Northeast High School - Record Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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. . .Ml ik llyaxwisix 6' f' i Jill, i.i.Ml!,i.id, Q 6:71 i My .u.I'T7.'x'TAEl'!R!'.4l:. 'm ll a I 1 I 5114: I 1 Wiz. 'ibgzy I Q 45,55 'thi fit? would have the pleasure of presenting him with the above stipulated sum. Qne did get broken, and the boy quietly went down to Queens and purchased a duplicate for 5.20. , Qne of the great events of the year was our debate with the Central High School. ' Of our class Malcolm Edward Miller participated in this, and doubtless succeeded in covering himself with clouds of glory. At any ryfte, he showed that he had a good memory, for he spoke his piece without .having to be prompted once, and said everything that Dr. Wfhitaker told him to say like the noice little boy that he is. ' But our class was not to run 'its course unscathed by trouble. Early in June our friend and classmate, Robert P. Muench, was taken from us after a few weeks' illness. Muench was one, the sweetness and purity of whose disposition X. at-fy. -QL' 1 6 ' , lin. - 1 VP. ,iff g iff I 13,5 .lgllflqkva ilsf 'R ft' ' hp iga , - ,. ,Ni is-.11 ,mi 11565: , .. lin' . . 1 1.1315-ii 'sf A' J -'V ' . ,Q f fif,-:L1- . r -15 - HV - gagk- . - 1 . g.,. ' iw - ,V 1'?2'IEE::':vt.-5i'fI,'5'r'3f!-ar' rea-.1 qfir' ' UQ :MH ' 5532: Qel .:gf'zfig,lf.g!:,liblfl ' f ' V . , fe-,Hg jun'-l,.p1'?',,iI' 1 V ,. . I - .f!frf ll 31 ia F.le.lf.lllf.'i1:5-.liia'iiff:'fil'l 'ill . .- -1r.:.. 1 li .-11.54-I., in-,,,. lift' , QS ' . ff Q T-aji-. . 1 .1 Q:-ii:'Q!B - I fl. f - - 5 IIy f J 1,1 'fl Q.: ffilg 'fi '- X WW DR. STRADLING man to serve ns in the capa Manager for The Archive. had won for him the esteem of both instructors and students, and his loss is sincerely mourned. As our junior year drew to a close it became necessary for us to elect a city of President during the coming year, and also to choose an Editor and Business M Accordingly a meeting was called and we all assembled in the front chapel. A spectator might have thought that he was witnessing an old Roman election, where the officers were elected by acclamation, the parti- sans of each candidate yelling as loud as they could, and the side making the most noise winning. Bradbury was the biggest man in the school, and well able to lick'i any two of us, so upon a gentle hint from him he was elected President. The election of The Archiveu officers was next in order, and then it became apparent how foxy some peo- ple had been. The election was on the afternoon of the debate with C. H. S., and-well, Malcolm Edward Miller was elected Editor-in-Chief. Bob Lehman was chosen for Business Manager. After recuperating from the strenuous work of the past term, we again returned to Old Northeast, this time as Seniors. Many changes had taken place during our absence, and we missed several familiar faces. I1 C 1llOI'lllllg Cl U l'1l1 g our vacation the sad news had been flashed to us of the death of one of the most popu- lar members of our Faculty. And a few days before our return to school we met to pay our last tribute of respect 13

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little back street, and we found it far more interesting to indulge in a game of ball than to work, and Mr. Roselle made a capital umpire. His favorite expression is: Heat this to a cherry red and draw it out six inches. Billy Gumphert and pattern making. The former suggests a dictionary, the latter trouble. Billy is highly cultivated, believes in the broader life, home study, and is a great student. Every night he devours several pages of the dictionary, and the next day we have the beneht of his enlarged vocabulary. It is always possible to tell just how far Billy has read by the character of the big words he uses. One week they will all commence with, say, E, and the next he will begin with the F's. The only trouble is that he don't digest them very well, and when he attempts to unload them on us in the morning they are accompanied by a shower bath. Billy also has a weakness for military drill. Wfhen about to dismiss a class, he will assemble us in a col- umn, and then in sonorous accents issue the command, Attention, mark time, forward, march! The leader of the line usually shouted Charge l and we accordingly left the room on the double quick. In the drawing rooms we were assisted