Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 245, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 February 1930 — Page 20

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P. TANARUS, ft. DINNER TO BE HELD AT TECH MARCH 7 Presidents Will Report on Associations’ Activities for Past Year. Presidents of Indianapolis Par-ent-Teacher associations and federation officials will hold their annual dinner at Technical high school, March 7, Mrs. Clayton i Ridge, federation presicteßb USd' today. The afternoon session will convene at 1:45 in the Tech auditorium for a musical program and short' business period. The Tech orches- i tra, directed by Henry Hebert, will play, and the girls' glee club will welcome the group with songs. Each president will report on theyears’ activities of local associations. Preceding the night meeting the Tech school band, directed by Frederic A. Parker, will give a concert from 5 to 6. Henry Dowling, principal speaker, will be Introduced by Milo H. Stuart, Technical high Bchool principal Choruses to Sing Mothers’ choruses of Indianapolis public schools will sing the following numbers: “On the Banks of the Wabash,” Keller’s "American Hymn,” “The Home Road” and “Lovely Appear.” Ernest Hesser, city schools music director, will lead and Miss Geraldine Trotter, will accompany the choruses. The committee on arrangements includes Mrs. Lucien King, Mrs. Walter Holt, Mrs. E. W. Springer, Mrs. Logan Hughes, Mrs. J. H. Butler and Mrs. S. M. Myers.

Mrs. Mayo to Talk P T. A. meetings announced for this week follow: Mrs. Edwin Mayo will talk on "Ideals and Purposes’’ at the P. T. A. mceiing of school No. 86, at 3:15 Wednesday. Mrs. Orville Stone will pi ay piano soios. An exhibit by Lyman Brothers arc store will feature the meeting at . ehool No. 42 Thursday. Miss Anna K;- sclir.an of John Herron Art in- , • Jute will speak. The departmental chorus and Mrs. Marie Hall will provide music. The meeting at school No. 39, postponed from last week, will be held at 2 Wednesday. Work <2 the Children's museum will be presented by a museum representative. Jean Francis will read poems.

Shortridge

BY JAMES STEWART James Reed, Shortridge high r, sang at a guest meeting of the Fortnightly Study Club Monday. Gino Haiti, Shortridge graduate, addressed the Physiography Club Tuesday, relating his travel experiences made in company with his father, a Butler university professor. John Forney, 1929 graduate, has been pledged to Beta Theta Pi fraternity at the University of Minnesota. Work on this year’s Shortridge annual wu. started this week at a staff meeting. Seniors are having their pictures made, and other classes will follow. At a meeting of the Shortridge Math Club Friday, Dorothy Smock was elected president. Other officers are Alene McCcrnb, vice-presi-dent: Menena Sink, secretary, and Frank Lambertus. treasurer. Vincent Confer was admitted to membership. Directors of the Shortridge Daily Echo subscription campaign report more than 1,100 subscriptions. LIES MUSEUM SPEAKER Membership Drive Workers to Hear Recreational Survey Talk. Membership drive workers for the Children's museum wi'l meet at a tea at 3:90 today at the museum, 1130 North Meridian street. E'gcne T. Lies will speak on recreational survey of Indianapolis. KSrt Vonnegut, museum board prer dent, will explain the membership drive. Mrs. Hal T. Benham is campaign chairman.

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Journalistic activities at Broad Ripple high school are under supervision of this group of pupils, comprising the Riparian publication staff. They are: Front Row (left to right)—Mary Elizabeth Sawyer, Alma Hohlt, Alice Stanton, Genevia Fitch, Betty Ann Baltozer, Helen Wetherbee, and Frances Brumit.

