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

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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

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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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The EASTERNER HIEBEUABY M 1026 PacE 18 [7 Jesta Jester | me was to show me how T came to high school got to the sixth semester I would be very smart, but when I reached that semester I was just beginning to realize how little I really did know. This course has opened my eyes to the yast number of possibilities which are before a student. I have Jearned how much there really is to know in this great world and how impossible it is to know everything. course has done for little I really know. believing that when I TRUE LOYALTY Devotion and loyalty are the most impor- tant factors in the life of a school. Without them, a true school can not exist. There may be many things lacking in ast- ern, but surely she will live gloriously as long as such school love remains with us as that possessed by Darlington Frame, one of our pupils who passed away last semester. Darlington was in his fourth semester. Already his quiet, steadfast loyalty had earn- ed the respect and admiration of his chums and teachers. Had he lived, he might have contributed much toward Hastern’s progress. His short school life does offer a touching ex- ample of devotion. A letter, received from Mrs. Frame b efore Christmas, tells of the finding of his bank book. With her mother’s knowledge, she realized that Darlington would have wanted the money to be used for Hastern. So she sent his savings to be used for the Christmas baskets, prepared by the Domestic Science Department. Through the Associated Charities, the Dar- lington Frame Memorial Basket brought a happy Christmas to a veteran of the World War and his wife. Such was the manifestation of Darlington Frame’s loyalty. O'Bryan: ‘‘By golly, I’m tired tonight.” Mrs. O’Bryan: ‘‘There you go again! You're tired! Here I be standing over a hot stove all day and you working in a nice cool sewer.’’—West High Weekly. eee ee It’s nice to be a senior And be worshipped far and wide; But heavens, is it worth tt To be so darn dignified? Of course, we feel sure you'll enjoy the teachers’ baby pictures. It was thought we might get baby pictures of prominent seniors e found that to remind a senior that until w oceupied a perambulator was rough he ever is dignity. on his dig) an ante ate A would-be poet nowadays Finds his road rough and steep. Dump heaps are sung in spring issues; Spring poems get the dump heap. Anyone desiring to create a stir in the world of poetry need but follow two rules. 1, Lay aside all subjects such as “‘Spring’’ and ‘‘Joy.”? ° 2. Write an Ode to Tonsilitis or ‘‘Lines written on a Dump Heap.”’ Instead of saying, “The flowers that bloom in the spring, tra la’” say «The garbage man wakes me from sleep, toot toot’ and you'll be stamped a vital force in mod- ern poetry. e e There is no one speaks truer words Than he who loudly cries, “ T’m telling you friends, one and all, Tt pays to advertise.’’ Ask Lester Swingle if this isn’t true. We advertised a secret longing of his recently with the result that the poor boy was “‘swamped’’ with applicants. Lester has re- hearsed with numbers of them, but admits he is still without a choice. GrorcE Roru, 726. Jack: ‘‘A kiss speaks volumes.’’ Jess: ‘‘Are you collecting a library ?”’