Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-07

the line of social activities, not only
because of its being new school,
but also on account of the extreme
youthfulness of the students Soon,
however, remarkable spirit was ex-
hibited, and under the able guidance
of the various teachers it resulted in
the formation of an athletic ASSOC
ciation: a school paper, the Orient,
and dra matte club. Early in the
season the Cater Club assumed the
leadership, beginning earnest practise
on its first entertainment. The ath-
letic association also produced good
results, putting out a baseball team
that made the other high schools
round about open their eyes wide,
land establishing a record which so
young a school might well be proud
/ of.
| Immediately following upon these
fevents our school held its first exhibi-
ton of work. Every department was
represented and the idea proved so
successful that it has become GUS
tomary with us to hold such an ex-
hibition almost every semester, and
especially attractive was our last ex-
hibition, held the early part of this
term. both our day and night schools
participating. The special features
| were the models made in our machine
shops, an exhibition of the Orient,
with its cuts and proofs, and what
proved to be real novelty our
| Laboratories, and the wireless appara-
tus that had just been set up.
! This was one result of the con-
scientious work of both teachers and
students for the previous year. AT
j the very beginning of this yeit' many
new clubs were formed, such as the
Arts and Crafts Club, both the Girls
! and Boys Glee Clubs, as well as the
orchestra, together with wireless
and camera club, each of these re-
celving the full support of the student
body. Besides, the school was in
creased by a number of students
| fresh from the grammar schools.
ready and ambitious to prove their
worth, each in his special line.
! Later, the school witnessed the for
!. nation of its first sB Glass Club, a
Stamp Exchange, an Applied Arts
iClub and a Sketch Glass. The Audu-
bon Society was in full swing, and
the French and German clubs were
| hard at work on their plays. which
recently proved so successful. And
last, though by no means least, was
the organization of a very promising
debating society.
Aside from these clubs, our school
has been active in athletics. Our
first baseball team established a rec
ord which we may we'll be proud or
But our first football team, though
not SO successful, gave a true exam
pie of the pluck there was In US. we
were consoled for our unfortunate ca
reer in this sport by the promising
outlook of our basketball team, and
well were our expectations realized.
Many an older and more experienced
school went down before our ambi-
tious representatives. The fact alone,
however, of East Sides putting out
team of any sort in each of these ma
jor sports, rebounds greatly to its
credit, since its oldest pupils at that
Our second baseball team proved it,
self even better than the first one had
been. Winning thirteen out or fifteen
games, and that against schools much
older than itself, was no mean feat
for East Sides youths to accomplish,
and shows what was really In them.
No less successful was our football
team, considering how far out OF their
class we had to go to secure games
Again the basketball team repeated
it's performance Of last year, even de-
feating Rutgers's freshmen.
And, socially, we have not been in
active. Our parties were frequent
last term, each one being more unique
and excelling the preceding ones. The
Dramatic Club especially 'shone" in
this respect, one Of its best gather
ings being a costume party, which
taxed the ingenuity of even the teach
ers. To cap the long list of social
events, the German Club recently held
a dance outside the school, the first
affair of it's kind ever attempted at
the East Side. So far as its success
socially is concerned, it proved very
popular, many well-known people OF
the city attending.
Altogether, East Side High stands
for real, earnest study, and the abii-i
ity to do things" In the two short
years we have been here we have tried
to live up to standard that aims for
the supreme thing, whether along
athletic. social oE intellectual liass.