Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 250, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 February 1931 — Page 8
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PROBLEMS OF CITY SCHOOLS ARE CONSIDERED Superintendent’s Proposals Being Investigated by Committee. Proposals of C. Stetson, superintendent of schools, for betterment of the Indianapolis school system are being considered by committees of principals and directors announced this week. Fifteen major school problems arc being studied toward instituting changes in various phases of school administration and procedure. Investigation into the annoyance and unrest occurring in connection 'vith the transferring of pupils from one school to another is being made. Other suggestions offered by Stetson include proposals for a change in the present salary schedule for prlnicpals, a plan for securing substitute teachers most satisfactory to principals, the forming of a well rained group of assistant principals and appointment of one assistant pmicipal for all buildings with more han 500 pupils. Cost of Books Investigated Morning exercises in schools, vhlch are said to determine the morale of the school, also are being considered, and the cost of textbooks to patrons with a thorough study into a rental plan of textbooks now in use in Gary and.) chools also is scheduled. Committees who will report when hey have completed their work are: Transfer of Pupils and Boundary Lines A i. H l ck^ r ,- chairman: Prank Beholds, -lary E Buckley. Harriet Kelley. Louise Bonar. Jeanette Knowles. W. A. Thomas. Moudy, Dorothy Wenner and Jessie Uis&ell. Salaries of Principals—Cecelia Gavin, JR- E ; Baugh. Grace Black, Elizabeth Wlt,t. Nellie Chapman. Maudg Price and Verena Denzler. Substitute Teachers Grace Granger, ••halrman: E. J. Black, Jane Gravaon, OltveFur.k. J. L. Dunn. Ivory Johnson. Clio Kurtz. May Hubbard and Lola Eller. Supervision—Flora E. Darke, chairman; Henrietta Waters. Geraldine Eppert. Ruby Eee. L. E. Hall. C. E. Sunthlmer. Mary Connor and Lena Swope. Training of Principals—Elizabeth Klrbv. chairman: Elizabeth O’Mara. Ella *Pedlow. W. E. Grubbs. Martha Plch. Hazel Hendricks. Grace Klmbcr. Dorothy Pennington and Pay Banta. Beginning Teachers Clara Nleman, teacher director, chairman: Mabel Schmidt. Matthias Nolcox. Laura Hanna. Eva Wiles, luldah Kern. Vivian Marburv and Floro Torrence. Special Subjects lart. music, home economics. manual training, etc.)—Harry E. Wood, chairman; Ida Langerwlsch. Lucv Montgomery, Florence Pitch. Lorle Krull, Mildred Weld. P. W. Summer. Visual Education—H. G. Knight, chairman: Elizabeth Klrbv. Helen Loeper, Carrie Francis and Elizabeth Scott. Report Cards—Mary S. Rav. chairman; Oortnne Rlelag. E. W r . Diggs. Charlotte Carter and Edith Hall. Research Herbst, Henrietta W'aters. Grace Ktmber, Dorothy Pennington, Verena Denzer and Edith Hall. Textbooks—Nell V. Green, chairman: H. M. Rllev. Wanda Johnson. Gertrude Thatcher. Mary E. Morgan end Adelaide McCarty. Curriculum Reorganizations—Ann Reader. chairman; Mary McGee. John Thornburgh. Julian Coleman, i.dda Wyrlck, Georgia Lacev. Marv MacArdle. Jeanette Cary. Ida Helphlnstlne ard Belle Ramey. Teacher's Library—Kate Dlnsmoor, chairman: Ruth Leeav, Frances Newton, Rosa Jones. Anna P. Bedford. Anna Torrence and Gertrude Buscher. Instructional Materials Miss Ramey, chairman; Mary Cable. Adda Wyrlck. Elizabeth Witt. Mabel Keller. Floro Torrence and Harry E. Wood. OPEN HOUSE PLANNED C OR TOURNEY VISITORS Parent-Teacher Group of Nora School Arranges Entertainment. Open house will be held Saturday by the Nora Parent-Teacher Association at Nora school for all persons attending the Pike-Wash-ington basketb?!’ tournament there. An especially planned menu will be served the eighty visiting players and coaches at noon, Mrs. Scott R. Brewer, general chairman, has announced. Playing schedule of teams for the day follows: John Strlnge and Crooked Creek, at 8:30 a. m.: No. 13 and Old Augusta, at 8:30 a. m.; New Augusta and Nora, at 10:30: No. 4 and Snacs. at 2 p. m. Winners will play at 3, and 4 p. m. with the finals at 8:15 p. m. DRAMATICS NIGHT TO BE HELD AT RIPPLE Four Short Plays Will Be Staged by High School Pupils. Annual night of dramatics will be held at Broad Ripple high school March 13 when four short plays will be staged by pupils. The plays, “Nevertheless,” “Unseen,” “Sauce of the Goslings.” and a “Proposal Under Difficulties.” will be staged under auspices of the English department. They will be directed by Misses Flora Snyder, Ruth Carter, Flora Will and Albert J. Kettler. teachers of English.
