Easton Area High School - Rechauffe Yearbook (Easton, PA)

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trait of the “grand old man of Easton,” Dr. William White Cottingham. This year also saw the first successful scrub football team organized in the school, and “Herb Smith, a son of “Naughty Eight was chosen to lead it. In athletics, we began to be more ambitious, and had five men on the football team, Heck, White, Williams, Youells and Grimison. On the baseball team, Heck, and Youells nobly upheld us, while Smith ran on the track- team. This year we suffered the loss by death of one of the brightest and most popular members of our class, Rich- ard Grimison. This was our first and only loss by death. Resolutions of respect were drawn up and the class wore bands of mourning for thirty days. Before we left school this year we elected officers for the following year. Heck, Innes, and Miss Stotz being reelected, while Miss Jennings took the place of Miss Gies, as Vice-President. Thus ended the first half of our High School career. When we came back to assume our duties as Juniors, our numbers were further reduced. We held our first “Junior Class Meeting” successfully at the home of Miss Ethel Wotiz. The Seniors and lower classmen were out in force to prevent it. but the stalwart sons of “ naughty-eight” soon made them beat a hasty retreat. At this meeting, we selected an artistic design for a class pin, and chose for colors, gold and black. In athletics, we were again well represented, having Smith and Innes on the track team. Captain Smith and Muthart on the basket-ball team, Heck on the base-ball, and Smith, Williams, Bull and Heck on the foot-ball team. On Arbor Day, April 19, we made our first public appearance, and acquitted ourselves very ably. It was then shown that we had talented speakers in abundance, and a brilliant future was predicted for our.class in this liue. The election of officers for the Senior year took place shortly before we left school, and it resulted as follows: President, Albert Heck; Vice-President, Lucy Jen- nings; Secretary. Miss Stotz; and treasurer, Walter D. Rice. We had now passed through the hardest part of our courses, and left school with the joyous expectation of becoming Seniors. When we returned for our Senior year, we numbered but 56, eighteen boys and thirty-eight girls. Our President Mr. Heck .failed to return and Win. Everett Crater was elected to fill the chair. Our class again upheld notably the standard of Easton High School by contribut- ing Smith, Murtaugh and Purdy to the foot-ball team. Smith,Innes and Purdy to the track team,Smith to the base-ball and Smith, Muthart and Innes to basket-ball. Another bazaar was held this year, to help the A. A. and proved a great success. McKinley Day, Peace Day and Flag Day were all celebrated in an interesting way. Our 108th, Day

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The Senior Class History HE study of history is in many respects an interesting subject. For history can be treated in many differ- ent styles, as it has been defined in many and various ways. One definition is that history is the doings of great men. I think this one is the most suitable for our class, as it pertains to the doings of our bright and brilliant class, the class of Nineteen Hundred and Eight of Easton High School. Our history indeed is very short, as it deals with but four years of our lives. But those four years, spent in Easton High School will never be forgotten, as they formed the brightest aud happiest period of our school lives. On September 4th, 1904, our class first entered within the walls of Easton High School, num- bering 163, the largest class that ever entered High School up to that time. We, being freshmen, acquired that bad habit of “poling’ and made quite a reputation in our first year. We also supported the Athletic Association, and helped the teams by contributing members from our class. In this year we were represented on the football team by Heck and Youells, while Heck, Bauer and Frederick played on the Varsity baseball team. In the second year we came back with our ranks sadly depleted. The first thing we did was to proceed to the election of class officers, and the following were elected: President, Albert Heck; Vice-President, Miss Gies; Secretary, Miss Stotz; and Treasurer, James Innes. Later in the year we presented the school with a beautiful por- 10

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program, on Mar. 6th, was pronounced one of the most successful, if not the most successful, exercises produced by a Senior Class. Truly this year was our banner year, and a banner year for Easton High School in many respects. A Senior Quartette, composed of Messers J. Crater; E. Binker; Connell and Kleber. was organized and proved very enter- taining. The Mandolin Club, under the leadership of “ Herb” Smith, was developed into the best Mandolin Club, that High School ever produced. High School had their fastest foot-ball team this year, a winning basket-ball team, and a successful base-ball team. In track, a gold medal was won at Reading, and a High School record broken. Under the editorship of Burkhardt, a first-class Junto was put out, and easily sustained the reputation acquired in former years. The Rechauffe has grown to what you now see it is, and we have, as a class, advanced the reputation of our Alma Mater in every respect, so that we now feel justified in stepping down and saying a last farewell to ‘‘Dear old Easton; High School.” T. K. CoicNEix. 12