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EAST
POTLIGHT
OFFICIAL  PUBLICATION
VOL XVII, NO. 6.
DENVER, COLORADO. NOVEMBER 26,  1930.
PRICE 10 CENTS
'POOR NUT' IS CLAIMED TO BE
SURE-FIRE REMEDY FOR BLUES
Play Proves Even Inferiority-Complexed Boys Can
Fall in Love.
"The Poor Nut", annual presentation of the Drama Club, will be given
December 6 in the school auditorium.
The story concerns an unfortunate
young college boy nnd the play, according to the club, is going to be a surefire blUes chaser.
The young college boy, it seems, has
an inferiority complex that is the result of an experience in a fraternity
house.     Of   course    the   experience
causes Bob Card, who is John Miller,
the poor nut. much embarrassment.
However, even college hoys with an
inferiority complex are capable of falling in love with charming girls like'
Sarah Ann Fowler who in the play
is Marjory Blake. Always the lover
encounters competition. This time the
poor nut's best friend, Spike Hoag,
who is Charles Mead, is the dangerous
rival. The entire play takes part in a
college and all of the characters are
those who are actively interested in
collegiate life. Even Julia Winters, a
psychology expert, is very much a part
of the college story. Julia is in reality
Eda St rouse.
Other characters are Ann Woodman,
Wendell Chase, Bill Carlton, Wayne
Williams, Hugh Templeton, James
Clark and Ben Mathews. There are
many more characters in the play who
comprise the college rooting section
and the spectators at a track meet.
Seats for the comedy will cost 25c
and none will be reserved. The performance will begin at 8:15f and, to
avoid the rush, doors will open at 7:30.
Miss Pauline Garrett, with the help
of Miss Catherine St. Olatr and Theodore Rice, is in charge.
1892 GLASS HAS
J.
Misses   Sabin   and   Griffin
Are Present at Get-
Together.
Members   of   the    Hast   High    School
class of 1892 met at the home of T.
H. Williams last Wednesday evening
for a turkey supper and their annual
get-together meeting.
There were about fifty persons present, twenty-four of whom were pupils
of the class and two of whom were
teachers of the class. The teachers
were Miss Mary S. Sabin, who is still
teaching at East, and Mrs. Ada C. Wilson, mother of Miss Natalie C. Wilson,
who teaches French and German at
Hast. Miss Evelyn Griffin, one of the
history teachers at East High and a
member of the class, was also present.
The remaining of the fifty were relatives of the classmates.
The program for the evening consisted of stunts, in charge of Miss
Edwina Fallis, prominent Denver kin-
ilergartner and a teacher at the Lincoln elementary school, and visiting
among the graduates, recalling the
"old days" at East.
The guest of honor at the dinner
was E. P. Costigan, senator-elect from
Colorado, who was president of the
class of '02. Mrs. Costigan is also from
this class and was its secretary. William 0. Borst, principal of the North
High School, and Miss Julia H. Gardiner, teacher at South High School,
were also members of the class.
Each of eight married couples was
a graduate of this class. About once
a year the old graduates meet for a
get-together dinner.
BURNETT SELECTS
TWO COMMITTEES
Two senior committees, entertainment and motto, have been appointed
by Charles Burnett, senior class president, with the help of.Mrs. Virginia
II. Stearns and Fred L. Rinne, class
sponsors.
The entertainment committee consists of Joyce Johnston, chairman ; Bob
Bur nam, Florence Fisher, Catherine
Vickers, Richard Holoubeck and Burton Page. This committee is in charge
of the senior class programs.
Dick Bosworth is the chairman of
the motto committee. Others on the
committee are Willmette Towne,
Dorothy Canby, Flora Hall Lee Cochran and Tom Braden. The object of
the committee is to work up a different motto from the suggestions the
committee receives.
The gift committee will be appointed
soon.
SPOTLIGHT ADDS
SOPHS TO STAFF
Susan Parriott has been added to
The Spotlight staff as sophomore
reporter, and she, in turn, has appointed six girls to assist her in
collecting the sophomore news.
Those who have been chosen as
assistants in this work are Marian
Curl yon, 304: Virginia Koger, .MO;
Katherine O'Neill, 224; Janice Goal-
stone. 320; Peggy Ann Odium, 816;
and   Katherine  Sanderson, 224.
The Spotlight staff is composed
of only juniors and seniors, so the
sophomores have had no official
representatives on the paper. As a
result it has been a little diflicult
to secure sophomore news.
