Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 252, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 March 1934 — Page 6
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INCOMING GROUP GIVEN WELCOME AT SHORTRIDGE Freshmen Introduced to Athletes: Instructed on Regulations. Incoming freshmen of Shortridge high school were introduced to the members of the athletic and debating teams at a freshman assembly under the direction of Simon P. Roache of the mathematics department. The program opened with three numbers by the B band, followed by introduction of Kenneth Peterman, Claude Keesling and Lieutenant G. A. Naylor, basketball coaches for the varsity, second and freshman teams, respectively. The members of these teams also were presented. Coach Robert Nipper then presented members of the football squad, including the 1933 captain, Robert Faris, and the 1934 captain, Ben Callender. Under the leadership of Robert Shultz, the gathering sang “Hail to Our Colors” and the Shortridge pep song with the aid of a chorus of boys from vocal classes of Mrs Laura C. Moag of the music department. Emmet A. Rice, vice-principal, gae a short discussion on the reasons for the school regulations, touching briefly on the lunchroom rules, attendance, the necessity for keeping the building clean and regulations concerning lockers. Mr. Roache spoke on the value of the Shortridge boys’ debating team, after which he presented three of its members, Foster Clippinger, Bill Koehne and Robert Marks. Don R. Knight, coach for the track team, discussed the prospects for the coming season, and Howard Wood, tennis coach, told the assembly about the history of tennis at Shortridge, closing his remarks by saying that any boy who w ished to try the team would be welcomed. Many athletic activities in which girls may engage were discussed by Mrs. Kate Steichman and Miss Thelma Armfield, both of the girls’ athletic department. CHAIN STORE SYSTEM TO BE DEBATE TOPIC Names of Winners at Manual to Be Placed on Trophy. With Robert Mathews, Darrell Daggy and Russell Berger forming the affirmative team, the question, “Resolved, That the Principle of the Chain Store Is Detrimental to the Best Interests of the American People,” will be debated at Manual Training high school this month. The negative will be argued by Samuel Gordon. Charles Goebel and Philip Nathans. The names of those who comprise the winning team will be placed on the schools' debating trophy, which was presented last semester to Manual by the Service Club, boys’ honorary’ organization. John H. Moffat of the English department is coach of the debate league. SCHOOL PLAY ARRANGED Parent-Teacher Association Sponsors Crispus Attucks Show. The Parent-Teacher Association of Crispus Attucks high school will present a three- act comedy entitled, “A Cabin Courtship” in the school auditorium March 23. The cast is as follow’s: John Miliken Jr.. Jennie Henderson, Fred Tripplet. Melba Yeakey, Leo Yeakey, Charles. Jean, and Laura Winston. The play is under the direction of Mrs. Edna V. Perdue who is chairman of the association way’s and means committee.
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Charles Arthur Peterson A son of Arthur and Thelma Foster Peterson, both of the class of 1928 of Washington high school, has the distinction of being their first alma mater’s first grandchild. He is Charles Arthur Peterson, age 2 years 5 months. STAFF CHOSEN FOR SENIOR PUBLICATION Group Will Turn Out Paper at Washington School. George Powers has been named editor-in-chief of the Washington high school Senior Post, senior publication. Other members of the staff are: Business manager, Robert Munshower; sports, Edwin Howard; seniors, Doris Meyer and Victoria Medjeski, and clubs, Jane Fletemeyer. Faculty advisers are: Miss Martha Dorsey, chairman; Miss Mary Mcßride, sponsor; Miss Frances Failing, art; Allen Stacy, business manager, and Mr. Muterspaugh, printing. CAMPFIRE GIRLS MEET Group at Tech School Discusses ‘Hobbies I Have Had.’ “Hobbies I Have Had” was the topic of the last Technical high school Campfire meeting. Nina Gill and Barbara Taylor conducted the meeting. Mildred Gauker is the president of the group; Lois Stratman, vicepresident; Dorothy Johnson secretary; Jeanette Craig, treasurer, and Nina Gill, scribe. Mrs. Ruth Pahud Higgins is troop guardian. Vera Embry, former Tech vocational music student, is forming a Campfire Girls’ glee club throughout the citv. The first meeting w r as held Feb. 17. at the Y. W. C. A. All members of Campfire groups were eligible.
