Northeast High School - Record Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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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

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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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there is another question. Mr. Firmin is a hue man. VVhy? Because he acknowledges that he likes study, and chemistry in particular, even less than we do. He informed us that he didn't know a thing about chemistry until after he left college, and the question has been asked, 'ildfqhere did he get the gall to say that he learned anything then FU I-Ie does like athletics, though, was water carrier for some class foot ball team. I believe, and if you can get him started talking foot ball you are safe for that period, for the thought of the lesson will never enter his head at all at all. His laboratory was the picnic ground of the whole school. Poor man. I am afraid we made life miserable for him. Wfhat with put- ting limburger cheese on the radiator, swiping his rule, locking him out of the room and breaking test tubes, he had to hustle to keep up with the show. Another favorite pastime was for the whole class to jump up and down in perfect unison, with the result that Strad. In the room below thought that the ceiling was falling. Mr. Firmin has a very unique system of grading us. He has a cardboard disk marked oi? into four divisions, D, G, P. and N. A little needle is balanced over this and it is spun around. If it stops at a G, that is our mark for the term: if at N, the same. It is the fairest way, for then every boy in the class has an equal show and there is no chance to show favoritism. So far I have neglected to mention Professor Moyer, our trig. teacher. I-Ie is the man who says he will not recommend a boy to hll a responsible position who sharpens a pencil in his room. I'Ie also thinks himself quite a wit, and if cracking old worn-out pointless jokes without number makes a man a wit, then Prof. Moyer most certainly is one. .-.,.:.. , H ..w.ev ' , lil I III xx , I f' ,xlixxx I I ,,,. , , ,. Q-gl., tx, r- W ' fmwag 4? . hx -' - 1 P 4 Tl X7 4'-Hi '-:' f fqgllhlf tag, 5 . Irv . l fir .l,. w , dnt.. , f f 'nl,l!1 1,HI Lt' - 4- 5,91 PFC X 'if .l f by Ti l fl. ' MR. MOYER Wfhen the Mary and Ann problem came out he endeavored to solve it, and informed us that it was no problem at all, and that the age of Ann was x, an unknowable quantity. During the last year of course we had charge of the publication of the school paper, f'The Archive. The immediate publication was in the hands of a band of desperadoes, who dignified themselves by the name of The Archive Stan? Miller was Editor-in-Chief of the paper, but it is a well established fact that Conyers Button Graham was the power behind the throne. I-Iis timely suggestions and pointed criticisms made him an inval- uable personage. Ask him. These culprits held out in a little closet tucked away up on the roof. It was from this den of thieves that they would sally forth on errands of desperation, terrorizing the entire school, it was from the window of this 2 0 I