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

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12 THE ARSENAL CANNON A Rainy Day fCo1zt'Z1mcdfrom page eleven.J Anne's heroine, and the fact that her curl was ucoming out, rather go- ing in to its natural state, fished for an umbrella likewise. Seizing the gold-hilted fairy sword -here Anne suited the action to the word- the Prince raced ahead, pursued by his foes, come on, girls! With her umbrella in the sword po- sition, Anne started the inspiring race, which lasted till they were half way to Susanne's house. Will you believe it? They didn't notice their mistake till they reached Susanne's gate. Why have you two umbrellas? asked Susanne. Then they discovered the various exchanges. Mary found herself possessor of a green cotton umbrella besides her own, Susanne had a wrong oneg but, as always, Anne capped the climax. Hers was of dark polished wood, with a beau- tiful gold top, which had resembled a sword to Anne's fancy. Mary's cot- ton chance was amusing, Susanne serenely passed the evening with a freckle lotion, but Anne fretted over her mistake. The owner might ac- cept the explanation, or think Anne had feared to keep the umbrella be- cause of the initials on top. Their extraction proved no easy matter, as they soon found. Mary's extra belonged to Cassandra Jones, whose new hat became almost as a thing of nought in the rain. The damp morning helped its condition. The long plume hung limply and tickled her left ear and with the flowers tipped it rakishly perpendicu- lar to her shoulder. Susanne's at- tachment had brought the wrong one, but demanded her own. But Anne, quite justly, the others thought, had a far worse time. You-you are one thief ! Katrin- ka stormed. Katrinka was fat, Dutch and unimaginative. I tell you again a umbrella nefer looked like a sword. Anyone with half an eye, to him it is plain already. A relative of my mother's cousin to her did give it, and not for a sword. Liar, you see am too bright so soon. You bring it back. You think I believe you. Anne's gray eyes snapped, her an- ger mounted high. But I am sure fContinued on page siosteenj What an Outsider Knows fContinued from page twol way to the many classes students per- sist in breaking the rules by standing in the halls, talking about the paper. Mr. Anderson comes fiying out of 20 motioning and telling the students to move on, and stop congregating in the halls. But all in vain are his ef- forts. No one seems to hear. During the day Cannons are everywhere. At the close of the afternoon classes students leave the building with their books piled disorderly in their arms, while in their hand, are the papers. The Editorial Staff n-as succeeded this term, said the parent of one of Tech's most popular students, in collecting and handling all the Work that is connected with the paper. The editor-in-chief with' the help of her assistants, does ample duty to all things that are placed in her care. The staff is composed of twenty-seven, hard working boys and girls, who are always alert and ready to work diligently at anything that will benefit the paper. The Work which the members of the staff ac- complish is the most important part. For the convenience of the students and the editorial staff, a contribution box placed in the hall receives all ar- ticles. The staff decides whether the article is to be discarded, and if they deem it necessary to leave it gut of the issue, they return that article to the author with a note thanking him for his efforts, and reasons for its non-acceptance. Every one on the staff canvassed the different rooms of Tech striving to raise the subscrip- tion list to three hundred or more. Many extras have been disposed of, the proceeds of which went to the fund for the enlargement of the last number. I think that with the help of the pupils, the work of the staff was successful, and every pupil en- joyed the paper. MARGUERITTE GILPIN School Year ffioutinued from page eight.J that no one was absent. Now, that it's nearing the close of the school term, how anxious each one is for school to close. Is it because they are tired of seeing each other or is it be- cause they want a vacation? Never- theless they'll probably be glad to see each other again next September.