PUPIL PROJECT PRODUCES NEW TECH MAGAZINE English Department Offers Siftings, Literary Type of Publication. Siftings, a literary’ magazine, the latest project of the Technical high school English department, made its appearance on the campus last week. The magazine will be used in English classes for supplementary reading and as a basis for composition work. The twenty-four-page magazine is the same page size as the Arsenal Cannon. The material, selected from manuscripts submitted in recent Cannon magazine contests, includes short stories, essays of different types, and poetry’. Compositions of students from English Ilg through English VIIIc are printed in the magazine. The layout of the publication, which features a page border and a two-color design on the cover w’as done by Eugene Holland, a member of the advanced printing design class. The printing and assembling of the magazine was done by students in the school print shop. The magazine is printed on heavy stock, known as offset paper, which is particularly well suited to literary magazines. Students who have stories, poems or essays appearing in Siftings are: Kenneth Anthony, Richard Bell, Benjamin Cole, Fred Cox, Fred Drexler, Barbara Dyar, Martha Esther. Alfred R. Ferguson, Maurice Wilfred Foster, John Griffey, Ellsworth Handy, Lorril Harper, Carol Helser, Irene Hunter, Robert Hyatt, Alice Jewell, George Johnson. Betty T. Jones, Doris Kasting, Denton Kelly. Ralph Kiefer, Louise Moorman, Bernice Patrick. Petrine Pizzo, James Pray, Betty Schellschmidt, Clara Smith. Eve Stanton, Robert Taylor, Ralph Terrill, John Townsend, Merrie Pat Vancil, Marcella West and Betty Lou Williams. Boys who assisted in the printing were Donald Dick. Russell Lovick, William Marshall, Robert Russell, Riley Owings, David Russell, Maurice Mclntosh, James Weaver, William Morganson, John Dennings, Denton Littell, Frank Skufca, John Zimmerman, Hudson Moore, James Maid, Olie Angle, Herman Aikens, Ernest Reepmaker, Vernon Dove, John Switzer. Vernon McKinney and Richard Foster. SAMUEL GORDON WINS IN CONTEST AT MANUAL Essay Will Be Entered in City D. A. It. Competition. In the annual city-wide essay contest sponsored by Caroline Scott Harrison chapter. Daughters of the American Revolution. Samuel Gordon was declared winner of the Manual High school contest last week by judges chosen from teachers in the school’s English department. He will represent Manual in the city competition which will take place at the chapter house this I afternoon. Robert Mathews and Rosemary Johnston won second and third place, respectively. Pupils in Engj lish VI and Composition VII classes ! submitted essays. Young Gordon is active in stu- | cent affairs at Manual. His essay in the sixth Gorgas memorial essay j contest was chosen recently to rep- ! resent the school in state competij tion. The Bruce Robinson post ; medal given annually to the most outstanding junior boy and girl 'was ! awarded to him last June. The Manual winner is a veteran member of the debate league and secretary of the Odd Number Club, literary organization. He is a feature writer on the staff of the Booster, weekly publication of the school. JUNIOR HIGH PUPILS FORM DRAMA LEAGUE New Group Starts With Fifty-five on Membership Roll. The Shortridge Drama League, under the sponsorship of Miss Eleanor Dee Theek of the English department, sponsored formation of a drama league for high school pupils. The junior league, also sponsored by Mss Theek, has an enrollment of fifty-five members, making it one of the largest school organizations. At a recent meeting, election of officers was held. They are Virginia Davis, president; Larry Knowlton, j vice-president; Virginia House, secretary, and Paul'Tarrington, treasurer. Miss Theek announced the program for the remainder of the semester and stated that the junior I group would hold its own meetings ! and give its own plays as an in- ! dependent organization. The next meeting of the group was set for today. PARTY ATTRACTS 700 Faculty Jlembers and Pupils Attend Shortridge Event One of the most entertaining of Shortridge all-school parties was staged in the gymnasium recently, . sponsored by the student social | committee. Music was provided by Morton Davidson's orchestra. Attendance was about 700, including , pupils and members of the faculty. The dance was planned by the ? Shortridge social committee, and ! named the "Hatchet Hop” in honor of Washington's birthday. Miss Mary Pratt, sponsor of the student I social committee, was assisted by Harry Dragoo. president, and Ar- | thur Zinkin, publicity chairman for j the day. CAMERA CLUB ELECTS Robert Ensminger Heads Group at Shortridge. Election of officers for the coming semester for the Shortridge Camera Club resulted as follows: Robert Ensminger, president, by i unanimous vote; Gertrude Jones was elected vice-president; Helen Eldridge. secretary, and Harless Parmalee, treasurer. Robert C. Grubbs of the physics department, faculty sponsor of the club, announced that at the end of six weeks all the members might submit their most successful photographs to the president and enlargements of the best ones will be 'hade.