PROGRAM GIVEN 57 GLEE CLUB Old Songs Are Included at Birthday Party. First song written in America and others contained in a volume sent to George Washington by the composer, Francis Hopklnson, were sung by the Washington high school girls’ glee club at a Washington birthday program today. In December. 1788, Hopkinson sent to his friend, Washington, at Mt. Vernon, a volume containing eight original musical compositions, with this message: "However small the reputation may be that I shall derive from this work, I can not, I believe, be refused credit of being the first native of the United States who has produced a musical composition.” Washington later answered by letter, a fascimile of which has been preserved, thanking Hopkinson for the gift. "My Days Have Been So Wondrous Free” was the first song composed in this country. The other seven arc: ‘O’er the Hills,” ‘Beneath a Weeping Willow’s Shade,” "Come Fair Rosina,” “My Generous Hear’ Disdains” and “The Traveler Benight* d.” Francis Hopkins was a signer of the Deck’radon o* Independence, a member of the convention of ITS - first judge of the admiralty court in Pennsylvania and author of political pamphlets and satirical poems. He organized musical concerts in his native city, Philadelphia. Miss Etta Schcrf directs the glee club of thirty voices. Feature of the program was a Washington birthplay presented by the English department.

In the World of Books

BY EDNA M. LEVEY Indianapolis Fublic Libr?ry On the face of it, nothing seems simpler to find than books about George Washington which would interest children - . In the library of congress at Washington there are 1,200 books and pamphlets which deal with him. With the exception of Napoleon Bonaparte, perhaps no man in history in the last thousand years has been written about so much as Washington. Cut of all this wealth of material what are the books which make clearest, in moderate compass the traits that children love and admire in Washington and the services that he performed for his country? The puolic library has selected the following stories as being of particular interest for the school child: “True Story of George Washington,” by E. S. Brooks.—-A simple,

Second Row—Elizabeth Cruse, Frances Coffee, Thelma Hohlt, Anna Marie Dungan, Catherine SIKI- - Martha Yelvington, Harry Riddell Third Row—Charles Albert. Tommy Wilmeth, Vance Waggoner, Marlon Martin, and Madge Meherlng.

Three Navajo Indians to Appear at School

Life on Reservation to Be Pictured to Pupils by Tribe Members. Three Navajo Indians brought to Indianapolis by the Boys’ Ranger Club of Orchard school, will give Indianapolis children a picture of real reservation life and habits at Shortridge high school at 3:30 today, at the Second Presbyterian church at 8 tonight and at the Children's musuem at 10:30 Saturday. Two of the Indians are more than 68 years of age and had never been off the Navajo reservation in Cooiidge, N. M., until their trip here. The other is an Indian girl. They are touring the country in interest of education, and are headed for Washington to appear before the department of the interior. Colonel Barton I. Staples, leading patron of Navajo art in this country, is in charge of the group. He will tell of his twelve years’ experience living among the Navajos. To show their esteem for him they initiated him into the Navajo tribe with ceremonies that lasted nine days and nights. In announcing the programs here, Staples said that two of the Indians can not speak English and never had ridden on a train ntej* eaten at a table until their trip here. How the tribe maintains its positicn as the largest Indian tribe in America, and reaps profits of $1,500,000 a year from its arts and crafts will be told by Staples. Indianapolis school children will hear the process by which the famous Navajo blankets are made and will be shown examples of Navajo art.

absorbing story for very little children. with numerous illustrations. “On the Trail of Washington,” by F. T. Hill.—A narrative history of Washington’s boyhood and manhood based on his own writings and authentic documents. An honest and successful attempt to portray Washington as he really was, admitting only accepted facts. A simple. direct and entertaining biography. “Washington and His Country,” by Washington Irving.—This has been abridged for the use of schools l and coif tains a brief outline of ! United States history from the dis- ! ccvery of America to the end of the | Civil war. i “Washington, a Virginia Cavalier,” by W. H. Mace.—An intimate little biography which aims to picture Washington as the plain, simple- : minded, dignified man whom rela- ! tives, neighbors and friends all loved. “George Washington,” by W. H. Rideing.—This biography covers the whole period of Washington’s life from his early boyhood to his last days at Mt. Vernon. “George Washington,” bv Ferdinand Schmidt.—A sketch of Washington from the German point of i view.

