.R. Lieut. James Defandorf, 11, is now acting as judge advocate for the U. S, Hospital District, No. 8. SBS The Christmas Star O Star, thou guiding beacon of an age long past, Thou harbinger of peace to all mankind, Thy piercing rays doth still the storm clouds part And call a soul-bared people back to God. (junior grade), Through many lonesome nights thy steadfast beams Guided three weary travelers o'er the plains; Thy leading presence in those Eastern skies Brought the whole world to greet its King. The morning stars have sung together ages long, And felt the throbbing of earth’s many wars; But on the night thy presence filled the skies The storms were calmed, and Angels sang of Peace untold. “Peace on the earth! Good will to men!” the angels sang; And shepherds on the hillsides heard the song; They, too, rose up to follow thy white gleams And find the manger where the King of Peace was born. O Star, thou golden star of God’s own service flag; The Savior whom thou heralded so long ago, A sorrow stricken, yet rejoicing world now greets By endless battles, wild and fierce and long A world purged clean by pain and sacrifice His righteousness has crowned, this Christmastide- Dororny D. Ronrer, 12a. SB Corrections The beautiful poem, “Thanksgiving,” published in the first issue, was written by Dorothy D. Rohrer, 12A. The story, “A Sign of Descent,” was the contribu- tion of M. Emestine Bryan, 11A. Through a mistake these names were omitted. S35 Miss McNutt and The Four Square girls took a three-mile walk the other day.

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10 THE EASTERNBR Eastern in the Great War From Our Wounded W. O. McCarrrey, '11, lieutenant, Quartermaster Corps: While on a motorcycle trip “Bill” McCaffrey suf- fered a very painful injury, which later proved to be More serious than it was at first thought. Here's wishing you better luck next time, Lieutenant Mc- Caffrey | HERMAN B, Lawson, ex.-'13, corporal, Infantry: During recent fighting Private Lawson's hip was Pierced by a machine gun bullet. He is now recover- ing in a French hospital. Rarpu E. Octe, '13, captain, U. S. Infantry: “Am just recovering from a ‘little present’ I re- ceived up in the Argonne Forest. This is quite a Pretty place and about as swift as Monte Carlo.” Wayne Garman, ex.-'16, corporal, Field Artillery: Word has been received that Wayne Garman, for- merly of Eastern’s Football team, is recovering from shrapnel wounds in a French hospital. A Word from the Faculty J. H. Partrick, lieutenant, Engineers: “You may be interested to know I have been teach- ing for the last six months, at present in the Army Intelligence School. Since receiving my commission T have specialized in aerial photography. It is a new and interesting study taking me above the clouds at times. You would be surprised to know the extent of the A, E. F’s school system. They work it on quite a sound psychological basis. You study first, then observe, next teach, and then do the actual work. I am leaving tomorrow for the front to do the actual work.” How About Sherman’s War? Hewce C, Dreserun, ’15, lieutenant, Engineers: “I now bear the official title of R. T. O., Perigeux, which means that I am no less a person than the Rail- way Transportation Officer of this grand and glorious city. It has befallen my lot to live a life of comfort and luxury such as France has to offer in time of war. I have a cozy room on the third floor of an old substantial residence, with richly upholstered furni- ture, a large bed to sink in of a night, electric lights, an open fireplace with glowing embers this very min- ute. Does that sound like war?” American Spirit in War Grorce R. Burton, ’16, private, First Corps School: “The spirit of the men is wonderful. The only difficulty is to restrain them. After a raid or an attack, recall has to be blown several times to get them back, and to get them to give Up ground is im. possible. ‘They won't yield an inch. Besides that we have helped drive the Boche out of the air. He is helpless in the air except for night raids. Just to show you a few instances of individual fighting, I will cite a few cases. A private in the Engineer Cory when a position was raided, killed eight Huns with a spade, Not so bad for one man, what? A lieuten: ant rushed a pill box or concrete fortification with machine gun occupied by one officer and twenty-five men, killed nine men and captured the officer and sixteen men, and carried the machine gun back to his own line. We are certainly going to clean up when we get our men all ready to take over the front.” War in Full Swing W. A. GaLLanan, ‘17, sergeant, U. S. Marines: “] have been over the top twice in the past seven weeks, and, believe me, I had a lively time. I haq a few narrow escapes but emerged from the front both times without a scratch. I had two pieces of shrapnel to hit my helmet, and one machine gun bullet to glance off the same piece of headgear. My battalion oa very fortunate both the times up. We attained our objectives both times, but not without some hard fight- ing. After dodging whiz-bangs and machine gun bul- lets we had little time for anything else. I don’t guess you know what a whiz-bang is, so I shall try to de- scribe one. It is a shell about 3 inches in diameter that passes over your head with a whiz, bursts behind you with a bang, then your hair stands on end and you wonder why you weren't hit. Of course, when you do get hit, you don't wonder at all. I have en- joyed the best of health ever since I have been over here, I am in the best of spirits and although it is hot at times I have nothing to kick about. Remember me to the faculty and students, and tell them that, although this is a hot scrap, I am glad to be in it.” Biology at the Front C. W. Steves, ex-’16, corporal, Aero: “You should see our collection of animals! We have fifteen rabbits, one dog, one cat, a rooster, a squirrel and a guinea keet (I know I spelled that wrong, but I can’t help it). Anyway, one of the boys told me to pick the ‘keet’ up by his tail and his eyes would stick out two inches. Of course it sounded awfully strange, but still I wanted to see all the things that nature could do. I started to do it and fotind out that a ‘keet’ hasn't a tail. Oh boy, and didn’t they kid me! You should have heard them laugh. Please don’t tell this to Miss Wilkins, for she would think me a very bad botanist.”

