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

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1926 Who Remembers: When the method of riding wouldn’t al- low you to ‘‘pull the gag’’ that you had run out of gas? When men didn’t find unbobbed hair to be obstructive and cumbersome? When a fellow bought a frat pin to wear on himself? When Seniors wore long trousers? Don Conner: ‘‘Yes, I wrote it, Mr. Wil- liamson, but I forgot to put ink in the pen.”’ Heard in geometry class: ‘‘A point that moves in accordance with certain geometric conditions is a ‘locust’.’’ “The line drawn from the vertex of a tri- angle to the midpoint of the opposite side is a ‘eomedian’.’’ » Heard in sixth semester English class: “Before Cloten comes in, he has been killed.”’ Definitions of ‘‘palfrey’’: steeple, stable. Isabelle Shank (after exam. papers have been given back) : ‘‘Say, John, what did you make in the test?’’ John Connor: ‘‘Well I’m not going to tell you the mark, but I will tell you this mu ch: it runs into three figures—if you count the decimal point.’’ Miss Murray: ‘‘What happened to An- drew Jackson ?’’ Shapiro: ‘‘He died.’’ Tom Seay: ‘‘Why do you think he is hope- less?’” Joe Shaw: ‘‘He cheats himself when he plays solataire.’’ The KASTERNER TEsruanry, INFORMATION FOR THE CADETS The recent booklet entitled Minor Tactics, published by the U. S. Infantry Association, has nothing to do with the care of children. ® Leah Woods (in charge of tickets for Rifle Club dance): ‘‘Going to the Rifle Club Dance?”’ Brearley: ‘‘I can’t dance.’’ Leah Woods: ‘‘Too bad, because it’s free.’’ Brearley: ‘‘I was only fooling, I’m going.” Leah Woods: ‘‘So was I fooling. Give me a dollar.”’ « Mr. Williamson: ‘You eouldn’t know any- thing unless you had the facts to think with.’’ George Barker: ‘‘You could know the fact that you didn’t have any.”’ = 2 e Conversation between Mattie Bellefield and Louise Chappelear. Mattie: ‘‘Teehee, hee, hee, tish, tee hee.’’ Louise: ‘‘Haw, haw, haw, haw.’”’ . e Him: ‘‘Were you at the Alumni Show?’’ Her: ‘‘Yes, but I didn’t see you.”’ Him: ‘‘ Well, it is rather hard to see from the baleony to the orchestra.’’ Her: “‘Why, were you sitting in the bal- cony??’ Radice: ‘‘Four guys got killed playing football last year.’’ Clifford : “I never think about it.’” Radice: ‘‘How come?”’ Clifford: ‘‘It’s too grave a subject.’ = Mr. Suter: ‘‘What holds bricks together?”’ Shimp : ‘‘ Mortar.” Harbin: “‘That’s what keeps them apart.’’

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Frpruary, 1926 The KASTERNER Pace 23 February 23 -Freshmen ys. Juniors, Sophomores vs. Seniors. February 24. Freshmen vs. Seniors, March 2 Sophomores vs. Juniors. Freshmen vs. Sophomores. March 3 Juniors ys. Seniors. a A STATEMENT FROM THE BASKET- BALL MANAGER From the seniors to the freshmen, every girl seems to be particularly interested in basketball this year. The prospects for the Junior and Senior teams are very good. ‘‘Gene’’ Thompson, one of the outstanding Junior guards, has played such a steady game that Miss Stockett has named her ‘‘The Red Rock.’? Marian Gil- more plays a splendid game at guard. Beryle Edmiston will most likely run Dorothy Colli- flower a good race in the class series. Among some of our other good players at center are Leah Woods and Athlyn Spahr. Roberta Wil- lard and Virginia Barrett, hitherto undis- covered talent at side center, are racing each other for the position of side center on the Junior team. Helen Wheeler, the assistant manager, Marian Gardner, Alma Hickox, and Margaret McGarvey are contestants in the forward field. Among the seniors, we have valuable ma- terial in Dorothy Colliflower as center and Evelyn Bixler as side center. Their team work is especially commendable. The for- ward field is a source of some worry, for two excellent players, Marian Barrett and Fran- ces Galatzo, graduated on January 29. Helen Seitz and Ruth Jarvis, although only seventh semester students in February, stand a good chance for the Senior team. The freshmen and sophomores have good material with which to work. The class series will probably be close for the sophomores dis- play an unusual amount of technical skill. Everyone, faculty and student body, is most cordially invited to the inter-class games scheduled for the near future. aif The emblem flower of Eastern is the daisy. The human flowers of Eastern are its girls. This pretty wayside flower suggests simpli- city and purity, and for this reason, it should be the wish of every loyal Eastern girl, to acquire these traits. From the disks of the daisy above, which we might think of as “will power,’’ come the white petals of the corolla, the fundamental rules of health, so essential to the human daisy’s life of un- marred success. He looked imto her eyes as the moon over- head spread its soft silver veil over the two. In her eyes eould be seen that look of deep, sympathetie understanding that only exists in love—real love. Around them the weep- ing willows were rhythmically waving to the waves on the shore. Nature was in her glory. It was a night of romance! Love! The two fell into one emotional clasp and kissed. Then she put the baby in the carriage and wheeled it home. Teacher (in Biology): ‘‘Now we want to draw a large diagram of the heart.’’ John Wyatt: ‘‘Big-hearted.”’ ““What’s in a name?’’ “There’s a lot in Launcelot.”’