Broad Ripple

BY FRANCES COFFEE New senior class officers include Harry Riddell, president; Thelma Hchlt, vice-president: Thomas Wilmeth. secretary-treasurer. Miss Winifred West is class sponsor. The student council this month is creating interest in sports by making decorations to be used for the sectiorals. Girl Reserve officers announced are Frances Coffee, president; Frances Louise Dungan, vice-presi-dent; Alice Mae Martin, secretary, and Lucille Hamill, treasurer. The boys’ glee club is entertaining with a ‘•Get-Acquainted" party today. Educational picture slides of Palestine will be shown the Latin Club today. New officers of Broad Ripple Art Clubs are announced as follows: Art I—Helen Kempe, president; Warren Hessler. secretary, and Trances Marshall, art representative. Art H—Evelyn Armstrong, president; Lucille Hamill. secretary, and Bessie Tlyan. art representative. Art lll—Sarah Goss, president; Jane Hamilton, secretary, and Bessit P.yan, art representative. Art IV—Ruth Thompson, president; Virginia Weiss, secretary, and Lois Thompson, art representative. Art IV—Catherine Btewart, president: Martha. Tolu, secretary, and Marjorie MiUnufH>rt representative.

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TABLET HONORS DEAD PRINCIPAL Dedicatory Exercises Held at School No. 75. Exercises dedicating a tablet in memory of Miss Olive Selby, former principal, were held at school No. 75. West Fourteenth street and Belle Vieu place, Tuesday, by the Parent-Teacher Association. Miss Selby, who died last year, served as principal of the school from 1921-1929. She taught w-hen the school was held in portable buildings. Merlin B. Stump, present principal, directed dedicatory exercises. Mrs. Howard Shelby, P. T. A. president, gave the presentation speech and unveiled the tablet, and Daniel Weir, acting superintendent of schools, gave the response. Principals and parents attended the meeting. Numbers by the Girls’ Glee Club and a reading by Reva Wright, pupil. completed the program. Members of the club, directed by Mrs. Lena Knight, were as follows: Helen Fisher, Florence Burghess, Margaret I-luff, Mauvin Johnson, Evelyn Kimbel, Mildred Coumbs, Dorothy Regers, Faye Bertram, Lottie McGhaffey, Dorothy Lingill, Virginia Bruner, Mary Ellwanger, Pauline Kiefer, Helen Walker, Thelma Elgin, Lois Hubbard, Nelma Toms and Margaret Weinbrezt.

ANTIQUES DISPLAYED Fletcher School Pupils Are Active at Exhibit. Relics and antiques were exhibited at founders’ day exercises held at the Calvin Fletcher school, 520 Virginia avenue, recently. An unusual piece was an old pair of dentist forceps, used 150 years ago, brought to the exhibition by Craig Rider. A piece of embroidery brought by Jane Murray was said to be 104 years old. Other relics included an old bell about 125 years old, a warming pan, rolling pin and potato masher, medicine scales, old coins, an Indian hammer and a pioneer jewel case. Mrs. Estelle Loomis directed the exhibition at which pupils gave speeches explaining the articles collected. Pupils taking part were Curtis Bowen, Linsey Woolsey, Elsie Kurp, Vera Reasner, Jessie Pedido, Austin Purcell. Hewitt Keeler, Leona Brunner, Charles Lawson, Jane Murray, Ada Lawson, Craig Rider, Myrtle Bymer, Helen Shea, Helen Cope, Olin Barley and Robert Savergrove. SHORTRIDGE GIRLS TO HOLD THREE DEBATES Installment Buying, Cham Stores, Jury System Subjects. A series of three debates planned by the Shortridge Girls’ Debating League will be directed by Miss Evelyn Pruitt, recently elected debate manager. First of the series will concern installment buying, second the chain store system, and third the jury system. Louise Waterson, league president, is assisted by Mildred Bacon, vice-president; and Virginia Casmire, secretary. , Captains chosen for the Shortridge debates are: Mildred Bacon, Catherine Bowsher. Jean Helt, Evelyn Pruitt, Virginia Casmire and Virginia Carr. They will direct the teams in the coming contests.

