Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 221, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 January 1930 — Page 16

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DIPLOMAS GIVEN 1,700 PUPILS OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS All Buildings Closed for End of Semester: to Reopen Monday. Diplomas mere awarded to approximately 1,700 pupils in city elementary schools this weelc. Most of the graduation exercises were held Wednesday and were attended by audiences limited to parents of graduates, pupils and teachers. All public elementary schools closed at noon today, the end of the first semester of this school year. Teachers spent the remainder of the day organizing school work for next term, which opens Monday. Forty-eight pupils were graduated from Brookstdo school No. 54. William Rothenberger. Third Christian church pastor, gave the commencement address at exercises, the topic of which was "Opportunity.” Lieutenant Frank R. Owen of the police accident prevention bureau, assisted in the program at the Benjamin Harrison school No, 2. Wednesday. The department chorus provided music and V. E. Funk presented diplomas. Pageant Is Given An historical pageant featured the exercises at school No. 67. Miss Margaret Knox directed the program, entitled "America, Democracy’* Goal,” given by the 8A class. Thursday. Every phase of publishing a school paper was discussed by members of the graduating class at school No. 43 at exercises Wednesday. School No. 41 awarded good citizenship cups to eereral members of its graduating cla&s. The cups were donated by the Madden-Notting-ham auxiliary of the American Legion and were presented by Fred H. Foster. The Rev. Howe P. Ivey gave the address. Julian Wetzel, school board member, presented diplomas to fortythree pupils at the James Russell Lowell school Wednesday. "The Literature of Indiana” was the theme of the graduating program at school No. 16. Sixteen received diplomas. Wisehart at No. 57 Roy P. Wisehart, state superintendent of public instruction, presented diplomas to fifty-one graduates© at school No.. 57 Wednesday. The Rev. George W. Allison, Irvington Presbyterian church pastor, assisted in the program. Thirty-six graduates of the Thomas D. Gregg school were addressed by Milo H. Stuart, Technical high school principal, at exercises here Wednesday. The boys’ choir and school orchestra furnished music for the program at the Florence Fay school Tuesday. The Rev. Maurice E. Abel, Woodside Methodist Episcopal church pastor, gave the address. Seventeen members of the graduating class were honored for special service to the school. PLAYS OLD TRUMPET Member of Tech Band Sounds Medieval Instrument at Concert. Notes from the famous medieval trumpet of Krakow, on exhibition at Central public library, were heard by a group of school children Wednesday, when it was sounded by Charles White, a member of the Technical high school band. Seven other members of the band assisted in a concert, presented in Cropsey auditorium. They were Howard McDonald. Bruce Richard, Herman Kuerst, William Mullen. Charles Reed, Robert Byers and Frank Martz. ART DIRECTOR SPEAKER Miss Florence Fitch Scheduled in Address to Club. Miss Florence Fitch, art director In city schools, will address the Woman’s Department Club study class in the Indianapolis school office building Wednesday. Club officials have signified a desire to become acquainted with work of art pupils and were invited to inspect exhibits at city school offices.

Shortridge

BY JAMES STEWART The Shortridge boys’ choir Bnd girls' chorus are arranging a cooperative minstrel show, to be given in the high school auditorium, Feb. 21. Leading roles will be taken by Ruth Rich. Leona Meyers. Richard Hudson. Ray Retterer, Robert Marshall, Dick Robinson, Robert Heckman and Max Heely. Josephine Meloy. recently appointed editor-in-chief of Friday's '■dition of the Shortridge Daily Echo, will assume duties at the opening of the new semester. Other editors appointed are Louise Carrigus, for Thursday’s edition, and Charles Cring, Monday editor. Members of the Shortridge high hoo! Parent-Teacher Association inducted a food sale at the school /ednesday. Twelve members of the Shortridge /lee Club appeared on the program if the Girls’ Federation recently. They were directed by Miss Laura Moag and were Curtis Plopper, Herbert Smeltzer, Julien Kennedy, Charles Cleary, Thomas Hendricks, Gino Ratti, Smith, Ralph George. Vem Hutchinson. James r.eed, Hrmer Cornell and Robert Hiatt Robert Hamiil. Shortridge graduate, has been elected captain of the freshman debating team at Northwestern university. He will appear in contests against Wisconsin, Minnesota, Marquette, Purdue and Illinola universities. While attending •Shortridge. he paitkipated in debating, worked on the Shortridge Echo, and took part In dramatics. *

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Girls Surpass Boys on Washington High Roll

