Shortridge High School - Annual Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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PRESENT DAT .SHGRTRIDOE substantial look and outshines its older sister. From Pennsylvania street, some say the building closely resembles a model American fwhisper it very gentlyj-factory. Others with more impressionistic views trace a similarity to the 'old world Venice, the Bridge of Sighs and Campanile. From the north, the view of the main entrance, with its triple doors, is pleasing. The vestibule, with its stone steps, polished marble sides and green railings, is a refreshing change from the old. The gym is probably the first point of interest. A gymnasium, large and well-equipped, has long been desired, and at last we have it-with hopes for the equipment in the near future. The room is large, one of the largest in this part of the country. The running track, it is hoped, will be finished ere many moons have past. Upon its floor Shortridge stars will have ample opportunity for testing cork. The auditorium, immediately above the gymnasium, is a further advantage of which we may well be proud. It is large and excellently lighted by a circular sky-light. A circle of incandescent lights around, the dome supplemented by several parallel rows provide ample artificial lighting facilities. The hall with balcony has a seating capacity of about sixteen hundred. This is sufficient for assembling the whole school, an impossibility heretofore. The railing around the balcony is ornamented with S shields finished in a bronze-green as is the interior wood-work of the hall. The stage is not large enough for the production of a play, but is sufficient for musical programs,lectures or even a one-act farce. 'Tis said that only from the vertex of the dome can one gain an adequate idea of the general effect, the great size and charming simplicity of the whole. Two laboratories, chemistry and botany are among the very best. The botany laboratory occupies rooms on the second Hoot. The chemistry lab is on the third floor in three bright airy rooms. Beside the two fine laboratory rooms and the quiz room we can boast of one of the best stock rooms in the State. The large balances will be placed in this room as will a few of the smaller balances for the use of the chemistry I pupils. Each laboratory has been equipped with six hoods, so that in the future experiments with such gases as chlorine, hydrogen sulphide and the like may be carried on with perfect safety. These hoods as well as the desks have soapstone tops whose aggregate weight is about eight tons. The laboratories have previously been greatly hampered by lack of space but a total of about five hundred drawers should remedy this. The quiz room is across the hall from the labs and has a well-fitted lecture table. All of the rooms are well lighted and large, and, while not all are in use at present this is no serious draw-back as it leaves room for growth. Most of the rooms are as

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PRESENT DAT .SHORTRIDOE .. its final home. From the time it became permanently located on the resent site of the old building, it has grown and continued to grow until the need called for an annex. Not content with that, it still grew until advanced educational methods declared, not that we must have another annex, but that the old should become an annex to the new. Thus it happened that the old Underhill residence, once a landmark in 'historic Indianapolis' was razed to the ground and the erection of a new institution of learning begun. A modern building, constructed in accordance with modern ideas, it was completed, practically, in contract time, an unusual occurrence now-a-days. On January 30, l905, some thirteen hundred knowledge seekers entered it for the first time. Everything was new and from senior, sophomore, and junior alike came expressions of admiration. The building from the outside impresses one mostly with its size, three stories being a little out of the ordinary for schools. Though plain in structure, it has a

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PRESENT DAT .SHCRTRIDGE yet undecoratcd, but this will be accomplished in time. One has been beautilied-the seniors' room-and 'where one leads others follow. A lunch-room has been inaugurated and should prove a success. Broad stairways, long halls 'with 'rouged' floors, a system of intercommunicating telephones, tinkling recitation bells and others are among the schools many advantages. , Long live Shortridge, present and past: may she ever grow and prosper: and her many advantages be appreciated by all. ,1- , ,Gun 'fT'f g' 4 ,, AL ,iz j T e -7 E ' 'v-':L'if5!' --4 in A- ,,...!-- ,? di -, du lik 'H' ,.?g4 ' I .11-lt--,i4::L-!:, ' '-' x, .,,, vim:'Il':Q', fag , gag,- -1,-f ' - ,mm- ,iiuuQ!1!f!ll:Ae,1' - -Y A Q, - A .,..1 'w1'1 nnl , ... f U ,.. gr - - ' 4---.-V .,-.. mA 1'f :il1l1!i!!!!,c:5 -'Nay'-Q., ,Au E V U ,,n,T,,m:miffi5g1i,iifr3m ,Y 1 , n ew aj., ' ii Li' .e : ,F?Y3cf-:QOL 1 A 9154--i9f5.-ff ' f, -if-,'t ..,Q? Sl-l0F1T5lUfl:F-ll' ,L N RL., ,- -:.-5-2535? seas 'nbfs X., X ii' of- ' ' ,' -- ,X-. A I, Ng N E. xv ff' -, f -A- NX 3 Q f' gs?--tk ' X, ' , sf--f l ' lil sa i 1, . Ji If s go, ISV , il I A4 IL mfg J, ,,,--, S xi Y Y gf' ' . ' stil' ng' ' T . J JJ- 4 A J 1,, ,gia:, .LW 4-NP l l ' 'gl It is 'Q Q4 ,V I L.. V 1 i r e . y ,F 'ici-Al 1 l i l-4' w ill l :1-, --v ss , 'i ' if, ...u N 5 e 'Y IE-?rL nf .l' if QP Hf' n, H - www- ' f ,,,f,-fz7? L74 N A-M. Qty