Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 297, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 April 1931 — Page 9

APRIL 22, 1931.

FOUR SCHOOLS IN FINALS OF RADItKONTEST Shortridge Actors Will Be on WFBM on Saturday at 3 o’clock. Shortridge, Wiley of Terre Haute, Elkhart and Anderson high schools actors proved their supremacy over rivals in the four-district contest of the first radio drama contest held last week. Saturday they will meet in the finals to be broadcast over Station WFBM. Each cast of actors will present a one-act play, adapted for broadcast purposes, the winner being chosen by three judges at each contest. In the final contest, according to J. A. McGee of Purdue university, chairman of committee sponsoring the contest, the choice of radio listeners also will be given consideration. In programs over WFBM Saturday, Wiley will broadcast at 2, Shortridge at 3, Elkhart at 8 and Anderson at 8:30 p. m. Members of the Shortridge High School Drama League will present The Forfeit,” under direction of Flora Love of the Shortridge faculty. Cast of the one-act play is composed of Richard Hoover, Anne DeCroes, Donald Arnold, Esther Steup and Harry Thomas. The contest and a similar one for college actors is being sponsored by Indiana Association of Teachers of Speech. According to McGee, an effort will be made next year to conduct a nation-wide broadcast of contest plays.

EDUCATION CHIEF IS FEDERATION SPEAKER Public School Teachers Meet to Hear W. A. Sutton, Indianapolis public school teachers met at Caleb Mills hall, Shortridge, at 3:30 p. m. Tuesday, to hear an address by William A. Sutton, president of the National Education Association and superintendent of schools at Atlanta, Ga. A tea, given by the local teachers’ federation, was served in Shortridge cafeteria immediately following Sutton’s address. MTs. Florence C. Porter of the Shortridge department of home economics was in charge of arrangements. DEBATERS MEET DEFEAT Shortridge Team Loses to Louisville on Insurance Topic. Shortridge high school debating team was defeated by Louisville Male high school at Louisville, Ky., Tuesday night on the question of compulsory unemployment .insur--9.HC6. Shortridge team defending' compulsory unemployment insurance was composed of James Funkhouser, captain: James Orr, Warren Shearer and Cleo Shullenberger. BACK HEALTH ROUNDUP Pupils Entering County Schools Will Be Examined in May. Physical examination of all pupils entering Marion county schools next fall will begin the first week in May under direction of nurses of the county board of health. Several townships who have not participated in the past, will cooperate this year in the health roundup sponsored by the ParentTeacher council.

Technical Notes

BY FRANCIS NIPP Technical Correspondent On the second Arsenal Technical high school honor roll of the semester, U 49 pupils are listed. Sylvia Lichtenberg, a junidr, leads with sixteen and one-half honor points. William Stevenson and Barbara Kirkham tie for second place with fifteen points each. Pupils with straight A-plus cards are * Wayne Cole. Marjorie De Vore. Alva May MitcheU. Margaret Sandstrom. Blanche Schoenefcer. Georg? Yount. Settle Belk. Mariesue Elsenhut. Eleanor Eldrlds*. Sidney Fenstermaker. Charles McLaren. Ralph Ross, Robert. Schmitt. Savo Stoshltch. James All. Lewis Bose. Martha CasseU. Fred Cox. Miilicent Cummings. Edith De Hart, Mary M. Endsley. Lois Henderson. Norma Holtman. Dorothy Johnson. Gustav Kippel. Sylvia Lichtenberg. Frank Noffke. John Nutter. Marion Phipps. Elizabeth Russell. William Stevenson. Evelyn Vcnitz and Mary Weaver. Pupils making 15% points are: Lucy V. Daily and Frances Esther. Fourteen points: Pauline Blackburn, Kcthryn Borman. John Atkinson. Charles Fisher. Phillip Jeffries. Robert Lunsford, Janet Rhodes and Jack Shrader. Advertising for the senior play, “A Tailor-Made Man,” to be given May 1 at the Tech auditorium, is part of the class work of the second and sixth hour advertising classes of the school. Sara C. Ewing acts as sponsor. Classes are organized as follows: Second Hour Officers —Theodore Jones, advertising manager; Orvin Moore, assistant advertising manager; Bernice Markus, secretary: Lula Mason, business manager: Frank Blackburn, dirplay manager; Allen Sutphin, art manager, and Marjorie Welsh, copy manager. Sixth Hour Officers—June Blythe, advertising manager; Theodore Freeman, assistant advertising manager; Ometa Thrasher, secretary. L Mar Smith, business manager: Wilbur Kramer, display manager; Eloise Riley, art manager, end Joe Faucett, copy manager.