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THE EASTERNER EDITORIALS Hail to Our Business Men Did you read the advertisements in the last issue of Tue Easterner? Of course you didn’t. I would not be afraid to wager that you did not even give them a passing thought, as you hastened to turn the pages to the “Scare Head,” the poems, the stories, or what- ever is of most interest to you. Why should you bother about the old advertisements? They make very dull reading, at best; and you have always regarded them as necessary evils, which haunt all reading matter, and take up space that might well be put to better use. And still, on the other hand, those same prosaic advertisements were read with interest by at least two people in school. To Nathaniel Brewer, Business Manager of THe Easterner, and Robert Burns, Ad- vertising Manager, they represented hours and hours of hard work. Perhaps certain ones called to mind embarrassing interviews with indifferent proprietors, interviews in which our embryonic business man had to summon all their courtesy and tact. And then you ask if their duties are important? Important! Why, that doesn’t half express it. Adver- tisements are indispensable to THE EasteRNeR. The Paper could not exist without them. So these boys Tepresent the financial life of the magazine. Have you ever attempted to get an advertisement? Tf you have, you may appreciate to some extent the feelings of these boys. If you have not, no matter what you may think on the subject, you cannot know what it is to approach a busy man, and try to persuade him as to the advisability of advertising in your school Paper. Perhaps he has never heard of the paper, and besides what will it profit him to advertise in it? The boys have to talk and talk, explain, and then explain it over. They have to give the assurance again and again that the members of the school will read the ads and patronize the advertisers. I wonder how many of them do? Perhaps, after a long hour’s work, Brewer, wiping his fevered brow, may come away suc- cessful. Again, and this possibility is by no means remote, he may come away with nothing to show for his efforts. Let me say right here that Brewer is one of the most exact business managers THE EASTERNER has ever had. And as for Bobby Burns, I do not think that boy can be praised enough, for the energy and enthusiasm and good will which he has put into his work, Bobby never grows downhearted, never gets tired, never is too busy to go out of his way to help you. These boys get very little reward, now, for their vast expenditure of labor. They, unlike other con- tributors to THE EasTErNer, cannot turn with pride to some article and proudly proclaim it as their own, No, they have only the ads to show their admiring relatives and friends. And yet I wonder if it js trie that they are wasting their time, that there will Coe be any tangible results. I do not believe this to be the case, for good work is never done in vain, and pare haps in the future, Brewer will himself advertise in leading magazines all over the country, while Bobby will be writing such original and striking ads, that everyone must read them. 5 See America First A few years ago this slogan was on every lip. One of the places that the nation’s people wanted to see first was our own Washington, the capital city. Do you know your city as well as the tourist does? Washington is now the cynosure of every eye. Here momentous questions are being discussed and decided upon. Here the great men of the nation and other countries assemble and here history is being made. You are greatly privileged to be so nearly in touch with the powers that make the wheels go round. Do not neglect these opportunities. Do no wait until your life is nearly spent to find out about the events which are taking place now all about you. Do not allow yourself to be bounded by the narrow confines of school, home and community. Grow with the expand- ing interests and activities of your country. Be a citizen of the world. S88 School Gossip School Gossip was contributed this time by Dorothy Wil- liams. Eleanor Eckhardt has been obliged to remain in Phila- delphia on account of her mother's illness.. Thanks, Dorothy, Miss Bucknam: “What was the hegira?” Bright Pupil: “The flee of Mohammed.” One would never suppose that the dainty, Kangiesser harbors such an enormous appetite, but such is the case. At any time that fragile creature can be seen poised daintily on the edge of a stool behind the bars of the bank eating a sandwich. Ye Gods! One after one they disappear. And yet his nymph-like form he still retains. Jett says, “How does he do it?” Miss Bucknam; “The Thirty Years’ War was more horrible than this one. There were women fighting on. each side.” Newman: “Gee, it must have been horrible.”