Who’s Who in C/h I Schools Vvright Cotton is an outstanding pupil at Technical high school, where he is major of the R. O. T. C. unit. In 1929 he was awarded the

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has served as chairman of Tech traffic officers during the seventh hour this term, and is chairman of j the gift committee of Division A i of the senior class. ! His average for the term in grades for all subjects is A plus. Recently, ; he represented his class by giving a speech at the senior assembly of I the school. AIRMAN IS SPEAKER Captain Barnes Presents Diplomas to Pupils. Captain Ralph W. Barnes, school manager of Curtiss-Wright Flying Service of Indiana, gave the commencement address at graduation exercises of the William Watson Woolen school, 2301 Park avenue, I Wednesday. Twenty-three pupils received diplomas, presented by Captain Barnes, Members of the graduation class made talks relating t.o aviation subjects, and Dr. Wilbur F, Smith, government examiner for department of commerce aeronautics branch, spoke on “Physical and Mental Qualifications for Aviation.” Graduates were Nanette L. Berry, Stanley Boles, Mary E. Rowland, Robert Byrne, Richard Cecil, Rosemary L. Cruzan, Harriet Daft, Mary Edwards, Jack Elliott, Jane Epstein, Sarah Frazer, Horace Harvey, Kenneth Hirschman, Virginia Hoffman, Ward Hughes, Rdbert Kemper, Virginia Kohlmeyer. George Krack. Elizabeth Myers, Samuel Runyan. Eugene Scott. Vem Stineman, Harry Walters and Robert Young.

TECH’S HONOR ROLL ROSTER IS INCREASED 945 Are on List; Straight A Plus Grades Won By 38. Third distribution of grades for ; the year at Technical high school | showed an increase in the honor roll roster, 945 pupils being on the honor list announced today. Straight A plus grades were gained by thirty-eight of the pupils listed. They are: Margaret Barbara, Lois Henderson. Emily Schubach, Miriam Schunnan, Robert Seward. Julius Thorman. Charlotte Wehmeier, Leroy Wires. William Stevenson, Bettv Stilz, Charlotte Carl. Wright Cotton. Harold Hostetter, Charles Hoyt. Gladys Koehler, Hilda Korff. Albert McEowen. Stanley Maliess. Martha Hels<ni. Frank Newland. Don Nicewander. Elizal Ford. Jewel Smith. Harrlette Brown, i Dorothy Chezum. Melvin Llchtenburs. Bvl- ; via Lichtenburg. Earl Townsend. Phillip , Jeffries. Thelma Coleman. Dean Race. Alice Hackney. Eileen Johnson. Richard Kautsky, Doris Kasiing. Robert Lunsford. lola ANTIQUE CHESS SET SHOWN AT LIBRARY Oddity Is Loaned for Exhibit by Mrs. John N. Carey. A quaint, old ivory chess set, loaned by Mrs. John N. Carey, is being exhibited at the art room of Central public library during January. Oriental craftsmanship is evident in the set, which is caned in little figures strikingly arranged against a Chinese mandarin coat of deep red for a background. The chessmen irprescct Chinese lads, kings and queens, and are rare examples at the Chinese art of ivory cutting.

Mildred Bacon, Louise Waterson, Mary Frances Litten, captain, and Virginia Casnine, alternate. The other team will debate Wiley here. They are, Lots Jordan, captain, and Evelyn Pruitt, alternate, standing, left to right, Marjorie Carr, Jane Davis,

