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

Text from Pages 1 - 270 of the 1924 volume:

a y rey) bed i Y SF ——ae=N EASTERN HIGH SCHOOL, | [+ wastineton.nc Ee, A Clothes That a High School Student (Ns Would Choose te aia Ss Luibev. The Avenue at Ninth NICHOLS CO. Delicatessen, Lunch, Fruits, Candy, Ice Cream, Cigars and Tobacco School Supplies and Magazines 401 Maryland Avenue N. E. Phone Lincoln 4186 O’DONNELL’S DRUG STORE “WHY PAY MORE?” 14th and North Carolina Ave. N. E. SINT: Malone, Prop. Lincoln Park Confectionery 1101 East Capitol Street Ice Cream Parlor HOME-MADE AND FANCY BOXED CANDIES J. C. DEMOS Mgr. “BONDY” If It’s Done By “Photography WE DO IT College and School Year Book Photos Enlarging Portraits Copying Views Lincoln 3149 sh All Photographs for The Easterner Made by Tenschert nd Flack Rooms 39, 40 and 41 802 F Street Northwest Washington, D. C. Call Day or Night Business Phone: Main 5495 a) RESIDENCE Groups and Convention Work a Specialty Flash Lights Panoramas Banquets Lincoln 1000-W BE SURE, It’s DeliciousIceCream e care given to each detail F A extrem - The excellence of our ice cream is insured by the and other ingredients used. of manufacture, and to the high quality of cream, flavoring, “WON ITS FAVOR—THRU ITS FLAVOR” CARRY ICE CREAM COMPANY, Inc. Piet eae 1337 D Street S. E. GEORGE F. MUTH CO. 710 13TH ST. N, W. Drawing and Artists’ Materials of All Kinds for High School Students Phone Main 3258 1417 G Strect N. W. SHORTHAND, TYPEWRITING, ENGLISH, SPELLING, DRILLING FOR COMMERCIAL AND CIVIL SERVICE POSITIONS Floral Designs to Order Fine Cut Flowers ROBERT BOWDLER Grower of Choice Flowers houses : 3 G CENTER MARKET 1723 Florida Ave. N. E. Phones M. 3919—M. 7188 Phone Lincoln 2208 THE STUDENTS OF EASTERN HIGH SCHOOL are cordially invited to attend Che Sunday School and Epworth League Emuorth HH. £. Church, South Cor. N. Carolina Ave. and Thirteenth St. N. E. 9:30 A. Mi—Sundays—7:00 P. M. Use BUFFALO PAINT JOSEPH HARRISON Wood’s School Teacher of Violin and Piano Member American Federation of Musicians ALL COMMERCIAL BRANCHES Director of Choir and Orchestras of . the Ninth Street Christian One month, day $17; evening $8 311 East Capitol St. ‘ Church e After seven consecutive monthly payments Residence and Studio: the next five months are free. 636 D Street N. E. Phone Lincoln 1633 Lincoln 38 39th Year DONOHOE MOTOR CO. Ford Agents SALES—PARTS—SERVICE Phone Lincoln 303-304 215 Penna. Ave. S. E. Herrmann’s Ginger Ale Is Famous! Have You Tried It? Always Ask for Herrmann’s Sarsaparilla, Root Beer or Orange Soda to Get the Best. A. G. HERRMANN. 750 to 754 Tenth Street S. E. MASTER COURSES —College of Commercial Science —College of Secretarial Science —School of Business and English —School of Stenography at Typing Each course consists of one or more major studies and essential related studies. The college-grade courses are of junior and senior scope. Credits are computed and given upon satisfac- tory completion of assigned work. Literature descriptive of the contents of each course, carefully prepared upon a basis of hours and credits, will be m ailed upon request. | SERTETON, study and labora- 4 tory practice periods are provided in four sessions—morning, afternoon, early evening, and late evening. Detailed information and sugges- tive individual programs furnished upon request. Investigate. Let Strayer’s help you make your services “Worthmore Services”. Call, write or phone— Main 3430 or 7654. Strayer’s Business College 721 Thirteenth Street{jN. W. Che Easterner EASTERN HIGH SCHOOL, WASHINGTON, D. C. Motto: Do Well, Do Better, Do Best. Published five times a year by the Students 70) yu) Buwuwess), MAN ACES of Eastern High School, Washington, D. C. Susscnirrion Paice, $1.25. PER YEAN; py Matt, $1.50. Single Copies, 25 Cents, Payable in Advance. Entered as Second Class Matter in the Post Office at Washington, D. C., under Act of March 4, 1879. VOL. XXVII WASHINGTON, D. C., JANUARY, 1924. NO. 2 Editorial Staff Fern H. Painter, ’24 M. Katherine Rives, ’24 Margaret Beasley, ’24 Carey M. Moore, ’24 eM ildredt Orewsye 20 (Herbert Angel, 725 Art Editors z = Jack F. Burton, 24 Arthur Bondurant, ’24 Clinton M. Hisle, Jr., ’24 Editor-in-Chief... Assistant Editor Literary Editor __. Assistant Literary Editors Military Notes Rifle Notes ... __ J Gerald Coe, 725 Mabel Lombard, ’24 PA 1G Geo eeaea eset eee aM emg eee ner || Elisha Marly yess 20 Margaret Butler, ’24 Samuel Matthews, ’24 Annie Horenstein, ’25 Otto F. Lehnert, 24 School’ Newa:cz es ea ea SO —{ Paul L. Doerr, 24 ‘Wolks and J okcaisieese ee a ee { Margaret Loane, 724 _Josephine Speake, ’24 School Gossip Alumni .. Mae O’Connor, ’24 Girls’ Clubs e Virginia Grohs, ’24 Exchange Helen G. Babp, ’24 Business Staff Businéss) Manager mame seeeenee eee ee Jacks Vierkorn, 24 Advertising Manager — Claude Lawrence, ’25 a Donald W. Bingham, ’24 Assistants ——————— —————____________--— {tai B. Nestler, 724 Harold W. Lady, 24 Circulation Manager ———____.__ ._________Norbert Walters, ’24 . Maurice Thompson, 724 Assistants ——————__._______ = =e { Sanford Leach, 724 Alpheus Walter, 726 Bookkeeper — Sa med oe Nellie Dalrymple; 26 Staff Typists Ruth Gochenour, ’24 Roma Benner, 724 Annie Smith, 24 Mary Graham, 24 Compliments of Washington School Sor Secretaries THE HASTERNER 7 EDITORIALS New Vear’s Greetings! HOW ABOUT THIS? The attitude that the students take toward cur assemblies determines the character and frequency of the gatherings. If the students form a courteous, appreciative audience, then the faculty will call more assemblies— and what can better delight the hearts of the pupils than a long assembly? Let us, then, good-naturedly put on our very best behavior when we gather in the auditorium. The splendid spirit of loyalty and cooperation at Eastern will make our assemblies orderly and happy oceasions for all concerned. When the whole school is together in the auditorium we have surely an opportunity for the display of all that is finest in our school spirit. A sullied, degraded spirit in- deed, if it must find expression in discour- teous exclamations or unreasonable, offen- sive applause! The individual student should realize that an excellent way to show his spirit is by do- ing all that is within his power to make our assemblies what they ought to be. VQ Ush Vee EASTERN FALLS IN LINE Just a few weeks ago, Eastern organized for the first time in ten years, a debating so- ciety. Now that it is organized, there is one more consideration to be disposed of. Eastern has always stood for the highest standards and the most lofty accomplishments in every field she has entered. Will her debating or- ganization uphold this ideal? The answer rests with the student body, for only the enthusiastic support and conscientious efforts of Eastern’s students can assure suc- cess. The scholastic requirements for mem- bership in the debating society are high; but the greater the effort, the more valuable the reward. To the students of Eastern, therefore, we say: ‘‘Attain scholastic proficiency; then join the debating club and work with true Eastern zeal and spirit.’’ There is no more valuable training than sound, logical think. ing, and clear convincing expression; there is no more worthy object than scholastic achievement and fair-minded sportsmanship It is the aim of the Debating Society to give the advantages of these benefits to its mem- bers. Are you in line for the forward march? M. K. R. SINCERITY Of the many requisites of true gentility, surely sincerity takes the lead. Still it is not a common virtue. Lack of sincerity is felt everywhere. In the first place, wanton flatterers are trouble-makers. They cause one to become puffed up; they feed his self-love, and make him ridiculous. Excessive flattery insults the intelligence, and sets the speaker down as a hypocrite. Unkind gossip is another form of insin- cerity. Many people, especially girls, are prone to greet friends with over-wrought expressions of affection, but when the per- son is out of sight, to spread malicious gos- sip about him, or to ridicule him. The value that can be placed upon such friendship is necessarily low. At school, especially, another kind of hypocrisy abounds. This sort exists where boys and girls try with honeyed words to in- fluence their teachers to give them high marks. “ Oh, I do love English—better than any other subject!’’ a student once raved. The English teacher, to whom the remark was made, at once began to look for the flaws the pupil was trying to hide—and found them. It really reminds on? of the child who, playing hide and seek, cries, ‘‘I’m not here.’’” He defeats his purpose. = Be, then, sincere in every utterance. A good test of your sincerity is to make sure, before you make a statement, that you be- THE EASTERNER 8 lieve it yourself. Be sincere rather than yoluble, and wholly truthful rather than verbose. 1g Jeb 1, EDITORIAL QUIPS If more Easternites subscribed to and read Tur HasterNer, there would be fewer Eastern students talking about football and basketball innings. Some students seem to weleome New Year’s as an opportune time to renew their resolution not to allow lessons to interfere with their pursuit of pleasure. If you haven’t yet subscribed to THE EASTERNER or bought an athletic ticket, under no circumstances do so now. It is much better not to display school spirit unless you began in September; for there’s always a chance ihat if you do, someone will think you’re improving. The student body should by no means read the editorials; they are published merely to take up space. LITERAL APPLICATIONS A lesson in the mind is worth two in a pony. Some thieves steal money and precious jewels; others steal the time, knowledge, or love of another. A book in the right class is worth two in a locker. MODERNISMS Grave consequences from little ‘‘D’s grow. A rolling car gathers the girls. “Faint heart never won fair lady’’— But a snappy roadster can always turn the trick, GERALD CoE, 725. WHO’S WHO OFFICERS OF THE JUNE GRADUATING CLASS President—Gladstone Roudabush. Viee-president—Margaret Beasley. Secretary—Hola Benzler. Treasurer—Donald Bingham. OFFICERS OF THE FEBRUARY GRADUATING CLASS President—Ferd Herrmann. Vice-president—Thelma Bishop. Secretary—Louise Pigott. Treasurer—Samuel Matthews. OFFICERS OF THE TWO-YEAR FEBRUARY CLASS President—Richard Graham. Vice-president—Catherine Dawson. Secretary—Charlotte Hanson. reasurer—Rosina Lindner. SONG OF A STUDENT Latin is a subject I shall not want. It maketh me show my stupidity before the school and the teacher. It burneth me up; It leadeth me into a maze of verbs and idioms. . Yea, though I walk through the valley of the sunlight of hope, I shall fear a ‘‘D.’’ It can’t last forever; that comforteth me. My head runneth over. Surely, if I do not determine to learn, I will follow it all the days of my life, and dwell in the Latin class forever. Geraup Cor, ’25. THAT EASTERNER BOX There is a little box That has a little slot— We want your contributions That’s all there’s to my plot. The box stands in the office; It’s there for you to fill With stories, jokes, and poems, But there! I’m sure you will. F. H. P. THE EFASTERNER 9 A CLEAN PAGE I wrote an idle word in sea-wet sand, A word of chance, and fanciful no doubt; In thoughtful mood I took my other hand And stirred the sand to blot the writing out— A marréd beach was all that marked its place. I pondered long beside the rolling sea; I saw a gull and wave in foam-white race; Tempestuously, the wave bore down on me. The gull veered by; the wave was spent; it fell, And left a dazzling whiteness on the beach, And then retreated on the backward swell Chagrined because I stood beyond its reach. T sought the spot where I had left the mar— The beach was smooth as virgin beaches are. Carey Moore, ’24. TRUE BEAUTY The passion of life is for beauty, And to find it, men seek far and wide. I have sought and haye found that beauty Doth around us in nature abide. true In the pink of a rosebud just opened, Or the grass empearléd with dews; Then again in the sky’s changing colors, And the rainbow’s rare, radiant hues. In a beautiful deer fleeting homeward, Or a sail ’gainst the blue of the skies; In the sound of a brook gaily babbling— Lo, the beauty in these never dies! Mar O’Connor, ’24. If you’re used to giving knocks, Change your style; Throw bouquets instead of rocks For a while.—Selected. WITHOUT AND WITHIN The rain is falling dismally, The sky is overcast ; The roofs of sheds and houses gray Creak in the fateful blast. The branches of the gaunt, stark trees Sway with a mighty groan; The great wind rushes wildly on With eerie, breathless moan. But in a cheery room, I see Just across the way : A child is playing happily For all the dreary day. Fern Painter, 24 WHY DO CHERRIES GROW? Far above my head Soared a robin red. Chirped he while I asked, As he flew below, “Why do cherries grow ?”’ Perched he in a tree, Plucking merrily From a tiny heart. Then these words said he, “Cherries grow for me.’’ SamueL Martuews, 724. It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul. —Henley. THE BASTERNER : ORDERS Fern Parner, '24 Some of us were disgruntled; there was no doubt about that. We were offended on two scores. In the first place, a true sailor is always averse to land duty. Besides, we were stationed in the interior of Mexico, knowing little about our location and nothing of the length of our stay. But we were dead certain of one thing: we were in for some skirmishing. Then, too, our ranking officer had put me in charge of a machine gun battery, while he re- turned to a neighboring town for rest in a hotel. That was not likely to put us in the best of humor. We had to sleep on the ground. The blankets, which a few of us had been valorous enough to carry on our long inland march, did very little good, for the raw, uncomfortable dampness chilled us. The only order the fellow had left us was to shoot everything we saw. That sounded like action tome. And we surely saw action that night! What a night! ‘The air, together with everything we touched, was cold and clammy. It was dark—not merely dark, but black with that sort of fog that shows only shadows. A man three or four yards distant looked like a shadow of immense size .We were accustomed to fogs and to the dark, but we tvere un- familiar with the lay of the land. While we were slipping farther into the mire at every step we took, in an effort to find a resting place for the night, we thought with sinking hearts of our familiar ship tossing in the har- bor of a little sea town miles away. Finally, however, we found a rocky shelf on which the rest of the squad could sleep, while I watched. About midnight it grew even darker. I wouldn’t have let darkness frighten me, but you can imagine that dampness and blackness seemed spooky, when I reflected that a gang of Mexican bandits might surprise the little squad, and shoot us off before we could get a chance at them. That was, to say the least, an uncomfortable consideration. I must have gone into a sort of reverie for a few moments. Well, about one o’clock, I was startled by the cracking of a twig. I looked around for a while, but nothing appeared to excite my sus- here loomed a shadow of prodi- distance away from me. My duty was clear. I noiselessly aroused my men. We shot that fellow. Judging by the thud with whieh he fell, his size must have been enormous. Since it was but reasonable to suppose that there would be more bandits, we waited tensely for further developments, scarcely speaking above a whisper. As the moments went on, our vigilance relaxed. It was after two young hot-bloods had argued for some time as to whose shot had killed the bandit, that they were suddenly silenced by the ap- pearance of another form. Slowly it ap- proached, while we waited for it to get close enough for us to take sure aim through the fog. Instantaneously it seemed that our one enemy was followed by a host. The five of us estimated afterwards that there must have been at least three hundred huge shadows. Resolving to fight valiantly to the bitter end, my brave squad opened fire on the enemy. To our utter amazement, they did not return fire, but ran away, stumbling through a small stream a few hundred yards distant. We fol- lowed them down to the stream, still firing and eausing heavy losses on the enemy’s side, We had to stop at the stream, for it was too treacherous for unfamiliar feet to ford. Soon, satisfied that they had had enough of us for one night, I placed some one else on guard and went to rest, but not to sleep. I was immensely proud of our victory. I began to conjecture what the newspapers would say. I even imagined what the head- lines would be—for in my least sanguine mo- ments I could not imagine a report in which the headlines were not spread over the top of the front page. The headlines which most ap- pealed to me were: ‘‘Officer and Four Men Rout Mexican Army,’’ and another, ‘‘Five Hundred Mexicans Flee Without a Shot Be- fore Onslaught of Five Americans.’’ Both were to be followed by smaller headlines with my name. In looking back, I now marvel at my modesty in not putting my name at the picions, until t gious size a short THE BASTERNER Ii top of the page. Another title occurred to me, ‘ Sensational Skirmish in Mexico,’’ which I at onee rejected because of its lack of descrip- tiveness. My thoughts then turned to my su- perior officer. What oblivion for him! hai glory for me! It seemed to me then that the authorities could do no less than make me ad- miral—or something. And later I thought how pleased my parents would be. I could picture them greeting me with open arms and shining, tearful eyes. I began to think of some protestations of modesty to make. My ruminations always returned at this point to the newspaper headlines. The hours flew like gulls. The men around me, too, were rapt in pleasant reverie. When we finally realized that dawn had come, we stepped cautiously from our shelter to recon- noiter, and, if possible, to bury some of the bodies of the poor devils we had ruthlessly slain the preceding night. To say that we were amazed at the sight that met our eyes would be putting it too mildly. It seemed that our senses had sud- denly taken flight—for, scattered around where we had hoped to gaze triumphantly upon our annihilated enemy, lay the bodies of twenty dead cows! Not one of us said a word. Indeed, for the next few moments, those poor, harmless, dead cows were not more quiet than we. The silence was at last broken by old Bill Perkins. ‘‘Well, well!’ he sighed. ‘If I wasn’t fooled! And just to think, we can’t even use the carcasses, because if we start a fire, more than cows will attack us, I’ll war- rant!”’ So the headlines did not feature the stir- ring incident, and I’m still chief petty officer; but our orders to shoot everything we saw were carried out toa t. That is all that could be expected of us. It was not our fault that our Mexican bandits turned out to be cows. THE CURSE OF TERPSICHORE I have no feet. Mistake me not, reader— nor imagine that I am totally destitute of that pair of lower extremities. Neither imagine that I am torn asunder from those essential members which enable me to ambu- late. I do have the control of feet for some purposes; therefore, when I say I have no feet, you will understand that I mean—for dancing. My feet (if I may call them such) are prolongations which should more rightly be called yards. I do all in my power to de- erease their extensiveness, but all my efforts are in vain. These offshoots of stout and stubby legs are inclined to grow more and more extensive. They are slowly exciting me to madness, and I am about resolved to shorten them by eutting the toes off. To say that my feet have never felt the touch of a dance floor is erroneous. But, to state the plain truth, my partner is myself. Once my expectations of happiness soared high. with the prospect of a fair dancing partner; but when she beheld my big, clumsy, pedal extremities (very moderate expression), my joyful anticipation came to naught. How I have practiced dancing! The ablest men of the profession have tutored me. I know the latest steps and remember ancient ones. Fate and my circus feet, however, are ever against me. If I could only change my ponderous, rectangular feet to the oppo- site, I would give all. It is hard to stand alone in an age like this—an age of dancing and merriment, youthful frolic and joys. I stand apart and watch while others dance for me. If I, like King Midas, had one wish which could be granted, it would be, ‘‘Give me feet that enable me to dance with eatlike tread and agility.’” Samve. Marruews, 24. THE EBASTERNER 12 Lo, here hath been dawning another New Year; Of the Old, our accounts must be lucid and clear. At the initial meeting of the Home and School Association in November, five-minute talks on various school activities were given by the following students: Margaret Beas- ley, girls’ clubs; William Clementson, dramaties; Ralph Swingle, the bank; Wil- liam Roberts, school publications; Clinton Hisle, cadets; Paul Doerr, athletics; and Otto Lehnert, the glee club and the orches- tra. The first of a series of long assemblies was held on November 13. A sketch, ‘‘The Inter- view,’’ was presented, in which Paul Doerr, Gladstone Roudabush, Norbert Walters, and Sanford Leach took part. Mr. Edwin N, C. Barnes, director of music in the public schools, led in a musical assem- bly on November 20. The week of November 18 was nationally observed as Education Week, and Friday of that week as physical education day. In recognition of this fact, an assembly was held, at which members of Miss Stockett’s and Miss Alexander’s classes gave an inter- esting exhibition of physical training exer- cises. On November 27 the student body received an unusual treat. Mr. Charles H. Swem, champion stenographer of the United States, gave a demonstration of what can be accom- plished m this field. Mr. Swem was for- merly the private secretary to President Wilson. Bis ‘At the last assembly before Thanksgiving the members of the football team were pre- sented with the school letter. Mr. Warner, formerly of our faculty, now principal of the Hine Junior High School, was present and was accorded a hearty welcome. At this assembly Miss Bucknam read President Coolidge’s Thanksgiving proclamation. A six-reel motion picture of the life of Julius Caesar was shown at an afternoon assembly early in December. For the first time in the history of our school there are enough students to have a February graduation. There are twenty- three members of the class. It has been decided that a standard class ring will be adopted. A committee represent- ing the alumni and the senior and junior classes was chosen to select a suitable ring. The members of this committee are Miss Mary Murray, Josephine Speake, Dorothy Linder, Paul Doerr, and Nathan Clark. At the assembly on December 13 Miss Murray spoke on the work of the Harding Memorial Association. Donald Bingham announced the formation of a debating so-° ciety, and Dorothy Tripp spoke of the work of the bank. A very interesting talk about Chinese manners, customs, and government was given by Miss Edith Hart, the superin- (Continued on Page 27) THE BASTERNER 13 OUR NEW DEPARTMENTS Auto-Science Our auto-science department is a “live. wire’ one. Things are being done down there. Know you that Mr. Rick is the first instructor to put into practical use the movies in connection with the teaching of manual arts in this city? Visual education plays an important role in the curriculum of the auto students’ shop activities. Know you also that Mr. Rick is the only instructor in the city who has induced the auto dealers to “‘come across’’ with exhibits? In fact, the auto men have almost decided to have the 1924 Auto Show at Hastern instead of Con- vention Hall. They argue that this is the only means of saving them from the persis- tent onslaughts of ‘‘Cappy”’ in trying to seize exhibition material from them for his classes. The first four weeks we did not have any exhibit. Book stuff was crammed into our eraniums until our cerebellums seethed with theories. Our hands itched for a monkey wrench, and we longed to feast our eyes on a concrete example of an automobile chassis. When it came at last, we gave vent to our pent up enthusiasm, Our first display was a Ford. We borrow- ed it for a week, and then Mr. Rick returned it in favor of an Autocar. Since then we have had a number of other models. Our exhibit ‘‘A’’ rofled in one Saturday —a ‘‘genu-wine’’ Ford chassis. It was strip- ped, all but the gears. The following Mon- day the class assembled and the instruetor showed us how to handle the Henry. “Now pay attention, gentlemen,’’ he said as he mounted the gas tank. ‘‘Be careful always to have your emergency brake pulled back; give her this much spark, and this much gas. Now step on the starter.”’ “Chr-r-r,’’ responded the electrical motor, but not so the engine. He tried again. “Chrrr-rr.”” He worked feverishly ; he pulled the prim- er; no response. He gave her more juice. “Chrrr-rr’’—but the engine didn’t even wheeze. He got out and examined the carburetor; it flushed well. He looked at the tool box; no short circuit there. Then he paced up and down several times, and at last stopped short with a ‘‘Eureka!’’ air. “Gentlemen, the joke’s on you,’’ he piped. “T took the spark coils out on Saturday and forgot to put them back!’’ We caught the joke all right, but we have our opinions as to whom it was on! Oh, we are doing things in the auto-science class ! GEORGE GRAINGER, ’24. A NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION Although my teacher I admire And to learn English I desire, It seems I cannot do it right E’en though I strive with all my might. My spelling’s poor as poor can be, And in my form I get a ‘‘D’’; I use words where they don’t belong; My punctuation is all wrong. And even when my spelling’s good My writing is not understood, And I have often heard it said, “His writing, it cannot be read.’’ I must improve in every way Or last in class I’ll always stay; So after this l’ll do my best To write and spell just like the rest. Diarrus TIMELY SUGGESTIONS 1. That English teachers shall no longer have their classes imitate otherwise respect- able writers. 2. That the ‘‘flivvers”’ in front of the school be labeled with owners’ names. So many are confusing. 3. That the chickens from 17th Street be kept off the grass in front of the school. Virenia Grous, 724. “T don’t know nothin’, my pretty maid.” “‘T well believe you, sir,’’ she said. H 14 2 ‘As the winter months pass by, the cadet companies strive on for success on that most eventful day, the Competitive Drill. The companies have been limiting thi drilling to the movements of the squad, pla- toon, and company. The guns were issued on the first of December, and instruction of the manual of arms will be the obj their efforts for the next month or two. At a recent meeting of the officers of the brigade, Colonel W. M. Craigie introduced the new drill regulations under which the He also ex- eir ect of companies are now drilling. pressed his desire to have the weekly periods of drill changed from two days of one and a half hours after school to three days of one hour during school hours. These two import- ant changes would put the cadet corps on an equal standing with the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. These new drill regulations divide the cadet company into two platoons of three squads each; that is, each platoon receives its com- mands from its commanding officer or lieu- tenant, who, in turn, receives his command from the captain. Under the old regulations the captain gave the command directly, with no five-pace interval between the platoons. Major J. McBride, adjutant of the “Third Corps Area,” visited our school while in Washington to inspect the R. 0. T. C. units here. He was greatly pleased with our rifle range and with the progress made by our companies. Lieutenants ©. Beall and L. C. Zier have been appoin ted to fill the vacancies of Lt. Herbert Fuller of Company C and of Lt. J. Burton of Company F. : The third regiment band is still an unreal- ity because the instruments have not yet been procured from the War Department. Mr. Schwartz and Colonel Craigie, however, are exerting every effort to obtain them. An of- ficer for the band has not been detailed to Eastern as yet. gp BASTERNER The uniforms have added much to the ap- earance of the companies. However, tie are far from what they should be in regard to the number of men. Forty men are needed to form full six-squad companies, To fill the companies is essential if Eastern has any hope of winning the drill. The sty. dents should not depend on the pupils enter. ing in February to do this, but should re- spond so as to fill the companies before they arrive. File closers do not detract from the appearance of the company, but rather im- prove it. They will enable us to have full eompanies every day in spite of the absentees, War games between our companies will soon begin. It is sincerely hoped that Hast- ern will be successful this year. The school will be represented in at least six and pos- P . companies sibly‘seven games. Now just a word to the girls. It is grow- ing cold; also, cadets like to dance. THE EASTERNER Tur EASTERNER is a grand old book, And everything that’s in it Keeps readers on a sharp outlook With news that’s to the minute. So every student in the school Should be a staunch supporter, And linger not another day— Bring your dollar and a quarter! James T. Kung, ’25. Famous last words: “T wonder if it’s loaded. down and see.”’ “Oh, listen! That’s the train whistle. Step on the accelerator and we'll try to get across before it comes.”’ “Tt smells like gas, but I guess it’s all rio” Lend me a match.”’ “Tet’s change places, and I’ll paddle.’’— Ex. Tl just look THE EASTERNER SIDE-LINE CHATTER At the opening game of the Season, the balcony and sidelines of the gymnasium Were packed with spectators. Edna and Aileen had come early in order to be “up front.” Arriving half an hour before the game be- gan, they had at regular intervals applied powder puffs, adjusted hats and curls, and commented on the line-up of plays—eom- ments which were animated, if not construc. tive. “You mean the third one from the end? Mary’s in one of his classes, and she says he doesn’t even dance. That’s Jack Merton next to Edgewood’s coach; he’s there with the looks, isn’t he?’’ “The one with the curly black hair? Gee, he’s too good-looking to play baskethall. Do you know Blakney? He’s the tall fellow with auburn hair.” “Tt’s a wonder some of the good looking fellows wouldn’t go into the ‘frats’ and get acquainted with someone. that Bob—”’ And so on until the game began. At th beginning of the fourth quarter Edgewood sent in a substitute center, and the chatter in the baleony took a new turn. “‘Oh, Edna! Doesn’t he look like the new fellow that just came from out west! You know—he’s in Miss Burton’s section. Every- body’s erazy about him.”’ “D’you mean Eddie Hurley? I wish you could have seen him today! Agnes has been raving about him more than anybody else. At the end of English elass she accidentally on-purpose got to the door at the same time he did, and started talking fifty knots an hour about English. I didn’t dare interrupt; so I simply followed behind. When Agnes ran out of excuses for her ‘D’ in the math. test, she started in on French. Peggy Mor- ton told her that he was in her French class yesterday, but was coming into ours today; so Agnes raved until we got to 245. Then she flashed her dimples and asked Hurley if he was coming to this class. He was in such a hurry that he almost stuttered, trying to tell her that he hadn’t been able to get his Do you know 15 Program arran ing German. nes looked da him today. “She shouldn fect darling.”” ged for French and was tak- I giggled right out loud. Ag- ggers! _She wouldn’t speak to 't blame Hurley. He’s a per- As the final whistle blew, Aileen stood up and looked around the gym, while Edna, pull- ing her hat to a perkier angle and patting her curls, glanced at the clock. Aileen sat down suddenly. ‘‘O, Edna!’’ she gasped tragically, ‘‘Hurley was right behind us!’” M. Karuerrme Rives, ’24. OUR FLOWER GARDEN There are many of us who never think of What a wonderful collection of flowers we have among us. The most common are the morning glories. How fresh and bright are they when they first come to school in t he morning, but, alas—like all their kind, they must wither! Wither before the tiring onslaught of math. problems, chemistry tests, Burke, and innu- merable other tasks in a day’s work! : Another priceless treasure is the class room sunflowers who always finds some- thing for us to laugh at. What would we do without the sunflowers? Then we have, too, plenty of clinging- vines. Most of us know these, however; so further elucidation should not be necessary. These bright, red, and inviting (?) tulips should not by any means be forgotten in naming those flowers in our collection. There is at least one flower which should be weeded out at Eastern; it is the rambler of our halls. The rambler is the plague of the teachers. So be not ramblers, Eastern- ites, and keep the corridors clear. These are just a few of our flowers, but perhaps you may now find for yourselves a veritable flower garden about you. A new steel fireproof curtain has recently been installed at the school which weighs ten thousand pounds. From The Alumni Bulletin. Extra!!! ‘Kid’? Johnston is said to have spent part of a lunch period in 126, studying. Sam Matthews (translating French) : “She is giving the nuts to the children who are in the bag.’’ Poor children ! ! We are told that William Wordsworth at an early age was left an orphan. What did he do with it? Miss Egbert: ‘‘Name the three kinds of weight in common use.” and Ashdown: ‘‘Avoirdupois, Troy, apothecaries’,’’ Miss Egbert: ‘‘By which are you weighed?” Ashdown: ‘‘Apotheearies’.’’ Mrs. Byram (at Glee Club rehearsal) : “That would sound lovely—behind a cur- tain.”’ Mr. Guilford: ‘‘Has anyone a suggestion for the use of the money from locker keys?” Eleanor Estes: ‘‘Buy longer straws to drink pop with.’’ K. Rives (enthusiastically) ; ‘‘I think I'l] start writing ‘free verse.’ ’’ Annie Smith: ‘It would have to be free; nobody would ever buy anything you wrote.”’ FoLlKs , and JoKes Why is it criminal to be without an imagination in geometry, while to have one in biology is worse? Zier: ‘‘Can you write on an empty stom. ach?” See “Bondy’’: ‘‘No, I use English paper,” Mr. Rick (in woodworking shop) : ‘Name some laying-out tools.”” Hook: ‘‘Coffins.’’ Miss Boyd: ‘‘Who has a Critical Period in the Library ?”’ A good suggestion: “Why don’t the French adopt the simpli. fied forms of spelling?”’ Mr. Suter (to Mr. Barbour and Miss Ross who were working an example together) ; “Do you know what store you two remind me of?”’ They: ‘‘No!’’ Mr, Suter: ‘‘Barber and Ross.”’ (Newman, taking Macbeth’s part in English 8, was planning murder but speak- ing his part calmly.) Miss Gardner: ‘‘You should not be so cool.’’ Newman: ‘All good murderers are cool.’’ Mr. Rick (after calling roll): ‘‘Quite a number of absentees here today.”’ THE FASTE RNER Miss Gardner (to Burke Class) : afraid that if you lose your knowle Burke, you wouldn’t lose much,” SS ee Why is Miss Shelp capable both and as adviser of the Rifle Club? Answer: Because she teaches triggernom- etry- LOTT am dge of in math. Miss Baldwin (to McCarthy coming in on the ringing of the last bell) : “Do you know what I think you will be when You finish school?”’ McCarthy: ‘‘ What?’ Miss Baldwin: ‘‘A barber, bee make so many close shayes.’’ Sr See ause you Dr. Leineweber’s favorite expression seems to be: ‘‘Wake up , boys! It’s almost lunch time.” Miss Monk (reading some questions tolbe answered by class): ‘What are the chief causes of poverty?” Hughes: ‘‘Lack of funds.’ Mr. Haworth: ‘‘Where did we get the symbol for lead ?’’ : Dorman: “In the back of the book.’’ Mr, Guilford (Wednesday before Thanks. giving in history class): ‘ For homework tomorrow we will have—(groans from class) —all of Greece, part of Turkey (pause), and lots of cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie.’’ Miss Boyd: ‘‘Thomas, what would happen if you got all H’s?”’ Frank Thomas: ‘‘I’d be an orphan.’’ ‘28-34-52-67.’’ No, this is not a football signal, but Miss Gardner telling the results of a Burke test to the class. Miss Egbert: ‘‘What poem did Whittier write as a rebuke to Daniel Webster ?’’ Sutton: ‘‘Ichabod Crane.’ Dr. Leineweber (in Spanish): ‘‘No whis- pering here. There is no moonlight.’’ 1 Miss Franz (to unoffi on’t give awa, might need it lat cial class prompter) : y information, Gerald; you er on.’’ rs Fisher (giving example of physies prob- lem to Thomas) : ‘‘I¢ you started to walk to the Library of Congress, would you walk all over the city to get there?” F. Thomas: “ Well, that depends on whom 1 am with.” J. Reznek: ‘Miss Baldwin, I wish to ask @ question about a tragedy.’’ Miss Baldwin: “Yes?” J. Reznek: “What is my deportment mark ?’’ Collier (Spanish 4): “Do I get over the fence this advisory ?”’ Dr. Leineweber :‘‘Yes, if you take a good long jump.” S. Matthews: Period?’’ M. Sniegoski: “No, I ate lunch.’ “Did you eat the last Miss Egbert (talking on journalism) : ‘‘He wrote a very interesting article on his ex- periences with a furnace.’’ H. Angel: “TI shouldn’t think he could have published it.”” Miss Franz (to Matthews): Combien des fréres et soeurs avez-vous, Samuel ?”’ Matthews: ‘‘J’ai un frére et une femme.”’ Sinee when!!! ! Mr. Padgett: Polonius.’” Parker: ‘Oh, I thought it was from Shakes- peare!”’ “This line is from old Mrs. Byram (completing a long song) : “By that time the lovers are awake.’’ L. Bell: ‘‘They ought to be.’ Rookie: “‘ What is a pedestrian?”’ Doerr: ‘‘ An individual that is always found in front of automobiles.’’ BOYS’ ATHLETICS A survey of Eastern’s performance in the football season of 1923 would show that while Eastern defeated Western, she lost to Central, Business, and Technical. Let the annals of football history report, however, that Eastern fought well and lost well. At the conelusion of the season, the fol- lowing Eastern men were given an ‘‘B’’: Newman, Hook, Doerr, Smith, Madigan, Trunnel, Edwards, Roudabush, and Eaton. Those who had not played in so many quar- ters were given the numerals. They were: T. Howard, V. Howard, King, Sutton, Wal- ter, Shere, George, Lehnert, Gerardi, Greg- ory, White, Hild, and Butler. Julian Pres- cott was given a manager’s white “HE.” The inter-high basketball games nearly under way. At this game, Eastern is going to put forth her best in her efforts to retain the championship. The team is un- der the captaincy of Bruce Kessler. Since he is a last year’s man, and an expert guard, he will be a great aid to the team.. There are three other veterans with the team—Hook, Smith, and Roudabush. Eastern lost two of her last year’s excellent players, Captain Cardwell and Joseph O’Dea, by graduation. A large number of boys came out at the first call for candidates. The squad now numbers about twenty, thus providing a large number of substitutes. This year the team is under the management of Arthur Bondurant. The schedule for basketball is as follows: January 8—Hastern ys. Technical. January 15—Hastern vs. Business. January 19—Hastern ys. Western. January 22—Fastern vs. Central. January 26—Eastern ys. Technical. February 2—Eastern ys. Business. February 5—Eastern vs. Western. February 9—Eastern vs. Central. are Gaia GIRLS’ ATHLETICS Several innovations have been made in the basketball organization this year. | The one which is most important and which affects the girls most generally is the “training table.’’ This, as most of us know, is a promi- nent feature in college athletics. All the girls participating in basketball have lunch at ple and are somewhat restricted in their food. No pastry, candy, or frosted cake is allowed. It is suggested that the girls en- deavor to control their consumption of sweet and starchy foods at home, also, in order to keep themselves as physically fit as possible. The ban on the foods mentioned above, how- ever, is lifted over week-ends. Another feature of interest is the new method of organization. Instead of having only the manager and her two assistants re- sponsible for practice and for the various series of games which are played, there will be an executive committee of five. This com- mittee w ill comprise the manager, two assist- ant managers, and two referees, all of whom will be chosen from the student body. At this time it seems appropriate to state the exact requirements for the athletic ‘‘E.’’ Of course, physical ability, as shown by the participation in a certain number of the in- ter-class games, is the primary requisite. But after the candidate has successfully exhibited her skill in this line, her name is presented to the faculty for their approval. This approval is granted to those who have passing marks in all their subjects and whose conduct is al- ways satisfactory. In this way the ‘‘B”’ is an award for physical, moral, and mental achievement. this ta Coach: ‘‘What’s your idea of clean sports?”’ Rookie: ‘‘Swimming.’’—Ez. THE EASTERN ER SHORTY GOES IN of alla basketball games that Le ed my lamps on, th’ one Emor Bmerson wins th’ ball. Jmerson, she has a swell team; five fellers that misses th’ basket as offen as France pays int’rest on her war debt, an’ ten subs nearly as good. Ont’ other hand, Emory has four dandy players, an’ as much chanet of developin’ a fifth as a snowball in a blast furnace. We has subs, of Course, but they’s rank. Lanky, th’ captain of th’ team, gets Shorty, his pal, which is short, stocky, and stoopid, to try fo’ th’ team. Honest, he was a good football player, but he was go dumb he thought Sandy Hook was a Scotchman, I gives th’ bozo a try-out an’ when he starts playin’ he knocks out three of my team cold when they tries to get th’ ball, I gets peeved an’ consigns him to th’ bench for th’ season. Th’ next day I-waltzes up to see my team’s marks, an’ when I sees I has only four regu- lars, a sub, an’ Shorty left, I goes down for th’ count. Th’ rest has flunked. We loses alla games on our schedule—an’ after lec. turin’ my guys, too! I let’s ’em start on Emerson. Th’ quarter ends 8-2, an’ th’ half winds up 15-10 in their favor. I razes my team, an’ then watches th’ third quarter, which ends 20-20, Th’ last quarter starts an’ is half over when my sub sprains his ankle! I has to put Shorty in, an’ I informs him if he wants to enjoy a long life, to use his brains. On th’ first play Shorty is called for rushin’, an’ Emerson gets a point. Then Shorty let his man get two more points. Lanky gets a basket, an’ for a while th’ score at 23-22 against us. Finally, Shorty gets th’ ball, and he snaps it back between his legs like he uster do in football! Th’ ball rises, hits th’ backboard, an’ I hopes to kiss a pig if she don’t begin rollin’ around th’ rim of th’ basket! She slows down, an’ stops, an’ wabbles, an’ then drops—in! I keels over, but as I keels I hears th’ whistle blow, endin’ th’ game. We has won 24 to 23. Basketball? Yeah! Hersert E. ANGEL, 725. ‘Ver park- mory played with hand-painted Paper foot- 19 THE SHMOcKs’ The snow Forest (Ra Lae et the smiling face of Geal ea ae (Eastern Branch) was coy- oaee ae im sheet of ice. Christmas had ee gi ul as it was Supposed to, The Uarious little flock of Yip-Yips longed to 80 once more from their haunts and enjoy oo of the Yuletide. Then one day Sappeared from school and went again ant the wide, wide world to canse anxiety to their parents and to work in the Post Ofice. wie Shmocks assembled and called the roll. Grandpa”’ Shmock (MeInerney) returned from Notre Dame to tend his flock. “Big” Shmock (Otto) was again present to play- fully poke ‘Little’? Shmock (Paul) with a leaded mail sack. He, in turn, would toss “Baby” Shmock (Bondy) down the mail chute into the arms of the wee-wiffleshmocks (“Card,’” Hisle, Kessler, and White). Never in all the world had such a crew as- Sembled. They were busily engaged in throw- ing packages at each other or playing funeral by burying “Baby’’ under a pile of mail sacks. When dinner time came “Big”? and “Little” had a race to the nearest sauerkraut house. ‘‘ Grandpa”’ and the wee-wiffleshmocks ate doughnuts and were happy. ‘‘Baby’’ had to be tended carefully; so his meal consisted of a jardiniere full of chop suey. Soon they returned to work and labored untiringly till dusk, when they all climbed aboard the ele- vator and rode up and down to their hearts’ content. In this way they spent many happy days before Santa Claus went back up porth to his iee palace. Before they disbanded, they had a great celebration. ‘‘Big’’ was presented with a hugh bowl of sauerkraut amid cheers from the rest of the Shmocks. A dance followed and all sang in glee. ‘‘Lit- tle’’ became too noisy, so he was thrown into a mail sack and hung in a corner. They will never forget their Christmas nor will the P. O. officials or the people whose packages they threw at each other. After all had tired of playing and dancing, the merry little band bid each other farewell and returned to school, for they loved school. Arraur Bonpurant, ’24. SECOND CHRISTMAS had begun to fall over the Green ndal] Highlands) and the Green S (the swamps) ; THE BASTEENER 20 THE SLOWER THEY ARE, THE SURER THEY FALL There is a singular rumor being circulated around school concerning the all-around Fasternite hero, popularly known as ‘“Roudie.’”? Certain of his classmates state that he recently dated a homework paper 1916, wrote his French lessons in Spanish, and made other inexplicable errors. After a careful consideration of circumstances and a solemn conference together, those honored Easternites who are best fitted to judge such weighty matters finally came to the reluctant conclusion that our sturdy athletic hero, our reliable, unfailing student, and above all, our indifferent, unsusceptible anti- lady’s man must be—in love. Oh, that Roudie should have come to this! Margaret Beasley was once heard to re- mark that her books are full of letters be- cause the mail man arrives just as she leaves for school. When someone asked her whether she always receives a letter, she replied, “No, indeed, sometimes I get two.” We have all heard of ‘‘Billy’s’’ dramatic ability, his cadet ability, his speed-demon spirit, ete.; but there is one of his talents (?) which few of us know about—his astonishing aptitude in wiggling his ears, his pastime in French class. THE INEVITABLE RESULT Glee Club rehearsal—an abandoned school. Mr. Schwartz—empty pockets. Miss Bucknam in a noisy corridor—Peace. Sam Matthews—laughter. Burke—St. Elizabeth’s. Virgil—an early grave. Don’t judge a man’s importance by the number of keys his ring carries. ‘He may be a night watchman. English teacher (talking about objects of verbs): ‘‘Mary, what is your object?” Mary T. (absent-mindedly): “‘To get a husband.’’ - SCHOOL GOSSIP WANTED me company in the eone to keep Som e.—Miss Smith. JT am always alon ee cuse for getting out of class— office. A new ex “Buddy’”’ Walls. pe UL Dee Se A companion to roam the halls with— “Bondy.” pia Nat ee A good alarm elock.—‘‘Teddy’’ Saks, tes eee School to start at 10:30.—Kessler. Beg eS ok Two periods of physical training daily — Palmer. A self-locking locker.—Gill. If you are not acquainted with the Febru- ary Class of ’24, it is time for you to know them. ‘Meet the folks.”’ The class is not large, but their motto is “quality not quantity,’’ for many of them have made themselves famous in one way or the other. They have the highest cadet of- fieer At Bastern—Lt. Col. Clinton Hisle. Then, who will deny that Mortimer Daven- port will some day be another Walter Hamp- den! The most insignificant freshman knows the noted artist, Jack Burton, who is always thrilling our team heroes by putting their handsome faces in THE HEASTERNER. Ath- leties is also well represented in the class. Hats off to Captain Newman! Last, but not least, they have scholastic brilliance. Sam Matthews, the delight of his teachers, Fern Painter, our first-rate editor, and Mae 0’Con- nor, the Burke star, are a few of the shining lights of scholastic honor which make up their select numbers. Big Coach Guyon sat on the side-lines, Watching his boys play nigh; He saw Smith run and a basket won, And said, ‘‘ What a great coach am I!”’ THR BOYS’ RIFLE CLUB The boys’ rifle club is progressing rapidly under the leadership of Captain Roy Cheek and Assistant-Captain Petrola. The boys are getting practice, and plenty of it. The team, which is to shoot in the matches, will be se- lected shortly. Two new rifles have been added to the equipment. These Winchester, bolt action, target rifles are used in matches. Only the best shots will be allowed to use them. A new schedule has been arranged for the benefit of the better shots. Any member may practice on Tuesday, but Friday is reserved for those chosen by Mr. Stokes. Mr. Stokes is present at every practice to correct Dosi- tions and anything else that might be detri- mental to the progress of the members. Mr. Hart has been interested in a new heating plant that is being arranged. Archi- tect Harris is working out a plan to increase the radiation of the range which is necessary to heat successfully the big hall. It will not be long before the matches are to be held. The boys realize that they must be diligent to keep Eastern on top. ZASTHRNOR 21 fa GIRLy’ RIFLE CLUB ne Majority of the o; si i ae tiosue tha ne girls in the rifle club Senuine appreciation of our excellent facil ee larly for practice, making very 800d scores as a result of their Steady Practicing, There are many more members in the elub than in previous years, and we have every Opportunity of making this year’s work the best the club has known. As an “‘extra humber,’’ a basketball team from the Girls’ Rifle Club played the team of the Hiking Club in December. Mr. Stokes is giving very valuable aid by 18 coaching. He has chosen several of the girls who have the best scor them extra training in pre Matches to be held next Haworth is assisting Mr. Sto’ and his help is There are also the hi es, and is giving paration for the semester. Mr. kes in this work, appreciated very much. Several teachers and of- ficers who are very able instructors. With their combined coaching and our unusual facilities, we are confident that the Girls’ Rifle Club will bring honors to Eastern in the coming matches. 6 Several days ago. I stepped down. To the range. Out of curiosity. The first thing. I heard. Was an explosion. That reminded me. Of noises. I’ve heard in Uncle. Adolph’s cellar. When he made. Root-beer. T asked. “How goes it?’’ The reply was. “Our marksmen. Are the bull frog’s. Epiglottis when. It comes to. Shooting.’’ I thank you. Geraup Coz, ’24. Miss Underwood : ‘‘What is Mexico famous for?’’ Newman: ‘‘Earrings.”” THE EASTERNER 22 CHORDS AND CUES The major music classes of this year num- ber about forty members, including students of voice, violin, cello, and piano. Although many advanced and talented pupils were lost last June, there has been such improvement on the part of those continuing that, with the addition of a number of new pupils of talent, we anticipate as fine a major music assembly as before. We are especially fortunate in re- taining Minnie Hoxsey, who is also doing val- uable work with the orchestra and glee club. ‘An interesting program was presented by members of the orchestra and glee elub at the December meeting of the Home and School Association. Minnie Hoxsey displayed her skill as a pianist in the flawless rendition of the ‘‘Rigoletto Paraphrase’’ of Verdi-Liszt, while Eastern’s promising young violinist, Evelyn Scott, shared the laurels of the eve- ning by playing the captivating ‘‘Halaneia’’ of Bizet-Fiolich. The ‘‘Berceuse’’ from Joce- lyn, a composition of Godard’s, was effectively sung by Eola Benzler with an obligato by Evelyn Scott. Arthur Fisher, cornetist, also contributed a solo during the course of the evening. The old and well beloved carols of the sea- son were sung by the glee club at the Christ- mas entertainment on December 21. The first fruits of the work of the dramatic association were shown on the Tuesday and Wednesday evenings before Thanksgiving. Three one-act plays, ‘‘The Pot-Boiler,’’ ‘‘The Wonder Hat,’’ and ‘‘A Night in an Inn,”’ were given with such great success that over five hundred dollars was turned over to the school fund. This presentation marked an epoch in our school history, for it was a one hundred per cent Eastern play. The programs and tickets were printed in our own print shop, and the scenery made in our wood-working shop. At the Christmas assembly an excellent presentation of ‘‘The Trysting Place,’’ a one- act play by Booth Tarkington, was given. The following were members of the cast: Roy Cheek, Gerald Coe, Milton Talbert, Mae O’Connor, Ruth Perkins, and Marvel Douglas. Marearet Beastey, 724. GIRLS’ CLUBS During the Thanksgiving holidays the Hik- ing Club had a treat, in the form of a two days’ stay at Mr. Hart ’s home in Bluemont. Thirteen members of the club were accom panied by Miss Stockett, the faculty adviser, and Mrs, Hart. While there they hiked twenty miles over rough country. Some of the most interesting places visited were Mount Weather, where a weather bureau was once situated, and the Bears’ Den. The girls re- membered the advice, ‘Kodak as you go,” and many fine pictures were the result. The evenings were spent in telling stories, doing stunts, playing games, and popping corn. Everyone in the party had a good time. According to custom, both the Merrill and Friendship Clubs gave Thanksgiving baskets to needy families of the city. For Christmas social service work, the former elub sent bar- rels of toys to Kentucky. The Friendship Club sent books, toys, and clothes to Caney Creek, Ky., and to Morganton, N. C. On December 5, the Merrill girls gave a party to welcome new members, especially Freshmen. Before the Christmas holidays a “spread’” was given by the Friendship Club. This was followed on December 21 by a dance and party at the Blue Triangle House. Last month the Merrill girls challenged the Friendship girls to play a basketball game. The game was close, but the Friendship Club came off victorious. The girls on the winning team were: Elizabeth Johnston, Margaret Knapp, Imogene Johnston, Helene Hesse, Mary Schneider, and Marguerite Ruedi. On the whole, the work of the girls’ clubs has been commendable this past year. The members have come back from their vacations with a determination to surpass this year the things which they have done. The boy stood on the railroad track; The train was speeding nigh. The boy stepped off the railroad track— And let the train go by. —Selected. THE EASTERNER WITH OUR FACULTY We believe that the old spirit of good fel- lowship can be maintained only by keeping a feeling of friendliness and mutual under- standing between pu pils and teachers. The students should become acquainted with the new teachers who come to us from so many different places. First comes our friend, Dr. Rothermel, who has spent two years traveling in Eu- rope, and returns to us with fresh inspiration and renewed zeal. England has lost a teacher tous. Mr, Press was formerly an instructor in the Stanley Technical Trade School in London. : Miss Weihe has taught at Surrattesville High School in Maryland. Probably one of the best-known of our new teachers is in the physical training de- partment. Miss Alexander graduated from the Mississippi State College for Women and then taught several years in Booneville, Miss. Eastern is particularly fortunate in secur- ing Miss Gordon, who taught at’ Cobleskill, N. Y. before coming here. Miss Franz comes to us from Thurston High School in Pittsburg. Several of our teachers have come from other schools of this city. Miss Wines comes from Columbia Junior High; Miss Corbett and Miss Watts, from Business. Mr. Rick, our efficient and well-beloved “Cappy,’’ taught for some time at the B. B. French Manual Training School. Miss Beam is from Technical, while Miss Hershberger comes from the graded schools. Our domestic art and science departments are fortunately under capable direction from the start. Miss Bell, of the former department, comes to us from Central. Miss Jonas, who teaches the girls the scientific secrets of good cooking, is from the Columbia Junior High School. A truly new teacher is Miss Ruppert, for she comes to Eastern straight from Trinity College. Mr. Flinn was formerly in the printing business. 23 Miss Culbertson worked in the War De- partment. Nineteen there are, a welcome addition to our faculty. We are glad that the presence of these new teachers signifies the broaden- ing of Eastern’s curriculum, and thus the inerease of opportunities of the pupils. . THE HIKERS AT BLUEMONT Listen, my comrades, and you shall hear Of a wondrous trip we took this year. Twas the day of Thanksgiving when we left sight Of the city’s glow, for the country’s light. The trip was long, the night was wild, But at wind and rain we only smiled; For two whole days we were to spend At the home of our principal and friend. His summer lodge he kindly lent, And told us if our hearts were bent To a-roving go, perhaps we’d dare A hike to take from his mountain lair. With store of food, and bedding, too, We safe arrived—quite late, ’tis true. How soon ’twas time to tumble in! That night our fun did just begin. Next morn’ it rained, but a hike we took; (A few stayed home in a cozy nook). The evening passed with stunts and jokes; There never were such happy folks. The next day, just for a merry lark, We went on a tramp to Bears’ Den Park Twas fun to climb the trees and rocks, And watch the birds fly south in flocks. Too soon our fun was at an end. We left the cot of our good friend— But just as homeward we did start, We gave three cheers for Mr. Hart. Marcarer Buruer, 724. Who? Although I go to school to work, I have some pleasures too; But the time that I enjoy the most Is the time I spend with you. Diarrus CLASS OF 1923 Others of last year’s class attending col- lege are: Hicks Baldwin, Alleghany; George Kern, Cornell; Theo. Edmiston, Rex Carter, and Bernice Alifas, George Washington; Stoughton Richmond and Fred Darnell, ’22, Georgetown Foreign Service School; Edwin Snell, Georgetown Law School. Karl G. Pearson, with characteristie gusto, is taking a prominent part in the activities at G. W. U. He is a member of the Colum- bian Debating Society and the Dramatic So- ciety, and one of the associate editors of The Hatchet. Margaret Sullivan is employed in the Southern Railway Building. Evelyn Durnbaugh and Dallas Keith are other Easternites attending Wilson Normal. Ray Weber is employed in a district bank. Louise Pixley is working at the Naval Re- search Laboratory. Virginia Montgomery is employed in the Homer Building. Constance Supplee has enrolled at Stray- er’s Business College. PERSONALS Frank Davis, ‘14, who is writing for the New York Times had an article quoted in a recent issue of the Literary Digest. Fred W. Dent, ‘14, is in Denver, Colo. Although he is suffering from tuberculosis of the spine, and is compelled to lie for at least twelve hours a day on his back, he is con- tinuing his law course, which was interrupted by his enlisting during the war. May he en- joy a speedy recovery; surely such grit de- serves it. Siku S Phyllis Hawkins, ’21, is working at the Agricultural Department. Leonidas I. MeDougle, ’22, is employed in the office of the assistant librarian of the Bureau of Railway Economics. Donald Craig, ’03, editor of Tur EASTERNER in that year, was one of the fortunate report- ers to accompany the late President Harding on his Alaskan tour. His friends will be in- terested to know that he is recuperating from injuries sustained when the automobile in which he was riding shot over a precipice. MARRIAGES Josephine Carter, ex-’22, to Sidney F. Malone. Eleanor Craig Hills, ’16, to William Teub- ner. Alice Edna Tucker, 16, to James Horna- day. THE ALUMNI REUNION © The annual reunion was held December 21. As usual, it proved to be a “‘peppy’’ and en- tertaining affair. There was an alumni-school basketball game in the girls’ gym. This was followed by a tour through the new depart- ments in the building—the printing, auto science, and woodworking shops, and the do- mestic art and science rooms. The annual election of officers was held, and a vaudeville performance was given. The Christmas play, ‘‘The Trysting Place,”’ was repeated. Officers of the alumni association and mem- bers of the faculty received the guests. The serving of refreshments and dancing in the armory completed the program. THE HASTHRNER TALBERT HAVELL O'CONNOR SPEAKE EATON MATTHEWS PIGOTT DAVENPORT HARVEY HERRMANN AGNEW REEVER GRIEST GRAHAM SILVERMAN GARDEN GOCHENOUR SAKS BURTON NEWMAN BISHOP SKIN DEEP We hear people talking in this day and age Of where we young hopefuls will end. They wrinkle their eyebrows, look wise as a sage, And wonder how low we’ll descend. Now, I’ve gone to high school for several years, And mingled where flappers were plenty, And studied until I’m as wise as a seer On the subject of maids under twenty. The girl styled a flapper is not a disgrace, Although I don’t claim she is sainted; I’ve found that by noticing what’s on her face She’s not quite so bad as she’s painted! GEorGE GRAINGER, 724. 25 DEEDS Sure homely’s this wisdom. It comes from me heart, And people have said it before. (I’m not smart!) It counts mighty little to use big fine words; There’s some as can use ’em as sharp as great swords. But here’s to the man as is sowin’ the seeds, Then starts in a-reapin’ by doin’ the deeds! Fer the man that’s to get anywhere on this earth Will back up his words with real actions of worth. Frrn Parter, ’24. YE “GYM” GOSSIP (Apologies to K. C. B.) The older generation. Seems to think. That the younger generation. Is going to the bad. But I know. That they are all wrong. Because every day. You read that some. Young person has. Won a prize for. Some athletic sport. And you all know. That it’s usually a girl. Who has won. Now if the older generation. Would only realize. That their young daughters. Are improving every day. In every way and are. Growing stronger and stronger. T am sure they would try. To encourage their girls. To play tennis and hockey. And basketball and golf. And to swim and hike. And all that sort o f thing. So that then they could. All join in and sing. “Yes, we have no weak girls. We have all strong girls, today.’’ I thank you. KATHERINE Gisson, '25. “Can I hold your palm olive?” “Not on your life buoy.’ “ Gosh, lux against me.’’—Ez. THE EASTERNER 26 EXCHANGE No other cut could better express the merits of The Nautilus than that above the table of eontents. With a dagger clenched between his teeth, a vicious pirate rejoices in his over- flowing treasure chest. This school paper, which is published by the students of the Greenville High School, Greenville, S. C., is truly filled with treasure. It is brimming over with literary articles, worthy of praise, excellent poems, attractive photographs, splen- did cuts, and distinctly humorous jokes. As for these literary articles, we enjoyed most of all, ‘Around the World in 1937,”’ a dash- ing story of a race. Very original is the one who inyents a floating bridge to connect con- tinents, and also a racer which travels at so great a speed as to cause a calamity by rip- ping bricks from the Tower of London with its suction. The author deseribes the new 1937 styles for men in London: ‘‘A full dress coat, with celluloid shirt and tennis shoes, a buckskin collar, and velvet pants.’’ The writer has succeeded in producing a story, unusual for its force, interest, and originality. In addition to The Nautilus, we wish to ac- knowledge the receipt of the following publi- cations: Tech Infe, Tech High School, Washington, D.C. The Balance Sheet, Business High School, Washington, D. C. The Rayen Record, Youngstown, Ohio. The Gleam, Johnson High School, St. Paul, Minn. The Review, Northeastern High School, De- troit, Mich. The Macon County School Review, Tuske- gee High School, Tuskegee, Ala. Alcohi Mirror, Cumberland, Md. Fiat Luz, Alfred University, Alfred, N. Y- The Pinion, McKinley High School, Hono- lulu, Hawaii. The University Hatchet, George Washing- ton University, Washington, D. C. The Blare, Blair, Jr., High School, Nor- folk, Va. Teacher: ‘‘What is a geyser?’’ Student: ‘‘A water fall going up.’’