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

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The PASTERNER Fresruary, 1926 Pace 16 The Executive Mansion Neviie B. DALRYMPLE, The White House has always been a Genter of interest for the entire United States. Naturally, there are interesting details which are unknown to the average citizen. There are the President’s motor trips, on instance. The President enjoys motoring just as any other person does. When he goes for a drive, it is with the assurance that no other car will pass him. If a motorist tries to get ahead, without realizing that it is the Presi- dent’s car, he finds out his mistake before pass- ing the Secret Service auto, and is graciously requested to fall back. Whether the presi- dential car is traveling fast or slow, other machines have to remain behind. Seniors, who own cars, take heed! No matter how the road invites you, if ahead you see two shin- ing Pieree Arrows, consider before passing that they may he the President's. ee The First Lady of the Land has the privi- lege of arranging her own social season dur- ing which many receptions and state dinners are held. Mrs. Coolidge began the present season in December and the social affairs will eontinue until Lent. The formal receptions are held in the Blue Room which is the state room of the mansion. Here foreign diplomats and ambassadors are presented to the President. There are many antique treasures to be found in this room. The clock on the mantel was presented to Washington by Lafayette who had received it from Napoleon. As its name implies, the room is finished entirely in blue. The Red Room is one of the private par- lors where the ladies drink tea and receive callers. The mantel is one of two saved after the remodeling of the Executive Man- sion in 1902. The other of these mantels is in the Green Room. The most famous room, however, is the East Room which is the largest in the house. Al- though at all times there is an atmosphere of formality pervading it, still a web of ro- 26 Perce surrounds it, for Miss Nellie Grant, Miss Alice Roosevelt, and Miss Jessie Wilson were married here. All the White House funerals are held from the Hast Room. The remains of three Presidents—Lincoln, Me. Kinley, and Harding—lay in state here, as did those of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, Mrs, Work, and Calvin Coolidge, Jr. The grand piano covered with twenty-two carat gold leaf and decorated about its sides with the coat-of- arms of the thirteen original states, has been used by the greatest artists, as musicales are held in the East Room. ‘At the west end of the basement corridor is the elevator which is made of wood from the old United States warship, Constitution. In the rooms on this floor there is the china used in every administration, from President Washington to President Wilson. These rooms are artistically decorated. Although everyone refers to the Executive Mansion as the White House, it was originally brown. After the burning of the residence in the War of 1812, the sandstone was so marred that it was painted white. It has remained white ever since. Here, too, is the turquoise-studded rug pre- sented to President Roosevelt by M. Topa- kyan, consul-general to Persia. Although the White House is usually thought of simply as a public building, sur- rounded by an atmosphere of staid dignity, it is also a home, and as such has a human inter- est side which is rarely glimpsed by outsiders. During President Roosevelt’s term of of- fiee many amusing things happened. His boys were typically mischievous youngsters. One day the old gardener chanced to see two of the Roosevelt boys walking around the ledge surrounding the glass roof of the conserva- tory. The gardener was worried, for he knew that he was responsible for the boys’ safety and also for the conservatory. He reported (Continued on page 33)

