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TWO THOUSAND YEARS AGO A BABY
WAS BORN—a baby whose ideals men have followed and cherished since. A baby who changed
the destiny of the world into which he was born,
and of the world through nineteen centuries.
That Child planted the seeds of wisdom into civilization that will not die until the millenium He stands for
goodwill and peace and freedom. Freedom from the
tyrant's bloody heel and the menacing advent of war.
And freedom from want and misery, freedom to think
and speak and worship and learn. Freedom for all races
and creeds.   Tolerance and open-mindedness and charity.
Democracy is based on Christ's beliefs—the beliefs
for which He died and for which men are dying today.
As all of us know so well, this is Christ's war—a fight
for freedom.
Soon Christ's birthday will again be celebrated in all
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lands. Some celebrations will be in secret, and people
will die because they dared to disobey the words of a
leader who decreed they must worship him and no other.
To the lands of the earth where people are crushed
and oppressed, this Christmas will bring new sparks of
hope and thoughts of freedom, because they know that
there are countries still fighting for Christ's beliefs.
They know, too, that soon more and more of these free
countries will aid them to aid themselves.
But more than that, we free people provide the occupants of oppressed lands with those ideals and that courage with which to fight, in their own way, their would-be
conquerors.
They can't do anything mighty or huge, but they can
scratch and bite this great Axis brute, and annoy him
in such a way that soon his nerve breaks and he realizes
that these people he set out to conquer have conquered
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him. They have shown the monster that these beliefs of
the Savior have triumphed again, as in other years.
History shows us the great work done in the name of
Christ. A shining example is the brotherhood of men
who followed the ways of Christ and called themselves
the Monks. The work of these men saved the learning
of the ages for future generations by painstaking patience and quiet understanding. The art that these men
produced in their own wise ways outlived the crushing
backwardness of the Middle Ages.
The great deeds of the people of occupied countries
show, too, that the standards of Jesus have provided men
with the incentive to progress and make a great civilization.
It shows us, in America, that we yet have far to go
in helping these valiant people to free themselves,?—those
people who look to us for leadership, but who really provide us the great example of courage and gerf-sacrifice,
modeled from that greatest of examples, Jesus Christ.
Student Council Launches Campaigns for Victory
East to Decorate
Room at Buckley
School Prepares
Pupils for War-
Jobs-Army Life
Students 18 Years Old Eligible
To Enroll in Mechanical Classes
At Griffith Opportunity School
TO PREPARE HIGH SCHOOL students
for more rapid promotion in the armed forces
or for effective service in war industries, the
Emily Griffith Opportunity School offers four
types of pre-induction courses, according to
Jack Boyd, occupational adjustor at East.
Seventy openings are available next semester for
students wishing to join these classes, of which the present enrollment is 125. The course in motor mechanics
gives training in repair of engines, ignition systems,
fuel systems, chassis and front-end systems. The course
in machine-tool operation offers branch work, use of precision measuring instruments, operation of lathes, shap-
ers, drill presses and milling machines. In the class of
radio maintenance and repair, the students receive instruction in use of tool.:, maintenance and repair of
tubes, transformers, coils and condensers, oscillators and
detectors. The arc and gas welding classes give training that meet the requirements of the army and navy.
Requirements for admission to the classes are that
the student be in good health and over 17 V2 years of age.
Eighteen is the minimum age for working on "hazardous" occupations, which include explosive manufacturing,
motor-vehicle driving, coal mining, logging and saw-
milling, operating power-driven woodworking machines
and work involving the handling of radio-active substances. Students in the welding class must have reached
their eighteenth birthday before completing their training.
Classes are in session from 8 to 11 a. m., 11:30 a. m.
to 2:30 p. m., and from 2:30 to 5:30 p. m., Monday
through Friday. The welding class is the only class that
lasts for a shorter  period than three hours.
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A PERSONIFICATION of the Christmas spirit lies above in the hopeful faces of typical American youth. Also
typically American is the enthusiasm with which these boys and girls present the annual Christmas Pageant to
East.
Pictured are members of the Madrigal Choir, part of the a cappella choir, which will sing in the Christmas
Pageant;   and  Mary   Louise Shriver as the Virgin Mary.