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SA Graduates of School 3

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Jacqueline Trexier

Juanita Cullom

Richard Gilliland

Gilbert Kobbint

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Jeannette Craig

Edward Sehoek

Lloyd Curran

ASK SAFETY ESSAYS National Campaign Winners to Receive Prizes. Particulars of the tenth national campaign for street and highway safety sponsored by the highway education board in Washington, D. C., have been sent to all principals of grade schools. One of the medal winners last year was Ted Etherington of Center township school 2. Whether or not Indiana will share honors this year will depend on the quality of essays submitted by May 15 to principals of the schools. First prize will be a trip to Washington with all expenses paid. At Washington, the winner will be presented with a gold watch. Second and third prizes will consist of gold watches awarded at the home school. Awards will also be given for the best papers in Indiana. ACCIDENT PREVENTION TALKS WILL BE MADE Lieut. Frank Owen to Speak Before Seven Pupil Gatherings. Talks on traffic safety will be continued for the balance of the week by Lieutenant Frank Owen, head of the police accident bureau, and his assistant, patrolman Timothy McMahon. Schools to be visited Thursday are: School 35 at 8:30 a. m., School 31, 9130, and School 25 at 10:30 a. m. Schedule for Friday includes School 27, 9 a. m.: School 29, 10 a. m.; School 45, 11 a. m., and School 32. at 1:30 p. m. Visits and inspections being made this week are among those made at all schools this semester. Eight thousand pupils heard the two officers last week.

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

Parents often come to the public library in search of books with big print, lots of illustrations, and of ’interest to little folk. Some quaint story books, just beyond the picture book stage, that appeal to younger children are: "BIG FEILOW AT WORK” (by Dorothy Baruch). A yell-written story of the great steam shovel. Big Fellow; how he builds the dam, the tunnel, and the garage. •■JUST HORSES'* (by Baroness Katrina von Dombrowski). Eighteen full-page pictures of horses with descriptions opposite which are very interesting. "WANDA AND GRETA AT BROBY FARM” (by Amy Palm). An entertaining story of events on a Swedish farm with real people and good atmosphere. Many illustrations. "BEPPO THE DONKEY” (by Rhea Wei’s). A story of a Sicilian small boy and his dorskav. The donkey was a very distinguished donkey. He had the gayest harness and cart in the whole village. "LITTLE ELEPHANT” (by Hamilton Williamson). A picture book of a Jungle b3by elephant and of how his mother taught him the important things about jungle life. The first lesson was on "MICE.” All these story-books are on the shelves of the children's room at the public library and free for any child to borrow and read. Family of April Birthday* Bt/ Times Special MONTICELLO. Ind.. April 22. The Pherson family here is an April family. The birthdays of the mother, two children, Ivan and Vena, and cf a son-in-law, Don Hughes, occur this month.

