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

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ea mf 1' 7972, Miss Shoyer devised the hurdle plan of teaching lfinfflish. writing a text-hook. Crani- I za rw :- mar Review. for the system. She was the Hrst senior sponsor at Tech and it was through her efforts that the first senior class was organized in 1914. Miss Shover will always he rememlnered for founding THIS AIRSICNAI. CANNON and serving as its advisor from 1912 to 1916. After locating the records of the old Indianapolis Arsenal at the Frankfort Arsenal in Philadelphia and arranging for the records to he returned to Tech. she estalilished the Tech Archives ill which the records are stored. To help students olitain a lretter understanding of the peoples of other lands and to form friendships with hoys and girls alrroad. Miss Shoyer founded the wlorld Pen-l riem1- ship Association. which counts among its memhers lnoys and girls in many foreign coun- 1I'1t's. Three school pageants were written and presented hy Miss Shoyer: the dedication of the flag-pole. the lndiana Centennial. and the ten-year program at Tech. in 1922. It was Miss Shover who suggested and planned the dedication program for renaming the Main Building. Treadwell Hall. in 1913. in honor of the man who laid out these grounds in 1865. Because of ill health. Miss Shower retired in Novemher of 1913. Her sincerity and untiring efforts toward the school to which she was devoted made her one of the most loyal teachers and one of the most faithful friends Tech has ever had. Clarence C. Hanna followed Techis progress for its first five years as a memher of its pioneer English department. Tillie after time his keen insight as an English teacher helped some student catch the spark that makes an inspiring essay. Mr. Hanna once said. ln 1912 the 'Tech Spirit' was a phrase on the lips or a senti- ment in the hearts or minds of one hundred and eighty-three pupils and eight teachers. That spirit of which Mr. Hanna spoke is still alive today among the five thousand stu- dents and two hundred and forty memhers of the faculty. These two teachers. chosen hy Mr. Stuart for their deyotion to their profession and their interest in young people. proved worthy of his faith in tl1en1 and helped to found a school that is known. today. throughout the United States. His keen sense of rcsponsiliility. his love and understanding of young people. his general happy disposition made Clarence Hanna a friend of students and a prince among teachers.

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. . 5 lcler high principles. her devotion to her chosen field of work. her sincere. untiring efforts to make the bettcr. best marked Esther Fay Shover as a friend whose memory and spirit will live on forever. 'Twas a sunshiny September morning in l9l2 when one hundred eighty-three boys and girls trudged along the cinder paths of the old Arsenal grounds to the formidable brick building with its huge clock tower. Directed by smiling young teachers they climbed the narrow wooden stairs inside the tower to the second floor. where Milo H. Stuart. who was to be principal of their 11ew school. greeted them. Thus, the Arsenal. Technical Schools had its beginning with its enthusiastic freshmen U C and eight eager teachers. Two of these instructors who had the irivileve of hel in to organize this ffreat school ' g N l n P g cv rn were Miss Esther ltay Shover and Llarence Hanna. Not only did Miss Shover behold the dawning of the new school. but her numerous contributions during her thirty-one years of loving service will forever have an influence upon thousands of pupils with whom she has worked. and o11 the school itself. v ,s.1fW- The certificate of service for retiring Tech teach- ers was proposed by Miss Shover who drew up the ,VA-' first draft. By a strange coincidence. she received 5 If the lirst one. which had been designed by Oakley sg Richey and printed in the school Print Shop. ZH d il A 0500

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Q i in the sign-making industry X T HE E ppigljlt.-1 EGFN vw in the field of electricity. where basic training includes electronic control, refrigera- tion, wiring, servicing. and maintenance j -.onli whim 'ily smzffcwrzefz 3,95 in sign painting. which pre- V c,,. ,t f' Jares tllelll for em lovment 2.4-at 'ie - in public address service by gaining practical experi- ence in the upkeep of Teclfs Pulrlic Address System in general garaffe - v-- fe f ' - .-'Lid of repairing and fender-