by Profs. Heyl and Pfeil, the former a quiet, inolfensive gentleman. with a voice like wild honey dripping from a forest oak, and the other a big, sleepy, lazy hulk, whose principal ambition in life is to see how many plugs of tobacco he can dispose of in a day. And they all eventually end up behind the radiator at the side of his desk. He would go to sleep in his chair, and we, meanwhile, amused our- selves in various ways. Some took a walk around the square. Raymond Moore, Bruce Murphy and W'alter Miller matched pennies, and in one way or another we managed to eke out an existence. If he happened to be particularly wakeful, Keinath, who served his country so nobly during the coal strike, was sent up to talk to him upon military affairs, and all went smoothly as before. X All during our Freshman year we had had occasional glimpses of the Physical Laboratory. Through the half open door we would peer with awe and wonder into the gloomy region presided over by Dr. George Freeze- out Stradling. Now for the Hrst time we were admitted, and after being in a little while we could not understand for the life of us what had made it so fascinating before. The man who guided our scientific researches was a peculiar, not to say comical, specimen of humanity. He was exceedingly fond of his ease, for whenever about to near a recitation he would sit down in a creaky old revolving office chair. cross his hands in front of him, and settle back with an involuntary sigh of relief, lf instead of following science he had studied finance he would have been without a peer. He is always on the lookout for a chance to turn an honest penny. ln one of our experiments it was necessary to use small, delicate glass bottles which the Dr. informed us cost 33.40, and if we broke one we 17

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to Professor Ylfarren H. Detwiler. His death was a shock to us, and as we gazed upon him for the last time, we felt that we had lost a true and noble friend. And yet again were we called upon to mourn the death of a friend, this time our classmate, XfVilliam Logan Fisher Wfright, and for a time the joy of our reunion with old acquaintances was clouded with regret for those who had passed away. A This last year was indeed one never to be forgotten. New studies, new duties and new pleasures occupied our minds, crowding each other in such rapid succession that we hardly knew where one stopped and another commenced. Much attention was given to the foot ball team, and many an exciting time we had at games. Rushes. compared to which the charge of the Rough Riders up San Juan Hill sinks to a mere pillow f1ght,f1e1-ce struggles for our antagonists Hags, rousing cheering and hoarse bellowing that was intended for singing-all these combined to add zest! to a foot ball game. i ' 'iii ii Wfe always look forward to the game with C. H. S. with great anticipation, ily!! 5 for at that game there is always something doing, and it's liable to be rather litiiffi iii' -iilii i '-.i fiiili tl ii ' strenuous, too. Imagine, then, when the day of the game arrived and brought cl i ' itll if .- ' . .1,. lin h, . . I ,.,..,: .iT..3 mi Q i Pt 'SH - with it the startling intelligence that in the wee small hours of the night certain pm l n!! employes of the American Bill Posting Sign Company had been so enthusiastic in lf their work that in the desire to place their signs in a conspicuous place, they had iL , '.u actually painted them with Red and Black paint upon the pavement and fence ,NMI surrounding the C. H. S. The report also stated that these signs were in the form , ,j,fliiil'i,fi of rudely executed Ms. Strange, isn't it, that they should have chosen that night 7-:i ii for this work. It was also rumored that as a result of the nights exposure, certain ,l7ptifi !ti' : .Q of the artists were suffering from a slight indisposition and were unable to leave their rooms. You have noticed that when a stone is thrown into the water there is a splash, and presently the surface of the water resumes its wonted tranquility, and the stream runs on smoothly as before. Wfell, it wasn't long before things at N. HECK E. had readjusted themselves, and all was good. About this time we took up the study of Chemistry under the guidance of Prof. Firmin. That is, we went to the Chemical Laboratory, but what we dir! 19 1 1 1 - gi g , 4 4. f OUR ATI'ILE'I'lC FI RMIN