39 of Fair Sex Achieve Scholarship Record for Semester. BY MARSHALL SMITH Girls surpass boys in scholarship at Washington high school, it is ***- dicated by numbers of each sex included on the high honor roll for the last semester. According to figures disclosed today by Mrs. Ina S. Gaul, dean, thirty-nine girls made the high honor roll, while only seven boys gained the same distinction. Those selected for high honors were: CHrls—Virginia Miller. Shirley Harvey. Jeanette Wolf. Betty Branigan, Eunice Vestal. Maryland Bay. Helen Sanford, Mary Lucille Traeger, Edith Gingery, Dorothy Clifford. Janet Nogle, Helen Wilson. Ruth Eldridge. Ruby Jacobs. Helen Wills. Mary League, Earlir.e Wilson. Catherine Heicken. Jane Leonard. Esther Pike. Virginia Fells. Gertrude Wood. Mary Engle, Edith Flack. Viola Doan, Lottie Gross. Frances Wright. Esther Klnninger. Carolyn Kord. Corinne Gingery. Evelyn Montgomery. Mary Van Meter. Lucy Payne. Pauline Klingensmith, Faye Miller, Violet Douglass. Mary Louise Wheeler. Nell Hollingsworth and Floris Arnold. Boys—Rufus Wheeler, La Verne Conway, Milton Beasley. Glenn Ludlow. William Wood. Ray Allen and Marshall Smith. Girls of food class No. 4 held a tea at the school Monday. Miss Elizabeth Roberts was chairman of I the arrangements committee. Members of the Washington Club, senior girls’ organization, entertained friends of the club at a tea in the school library Monday. June Darnell was chairman of the program, assisted by Dorothy Baker. The following girls appeared on the program: Emily May Johnson, Oneda Franklin, Eulalah Wise and Marguerite Halbing. The Curtain’-tainers’ Club was entertained with a play, entitled "Lonesome Like,” at its regular meeting last week. Roles were taken by Muriel Melvin, Pauline Klingen- | smith, Ray Allen and John Wilson. Members of the club received new club pins at the meeting. William Clark. Belmont State bank cashier, addressed pupils of Washington high school social i science classes this week on the subject, “Thrift.’ RABBI STEINBERG TO ADDRESS ASSOCIATION Children’s Museum Work Will Be Discussed By P. T. A. Rabbi Milton Steinberg of Indianapolis, will address members of the Parent-Teacher Association at : school No. 22, South Illinois and j Kansas streets, Tuesday night. Mrs. Fred Van Brunt, president, will pre- ' side. Work of the Indianapolis Children’s museum will be discussed at ! the meeting of the Francis Willard school Parent-Teacher Association | at the school building, Bellefontaine : and Sixty-second streets, at 2:30 p. m. Wednesday. Music will be furnished by Mrs. E. H. Smith. Miss Cora Wellar will dance and the Misses Fairetta Degault and Olive May Martin will give readings. A bake sale will follow the meeting.

HIGH SCHOOL HONOR ROLL IS ANNOUNCED Twenty-Nine Shortridge Pupils Are Commended for Grades. Twenty-nine pupils were selected for final high honor roll of the semester at Shortridge high school, according to Miss Grace Shoup of the English department. On the list of girls are: Ruth Apostol, Betty Lou Blackmore, Bertha Bretzman, Jean Brown. Anna DeCroes, Mary Frances Diggs, Mildred Gaenge, Florence Hessong, Crystal Kegerreis, Mary Elizabeth Livingston, Winifred Jean Louden, Aelen McComb, Jeane McWorkman. Mary Alice Norris, Margaret Schwab. Dorothea Smock and Emma Lou Thornbrough. Boys selected are: Alfred B-andt, Robert Chambers, Vincent Confer, Charles Feibleman, William iluisman, John Machledt. J. Don Miller, Tarvey Trimble. George Underwood. Waim&n Welliver aad Eugene Willson.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

200,000 ENTER ESSAYCONTEST Younger Generation Shows Interest in Peace. Bv Times Special NEW YORK, Jan. 24.—Evidence that the younger generation is interested in international conferences for promotion of peace, is indicated by the fact that 200.000 school children from forty-eight states are enrolled in the 1930 essay contest of the Brooks-Bright Foundation, which has for its object the creation of an international mind among the younger generation. The enrollment in the contest is nearly double that of a year ago, according to figures announced today by John E. J. Fanshawe, contest director in New York. "Purpose of the foundation is to promote better world understanding among school children. It was started at the Hoosac school in Hoosick, N. Y„ in 1924, and each year anew topic of international import is selected and presented to the schools.” Each school holds its own intramural contest, selects the prize winner and submits an essay to the foundation to be judged with essays of other schools. Prizes last year included four scholarships in foreign universities. The topic this year is: '“Are the natural resources of a country a national or international responsibility?” ART PIECES ON DISPLAY Shortridge Teacher Has Exhibit In Metropolitan Center. Mrs. Janet Payne Bowles, Shortridge high school teacher, has placed a number of art pieces on a two months’ exhibit at the art center in New York. She prepared several pieces for the late J. P. Morgan, several years ago, that now are in the library of the Morgan home. A dagger, replica of the one used by Maude Adams in a Shakespearian production, and a reliquary for the bones of a famous Italian saint, are among Mrs. Bowles’ works. SCHOOL GIVEN PAINTING Alex Vonnegut Makes Presentation in Honor of Mother. Presentation of a painting to school No. 9, East Vermont and Davidson streets, by Alex Vo inegut in memory of his mother, Mrs. Bernard Vonnegut, is announced by Miss Jeanne Goss, acting principal The school is purchasing two other paintings to be placed in the auditorium of the school. This auditorium was named in honor of Mrs. Kate Mason, former principal, who died this winter. Pupils and teachers in co-operation with the school’s boy scout and campfire groups intend to place urns on each side of thhe auditorium stage in memory of Mrs. Mason.