—Ez. PETTY PREVARICATIONS requested today that the Seniors i The ere ats of the audi- Rookies occupy the front se: torium. Julian Prescott h ir ic. purchase hair ton j Because of the requests of certain of the men teachers, the lunchroom authorities find it necessary to remove corned beef and cab- bage from the menu. : ; ‘At a meeting of the English teachers, it was decided that all examinations which might endanger one’s advisory mark are to be sus- pended. A pea There have been no invi When the school subseribes 100 per cent to Tue PASTERNER, the lunchroom committee will provide free lunches to the student body as a reward. as recently been foreed to eeful atmosphere prevails in the office. ted visitors. Heien G. Bap, 724. ANOTHER SHORT STORY Her head was resting on the back of the chair. The dark lashes, which fringed her violet eyes, were wet with tears. He leaned over her. He placed one hand on her smooth, white forehead. He caught hold of her chin with the other. She struggled frantically, desperately, to free herself ; but his overpow- ering strength held her still. At last, a short, quick struggle and—‘‘I thought that tooth was never coming out,’’ said the dentist to the child.—2z. One Shark: ‘The German marks are very low.”’ Another Shark: ‘‘They’re no lower than mine. ’’—Ez. Bill: ‘‘ What is your occupation ?’” Jack: “I used to be an organist.” Bill: ‘‘And why did you give it up?”’ Jack: ‘‘The monkey died.’’—Ezx. Teacher (to student who wasn’t paying at- tention) : ‘‘By what principle of physics is this room heated ?”’ Student: ‘‘Vexation.’’—£z. THE BASTERNER SCHOOL NEWS (Continued from Page 12) tendent of the St. Phoebe School at Hankau, China. Miss Hart is a sister of our prin- cipal. The December meeting of the Home and School Association was held on December 14. An attractive program was presented. Musical numbers were given by Minnie Hox- sey, Arthur Fischer, Evelyn Scott, and Eola Benzler. An illustrated talk on Oxford by Miss Gardner was much enjoyed. Short talks were given by the following: Miss Bell, domestic art; Miss Jonas, domestic science: Mr. Rieck, auto science; Mr. Flinn, printing. Boys and girls from the physical training departments gave exhibitions. At the con- clusion of the exercises demonstration work was given in the following departments: do- mestic art, domestic science, auto science, woodworking, and printing. Eastern’s sale of Red Cross stamps amounted to $86. Ten sections had one hundred per cent. Miss Egbert’s section, 2077, led in the sale, the pupils averaging twenty-five stamps each. 27 The presentation of a play, ‘‘The Trysting Place’’ by Booth Tarkington, and Christmas music by the Glee Club were features of the Christmas assembly, This assembly proved a fitting conclusion to the school year of 1923. A CONTRAST IN LOVE LYRICS “‘And for bonnie Annie Laurie, I’d lay me doon and dee.”’ “‘Them’s noble sentiments,’’ as our philoso- pher, Sam Agnew, says. But list’ ye. The poet didn’t say he wooed and won the fair Annie and then raved on thus: ‘‘Dear Heart, you’ve made me rapturously happy; ’ll live for you and you alone. I'll build a little cottage on Loch Lomond with a garage, electric lights, a Sellar’s kitchen cabi- net and Cataract washing machine; and rl give you a personal allowance.’’ No, he made no such rash promises. He was a Scotchman; and with Scoteh conservatism he dreamed of his bonnie lassie, and expressed the afore- mentioned noble sentiments. GerAtp CoE, ’25. A Distinctive Shoe for the Collegiate A Colonial Pump whose graceful lines provide the dressiness that charms—upon a last that insures perfect comfort. It’s a successful combination of style and practicability that has won notable favor with the young lady who discriminates in her selection of Footwear. In Patent—as pictured __ In Rouge Calf... .. $10.50 . $11.00 ARTHUR BURT COMPANY 1343 F Street GEORGE T. JOHNSON, Tinning and Heating Guttering, Spouting, Roof Repairing and Painting, Stove, Latrobe, Furnace Repairing, Ice Boxes Relined. Jobbing Promptly Attended To. Terms Reasonable. 27 Eighth Street, N. E. Washington, D. Cc. rescription Let Your First Thought Be When Your Physician Gives You a P: H. E. SPRUCEBANK Second and Pennsylvania Avenue S. E. ee eR Se Gata og ee oe ee ee ann Two-lrouser High School Suits $30 Of fine, long-wearing, smartly woven fabrics, and the just-right styles Woodward Lothrop Men’s Clothes 2nd floor JOHN SCRIVENER BRO. REAL ESTATE All Branches 914 G Street N. W. Fountain Pens, Greeting Cards HMcBhee's 221 Pennsylvania Ave. S. E. 1741 Columbia Rd. N. W. COMPLIMENTS “WILLIE” PEAKE Ghiversity Shop ——— “We Clothe the Man from Head to Foot” ——————— 506 Ninth Street N. W. High School Textbooks and Supplies Athletic Goods, Drawing Instruments Photo Supplies, Developing, Printing R. HAR RIS CO. Corner Seventh and D Streets N. W. Manufacturing Jewelers CLASS PINS, RINGS, AND SPECIAL TROPHIES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION Remingten e 5 asiabls William J. Brewer ape Typewriters Greeting Cards PRINTER AND STATIONER 664 PENNSYLVANIA AVE. §. E. Phone Lincoln 122 “at Hi stands for SHORT INTENSIVE 25 Sportmanship” BUSINESS COURSES Nt as wah as pearlces i pee raphic. i Cut il Serie re Send for catalog i Day Night Sessions tl) STEWARD SCHOOL ft 1202 F sTEEY meén {il ty rl JACOB REED’S SONS PHILADELPHIA Founded 1824 by Jacob Reed Oldest Uniform Manufacturing House in the United States. Students of the leading Military Schools and colleges in this country are outfitted in Reed’s Uniforms. The Uniforms worn by the Students of Eastern High School are finished examples of the quality, workmanship and appear- ance of Reed’s productions. JACOB REED’S SONS 1424-1496 Chestnut Street PHILADELPHIA ew City Club Building Visit Our Model Optical Store in the N “CLAFLIN OPTICAL COMPANY 1314 G Street N. W- ly 9th and F Streets LISTS Rx FILLED Former] Established 1889 EYES EXAMINED FOR GLASSES—OCU. “Claflin Spex to Make You See e Our Home Is Thirteen-Fourteen G 91 tor Red Seal Phone Lincoln 55 Victor, Victrolas and Vic OTe d d 25c to $1 i Red Seal Records Reducee $ Seite Red Seal Kecords at Reduced Prices K. C. SEXTON co. 621-631 PENNSYLVANIA AVE. S. E. LET CROSS DO IT Phone Lincoln 672 George J. Cross, Jr. Registered PLUMBER Quick Automobile Service—Eauipped for Emergency Work 636 Pennsylvania Ave. S. E., Washington, D. Cc. Apparel for Young Men at Less Than Popular Prices THE SOX SHOP MEN’S WEAR John Capossela UNION SHOE SHOP First-Class Work Assured 328 Pennsylvania Avenue S. E. J. 0. TUNE 203-205 Pennsylvania Ave. Ss. E. Phone Lincoln 1556 Cleaning and Pressing D. SINROD TAILOR SUITS MADE TO ORDER Military Work a Specialty 607 Pennsylvania Ave. S. E. Washington, D. C. N. EDELSON Fine Groceries, Vegetables and Meats 1001 G Street S. E. Charles S. Zurhorst UNDERTAKER Home and Funeral Parlors PERRY’S CLEANERS AND DYERS S. E. Corner 8th and E. Capitol Sts. 301 East Capitol Street WASHINGTON, D. C. Established 1857 Telephones: Lincoln 372 and Lincoln 468 Phone Lincoln 625 Work Called for and Delivered Hardware The So utheast Hardware Co. ; Paints Plumbers’, Tinners’ and Joh: : ohn A. Tesh, Prop. Oils and Glass 611 Pennsylvania Ave. S. E. Electrical Supplies Charles F’, Lanman, Pres, J. Harry Cunningham, Vice-Pres. LANMAN ENGRAVING COMPANY Bois é ROOM 43, PosT BUILDING Designing, Illustrating, Half-Tones for Magazines and Periodicals Learn the Way to P. A. LADDON’S Drug Store Corner 3d and H Sts. N. E. And Your Dollar Will Have More Cents Lincoln 849 Lincoln 4544 E. CLARENCE POSTON Candy, Soda Water, Stationery, Magazines, High School Supplies 615 H Street, N. E. Phone Lincoln 1852—-W Work Called for and Delivered S. SIMON “THE TAILOR” Ladies’ and Gentlemen's Garments Cleaning, Pressing, Dyeing and Repairing 150 East Capitol Street Renaissance Tailor Shop Cleaning, Dyeing, Pressing, Alterations of All Kinds—for Ladies and Gents ALEX. FOSS 500 E. Cap. St. Phone Lincoln 5432 NEW H STREET MARKET 620 H St., N. E., Washington Come and Meet the Dealers D. Comoll_ Stands 1 and 2 PRESSING Schneider’s Sam Weiner _.Stand 4 W. W. Burgess... Stand 5 SHOP S. R. Garver 2 Stand 6 6 J. C. Nelson _....Stands 7 and 8 Phone Lincoln 430 N. E. Fruit Co. Stands 9 and 10 Corner of 3rd and Mass. Ave. N. E. Stationery and School Supplies Werner’s Pharmacy Mardfeldt’s Variety Shoppe Henry J. Werner, Pharmacist 501 East Capitol Street Mills and Rhode Island Avenue N. E. Drugs, Soda, Magazines, School Cigars—Magazines—Candy Supplies and Stationery CHARLES F. HERRMANN GEIGER’S DRUG STORE Manufacturing Jeweler 6th BN. E. Remodeling and Repairing Neatly Done Oldest Established Drug Store Under Same Marlow Building 811 E Street, N. W. Management on Capitol Hill Magazines and ALBERT F. GORSUCH Toilet Articles Periodicals Hospital and School Supplies 7, H Sts. N.E. Lincoln 232 Physicians Photo Supplies We deliver toall sections. Phone us Supplies ar EVERY ASSEMBLY ‘G STORES Washington Baltimore 2g ( SYS jor CLASS ROoM DRILLING GYM SPORT 5 ACNE EL BALLANTYNE’S 1409 F STREET N. W. School Books and Stationery Largest Stock Lowest Prices JOHN DOERR TABLE LUXURIES Eastern Market BARBER and ROSS Hardware, Cutlery, Tools, Automobile Supplies, Housefurnishings Eleventh and G Streets N. W. Marcel Wave, $.75 Bob Curl and Marcel Wave, $1.00 SEE MISS FLEET Formerly of Woodward Lothrop at Garden Rose Hair Shop 1110 H Street N. W. Franklin 2224 Phone Main 7529 Elizabeth M. Kettler WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER 632 G Street N. W- Washington, D. C. Repairing of Fine Watches and Jewelry a Specialty B. LANDSMAN EAST CLEANERS, DYERS AND TAILORS 901 East Capitol Street Call Lincoln 2477 Auto Service HIGH SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS Books Bought LOWDERMILK CO. 1418 F St. LINCOLN PARK PHARMACY 1301 East Capitol Street Large Assortment of School Supplies Pure Drugs—Prices Right Holmes to Homes BREAD CAKES DOUGHNUTS PIES Telephone Main 4537 for Service George Washington Untuersity Pounded 1821 Offers Graduate and Under-graduate courses in LIBERAL ARTS EDUCATION ENGINEERING ARCHITECTURE MEDICINE PHARMACY LAW For Catalogues and Other Information Address THE REGISTRAR 2033 G Street N. W. Telephone West 1649 THE E. MORRISON PAPER COMPANY Paper and Stationery, Wholesale and Retail 1009 PENN. AVE., N. W. Clarence F'. Donohoe Milburn J. Donohoe John F. Donohoe We Guarantee Satisfaction John F. Donohoe Sons Established 1884 Agents, Appraisers, Brokers, Real Estate 314 Pennsylvania Avenue S. E. GATWORTH PRINTING COMPANY.WASKINGTON (TE EASTERNER i Y; ) p} “ Y The 4 || oj + . A an EASTERN HIGH SCHOOL pee DC. | se yj aN Clothes et a igh School Student Would Choose for Flimself Luther The Avenue at Ninth Cye€asreener NICHOLS CO. ee ts, Candy, Ice Cream, Cigars and Tobacco Delicatessen, Lunehy Fev applies vad’ Magazines 401 Maryland Avenue N. E. Phone Lincoln 4186 O’DONNELL’S DRUG STORE “WHY PAY MORE?” 14th and North Carolina Ave- N. E. J. T. Malone, Prop. Lincoln Park Confectionery 1101 East Capitol Street Ice Cream Parlor HOME-MADE AND FANCY BOXED CANDIES J. C. DEMOS Mer. “BONDY” If Irs Done By “Photography WE DO IT College and School Year Book Photos Enlarging Portraits Copying Views Lincoln 3149 2 All Photographs for The Easternet Made by Tenschert and Flack Rooms 39, 40 and 41 802 F Street Northwest Washington, DAG: Call Day or Night Business Phone: Main 5495 a) RESIDENCE Groups and Convention Work a Specialty Flash Lights Panoramas Banquets Lincoln 1000-W BE SURE, It’s i eliciousIeeCream nce of our ice cream is insured by the extreme care given to each detail d to the high quality of cream, flavoring, and other ingredients used. «WON ITS FAVOR—THRU ITS FLAVOR” CARRY ICE CREAM COMPANY, Inc. The excelle of manufacture, an Lincoln 5900 1337 D Street S. E. GEORGE F. MUTH CO. 710 18TH ST. N. W. Drawing and Artists’ Materials of All Kinds for High School Students Phone Main 3258 1417 G Street N. W. SHORTHAND, TYPEWRITING, ENGLISH, SPELLING, DRILLING FOR COMMERCIAL ANT CIVIL SERVICE POSITIONS Floral Designs to Order Fine Cut Flowers ROBERT BOWDLER Grower of Choice Flowers Greenho: 2 CENTER MARKET 1723 Florida Ave. N. E. Phones M. 3919—M. 7188 Phone Lincoln 2208 THE STUDENTS OF EASTERN HIGH SCHOOL are cordially invited to attend The Sunday School and Epworth League f Epworth fH. £. Church, South Cor, N. Carolina Ave. and Thirteenth St. N. E. 9:30 A. M.—Sundays—7 :00 P.M. Use BUFFALO PAINT JOSEPH HARRISON W 00d’s School Teacher of Violin and Piano Member American Federation of Musicians ALL COMMERCIAL BRANCHES Director of Choir and Orchestras of the Ninth Street Christian Church After seven consecutive monthly payments Residence and Studio: the next five months are free. 636 D Street N. E. : Phone Lincoln 1633 311 East Capitol St. One month, day $17; evening $8 Lincoln 38 39th Year DONOHOE MOTOR CO. Ford Agents SALES—PARTS—SERVICE Phone Lincoln 303-304 215 Penna. Ave. S. E. Herrmann’s Ginger Ale Is Famous! Have You Tried It? Always Ask for Herrmann’s Sarsaparilla, Root Beer or Orange Soda to Get the Best. A. G. HERRMANN 750 to 754 Tenth Street S. E. B tS = Sz, as 3 SS SES i 7 Py = 4 MASTER COURSES —College of Commercial Science —College of Secretarial Science —School of Business and English —School of Stenography ai Typing Each course consists of one or more major studies and essential related studies. The college-grade courses are of junior and senior scope. Credits are computed and given upon satisfac- tory completion of assigned work. Literature descriptive of the contents of each course, carefully prepared upon a basis of hours and credits, will be mailed upon request. NSTRUCTION, study and labora- tive individual programs furnished tory practice periods are provided upon request. in four sessions—morning, afternoon, Investigate. Let Strayer’s help early evening, and late evening. you make your services “Worthmore Detailed information and sugges- Services.” Call, write or phone— Main 3430 or 7654. Strayer’s Business College 721 Thirteenth Street N. W. The Easterner EASTERN HIGH SCHOOL, WASHINGTON, D. C. Motto; Do Well, Do Better, Do Best. Aut Business Communications SHouLp Published five times a year by the Students ne Anpnessep To THE Bustvess MANAGER of Eastern High School, Washington, D. C. Supscrirtion Price, $1.25 Per YEAR; By Mam, $1.50. Single Copies, 25 Cents, Payable in Advance. Entered as Second Class Matter in the Post Office at Washington, D. C., under Act of March 4, 1879. VOL. XXVII WASHINGTON, D. C., MARCH, 1924 No. 3 DAIS eB Si, SSI ct ac Pe SRO eee Editorial Staff Editor-in-Chief -. : : ; __._Fern H. Painter, ’24 Assistant Editor .. M. Katherine Rives, ’24 Literary Editor —.. argaret Beasley, ’24 { Carey M. Moore, ’24 Asenath Graves, ’25 (Herbert Angel, 725 Jack F. Burton, 724 ‘ Arthur Bondurant, ’24 Clinton M. Hisle, Jr., ’24 a aly ee Coe, 725 : Mabel Lombard, 24 Atta etic eae nn Elisha Early, 26 Margaret Butler, ’24 { George Grainger, 724 Assistant Literary Editors .—.___-_=-__-__ Art Editors 2 Military Notes —-.__ Rifle Notes ______.____ Folks and Jokes.......____ Annie Horenstein, ’25 Otto F. Lehnert, 24 Paul L. Doerr, ’24 | Margaret Loane, ’24 School: Goss wetter ae eee Helen F. Clarke, °24 School News ——-- ie Sel ea | ee Alumni _Helen Babp, ’24 Girls’ (Clubs Virginia Grohs, ’24 Exchange FD IS eed EN so el Eee George Main, ’26 Business Staff Business Manager —— = Jack Vierkorn, ’24 Advertising Manager —— —______— Claude Lawrence, ’25 {fais W. Bingham, ’24 Assistants eee Ralph B. Nestler, 24 Harold W. Lady, 124 Circulation Manager ——-__ —_- � _______ _No rbert Walters, ’24 5 Maurice Thompson, '24 Assistants ——————______ ss -{ Sanford Leach, 24 Alpheus Walter, 26 Bookkeeper ene AS ______Nellie Dalrymple, '26 Staff Typists Annie Smith, 24 Lois Koerth, 726 Myra Kerwin, 24 Pauline Bradley, “26 Compliments of Washington School for Secretaries THE EASTERNER 7 EDITORIALS THE ORATORICAL CONTEST The announcement of the Star’s oratorical contest affords to Eastern students a rare opportunity. Each has a chance to win a signal honor both for his school and for his city, and at the same time to advance himself. The benefits to the student himself are numerous, The pupil who takes part will get, as he would in no other way, a vision of the lofty ideals of America through the years. Then, in a more practical way, the research work, the training in delivery, and the prac- tice in composition will be valuable to him. The last consideration, the prizes, is by no means slight. But to Eastern students more wonderful is the opportunity to bring honor and glory to their school, and to further the love and re- spect that American people hold for their government. Because of countless considerations are the students at Hastern urged to put forth their best in this contest. Would ye be inspired, Easternites, let your motto be this: ‘‘For the honor of Eastern, Washington, and America.’’ 1 38h We, PLAYING THE GAME A member of our faculty recently made the charge that we, as a nation, are more inter- ested in winning than in playing the game. Is this charge true? There is much to be said in defense of and against it; and there are probably those who would contend that if it is true, it is rightly so; that, after all, victory is the object of competition and the best team wins. That the best team wins, we'll grant you. The losing contestants may be, on the average, better than their victorious opponents; but, for the time being, they are in some respect jnferior—thus, the team which is best on the field always wins. But can you uphold that other challenge, that victory is the prime object of competi- tion? We have a code of sportsmanship which demands that all players abide by cer- tain rules. Adhering to this code is termed playing the game. If the score is tied in the last minute of play, and a member of the team, by breaking a rule of fair play, scores the deciding point for his team, the victory is won; but the code of sportsmanship has been violated. The team has counted the highest score, but it hasn't played the game. The question at issue hinges on this point. Are swe more interested in that final point that was made than in the way it was made? Would you be prouder to cheer the team that won so ignobly than the team that lost honor- ably? Your decision will be your answer to the challenge and will determine the standing of your nation in the world of sportsmanship. M. K. R. BUILDING BLOCKS VERSUS KNOCKS There are dull days; there are sunshiny days. Although the clouds may sometimes seem to overshadow, Old Sol surprises us every once in a while by displaying his jovial, beaming smile. Fortune, likewise, forgets to favor our schol in some activities; still Eastern wins a goodly share of laurels. And while she re- mains the same old Eastern, while she retains her own ideals, let us boost every one of her institutions. Surely, nothing can be gained by knocking. Eastern has reason to be proud of her institu- tions. Her championship teams, her brilliant cadet records, and her former students who have gained honor—all these achievements go to make up splendid and inspiring annals. It remains for us to make our years at Eastern the most brilliant she has ever known. If we cannot all jump immediately to leadership, we may earn it by being faithful and loyal in small things. A student who knocks an activity not only discourages those who are serving their school in that particular way, but he gives, too, a bad impression to the whole school. If we THE BASTERNER 8 do think our cadets and teams are not doing their best, we can improye them much by letting them know that we are backing them. If the rifle club should not win the match after losing so much practice while the range had to be closed, we can still ad- mire their spirit in overcoming obstacles and earnestly trying to win against great odds. Suppose, too, that Tur Easrerner does not suit our individual tastes. Perhaps, if we all should contribute more it would suit us better. We should all be so busy supporting the activities of our school and urging others to support them that we have no time for knock- ing. Cooperation will work wonders. Let’s be constructive instead of destructive. F. H. P. FORWARD! The educated man is abreast of the times; he knows what is going on about him and what men think of current affairs. He is always learning. He studies for the joy of knowing. Learning broadens his scope and widens his interest in fellow men and his appreciation of God. The ‘‘golden door” is forever open to young people, and especially to those in high school. The opportunity. is theirs to enter into many spheres of knowledge. Literature invites them; science calls to them. Only the respon- sive chord in the boy or girl may be lacking. More and more, however, young people are coming to realize that everything is possible. New gates of opportunity are opened every day. Education alone can put a person in the race. There is no such thing as a conclusion to anyone’s learning. If he stops learning, he loses what he once thought he had. Educa- tion cannot exist in a stationary form, for if a mind becomes inactive, like water, it be- comes stagnant. Forge ahead, therefore, lest you fall behind. F. H. P. Study hall is a place to spend idle hours in industry. wilo’s WHO Merrill Club: Eola Benzler—President Helen Warfield—Vice President Maud Boynton—Treasurer Margaret Beasley—Secretary Friendship Club: Margaret Loane—President Dorothy Golliflower—Vice President Esther Burgess—Secretary Miriam Payne—Treasurer Debating Society: Donald Bingham—President William Clementson—Vice President Ralph N estler—Sergeant-at-Arms Dorothy Tripp—Secretary Hiking Club: Margaret Butler—President Sarah Davis—Secretary Boys’ Rifle Club: Roy Cheek—Captain Francis Petrola—Assistant Captain Girls’ Rifle Club: Marguerite Lingrell—Captain Katherine Rives—Assistant Captain Glee Club: Roy Cheek—President Josephine Speake—Vice President David Robb—Treasurer Ralph Nestler—Secretary EDITORIAL QUIPS The principal objection to turning over 3 nev leaf every time you make a mistake is that when your book is all gone, you have ‘nothing of value to show. Again ancient Chinese wisdom proves ap- plicable to modern life. Every class bluffer finds out sooner or later that ‘‘Thought with- out study is dangerous.” When it’s a question of upholding the standards of the school, the ‘‘rookies’’ have one advantage at least—they’re free from the responsibility of setting an example for some one else. THE HASTHERNEER 9 A WANDERER When moonbeams thread their silvered way Through restless, whisp’ring leaves, I tire of work; I cannot stay Beneath the shelt’ring eaves. I wander over trails so dim They seem not trails at all; I climb the ragged desert rim; I hear the wastelands call. I love the prairie’s boundless night, And share the restlessness Of wild feet running free and light— My heart is wild, I guess. Carry M. Moor, ’24. VISIONS If I’d been born an idealist, I’d float on airy wings through mist Of sapphire, blue, and amethyst— And live on dew. Sans food, alas, I can’t exist, Nor live on flowers, sunshine-kissed. Well, I’ve recited all the list— Visions, adieu! Euise Scuarr, ’27. A SONG ’Tis sacrilege to e’en compare A friendship with a solitaire, For shining pearls are more like friends Which we acquire as time extends, And hold upon a strand of love. Carry M. Moore, ’24. Who steals my purse steals trash; ’tis some- thing, nothing; Twas mine, ’tis his, and has been slave ‘o thousands ; But he that filches from me my good name, Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed. —WShakespeare. YOU If I were painting you, my sweet, I’d paint the whole world at your feet; J’d place a crown upon your hair, And robe you in fine satins rare. If I were modeling you, my dear, {’d mold you a queen of a by-gone year; J’d circle your throat with a stately ruff, And give you wide sleeves with many a puff; J’d earve your hair in a coif so high; Your little bronze slippers with ribbons tie. If I were singing of you, my own, J’d sing a song with a deep, clear tone, I’d let no pauses the rhythm mar Of the notes, like soft laughter, in every bar. Evise Scuarr, 27. OUR TRUST The breakers crash on the waiting rocks, Enraged by the lashing gale; The clouds drive on, and the thunder’s roar Mocks at the ocean’s wail. And up above, the hurrying gulls Behold on the heaving sea A world of ships with shining sails Lurch on towards eternity. Each of these ships is a human soul, The world is the heaving sea; : And the shining sail is our holy faith That guides us constantly. But we must fight for the harbor of life; Tis our duty to reach the goal, For in our eare is a priceless charge— The life of a human soul. IskAEL MENDELSSOHN, ’25. “ An idler is a watch that wants both hands: As useless when it goes as when it stands.”’ —Cowper. PEAS SI SS SSS LASS Leas 10 THE HASTERNER THE WARNING Hersert EH. Engineer McCleary, of the Sunset Limited on the A., L. G., was sitting morosely in the cab of his engine. The elderly broad- shouldered man, as he sat motionless beside the throttle of the engine which he had piloted night after night for ten long years, seemed to be the very picture of a dull, sor- rowful life. Yet this was not so, for few men have had as much excitement crowded into the years of their lives as had McCleary. Bill was an old-timer. He had been a young engineer when Indians and train robbers were common. He had witnessed the passing of the hand brake and wooden coach in favor of the modern airbrake and all-steel cars. And now, in the evening of his life, he was witnessing the advent of the speedy electric locomotive through the mountain fastnesses. His life had not been one of sorrow—at least not until a month before. He had never married. His engine was the only pride of his heart, save his young brother, Johnny. Johnny had shared his brother’s affection for the beloved engine, No. 117. And it was this brother, Johnny, whose death had brought sorrow into the life of the erstwhile genial Bill McCleary. Johnny, on the eve of his promotion to engineer of one of the through passenger trains, had run his train, luckily 2 freight, recklessly through the dangerous Hackett’s Gap and had wrecked his train on the portion of a landslide which had covered the track two hundred feet this side of the high bridge over Swift Creek. When the wrecking train arrived, they found Johnny and his fireman dead and the rest of the erew badly shaken up. This accident had caused Bill’s world to change from one of peace and contentment to one of sadness and hopeless- ness. Many an old-timer woefully shook his head, and voiced his opinion that it was a good thing Bill was to be retired soon. And So it was. The cab of old 117 was polished and fur- bished better than it ever had been, even when it was handed over to Bill to make its maiden journey. The round house force had made ANGEL, '25 this engine, and especially the ca! art, for was not Bill McCleary, veteran engi- neer of the road, to make his final run before he was retired this very night! The hero worship was not confined to the round house, for Mr, Jackson, general superintendent of the road, had ordered his private car to be coupled on to the Sunset Limited, or, as she was known on the time table, “ No. 10.”’ McCleary pulled out his huge watch, glanced at it a moment, and resumed his former pensive position. He thought, as he had been wont to do during the last month, of Johnny’s death. Johnny had been killed on his last run before promotion ; and now he, Bill, was to make his last run before retire- ment over the same road that Johnny had so cheerfully taken his train. Darkness had fallen. Here and there a light from an office building blinked. The storm raged without. Drops of rain like bullets beat against the round house windows. The wind moaned through the open archways and its chillness even aroused Bill from his reverie for a few seconds; but soon he reverted to the subject of all of his thoughts, both day and night—Johnny. It was with these thoughts in his mind that he was joined by his fireman, and started his engine slowly across the rain-swept yards to his train. He absent-mindedly received the congratulations of his friends. Then promptly at 7:56 he opened the throttle and started on his last run as engineer. The train Slowly gained speed through the downpour. No. 10 elattered and banged across switches and wended her way through the maze of red, white, and green lights in the yard. Soon the yard was cleared, and Mc- Cleary opened the throttle still wider. The engine leaped forward like an easily fright- ened horse; and, gathering more speed, the train rushed into the gloomy night. The eab became damp, and now and then McCleary rubbed the outside of the window on his side of the cab with an oily rag. Still the train swept on through the night, swaying around b, a work of THE EASTERNER tt curves, crashing over switches, and always speeding onward. Several hours passed. Then Bill caught the whistle cord, and out through the clearing the whistle for the crossing beyond Hackett’s cut shrieked mournfully. Immediately after this, Jones, the fireman, looking across the cab, saw McCleary stiffen and turn pale. Suddenly Bill galvanized into action. He closed the throttle, opened the sand box, and applied the brakes. Loud above the wind the sereech of the brakes sounded; sparks flew from the brake shoes; and consternation reigned in coaches. Still the train went on. Would it never stop? Finally it came to a creaking, groaning, panting stop, and immediately the people poured out from the coaches to find the cause of the trouble. As Bill staggered wearily out of the cab, he glanced hurriedly ahead toward the bridge at which he had stopped his train. Again he turned pale, and leaned against his engine for support. Mr. Jackson, who had covered the distance between his private car and the engine with incredible swiftness, considering his two hun- dred and fifty pounds, came up puffing and blowing. “What’s the idea?’’ he demanded. Me- Cleary shook off the faintness which seemed about to engulf him and pointed to the bridge. “You see,’’ he muttered hoarsely, ‘‘back yonder in the cut I heard Johnny a-sayin’ to me, ‘Stop! The bridge is down.’ And I stopped.”’ Jackson looked at the bridge, a mere hun- dred feet ahead, and saw where the center span should have been, a gaping void. McCleary had made his last run in safety. TO MY SWETEHERTE Her hare is broun as are the leafs of falle, Her eyen shine as flame in a darke halle. Her face me semeth one of kindle care; As yet ther has no greye streaks inne her hare. A very godlie womanne eck is she; To chirche she goeth, howe’er the weather be. And she me loveth more than anie othere, For she, I moot confesse, do ben my mothere. E. GiuMoRE WHEELER, 29. ODE TO THE NEWCOMERS Dear little freshmen, so frightened, so green, Timid ones, tell me what spectres you’ve seen. Fear not—but your lessons you must never shirk; Your goal is obtainable only through work. Then onward each day, striving all for the best, Till at last you are seniors and reach the high erest. Study with might and study with main, And wisdom’s reward you surely will gain. So be strong in the tasks that before you lic, And the road that seems rough will be smooth by and by. OBSERVATION ON AN OAK I once saw an oak which seemed to tell (without talking, for this is not a fairy tale) astory. Be not mistaken; this tree could gain renown as no fine thing of beauty. Nor was it remarkable from the standpoint of size. I fondly believe that of all the people who passed that way, I am the only one who found anything at all noticeable about it. I can often see it with the “inward eye.” Lonely and almost stark it stands, jutting out from a small abyss. The snows, rains, and sleets of years have been carrying more and more of the earth from its gnarled roots; but still it stands, searcely upright, swaying in the lightest breeze. Its massive trunk still groans in winter winds. And at the first breath of spring last year, a few green leaves began to show on the brown. It was a slow process, but grow it would. Every year, for I make a point of see- ing it now, the small tufts of leaves come forth, and then fade out at autumn’s advent. And now for the moral of this little tale. Through almost insurmountable difficulties, the plucky old tree kept on trying, trying to grow. There are many boys and girls who would do well to imitate that oak. It couldn’t grow very tall or very beautiful, but it kept on growing and kept its face to the sky any- way. Fern H. Painter, 724. “ T like cheerfulness—I like anyone who sings at his work.”’ ““My, how you must love a mosquito.’’—Ez. 12 THE © ASTERNER The first of February found Eastern’s €0- rollment increased by 141 “yookies,’” 74 of whom are girls and 67 boys. These new students have been formed into four new sections. The business students have been doing well in the Underwood monthly typewriting test. The highest speed made by an Hastern student was forty-four words per minute ; the lowest, thirty words per minute. The following received certificates and bronze medals: Mary Swindlehurst, Georgia French, Josephine Lovett, Myrtle Hodges. Those who received certificates are: Rosina Linder, Anna Appel, Dorothy Kauffman, Vera Nor- folk, Irma Eaton, Gregory Bergling, Pauline Bradley, Leona Hutchinson, Lois Koerth, Stina Malm, Jennie Schneider, Bella Aber- back, Agnes Rollins, Catherine Dawson, and Helen Miller. Honors have come to Eastern in the Star Essay contest on the ‘‘best news story of the week.’’ Indeed, Eastern led in the number of prizes, four of the twelve coming to our school, The winners were Aseneath Graves, Herbert Angel, Mary Beach, and Fern Pain- ter. Eastern is always proud of the literary achievements of its students. ASSEMBLIES Everyone enjoys assemblies. Since the last issue of THE EASTERNER we have had a num- ber of interesting and worth-while assem- blies. the victory of the basket- ed. During the seventh period of this same day Mrs. Byram presented the entire student body with an excellent musical program, rendered by Mrs. Hilton, Mr. East, and Mr. Mueller of the U. S. Marine Band. At another assembly, Mr. R. A. Maurer, former principal of Central High School, now professor of law at Georgetown Univer- delivered an address on the Constitu- On January 9, pall team over Tech was celebrat sity, tion. ‘At an assembly on January 17, Mr. Penne- packer, dean of admissions at Harvard, ad- dressed the boys on Harvard entrance re- quirements. On January 23, an assembly was held for the purpose of indorsing National Thrift Week. Miss Egbert had charge of the pro- gram. Short talks were given by the follow- ing students: Lucy Cuiffreda and Dorothy Linder, ‘‘Thrift in Clothes;’’ Ruth Green- wood, ‘“‘The Family Budget;’’ Josephine Tre- maine, ‘‘Preservation of Health ;’’ Katherine Rives, ‘‘Thrift in English;”’ George Grain- ger, ‘‘Economy and the Automobile ;’’ Ralph Swingle, ‘‘Economy in Terms of a Bank Ac- count ;’? Carroll Brooks, ‘‘The Conservation of Coal.” At an assembly on February 5, shortly after the death of Woodrow Wilson, Miss Egbert spoke to the pupils concerning his death, paying tribute to his greatness. At the same assembly, Mr. Thomas B. Appleg=:, THE BASTERNER 8 executive secretary of Brown University, spoke to the students on ‘‘What College Does for a Man.’’ Mr. Appleget was accom- panied by Mr. Charles R. Stark, Jr., of the local Brown University Club. On February 12, an assembly was held to commemorate the 115th anniversary of Lin- coln’s birth, Donald Bingham spoke on “Lincoln As an Orator;’’ E. Hughes Talbert read a portion of Lincoln’s second inaugural address, and William Clementson read Ed- win Markham’s poem, ‘‘Lincoln, a Man of the People.’’ A seventh period assembly was held on February 18. Mr. Dennison of the Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology, gave a very interesting talk on Boston Tech. He also showed a reel of films of the college and closed the program by singing several enter- taining college songs. On February 19, Miss Johnson conducted the program of the semester honor assembly. Paul Doerr, president of the Student Council, gave a brief talk. Miss Deal, principal of the Columbia Junior High School, spoke on ‘Scholastic Achievement.’? Mr. Warner, principal of the Hine Junior High School, awarded the honors. A picturization of ‘Ruggles of Red Gap”’ was shown during the seventh period on February 20. A George Washington program, in charge of Miss Gardner, was the chief feature of an assembly on February 21. Aseneath Graves gave a talk on ‘‘Washington, the Gentle- man.’’ She read from a copy of the manu- seript book that he kept as a boy. Gilmore Wheeler spoke on the associations of Wash- ington with the city of Washington and its environment. Herbert Angel talked about Washington as a world hero. The boy stood on the burning deck; He didn’t give a dern— He was a high-school freshman, and He was too green to burn. —Selected. “« As ye sew, so shall ye rip.” THE FEBRUARY CLASS An innovation at Eastern is the February graduation. Both the two-year and four-year classes held midyear graduations. The four-year class, attired in college gowns, held its class day exercises on January 22, The following program was presented: Address of Welcome..Ferdinand K. Herrmann Class History. nm Mae EF, O’Connor Ruth H. Gochenour Norwood A. Eaton Josephine C. Speake Samuel Matthews Undergraduate Speech, ‘ Paul L. Doerr, June, 724 Glass) Poems HE. Hughes Talbert In addition, the class presented ‘‘The Flor- ist Shop,’’ a one-act play. Those who took part were Louise Pigott, Samuel Matthews, Hughes Talbert, Mae O’Connor, and Ferdi- nand Herrmann. The commencement exercises of the four- year class were held on Wednesday, January 30. Mr. B. G. Foster, president of the alumni association, presided. The program was as follows: Invocation_____._.____Rev. E. M. Thompson Church of the Nativity Address to Graduates........Dean Wilbur George Washington University Announcement of Honors Presentation of Diplomas__Mr. H. O. Hine Secretary, Board of Education Valedictory_. _.__Fern H. Painter Prophecy ——.—__-___. At the commencement exercises of the two- year class held on the night of January 29, Mr. Arthur Robb, president of the home and school association, presided. The program follows: Invocation__________Rev. C. N. Jarrett Fifteenth Street Christian Chureh Address to Graduates____Mr. A. L. Harris Municipal Architect Preseritation of Diplomas__Capt. J. I. Peyser Member, Board of Education Valedictory Be ee Josephine Lovett If a thing be easy, do it as well as if it were hard.—Selected. THE EASTERNER BACK WOODS’ TRADI TIONS RALPH NESTuUER, '24 14 Tt was a typical February day in northern Maine. Heavy clouds hung dark and dismal over the dreary world. Fine, keen snow twisted and twirled its way to the ground. ‘As the, north wind swept through the tall, gaunt trees, their ice-covered limbs crackled mournfully. To be sure, this gloomy day fitted in with my spirits exactly. To say that I was in a bad humor would be putting it mildly. I had been sent by the government on my first one-man job to determine the government forestry claim in this section. And now, while I was looking for a conveyance to take me home, my valuable police dog, Jack, broke away and disappeared down Main Street. When whistling and calling failed to bring him back, I gave up in despair; and finding a countryman with a Ford, I offered him five dollars to take me to dad’s farm. We had traveled four miles, when suddenly the engine went dead. For twenty minutes the old man worked on it to no avail. At last my patience was exhausted. “Have you enough gas?” I demanded grufily. He examined the gas tank. “‘By golly! As dry as a bone. I’ve got to hoof it back to Coos and get some. You going to wait here?”’ “TJ think I'll try walking the rest of the way. Perhaps you know of a short cut that I could take,’’ I suggested, getting out of the car. “The only short eut I know is an old bandoned wagon road that runs through Bear Hollow. But, son, I don’t think you’d better go that way. Bear Hollow Path is the lone- somest road in the state. Ne’er a house along it ’cept Jim Rielly’s shanty, and that’s haunted. ““One stormy night, about nine years ago, as Joe Smith was passing Jim’s, he heard horrible screams coming from the house. He broke in the front door, and found Jim, his wife, and two young ones lying on the floor, with their heads beat to pulp. He went to Coos, got a posse together, and scoured the woods; but all they caught was. bad colds. It’s still a mystery, and Jim’s house is ha’nted.’’ “Ugh, a grewsome tale, but I’ll risk the haunted house. Tell me how to find Bear Hollow Path.”’ “(Wiret road to your left. Better keep your wits about you while you ‘re on it. Very queer doings go on. Better mind an old man’s warning,’’ he admonished. “All right! So long,’’ I flung back rather impatiently as I started down the road. ; The wind gradually increased in velocity, heaping the snow in banks eight and ten feet deep. The sky was taking on a darker hue, rapidly deepening into the blackness of night ; and the snow continued to fall. True, I had a flashlight, but its single ray could not pierce far into the blinding sheet of swirling Fastening my overcoat more tightly T hurried forward at a steady gait. inetly in the wall of snow. around me, ‘At last, I perceived indist timber an opening, which I took to be Bear Hollow Path. I left the main road and followed a barely discernible wagon trail. When I had been walking about three hours, complete darkness surrounded me. By the aid of my flashlight, I discovered the disturbing fact that the wagon ruts were completely obliterated. Would it be advisable to keep on going? The best plan seemed to be to wait until daylight, for I had no means or knowledge to aid me in finding my way through the storm. Still, there was no shelter visible; and it was mad- ness to think of halting for any length of time in this bitter cold. Turning on my flashlight, I started for ward again, when suddenly I saw before me a weather-beaten shack. The farmer’s story about Jim Rielly’s ‘‘ha’nted shanty’’ came vividly back to me. However, whether this was the haunted house or not, it meant shelter “to me; so without much hesitation I forced my way through the rubbish-littered entrance. THE EASTERNER 15 The room in which I found myself was large and scantily furnished. Slabs of plaster lay on the floor; and a ghostly, greenish-gray phosphorescence, caused by the ravages of decay and mould, glowed on all the wood- work, No doubt this was the room where the murders had taken place, but it mattered little to me. The fact is that I was so frozen and tired that I would have felt no fear what- soever if I had seen a legion of red-eyed demons charging down on me. I shut the battered door; and, after one cautious glance around the room, threw myself down and went to sleep. How long I slept, I do not know; but sud- denly I awoke with a start. What had awakened me? I held myself tense and lis- tened. Only the howling of the wind came to my ears. ‘‘Widdlesticks,’’ I muttered, ‘‘I hope I’m not letting that ghost story get on my nerves.”’ I shivered, then pulled my knees up to my chin, and prepared to go to sleep again. Hark! What was that? My hair stood on end, and little wiggily-wiggilies played hop- seotch up and down my spine. All cold was forgotten. The sound came again—a long- drawn-out, pitiful wail—the ery of a lost soul! It seemed to be in the rear of the house. I sat up and became rigid. Ages passed, so it seemed, but the wail was not re- peated. Only a heavy, deadly, ominous silence closed in from every direction. Even the elements outside seemed to be hushed. Thea at the opposite end of the room a door began to creak on its hinges. Slowly, very slowly, it was being opened. A deadly fear bound tight cords about my heart. The door stopped ereaking; silence reigned again. Suddenly that hideous blood-curdling ery rent the silence! Great Heavens! the room! It was in If I had wanted to run or cry out, it would have been quite impossible, for I had lost control of my faculties. All I could do was to sit and stare, horror surging within me. Who or what was the unseen? A board creaked! Then another! The awful realiza- tion suddenly dawned upon me that the in- visible horror was approaching my corner. Still I was powerless to move. Something cold and clammy touched my hand. My heart skipped a beat and the blood congealed within my veins. Then, in the desperation of un- speakable horror, I clutched forward wildly ; but my hands encountered only empty air. I sprang to my feet. “‘Gome on, you demon. I defy you,’’ I shouted; but the hollow echo from the decayed walls was my only answer. I remembered my spotlight, and quickly taking it from my pocket, flashed it. A bright beam of light fell on the floor. I swiftly passed it around the room. No one was there! ‘A nausea passed over me. Then—what was that shining under the couch? I looked closer. Byes! I swallowed hard, and held the light so that the beam went under the couch. My blood began to flow warm again, and I sank down upon my knees. ‘Well, if it isn’t old Jack! What a scare you gave me! Come here, old boy,’’ I ex- claimed, feeling as though the burdens of years had been removed from my shoulders. “DIVINE INSPIRATION” OF POETS ’Twas midnight in my study; Not a thought was in my brain. I prayed for inspiration, But my prayers were a ll in vain. Of maids divinely fair I dreamed, of heroes brave and bold. The fire died down to ashes And I caught my death of cold. At last I wrote a poem— Unworthy of the name— But some one called it ‘‘great’’— So I’m a poet just the same! WortTHWorDs. OPTIMISM Should you on life’s highway fall, Get right up, for after all Tis not the fall that really counts, But just how high you're going to bounce. Georce GRAINGER, '24. THE EASTERNER 16 Yes, we are still working, and working hard at that. But we have not accomplished any wonderful feats at drill yet, for we have been devoting most of our time since the be- ginning of the new term to recruiting. On February 11, Colonel Craigie inspected the companies of the Third Regiment to de- termine the representative company of this regiment for the guard of honor at the pres- entation of the commissions. In this inspec- tion Company H and L of Western scored 22.6 and Company F of Eastern, which was the highest at this school, scored 22.3. These were the highest scores made in this regi- ment. On February 29, the officers of the brigade were presented with their commissions. At this time twenty-five Eastern officers re- ceived commissions, The three war games which took place at our school were very keenly contested. The winning teams will participate in the semi- finals, and, we hope, the finals. As we have not won the distinction of winning the war games for some time, we shall make a great effort this year. The Merrill Club has been giving delight- ful cadet feeds to the companies. After these feeds there has been dancing. It seems to be hard to tell which the boys enjoy the most, the girls, the feeds, or the dancing. Dr. Yater, the medical instructor of the corps, has given several lectures on health hygiene to the cadets here. The two battalions at our school gave dances in the armory on February 15 and February 29. These dances were given for the purpose of raising money with which to buy medals for the best squad, the best expe- rienced and the best inexperienced cadets. and the best cadet entering in February. The brigade dance, it is planned, will be held on April 4 at some downtown hotel. It is hoped that all the officers will be there. GAMET NEES We at Eastern are proud of the fact that we have won the drill so frequently. Those who would like to see Eastern win this year should assist the cadets in getting our six full-squad companies. A little moral suasion on the part of both boys and girls would do much to help in the enlisting of TORS TC, The freshmen, too, should realize the fact that their duty to their school lies in their Eastern has real need of We have much to accom- We are anxious to win all becoming cadets. them in this line. plish this year. three drills—battalion, regimental, and com- petitive. $d), 5 aE RIFLE NOTES The rifle range was elosed about the middle of December in order that improve- ments might be made. Since these changes did not prove completely successful, the range was temporarily closed, as it was un- suitable for practice. It was, therefore, decided that rifle prae- tice would have to be discontinued until spring. But the members of the rifle club, unwilling to lose any more practice, im- provised a rifle range in the auto science shop. This was made possible by mats, iron backstops and other equipment brought over from old Eastern. Rifle practice has already started in these new quarters. Although there are many in- conveniences, it is to be hoped that both boys and girls will take this for their motto: ‘It is not with us as with men whom small things discourage.’’ It will take hard work to make up for the time lost, but Easternites with perseverance can accomplish much. Freshman: ‘‘Huh?”’ Sophomore: ‘‘ What ?”’ Junior: ‘‘I did not hear the question,”’ Senior: ‘‘I did not comprehend the nature of the interrogation.’’—Ez. THE EFASTERNER 17 “AMONG MY BOOKS” Busy Miss Boyd! There were stacks of books to be arranged in their proper alpha- betical order. An inventory of books re- turned had to be made. Pupils tardy in re- turning books had to be summoned. Al] around her puzzled students clamored to know the location of certain books. After each pupil was seated, Miss Boyd, with sey- eral well-known injunctions of silence, and meaning glances at old offenders, started sorting cards. “Don’t your assistants lighten your work?”’ was the first question asked of Miss Boyd. “‘Yes, indeed,’’ was her unruffled answer. “T have four girls doing regular credited li- brary work. They are now engaged in let- tering pockets and fastening them on the in- side of books. Meanwhile, another is type- writing the cards. When several hundred of these are ready, we shall begin to use our new charging desk.’’ “‘T suppose that will relieve the congestion to some extent. But how many books are there in the library?’’ asked her interviewer. “The Eastern High School library contains over five thousand volumes. The books in greatest demand are those on American his- tory, and American literature; Elson’s His- tory of the United States probably has the widest circulation of any book in the library. In American history the other books in great- est demand are the American Nation Series and the Chronicles of America—a beautiful new set of books presented to the library by the school. Page’s Chief American Poets is much used in American literature. “(We get a considerable number of books from the Publie Library each week. When the teachers and pupils make requests for cer- tain books which are not in our collection, the additional books are brought from the Public Library by messenger.’’ “But what about the magazines?’’ she was asked. “The school subseribes to a dozen periodi- eals—the best four literary magazines, sev- eral current events papers, and several scien- tifie journals. The current numbers are to be found on the periodical case. Back num- bers for several months are kept in the labeled drawers below.’’ “‘And where do our numerous fines go?’’ was the next question. “Pines are used to buy library materials, such as ease labels, shelf labels, cards, pockets, paste, paper, and even an occasional much- needed book. “Many divisions of school work have con- tributed assistance to the library along their lines. The printing department has made a number of labels for the library; the type- writing department has typed lists of books and letters to publishers, and the wood-work- ing department has also given aid. « We are shortly to set up about 225 new books, chiefly necessary duplicates in Amer- ican History.’’ “‘But these people who come from the study hall must take some time, too?’’ queried her persistant visitor as he prepared to depart. “‘Yes, the daily attendance and circula- tion have almost doubled —Keep quiet, John! Girls, haven’t you anything to do?’’ And the busy hands went back to sorting eards. LITTLE THINGS “ What really matters if I shun A simple task of my routine? As long as my objective’s done, The undone job will go unseen.”’ Dear friend, the big thing can’t be done Unless the minor tasks you meet. You've obstacles to overeome Before you land on Easy Street. A bolt once held a storm-tossed ship Until she safe in port was docked. The hairspring, small and delicate, Controls the ticking of the clock! Don’t overlook the little things Or underrate their subtle worth; Remember that by David’s sling The great Goliath fell to earth. GEORGE GRAINGER, 24. THE BASTERNER 18 “What happened after the Miss Rohrer: death of the author?” . : Ralph Nestler: ‘‘There was a deerease in his poetry.’’ Margaret Deysher: ‘‘Margaret, you’re perfectly foolish!” Margaret May: ‘‘I’m glad I’m perfect at something.”’ It has been requested that Bingham use a megaphone when making side remarks in class. They’re always interesting and some- times everyone doesn’t hear them. Information, Please! I. 0. U—Yes, ‘‘Kid”’ Johnston writes en- thralling poetry. ‘Sonnet to Borrowed Gym Shoes”’ is considered her masterpiece. I. Dono—It’s rumored around school that Jack Smith is going to study for a professor- ship in English literature. Hook has decided on commercial geography because he already knows that iron is found in raisins. B. Good—So you’re worried about Grain- ger. No, he’s not jealous of Rodolf; he’s merely trying to equal the conquests of Alex- ander the Great. Mr. Collins (at the basketball supper) : “Taking it all in all, I think the Riordon game was a remarkable exhibition of splendid football.’’ oLKs and JoKes Rosson (defining an angle with sides in same plane): ‘‘It’s a continuation of a straight line turned crooked.” She See ee Ruth Greenwood: ‘‘I just love musical comedies, don’t you?”’ i Ruth Davis (watching a girl eat an Eskimo “Yes, but they’re rather clumsy to pie): Ga” A Ae ae es Doerr: ‘‘Ralph, how is business in the bank ?”’ Ralph Swingle: “Well, I’ll tell you. Yes- terday we had a customer, but today business has fallen off a bit.” In the woodworking department some of the boys, in talking to Mv. Rick about their radio outfits, boasted of the great distances they obtained. One said, ‘‘Why, I received Bufialo, New York,’’ ete. “That’s nothing,’’ intervened Mr. Rick. ‘‘T got Egypt the other day.’’ “Well, how did you know it was Egypt?’’ asked one of the boys. “Because every once in a while I heard something go ‘tut, tut, tut.’ ”’ Rosenfeld (in self defense): ‘‘But, Miss Franz, you said we could talk all we want to if we use French.’’ Miss Franz: ‘‘Yes, David, but I’m think- ing about Gladstone. It’s a strain on any- body’s mentality to try to understand your French.”’ THE BASTERNER 19 Grainger (calling roll): ‘‘Longo—where’s he?”’ Cheek: ‘Oh; Longo’s quit longo.’’ Mr. Rick (calling roll): ‘‘Fearnow.’’ Fearnow: ‘‘Here.’’ Mr, Rick: ‘‘Ware’’ (where?) Fearnow: ‘‘Right here.’’ Grainger (calling roll) : been absent four days.’’ Voice: ‘‘Hm, there’s a bad leak some- where.”’ ““Fossett—he’s Julian Prescott (telling friend of his loy- alty to Eastern): ‘‘I go to Eastern, always have, and always will.’’ Hughes (speaking of prominent men who have been naturalized): ‘‘I remember that prize fighter. And then there’s Rudolph Val- entino.’’ Junior (translating) : sossidge.’’ Teacher: ‘‘Sausage.’’ Second Junior: ‘‘ Aw, say hotdog.”’ “They bought a Heard at the Tech-Central Game. Girl: ‘‘What’s the score?’’ Boy co-on wirl (enthusiastically) : ‘Really! In favor of whom?’’ “Kid’’ Johnston enters Miss Bass’ section with a balloon which bursts. The following conversation ensues: Miss Bass: ‘‘ Was that your influence, Miss Johnston ?’” Kid: ‘‘No’m, it was my balloon.’’ Miss Boyd to Ruth Walz, who was powder- ing her nose: ‘‘Stop that! Go down to the office !”” Ruth: ‘‘I wasn’t doing anything.’”’ Miss Boyd: ‘‘Keep quiet and go to the office !”? Ruth: ‘But, Miss Boyd—’’ Miss Boyd: ‘‘Go down to the office and get me four sheets of brown paper.”’ Raley (translating in French class) : ‘‘O1so was pushing his horse.’’ Timmons: “‘Sort of a Spark Plug as it were.”’ — ee Miss Weihe: ‘‘Every day I want you to know more than you did when you came in.’’ . Miller: ‘‘Every day I learn that I am more of a dumbbell.” Mr. Schwartz: “‘What do you suppose they call the campus at the University of Paris?”’ Lucille Gibson: ‘‘Paris Green, I suppose.’’ Dr. Leineweber: ‘“‘Now, Miss Crawford, will you decline the verb ‘am’ please?’’ Miss C.: ‘‘Yes, sir, I guess I’ll have +o decline.’” When a train reached Shamokin the con- ductor yelled, ‘‘Sha-mo-kin.’’ Two Irishmen in the rear of the car ans- wered, ‘‘No, we are not shamoking. We are playing eards.” —Ex. One day near the beginning of the semester an Object of great interest wandered into Room 226, the upper-class study hall. The small creature found itself the eynosure of all eyes. Soon, however, some of the students, feeling the need of a microscope for minute inspection, lost interest. Nevertheless, a Senior Boy, having found so misplaced a specimen, called out to the Teacher in charge, as OS Teacher, Teacher, there’s a rookie in here!”’ Then did a lordly Junior Boy twit the poor creature; but a compassionate Senior Girl took pity upon the tiny piece of humanity whispering, ‘‘You’d better go to 228.”’ It made a noble attempt at dignity. “‘The paper said 226, and I’m going to stay here,’” it said, its yoice growing yet smaller at each word. “Come to order, boys,’’ Teacher was say- ing, as she neared the back of the room. Then to the Object: ‘‘ What semester are you in?’’ “‘Wirst,’’ it gulped. “Report to 228.”’ It fied. THE EASTERNER 20 BOYS’ ATHLETICS Eastern is once again District basketball champion! Proud indeed, are Easternites of their undefeated team. The whole school de- serves credit, for the spirit shown by the team has been vividly reflected in the support given it by the entire student body. Another seeret to Eastern’s success in bas- ketball is the unfailing cooperation and real team work of the boys who played and the subs. No player tried for individual honor. Each fought to win for Eastern. Every player has done ereditable work, but Tommy Hook’s spirit has been an example to the squad. Always in the midst of the game, never discouraged when behind—surely Hook has earned his captainship for next year’s football team. Jack Smith, not satisfied with participating in two series resulting in cham- pionships for Eastern, has added to his laurels the record of second highest point scorer. His graduation in June will be a heavy loss to next year’s squad. Thompson has filled the vacancy created by the graduation of Hermann in February. Western was the greatest obstacle in our path to the championship. In our first game, Western led at the end of the first half, 13-6. Starting the third quarter with a rush, Smith counted three field goals in rapid suc- cession, while the excellent defense work of Captain Kessler and Hermann held Western to a single point. Bennie’s defense work was noticeable throughout the game; he also con- tributed three field goals to his team’s total. Eastern, by defeating Western. in the second game on February 9, won the basket- ball championship. In the last few minutes of play, with Eastern leading by four points, Captain Kessler and Hook were ejected from the game as a result of personal fouls. The team was but little discouraged, for luckily Gdfida F for Eastern, she had some well-drilled substi- tutes to meet the emergency. Radice and Lowden were selected by Mr. Guyon to fill the vacancies. This game was hotly contested from beginning to end, but Eastern came out victor with a score of 19-17. Although Eastern will feel the loss of some of her regulars next year, her aim will be to put forth the third consecutive champion- ship team. The presentation of the Harvard cup, which is awarded annually to the winner of the inter-high basketball championship, was made on February 19 by Chief Justice McCoy of the District Supreme Court. A high honor was accorded to the members of the basketball squad when they were in- vited to take part in the basketball tourna- ment conducted by the University of Penn- sylvania at Philadelphia on Saturday, Feb- ruary 23. Ten members of the team went. Four players of the Eastern squad made the mythical all-high team. They are Hook, Smith, Kessler, and Bennie. THE EASTERN-RIORDON GAME On Saturday, February 16, an interesting event in basketball was staged when the players of the Raymond Riordon School of Highland, N. Y., met our boys. The schools are friendly rivals, for the principal of the New York school is an Eastern alumnus, graduating in the same class with Mr. Hart. The New York boys played a splendid game. Throughout, the score was very close, and victory for Eastern was not assured until the whistle sounded. The score was Eastern 24, Riordon 22. “«__Things like that, you know, must be After a famous victory.”’ Yea, verily. And when we had won the victory, the school extended true Eastern hos- THE BASTERNER pitality to the visitors on Saturday evening. Eastern’s fairest fans served dinner to the three teams, the Raymond Riordan, the Cen- tral, and the home squad. This was followed by speeches from Mr. Riordon, the three team captains, and Coach Guyon. The cabaret number which followed displayed Bastern talent along other lines than basketball. Dane- ing in the armory completed the eyening’s entertainment. It is interesting to note that Mr. Guyon pursued his usual policy of speed in calling changes for the Paul Jones dances. We gathered the impression that he believes variety to be the spice of dancing. BASEBALL SCHEDULE March 29... _Eastern ys. Technical April 5. Eastern vs. Central April 15. Eastern vs. Business May 3_ __Eastern vs. Western May 18... _.Eastern vs. Technical May 20 _.Hastern ys. Central May 31 Eastern vs. Business June 7 sae _.Eastern vs. Western FHS.2 EHS 41 EHS31 EHS19 It is said that every time Sara Piel wears her bright Indian sweater to a basketball game, we win. Coach hopes it will never wear out. 21 GIRLS’ ATHLETICS Many in the school do not realize the amount of basketball work among the girls this year. In the preliminary games there were three leagues—the Senior-Junior, the Sophomore, and the Freshman. Each league was composed of semester teams, which played a number of preliminary games. Fifteen semester teams were organized, and from so much material, four strong class teams have been formed. The line-ups of these teams are as follows: Seniors ¥F.—M. Beans F—I. Johnston ©. I. Perry, Capt. SC.—M. Beasley G.—M. Duffey G—J. Jones Alternates: D. Tripp, E. vohnson, M. Lindstrom. Juniors F.—N. Dalrymple, Capt. F.—M. Repetti C.—C. Corkins SC.—F. Galatzo G.—M. Barrett G—M. Reudi Alternates: R. Jarvis, D. Mattingly, J- Flournoy, M. Schneider. Sophomores ¥F.—M. Ketner F.—R. Teates, Capt. C.—A. Graves SC._—E. Bixler G.—M. Gibson G.—F. Roberts Alternates: E. Law, D. Hedges, G. Flood, F. Rozelle. Freshmen F.—H. Wheeler, Capt. F—F. Muller C.—B. Edmiston SC.—M. Evans G.—E. Thompson G.—F. Posey Alternates: M. Gardner, M. McGarvey, b. Shannon. (Continued on page 29) THE EASTERNER SCHOOL GOSSIP 22 A TRUE STORY ‘A woman entered the business office a few weeks ago, and marching up to Miss Smith in a very determined manner, handed her a eard which read: ‘‘Release No. 240.” Miss Smith looked at it. Then she reread jt. Still unable to find anything else, she asked, ‘‘What does this mean ?’’ “T paid his fine, and I want him out,’’ the woman explained impatiently. “«_But I don’t understand,”’ replied Miss Smith. “J paid it. Let him out right away!’’ the woman snapped angrily. Suddenly a light dawned. “Oh! do you want the jail?’’ Miss Smith asked. “Yes; isn’t this the jail?”’ said the woman. “‘No; this is Eastern High School.’” Queer Questions What can this old world of ours be coming to when such a studious young lady as Mar- garet Butler says she doesn’t like to work? How did Roy Cheek and Gerald Coe learn to make love so realistically ? Why does the ‘‘business’’ office remind one of Squash Center? Lost One blue Ford(?); also one brief case con- taining important documents pertaining to Burke’s ‘‘Speech on Conceiliation.’’ Finder please return to Room 228. Liberal reward. Found A passing mark belonging to Tom Howard. Apply to Miss Shelp in Room 322. Our ambition is to become a college pro- fessor so that we can wear a red bow for a necktie, make witty remarks on the stage, and ““oet away with it.” In his new capacity as Latin teacher, Billy proved to himself and his classmates th at his talents will be utterly wasted in the medical profession. He was an Eastern fellow. She was a girl from somewhere else. His eyes grew feverishly bright. He had excited expression on s wildly outstretched, y from time to time. an intensely earnest, his face. With his arm: he would groan hoarsel, Then in expectant silence he would wait. She grew pale. (We know that is impos- sible; we don’t need to explain the reason.) She was terribly frightened. Still and tense sat she, awaiting his recovery. “Run!’? he thundered in a voice that be- tokened deep-seated misery. She wondered whether he wanted some water. Then in one spasmodic outburst he jumped up and down, yelling lustily and swaying back and forth. He must have performed these acrobatic feats for at least sixty sec- onds. At last, unable to stand it any longer, she pleaded, ‘‘O, Tom, what is the matter?’ He looked at her. ‘‘The game is over, and astern won!’ he cried, expecting her to catch the note of enthusiasm. “Oh,’’ she breathed weakly. (With his left hand on The Hasterner, Tom declares that he will never take a girl to another game.) “Teddy’’ Smith’s birthday is April 1. Why, Teddy, we shouldn’t have suspected it. Thelma Bishop, one of the February gradu- ates, was seen at Eastern two days after she graduated. “T thought you were going to a business college! When do you start?”’ she was asked. Thelma nodded. ‘‘Correct! I was sup- posed to start today, but the school had a fire. Don’t I have the best luck?” Mrs. Hall (in history class): ‘‘What is a single tax?” “Dinty’’ Moore: ‘‘A tax on an unmarried ” man. Miss Monk: ‘‘What are the characteristics of Anglo-Saxon poetry ?”’ Gibson: ‘‘Well, it’s very dry.’’ THE BASTERNER 23 WHO REMEMBERS :— WHEN GILL CLEMENTSON FIRST BROUGHT HIS GREEN RACER TO SCHOOL? CN WHEN THIS WAS EASTERNWS ONLY FIRST NATIONAL? WHEN HEADACHE BANDS WERE QUITE THE BERRIES? WHEN BELL BOTTOMS _ WERE THE“EELS-HEELS 7 (APOLOcIES To MANSFIELD) = ms - PN sie KY ir WHEN THE GROUND THAT EASTERN IS ON WAS A COW PASTURE? WHEN THE Class OF '2 WERE ROOKIES7 Intakes and Exhausts In the visual education of the auto science class we note that Mr. Rick took twenty-six young ladies to a movie show. He admits that he has never been guilty of being caught tak- ing so many young ladies to a movie before (It was a free show). Mr. Rick: ‘‘After a man has tried to lead a calf, he has more patience with an auto- mobile.’’ An all-girls’ auto science class indicates that the ladies are getting their rights at Eastern. We’re wondering what ‘‘Cappy’’ will term his ‘‘student shop foreman’? in the all-girls’” auto-science class. Perhaps he will call her the ‘‘Leading Lady.’’ Bondy: ‘‘In their travels, autoists run across many curious things; also over some.’’ Service—‘‘The power to give the world more than I take.’’—Selected. “G+ B8+COEF- French Teacher: ‘‘Can you decline ‘te eat’?”’ Student: ‘‘I ean, but TI do not like to.’’— Ex. a Ruth Greenwood (in history): ‘‘Andrew Jackson did not have a very good education. About all he knew was the three R’s—read- ing, riting, and spelling.’’ Brooke: ‘‘You know that girl reminds me of a magazine.’’ Walters: ‘Which one, Popular?’’ Brooke: ‘‘No, Everybody’s.’’ TWO POINTS OF VIEW The beauteous blanket of the snow, Nestling softly down, Conceals with wondrous shining whiteness The fields so stark and brown. Fair snow! It makes the poets rave— . Unsmirched by foot or paw; But I’ve found naught so uninspiring As a sudden, slushy thaw. THE EASTERNER to rs THE SCIENCE OF IT Time: Fourth period of a school day about the middle of the term. Place: A study hall. [The hall has only one occupant, a girl (Betty) about seventeen years old. She is apparently ab- sorbed in something that she is writing on a small pad. The study hall door opens and Hatty Fatty squeezes through, accompanied by Minnie Skinny.] Hatty: Betty, what under the sun are you doing? Betty: Oh, just making out my menu for lunch and counting up the calorie value of my food. Minnie: (laughing) How ridiculous! I seldom think of eating at lunch time. My goodness, Betty, why go to all that trouble? Betty: You can’t feel good, unless you eat the proper food. I never thought much about it until I took domestie science. We began by learning the classes of food and their functions in the body. It’s ever so interesting. Minnie: Do you think so? Say, Betty, what do you know about calories? Betty: Oh, that’s easy! Look here. [Betty takes pencil and draws.] Betty: You see, girls, this man asleep uses up 60 calories per hour. [Betty draws again.] Betty: While one sitting down uses 100 calories per hour. Minnie: - Not all those just sitting there? Betty: Yes. [Once more she sketches. } Betty: On the other hand, he who does manual labor uses from 450 to 600 calories per hour. A person walking would use 170 cal- ories in an hour, and one running would use up 290 calories in the same length of time. : Hatty: Well, I can’t see where figuring calorie values and eating certain kinds of food would make me normal. I'll always be just old Hatty Fatty no matter what— Betty: Stop right there, Hatty. You know yourself how fond you are of sweets and fats. If you would just cut out those things and eat the necessities, there would be some hope Several of our domestie science for you. girls are reducing. Hatty: Really? Betty: You see, Miss Jonas divided us into three classes: underweights, overweights, and just rights. Minnie, she might help you, too. Hatty: But how do you know how many calories you eat and what kind of food to eat? Betty: Oh, we spent several weeks on bal- anced menus. We learned just what foods, and in what proportion, to use at each meal and the caloric values of different foods. _Hatty: You did? Betty: We did. And we also made post- ers to illustrate them. Miss Jonas sent some to New York for an exhibition given by the American Hygiene and Health Association. Hatty: That’s fine! Betty: And in laboratory we’re cooking those balanced meals we planned. At the holiday season we made cookies and cran- berry jelly for poor children. Minnie and Hatty: Laboratory! You know, I don’t believe I ever thought before what the science in domestic science means. Ruta GREENWOOD, 729. Deyotion The congregation was silent as the organ broke’ into the melody of ‘‘Old Hundred.” All sat silently for the opening note. Then, as the assembly burst into song, there arose above the singing a shrill voice. Those who were near the organ saw, standing beside the minister’s wife, her little daughter. The mother played; the baby sang. With a hymn book opened at random and elaspedl in her chubby hands, she repeated some song prob- ably learned in the nursery and concerned with Mother Goose. But those who saw and heard found their eyes filling with tears at the unconscious piety displayed by the happy child. THE BASTERNER CHORDS AND CUES An attractive program was the orchestra at the commencement exercise: of both the academic and business sida Upon the latter occasion, Evelyn Scott violinist, and Arthur Fisher, cornetist, ren. , Ten- presented by dered the beautiful ““Blegie’’ of Massenet with remarkable tonal beauty, delighting thei audience. on On February 20 a surprise Program was given to the pupils of the Hine Juni or Hi better known to us as Bieh, “Old Eastern.’ The orchestra repeated its program of gradua night. This organization was ably assisted by its concertmaster, Durward Bowersox, Otto Lehnert, cornetist, and Eola Benzler, vocalist —all three soloists of rare talent and ability The playing of the orchestra was a feature of the alumni vaudeville show on February 15. Evelyn Scott gave the “Habanera’’ of Bizet-Frolict with unusual dash and fire. At the close of the semester the examiners in all instruments found our major musie pupils well prepared for their long antici- pated examination. Unusual percentages were the results of earnest effort given to the preparation for this event. The freshmen of the February classes in- cluded in their number quite a few orchestral recruits. Many of the sophomores and upper classmen have added music to their list of major subjects. Surely with the addition of this new material, Eastern should have a major music assembly unparalleled in its history. tion The boys of the dramatic association aided the alumni association in their vaudeville show by giving a one-act play, ‘‘The Crimson Cocoanut.’’ This proved to be a great success. The cast was as follows: Nitro Gliserinski, Milton Talbert; Madame Gliserinski, Paul Doerr; Mr. Jabstick, Jay Hall; Naney, Mar- ion West; Jack Pincher, Nathan Clark; and Robert, the waiter, George Gra inger. Marcaret Brasuey, ’24. Men do not lack strength; they lack the will to concentrate and act.—VSelected. 25 GIRLS’ CLUBS In spite of the many changes necessarily caused by the February graduation, activi- ties in all the clubs are going on briskly. Margaret Butler has been elected presi- dent of the Hiking Club to take the place of Ruth Gochenour, who graduated. Sarah Davis has been made secretary. At an assem- bly on February 19, Miss Stockett awarded the school letter to the four members who have already completed their one hundred miles of hiking. They are: Margaret But- ler, 1021 miles; Irma Marshall, 108 miles; Sarah Davis, 123 miles; Frances Roberts, 129 miles. The Eastern Friendship Club has decided that its name is not distinetive enough on account of the large number of organizations calling themselves ‘‘Friendship.’’ The new name of the club is Les Camarades. At an initiation, fifteen girls were received into the club. The ceremony was simple but very impressive. Each girl lighted her candle at. the four candles of Health, Knowledge, Service, and Spirit, symbolic of the attributes for which the Girl Reserves stand. A visit was made recently to the Methodist Home, where the inmates were entertained with songs, dances, and recitations. A ‘‘splash party’’ at the Y. W. C. A. swimming pool completed the work and play of Les Cam- arades for last month. The Merrill Club has been equally busy. To its reeord are three cadet suppers, the first of which was given for Companies A and D, the second for Companies B and E, the third for Companies C and F. Extensive plans have been made by the dramatic so- ciety of the club for a play to be presented in the near future. The social service and welfare work seems to have been neglected since Christmas, but the elubs hope to resume this important phase of their work shortly. While I sit alone and dream I jot down what I think, But I find it rather difficult To put it down in ink. Dieirus 26 TH February Class of 1924 y studies at: Griest and The following will continue thei George Washington—Wilbur Sam Matthews. Georgetown Uni Penn State—Theodore Saks. Naval Academy—Claude Newman. Wilson Normal—Mae O’Connor and Kath- erine Johnson. Washington Thelma Bishop. Fern Painter enroll at Wilson Normal after the comp: of a post-graduate course. Hughes Talbert is also taking a post- graduate course. William Garden will atten next September. Mary -Hayell is planning to go school. Beulah Reever will attend a business college. Louise Pigott is employed as a stenographer with the Shipping Board. Mortimer Davenport is working in the Fed- eral American National Bank. A poem by Thelma Bishop was selected by The Gleam for publication in Glimpses, the first national anthology of secondary school verse to be published in this country. We con- gratulate the author on this high honor. iversity—Morris Silverman. School for Secretaries— and Josephine Speake will letion d Maryland State away to Deaths We learn with regret of the death of Allen D. Sprowls, 705. Much to our sorrow, we learn also of the death of Harvey Beckwith, ex-’22. py BASTERNER Personals Ella April, ’23, and Mary Bixler, ’21, are members of the girls’ basketball team of Vashington University. George W : William E. Barkman, 16, captain of the recently received a winning cadet company, j eommission as a second lieutenant in the Field Artillery, Officers’ Reserve Corps. Frank A. Woodfield, ’10, has been ap- pointed teacher of the class in journalism which will be opened shortly by t he college of commeree and business administration of the University of Maryland. Elsie Pursglove, one of the eight graduates of Eastern’s first two-year business course in 1915, and her sister, Helen, of the business class of 1920, are now living in Los Angeles, having motored there from Washington with their family last summer. 2S The Alumni Entertainment On February 15, the alumni association held an entertainment in the school audi- torium. The program consisted of a cleverly planned vaudeville show. The stars of the performance were selected not only from fa- mous characters of recent graduating classes, but also from the earliest ones of Eastern. In addition, the students aided in making the evening a success by giving the fairy scene from ‘‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”’ The audience was amused by the witty original numbers on the program. Professor Croissant of the Class of 1894 entertained all with his humorous opening remarks. The evyening’s en- tertainment proved that Eastern’s talent is lasting THE HASTERNER 21 FACULTY NOTES There have been seven additi ulty since February 1. We bid bers welcome, Mrs. Metzler, who teaches Eng merly at Central. She has after a leave of absence, Mr. Darby, who teaches En: tory, is a graduate of Geor, University. For the past fi been connected with the T ment. Miss Christman has taught in New England and recently has been doing continuation work in the public schools in Saginaw, Mich. sh teaches shorthand and typewriting, ; : Another of our shorthand teachers is Miss Helen Boyd, a graduate of George Washington. She is from New Jer- sey. Recently she has been doing stenographie work at the White House, i Mr. Shorts, who is taking Miss Dunlap’s place in the Latin department, is from New- castle, Pa. Mr. Winicoy has been engaged in the Der- matological Research Laboratories of Phila- delphia. He was assistant director in the writing of a book on arsenicals that is des- tined to have considerable influence in its field. Mr. Winicov has written several papers on chemical subjects for various med- ical journals, Miss Casely is our new French teacher. She taught formerly in Massachusetts and at Technical. She studied for two years in France at the University of Grenoble and the University of Paris. Miss Dunlap of the Latin department has been granted a leave of absence for eduea- tional purposes. Miss Lohman, one of our new teachers in arithmetic, has been teaching in the graded schools of Washington. She is an Eastern graduate. Miss Wilkins is convalescing after her ill- ness of last summer. We are very glad that she is regaining her health, and hope she will be with us again soon. Miss Bass, one of our French teachers, has been transferred to Western. ous to our fac. the new mem- z lish, was for- Just come to ys glish and his. ge Washington ve years he has Treasury Depart- and typewriting THE DOMESTIC ART DEPARTMENT This year it has been thought well to add several practical courses to the school'eur- riculum. Among these is domestic art. The training acquired in this course is for many reasons an invaluable asset to a girl. Every girl’s great desire and ambition is to be well-dressed. All her associates have the same wish, although they may be ig- norant of the means of realizing this ambition. Every one knows how very hard it is ou the eyes to see people clothed in colors that elash with each other or with the complexion of the wearer. Frank Alvah Parsons, presi- dent of the New York School of Fine and Applied Arts, tells of an experience he had at one time when he was delivering a lecture upon color schemes. In his talk he had just finished emphasizing the bad taste shown and unfavorable impression made in the wearing of obnoxious color schemes, when a young girl dressed in a purple skirt, orange waist, green hat, and white belt jumped up from her Seat. She looked at the lecturer and, point- ing to her costume, said with a smirk: ‘‘This is all right, isn’t it, Mr. Parsons?’’ Again, it is self-evident that stout people ought to be particularly warned against wearing ruffles and flounces. It is almost im- possible not to ask stout people to refrain from wearing ruffled dresses, the beauty of which is lost because they emphasize the pro- portions of the wearer. Remedies for these unpleasant sights are only a few of the very useful things which are taught in domestic art. Another feature of this course is the intensive study given to the budget. Statisties show that careful study of this feature in universities has led to the conclusion that 20% of the family in- come should be laid aside for clothing alone. A girl becomes economical and efficient in obtaining her wardrobe when she attempts to keep within the portion of the income allotted to clothing. “Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy; For the apparel oft proclaims the man.”’ Dorotuy Liyper, ’24. 28 EXCHANGE ‘ A new exchange which is particularly inter- esting to us is The Eastern Echo from 2 school with the same name as our own, the EE High School of Baltimore. The school, which is entirely a girls’ school, publishes 2% exces lent paper. The girls have shown their talent in the latest number, which is interesting an entertaining. Other exchanges received and welco! are: The Ring-tum Phi, Washington an University. The Review, Central High Schoo! ington, D. C. The Nautilus, Greenville, S. C. Sunrise, East High, Erie, Pa. The Central Bulletin, Central High School, Washington, D. C. The Tripod, Hartford, Conn. Tech Life, Technical High School, Wash- ington, D. C. “Voice of South High, Youngstown, Ohio. The Broadcaster, Laurel High School, Laurel, Md. The World, Central High School, St. Paul, Minn. The Gleam, Johnson High School, St. Paul, Minn. Lawrence High School Bulletin, Lawrence, Mass. Rensselaer Polytechnic, Troy, N. Y. Tamalpais News, Tamalpais, Calif. Roosevelt News, Roosevelt High School, Seattle, Wash. The Pinion, McKinley High School, Hone- lulu, Hawaii. Dalhi Journal, Bryan Street High School, Dallas, Texas. The Q, Quincy, Ill. The Cambridge Review, Cambridge, Mass. The Vision, Tupelo High School, Tupelo, Okla. The Diamondback, University of Maryland. The Provonian, Provo High School, Provo, Utah. The Oredigger, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colo. med d Lee 1, Wash- THE BAST BERNER HONKS FROM A GOOSE y listen to all a woman tells him, arter of what she thinks. the things that Cesar A man ma- and learn a qu Render unto Cesar wants. ; 4 ; The most attractive spot in Washington is the little plot of asphalt covered by a ‘‘Don’t Look at the Flame”’ sign. : : Talent is a large capacity for imitating genius. Grorce A. Mai, ’26. 5 MISS IS IPPI My dear Miss Will Tell: «J gm in love with two men, @ poor one Which shall I marry ?”’ and a rich one. ! Miss Is Ippi. My dear Miss Is Ippi: “Marry the poor one and send me the rich one’s address.’ —Ez. SoS Foot Work: ‘‘Don’t that mule ever kick you?”’” “No, suh, ain't yit, but he frequently kicks de place where Ah recently was.’’—Ex. aS Stage Manager: All ready, run up the eurtain.”’ John Vogt: am, a squirrel ?’’—Ez. “Say, what do you think I POOR ME! Can’t study in the fall, Gotta play football. Can’t study in the winter, Gotta play basketball. Can’t study in the spring, Gotta play baseball. Can’t study in the summer, Gotta girl—Ez. He: ‘‘I adore you. Will you be my wife?’” Miss Heiress: ‘‘The idea of you proposing to a girl of my class! You should know bet- ter.’’ He: ‘‘I do know better, but they haven’t half your money.’’—Exchange. “ The revival of learning—the night before exams. ’’—Exchange. THE wagrurner 29 PAL There wasn’t much of P inches wore a dignified, we fur was white and silky ; hig his ears, was much too large al, but all eight I-bred air, His head, especially for hig diminy- tive body. The most amusing thing about him was hi seriousness in mischief, One day he fotnd’s Aa bag of marbles and proceede all over the floor. [| te eee thousand of them. (I had to pick them a ‘ There in the middle of the floor stoog Be with a most innocent air, daintily rolling ih largest marble with the tip of his immaculate paw. Then I had to seold him. [ always as joyed that, for although he knew I didn t mean it, he would steal mournfully away; and just when I was overcome with remorse he would turn and give a few saucy little barks. But his eyes! They would some stranger cooed, ‘‘Oo’s a nice doggie- oggie,’’ yet light with joy when hig friends said things just as foolish. His eyes could beg and plead, and yet mourn when he was scolded. He was a noble little fellow—but one day a human being poisoned him. God’s creatures breathe nobility— A horse, a dog, a flow’r, a tree; But man, who thinks—a thousand times more blest— Can rise or sink far more than all the rest. gleam scorn as GIRLS’ ATHLETICS (Continued from page 21) Teachers, too, seem to have developed a de- sire to participate in athletics. The faculty has organized a basketball team! It is rumored that they even go so far as to have fond dreams of defeating a combination of players picked from the school. If the em- phatic statements of certain student athletes be considered as proof, the hope of this new team will never be realized. Where there’s a will, there’s a law suit.’’ THE FRESHMAN MEET January 18 marked an event which will long be remembered in the minds of fresh- men; namely, the first annual meet of the first Semester class. The results of the six events which took place are as follows: I. Potato Race: 1. J. Kistler 2. G. Bragunier 3. S. Powell. II. Running High Jump: Hilda Keeton Irene Williams Malvina Bandel. Running High Jump: J. Kistler R. Camera G. Wilkinson. Human Hurdle: 1. 3301 2, 1211 3. 1181. V. Three-legged Race: 1. G. Bragunier—J. Watson 2. J, Kistler—F. Flynn 3. G. Parker—H. Roberts. VI. Folk Dance: 1. Kathryn Moore—Helen Tucker 2. Elizabeth Feindt—Irene Williams 3. Lola Steele—Ida Harding. From the hearty and enthusiastic coopera- tion which was displayed, we may quite safely Say that the freshman meet, inaugurated by the Class of ’27, will become an institution of the school. Rensselaer Petes 1824 Polytechnic Eegiecré Institute and Science Four-year Courses in Civil Engineering (C. E.), Mechanical Engineering (M. E.), Electrical Engineer— ing (EB. E.), Chemical Engineering (Ch. E.), and General Science (B. S.). Graduate Courses leading to Master and Doctor Degrees. Modern and fully equipped Chemical, Physical, Electrical, Materials Testing Laboratories. For catalogue and illustrated pamphlets showing work of graduates and views of buildings and campus, apply to Registrar, Pittsburgh Building, Troy, N. ¥. Mechanical and 30 Semester Honor Eighth Semester First Honors Fern Painter Josephine Speake Samuel Matthews Second Honors Elmer Talbert Seventh Semester First Honors Helen Babp Margaret Beasley Margaret Butler Virginia _Grohs Louise Kidwell Pauline Knauf Marie Kroell Mary LaFontaine Dorothy Linder Mabel Lombard Irene Perry Dorothy Tripp Donald Bingham William Clementson Second Honors Helen Clarke Gertrude Duryee Margaret Loane Esther Rupple Arthur Bondurant Paul Doerr Harold Lady Sixth Semester First Honors Irving Raley Second Honors Helen Gray Lena Simon eatrice Swain THE EASTERNER Fifth Semester First Honors Margaret Deysher Elizabeth Didden Lydia Edwards Asenath Graves ‘Annie _Horenstein Vera Muir Mary Schneider Fifth Semester First Honors Margaret Shea Katherine White Herbert Angel Nathan Clark ‘Aubrey_ Morales Henry Wertman Second Honors Ruth Davis Eugenia Neumayer Helen Rifenburg Irma smith Jay Hall Edward Hunnicut Fourth Semester First Honors Laura Barrett Wilma_ Shively Hannah Stol ar | Josephine Tremaine William Lambert Second Honors Nellie Dalrymple Frances Hancock Florence Painter Marion Warfield Lester Swingle Third Semester First Honors Frances_ Arnold Oneda Brown Anna Erb Laura Haynie Margaret Hoover Pearl Marrs Ellen May. Elizabeth Miller Second Honors Elizabeth Clark Eleanor Dixon Roberta Harrison Lillian Lucas Hilda “futt Harry Portch Chester Thom Second Semester First Honors Thelma Ammonette Florence Barron Dorothy Black Margaret Broner Kathleen Cave Mildred Conklin Eleanor_Frochlich Julia Hoopes Ruth Jones Marjorie Keim Julia Wayland Evelyn Woolard Jessie Parks Second Honors Margaret Brust Virginia Coffman Dorothy Buehler Eleanor Harvey Dorothy McLean Charlotte Parater Marion Paull Ethel Smith Marie Sphar s September, 1923—-February, 1924. Frank Brumby Russell Dans Alvin Walters First Semester First Honors Ruby Abell Virginia Barrett Margaret Cook Lucy Cuiffreda Lois Deily Martha Evans Elizabeth Franklin Marion Gardner Marjorie Griffin Constance Hanlein Carolyn Kelly Margaret McGarvey ‘Agnes Raley Katherine Simons Elizabeth Tewksbury Helen Tucker Clara Wheelock Louise Wildman Leah Woods James Brearley George_Butler Alton Denslow First Semester First Honors Edgar Gilchrist Edward Timmons Second Honors Onys Everett Elizabeth Geiger Vetura Jarrett Alice Kreischer Doris Thompson Isabel Witherite Gertrude Wolfe Robert Engle Thorwald_ Patterson Edward _ Roberts Ellice DeForest _ Ste ee A Distinctive Shoe for the Collegiate A Colonial Pump whose graceful lines provide the dressiness that charms—upon a last that insures perfect comfort. It’s a successful combination of style and practicability that has won notable favor with the young lady who discriminates in her selection of Footwear. In Patent—as pictured. 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Manufacturing Jewelers CLASS PINS, RINGS, AND SPECIAL TROPHIES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION Remingten . . a serie William J. Brewer penclls” Greeting Cards PRINTER AND STATIONER 664 PENNSYLVANIA AVE. S. E. Phone Lincoln 122 SHORT INTENSIVE Nt ; 2 “Sportsmanship” i as well as BUSINESS COURSES yi “Spalding” Secretarial Ey i ro is no substitute Stenagraphic : Dookkeeping Civil Serie Send for catalog Day Night Sessuns STEWARD SCHOOL 1202 F STREET M8ért 1338 G St., N. W. PHILADELPHIA Founded 1824 by Jacob Reed Oldest Uniform Manufacturing House in the United States. Students of the leading Military Schools and colleges in this country are outfitted in Reed’s Uniforms. The Uniforms worn by the Students of Eastern High School are finished examples of the quality, workmanship and appear- ance of Reed’s productions. JACOB REED’S SONS 1494-1496 Chestnut Street PHILADELPHIA Visit Our Model Optical Store in the New City Club Building CLAFLIN OPTICAL COMPANY 1314 G Street N. W. 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Fruit Co._Stands 9 and 10 Stationery and School Supplies Mardfeldt’s Variety Shoppe Mills and Rhode Island Avenue N. E. Cigars—Magazines—Candy CHARLES F. HERRMANN Manufacturing Jeweler Remodeling and Repairing Neatly Done Marlow Building 811 E Street, N. W. Magazines and Periodicals ENGRAVING COMPANY ROOM 43, POST BUILDING Designing, Illustrating, Half-Tones for ALBERT F. GORSUCH 3 APOTHECARY wet School Supplies 7th H Sts. N.E. Lincoln 232 Physicians’ Photo Supplies We deliver to all sections. Phone us Supplies J. Harry Cunningham, Vice-Pres. Magazines and Periodicals Lincoln 849 Lincoln 4544 E. CLARENCE POSTON Candy, Soda Water, Stationery, Magazines, oe High School Supplies 615 H Street, N. E. Renaissance Tailor Shop i D: Pressing, Alterations of CE Ladies and Gents ALEX. FOSS 500 E. Cap. St. Phone Lincoln 5432 Schneider's PRESSING SHOP Phone Lincoln 430 Corner of 3rd and Mass. Ave. N. E. Werner’s Pharmacy Henry J. Werner, Pharmacist 501 East Capitol Street Drugs, Soda, Magazines, School Supplies and Stationery GEIGER’S DRUG STORE 6th BN. E. Oldest Established Drug Store Under Same Management on Capitol Hill Toilet Articles Hospital and 6 STORES Washington Baltimore Styles for CLASSROOM-DRILLI STREET-DANCE na BALLANTYNE’S 1409 F STREET N. W. School Books and Stationery Largest Stock Lowest Prices JOHN DOERR TABLE LUXURIES Eastern Market BARBER and ROSS Hardware, Cutlery, Tools, Automobile Supplies, Housefurnishings Eleventh and G Streets N. W. Marcel Wave, $.75 Bob Curl and Marcel Wave, $1.00 SEE MISS FLEET Formerly of Woodward Lothrop at Garden Rose Hair Shop 1110 H Street N. W. Franklin 2224 Phone Main 7529 Elizabeth M. Kettler WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER 632 G Street N. W. Washington, D. C. Repairing of Fine Watches and Jewelry a Specialty Phone Lincoln 2477 B. LANDSMAN LADIES’ AND GENTLEMEN’S TAILOR Suits Made to Order CLEANING, PRESSING, DYEING, ALTERING 901 E. 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One and one-half cents a foot for home sites, one-half acre upwards. R. F. BRADBURY 2226 Pennsylvania Avenue S. E. George Washington University Founded 1821 Offers Graduate and Under-graduate courses in LIBERAL ARTS EDUCATION ENGINEERING ARCHITECTURE MEDICINE PHARMACY LAW For Catalogues and Other Information Address THE REGISTRAR 2033 G Street N. W. Telephone West 1649 THE E. MORRISON PAPER COMPANY Paper and Stationery, Wholesale and Retail 1009 PENN. AVE., N. W. Clarence F. Donohoe Milburn J. Donohoe John F. Donohoe We Guarantee Satisfaction John F. Donohoe Sons Established 1884 Agents, Appraisers, Brokers, Real Estate 314 Pennsylvania Avenue S. E. HAYWORTH PRINTING COMPANY.WASHINGTON DC fi EASTERNER ft , % nH —— |} — EASTERN HIGH: SCHOOL WASHINGTON DC VOLUME XXVIII We Clothes That a Pligh School Student he Would Choose for Himself Libor. The Avenue at Ninth NICHOLS CO. Delicatessen, Lunch, Fruits, Gandy, Ice Cream, Cigars and School Supplies and Magazines Tobacco 401 Maryland Avenue N. E. Phone Lincoln 4186 O’'DONNELL’S DRUG STORE “WHY PAY MORE?” 14th and North Carolina Ave. N. E. J. T. Malone, Prop. Lincoln Park Confectionery 1101 East Capitol Street Ice Cream Parlor HOME-MADE AND FANCY BOXED CANDIES J. C. DEMOS Mer. “BONDY” If It’s Done By ‘Photography WE DO IT a) All Photographs for The Easterner Made by Tenschert fit pchoolny cal and Convention Work Book Photos Senne a Specialty HES Flack Flash Lights Portraits Panoramas Copying : B. t Views Rooms 39, 40 and 41 mathe 802 F Street Northwest Washington, D. C. College and Call Day or Night Business Phone: Main 5495 0) RESIDENCE Lincoln 3149 Lincoln 1000-W BE SURE, It’s eliciousIceCream care given to each detail The excellence of our ice cream is insured by the extreme | other ingredients used. of manufacture, and to the high quality of cream, flavoring, and “WON ITS FAVOR—THRU ITS FLAVOR” CARRY ICE CREAM COMPANY, Inc. 1337 D Street S. E. Lincoln 5900 GEORGE F. MUTH CO. 710 13TH ST. N. W. Drawing and Artists’ Materials of All Kinds for High School Students 1417 G Street N. W. Phone Main 3258 SHORTHAND, TYPEWRITING, ENGLISH, SPELLING, DRILLING FOR COMMERCIAL AND CIVIL SERVICE POSITIONS Floral Designs to Order Fine Cut Flowers ROBERT BOWDLER Grower of Choice Flowers Greenhouses: CENTER MARKET 1723 Florida Ave. N. E. Phones M. 3919—M. 7188 Phone Lincoln 2208 THE STUDENTS OF EASTERN HIGH SCHOOL | are cordially invited to attend Che Sunday School and Epworth League Epworth MM. £. Church, South Cor. N. Carolina Ave. and Thirteenth St. N. 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The college-grade courses are 0: scope. re computed and given upon satisfac- f junior and senior Credits a ; tory completion of assigned work. Literature descriptive of the contents of each course, carefully prepared upon a basis of hours its, will be mailed upon request. and credi NSTRUCTION, study and labora- tive individual [ON, study ¢ program: I ey practice periods are provided upon request. Es Sy eee) in four sessions—morning, afternoon, Investigate. Let Strayer’ early evening, and late evening. 5 you make your services “Worth help, Detailed information and sugges- Services.” Call, write or ait Main 3430 or 7654. oa Strayer’s Business College 721 Thirteenth Street N. W. SS Che Easterner EASTERN HIGH SCHOOL, WASHINGTON, D. C. Motto: Do Well, Do Better, Do Best. Published five times a year by the Students of Eastern Hi gh School, Washington, D. C. Supsceiption Prick, $1.25 pen YEAR; By Mat, §1.50. Single Copies, 25 Cents, Payable in Advance. Aut Bustness CoMMUNICATIONS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED To THE Business MANAGER Entered as Second Class Matter in the Post Office at Washington, D. C., under Act of March 4, 1879. VOL, XXVII WASHINGTON, D. C., MAY, 1924 No. 4 Editorial Staff Editor-in-Chief . = ______ Fern H. Painter, ’24 Redhat Wihige ONES, Literary Editors seus Marie Kroell, 24 Margaret Beasley, ’24 ; Carey M. Moore, ’24 Assistant Literary Editors wis ____J Asenath Graves, 25 (Herbert Angel, ’25 Art Hditors Ee ere oe Jack F. Burton, 724 | Arthur Bondurant, ’24 Military Notes .—.___ SOE rte oe ____ Clinton M. Hisle, Jr., ’24 Rite Noted) ates seas Bost os Ee eet Lye | | Gerald Coe, 725 Mabel Lombard, ’24 Athletics —_. = ee eee es | bishasHarly, 26 Margaret Butler, ’24 Folks and Jokes Senta een ete Se Annie Horenstein, ’25 : George Grainger, 724 { Otto F. Lehnert, 724 School News Re Et ees f{ Paul L. Doerr, 724 aay i Margaret Loane, ’24 School Gossip_____ ee es Sh Pes eee Helen H. Clarkes 724 ‘Al Uni eee eeeeeeerenees 2 ais _______Helen Babp, ’24 Girls’ Clubs -— Exchange —____. pears __Virginia Grohs, ’24 ____George Main, _____ Jack Vierkorn, ’24 _..Claude Lawrence, 25 Business. Manager 2 Advertising Manager ————.___ £ Donald W. Bingham, ’24 Assistants ————— ——_________—_—— {tat B. Nestler, 724 Harold W. Lady, 724 Cireulation Manager - ______SS Matrice N. Thompson, ’24 , Alpheus Walters, 725 Assistamts {Thomas Midgett, 24 Edward Hunniecutt, °25 Bookkeeper Dae SES 5 ee ___________Nellie Dalrymple, ’26 Staff Typists Annie Smith, 724 Lois Koerth, 26 Myra Kerwin, 724 Pauline Bradley, ‘26 BR pHE passeee” : ‘ s those ° gashionc’ Ly ae Courtesy is never out ing has its problems as serious a of fashion. H. B.A. one that is nearly spent- pings: z Ser Si canmot make fun of ae uF the WHILE POPPIES BLOW IN FLANDERg, Great poetry, art, music, he ideas ather FIELDS S ages—of all these is ay ie ies “tig Pe anool r i lity of the J® oat : show gat men’s souls are not Bee ieee we hat boys ¢ rls. suitable targets for fun. a 2 t around. jndispeD Like to S! 5 Real, clean, light-hear' ed fun 1S. s “ We could not very well hive withoo And play elacets a an remember “To everything there 1S But this same flag-pole. a season, and a time t0 every purpose under Js a monument. 2 PB: Mo the Eastern boys. Oe es Who died in the War. at ; And it seems to me. COURTESY That Easternites. Our attention has recently bee? called by Would like to holds a member of the faculty to the fact ea In reverence. some ways not only Fastern’s students be Our war heroes. on are sadly So I wonder if. “good old days There were ten ie standing. ‘None of the ten boys; teacher, ‘‘even so much as offere to a girl.” Shall we by all too common among: us, become thoughtless and lookout for ourselves © has been called the “City “beauty is as beauty does,’’ and jf our ac- tions are not gallant, courteous, and the like, what right have we to call our city beautiful, even if the puildings are works of art? Not buildings but people make cities. Again, Washington has been called the “Gateway to the South.”” The South has, since the beginning of our country, been noted for its chivalry, courtesy, and gallan- try. Shall we boys at Eastern fail to up- hold the traditions of the South? “Sure, a fellow ought to give up hisseat to a lady,’’ we say- But do we? Possibly it has been carelessness on our part in the past. However, we must look to the future where we have a chance to correct our faults. Even as we look forward, let us not hesitate because we may be ealled old- such occurrences; allow ourselves to unrefined, with a nly ? Washington Beautiful’; yet They couldn’t find. Some other place. Where they could play. e And sit and talk. That the sacred memories, Might live. In this hallowed spot. In front of our school. J thank you. M. KatHeErine Rives, 24 _ WHO’S WHO Officers of the Two-Year Commercial Class; President—Ellen May Vice President—Hilda Shomo Secretary—Anna Erb Treasurer—Kingsland Prender Class Night Speakers—Four Year Class: Prophets— Naomi DeGroot Dorothy Tripp Poet—Carey Moore Address to Undergraduates— Paul Doerr We had to fill this space, but we found our mind a blank. Therefore, here is what is on our mind. THE HEASTERNER 9 DAWN On the horizon a faint line is gleaming; It broadens and deepens, a thing out of seeming ; The swallows are twitt’ring, the roosters are crowing, Out on the hillsides the cattle are lowing. The dawn now is changing to rose from pearl gray, And over the tree-tops comes peeping the day. Roserta Harrison, 726. ANTICIPATION Do you feel the touch of spring Before the birds are on the wing? A hush in air; a soft breeze blows, Through later winter months there flows The current of a song. Soft, downy clouds are in the sky, And as the days slip softly by, The grass grows greener, just a bit; A pleasure ’tis to wateh for it— The ma gic touch of spring. When spring is here, its joy is ne’er So great as when there’s in the air Expectancy of it. FERN PAINTER, 24. LIFE Our lives are trembling little songs we fling So carelessly into indifferent air; Yet if our song is good or passing fair A distant age may hear of it—and care. Carey M. Moore, 24. ON MOTHERS’ DAY Your hair seems touched by The white cloud above it. Your smile is merry and sweet, And I love it; Your manner is gentle, Your voice light and gay, Dear mother, I love you, Ill love you alway! The fair rose of youth On your cheeks, flowers yet. Oh, the dear ways you have I shall never forget. But ’tis not ‘cause of these, Not that your eyes are blue, But I love you, dear mother, Because—you are you! Evetyn M. Burns, ’26 THE ROAD Oh, what does the road see As it winds through the trees— The violets all nestled in the grass Or the squirrels as they pass? Oh, what does it see as it winds along? I wonder, I want to see. Oh, what does the road hear, As it winds through the trees— The voice of the wind, Or the murmurs of a little brook? Oh, what does it hear as it winds along? I wonder, I want to hear. Marion Gaynorp, 29. BESS) SSS SSS hs BASS aS: THE AST 10 The Boomerang GEL, 25 ppent B. ANGE eae HER! snfantryman, relaxed his vigilance som, i new that the birds’ - figure sat by 4 flickering camp what, for ue ait arrival of tds” songs A One Se and munching 0D genoted not only the of another day fire, frying his nee e joine the first) nt the absence of other human beings pa. cornbread. Another San Tosh?” asked cides himself. All at once the singing of th, “When do you g0 07 , birds Wa hushed. The gray-coat stitfencg ae Josh ibly. Glancing around, he th ts , ” responded imperceptl! y. Gl i oa i 5 reckon “bout dawn, roteawee push quiver, put finally he seit er. i. y if Wal don’t let them there Yanks git nat it was only the wind. The minutes ef tioned the second; and with that passed, and again the birds took up inst: von on i leaving again a solitary figUT? songs. Finally, emboldened by the absenga ‘ aah ak Josh dozed a few hours, and of an enemy, the sentry rose from behing ae : aie BE ‘saw by the stars that it his cover to treteh his limbs. atone so he put out the fire gyddenly, a shot rang out from behing was about 4 o'clock; hy stamping on it, and slowly star’ way toward the Union lines. The beautiful, deep blue, § Virginia was fading into 4 pearly stey a5 the silent, gray-clad figure wended his way, beneath the thick growth of oaks, pines, and beeches which constituted that section of the Wilderness. As the blue became tinged more and more with gray, the dim shape steadily, but watehfully, proceeded. ‘At last the soldier halted on the edge of a clearing, and after peering around ¢cau- tiously, settled down behind a chestnut stump to wait. , These were exciting times, these April days of 1863. The Federals had again changed generals, this time in favor of General ‘Joe’? Hooker. To the north of this lone sentry was Hooker’s army of 100,000 the south, Lee and Jackson’s com- bined troops, numbering but 60,000. Only a mile separated these hostile forces, and on account of unusual activity in the Union camp, the Confederate picket line had been moved nearly a quarter of a mile nearer the enemy. This gray-coated backwoodsman, a Vir- ginian, formed the outermost picket of the line. As he lay there watching the won- derful sunrise, he heard, just overhead, the scolding of a blue-jay. “Farther away, in another tree-top, a robin greeted the com- ing of day. This man, by his crossguns an tarry SKY of men; to pout a hundred yards away + the same instant the gray ell to earth, pierced by a neat the crown. The Confederate dropped quickly behind the friendly stump and fired at a pit of blue uniform which protruded above the distant stump. Both marksmen hurriedly loaded and again fireq but more warily this time. : Thus the duel went on with intermittent lulls for upward of an hour. The sun grew warmer and warmer, and still the firing continued. At last, when each had fired at the other, and missed for the fifteenth time, both seemed to be struck with the same idea. Hach hastily quitted his cover, and feverishly started to load. The one in gray finished first, and started to raise his rifle to his shoulder. The other seeing this action, raised his hand, ang called, ‘‘Hey, wait a minute, my gun is fouled, and won’t load.’’ “Sure, Ill wait,’ was the response. ’ Thereupon Josh lowered his gun, and re- garded his foe, who was busily engaged in loading his refractory rifle. “That’s a good-looking Yank,’’ mused the Southerner, ‘‘can’t be over twenty- five So he allowed his thoughts to wander, quite forgetting the grave affair on hand, a stump a Seemingly a forage caP f hole through ” (Continued on page 23) THE EASTERNER abe Little Incidents in the Life of a Big Man Lt. Cot. WALLACE M. CRAIGIE Professor of Military Science and Tactics As Colonel Craigie, military instructor of the high school cadet corps of Washington, rose to greet his guests, they noted the splen- did physique, the slightly bronzed color, and the keen, yet kindly eyes of the leader of the cadets. Perception, foresight, and executive ability were portrayed on his countenance. ““My experiences!’’ he repeated after the visitors were seated. And then a train of dormant memories was awakened. In a rem- iniseent tone he repéated a flock of little anecdotes that were recalled to him. “Barly in the spring of ’98 I was ordered to Alaska. I didn’t get much sleep when I first reached there. After I had been work- ing for many hours, I said to an old native. “When do you sleep here?’ « Same as you do down in the States, young man,’ he replied, looking at me quizzi- cally. “ ¢But when does it get dark?’ I asked. “““Not for three months yet,’ was the reply. As nearly as I can estimate it, I had worked without sleep for forty-eight hours, waiting for it to get dark. And still the sun shone! : ““My first work up there was laying tele- graph wires. There were just three of us. With a pack team of eleven mules we traveled over the mountains. Arriving at a great tundra or frozen morass, which stretches for twelve miles between Fort Egbert and the international boundary line, we received or- ders to lay telegraph wires between these two points. The tunda was frozen as hard as marble and as we had to drop the poles three and one-half feet in the ground, fires had to be built to thaw the ground. It took us over a month to lay the poles. ‘Well, it is intensely cold up there. An American weather bureau records 67° below zero as the average temperature. As we were hanging the wires beside a creek bed, I re- marked to an old campaigner who was with me, ‘It’s pretty chilly. Better leave about a foot slack in the wires.’ “ «Foot slack?’ he repeated. ‘No, indeed; leave a slack of at least four and one half feet between each pole.’ We did this, and re- turning a few months later, found that the four and one half foot slack was almost drawn taut. ““But,’’ the colonel said proudly, ‘“‘we put those poles up twenty years ago, and they are still up. “T was next called to put down an ingur- rection at Nome. I was up there when ‘Rex Beach was writing The Spoilers. He found- ed his book on facts. I knew him. Nice fellow.’’ i Colonel Craigie explained that every time an undesirable character came to Dawson, a larger place ten miles up the river from Nome, he was given a ‘‘blue ticket,” ordering him cut of town the next morning. “‘They never stood upon the order of go- ing,’’ Colonel Craigie went on, ‘‘and it was a common sight to see the old criminals com- ing down the river to Nome in rafts.’’ ‘“‘We had some nasty trouble with those fellows, too. They drove out the Scandinay- ians, and thought nothing of jumping their gold claims. One night it got so bad that I had to break up a meeting in a saloon, There were several gun plays. I had to put the place under martial law until the civil au- thorities could get their men there. oe ; GIRLS’ CLUBS 2 ; parts ° - = pel i aicet Oe goo! ete in the During the last Se oe a new girls: the United States and did ‘orelg d aub has peen organize at Eastern, a fresh jan Friendship Club. It has about twenty embers: Although it has been ue n Philippines.” Colonel Craigie has At the eolleges, 00. he organized a sity of St. Louis the student army corps: In April, 1921, he was orde ae ington, D. G. to work out some particew ars His plans were SO of the cadet system here. commendable that the War Department ake cided that he should rema “J was delighted,” Colonel reference to his transfer here, see, 1 was myself a Washington boy. been in charge of the Washington ¢ for three years now.” In response to a question from his visitors, Colonel Craigie said that the outstanding merit of the cadet work consisted in the train- ing not only for military purposes but also for good citizenship. ‘The cadets develop poise,’’ he added. Colonel Craigie spoke very highly of the citizens’ military camps. ceMhey are not ¢S- sentially military,” he said ‘‘but rather aim towards developing patriotism and manliness. From camp officials T have only the highest reports on the conduct of the cadets. “J pelieve the cadets have advantages over the non-eadets. The large businesses are always on the Jookout for men with such training in handling men as the officers get. The cadets are well equipped, for their train- ing develops jnitiative and resourcefulness. 7 As his visitors rose to depart, Colonel Craigie said, “‘Let me add that with seven years’ experience in colleges, the spirit in the Washington high schools js the finest that I haye ever seen!” Fern PAINTER ) CumTon Hise (724. Artaur BONDURANT } in. Craigie said in «pecause, YOU J have dets ee “Tf you don’t think co-operation is neces- sary, watch what happens to a wagon if one wheel comes oft.’’ nee for such a short time, these younce ady had several good times = F to do some real work, 7, tertained them at a party . 21. Mareh April 4, Les On dance which of their mee Camarades gave a t¢, e was very well attended. At ae tings a discussion of “Good Manners’” Was carried on; another took the a card party. For social service 9 was given at the Friendship House party . Here the girls entertained about twenty-five children. Games were played and refresh, ments served. In addition to this they have made a great many yarn dolls which will be sent to some hospital for distribution. Tf the object of the girls’ clubs is to make happiness for themselves and others, they have succeeded admirably. y Winter and bad weather have not entirely ented the Hiking Club from taking ae o the country. The senior boys hh interested in the club prev! long walks int become so muc have that many of them wish to go along on these expeditions. With the coming of spring in , e ple to go-much more often, and club will be a girls expect to receive the several more hiker’s B. The Merrill Club is planning to give an entertainment this month which will consist of two one-act plays and several vaudeville acts. The girls have been working very zealously for a long time to make this a erent success. GEOMETRY Given—A cat. To proye—It has nine lives. Proof—No cat has eight lives, and one cat has one more life than no cat; therefore, one eat has nine lives—Ez. “Eyery year is leap y' year fo trian.” Taaties belles, THE EASTERNER 13 Worse Than Verse A MIDNIGHT SOLILOQUY There’s that cat again! She’s too lazy to catch rats; I wish she were down in the deep blue sea With the whole race of cats! All she does is sit on that fence And make the air quake With that ‘‘Mer-r-row-r!” I'll throw some- thing If ske doesn’t stop keeping me awake! Mey, quit that din, you pesky thing! Where’s that light? Oh, lay off, cat! IT wonder what it was I threw? Ho-hum! Oh, well—that’s that. Etse Scuarr, ’27. THE BLUFFER (With copious apologies) A fool there was and he Spanish took, (Even as you and I!) But he seemed to think that the Spanish book Was something at which he was not to look; And the Spanish professor was some one to rook (Even as you and I!) So the fool bluffed on to his heart’s content, (Even as you and I!) And through the course like a meteor went, And ended up like a meteor sperit; For a fool must follow his natural bent (Even as you and I!) But he found that he had to pay the fee, (Even as you and I!) His report quite naturally showed a ‘‘D.”’ He’s found that one has to work for an “RB? Let us hope that others more wise will be. (Even as you and I!) ASENATH GRAVES, ’25. A “POME” Practical Physics by Davis and Black Is a subject I’ve studied front cover to back. My efforts are futile; they all are in vain, For physics was written to puzzle the brain. Now jazzers don’t know there are three laws of motion— They think it is merely a matter of notion, While on factor of safety or acceleration There, alas! we don’t crave for elucidation. Though lately we’ve delved rather deep in lasticity, Generators and motors that use electricity, We thought it unbearable learning quite recently That music is merely vibrations and fre- queney. But I'll study and study the livelong day, And maybe I'll learn it—now maybe I say! 1) 130 ee SCHOOL DAYS Hard luck it seems to follow me For ever and for aye; Whene’er I try to have some fun I always have to pay. All I did was laugh and talk And play and fool around; But Miss Johnson said to me “In badness you abound!”’ She went and made me change my seat And sit among the girls; So now I think I’ll take my hair And do it up in curls. —Diairvs. DON’T Try to be a sophisticated Freshman; it is fatal. Tease Sophomores; they are treacherous. Cease to praise Juniors; they expect it. Question Seniors; just admire and respect them. 15 hw The advent of spring has added much to the outside appearance of our Bare Grass has been sown, and our lawns am d with athletic field are fast being covere green, Work has been begun on the sec- ondary athletic field which is located on the cast side of the building. ‘According to the plans this will surely add.to the beauty of Our building has also been our school. ere given by Dr. adorned with urns which w Arnold, the school physician. The interior of our building 1s always Un- dergoing changes or improvement. Our large collection of trophies which has been kept in the vault in the office, has been put on display in glass cases about the corridors. The stage equipment has become very much more efficient since the additions which ar- rived from New York just before our success- ful spring play. By means of the motion pictures, the school has been able to purchase approximately thirty dictionaries at a cost of three hundred dollars. Six of our foremost speakers competed on April 29, in the national oratorical contest on the Constitution of the United States. They were Lydia Edwards, Ruth Greenwood, Ase- nath Graves, Fern Painter, Donald Bingham, and William Clementson. (Since the final contest has not been held as this copy goes to press, we cannot publish the name of the winner of the school prize.) The students are also interested in the competition for the $4,000 Firestone Road Essay Contest. The Boys’ Club Contest is attracting much atten. tion at Eastern. Cheer leaders McKinley and Hooker, who attended an assembly at the Hine Junior High School were successful in their mission of teaching the students of that school a num- ber of cheers. Steere ASSEMBLIES The student body has shown an unusually appreciative interest in assemblies in the past weeks—possibly due to the fact that the as- semblies have been few and far between, Several interesting and instructive vocational talks have been given. The first of the series was an address, ‘‘Why Study Chemis. try,”’ by Dr. Charles E. Monroe, of the Na- tional Research Council. Much interest in two lectures on domestic science and art has been evinced by the girls. In the first of these talks, Miss Mabel Camp- bell, field representative of the Home Eco- nomics Division, Federal National Board, spoke of the opportunities offered in the study of home economies; in the second, Miss Whitcomb, of the Department of Home Eco- nomies of the Bureau of Education, spoke on the average girl’s need for such a course in preparation for her future life. (Continued on page 30) THE EASTERNER 15 CHORDS AND CUES Eastern’s place in music among the various high schools of the city is one of outstanding prominence. In the personnel of its musi- cal organization, talent of promise is evi- dent; and in the student body as a whole, musical appreciation is prevalent in a high sense, At an assembly on March 26, the lovely melodies of ‘‘Blossom Time’’ were beauti- fully rendered by our orchestra; and so en- thusiastic was its reception that our musi- cians were forced to repeat the “Song of Love,’’ the most popular portion of the score based upon the ‘‘ Unfinished Symphony’’ of Schubert. An elaborate and highly artistic program was rendered by the orchestra at the spring play, given on April 9 and 11. Our young musicians were aided by several persons in- terested in musical progress of Eastern. Mr. Joseph Harrison, an alumnus of Eastern, and well known in the musical circles of the eapi- tal, gave the orchestra helpful suggestions, prior to their performance, while Messrs, Brearly and Brendi lent invaluable assist- ance with their well mastered instruments. Mrs. Bernheimer and her two daughters also delighted the audience with lovely trios be- tween the scenes. At a recent formal reception of the Fed- eral Schoolmen’s Club, composed of school officials prominent in the educational inter- ests of the city, Evelyn Scott, violinist, and Minnie Hoxsey, pianist, well known members of our orchestra, gave several musical selec- tions. The promising voices of our glee club burst forth in glorious rendition of Hosmer’s cantata, ‘‘Columbus,’’ produced by the com- bined glee clubs of the Washington high schools on May 1 and 2. This masterful composition is based upon the world-famous poem by Joaquin Miller. In decided contrast to the lovely Shake- spearian comedy of last year, ‘‘Rollo’s Wild Oat,’’ a comedy of modern type, written by an American playwright, Claire Krummer. was produced as the annual spring play, an institution of pride to all Easternites. Splendid characterization and able display of dramatic talent marked both performances. The plot was one of intense interest and de- lightful humor. The efforts of young Rollo Webster to produce Hamlet were shown in a decidedly novel and interesting manner. Tom Howard was delightful as the determined hero, while Margaret Beasley captured her audience by her lovely impersonation of the shy but irresistible Goldie MacDuff. Jessie Lampert displayed remarkable skill in the handling of her ‘‘kid sister’’ role, Lydia. Paul Doerr played his part of George Lucas, the pompous English lover with unusual dra- matic finish. Ralph Nestler as Mr. Stein, and Gerald Coe as Hewston, contributed much toward the comic so enjoyed through- out the play. Laura Barrett was ideal in her impersonation of Aunt Lane, Rollo’s maiden relative, while Asenath Graves’ inter- pretation of Mrs. Park-Gales promised fu- ture successes for this talented young actress. George Main as Horatio Webster, the obsti- nate Grandfather, and Herbert Angel and Norville Grimes as Comperdown and Skitter- ling, respectively, were parts well taken. Josephine Tremaine was interesting and true to life in her impersonation of Bella, the maid. Georce Rortu, ’26. ALLEGIANCE (To be sung to the tune of ‘‘Marcheta’’) O, Eastern, dear Eastern, how staunch the affection We hold for your glorious name. How strong are the ties that to our loved school bind us. How noble the worthier aim Formed in our minds from your teachings, old Eastern. Each day your ideals shape our ways. All honor may our deeds on Eastern bestow This prayer from our glad hearts we raise. Fern Painter, ’24. ““Exeess is an arch enemy of success.’’ He gue BA ie j . Shorty staggers ar “ty 'S belfry- ound i L Bites Q s to cabba SHORTY TAKES UP BASEBAL n’ some a ce pasaee one th? , | an’? then he 4 , in’ th? 2 nt that there pall; a? une a8 zi : Well, I reckon you f font ball was 2 yunner ‘chich is comin’ home with th’ hang story about Shorty 27 bee ne th th’ ball jn it, puttin’ th’ runner oyt y “ist listen In 00 ” wi a a avd ais : ane : be dete pulled that dumbell Th’ ump calls Saal we has won la, = ist ne told you about, he thinks another seri Or HeRDERT ANGE y whiel a ERBE VEL, 725 i 3 good, an’ comes out for paseball. ee : a 4 z uy eee} Se eae tries him out as eatcher, bein’ 4° ‘ “e ek aiteralreedy, Cuca Z wT DICEY ON “CORP'RAL parked on th’ bench. PUNISHMENT” Th’ season blows jn, and with our crack v y always had an anecdote fo; ) we wins nea one game to Tf we wins, gets—gyppet ! f these meller- team (minus Shorty game. We has only that’s with Emerson. th’ pennant; if we loses, W€ Everything is O. K. for one 0 dramatic finishes. An’ then our catcher gets sick! He has a swell time, pein’ as he has mumps. Th’ school, seein’ I don’t put Shorty in as eateher, nateherally gets sore, and so I is informe: d that Shorty must play. “The Pp. mice go agang aft?” An’ then th’ day of the ga I calls Shorty to me from @ an’ gives him a few pieces of mY not practicin’ an’ then I goes to th” elub: to sce if th’ horseshoe is 0. K Presently th’ game begins, an’ we takes th’ lead pronto, as th’ Spanish say- We barely holds it howsomever, because Shorty tackles a man comin’ home, an’ th’ ump lets two men in and th’ score reads 4-2. Me an’ th’ ump nearbout choke when Shorty pulls this boner, me because I want to murder him, an’ th’ ump because he wanster laff. Th’ day has grown darkish when th’ ninth innin’ comes, and we all hurries up to finish th’ game. Two fellers is put out, three gets on bases, and th’ heavy hitter comes up. He socks th’ ball hard, an’ she is lost in th’ grey dusk. Shorty pushes th’ mask back over his dome an’ stands watchin’ th’ fielders run back, thinkin’ th’ ball is hedin their way. Th’ base runners all dash fer home. One passes over th’ platter, when suddenly th’ ball appears from nowhere, and lands on th’ mask on flock of dames mind for house A’nt Dice. every subject; oftentimes we brought up sub. ‘ects which otherwise we would never haye thought of discussing. That was how she happened +0 tell us about little Leila ang corporal punishment. «J don’t take no stock in this corp’ral pun. igsnments” she said shaking her head sagely “Now there was that time Mis’ Lindy had fe go ‘wa foh her lungs, an’ she lef’ little Leila foh her sistah, Miss Millie an’ me, to take keer of. Now, Miss Millie, she was jes’ sot on one thing an’ that was that little Leila shouldn’ be spoiled while her ma was away So she called me in and warned me special to be stric’ with her. Now Leila an’ I got along fine together gin’rally, but I kep’ in min’ that Miss Millie was expectin’ disej- pline, so I spanked little Leila frequent in Miss Millie’s hearin’. “At las’ Mis’ Lindy come back an’ the fust thing Miss Millie says to her was, ‘Lindy, I found you hadn’ been stric’ enuf ah Leila; so A’nt Dicey and I have been doing some disciplinin’ while you’ve been ava Then she wanted to show how stric’ she on been, so she says sharp like, ‘Leila, put down that cup right away. Yo’ll break it sure! I'll spank you ef you don’t!’ «Well, that little mite jes’ turned roun’ as cool as could be an’ says, ‘Ef you ’pank me, will you pank me nice an’ easy like Ant Dicey does?’ “Yes, I reckon there’s surer ways of pun- ishing than corp’ral punishment.’’ ASENATH GRAVES, 725. THE EASTERNER OPAQUE One evening while seated with half-closed eyes before an open fire, I was astonished to see a dwarf perched on the arm of my chair, Bewildered, I rubbed my eyes; whereupon he beckoned me to follow him, My strange guide was a grotesque little fellow about six inches high. His head was eovered with a mop of curly hair. His bright blue eyes twinkled and sparkled like diamonds. His motley clothes inereased the uniqueness of his appearance, I could not refrain from questioning him. “What is your name?’’ “I am called Opaque,” replied the dwarf, “This is our destination, walk in.’’ “Where am 1?’’ I asked. “You are in the brain of a friend of yours,’’ he replied. “Where are his thoughts?”’ “T will explain all,’’ said Opaque. ‘This is the headquarters and these dwarfs whom you see are messengers. When the person thinks, they go to the files and find out what he wants to know. When he forgets, it is be- cause something has been misfiled, These doors lead to the files which differ in size as the subjects contained differ. The group we are approaching contains his school work.’ When we entered the room, I opened one of the cases. It was in a terrible condition, with most of the papers unreadable. “What is this?’’ I exclaimed. “His Latin,’ replied Opaque. ‘As he never systematically studies, you ean under- stand the disorder.’’ The next two files were neat but they con- tained almost nothing. Opaque explained, “This is his history and geometry ; and, as he never studies them, there is nothing here.’’ As I opened the next case Opaque said, “This is his English. His spelling and form are incomplete but he is ‘trying to improve in both.” In the adjoining room was a dwarf smil- ing and chuckling to himself. ‘This is the home of humor and it is well patronized by our owner. These files contain all the funny 1T things he has thought, said, and done,’’ said Opaque. ‘‘The things he does by force of habit are controlled from another room. We will go there now,’’ he continued. The room looked like a machine shop with wheels and levers everywhere. ‘‘They haven’t much to do now because he is sleep- ing, but the dwarf working the pump is regulating his breathing and the other fel- low is controlling his heart. Each of the levers controls some part of his body,’’ he explained. L asked. We can see it now,”’ “Is there anything else to see?” “Yes, his signature. he replied. As we entered the vault I saw a beautiful panel at one end. ‘‘Behind this panel,”’ said Opaque drawing it back, ‘‘is his signature.’’ But there we found only a blank sheet of highly polished silver. ‘‘I know!’’ exelaim- ed Opaque. ‘‘He is asleep and it is here only while he is awake.” “T'll wait here until he wakes up,’’ said I. “That is impossible; the moment he awakes you will find yourself outside,’’ was his response. Suddenly everything became black, and the next thing of which I was conscious was my comfortable chair by the fire. Dieitus Bonus. SPRING When the gentle raindrops fall From gray heavens over all, Then the waiting earth receives, Through the blanket brown of leaves, Soothing drafts of April showers. Warm sun brings the golden hours. Merry little breezes play Through their spring time holiday, And the birds begin to sing; Tis the magic eall of spring. O’er the brown tree joyful May Spreads a misty silver gray Tiny buds begin to break Springtime calls—‘‘ All life awake!’’ Fern H. Paryter, 24. GAMET NE Ea With the competitive drills for the ae lions and the regiments taking place on arill 1 and 5, and the company competi” Sop coming on June 2 and 3, the cadets a begun the most intensive training in prep f ration for these events. At present most o the time is used in preparing for the reer mental and the battalion drills. After these take place, the companies will begin ¢ tended order on the Monument Grounds. The cadets have made several trips to the Ellipse where our eompanies and those from Western have endeavored to g0 through the program for the regimental drill. The first attempt was not entirely successful ; and at one time there were three pattalions, all three of which had the same objective, and yet were moving in an entirely different direction, giving the effect of an attack from all sides. However, this was corrected in the succeeding trial; in a short time we should be able to make a ereditable showing at the Central Stadium on May 5, Hast- ern’s regiment, the first one on the field, goes on at three o’clock. The first and second battalions drill second and fifth. Success be theirs! In the company drill, which will be held ag usual at the baseball park, five of East- ern’s companies will drill on the morning of the first day. Company E will drill last on the second day. The morning places are usually not liked, but it will be remembered that our Company D won last year although it went on the field the first day. There- fore, captains, strive on! We all know that every true Easternite wants to see the flag stay here for another year; yet there are still some blank files in the companies. Fill these up and give us an equal chance with the other schools. It is your duty, and it should be your pleasure. The brigade ball, which was held in the Central High School library on April 3, was attended by a number of officers from our school. s are being made to have a cadet day On that day there will be eview of all the high schoo] It is hoped that this wi) Plan: jn Washington. and © the city: n annual affair. a parade cadets in hecome a cea CICERO UP-TO-DATE g, 0 eake-eater, will you abuse our How long will your pretty vani- ties disgust us? To what end will your un- pridled insolence earry you! Are you moved not at all by the jeers of real boys, by the contempt of worthwhile girls, by the assem- plies of the “older generation, ” by the feel- jng of scorn. that you inspire? Do you not see that your silly conceits are ridiculed? Do you not understand that what harm you might be able to do is restrained by the knowl- edge of all? Do you think that we are ignor- ant of what you did and where you went when you ‘skipped’ school, of what unde- sirable friends you met, of what silly esea- How lon; patience 1 pade you undertook? Oh! the times. Oh! the customs. Your companions know these things, your parents sce them, yet you are tolerated. Did I say tolerated? Why, you are even invited to our gatherings and come among Us, noting which of us you will next contaminate with your presence; while we are content if we escape defilement. Laura Barrett, 726, (esa bey re The teacher was delivering the final lecture of the term, and she dwelt with considerable emphasis upon the fact that each student should devote all the intervening time pre- paring for the final examinations. “‘The examination papers,” she said, “‘are now in the hands of the printer. Are there any more questions to be asked ?”’ Silence prevailed for a moment; and then ‘“Who’s_ the a voice timidly inquired, printer?’’—Ez. THE EASTERNER 19 That Radio Voice M. Karuernse Rives, ’24 Young. Dr. Mercer had been successful since he established himself as a dentist in Duluth, so suecessful, in fact, that he was beginning to realize that he needed an office assistant. Now Carlton Mercer was more in- terested in his work than anything else, and this is probably the reason that he wanted a particular kind of office assistant. Of course, she should be business-like, but not neces. sarily pretty. He had a whimsical notion that a dentist’s assistant should have, above everything else, a pleasant voice, capable of quieting and soothing both doctor and pa- tients. With these qualifications in mind, he decided to begin looking around for an as- sistant. On the night that this story opens, he and Burton McMurray attended a lecture given by a Dr. Bragg. As Carlton waited for Mc- Murray in the latter’s library, he idly donned a pair of radio-phones, and immediately be- eame interested. A girl’s voice, sweet and clear, but a bit tremulous, was singing. Carl- ton at once knew that he’d like to have this person for an office assistant. Of course, he reflected, a girl with a voice like that wouldn’t be a candidate for such a position: but, still McMurray entered and the two young doc- tors walked swiftly to Parker Institute, where Carlton completely forgot the radio voice while he reveled in the magie world of “Improved Dentistry’’ as elucidated by Dr. Bragg. Very early next morning, Carlton again thought of his need for an office assistant, and telephoned Dr. Bragg for advice. A mo- ment of buzzing—and his heart skipped a beat. The voice at the other end of the wire had merely violated telephone etiquette with the usual ‘‘Hello,’’ but ke was sure that there couldn’t be two such voices. It was that radio voice! Carlton was about to stammer “Wrong number’’; but instead came the words, ‘‘Just a moment, please! Who’s speaking ?”’ The voice at the other end of the wire in- formed him that it was Rowena Marshall. Carlton didn’t stop to think of a logical Teason for his next question; it just seemed to be expedient: “Er, didn’t you broadcast from station WLC last night, Miss Marshall ?”’ “Ye—es.”’ Carlton plunged on. “I—I hope you'll pardon my effrontery, but I’d really like to meet you.”’ Now according to all accepted rules of maidenly decorum, Rowena should have hung up the receiver and resumed her routine tasks—but she didn’t. You mustn’t think that Rowena was usually so indisereet, for she wasn’t; but, if you were twenty-three and had carroty-red hair and impossible fea- tures, it might be a little bit difficult to pass up your first flirtation. So she answered, ‘‘I don’t mind your effrontery over the tele- phone; but you wouldn’t want to meet me yf 7 “ T don’t believe it,’’ declared Carlton, re- ferring to the last statement. ‘‘No one with a voice like yours could be anything but charming. Do you broadcast often?’’ “Oh! no. Last night was the first time. You see, I work during the day and devote My evenings to music. But—good-bye, Mr. Stranger. My job needs me now. Thanks ever so much for your interest.” Carlton did the most obvious thing—he hung the receiver on the hook, then took it down, and again called Dr. Bragg’s number. Dr. Bragg answered the call and Carlton made his request. ““Could you recommend someone to me for an office assistant ?”’ “Yes, I think I have the very person, a young lady who has had a temporary place in Blakely Hospital. Her time is up today. Shall I send her over?’’ Carlton gladly assented. Late that afternoon, a business-like girl (Continued on page 27) Puzzle: In the fifth hour history class (Room 216) there are only two Knees and one Finger. Se es Miss Henderson: ‘‘What is the advantage of looking up from your book as you read?” Eugene Shiro: ‘‘It makes you lose your place.”’ ae Miss Monk (to Dorothy Tripp after Burke exam.) : ‘‘Dorothy, do you think I could ask a question about Burke that you couldn’t answer?”’ Whew! What a proposition! Tom Howard: ‘‘So Grant took the fifty thousand and crossed the Rapidan.”” David Robb (proudly) : ‘‘I was acting out Caesar’s ‘Hamlet’—or isn’t he the one who wrote it?” E. H. Talbert: ‘‘Sometimes two minutes will save you from a recitation.”’ Thomas: ‘‘Yes, sometimes it will save you from utter analyzation.”’ Miss Boyd: ‘‘What???”’ Talbert: ‘‘False alarm, Miss Boyd; he only means annihilation.’’ Somewhere in English: ‘‘The only flowers that Emerson had at his funeral were three vases.’’ Leventhal : «We have forgotten what elec. tricity is.”’ Dr. Rothermel: “What a great catas- trophe. You’ve forgotten what nobody ever knew.” ee eS Miss Prince (at spring play rehearsals) ; “Now I want each one of you to wrap an fyersharp around your neck.”’ aaa Mr. Rick was discussing automobiles to his girls’ class. After describing one he failed to recall its name. “T don’t quite remember it but I think it starts with T,’’ said the instructor. A little lassie in the back row meekly purred: “That’s funny; I always thought an auto started with gasoline.” Mr. Haworth (in examination): ‘‘Name the amount of coal shipped out of the United States in any one year.”’ McDowell: ‘‘1492—none.”’ Miss Taylor: ‘‘What have we at this time that corresponds to the traveling minstrels of the earlier centuries?”’ Dick White: ‘‘The Passing Show.”’ Mrs. Sams: ‘‘Can anyone use ‘aftermath’ in a sentence ?”’ Midgett: ‘‘After math., writing.’’ I have type- THD BAStyRNER Dr. Leineweber (in examination) ; oN ow, every man for himself and God for us all,’? Voice in the rear: ‘‘'The Lord helps those who help themselves.”’ —_______ Mr. Haworth: ‘‘Give an example of the fact that friction produces heat,’ Doerr: “‘The sliding board at Glen Jicho.”’ Coach calling up the Office: ‘Can you tell me where I can find Kessler this period?” (Operator answering) : ‘“Yes — [9 ise. look in the bottom drawer.’’ Because too many pupils had been com- plaining about missing articles, Coach Guyon delivered a lecture on ‘The Care of Personal Property.’’ At the close of his talk he asked the following question: “Tas anybody missed anything today?” Unconscious rookie: ‘‘ Yes Coach, I missed a couple baskets during the game.” Miss X: ‘‘What do y’think of Coach Guyon?”’ Miss Y: “‘I dunno, but he has some shirts that would make splendid graph paper.”’ Miss Boyd: ‘‘What do you want, Rosen- feld?”’ Rosenfield: “I’m looking for Caesar.’’ Anonymous: ‘‘ Well, you won’t find him here. He’s dead.” Mr. Haworth (chem. 3): ‘‘The book says the valence is 5. Miss Shank, if I were to say the valence was 6, would you be prepared to dispute the statement ?’’ Isabel Shank (fidgeting): ‘‘Oh, no sir! Not if you said so.” Miss Gardner: ‘‘ While in Stratford last summer, I was struck very forcibly by a sign.”’ Angel (to motorman) : ‘‘Does this car run on a schedule ?’’ Motorman: “‘No, on rails.”’ 21 ; E. IH. Talbert: “T’ve got the word on the tip of of my tongue.’’ Thomas: ‘'That’s all right. Stick out your tongue and get it off.’’ eee ean Mr. Rick: “Old inner tubes can always be utilized. When one of mine wears out I take it ont and cut it into rubber bands.” M. Thompson: ‘You sure believe in mak- ing things stretch.’” Dr. Leineweber (speaking to Shere). “Shere, I suspect that what you talk about is shear nonsense, so keep still.”’ A NEW ETIQUETTE RULE Tn a discussion concerning the murder of Dunean, Ralph Nestler said that it was con- trary to the rules of etiquette for a host to kill his guest. I WONDER WHAT OUR SUNDIAL THINKS ABOUT 6:00 A. M.—‘‘Ho-hum, another day to get to work. No rest for me, except on cloudy days. I wish I had to work only five days a week like these school children.’’ 8:30 A. M—“Well, here they come—big ones, little ones, thin ones, fat ones, and mid- dle-sized ones. I wish it would start rain- ing, but I suppose it’s not my Iueky day.’ 9:10 A. M—‘Here comes a little green Ford, late as usual. I wonder what would happen if I were late: An argument prob- ably, between the pupils and the section teachers if some observing pupil happened to notice me.”’ 11:25 A. M—‘First call for lunch!” 2:00 P. M—‘ Whey, it’s hot. No wonder the flies sit in the shadow of my nose. What’s that? A cloud? Foiled again. Only smoke. It’s getting monotonous. Wake up, tell time, and go to sleep again.” 9:00 P. M— ‘No sleep tonight. Here comes the moon. Even though I won’t tell the correct time, I’ll have to be on duty.” GERALD Cog, 725. ATHL ANO2 BOYS’ ATHLETICS After the close of their highly successful season, the members of the championship basketball team of Hastern were awarded letters at an assembly on April 1. Those receiving letters were Kessler, Smith, Hook, Bondu- Bennie, Thompson, and Herrmann. rant received the manager’s white “H”” Those who had not played in so many quar- ters as the letter men received their class numerals. Soon after the return of the team from Baltimore, the inter-clas : was started. The members of the varsity team were made the coaches of the class teams. Smith coached the seniors, Bennie the juniors, Thompson the sophomores, and Hook the freshmen. The sophomores, by defeating the juniors, the seniors, and the freshmen, became the inter-class champions. Those playing with the sophomores were “pasketball s series Radice, Heeke, Elliot, Seruggs, Wiler, Me- Allister, and D, Thompson. : Eastern, with the basketball championship tucked away, is now striving for honors on the diamond. There is much fine material this year for a good baseball team. The first call for candidates was issued about @ month ago. So many answered the eall that the prospects for the season look bright. At the beginning of the season the mem- bers of last year’s team elected Jack Smith captain of the team. Smith did very credit- able work last year on the diamond and is worthy of the honor. Eastern is also lucky in having her old stand-by pitcher, Rouda- bush. The diminutive twirler, who was on the mythical all-high team last year, is go- ing to be in the race for that honor again this year. Eastern has seyen of her last year’s men and many others to fill the ya- eancies created by graduation. ‘their championship. Odheaa © Although the faculty advisers planned that each high school was to meet the other twice, the inclemency of the weather ane made this impossible. The revised schedule js as follows: April 29, Eastern vs. Tech.; May 6, Eastern Vs: Central; May 16, Eastern ys. Business; May 23, Eastern vs. Western, Great interest in track is being shown this year. A big factor to aid the track mon will be the stadium which is now in use, Class and section teams are being organized, In the meet held under the auspices of Johns Hopkins University, Eastern made a splen- did showing. With the ever broadening facilities of our new school, it is only fitting that the en- thusiasm in athletics as well as in other lines of work should be greater than ever. hiss GIRLS’ ATHLETICS The Eastern girls who are athletically in- clined seem to have demonstrated their school’s motto in their basketball work this year. The past season was the best that we have yet known. This is partially due to the fact that, for the first time since 1920, each class was represented in the contest. In the jnter-class series there were six games, the results of which are as follows: Juniors, 18; Sophomores, 6. Seniors, 41; Freshmen, 14. Seniors, 30; Sophomores, 10. Juniors, 25; Freshmen, 20. Sophomores, 19; Freshmen, 18. Seniors, 35; Juniors, 23. In this series the Seniors, by scoring 106 points, a total far beyond that of any of the other teams, showed that they well deserved Mary Beans led this scoring with 62 points. Imogene Johnston followed with 44, and Nellie Dalrymple with 40. e THE ZASTERNER The crowning event of every season is the presentation of “‘E’s”’ to thoge girls who have excelled in the sport and have been satisfactory in their studies and in their conduct. At an assembly on April 1, let- ters were awarded to the following girls; Seniors—Irene Perry, Mary Beans, Imo- gene Johnston, Margaret Beasley, Duffey, Jessie Jones. Juniors—Nellie Dalrymple, Mario Marguerite Ruedi. Margaret nm Barrett, Sophomores—Evelyn Bixler, Maybelle Ketner, Frances Rozelle, Freshmen—Eugenia Thompson, Helen Wheeler. Irene Perry also received a m white ‘‘E.”’ Those who have been eagerly looking forward to a tennis tournament wij] be dis- appointed to learn that the courts will not be ready for use until next fall, At the close of the basketball Season, who ean deny that the girls’ athletics have had a decidedly successful year? THE BOOMERANG (Continued from page 10) until he was brought back to earth by the blue-coat’s yell, ‘‘All right, Johnnie Reb, Ict’s go.’’ This shout was accompanied by the sudden raising of the Yankee’s gun. The ‘‘Johnnie Reb,’’ as one awakened from a trance, put his gun to his shoulder, aimed. and was ready to pull the trigger as the Northerner’s gun flashed. Then events happened rapidly. Josh felt a dreadful, sickening pain as his trigger finger was crushed between the trigger guard and the trigger by the blue-coat’s bullet. He felt his own gun go off, and saw the Northerner’s body recoil from the force of the bullet; and then, saw him, with a sur- prised look in his eyes, ecrumple up on the ground, a round hole through his forehead. Dizzily, the Virginian turned and made for his own lines and a hospital tent, before faintness engulfed him. Overhead, the frightened birds alighted, and again through the woods came the robin’s call, and the blue-jay’s scolding. anager’s FACULTY Ni OTES “Welcome back to Eastern !’’ many students and teac! Wilkins of the biology department, who has returned after a long illness, i We are Sorry that Miss Beam of the Eng- lish department is still sick, The Easter holida: tunity for the reunio; Mr. Hart spent par mont with his fami home in Virginia. home in Oil City, P. Atlantic City see with our faculty. the American Ph; tion held there Easter. YS afforded good oppor- n of families and friends, t of his vacation in Blue- ly. Miss Knee visited her Mr. Shorts went to his ennsylvania. med to be a favorite resort Miss I. Stockett attended ysical Education Conven- during the week before Miss Weihe spent her holidays at this seaside Tesort. Dr. Rothermel visited there, too, Miss Jonas attended a conference of home conomies supervisors held here in Washing- ton, and was one of the speakers. Miss Culbertson had a most delightful trip to Bermuda, spending a few days at New York before leaving. Miss Christman New Jersey. Miss Gordon s skill, New York. ee ee WHY TEACHERS Go INSANE 1. I didn’t hear the question. 2. I studied the wrong lesson. 3. I had my theme all written, but I left it at home. visited at Manasquan, . pent her vacation at Coble- 4. May I be excused from giving my speciai topie today? 5. I didn’t get that far. 6. What will our test cover? 7. The other class doesn’t have as long les- sons as we do. : 8. May I borrow a pencil? 9. What is the lesson for tomorrow? I forgot. 10. I forgot my pen. 11. My book is in my locker. 12. I didn’t know we had that for to- day.—Ez. THE EASTERNER 24 Just before ‘‘School Gossip’’ is written a special meeting of the kitchen cabinet 1s called, and while the fudge is boiling, the cooks are stewing the gossip. Mr. Schwartz almost made an awful break one day when he tried to stop one of the new teachers from going down the “up” steps. He thought that she was a diso- bedient pupil. Miss Egbert will be very grateful for a remedy for the hair-bobbing epidemic which has taken such a heavy toll among the girl students of her section. We should like to know who writes those big, fat letters that Miss Franz reads with so much interest. Grainger made such a favorable report on the hike which he took with the Hiking Club that now all of the boys at Bastern want to wear out their shoe leather. If David Robb has not yet decided upon his life work, the members of his English class wish to make the suggestion that he be a Shakespearean actor. Any one who has not heard David interpret Shakespeare has missed a real treat in the way of first- class comedy. Miss Weihe is reported to have said that she wouldn’t sing “‘Carry Me Back to Old Virginny’’ because she is from Maryland. The girls at the lunch counter wonder why Miss Baldwin is so much interested in teapots! Judging from the donations of pickles to the girls at the milk table, Grainger’s father must own a pickle factory. The Prince of Wales has quite a few rivals in the art of falling from horses. If you don’t believe it, go into any of Miss Stockett’s classes and watch the young ladies take their morning gallop. No little excitement was created among the students on March 28 by the report that Miss Murray had gone to Baltimore to have the knot tied. If you really wish to know what colors your hair, eyes, skin, and lips are, just ask one of the girls of a domestic art class to SCHOOL GOSSIP r you. You'll soon know al] want to know about them, d soul please advise Jessic paint them fo that you don Will some kin ; oN Jones not to go to a nurses training school to become a stenographer? When she was interviewed recently concerning her future, she declared that such was her plan. Any of the students interested in voice culture would do well to join Mr. Padgett’s seventh-hour Latin class. Any one with any talent at all can learn tunes by his simple and easy method. eae ieee LIFE’S TRAGEDIES A pocketbook on the third floor and the owner in the lunch room. ‘A hem put in on the right side. ‘A lesson done before hand and then taken up and explained in class after all of your labor. ‘An empty head and a blackboard coy- ered with examination questions. A heavy rainfall on a day saved for a hike. A truck full of lessons over an otherwise sunny week-end. ON BEING LATE I rush up from the car-line, The clock says half past eight; I did try hard this morning, But—well, I’m always late. I run up to my locker; I shiver and turn pale; Before Miss Gardner’s watchful eye I’m always sure to quail. But it’s the same old story— ‘‘That’s no excuse at all; And you’ve been late two mornings Of every week since fall.” I walk discouraged to my seat; This tardy rule I hate! But when I teach I, too, can say To some poor kid, ‘‘You’re late!”’ Ewene MacPuerson, ’26. THE ZASTERN AR “ ullo!’’ came a querulous masculine voice as Nance picked up the receiyey, “Ma I take you to a dance tonight ? It’s to be fata at Majorie’s,’’ the voice continued in a per. functory tone. “Oh, sure,’’ Nance replied Sweetly, would you mind telling me who you are?” There was a slight gasp at the other end of the wire, followed by a long pause. At Jast she received this impressive information . «Alpheus Barton speaking.’ : Nance suppressed a giggle, you, Alpheus?”’ she asked. “But “Oh, how are It wasn’t quite so hard after that, Alpheus decided. Nance, too, had less difficulty, for when Alpheus, feeling more at case, attempt. ed a joke, she could give way to her mirth. “T’m coming for you at eight,” he said hanging up the receiver, as if those were the most important and impressive words in the English language. “Tow exciting!’’ Nance Sareastically ex- claimed to her mother afterwards, “You see,’’ she said, ‘‘Marjorie is giving an im. promptu dance at her house tonight, and I’m going. Her brother Alpheus is taking me.’ She pronounced every syllable of the name separately. “‘It is a very informal affair, and Alpheus doesn’t look like a good dancer,’’ she said carelessly. “Well, hurry and get ready,”’ her mother admonished. Meanwhile, great were the preparations on the part of the triumphant hero. Many, too, were the applications of a certain compound of vaseline and axle grease that he applied to his hair. He was especially proud of the con- eoction he used on his hair, for the simple reason that it was his own invention. He eombed his hair, applying a generous portion. Somehow or other, the result fell a little short of perfection. Nervously he tried again. It was worse this time. After four or five unsuccessful attempts, when he was about in the depths of despair, he came to a realization of the unusual fact that time was passing. In the midst of his frenzied efforts he paused to take a look at the clock. Quarter of! In The First 25 agony he glimpsed hi the mirror, With a re disheveled locks in “Hey, youthful acquaintance very lustily. Alpheus was disgusted. In the first place, he hated the nickname Al, Moreover, he was diseoncerted that his abnormal haste had been Noticed. Slowing to a studiedly unconcerned amble, he retorted with an immensely bored glance, “How childish !”” he thought as he strutted along. He finally approached Nance’s house. By the time he had reached the door, set his hat at a jauntier angle, and rearranged his bow tie, he still did not feel quite brave enough to Perform so crucial a task as the ringing of the bell. To be sure that he was neither too early nor at the wrong house, he decided to walk around the block. After repeating this hastily three or four times, he ventured to Ting. The sound was abnormal. Its loud noise terrified him. It seemed to reecho in every corner of the house. However, after an uncertain period of time, Nance’s mother came to the door. “I don’t believe she is quite ready,’’ Nance’s mother was saying very kindly. ‘‘If you will come in and wait, she will hurry, I am sure.’’ Blushing a brilliant red, the boy replied, “‘Thank you”? But as he stuttered those words, Alpheus wondered whether he was thanking her for telling him Nance was not ready. Tn passing from the front door to the sit- ting room, Alpheus felt uncomfortably awk- ward. Arriving there, he first wiped the per- spiration from his face and then whipped out his watch. He gave a gasp. He had arrived just on the dot—one hour early. Fern H. Parnter, ’24. TH 26 “Should Auld Acqua youTH THE FOUNTAIN OF We play- We enter Eastern. We study. We graduate. But our ‘‘sheep-skins : us, At Eastern was forged a link ries which binds us to all events 1m) with her work. And so we flock to � have not divorced k of memo- terwoveD Bastern’s plays, snatch Tue Easrerner irom the bewildered hands of the postman, lose our voices in rending the air over Eastern’s football and basketball and let the world know of our eX- victories, : cesses in news ultation over Hastern’s sue story contests. ig We admit that one function of Eastern 1S to have you prove geometrical propositions and outline Burke’s ‘‘Speech on Coneilia- tion.”? But we argue that Eastern also has other important functions. If you can talk, the Eastern debating society makes a public speaker out of you. If you can write, THE Easrernur trains you in journalism. If you can ac t, your talent is brought to the limelight in Eastern’s spring play. If you can run, kick, or jump, ‘‘Wahoo’’ Guyon makes you a star athlete. In a word, Eastern brings you out as a mental or a physical leader. A school without pupils is dead. A school is dead which has pupils who lack interest in their institution. Buildings, instruction, and apparatus cannot alone imbue a school with life. But if they are fused with students who are enthusiastic over even the driest studies and who are ambitious to attain the highest achievements, the institution will ra- diate life. Accordingly, Eastern lives be- cause her pupils harmonize with her equip- ment. Her students devote their time and energy to put across her undertakings. East- ern is well worthy of the devotion of her students and of the pride of her alumni. Right habits of mind and body have been formed within her walls. She has emanated knowledge and ambition. So must she be looked to by her students and revered by her alumni as ‘‘The Fountain of Youth.” Karu G. Pearson, 723. E pASTER NER ” intance Be Forgot He JAPANESE CHERRY TREES agician Springtime came, he azure sky the frame For all the loveliness and grace That she could put in one small place, Around the Basin, calm and wide, Unmoved by Ocean’s restless tide, She soon dispelled Old Winter’s gloom And made the cherry trees to bloom. She waved her wand with ample pride ‘And made each naked tree a bride! And oh! how wonderiul to see The blossoms on the cherry tree! They nod and bow in great delight, To every bird that wings its flight Across the beauteous place. Like some ™ And made t Then, when some fickle breeze darts by, The flowers like snowflakes from the sky, Sift down upon the grass below, A fragrant coverlet of snow. Ruts E. Rives, ’21, FOUR OF A KIND A poodle has a fearful lot, He’s always kicked about; And when it’s time to wind the clock His mistress puts him out. The goldfish cooped up in his bowl Can just swim to and fro. He does this ’till he gets too old To force his fins to go. The bird, all penned up in his cage, Can only chirp and sing, Until he grows to such an age He can’t do anything. The dog, the fish, the bird, all three, Are lonely, as a rule; But on them waste no sympathy— We need it, who’ve left school! You, who seniors are today, Will join our ranks next year; And then we’ll hear you sadly say, “Our fun is gone, I fear.” THE EASTERNER 27 We miss our friends at Eastern High, We miss them more and more; And often do we heave a sigh Because those days are o’er. It’s not because we loved our books, But friends we made while there Have strayed afar in divers nooks— We neyer can tell where. So think about us when you will, And try not to forget That though we are alumni still, We Easternites are yet. Juuira P. CautHen, ’23. (A page of contributions from well-known alumni has been substituted for ouz regular alumni page.) MARRIAGES Raymond M. Taylor, ’17, to Nina David. Lawrence Pope, ’14, to Grace M. Thompson. A note of unusual interest is added to their wedding, for it was solemnized in the famous “Little Church Around the Corner,’’ New York City. Francis W. Watson, 718, to Cora La Mar- gue. Mr. Watson is one of the Eastern boys of whom we feel most proud, for he won the distinguished service cross for bravery during the war. PERSONALS Elizabeth Wilson, 713, a mathematics teacher at Eastern last year, was one of three persons distinguished for their high grades in a national accountancy examination. To pass this difficult examination is considered an honor in itself. At the June commencement of the Univer- sity of Wisconsin, Maud E. McPherson, 1900, was awarded the degree of doctor of philoso- phy. Miss McPherson is a teacher of English in the Western High School. It may be interesting to us to learn that Miss Burroughs, who spoke at the music as- sembly a short time ago, is an Eas tern grad- uate. THAT RADIO VOICE (Continued from page 19) with carroty-red hair and hopeless features entered the office. Carlton greeted her, “T suppose Dr. Bragg sent you? I don’t believe he gave me your name.”’ The girl smiled. ‘‘Yes, Dr. Bragg sent me. My name is Rowena Marshall.’’ Carlton looked at her quickly. ‘‘Gee, but I’m glad I found you,’’ he exclaimed, but with a note of disappointment in his voice. “ound whom?!”’ “My ideal office assistant.’” INSPIRATION ‘Tis Spring,’’ he sings, “T know it, The trees that blossoms bring, They show it.” This little bird to his mate Does sing : Who knows not hate But only what love will bring. Tis Spring !’” CATHERINE Epwarps, 25 JUST Just a little flower in a crevice bare Brightened up the corner, made a place more fair. Just a beam of sunshine strayed one doleful day To a dreary room and chased the gloom away. Just a little starlight shining through the night Filled a darksome hour with its ray of light. Just a bit of kindness to a wearied soul Steered an aimless brother toward a shining goal. Fern H. Paryter, ’24. On the flap of an envelope received: ‘‘If you don’t get this letter in five days, send it back to me.’’—Ec. THE EA BOYS’ RIFLE CLUB Work has been progressing steadily under the leadership of Captain Check. Regular- ly, twice a week, the rifle club members have been practicing in the auto science shop, while the range remains closed for repairs. A new assistant captain, Jack Vierkorn, takes the place of Francis Petrola, who left school. Plans are being formed for a rifle club dance to be held in the near future. There has also been considerable discussion over the plan of having a distinctive club emb- lem. Most outstanding among the numerous events to which the team is looking forward is the Rice Medal Match, probably to be held some time in May. Medals, one gold and one bronze, are offered each year by Dr. E. Clarence Rice, the founder of the Eastern High School Rifle Club, to the best two shots in the school. Much friendly competition is brought about during these meets. Recalling the time-honored saying that “practice makes perfect,’’ 12 members have faithfully braved great obstacles. Such constancy is worthy of its reward. STERNER GIRLS’ RIFLE CLUB rifle club have been ovised rifle range in i auto science room. As this is very crude, rifle practice js pursued under many diffi- culties. ‘In spite of the drawbacks, some members have been reporting faithfully for practice and satisfactory scores are being The members of the acticing in the impr made. E The girls’ and boys’ rifle clubs are plan- ning to combine forees and give a party gi school shortly after the Haster holidays. The elub is considering adopting i Gtk: tinctive pin for members. A committee hag been appointed to decide on the nature of the pin. : The members hope that they will soon be allowed to use the rifle range for practice, This will be possible as soon as the weather permits. But the spirit of Eastern triumphs over all difficulties, and the enthusiasm of those members who have been faithful throughout the year will be displayed to the fullest advantage when they can again practice in the regular rifle range. Eastern High School, Washington, D. C. April 15, 1924, Ir. B. G. Foster, ae President, E. H, S. Alumni Association 902 G Street, N. W. Washington, D, C. My dear Mr, Foster: You will remember that the Executive Com- mittee of the Alumni Association decided that the alumni awards this year should be made by the Executive Committee upon recommen- dation of the Principal. In this connection [ should like to have a ruling on the following: Would a pupil graduating in February, but returning to complete the year’s work, be elig- ible to receive the medal provided he met all other requirements? Very truly yours, (Signed) CHARLES HART, Principal. 902 G Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. April 16, 1924. Mr. Charles Hart, Principal, Eastern High School, Washington, D. C. My dear Mr. Hart: In reply to your letter of April 15 in regard to those eligible to be considered for the alumni medal, I would state as follows: The fact that a pupil graduates in February should be no bar whatever to his being con- sidered for the alumni medal. Any other plan would work an injustice on the pupil who hap- pened to enter school in February instead of September. Very truly yours, (Signed) B. G. FOSTER. THE BASTRRN GR qHE SCHMOCKS’ EASTER rRozicg ‘All the little folk in Happy Hollow and jn the Green Meadows had felt the touch of spring. The soft April showers haq prought out the little blades of grass, and the balmy breezes had made all the little folk restless to go into the wide, wide world again. Of course, the Schmocks, be. ing the most venturous of all the little folk, again took the lead. Not being of the skip- ping variety, except on occasions, the Has. ter holidays were provided to give these little people an opportunity to enjoy their pleasures without danger of the Office, Big Sehmock (Otto) craved the deep sea and a boat trip; so he hired a canoe and rowed up and down the Hastern Branch to his heart’s content. ‘“‘Little’’ Sechmock (Paul) sold sauerkraut in the market, but just couldn’t stay indoors; so he, being of a very adventurous type, went to the Zoo to see his cousins. After he rolled his Easter eggs, he and ‘““Baby’”’ Schmock (Bondy), desir- ing to travel, hopped a Cabin John ear and walked up the river. There they had a great time playfully tossing each other into the big stream. The wee-wiffle Schmocks also had a big vacation. Hisle went to the Ayenue Grand and would have stayed all day if he hadn’t needed some more ‘‘Oh Henrys.’’ Kessler celebrated by getting up before 12 o’clock and then going to Glen Echo. There he ran up and down on the roller-coaster, much to the dismay of the workmen, who tried to catch him. Dick White and Zier played Mah Jongg on the corner of Eighth and East Capitol Streets until it was time for them to go home and do their back lessons. All too soon the glorious vacation was over and the little Yip Yips had to return to school. They brought with them one resolution: to study for one week and then—well, time will tell. ArtTHur Bonpurant, °24. Pupil: ‘‘Have you carried out my ideas?”’ Teacher: ‘‘Did you see the janitor with tke waste paper basket as you came in?”’ Pupil: ‘‘Yes, I did.’’ Teacher: ‘‘ Well, he was carrying out your ideas.’’—Er. 29 THE PRINT SHOP cree oo other high schools, offered, if ti ae aBLOTY, only academic studies. Aa a Se of time m answer to a grow- 8 demand, commercial and vocational Courses were introduced. Today the curri- Eastern, cul i i ; lum includes wood-working, automobile lence, and printing for the boys; domestie Science and domestic art for the girls. ‘The print shop at Eastern is equipped with material for affording to both the stu- dent and the school a practical benefit. A well-rounded course is given, handled by an efficient instructor. On completing the work offered in Eastern’s print shop, the student is able to make practical use of the academic information which he has aequired. The print shop in no sense of the word nar- tows the pupil’s field of activity. On the contrary, the boy taking printing is enabled to seeure work on leaving school, and by close application has several avenues of ad- Vancement open before him. Of course, every boy likes to show his school spirit and he has abundant oppor- tunity in the print shop, for by printing library permits, bank deposit slips, play pro- grams, tickets, placards, and posters, the print shop student feels that he is doing his part to help his school take a prominent part in the life of the community. Tom Howarp, '25. One of Fasternis FultFledged Orators 30 EXCHANGE We are glad to receive as an exchange the Orange and Gray Tatiler, published by the Hine Junior High School. As we of the New Eastern feel a peculiar interest in the devel- opment of our protege, we are of course glad to welcome so live a magazine written by the students. We suggest that the staff endeavor to bring the school talent together for con- tributions, especially in writing original jokes -for the humor department; but the magazine as a whole is very well organized and the edi- torials are particularly good. We certainly appreciated the first issue sent us, and ex- tend our best wishes to the staff in continu- ing the work so well begun. The Maroon and White, published by the Bay Ridge High School of New York, has be- come one of our treasured exchanges. The latest number received was the year book of the senior class. We enjoyed the ‘‘Knocks” accompanying the photographs of the class. “The Trilogy,’’ showing the reactions to the modern type of literature, was excellent in its amusing imitations. There are many other exchanges which come regularly to the EAsterNer mail box. These papers and magazines are welcomed. We regret that we have not space to comment upon them. The following have been re- ceived: The E. H. §. Record, Boston English High School, Boston, Mass. The Nautilus, Greenville High School, Greenville, S. C. The Tripod, Trinity College, Hartford, Conn. The Ring-tum Phi, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va. The Macon County School Review, Tuske- gee, Ala. The Central Review, Central High School, Washington, D. C. The Gleam, Johnson High School, St. Paul, Minn. News Item: The goose is dead. He died from heart failure when he found he was no longer a goose. So now his ‘‘Honks’’ are forever silenced. THE BASTHRNER SCHOOL NEWS (Continued from page 14) ‘An assembly in honor of Thomas Jefferson was held on March 13. Miss Taylor spoke on ‘Jefferson, the Man’’; Representative Moore of Ohio gave an address ; and Miss Peter, chairman of the drive in the District for the Monticello project, gave a talk. The film, ‘‘Penrod and Sam,’’ was shown on March 19. The money was for the dic- tionary fund. At an athletic assembly on April 1, the girls’ and boys’ basketball teams received their letters. The Sophomore team, whieh was victorious in the inter-class series, and the track team, were also on the platform. A yery interesting film of the Wilderness Mounted, a group of Raymond Riordan stu- dent-horsemen, was shown through the court- esy of Mr. Riordan. The school takes pleasure in congratulat- ing Durwood Bowersox upon the occasion of his scholarship recital at the Peabody Insti- tute in Baltimore on April 15th. This marked his completion of three years of study on the violin with the famous instrue- tor, Van Hulstyn. A RIVAL Rumor has it that the EAsTERNER has a rival in a new paper at our school. The students of section 214-4 are putting out the Weakley Rekord. The editor is George Finger, who writes his name ‘‘Digitus.’’ Keep up the good work, Digitus. Established 1824 Rensselaer Froy-x-v Polytechnic Estee Institute and Science Four-year Courses in Civil Engineering (C. E.), Mechanical Engineering (M. E.), Electrical Engineer- ing (E. E.), Chemical Engineering (Ch. E.), and General Science (B. S.). Graduate Courses leading to Master and Doctor Degrees. Modern and fully equipped Chemical, Materials Physical, Electrical. Mechanical and Testing Laboratories. For catalogue and illustrated pamphlets showing work of graduates and views of buildings and campus, apply to Registrar, Pittsburgh Building, Troy, N.Y. A Distinctive Shoe for the Collegiate A Colonial Pump whose graceful jj i i nes that charms—upon a last that insures fatlect vont wee It’s a successful combination of st icabili a yle and practicability that has won notable favor with the young lady ait discriminates in her selection of Footwear. In Patent—as pictured... In Rouge Calf. ia Sot ARTHUR BURT COMPANY 1343 F Street BRADBURY PARK “Bradbury Park,” near Suitland, Md. One and one-half cents a foot for home sites, one-half acre upwards. R. F. BRADBURY 2226 Pennsylvania Avenue S. E. (SSeS Sy SHORT INTENSIVE BUSINESS COURSES Secretarial Stenggraphic Davkkeeping Civil Service Send (Er catalog Day Night Sessins CTEWARD SCHOOL 1202 F smeer mae I JACOB REED’S SONS PHILADELPHIA Founded 1824 by Jacob Reed Oldest Uniform Manufacturing House in the United States. Students of the leading Military Schools and colleges in this country are outfitted in Reed’s Uniforms. The Uniforms worn by the Students of Eastern High School are finished examples of the quality, workmanship and appear- ance of Reed’s productions. JACOB REED’S SONS 1424-1496 Chestnut Street PHILADELPHIA Visit Our Model Optical Store in the New City Club Building CLAFLIN OPTICAL COMPANY 1314 G Street N, W. Established 1889 Formerly 9th and F Streets EYES EXAMINED FOR GLASSES—OCULISTS Rx FILLED “Claflin §) Our Ho: LET CROSS DO IT Phone Lincoln 672 George J. Cross, Jr. Registered PLUMBER Quick Automobile Service—Equipped for Emergency Work 636 Pennsylvania Ave, S. E., Washington, D. C, John Capossela UNION SHOE SHOP First-Class Work Assured 328 Pennsylvania Avenue S. E, Phone Lincoln 1556 Cleaning and Pressing D. SINROD TAILOR SUITS MADE TO ORDER Military Work a Specialty 607 Pennsylvania Ave. 8. E. Washington, D. C. PERRY’S CLEANERS AND DYERS S. E. Corner 8th and E. Capitol Sts. Phone Lincoln 625 Work Called for and Delivered Hardware Plumbers’, Tinners’ and Electrical Supplies pex to Make You See me Is Thirteen-Fourteen G” ' Phone Lineoln 5591 Victor, Victrolas and Victor Red Seal ' Records Single Red Seal Records Reduced 25¢ to $1 Double Red Seal Records at Reduced Prices K. C. SEXTON CO. 621-631 PENNSYLVANIA AVE. S. E. Apparel for Young Men at Less Than Popular Prices THE SOX SHOP J. O. TUNE MEN'S WEAR 203-205 Pennsylvania Ave. S. E. N. EDELSON Fine Groceries, Vegetables and Meats 1001 G Street S. E. Charles S. Zurhorst UNDERTAKER Home and Funeral Parlors 301 East Capitol Street WASHINGTON, D. C. Established 1857 Telephones: Lincoln 372 and Lincoln 468 The Southeast Hardware Co. John A. Tesh, Prop. 611 Pennsylvania Ave. S. E. Paints Oils and Glass Charles F. Lanman, Pres. Learn the Way to P. A. LADDON’S Drug Store Corner 3d and H Sts. N. E. And Your Dollar Will Have More Cents Phone Lincoln 1852-W Work Called for and Delivered S. SIMON “THE TAILOR” Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Garments Cleaning, Pressing, Dyeing and Repairing 150 East Capitol Street NEW H STREET MARKET 620 H St., N. E., Washington Come and Meet the Dealers D. Carroll... _Stands 1 and 2 J. D. Richards_ Stands 3 and 11 Sam Weiner . W. W. Burgess S. R. Garver__ J. C. Nelson N. E. Fruit Co “Stands 9 and 10 Stationery and School Supplies Mardfeldt’s Variety Shoppe Mills and Rhode Island Avenue N. E. Cigars—Magazines—Candy CHARLES F. HERRMANN Manufacturing Jeweler Remodeling and Repairing Neatly Done Marlow Building 811 E Street, N. W. Magazines and Periodicals School Supplies Photo Supplies LANMAN ENGRAVING COMPANY ROOM 43, POST BUILDING Designing, Illustrating, Half-Tones for ALBERT F. GORSUCH APOTHECARY 7th H Sts. N. E. We deliver toall sections. Phone us J. Harry Cunningham, Vice-Pres. Magazines and Periodicals Lincoln 849 Lincoln 4544 E. CLARENCE POSTON Soe Water, Stationery, Magazines, High School Supplies 615 H Street, N. E. Candy, Renaissance Tailor Shop Dyeing, Pressing, Alterations of eae ai Ladies and Gents ALEX. FOSS Phone Lincoln 5432 500 E. Cap. St. Schneider’s PRESSING SHOP Phone Lincoln 430 Corner of 3rd and Mass. Ave. N. E. Werner’s Pharmacy Henry J. Werner, Pharmacist 501 East Capitol Street Drugs, Soda, Magazines, School Supplies and Stationery GEIGER’S DRUG STORE 6th BN. E. Oldest Established Drug Store Under Same Management on Capitol Hill Toilet Articles Hospital and Physicians’ Lincoln 232 f Supplies EVEIRY ASSEMBLY 6 STORES Washington Baltimore Styles for LASS: ROOM-DRILLIN G ra —— Ee Marcel Wave, $.75 Bob Curl and Marcel Wave, $1.00 SEE MISS FLEET Formerly of Woodward Lothrop at Garden Rose Hair Shop 1110 H Street N. W. Franklin 2224 Phone Main 7529 Elizabeth M. Kettler WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER 632 G Street N. W. Washington, D. C. Repairing of Fine Watches and Jewelry a Specialty Phone Lincoln 2477 B. LANDSMAN LADIES’ AND GENTLEMEN’S TAILOR Suits Made to Order CLEANING, PRESSING, DYEING, ALTERING 901 E. CAPITOL STREET Will Call for and Deliver BALLANTYNE’S 1409 F STREET N. wW. School Books and Stationery Largest Stock Lowest Prices JOHN. DOERR TABLE LUXURIES Eastern Market BARBER and ROSS Hardware, Cutlery, Tools, Automobile Supplies, Housefurnishings Eleventh and G Streets N. W. HIGH SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS Books Bought LOWDERMILK CO. 1418 F St. LINCOLN PARK PHARMACY 1301 East Capitol Street Large Assortment of School Supplies Pure Drugs—Prices Right Holmes to Homes BREAD CAKES DOUGHNUTS PIES Telephone Main 4537 for Service g and Heating Stove, Latrobe, Furnace GEORGE T. JOHNSON, Tinnin Guttering, Spouting, Roof Repairing and Painting, Repairing, Ice Boxes Relined. Terms Reasonable. Jobbing Promptly Attended To. 27 Eighth Street, N. E. Washington, D. C. SC Your First Thought Be When Your Physician Gives You a Prescription Let H. E. SPRUCEBANK Second and Pennsylvania Avenue S. E. [eee ee JOHN SCRIVENER ||| nigh’ School Suits BRO. $30 REAL ESTATE Of fine, long-wearing, aeY woven fabrics, and the just-right styles All Branches 914 G Street N. W. Woodward Lothrop Men's Clothes 2nd floor | Fountain Pens, Greeting Cards Me§hee’s 221 Pennsylvania Ave. S. E. 1741 Columbia Rd. N. W. COMPLIMENTS “WILLIE” PEAKE Ghiversity Shop “We Clothe the Man from Head to Foot” 506 Ninth Street N. W. High School Textbooks and Supplies Athletic Goods, Drawing Instruments Photo Supplies, Developing, Printing R. HARRIS C@! Corner Seventh and D Streets N. W. Manutacturing Jewelers CLASS PINS, RINGS, AND SPECIAL TROPHIES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION Remington . . ae William J. Brewer EEE, PRINTER AND STATIONER 664 PENNSYLVANIA AVE. S. E. Phone Lincoln 122 George Washington University Founded 1821 Offers Graduate and Under-graduate courses in LIBERAL ARTS EDUCATION ENGINEERING ARCHITECTURE MEDICINE PHARMACY LAW For Catalogues and Other Information Address THE REGISTRAR Telephone West 1649 2033 G Street N. W. THE E. MORRISON PAPER COMPANY Paper and Stationery, Wholesale and Retail 1009 PENN. AVE., N, W. Clarence F. Donohoe Milburn J. Donohoe John F. Donohoe | We Guarantee Satisfaction John F. Donohoe Sons Established 1884 Agents, Appraisers, Brokers, Real Estate 314 Pennsylvania Avenue S. E. WATWORTH PRINTING COBPANY = WASHINGTON © ©. me THE FASIERNER 4) ae ad _—— —_ | EASTERN-HIGH-SCHOOL d+ WASHINGTONDC. - JUNE VOLUME XXVII ap Clothes That a High sae ie Would Choose for Ftmself Linker. The Avenue at Ninth NICHOLS CO. icats Lunch, Fruits, Candy, Ice Cream, Cigars and Tobacco Beh School Supplies and Magazines 401 Maryland Avenue N. E. Phone Lincoln 4186 O’DONNELL’S DRUG STORE “WHY PAY MORE?” 14th and North Carolina Ave. N. E. J. T. Malone, Prop. Lincoln Park Confectionery 1101 East Capitol Street Ice Cream Parlor HOME-MADE AND FANCY BOXED CANDIES ? J. C. DEMOS Mer. “BONDY” If It’s Done By ‘Photography WE DO IT College and School Year Book Photos Enlarging Portraits Copying Views Lincoln 3149 0) All Photographs for The Easterner Made by Tenschert and Flack Rooms 39, 40 and 41 802 F Street Northwest Washington, D. C. Call Day or Night Business Phone: Main 5495 0) RESIDENCE Groups and Convention Work a Specialty Flash Lights Panoramas Banquets Lineoln 1000-W m is insured by the extreme care given to each detail ; a ring, and other ingredients used. ality of cream, flavo’ ITS FLAVOR” The excellence of our ice crea of manufacture, and to the high qu “WON ITS FAVOR—THRU AM COMPANY, Inc. CARRY ICE CREAM Scone 1337 D Street S. E. GEORGE F. MUTH CO. 710 13TH ST. N. W. Drawing and Artists’ Materials of All Kinds for High School Students 1417 G Street N. W. Phone Main 3258 SHORTHAND, TYPEWRITING, ENGLISH, SPELLING, DRILLING FOR COMMERCIAL AND CIVIL SERVICE POSITIONS Floral Designs to Order Fine Cut Flowers ROBERT BOWDLER Grower of Choice Flowers Greenhouses: 1723 Florida Ave. N. E. CENTER MARKET Phone Lincoln 2208 Phones M. 3919—M. 7188 THE STUDENTS OF EASTERN HIGH SCHOOL are cordially invited to attend Che Sunday School and Epworth League Epmorth MH. £. Church, South Cor. N. Carolina Ave. and Thirteenth St. N. E. 9:30 A. Mi—Sundays—7:00 P. M. Use BUFFALO PAINT JOSEPH HARRISON X 7 ) Teacher of Violin and Piano ood’s School Member American Federation of 311 East Capitol St. Musicians ALL COMMERCIAL BRANCHES Director of Choir and Orchestras of 2 the Ninth Street Christian One month, day $17; evening $8 . Church i After seven consecutive monthly payments Residence and Studio: the next five months are free. 636 D Street N. E. ; Phone Lincoln 1633 Baro Ey SUE Vers DONOHOE MOTOR CO. Ford Agents SALES—PARTS—SERVICE Phone Lincoln 303-304 215 Penna. Ave. S. E. Herrmann’s Ginger Ale Is Famous! Have You Tried It? Always Ask for Herrmann’s Sarsaparilla, Root Beer or Orange Soda to Get the Best. A. G. HERRMANN 750 to 754 Tenth Street S. E. MASTER COURSES —College of Commercial Science —College of Secretarial Science —School of Business and English — School of Stenography ai Typing Each course consists of one or more major studies and essential related studies. The college-grade courses are of junior and senior scope. Credits are computed and tory completion of assigned work. Literature descriptive of the contents of each course, carefully prepared upon a basis of hours and credits, will be mailed upon request. given upon satisfac- tive individual programs furnished [Sea study and labora- i tory practice periods are provided upon request. in four sessions—morning, afternoon, Investigate. Let Strayer’s hel. early evening, and late evening. you make your services a Worehinore Detailed information and sugges- Services.” Call, write or phone— Main 3430 or 7654. Strayer’s Business College 721 Thirteenth Street N. W. Che Easterner EASTERN HIGH SCHOOL, WASHINGTON, D. C. Aut Business ComMUNICATIONS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE Business MANAGER Motto: Do Well, Do Better, Do Best. Published five times a year by the Students of Eastern High School, Washington, D. C. Sunscrirtion Price, $1.25 Per YEAR; By Mar, $1.50. Single Copies, 25 Cents, Payable in Advance. Entered as Second Class Matter in the Post Office at Washington, D. C., under Act of March 4, 1879. VOL. XXVII WASHINGTON, D. C., JUNE, 1924 No. 5 Editorial Staff Editor-in-Chief ___ : een erm H Painters 24 Assistant Editor : E ___M. Katherine Rives, ’24 Literary Editors Marie Kroell, 24 Margaret Beasley, ’24 , 5 Carey M. Moore, '24 Assistant Literary Editors. - 4 Asenath Graves, ’25 Herbert Angel, ’25 Jack F. Burton, 124 Art Editors .— Ta = Se ees 0 pei Arthur Bondurant, ’24 Military Notes _____.__..____ Clinton M. Hisle, Jr., ’24 RifloyNotes te Rare ae enc cde Me aerEIaG { Gerald Coe, 25 Mabel Lombard, ’24 ERAN} o5 eR ee Elisha Early, 726 Margaret Butler, ’24 George Grainger, 724 Folks and Jokes eee — {ssn Horenstein, ’25 Otto F. Lehnert, 24 School News .... eee er er { Paul L. Doerr, 24 Margaret Loane, ’24 School Gossip... aes _._______.___Helen F’. Clarke, ’24 i Helen Babp, ’24 _Virginia Grohs, '24 Girls’ Clubs .-...- cae = fe Exchange .. See eee ae Ro ________George Main, ’26 Business Staff Business Manager-.-_ ack Vierkorn, '24 Advertising Manager __ E ___.___.Claude Lawrence, ’25 Assistants ——-——_.. Ralph B. Nestler, 24 Harold W. Lady, 24 ___Maurice N. Thompson, ’24 {fie W. Bingham, ’24 Circulation Manager — : Alpheus Walters, °25 Assistants —______ . {home Midgett, 24 Edward Hunnicutt, ’25 ‘Bookkeeper (see a ears Nellie Dalrymple, ’26 Staff Typists Annie Smith, 724 Lois Koerth, 726 Myra Kerwin, 724 Pauline Bradley, ’26 Leah Sugar, ’26 Announcement © Or AND AFTER July 8th, 1924, this school will enroll young ladies only. A written application for admission giving references and showing com- ears’ high school work or Il be required from all satisfactory pletion of four y its equivalent wi students. © The Washington School For Secretaries TRANSPORTATION BUILDING MAIN 2480 THE CHARLES HART Principal At the close of our first year in the New Eastern we begin to feel at home in our new environment, although we are still condueting visitors about the premises to exhibt the latest styles in school equipment and to boast proud- ly of our splendid establishment. What other school has such ample grounds or so fair an outlook? What other is so un- disturbed by noisy traffie or the crowding city? We have much satisfaction in the pleasant friendly atmosphere and the growing spirit of service and cooperation found here. As the boys and girls avail themselves more fully of the privileges and opportunities for an education that will make them acceptable American citizens, the extensive investment of public money in this imposing and efficient institution will have been justified. Kate D. Bucknam. EASTERNER 7 This is a greeting from the principal to the sixty-eight members of the faeulty who have labored so faithfully and well during this first year in the new building to maintain the traditions and standards established over all the other years; to the fifteen hundred stu- dents who have rejoiced in being members of this great Eastern family; to our loyal alumni who haye joined with us in all our efforts to advance the interests of the school; to the parents and friends who have given us their loyal and united support; and to all others who believe in Eastern as an agency to train healthy, elean-minded boys and girls to as- sume the greater responsibilities of efficient citizenship. CrHartes Harv. KATE D. BUCKNAM Assistant Principal THE EASTERNER 9 SAAR MAIN ENTRANCE THE CEASS Ols 24 Old Father Time halted for a moment in his endless journey and looked back over the road he was traveling. There were beautiful, fantastic, and thrilling scenes opened to his view; but his glance passed over them and rested on a happy, laughing group of youths and maidens following in his wake. Their path was narrow and rather rough in places, but always they forged upward and onward. Glancing back to a February day in 1920, Father Time saw a small group just entering Old Eastern. This was the mid-year Class of ‘24, the first at Eastern to be recognized as a class when the golden gate of school days elosed behind it. It was a group worthy of the alma mater, for of scholars, cadets, actors, and athletes it had a goodly share. One of the number, Fern Painter, won the editor- ship of the school paper, as well as other lit- evary distinetions. This elass had, indeed, brought honor to Eastern, and Father Time nodded wisely at the regretful smile with which the school bade farewell to its first Feb- ruary class. But this group was only a small part of the Class of 24, for, as Father Time watched them begin their second term at Eastern, the class which was to make ’24 a red letter year in the history of the school crossed its thres- hold. It was this group which made OId Father’s heart warm with gladness over the eloriousness of youth, as his eyes followed them through the four short years. Reassured by their number, the ‘‘rookies’’ soon threw off their mantle of timidity and beeame, heart and soul, a part of the school. Their recruits quickly enlarged cadet com- panies. Many freshmen swelled the ranks of pHE BA distinguished e first fresh- Paul Doerr ass and held 10 the honor students, and they themselves further by being th men to have a class organization. was elected president of the el this position for three years. In their sophomore year, ‘ i ae maintained their scholastie and cadet sta ing, and added laurels for accomplishments in other fields. The number of sophomores in the orchestra was notable, Class plays brought out unusual dramatic talent, and the “sophs’’ won the interclass basketball cham- the Class of 24 pionship. Bidding fair to become leaders of in their junior year, this remarka joined the ranks of uppe! football and championship were strongly reinforeed by jw 4 Smith, Paul Doerr, and Otto Lehnert bemg among the number; and a junior, Gladstone Roudabush, who had been a letter man ever since his freshman year, was elected captain of the baseball team. He proved to be a sen- sational pitcher in the high school series. The clubs, too, proudly numbered many hip, and Mar- as- the school ble class x classmen. The basketball squads niors, ‘‘dack”” girls’ juniors among their members guerite Lingrell, a junior, captured the sistant captaincy of the Rifle Club. Junior “‘non-coms”’ and privates helped bring home to Eastern first place in the competitive drill; the bank relied greatly on its junior mem- bers; five juniors ereditably filled positions on Tue Easrerner staff; but it was in dra- matics that the juniors won their greatest glory. In the spring play, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,’ Paul Doerr and “Billy”’ Clementson supported leading réles admi- rably, and Margaret Beasley’s portrayal of “ Puck’? was incomparable. In the Shake- spearean pageant, the courtiers to Queen Elizabeth from Eastern’s junior class were the most gallant of the troupe. The eyes of Old Father Time glistened and he felt almost young again as he watched this superb class take over the reins of leadership and begin the last lap of their journey in September, 1923, And what a glorious climax it was to their three years of accomplishment! At the end of the first advisory period they had a lower percentage of D’s than any STERN ER past several years, and the honoy ere the pride of the class. The med the mainstay of the bank stamp he urgent call was sent out for ea. jt was indeed gratifying to gee s lead in the response. The l was headed by the two seniop nbers, Helene TIesse and Paul Doorr, ag athletics was boosted by this class anq ayers of former years played ams. Roudabush again wag In dramatics, mem. “class of the students W' seniors {orl and when t det. recruits, the senior hoy Student Counc! usual, their stellar pl on the several te : 1 baseball captain. electec : c pers of the Class of ‘24 again starred, with the addition of three actors of merit, 1? Coe, Sandford Leach, and George Under the guidance of seniop staff, THE EASTERNER expe. rienced a successful year both financially and journalistieally. Virtually all officers of the various clubs were seniors, and the eredit for jnitiating the movement to organize a dehat- ing club is due to members of the Class of 94. This class also furnished officers for the new organization. In supporting established activities of the school, in excelling m scholarship, and in jnitiating new organizations for the advance- ment of the school, the Class of ’24 proved itself to be a superior group. Father Time reluctantly turned and pursued his never- ending course, but with the realization that this body of students would always be a credit to their alma mater—the glorious school known as Eastern High. M. K. R. “Gerry Grainger. members of the A FRIENDLY ENEMY Ther is a litel womman wel y-knowe That boys at schole all obey, I trowe; The bokes of studie kepeth she in place, And scoldeth folk that hem dorste to deface. Somtyme she asketh loude, “‘Who han that Fite?’’ In sikerly a vois that does affrighte The hertes of scolars, ben they e’er so wary, Which dorste goon into her sanctuary; But sooth to say she’s of swich greet disport That we mind not at all her sharp retort. Drusmia KINCHELOE, ’25 THE S EN I O R S 11 FERDINAND KARL HERRMANN “Ferd —president of the February class, dramatic star in the “Flower Shop,” eluding “The Easterner” and the cadets, and stellar guard of our basketball team. The looks of an Apollo and gen- iality of Mark Twain are combined to make him the idol “Ferd” participant in many school activities, in- of many. obtained a position after graduation. THELMA BRIGHT BISHOP All of us know Thelma! fectious peals of laughter? She served faithfully for three Who has not heard her in- years on the Student Council and was vice-president of her Thelma, wisely decided to enter the class. the joy of her typewrlting teachers, has business world after a six months’ course at the Washington School for Secretaries. COLO, ca (9) CA, XONS} co AGO LOUISE MARGARET PIGOTT Both attractive and clever is Louise. She has several times won first honors at Eastern. She makes a good ac- tress, too. Who could forget her portrayal of the resource ful, kindhearted Maude in “The Flower Shop' ? She has enthusiastically participated in Merrill Club work. Hers has been a bright career at Eastern. Louise i s now a stenographer. ® is hue © | 124 2 Ferdinand Herrmann President Thelma BB ene SI Louise M. Pigott Secre Samuel C. Matthews Treasurer GY. (We) HCA: (DO) Lea} KZ) G9: (x9) NONSZO) oS be 28 28 | race Ce XON9) LeX9) (79) (A) 10} IGN. Pei LADO GOA ICI SAMUEL MATTHEWS Sam is one of the most likeable boys who ever came {o Eastern. He was treasurer of his class, and the recipient of a silver medal for two years of honors. He was a mem— ber of the Dramatic and Debating Societies, and of ‘‘The Easterner”™ staff. In 1923 and 1924, he took a leading part will enter at in the checker tournament. Next year he George Washington University. SAMUEL COOPER AGNEW with us for only @ short time, This tall, jolly youth can came time. He 18 and the unde- Samuel expects Although he has been Sam is well known at Eastern. frolic and yet shine in his studies at the ‘a master of that scientific game, checkers, feated winner of the Eastern tournament. to go to college. MORTIMER HARWOOD DAVENPORT Mortimer was not at Eastern very long, but during bis brief stay he made a name for’ himself. He took the mart of King Oberon in “Midsummer Night’s Dream” and acted it to perfection. He was also a member of the cadets and of ‘The Easterner”’ staff, We hear that ke is malian success in the banking business. | WILBUR CLARENCE GRI EST Wilbur is that jolly, good-looking chap who has a smile for all. His specialties are fun, girls, and tennis. As a casual observer, we assert that he excels in all three. Al- though he was quiet in his manner, he acquired many friends who wish him well in whatever career he may choose for his life work. JOSEPH CHANDLER HARVEY Little is known of “Joe” except that he must be studious, for he has arrived at school very early every morning—in time, in fact to peruse the sport page before the teacher arrived. “Joe” is a very skillful dancer and a clever black- face comedian. Just another case where you cannot tell about these quiet people! WILLIAM MOORE GARDEN js our Will Garden. At Eastern with praiseworthy ; {and unassuming in biolozy mice ed a sensation as the drunken porter in Macbeth. If he had not set his heart on horticulture, we Should suggest the stare for him. He has also been ac_ five in the cadets. Eastern bids farewell to a worthy son ‘eho will continue his studies at Maryland University, Quie he has specialized William once creat RUTH HELEN GOCHENOUR Through Ruth's efforts the Eastern hiking club, of which president, was organized. Secretary of the Friendship Club, staff typist for ‘The Easterner,” and mem ber of the office force—these positions of responsibility were held by Ruth. She is an excellent stenographer. She js now employed in a loeal bank. she was made MARY FULTON HAVELL we don't believe Mary ever wore anything that was ono If the girls wanted to learn the latest steps or the newest fad, they went to Mary. Sue intends to go to Steward’s Business College. We should sugyrest that she study costume designing, for we shall be she does not some day create a stir in the minute out of style. however, disappointed if world of fashion. MARY KATHERINE JOHNSON When Katherine left us in February to enter Norma! School, she left a vacancy in the cabinet of “Les Cama- vades® which was difficalt to fill. She held an office in The Friendship Club, was one of the best hikers of the Pathfinders, and was cashier in the lunchroom. Katherine some very quiet and reserved until one knows her; then che is a jolly companion THE SENIORS 13 3 CLAUDE HUDSPETH NEWMAN Here's to one of the hardest fighting football men that ever wore Eastern’s Newman has won several “E's.” This year he was captain of our team, and a very good one he was, too, Claude is contemplating going to Annapolis, where his brother has made a fine record. We have no doubt Claude will do as well. colors! MAE FRANCES O'CONNOR Here’s a colleen of whom any school could be proud, for Mae is both jolly in nature and proficient in her studies. Mae, besides being an honor student, was a mem- ber of The Merrill Club and “The Easterner” staff. She was f very good actress, too, in her roles in ‘The Try- sting Place’ and in “The Flower Shop, the class day play. She is now studying at Wilson Normal. THEODORE SAKS Meet “Burlap,” generally known as Theodore Saks. He distinguished himself in the journalistic field, as he wrote for one of the local newspapers for some time during hes career at Eastern. He has become famous for his inter— pretation of the role of the drunken porter in “Macbeth.” His lack of spare time has prevented him from participa ing in many school events, MORRIS SILVERMAN At Eastern Morris distinguished himself as a checker player. He finished second in the tournaments of 1923 and 1924. He was also an enthusiastic baseball fan. He was one of the outstanding chemistry students at our school. Next year he will probably specialize in this, his favorite study, at George Washington. FERN HENRIETTA PAINTER Many people haye good ideas, but few have the ability to make these ideas realities. Fern is one of the few. We shall remember her as valedictorian of her class, and as editor of “The Easterner”; but she has won other literary to be listed here. We know that Wilson Normal will be proud to claim her next year. honors, too numerous BUELAH NAOMI REEVER Buelah is the girl who is ever willing to help you out in your difficulties. She always sees the bright side of life. She will be missed by many of her classmates, when she moves to York, Pa., her future home. She will con— tinue the study of stenography for a short time before entering the business world. JOSEPHINE CECELIA SPEAKE Our “Jo”! What will Eastern do without her? She has been first-honor student all four years. She was vice president of the Glee Club and a member of “The Easterner” staff. She was also a member of the Merrill Club and the room staff. After graduating, Josephine took a semester of post-graduate work. She will go to Normal. lunch ELMER HUGHES TALBERT Poet of his class, honor student, member of the Debating, Rifle and Glee Clubs, long-to-be-remembered star in the “Flower Shop”—that’s “Curly.” Since February he has been one of that famous group of post-graduates. In mathematics, chemistry, and English he has been a shining light. Hughes has chosen chemistry as his profession, but refuses to divulge his future alma mater. WILLIAM GLADSTONE und good schol ab for him the presi � in all four branche: ‘ik. Nor ane Gladstone has task under- Gladstone's all-aro} and popularity won He has won his “E ji football, basketball, baseball, 2 ing in dramatic ability. More than’ oe shown dependableness and efficiency in e 7 og pring £0 taken by him, These two qualities are boun: cess to their possesser. —— wR. “— EK = —_ S, — CL. Here VEE SSS) MPF PAG III DDO IIS OSI Se) SET ao FAG OIE SSCOCCLCO OCR 8 ISOC OB COCO eee 6) tt te, SLDL} voatanto etek erie ee eee aS se a, ta YS SS OTD LOLS LTO OOS EOLA FRANCES BENZLER President of the Merrill Club, secretary of her class, a splendid singer, an all-around good sport—that’s Eola. Whenever you want to know something, just ask Eola. She can tell you everything about anything, from the schedule for the day to the latest steps in dancing. Next year she plans to attend Maryland State. © = = ne CS; GARET DAVIS BEASLEY ost versatile girls in the class, ss, literary editor of “The ; r basketball team, and an o a dramatics, 9 excels, Ag gp ORM eeNiaht's Dream,” and Goldie in ‘ long be remembered. She MAR Margaret ig one She was vice-Dres! Jd Oat’ y physical trai will become ® et SS Ca Sox -ae SOD —PEBSa-s SSS. ON evant ) ) ) ) , } ( eo See oe Maxrgexet Beasley BOSC COSS SSS So Io ST. , a a aa ae SS SS oi es I SNS, a ate, Ss HR IS Oe oO. DONALD WILLIS BINGHAM Here is a chap whose record is hard to duplicate. Don was president of the Debating Society, lieutenant in the cadets, a member of the Glee Club and “The Easterner” staif, and treasurer of his class. His frankness and sin- cerity will bring him to the fore at Yale as it did at Eastern. THE SENIORS 15 ALMA ERNESTINE ADKINS If it is anything athletic, you can always count on Alma’s support. She has been tennis champion two years and has won a letter in the sport. She also plays basketball and has been a member of the Pathfinders. In short, she’s an all- round good sport, who, we are sure, will uphold Eastern's standard at George Washington next year. RUTH AUGUSTA ALLEN Ruth is a girl with a very attractive personality. She is a member of the Merrill and Glee Clubs, and sang in the chorus of the Merrill Club entertainment. Ruth completed the four-year course in three and a half years—and with— out a “D { She intends to continue her studies next year at George Washington University. HELEN GRACE BABP Yes, this is Helen: honor student for tour years; cashier of the bank; alumni editor of ‘The Easterner” ; active mem— ber of the Glee and Merrill Clubs; and basketball and ten- nis enthusiast. What more could one be? But Helen is more, for above all things she has that pleasing personality that makes her the friend of every Easternite. MILDRED DALRYMPLE BARRETT Mildred is the smallest girl in the senior class. Out- wardly she is very quiet and demure; but when one knows her well, she is indeed a real pal. Mildred has not de cided what she will do when she leaves the halls of Eastern. Here’s luck to you, Mildred, in whatever you do. ELIZABETH RITA AMANN To her friends Elizabeth is the best of p als; to strangers she is a girl of quiet dignity. She has done valued work in the Merrill Club. Besides, she has been an honor stu- dent at Eastern. She is particularly fond of dancing. Elizabeth will attend Strayer’s Business College next year. Later she will specialize in history at George Washington. ANNA HETZEL APPEL Anna’s “crowning grace’’ is auburn hair. But she has other splendid attributes, too. With her lovely voice, she has long been Mrs. Byram’s faithful standby in the Glee Club. She is undecided whether she will take yoeal train— ing or attend Wilson Normal School after she graduates. We shall watch with interest the career of this sunny— natured girl. MARY CAPITOLA BEANS Above all else, Mary is known as a good sport. She has been a member of the Glee Club; and as an enthusiastic basketball player, she is a brilliant performer, having starred as forward on the senior team and won the school letter more than once. Mary expects to enter a business college next year. ROMA FRANCES BENNER We have had at Eastern a girl who was renowned in school circles for her executive ability—a girl who was a member of the Student Council, of the Glee Club, and of the Merrill Club. Easterner.” She is girl—Roma Benner. And the same girl was staff typist for “The the worth-while type of high school JEANNETTE RUTH BLAKENEY foremost character! y fond of books and Jeannette expects to whose She is ver! Another of our girls friendliness is Jeannetic. has assisted Miss Boyd in the library. enter Normal School next year, She is particularly inter ested in kindergarten work. With her patience, sympathy, and ability, she should become a splendid teacher. ARTHUR POLK BONDURANT find in is “Bondy.” One may “peautiful ladies,” poses for An artist of true note any of his books pictures of his many but we have never been able to find out who these pictures. He is a captain in the cadets, basketball manager, art editor of “The Easterner’’ and a member of the famous Schmock Family, He is going to Washington and Lee. WALTER CARROLL BROOKE This is the young man named Carroll jonally. His wonderful voice was the delight He was a momber of who came to school occas of Mrs. Byram in the Glee Club. the Student Council, Carroll is undecided whether to £0 to Washington and Lee or University of Virginia. He pre- fers the latter, saying it is more collegiate and suited to JACK FRANCIS BURTON state in the union and the first year Jack won the cor- Texas is both the largest birthplace of Jack. In his poral's medal. He was first sergeant, and then first ltew— tenant in his senior year. He was a member of the Stu- dent Council and for two years our “‘Easterner” staff artist. The school will miss Jack's fun and the real ability be- neath it. VANCE BRAND from Ohio possess Van's qualities, Ohio Vance came to Eastern in every If all the people i asant state to live in. the Buckeye State. He is inane gentleman, possessing the poise of q Good luck, Vance; we is a ple December from fonest, good natured Jawyer which he expects know you can do it. to be. FRANK HARWOOD BRONAUGH fs one of the most popular boys in the senior class. He is @ stellar student in mathematics. To prove his ability in this subject he took both sixth and eighth math, in his last semester and received a mark of “i” jn both. Tech. Frank Frank intends to continue his studies at Carnegie MARGARET ELIZABETH BUTLER Margaret stands out at Eastern as a scholar and athlete, honors all four years. She has been treasurer of the Rifle Besides, She has gained first president of the Pathfinders, secreta! Club, and athletic editor of “The Easterner. re did faithful work on the senior basketball team. She in- epecialize in mathematics at Wilson College, tends to WILLIAM ROY CHEEK Roy's record at Eastern speaks for itself; but alas, we can't publish all of it here. However, as captain of the Boys’ Rifle Club, president of the Glee Club, captain of Company “D,” and honor student, Roy proves himself a His popularity is no less noteworthy He expects to enter Maryland worthy Easternite. than his accomplishments. State next year. THE SENIORS 17 HELEN FRUZARD CLARKE Helen is everywhere known as one of the truly dear girls of our class. During her senior year she has been pres dent of the French Club and a valued member of “The Easterner” staff. She also belongs to “Les Camarades,” the Glee Club, and the Pathfinders. Helen plans come a physical training teacher. She expects Temple University in September, to be to enter WILLIAM ALEXANDER CLEMENTSON What school activities is “Billy” in? No, what isn't he in? ‘That's easier to answer. Cadet captain, dramatic star, debater, and first honor student is “Billy.” Oh! yes, we forgot to mention that he can wiggle his ears. He will specialize in medicine at Harvard University which he will enter with his brief case in the fall. GENEVIEVE EVELYN COOPER Three years ago Genevieve wandered into the not-so— spacious halls of old Eastern, a very little girl from Junior High. Since then her stature and wisdom have increased. Our “Jennie” has a sense of humor. If you don't believe it, listen to her as she comks her bobbed locks. She will study at Normal next fall. JAMES WHITE DAVIS Although Jim has been at our school for only two years, he has become a loyal and ardent Easternite. He has served in the cadets, and has been a hearty supporter of the de- bating society ever since its organization. Jim is ambitious, too, for he intends to study to be a geologist after he graduates from Eastern, GERALD BURKE COE “Jerry is best known in dramatics, having successfully demonstrated his wonderful ability as an actor in five plays. He is a cadet, prominent member of the Glee Club and also a member of the editorial staff of “The Easterner.” “Jerry” expects to be an architect, because of his interest and ability in the field of art. WILSON FRANCIS COLLIER During his stay at Eastern, Wilson has gained an envi-— able reputation through his efforts in the cadets, and Student Council. He entered the Columbia Preparatory School a year ago, but became homesick for dear Eastern. According to the pace he has been setting with his drum and saxaphone, he is sure of succeeding as a jazz wizard. NAOMI ALICE DeGROOT We admire Naomi’s taste, for she deals not in frowns but in smiles. She is the type of girl one can call fine without exaggerating. Her hobby is drawing. “Ni was a class prophet. She also belonged to the Glee Club. Al- thouch she has not decided on her future work, she is sure to “carry on.” AARON DIAMONDSTEIN Aaron came to Eastern two years ago from Baltimore City College and immediately evinced great interest in athletics. He is a faithful reader of the pink sheet and a staunch supporter of all Eastern teams. He played on the senior basketball team this year. He may enter college later , but has not yet chosen his alma mater. PAUL LUCKEL DOERR Paul was the brainy and brawny quarter-back extraordi-— nary of our football team; he was president of his class for three years: president of the Student Council; an honor student; captain of Company F; star trackman; ah lover in dramatics; and member of “The Easterner’” stall. Maryland He will attend either Washington and Lee or next year. MARY MARGARET DUFFEY Margaret is our famous basketball star. She has played the came well during her four years at Eastern, and now has three athletic E's to her credit. She has been a mem— She is very ber of the Glee Club and the French Club. 2 fond of exclaiming, “Deed so!” Margaret will go to Wil- son Normal in the fall. MILTON EDELSON Although Milton has not taken part in any of the out side activities of the school, he has made many friends here. He too, is a member of the “pink sheet quartet.” He is most noted for his brilliant remarks in physics and economics. He will pursue a course in pharmacy at George Washington University next year. JOHN ROBERT EVANS “Johnny” is said to have a great deal of bad luck, but we are familiar with him as a good-natured chap; so, you see, we have an optimist and philosopher in our mi We know what an all-around good fellow he is. His qui ways and unassuming manners hide the fact that he is ambitious. Success be yours, Johnny! GERTRUDE ELIZABETH DURYEE disposition mischievous, ang is fun-loving, erae she proved by winning scholastic Honors In her : can also study well. She is an ardent nor Sued member of the Glee Club. “Gertle’s” hobby and veing: She hopes to develop her talent slong this is grain art or designing school after leaving Eastern, “Gertie’s” joll senior year that shi NORWOOD AUGUSTUS EATON in February and since that time has been taking a course at Maryland State. He played football and took part in a number of other school actiyi- fies while at Eastern. He was one of tne prophets of the February class. Norwood’s good nature, together with many other likeable traits, has won him many friends, Norwood left Eastern MARION REGINA FABRIZIO ugmile and the world smiles with you.” Marion appears to realize the value of living up to this axiom, for she is distinguished by her irresistible smile. pianist and has already acted in the capacity of a teacher, We are sorry to say good-bye to Marion, especially since she expects to travel, probably far away from us, She is an excellent IDA MAE FOWLER One never sees Ida when she isn’t joking or lending a helping hand. She is a very good scholar also, having won honors for three semesters, besides making her four- year course in three and one-half years. We congratulate her! She is an active member of the Glee Club and pos- sesses rare a singer. She will enter Normal School. talent as THE SENIORS 19 DOROTHY NAN FRENCH Silent and mysterious as a Sphinx is Dorothy. She will not divulge her plans for the future no matter how per- sistent the inquirer may be. But this much we do know: She has not had a D on her record during the whole four years, an accomplishment which some of us might envy. GEORGIA ROBERTA FRENCH Although Georgia has been a member of the Glee Club four years, most of us did not know what a lovely voice she has until she made her debut as a soloist las: year. She is greatly interested in music, but she has found tirae to make many friends whose good wishes will foilow her at whatever music school she elects. MARY BRADLEY GRAHAM Mary left us in February and entered the business world, where she is now a very efficient private secretary. She ‘was an active member of the Glee Club, the Merrill Club, the lunchroom staff, and was staff typist for “The East— erner.”” Mary, with her sweet gentleness and quiet ways, has endeared herself to all who know her. HENRY GEORGE GRAINGER George has been at Eastern only a year, but in that time he has done enough to prove himself as loyal an Easternite as anyone. He is a member of “The Easterner” staff, track team, Glee Club, and cadets. Besides he is a very capable wood-working instructor. How is that for just one year’s record? JAMES WILLIAM GILL James has the distinction of having completed a four- year high school course in three years. He came to our school in his junior year. A charter member of the De bating Society was James; he there showed his ability as an orator. After graduating, he intends to continue his studies at the Georgetown Foreign Service School. EVELYN LORETTA GOSNELL In her four years at Eastern Evelyn has won popularity among both boys and girls. She has been for several years an enthusiastic member of the Merrill, Dramatic and Glee Clubs. She has been Miss Franz‘s pride in French class. Her hobby is drawing pictures for her classmates, She has decided to follow her natural bent by studying art. WILLIAM NORVILLE GRIMES Here’s another immigrant hailing from McKinley, who preferred an Eastern sheepskin. Norville establishhed him— self in this institution about the middle of his high school career, but “lay low’ among his books until our spring play brought him forth as a mighty king. By enlisting in the cadets in his senior year, he showed his true grit. Capability and dependability—that’s Norville. VIRGINIA AUGUSTA GROHS Virginia is indeed a worthy daughter of Eastern. Her ability has been displayed on “The Easterner” staff, in the Glee Club, in “Les Camarades,” and the Girl Reserve Council. She was one of the first supporters of the Path- finders. Her election to the office of class historian was a fitting culmination to her three years of first honors. Vir- ginia expects to enter Normal School. THE SENIOR S HILDA REYNOLDS HANES ‘An accomplished pianist, a true friend, an all around girl is Hilda, She has widely variea Interests but con are her fesses that dancing and sporting fraternity Dp! hobbies. It’s a safe tip that she will be as popul has been at Eastern. jar at Wil- son Normal next year as she MARION LOUISE HARRIS Marion's hobby is bobbed hair, yet she retains her own fair tresses! However, her inconsistency in this respect doés Hot abply to. her character, generally; wfors she) J85= faithful worker in the Friendship Club, and is always con” sistent in her readiness to join in for a ood time, Her jolly good-nature and frank friendliness have endeared her to many Easternites. MINNIE MARY HOXSEY Minnie is one of our most gifted girls. She is much in- terested in drawing, and some of the most attractive poster® which have adorned our corridors have been her work. But above all, Minnie is a talented and accomplished pianist. She has been the pianist for our orchestra thls year. Her genius and perseverance promise for her great success in a musical career. ELIZABETH CECELIA JAMEISON “Because,”—the brown eyes lower fell,— “Because, you see, I love youl” These rare cyes are expressive of rare int elligence. For this quality and for her quiet steadfastness Elizabeth is admired by all who know her. She has completed her course in three and one-half years, with credit—and she is sixteen! She expects to go to George Washington. HELENE WILLETTS HESSE d in basketball, tennis, and hiking testity But despite her interest in athletics che has been a member of the Student Council and Friend and still she has time to be socially populary f our girls who will enter Wilson Nor Helene’s recor to her athletic ability. ship Club; Helene is another © mal in the fall. EVELYN HAZEL HOLLINGSHEAD Evelyn exeels in dimples and laughter. She proved her in a discussion of the character of Lady Mac— originality beth. Evelyn's greatest weakness seems to be her love for science. She delights in disrecting grasshoppers and in hrcaking: test tubes. She is somewhat uncertain as to what jn she will choose; however, she will attend George profe: Washington next year. ELIZABETH JOHNSTON What Easternite hasn't heard of “Kid'™? We ar with her mischievous pranks, her prowess in bas- iS ave all famili ketball, her good marksmanship, and her enthusiastic sup port of the Hiking and Friendship Clubs, Few girls can dlaim as many friends as can “Kid.” Her great interest in s, coupled with her knack of making and keeping athletic: will surely aid her as a successful physical. train— friends, ing teacher. MILDRED IMOGENE JOHNSTON Who ever heard of a petite blonde who was not a general favorite? There is scarcely a school activity in which - “Jean” is not known; but she is first and foremost in bas— ketball, having won her letter several times. ‘“Jean ” loves to paint china and no doubt will continue this work while School next year. she is at Normal THE SENIORS Pal JESSIE REBECCA JONES In spite of her love of fun and her mischievous ways, Jessie has been a real worker in high school. As a mem— ber of the senior basketball team, she won a letter. Her Support will be greatly missed in the French and Glee Clubs. She expects to enter the Washington School for Secretaries next year. MYRA FRANCES KiERWIN “Dimples” has the pleasant trait of being willing to help everyone, and consequently she has many friends amonz both boys and girl; She has proved an excellent typist on The Easterner” staff, She was chairman of the lunch Toom committee, and a valued member of both Merrill and Glee Clubs. She will go to Normal, and later to Goucher, ANNA PAULINE KNAUFF Who was on these quiet it that admonished folks? bit of good advice, for such people are nearly always worthwhile. Take Pauline, Quiet? Yes, but she is always a ready worker in the Merrill and Glee Clubs, and the honor list always includes her the world to keep an cye Tt was a for instance. name. Watch Pauline at G. W. U. next year! MARIE ELS IE KROELL There is much that we might say about Marie, but her record at Eastern speaks for itself. four-year course in three and one-half years honors every semester. As a member staff, Glee Club, and “Easterner’” staff, she has done ex cellent work, Whether she goes to George Washington or Normal, she will be a credit to Eastern. She has completed a with first of the lunch room LILY LOUISE KIDWELL Althouzh Louise seems to spend all of her spare time at school strolling around the corridors, she must find time to study elsewhere for she has been an honor student several Wi th her winning personality and unfailing effi— in the business world. semesters ciency she is sure to be successful ARTHUR NATHANIEL KLINE “Bud” is that quiet boy who go ing no one’s business but his own. He ity, but he has devoted his time to earning scholastic E’s rather than athletic “E’s. We are told that electricity is “Bud’s chief hobby. We expect to hear of him in the future as an authority on the subject. s around school mind— is arm athlete of HAROLD WENDELL LADY Harold has a standing reputation for being successful at anything he undertakes. He has been enthusiastic in his support of several school activities, having won a captain's rank in the cadets and a position on “The Easterner™ staff ; yet he has managed to rank as an honor student three semesters. He aspires to a position in the world of finance. MARY RITA LA FONTAINE Mary's naturally curly hair is the envy of her less fortu- nate sisters. She is apparently quite a sober young person, but underneath a quiet exterior there is a nature bubbling over with fun and sympathy. Mary is an honor student. The Merrill and Glee Clubs will find it difficult to get along without her. THE ELIZABETH STEWART LA ROCHE of '24 entered the sacred portals of “Betty” appears to be behind that friends at more at When the Cla: Eastern, with it came Elizabeth. very quiet, but we sometimes wonder what is quiet demeanor. She has made very many Eastern and we know that she will make many Lynchburg, Va., where she expects to go to college. SANDFORD LEACH The tall boy who carries the big brief case is “Sandy.” The size of hie ease falsely indicates that he does nothing but study. “Sandy” is accomplished in the terpsichorean art, As an actor in the “Trysting Place” he excelled. He has been active in cadets during his four years at Eastern. He will enter Georgetown University. ROBERT LEVENTHAL Robert is recognized as one of the most hilarious rooters at all Eastern games and as one of the “pink sheet quar— tet.” But Robert is also a good student, having won honors several semesters. He helped fill the cadet ranks when volunteers were called for and also took part in the Shakesperian Pageant. He expects to go to work after graduating. DOROTHY ELIZABETH LINDER Dorothy came to us from California in her second year. How glad we are that she came! The Friendship, Hiking, and French clubs have all profited by her active member— ship. Dorothy has been an honor student for several sem— esters. She expects to attend Pomona or Temple College to become a physical training teacher. sENIORS LOUISE LEAR te one of those girls who always makes the qujy and enlivens us when everything goe, je up a semester which she missed and graduating with her class. The Merrill and Glee Clubg active service. She is going to Normar, dy dramatic art later. ’ Louise ys seem brighter da has mad wrong. She is will and intends to stu OTTO FRANK LEHNERT spehold, the wisest Schmock of them all! Otto has been great success at Eastern and has made hosts of friends a star football player, basketball man, dram_ member of “The Ensterner” sta and of the has taken part in various other activities lished cornetist. He will probably miss her a He has been atie comedian, orchestra, and Otto is also an accomp go to Maryland State next year. MARGUERITE MARIE LINGRELL Because Marguerite has always been the same quiet, steady girl, she has been very well suited for the captaincy of the Rifle Club. If you've never seen Marguerite's flower garden, you haye missed a rare sight, for her favorite pastime is experimenting with the different varieties of flowers. After she leaves Eastern’s halls, she intends to study interior decorating and costume designing, MARGARET LARCOMBE LOANE Margaret is the efficient president of “Les Camarades, ” Because of her executive ability, she was also elected presi— dent of the Girl Reserve Council. Besides holding these two important offices, she is a member of “The Easterner ’ staff, and an honor student of whom Eastern is justly eet Margaret is interested in modern languages. She intends to specialize in this subject at George Washington Univer- sity. THE MABEL CLARE LOMBARD Although she won't admit it, we suspect that “fun” is one of Mabel’s middle names. But her love of good times and apparent undivided interest in Evelyn, have not kept her from taking part in school activities. She has been a member of the Rifle Club and ‘The Easterner™ staff. Mabel expects to study law later, but her real ambition is to fly her own aeroplane. FRANCES HELENE LUVE A rare personality is the possession of Helene. From her expressive eyes, her emphatic gestures, and her somewhat emotional nature, we suspect that she also possesses dor- mant dramatic ability. One thing, however, is certain; loyalty is the keynote to Helene’s character. After com- pleting the course at Wilson Normal, she expects to enter California State University. THOMAS O'NEAL MIDGETT Silent and unassuming is Tom, the youngest member of his clays. He has been interested In track and also in checkers. He has been sergeant in the cadets and a mem- ber of “The Easterner” staff. Tom has not divulged his plans for the future, but sure that with his ability to work hard and his steadfastness, his success is assured. we feel LORETTA JOSEPHINE MONTGOMERY If ever you have the “blues,” send for Loretta; she’s a real cure, With her great capacity for brondcasting good cheer, she naturally has made a wide circle of friends here at Eastern. But her companions in the Friendship Club testify that she can work as well as talk. Loretta ex pects to attend a business college next year. SENIORS 23 ROSALIE MANNING Besides being a member of the lunchroom staff and the French Club, Rosalie has been for two years one of the most enthusiastic of Eastern’s hikers. We wonder, too, how Miss Boyd will ever be able to conduct library affa h- cut her. Rosalie will take a course at the Public Library in order to prepare for her future work as a librarian. rs MILTON MEYERS Milton is a brother to “smiling Harry Meyers,” but he is quite different in his ways. He has not been noted for his participation in school ac! s, but those who have met him will not forget his quiet and agreeable disposition. He has shown proficiency in his studies. We wish him luck in whatever field of work he enters. CAREY MOFFETT MOORE Although Carey has been with us for a short a while, we have known him long enough to recognize his ability. His talent in writing poetry gained for him a position on “The Easterner” staff. He had first honors for one semes— ter. Besides, he was a member of the Glee Club. He is greatly interested in art, poetry, and journalism. RALPH BERNARD NESTLER Eastern boasts few activities that have not claimed Ralph as an active participant; but he is best known as He has been an honor student also, yet he always finds time to join in a good time. He expects to raising chickens. He says he may take a course at State first. cadet major, singer, and dramatic star. specialize in leghorn California ROBERT LEONARD PALMER who just simply revel that, as well as in his igh scholastic stand- Leonard is one of those rare people in physics. He is very proficient in other subjects, being known for his hi ing. He has gained fame by teaching physics and by ask= ing questions, “Len” is expecting to spend the summer in Florida. On his return he will attend Maryland State University. DOLORES BERNHART PASQUAN Dolores came to Eastern during her second : since that time she has made many friends with her quiet and gentle manner. One of Dolores’ most prominent ebar- acteristics is her fondness for helping another out of some difficulty. As soon as school is over, Dolores intends to take the Civil Service examination. year, and JULIAN PAUL PRESCOTT Yes, Julian, of the far-famed long hair and red roadster. is a member of our class. He was a cadet, and a member of the dramatic society and of the Student Council. Per- haps he gained his greatest fame by managing our athletic teams. He is to become a highway engineer to improve the roads for his runabout. ROSE REIKES Rose was a member of the Eastern orchestra, “which,” she says, “is one of the best in the city when I’m not there.” Perhaps some time in the days to come we may read a humorous article written by Rose Reikes, for to be a humorist is Rose's fondest dream. She has not yet made any definite plans for the future. RUTH KATHERINE PERKINS Ruth may be characterized as “vim, vigor, and vitality These qualities, together with a real interest in everythi, che undertakes, have made her a valuable supporter of 44. Dramat ic, Glee, and Merrill Clubs. In spite of her actin” ity in. school affairs, Ruth has several outside interests particularly horseback riding, She expects to atteng Pasiness school this summer and later enter Georre Wash. ington to study Jaw. IRENE ISABEL PERRY Irene’s good sportsmanship recommends her to all, 4, capiain of the senior basketball team, she did much towarq making it the champion girls’ team of Eastern; and ag member of the Glee Club, she has been of great irae She has won both athletic and scholastic “E’ Treat plans for the future have not been made, MARY KATHERINE RIVES “Katie” has won both fame and hearts at Eastern, gh has been the efficient assistant editor of “The Ensternern and assistant captain of the Rifle Team. She was tetra mental in organizing the Debating Society. “Katio” woo honors twice and completed her course in three and a hor years, She is our class poet. She will do newspaper work for while, and later enter Radcliffe. DAVID ARTHUR ROBB “Daye” is a chap whose willing spirit and earnest effort will not soon be forgotten. He has been a lieutenant in the cadets, a member of the Glee Club, and a debater During his stay at Eastern he has been the official aide tg Mr. Schwartz in collecting money. “Dave will ‘ George Washington next year. enter THE SENIORS 25 ESTHER MAY RUPPLE “Sweet personality full of rascality’—that’s Esther. And although she devotes much time to the pursuit of pleasure and outside interests, Esther has stood well in her classes and has made innumerable friends at Eastern. She is par- ticularly enthusiastic about cadets and French. She ex- pects to go to work when she leaves school. CECIL INEZ SHERRY Quiet, indeed, but with a charm all her own, Inez has made a circle of friends during her four years at Eastern. Like many other retiring, unobtrusive people she has a smile which wins hearts. She is an accomplished violinist and has played in the orchestra for several years. She ex- pects to continue with her musical education. JOHN MARSHALL SMITH During his three years at Eastern Jack nas proved that he In basketball, football, and How could we have is an athlete “par excellence.” baseball, he has done brilliant work. won the basketball championship for two years in succes— sion without Jack in there “caging them?” Jack expects to matriculate at Catholic University in the fall. JOSEPH M ARION SNIEGOSKI Marion came from Tech in his ‘second year. In his junior year, he played the violin in our orchestra. He was a private in the winning company last year, and is a corporal in Company B this year. After graduation, he is going to George Washington to study for the dental pro— fession. MARGARET ANNA SLATER Margaret graduated from a commercial course two years ago, but she could not resist the temptation to return to old Eastern. When a voice calls, “What are you selling?” one knows that Margaret is near. She has the qualities that promise success in the business world. She will be— come a stenographer when she leaves school. ANNIE GRACE SMITH Witty, sincere, helpful Annie! Who could take her place in the Class of 24? She has been a most efficient staff typist for ‘The Easterner,” as well as a real worker in the Glee Club. Though few of us know it, Annie has musical talent and a fine voice. She will probably attend business college but expects to continue her musical work as well. EMMA CATHERINE STONE sweet nature has made She graduated from liked Eastern well Emma is a girl whose quiet, for her many lasting friendships. the commercial course in 1922. She enough to return and complete a four-year course. was a faithful member of the Glee Club. She expects to enter the business world after graduation. Erama RALPH HYDE SWINGLE Captain of Company C, president of the Eastern High School Bank, and stage manager are some of the titles which Ralph has earned for himself while here. He brought honor to Eastern by winning second place in the war games. Next September he expects to go to George Washington, where he will take up electrical engineering. MILTON ALVIN TALBERT A and a member Milton has been captain of Company se activ of the dramatic society. Besides taking part in the: ties, he is an honor His hobby is chemistry— much to Mr. Suter's sorrow, we think. He will specialize in this subject at George Washington where we are confi— dent that he will distinguish himself. student. MARY MORELAND TARBELL “Our Mary” is she. Mary is not only a fine pianist, but also a good singer. She has been a member of the Merrill and Glee Clubs. No small part of the big success of this year's senior “prom” was due to her earnest efforts. We expect that Mary will go to college for a year az least, and after that DOROTHY LEONORA TRIPP Jolly and irresistible is Dorothy, the girl who smiles from behind the bars in the bank. She is vice-president of the bank, secretary of the Debating Society, an enthusiastic member of the Friendship and Glee Clubs, and of the senior basketball team. Besides all this, she has four years of first honors in scholarship. Dorothy will go to Wilson Normal. FREDERICK NORMAN VAN DER LINDER “Van” came to us in February, a three-letter man of Central High School, Philadelphia. By his winning per- sonality, he has done much to make himself popular among the students. He has been active in track, placing us at be Baltimore Meet. “Van” has done commendable work in the art department and the Glee Club. He expects to be a physical training director. MAURICE NEIBEL THOMPSON gallant and intellectual—a rare combination Handsome, A Sa courti ier to Queen, indeed ; but Efizabeth in the Maurice is all of this. Shakespearian pageant of 23, he was oa excelled, and several semesters of honors prove his inte] Maurice has also been a member of the lectual worth. 1 Eastern’s loss will be Boston Tech: y Rifle and Glee Clubs. gain. ETHEL LOIS TOWNER Ethel is a girl whose quiet gentleness will cause a yoig at Eastern when she is gone. One of her most attractive 1 features is her long brown hair, Ethel is an cmbitious’ girl. She will enter Wilson Normal. eeiuia of her sweet disposition, she will surely be loved by her she oecomes a teacher. and unusual pupils when JACK VIERKORN When Jack left Central two years ago, he became a yaluable addition to Eastern’s Class of 2: He has been assistant-captain of the Rifle Club, a member of the Glee Club, and was, for a short time, a cadet; but he is best known as business manager of “The Easterner.” He will continue his studies at Maryland State. ALVIN JOHN WALLS “Buddie,” the chief of the office force, is known as “Mr. Sunshine himself,” for he has, in his humorous way, been the “blues’ chaser” of Eastern. He has been a lieutenant in the eadets, a memoer of the Glee Club, and a very vali- able addition to the “dramatic personae” of several plays. He expects to enter colleze in September. = THE SENIORS 27 NORBERT JOHN WALTERS Speaking of a regular fellow, allow us to present Norbert, He has been a member of two winning companies and {4 first lieutenant of Company “E.” He has done good work as circulation manager of “The Easterner”; as an actor he is unsurpassed; and as a pal—well just ask his friends. He expects to study law at Columbia next year. ANNA CHRISTINE WELLS Due to the fact that she is of a quiet and unassuming nature, and has made no attempts at flourish and color, few people know Anna. Because of this quality, she has made many silent admirers. Anna is an authority on the If you are in doubt, go up to s distressed seamstresses, correct way to sew seams. 313 and see how she advi HELEN MARIE WARFIELD Representative-at-large in the Student Council, vice-presi- dent of the Mer Il Club, active member of the Glee Club— “ these are the positions held by one of the most popular of our girls, Helen Warfield. light fantas her “‘trip the As one might infer by seeing her hobby is dancing. Helen plans to attend a finishing school after graduation. CLINTON MONTGOMERY HISLE, JR. Clinton of the well-known dancing ability is graduating with us. He is lieutenant-colonel of our regiment, mem— ber of the ‘‘Easterner” staff, and general court jester. It is said that some of his friends enjoy hearing him Clinton's motto is, “Tomorrow, morrow, not today.” Never— theless, everybody likes this happy-go-lucky chap. JAMES ARTHUR DeMARCO Arthur came over from Tech. While there he played basketball and baseball for two years. He has made many friends during his short stay with us. THOMAS LUCIEN MOFFATT We think Tom’s favorite pastimes are sleeping and being late for school. Tom has been a prominent member of the cadets throughout his four years at Eastern, having been in two winning companies. This year he was first lieu tenant of Company A. His plans for the future? not know, We do F26L ‘AUVWNYGSI—SSV19 IWIOYSWWOD YVSA-OML i} = i iS mR = ica R i==| i) THE BASTHURNER TWO-YEAR COMMERCIAL GRADUATES FEBRUARY, 1924 (A—ambition ; H—hobby ; F. S.—fevorite saying; S. A.—school activities.) CLASS OFFICERS President—RIcHARD MARSHALL GRAHAM Vice-President—CATHERINE ANNE DAWSON Seeretary—MARY CHARLOTTE HANSON 29 Treasurer—ROSINA CHARLOTTE LINDNER“ RICHARD MARSHALL GRAHAM F. S. “Goodnight!” H. Dusting (Court reporter). S. A. Track, winning company, fall show, honor stu- dent, class president. CATHERINE ANNE DAWSON F. S. “Lend me your mirror.’ H. Moyies. A. To work. BELLA BERTHA ABERBACH A. To become a bookkeeper, H. Dancing. F, S. ‘Do you know this step?’ ALBERT RICHARD BRADLEY F, S. “Darned if I know.’ H. Fishing. CATHERINE BREEN F. S. “Did you do your bookkeeping?” H. Dancing. MARY ELLEN DAWSON F. S. “What did we have for homework?” H. Daneing. IRMA MAY EATON F. S, “Gee! I can't get this trial balance.” H. Horses. JULIUS FRAGER F. S. “Oh, well.” H. Baseball. A. To be a league pitcher. WILLIE BEULAH FREEMAN F. S. “Why pick on me? H. Drawing. A. To be an artist. BLANCHE NAOMI GRIMES F. S. “My word.” A. To come back for a four-year course. S. A. Merrill Club, MYRTLE ELLEN HODGES F.S. “Everything else.” H. Reading. A. To be a stenographer. MARY CHARLOTTE HANSON F. S. “What a bookkeeping assignment!” H. Having a good time. A. To be a stenographer. ROSINA CHARLOTTE LINDNER . To be an illustrator. . Shining in studies. S. “Better late than not at all.” Cia DOROTHY VIRGINIA KAUFFMAN F.S. “I don’t know.” H. Dancing. A. To attend Strayer’s. ESTHER KOLODIN A. To be a public accountant. H. Being a good manager. ¥. S. “Where do you get this?” JOSEPHINE LOVETT A. To become a dependable employee. H. Athletics. F. 8. “Oh, yes! Let’s hurry!’ AGNES ROLLINS A. To be a nurse. x. 2 F. S. “How do you get that way?” JENNIE GRACE SCHNEIDER A. To be an artist. H. Drawing. F. S. “Oh! Gee!” LILLIAN SOMMERS A. To become an accountant. H_ Dancing. F. S. “Is there an assembly this morning?” ALICE GERTRUDE THOMPSON F. S. “Do that right.” H. Reading. A. To be a bookkeeper. S. A. Friendship Club. MARY EDNA TYLER A. Typist. H. Reading. EDNA MARIE WILSON F. S. “Sweet papa. George.” H. Dancing. A. To be a stenographer. THE BASTERNER TWO-YEAR COMMERCIAL CL ASS—JUNE, 1924 THE EASTERNER TWO-YEAR COMMERCIAL GRADUATES JUNE, 1924 (A—ambition ; F. S.—favorite saying.) CLASS OFFICERS President—ELLEN MAY Vice-President—HiLpA Marie SHOMO ELLEN MAY A. To be a private secretary. H. Reading. HILDA MARIE SHOMO - To own a Buick. Swimming and dancing. S. “Well, if I don’t love myself.” ri bt FRANCES EMILY ARNOLD A. To travel, H. Movies, ISABELLE IMELDA BART A. To be a soap-box orator. H. Talking. PAULINE BLUMBERG A, To travel. H, Dancing. F. 8. “Really.” VERA RUTH BONHAM A. To be a grand opera singer. H. Movies. MAE FRANCES BRISCOE A. To travel. H. Dancing. MARY EVELYN BRYAN A. To be a stenographer. H, Dancing. KATHRYN MARY CARDWELL A. To get a new dress. H. Fords. F, S. ‘How're you feeling 7” DOROTHY VERONICA DIXON A. To become an efficient stenographer. H. Canoeing. FS. “Well, father!” ELEANOR CORNELIA DIXON A. To be a private secretary. H. Laughing. F. S. “Don't! Stop!” ETHEL MAE DULIN A. To be a successful stenographer. H. Dancing and movies. F. S. “Be yourself.” Secretary—ANNA MARIE ERB Treasurer—KINGSLAND PRENDER ANNA MARIE ERB A. To become an efficient stenographer. H. Swimming. F. S. “Well, mother!’ KINGSLAND PRENDER A. To be a writer. H. Tennis. F. S. “There you are.” DOROTHY MAE DUTTON A. To be an artist. H. Jewelry. ELEANOR IRENE ESTES A. To be a doctor. H. Eating. F. S. “Yoh!” ESTHER GERTRUDE FELDMAN A. To travel. H. Dancing. F. S. “My word. INA MARIE HOLTZSCHEITER A. To become a deaconess. H. Music. F. S. “Well for goodness sake! CLARA LEONA HUTCHINSON A. To be successful in business life. H_ Horse back riding. F.S. “You don’t mean it!” WILLIAM ARTHUR JOHNSON A. To succeed. HH. Sports. F.S. “Is there an assembly this morning?” PEARL LOUISE KLEINDIENST A. To become an artist. H. Drawing. F. S. “Well, for goodness sake! HILMA MYRTLE KLOCK A. To be a commercial artist. H. Dancing. F.S. “O, you villain!” RUDOLPH LORENZ LINDNER A. To travel. H. Swimming. F. S. “Have you done your homework? BP aeP mo iS EY bf seis An p . To . Swimming. Two-YEAR RITA ANNA McCARTHY To become an expert stenographer: Movies, DOROTHY LOUISE MEHLER To be a stenographer. Dancing. S. ‘My word! MARION GRACE MILLER To be a singer of grand opera. . Movies. S. “Good grief.” HELEN MARGARET NUSSEAR To be an expert stenographer. . Motoring. CATHERINE MAE OREM . To own a women's clothing shop. Movies. . S. ‘Dool-Lolly.”” MARGARET CHARLOTTE PAYNE . To travel. . Movies. S. “Don't you think you're funny ! RAYMOND THOMAS RAFTERY To get all f's. . Being bright. S. “Mindin’ my business.’” JEANETTE LELIA RALEY be a secretary. S. ‘Well, sir.’” BERTHA MAE RANNINGS . To be a typist. . Laughing. .S. “Really.” MARGARET ROBINSON . To be a good stenographer. . Dancing. . S. “You don’t say!” WILLIAM EDWARD RYAN . To be a civil engineer. . Swimming. S. “I’m not worried.” COMME A. To be a secretary. H. Reading. F. S. “Swell.” CLASS RIETTA SAUNDERS ROIAL ALICE HEN ‘A. To be @ private secretary. H, Hiking. Fs. “Good 0) VIRGINIA M ight. ARTHA SHAFFER ‘A, To. be a nurse. H. Basketball. F. S, “Ob, for ety ANNALEE SHANKLE ing out loud ! ” A. To travel. HH. Reading. F, S. “Who threw MILDRED VIRGINIA SIMMERING ck to Eastern. that brick?” ‘A. To come ba A. Speeding. F.s. “Am I late agal AGNES ELLEN SWEENEY stenographer, in ?”” ‘A. To become an expert H. Movies. MA! A. To become @ nove.i-t. H. Dancing. BEL WHEAT VANDEGRIFT MARY EVELYN WHITE A. To be a success. H. Reading. F. S. “Any periods cu! FRANCIS EDWARD WILER A. To be a Harvard coach. H. All kinds of sports. F. S. “Never again!” LILLIAN MAY WILKINSON A. To be a bookkeeper. H. Eating. F. S, “Well I'll bel” MARY HELEN WISE tr ‘A. To become normal weight. H. Telling jokes. F.S. “I'll say.” ELEANOR WOOD A. To be a stenographer. H. Movies. EVELYN IRENE WOOD A. To be a nurse. H. Movies. F.S. “Do we get out for the game?” DOROTHY EDNA ZINK THE EASTERNER 33 MR. HART'S OFFICE CLASS OF ’25 From the clock in the assembly hall came a sharp click. Another minute had passed. Off in the distance somewhere the mournful howl of a locomotive whistle shattered the death-like silence. Then another click. It was midnight! In a corner of the stage, behind the dome, eame a slight stir. A dilapidated Latin gram- rar opened its pages in a sleepy yawn. An- other stir, and a gym. shoe, long A. W. O. L. from its post in the gym., came into being. A web belt, such as the cadets wear, uncurled itself and stretched. Then a fourth bustle, and a gray wig took on a semblance of life. “ 19-25! barked out the gym. shoe with a decided staccato tone. ‘‘Now what are you raving about?’’ de- manded the web belt. Raving me eye! I was just repeatin’ the name of Eastern’s greatest class, the Juniors of 724,’ responded the aforementioned shoe, somewhat hotly. ‘Greatest? Why, even that belittles them. With such athletes as Kessler, Madigan, and Gregory, it may justly be proud.’’ “They are foremost in scholarship, also, my compatriots,”’ stated the grammar, in a dignified tone. ‘‘Who won the Oratorical Contest? Who won countless other prizes? Who rank first in scholarship and honors? There is one answer—the Juniors.”’ “‘Yes, and what would the cadets be with- cut the junior officers and non-coms?’’ broke in the web belt. ‘‘And weren’t seven of the eight members of Company C’s war game team juniors?”’ “Well. concluded my friends, we agree perfectly,’” the gray thoroughly awakened from his slumbers. ‘‘However, I feel that the juniors excel in more ways than you have mentioned. Take dramatices. Where, within scope of men, can one find such tal- ented heroes as ‘‘Hoot’’ Gibson, ‘‘Tom’’ Howard, Jay Hall, Nathan Clarke, or ‘‘Gil’’ wig, now 34 Pr Wheeler? Or such actresses as Ruth oy wood, Asenath Graves, oF Laura ee a These are just a few, There are count he more, and the stage foree—again joan i all juniors. The Knight of the Switch ees 2 junior. he is another noted Al Walters, Jt ass, that’s all! juniors are the cl; THE CLASS OF ’26 The old sphinx sat majestic and tall, And steadily gazed at her crystal ball; Che lifted her head and started to speak, “What wisdom came you hither to seek ?”” Quoth I, “I would know, if ‘twere allowed, Of what the soph’more class jis so proud. She gazed again at the crystal ball, And then exclaimed, “I see it all! That class is really better, you see Than any other could possibly be. Her cadets are so straight and tall, and neat, As they all march down East Capitol Street; For what would your dear old Eastern do, But for the soph’more boys in blue? Tn EAS aes NER The other members of this unusual confep ate solemnly nodded their assent, and again all was hushed. Again the clock clicked, ang astern Branch a train dismally across the : ! ; tooted its whistle as it neared the bridge, spas dawn! Herpert BE. ANGEL, 725 at’s not all these soph mores do; e for Bastern’s paper, too. their duty they have done, For the championship by them was won, Tis pywenty-six you will have to thank For most of the staff of your school bank, In orchestra they’ve done their share ; The talents they display are rare. In Eastern’s clubs they’ve done their hit, ‘And for this work they’ve proved quite fit, And when they’ve left old Eastern High, em will never die.”’ And th They writ Tr. sports Praises for th FLorence Parner, ’26. CLASS OF 727 In the days of early autumn Came the proud, yet frightened, freshmen. Marched they on, ’mid taunts and laughter, Past the lines of solemn seniors, Past the juniors, noble, stately, Past the silly, giggling sophomores, Marched they to the elevator, Calling, ‘‘Service! Don’t detain us! We, the Class of 7271” Turned, dismayed by knowing seniors, «© Pig for books and not for rookies !”” How they stood it, no one knoweth— Programs grasped in fear before them, Locker keys on gaudy ribbons Jingled with a weird-like chime ‘As they wandered, looked and questioned. Then, one day, a big assembly Showed what, tho’ they blushed and giggled, They could do, and each sought honor— Science, ’rithmetic, and spelling. Soon the upper classmen marveled At the keen, sagacious wisdom On display by lowly rookies! Yet another honor sought they— Laurels in the dance and races. Dainty maidens whirled and pointed ; Sturdy youths gave feats of prowess, Ran and jumped; but not excelled they! Swift and sprightly Hilda Keeton Rose above the bar so bird-like, Even Mr. Guyon wondered ! ‘At the call of Eastern’s colors They responded, quick and eager; Raw cadets, turned into soldiers, Mr. Schwartz’s prond heart gladden, ‘As they are reviewed before him. In February, when honor students Filled the stage and they were counted, Most of them were lowly Freshmen! Hail the Class of °27, Strong foundation for the future, Honors bring to our loved Eastern, Noble Class of °27! DorotHEes Pater. ’27. THE EASTERNDER 35 EDITORIALS OUR SCHOOL From quarters on the third and fourth floors of the Peahody School, then a little later in the old Eastern, held in such fond remembrance by all of us, until now in the glorious sunlight, the grand size, and archi- teetural splendor of the new Eastern; from an enrollment of one hundred and seventy pupils to an enrollment of one thousand five hundred—so has Hastern grown. Tt has grown as a tiny stream, which, gath- ering the influent waters, flows on and on, gaining in strength and power. Now it is the mighty river, and its forceful waters min- gle with the seething ocean. The ocean is the world—and Tastern is pouring her young men and women, all aglow with her fervent ideals and inspiration, into the needy world. ‘’ Those who have gone and we who are about te go urge the under-classmen to go ever for- ward, We, too, like those who have already left her corridors, will hold the torch that you may see the light. Through all the years, whether joy or sorrow be our meed, we will keep the glory bright. Our sehool—if we reap smiles or tears—our school! yee CONTEMPLATIONS June comes again, the month of flowers, of singing birds, of blue skies, and myriad joys. s Lovely flowers say to the boys and girls, “Be clean; be noble.’’ s In their harmonious warbling, the happy winging birds sing, ‘‘Be loving; be joyful.”’ s e And the beautiful blue sky speaks thus from its majesty and wisdom: ‘Think truly; think loftily.’’ e s s Each balmy breeze gently wafts a precious message. 3 s Would you have inspiration, look to Na- ture. Nature is God’s revelation of Himself to man. Nature is the art of God. Ie Maly eR A PARTING MESSAGE “© change not, Eastern High; our home thou art.” The time is almost here when we, the Class of ’24, must pass beyond the portals of our heloved home and engage in new endeavors in widely diverse fields; but ere we leave, we would place in the hands of the undergradu- ates a sacred trust, the fellowship of Eastern High. An indomitable spirit has been a tra- dition at Eastern, one of the finest and best traditions that our school can claim; and it is tor future generations of Easternites to make it imperishable. To you, and you alone, is this task—and privilege. It is difficult to define the Eastern spirit, but that does not make it less real. It is the foree that kept our boys in the field, fighting against odds, for victory and honor for East- ern; it is the force that keeps them aboye un- fair playing and makes them good losers; it is the force that keeps our rooters cheering lustily for a defeated but glorious team. Such is the spirit that characterizes Eastern. It has been fostered by high ideals of the school and the wise guidance of the faculty, but not less than these by the close fellowship existing among the students, and between stu- dents and teachers. The high ideals of the school we are con- fident you will uphold, but in so large a school as Eastern is growing to be, school fel- lowship is likely to wane; and when Hastern students beeome indifferent, the Eastern spirit will be no more. We cannot let that spirit die! Do you, under-classmen, now realize the value of school fellowship? Will you strive to keep it a part of Eastern life? Learn to speak to the students in your various classes and take an interest in what they are doing; support the school activities and know, by name at least, the participants; contribute to the school paper; write articles and jokes about your elasses and classmates; and you will find that even in a large and growing school, a spirit of universal fellowship ean be Maintained. M. K. R. pHE BAS 36 ‘As the time approaches when we must part from Eastern, although we realize that there are strong ties that will always bind us to cur school, a broad, shining, open road lies before us and beckons to US: We are un- pressed by the fact that we are not at the end, but the beginning of our lives. Bright 's lie behind us—years of learning and of 1 of pleasures, too. ok back with a year: self-control—years ful Since all this is gone, we lo sigh that such good times are past; but, look- ing forward into the new realms that awalt us, we glimpse a marvelous haze of oppor- tunity. There are things that must be done in this world. We are resolved to help to do them. Surely we owe wha and to our faculty. material. - Then, skillfully model his masterpiece, were characters molded by our teachers. is due, doubtless, the learning we have For that are we grateful. But they have done something for us that is bigger, that is more vital even than this. They have become our friends! By their splendid example, we have been impressed with reverence and love for them, and so spurred on to more complete education. They have taught us first to re- vere and to love, and then to learn. What greater tribute could be earned than this! The friendships, too, that we have formed among ourselves are no slight consideration. In four years of working and playing to- ecther, we have found many common bonds of friendship, and this all counts for some- thing. It means that although our paths may lie in divergent directions, still our thoughts will sometimes linger upon the associations formed here. Thus it is with that portion of the road we have already traveled. But, in a larger sense, all that we are to be will be due in some meas- ure to Eastern. There are things that need to be done in this world. Eastern has given us a glimpse of what is needed. Ceasing to be students at school, we are coming to a realization of the fact that we are citizens of the world. We are imbued with all the zeal t we are now to astern We came to them raw as a sculptor would our. minds and To them gained. THE OPEN ROAD PERNER But we should catch a vision of class spirit. BE Hastern has re. of the greater patriotism. yealed to us the broad spheres of work to hich. we have been called. astern hag te and she sheds the light aheaq ting the way. Tt only remaing 24 to follow and uphold hey be found lacking. Friends, wl opened the ga eastern is pom for the Class of May it not ideals. there isa high way and a low way through life. The high way is one of service. Tt ig not_an easy Way: The low way is one of ge]. fish gain. To us now either way is open, Classmates, take the high way. It may seem narrower, and less frequented; but yougher, somewhere just along that way you will fing contentment. We are come now to the parting of the ways. Let us still be one in purpose with the aim to be true to ourselves and to Eastern, for the great shining, open road beckons: the future calls with its glimmering ray, and we must go. Valedictory—Fern H. Painter, February Class of ’24, THE VOYAGE Oh, they’re sailing over the foam-swept sea. With the Indies in their hold, With chests of silver and sandlewood, Ivory, purple, and gold. Oh, they’re sailing over the foam-swept sea With glory in wond’ring eyes, For purple and silver and scarlet and gold Curtain the western skies. Oh, they’re sailing over the foam-tossed sea That the veil of night has hid, And they pray—but the storm and the lash of the sea Must do as the fates have bid. Oh, they’re lying under the foam-swept sea And their shrouds are of seaweed made; And their treasures and glory are spent; and naught Is their gold and silver and jade. ASENATH GRAVES, TH EASTERNER 3 REGIMENTAL STAFF CADET NOTES The battalion and regimental competitive drills are over; and our hopes for the com- pany drill, scheduled for June 2 and 3, are high. Owing to the fact that this goes to press before that event takes place, the result ean- not be stated here. Our failure to place high in the battalion and regimental drills was largely due to the fact that we haa so many blank files. This prevented us from making a good showing. The time since the first of May has been spent on extended order and polishing up the rough places in the close order drill. : Every year there is always a medal given 1o the best February cadet, the best expert- enced cadet, and the best corporal for their work during the year. Competition for these medals has been exceptionally close this year and it will be difficult for the officers to decide en the winners. Recently we received a supply of guns and belts from the War Department. This gives us our full supply for six companies. These will be used all next year because we are not going to depend on the February recruits. At the beginning of school next fall the cadets will be divded into six-squad companies re- gardless of the number of companies we have. In this way the companies will have the ad- yantage of drilling with full squads the who!te year round. As this eliminates the necessity of changing the position of the men in the company, it is a great advantage to the in- dividual cadet and promotes efficiency in the company. In the battalion drill, the third battalion of the third regiment won first place. The re- sults of the company drill decide whether or rot this year will be more eventful in the his- tory of the third regiment. We are looking forward to next year’s work, under vastly im- proved conditions, to bring more honor to the regiment and to Eastern. Following the lines of least resistance is what makes rivers and men crooked. THE EFASTERNE R COMPANY A Milton A. Talbert THE EASTERNER COMPANY B Captain John W. Rosson COMPANY C Captain Ralph H. Swingle TUE EASTERNER 41 COMPANY D Captain W. Roy Cheek TUE EASTERNER COMPANY E Captain Willlam A. Clementson THE EASTERNER 43 COMPANY F Captain Paul L, Doerr THE BASTERNER Know all men by these presents, That we, the Class of 1924, being in possession. of a crammed mind and superhuman memory, but all connections, Sp1t- apprehensive of severing Y e Bastern High itual and temporal, from thi School of Washington, D. C., without coer- cion or undue influence bequeath all our per- sonal and worldly property, and set forth our last wishes, as follows: First, we do direct that our funeral ser- vices shall be conducted by our principal, fac- ulty and friends, only asking, as the last in- junction of the dying, that this funeral be earried on with all the pomp and splendor due such an illustrious and unusual class. Second, we relieve the faculty of a burden that they have borne so well these four years, and would wish them peaceful days and rest- ful nights, did we not know that the coming classes will be far worse than we. Third, to the Junior class we make special bequests. To them we leave our most cher- ished article—our Senior dignity. Although we feel that they are wholly incapable of bearing such responsibility, we do not have the power-to do otherwise. Our scats in the section room and auditorium we leave to those Juniors who grab them first. More- over, any old books, scraps of paper, pencil stubs, combs, examination papers, pictures, or other articles used to make up the parapher- nalia of a Senior, found anywhere in the building, are to be taken to the office, where a rummage sale will take place the first of next September, the proceeds of which will be used to buy headbands to prevent swollen heads in the said Junior class. CLASS WILL Fourth, the following individual bequests are made: : : Donald Bingham leaves his facetious re. marks to anyone who wants them. 4 Harold Lady leaves his flirtations to Gil- more Wheeler. : Mary Tarbell leaves her gift of gab to Wil- ton Gibson. f Paul Doerr leaves his versatility to Tom Howard. : Mabel Lombard leaves her giggles to Mur- ray Clay. ; : ‘Billy’? Clementson leaves his brief-case to that rookie who aspires to look sophisticated. Helen Warfield leaves a clear field to Maude Boynton. Jack Smith leaves his athletic ability to Julian Radice. Louise Kidwell leaves Wilson Zambreny. Otto Lehnert leaves his ‘‘horn’’ to the or- chestra but takes his ability with him. And lastly, Evelyn Hollingshead leaves her quiet manners to Helen Bock. All the rest of our property, whatsoever and wheresoever, of what nature, kind and quality soever it may be, and not herein dis- posed of, we leave to our principal. And we do hereby appoint the said prin- cipal sole executor of this, our last will and testament. Whereby, We, the Class of 1924, the testa- tors, have to this will set our seal this eigh- teenth day of June, Anno Domini one thou- sand nine hundred and twenty-four. Dororny L. Trrep, ’24, TWENTY YEARS HENCE Sneizvoitchki, Russia, Juvember 32, 1944. My dear Jacek: I’m very sorry that I haven't been able to see you for the past twenty years, but this globe trotting does take up time. I’ve had a great many pleasant surprises, though. For instance, when I was in Venice, I met that famous gang, the Schmocks, holding their They're just as devilish as “ Big’? Schmock annual reunion. ever, only a little more so. (Otto) is the leader of a notorious band} which goes under the name of ‘‘Otto’s Cotton at Monte Carlo. In his latest pro- on, ‘‘When Knighthood Was the Ber- ries,’ ‘‘Little’’? Schmock (Paul), now a cinema idol, sells sauerkraut before the pal- ace of King Arthur. ‘‘Baby’’ Schmock (Ar- THE HASTERNER 45 thur) owns a cocoanut grove in the South Sea Islands. He and Mrs. Schmock (known at Eastern as ) and all the little Schmocks have great fun dodging the cocoa- nut showers when the monkeys get angry. Later I visited a deserted little hamlet on the coast of Denmark. I soon found out why it was deserted. At an inn, ‘‘The Sign of the Green-eyed Owl,’’ that Merrill crowd was giving public entertainments. Peggy, Eola, and Helen conduct both the inn and the en- tertainments. While I was in Timbucktoo, I found two more celebrities, Robb and Bingham. In their ‘‘Charm Sehool,’’ Bingham takes charge of the dancing while Dave directs the art of controlling limped lamps. The entire ‘‘pink sheet quartet,’’ Meyers, Edelson, Diamondstein, and Leventhal, are doing research work in Africa, searching for the earliest prize-fighter of the Nile. In Petrograd, where I arrived at the Christmas season, I received a real shock. On one corner, Irene Perry was passing around a tambourine, all collections for the Salva- tion Army, while farther along Mary Beans presented the familiar figure of Santa Claus. I learned that ‘‘ Kid’? is the proprietor of an orphan asylum in Czecho-Slovakia, with Jes- sie Jones as her assistant, and that Helene and Imogene are copping prizes right and left for their fast dog teams in Greenland. As I hailed a cab to take me to the station I recognized ‘‘Billy’’ as the driver; his blue “jazz boat’? has borne its fruits. He bade me good-bye with his old affability, however, saying he hoped he’d run across me some day, which he will probably do. Here’s hoping that we two meet in a warmer place than this. As ever, Roy. THE AUDITORIUM THE PASTE RNER A CLASS ROOM “THE LABOR OF AN AGE IN PILED ccs de ae STONES” Many people work all their lives to heap up a store of wealth; and when they have it they find they do not want it, do not need it, and know of no way to spend it. It seems riuch better to acquire more valuable stufis, such as thoughts. A miser has nothing but a mass of shiny metal, which benefits no one. He lives in one place and one time. His neighbor may have less money, but be more than compensated by trips of imagination. He fights the Saracens with Roland, captures treasure-ships with Drake, or hunts grizzlies with Roosevelt. Why should space or dark- ness awe the adventurous? The lamp of Aladdin is better than the cave of Ali Baba, end anyone may possess it by wishing to do so. Lancelot has done many deeds of arms that have never been set down; St. George may have met many more dragons. Faney can find Barbarossa’s tomb beneath the waters, and see the old king sitting there, with his beard grown through the table, and his eyes closed in a deep sleep. Fancy can see Robin Hood stealing from the rich and helping the poor, or watch the building of the Chinese Wall. She may even show one an evtirely new bypath where none but oneself can explore. The owner of large lands and costly goods is constantly afraid that some- one will take away his treasures, while an- cther man, having a good memory and imag- ination, is far more happy because he will always possess them, and can always rely on them. Dororny E. Waker, ’25. THE EASTERNER : 47 SG) BUBBLES O bubbles, brightly, lightly dancing on the air! O bubbles floating, bursting here and there! Sometimes you come along together in a pair, Sometimes alone, but bringing joy somewhere. Some dream of fame and pow’r to hold their sway ; Some dream of jewels and wealth to sweep their way; Some dream of peace and calm to be alway; Some dream of good and kindly acts that pay. Some dream of joy and glee where tears have been ; Some dream of cozy homes and gardens wee; Some dream of love and maidens fair to win; Seme dream of charms to ope with Venus’ key. The same as bubbles break and change to dew, So do our dreams dissolve, give way to new. Marton Gaytorp, ’25, AH, MIGHT I BE— What are the charms that catch the poet’s eyes And claim the golden glory of his note, Kinehanting him that with his silvery throat He needs must sing their beauty to the skies? O mortal beauty, that yet never dies, O star, to whom our Sidney did devote His praises sweet, what charms in thee pro- mote In his poetie soul such ecstasies? Teach me thy magie and thy potent art, Thy graceful gesture and thy sweet lips’ smile That did entice him to thy golden net. Then might I rule in some great rhymester’s heart, And might, transfigured, grace this earth a while, Tn his fair verses like a jewel set. ASENATH GRAVES, 25. A SONNET ‘Tis night! The day which bore the hope of youth And joy of love has passed. pray Another dawn may come and be, in truth, As pleasant as the last—as bright—as gay. Ah, yes! The day has passed, and you have gone— Have gone, not from my mind, but from my sight ; For still I think of you—of you alone, And long for you throughout the lonely night. T see the stars affixed in heav’n above, The shining stars high in the boundless skies ; I know they are not higher than your love, Nor brighter than the loye-light in your eyes. I wonder if there live, on distant star, Two lovers gay and happy as we are. Joun E. Bowman, ’25. THE SPHINX I saw a mountain, built an age ago By hands of men forgotten, perished quite. That mass, so long admired by human sight, By generations that did come and go, That’s seen the flood-tides rise and ebb and flow Since ancient peoples first came from the night Ot ignorance, and builded for our sight— What man did ever think to make it so? No mortal mind has known that, as it sought The maker, buried in a nameless grave; And rusted are the tools with which he wrought. One lesson from that silence has been taught: We need not seek the name of him to save; There is before us better—that man’s thought. Dororuy E. Waker, '25. And now we The aim, if reached or not, makes great the life; Try to be Shakespeare, leave the rest to fate! Brownie. Much thought and consideration is given to the beautifying of our building and grounds. The urns which were placed in front of the building recently have been filled with shrubs. The grading of the land just east of the con- servatory will cost $7,000. When the field is completed, it will be used as a secondary ath- letie field. Our tennis courts, which are ten in number, are located just north of the ath- letic field. The erection of these courts cost $10,000. Also four regulation jumping pits are under construction in the northwest cor- ner of the stadium. The walk between the stands and the cinder track is being con- ereted. So, upon returning to Eastern next fall, there will be at the disposal of all students, a fully equipped stadium, a second- ary athletic field, and ten tennis courts. The inside of our building has not been neglected, however. There has been installed an emergency gas lighting system, and the various departments in the school have re- ceived new equipment, which tends to make these departments more efficient than ever. Two marble benches have been placed in our lobby. The Senior ‘‘Prom,’’ held on May 2 at the Cairo, was one of the most successful dances that was ever given by a class. Paul Doerr was chairman of the committee.