Washington

BY MARSHALL SMITH A play written by Miss Amy Keene of the English department will be given at Washington high school today in a Washington birthday program. The production is directed by Mrs. Bess Sanders Wright and Miss Elizabeth Smith. Edward Heise was elected president of Washington Art Club Thursday. Other officers are Emma Perkins, vice-president; Marion Ratcliff, secretary’ and treasurer. Miss Grace Furlong of the SwanMyer’s Company addressed the Science Club Tuesday on “My Career Among the Microbes."

COUNTY LATIN EVENTS TO BE HELDSATURDAY Many Schools Entered in Seventh Annual State Competition. Contests in Marion county high schools indicate that the county will be well represented in the seventh annual state high school Latin contest, according to Miss Helen B. Mercer, Ben Davis high school teacher, and county contest chairman.

Pupils in all parts of the state will take part in county contests Saturday, winners to go to district ; contests March 22, district winners going to the finals at Bloomington. April 11 or 18. Since Marion county comprises a district, no county contest is held here. Schools to be represented in this district will Include New Bethel, Acton, Valley Mills, Lawrence, Ben Davis, Orispus Attucks and Washington high schools. Winners In Marion county, the Seventh district, will receive silver medals. One from each district in the state will go to the finals. The contest is divided into five divisions, as follows: Division IE— Open to all pupils who complete first year Latin at the end of second semester of current school year; IA, pupils completing first year Latin at end of first semester; 11, pupils completing second year Latin: HI, punils completing Cicero, and IV, pupils completing Virgil at end of cither semester. All county schools have not reported results of school contests to county chairman. A second test is being' held at Ben Davis this week | to determine winners in Division 18. Representatives already announced Include: | Washington High School—Division | TB. Betty Branigan and Helen San- ! ford; IA, Virginia Miller and Edith Gingery; 11, Marshall Smith and Ray Allen: IH, Irene Gross and Eunice Vestal. Valiev Mills —18, Carl Dortch, ; first, with Jewel and Vernon Copeland tied for second place: 11, Kathryn Blank and Mildred Riddle. Ben Davis High School—Margaret Van Talge and Thelma Prather, winners in Division 11. Contest is sponsored by Indiana university extension division in cooperaton with the State Teachers’ Association.

Pupils With Defective Vision Taught to Read

Sight Conservation C'ass Uses Typewriters as Eyes’ Aid. “Now mother, I know why brother Frank likes to read. Why, reading is wonderful! I guess I never really saw the print before.” With these words, a 10-year-old boy, who never had read a book in his life, described to his mother his first day’s experiences in the sight conservation class for pupils with defective vision, at the William Watson school. In this class, pupils with poor