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Two Plays to Be Given at City School

Two one-act plays, sponsored by the Parent-Teacher Association, will be given in Washington high school auditorium at 8 Friday night under direction of Miss Elizabeth J. Lane, instructor in English, and Mrs. Helen Schaaf, school nurse. Proceeds will be used in welfare work in Washington high school. The following are in the cast of “Mis’ Mercy”: Jim Petem. Robert Lemen. Henry Kreutzlnger. Janet Baumhopsr and Josephine Haebing. In “The Ghost Story” are: John Wilson, Mary Ann Duke. Georgia Wetherford. Helen Muterspaugh. Josephine Kennedy. oneta Franklin. Thomas Castleman. Earl Hoff. George Van Blarlcum and Doris Meyer.

AIR PROGRAM IS SET WFBM Broadcast to Feature Oriental, Spanish Airs. Oriental and Spanish music will make up Thursday’s program of the American School of the Air to be broadcast at 1:30 p. m. over WFBM and the Columbia broadcasting system. Opening number will be Beethoven’s “Turkish March” taken from incidental music to “The Ruir: of Athens.” This will be followed by the “Indian Ballet” from the opera “Lalune,” by Delibes, a French composer who lias displayed great ingenuity in depicting the oriental atmosphere in music. Other compositions by European writers to be heard will be “Persian March,” by Strauss, the waltz king; “Hymn to the Sun,” by the Russian composer, Rimskv-Korsa-koff; “Las Golondrineas,” by Serradell, and two selections from the opera, “Carmen,” by Bizet. PLAN SPRING TERM Butler Will Offer Special Course tc Teachers. Butler Teachers’ university offers a six weeks’ spring term to begin May 4 to Indiana Teachers who need additional credits for renewal and conversion of elementary licenses. Arrangements have been made by the college of education. A staff of twelve was recently selected and, as announced by Dean Richardson, will assume positions at the beginning of the new term. Instructors chosen are: Elizabeth Bettcehr. Ruth Benedict. Elizabeth Downhour. Anne Fern. Elizabeth Hall. Faye Henley. Hazel Herman. Maria W. Hyde. Fay Marshall. Dr. James Peeling. Dean Richardson and Dr. Irwin T. Schultz. Boy Hero Honored By United Press HUNTINGTON, Ind., April 22. The Ralston Purino Hero commission of St. Louis, Mo., has awarded Wilbur Thompson, local high school pupil, a gold medal for saving the life of a companion several months ago. Thompson pulled Heber Schnitz from Little river, near here, last winter. Aged Resident Dies By Time* Special JOLIETVTLLE, Ind., April 21. William Thomas, 68, died at his home here after a long illness. The widow, and a daughter Lena, a teacher in the Westfield schools, survive.

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Richard Barker

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249 SCHOOLS IN STATECONTEST Commercial Event Will Be Held at Muncie. By Times Special MUNCIE, Ind., April 22.—Tenth annual state high school commercial contest will be held at Ball State Teachers’ college, FridayMore than 10,000 pupils were reached by drill material sent out prior to district contests held last Saturday. “The fact that ten more schools entered the contest this year than last year is encouraging to teachers all over the state who are working to improve results in the classroom,” declared Professor M. E. Studebaker, head of the commerce department and originator of the contest. Two hundred and forty-nine high schools entered this year. Contest has been divided into three divisions —bookkeeping, shorthand and typewriting. Pupils are not limited to the number of divisions that they may enter, but they must compete in their own classes.

Children’s Museum

“Early Life in Indiana” will be the subject of Arthur B. Carr’s class discussion at 9:30 a. m. Saturday in the Children’s Museum auditorium. At 10:30 a. m. Mrs. Howard S. Mettel will speak on Yucatan. She will illustrate her talk with stereopticon slides. Mrs. Mettel went with an archeological party which spent several weeks making excavations in Y ucatan. School children are invited to these free programs. Keen interest is being shown by many of thee schools competing for places on the junior board of directors of the museum. The campaign closes May 6. Kiwards Club members have paid for a junior membership for every child in the Indianapolis Orphans’ home. Last year all pupils at the orphanage visited the museum through courtesy of the Kiwanis. Through permission of the Indianapolis Real Estate Board, prizewinning house models made for the Home Show contest will be displayed at the museum for a monthCHORUS, ORCHESTRA WILL GIVE PROGRAM ‘Legend of Sleepy Hollow* to Be Held at School 73. “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” will be presented by the junior chorus of the Sutherland School of Music and the Lora Lackey orchestra at School 73 Friday night. Two sketches will be given by Lora Frances Lackey and C. Norman Green of the Sutherland Drama school. Mildred Clark, soprano soloist, will assist. Lora L. Lackey will direct the musical and dramatic program.

