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

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ecliauffe of the T echauffe” The gradual development of an Easton High School year book from which the annual RCchnufftV’ emerged has been an Interesting process. From 1902 to 1932, the continued growth of the hook has been revealed In thirty-one publications. An extract from the Introduction of the R6chauffd” of 'OS offers a short history. In nineteen hundred and two, the class of that year, or perhaps the 'Junto' editor, decided to publish a special issue of the 'Junto , a sort of Class Day number, which was to be particularly devoted to the Interests of the Class of '02. The issue contained cuts representing the various school activities and was altogether com- mendable. The next class, '03, following the same plan, also published an enlarged 'Junto with more cuts and on a still larger scale. This again met with success. It remained, however, for the Class of '04, under the editorship of William A. Hauck, to attain to the culmination of the Idea in an artistic publica- tion bound In cloth, which they called the 'Red and Black', their name for the first of what came to be a series of year books to be published annually by the succeeding Senior Classes. It was 1904 who saw the limitations of the Class Day ‘Junto’ issue and the advisability of departing from the beaten path, and produced what five years before might have seemed impossible. I’nnecessary to say, the venture met with deserved success and the precedent had been established. A permanent name was Judged es- sential and the editor of the 1905 year-book submitted 'ROchauflfO' front the French, meaning 'rehashed'. Although the Ideas and material used and suggested In preceding year l ooks have enabled the R6- ehauflfO to make great advances. It is Interesting to observe how much time and experience changed each succeeding publication. The line of humor which can definitely he traced In the very early numbers beginning with 1904 gradually became less evident and the more up-to-date copies, although they do not entirely lack humor, have assumed a more reserved, artistic style. The cuts which Introduce the various divisions of the book are no longer cartoons or roughly-drawn funny sketches, but well-proportioned, artistic drawings. Few pages of the later R6chauff s aro devoted to such nonsense organizations as the I. O. O. M. G. (Ye Improved Order of Mustache Growers), The Midnight Strollers’ Frat, The I-azy Man's Club. The Knockers' Frat. or The Loafers' Club, as found in the 1905, the 1906, and the 1910 copies. Many pages were also wasted unnecessarily on lengthy detailed statistics, records, and reviews of the football, baseball, basketball, track, and field season-. The 1907 Rf-chauffO allotted ten pages to the baseball team, for which In the 1933 book one page must suffice. From 1907-1916 Inclusive, the IK— chaufMs” had a continued run on debating clubs. Although these were for Freshmen only from 1907 to 1914 when Inter-scholastic debating necessitated the cooperation of Juniors and Seniors, endless pages were given over to debating clubs of any size and Importance. Since 1916, however, their popularity has decreased and one page is now dovotod to this activity. Individual pictures of the members of the graduating class, with short paragraphs concerning each student, were tirst printed in the 1906 Issue, two years after the first publication. Previous to this time and In Inter books also, roasts , cuts , and Jokes were written about the Seniors. The number of pictures on a page varied from thre.? In 1906 to ten in the present book, the variation being due to financial conditions and to the number of graduates each year. Compare sixty-eight Seniors in 1901 to three hundred and forty-nine graduates in 1933. One of the public functions which the Senior Class regularly printed much material about in its year book, the celebration of one day In the year for that particular year, such as 105th day in 1905 and 116th day in 1916, became extinct In 1917. Another yearly event, which grew out of Scrcamland” in 1907 and resulted In a social and tlnancial enterprise was the Bazaar. Pictures of bazaar committees and lengthy lists of names and duties were recorded. Nineteen hundred and fourteen marks the date of the last Bazaar and the Seniors' first trip to Washington. After 1925 this enjoyable custom became a thing of the past, too. One of the athletic specialties which sprang into prominence In 1906 was the howling team. Al- though the honor of founding this sport belonged to the boys of 1916, this club was short lived and entered in the pages of the R chauffC for the llrst and only time in 1906. In 1912 another unusual team was organized—the Girls' Basketball Team. However, it grew and developed each year and gained enough prestige in 1914 and thereafter to occupy the page opposite the Boys' Basketball Team in the year book. The style of the girls' attire has become «tuite modern since 1914, when the attractive gym costumes included what looked like baggy white dust caps. The leading musical organizations of the school from 1905-1916 was the Easton High School Man- dolin Club. During this period the Mandolin Club entertained at all school events and social functions. It was not until 1909 that an Easton High School Orchestra appeared with a membership of ten, which has so remarkably Increased to sixty-four In 1933. In 1907 the boys organized (for themselves) a Glee Club, which was followed by a similar club formed by the girls In 1911. The later one, however, gave way to the Girls Double Octette in 1912, which broadened into the Girls' Glee Club again in 1914. The first operetta ever given In Easton High School was presented by the combined Glee Clubs in 1922. The pictures of the casts and a resume of the performances have since then been Included in the R£chauff(V A Senior Dramatic Association was formed In 1905-1906, and the members produced a play both years. But It was not until 1911 that the activity of the association was again revived, and since that time almost all «»f the plays given have been both dramatically and financially successful. Pictures of the casts and a resume of each performance have also entered the Rechauffe yearly. In the 1905 Rechauffe” the teacher was addressed as Professor Jones, while In 1908 he was called Instructor Jones. By 1914 the title was completely changed to Henry Jones. A. B. . . . Chair of English . A short biography was written about each teacher in the 1917 year book. In 1919 was established the oreccdent for a faculty page, arranged in various departments, and Including the full name of the teachers and the names af colleges from which they received their degrees. If copies «»f each RC-ehauffO were arranged in the order of their publication, two differently shaped books could be distinguished. From 1904 to 1921 the year book was wider than it was long. In 1922. the staff reversed the order, and since that year the shape of tin- book has been l«»nger than it has been wide. The covers have been made of many different materials, including colored paper, stiff fabrics, and leatherettes. From the derailed observations which have been made, it is easily possible to mark the definite changes and constant progress which the ROchauffe” has experienced. Although much enjoyment has been derived from reviewing the peculiarities of previous year books, It Is needless to add that each succeeding Rechauffe” has profited from another’s mistakes and accomplishments. I Six ]

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We, the Class of Nineteen Thirty-three Dedicate our “R6chauff6” to Miss Frances H. Storrs As a slight token of our appreciation of her invaluable assistance and inspiration as the new adviser of the R6chauff6 Staff I five ]

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Louise Erhardt. .............................Editor-in-Chief Harry Ungerleider Business Manager Ruth Michler..............................Assistant Editor Jack Maley Assistant Business Manager Helen Stout Vivian Seigle Ned Enea Mary Beavers Elizabeth Sitgreaves Carl McMackin Associate Editors Frieda Schippers Esther Schippers Eleanor Kaplan Chickie Heyl Paul Wolper Dorothy Fein berg Isabelle Clause Faculty Adviser Miss Frances H. Storrs Carrie Stauffer Mary Lisinichia Helen Lamb Virginia Mansback George Duffin Mary Mellon [ seven ]