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

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Frpruary, 1926 time it was Peter Pan and another time it was Little Old New York. The money was used to defray the expenses of the recently installed moving picture machine, and to buy paper towels. Lady Macbeth. Here’s the smell of the blood still: all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand. Oh, oh, oh! The above was originally made famous by one William Shakespeare but was more re- cently made famous by several members of Miss Egbert’s English VIII classes, This was the sleep-walking scene, one of three pre- sented, by the following cast at an assembly recently. Macbeth, George Main; Lady Macbeth, Laura Barrett, Josephine Tremain; Ross, Frank Scrivener; Angus, John Wyatt; Three Witches, Nellie Dalrymple, Florence Paint- er, Mary Carter; Doctor, Robert Mullen; Gentlewoman, Wilma Shively; Banquo, James Bridges. From a seventh semester viewpoint, eighth English is dreaded because of Burke and Macaulay; but it is with pleasure that one looks forward to Shakespeare’s ‘‘Macbeth.”’ Senior: ‘‘Look at that team. Their clothes are a sight; how will they ever get all the mud off?’’ Green Soph: ‘‘ Well what’s the serub team for?’’—Monitor. 2 It is rumored that Horace Purcell has mem- orized the logarithms so that he will not have to look them up. Bright boy, Horace! Mrs. Chase: ‘‘You know we have written lessons every day. Your not being prepared to write is lack of forethought.”’ Bright Student: ‘‘No ma’m, it’s lack of paper.’’ Joan Says: Just like all other girls, my heart beats a little faster when I see the boys I know in the cadet uniform. The KASTERNER PaAcE 27 The Officers of the February Two-Year Commercial Class President . Vice-President Secretary... Treasurer HARRY CARVER FLORENCE Hayes CLARA BOWER RICHARD COUNTS FEBRUARY GRADUATION PROGRAMS Commercial Class Presiding Officer Dr. FRANK W. BALLOU, SUPT. OF SCHOOLS Invocation Rey. WituiAM HENRY PETTUS, RECTOR OF St. Mark’s EPISCOPAL CHURCH Address to Graduates GurLFrorp S. JAMESON, PRESIDENT, LINCOLN PARK CITIZENS’ ASSOCIATION Presentation of Diplomas Dr. DEWITT C. CROISSANT, PRESIDENT, ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Valedictory EsTHER BELNICK Four-Year Academic Class Presiding Officer ERNEST GREENWOOD, VICE-PRESIDENT, BOARD OF EDUCATION Invocation Rey. B. H. MELTON, PASTOR, NINTH STREET CHRISTIAN CHURCH Address to Graduates Hon. FrepericK A. FENNING, COMMISSIONER OF THE DISTRICT Presentation of Diplomas Dr. RayMonp A. FISHER, PRESIDENT, HOME AND SCHOOL ASSOCIATION Valedictory WILMA MARGARET SHIVELY TWENTY-FIVE YEARS HENCE I delved deep in a musty trunk, And brought forth treasures of the past— My album and my year book, too. My senior hat came out, at last; The edges are all bent and torn; The autographs have grown quite dim. I wonder if that laughing girl Could be the spinster grown so prim? ERNESTINE Borts, ’26 An easy math test now and then, Ts relished by the best of men.

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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

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Pace 28 The KASTERNER Vepruary, 1926 ] ay | Pil wee RTI i. THE ADJUTANT OF 1926 Everyone at Eastern is aequainted with the official publication of the Washington High School Cadet Corps, The Adjutant. : The Adjutant is the only magazine of its kind in existence. It has grown from a pro- gram of a few pages to a magazine of over a hundred pages, and is known all over the United States. It is customary to appoint the brigade commander as editor-in-chief. This respon- sible position therefore falls to Colonel An- drus. The regimental commanders are ap- pointed as literary editors. Major Raymond Talbert and Lieutenant Frank Kreglow have been appointed photographie editors and business manager, respectively. The Adjutant is supervised by Miss Re- becca Shanley of Central. She and one as- sistant have until the past few years taken care of the adjutant work almost completely. RESULTS OF THE WAR GAMES The first war game, a company in attack problem, was played on Friday, January 15, between C and B companies. It was won by Company C. The second game was played the next Friday between A Company and the Staff. A Company was winning the game without much trouble until one of the members made a blunder. As a result the Staff came out a winner. The next one, however, between D Com- pany and the Staff came out differently. The Staff was smothered under a w: ithering fire and consequently lost the game. A MYSTERY If you have been startled lately by the clarion notes of a bugle blown somewhere jn the school, do not be alarmed or even pyz. zled. The mystery is about to be explained, The bugler is Private Herbert Cooper, of Company B, who has been detailed as battal- ion bugler in compliance with Major Payne’s order, Private Cooper blows First Call, As- sembly, and Recall every drill day. ILLNESS IN THE FAMILY Cadets returning from their Christmas vacation were surprised and disappointed at not finding either Mr. Schwartz or Major Payne at school to greet them. Mr. Schwartz had a very narrow escape from pneumonia, but is back with us now, much to the relief and joy of everyone. Major Payne who has been suffering from tonsilitis, is back at school again, much to the delight of the battalion which he so capably directs. THE ADJUTANT CONTEST The Adjutant announces its annual short story contest on subjects centering around military or cadet life. The stories may not exceed three thou- sand words in length, but any number of stories may be submitted by one person. The prize is ten dollars’ worth of books selected by the winner. Contestants are requested to sign fictitious names and to accompany stories with sealed envelopes containing the fictitious name and the real name. Miss Henderson is supervising the contest at Eastern.