CHILDREN'S BOOKS
To Japan and Portugal, to Arabia and the land of the Indians, and back again to Indianapolis, that is how one travels in the modern books for children at the public library. Many of the new books, brightly illustrated, tell about the everyday life and customs of children in far-away lands. Clip this list of popular new stories. All any child needs to get any of these books listed by the public library is a library card. NOAH'S GRANDCHILDREN.” by Julier C. Chevalier. Two children live on the alone* of the Caucasus mountains in a .ouse built on stilts. Older children enjoy this storv of foreign life, customs, festials and household duties. the cat who went to heaven. i3V Elirabeth Ooatsworth. A delightful ;torv of a little spotted cat who brought :ood luck to the house of a lonely young rtlst In Japan. THE EAGLES' NEST.' by Iris Barringon. The exciting story of two Navajo Indian bovs who took their sheep to pasture. had many adventures with wild anir.ais. and finally found the eagle's nest, rhe author is principal of the Indian ohool in Albuaueraue. N. M. The story is veU written and gives an authentic plc--ure of the country and of the Indian life and customs. "SPICE AND THE DEVIL S CA*E.' by Agne* D. Hewes. Lisbon in the days when nation* were striving to find the sea route •o the East, is the scene of this interesting and well-written storv. "DRAGON FLY OF ZCNI.” by Alida S. ifalkus. A romantic tale of a beautiful 3unl maiden and a Pueblo brave. The eus•oras of the Zunl Indians are skillfully woven into the story. The making of pottery is told especially well. •‘AWISHA'S CARPET.” by Dahrls Martin. A charming and delicately humorous story of a little Arab girl who is very much ally* and la Interested in everything. When eh* learns to weave her first rug. her enthusiasm is unbounded. Sleeping compartments, fitted with proper bedsteads, running hot and cold water, steam radiators, folding trouser-hangers, and a temperature regulator, are now used on English railroads.
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SCHOOL OF AIR | PROCRAM GIVEN Life of Noted Woman to Be Dramatized. Dramatization of an outstanding literary work and historical episodes in the life of a great American, together with symphonic music and a vocational guidance talk, will feature the American school of the air program* presented to the schools of the nation during the forthcoming week. The programs will be broadcast each day at 1:30 p. m. by WFBM and a coast to coast network of the Columbia broadcasting system. In the dramatization of “Clara Barton” on Monday, March 2, children in the primary grades will hear the story of a woman whose work made an impression on American history more far-reaching than that made by most statesmen, warriors and diplomats. During the Civil war, Clara Barton won the title of “The Angel of the Battlefield.” Tuesday, March 3, a program on : string instruments, designed espe- | dally for the intermediate grades, | will be broadcast, i Dramatization of Lew Wallace’s immortal story, “Ben-Hur,” will be ; broadcast to school children in the upper grades Wednesday, March 4. The current events and vocational guidance program on Friday, .March 6, will see a speaker yet to be selected discuss “Merchandising as a Career.” OFFICERS ARE CHOSEN Technical High Home Economics Club Elects Chiefs. The Technical high school Home Economics Club recently elected Kathryn Gish, president; Dorothy Bush, vice-president: Hannah Gill, secretary, and Annabel Gish, treasurer, to serve for the coming semester. Organized in 1918 as the Ellen H. Richards Club, the club was discontinued and reorganized in 1924 as the Tech Home Economics Club. Committees will be appointed at the next meeting.