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SCHOOL PUPILS GIVE PAGEANT Celebration Marks Close of Fifth Semester. Completion of five school terms In the present Warren township high school building was celebrated recently by faculty and pupils, in a pageant presenting a history of tie; school. Forty pupils took part in the pageant which was presented befoie the student-body and repeated at the Warren Parent-Teacher Association meeting last week. - Barbara Dawson headed the cast, in the role of “Warren Central. The program was sponsored by the staff of the Warren Owl, school publication. Specialty representations of school activities were given by several pupils. Music written bv Harold McDonald, pupil, was used as theme for the pageantMembers of the cast were as follows: * Heralds—Carl Galt. Herbert Henthorne, John Arthur Scott and Louis Miller. Father Time—Paul Brewer, assisted by Mary Katherine Hester, Father Time’s clerk. Minutes—Margaret Sandford, Ethel Enders, and Ellen Jackson. Hours (dancers)—Paauline Ricks, Pauline Karas, Marjorie Hall. Daisy Smith. Kathleen Hall and Evelyn Lanham. English and Latin— Elizabeth Eickhoff. Clarence Babbitt. Cletis Bennett, Alice Read and Dorothy Shallton. Other Curricular Subjects—Robert Johnson. Clarence Duvall. June 'White. Carl Rader. Marjorie Mlers. Frances Read. Kathryn Kirkpatrick, Ralph Lynam, Harriet Johnson, Harold McDonald. Frank Kline, John Scott and James Miers. Athletics—Robert Huber and Robert Lewis.

R. 0. T. C. News

Manual cadets are engaged in the annual fifth corps indoor rifle match, began Jan. 14. and ends Feb. 17, Members of the team are Cadet Major Charles Ayres, Cadet Captain Melvin Henselmeier, Cadet First Lieutenant Alex Levin, Cadet Second Lieutenant John Wood, Cadet Sergeants Ralph Caplinger, Louis Krieger and Thomas Everman, all members of last year’s team; Cadet Corporal William Uhl, and Cadets Kenneth Campbell, Phil Boeldt, William Marney and Charles Tacoma, new members. The Washington high school unit will present a Negro comedy, “The A. E. F. In France,” in February, to raise funds for equipment of the Washington band and cadet unit. Technical’s rifle team is represented in the Fifth Corps Area indoor rifle match. The winning team in this area will compete in a national contest. Major Thomas E. Cathro. professor of military science and tactics in city schools, request cadets to remember the birds during this winter season by providing food and water. Several cadets are planning hikes to the country to study bird life. Shortridge high school has adopted a distinctive pin for its cadet club, the Shortridge Rifles. It is a bronze pin with a bar engraved with the words, "With Honor.” An honor society of guards has been formed in the Crispus Attucks unit. Cadet Major Robert Storms is president, assisted by Captain Carl Anderson, Lieutenant Percy Means and Lieutenant Scoba Rhodes. Noncommissioned officers of the Crispus Attucks unit who have received commissions include John Irvin, captain; Edward Suber, first lieutenant: Elors Reeves, first lieutenant, and Leland Whitney, second lieutenant. FINAL MEETING HELD BY SENIORS AT TECH Gavel Presented to Ryan Hall. Incoming President. Seniors of the A division graduating class of Technical righ school held their final meeting this week. Emmett Lowery, president, presented the class gavel to Ryan Hall, incoming president. Milo H. Stuart, Technical principal, was honored when he was given a class pin. The program was in form of a .Chautauqua entertainment. Miss Emily Schubach and George Hdll were awarded reading and poetry honors by the class. Hall received a copy of Richard Haliburton’s “New World’s to Conquer,” and Miss Schubach received a set of books.

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Annex Top Laurels

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Highest scholastic records among 444 senior class members at Arsenal Technical high school have been won by Miriam Schuman, Emily Schubach and Hilda Korff. members of the “A” division of the senior class. All made straight A-plus grades during the past semester. Miss Schuback is editor of the Arsenal Cannon, student publication.