- The favors were slave bracelets bearing the engraving This year the seniors will depart from the established custom of “dressing up like kids” on Senior Day, and will appear attired in keeping with their dignity. At the farewell assembly, senior dramatic stars will make their last school appearance in “The Far. Away Princess’’; senior musicians will dis- play their talent; the Class Will will be pre- sented in a truly novel manner; and the class song will be sung. The program will be fol- lowed by a class luncheon. ASSEMBLIES Assembly forecast: Continued scarcity, Such is the fear of the student body. At an assembly held on April 29 Dr. Fran- ces Foy spoke on ‘‘Preventive Health Measures.” Our new track coach, Mr. Dan Hassett, made his debut at a boys’ assembly on May 1, Speeches on the citizens’ military training camp were made by Paul Doerr, who acted as chairman, and by Col. Craigie, Col. Herron, Col. Scott, and Capt. Watkins. A girls’ assembly was held on May 7. Miss Stockett, on behalf of Les Camarades Friend- ship Club, which has been collecting clothing ior the students of Europe, asked for the help of all the girls in this cause. Mrs. Nat Steed, ot the Overseas Service League, made an an- nouncement of the essay contest on the sub- ject, ““Why a Young Man I Know Should Attend a Citizens’ Military Training Camp.” A feature of the assembly was the girl cheer leaders, Marie Miller, Lydia Edwards, and Edith Sugar. THE EASTERNER On May 13, Mr. Collins gave us the glad news that Eastern had taken third place in the “‘C”’ Club track meet. The trophy of this victory is the Hamilton Memorial Cup. Separate assemblies for boys and giris were held on May 15. Announeement was made of the new courses, journalism and dramaties, to be offered next year. At the girls’ assem- bly Mildred Mockabee and Edna Burroughs, graduates of Eastern who now attend Wilson Normal, made speeches urging the senior girls to go to Normal School. “The careless chooser is a steady loser.”’ PROGRAM FOR COMMENCEMENT WEEK Sunday, June_15, 11 A. mM —Baccalaureate Sermon—Rey. John Paul Tyler, Ep- worth Methodist Episcopal Church. Monday, June 16, 9 A-m.—Honor Assembly. 8 Pp. M.—Class Night—Two-Year Com- mercial Class, Tuesday, June 17, 4 rp. m@—Graduation— Two-Year Commercial Class. Presiding Officer—Mrs. Laura D. P. Morgan. Address—Hon. A. M. Free. Presentation of Diplomas—Mr. Ernest Greenwood. Valedictory—Frances Emily Arnold. Tuesday, June 17, 8 P. m.—Class Night— Four-Year Class. Wednesday, June 18, 8 p. M—Graduation— Four-Year Class. Presiding Officer—Mr. Edwin C. Gra- ham, Address—Hon. M. Clyde Kelley. Presentation of Diplomas—Mr. Robert L. Haycock. Helen Grace Babp. Valedictory 4 Margaret Elizabeth Butler. Class Night Speakers Four-Year Class: Poet—M. Katherine Rives. Historian—Virginia A. Grohs. Prophets—Naomi DeGroot and Dor- othy Tripp. Address to Undergraduates — Paul Doerr. Reply of Undergraduates—Nathan A. Clark. r Two-Year Commercial Class: Poet—Dorothy Edna Zine. Historian—Esther Gertrude Feldman. Prophets — Alice Henrietta Saunders and Eleanor Irene Estes. 49 RUTH GREENWOOD THE ORATORICAL CONTEST Always noted for high standards of schol- arship, Eastern lived up to her reputation by winning second place in the oratorical con- test in the District. Eastern’s representative, Ruth Greenwood, was chosen by the judges, Justices MeCoy, Robb, and Siddons of the District Supreme Court, to be alternate for the local winner, Ruth Newburn of Central, in the national contest. This was indeed an honor, for there were approximately 4,500 contestants in the District. This was a nation-wide contest conducted by leading newspapers for the purpose of stimulating interest in the Constitution. The national prizes were $3,500, $1,000, and $500. Ruth Greenwood received the $100 prize of- fered to Eastern by the Star. We are proud to have placed so high this year. Next year, however, let us be second to none. Lives of great men oft remind us We can make our marks sublime; And by asking many questions Take up recitation time. G “A stitch in time saves embarrassment.’’ 50 THE E GLIMPSES OF INFINITUDE SG “Now glowed the firmament with living sapphires. ’’—Milton. “© thou art fairer than the evening air eee. Clad in the beauty of a thousand stars. —Marlowe. Truly, nothing could be more appropriate than the comparison of something or some- cne beautiful to the summer night. At no other season do the heavenly bodies seem so intimately associated with the earth as in summer. All nature is now attuned, and the stars glow softly in the warm atmosphere. ‘The firmament becomes a vast garden lit with beautiful lamps. The beauty of the starlight is as nearly cooling as the night breezes. A mystic influence steals all over the earth. There is one star I am particularly fond ot; it is Arcturus, the red star of the constella- tion Boétes. This is a sun which may be in- cluded in Neweomb’s ‘“X M” class. This class of stars excels our sun at least ten thou- sand times in brilliance. Notwithstanding the splendor with which Arcturus delights us, It is so remote that no certain estimate of its distance can be made. What must be the ex- perience of the bodies in the neighborhood of Arcturus, as the intolerable blaze illuminates the sky! : The spectroscope ayers that Arcturus is speeding earthward at a pace of 360,000 miles an hour. Each night finds that star 8,500,000 miles nearer than the previous night, and yet Aveturus is not perceptibly brighter than it was in the days of Homer. Such are the star depths! Such is the measureless playground of spinning suns! Truly “God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform.”’ Samuet Gorpon, 725. FAME A whispered hope, a truant thought, A restless urge to promised gain, Then loss of all we dearly bought, Is this the hundred-fold of fame? Maxine Forre, °25. After a year of hard work, the student body is ready to bid farewell to its books, and to enjoy the pleasure of vacation. ASTERNER The astern High School owes a debt of gratitude to Mr. Albert L. Harris, Municipal Architect, for making the building one of the most attractive in the country; and now that the building and equipment are practically complete, this opportunity 1s taken to express pub- lily our deep appreciation of Mr, Harris? services. His willingness to improve on the old order of things in school construction and equipment has been the subject of much favorable com- ment. Recently some visitors, sent out by their board of education to obtain ideas that would be helpful in the planning of a new high school, stated that in their opinion the new Eastern was ‘“‘the most efficiently built and equipped’” of any school they had seen, When school reopens in September the ground improvements will be complete, and the whole plant will be something of which any architect might be proud. CHARLES Harr, MY AIM I may not write the prettiest song, Or sing the sweetest note; I may not be the captain on The biggest ocean boat. I may not climb the highest hill As other men have done; I may not be the winner when The race of life is run. But oh, I hope, when time grows old, These words I write are true: I’ve helped to lift another’s load, And caused a smile or two. Carry M. Moors, 724, REST Angels hide in April raindrops, Gently lifting fainting flowers, Making songs in choired treetops, Softly sweetening soul-sad hours. MAxIneE Forte, 25. THE BASTERNER 51 a DOMESTIC ART DEPARTMENT BANK STAFF President—Ralph Swingle The steadily increasing number of Eastern’s fi- nanciers shows that their court eous, efficient manner of handling the business of the E. H. S. Bank has brought an ever-lengthen- ing line of depositors and customers. Miss Hardy may well be proud of this business-like force. EASTERNER STAFF Editor-in-chief—Fern Hi. Painter Those who have had nO experience in publication work can not imagine the amount of work involved in putting out our sehool’ paper. The ability and dependability of the staff has given Tue EAsrerner a high rank among high school publications. DEBATING SOCIETY President—Donald Bing- ham The organization of a debating society is one of the most significant achievements of the Class of °24. The debating so- ciety has aimed to bring about constructive think- ing and good delivery among its members. In a large measure it has suc- ceeded. EASTERNER {STERNER 53 STUDENT COUNCIL President — (boys’?)—Paul Doerr President (girls’) Helene Hesse The fact that things don’t’ often go wrong around school is due in a large measure to the Stu- dent Council, a quiet but efficient group of students who do much toward keep- ing the mechanism of our large school in smooth run- ning order. SECTION REPRESEN- TATIVES The system of having section representatives is a recent extension of the long-established — Student Council. The object of this extension is to give the students a more direct voice in school government and to encourage more ac- tive participation in school interests. LUNCH ROOM STAFF Chairman—Myra Kerwin These girls hand out soup, salad, sandwiches, sundaes, and smiles in our cafeteria. They have proved a very efficient corps of workers, serving willingly and - helpfully. Indeed, who would deny that they are indispensable to-Eastern? NER pASTER THE MERRILL CLUB President—Lola Benzler The Merrill Club is the largest of the girls’ clubs at Eastern. It is an or. ganization which promotes friendship and helps those who need it. The dances and plays given by the club this year are eyi- dences of its success, LES CAMARADES FRIENDSHIP CLUB President—Margaret Loane Les Camarades is one of the largest and oldest groups of its kind in the local high schools. Besides having dances and hikes, the girls also devote one meeting very month to so- cial service work, FIDELIS FRIENDSHIP CLUB President—Eunice Smith Although the Fidelis Friendship Club has been organized only since Feb- ruary, this enthusiastic group of Freshmen bids fair to become one of the most active clubs at East- ern. Their favorite pas- times are selling candy and going on hikes. TH EASTHR NER 55 SENIOR BASKETBALI, CHAMPIONS Captain—Irene Perry The championship in girls’ basketball again goes to the Seniors! The com- petition was keen, but a confident spirit and su- perior game brought vie- tory to these girls. As captain, Irene Perry proy- ed her ability and effi- ciency in directing her team in the series. THE PATHFINDERS President—Margaret Butler The aims of this organi- zation, which was founded last year, have been ac- complished by these girls. They have walked one hundred miles or more. The hikes given by the Pathfinders have been very j enjoyable and profitable. BALLLEEIA, 4 (6 1 GIRLS’ RIFLE CLUB Captain—Marguerite Lingrell The girls’ rifle club had been organized only a short time when interested ob- servers began to realize that it had come to stay. Now, in its fourth year, it has become a worthy rival of the much older boys’ or- ganization. DRAMATIC SOCIETY President—William Clementson The dramatic society has had an unusually suecess- ful year. The fall show proved the versatility of the members. ‘‘Rollo’s Wild Oat,’’ the spring play, was one of the best that Eastern has ever pro- duced. The ¢lub should be proud of its work. THE ORCHESTRA Give credit where @ is due! Our orchest = added greatly Ledit ‘a has eee y to the ef. fectiveness of every play given at Eastern thig van At the assemblies, ae has been indispensable The members have vel faithful in practice a are serving their school well. GLEE CLUB President—Roy Cheek Our singets have done well this year. Eastern’s glee club took no minor part in the large musie festival this spring. Al- though a large part of the club is graduating, some talented singers still re- main for next year’s club. FOOTBALL TEAM Captain—Claude Newman, Although Eastern has not won a football cham- pionship for a number of years, each season shows improvement in the team Be it said, however, that with Newman as our cap- jain, victory was never easy for our opponents. an = CHEER LEADERS Henry McKinley, Vernon Hooker, Andrew ZLervouler How about a ‘Punch and Judy’’ for the cheer leaders? Jumping, dane- ing, gesticulating, whoop- ing—so they infuse spirit into us. By them the team is inspired; we all cateh the enthusiasm; the faeul- ty is amused, and every one feels better. BOYS’ RIFLE CLUB Captain—W. Roy Cheek Rifle practice always comes in for a share of commendation, and deserv- edly so, for it develops perservance of character, aeeuraey of eye, and phy- sical fitness. For a num- ber of years, the boys” club has been one of our honored institutions. BASEBALL TEAM Captain—Gladstone Roudabush Another baseball season has come to a closé. Again we barely missed being champions; but next year with most of these lads with us again, we shall ex- pect to have better luck. They have worked hard, and have made up a for- midable aggregation. BASKETBALL TEAM Captain—Bruce Kesstep This is the team, an «““Wahoo’’ says, that fag brought back the sealps The squad went unde! feated through the intep. high series. They broughy to Eastern the Harvarg Cup, the Baltimore Cup and the 1924 champion. ship. TRACK TEAM Captain—Alex Gregory With these boys, our new track, and excellent equip- ment, honors were achiev- able for Eastern. The un- tiring efforts of Mr. Col- lins and Mr. Hassett have enabled our representa- tives to bring back honors to the school. BOYS’ ATHLETICS astern is closing one of her most Success. ful seasons in athletics. This record hag been 56 through the spirit with which the boys ee the teams have taken part. The backing rt has been given the teams by the attend- nee of the students and faculty at the games Rs also helped to bring about her success, “The defeat that the baseball team suffered at the hands of Central put it out of the race for the championship, but left it good chances for the position of runner-up. The losg of Jack Smith from the team was a matter of pegret to the school. The team was lucky, however, for they had a player very capable jn filling the place of captain—Gladstone Roudabush. It is hoped that next year East- ern will win the championship in this sport, Praises of the basketball team are stilt being sung. Coach Guyon hopes to put as good a team on the court next season as he did the past season. The boys this year came through with no defeat on their record in the high school games. Bastern’s showing in football last season was not so good as was expected. The boys this coming fall are going out with one de- termination—to win the championship. Coach Guyon is trying to arrange the schedule for next year so that some of the games can be played on our gridiron. Track, as well as the other sports of our school, is coming into the limelight. We are proud of the record which our boys made in the ‘‘C’’ Club meet. Tech was defeated for the first time in many years by our relay team. Bond won the first place in the high jump and Startzel won third place. In the broad jump White won first place. Third place in the discus throw was taken by Schaefer. These victories entitled Eastern to third place in the meet. Eastern has a new and very capable track Gdfiaa � Coach in Dan H. best field judge East Atlantic St jated with the Trish- and the New York years, assett. He is known as the and official starter in the ates. Mr. Hassett was affil- American Athletic Club Athletie Club for many With the record est. Eastern w year. : ablished for this year, ill do her best to excel it next a GIRLS’ ATHLETICS We are now near the close of our cessful year in athletics. has indeed been most sue- The lack of tennis a disappointment, but we have had many things to compensate for it. Miss Stockett has been greatly assisted in her excellent work by the cooperation and en- thusiasm of our new teacher, Miss Alexander. Her work has been of great benefit to the girls, Particularly the freshmen. Next year Eastern will have one more instructor in this department. Not long ago, someone made the statement that all the girls did in gy m. was to dress up in bloomers, play tag, and try to catch ball. Of course, we play games, but that is about the least important phase of our work. We have learned to swing Indian elubs without much danger to our heads, and have become quite proficient in equestrian acrobatic stunts. Last winter the making of illustrated book- lets on ‘Outdoor Sports for Girls’’ proved to be an interesting feature of our work. We found that girls in various parts of the country participate in all the modern sports, including football. The boys haven’t any- thing on us! Working in conjunction with the physieal training department, our infirmary is an im- portant factor in the school. During the past year, it has rendered assistance in about one thousand different cases. At times some EA THE yTERNER SOPHOMORE BASKEry BALL CHAMPIONS _ The interclass series i basketball this year is ae that will never be forgot. ten. The teams started off with a vim, and some very exciting struggles for class honors followed. By theip clever team work and pep. the Sophomores won, : may have taken advantage of our tender- hearted Mrs. Davis, but we shall all remem- ber her kindness toward us. Then, too, we have had a Red Cross class under the direction of Miss Kanely. The ties have such classes, schools of many other ¢t but we are the only Washington school to ¢o- cperate with the Red Cross in this way. We hope that next year more girls will take an interest in these classes. Our program for the coming year jis not - settled, but it will include tennis basketball, and baseball. In ies sports we shall continue our policy of intra. mural, rather than interscholastie games, By this plan. all girls who so desire may partici pate in and be benefited by our various actiyj. ties. In our work we should always remem- per that athletics is like a pyramid, the base of which is the instruction of all, and the apex, the few stellar players. There can he no apex without a base. entirely hockey, = a — — — = = = = — — GIRLS’ GYMNASIUM THE SCHOOL GOSSIP Poor Harold Lady says that he lost all of pis style when he came to high school, He thinks that pupils should not be told to imi- tate the great writers, but should keep their own original style. when Miss Birtwell asked Jack Vierkorn to recite his selection from “Macbeth,” he established a world record by telling the truth «qT went out last night.’ tins girls who take domestic art are be- «inning to realize that Chinese puzzles are simple in comparison. to cutting out and put- ng together a complicated garment. Ralph Nestler said that Boswell had queer habits, because he fell at people’s feet and begged them to spit on him. Boswell cer- tainly had the inferiority complex badly. We, the members of the ‘‘Bobbed Band,”’ wish to welcome into our organization two members of the faculty, Miss Knee and Miss Ruppert. Long may their hair wave in the preeze and the rain! tir At the assembly in which the Merrill Ctuh eave several parts of their “big show,’’ Maud Boynton surely was the headliner, Many pu- pils thought that she was trying to vamp Wilton Gibson, but later it was learned that she was doing nothing except a little stage business. Taking Burke and Macbeth examinations is getting to be the favorite sport of certain members of the senior class. Some of them have taken four tests and are still going strong. But don’t worry; they'll get an over- dose and pass (away) soon. In the case of the daily Bingham vs. Cle- mentson struggle for the front seat in the first row in English class, it has been suggested that a referee be employed. The best reason that some of us could think of for having young men we know attend Cc. M. T. C. is that it’s lots of fun visiting them, but we were afraid to tell the judges so. Hence Eastern’s slim representation in the C. M. T. C. contest. _ “‘Herb’’ Angel says that he hopes the next time he goes on a moonlight hike nobody will take a flashlight along. EASTH RNER 61 Sie PASSING OF THE SCHMOCKS he ¢ i little fold cae a approaching for all the : een mountains, the green ee green meadows to come to era Hoe the royal scramble for diplo- a ae ie little Schmocks were celebrat- ie ao Tae a Stand time playlully stomip- ee ? e urkes, tearing up Latin and ¢ mistry books and getting out of trouble i @ wizardly fashion. Finally after “Tittle’’ Schmock (Paul) had bounced a luneh room table off ““Big’? Schmock’s (Ott) head, they tlecided to join forces ; so they hurled “ Baby” Schmock (Bondy) down the ' Stairs and proceeded to play tiddly-winks. But now the big event was at hand and all the little Schmocks had to wash behind their ears and put on their Sunday- g0-to-meeting clothes. Along with the other tribe of Yip-yips they were waltzed up on the platform, wondering what it was all about. However, “ Tittle’’ fifty thousand their game of Schmock had not forgot- ten to have a last fling at the gang; so he playfully planted tacks. much to the dismay 0% those concerned. After the speakers used up all the ice water, they began to call the names. Everyone managed to get the wrong diploma except Hisle, his. being held over since 1904. Then the funeral march was played and everybody walked out. Anyway, there were beautiful flowers, so sympathetie and thoughtful. Now after this was all over, the Sehmocks had their last gathering as “Easternites.””. They sang and danced in glee and then proceeded to the light refresh- ments of sauerkraut, pretzels, cheese, pickles, schmeerease, and pumpernickle. After all had eaten to their hearts’ content, they joined in and sang ‘‘Mary’s Blues,”” much to the dismay of listeners. But the good times could not last forever; so the little Sehmocks bid each other adieu and went their way into the wide, wide world. They left best wishes with their friends and relatives at. Eastern, and promised-to watch their every move toward bringing Eastern more glories. Thus passed one of the most devilish, daring, and hilarious families of little folk that ever Eastern. attended ArtHur Bonpurant, 724. (who is hum- Eola Benzler to Clinton Hisle : oe Clinton. “No; I can’t sing, either, ming): 3 ; Clinton: ‘‘That’s all right. I don t have tc pay to have my voice cultivated. Se Byram’s Many of us appreciate Mrs. asses thoughtfulness in having some of her el sing ‘‘Home, Sweet Home’’ on the day our second advisories were given us. peu epee “How high does Scotch Miss Moore: heather grow?”’ Rhind: ‘‘As high as a man s he is bending over.” eas eS On the blackboard during a book report: “Twenty Thousand Leaques Under the Sea.” Blise Scharf: ‘‘No wonder that there are such low tides in the Mediterranean!” SRNR Ruth D.: ‘To get out of gym. you have te get a doctor’s certificate saying your kealth won’t permit it.”” Ruth G.: ‘I wonder if one saying you're strong enough not to need it would do.”” tands when Judson: ‘‘Read us some French jokes, Miss Franz.”’ Miss Franz: stand them.”’ Judson: ‘Well, we could laugh anyway.” “But you wouldn’t under- Miss Boyd: ‘‘Williams, go and open all the windows on the street.”” M. Ruedi (in English): “I'll give you an nple to show you how the people suffered exam ¢ zy animals. from fleas and such SE a Miss Monk (returning to class after an emergency call to Mr. Hart’s office); « ] feel very much less comfortable than when I went down.” That's nothing; most all of us do. (In history test): ‘‘Define ‘reichstag.’ + McAlister: “The name of general.”’ a Russian Teacher: ‘‘Name three races of man,’? Pupil: ‘‘Automobile, horse, and foot races.” Miss Knee: ‘‘You will remember that the members of Praise-God Barebone’s parlia- ment got up early one morning and dissolved themselves.’’ Miss Weihe: ‘‘If one fat boy and one small boy were on a see-saw, which was bal- anced in the exact center, where would the fat boy be sitting ?’” Helen Wheeler: ‘‘On the ground!’’ “T need a few good jokes Local Editor: for THE EASTERNER.”” M. Deyser: ‘‘Go to the library for a while.”’ THE hag Causey (in English): “He would got a it 2? ™ vay with It. ; 3 my iss Monk: ‘‘T object to that English,” Causey: “He would be devoid of suspi- jon ” Miss Monk: “Has anyone picked up a al science book—by mistake??? gener 7 “T don’t take general science,”’ -y, Muir: Miss Gardner: “What is one of the pranebes of the Puritan Church?” ‘Asenath Graves: “The conversationalist,”’ Gushing Student: “‘I certainly do like this school!” : Mr. Padgett: “Yes? Why?” Qushing Student: “Tt has such a nice corps of teachers.”’ Diamondstein: ‘‘ What makes the baseball guuad picture look so small this year?”’ “Leventhal: “Well, Julie Radice was ab- sent when it was taken.’” Elsie Hill: ‘‘I smell wood burning,” Blizabeth Feint: “Sure. Irene Williams is thinking.” Sophisticated Soph: “Yes, we're all de- gcended from monkeys.” Superior Senior: “Speak for yourself, John.”’ M. Deysher (referring to a class drama- fization): ‘‘Miss Gardner made me be a pad angel.’’ K. Rives; ‘‘She knows her business.’’ Teacher: ‘‘Name three of the taxes.’’ Pupil: ‘‘Thumb tacks, pole tax, and car- pet tacks.”’ Rookie: ‘‘Who is ‘Bonus Bill?’ heard so many talk about him lately.”’ I’ve Miss Monk (soliciting an alternate for Wheeler in ‘‘In the Spring,’’ ete): “‘I don% see how Gilmore can spend the rest of the semester proposing to girls.’’ TERNER 63 . THE OLD ORDER CHANGETH” Wie Muller lived in another day hen ladies used to rake the hay, oe wouldn’t eall her life so gay; We spend our time in another way. Thstead of farming on the ridge, r, We spend our afternoon at bridge, ( A Or go to see our fav’rite actor, And leave the haying for the tractor. Blie wore her torn hat with a pensive air; We wear poke bonnets and bob our hair. So day by day in ev’ry way, Tt all comes out of the price of hay. CATHERINE Brapy, ’26. FROM OUR EXCHANGES Ma: ‘‘What time did he leave last night ?”” She: ‘Ten 0’elock.”’ Ma: ‘Don’t lie to me. I heard him say, “Just one!’ ”’ Skinner: ‘‘T see you’re trying out for dra- maties, Palmer. Had any experience?”’ Palmer: ‘‘Yep—had my leg in a cast once.’” Stude: ‘‘Surveying a little?”’ Surveyor: LY “No, simp; surveying a lot ““Why is it that you’re always at the bot- tom of your class, my boy?”’ Johnny: ‘‘It doesn’t matter, dad; they teach the same things at both ends.”’ Sergeant (to colored sentry) : thing moves, you shoot.’’ “TE any- Sentry: ‘‘Yas, sah; an’ if anything shoots, 7 : 3 g ah moves.’” Breathes there a man with soul so dead Who never to himself hath said, “School be hanged; I’m going to bed’’? pASTERNE R THE THE PRINT SHOP THE BAStERN ER BOYS’ RIFLE CLUB Bastern 1s disappointed in the development of the Boys’ Rifle Team. Circumstances pre- vented the regular practice, but the mem- pers have been working hard. Captain Cheek has spent both time and effort with the elub, with praiseworthy results. Only a small number of the boys starting at the beginning of the year have been faith- ful to the practice. These boys are being put into shape for next year when we hope much will be done toward bringing Eastern on top. With the excellent range, ereat results will be expected from our school. Rumor has it that the boys have heen try- ing their skill on some of the big meadow rats jn the fields around us. According to the rats, there are some excellent shots on the team. A big event of the year took place in May the Rice Medal match. The results, how- ever, cannot be given, for THE EASTERNER went to press before the finals. Hopes are being entertained to have a much better and larger club next fall that will show the rest of Washington what we of Caprtol Hill ean do. GIRLS’ RIFLE CLUB r The regular yi ay ae nifle range reopened about the May. Everyone was very glad to be able racti : vines oh a a the members practi Se ee ef practiced with renewed vigor and made very creditable scores. a Last month the girls competed for the Friends’ Medal which is offered each year to the best shot. oe Recently the members of the elub went for an all-day pienie up the river to Miss Mur- ray’s shack, and enjoyed the day very much. i In spite of the inconveniences suffered dur- ing the year, the girls’ rifle club has done Some very good work. With the opportuni- ties now offered, there should be next year a great inerease in members to earry on the work. Some members are graduating and leaving the club; but they sincerely hope that when Eastern’s attainments are lauded in the future the Girls’ Rifle Club will not be in the background, but will come forward with true school spirit and make Eastern proud. THE RIFLE MATCH About the middle of May the girls and boys vied with each other for supremacy in rifle shooting. The boys were victorious, for their average was 78.3, while that of the girls was 75. Taken mdividually, however, the girls surpassed the boys in high scoring. In the prone positions they tied for first place, while the girls won at off-hand (standing) by a number of points. The match has aroused interest in rifle work, and we hope that in the future these friendly contests will be: cox- tmued. There’ were only five girls from the many who enrolled whose attendance has been suf- ficiently regular and scores sufficiently high to be awarded with the ‘‘E.’’ These are Julia Allnutt, Thelma Benton, Margaret. Butler, Marguerite Lingrell, and Helen Seitz. Next year, under more favorable conditions, a much larger number will probably be awarded. Teacher: Rookie : “Where was Caesar killed?’” “Page 24.” ASTERNER THE MUSIC ROOM TH CHORDS AND CUES ‘As the eurrent school year closes, a happy retrospect is afforded by glancing over the musical achievements of the term. Through the medium of her various organizations, astern has proved herself to be a prominent figure in high school musical circles, By splendid orchestral selections and delightful solo and chorus work, our promising young musicians have been given opportunity to dis. play their unusual talent. Under the able leadership of Mrs, Byram, Bastern’s orchestra has won favor in the realm of amateur musical organizations, The orchestra bids farewell this year to its re- markable pianist, Minnie Hoxsey, and a com: petent violinist, Rose Reikes, who are in the graduating class. The Glee Club of the past year abounded in well-balanced harmony and beautiful eol oring. These qualities were effectively prought out in the cantata, ‘‘Columbus,’ On May 29 the advanced major music pu- pils skillfully displayed their ability at the annual musical assembly, A. beautiful musical program is being planned for the graduating exercises of both academie and business classes. The past year has been perhaps the most successful in dramaties that Eastern has ever known. Plays formed a most important part jn the student activities. The fall show consisted of three one-act plays, ‘‘The Wonder Hat,”’ ‘‘A Night at an Inn,” and ‘‘The Pot-Boiler.’”’ As they were of entirely different types, the versatility of our actors was demonstrated. At Christmas, Booth Tarkington’s ‘‘Tryst- ing Place’’ was presented. This proved a delightful little entertainment. The climax of the year was reached in the spring play, a modern comedy entitled ‘‘Rol- lo’s Wild Oat.’’ This gave many of our old standbys a chance to appear again, and brought to light much new material. The cast was very well chosen. Miss Prince and her assistants are due much eredit for the success that was achieved. The stage man- ager, his assistants, and the electricians de- serve their share of praise, for what would ZFASTERN HR 67 we have done wi Settings and pro The new cours: Started next ye: thout them to give us our duce our sunshine? ein dramatics, which is being ar, should prove a very great help to those interested in that subject. East- ern did Well in, dramaties in 23, better in 724. and will do best in 125. SS ees GIRLS’ CLUBS tela: if drawing to a close and at its girls’ clubs may sincerely say, ‘“We ae done our best; we have helped others W ile benefiting ourselves; we have left our impress on other school activities; we have accomplished our purpose.’” Especially may the Merrill Club say this, for it has proved its ability—dramatie and otherwise. The “Merrill Club May Com- edies,”” given on May 9, was perhaps the most successful enterprise of its-kind ever given by one of the school clubs. The two one-act plays, ‘‘The Turtle Dove’? and ‘In the Spring a Young Man’s Faney,’’ were very amusing. A chorus made up of prac- tically all the members of the club gave very effectively a review of favorite American Songs of the last eentury. Dances, and the “Hawaiian Melody Boys’’ completed a well- balanced program. The Pathfinders have had several hikes during the past month, one especially enjoy- able to the Boy Scout Reservation at Burnt Mills; another around the Speedway when the cherry trees were in bloom; a third to Great Falls. Several girls expect to receive the Pathfinders’ ‘‘E’’ in June. The memers of both Friendship Clubs, the Fidelis and Les Camarades, joined in usher- ing at a recent entertainment given by the Y. W. C. A. A hike was made by the joint elub on May 17. On May 23 a party was given by Les Camarades at the home of the president, Margaret Loane. Officers of this cinb have been elected for next year. They are: Margaret Knapp, president; Esther Burgess, vice-president; Mary Schneider, see- retary; and Dorothy Colliflower, treasurer. It is hoped that next year the girls’ clubs will keep up the high standards set by the crganizations during this and previous years. did scholar- 193, is mak- Eastern is proud of the splen ship record which George Kern, mg at Syracuse University. ; C. A. Campbell, ’22, was the first American blue-jacket to go ashore at British Somali- land. Riding in a erude wooden chair, borne on the shoulders of four stalwart, dark- skinned men, he enjoyed a sightseeing tour among the natives. GC. W. Steves, 16, visited Eastern recently. He is ordered to the U. S. Veterans’ Bureau Hospital 41, Ward 3, New Haven, Conn., for treatment. He can be reached at that ad- dress by his old friends, from whom he will be glad to hear. Larry Pope, ’14, writes that he has re- ceived a cheerful letter from Fred Deck, 14, saying that he now is able to sit up for brief intervals. J. Riehl Arnold, ’14, of the decorative ce- ment work firm of Pringle Arnold, made the flower boxes and urns in front of the school which were recently presented to Hast- ern by Dr. Arnold, the school physician. Dr. J. G. (‘‘Pat’’) Reilly, “14, announces the removal of his offices to 1305 East Capitol Street. Ulrie Mengert, '12, is on the council cho- sen by the President to investigate for the government the charges of official corruption in the matter of the Teapot Dome oil leases. Rev. David Ransom Covell, ’06, and his wife were recently tendered a banquet at the City Club by Washington notables. This well-known Easternite resigned his position as rector of Trinity Diocesan Church to re- sume his work in California. Ruth E. Rives, ’21, was recently elected editor of the school publication cf Blockley School for Nurses, located at Philadelphia General Hospital. “ Buddy”’ Parker, 20, is a member of the graduating class at Princeton this year. He will go abroad for about two months imme- diately after graduation. George Gallahorn, 23, has sold his noto- rious pink Ford. Incidentally, he has bought a snappy Maxwell club sedan. Clara Edith Graves, “20, graduated from Joucher College on June 1. Mr. Everett L. Warner, 793, who has achieved distinction among the younger ‘American artists, recently held a very suc. cessful exhibition at the Arlington Galleries, New York. The Outlook, of April 9, repro- duces a number of his pictures, one of whieh is a remarkable painting of New York from a seaplane. Mr. Warner was engaged in camouflage work for our government during the war, and flew over New York City in a seaplane, making, it is said, the first oil sketches that were ever completed aloft. Frank Fields, ’23, is living in the govy- ernor’s house in Frankfort, Kentucky, his father having been elected governor of the Blue Grass State last fall. Marvin Hummer, 721, has been elected manager of the football team of Washington and Lee for 1924. He has also distinguished himself as circulation and advertising man- ager of the Ring-twm Phi, the university semi-weekly newspaper. Deaths We learn with sorrow of the death of Jessie I. Brown, 1900, a teacher at Wallach School. THE EFASTURNER Autographs 69 THE BASTERNER 70 What is love? Love is two fool things after each other. Every Student Needs Little Boy: ‘Look, Ma; the circus has A Typewriter come to town; there’s one of the clowns. ”” Ma: ‘‘That’s no clown; that’s a college man.’” SS =a ie aaa e s sold, rented and Frosh: ‘‘The more I read the less + All makes sol ; know.”’ exchanged. New, Rebuilt and Used Typewriters. An early start assures easy suc- cess. We do not sell ANY- THING that is not good. Lowest prices for cash or $5 down and $5 monthly. Bosh: ‘You must be well read.” Rensselaer yey . 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Aut Business Communications S1ovip ne AppresseD To THE Business MANAGER Entered as Second-Class Matter in the Post Office at Washington D. C., under Act of March 4, 1879. €asterner Staff 1924-1925 EDITORIAL STAFF Editor-in-Chief, Herbert E. Angel, '25. Departmental Editors: First Assistant Editor, Asenath L. Graves, '25. Organizations, Mildred Crews, '25; Lindsay Duvall, '25. Second Assistant Editor, Dorothy _E. Walker, '25. Faculty, Kathryn White, '25. Departmental Editors: Alumni, Ruth Greenwood, 25. Features, George A. R 26. Humor, George Finger, °26. Art, Frederick N. Van Der Linden, '25. Exchanges, John E. Bowman, '25. School News, Laura Barrett, '26. Reporters: Florence M. Painter, '26; Kingsland Prender, Sports, E. Gilmore Wheeler, Marie Moore, °25. 26; Margaret Deysher, 25; George Roth, '26; J. Aubrey Cadets, Thomas P. Howard, Morales, 25; Elise Scharf, '27; Elizabeth Welch, '27. BUSINESS STAFF Business Manager, Edward Hunnicutt, '25. Bookkeeper, Nellie Dalrymple, ‘26. Assistant Business Mannger, Claude Lawrence, ‘25. Assistants: Frank Kreglow, Kenneth Burgess, '26; Advertising Manager, Irving Raley, '25, Horace Purcell, '26; Catherine Gibson, '25; Josephine Circulation Manager, Alpheus Walter, ‘26. Tremain, ’26; Ruth Jarvis, '26; Marion Warfield, ‘26. STAFF TYPISTS Lois Koerth, '26. Margaret Arrington, '26. Leah Sugar, '26. Margaret Brust, '26. Table of Contents PAGE Alexander T. Stuart _ 3 ae eee Se ES — — it A Magician in Pen and Ink. JASEN ATH L GRAVES 8 The Fiddler __—HERBERT E. ANGEL___ Lee 9 National Guard Capers... == A CAPERER EA CRs he. aoe ANY “Time Flies—Love Stays”. Bee ee ROSEMARY + ARNOEDS ssa ID Twisted Yarns_ ae eee eer eee GEORGE A; MAIN Go = en ee — 14 Heditorig] se eee ee = am =— SS eS School News... ine Ee a ee si 16 Sports al Ea a Ee Sa Pies een LY 6 Organizations —. ¥ ae eae SS Se Se STS, Cadets), = = SSA oS ES 19 _ Humor — ort Sia = Ss = eae ai SS 20 Faculty . iba: : = Bite = = = 23 Alumni —__. = — a a a 24 Exchange a = : 25 Semester Honor: : a = = = 26 DIRECTION AND OWNERSHIP OF THE WASHINGTON SCHOOL FOR SECRETARIES AN ORGANIZATION UNEQUALLED IN THE ANNALS OF AMERICAN PRIVATE SCHOOLS President: Edwin C. Bosworth, Ph. B., formerly Dean, Detroit School of Accountancy, Dean, ‘ Pace Institute, and Dean, National School of Commerce; author of Manual of Charting, Secretarial Accounts, and Introductory Accounting, an educator of national prominence for fourteen years. Richard T. Ely, A. B., A. M., Ph. D., LL. D., author of Taxation in American States and Cities, Outlines of Economics, Monopolies and Trusts, Labor Movement in America, Studies in the Evolution of Industrial Society, and many others; an educator and economist of national prominence for more than forty years. Vice-President: Mrs. Olive Chapman, more than twelve years of teaching and supervisory experi- Principal: r ence in leading American commercial schools. Louis B. Montford, LL. B., Secretary; Herbert F. Keyser, A. B., Assistant Prin- cipal; H. S. Lester, Office Manager; S. C. Perry, Assistant; J. F. Peckham, Place- ment Manager; K. M. Nutwell, Assistant. Other Officers: Mrs. Olive Chapman, Mr. Herbert F. Keyser, Mr. W. A. Klutz, Mr. J. T. A. Teachers: Ely, Mrs. Adria Beaver, Miss Mary K. Frick, Miss Anne Hahn, Miss Rachel Reinhardt, Mr. John D. Long, Mr. Herman F. Brall, Miss Adelaide R. Hasse. Owners: Professor T. S. Adams, Yale University; Mr. Edward U. Anderson, Banker, New York City; Mr. G. Franklin Clapp, Banker, New York City; Professor Jeremiah W. Jenks, New York University and Alexander Hamilton Institute; Mr. Hobart S. Johnson, Manufacturer, Madison, Wisconsin; Professor L. R. Jones, University of Wisconsin; Colonel F. T. A. Junkin, Chicago; Honorable Theodore Marburg, Baltimore; Professor F. A. Ogg, University of Wisconsin; Professor Edward A. Ross, University of Wisconsin; Doctor Albert Shaw, Review of Re- views, New York City; Professor M. V. O’Shea, University of Wisconsin. ERN HIGH Se oer 00, Vi —————— ee 1924 The BASE R NTR NovEMBER, Pacr 7 Alexander Tait Stuart 1848-19 24 In the death of Mr. Alexander T. Stuart, director of intermediate instruc- tion in the Washington public schools, on September 5, 1924, the Eastern High School loses an old and dear friend. For more than fifty years Mr. Stuart de- voted his life to the publie schools of Washington, either as teacher, super- visor, or administrator. His relation to the Eastern High School was particu- larly close. For many years he was supervisor of schools on Capitol Hill, with his office in the Wallach Building, on the lot also occupied by the old Eastern High School. The student body of the Eastern High School was drawn very largely from schools under his supervision, and Eastern boys and girls were always the object of his affectionate interest. His own daughters attended Eastern. He took peculiar pride in Eastern successes and victories. His ability as an administrator and his high personal qualities twice led to his appointment as the superintendent of schools. This important position he held with conspicuous suecess, being relieved of its responsibilities each time only at his own urgent request. In this long life of service, Mr. Stuart endeared him- self to teachers and pupils alike. It has been said of him that no word has ever been spoken of him by anyone except in praise and affection. Surely to have lived such a life is achievement of the highést order. It is noteworthy that Mr. Stuart’s life in the Washington schools covers almost every phase of the development of the publie school system. As a boy he attended a ‘‘free school’’ taught by the famous Scotch schoolmaster, Strong John Thomson, after whom the Thomson School is named. This was before the days of graded schools, and long before any dream of a public high school. Mr. Stuart not only witnessed the marvelous growth of the school system, but was also a leading participator in its upbuilding. He had high ideals and broad vision. Much of what we enjoy today in the richness of our edueational opportunities we owe to the effort and devotion of this friend of education. It is, therefore, peculiarly fitting that to the many tributes already paid to such a benefactor and friend, the Eastern High School should add its sincere tribute of love and esteem. mn NovEMBER, 1924 ASTERNER Ae (OSs eee A Magician in Pen and Ink Asrnatu L. Graves, ’25 ‘The little bear whom I always place with Uncle Sam was originally a gift to Presi- dent Roosevelt,’’ said Mr. Clifford K. Berry- man, the Star’s famous eartoonist, as he sat in his office in the Star Building, his cartoons piled high around him. “You see, one of the Congressmen from Mississippi, which was then a great bear country, invited Roosevelt down there for a hunting trip. Roosevelt, who was always ready for a chance to hunt, closed up his desk, packed his grip, and went off for a won- derful time.’ Mr. Berry- man laughed. ‘‘The only trouble was that up to the ninth and last day of his stay he hadn’t seen a single bear. “On the last day, however, someone ran into the camp, and told the President that a bear was outside. Roosevelt seized his gun and ran out to see two burly negroes holding a forlorn little eub by two great chains around its neck. Roosevelt looked at it a mo- ment, and then threw down his gun saying, ‘Why, gentle- men, I couldn’t face my own children when I go home if I’d shoot that poor little bear!’ “‘When that story came in, I drew a car- toon of it. One of the President’s friends who saw it came to me and said, ‘Berryman, I’m afraid the President will miss your car- toon. Won’t you draw another when he gets home?’ Of course I was glad to do as re- guested; so I put another bear cartoon in the paper for Roosevelt, on his arrival in Wash- ington two days later. He liked the little bear so much that I always put one in the eartoon when I drew him. “After Roosevelt went out of office I didn’t know whether to keep him with Roose- yelt, or leave him jn the White House. Fi- nally, I decided to put it up to the pub- lic; and on March 4, I had the bear sitting on the White House steps saying, ‘To go, or not to go?’ Before him were two moving vans, one containing Roosevelt’s furniture, and the other Taft’s. So many said, ‘Let the little bear stay,’ that I transferred him to Taft. When Wilson came in, the little bear didn’t exactly fit Wilson’s nature; so I put him with Uncle Sam, with whom he now appears. “He is the only character, I believe, though, which any cartoonist uses that is not a gradual evolution. “Look!’? He turned with characteristic speed to his desk. “During the Civil War,” he said sketching quickly, “an English cartoonist who was unfriendly to the United States used this slave driver to represent Uncle Sam in his eartoons.’? Mr. Berryman held up a sketch of a harsh featured, wiry-haired gentle- —_—— man. “However, England didn’t remain forever unfriendly to us; so they changed him enough for the better so that our own cartoonists took him up,’’ he continued, sketching again. ‘‘We’ve changed him still more until he has become the Uncle Sam we know today,’’ and he held up the paper once more, now with Uncle Sam in his most genial mood standing beside his ancestor. His auditors exclaimed at the difference in the expression of the two drawings. ““Yes,’’ he said, ‘‘I made an especial study (Continued on page 26) pores HIGH SChg Z oy NovemMser, 1924 The LASTERNER — Pace 9 yy, 5 The Fiddle Ysnuieron,8-£ Hersert E. ANGEL, ’25 Officer MeIrey fastened the collar of his heavy uniform overcoat more closely around his neck. The wind whirled the snow about, making the streets a canyon of seething, stinging snowflakes. After glancing up a dark alley to assure himself that all was well, the policeman knocked his cap against his hand, dislodging’ the snow which had gathered, and resumed his beat up Main Street. “Tt’s a beastly night,’’ soliloquized the husky representative of the law, ‘‘and one Oi wish Oi was out of.’’ He raised his head for an instant, and saw against a lamp-post just ahead of him a hud- dled form of a man leaning wearily. The wind seemed to take a savage delight in driv- ing the snow through the tattered rags which served as clothes. Protruding from beneath his shabby cap were stray locks of hair, white as the snow itself. Occasionally the man clapped his hands, or stamped his feet in a desperate effort to keep warm. ‘Say, unele,’’ accosted the officer, not un- kindly, ‘‘why don’t yer step inside of one of them buildings, and git some of the cold outa yer bones?”’ “T’d only git throwed out,’’ returned the old man, in a disheartened tone. ‘‘Yu see’’ —he broke off in a coughing spell—‘‘yu see, I ain’t got nowhere to go!’’ MeclIrey’s face hardened. across this kind before. ‘¢Well,’’ he ordered, ‘‘come along with me. We got a place for such as you.”’ Trembling, the old man asked in a quaver- ing voice, ‘‘I ain’t arrested am I?’” “Yep, you are. Come on. Say,’’ he de- manded, espying for the first time a black case beside the lamp-post, ‘‘what’s that?’ “‘That’s my fiddle. Kin I bring it, too?’’ “Sure, but hurry up. It’s cold out here.” Together, with heads lowered, one with fa- tigue and shame, the other more easily to see the way, they plunged into the heavy curtain of falling snow. Soon, out of the ever-shift- He had come ing snowy air, glimmered a green light, the one sure sign of a police station the world over. “Tn here,’’ directed the policeman, as they came abreast the light. Half pushing, half helping, he managed to get his prisoner up the steps and in the door. “Well, wot is it?’’ sleepily questioned the desk sergeant, rousing himself from a com- fortable nap. “Just a bum, sor, an’ dead broke at that. He’s got an old violin though,’’ he added as an afterthought. “‘Wot’s yer name?’” growled the sergeant gruffly. The old man started. ‘‘Why—why, Lewis Clark, sir,’’ he stammered. « Age??? “Seventy-five, sir.’’ “ Address ?’” ‘None, sir,’’ he muttered brokenly. “‘Oecupation ?”’ ‘Playin’ my fiddle, spry.”’ “‘Y’ain’t sick now, are yer?’’ “Not s’actly, sir, but I’m jest tired an’ worn out.’’ “‘Where’s yer folks?”’ “All dead,’’ he said sorrowfully. “‘Well, we'll put you up tonight, an’ yer kin tell it to the judge tomorrow.’’ The sergeant closed the book with a bang, and went back to his interrupted nap. Un- der the guidance of a fellow officer, Clark was led away to a cell. The next morning, after the judge had dis- posed of several previous cases, Clark’s was ealled. With short, hesitating steps he tot- tered before the bar. There he listened to the story told by the arresting officer, McIrey. “‘Now,’’ said the judge sympathetically, “ let’s have your side of it.’” The dejected man straightened slightly and began his story. “Yuh see, judge, it’s jest this-a-way. I’ve (Continued on page 11) when I’m feelin’ The BASTERNER Novemser, 1924 National Guard Capers From June 23 to August 9, I ate, drank, slept, worked, and went to see what’s-her- name. On the night of August 9, I reported, according to orders, to the Armory to ac- company. the National Guards on their sum- mer encampment. Aided by five corporals, and three sergeants, I finally succeeded in rolling my pack. Then I turned in. Rest, however, was not forthcoming. Kett- ler and Miller, having enlisted a bunch, piled all the folding chairs before the door. When Lieutenant Peak came up, we were all or- This took most of dered to replace them. the night, and it was a tired, weary-eyed bunch that entrained the next morning. Our comfortable naps on the train were rudely interrupted by a bugle, and we found ourselves at camp. Forming into com- panies, we marched to our barracks, which Mr. Holmes has here successfully depicted. We went inside, dug out the cots and mat- tresses, and arranged them in squads. After making up the bunks, unrolling the packs, and policing up in general, we adjourned to admire the scenery. As Herbie Kelser and I sauntered along we encountered two queer looking persons. On closer observation, we recognized Charles Douglass and Gil Wheeler. One might expect to see Douglass there, but Wheeler! Furthermore, Gil was dressed in dungarees (working overalls), and was smok- ing a corn-cob pipe. I doubt if even his best girls would have known him then. (Pardon me if I seem to be telling tales out of school, Gilmore.) We returned, and as we entered our bar- racks, some reprobate, an inhabitant of the second floor, doused us with the contents of a fire-bucket. As a result of the riot which followed, Kelser, I, and several others got {i Police. ee night it rained, and from the pie- ture of our barracks, the result need not be told. By morning I and all of my belong- ings were soaked. Wringing out my uni- form I donned it, just in time to be too late for assembly. My desire for complaint at carly-rising was forgotten when I learned that Sergeant Cake called Kelser for K. P. at four A. M. After doing justice to bum chow, we were called out for morning drill. Those four hours were a continual nightmare. With blis- ters on our feet, and with fifty pound packs plus the uncomfort- able clothing on our backs, our drill was the acme of snap. Had Mr, Schwartz seen his ea- dets then, St. Eliza- beth’s would have re- ceived another pa- tient ! Drill ended eventu- ally, and being more hungry than _ tired, which is saying a great deal, we did away with what was set before us; namely, pork and beans. Then three hours of torture (af- fernoon drill). Imagine our language when called out for parade that evening at retreat! Few of us felt like eating that evening, and of these, Kettler and Miller were the only ones with enough energy to go over to the Service Club. They danced all evening, returning at taps. The next morning was just like the last, only the two indefatigables, Kettler and Mil- ler, reported to the hospital. We sent Kel- ser out that morning for several things, in- cluding five yards of firing line, butter checks, and bugle oil. On his return he wanted to fight the entire company. The morning following, we were allowed NOVEMBER, 1924 to recline in the shade while a sergeant, Gil Wheeler, and Douglass toiled with, and ex- plained (in the sun), the mysteries of a mo- toreycle. Engineers, such as they, were de- signed for slavery, anyhow. But one per- son was hurt that day. Kettler, while driv- ing the motorcycle alone, failed to hit a chicken, which was wandering} ‘across the road, and elected to pursue it over a stony ridge into a muddy gully. He was put on the sick list temporarily, but the motorcycle was retired from service; so we lost our easy job. However, our lieutenant, being somewhat heavy, preferred easy work, so we were as- signed to the pistol range. Miller proved the best shot, and would have made sharpshooter instead of marksman had not one of his shots punctured a tire on Lieutenant Peak’s car. Kelser did some extraordinary shooting on the fifty-yard range. His first shot struck the ground ten feet in front of him, his second gained five feet, the next increased it twenty feet, the fourth hit the ground just beneath the target, the fifth registered a bull’s eye, and the sixth whined off into the air at an angle of forty-five degrees with the ground. At that he beat me. And so camp went on. Kettler smoked 2 gift cigar, and went on a rampage with a loaded rifle; the engineers captured Miller and Kelser and ducked them, causing, of course, a pitched battle between the Engi- neers and M. P.’s; and Wheeler got lonesome for home, so several M. P.’s were sent to bring him back. Pay day came finally, and the last day of camp. We all received thirty-five dollars or over. When I reached home I had ten dol- lars left. Then at last—oh joy—Washington and home! Maybe we didn’t go home and change to civilian clothes, and take hot baths, and remove ticks by the half hour, and go up to see our girls afterward. Maybe we didn’t! The Fiddle (Continued from page 9) been driftin’ round a right smart while, now. Long bout ten years ago this comin Chris’- ius, Milindy—she was my wife—she died. The KASTERNER Then I sold the farm out there in Kansas, an’ come east. I’d been playin my fiddle at par- ties and sich out there for a long time, so when I come here I played once in a while, too. Last summer I got rhumatiz, an’ I ain’t played much since. This fall I spent all the savin’s I had, an’ I can’t play no more, an’ goodness knows what I’ll do now,’’ he concluded hopelessly. “Faven’t you any relations?’’ inquired the judge, after making several attempts to get rid of a persistent lump in his throat. “‘Nary a one,’’ came the response. The judge peered benignly over his glasses at the old man. ‘‘You’ve had a tough row, old timer,’’ he asserted, ‘‘but I think the only thing that we ean do for you is to send you down to the poorhouse.’’ “T s’pose so,’’? he agreed. ‘‘But, jedge, kin I take my fiddle along?’’ he quickly asked. “ Certainly,’’ replied the judge. ‘‘Hope you ean play it soon. Next case.” e ‘“Where’s Lewis Clark?’’ inquired a young man of Mr. Henry, head of the almshouse. “Tn there, I reckon,’’ he said, pointing to a room down the hall. ‘‘ Want to see him?’’ he asked curiously. “Yes. He’s my uncle I’ve been trying to find for over five years,’’ was the response. ‘ Goin’ to take him away, are you?’’ ques- tioned Mr. Henry, as they walked down the corridor. “Yes, I’ve a gold mine in Alaska, you see.”’ “Tt sure is funny how much good he’s done ‘round here,’’ mused Mr. Henry. ‘‘When he eame this place looked like a funeral—every- body mournin’. Then he started playin’ that fiddle of his, and I’ll be dad-switched if them folks didn’t perk up; and now look at ’em.’’ He threw open the door. Against the wall sat a ruddy-faced, white-haired fiddler, saw- ing out “‘Turkey in the Straw.’’ Out on the floor several couples essayed to dance, while the other inmates, invalids for the most part, looked on. “‘That’s him over there ’gainst the wall,’’ said Mr. Henry, ‘‘a sun which the others re- volve about.’’ The EASTERNER NoveMBER, 1924 Pacer 12 “Time Flies—Love Stays” A. Marearet MERRILL In Dedication of the Sundial in Memory of Miss A. Margaret Merrill October 29, 1924 Time flies, love stays,—though low she lies, Our friend of old, and death denies That we today may see her go On deeds of kindness to and fro, Love smiling in her synny eyes. Yet still she lives, and sanctifies This garden spot, where flowers rise, Year upon year, and, blooming, show Time flies, love stays. And garden of still fairer guise To her sweet life here testifies, The hearts of Eastern girls, where grow White thoughts, high dreams,—true hearts, that know The lesson of her sacrifice, Time flies, love stays. BertHa LEE GARDNER. October sunshine is golden. It sifts down on sloping shafts of light, brightening the grain, mellowing the fruit, mingling the gor- geous colors of the foliage. Just as some lovely people remind you, perhaps, of a par- ticular flower, so has Anne Margaret Merrill always made me think of the golden month of October. ‘‘October wears a glory burning.’ Miss Merrill’s hair was a glorious russet, like burnished leaves touched with sunlight; her checks glowed with vigor as though whipped with autumn winds; her eyes reflected the warm autumn brown of the woodlands she so loved. Have you ever flung up a window in a close, narrow room and leaned far out, drinking in the coolness and the fresh, pure air of the out-of-doors? You inhale exquisite breaths of sweetness while a feeling of exhil- aration and confidence stirs you. Such was everywhere the effect of Miss Merrill’s pres- ence. She came to teach at NHastern in 1909. For ten years she worked and inspired. Her subject was German. No classes of hers were ever dull, for they were enlivened by bright accounts of university life abroad, by per- sonal reminiscences, and, most of all, by her feeling of good-fellowship with her pupils. Miss Merrill was on the dramatic committee, giving countless hours and energy to the coaching of plays. Several times she was the chairman of the spring plays, a truly re- sponsible office. Her chief interest, however, was in the so- cial life of the girls. Filled as she was with magnetism, she wielded-a great influence over their recreation as well as over their work. She organized several Camp Fire groups with herself as one of the guardians. She planned their hikes and week-end camp- ings; she taught them wood-lore; she de- voted many weeks of her vacation to taking “her girls somewhere for out-of-door fun. She was in charge of a girls’ council at Hastern which dealt with the founding of more clubs of a wholesome kind, and with the difficult problem of seeing that no girl was left out. —— SSS NoveMseEr, 1924 The KLASTERNER Pace 13 Energetic, sunny, and lovable! That was Miss Merrill! Can you imagine a teacher who was known openly and affectionately by a nickname? Miss Merrill’s girls called her Merrillee, a name they loved to use. How proud they were to know her so well! How they sought to show their regard by little sur- prises, like a bunch of violets on her desk to greet her—like the birthday party for her in the drill hall. Who would forget thav party? Always had Merrillee been in the thick of working up good times for others; now the senior girls who had been in her section for four years gave her a party all her own. There was the regular cake with candles, of course, and there were songs writ- ten especially for her. Last was read a poem which ended: ‘The best wish that we can offer To the classes that shall come, Ts that they may share as we have The friendship of our teacher-chum.”’ Only a few ‘‘classes to come’’ were able to share her friendship, however, for on October 19, 1919, while in the midst of a course of study dealing with girls’ clubs, Merrillee was called away forever. “The shortest life is longest if ‘tis best. Tis ours to serve; to God belongs the rest.” And so in golden October of this year we have dedicated to the memory of Merrillee, a sun-dial in a garden, carving the inserip- tion ‘‘Time flies; love stays.’? A sun-dial measures only the bright hours of the day. Nisi non numero horas serenas—I count only the happy hours. And that, surely, reflects as nothing else the spirit of Margaret Merrill. RoseMARY ARNOLD. PEACE When, ’twixt the hues of day and darkness, Shadows commingle with the sun, Fair-haired Apollo, swift and tireless, His long and weary course has run. Long grow the shadows, darker, somber, Night doth her velvet cloak unfold, Day’s weary endless toil is over. ‘There comes midst the shadows, peace untold. Grorce Roru. EASTERN HAS NEW ATTRACTIONS Our Eastern now has several entirely new additions to its former possessions, both in- side and out. The new football field is fin- ished, and Easternites will now be seated at the games, instead of having to perch on the railing or stand on the steps, as at Wilson Stadium. The eight tennis courts will prob- ably be patronized by a future Lenglen. The soccer field will not be usable just yet, but the grass doubtless has orders to ‘‘rise to the oceasion.’’? Yes, some grass is planted there, but not visible from the second and third floor windows. The flower garden has a flagged walk, and all dandelions have been notified that between the paving stones is the only place they may grow. And perhaps you have noticed that the thirsty are now doubly provided for. D. E. W., 725. NEW HOBBY INTERESTS FRESHMEN The other day a Sophomore was overheard saying, as she entered the southeast door of our school, ‘‘Oh look! There are the rookies’ sand piles.”’ And sure enough two tables, near the entrance to the conservatory were filled with sand that really looked as though someone had lately tried to build castles and make pies there. Of course, the most probable de- duction was that the rookies had recently been playing in this sand. So the Sophomores believed. But don’t be hurt by all these inferences and jokes, Freshmen. We all have to pass through that stage. Don’t you see that un- derneath all that rough exterior there beats the friendly, loyal heart of Eastern? You are just being initiated. By the same good sportsmanship you show now you will win losing games and acquire high honors in scholarship. The Class of ’25 heartily welcomes the se- niors of ’28 to our dear school. May they have a happy stay. M. M. 725 Reznek: ‘‘Serooby is a village om the east coast of the center of England.” NovEMBER, 1924 P a7; cae The FASTERNER AGE Twisted Yarns Grorce A. MAIN, 726 nee of folk lore. hers have made there remain told. I re- ndfather, The South has an abunda’ Joel Chandler Harris and ot many of these tales famous, but as many more that have not been member several related by my gra when he ran out of established tales, who, would invent one to suit the occasion. To the latter variety, I believe, belongs the tale of the fried mullet. My grandfather had rowed his skiff across the river to purchase a skillet and some but- ter. He procured the articles and set out toward home, having first placed the skillet, with the butter in it, on the forward seat. Now, you know a man rows with his face to the stern. Soon darkness fell, and grand- father lighted the lantern and put it in the bottom of the boat under the forward seat, so that it would not shine in his eyes. The fish, attracted by the reflection of the lan- tern, began to leap about the boat, and it was not long before one flopped into the frying pan. You may guess the natural result. Be- fore grandfather reached home, the mullet was fried to a beautiful brown in the heat of the lantern. Then there are the anecdotes of the razor- back hog. This animal is so named because his body is generally as broad across as his backbone. It is, I believe, an established fact that a razorback placed endways to the sun will not cast a shadow. The only way to keep such a hog behind a paling fence is to tie a knot in his tail. When an owner wishes to know if his hogs are fat enough to be killed, he picks each up by his ears. If the snout swings down, the pig is put back to fatten; Lut if his tail swings down, he is fit to be killed. As for the next statement, you may take it at its worth. The lumbermen find an excellent use for the razorback. They place two logs side by side about a foot apart, and put a third log across them. Then a razorback is run through, and he cuts the top log as easily as would a buzz-saw. Florida is as noted for heat as it is for er had hitched his horse on the shady side of the corn erib on a very hot day. The crib was filled with popcorn, which we raised extensively then. Along about the middle of the afternoon the sun got so hot that the corn began to PoP and scatter itself on the ground around the crib. When we we found our poor horse dead. d covered with white, had frozen to hogs. My fath came out later, He had seen the groun and thinking it was snow, death. Such hot erops in Florida, often become into’ of Florida is especial weather is rather hard on the but, fortunately, it does not Jerable. In fact, the climate y suited for crops, prin- cipally the watermelon. In this state they raise real watermelons. One year the weather s so ideal that the watermelons grew very wa: fast. They developed so rapidly that the melons were worn out from being dragged about by the growing vines. Finally, grand- father devised the scheme of tying the blos- soms in little carts, and letting these be pulled about. However, with such encourage- ment, the crop developed too rapidly, for by the end of the summer the melons had grown to the size of zeppelins ; and in the belief that they were what they seemed, they started go- ing up. As no one ever saw them land, we were unable to get for them the blue ribbon at the county fair, as they deserved. : These are true backwoods’ anecdotes, con- taining more humor than truth. To get the real force of them, however, you must have seen the razorbacks, felt the hot days, eaten the grand watermelons, and to put it short, enjoyed life in Florida yourself. TOMORROW'S TEST Tomorrow was the day that told the tale. With troubled mind his books he did assail ; For dances long had claimed his every night, ‘And with the thought of failure he must fight. But hours of study showed it was too late; To then prepare a ‘‘pony’’ was his fate. Put to the test this ‘‘pony”’ slipped and fell, The ‘‘rider’s”’ fate—I hestitate to tell. J. Auprey Morates, 725.” NovemsBer, 1924 RY OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL Miss Bucknam, the efficient assistant prin- cipal of last year, has resigned from that office to return to her classes. All of us were sorry to hear of her return to the history de- partment, for we had learned to love her for her helpfulness and kindness to us in her work as assistant principal. Miss Watts has relinquished her classes in the business department to take Miss Buck- nam’s place. Although her classes will un- doubtedly miss her in her capacity as a teacher, they have not entirely lost her, for they will feel with the rest of us the effect of her quiet work to make our school run smoothly. A. L. G. THE HONORS SYSTEM While we are looking about, trying to find where improvement is needed, let us not overlook our honors system. As it stands now, it is, without doubt, one of the best sys- tems known for the award of scholastic lionors. Nevertheless, we may always im- prove upon what we have. To our knowledge, there is but one way in which our system may work a hardship. A case of this kind occurs but rarely, yet it should never exist. This is in the question of year honors. Year honors, for which a medal is given, is the acquisition of two consecutive semesters of first honors in one’s freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior year. The hard- ship may be caused thus: a pupil may re- eeive first honors in his second and third sem- esters, failing to do so in his first and fourth. He would receive no medal for his year of honors as those two semesters are neither in his freshman nor sophomore year. The LASTERNER Editorials. W, ‘feuteron ve Now, the question seems to be, is it more valuable to get two consecutive semesters of honors, or to get two consecutive semesters of honors in any one of the four main divi- sions of our high school course? The an- swer is self-evident. H. E. A CADET MEDALS At the beginning of each year, the new cadets are told that medals are awarded for proficiency in drill, After a few weeks many forget the medals but a few remember. June comes. The officers meet to award the medals. The vote is taken—taken upon the whole year’s work, and not upon that of the last few weeks. Those who are disappointed may find the answer to their failure in their own laziness and indifference during the first part of the nine months’ drill. May and June are too late to start working. Work now. November and December count, too. H. E. A. DOCTOR LEINEWEBER We need sympathy! Doctor Leineweber has left Eastern to go in business for himself. No longer will he be found in Room 227, making witty remarks to his Spanish classes. His section feels lost without him. Truly, “Doe,’”’ as the boys call him, was a most popular teacher, and his going is regretted by all. Each of his classes on the day he left gave him a vociferous yell. His section, not to be outdone, gave him three wall-rocking “Punch and Judy’s.’” Few teachers are aceorded such a farewell, but his popularity is due to his jolly personality. Good luck to you, Doctor Leineweber! H. BE. A. he BASTERNER NovEMBER, 1924 SCHOOL NEWS 8.2? “The melancholy days have come. ‘live’? a William Cullen didn’t have as time as we have. Just cast your eye over the calendar. September 22—Back again. : Bruce Kessler started the year right by coming in at 9:30. 4 First Football practice. There was one casualty. Coach Guyon, caught in an avalanche of rookies. He will recover. September 30—First assembly. Outrage of outrages! Rookies in the seniors’ section of the auditorium. October 3 and 6—Student council elections. Remember how important the voting made you feel your first year? October 8—Fire drill. More like a morning stroll than a fire drill. October 9—Assembly—boys only. Tantalizing sounds of cheering filtered to the girls. Oh well—! October 10—Fire prevention talks by sec- tion teachers. No wonder the boys can’t smoke here. October 17—Tech-Eastern football game. Three more games. Three more cheers! We'll win if it takes us three more years. October 20—Political assembly. We never knew Washington felt so deeply over Coolidge and La Follette. Assemblies might have been more plentiful, but be thankful for small favors. 2 Total enrollment 1560! Total number of teachers 76! A long way from the garret days in old Peabody! . = ‘It never rains but it pours.” After waiting all those years in Old Eas- tern, this sudden rain of improvements and innovations fairly takes our breath away. We now have tennis courts, a soccer field, a garden, and a stadium. A full program of music, drawing, and physical training is now offered to every one. = “Variety is the spice of life’-—Also of studies. The 0 nalistie writing are rec From present indications, the “evergreen” kind, too. ew courses in dramaties and jour- eived with enthusiasm. the enthusiasm is s Now that ‘“Bucky”’ Harris has won the World Series for Washington, that last pe- riod won’t seem SO long to some of us. One group of fans decided that they couldn’t wait to get home to the radio. Prank Seriv- ener came to the rescue by bringing his radio to school. savents McKinley, Hooker, Hunnicutt, and Thom are the lucky ones—or unlucky, according to the point of view. Yes, they are cheer leaders for this year. Don’t make their task too hard. Remember your voice is meant for use. a Well, we had the opportunity of express- ing our opinions on the presidential candi- dates anyway. It may not alter the outcome of the elections but it helps us to bear our voteless lot. Meeniee “Absence makes the heart grow fonder.’’ The teachers would be a great deal fonder of the pupils in the journalistic writing class if those little shadows would stop trailing them on the scent of news. The most im- portant events so far in this class are trips to the Corcoran Art Gallery to see an exhibit of Mr. Clifford Berryman’s cartoons, and to the Smithsonian Institute where there was a printing exhibit. = Southeast is to have more cadets. Hine en- ters the competition and Eastern boys do the bossing. Se eee Samples of the work of the dramatic class are on exhibition Wednesday afternoon at the meetings of the Dramatic Association. The class discovers that it has to learn to talk and walk all over again. 2 Our first practice game on our new field (Continued on page 26) NoveMBER, 1924 The KASTERNER f BOYS’ ATHLETICS A Bit of History Football as it is played in the United States is not football at all, but foot-and- hand ball. True football is the English game ealled Rugby or soccer ball. Our football is peculiarly American. Two decades ago American football approached the English game much more closely than it does at the present day. Then it was a mat- ter of brute strength and brawn; now it is a game of science as well. At that time mass plays and rushes were chiefly relied on. The players attempted by main force to push their opponents out of the way and shove the ball forward. 3 The game of today is much different. The forward pass has revolutionized football. The player of twenty years ago had to be well over six feet in height and a giant in strength and build. In the present day the smaller and faster player stands an equal chance with the huge, but somewhat clumsy, giant. The English cannot find much pleasure in watching our game. They say it is too slow; that the plays are not made in rapid enough succession to make it interesting. However, American football is liable to be the main athletic attraction in this country for many years to come. Every year football is be- coming more and more popular. Huge stadi- ums have been built in various parts of the country, but still there is a dearth of tickets for the larger games. Coach Guyon’s Protégés Our showing in the practice games was very good. We defeated the strong Apache team 10 to 7 and held the Maryland Fresh- men to a7 to 3 score. In the first game of the scholastic series, Tech defeated us 19 to 0. Bastern played a much better game than the score indicates. Costly fumbles lost the game for us. The team was over anxious and showed it. Bruce Kessler and Heeke played extremely well, their forward passes, Kessler to Heeke, be- ing the feature of the game. GIRLS’ ATHLETICS Hockey _ Are the boys to have full possession of the new athletic field this year? They are—not! The girls are going to claim part of the field for their own. There will probably be some questions as to what use the girls are going to put it to, but if you will come down to the ““gvm?? some day and watch them you will soon find out. They are going to introduce a new game to Eastern this year, new to us, but one that has been played for centuries. It is hockey. Hockey has developed from a game known as ‘“‘shinty,’’ played in the British Isles. Previously it was played in Europe, as shown by a vase made in about 1330 and found on the continent, which rep- resents two hockey players with sticks and ball. The game has met with more enthu- siasm from the girls than from the boys in America and in many schools and colleges teams are formed and games eagerly awaited. The girls are going to show the boys that it they can’t play football, they. will play hockey, which is a close substitute. As soon as they have become thoroughly acquainted with the game, they will organize teams and then the inter-class games will begin. oAER G ASL CHO Se ric The EASTERNER a ORGANIZATIONS November, 1924 (Someone told the Organizations Eds. that they could write poetry. Glee Club The nightingale, the linnet, and the lark All sink to hushéd silence when they mark Th’ immortal melodies that rise and fall From Andrus’ band when met in Eastern’s hall. Orchestra It doesn’t much matter what’s to be done Or when or why or where; The faithfulest band in all the school— The orchestra’s sure to be there. It doesn’t much matter who’s giving the show, Or who will get the reward; Mrs. Byram’s band is always there To strike the opening chord. Merrill Club The Merrill Club of Eastern Is the largest band of all And they are working mightily, To be the best this fall. And with Maud Boynton their head They’re seeking conquests new; O’er dullness, sadness, ennui And they will win them, too. Debating Society To sway the whole assembled school’s the aim Whene’er our budding orators declaim. With Durwood Keatts, their president, they say To lick the Oxford team will soon be play. Dramatics We're trying to find him.—Eprror.) Hiking Club The Hiking Club girls find pleasure galore In hiking and hiking and hiking some more; But the reason for this need no mystery be— A hundred miles walking brings each a blue E. Rifle Clubs Thelma Benton who’s head of the girls’ rifle team, Says to aim well and shoot straight is their fondest dream. They’ve started this year to do something great; You'll soon find that out if you’ve patience to wait. Edward Andrus is working for victory By the boys, for Eastern and of all D. C. But we want to say this before we through— If they beat the girls’ team they’ve something to do. are Les Camarades and Fidelis Club They came to old Eastern Just eight years ago, A wee seed of friendship And good cheer to sow. From that time henceforward They grew and they grew, And where there was one club We now will find two. The curtains ope and now appear DES The marionettes from far and near, Each bows with studied courtesy And speaks his t’s quite ace’rately. But hist! Just peep behind the wings! It is Miss Monk who pulls the strings. NoveMpBErR, 1924 In making a summary of the winning cadet companies, we find that Central has won four- teen drills, Tech nine, Eastern eight, Wes- tern four, and Business two. In order to eut down Central's commanding lead and to draw on even terms with Tech, only four companies were formed at Eastern this year. It is believed that every Hasternite, after see- ing the effect of Eastern’s efforts to produce six com- panies last year, understands the wisdom of the four-com- pany policy. In the hands of the officers, and in the hands of the men under their command, rests the fate of Eastern for the com- ing year. Another company, that representing Hine Junior High School, is also under the guidance of Eastern officers. These officers are: Captain R. S. Clifford; First Lieut. G. A. Main; and Second Lieut. S. Gilstrap. This is Hine’s initial year; and in view of the fact that all the men enlisted are inexperienced, Mr. Company A Company B 1st Lt., 2nd Lt., OFFICERS: 1924-1925 Captain, E. H. Hunnicut ist Lt., J. V. Hall 2nd Lt., P. P. Bowdler. Captain, I. J. Raley ist Lt., W. H. Wertman 2nd Lt., F. L. Simons. Company C Captain, N. A. Clark 1st Lt., E. G. Wheeler 2nd Lt., J. H. Phillips. Company D Captain, E. R. Hutchinson J. A. Thompson C. R. Gibbs. The KASTERNER Schwartz has also detailed an Eastern man as first sergeant. In forming this four-suad company, Hine must be congratulated, for approximately fifty per cent of the ninth year boys enrolled in the school are cadets. Let us all assure Captain Clif- ford, his officers, and the cadets of Hine, that Eas- tern is behind them. The Eastern battalion is under the command of Ma- jor Wilton B. Gibson. Upon his shoulders rests the re- sponsibility of supervising the training of the indi- vidual companies in his bat- talion; but, with such a fine set of company com- manders, Major Gibson may feel assured that he will not be overworked. The third _ regiment, which is composed of the Eastern and Wes- tern battalions, is commanded by Lieutenant- Colonel Tom Howard. The other regimental staff officers are Captain David A. Rosenfeld, Regimental Adjutant, and Captain William C. Weitzel, Regimental Quartermaster. THE LITTLE TIN SQUAD Six lonely tin soldiers stand on the shelf; Tis long since they were new. And the wooden cannon i s in their midst Which dispersed the rest of their crew. Only six out of all the rest, Battered and worn and old; But for the message they silently tell, They’re worth their weight in gold. Six lonely tin soldiers heading this page— A-trying to keep in your mind That you by joining Eastern’s cadets Good soldiers again may find. Asenath L. Graves, ’25. PAGE 20 The EASTERNER NoveMBER, 1924 In Geometry. Q. Where has polygon? A. She went away with the tan gent. 2 Teacher: ‘‘Claude, I want you to learn to recite on your feet.’’ Mae (under his breath) : ‘‘It’s a big sub- ject.” M. Deysher (before a history examina- tion) : ‘‘What do you know?”’ Alda Flinn: ‘‘One thing ’’ M. Deysher: ‘‘What?”’ Alda Flinn: ‘‘No-thing.’’ Seen on the Bulletin Board There will be a hike Saturday. Bring car- fare. Mr. Suter: ‘‘ What is CH,0?” Lawrence: ‘‘Chesapeake Bay.’’ Miss Knee: ‘‘LaRoche, how long did the Seven Years War last?” LaRoche: ‘‘I was absent when we had that lesson.’’ Miss Bucknam (pointing to five questions on board) : ‘‘ Which questions seem the hard- est ?’” Unknown: ‘‘The first five.’”’ . s = Miss Taylor: ‘‘What kind of a garden do you suppose Pope would have had, judging from what you know about him?”’ Keatts: ‘‘Cactus.”’ s = George Roth (at phone): ‘‘Has the office gone out?”’ Bi. Grant: ‘‘Hoffman got an Gy DE Lowrey: ‘‘How did he get a letter?”’ E. Grant: “In deportment.’” e Florence Painter: ‘‘I’m dying of hunger.”’ Evelyn Burns: ‘‘I’ll see if I can’t find you a Life Saver.”’ Heard in Easterner Room H. Angel: ‘‘What are you looking for?”’ M. Crews: ‘‘My complexion.”’ © 8 Seruggs (in English): ‘‘If Coolidge and La Follette both get a majority the house will elect the president.” Voice from Company: ‘‘Seratch, ser- geant.”’ Rookie to friend: ‘‘Why do they call him ‘seratech sergeant?’ ’’ e Miss Johnson: ‘‘When there is a boys’ as- sembly the boys should all sit on the floor of the assembly hall.’’ e Miss Jonas (explaining to domestic science class the effect of environment on digestion) : “The digestion is much better if we have pleasant surroundings to eat.’’ = e C. Hoffman (after seeing first question on math. test) : ‘‘When is the make-up test?’’ Mr. Kotchka (dictating shorthand): “ Paint is an invaluable investment, especially on bridges.’’ Anna Blaine (translating next day): Paint is an invaluable investment, espe- cially on brides.’’ What’s Her Name? Morales (to V. Howard working in chemis- try laboratory) : ‘‘Keep cool.’’ Howard (holding a bunsen burner): ‘I can’t, I’ve got a flame.’’ = K. Prender: ‘‘Who wrote the poem called ‘The Raven’?’’ G. Main: ‘‘The only person I know who writes ravin’ poetry is Digitus,’”’ Mrs. Cuthbertson: ‘‘What axiom does this example illustrate?’’ Student: ‘Equals minus equals, equal equals.”” Angel (addressing EasteRNER staff) : “This meeting was to be held tomorrow, but it was postponed until today.’’ Dr. Leineweber : ‘Mish, stop chewing. We don’t chew gum in this class; we chew Spanish.”’ . Miss Shelp (to class working at board) : “When you finish your example bring it to me.’’ Miss Taylor: ‘‘Now what is the story of the ‘Rape of the Lock’ all about ?’’ The enevitable voice: ‘‘Somebody stole my eurl.’” Mr. Williamson: ‘‘Who went out to Salt Lake for religious freedom ?’’ William Lambert: ‘‘The Morgans.’’ Miss Arnold: ‘‘Who killed President Lin- coln?”’ Young innocent: think.’’ “Booth Tarkington, I . . George Roth: ‘‘ What does Mrs. Ray do in regard to the Glee Club?’’ Dorothy Walker: ‘‘She shines, probably.”’ s Lawrence: ‘‘What would you do if you were in my shoes?’’ Hunnicutt: ‘‘Shine them.’ AGE 2T Miss Caseley: ‘‘Quia une plume? Burgess: ‘‘Je suis une plume.’’ (How come? ?) ° s George Main: ‘‘If anyone makes fun of me I'll give him a piece of my mind.”’ Finger: ‘‘Can you spare any?”’ (Finger limped for a week.) e Miss Murray (in history class, to boy eat- ing candy): ‘‘Lawrence, will you put that away ?’’ Lawrence: ‘‘That’s what I’m doing as fast as I ean.’’ - s s 2 Dr. Leineweber (to Spanish class) : ‘‘Open your mouth, in pronouncing ‘‘a’’ as if you were going to swallow a fish.”’ ence ts Some of us are still wondering just what Miss Milliken meant the other day when she said, ‘‘Now remember, I want you to become better story tellers every day.’” Heard in History 5 Question: ‘‘What are the principal prod- uets of Switzerland?” Voice in rear: ‘‘Cuckoo clocks and swiss chard.’’ 2 Miss Murray: ‘‘ What did the settlement at Roanoke prove?”’ De Mino: ‘‘It proved a failure_”’ . Miss Taylor: ‘‘Is it correct to say, ‘You can’t learn me nothing’?’’ McCaffrey: ‘‘Sure.”’ Miss Taylor: ‘‘Why?’’ McCaffrey: ‘‘’Cause yu can’t.’’ In Auto Seience. Mr. Rick (holding up part of an automo- bile) : ‘Explain to the class what this is, and its use.”’ Lucille Gibson: ‘‘It’s a spark plug and it sparks.’” J e Paul Sutton: ‘‘The temperature of this room is about 68, almost 80.’’ Pace 22 T he KASTERNER NovemBeER, 1924 Visitor: ‘‘Who is the smartest senior at Eastern ?”’ N. Clark: ‘‘I’d tell you, but you’d think I was boasting.”’ s Finger (after having copy rejected) : ‘‘T know now why the waste basket in the East- ERNER room is always full.”’ e Mr. Suter (explaining chemistry) : “You see when the glass melts one can bend it so as to make a round curve.”’ . This Way Out! Q. What is the Appian Way? A. The Appian Way is a new method of teaching the fox trot. Q. Where is the Bridge of Sighs? A. Long Bridge, because there motorists give a deep sigh of relief after getting off the Virginia roads. e Mary Eaton: ‘‘I’m going to flunk in math.”’ May Talbert: ‘‘What for?” Student: ‘‘George Washington tipped his hat to his slaves.”’ One of our teachers: ‘‘That may be true, tut I don’t remember seeing it.’” AROUND THE SCHOOL We hesitate to think what will happen to Miss Egbert’s students in journalistic writ- ing should she send them to interview some of the teachers again. Seen on the blackboard in room 228: “There will be a fire. All girls are invited.” We have heard of invitations to dances, par- ties, ete., but never to fires! The story is told that some odd years ago (against the wishes of the editor) the East- ERNER box was used on Valentine’s Day as the school mail box. Anyhow, that is better than using it for a trash receptacle. ADVICE TO YOUNG ROMEOS Q. My girl doesn’t like to go to a movie show. Where else could I take her? A. Depends upon how much cash you have. Q. A girl wrote me a love lyric. What shall I do? A. Send it to Miss Gardner and get ad- vanced English eredit. s Q. What is a good remedy for blushing ?— (Cliff). A. Do as girls do: show. Paint, and it won’t e Q. The girl I admire is not in any of my classes. How can I meet her? A. Love will find a way. Get Mrs. Staples to change the program. e cd Q. My girl has a kid brother. What’ll I do? A. Cyanide might do. our sympathy. Try it; you have Q. A girl I know slaps me every time she gets a chance. How may I avoid this? A. Wear a catcher’s mask. = SENIORS They brag that they’re seniors, But I cannot see That it’s anything great A senior to be; For they’re often kept in At night after school, For not adhering Strictly to rule. Now being a senior Should be like heaven, But it isn’t at all In 226-7. Mivprep Rocerson, 720. 2 e Miss Taylor: ‘‘ What is ‘chagrin?’ ’” Gates: ‘‘What you feel when you get a :—p?” NovEemMBEr, 1924 Welcome The student body welcomes to the school eleven new teachers: Misses M. Louise Wood, Euphemia Fosdick, Marian Hummer, Anna S. Hazelton, M. Maud Greenwood, and Hazel Shertz; Mrs. Josephine Sperry, Mrs. Marion Campbell, Mrs. Virginia Woodin; Mr. Isaac Simon, and Mr. Ernest R. Williamson. Miss Wood taught at Hine Junior High last year. Miss Hummer and Miss Hazelton were for- merly at Business High. Miss Fosdick was at the Margery Webster School. Mrs. Camp- bell taught at Columbia Junior High. Mr. Williamson taught at the Y. M. C. A. School. Mysterious Rites On Friday, October 10, the faculty had a party, at which the new teachers were in- troduced and initiated, a ceremony about which we can learn little. Refreshments were served and everyone was having a wonderful time, when someone came in and announced that the score was tied in the ninth inning of the last world series game. The party imme- diately melted away to Room 3 where the radio account of the game was being received. VACATION NOTES From Maine to California, from our own land to England, our faculty has returned once more to its daily routine. Mr. Hart has returned from Bluemont, Va. Miss Bucknam spent the early part of the summer at her old home, Sioux City, Ia., later going to Maine. Miss Watts spent most of the summer in Room 101. Miss Hawes went to California, going through the Canadian Rockies on her return trip. While in the west she visited Mt. Rai- vier National Park, sleeping out in a tent there. Miss Dent went to Europe this summer, visiting London, Brussels, Geneva, and Paris. She found England, where she spent seven weeks, particularly interesting. The KASTERNER FACULTY Mr. Guyon spent the summer dodging pop bottles. We hope he will be dodging silver cups at the end of the football season. Miss Hardy took a motor trip through the Catskills and Berkshires to the Maine coast, then through the White Mountains and Adi- rondacks. She says that Ogunquit, Maine, is the most beautiful spot she has ever seen. Mrs. Hall spent her vacation at a camp in Colorado, 8,000 feet above sea level. Miss Stockett was at Columbia University. She also took a sea trip from New York to Quebec. Miss Monk went to California this summer. Misses Taylor, M. Murray, Knee, H. L. Murray, and Gardner taught in the summer school. Mrs. Byram took a course in musie appre- ciation at Harvard, which was conducted by Prof. R. D. Welch of Smith College. On her way back she visited on Long Island. Miss Egbert attended the summer session of the University of Wisconsin, and spent the remainder of her vacation in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Miss Milliken took motor trips into Mary- land, Pennsylvania, and New York. Mr. Schwartz attended the summer session of George Washington University. Dr. Leineweber stayed in Washington and spent his money. � Of especial interest just now, at election time, is Miss Johnson’s account of her visit to President Coolidge’s home last year. On one of her northern trips, she and a friend went to Plymouth, Vt., and saw the boyhood home of the President. They found his fa- ther, Col. Coolidge, mending a wheelbar- row in the front yard. He received them cor- dially and they entered the house, whieh Miss Johnson describes as a typical New Eng- land farmhouse. She says that the colonel seemed to find mending the wheelbarrow a welcome relief from the hours he is com- pelled to spend in a frock-eoat, receiving visi- tors, since his son became President. ALUMNI NOTES 1924’°S CONTRIBUTION TO— George Washington: Alma Adkins, Marie Kroell, Helen Babp, Mary Tarbell, Walter Brooke, Samuel Matthews, Theodore Saks, Sanford Leach, Vance Brand, Otto Lehnert, Frank Bronaugh, Ralph Swingle, David Robb, Milton Talbert and Mary La Fontaine. University of Maryland: Leonard Palmer, Jack Smith, Jack Vierkorn, Samuel Agnew, Roy Cheek, John Davis and Paul Doerr. Wilson Normal:, Virginia Grohs, Marian Fabrizio, Dorothy Tripp, Mary Havell, Hilda Hanes, Imogene Johnson, Helen Hesse, Mar- garet Duffey, Carolyn Blanks, Ethel Towner, Jeanette Blakeney and Fern Painter. Marietta College: Donald Bingham. Holy Cross College: Alvin Walls. Washington and Lee: Arthur P. Bondu- rant. Oregon Agricultural College: Julian P. Prescott. Lehigh University: Elmer H. Talbert. PERSONALS Karl G. Pearson, ’23, who attended George Washington last year, is now enrolled as a sophomore at Princeton University. Mrs. Helena Doocy Read, 11, has been elected chairman of the National Woman’s Committee of the American Institute of Banking. This is the highest office the as- sociation has for women. From the very first she has carved an enviable reputation for her- self in District banking annals. Charles Lanham, ’20, and a graduate of the Military Academy at West Point last June, has been awarded third prize in the Walter Bynner undergraduate poetry con- test. More than a thousand manuscripts were submitted from prominent colleges and uni- versities. Ralph E. Ogle, 718, has received a com- mission as first lieutenant of infantry in the Officers’ Reserve Corps of the Army. Dr. George W. Vinal, ’02, is soon to have published his latest book called Storage Batteries. It is a complete treatise on the theory of batteries. Ruth Rives, ’21, who is a member of the senior class at Philadelphia General Hospital is editor of the 1925 year book. At Eastern, Ruth was literary editor of our school maga- zine. In a letter received recently she says: “Somehow I cannot think of myself as a part of New Eastern, but certainly some of the dearest memories and happiest days of my life are entwined about Old Eastern. School days are the happiest days of our lives, even though we don’t appreciate that fact while we are struggling with geometry, Cicero and our proverbial ‘Twelve Tons.’ ’’ Edna G. Burrows, ’22, who graduated from Wilson Normal last year, is now en- rolled at George Washington. Mrs. Joshua Evans, ’01, has been made a trustee of George Washington University with which she has been connected in an un- official way for many years. NEWLY WED NEWS Who says cupid isn’t clever? During the past summer many well known alumni have fallen victims of his dart. Among all others one stands out—Harl G. Jonscher, 716, who was married on June 25 to Helen L. Casteel. Mr. Jonscher was presi- dent of the Alumni Association for three years and it was mostly on account of his work that Bast ern’s World War Memorial was erected. Another name which attracts our atten- tion is that of Lieut. Charles T. Lanham, ’20, who was married on August 9 to Mary F. Gapen. It is interesting to know that Lieu- tenant-Colonel Gapen, father of the bride, was captain of Eastern’s winning cadet com- pany in 1895. On June 9, Grace Welch, ’21, editor of the EAsTERNER in that year, became the bride of Marian C. Knott. Two marriages that will interest the stu- dent body are those of Jessie Lampert, ex- 24, to Arthur Fisher, ex-’25; and Anna Wells, 24, to Philip Barber, ex-’26. cRW HIGH § Sis “Hoo, NoveMbBER, 1924 The KASTERNER Y Yy Y YLT } ll faa dal The Gold and Blue—Salt Lake City. Tamalpais News—Tamalpais High School, Tamalpais, Calif. The exchange department in our school magazine is our means of learning what the other schools in the country are doing, as well as our means of letting them know of ora sas the success we are trying to attain. We hope et aks atntay CeNeee, ee ‘ to receive a large number of exchanges this Chu year. The Ring-tum Phi—Washington and Lee Thus far the exchanges have been arriy- University ing rather slowly. The following have been Tilden Tech Times—Chicago, Ill. received: The Sunrise—East High, Erie, Pa. BORROWED BLUES CHASERS His First Attempt at the Typewriter Think How Differently Things Would Sing a song of sixpebs Have Turned Out— Pockets fulk of riw Tf Paul Revere had kept union hours. Four 20 blaxbords If Noah had been intercepted by customs Baged ina pir men when he attempted to land his livestock WHen he pie id opened after the flood. THe bitds brgim foo simk If William Tell had had eyes like Ben wasnT sat o danywuvs Turpin. tooskf 34, 7dk ( 3ae ze kimgk If Cleopatra had gone into a convent. (O rats! I gig itkdr up Z2 %-$!!) If it had been a cocoanut instead of an ap- —Tilden Tech Times. ple that dropped on Isaac Newton’s head. —Gold and Blue. Our own definition of real humor is that No rhythm which, if there wasn’t any, the world would No rhyme most certainly be what it by all means is not. No sense —Tilden Tech Times. No time ooo Like this More or Less Or worse Truth is stranger than fiction; in fact to Ts called most people it is a total stranger. Blank verse.—The Sunrise The report that the Siamese use white ele- a phants as bait while fishing for minnows, is Teacher: ‘‘What do you expect to do in believed to be slightly exaggerated. your old age?’” Mistletoe helps the man who helps himself. Pupil: “‘Guess I’ll graduate.” —Tamalpais News. —The Sunrise. A PROBLEM IN ALGEBRA X = young man. X + Y + Z— misery. Y = young lady. X + Y — Z= bliss. Z = chaperone. 2X + 2¥Y = one joy ride—Red and Black. NovemBrEr, 1924 Pacer 26 he KASTERNER Semester Honors—February—June, 1924 Eighth Semester First Honors Helen G. Babp Margaret D. Beasley Margaret E. Butler Helen F. Clarke Naomi A, DeGroot Gertrude E, Durgee Virginia A, Grohs Elizabeth Jameson Louise L, Kidwell A. Pauline Knauf Marie E. Kroell Mary R. La Fontaine Dorothy Linder Margaret L. Loane Rosalie Manning Dorothy L. Tripp Donald Bingham William A. Clementson William_N. Grimes Ralph Swingle Second Honors Ruth A. Allen Marion L. Harris Esther M. Rupple Paul L, Doerr Milton Edelson. Thomas O, Midgett Ralph Nestler Maurice Thompson Arthur Bondurant Seventh Semester First. Honors Helen Gray Beatrice Swain Thomas Davis Irving Yockelson Second Honors Lillian_ Bell Lena Simon James Kline Louis Kline Irving Raley Sixth Semester First Honors Margaret Deysber Elizabeth Didden Lydia Edwards Marion Gaylord Asenath_ Graves Annie Horenstein Vera Muir Eugena Newmeyer Margaret Shea Kathryn White Herbert Angel Stephen Gerardi Aubrey Morales Second Honors Esther Burgess Elizabeth Corkins Sarah L. Davis Catherine Gibson Drusilla _Kincheloe Marion_ Orndorff Mary Schneider Nathan. Clark John Finnegan Jay Hall Thomas Howard Henry Wertman Fifth Semester First Honors Laura K. Barrett Evelyn Burns Nellie E. Dalrymple Florence M. Painter Wilma M. Shively Hannah Stolar Josephine M. Tremain Marian E. Warfield William C. Lambert Robert W. Mullen Frank E. Scrivener Second Honors Lester Swingle Fourth Semester First Honors Frances Arnold Mary Beach Elizabeth H. Clark Eleanor Dixon Eleanor Estes Annie L. Haynie Margaret T. Hoover Clara _B._ Heinrich Opal P. Marrs Ellen May Anne J. Silverman Elizabeth R. Miller Lois E. Stebbing William Hazes Second Honors Oneda M. Brown Dorothy V. Dixon Anna M, Erb Eleanor B, Johnson Lillian L. Lucas Myrtle C. Posey Hilda M. Shomo Joseph H, Portch Joseph C. Shaw Third Semester First Honors Margaret Arrington Florence Barron Margaret Brower Margaret Brust Eleanor Froehlich Julia Hoopes Ruth Jones Marjorie Keim Athlyne Spahr Pauline Walther Julia Wayland Evelyn_ Woolard Second Honors Thelma Ammonette Kathleen Cave Kathryn Clark Second Semester First Honors Virginia Barrett Ruth Bishop Margaret Cook Olive Cridler Lucy Cuiffreda Ellice De Forest Martha Evans Ruth Floor Marian Gardner Majorie Griffin Carolyn Kelley Ruth Kintz Margaret McGarvey Elizabeth Roberts Ervilla Rolf Katherine Simons Elizabeth Tewksbury Doris Thompson Helen Tucker Clara Wheelock Louise Wildman Leah Woods James Brearley Alton Denslow Edgar Gilchrist Eugene Howe Edgar Swick Second Honors Lois Deily Ethelyn Dick Merlene Everett Elizabeth Franklin Elizabeth Geiger Vetura Jarrett Hilda Koontz Alice Kreischer Agnes Raley Eugenie Thompson Roberta Willard Karl Baetzner George Butler Robert Hazard Thorwald Patterson Jack Siegel Morris Stein Edward Timmons First Semester First Honors Grace Baker Dorothy Belfield Esther Belnick Melanie Boyer Margaret Peed Esther Rankin Catherine Schroeder Mary H. Yowell Isadore Mathews Harry Ryan Second Honors Margaret Beuchert Sylvia Gibson Pauline Roth Dorothy, Stansell Louise Turner Gifford Irion (Graduation awards, June 1924, will be published in the December issue.) School News (Continued from page 16) was entirely succe ssful. Perhaps if the regu- lar games were played here it would bring us luck. Besides, think how much more conve- nient it would be for the poor ‘‘rooters.”’ A Magician in Pen and Ink (Continued from page 8) of facial expression because that seemed to me the most important part of cartooning.”’ He turned over his paper and once more began to draw. “A great many of the cartoons you see have no life at all in the faces of the char- acters; they look wooden. When I decided to be a cartoonist I trained myself by copy- ing all the pen and ink sketches in two comic papers of the time, Puck, and Judge, and-1 paid particular attention to the little lines which make expression. Now wateh! Turn down Unele Sam’s mouth, put in a few lines here and on his forehead, and there he is,’’ and the Unele Sam he then showed his in- terviewers must have been brooding over taxes, for he was a picture of utter despair. Then, as if from habit, he drew in little bear beside him. Seeing his interviewers’ interest in his last sketch, he asked suddenly, ‘‘Would you like a picture of little bear??? On their emphatie assurance that they would indeed, he presented them with the happily patriotic little bear in the center of this page. Let’s join with the little bear and ery as he must be doing, ‘‘Three cheers for Eastern and Mr. Berryman !’’ Phones Main 1341 Main 5179 Columbia Fruit and Candy Company, Inc. WHOLESALE FRUITS AND CONFECTIONERY 909 Louisiana Avenue N. W. WASHINGTON, D. C. ELITE CONFECTIONERY AND DELICATESSEN VISIT OUR ICE CREAM PARLOR We Carry a Full Line of Home-Made Candies and Fancy Boxes 164 poe Ave., N. E. H,. ROESSING McAFFREY, Mgr. HREST Phone, Lincoln 8897 Hahn’s Southeast Branch Convenient for Eastern! Snappy College Styles in “HAHN SPECIAL?’’ Shoes for Young Men Women $5.95 The ‘‘Southeast Branch”’ of 233 Pa. Ave.S. E. 5 Other Stores in Washington and Baltimore R. HARRIS CO: Corner Seventh and D Streets N. W. Manufacturing Jewelers CLASS PINS, RINGS, AND SPECIAL TROPHIES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION The Southeast Hardware Co. Paints Plumbers’, Tinners’ and John A. Tesh, Prop. Oils and Glass Electrical Supplies 611-Pennsylvania Ave. S. E. Hardware STEUARTS SERVICE SELLS FORD CARS For THE UNIVERSAL CAR BARBER and ROSS INCORPORATED iy, Basket Ball Erugment Is Made By GF fiicblig rbacd Hardware, Cutlery, Tools, Automobile Supplies, 1338 “G” St. N. W., Washington Housefurnishings ee ee | RADIO SETS AND ACCESSORIES Eleventh and G Streets N. W. A. H. ROGERS H. S. HATTON, Pres. Phone North 4472 General Contractor H. S. Hatton Construction Corporation “No Job Too Small” Engineers and Contractors Main 2197 Phone Main 3934 616 Colorado Building WASHINGTON, D. C. 410 Bond Building Washington, D. C. “No Better Built Than Durabilt” DURABILT STEEL LOCKER COMPANY AURORA, ILLINOIS STEEL LOCKERS, CABINETS AND SHELVING Washington Office 307 WOODWARD BUILDING Telephone, Main 3044 HIGH SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS Books Bought LOWDERMILK Co. 1418 F St. DRY GOODS AND NOTIONS A Full Line of School Supplies W. E. STONE, Prop. llth and B Sts., N. E. Lincoln 849 Lincoln 4544 E. CLARENCE POSTON Candy, Soda Water, Stationery, Magazines, High School Supplies 615 H Street, N. E. For Exclusive, Unique Designs in Modernized Jewelry See CHAS. F. HERRMANN 811 E St. N. W., Second Floor Select Assortment of Diamonds GIFTS THAT LAST Jewelry and Watch Repairing HERBERT SONS REALTORS 515 E. Capitol Street JOHN SCRIVENER BRO. REAL ESTATE All Branches 914 G Street N. W. “SAY IT WITH FLOWERS” GUDE BROS. co. Florists and Floral Decorators Telephones: Main 4276-77-78-79 1212 F Street N. W., Washington, D. C. BALLANTYNE’S 1409 F STREET N. W. School Books and Stationery Largest Stock Lowest Prices Compliments of a Friend Phone Main 7529 Elizabeth M. Kettler WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER 632 G Street N. W. Washington, D. C. Repairing of Fine Watches and Jewelry a Specialty THE SOX SHOP J. 0. TUNE MEN’S WEAR 203-205 Pennsylvania Ave. S. E. A Radio Given Free On January 15, 1925 See details of contest in our window Aniversity Shop “We Clothe the Man from Head to Foot” 506 Ninth Street N. W. Come in and look over our new collegiate models W. H. HARRISON CO., Inc. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES MWe lesslen ROW? Commission Merchants WASHINGTON, D. C. J. F. ALLWINE SON Fine Sugar-Cured Meats PURE FOOD MARKET 7th and B Streets N. E. A Full Line of Fresh Vegetables and Meats Daily ders Promptly Delivered M. SILVERMAN SON Call L. 6517 402-503 Convention Hall Market Get It At Paul’s c. A. PAUL Pharmacist Lincoln 1150 326 E. Capitol Street WASHINGTON, D. C. JOHN DOERR TABLE LUXURIES Eastern Market J. H. Small Sons Florists and Landscape Contractors DUPONT CIRCLE North 7000 Werner’s Pharmacy GEIGER’S DRUG STORE Henry J. Werner, Pharmacist 501 East Capitol Street 6th BN. E. Drugs, Soda, Magazines, School Oldest Established Drug Store Under Same Supplies and Stationery Management on Capitol Hill yw 0 odtu ard ge Loth t op Athletic Goods, Drawing Instruments 10th, 11th, F and G Streets HMcWBPhee’s The Young Men’s Clothes Section 221 Pennsylvania Ave. S. E. Offers High School Textbooks and Supplies Fountains Pens. Photo Supplies, Developing, Printing styles Greeting Cards for All Occasions 2-Trousers High School Suits, Special $27.50 Full assortment of fabrics, colors, Work Called for and Delivered Repairing and Altering Schneider’s PRESSING SHOP Phone Lincoln 430 Corner of 3rd and Mass. Ave. N. E. PERRY’S CLEANERS AND DYERS S. E. Corner 8th and E. Capitol Sts. Phone Lincoln 625 Work Called for and Delivered 3 STORES University Cleaner and Dyers 101 8th St., N. E. Phone Linc. 8675 1327 N. Capitol St. Phone North 4057 26 Florida Ave., N. W. Phone North 8574 Phone Lincoln 1556 Cleaning and Pressing D. SINROD TAILOR SUITS MADE TO ORDER Military Work a Specialty 607 Pennsylvania Ave. S. E. Washington, D. C. At the Sign of THE PENNSYLVANIA CLEANERS CLEANING, DYEING, PRESSING H. O. CASTELL Pennsylvania Avenue at Eleventh Street S. E. Phone, Lincoln 7379 Ladies’ and Gents’ Tailoring Telephone Lincoln 4641 We Lead Them All Rai 229 PENNA. AVE. S. E. EXPERT CLEANERS AND DYERS Most improved facilities for handling work and giving prompt service in the city All Garments Delivered on Hangers and in Dust Proof Bags We thank you for your patronage and solicit your further orders S. NOVOSELSKY MERCHANT TAILOR Cleaning, Pressing, Dyeing and Altering 404 E. Capitol Street WASHINGTON, D. C. WORK CALLED FOR AND DELIVERED Phone Lincoln 1092 Phone Lincoln 1852-W Work Called for and Delivered S. SIMON “THE TAILOR” Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Garments Cleaning, Pressing, Dyeing and Repairing 150 East Capitol Street, Washington, D.C. Across from Library Formerly 247 New Jersey Avenue N. W. “THE SHADE SHOP” W. STOKES SAMMONS, Prop. EXCLUSIVE MANUFACTURERS OF WINDOW SHADES Telephone Main 4874 830 Thirteenth Street Northwest WASHINGTON, D. C. If It’s Done By Photography WE DO IT 7) All Photographs for The Easterner Made by Tenschert College and Groups and School Year and Convention Work Book Photos a Specialty Enlarging Flack Flash Lights Portraits Panoramas Copying ; Views Rooms 39, 40 and 41 Banquets 802 F Street Northwest Washington, D. C. -Call Day or Night Business Phone: Main 5495 George Washingion Universtiy Founded 1821 Offers Graduate and Under-graduate courses in LIBERAL ARTS EDUCATION ENGINEERING ARCHITECTURE MEDICINE ; PHARMACY LAW -For Catalogues and Other Information Address THE REGISTRAR 2033 G Street N. W. Telephone West 1649 THE E. MORRISON PAPER COMPANY Paper and Stationery, Wholesale and Retail 1009 PENN. AVE., N. W. JOHN F. DONOHOE SONS REALTORS 314 Pennsylvania Avenue S. E. Telephone Lincoln 84 1 Member National Association of Real Estate Exchanges Member Real Estate Brokers’ Association of Washington JOHN F. DONOHOE JAMES A. DONOHOE CLARENCE F. DONOHOE MILBURN J. DONOHOE S. DOLON DONOHOE fe Cs YAsuingtons 2: TNT ey —— $ ——__— LB csaty iF, DECEMBER, 1924. Sj AD Chynes That a Hh Se vA |p Would Choose ip Hee Pp. B. Prep Suits, $35.00 The Avenue at Ninth NICHOLS CO. , Fruits, Candy, Ice Cream Delicatessen, Lunch, School Supplies and Magazines 5 yenue N. E. 401 Maryland A Phone Lincoln 4186 O’Donnell’s Drug Stores 401 E. Capitol Street 14th and N. C. Ave. N. OUR STEADY CUSTOMERS are people who recogni difference between the superficial appeal of price and ‘ig soli Satisfaction of Quality. Drugs, Toilet Articles, Films, Candy and School Supplies Lincoln Park Confectionery 1101 Eas t Capitol Street Ice Cream Parlor HOME-MADE AND FANCY BOXED CANDIES J. C. DEMOS Line. 5447 Short Intensive Business Courses Secretarial Stenographic Bookkeeping Typewriting Civil Service All courses under the personal direction of Miss E. Virginia Grant Send for Catalog DAY AND NIGHT SESSIONS Steward School for Secretaries and Accountants 1202 F Street M. 8671 y Counts the pure, rich pasteurized flayors we use, and by Qualit i f our Ice Cream is insured by | best nt anvjated cane sugar, the delicious fruits and oe eful attention We give to each detail of its making. CARRY ICE CREAM COMPANY, INC. Phone Lincoln 5900 Manufacturers of cream, the most car 1337 D Street S. E. eliciousIceCreall WwW ecialize in serving home trade, social affairs, churches, lodge and fraternity meetings fe sp GEORGE F. MUTH CO. 710 13TH ST. N. W. s’ Materials of All Kinds for High School Students Drawing and Artist: Phone Manin 3258 1417 G Street N. W. SHORTHAND, TYPEWRITING, ENGLISH. SPELLING, DRILLING FOR COMMERCL AND SERVICE POSITIONS Ses CIVIL Floral Designs to Order Fine Cut Flowers ROBERT BOWDLER Grower of Choice Flowers WASHINGTON, D. C. “Say it with Flowers” CENTER MARKET 723 Benning Roa Phones M. 3919—M. 7188 pes ROT E Use BUFFALO PAINT THE STUDENTS OF EASTERN HIGH SCHOOL are cordially invited to attend Che Sunday School and Epworth League Epworth MM. £. Church, South Cor. N. Carolina Ave. and Thirteenth St. N. E. 9:30 A. M.—Sundays—7:00 P. M. ¢ GOOD POSITIONS J oseph Harrison AWAIT GRADUATES p Director of Music at the A short, intensive course in shorthand, Ninth Street Christian Church typewriting, bookkeeping or civil service will never be regretted; moderate eee es- 7 ae 4 tablished 38 years. Call, write or phone. Teacher of Violin and Piano It is better toveaill! 636 D Street N. E. Wood’s Commercial School Phone Lincoln 1633 311 East Capitol Lincoln 38 DONOHOE MOTOR CO. FORDS FORDS SALES—PARTS—SERVICE Phone Lincoln 303-304 215 Penna. Ave. S. E. Herrmann’s Ginger Ale Is Famous! Have You Tried It? Always Ask for Herrmann’s Sarsaparilla, Root Beer or Orange Soda to Get the Best. “TI GER BRAND GINGER ALE” A. G. HERRMANN 750 to 754 Tenth Street S. E. MASTER COURSES —College of Commercial Science —College of Secretarial Science —School of Business and English __ School of Stenography at Typing Each course consists of one or more major studies and essential related studies. The college-grade courses are of junior and senior scope. Diplomas and certi tory completion of assi ificates are given upon satisfac- igned work. Literature descriptive of the contents of each course, carefully prepared upon a basis of hours and credits, will be mailed upon request. [Rees study and labora- tive individual programs furnished tory practice periods are provided upon request. Investigate. Let Strayer’s help in four sessions—morning, afternoon, early evening, and late evening. you make your services “Worthmore Detailed information and sugges- Services.” Call, write or phone— Main 34380 or 7654. Strayer College 721 Thirteenth Street P. J. HARMAN, T. W. DONOHO, Director. President. Che Easterner EASTERN HIGH SCHOOL, WASHINGTON, D. C. Motto: Do Well, Do Better, Do Best. Aut Bustvess Communications Srovip Published five times a yea r by the Students pe AppResseD TO THE Business MANAGER of Eastern High School, Washington, D. C. Sunscrirtion Price, $1.25 rer YEAR; ny Mat, $1.50. Single Copies, 25 Cents, Payable in Advance. ZaSh VOLE XXVIII Entered as Second-Class Matter in the Post Office at Washington D. C., under Act of March 4, 1870 °CHox o9; ASHINGTON, D. C., DECEMBER, 1924 PN HIGHTS No. 2 ne LAT L ¢ HINGTON, De Gasterner Staff 1924-1925 EDITORIAL STAFF Editor-In-Chief, Herbert E. Angel, ‘25. Departmental Editors: First Assistant Editor, Asenath L. Graves, '25. Organizations, Mildred Crews, '25; George Roth, '26. Second Assistant Editor, Dorothy E. Walker, '25. Faculty, Kathryn White, '25. Departmental Editors: Alumni, Ruth Greenwood, 25. Features, George A. Main, '26. Humor, George Finger, '26. Art, Frederick N. Van Der Linden, ‘25. Exchanges, John E. Bowman, '25. School News, Laura Barrett, '26. Reporters: Florence M. Painter, '26; Kingsland Prender, Sports, E. Gilmore Wheeler, '25; Marie Moore, '25. 26; Margaret Deysher, J. Aubrey Morales, 25; Cadets, Thomas P. Howard, '25. Elise Scharf, '27: George Barker, 26. BUSINESS STAFF Business Manager, Edward Hunnicutt, ‘25. Bookkeeper, Nellie Dalrymple, '26. : Assistant Business Manager, Claude Lawrence, '25. Assistants: Frank Kreglow, '26; Kenneth Burgess, '26; Advertising Manager, Irving Raley, ‘25, Horace Purcell, '26; Catherine Gibson, '25; Josephine Circulation Manager, Alpheus Walter, ’26. Tremain, '26; Ruth Jarvis, '26; Marion Warfeld, ‘26. STAFF TYPISTS Lois Koerth, '26. Margaret Arrington, °26, Leah Sugar, ‘26. Margaret Brust, '26. Table of Contents ) ASENATH L. GRAVES | Herpert E. ANGEL See ees KATHRYN: (WHITE. —_____Hersert E. ANGEL. —___Grorce A. Main__ College and Campus... The Awakening of James. The Gulch of Gold. Alabama Jim Goes Free. Mermaidan Lay CCT) ese eee ate eee Worse Than Verse......... False Alarms... Saas a eee ASEN ATH: Foe GRAVES te Editorials = ane ie ae a es a School News... Hoe SE = = oh ee Es 16 Organizations ake = ee? — tnt 18 Humor .. ae = a Cadets 2 —— — Sports = a Faculty = = Alumni Exchange oF THE WASHINGTON SHIP AND OWNER mare SCHOOL FOR SECRETA a AN ORGANIZATION UNEQUALLED IN THE AN PRIVATE SCHOOLS ANNALS OF AMERIC. DIRECTION Se roit School of Accountancy, Dean, merce; author of Manual of Accounting, an educator of Dean, Det School of Com: Introductory Ph. B., formerly Dean, National ] Accounts, and x fourteen years: President: Edwin C. Bosworth, Pace Institute, and Charting, Secretarial national prominence fo: author of Taxation in American mics, Monopolies and Trusts, Labor Movement f Industrial Society, and many others; an ce for more than forty years. Richard T. Ely, A. B. A. M,, Ph. D. LL. D., States and Cities, Outlines of Econo in America, Studies in the Evolution © educator and economist of national prominen' Vice-President: n twelve years of teaching and supervisory experi- Mrs. Olive Chapman, more thai ence in leading American commercial schools. Principal: rt F. Keyser, A. B., Assistant Prin- ry; Herbe: J. F. Peckham, Place- Other Officers: Louis B. Montford, LL. B., Secreta cipal; H. S. Lester, Office Manager; S- C. Perry, Assistant; ment Manager; K. M. Nutwell, Assistant. ser, Mr. W. A- Klutz, Mr. J. T. A Mr. Herbert F. Key Miss Anne Hahn, Miss Rachel Teachers: Mrs. Olive Chapman, Ely, Mrs. Adria Beaver, Miss Mary K. Frick, Reinhardt, Mr. John D. Long, Mr. Herman F. Brall, Miss Adelaide R. Hasse. Owners: Professor T. S. Adams, Yale University; Mr. Edward U. Anderson, Banker, Franklin Clapp, Banker, New York City; Proteseos New York City; Mr. G. Jeremiah W. Jenks, New York University and Hobart S. Johnson, Manufacturer, Madison, Wisconsin; Professor L. R. Jon University of Wisconsin; Colonel F. T. A. Junkin, Chicago; Honorable Theod ate Marburg, Baltimore; Professor F. A. Ogg, University of Wisconsin; Prof oat Edward A. Ross, University of Wisconsin; Doctor Albert Shaw, aes is New York City; Professor M. V. O'Shea, University of Wisconsin. ‘i Alexander Hamilton Institute; Mr. views, DECEMBER, 1924 The KASTERNER College and re (This is the first of a series of articles on colleges offering scholarships to Eastern.) MOUNT HOLYOKE Two hundred acres of campus, meadow, wood, and lake, a group of ivy-covered build- ings, and an indefinable something we call tradition—that is Mount Holyoke. From the time a freshman, escorted by some junior, a member of her “‘sister’’ class, THE CHAPEL enters the Mary Lyon gate and catches her first glimpse of the great clock in the grey chapel tower, she knows that it can tick off none but happy hours for her while she is within these boundaries. Although her first impression of quiet, dignified beauty may have to be modified on further acquaintance with the nine hundred fifty lively girls who comprise the student body, that glimpse with its accompanying thought never leaves her. It is shortly after school opens that a fresh- raan gets her first idea of the tradition that makes Mount Holyoke famous. At the close of chapel on one sparkling fall morning the President announces, ‘‘Classes will be discon- tinued today in honor of Mountain Day.” With a cheer the girls rush out to the “‘dorms’’ to get the lunches which have been secretly prepared before (the exact date of Mountain Day is always kept a profound se- ceret from the student body till the President’s announcement), and set off for a long, won- derful day on the mountain. Every ‘‘lab’’ and ‘‘dorm,’’ and the library are closed; the faculty, too, seek the woods. Such a day is particularly appropriate for Mt. Holyoke, for its outdoor equipment is its pride, and Holy- oke girls often claim its tw¢ hundred acres of campus are two hundred acres of fun. No wonder the most verdant freshman who, perhaps, has just been bewailing her sudden fall from grace to rookieship, suddenly de- cides that it is worth even starting at the foot again to be at Mount Holyoke. IN Awe Oe, Ay, HARVARD “Harvard? Let’s see. It’s up in Massa- chusetts somewhere, and they have a good football team. ’Sall I know.”’ Such is the probable extent of the average student’s knowledge concerning Harvard. A few may recollect from American history that it is in Cambridge, and that it was founded in 1636. More-than this is not generally known. Usually, Harvard is pictured as a cluster of stately buildings by the side of a beau- tiful river. To some extent this is true; but besides this college proper, there is the Medi- eal School at Boston, a school for forestry at Jamaica Plain, an Engineering School, and Schools of Medicine, Divinity, Dentistry, Law, and Business Administration. Harvard has the third largest library in the country. There are courses and clubs de- voted to debating and public speaking. Some of the dramatieal organizations are the Hasty Pudding, Pi Eta, and D. U. Four Harvard Magazines afford opportunities for writers. The Field Artillery unit, fully equipped, is a part of the R. 0. T. C. Every student is urged to take part in some kind of athletics. None of these innumerable clubs allows fresh- men members. Some of the attractive names of the clubs are ‘‘A. D.,”’ ‘“‘Fly’’ and ‘‘Owl.”’ “What does it cost?’ About two hundred dollars a year for tui- (Continued on page 30) DECEMBER, 1924 The RAST. 1D) [ es : The Awakening of Jam KATHRYN WHITE, 125 : 2 flected, he had an hour before doesn’t he, “Santy Claus knows me, eas mother??? inquired a small voice in the stree The owner gazed anxiously into his “J mean, he hasn’t forgotten m so much bigger, car. mother’s face. me since last Christmas? 1” u ” you know. nil” va “1m sure he’ll remember you, uly, mother reassured him. ‘‘He always remem- bers little boys.’’ : 5 The young man in the seat behind Billy rattled his newspaper impatiently. Why did people tell their children all that stuff about Santa Claus, he wondered. He himself had never believed in the Yuletide saint, and he had very definite ideas about people who had been weak-minded enough to do so. His name was James Burton. It had never occurred to anyone to call him Jimmy. He didn’t encourage nicknames. After a few minutes’ conversation with James, one began to have a distinct impression that “Vife Is real, life is earnest.”” Now this sort of temperament js undoubt- edly very useful for business purposes, as Mr. Burton’s fame as a rising young attorney tes- tified. However, it doesn’t go very well with the twenty-fourth of December. Thus James, gazing out of the window at the hurrying crowds of last-minute shoppers, laden with wreaths, and mistletoe, and packages of de- lightfully puzzling shapes, was not particu- larly happy. Involuntarily, his attention re- turned to the little boy in front of him. “How much farther is it to the store, mother? I’ll tell Santy Claus about every- thing, so if he doesn’t have the lectric train, he can bring me the automobile instead, cause daddy said he might not have enough trains to go ’round to all the boys that want vem. Is this where we get off?’’ It was then that James Burton did what was perhaps the first impulsive thing he had ever done in his life. He found himself fol- lowing Billy from the car and into the big department store for which he was headed. rae eas and this was as good a way as meetin f any to See lat Cecily yeminded him that The sate somewhat eoncerned over her he had jnek of realization of the Guttessonta seeming Bits wife. However, they had not young ee very 100g; she would probably been eng ee more seriousness of PUTPOSe. soon acquit tment, it developed, was on The still-chattering Billy of delighted oes me: wonder ee ae peen a pang of wistfulness might a he himself had never seen anything a a in the fact that an elevator went up. But on arriving at the toy department, Billy was reduced almost to tears. Santa Claus was not there. To the fifteen or twenty disap’ pointed youngsters whose sole purpose in life just then was to have a personal in- St. Nicholas, an overworked young salesman was explaining that one of the reindeers must have lost a shoe and that Santa would be there just as soon as he could get it fixed. To James, who stood near, the clerk was confidential. «The man we hired to be Santa Claus to- day hasn’t showed up, and we ean’t get a substitute anywhere. It ’s a shame to disap- point these kids. Wish we could get some- body.”’ cee Suddenly a gleam of inspiration shot into his eyes. “Say,’”’ he exclaimed, ‘‘why don’t you do it? You look like a good sport. Come on and get into this suit quick. Youll save the kids from having their afternoon spoiled.”’ For a moment James stared at him unbe- lievingly. Then, ineredibly, he nodded. He acted on an impulse beyond his control—for the second time. Getting into his costume, he wondered what was happening to him. Then (Continued on page 10) terview with DECEMBER, 1924 The EASTERNER PAGE 9 The Gulch of Gold Hersert E. “Wal, did another buffalo tree you?’’ in- quired Kansas Joe. ‘‘This yere ain’t no time ier supper.’’ ““Naw,’’ returned Jim Parr, with con- tempt. ‘‘Did hear bout gold bein’ found up Bar Lake way, though,’’ he added, un- bending a trifle. Jim was very sensitive about the incident with the buffalo referred to by Joe. The year before Jim had been discovered out on the praifies by a lone bison, which had proceeded to chase that gentleman up a nearby tree. From this undignified position he had been reseued by Kansas Joe, a pros- pector of note, and since then they had east their lot together. However, Kansas never lost an opportunity to allude to the adven- ture, much to Parr’s diseomfiture. “Bar Lake way, you say?’’ asked Kansas, a bit dubiously. “Yeah, Bill Sullivan got soused an’ spilled the beans down to Al’s place. What do you think of it?’’ demanded Joe, between mouth- fuls of coffee and bacon. “Do as good as anywheres else, I reckon. We’re nearly busted as it is. Still—” “‘We’d better git started in the mornin’,’’ interrupted Parr, wiping his mouth, ‘‘ cause th’ rest the bunch is headin’ that way soon as they kin git hosses an’ grub.’’ He glanced out of the tent, and then an- nounced, ‘‘I’m goin’ to git some sleep afore Teo.” With that he yanked off his boots and flopped down heavily on his bunk. Joe, after likewise glancing out, blew out the lan- tern, and turned in. Daybreak found them well on their way. Only for a moment did they pause for lunch, and then pushed on. Dusk found them half way there. Throughout the following day they traveled, always hurrying in an effort to beat the others to the choice claims. Just at twilight they passed over the erest of the huge pile of rock called Bear Mountain. Be- low them, like an oval moonstone, surrounded ANGEL, 725 by purple ranges for a mounting, lay Bear Lake. “(This yere th’ place?’’ asked Joe, gazing at the pines, towering high above them. “S’pose so,’’ answered Jim, wearily. “We'll see in th’ mornin’. Bill said it was in a gulch that had pines growin’ all round it, an’ in it, too; an’ this yere seems to be th’ only place on this mounting where they’s pines. Th’ rest of it is rocks. Ain’t no gold in them.”’ Early the next morning they gulped down bacon, beans, and coffee, and armed with picks, set out to search the forest for the gulch hiding the gold. “Remember, come back to camp by sun- down whether yu finds her or not,’’ was Joe’s parting injunction. Parr wandered off to the northeast, trudg- ing through the carpet of pine needles, ever alert for small rises that serve as points of observation. An hour passed, and then an- other, but no guleh. The thing nearest re- sembling one was a ditch two feet wide through which a tiny rivulet splashed. As he was about to stop and rest a bit, an extra thick clump of pines loomed ahead. “Hum, looks intrustin’,’’ he commented. Gaining the thicket, he pushed his way through hastily, and suddenly shot out into a small clearing. Down about a hundred feet was a long narrow gulch, thickly studded with pines. Intently gazing into the crevice, he walked slowly to the edge, searching for a way down. Failing, he raised his head. Be- fore him, standing on a small pile of stones, and really seeming a part of the mass him- self, stood a gray grizzly, certainly the larg- est Jim had ever seen! Retreat was too late, Jim reasoned, for the bear could easily catch him before he reached camp. Advance was impossible; the bear blocked the way. “Wal, gotta take a chanct,’’ muttered Jim, as the bear lumbered toward him. Taking a firmer grip upon his pick, he Pace 10 Yon. � ” WE MUTTERED “J Gotta TAKE A CHANCE, swung at the advancing animal, felt a Jat, and losing his balance, toppled over the edge of the gulch! Downward he plunged; he struck something, and knew no more. Consciousness returned slowly. Parr stirred slightly and opened his eyes. Pine branches seemed to envelop him. Above him the rays of the sun slanted sharply over the edge of a cliff. Realizing that he was not on the ground, he turned over carefully, and discovered himself in the top of a pine, fifty feet from ground. A rustle came from beneath the tree. Had the bear fallen over, and also escaping un- hurt, discovered his presence? He looked cautiously. No, it was a man. Could it be one of the other prospectors, trying to locate the new field? A still more cautious look. “Hey, Joe,’’ he called. The man below jumped. ‘‘Gosh, I was huntin’ fer yu, but I was afraid to yell, fear- in’ t’others would hear me. Say, where are yu anyhow?’ he demanded, not seeing the source of the voice. “Up here,’? responded Jim, clambering down. ‘‘Yu see, I had a argyment with a bar, an’ I jest tumbled over inter this yere tree.”’ “Uh huh, I found th’ bar. Had a pick clean through his leg. He must of fallen off, too, because he’s down thar by that tree with a rock stickin’ in him where he fell on it. An’ Jim, thet pick, it seraped up some dirt, an’ there’s gold in it. This is the gulch!” (Continued on page 30) DECEMBER, 1924 (Continued from page 8) and wondering posed to do, he he was sup . tant children, to ong the expec ss é ad announced his arrival. d out am ; salesman } Gy 5 whom nee by a moment’s silence, during He tee gufrered exquisite torture, followed whieh he er demands. f eag' rifle an’ a bieyele, an’ ’’— , rown. curls an’ a set of “an i hi s—” y: . ao of the babble, a familiar voice caught his ear- Surely that was Cecily. Looking in the direction of the voice, he saw that it was, and in an attitude that would hardly have been prescribed for the wife of a successful In fact, she was on her voung business man ve winding up @ tiny automobile for a chubby infant, laughing as enthusiastically as the child when the toy scudded across the floor. Somehow he was not displeased as he would have been the day before. — at the place of their appointment, Arriving J , ecily rounding the half an hour late, he saw C corner. “You're late,’’ he said. «So were you,’’ she retorted. you were wonderful!’’ “JT was what!’’ he gasped. Then as realiza- tion dawned, “You don’t mean to say you recognized me? I was praying you would. n’t,”’ he ended with a groan of mortification. “O, James, “J was there when you came in. I saw it all. How did you ever do it?”’ “J don’t know. I didn’t mind it nearly as much as I thought I would. I don’t know what’s happening to me.” “Don’t you?”’ she asked. ‘I know what’s happening to you. It’s Christmas—Jimmy.”’ “You know,’’ he said, suddenly realizing the truth, ‘‘I think I’ve always wanted some- one to call me Jimmy!”’ DEcEMBER, 1924 Alabama Jim was free. He had departed from the Georgia Penitentiary with a new suit of clothes, twenty-five dollars in cash, and a verdict of “‘not guilty’’ ringing in his ears. He had been convicted for murder on weak evidence, and his case was recalled before six months of the life term had been served. Obliging friends had hired a clever lawyer, and the result of his labors was seen in the jaunty gait of Alabama as he sauntered down the street. Alabama was a short, stocky man of the thug type, with a sallow countenance and bright red hair, which had been unsuccess- fully dyed black several times. Now that he was free, his only plan for the future was to get some easy and lucrative work in Florida. So, turning his steps to- ward the nearby station, he slipped inside an empty box car on the Coast Line Railroad, and soon he was moving south. . Dr. Wayne, of Welaha, Florida, frowned as he read these lines in a letter which he was holding: ‘‘He is out at last, and heading your way, too. He told me that he hoped to get a job on some farm near Lisco.’’ The epistle was signed, ‘‘J. Brownley, Head Warden.’”’ 4 With an idea rampant in his brain, Wayne arose from the chair, closed his desk, and departed from the house. He soon reached his destination, the pier, and there he ac- costed an old negro. “‘Andy, do you remember the man who killed Colonel Smith?”” “Yes suh, I do, and if I could lay hands on de scound’l, he wouldn’t live long.’? The negro’s voice was menacingly quiet, for the Colonel had been worshiped by his old ser- vant. The doctor, who had also been an inti- mate friend of Smith’s, noticed the half-con- cealed emotion of the darkey, and felt a simi- lar feeling rise in him. “‘Well, Andy, that scoundrel is free, and heading toward Lisco. Now, I have a plan by which we may convict him.” The KASTERNER Alabama Jim Goes Fre teorce A. Matn, ’26 HER HIGH SCAp B11 Then followed several minutes of close conversation. “Now you go to Hawkins and tell him what to do. If Alabama Jim arrives, call me up, and then go to meet him. You know the rest.”’ ° e s When Alabama Jim hopped off the car, he found himself at Liseo. He entered the com- bination station and general store, and pur- chased some crackers and cheese. While en- gaged in consuming this frugal meal, he asked the station master if there was any employ- ment to be had in the town. “Why, yes,’’ answered the man, whose name was Hawkins, ‘‘there is a farm owned by a man named Yeager. He appointed me his agent while he is in the north. He is willing to pay forty dollars a month and board.’” Alabama promptly asked for the position, and soon Hawkins accepted him. Then he phoned for Andy. ‘‘Hitch up your mule team and come on over. He’s here.’’ Andy eventually arrived, and showing every respect for the domineering Alabama, soon carried him to the farm. Andy then phoned Dr. Wayne of his arrival, and the sinister plot began to develop. Alabama Jim, being of the kind that does not revel in labor, used the first two days to rest after his trip. At last, however, he was obliged to make a pretense at work. He ac- cordingly followed Andy to the grove to in- spect the growing oranges. Then, leaving Andy to do some needed cultivation, he re- turned alone to the house. As he neared the cottage, an inscription on a tree caught his eye. It read ‘‘Colonel Smith, Murdered in 1902.’’ With an awful fear clutching at his heart the murderer called to mind the incidents of his crime. He saw himself, with bloody knife, standing over the stiffening figure of the man he hated. And as he buried the body under the leaves, he remembered seeing ‘‘The Belled Buzzard’’ (Continued on page 27) PacE 12 CHRISTMAS A thousand bells tinkling, A thousand stars twinkling— Christmas! Christmas! Time of all giving, Time of forgiving— Christmas! Christmas! Lighting the memory drear Of the wan, sad, old year— Christmas! Christmas! A thousand bells tinkling, ‘A thousand stars twinkling— Christmas! Christmas! A. L. G., ’25. 0 ee THE PIPER Fate is the piper who pipes the tune And man must dance as the tune is played; And ever she pipes, yet late or soon, She asks for reward—and it is paid. Paid! though the score be heavy to bear, And wrung from the depths of a heart in pain, We may not quibble—the score js there, So we pay—and forget—and dance again. TsrarL MENDELSSOHN, 29. ee NIGHT Tis night. The rosy day hath fled, And Phoebus’ chariot hath left the sky, While infinite in multitude The stars grace firmament on high. Wafting her strange, mysterious beams, The moon, in beauty pure and cold, Bathes earth and sky in floods of light, Of silver and of glorious gold. I think composers, heav’n inspired, In all their power could never write Musie of harmonies so rare As the heavenly symphony of night. Grorce Rorx, ’26. The BASTER. - The Mermaid Tav DECEMBER, 1924 ern GYPSY LULLABY Rest, rest! The bird has The moon beg! Close your eyes! Hark to the fox uP! Rest, rest ! sought its nest; ins to Tise— on his nightly quest ! Still, still! The fox has ma The night wind sways jet, NOW. buy aaah do you hear the plaintive whippoor- will? Still, still! de his kill; the bough— Sleep, sleep! The hue of he The stars come, Slumber on! Sleep, while I watch horizon creep— Sleep, sleep ! aven grows deep; one by one. the moon from the east Euise ScHarr, '27. na FRIENDSHIP Hello! I’m glad you had the chance While sailing on this sea, To pull your little floating bark Up close a while to me. I’m glad because you shook my hand And, too, conversed a bit, ‘And now, I know you are my friend I’m mighty proud of it. For though we need so many friends They are very hard to find, T mean the ones who’re frank and true, ‘And not the other kind. So it always makes me happy when Some little boat like yours Sails far to find out here with me A friendship that endures. Evetyn Burns, 26. Dercremper, 1924 DONT’S Last night a little rookie had A really dreadful dream ; He was all at once surrounded By a tiny warlike team. One member on the pillow-case Was perched, and this he sung, “Don’t you miss joining your cadets Quickly while you’re young.’’ Another lighted on a chair, And all that he would say Was, ‘‘Don’t forget your libr’y book Or you will have to pay.”’ And still another then began To speak, and what he said Was, ‘‘Don’t forget your lessons, or You'll wish that you were dead.’’ And all the other little Don’ts Gave their advice in turn— That poor, scared, little, trembling Frosh, He has a lot to learn! Miprep Rogerson, 25. ASK A SENIOR Say, little rookie, if you want to know What makes the sun shine, what makes the rose grow, Ask a senior. Tf in your lessons you’ve made a mistake, And can’t find what’s wrong though your brain you rake, Ask a senior. In fact, if you’re ever quite up a tree And help is needed as much as ean be, Ask a senior. Marcaret DrysHer, ’25. The KASTERNER Worse Than Vers ism cetaw, D ” LAMENTATIONS OF A SENIOR “Quod, quod, adventu tuo—— Vacuefacta sunt?’’ My teacher’s still unanswered— All I could do was grunt. Mademoiselle ma maitress Has taught me French galore; I ought to know a lot of it— But there is always more. In Math my guiding spirit, With battle in her eye, Said, ‘‘What’s the square of P. D. Q.1’’ I answered with a sigh. Just so my days are rounded, So slowly dragging by, And when I get my next report I think I’m going to ery. A TRUE STORY This is the tale of a book report As it was told to me. Called on to make one orally All unprepared was he. Opening the book at a hazard By some most happy pass He found a delightful passage— And read it to the class. His schoolmates hung with interest On the reading of the tale, And even he read eagerly— Such luck was bound to fail. Finally the thing was ended— He’d not got teacher’s ‘‘goat’’; And he was congratulated On using ‘‘nary”’ a note. Some there are who think, with reason, This is no likely tale. So I warn you all beforehand Tf you try it you'll fail. Dororny E. Wauxer, 725. Pace 14 ; ie - False Alarms “Tin-n-g! Tin-n-g! ae Jean sat up quickly, and grabbed the alarm clock as I slowly opened my eyes. ‘She silenced its insistent clangor and sank back into bed, pulling the covers around her with a little shiver of delight “Tots of good that does you,”’ I jeered, finding myself surprisingly awake, ‘‘You have to get right up again !’” “Don’t mention it,’’ she groaned. “My isn’t it dark!”’ “This looks about as much like time to get up as—,’’ I stopped for want of a particu- larly final comparison, then added hopefully, “Maybe the old alarm went off too soon.” “No such luck.’” She fumbled for the lamp chain, and peered at her wrist watch as the light flashed on. Gaga? gta exclaimed. right. It stopped when I droppe ternoon.’’ “Lazy !’? I murmured as she reached for the alarm clock. ‘‘Why didn’t you have it fixed as you came home?”’ “Lazy yourself!’’ she returned. “Oh, that’s d it this af- “Get up, MY FRIEND Oh, blest am I to have a friend so true, To comfort and sustain me in my woe, To be with me when skies are dark of hue, And laugh with me when joy and sunshine glow. No thought of worldly gain prompts her kind acts ; ‘All anger is by her set down as naught, When I, perchance, am tempted to be lax, ‘As some new subject is by words long fought. When vital problems face me all too soon, She is beside to counsel and uphold, Could one wish for more great a help and boon? ‘A staff more truly worthy, yea, than gold. Who is this one ideal friend, pray tell? I’m sure I need not say, for you know well. J. Auprey Morates, 25. The FASTERNER SS DECEMBER, 1 924 ‘ This says ten min- the windows: and shut ; + seven.” 3 pe ae put the clock back again, I ran to A rindows. 1 slammed them down, and {be 8 king out @ moment. The big are mh “alley cast eerie shadows across - shasized the surrounding owed not the faintest bleakness- The sky © streak of light ct ce a tnt ull: cloudy. I sighed as I ae Jean, yawning, sat pulled on my ki “have we jumped into mething ? Call up some- me it is, Anne.’’ light in the hall, ab- dfather’s clock in body and as J snapped on the tly glancing at our gran aS nee T looked at it in amazement, and hen began to laugh. ce Jane J called, “What did you set that alarm clock by?” : . Jean looked uP as I came In. By my wrist watch—O Anne! Do you mean—?”’ «cExaetly,”? 1 replied jumping into bed. «mhe big clock says quarter to two, and I mow which of the three I’m going by!”’ ‘AsenatH L. GRAVES, '25. INSTEAD Cease mourning Summer ’s death ; Seek out this time ’s delight. Now that the oriole’s flown Thou canst watch the sparrow’s flight. What though the leafless boughs ‘Are bare? Thou now canst see More closely how the pine, Breeze-swayed, bends gracefully. What though the flow’rs are gone From the soughing depths of the wood? The crowsfoot cheers the ground Where the dancing violet stood. Asenata L. GRAVES, 729. The only man who never makes a mistake js the man who never does anything.—Roose- velt. . NovEMBER, 1924 CHRISTMAS Again comes the happy Yuletide season of watchful waiting and high expectations Closet doors and bureau drawers are locked! while bundles of mysterious shapes are sia bled over in every nook and cranny. Strict injunctions to avoid certain spots are relue- tantly carried out. Gold and red string, bits of green and red paper, and Christmas seals. in rainbow-like variety, are scattered a one end of the house to the other. Mean- while, little children are dispatching anxious missives to Santa Claus. Why all this happiness? secrecy ? The answer is ‘‘Christmas,’”’ a time when men think more of giving than of receiving— a time when one laughs with the world, and not at it—a time when cares are discarded for joys. At this season, then, the EasterNEr wishes you the happiest and brightest Christmas conceivable. H. E. A, 725. Why all this THE STANDARD RING By the recent action of the senior class in adopting the ring selected last year by a com- mittee representing the alumni, the Class of 724, and the Class of ’25, Eastern now has a standard class ring. The seniors are to be commended for aec- eepting the ring, which did not meet with general approval in the class. They, however, felt that a standard ring was necessary, and in order to assure this, approved the ring which many felt was not the most satisfactory which could be procured. Too much credit cannot be given them. H. E. A. 725. OUR CHEER LEADERS Punch and Judy! Jack and Jill! We’re the boys from Capitol Hill! Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! Eastern! Team! Team! Team! That ery, bursting from our aching throats, has more than once urged our team to victory; but viewed by the cold light of reason, it has always seemed lacking to at least half of the Easternites who have used it. Every Eastern girl has at some time wondered why only the “‘boys’’ of Capitol Hill are mentioned. Just as the girls have always wondered at their absence from the yell, many of us have often wondered at the absence of the yell it- self. If any of the boys’ teams are mentioned at an assembly, the cheer leaders are immedi- ately very much in evidence; but when, two minutes later some scholastic achievement is lauded they are mainly conspicuous for their absence. . The chief purpose of cheer leaders is to help us show more unitedly our appreciation of the things that are done for Hastern’s good. Do we then, only appreciate football, baseball, and basketball? No! Our clapping at the award of the Hiking Club ‘‘H’s’’ at our vis- itors’ speeches, at Dramatie Club triumphs, proves that. Clapping, however, at its best is but a poor substitute for a rousing Punch and Judy; and our cheer leaders should help us to recog- nize that, and make our yells more frequent and more inclusive. A. L. G., 725. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains. —Carlyle. DECEMBER, 1924 Pace 16 : The BASTERNER mina Tama footlight. I will not tell you which one, lest some reader seck me and spitefully break me because of my frank disclosures of school news, which would cause worry for my- self and Mr. Walter, who cares for me. I have been asked to tell of the last few meet- ings and assemblies. If my opinions do not please you, remember I am merely a shining, brilliant light—hbeautiful but dumb. My powers of observation are not very acute at ordinary assemblies for I am dull then, and some say sightless. But when there are plays, I flash and scintillate, for I know about plays. One night there was a Home and School Association meeting. Pupils spoke on va- rious school activities. Wilma Shively, Lydia Edwards, Herbert Angel, Tom Howard, Wil- ton Gibson, Josephine Tremain, Vernon Hooker, and Nathan Clarke were the “‘ora- tors.’”’ Their speeches ,were very dignified. Perhaps they wanted to impress the parents. But Z could see into the wings and I could hear a few giggles and laughs that told that they were quite human after all. After the speeches, I began work in earn- est, for then a play was presented, a very good play with which to begin the season. How I delight in plays! For almost a whole summer I had not seen one. This was so short that it was tantalizing, but it promised good things for the future. Some of the next assemblies were the usual dull things through which I slumbered peace- fully, but there were others that were inter- esting. At one assembly as usual after the selection by the orchestra was finished, Mr. Hart told the boys in the back of the room to find seats. Suddenly, in the disturbance { heard the noise of feet on to the stage; and a moment later two very presumptous young see marehed into my range of vision an feck their seats in the speakers’ row of seats! As if that weren't enough, @ inet a dozen of their classmates emboldened by their exam- «ined them, and [_I had to gaze at them ple joi Ah, for the old days, a whole assembly. a rookies understood that the front row ! not the place for them! Tae these assemblies, Nathan Clark, Tom d, and Wilton Gibson have been mak- é uncements. My heart (yes, 1 have a heart) leaped with joy when I heard that there were to be two more plays, Miss Civilization and The Grand Opera. When the time came, I did my part and the actors did theirs. With such a combination, there was no such thing as failure. Mrs Civilization js a crook play and at the risk of being ac- cused of copying Howard and Gibson, I am going to say that it was well cast. The next play introduced Hastern ’s prima donna, Miss Hannah Stolar. I flickered up as she rose on her toes for those high notes. Mr. Andrus’ remarkable facial expressions thrilled me as well as the audience. To go back to assemblies: I should like to tell of the Red Cross assembly. Mr. Collins made a talk for Coach Guyon before our visi- tor talked. Mr. Collins is a very brave man. He told a story that is exceedingly funny— the first time you hear it. Now I am only about two years old, so I can not swear that the joke was older; but one of the stage hands fainted at the sudden reappearance of that friend of his cradle. The stage hand, I learned, is eighteen years old. Draw your that followed, the steps leading Howar' ing the anno The KASTERNER Pacer 17 DECEMBER, 1924 own conclusions. The principal speaker, merely opened a package made by the Red Cross, held up numerous tiny garments, and told two stories; but from what I could hear the audience nearly raised the roof with delight. I really was quite worried for a while lest some of the falling timbers would break me. On November 12 we had a most unusual treat. The Rev. Arthur Long, from Okla- homa gave us an unforgetable talk on “Power.’” There was also a talk by Miss Egbert on the late Alexander T. Stuart, She made one feel the loss to Washington in his death. On November 5 I heard two stage hands discussing checks and D’s, so I judged that the advisories had been issued, Thank good- ness, I don’t have to go through that ordeai, Beside the unusual, unique (for us), and marvelous thrill of beating Central, we en- joyed the pleasure of a tie game between the cheer leaders between halves. What could be more inspiring than to see ‘‘Mac”’ race madly down the field for a touchdown? The umpire, ‘‘Pop’’ Dulin, was eminently satis- factory to both sides, The next day’s assembly was quite to our liking. Mr. Collins, who presided, was at his best. The occasion was so momentous that he did not hesitate to tell his age. Beside this, he made the brilliant suggestion that our stadium be named after Coach Guyon. Need- less to say, no dissenting voices were heard. Nathan Clark congratulated the team for the student body. ‘‘Cappy’’ Rick presented our renowned coach with that celebrated horseshoe which certainly brought bad luck to Central. ; One thing was unanimously agreed on: this was just a beginning! Central, watch out! The journalistic writing students are the lucky ones again. Miss Helen Fetter, re- porter and feature writer on the Star, re- cently gave them a talk on ‘‘The Woman in Journalism.’’ ROOKIE GREEN’S LETTER TO HIS FRIEND IN THE COUNTRY J. Ausrey Moraugs, ’25 Dear Nep: i wented to hi school the other day. The durn place is like a prison arter havin’ so much fun with you in the country. I got t’ school early ‘cause i didn’t want to be late the fust day (i been late every mornin’ since). Arter about five minutes of walkin’ I couldn’t find myself. I had so much time hangin’ heavy on my hands I felt like i wuz carryin’ 100 lb. sugar. The fust thing i seen was a ease lookin’ like my mother’s china closet. Inside was a perfectli gude basket ball with some numbers onit. I wonder why they don’t useit? Then there wuz lots of shiny silver cups inside of it two. I wanted to know what they used ’em for, but didn’I’ see nobody to ask. One cup as so durn big i know I couldn't a drunk it full of the best ginger pop on the market. I was so interusted that I didN’t hear a: guy come up in back 0’ me. He hol- lered, hello rookie, just as fresh like he wuz a new cabbage. He looked so sassy that I thought I’d paste him in th’ eye, but then I give him the once over and didN’t ’cause he was twict was big as me. You know I hates to start somethin’ i can’T finish. Just then my gang come up and we went to our room (one of th’ fellers kneu the way). In a littel wile a bell rung i nearly toucht th’ seiling, i jumpt so hi. Where’s the fire? i hollered, rushed for the door. Th’ teacher made me come bak, and she give me a program. When does the entertainment begin? I sez. I got thru that day somehow, but i still thinks it alot of foolishness to jump up and down like a jake-in-th-box every 40 minutes. I got my report the other day with all “d’s.’’ i think ‘‘d” stands for dandy, or somethin’ like that. I ain’t weakened yet, but I’m scairt I'll be gray headed if I Hange around this school 4 years. Au reservoir, Rook GREEN. “Tt’s the knowing man who knows enough to know there’s a lot he doesn’t know.’” ‘ ECEMBER, 1924 : The PASTERNER D OUR DRAMATIC ASTROLOGICAL SOCIETY a veritable Milky Way to Miss Monk this fall in her search for dramatic stars. Her most imposing eluster of luminaries was displayed on the nights of December 11 and 12 when the fall play was presented. ‘There were so many stars of the first magnitude such as Mildred Repetti, Nathan Clark, Laura Barrett, George Main, and Joe Greenwood, beside suns of lesser importance in that galaxy,’’ testifies a privileged on- looker, ‘‘that I wondered how they had Te- mained concealed so long.”” “Bimbo the Pi- rate,” ‘‘Her Tongue,”’ and ‘‘ Waiting for the Bus’’ were fitting orbits for those shining lights. And such an unusually bright set- ting! Marie Moore, Graham Lowden, Frank Kreglow, Josephine Tremain, Marjorie Keim, Elizabeth Newsone, Margaret Knapp, Helen Rifenburg, Evelyn Bixler, Hannah Stolar, George Waters, Reverdy Claggett, Frank Julius Radice, Eastern has been Serivener, Francis Holmes, Thomas Howard, George Finger, William mes Breen. Heintz, George Madigan, and Ja How’s that? Miss Monk is some astron- omer.”’ Another constellation which was Over- shadowed to some extent by the larger one was ‘‘Miss Civilization,’ a play by Richard Harding Davis. By these stars every Wednesday new con- stellations are observed. Future absences from weekly seances will cost five cents. Each new member is required to recite a selection and enact a pantomime. These efforts are given at the regular meetings of the society. Hiking Club From the very beginning of school this year the Hikers have been extremely active. Although their Saturday tramps have been delightful, a trip to Mr. Hart’s summer home in Bluemont, Va., completely overshadowed all other trips, for a moonlight hike was in- cluded in the list of their pleasures there. ORGANIZA TIONS The Grand Uproar with the Dramatic Society in grand opera, the d its vocal power on the af- Collaborating George Ade’s travesty oe Glee Club not only displaye i put also its ability dramatics, ember 13. ee ane to suggest to the Kline y will have mistaken their ecall- i ome coloratura janitors. ie Byram gratulated on her howl- TS. ing success. The musical score of was con the farce was written ene Steuart, a first semester boy. Wa aioe interpretation of ‘ibs Tyler, the prima donna, registered Bastern’s great- est comedy hit, while Edward Andrus, the basso profundo, as Mr. Tyler, thrilled us to the core. This account would be left unfinished with- out mention of the splendid work of the or- chestra in enriching the program. SURES eS Girls’ Clubs Fave you seen the poor girls limping around school? They are the instruments upon which fate has infleted a eruel punish- ment. The Merrill and Friendship Clubs have just initiated their new members. How- ever, those who survive agree that it was worth it, for they are now bona fide members of their respective clubs. Both of these clubs have been active in social service work. They prepared and dis- tributed Thanksgiving baskets to the poor of the community. The Friendship Club is also planning to distribute Christmas stock- ings to orphans. Debating Society The Philippines would remain under the control of the United States for many years if it were left to us. At a meeting of the Debating Society in which the subject was debated, the negative, opposing Philippine freedom, was victorious, receiving a majority vote of the audience. DECEMBER, 1924 The victors, Florence Painter, George Fin- ger, and George Roth, were opposed by Frank Scrivener, Charles Davies, and Olin W. Ey- erett. The latter was voted the best quate: A short business meeting was held hevere the debate, at which Everett was elected vice president of the society, The rookies took full advantage of their newly acquired right to membership. Boys’ Rifle Team The Boys’ Rifle Team, although it has not yet been thoroughly organized this year, is profiting by the excellent equipment oar new school provides. Andrus, the eaptain expects the team to produce some of the Bet marksmen of the club’s history. Ninety- seven, the highest score this year, was anette by the assistant captain, Petrola. The inex- perienced men have been shooting around forty-six, which is very creditable for begin- ners. Girls’ Rifle Team Bang! Bang! Bang! What’s that? Oh, just some of our girls learning to become good markswomen. About forty of them have gone out for this sport, but you need not worry; all of them do not practice at once. They are divided into two groups, one of which has the range on Monday and the other on Wednesday. Besides saying our ears from the effect of their combined banging, this plan also increases rivalry considerably. A WISE CHICK ‘J kissed her when she wasn’t looking.”’ “And what did she do?’’ “Why, she kept her eyes closed the rest of the evening.’’—Mirror. TIME! Prof. (after finishing lengthy lecture) : “« Are there any questions ?”’ Stude. ‘‘Yeh, when’s this period up?” —Mirror. The EKASTERNER ) SURE IS A ce ISCRIHINATIN' ya, Cg Pupuicaion-t ac } MIGHT SAY AF wy 7H pscegnin’ Ni! Zs Se (A complimentary copy of the last issue of the EasTERNER was sent to Mr. Berryman. We are justly proud of this acknowledg- ment which we received in reply.) A MIRAGE The Eastern High School of my dream Ts where all things are what they seem And marks do not come less than ‘‘@’s,’’ Though everybody gets all ‘‘H’s.”’ The teachers don’t give any test And with no homework are we blest. And if perchance we’re late for class The teacher smiles and lets us pass; She doesn’t say in voice so gruff, ‘“‘Haven’t you been late enough?”’ Tf going up “‘down’’ stairs is quite near, No teacher grabs you by the ear, Nor wags her finger as she frowns And says, ‘‘You know that sign says ‘ down’.’” Yet, wonder I, if ’twould be fair To never let our teachers glare; { wonder if we’d love our school Tf it were run by no stern rule. I’m sure we like it better now For my dream doesn’t hit, somehow. And anyway this’s just in fun— To improve our school just can’t be done. Lois Korrtx, ’26. DECEMBER, 1924 Pace 20 The EASTERNER Miss Monk (at rehearsal): ‘‘Laura, move over so we can see George Main’s face.”’ Laura Barrett: ‘‘There wouldn’t be room.”” ee ® Hazel Blaine: ‘‘Do you think it is worth while to have my voice trained ?’’ Elbrinda: ‘‘Sure; it might come in handy in case of a fire.’’ Recently Miss Egbert sent Sam Hook to Room 228 to get Miss Sugar. He came back with Mr. Candee. Harbin: ‘‘Tartar maidens ran and their lovers had to catch them.’” Gibson: ‘‘ What did they do in leap year?” Miss Franz: ‘‘Shapiro, stop talking.” Shapiro: ‘‘I’m not saying anything, Miss Franz.’ Miss Franz: ‘‘You probably weren’t, but you certainly were talking.’’ Mr. Suter: ‘‘Now what is spontaneous com- bustion ?”” Fred Bush: ‘‘It’s something that busts of its own accord.”’ Rhine (to Finger): ‘‘What makes you so popular?’ Gates: ‘‘You know the Indians used to worship the crazy people.”” = Founp.—Attached to Miss Boyd’s paper- weight lion that anchors the pencil in the library: ‘‘ Who steals this pencil steals trash ; don’t take the lion.”’ E. Grant: ‘‘What does Miss Boyd teach?”’ Lowrey: ‘‘Librianism, I guess.’’ “ ] wonder how they can tell Substitute: the age of a fish?’ Helpful Student: ‘‘Co s unt the scales.”’ = ‘What is sugar corn?’’ Miss Holmes: : } ot “It’s a plant just like corn Eulalo Kindy: only it hasn’t any ears.” The happiest boy in the senior class is Arthur Cliff. He can reach the top of the blackboard at last. 2 . Ruth Bell: ‘Miss Hawes makes you say adsum when you are there, and abscess when you are absent. ake . Read This Aloud Miss Franz (speaking of Venizuelos, a prominent Greek statesman): ‘‘He was the man who put Greece on her feet.”’ ee @ Mr. Rick: ‘What is fastened to the crank- shaft?’ Mildred Carroll: ‘‘The crank.”’ es a Yesterday we found our brilliant and sparkling joke editor in a corner of the Easterner Room, erying his little heart out. When we asked him the reason for the flood, he sobbed, ‘‘She loves me not; she loves me not!’’ He seemed to have forgotten the ‘“‘She loves me’’ part of it. Mr. Suter (in chemistry) : ‘‘I will have the make-up test on Friday, if I can find a room in the building that is large enough.’ . Miss Gardner (in English): ‘‘What were Queen Anne’s dates?”’ DECEMBER, 1924 The WASTERNER ne oneness W ALTERS NDERSON A RNOLD INCE LP W EINE RTWELL TS ERMEL T AYLOR H ORTS EE S CHWARTZ T APLES U RY GAR D NER MOOR COLLIN g§ PADGET T I. MartHeEws, 728, + SOME FIX I’ve asked for jokes both here and there. I’ve begged my friends for some ; And I ean’t find them anywhere But in my head, by gum! I did not write my jokes on time, The Editor got mad, He did not put me off the staff— I almost wish he had. —Digitus. a Mr. Suter: ‘‘Miss Harris, you are late, what detained you?’’ Dorothy Harris: ‘‘Gym.’’ (Jim, who?) = According to Miss Bucknam’s history class “‘Wm. Penn had a prison where all men were supposed to go.”’ It All Depends Mr. Williamson (at class election) : ‘‘ Only those who expect to graduate in June are to east a ballot.” Shere: ‘‘What June?”’ THE NINE O’CLOCK RACE If you will look up East Capitol Street, You’ve every chance of seeing a treat, For every morn a race is run With the nine o’clock bell as the starter’s gun. First comes Kessler tearing along With the awful speed of a steam shovel strong ; Then comes Madigan, another fast man, Closely followed by a ‘‘terr-a-pan.’’ Then McCaffery gay sets sail With all the speed of a sleeping snail. Next comes George Burdine, by golly, Whizzing along like the Toonerville trolley ; Finally Wheeler, another speed king, Comes, running up miles like a sewing ma- chine. Then they all come in with the last bell’s ring To Miss Watts’ office in a weary string. BerNArp SHIELDS, ’25. . Miss Wood (in music): ‘‘Those that are absent please say so.”’ D. Walker (in journalism) : gets Snow’ by Associated Press.’’ s 8 « ‘Chicago Miss Murray: ‘‘Of what use are railroad tracks?’ George Roth: ‘‘They keep the trains from getting lost.’’ Eastern’s Radio Program Station E. H. S., Broadcasting from Seventeenth and East Capitol Streets (1560 Meters) 9:10 a. m—Sonz—“Why Were You Late Today. Why, Oh Why, Oh Why?” —Section Teachers. 9:20 a. m—Why I Intend to Bob My Hair. —Miss Bertha L. Gardner. 9:45 a. m—Duet—Oh, Bring Your Subscriptions to Me. —Mr. Ellis Haworth. —Miss Freda D. Egbert. 10:00 a. m.—Serenade—to? —The Tall Mr. Shorts. 10:10 a. m—Why Eastern Always Wins the Basket- ball Championship. —Coach Guyon. 10:30 a. m.—Song— Gimme.” —Mr. Claus J. Schwartz. 10:45 a m—“Up With Assemblies—Down With Homework.” —The Student Body. FLORENCE PAINTER, '26. DECEMBER, 1924 he K ASTERNER THE ANTI-COSMETICS LEAGUE CROSSWORD PUZZLE Fiorence M. Parner, ’26 Horizontal 1, The art of poems. 5. Collection of maps. 9. A swift movemént. 10. Abbreviation of emperor. 12. Minute particle of mat- ter. 16. Peculiar, 19. Abbreviation end. 20. Latin for yes. 21, Affirmative. 23. Title. 26. Abbreviation for road Office. 27. Cry of sheep. 28. Abbreviation of steamer. 29. An ascetic who follows the Yoka philosophy. 33. Trouble. 35. Row (pl.). 88. Indentation. 89. Tend in sickness. composing for Rever— Rail- FM PAINTER Vertical 1, Father. 2. Conjunction. 3. Latin for and 4, Nom. pl. of thou. 5. Abbreviation for apostle. 6. Musical note. 7. Preposition. 8. Adverb. 9, Insufficiency. 11. Grade. 18. Incredible. 14. A slip of paper most students hate to re— ceive. 15. A gathering that usually meets on Tuesdays. 16, Conjunction. 17. Merit. 18. Conjunction. 21. Abbreviation for years: 22. Avarice. 24. Musical note. Personal pronoun. Exclamation. 34. Preposition. . Conjunction. . Like. 37. Repetition. SO SAY WE Prof. : ‘‘I’m half tempted to give this class an examination.’’ Stude.: ‘‘Yield not to temptation.’’ —NMirror. Two colored service men went to a circus, and saw a zebra. ‘‘Boy,’’ said one, “look at dat mule’s service stripes. He musta been in the army wit Gawge Washington.”’ —Mirror. MAKES ITS BOW if the Old Oaken Bucket) ast of an artistic make-up, rg may bo The flappers May n of rouge and salve; f neat applicatio f ee it’s all apparent—to us it’s no take-up— That their creamy skins are not honest by half. And we A. ©. L.’s Wi notice That all our dust ; We don’t gild the The standard pust!”’ (Lune ©, ant the whole world to cosmetics are covered with or laequer the lotus— lily, “Anti, or we follow is: Corus: Oh, this is our motto, That we have enliste We'll show this old world, by our oath, and our token d the cause of the just; our promise un- broken, That we will be sta bust!” unch to that ‘‘ Anti, or How dear to our hearts is the old-time com- plexion, Unaided by lipstick or rouge-box or puff; What joy when the mirror gives back the reflection Of dull-finish skin, cheeks and lips red enough! ‘And lucky the girl who can say, “T don’t use it,?? When powder js mentioned, or lipstick dis- cussed. For, the habit once formed, ’tis not easy to lose it; Oh, would-be abstainers, cry “Anti, or bust !’” CHoRUS: Euise Scuarr, 727. REVENGE! Judge: “‘It seems I have seen you before.”” Prisoner: ‘Yes, I taught your daughter singing.” Judge: ‘‘Forty years.’’—Mirror DECEMBER, 1924 40} he KASTERNER PAGE 23 ti x WAR GAMES When Lt. Col. _ Wallace Craigie was ap- pointed military instructor of the cadets, hi added many new features to the program : cadet work. The most interesting fetes . war games. Each company in the brigade has a war game team composed of six men, the captain of the company always being captain of the team. At the beginning of the cadet year Colonel Craigie and his assistants arrange : schedule that includes every company. This schedule is so arranged that the companies of the same school play each other for the right to meet the best company in each of the other schools. For example: Eastern has four company teams and a team representing the field and staff unit. Each team plays all the others and when this schedule is completed, the team with the highest percentage meets the best team in each of the other four high schools. War games are played on large seale maps which show every feature of the terrain- ‘ground forms, streams, woods, cultivated fields, roads, bridges, and buildings. A prob- lem in minor tactics is given the two contest- ing teams by the director of the game. The member of each team must estimate the situ- ation and give his orders as if he were ac- tually on the ground. The team which, in the mind of the director, best handles this problem is declared the winner. After each game, the director discusses the measures, correct and faulty, and by constructive eriti- cism, shows how mistakes could have been avoided. A tactical question demands keenness and understanding, common sense and imagina- tion, judgment and power of decision. When a team finds itself under a heavy cross fire from the enemy it must act quickly and wisely to save itself. Thus war games cultivate the power of quick decision and promote initia- tive. SCHEDULE OF WAR GAMES Dec. 5—Co. A. vs. Co. B. Dee. 12—Field and Staff vs. Co. B. Dee. 19—Co. C vs. Co. D. Jan. 9—Co. B vs. Co. C. Jan. 11—Field and Staff vs. Co. D. ‘‘Now then, you fellows,’’ said a gallant captain, seeing that his men were likely to be outnumbered, ‘‘you have a tough battle be- fore you. Fight like heroes till your pow- der’s gone—then run. I’m a little lame, so Ill start now.’’—Monitor Jan. 23—Co. B vs. Co. D. Feb. 6—Field and Staff vs. Co. A. Feb. 13—Co. A vs. Co. C. Feb. 20—Field and Staff vs. Co. C. Feb. 27—Co. A. vs. Co. D. The second lieutenant of Co. B is F. L. Timmons, and not F. L. Simons, as erroneously appeared in the November issue of the EASTERNER. DECEMBER, 1924 a PAGE 24 : rhe BASTERNER COACH GUYON Some years ago in the White Earth In- dian reservation in northern Minnesota au Indian boy was born and named Wahoo. His people, beloved of Longfellow, weze the Ojibways, who many years before had mi- grated to the west, foreed ever backward by the encroaching white men. The Ojibways are among the fiercest and the least civilize d tribes. Even a few years ego anyone who adopted the ways of the white man and of ‘civilization was considered a traitor to his people. So it was not until he was eleven years old that Wahoo began his education. At that time the Brooklyn National League team had an Indian catcher. He returned home, bringing a baseball uniform with him. He was a close friend of Wahoo’s father. He took a great liking to the boy; he told Wahoo about the outside world and taught him the rudiments of baseball. Wahoo was much interested in these stories, and decided to leave home and go to school. is people would never con- chool, he took French Kansas, Knowing that h his going to S' aes rted for Lawrence, 1] school was located. Law- hundred miles away; Wa- a word of English, and train in his life—but he sen leave and sta where the Haske! rence was twelve hoo couldn't speak he had never seen 2 hed Haskell! eerie atime this school for five years be- fore he went back home, and then he left again to go to Carlisle. Here he played foot- hall, basketball, baseball, and was a member of the track team. He graduated from Car- lisle in 1907, and then caught for the New York Yankees. A few years later he was persuaded to come to Us. Everyone knows his history since then. ‘Athlete, umpire, referee, and coach—a di- versified and interesting life has been his! With the courage of the QOjibways, the only people who ever defeated the great Sioux nation, he set out to conquer, and he has won. Wahoo, the Indian boy, our Coach, “Big Chief” Guyon! BOYS’ ATHLETICS Although we won only two games this year, the football season was far from un- successful. We defeated Business 45 to 6, thereby es- tablishing the high score of the interscholas- tie season. For the first time in twenty-seven years we forced Central to take the right end of a football game. We defeated them 6 to 3 in one of the fastest games of the season. Tom Hook, the captain of the team, gave re- newed evidence of his mettle when he entered the Central game with a severely injured arm and two hurt ankles, and played one of the best games of his career, which is saying a good deal. Our prospects for next year are particu- larly bright. Joe Sweeney and Heeke will be back, while many of the sturdy linesmen of this year’s team will still be here. Hughes at center and Howard at end will be missed, as will Tommy Hook and ‘‘Barney’’ Kessler in the backfield. However, next year’s pros- pects are bright; and Eastern hopes not only DECEMBER, 1924 to defeat Central, but Tech Western as well. The players receiving Bs for football are: , Business, and The EASTERNER A Famity Scrap In Tue BACKYARD aye ERN HIGH SChgp d —__. Radice, Sutton, Walter, Heintz, Sheehy, Heeke, Flaherty, Sweeney, O’Brien, Kessler, Howard. ——..— GIRLS’ ATHLETICS Basketball is still a favorite sport of ours. low many of us know where, when, and why this game was invented? As football is played in the fall and baseball in the spring, there was a period in between when athletics was at a standstill; so in 1891 basketball was invented at a Y. M. ©. A, training school in Massachusetts to take the place of the other two sports in the winter. It is a compara- tively new game, yet it has spread with such surprising rapidity that it is now played by both girls and boys everywhere, This year the basketball team will be under Basketball the efficient management of Nellie Dalrymple. Practice will start after Thanksgiving. The “training-table’’ will be a feature of the organization again this year. All girls par- ticipating in the inter-elass series will have their lunches at a table designated by Miss Stockett. No candy, pastry, or frosted cake will be allowed, and the girls will also be asked to try to control their consumption of these foods at home. Over the week-end, however, the ban will be lifted. The girls who haye played in three-fourths of the games, and have passed in all their studies, will receive the school E. Hockey At Jast the four hockey teams have been organized. The captains are: Senior team, Marion Barrett; Junior I team, Nellie Dal- rymple; Junior II team, Dorothy Colliflower ; Sophomore team, Marion Paull. The scores of the games that have been played so far are: No, not football, but hockey, Is the reason why So many girls are limping, And nursing a black eye. Senior, 3—Sophomore, 3. Junior I, 3—Junior II, 3. Senior, 1—Junior II, 2. Sophomore, 2—Junior I, 1. Senior, 6—Junior I, 3. Junior II, 1—Sophomore, 2. The game is fast and rough, But we have lots of fun. And if we wish to make a goal, We surely have to run. The Monitor. DECEMBER, 1924 he EASTERNER Si ee a FACULTY Whenever anyone attains fame or emi- nence in life, the rest of the world wants to know all about him. People want to know what he does for amusement, what he likes to eat, what kind of neckties he prefers, and whether he approves of bobbed hair or freckles. One of the things that interest others is the childhood ambition of the prominent person. Now, for this reason, we have al- ways wanted to know what our teachers’ infant aspirations were. Being of a logical turn of mind, we decided that the thing to do would be to find out. So we did. Then one night we had an extraordinary dream, which at first we were unable to account for. Later we realized that we were seeing things as they would have been if some of the teachers had attained their youthful aims. The first thing we seemed to see was a regatta on the Eastern Branch. A brilliant crowd had assembled, among whom were recognized Miss Arnold, the young star of the melodrama, whose golden curls had illumined many a great role; Miss Hender- son, the world-famous traveler just returned from the wilds of Afghanistan, and Miss Hawes, wearing the pink silk dress whieh had been the desire of her heart. Mr. Collins was there, too, instrueting the youngest of his seven sons in the art of kicking a football. Miss Johnson was the winner in two of the events on the program, the long distance swim and the canoe race. As we were walking down East Capitol Street on our way back, we saw Miss Milliken, riding her cherished bicycle. come out of 17th Street and collide with Miss Holmes, who was blissfully propelling with one foot her very own express wagon. Down on the Avenue a newspaper head- tine caught our eye—‘Heroine Outwits Burglar’’—which was accompanied by photographs of the husky six-foot burglar d of the heroine in whom we recognized an Miss Taylor. a Ne veaiine we went to the Avenue Grand where Miss Gardner was appearing i Shakespeare’s tragedies. Between the in ed nineteen successive acts Miss Franz tur : cartwheels across the stage. A billboard real the lobby announced for the following week the Follies, headlining Miss Fosdick. In the theater we heard someone mention that the next day there was to be a Joint recital by Miss Christman, the great violin- ist, and Miss Egbert, the concert pianist, ae was described as @ second Gabrilowiteh. We wondered what a Gabrilowitch was and made a mental note to ask Mrs. Staples, who was at home studying in order to become as learned as her father was. In the lobby we saw Mr. Schwartz, the well-known writer of free verse, with Mr. Padgett, who had just come from choir practice where his voice led all the rest. Mr. Williamson was also there. He had achieved his ambition by beeoming a book- keeper. Unfortunately just then the alarm clock, set at 8:10, woke us Up, and prevented further disclosures. Miss Stoekett has wanted to be a physical training teacher ever since she was in the second grade, and this is how it started: One day, at the Peabody School, she was di- verted from her occupation of constructing a pig out of pink pegs by a merry clicking and clashing out in the hall. Her teacher was on the other side of the room giving a lesson on ‘‘The Caterpillar.’’ Miss Stockett escaped from the pink pegs and ‘‘eater- pillared’’ (to use her own word) to the door to investigate. The source of the alluring noise proved to be the eighth grade having a gym. lesson with dumbbells. It was per- fectly fascinating so she sat there and watched till it was over. When she went DECEMBER, 1924 The RASTERNER pack, she had to stay in a pj with a Window in it for ‘ Peene board ; “skipping.’? ‘his punishment did not divert ey ae earect, a8 we know. cm Miss Stockett should note this cay Miss Bucknam’s first ambition wa: refully, S t trapeze performer, but this gradually be erated into the desire to be a physical trai ing teacher. In case she SER; Can Av assistance in the gym., Miss Sahin i ;now where to look. va Mrs. Sams wanted to be a circus rid hen she fell from a runaway hors a decided to become a teacher. ieee The reason Miss Gordon became a teach was that she wanted to be able to ies her book open in class. She also avid to wake up in the morning and find her hai: curly. This latter ambition must have aa contagious from the number of teachers who possessed it. Miss Birtwell’s ambition was to be tall and slender. bition.) Mrs. Hall is one of the few whose ambi- tion has been fulfilled. She alwuys wanted to be interviewed by a newspaper reporter and ‘‘since a visit from a representative of that prominent journal known as THE PASTERNER, my ambition is thoroughly and fully realized,” she says. (Note: the inter- view was not on the subject of the writer’s history mark.) When questioned, Miss Murray said that her ambition always was to be let alone. To judge from the expression with which she regarded the reporter, she considered that it wasn’t being realized. (The writer has a similar am- —————— It was with deep sorrow that we received news of the death of Miss Lily A. Chester, on November 25. Miss Chester, who first di- rected Eastern’s Art Department, preceded Miss VanDoren at Old Eastern, having ac- cepted that position in 1890, our first year in the old building. In 1894 she was transferred to Western High School where she remained until her death. cPN HIGH est “hoo, W, ASHINGTON, DS PaGE 27 WHAT'LL I DO? Somehow, I’ve never been able to decide on a vocation. There was a time when I thought I wanted to be a teacher. This lasted until I was in the eighth grade, when I was sent over to substitute for the absent fifth grade teacher. The fifth grade had a wonderful time, but I haven’t been the same since. The next profession that engaged my youth- ful fancy was the law; I don’t know why. Then one day I came across a book the title of which at first appeared to be “‘Pollock on Toast.”’ ‘‘Pollock,’’ I thought, ‘‘must be some kind of fish.’ But a closer examination showed that the title was ‘‘Pollock on Torts,’’ and that the book was a treatise on law and not a cookbook. My attempts to read it for- ever ended my desire for a legal career. For some time after these two shocks, am- bition lay dormant. Then, not so long ago, I thought I’d like to be a journalist. So I took up journalism. Now I think I’ll study art. Any suggestions as to what I might become will be gratefully received. KatHryn WHITE, ’29. Alabama Jim Goes Free (Continued from page 11) circle down from the skies. Down, down the ominous bird had come, and there rang through the silent woods the tinkling of a bell. As he turned these ghastly thoughts over in his mind, he distinctly heard from afar the tinkling of a bell. Alabama, now fear stricken, broke into a mad run for the house. The sound of the invisible bell still followed. He rushed up to his room and locked doors and windows, but still the sound pursued him. In order to pro- tect himself, he drew the heavy clasp-knife with which he had killed the colonel. One look at the dirk, however, was enough for the crazed man, and slowly drawing back his arm, he plunged the weapon into his own heart. At last Alabama Jim was free. DECEMBER, 1924 Pace 28 The KASTERNER AN ALUMNA’S SUPPLICATION We've left forever Eastern’s halls With dreams of future fame; O, Eastern spirit, guide our deeds, Make each one worthy of thy name. Keep all they sons in every field Above the dross of selfishness ; Help us to live thy high ideals, To know that virtue is success. Although we strive to reach our goal, The brightest dreams will come to naught; And when they fade we would recall The noble precept that thou taught, ““Tho’ hope seems futile all the while, Fight on to the end—and though losing, smile.’’ M. Karuerine Rives, 724. THE CATS MEOW Out !—like a kitten in the snow Shivering around at ten below And waiting at the kitchen door To gain an entrance once more. They say I’ve quite outgrown the brood And now I’ve got to earn my food; I’m four years old and much too wise To mingle with these other guys (And so I get a sheepskin furled To shield me from this icy world.) I revel now in memory lore, I realize that it’s no more; And so I weep amid my woe— I’m just a kitten in the snow. Georce GRAINGER, 724. OLLEGIATE CONCEP- CORRECTED the twentieth century he know-it-alls around pour forth a CURRENT C TIONS Let anyone refer to college student, and the the gossip table immediately pe chorus of recriminations upon the ‘‘kniclk- ered,” ‘‘prom’”’ enthusiast whom they sup- pose the American college produces. The college student’s stock of knowledge is fancied to be bounded by the inanity of the current jazz-tunes and his interests confined to the acrobatic perplexities of the latest dance hit. A few days at any American TnsuLuLion of higher learning would dispel such airy non- sense. A college student may play—but first he must work. He may have unlimited per- sonal freedom—until his scholastie marks g o the way of the German marks. The larger Universities are crammed to overflowing with seekers after knowledge, and therefore are only too anxious to relieve their burdens by dropping their dead wood. An upper class- man must stand on his own feet; he can’t slip by. Solely to pass in college subjects means ultimately to pass out of college in disgrace. Let Easternites who will go to college for- tify scholastically to the very last inch, rid themselves of false notions of omnipresent good times, and look forward then to four years unrivalled in friendships formed, char- acter developed, and soul-satisfying combina- tions of hard work and healthy play. Karu G. Pearson, '23. “‘Remember that when you’re in the right you can afford to keep your temper, and when you’re in the wrong you can’t afford to lose tee DECEMBER, 1924 T he RASTERNER A SCHMOCK AT WaAsyiy GTO LEE HEARD From ANP Three o'clock in the morning «All freshmen out for fire drill A Out we went, pajamas and all, got back to bed. We Frosh dist; selves by wearing rat caps, by fai on the grass, and by being in b We grant the upperclass men these privile ag a favor to them. Then, too, we Ane committee of paddle wielders to chastise th i who break our rules. Tneidentally the ae mittee breaks some paddles, We have iis now and then to have dances, foo: ‘ and other good times of college days. We all naturally look forward to Christmas and home with much anticipation for a number of reasons. You see the girl in Lexington has gone off to school, so we cherish the times when we get to see one. Then, too, I can razz, all the Schmocks and my friends, for we de- feated Maryland and Virginia in football. I miss Otto, Paul, and Cardwell, and our pranks. It surely is some drop from an hila- rious senior to a meek freshman! I hope to see you all at the alumni reunion. Best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a season of good cheer. Finally we nguish our- ling to walk Y 10 0’clock, tball trips Arruur P. Bonpurant, ’24, NEWLY WED NEWS Both Mabel Hickman, 716, who became the pride of Granville Thomas Boul, and Dr. Farl F. Danforth, 14, who married Ursula L. Godfree, chose October 15 as their wedding day. The wedding of Edna Barbara Shaver, ’21, to William Byron Chamberlain, Jr., took place on November 5. UTOPIAN EASTERN “Listen. Keep still. I have something for you to do, Show me the Utopian Bastern.’’ “Flow long??? “Fifteen minutes.” _ So, my imagination and I started on the Journey, down halls, lined with flowers, and bird cages, and quaint little benches. “No tricks now,’? I warned Imagination. He simply smiled. “This is the Biological Laboratory.’’ “But, where are the crayfish, and the hooks with the impossible words?”’ “This is a lecture course on flowers. No- tice Miss Holmes making jokes for the EASTERNER.’’ Next we went to the EAsTerNeR room. I saw only a great tangle of paper. “What’s that ?’’ I inquired. “Oh, that’s the reverend editor writing verses. Miss Egbert can’t make him stop.’’ A great clamor arose outside. Lines and lines of boys passed by—cadets. “Yes, every boy a cadet. They’re bring- ing home the banner.”’ “But, who’s that queer person at the side?”’ “That’s not ‘a queer person’ but one of cur journalists, covering the victory !”’ We looked in on the journalistie writing class. Everyone but myself was there. Imag- ination answered my unworded question. “They took ear prints of the people to see if they had the ear marks of a reporter. Yours didn’t take.’’ Next I saw a flock of aeroplanes. “They take the Juniors up to section 3226,’’ I was told. Next—hbut fifteen minutes were up! Evetyn Burns, ’26. Graduation Awards—June, 1924 Home and School Association (Awards made for perfect attendance records in high school.) Margaret Elizabeth Butler Anna Pauline Knauff Dorothy Leonora Tripp. Alumni Association Margaret Davis Beasley Paul Luckel Doerr. Scholarships Syracuse University— Margaret Davis Beasley. University of Maryland— Paul Luckel Doerr. Pace Institute— William Norville Grimes, Jr. George Washington— Marie Elsie Kroell. Harvard University— William Alexander Clementson. Strayer’s Business College— Ruth Augusta Allen Esther May Rupple Thomas O'Neill Midgett, Jr. DECEMBER, 1924 1c FASTERNER Pace 30 Th eo is Of the exchanges we have received, we think that the World, from Central High School, St. Paul, Minn., deserves to be placed at the top of the list. This magazine was placed in Class One in the C. I. P. A. contest last year. It contains good jokes, and interesting stories and editorials. It excels especially in its well-drawn and attractive cartoons. The magazine might be improved by the addition of poetry and exchange de- partments. The Monitor is also an excellent exchange. This is a ninety-six page magazine published by the New Castle High School, New Castle, Pa. The October issue, an ‘‘Anniversary Is- BORROWED BLUES.CHASERS 1. ‘‘I just passed by the ex-Kaiser’s home and heard him singing.” 2. ‘‘What was he singing?’’ 1. ‘‘‘Ain’t gonna reign no mo —The Monitor. 2497 “Had your hair eut?”’ “No, washed it and it shrank.”’ —The Minnewaskan. Mrs. Sambo—‘‘Sambo, wake up.” Sambo—‘‘T can’t.”’ Mrs. Sambo—‘‘Why can’t you?”’ Sambo—‘‘T ain’t asleep.” —The Minnewaskan. The Gulch of Gold (Continued from page 10) “Got the claims staked out?’’ questioned Jim, surveying his torn clothing ruefully. “Yep, good ones, too,’’ Kansas answered cheerfully. “Wal, gettin’ treed by a bar ain’t so worse, is it Joe?”’ “Durn sight better’n a buffalo,’’ came the retort. S Bre xv a history of the Monitor, which sue,’” contains was founded in 1904. The following is a list of other exchanges we have received: The Student, Holmes ton, Ky. : The Minnewaskan, Glenwood High School, Glenwood, Minn. The Spizzerinctum, School, Warrenton, Va. Tech Life, McKinley Washington, D. C. a The Tripod, Trinity Conn. ¥ The Balance Sheet, Busine: Washington, D. C. High School, Coving- Warrenton High Manual High School, College, Hartford, ss High School, “Have you heard the latest song, ‘I Met a Girl in a Revolving Door and I’ve Been Going Around With Her Ever Since?’ 2 “No; but she must have been a daughter of the Revolution.” —The Minnewaskan. GEOMETRY Given: A rotten potato. To Prove: A rotten potato js a beehive. Proof: A rotten potato is a speck’d ’tater. A spectator is a beeholder. A beeholder is a beehive. Therefore, a rotten potato is a beehive. —The Student. Harvard (Continued from page 7) tion, and eight hundred a year for expenses such as board, room, and clothes. Every stu- dent has a chance, however, to work his way through, and for this purpose a student’s em- ployment agency has been organized. Then, too, one might win a scholarship as Billy Clementson did last year. “Um, sounds good!”’ H. E. A., 725. Phones Main 1841 Main 5179 Inc. 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