COUNTY BOY WINS
NATIONAL CONTEST
Warren Central High School , Senior Has Perfect Score. William Rodkey, Warren Central high school senior, won first place In a national current event contest conducted by Quill and Scroll, in- , ternational honorary journalistic \ organization for high school pupils. The test consisted of answering j twenty-five questions on current I events. It is estimated that 10,000 | high school pupils, from practically ! every state in the Union, partici- ' pated in the contest. In commenting on the contest the Quill and Scroll magazine says: ‘‘The winner of the current news contest, William Rodkey of Warren I Central high school, Marion county, | answered all* questions correctly. ; Four or five others had nearly peri feet scores. The questions concern- [ ing politics and congress proved the i undoing of most contestants.” Other winning high schools were: Roosevelt high school, Des Moines, lowa, second place; Senior high | school, Ashland, Ky., third; Ca- | tliedral high school, Sioux Palls, ; S. D., fourth: St. Paul’s school, Norwalk, 0., fifth; Shelbyville high I school, Shelbyville, Ind., sixth;
Beginning Friday, Feb. 27th ANTLERS “TOWNE CLUB” WILL BE OPEN EVERY WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHTS From 9 P. M. Until ? ? ? ? DINE .- - DANCE a ffiy/' * CHIC MYERS ASL ( Recording Orchestra LI '/O'iTf r floor show’ a COME UP -mk < k\ 11| hi i Eddy Sawyer— Myrna f# l r rn YflSri Celete—Bobby Stevens— f! o I /|\ Ei W' .* T Tonne Club Girls. / /I \/ 1 \ i\a * ’j' Convert Charge (■ j'/kf&vJV t r Wed.. 50c; Fri., 75c; Sat., $1; San., 75c Tu \r* HOTEL ANTLERS R. I. GRIFFITH, Manager
We’re seniors but we are not "high hat,” say these officers of the Washington Club, senior girls’ organization of Washington high school. The club is most active in helping other pupils and supporting of functions for progress of the school. The officers, left to right, are: Dorothy Schwab, secretary; Pauline Townsend, vice-president, and Nell Hollingsworth, president. Margaret Kersey, treasurer, is absent from picture. SCHOOL BEAUTY AWARDS GIVEN Attica. Falmouth Win in Their Classes. B.y Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Feb. 25. The 1930 beautification of schools contest winners were announced today by Mrs. Edna Hatfield Edmondson of the Indiana university extension division. The university conducts this contest each year with the co-operation of the Indiana Parent-Teacher Association and the Federation of Art Clubs. Winners are: City and town group, first place, Attica; second place, the Campbell school of Evansville; third place, the Delilah Miller (second ward) school of Greencastle; rural consolidated group: First place. Fairview township school at Falmouth. Fayette county; second place. Warren township school near South Bend, and third place, the Springfield township school, near Michigan City. All Indiana schools participated with the exception of those employing the services of a professional landscape gardener. Mrs. Edmondson explained here today that all schools enrolling in the 1930 contest were not able to complete the requirements to qualify in the contest on account of the drought. The contest will be conducted again this year. Points considered by the judging committee were: Participation of the community, teachers, school children, school board and school officials; planting plan, use of native trees, use of devices other than planting, and utilization of special natural features of the grounds as they were before planting.
South high school, Minneapolis, Minn., seventh; Beaver county high school, Dillon, Mont., eighth; Tucson high school, Tucson, Ariz., ninth, and Myderse academy, Seneca Falls, N. Y., tenth. Rodkey was president of his class his junior year. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Randcf ii Rodkey. SCHOOL~ CLUBS ELECT Minute Men of Washington High Make Roy Alien President. Roy Allen recently was elected president of the Minute Men, boys’ organization of Washington high school. Other officers are: Casper Cox, vice-president; Sherrill Richey, secretary, and Karl Stevens, treasurer. The Washington Lalin Club announces the following new officers: Eunice Vestal, president; Rufus Wheeler, vice-president; Virginia Miller, secretary", and Virginia Roth, treasurer.