Opportunity Class Has Graduation Exercises

Fifty-Six Pupils Enrolled in Special Course at Wallace School. Graduation exercises for mid-year graduates from opportunity classes at the Lew Wallace school, Capitol avenue and Thirteenth street, were held Thursday before an audience of teachers, pupils, school officials and parents. William A. Hacker, social service director of city schools, presented diplomas to nine boys who had completed work in vocational and regular curricular subjects. Special instruction is given for pupils not adapted to the ordinary school program. Members of the graduating class were David Armitage, John Bell, Virgil Campbell, Norman Groves, Joseph JKopp, Norman Proctor, James Ringo, Eugene Schneider, and Joe Van Sickle. Eight of the graduates will enroll in vocational SPELLING WINNERS WILL RECEIVE TRIP P. T. A. to Send County Champions to Washington Contest. Winners of the spelling contest, to be conducted among Marion county school children, wall be taken to Washington for the national contest, by a Marion county public school teacher in April, it has been announced by the Marion County Parent-Teacher Federation. All expenses for the trip will be paid by the federation. Physical examinations for .school pupils before they enroll in the schools are urged by the Marion county P. T. A. officials. Mrs. Earl R. James is county president and Mrs. Charles Dawson, health committee chairman.

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courses at Technical high school and one will attend Cris’pus Attucks high school. Mrs. Angela Moler, principal of the school, today praised work of the 1930 graduating class. “This group of boys could not adapt themselves to any kind of work until they enrolled in the opportunity school, where they have been allowed to take vocational subjects in which they have shown aptitude and interest,” she said. Fifty-six pupils now enrolled have advantages of the best equipped shops in the city school system. They are taught upholstering, electrical work, machine and hand woodwork, sheet metaling, and concrete construction work. FORM ART CLASSES School Children to Receive Museum Instruction. Scholarship classes for school children at the Children’s museum, 1150 North Meridian street, will open for the second term of the school year Feb. 15. Forty pupils are preparing to enroll in classes next term, in addition to those enrolled the first semester. These classes are held for benefit of pupils, exhibiting outstanding talent in art and historical subjects, who are selected on basis of scholarship by principals of the schools. Special lecture courses for pupils of the sixth and seventh grades will be given at the museum each Saturday, beginning Feb. 1. Pupils from public schols Nos. 1 to 41 will attend classes at John Herron Art Institute, and pupils of Schools Nos. 42 to 91 will attend similar classes at the museum. Two pupils are selected from each school.

JAN. 24, 1930

PUPILS LOOKING TO ART EVENT APRIL 5 TO 12 Poster Contest Is Staged for Realtors’ Home Exposition. Attention of art pupils of city schools is directed toward the ninth annual poster contest for the realtors’ home complete exposition April 5 to 12 at the state fairground. Contest details were announced today by E. E. Brodbeck. chairman of a special committee in charge of competition. For three best posters submitted by Indiana artists or art student* the realty board will offer SSO, $25 and $lO. Receive Certificates Designers of the five best posters will receive certificates of merit and the fir.-t prize poster will he reproduced as an advertisement #or the exposition. Judges of the contest will be Kin Hubbard, humorist, Indianapolis News; Chic Jackson, cartoonist, Indianapolis Star: Boyd Gurley, editor. The Indianapolis Times; Randolph Coats, artist; C. D. Peat, John Herron Art Institute director; Paul Q. Richey, president of Russel M. Seeds Company, and Clarence W. Smith, artist. More than 100 designs were submitted in last year’s contest. Entries this year are expected to exceed that number. Rules Announced Rules under which the competition will be conducted specify that posters must be 18 Inches by 25 inches, and may be executed in not more than two colors on a colored background. They must carry the seal of the Indianapolis Real Estate Board and the wording. "Realtors’ Home Show, April 5 to 12, State fairground.” Name of contestant should not be placed on poster, but should be attached in a sealed ..envelope. All entries must be in the Real Estate Board office before 5 p. m„ Monday, Feb. 24. Other members of the committee conducting the contest are George L. Clark. M. L. Hall, Earl A. Heassler and Harry A. Schwankhaus.

Broad Ripple

BY FRANCES COFFEE First semester issue of the Riparian magazine, Broad Ripple high school publication, was published Jan. 22. It contained historical sketches of Indianapolis, especially in the vicinity of Broad Ripple. Each department in the school contributed to the magazine. The next issue will be published in June, and will be devoted to senior activities. Girls in the Broad Ripple home economics classes, under supervision of Mrs. Stella Richardson, instructor, are putting their class practice in cooking to practical use. They furnish food for the school lunch room, and are doing it so adequately that the system is to be continued throughout the next semester. Members of the Orange Aid society, girls’ organization, meet monthly to hear talks on subjects of interest to girls. Miss Anna Marie Dungan, president, arranges speakers for the meetings with advice of the society sponsor, Miss Ruth Carter.