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

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THE EASTERNER The Ghost at Hopewell (Continued from page 9) But no one really admits they've seen anything.” That was all there was to it, we thought. When we returned to Hope- well the following year, we had forgotten all about it. Anderson and I were grow- ing old. Every year would find us back at Hopewell. Time flew fast. Five years st and again we were at Hopewell. “What day is today?” asked Anderson, starting a letter home. “August the second,” I said, not look- ing up from my book. “The day of old Garret's ghost, and, bless me, if it isn’t the very year, We must go up there, tonight. I always did like sweet peas,” said Anderson, jokingly. “All right,” said I, and I really intend- ed to, though | knew Anderson did not. ‘That night | managed to force Ander- son to stay up late and go up to Garret’s place with me. We left about half seven and as it was a good half hour's walk from the tavern, it must have been after twelve when we got there. We had asked about Garret, before leaving and they told us that, though he was ninety- eight, he was still spry and still crazy as a June bug. “Getting crazier every year,” they said. As we entered the yard, I noticed that the old house looked in the moonlight, as it had done five years before. I turned to speak to Anderson. “My God,” he cried, “there it is.” I looked. For a moment my heart stopped beating. There was the figure slowly swaying back and forth, across the face of the moon. Anderson and I looked with horror at each other. There was no hallucination about this, we were really seeing something. = We hurried back to the tavern, but not to sleep. We lay in bed, filled with hor- ror, An awful silence prevailed, broken only by the hourly striking of the clock. In the early morning grayness we arose. We had but one desire—to see that tree, in broad daylight, without that terrible figure. As we hurried down the village street we met a friend. 19 “Have you heard the news?” he said, and without pausing for an answer, con- tinued, “old man Garret hung himself on a tree in his yard last night. Some farm boy found him there early this morning. It was that tree, right against his window.” Poor old Garret. His age had weak- ened him so that he could not stand his Spectres any longer. He had made the spectre real, but little did he know of the terror he had inspired in the hearts of Anderson and myself. EASTERN’S TREE On April the sixteenth, Arbor Day, a tree was planted in the name of Eastern High School not far from the new Lin- coln Memorial on Twenty-third Street near C. Eastern was represented by Miss Wilkins, Miss Bucknam, Verna Smith, Helen Black and Margaret Bolen. Ver- na made the “speech” and shoveled in the first couple of shovelfuls. The other girls started ambitiously to fill up the hole, but soon gave the job over to the dusky professionals. The tree, a young linden, was one of a block of trees planted on that day by the different schools. The first tree was dedicated to Trueman Lan- ham, who has had charge of the planting of trees in the District for thirty years. EDWARD MAIER. Among the 16 juniors elected to Tau Beta Pi, the honorary society for men in the technical colleges, was Edward Leon- ard Maier, who graduated from Eastern in 1916. Last September Maier went out for the ‘varsity wrestling team, and after eliminating quite a bit of competition, suc- ceeded to the berth in the 145-pound class, although his normal weight is 162. He represented Cornell in the dual meets with quite a little success, and in the in- ter-collegiate championships held at Phil- adelphia, he won second place in the 145- pound class, and was awarded the Cor- nell “C . Maier is also a member of the “Pyra- mid Society”, an honorary organization, and the Sigma Pi fraternity.