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PATTERN MAKING IS PART OF TECH CURRICULUM
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Above is shown a portion of the Technical high school patternmaking shop. In the foreground, working at lathes, are, left, Francis Graham, who has a face plate, built of many segments, on the lathe; at the right, John Roberts is turning a small cylinder on the spindle lathe. In the background, left to right, are Ernest Bender, Ralph Halstead and Karl Lagler, who is putting a final coat of shellac on a gear wheel. The pattern-making shop often co-operates with the Tech foundry on projects. William Johnston is instructor.
Manual’s Masoma Club Adds Sixteen Members
STRESSES PRACTICAL SIDE OF EDUCATION Tech Principal Addresses Group at Cleveland. “We make a mistake if we do not think about the practical vocational training which will help our pupils get a start on a job,” asserted DeWitt S. Morgan, Tech principal, speaking Monday before the secondtry school principals division of the National Educational Association in Cleveland. Mr. Morgan added that although this training is helpful, “we should do the students an injury if we did not plan further by giving the students a cultural background, also.” Miss Sara Ewing, a member of the faculty, spoke at the conference of classroom teachers, held in the Statler ballroom, Cleveland, Tuesday. Miss Ewing spoke on “Suggested Activities for Classroom Teacher Association.” The topic for the day was “The Teacher’s Part in a Program of Educational Interpretation.” PARENT-TEACHER UNIT WILL PRESENT PLAY “Clubbing a Husband” to Be Offered at School 67. Parent-Teacher Association of School 67, 3615 West Walnut street, will present a play, “Clubbing a Husband,” at 7:30 tomorrow night in the school auditorium. The cast of the play, which is directed by Mrs. Ramona Burris, includes Mrs. Mable Schenck, Mrs. Mildred. Armstrong, Mrs. Vivian Black, Mrs. Alice Weiss, Mrs. Mayme Wilson, Mrs. Flossie Smith, Mrs. Frieda Andrews, Mrs. Annis Goodin, Mrs. Abbie Hylton, Mrs. Helen Allen, Mrs. Lillie Mae Neal and Mrs. Trilby Huls. LATIN GROUP ELECTS Valentine Party Also Held by Club at Tech High School. Gustav Klippel, Mary Mae Endsley and Geneva Senefeld have been elected custos, scriptor and chief aedilis respectively of the Latin Club at Technical high school. John Hetherington and Lambert Christie were the other aedilis elected. Consuls are Louise Moorman and Mary Lou Hamilton. Latin valentines were made at the meeting, the first of the new semester. Gustav Klippel, the new custos, won a reproduction of a frieze in an ancient Pompeian house, ornamented with cupids and cherubs. 1 Unique Exhibit Prepared Walter Carnahan, head of the Shortridge mathematics department, has prepared a unique exhibit showing the important constellations and their relation to each other on a sixteen-inch globe. The globe, which was made with the assistance of the Shortridge astronomy classes, now is being shown in the northwest corner of the third floor of the school. AIDS IN ACTIVITIES
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Mildred Poland Secretary of extra-curricular activities for the spring semester at Washington high school will be Mildred Poland, a member of the Class Os 1935.