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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
BOY DEBATERS NAME OFFICERS Tearfis for Annual ‘Argue’ Tourney Are Selected. BY JAMES ORR Boys’ Debating League of Shortridge high school recently elected officers and selected teams for the debating tournament held by the league each semester. Teams selected by the league and their position in the tournament are as follows: * * First debate: Halston Johnston and Henry Marks, affirmative: Arthur Sachs and Julien Kiser, negative. Second debate: John Eubank and Raymond Goodman, affirmative; William Cooling and Gordon Cohn, negative. Third debate: Robert Marks and Jerome Bickman. affirmative; Franklin Seidensticker and William Koehne. negative: and the last debate, Byron WeU and James Johnston, affirmative; Frank Fehsenfeld and William Hendricks. negative. The first three debates In the league will be held on the auestion, “Resolved, That the five-day week will be adopted by all American industries.” The Girls’ Debating League is debating the question, “Resolved, That the United States should cancel all financial obligations due from the governments of the allies on account of the World war.” New officers are: Jeanne Helt, president; Agnes Hinkle, rice-presi-dent; Margaret Anne Clippinger, secretary, and Mary Vance Trent and Betty Kalleen, business managers. Arsenal Nature Club Elects Samuel Cox is new president of the Nature Study Club at Arsenal Technical high school. Other officers are: Vice-president, Ruth White, * and secretary-treasurer, Dorothy Kellar,
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ANNUAL SCHOOL I LATIN CONTEST I IS ANNOUNCED Mrs. Helen Mercer, Ben Davis, Is Marion County Chairman. Mrs. Helen Mercer of Ben Davis high school has been appointed Marion county chairman for the eighth annual state high school Latin contest, which is conducted by the Indiana university extension division and the classical section of the Indiana State Teachers’ Association Approximately 15,000 high school pupils of Indiana took part in the contest last year. Mrs. Adele K. Bittner of the Indiana university extension division, is in charge of the contest. County contests in Latin will be held Feb. 28; the district contests, March 21, and the state contest, April 3, at Indiana university. The state contest at Bloomington will be held in connection with the meeting of the Classical Associa- . tion of the Middle West and South, ; thus giving the Indiana teachers | an opportunity of sharing in the ■ program and of meeting the leading scholars in "the classical field. The contest this year has been divided into four divisions as follows: 18, open to all pupils who complete first year Latin at the end of the second semester of this school year; 11, open to all pupils who complete second year Latin at the end of either semester; 111, | open to pupils who complete Cicero i at the end of either semester, and IV, open to all pupils who complete Vergil at the end of either semester. A gold, a silver and a bronze medal will be awarded to the contestants ranking first, second and third in each division in the state contest. Questions have been prepared this year by teachers of Shortridge high school under the personal direction of Miss Josephine Lee, state chairman. QUARTETS IN PROGRAM Pupils of School 60 Are Entertained by Shortridge Singers. Pupils of School 60, Pennsylvania and Thirty-third streets, were entertained recently by the Shortridge high school double quartet, under direction of Mrs. Laura C. Moag. Members of the quartet who appeared in the program were James Reed, David Dutliie, Julien Kennedy, Gino Ratti, Betty Humphries, Sue Osier, Mary Gayer and Katherine Fife. R. 0. T. C. TO GIVE SHOW Crispins *ttucks Unit Will Give Minstrel to Buy Equipment. Reserve officers training unit of Crispus Attucks high school will give a benefit minstrel early in March to provide funds for equipping the unit and school band. Plans are under direction of the officers’ club. Kenneth Vance is the most recent officer elected to this club.
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Musician Buried By Times Special FRANKLIN, Ind., Feb. 26. Funeral services were held here today for Roy Mullendore, former Franklin resident, and widley known as a musician, who died at Columbus, Ga., after a brief illness. He leaves two daughters, Miss Margaret Mullendore, Anderson school teacher, and Mrs. Erie Wright, Detroit, and a sister, Mrs. A. D. Harb of Franklin.
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FEB. 26, 1931
DEBATING TEAM • IS ORGANIZED / Jewish Fraternity Group Names Engle Head. Butler university chapter of Avukah, national Jewish fraternity, has organized a debating team which will begin its activities on March 9. Lester Engle is chairman of the squad, which consists of eight members. The first debate will be: “Resolved, That the governmental principles of Premier Mussolini are sound.” The affirmative team will consist of Alfred Hollander, Max Klesmer, Harry Alpert and Harold Horwitz. They will be opposed by Engle, David Bernstein. Milton Singer and Alex Levin. The squad is under the supervision of Rabbi Milton Steinberg and Daniel Harrison.