Holiday Presentation December 21  and 22
WartimeThemefor Annual Christmas Pageant;
A Cappella Sings Traditional Holiday Music
Silk and Nylon Hose Gathered by
Members for Army Powder Bags
A STUDENT COUNCIL drive to obtain kits
for Christmas presents to soldiers at Lowry and
Buckley Fields was announced and explained in
an assembly Monday by Betsy Reeves, chairman
of the kit committee. Julia Dale Matlock explained a drive to collect silk stockings; Cynthia
Anderson discussed furnishing- a recreation
I room at Buckley Field and Bill Glass told of tin
can salvage.
The kit campaign is being conducted through the general education classes, each of which has undertaken to
supply at least one kit, costing $1.50 and containing 14
articles. The Student Council furnishes the bags and
sells items such as buttons, which require uniformity;
while students bring cigarettes, playing cards and candy.
One representative from each general education class
has been chosen to take charge of the kits, which must
be collected Friday so the soldiers can have them by
Christmas.
Angels are to bring old silk stockings to put in a
hex -er-a table in the front h"1.!, according +o Julia Dale
Matlock, in charge of the drive for silk stockings, which
the army uses for powder bags. The silk is essential
because it doesn't leave an ash when it is burned, and
the soldiers don't have to clean the big guns so frequently, she said.
Mrs. Philip Alexander, member of the National Red
Cross, spoke to the Student Council Wednesday, December 2, in Room 220, about furnishing a recreation room
for the soldiers at Buckley Field. Coffee and gasoline
cans can be painted to make furnishings, she said, and
recent books and magazines are needed badly.
Cynthia Anderson, chairman of a committee discussing plans to furnish a solarium or recreation room at
Buckley Field, declared it would cost approximately $100
to furnish a solarium 12 feet by 24 feet, which would
require a piano, music, radios, phonograph, records,
books, magazines, games, furniture, etc.
Bond and Stamp Sales Slow;
Club Encourages Increase
"EVEN A LITTLE can help a lot now!" "A stamp is a
bullet."
"We've all seen those posters, but how many of us have applied their message to our own bond and stamp purchases ?" asked
Russell Dunbar, 12B and Euclidean in charge of the East High
bond and stamp booth. "Bond sales here have increased during
the last week, but we are still under par," he continued.
Two   Angels,   Jimmy   Judd,   12B,
THE REALIZATION OF THE SERIOUSNESS with which"
America is facing its second Christmas at war is brought out in
| the theme of the annual Christmas Pageant, presented by th*
music and drama departments, to be held December 21 and 22 in j
East's auditorium.
The title of this  year's Christmas
; Pageant  is  "Peace  and the  Sword,"
\ and is an episode in the lives of three
soldiers   on   the   African   Front.    As
and Darold Short, HB, have purchased $25 war bonds during the last
few days. On December 2, a $50 bond
Senior Edition
Pictures Due
"ALL SENIORS who want their
pictures printed in the senior edition of The Spotlight should have
pictures taken before February 1.
Those who want their pictures for
Christmas, should have them taken
before December 15," stated Mrs.
Alice Koons, former Angelus sponsor.
The senior Spotlight will take
the place of the Angelus which
has been discontinued for the duration. The Spotlight staff and the
Angelus staff will publish a newspaper that may be saved by students for remembrance of their
high school days.
The studios which will feature
the student rates are De La
Vergne, Francois, Morganti, Rem-
brant, Etoffel and Svantesson.
was sold to R. B. Dunbar, Russell's
father.
"The necessity of our co-operation
in this project can't be emphasized
enough. You see, it's our money that
furnishes our troops with the supplies
needed to successfully carry out their
drives," Russell explained.
The figures show that interest in
stamp sales has fallen off steadily
since the Victory Bond Drive conducted by the East Denver Board of
Trade.
there are to be several casts, for the
assembly programs on December 21
and 22, and the evening performance
on Tuesday, there will be opportunity
for a greater number of students to
participate.
The presentation of the pageant is
under the direction of Mrs. Genevieve
Kreiner, drama teacher, who is assisted by other faculty members.
The 64 members of the choir will
offer background music appropriate
to the scenes, as in former years.