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DRILL OFFICERS ARE NAMED IN HIGHJCHOOLS R. 0. T. C. Appointments During Year Announced by Corps Head. In 1919, local schools began to make use of government supervision of military drill. Today I£so high school pupils are enrolled in the Reserve Officers Training Corps. Promotions and appointments to date from Jan. 27, 1931, as announced by Major Thomas E. Cathro are: Arsenal Technical High School—Lieu-tenant-Colonel Robert Moore. Major Clifford Reno. Captains Byron Padgett, Jim Munro. and Savo Stoshitch. First Lieutenants Edwin Bowers. Loy Baxter. Robert Halstead, Edgar Baum, and Max Wells. Second Lieutenants William Manning. Howard Bissell, Francis Raub, Maurice Ireland. John Shlmer and Charles Reed. Emmerich Manual Training High School —Captains William Uhl and William Faust. First Lieutenants Raymond Ader, Kenneth Jarvis, and John Schunnan. Second Lieutenants Donald Moore. William Doherty and James Kelso. George Washington High School—Captains Clarence Nellsen. and Charles Urban. First Lieutenants Robert Jacobs and Calvin Wantland, Second Lieutenants Robert Wade, Louis Fullen, Robert Hedge. Casper Cox and John Fidger. Crispus Attucks High School—Captains David Clark. Martin Ridley, and Bernard White. First William Bundle, Daniel Strong and Arnold Maloney. Second Lieutenants Clarence Lucas. Herman Gordy. Me2vin Harding and James Brown.

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WARREN HIGH SCHOOL TO GIVE PEACE PLAY Class Will Be Aided by Speaker in League Portrayal. Warren high school government class will give a play entitled “The League of Nations” on April 29. With the aid of a special speaker from New York City, actual procedure of the league’s assembly work will be portrayed. Disarmament and world peace, two very predominant problems confronting world progress, will probably form the main discussion.

Tomorrow at 2 P. M. Lincoln Hotel Travertine Room i V. E. Meadows and Jacqueline Logan V. E. MEADOWS ‘ Internationally Famous Beauty Authority Commences His Series of 4 Lectures on Cosmetic Styling In Which Will Be Revealed —the undeniable charm of the make-up that doesn’t show. —how to put on Powder so that it stays on all day without repowdering. —how to select the right color powder for your type. —how to shape your face with rouge. —how to bring out the beauty of your eyes. —how to match your neck with your face. —and other points in the Finer technique of make-up. All are invited to attend these FREE LECTURES Lincoln Hotel Travertine Room April 23, 24 and 25 2 o’Clock Every Afternoon—Friday Evening at 8 o’Clock The Indianapolis Times Beauty School