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FEBRUARY, 1926 Ti he KASTERNER Pace 25 Here’s a picture of a handsome young chap just out of the eighth grade. He has learned to say, ‘‘So’s your old man,”’ ‘‘'That’s some stuff,’ and “‘Now I like that,’’ in the same way those terribly sophisticated high school studes do, Not only that, he has read all of the Bobby Twins books and goes to movies on Sunday. As for fear, he fears nothing— not even the ‘‘boog-a-boos.’’ Algernon—yes, that’s his name—intended to bring his gun to school and hunt a bit in the rifle range, but he couldn’t get any corks; so he had to leave it at home with his “nursie.’? Al’s pants are five inches wide and are well isolated from the top of his shoes. Perhaps it’s the style, or perhaps he was caught in a horrid old storm. Algernon uses ‘‘Forhams’’ for his gums, and his father uses Fisk tires on the auto. Whether he looks it or not, Algernon is a typical rookie; he thinks study halls are places you study in and a “make-up test’’ is a test in cosmeties. He even doubted the fact that seniors are the smartest people ever created. In spite of this, however, he is an expert at charades, tit-tat-toe, and is prac- ticing day and night trying to make the slog team. The rumor is true that all the girls are rushing him for dates. “Algy’? is often seen walking up and down the ecorri- dors trying to decide if he dare take a dash of coffee with his milk, Here he comes now! Stop him and have him tell you about the time he went to a party and didn’t get home until way after ten-thirty. Paun Spaupina, '27 A PUZZLE Everyone is trying to work this fascinating puzzle. All you have to know is, who He is and whom He goes with, or visa-versa. The idea is this: get the number by the fel- low’s name and place it beside the name of the girl with whom you think he goes. For example if Douglas Fairbank’s name were here, you would look down the list for Mary Pickford and put his number in the block opposite Mary’s name. The puzzle should furnish unlimited fun for students with weak minds and broken dates. The clever student who finishes first may run for governor; but unfortunately we don’t have a governor here, so you will just have to imagine yourself running. 1. George Hogge 2. Eugene Gates 3. Walter Rhine 4. Angus Heeke 5. Harold Scruggs 6. George Madigan 7. Edward Andrus 8. Carl Hoffman 9. James Madison 10. Frank Kreglow 11. Clark Militzer 12. Judson Hutchinson 13. Arthur Garrett 14. Eldre d Wilson 15. Karlton Stein 16. George Murray 17. George Barker 18. Edward Finlayson 19. Alpheus Walter 20. Robert Hutchinson © Alice Morgan Maricn Skinner Frances Wright O Constance Miller O Virginia Barrett Mattie Bellefield Ruth Johnson Alicegene Graves Vetura Jarrett Dorothy Black Marion Gardener ) Mary Clark 0 Margaret Brower O Marion Paull ©) Marjorie Bartlett Nellie Dalrymple Dorothy Schenken Marion Gilmore Elizabeth McVeary Lucille Gibson o Mr. Shorts (to rookie Latin class): ‘‘T wish you all a merry Christmas and I hope when you come back you will know a little more Latin than you do now.’’ Class: ‘Same to you.’’ As a rule, the person who is thoroughly satisfied with everything amounts to nothing. —WSelected.