The sophomores are asked to
turn in any society news or items
of interest to one of the above-
named reporters, who, in turn, will
hand it to Susan. This news should
he handed in not later than the
Wednesday preceding the publication of each issue. A schedule of the
issues for the year may be found in
the November 12 issue of The Spotlight.
EAST STUDENTS
should feel especially grateful
at this Thanksgiving season.
Among other things, a cold spirit of5 friendlessness has been replaced by a warm fellowship among the pupils. This spirit is a most
thankful thing. No matter how hard times may have been, there is
always cause for a true Thanksgiving Day. Below is seen a group
of Angels and Angelettes who have journeyed out among the cornstalks for their Thanksgiving celebration.
ESPIONAGE IS
SPEECH TOPIC
Colonel   Phillip   Van   Cise
Addresses Law Class
and Senate.
On November 20, before a meeting of
Senate   and    Ralph    B.   Putnam's   law
class,   Colonel   Philip   Vim   Cise   spoke4
on t?n <M   criminal  Investiga
tion.
Colonel Van Cise explained in detail
the methods which police and the dis-
trict attorney use in tracking down
the clues of a murder case. He illustrated the talk with interesting examples of handwriting and told about
some of his most interesting cases.
The feature of the talk concerned
how he, Col. Van Cise, with the aid of
the state rangers and his friends, imprisoned the huge bunco ring in his
church, after 15 months of hard work
and of fighting both the criminals and
the corrupt police.
Que of the features of the case was
the system of espionage with the aid
of dictaphones and "lookouts" by
which means the bunco men were kept
continually under  watch.
Colonel Van Cise is a well-known
lawyer and was formerly district attorney. He recently entertained the
student body with an interesting talk
on Armistice Day and the World War.
MOTHER OF TWO IN
EAST FACULTY DIES
East has lost an ardent supporter
and an enthusiastic admirer in the recent death of Mrs. Elizabeth J. Smith,
the mother of Miss Margaret Smith
and Mrs. Olive Edwards of the East
faculty.
For a number of years Mrs. Smith
was an East mother, having sent her
own three daughters, Elizabeth, Olive
and Margaret, to this high school. Two
of these are still at East, Margaret as
"gym" teacher; Olive, now Mrs. Edwards, in the office.
The new East has also had representatives of the Smith family, the
grandchildren this time. Allene Smith,
James Edwards and Bill Pegram have
all been Angels. Jane Pegram is, at
present, an 11A, and next semester
Allan Smith and Jeanette Edwards
will enter as sophomores.
East students extend to Miss Smith,
Mrs. Edwards and the whole family,
their sincere sympathy.
THREE HOME ROOMS GIVEN
CANDY PRIZES BY SPOTLIGHJ
A pound of candy was awarded to
each of the three rooms having the
highest percentage on its respective
floor for the sale of the last edition of
The Spotlight
On the third floor 315 had the highest score, with a percentage of one
hundred sixty and one-third. 129 was
first of the first floor rooms and the
prize on the second floor went to 219.
Following the sales of the Christmas edition the room with the highest
percentage for the first seven issues
will receive the first, prize.
ALADDIN PICTURE IS CHANGED
TO 'RENEGADES' FOR BENEFIT
First Thanksgiving Honored
By Pilgrims^JOO Years Ago
Bravery and Strong Virtues of the Puritans Will Cling
Forever to the Spirit of Holiday
Celebrations.
The odor of delicious pumpkin pies,
corn, peas, cranberries and turkey
was wafted through the open door to
the hungry but happy men in Plymouth who were carrying out carefully the plans for the first Thanksgiving
Day. Joy was In the air and each one-
seemed to feel a particular thankfulness.
It was about three hundred years
ago that this steadfast little band of
men, women and children celebrated
the first Thanksgiving, a day that was
to become one of the most outstanding
and fitting holidays of the new world.
These brave people had spent one
hard, heroic year on the edge of the
ocean, hacked by a wilderness in which
lived red men and wild beasts, their
foothold uncertain.
Although nearly half of the little
company had perished, the others reso-
luely went to work to clear the land.
A year later they had gathered a plenteous harvest, built substantial houses
and learned to adapt themselves to a
new manner of living. Thus they faced
the future.
The whole country-side was aglow
with the rich autumn tints.   The rich
fields, the wild flowers and the russet
foliage of the forest, which had seemed
so bleak a short time before, filled
their hearts with gratitude and they
resolved to prepare a feast for
Thanksgiving and Invite their Indian
friends who bad helped to make all of
this possible.
What a dinner it must have been!