Technical

BY RYAN HALL Addition of four new teachers to the Technical faculty is announced, They are Mrs. Emily Smith, mathematics department: Mrs. Catherine Lang, biology department; Airs. Mabel Knoll, commercial, and Mrs. Liza Cox, English. Thirteen pupils of machine calculation class were awarded gold pins for perfect scores in monthly tests. They were: Hazel Goldsby, Geraldine Good, Mary Hurt, Helen Van Lien, Caroline Maas, Lucille MeCallie, Helena Schmertz, Fannie Yensel, Mary Wehrel, Helen Miller. Alberta Parkey and Ruth Schwab. Silver pins u T ere given Gertrude Cox, Eunice Crismur, Edna Johnson, Marjorie Dyar and Frances Fulmer, and bronze pins were awarded Ellen Crouch. Elizabeth Prinkle and Dorothy Wray. Scoring thirty-seven of a possible forty points, Dorothy Smith won highest individual honors in the algebra contest, held at close of the semester. Members of the winning team were Dorothy Mullin, Henry Bobek, David Behr, Marjorie Freeman and Hugo Wuelfing. Pauline Smith was elected president of the Tech Library Club at a recent meeting. Other officers are Mary Barry, vice-president; Mariam Schultz, secretary; Ruth Simpson, historian. Miss Lidamae Duke presided at the election. New officers elected by the Girls’ Glee Club are Elizabeth Colburn, president; Charlotte Casey, vicepresident; Portia Pittenger, secretary; Elizabeth Akin, treasurer; Paxine St. Helens, attorney-general; Kathryn Moreland, wardrobe mistress; Harriet Haworth, hostess, and Sara Moore, historian. Committee chairmen for the Glee Club announced by the president, include Miriam Schurman, welfare chairman; Louise Welsh, program chairman; Maxine Mertz, new members chairman; Ruth Garver, librarian; Majorie Lawson, matron, and Lora Kysar, social chairman. ARRANGE SPELLING BEE Penny Supper to Precede Contest at Evans School Feb. 21. An old-fashioned spelling-bee will be held at William H. Evans school No. 2 tonight, Feb. 21, under auspices of Center Township Par-ent-Teacher Association. Mrs- George Linville will be chairman, in charge of a penny supper to precede the contest. TANARUS,

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Members of the Shortridge high school music department will give a minstrel show tonight, Five boys will present a “Moran and Mack” act. They are. left to right, Ray Rettener, Robert Heckman, Vernon Hulett, Walter Edwards and Philip King.

Cathedral Music Groups to Give Annual Concert

Orchestra, Band, Glee Club Rehearsing for Event Wednesday. Musical organizations of Cathedral high school will give their annual corf art in the high school auditorium. Fourteenth and Meridian streets, at 8 p. m. Wednesday. Ensemble rehearsals have been held for several weeks under direction of Brothers Edwin and Fintan. Organizations taking part will include the school orchestra and band of seventy members each, and the glee club, of forty members. A program of three parts will be given, first, by the orchestra, second, by the glee club, and third, the band. Mrs. Joseph Argus will accompany the orchestra. Instrumental soloists for the orchestra will include Joseph Argus, Emil Mertz, John Murphy and Willard Bates. The glee club will be heard in six numbers, featuring “Old Pals are the Best Pals” with Leo Lauber, soloist. Ten numbers are announced by the band. Joseph Swallow will give a vocal solo and Joseph Argus will play “Old Time Favorites.” Band members will be presented with band monograms following the program.

vision are taught to read books of large type and instructed in other subjects by special methods. The class made up of pupils from all parts of the city, meets in a special classroom, where glares are diminished by unfinished woodwork, fiat painted walls and other improvements. Texts used by pupils are printed in large, bold-face type on buff paper. Since hand-writing is harmful to eyesight, pupils are taught to use typewriters. “We do not segregate pupils,” said Miss Josephine O’Brien, “they are allowed to take subjects that require little eye-strain.” These subjects include geography, history, civics and music. An important part of sight conservation work is teaching hygiene. “Doctors pass on all who enter the class and we keep in constant touch with medical authorities concerning pupils,” Miss O’Brien said. Movable desks in the classroom allow pupils to move nearer blackboards to suit vision.

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ORCHESTRA TO PLAY Shortridge Pupil Member of National Group. Indianapolis will be represented in the national high school orchestra on its eastern trip this year by William Breunig, Shortridge pupil son of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Breunig, 1818 North Talbott street. The orchestra comprises 300 musicians from United States high schools, selected by competitive tests. Breunig is first cellist in the Shortridge orchestra. Starting its tour with a concert at the National Education Assoc ation convention in Atlantic City Sunday, the national troupe will tour the east, playing at New York, Philadelphia and V/ashington. They also will broadcast programs over radio system CBS at 8 p. m. Sunday and over system NBC at 1 p. m. Feb. 27 and 10 a. m. Feb. 28.

