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

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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.

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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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Pace 26 The EASTERNER Frpruary, 1926 TIMUE. Time in, Time out, Time here again. Picture the old fellow as you will. To some of us Time is slow; to the rest of us he is either rapid, robust or rash; but he is without a doubt one shrewd shuffler. You are wondering what TIME “has to do with School News. The answer is this: No Time—No World. No World—No People. No People—No Schools. No Schools—No School News. Now you see the connection time has with us. The various graduating exercises held in our auditorium during the latter part of January were as follows: January 26—Tech Class Night. January 27—Tech Graduation. January 28—E. H. S. Commercial Class Graduation. January 29—(afternoon) Langley Junior High Graduation. January 29—E. H. S. Academie Gradua- tion. Speaking of graduates brings to mind our Alumni Association which recently presented a successful vaudeville show. The Associa- tion elected the following at its annual re- union: President, Dr. De Witt Croissant, 94; vice- president, Rosemary Arnold, 17; seeretary, Pauline Lohmann, 715; treasurer, Leonidas McDougle, ’22. A cadet assembly, lasting nearly one hour and a half, was held recently. It was quite obvious that the officers mean ‘‘business’’ as outlined in their talks to the student body. The speakers were introduced by Col. Ed- ward Andrus, commander of the brigade, Our company captains spoke in the following order: Capt. Chester Thom, Company A; Capt. Lester Swingle, Company C; Capt. Harry Portch, Company D; and Capt. Walter, Company B. Maj. R. C. Gibbs, Eastern battalion com- mander, and Maj. R. G. Payne, military in- struetor, also stressed the importance of cadet work. The students then reviewed mo- tion pictures of the Competitive Drill of 1923 which Company D of Eastern won under the leadership of Capt. Leland Cheek. The Cubs, a club composed of members of the last year’s Journalistic Writing class, met at the home of Miss Egbert, honorary president, during the Christmas holidays. Miss Asenath Graves, who was home on her Christmas vacation from Mount Holyoke, presided at the business session. The present Journalistic Writing class had the pleasure of listening to Miss Helen Fet- ter of the Washington Star recently. Miss Fetter told some of the interesting experi- ences of her career. On January 19 the piano major music stu- dents were examined by two competent musi; cal instructors of this city. On the follow ing two days the students studying voice, or wind instruments were given Alpheus violin, grades. Our school band is progressing nicely. Re- cently it played at Western where it was well received. The Alumni bus was used to con- vey the organization. Recently, during the seventh hour the re- luctant pupils were enticed from their class into the Assembly to see two movies. At one