There sat, the old Indian chief, Massa-
soit, at the head of the board with
Governor Bradford, while down the
long table on each side sat the ninety
braves and their white hosts, headed
by Captain Standish. Back and forth
from the kitchen went Priscilla Alden
and the other girls, busily keeping the
plates filled. Never was seen such a
feast in the New World. Between
courses they held games and contests
between the Indians and colonists. It
was a never-to-be-forgotten time in
their history.
The feast was carried on wholly in
a spirit of Thanksgiving; and this
spirit has been passed on through the
years. The bravery and the strong
virtues of this hardy little band of
Pilgrims will cling forever to the spirit of Thanksgiving.
DELEGATES FOR
BOULDER NAMED
The tenth annual conference at
Boulder for high school managers
and editors, sponsored by the University of Colorado department of
journalism and the Sigma Delta
Chi. professional journalistic fraternity, is to be held on December
5 and 6.
Those to.attend the conference
tins year are .lane Steel and Virginia Latcham, official delegates,
and Bill Carlton and Holley Greene,
unofficial delegates from The Spotlight. Those from the Angelus
Board are Cavls Ham and Charles
Kendrick.
The program for the conference
will consist of general sessions for
delegates. On the evening of December 5 there will be a banquet at
which a cup will be awarded to the
editor of (he host annual.
Conferences with the journalism
faculty of the university have been
arranged for the delegates from the
newspapers. Similar arrangements
probably will he made for yearbook
representatives.
DEC. 19TH IS
DANCE DATE
Congress Debating Society
Hop Will Feature Hume
Everett's Orchestra.
"Maybe It's Love," Campus
Comedy Romance, Showing at Tabor.
••Renegades" is the picture at the
Aladdin in place of "Scotland Yard."
as previously advertised, and the Ta-
bor is showing "Maybe It's Love" for
the Angelus  benefit for the  last   times
this afternoon and evening.
"Renegades," with Warner Baxter,
Myrna Loy and Noah Beery, is a gripping story of love, sacrifice and heroism in the wilds of Morocco with four
members of the famOUS Foreign Legion and an alluring woman spy as the
principal characters—a woman who
lured men to death and who in turn
was humiliated in love. "Maybe It's
Love" is the picture at the Tabor. It
is a comedy romance of college days
in which .loan Hennott as Nan Sheffield is a collegiate vamp attempting
to get an all-Ameriean football team
for her alma mater.
The individual sales prizes are
arousing much interest. They will he
awarded soon after the benefit is over.
This year the club that sells the most
tickets will be awarded a sliver cup.
If it wins it for three consecutive
years, the cup will become the proper
ty of the club.
Every ticket salesman is requested
to turn in his tieket money as soon as
possible, This, however, does not mean
that he cannot sell tickets after school
today.
The Angelus is depending on the
support of the school to furnish the
necessary money for publishing the
yearhook. In this way the clubs raise
tnoney for their pictures and this is
much easier than raising the money in
ni her ways.
WALTER GRAHAM CHOSEN
LOCAL HONOR PRESIDENT
Walter Graham was elected president of Local Honor Society at a recent meeting; Adeline Graves is the
vice president and Sarah Ann Fowler,
the new secretary-treasurer. Two members, Marie Louise Degen and Betty
Grant, comprise the executive committee.
A motion was made and carried to
the effect that first year members
shall have bronze pins; second year
members, silver pins, and those who
have been in this society for three
years shall have gold pins. The bronze
and silver pins will be turned back to
the society at the end of each year,
While those who have gold pins will
be allowed to keep them.
Members of one of Miss Helen Perry's art classes will probably make several designs for the pin and one will
be selected at a meeting of the executives some time soon. Miss Anita
Kolbe, sponsor, stated that these pins
will probably not be worn until next
semester, since this semester is so
nearly over.
At this meeting it was again suggested that the messengers in the office
be members of the Local Honor Society and that girls who do library work
shall he members of this society.
SEVERAL SCHOLARSHIPS
ARE OFFERED SENIORS
Several scholarships to colleges both
in and outside the state are available
to interested members of the graduating class.
Denver University offers one scholarship for every thirty boys and one
for every thirty girls in the graduating
class. To qualify for this scholarship
it is only necessary for the student to
be in the upper ten per cent., of the
class and to have good personal qualifications and recommendations from
the high school faculty.
The scholarships from the five state
institutions must go to the five highest members of the senior class.
