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

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, THE ARSENAL CANNON - 5 The Arsenal Cannon Publisbed bi-weekly by the'Pupils of Tech- nical High School, Indianapolis, Five cents per copy- . Twenty-live cents for eight issues. Lois Stone ----.----.-,, ,,,,. E ditor-in-Chief F1-ancig Wilson --,,,,,,... ..... F iI'Sl'. ASSlSl58nt Bertha Gelman ..... .... S econd Assistant Bertha Ruby .,,.. ....... M anaging Editor Dallas Crooke ,,,,,,,,,,,--CireuIating Managers. Frank Hoke THE STAFF. Luella. Aggar, Alice Avery, Max Baker. Ruth Brown, Lucile Carson, Henry Cochrane, Fay Douglas, William Ervin, Newell. Hall, Robert Hamlin, Aired Hanner, Louis Heitkam, Agnes Henderson, Martha Holland, Lehman Holliday, Bernice Jones, Mary Jordan, Julia McClelland, Maisie McGowan, Wayne McMeans, Marguerite Mahoney, Ned Nichols, Zelma Owen, Ivan Raines, Maurice Ryan, Wallace West, Josephine Wooling. . Esther Fay Shover .............----- AdV1S9r 0 Q 0 0.4 Q00 0.0 To Our Subscribers Perhaps you will be interested in knowing that we have received 305 subscriptions for The Arsenal Can- non. With the funds from these sub- scriptions, and from the sale of ex- tras, we have met all the running ex- penses of the paper, and have not been forced to depend upon the sale of a single advertisement. Your support has been balanced by that of the members of the staH. These students, coming from each of the four classes whfich have, thus far, entered Tech, have combined all school knowledge and interests, and there- fore have made a genuinely represen- tative group. They volunteered their services, and have stayed with their guns. fPerh'aps I should say, with their pens and The Cannon. j If our paper has in any way pleased you, it owes that pleasure to the un- usual co-operation and conscientious work of the staff, and to their willing- ness to do their best regardless of time or work. It is with pleasure that I offer this, the report of these eight numbers of The Arsenal Cannon. ESTHER FAY SHOVER, Adviser 0:0 0:0 ore! - Candidates From present indications the staff will have ,an over supply of students who will be willing to do some hard work ofiltht-3 paper next term. In all the English classes a census has been talcen- of ihow many students desire to J c , nv. v be connected with the Arsenal Can- non next term. On this list one hundred and seventy one names have come in. We also count on some of the Freshmen who will enter next term. Out of this number seventeen of the present staff are candidates for offices next year, and of the entire number about twenty five will be chosen to sit in the editorial room. From the remaining number, reporters will be chosen. We are sorry we cannot use the entire number. Those students not elected this time may qualify as reporters and so prove their righfts to become staff members in January. 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Contributions ' During the past term allof the Tech classes have been represented through the columns of our paper. Many articles have come from people who are not on th-e staff. This is certainly pleasing. Although the staff has written many articles, twelve of the longer contributions of this June Issue have been written by out- siders. i Rooms twenty and thirty-seven led in the number of contributions from session rooms. Of the staii' members' articles, Newell Hall, Bertha Ruby, and Lehman Holliday have written the greatest number. Watch the i Birdie The people who hold sway in the editorial room filed, like so many geese, through Miss Atwood's room Wednesday morning on their way out to the campus. The march occured during that mysterious time known as editorial hour. Where can they be going? Surely, thirty-five members of the Cannon staff are not going to pose for a pic- ture? Yes, it's so, they're going right toward a bright, sunny spot on the campus. So the exclamations could be heard. The place chosen for the posing was under a heavily foliaged tree near the walk. Of course the girls had to fix up just a tiny bit, but more protests about looks were heard from the boys. One insisted that he wasn't going to have his picture taken, but soon con- sented to the pleadings of a very charming young lady. Another gen- fConti1med on page sixteenj

