Arsenal Technical High School - Arsenal Cannon Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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THE ARSENAL CANNGN 9 Campus at Noon fConti'nued from page four-D pils go to their favorite places, and ev- ery day you find just about the same people in the same places. Mr. Jay has put tables on the east porch of the lunch room and a good many of the boys seem to like this place better than any other. They have a nice time, to all appearances as they sit there in the shade eating ice cream. Another place where the boys con- gregate during the lunch hour is un- der the large old maple tree fthe one Where the box is.J This bunch is very active, for they are always running, jumping, wrestling or sometimes kill- ing snakes. They Gnd great sport in stepping quickly behind some innocent looking fellow and suddenly, without the slightest provocation, knocking him over. Great sport! The smaller boys who stay there are Est fights there are always interested specta- tors, and foremost among those in- terested is Harry Brown. He may be seen almost any time during the noon hour teling some small freshie to go to it or something of the sort. The girls almost all have some nice grassy spot to which they go every day. Lois Stone and Bertha Ruby may be seen every day sitting on the west residence steps, both talking ex- citedly, probably about the paper. Fay Douglas, Juanita Kendrick, Genevieve Anthony and Martha Hufi' are four girls who are almost constantly to- gether. If you will look for them at the noon hour, you will find them about half way down the north walk. Several freshies occupy the west steps of the old office building daily. Macy McGowan is always here, and at any time that you happen to pass, you can hear her urging the fresh- man girls on to victory. She is, by the way, talking about basket-ball. As everyone knows, Newell Hall is the bane of every girl's existance and he eats his lunch upstairs in room B solely for the purpose of dropping chalk down upon the unsuspecting heads of the girls who pass under- neath the window, Newell is so small, but so full of mischief, that it seems strange that the girls have not formed a union of some kind, having as the height of their ambition the abolition of Newell Hall. The archway is always crowded with boys who have great times. Some of this bunch are Newell Jen- fCont'inued on page fourteemj The Difficulties of a Geometry Test The tardy bell rings and Miss Hagley gets up from her seat at her desk and hands out papers across the front of the room and says, Pass the paper back. Everyone digs their head in their book to look at the last proposition. Finally the papers are all out and Miss Hagley says, Books closed. There is a closing and push- ing aside of geomtrys and a general search for pens and ink wells. Fin- ally, the room becomes quiet as Miss Hagley is writing out this or that question and all over the room you can see one or the other various pupils staring blankly at his neighbor as though it was the fifteenth problem on page one hundred and eleven. The propositions are well under way when a late pupil to Mr. Mills' algebra class bangs the hall door be- hind him and saunters noisily across the room banging the second door be- hind him. The class then settles down after the disturbance. X minus two equals what, Helen? is heard from Mr. Anderson's algebra class in the next room. Then Mr. Anderson goes on with the explanation of the day's work. How can that test be worked with all that noise? There is some one started at that piano now banging away at the latest popular music while loud voices are heard, then all is quiet while Mr. An- derson's melodious voice is heard trip - piano accom- again, Come Fairies sounds loud with the paniment and the idea of the propo- sition goes Heating off somewhere in mid air as Mr. Montani's voice in loud tones calls the class to order. Again the class digs to work on the problem and decides to master the problem. There is a loud crash in the hall and a chorus of voices laugh out. There is silence for a moment and a general out break and Mr. Montani's voice above it in angry tones mingle with Mr. Anderson explaining a problem in the next room. Everyone raises up from their work chews the end of their pen and their brows are knit in frowns. Then there is a pushing of chairs in the hall and the loud voices grow dim. All heads are applied to the work fContinucd on page eighteenj

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8 A THE ARSENAL CANNON English lContinued from page three.J who looked through the keyhole and saw the Whole performance. Mr. Hanna's English II's made some fine Mannion books. The contents were very interesting, being a list of notes on Marn'iion written by the children. The more artistic students drew pictures in color in their books and almost all made some very pretty covers. Now Juniors, don't laugh, these stale freshies are all right. Miss Atwood's English III's, she says, have made the work very enjoy- able for her this term because of their excellent spirit. They have shown interest in their work. They certain- ly enjoy their Oral composition days. Students in 20 always know when these recitations are on though they have not previously heard the assign- ment of the lesson. Miss Davis' English IV Classes have done some fine, interesting Work this year. They have been trying to imagine themselves as characters in the books that they read. One day they wrote Compositions, in the first person imagining themselves as any character in Silas Marnerf' Miss Shover's English V's conclude this list of fine workers. They have been studying rhyme and rhythm, metrical feet, and figures of