The alumni fund was established by
the last four classes, each of which
contributed from $500 to $700. The
interest from this fund forms scholarships to be given to two members \>f
the graduating class. The choice is
made hy a faculty committee consisting of Miss Margaret A. Smith, Ralph
S. Pitts and Roscoe C. Hill.
The University of Chicago and the
Colorado Yale Association are offering scholarships for young men and
women who are outstanding in leadership, citizenship and various forms of
community activities, as well as in
scholastic rating.
December 10 is the date set for the
annua]    Congress    Debating    Society
dance, which will be held in the hoys'
K.\ in .h b :.U). iliu.s lor'iiie uanee win
be one dollar and will gO'on sale De-
cemher 18. They may he secured from
any member of Congress or from a
member of the committee. It will be
open to the whole school.
Through special arrangements, the
club has been fortunate enough to secure Hume Everett's first orchestra.
The gym will be done in Christmas
decorations, with Christmas trees and
lights. The orchestra will be at one
end of the room and at the other
there will be a huge glittering sign
with the name "Congress" on it.
The members of Congress are especially anxious for this year's dance to
be a success and every effort is being
made to make it the best dance of the
year.
The committee for the dance is as
follows: Bob Card, who will act as
chairman, James Clark and David
Card. The club feels that the dance
last year was a decided success, due
to the efforts of the committee.
SHAFROTH 10 BE
NEW STUDY GROUP
STARTED BY P. T. A.
A study club, sponsored by Mrs. A.
I). Wall, meets the second and fourth
Thursdays of each month in the P. T.
A. room of East from 0:30 to 11 o'clock.
Mothers are urged to attend these
meetings. Besides the P. T. A. this
is the best way to become more closely
acquainted with the school. A "Study
of Character" by Germane and Germane is being discussed.
Parents are also urged to attend the
P. T. A. meetings, Notices are sent
to the homes each time a meeting Is
hold.
The last meeting was held on Wednesday, November 10. The program
consisted of a violin solo by Miss Marjorie Heid, accompanied by Miss Evelyn Campbell. An address, "How
Shall We Educate for Character", was
given by Guy Fox, assistant director
of the Research Department of the
Denver Public Schools.
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Both Boys and Girls Are
Eligible for Extemporaneous Contest.
Preliminaries for the eighth annual
Shafroth extemporaneous speaking
contest will be held during the week
beginning December 8. This contest
is open to all students, both boys and
girls. All five high schools take part:
and one boy and one girl are chosen
in the preliminaries to represent eacb
high  school.
In the preliminaries, contestants are
given a list of twenty subjects. They
are allowed half an hour In which to
prepare a three-minute speech.
The finals come the first Friday after Christmas vacation. Each representative has a choice of three subjects and is given one hour in which
to prepare a seven-minute talk on one
of these. The speech must be given
without notes. A prize will be awarded to one boy and one girl.
There will be three subjects, one of
national or international importance,
one of local and one of school.
East has been very successful in recent years in this contest. In 1928,
Margaret Anderson and Charles Blout
hotlr won first place for East. Calmar
Reedy, William Landers and Margaret Reedy were winners in recent
years. John Anderson and Eloise
Griffin represented East last year.
The committee for this contest consists of Miss Pauline C. Garrett, who
will act as chairman, Miss Gladys Mc-
Clean, Miss Louisa A. Ward and Miss
Ellen   K.   Free.
STATE YOUTH CONFERENCE
TO CONVENE DECEMBER 5-7
The first annual Colorado Youth
Conference for young people over 15
years of age and their leaders will be
held December 5, 6 and 7 at the Temple of Youth, 300 Logan Street.
This will be an assemblage of Christian young people gathered for. the
purpose of, as is expressed in the
theme of the conference, "Seeking,
Finding and Sharing the Jesus Way
of Life."
Much of the conference time will be
given over to round table discussions
on pertinent questions.
FOOTBALL DANCE TO
BE ON DECEMBER 12
The "D" Club, East's oldest athletic
organization, will give its annual
dance for the football team in the
boys' gymnasium on Friday, December 12, from 8 to 11.
The dance is not restricted to members of the club and anyone may go.
Bids will be one dollar. Tony Fer-
raro and his six-piece orchestra will
furnish the music.
Stanley Blue and Bob Risley are in
charge of the affair. They are planning to decorate the gym in the school
colors, red and white.
Members of the football team will
be the honored guests at the dance.
These are Eddie Nelson, Newell Mclntyre, Clair Bacon, Jay Gaskins,
Charles Burnett, Kenneth Skaer, Clark
Johnson, Clarence King, Ed Wagner,
Charles Garnett, Dick Jones, Frank
Ross and Bill Subry.