Honorary Group Initiates at Party Held in School , Gym. Sixteen newly chosen members of the Masoma Club, girls’ honorary group at Manual high school, were initiated at a party held yesterday in the girls’ gym. Five committees are in charge of pin ns for the event. Girls who were taken into the club are Mary Aldea. Sophia Blase, Myrtle Marshall, Paula Moates, Betty Cubel, Ella Welland, Marjorie Cronin, Floy Cambridge, Helen Wheeler, Helen Stamper, Lilly Buschatsky. Cynthia Kitchell, Hilda Hojtopp, Florence Enos, Sarah Weaver and Theresa Winzenread. Committees which planned the pa arty included: Shopping, Aglaia Angelopolous and Vera Wheatley, refreshments, Georgiana Amt, Betty Weiland and Anna Louise Lorenz; games, Lucille Miller, Gertrude Oertel, Norma Hall ad Charlotte Wallace; music, Freda Brill, Dorothy Cross and Helen Feechtman. Mr. Shull, dean of girls, is sponsor of the Masoma group. ENROLLMENT OF 6,107 ANNOUNCED BY TECH Pupils in First Year Class Most Most Numerous, Report Shows. Six thousand one hundred and seven students are enrolled at Technical high school, according to statistics, recently released by the school office. The first year pupils lead with 1,754 members, of which 1,105 are boys and 649 are girls. The second year class, which has a lead of two more students than the fourth year, numbers 1,549, of which 677 are girls and 872 are boys. The upper classmen number 1,547, of which 866 of whom are boys, and 681 are girls. One thousand two hundred and fifty-seven pupils are in the third year group, 542 being girls and 715 are boys. Seven hundred forty-nine freshmen entered the school this semester, 432 being boys and 317 girls. WINNER ANNOUNCED IN GORGAS ESSAY CONTEST Samuel Gordon, Manual Senior, to Receive Medallion. Using “Past Benefits and Future Importance to Man of the Control 9f Disease Bearing Mosquitoes,” as the topic of his essay, Samuel Gordon, a January ’35 senior, recently was chosen by a committee of faculty members as the winner of Manual’s sixth Gorgas essay contest. Asa prize in the contest young Gordon will receive a Gorgas medallion, and his paper will be entered in state and national competition. Money prizes will be awarded to winners in these conIn 1931, Ruth Stratton, a Manual senior, was given first place in the state Gorgas contest. The school was represented last year by Glen Baker, also a senior. CLUBS TO HEAR ADDRESS Baffin Land Will bn Discussed at Washington School. ( “Life in Baffin Land” will be the subject of an address to be given j Monday afternoon by Mrs. Elizabeth Blackmore before members of the [ Civic Quest at George Washington high school. Club Initiates Ten Initiation services for ten new j members of the Girls’ Glee Club of I Manual high school was an out- | standing feature of a party given t recently. Those initiated were: | Marjorie Amt, Louise Johnson. Vio- ! la Johnson. Mona Jupin. Edna Tag- ! gart, Laverna Williams, Elizabeth ; White. Lorene Shaw, Bernice Sha- ; neff and Queenie Lowe.