speech. The girls refuse to talk about long feet, and the ones that have fear of getting a D always flush when this subject is being discussed. I can't decide whether they go to the Art Institute to see the figures of speech or whether they are some sort of geo- metrical figures. Hurrah for the English Depart- ment! We are sure such students will come back to school next fall with the spirit of Work and with their thinking caps on. School Year Last September when school took up again how glad everybody was to see everybody else. It took everyone about a week to find out if all of their friends had returned. If they hadn't returned the question of where they were must be decided. Of course dur- ing the course of the two semesters each person settled down to his or her Work and took it as a matter of course QCont'inued on page twelvej German fContinued from page three! III Ich Weis nicht was is the reason Herr Wedeking er ist so klein And if ich das ausfinden konnte I'd think I was doing fine Er eates und er smiles und er singet But sheint nicht zu Wachsen at all But wenn er nur Wachsen Wurde Er would be like Miss Hagely, so tall. IV Eine gute lehrerin ist Miss Binninger An she certainly is some fine singer Sie macht a fine leader fur die chorus so grand Which bald, ehe lang, 'l be the best in the land. 0:0 4:0 Q24 History lContinued from page threej The history II's took up the study of commerce, agriculture, manu- facturing and tariif. On the latter topic, Miss Binninger's II's gave a deba.te. These pupils are becoming interested in some of the big prob- lems facing our country to-day. History I and IV has interested the pupils more this term than it did last. Special stress has been laid on the life, customs and art of the ancients. The outside reports on various characters such as Han- nibal, Caesar and Pericles added to the interest of the work. Last but not least in importance is Miss Binninger's History IV class. There is only one class of IV's and it is the oldest history class in the school. This is a lively body of stu- dents very much interested in their history and teacher. They have taken up the Modern History of the European Nations and have found it very interesting. An unusual fea- ture of the Work is turning the Fri- day class into a sort of Current Event Club with President Wilson II at its head and Miss Binninger as a pupil. On a whole the history this year has been a success and promises a great deal more for the future classes. How is a lunch paper like Bene- dict Arnold? Arnold was a disgracetothe coun- try, and paper is a disgrace to the grounds.

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10 THE ARSENAL CANNON i ' i I-iw Y K ' l . 7 , - jf 1l.lIum-MM 70- , - F, - f- . is T .,,I- '- ' -' -as . l ,aff Q-. i m , f QS l Z' i ' 1' H .-,., 4 f- ' T 'Y' ff i ar X 'Qi is if at , it - Ngxl, , , lf uf , 1 Eulcyone' i n 5-ei -dz iQa ,X L A wif' .g gc- ,CPFC FVALIU . Girls' Basketball Girls' basketball of this year, has proven a grand success. So far six games have been played, there being two more to follow. Under the train- ing of Miss Hagley and Miss Frick, the girls have derf-loried some fine team work. The standing of teams on May 27 is as follows: Lost Won Percent Crimson ........ 1 5 .830 Purple --- --- 3 3 .500 Green .......... 4 2 .333 Orange ........ 4 2 .333 From this standing, it is thought that the Crimsons will finish in the lead. The girls wish to extend their thanks to Miss Hagley and Miss Frick for their kindness to them during the season. They hope that these teach- ers Will coach them next year. Don't forget to look at the bulletin for the winners' pictures. Baseball Tech baseball, when compared with that of last year, has been very suc- cessful. Last year Tech did not secure a single victory, but this year four games were lost and four Won. A great deal of the credit may be given to Mr. Sanders who managed the team. The players played well in all games, and the pitching was a great im- provement over last year's twirling. Gallahue in particular pitched Well. Francis Wilson, captain of the team, also played a very good game at third. Butler. Harris, Kimmick, and Heit- kam played Well too. Here's hoping some of these players make the mono- gram team. Basket Ball 1 For the first time basket-ball at Tech', turned out very successfully from a basket-ball standpoint. Not only were the players and fans satis- hed, but the earnings of basket-ball left over thirty-five dollars in the athletic coffers. The reds won the pennant, largely through the work of their star,Butler. For a few games he could not play,and the Reds, as a result made a miserable showing. The race was tight, and the Reds were forced to go at a fast pace to keep down the Blacks and Greens. The Blues and Grays played well at times, but they often had slumps. The monogram games proved a suc- cess, and brought most of the money to the athletic fund. The Blacks Won this series from the Whites, taking two straight games. Fehr, Butler, and Nutt of the Blacks, and Ray of the Whites received M. T's. As a Whole the year proved to be successful for the players The faculty also developed a team of Which Tech is proud. Besides humbling the Reds, our Faculty team defeated the Faculty team from Man- ual. This game with Manual was played during the time the monogram games were staged. The fans also declared the year at basket-ball had proved a success. Every night there Were games many boys and girls stayed after school to Witness them. Almost all the school stayed to see the monogram games. The money received from the mono- gram games also gave Tech a start on a much needed athletic fund. So for the first year at basket-ball, Tech has made an excellent start.