R. 0. T. C. News

A system of individual inception has been installed by the Tech R. O. T. C. unit. “Challengers,” neatest appearing cadets, are chosen each week. For this week they are Raymond Miller, Orvin Moore, Frederick Lantz, Oliver Lewis, Gv/yn Barnett, Carl Schubert. Will Guthrie, Charles Reed and Hubert Rethmur. The Tech rifie team defeated Manual’s team at the Fifth corps area rifle match. Tech’s aggregate score was 7,003 and Manual’s was 6,679. Manual won the match in 1929. Norbert Crouse won the weekly inspection in the Washington high school unit. Individual awards to Manual cadets for proficiency in the Fifth corps rifle match have been given Ralph Caplinger, Louis Krieger, Kenneth Campbell, Phyl Eoeldt, Charles Ayres, Thomas Everman, Melvin Henselmeier and John Wood. Officers of Shortridge R O. T. C. will serve as ushers for a minstrel entertainment at the school soon. New members added to the Crispus Attucks unit include Albert Meyers, Sylvester Lenting, Julian Butts and Pinyear Bennett. Promotions in the unit announced are Julian Butts and Harry Petrie, to rank of cadet sergeant, and Raymond Hayes, to cadet corporal.

FEB. 21, 1930

MORE CHILDREN STAY IN SCHOOL REFORT SHOWS f , Number of Work Permits Issued Show Slight Increase. Number of children dropping out of school to work has been reduced to a minimum in Indianapolis, according to report of William A. Hacker, social service director of city schools. Parents are becoming enlightened to benefits of education, making enforcement of the compulsory education law easier each year, Hacker said. Working permits are issuer to Indianapolis pupils by the social service department. j Small Increase From September to February, 1928-1929, the report shows 131 permits were granted as compared with 143 for same period in 19291930. These were issued to children, 14 to 16. Pupils of more than 16 received about 100 more permits in the same period. Permits are given in two classes. Pupils less than 16 must be assured work before permits are granted, while pupils beyond the compulsory school age limit may get permits and find a job afterwards. “Financial necessity is the basis on which permits are issued,” Hacker said. “We investigate the child’s home conditions and, if It is possible to keep him in school, we do it.” Many Stay Most parents want children to sta "hool, he said. Thv. ' service department by means ’arship funds often helps to adju;,v ~nild to school, and . makes it possible for many children to continue studies. Elementary and high school populations of Indianapolis have grown rapidly during the last nine years. The high school enrollment has experienced a 117.6 per cent increase in nine years, while an increase cf 20.6 per cent is evident in . grade school figures. *

HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS FORM LITERARY CLUB Study of Shakespeare’s Works Is Object of Organization. Founding of the Stratfo-rd Literary Club at Technical high school to sponsor study of Shakespeare's life and works was announced today. Joe Tomes was elected president , and will be assisted by Marjorie Watkins, vice-president, and Miriam Schurman, secretary. Miss Mabel Goddard, English department head, was named honorary sponsor for the club, and Miss • Helen Thornton, active sponsor. Ben Johnson’s comment on the great dramatist wil be the club motto, “He was not of an age, but for all time.” The play, “Twlefth Night,” will be discussed at the club's next meeting. 14 ARE"MADE THESPIANS Additions to Drama Fraternity at Butler Announced. Thespis, Butler university dramatic fraternity, announces addition of fourteen new members. They are Irene Mcßane, Fortvillc; Maude Perry, Louisville; John Sasse, Newark, N. J.; Howard Chadd, Bainbridge; Julius Randall, Ft. Benjamin Harrison; Gene Barnett, Lebanon: Ward Barrick, Tiffin, O.; Ralph Mecum, Quincy, 111.; Truth Wakeman, Mooresville; Meredyth Menefee, New Ross; Eugen® Buchanan, Lebanon; Robert Halbert, Sylvania, 0., and Ann Foster, Indianapolis.