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FEBRUARY, 1926 much charmed with Clem’s good looks. She tried to touch him. But Clem, quite embar- rassed, shifted his position. The whole inci- dent nearly caused Captain Joe to be gently but firmly ejected from the solemn place for his noisy merriment. After a gay round of Peach Melba’s (Cap- tain Joe’s one weakness) and movies and sight-seeing trips, the homeward journey was begun. Coming home, Clem displayed a rare act of sportsmanship. On the way down the bay from Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, night found the Wild Goose trying to get into the mouth of the Patapseo, and at 9:30 she was beating in past the light on North Point, at- tempting to make North Point Creek. To the west, lightning was flashing heavily, and a squall was on its way. As Old Roads Bay, into which North Point Creek flows, is an ex- posed anchorage, it was necessary that a more sheltered spot be found before the squall eame down upon the good ship Wild Goose. It was pitch dark; the only guiding sign was the light on North Point, and the lights in a few houses some distance up the creek. The Wild Goose came too close to the shore, and ran aground. Getting grounded under these conditions with a storm coming had many elements of danger. Clem sprang up The KASTERNER Pace 15 with an oar to push the boat off. As he did, he forgot about the boom. It swung over, caught Clem in the forehead, and overboard he went. The water fortunately was not deep. Clem, as he got to his feet, grinned, grabbed hold of the sides of the boat, and with ‘‘I can pull it off,’ tried to move her. Finally he had to wade around and find where the deeper water was, and together he and Captain Joe pushed the boat in that di- rection. Half an hour later they were safely anc hored before the squall descended. Good old Clem proved himself a regular “‘fellow,’’? and touched his Captain deeply by his good sportsmanship. So ended the first pleasure cruise of the Wild Goose. ‘‘Clemie,”’ in the progress of time, lost his rolling gait (ah ha!) and Cap- tain Joe his excess avoirdupois. But hist! Once in his secluded nook in room 117, I heard these words of John Mase- field rumbled in gutteral tones: “I must down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide Ts a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied; And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying And the flying spray and the brown plume, and the sea-gulls erying.”’ THE FLAPPER Blessings on thee, little girl, With thy teeth of whitest pearl, With thy cheek of medium shade, Or maybe orange, Coty-made, And thy red lips, redder still By the druggist’s special skill. With thy bobbed and shingled locks Changed each day to match thy frocks; With thy gay, bright-colored clothes, And thy many-shaded hose. Perfumed with sweet Azuré, You are like the flowers of May. Little flapper, you are new, What you think of, you pursue, What's the rage, you must possess, Let us say—a pretty dress. You want it, get it,—for it’s Dad Who supplies you every fad. When the bills he sees, you hear The old, old story, year by year. It begins, ‘‘Now in my day—’”’ You know the rest, before I say. So you listen on until With a check he pays the bill. Blessings on yon, little maid, For each time the bill is paid. Dad’s words do not mean a rap, So flap again and flap and flap. —CaATHERINE LuErs, 727.

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eee Frsruary, 1926 The EASTERNER PacE 17 Impressions (These impressions were written, annonymously, by members of last semester’s English VIIL classes.) Among the many things that have im- pressed me during my high school life is the attitude of our Principal. He has always been fair and square with each one of us. Although he demands that the scholastic standing be kept high, he does not fail to see the pupil’s viewpoint and to deal out justice with an insight of both Principal and student. e e During my stay at Eastern High School, many things have impressed me forcibly. This last year has caused me to think long and hard. One thing which I have learned and which T am quite sure will be of great help to me in the future, is this: I have found that to do a thing without an object in view and to do it inconsistently and half-heartedly, is the height of folly. As the old saying goes, “‘There is a time for everything,’’ and to use for kidding, time in which you should he do- ing something of value to your future, is a step on the downward path. To summarize the whole, the most important lesson whieh I learned during my course, is the knowledge that time if used to the best advantage will make you, and if not taken advantage of, will break you. 2 © When I reflect upon the four years that I have spent at high school, I cannot but con- sider that which has impressed me most fa- vorably and most thoroughly during those four years. It was not a successful team in the field of sport, nor was it some great scholastic achievement. It was the school spirit that swayed me. It was the school spirit as was manifested in all the student activities. This spark of fire in the school life promoted better athletic, dramatie, and scholastic attainments. Such an important element as school spirit should never be al- lowed to escape from the hearts of the stu- dents. I hope that the school spirit of East- ern in the future will follow the standard set by that in the past. On entering upon my high school career [ found that school spirit was shown in prac- tically every school activity. This burning spirit, which makes a school, continued until we came into full possession of our new building. Possibly some will say that I hurl the eynie’s ban; but that is not so, for if one will stop and realize it, our school spirit has declined in many fields. Eastern has untold spirit in athletics, but there it stops. The reason for this sad decline is due to the lack of interest shown toward the people who are really endeavoring to make our school popu- lar. Activities such as the cadets, debating teams, publications, and various clubs are not brought before the student body enough, while athletics are spoken of in almost every assembly. Cok S The one thing that made the deepest im- pression on me during my four years in high school is the difference in the attitudes taken by different students. For some pupils an “BR” is good enough. It will take them through, while others would feel disgraced if they were to receive one. Some work just to get a diploma, while others work for the knowledge they are obtaining. One pupil will say, ‘‘She is a terrible teacher; she assigns too much homework,’’ while another will say, “She does give long assignments, but you surely ean learn a lot in her class.’’ What has impressed me the most during my four years at Eastern is the attempt of the teachers to develop individuality. A knowledge of books is necessary. But, after all, one soon forgets what he learns in books. He needs a clear method of thinking, the power of making sudden and sure decisions, more than the fact that H,O is the formula for water. I have been much impressed by the attempt to develop this faculty in the pupils. It seems to me to be the highest form of education thus to train us to think for ourselves when we must meet life’s problems. e e¢ 8 I believe the best thing my high school