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18 THE EASTERNER SCHOOL NEWS On February 30th we had our most enjoyable and worth-while assembly of the year. Owing to the lack of practice, considerable time was taken up in geting everybody seated in their right places. The boys were on the right side of the room and the girls on the left, as in days of yore. The twenty-piece orchestra played “Freckles” as the first selection. Miss Ida Claire spoke for one hour on “The Perils of the Everglades”. Lieut. Patrick Walsh of New. York's police force gave an interesting talk of the numerous gang fights in the great metro- lis. This consumed forty minutes. Mr. Hart announced there would be no school for the rest of the day. (Much applause.) The orchestra then played “Dardanella” and we went to our section rooms to be immediately dismissed. We had a regular assembly on March 2. Miss Martin announced that the Four Square Minute Girls’ Club was to give a dance in the drill hall. Mr. Schartz said that Miss Johnson had planned a general reseating in the assembly hall. Mr. Warner introduced Mr. William Mather Lewis, who gave us an interesting talk on “Vocations in General”. He spoke of the importance of studying a modern foreign language and being able to speak it flu- ently. He said although a college edu- cation is not an absolute necessity, it will help one a great deal in later life. He also said, “Take as much math as you can, because the mathematical man very often succeeds. There was'a boys’ assembly on April 13, before school. Mr, Hart said that the community piano in the assembly hall was not to be used by the school for danc- ing or anything else. Mr, Hart also said that thefts from the locker rooms must be immediately reported ; also, boys must leave their section rooms at the lunch hour. Mr. Warner announced the fol- lowing games: E. H. S. vs. Winston H. S.; EH. S. vs. Episcopal at Alexandria, and E. H. S. vs. Charlotte Hall. They are all practice games and have no bear- ing on the Interhigh series. Mr. Hart said it was the plan of the school to have an inter-class track meet at Rosedale. It Will be about the latter part of April. Mr. Prender has been appointed tempo- rary captain and he urged the students to come out to practice and help their class win. Mr. McQuade, temporary manager, spoke also of the physical benefits de- rived from track. At the beginning of the fourth period on April 13, the regular assembly was held. Two assemblies in one day is an unusual occurrence around here. Mr, Schwartz spoke about the Spring Play. He said that sixty dollars’ worth of tickets had been sold, but for former plays and minstrel shows, about five hun- dred dollars was the total profit. Mr, Schwartz said that the school needed the money for athletics and other things. To run athletics on a Note basis, money must be had, and the Spring Play is the best way to obtain it. There are three plays to be given this year: “Hop o’ My Thumb,” the tragedy; “In an Elevator,” a sentimental play ; and “The Pot-Boiler,” the comedy. Miss Hawes introduced the famous journalist, Mr. Wile. Mr. Wilé said a successful journalist must have news instincts. Mr. Wile then gave an account of his life. He started as editor of the Wile Evening Journal, a family newspaper. After finishing college, he became a bank clerk but soon became a reporter on a Chicago paper. He then went to London and after spending sev- eral years there, he went to Berlin where he stayed until the outbreak of the war, He said the newspaper business gives one an opportunity to travel but the pay is very small. Mr. Gore, of the Dunbarton Tennis Club, has made a fine offer to the stu- dents of Eastern who are interested in tennis. He said that the four best play- ers of Eastern will be allowed the use of the Dunbarton courts on Saturdays. All those interested in this offer should give their names to Mr. Warner. It is hoped that the tennis court in the rear of the school will be ready for use in a short time.

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20 HE EASTERNER GIRLS’ BASKET BALL Well! the intersection games have been finished! Of the upper class teams Junior 1 was the champion team, win- ning six games out of seven. Of the Freshmen teams, 9B3 and 9B1 each won five games out of seven; but 9B3 had a score of 104 against 99 tor 9B1. These games proved to be exceedingly interesting. The cliss teams They are: Seniors : Captain, Mildred Mooney. F. Julia Diggins! 14 | F. Mildred Mooney. C. May Jones. S. C. Jeanette Burgess. G. Gene LeMat. G. Faith Fairchild. Juniors : Captain, Mary Bixler. ' F. Helen Grosvenor. F. Gladys Rollins. C. Mary Bixler. S. C. Ethel Weber. G. Olive Ramsey. G. Helen Carroll. Subs. Willeye Garner. Thelma Leeman. “ Sophmores : Captain, Pyle. F. Greco. F. Donnelly. C. Pyle. S.C. Gilbert. G. Atkinson. G. Mockabee. Subs. Reinhart. Browne. e Cook. Freshmen : Captain, King. - Motyka. . Rohrer. . King. C. Sullivan. . Gascoigne. x. Sponsler. Subs. Supplee. Pixley. Schade. Mazzullo. have been chosen. QAM The Interclass games have started off with even more interest than was shown in the intersection games. Two games were played on April 12. In the Senior-Freshmen game the Freshmen won. The Juniors beat the Sophmores in the second game. As it is beneath the dignity of a mem- ber of the Senior team to write up the notes for their game with the Freshmen, and as Miss Stockett thinks that a little encouragement should be given them in their first venture from the cradle, Miss Rohrer was asked to write an account of the game. It follows: ‘After school Monday, April 12, a group of girls gathered in the gymnasium to witness the first of the Interclass basketball games. The game was be- tween the Seniors and the Freshmen. The Seniors, confident of an easy vic- tory, advanced to meet the Freshmen, who were entering with fear and tremb- ling. Both teams played hard, but for some unknown reason the ball stayed down at the Freshmen basket most of the time. As a result, the first half ended 12-2 in favor of the enthusiastic Freshies. “The fearful Seniors sent for one of their regular players who was unable to be there when the game started. Then the second half began. Time and time again the breathless Freshmen scored. The Seniors did get a few goals, but, to the great amazement of the Freshmen and the disgust of the Seniors the game ended 8-30. The Freshmen had won!!!” (Two of the exclamation points were added by me). “Since ‘well begun is half done’ we are wondering what the result of the series will be.” —Sarah Rohrer. On the 15th, two more games were played. The Juniors beat the Seniors— an A Sophmores beat the Freshmen, If as much interest is shown in the coming games as has been shown before, I am sure that much good will have been derived from them; no matter who the winners may be. —M. Jones 12R2.