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THE ARSENAL CANNON 11 S ii fffffffffffmiyyyyigk ,. i A Rainy Day Scramble When the matter had finally been straightened out, Mary solemnly de- clared, Well, after this mixup, girls, my wits feel like scrambled eggs. You never saw three girls less alike in appearance, though they echoed Maryls words with feeling. Mary's hair is very brown, and lrer eyes brown, toog eyes that Wheedle their way out of any difiiculty. So naturally the other two depended on her, though she generally started the trouble. Funny and heedless, sober Susanne was more to be de- pended upon. Her hair she coaxed to stay gold, cultivated her eyelash- es, and worried days over a freckle. Perhaps that was the reason Su- sanne was never to be depended upon, because a pensive expression produces a dreamy mind. But Anne was the Hower of the flock. Such hair and such an imagination. Hair, as red as fire curled and shone on Anne's head, and vivid tales came continually from inside. The other two lost themselves completely while listening to her stories, and watched her in admiration. She was proud of her hair, and her way of illustra- ing' exciting parts. Pretty, winning, fascinating, these girls didn't have a level head among them. Last Week when the rain poured and sprinkled and drizzled, then poured again, Anne started a new story in the cloakroom, and put on her wraps at the same time, thus starting complications. Preoccupied, but still generous, Mary fished out what she thought was her umbrella from those piled in the corner and one just like the one she had left the day before for Susanne. Su- sanne, pensive over the trials of fConti'nued on page twelve.J His Title Perhaps izo other incident of Jeff Tracy's experience showed his tenacity and persistency more than did his quest for the title of Tennis Champ. His first games had been discouraging but his persistency had shown itself He was competing in the semi-finals with, whom everybody proclaimed, the strongest competitor in the tourna- ment. Nor was this fact disproven when to his extreme surprise and dis- appointment he was badly beaten 6-love in three sets. The outlook was indeed discouraging. Were it not for the ever appearing streak of per- sistency in Jeff, he would certainly have given up. His small but wise brother urged him not to be despondent. As they were passing through the back gate which led to the chicken yard, Joe spied a large overgrown Rhode Island Red rooster fighting with Jumbo, the little game, After the fight was over, he compared Jeff's game with the cock fight. He said, Now Jeff that rooster fight reminds me to the dot of your game of tennis. That there old Rhodey was a lot better fighter than our Jumbo 'cause I saw him put it all over Mack's prize fighter once, so also was that feller beatin' you. Although you lost your game, Jumbo Won his, he had his losses and your gains. He lost a lot of good feathers and so forth, but now here's what you gained. You don't believe you gained anything, but let me tell you something, flrst, you know your man better now and you'll soon catch on to his serve, and second, you'll learn to place your shots more carefully. Now I noticed little gamey there and how he Won his fight. If roosters have such a thing as science, I'd say fC07lff7L?l6d on page thirteenj

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THE ARSENAL CANNON 13 Sewing The sewing classes of Tech: have been prospering during the last term. Miss Payne has the sewing I's. They have made a number of useful things. In the thread bags they made, ainum- ber of different stitches were intro- duced. The girls have learned to hem napkins, patch garments, and practice feath-er stitching. Also they have made sewing aprons and caps and now have finished their combina- tion suits. Sewing II classes have costume de- signing. This is necessary for a g1rl to know, for although she can sew well, she may not be able to design a dress suited to her individual fig- ure This kind of work is taught in costume designing. Every other week has been devoted to this de- signing and the rest of the time is spent in the sewing room. Here each girl makes a gingham dress which sh'e has designed. Sewing III has about the same out- line as sewing II but uses different materials. The girls have made Wool- en dresses and silk waists. They also h-ave learned a number of helpful stitches used in embroidry work. Some of them are French knots, long and short and the blind loop stitch, which is used for edgings. Sewing IV is last but best of all. After one has finished Sewing III, if she fails to take IV she misses a great deal. Sewing IV appeals to me because it is the grade where one learns to design her own hat. I think every girl is interested in this. First we learned to line a hat. Then we were taught to make rosettes, bows, bandeaus,buchrum frames,smal1 wire frames and different styles of crowns. We made a wire frame for a little hat, covered it with straw and then trimmed it. We then started on our own hats. These were of any style we desired, and made of any kind of straw or goods we wished. So we found Sewing IV very interesting. There are many different styles and colors. Hazel Barrows is making an automobile bonnet. Genevieve Wiese's hat is of a torpedo boat shape. Others have ones that are turned up on one side or else have a rolling rim, some are white, some blue and some black. All are very pretty. We found Sewing IV very enjoyable. His Title fCo1ztinued from page eleve'n.j he won it by fighting scientifically. He kept watching for the weak places of the big fellow, and when he found one he'd go after it. That's just the way now. You're going to win your next game- You've got to watch the weak places. After this speech Joe remained silent and congratulated himself for talking so long without a break. This philosophic young Joe succeed- ed in more than consoling his bro- ther who was greatly inspired with Joe's confidence and kept. this inci- dent in mind. Jeff entered the next game with a strong resolve to watch his opponent'sweak places. Thisgame started with much the same result as the preceding one. Jeff was certainly outclassed. Along about the middle of the second set, he discoveed some- thing. He had just received a swift serve, and sent it back in the usual manner-to his opponent's left on the back line. He watched it drop exactly at his antagonist's feet and also his eagle eye detected that the other fellow could not return it. Then he tried placing a ball occassionally at the fateful place. Every time he won his point. He wisely let his game go now that he had accomplished his one point. Even with a worse defeat than before his strong persistency kept him encouraged. This still showed in him When he entered his last set of the finals with two games to his credit and two against him. This contest would tell whether he was Tennis Champ or not. The first game he easily won because he always managed to Win his own serve. Then the other fellow fol- lowed suit by taking four out of five points during his serve- This score was kept even until the game which would tell the tale was reached. Jeff was a game to the good at that time. He remembered all the prev-- ious experiences he had had, and thought them over. He remembered how his rival was weak on feet balls and if he shot at the other's feet, he was sure of his point. Out there in the crowd, he saw little Joe, an ear to ear smile on, and seemed to hear him say, Lively, old chap,you can do it. Then the great game was on. His rivalrs first receive was back to 'him in no time, and Jeff returned it with fContzlm1.ed on pwge fourteemj