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

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THE ARSENAL CANNON 15 he Arsenal Cannon Published by the pupils of Technical High School and print- ed by the U. T. F. C. A. School of Printing, Indianapolis FIVE CENTS A NEWS COPY 25 cents a Magazine Copy Editor in Chief-Dallas Crooke Assistant Editor-Louis Hietkam, julia Shea Managing Editor-Russel Kirshman First Assistant-Grester Miller Business Manager-Edward Hartlauf Secretary-Catherine A. Carr Art-Harold Stedtfeld Exchange-Angeline Bates CUBS jokes-George Smith W i Richard Baker Marion Breadheft Doris Carr Charles Colgrove Evelyn Culbertson Harriett De Golyer William Fiel Harry Hazel Mildred Heller Dorothy M . Hood Kenneth jeffries Howard Bates George Burns M. Eugene Clark Cora Coombs Maurice Daugherty Audrey Eaton lVIary E. Hale Mason Hofer Ruth Hoyt VVilliam ,lungclaus Josephine Lapham Bernadette j. Keller Helen Newman Edna McQuillin Ruth Phythian Frieda Nolting Dorothy Rehor Margaret Porteous Merrill Smith Thelma D. Smith james Welsh Viola Swain Bertha Whitney Katheryne Weidner Margaret Yeager ADVISORS Editorial-Miss Shover Business-Mr. Lett Special Committee for the Anniversary Number. Art ,...,..,. .... .............. .i..,. lX f I iss jasper History ..... . .. .. . ., .... Xliss Binninger Beginnings ,,.....,. .... N Iiss McCullough lfour Years Athletics ,.. ... .,. .... Mr. Anderson Vi'inona Trade School ,.... , ,,,,. ... ....... hir. Spear VOIi1ti0f1ill SCl1O0lS ..........,.... . ,........... lNIr. Yenne Final Drafts for Special Drafts of M. S. ..,...,.... Mr. Hanna lNote: The above committee and the Editorial Advisor comprise the group of eight full-time teachers who lizivu been at Technical since its beginningd june 6,1916 CORRECTION Names omitted in Eighth Term Enrollment from Rooms 20 and il: Russell Daringcr, Gladys Davis. Milford Davis, Sum- uel Davis, Katherine Whitley. Ruth Wolfrcd, l31sthcr Wood, Louis Wvoods, Raymond Viloods. AIMS AND POSSIBILITIES OF TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL Everybody, every institution, is sup- posed to have straying around among its possessions three tenses, a past, a present, and a future. But the Technical High School has been getting along very com- fortably for four years with only one of these. Starting out new we, of course, possessed no Past. Being daily, hourly, reminded that the Supreme Court has not decided the ownership of the ground on which we walk, we naturally can boast no Future. lt is interesting to see just what four years of living in the Present will do for a school. Ir has, of course, made gypsics of us. People possessed of only one tense can have no permanent building, so, we have lodged where soldiers used to camp, or where they stored their guns. Itfs all one to us. Our gymnasium has been for the most part open plots under the sky. Our auditorium has been on nearly all festive occasions under the shadow of giant trees. Our work has included the spraying and pruning of a little orchard, the plotting and making of gardens, and the study of wild flowers growing right at our door. The street cars do not rumble very close, so it comes about that our pupils walk more than is usual among city children. We make no apology for any of this. One cannot feel at all apolo- getic in the presence of great trees, of bits of thicketg of the sky seen free from any net work of wires, of the creek in no way artificializedg of out-door air fresh and abundantg and of birds that just now are holding their session of revelry. It isn't so bad to have no Future as long as the Present lasts. As for having no Past to dictate to us, we have naturally tried to look square in the face of the needs of every day. If boys were out of school anxious for work, we have, in six vocational schools, offered all day in shop and in closely related studies preparing them for special lines of employment. If our girls wished dress- making or salesmanship, they have been permitted to enter strictly trade classes. If either boys or girls wished preparation for college, enthusiastic teachers have been ready to help. There has always been quiet for study: and an aloofness from outside interests. It seems we are acquiring friends will- ing to recognize us even in our gypsy garb. The State Board has given us a Commission, and the North Central Asso- ciation of Colleges and Secondary Schools has accepted us into their select company, this is the real 'cFour Hundredi' in high