Songs for the Christmas Pageant
this year include "Cradle Song of the
Shepherds," by Glatz; "Born Today,"
by Sweelinck; "Clear and Calm Was
That    Holy    Night,"    by    Nikolsky;
j "Prayer for Our Country," and "Be-
; side the Cradle," by Bach.
Miss Fareeda Moorhead stated that
; the latter song, "Beside the Cradle,"
I has been sung in the pageant every
| year of its presentation.
The choir was organized in 1931,
and was the first of its kind in the
Denver high schools.
"Every Christmas season the choir I
has several engagements to sing its j
holiday   repertoire   at   meetings    of I
various   organizations   and  programs j
in   the   city,"   Miss   Moorhead   said.
"This year the members of the choir
will  sing before the meeting of the
Zonta    Club,    professional    women's
group, at Tammen Hall on December
17, and they will also appear on the
'Know Your Schools' hour over Station KLZ at 12 o'clock noon on  De-1
cember 19."
Xenia Stanley Named New
Page Editor for Spotlight
Xenia Stanley has been appointed editor of the back page of
The Spotlight, assuming her duties with this issue of the paper.
The vacancy in this position occurred because of the withdrawal
from school of Richard Cockrell, who entered Denver University
with the opening of the winter quarter last Monday,
a member of The
Xenia has been
Spotlight staff for two years and has
had the assignment this year of reporter to The Denver Post. Her
duties in this capacity were to supply
the school page editor with a story
of happenings at East. The story appeared each Sunday on the school
page. Each Sunday Xenia's story has
been printed in its entirety which has
given East and its activities valued
publicity.
Judy Bershaw will write the Post
story each week until a permanent
appointment is made.
Easl Students to Have I. Q. Tests, Health Exams, Radio Courses Soon
By Monte Smith
• Radio Course
"Because of the many requests
made by members of the beginning
radio course that it be continued, I
shall teach a continuation of this
subject next semester," stated Morris
Hoffman, physics teacher. "I hope
that the class will be able to do more
laboratory work next semester," he
added, "as this semester, due to
shortage of materials, laboratory experiments have been practically impossible."
• I. Q. Tests
In charge of all the reading, interests, mathematics, occupational, I. Q.
and other standardized tests being
given throughout East is Milton
Molien, biology teacher.
"By these tests teachers are able
to analyze the abilities of the students, judging them on a fair basis,"
Mr. Molien stated. "These examinations are not for grades, but merely
to show the capability of the students," he added. Mr. Molien spends
several periods each day in charge
of correcting, distributing and analyzing the tests.
• Health Examinations
Over a period of four weeks, all
seniors, both boys and girls, are being given physical examinations
through the school; Dr. Marie Fackt
is examining the girls, and Dr. A. G.
Staunton is examining the boys. Reports are being made to the students'
parents if any defects that require
outside attention are found, according to Carl Schweiger, acting assistant principal.
Dental examinations made by Dr.
William J. McMenamy are being
given to all students, and tomorrow
hearing   tests,    conducted    by   Mrs.
Edith Embury Crane, will start.
These hearing check-ups will also be
given to all  students.
• Measles!
"Well, here I am again in the hospital, only this time I have the
MEASLES," writes Frank Tempest,
former Spotlight staff member, from
the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. "There are about
six fellows from our house in here
now—more are expected," he continued. Frank is a freshman at the
university and has been working for
the school paper.
Her plans are uncertain as to college
upon her graduation from high school
in June. She is a member of White
Jackets, Junto and French clubs. Her
scholastic achievements at East show
a straight A record.
Newswriting I
Offered Pupils
"HOW MAY I BECOME A
MEMBER of the Spotlight staff?"
is a question which is asked by
pupils planning a new semester of
work.
The answer is to enroll for a
class in Newswriting I which gives
credit in composition which is acceptable as college entrance credit.
Newswriting may be taken in
either the junior or senior year.
Newswriting may be considered
a pre-induction course for public
relations work in the armed forces.
Many former Spotlight staff members are serving in public relations
work or in the intelligence divisions of the service.
Special emphasis is given to work
being contributed by war correspondents whose stories of the
present war are equally thrilling
to any best-seller.
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