900 TO GRADUATE IN COUNTY SCHOOLS

Class Day Programs Replace Formal Commencement in Grades. Class day programs will replace formal commencement exercises in all Marion county grade schools cutside Indianapolis. More than 900 pupils will be graduated from these schools from the eighth grade. They will be given certificate showing completion of eighth-grade studies. Marion county high schools outside Indianapolis have made plans for elaborate commencement day exercises preceding presentation of diplomas at the high schools. Dr. Willis A. Sutton, superintendent of schools in Atlanta, Ga., will speak at the Southport commencement. Sutton is president of the Education Society. The Rev. E. R. Francis, pastor of First Baptist church of Terre Haute, will make the address at West Newton. Other speakers are being arranged. All schools will begin commencement program at 8 p. m. High schools and dates of commencement exercises are: Oaklandon, April 29; Castleton, April 30; Acton and New Bethel at Acton, April 30; Valley Mills and West Baden at West Newton, May 1; New Augusta, May 4; Lawrence, May 5; Ben Davis, May 7; Southport, May 23, and Warren Central high school, May 29. Fred T. Gladden, Marion county superintendent of schools, will present displomas. ORATORS WILL COMPETE Shortridge Senior Contestant in State Finals at Gary. Curtis Plopper, Shortridge senior, will compete at Gary Friday in state finals o ft he Constitution oratorical contest sponsored by the state bar association. Charles Feibleman, Shortridge junior, will represent District 7 in the state discussion at Indiana university Friday.

Music Festival Marion county townships will participate in the first annual Marion county musical festival in Warren Central high school at 7:45 Friday night. Program includes a variety of numbers, ranging from “Tannhauser” to lighter selections. All interested are invited to attend.

SAFETY PRIZES TO BEAWARDED Silver Cup Winners Will Be Chosen by Judges. Judges selected Monday will meet Thursday to decide which schools have the most perfect safety records. Three schools will receive prize awards for having less accidents during the past year than other Indianapolis public or parochial schools. If ties occur, enrollment, hazards of location and zeal in the safety program work will be considered. Decisions will be announced Friday. Members of the committee on awards are. The Rev. Fred Malott of Perry township; Mrs. Lucille Thornberry. Decatur: Dr. J. A. Swails. Franklin: H. E. Childress. Lawrence: the Rev. Louis Minsterman. center: Mrs. Clara Wiley. Pike; Mrs. John B. Lewis. Warren: Mrs. Davis Ross. Washington. and Mrs. Waldo Parmenter of Wayne township. Since eight-month schools will close during the four days between April 27 and May 1, presentation of silver safety cups probably will be made next week. With one exception all woods burn better the older and dried they are. Only the ash makes better fuel when burned green.

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27 -PUPILS WILL GRADUATE AT BEECHGROVE High School Commencement Program to Be Held on May 29. Beech Grove high school will graduate twenty-seven pupils this year at the commencement program in the school which will be given at 8 p. m., May 29. Two seniors, Ruth Adams and James Bishop, have been chosen by unanimous approval of the faculty to speak at the program. Selection was made on the basis of scholarship, initiative, dependability, cooperation and ability to represent the class. Principal speaker will be Albert Stump, attorney. Baccalaureate services at the school, May 24. will begin at 7:30 These graduating are: Josephine Houghland. Louis McElroy, Catherine Mason. Carl Frltts. Thelma Lyons. Albert Adams, Vivian Martin. Leslie Jenkinson. Fredla Baldwin. Welbon Brittor. Dorcas Lowes. Charles Terhuae, Mary Betner. James Bishop. Charlotte Hamilton, Phyllis Proscb. Crystal Adams. Mary E. Schnltslus. Burney Wiley, Esther Phillips, Mary Louise Vogel, Daisy Saunders. Thelma Philips. Ruth Adams. Richard Clapp. John Newman and Bryon Rutledge. Seniors of Beech Grave high school will present “Honor Bright.” a three-act comedy by Meredith and Kenyon Nicholson, in the school auditorium at 8 p. m.. May 8. Besie V. Minor, head of the English department, is director. Members of the cast are: Crystal Adams, Charles Terhune. Welbon Britton. Dorcas Lowes. Phyllis Porsch, James Bishop. Bryon Rutledge. Fredia Baldwin. Leslie Jenkinson. Esther Phillips, Mary Betner. John Newman. Richard Clapp. Louis McElroy and Burney Wiley. Pupil Writes Feature A feature article by Francis 3. Nipp, editor-in-chief of the staff of the Arsenal Cannon, Tichnical high school publication, appears in the April “Scholastic Editor.”