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

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THE EASTERNER Students say that Gilmore Wheeler was Fastern’s sheik and they all agree that little sister Helen, quite capable herself, must have been coaching him, Coach Guyon, looking sadly at his first-string players, murmured: “Such rough boys! They will kill our fellows, surely. O’Brien, get in the game.” Eight Easternites, all packed in a Ford sedan, recently went on an exploring trip into Southern Maryland. Several of the eight parked on top of Clark Bressler. He, poor child, is at last looking rather subdued. Ursula Hancock journeyed to New York during the Christmas holidays to investigate the charms of the metropolis. Evidently the said charms did their pleasant duty, for our ears are now filled with ‘‘Boiton,” “Ed,” and “Dickie,” that cute Spanish boy, etc. Joe still stands first in her heart, though. “Bobby” Willis is wild to meet a girl named Rachel (last name unknown). She has red hair, a sweet disposition and brown eyes, though he isn’t sure about the eyes. Any girl answering to this description apply to “Bobby” Willis, Esq., room 207, “Mouse” Miller says: “A rookie knows nothing and knows he knows nothing.” “A sophomore knows nothing and thinks he knows it all.” “A junior knows a lot, but doesn’t know he knows a lot.” “A senior knows it all and knows he knows it all.” We say that is more truth than poetry. “Fave you seen the Miles twins? I danced with Ches—or maybe it was Frank—I can’t tell which.” This is the talk which is floating around school. It’s all about a set of twins. And can they dance! ‘21 All the girls have decided to relieve the cadets of a few of the brilliantly polished but- tons on their new suits. It’s really the same principle that the Indians had in regard to their victims’ scalps. “Andy” Anderson is closely pursued and it is feared that he will soon be a heavy loser. Louis Deproe took the part of “Stage Door Johnny” during the rehearsals of Tech’s opera over at Eastern. Judging from the opinion of several charming faeries in the play, his part was a huge success. John Hahn has become a frequent and fa- miliar visitor at a “sorority house” on Mass. Ave. No wonder—never mind, we'll find out. Some mischievous students have been trac- ing things on the window panes with their fingers. “Allan Mockabee” and “Elizabeth Arnett” seems to be the gist of their composi- tions. The old saying that runs, “Good things come in small packages,” once more has proven true. Take Master James Halloway, for instance. Our young millionaire playmate, Chester Groves, has been spending his spare time lately patronizing the “National.” The editor of this column apologizes to Mis- ter Robert Thompson for calling him the “baby sheik” in our last issue. Many protests have been received declaring that he is a real he- man. We understood that soft-shoe dancers were only young men with very small feet. And yet, Tom Coiner can certainly dance. Eastern’s chances to win the competitive drill took a decided drop, and the hearts of many young maidens were nearly broken when our tall and handsome colonel, Karlton Stein, left school.

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20 THE EASTERNER It is stated by the telephone company that Gardner Henry keeps the “hello girls” quite busy getting his homework from Vance Fisher. Who bobbed her hair that certain way first—Norma Shearer, the movie sheikess, of Florence Smith? ; Caroline Reece, of section 305-3, is, accord- ing to Charles Jarrett, a “darn sharp girl.” Speaking of goats! We weren't? Well, never mind, Did any of you ever watch Emily May and Ethel Mae Frame eat with knives and soup spoons while in the lunch room? Surely you didn’t miss their amusing enter- tainment at the top of the marble stairs? It is rumored that William Crentz had better stay away from the Easterner room if he values his health. Arthur Murray has a rival in person of James Dietz. We recently saw him strutting at the Senior Prom. Many masculine hearts are heavy with the loss of Betty Bayliss and Ida Parker. It is rumored that Dale Snell is going to give Frances Wright six inches of his height. He is very sympathetic. Well, girls, it surely looks bad for you. After four years of heart throbs and thrills, Allen Cross has left Eastern. “Benjy” McCullough has “Helen Breen” written in all his books. Now we'd been think- ing he was one of those “women haters.” By the way, Conrad Grohs has given up his title of “woman hater,” too. He has admitted the superiority of the feminine sex. An at. tractive brunette of the February class helped him to change his mind. Dorothy Black has given up attempts to win the title of “The Beatrice Fairfax of Eastern,” She introduced two perfectly adorable people and stood off to watch results. Something went wrong, though, for they argued all] evening. Which just goes to show that you never can tell. One of those dear little rookies (name with- held because of age) has a wild crush on Zambreny. Every day she gives a long-suffer- ing friend of hers a detailed account of how he looked, what he wore, what he said, how he said it, etc. If “Zam” would only smile upon her, her heaven upon earth would be complete. Roscoe Kearns, according to the best author- ity, has been coming down to watch the Sopho- more girls’ basketball practice. Is the attrac- tion “Aggie” Gallagher or Mary Drake? Billie Boswell had lots of fun this winter season. Every snow storm found Billie out with his little sled. At such times he is indeed a dashing young gentleman. Brooks—Why did you flunk geometry? Hartzell—Mrs. Staples thought my triangles looked like wrecktangles. Ethel Mae Frame—I'’ve half a mind to write a story for the EaAsTERNER. Johnny-on-the-spot—That’s all you need.