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4 THE ARSENAL CANNGN E 515 ML? The Army History of the Arsenal The history of our Arsenal is very interesting. This enterprise of es- tablishing the Arsenal was headed by Governor Morton. Just before the Civil War, by an act of the United States Congress, the Arsenal was es- tablished in Indianapolis. The site was selected by General Buckingham. Seven buildings were erected in 1873. The Arsenal and all the buildings re- main as the government built them. The magazine was used to store powder in. In the central easTe1Tn part of the Arsenal are the stables. With- in a stone's throw from the stables stands the barracks. There were three of these houses planned, al- though only one was built and used as quarters for the men. Our main school building was originally used as a storage for rifles and cartridges. The small building with the two porches, between the school building and the barracks, was used as an oflice. The shops were used to store artillery, and for machines used to cut out knap sacks and tin cups for use during the Spanish-American War. Altogether the Arsenal was a very formidable looking affair. It was built as a first class Arsenal cost- ing about a half million dollars. Later the Arsenal was reduced to a third class Arsenal. Many fine ofhcers have served and commanded at the Arsenal. Capt. Sturm, who was promoted to a Lieut. Colonel in 1862, was the Hrst com- mandant. Since then the changes were frequent and hard to keep track of. In 1899 the last change of com- mandants was made, and General Shaler was put in command. General Shaler was in command of the Arse- nal when it Was closed and evacuated. WM. ERVIN. KENNETH JEFFRIES. fly - X E 'a Y, e s 1 Ky X . 4 5 ' Tech N Within our city's boundries there is 21 place well known Which is likened to a robin's nest after the mates have flown, And the sparrows seeing the empty place have seized it for their home And this place is the Arsenal o'er which a change has come. No more the soldier stalwart who guarded gates shut tight No more the sunset cannon which welcomed in the night, No more the countless firearms held firm with lock and key, , No more the dreary barracks where soldiers used to be. The Arsenal abandoned was left here to decay But, as you know, these modern times installed the schools today, And we will do our country a greater lasting good, Than Arsenals and soldiers or fire- arms ever would. ARTHUR MARQUETTE. Q O O 9.9 0.0 0.0 Campus at Noon Hour Tech has never had the lunch room facilities of which both Shortridge and Manual can boast, but so far, Mr. Jay has succeeded very well in cater- ing to the wants of our appetites. However, we have a privilege which neither of the other high schools has, one which makes up, in a way, for our small lunch room, and one which we all thoroughly enjoyg that of lunching on the grounds. Immediately after the ringing of the second bell at 11:25. there is one grand rush for the lunch room. Af- ter purchasing their lunches, the pu- lCo1ztim4ed on page nine.J

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6 THE ARSENAL CANNON School Gardens The agriculture course last summer comprised of Botany, Bugology and Gardening. The things which were to be emphasized in Botany were giv- en to different members of the class for class talks. The subject of one talk was Harmful Weeds in Indi- ana. We collected weeds which we studied carefully. In our note-books we sketched seeds in their different stages. One experiment I especially remember was the test of soil. We found what percentage of water was held in each kind of soil. The soil being clay, humus, silt and loam. In Bugology we learned many different birds. We also found what insects and beetles were injurious to plants. The collection commonly known as the bug collection proved interesting in its three different stag- esg catching, killing and mounting. As for the gardening' it was done sys- tematically as well as other parts of the course. The gardens were ploughed, but the ground had to be thoroughly pulverized before any planting was done. The rows in each garden all ran one way. The vegeta- bles were plated in pleasing arrange- ment andl not a bed of onions next to a bed of iiowers. Although I used at home what I gathered, the profit proved to be more than I expected. I had Howers. toma- toes, lima beans, string beans. beets and corn in mv garden. The tomatoes and corn yielded the best. Of the high school pupils who took the course, the best gardens were those of Robert I-Iainlin, who sold products amount- ing to twelve dollars and twenty-four cents, Paul Heath who realized ten dol- lars and eight cents. Charlotte Milton, ten dollars, and Ruth Rebolt nine dol- lars and twenty-eight cents. The two best gardens of those who were then in the grade schools were those belonging to Elinor Carpenter. who made five dollars and forty-four cents, and Leo Qamuals who made six dollars and fourtv cents. The total amount made was three hundred and one dollars and seventy-two cents. The average for the high school boys' gardens was four fifllns and seventy-six cents. for the high school girls, three dollars and twentv cents. The average for those from the grade schools was two dollars fC0'VLt'i'VLued on page sevenj Agriculture Although Agriculture was a new subject at Tech this year, it was a great success. During the first of the term, we had our work from our text books. This was enjoyed by all the class as it was a very interesting subject. Some of the subjects that we studied were fertilizing, insects, and milk. During the time that we studied milk, we took a trip to Polk's Milk Plant. This proved to be very interesting as everything was ex- plained to us fully. After we finished the work in our text books, we took up some experiment Work. The base- ment was made into an indoor gar- den. We planted cabbage seeds in some bins which were made on tables down in the basement. We also plant- ed pansy, phlox and verbenia seeds in flower pots. One particularly inter- esting experiment was with corn. We took four flower pots and put saw- dust, humus, clay and sand in the respective pots. We then put corn into each flower pot. This experiment proved that corn came up first in the saw-dust, second in the sand, third in the humus and fourth in the clay. As soon as this work was done, and the weather was warm enough our work was taken up in the garden. Each pupil was assigned a garden ten feet by eighty-six. We planted this plot in lettuce, radislres, beans, potatoes, corn, peas, and tomatoes. We were allowed to select any vegetables we wished. Many new and practical things are to be learned in this course. One of the chief reasons for our liking this course is the many privileges it affords over those of the school room. Mr. Sanders promised us we could talk and yell as much as we wished when we got out doors. We certainly made good use of this privilege. We dis- cussed every topic that would in any way interest any one of the class. When we were in a jolly mood, we would discuss such silly topics as the circusg but when we were in a more serious one, we entertained ourselves by talking of Latin and chiefly, Miles Drake's future. During the first of the Mexican trouble, our class was very much distressed because we thought we were going to have to give up Paul Burns to go to Mexico to settle the trouble, but very much to fConti1zued on page s'i:1cteen.J