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

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14 THE ARSENAL CANNON. Senior Play No great number of words is re- quired to say that the play given by the initial senior class, was a grand success. Since A Midsummer Night's Dream was the first senior play at Tech, everything had to be built up. The first construction work was done on the grandstand. A more pic- turesque setting for the play could not have been found than the one beneath the tall trees east of the main build- ing. A murmur 'of content came from every member of the appreciative au- dience at the sight of the stage. The soft glow of lights from the trenches, hidden by masses of greenery cast upon the stage a soft shadow and one really felt that he was in a forest where the evening shadows were slow- ly lengthening. As each member of our senior class, costumed by our sewing department, came upon the stage, we knew that he would do the very best in his power. The orches- tra followed close suit and the com- bined efforts of seniors and orchestra were reflected in the audience which seemed to be roaming again in Fairy- land. But, hark! what was that? Yes, it was the sweet-toned Arsenal Bell, calling them from Fairyland to count its strokes, then dying away in the stillness of the night and allowing A Last Word Three years ago on September the twelfth, fourteen of our present sen- iors started in the then new Techni- cal High School. The fact that the school started out with a small num- lver did not mean much, for we thrived and grew. ln these years the four- teen seniors have obtained enough credits to graduate this June The third year Frank Sullivan and Shir- ley Walker entered Technical and brought enough credits to come into the senior class. They have shown their loyality to Tech and helped the seniors as well as Technical. The seniors of 1915 will be the first grad- uates from Tech. WVe have tried in every way to set high standards and customs for the future classes. We have worked for the sch0ol's, not for the class' glory. The success of Tech has been our one aim and ambi- tion. If we have accomplished any- thing we are glad. We will to you, the coming seniors, and to all Tech- ites, the spirit of our motto, We can because we think we can. lla-r1lfm1.1l1f n QI fiffmflr mlzmnzl them to return to Fairyland and finish enjoying, A Midsummer Night's Dream. A. E. A.

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THE ARSENAL CANNON. 15 Printers' Progress iCU7lf1'7l7lCd from Page Tenl Second Semester. With a change of hours at the be- ginning of the term came a new feeling of interest and the class felt encouraged. The time of open- ing was changed from 9:45 to 8:00 A. M. and dismissal was at 3:00 P. M. instead of 5:00 P. M. By this time a feeling of being devils had been outgrown and the class felt as though they were actually doing and learning more than before. When the class was organized, one period of four hours was spent at work in the printshop. During the second semester Mr. McGrew thought of trying out periods of forty-three minutes each in the shop and it is much better. Some of the boys have typography while others have press- work, but all are together for the typography and presswork lectures. In art, designing of good looking book pages, cards and covers have been most worked on. Here the work has been enjoyed by all. In math, now, cost of composition paper stock and labor is being Iigured under Mr. McKenzie's direction. Miss Atwood and Mr, McKenzie had hopes of a printing library but nothing has been accomplished thus far. Next year there won't be any math for the printers for they have accomplished it all this year, says Mr. McKenzie, but we printers hope to have him in whatever we get in place of math. The cover of this issue of the Cannon was designed bv a printer in this class. The work of this year has been very interest- ing and profitable for all. D. Curry. Our Commercial Classes lConf1'mwd from Page Eight! principle of brief signs which short- cn one's outline, adding speed. The Typewriting classes have gained ground this year. The advanced pupils have covered eleven to iifteen exercises. Between exercises these pupils have written letters for the various teachers. The beginning classes have, despite the delay at the beginning, covered five or six exer- cises. which is ahead of the record left by the advanced class. The teachers of these classes are well pleased with the showing the pu- pils have made. E. S. Machine Shop lCU7lfi1lIll'II from Page Ten! object of these additions being to make the boys good citizens as Well as good machinists. Most of the boys who enter this work have not had the advantage of high school training and, consequent- ly, when they are confronted with the problems which arise every day in the machine shop, the student often feels that the diiiiculty is insurmount- able. The solutions for these prob- lems are taken up with the boys dui' ing their work in the drawing room in such sequence that most of them soon become able to meet their emer- gencies and overcome them. The great things that the average boy must leai n in this course are to do things accurately, neatly and with- out undue delay. Also he must learn that safety first is much more im- portant around power driven machin- ery than in the school rooms to which he has been accustomed The projects in the machine shop are necessarily varied. The most im- portant is the construction of wood lathes. Six of these machines are at present installed in the wood turn- ing department. Three large, four cylinder' gasoline motors have been constructed this year and one mounted on a heavy wooden base. This one, mounted and belted to the shaft. devel- ops sufiicient power to drive the en- tire shop and could be used for such a purpose in an emergency. The whole end of this course is to make the boy more careful of him- self and his toolsg more exacting and accurate in his workg and much less easily discouraged by stumbling blocks in the paths which he will later pursue. This improvement is, in most cases as interesting as it is marked. and anv boy with a reasonable apti- tude for mechanical work. can find a great field for his energies and an unusual opportunity for self-improve- ment if he will spend the two years in this shop, necessary to complete the course. M. M. S. Senior: Mr. Anderson, may Ber- tha go down to lunch now? Mr. Anderson: Why now? Senior: Cause we only have two more days to eat together. Mr. Anderson: Well, then you had better eat them apart.