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This February brings two hundred thirty- five new students to Eastern, but it also takes from our school one of the best of teachers, Mr. C. J. Schwartz. He has been not only a teacher but.also a good friend to all his pupils. The new Stuart Junior High School will find in Mr. Schwartz a very capable principal, and though we are sorry to see him go, we wish him all good luck. Of our new students, a hundred twenty-five are girls and a hundred ten are boys. One- half of these are taking the business course and one-half the academic. Forty students are com- ing from the Junior High School and twenty- five students from out of town. Our total school enrollment will be about 1,850. There will be four additions to the faculty. Assemblies At the two assemblies held on December 23 the Christmas play, “Mistletoe and Holly- berry,” was given. The play had a charming old English setting and was excellently acted. The other selections on the program were well received. The annual cadet assembly was held in De- cember. Manuel Rice and Norman Kirby were pleasing in a dance number. A song number, “Me Too,” cleverly arranged by Marjorie Keim, was given by James Madison, Margaret Cook, and Frances Tucker. Mr. Schwartz was given a farewell assem- bly on January 6. All the speakers vied in telling how Mr, Schwartz deserved the honor given him. Mr. Arthur Robb and Mr. Arthur Bishop spoke for the Home and School Asso- ciation ; Mr. Charles Boteler and Dr. D. C. Croissant spoke for the Alumni Association, while our fellow-student, Eldred Wilson, talked in behalf of the student body. Jack Vivian presented Mr. Schwartz with a billfold as a m the cadets. Although the assembly token fro r. Schwartz, he favored us was a surprise to a dd 5 leasing address. . me Genes 1 the seniors held their class in day exercises. A play, gabe Vision eee arranged by Florence Barton, erate ye sented. Katherine Clark, Peter Manganaro, Charles Johnson, and Frances Ladd were the oe f the cast. Peter Manganaro gave principals o ji ead the senior address, and Charles Johnson deliy. ered the undergraduate reply. Dorothy Black and Lillian Hardester gave the history. Julia Wayland, Elizabeth Welch, and Lois Koerth delivered the prophecy. The class poem was composed by Florence Barron. Kathleen Cave and Florence Barron gave the will. The words of the class song were composed by Gertrude Effenbach. On January 26 Dr. D. H. Kress addressed the lower semesters on the subject of good health habits. Phi Alpha Fraternity held their Christmas dance on December 27. The Senior Prom, the social event of the month, was held at the Grace Dodge Hotel on January 14. The Phi Pi Epsilon Sorority held a Christ- mas theatre party on December 26 and a luncheon and theatre party on February 5. The “Retired Millionaire Club” is holding a dance at the Washington Hotel on St. Pat- rick’s Day. So far the club seems to be a mystery. But it is known that Russell Davis, John Roper, Jack Vivian, Sam McGlathery, Paul Spalding and quite a few others belong to it. The examiners of major music students for the past semester were wel! -aistied with the average demonstrations given by the young players and singers.