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

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Growth-in knowledge, in Tech spirit, Reflecting the beauty of nature, Outward from the path To a sesame of learning. THE ARSENAL CANNO

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Silent sentinel of achievement and enterprise Strong protector of principles and traditions, Guardian ot Tech spirit- The Arsenal stands supreme. HE ARSENAI. CANNON V

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PORTABLES T H E B A R R A C K S Of all the buildings now on our campus perhaps one XX S! of the most interesting is the , 1 R Barracks. The retention of the name which was derived . if , , , , . H ilmsl lktltslmg til. from its original use has aid- ti ed in keeping the atmos-. S phere of its former days alive. Completed for use as a barracks in August, 1869, While these grounds were occupied by a United States government arsenal, the building became the scene of typical military activities. The soldiers were drilled in front of the Bar- racks. All lights in the building were turned out at nine o'clock except in the library where the soldiers could read until eleven o'clock. When the United States government aban- doned the grounds and the Winona Technical Institute was established here, the Barracks be- came the scene of classroom activities. In l904 all three floors were occupied by classes of the School of Pharmacy. The first use made of the Barracks under the tenantship of the Arsenal Technical Schools was as the location of the laboratories of the HE ARSENAL CANNON BARRACKS Home Economics department. The first cooking laboratory Was planned and equipped in 1914. This was in a very small room with apparatus for but twenty-four girls and was situated in the extreme eastern portion of the building. Prac- tice in serving had to be done on an old-fash- ioned round table which was placed in the hall. ln l9l6 a second laboratory Was established with an improvement in the serving equipment. The first lunchroom was established in the basement of the Barracks. The kitchen used to cook the food for the cafeteria was only ten by twelve feet in size, and but five cooks were ern- ployed. At this time a system of lunch checks was used. On a board near each cashier these were hung, and the pupils usually bought them in ten-cent groups. Since most of the dishes cost three cents, these checks were valued at three cents each. Students would first buy these checks and, as they selected their food, drop the required number and perhaps a pen- ny in the quart tin cup With a hole in the top that stood in front of each kind of food. This lunchroom looked so drab and plain that the students asked to have it made more at- lContinued on Page 537