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

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THE ARSENAL CANNON 7 Latin fContimwd from page three! It reigns supreme in the Latin room, Where all is supposed to be sorrow and gloom. But look at these students and then you'll agree, Their happy faces a joy to seeg For can't and don't know, are driven away, And the children grow stronger day after day. Inspired so much by this spirit of ours They work on and on even after school hours. D While friends look upon them with pitying grin, v Believing these fine people kept1n . So dear boys and girls, in my verypoor W9-Y, I'm taking this chance for the stu- dents to say, They are working late of their own free will, And working hard on a road uphill. In spite of a late start to cover the ground, They are only moved by this spirit around. Which now broadcast has gained such fame, That over our city bears the name of Tech spirit. Long may it live. They have labored long and have labored hard, Such work as this will bring its re- ward. A Then here's to Tech students, of wlrom we are proud, And daily we'll sing their praises aloud. Vive La, Vive La, T. H. S. JOSEPHINE ABEL. 0 0 Q 0.0 9,0 0.0 Work in Art Room fContinued from page threej tween the good and bad in dress. The pose work was resumed-the students drawing the whole figure. The pupils in the class took turns in posingusually dressed in some costume to represent some definite character such as a gypsy, a country boy, or a cowboy. A few Water color sketches were tried and also pencil and charcoal sketches which were quite successful. Still Life in time will be another phase of the term work. In the drawing I's class they had furniture design at the first of the term and they followed this in the order given with Still Life, printing, cast drawing and perspective. Drawing II's put in the first six weeks of the term designing projects for the turning. They then turned their attention to Still Life, printing, cast drawing, and perspective. Other drawingl classes have handed in some artistic studies. The term began with nature work. Flowers of different kinds were provided, and they were worked out in water color and pencil. Then came designing. They worked out border and all over pat- terns. They did very well with this work and the number of designs was surprising and some showed a lot of originality. Another phase of this work was the Still Life done in pencil outline. The students worked from some interesting pieces of pottery for this work. Later they took up cast work and after that came perspective and printing. sfo 0:0 eta School Gardens fConti'nued from page sixj and eighty cents. The total number of pupils that took the course last summer was seventy-eight. The last day of school in the course, there was an exhibition of the best vegeta- bles from different gardens. Through fhe exhibition, people in the vicinity began to realize how a course of this nature was needed. Mr.Yenne reports that about seven- ty five pupils have taken gardens this years. The plans for the course as a whole will be in many ways as it was last year. Although the planting has been delayed some on account of the rainy weather, onions, radishes, and lettuce are making their appearance in several gardens. The ground near the Woodruff Place fence which has not been assigned will be cultivated. O . .ESTHER AMICK. A certain man, when asked who the three biggest liars in the coun- try were, said, Mark Twain is one and Eli Perkins is the other two. Library of Wit QQ' Humor

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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

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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.