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I4 THE ARSENAL CANNON THF STA Fl SHOP NOTES Some of the projects in the Wood- working classes have been finished while others are rapidly nearing completion. Robert Becherer was the first to finish his project. It is a handsome electric lamp. Darrest Carr is finishing his hand- some hall-tree which is made of mahogony inlaid with maple. This project is espe- cially interesting because it is the first inlay work attempted in our shops. john Reinhardt has his fumed oak table fin- ished. It was fumed here in the shops which parks another new departure. Xflr. Johnston made a statement to the effect that all boys in Pattern-Nlaking 11 class caught whistling would have their grades lowered one markg consequently they are almost afraid to breathe. 1XfIr. Wlills seems to be running a race on his own work against that of the NVoodworking I boys. He has built a beautiful buffet in about 6 weeks and has worked only during his spare time. It is 59 inches long and S6 inches high and is made of quartered oak. Its handsome beveled mirror adds much to its beauty. The work in Pattern-hflaking I has been above average this term. Boys who are leading in this are George Yoght, Harry Swanson, 1NIartin Dickie, Albert lV1cIlvaine, John Daugherty, Herbert Limpus. NOBLE C, BUTLER. A REVIEW OF OUR SCHOOL PAPER Viihen Technical students came here in September 1912, they had no school pa- per, but a few of them subscribed for the Booster, X1anual's school paper. On October 29, the f'Booster printed more than a column of Tech news. On Decem- ber 9, Iidward Owen, dressed as an old Town Crier, read in room 20 to the entire school our first school paper, the Hear Yef, The staff was composed of four manuscript editors, and twenty re- porters. This first volume comprised the issues of the weekly, read during the first school term, November 1912 to Feb- ruary 1913. Volume II, containing four- teen numbers, collected during the school term, was also read and edited each week by the different English classes. There was but one copy of each volume. Car- toons for each number were pinned on the front board for inspection, after each number was read. The June class of 1915 bound these two volumes. The following term, Tech was too large to put all its pupils in one room to hear the reading of one paper. As a result we had no publication the third term. On February 20, 1914, Tech had her first printed paper. There was no name for the publication so when it appeared it had a big row of question marks for

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16 THE ARSENAL CANNON school society. The State Department seems very willing to count our six voca- tional schools and some of our other classes as part of their own assets, bearing two-thirds of the burden of salaryexpense. But, there is another thing which warms our hearts much more than any outside recognition. Our children love their home and stay in it as long as they can. Four years ago we started with 182 pupils. This June 122 will have graduated. 1sn't that enough to make every teacher here lift his head a bit? Do you know, all together it would seem we are getting a start for a rather respectable Past. Our total enrollment this year is 1326. Five hundred and eleven grade pupils have chosen to join us next fall. So, maybe some time we may have a Future, too. At any rate, we still own a contented Present. Nfay 20, 1916. NI. H. Stuart, Principal. P. S. Since the above was written, the Supreme Court has presented the Tech- nical High School with a Future. HISTORY OF OUR PAPER Continued from page I4 a heading. Each issue found a decrease in the size and number of question marks until the third number. Of the hundred or more suggestions, Ruth Wiol- fred's came the nearest to our name, advising The Cannonf' 1X1r. Stuart suggested that we try The Arsenal Can- nonf' After running this heading with question marks and waiting for further suggestions, the staff announced the pre- sent name of the paper. The staff of thirty-two elected Lois Stone as Editor- in-Chief and lyliss Shover as Advisor. Eight numbers, with a twenty page maga- zine number containing only zinc etchings for illustrations, comprised this volume. The next term, volume four appeared, with Bertha Gelman as Editor-in-Chief, assisted by a staff of thirty-eight. The Christmas issue of twenty pages became the magazine number. Volume five found VVinters Fehr as editor, with a staff of thirty-eight mem- bers. The twenty-four page issue, with a cream and green cover, contained the half-tones of Tech's first seniors and of their play. Volume six again found Lois E. Stone as its second hour editor and Catherine Carr as a seventh hour editor with a combined staff of thirty. This volume had only four numbers due to the fact that the January Seniors required the Advisor's time for the Senior Play and that the print shopfs new machinery was not yet installed. The magazine cover, designed by Harold Stedfeld, contained twenty-four pages, set entirely by hand in the Vocational Printing class. This number featured Tech's second graduat- ing class. The June 1915 and January 1916 classes have bound all volumes of the Arsenal Cannon to January of this year. This volume, number VII, finds Dallas Crooke the Editor-in-Chief, assisted by a staff of forty-three pupils, and by an additional advisor, Mr. Lett, who is tak- ing charge of the business of The Arsenal Cannon. H This staff sends greet- ing to its many loyal supporters and congratulates them, and the Print Shop for maintaining, without advertisement the paper of Technical High School. Continued from page 13 to estimate completed jobs and finally bookkeeping and other commercial fea- tures of a printing office. The course in Applied Art strives to instill into the student an appreciation of good design in printing. Lettering, composition and color harmony are sup- plemented by lectures in the history of lettering and general art work. THE SUPREME COURT DECISION The decision handed down by the Supreme Court gives the city of Indiana- polis one of the greatest opportunities ever put before any school board in any city. Our city now has the chance to make the present grounds and buildings of Tech one of the greatest Technical high schools. Here's to the Future of Tech'