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TWO SELECTED FOB LEADS IN MANUAL PLAY Principal Parts Assigned to Jessie Levin and John Hayes. Leading parts in the Manual high school June senior class play, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” by Jessie Braham White, will be played by Jessie Levin and John Hayes. The production, which is to be presented in the school auditorium March 22 and 23, is being directed by Miss Lola I. Perkins, dramatic coach. Other major roles will be taken by Inez Smith, Le Roy Fisher, William Goldstein and Goldie Dichner. Other roles will be taken by Esther Louise Skaggs, Helen Smith. Dorothy Gross, Gertrude Hartman, Anna Louise Lorenz, Mary White, Merle Kord. Thelma Foster, Harry Kirschner, Carl Berdel, Anita O'Dwyer, Beatrice Waiss, Viola Johnson, Mildred Alderton, Norma Johnston, Chestine Miller, Lloyd Cain, Abe Stein, Martin O'Neill and Clifton Whitley. Players for several other roles are yet to be filled. PUPILS AIDING MISSION DRIVE Cathedra! Classes Strive for Leadership in Campaign. Marked rivalry between the classes at Cathedral high school is being evinced this week in Benga Mission drive, an annual event. The drive will end next week. Out in front, so far, is the class of Brother Ernest, C. S. C. Outstanding members of this group are Robert Fox, Henry Arsman, Michael Bagnoli, Andrew Heichelbach, Joseph Hilgenberg, John Culbertson, Michael Boyle, Robert Keleher, Frank Kelly, Timothy Finton, Thomas Fitzgerald, Thomas Kiernan, Jack Killinger, John Oliver, Thomas Logan. Albert Long, Norbert McAttee, Marion Pfieffer, Lawrence McMahon, Clarence Prestel, Herbert Morley, George Smith, John Quinn, Robert Herrel. Norman Riley, Ralph Spaulding, Bernard Topmiller, Donald Shaughnessey and Jack Rohr. WHITE’S PLAY CHOSEN BY MANUAL SENIORS Committee Announces Choice for June Graduation Program. “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.” a play by Jessie Braham White, has been chosen by a committee composed of Lucille Davis, chairman; Inez Smith, Goldie Dichner, and Chestine Miller, as the June senior class play at Manual high school March 22 and 23. Under the supervision of Miss Lola I. Perkins, teacher in the English department and dramatic coach, the committee considered many plays before making its selection. ADDRESSES SCOUT CLUB Joel Hudley of Shortridge Faculty Speaks on Air Moisture. Joel Hadley, asistant principal of Shortridge high school and a member of the biology department, addressed the Shortridge Scout Club recently on the subject of the moisture in the atmosphere. The talk included a discussion of sleet, snow, hail and rain. The Shortridge Scout Club is one of the more recent additions to list of Shortridge extra-curricular activities.
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HISTORY CLUB AID
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Janet Meditch Newly elected officers of the Shortridge high school history club are Sidney Netzorg, president; Janet Meditch, vice-president; Marjorie Pendleton, secretary, and Paul Klinge, treasurer. Miss Naomi Fiske is the club’s sponsor.
Club Adds Eight Members Eight new members were elected to the Girls* Concert Club at Manual high school with the advent of the new semester.
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For 85 Years a Literary Secret—, Now Published for the FIRST Time i CHARLES DICKENS* “’l’ll,. I.ifc of Our Lord” TNICKENS wrote this narrative of the New Testament in 1849, for his children —and for them alone. Publication waa forbidden by a stipulation of his will until the last of his children should have died. The recent death of the last child, Sir Henry Fielding Dickens, released “The Life of Our Lord** to the world. It will appear, in 14 instalments Beginning Monday MARCH sth, in The Indianapolis Times
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GROUPS ELECT i OFFICERS FOR 1 SPRING PERIOD Senior Class and Othevs Choose Leaders at j Washington. \ Officers who will head var \ groups at Washington high during the spring semester hp been announced during the week. Frank Cassell has been ed president of the senior class tr§ the second semester. Other offle • include Edwin Russell, vice-prej - dent; Reva Wright, secretary; Har ' Greeley, treasurer; Sam McCormic* > sergeant-at-arms. Sponsors are M£ i Agnes E. Meehan. Miss Geraldwy t Reep and Miss Elizabeth Marie Smith. Edith Carter has been elected president of the National Honor Society chapter. Other officers include Harry Greeley, vice-president; Mildred Morrow, secretary, and Michael Stanich, treasurer. Mrs. Margaret McWilliams is faculty sponsor. Qualifications for membership are character, scholarship and leadership. Miss Mildred Poland of the class of 1935 lias been appointed secretary of extra curricular activities. Manual Pupils Win Recognition was gained by two Manual high school pupils in contests outside the school. Representing the Pleasant Run Boulevard Reforn > • church, Frances Snoddy was second-place winner in the regionals of the “Prince of Peace’* declamation contest held last week. Jessie Levin, a June senior, won second prize in the Jewish Youth oratorical contest, which also was held last week.
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