Shortridge High School - Annual Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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THE SENATE The Senate is by far the oldest club in Shortridge. Organized by Miss Laura Donnan in 1887. it has carried on its work of caricaturing with much gusto the United States Senate. Mr. Russel Siegler, member of the history department, is the sponsor and sergeant-at-arms. At the annual Senate banquet last spring, short speeches were given by noted senators. In the following election, a straight Radical ticket was placed into power. During the fall, a new party, the Progressives, came onto the scene. The election at Christmas time saw the old Radical regime, under the able leadership of Senator Wagner, Arthur Sachs, in control for the fifth time. Elections are held every six weeks, in imitation of the six year terms of the United States Senators. The presidents for the first four terms were Arvin Rothschild, Ctwo termsj, Gordon Messing, and Harry Traugott. The most important project of the organization was conceived, worked out, and completed, this year by Senator Connaly, Mary Jewell Long. Through the sale of home-made candy in the cafeteria during lunch per- iods, enough money was raised to purchase a beautiful bronze plaque, per- petuating the memory of Miss Laura Donnan. The plaque is in the Roda Selleck Art Gallery. Plans for the future, as we go to press, include the annual spring ban- quet, and the Senate Trial. Tom Garland. THE PHYSIOGRAPHY CLUB The purpose of the Physiography Club is not only to add interest to the subject, but also to provide a good way for the use of leisure time. The programs consist of hikes to places of value to the subject, lantern slides and film showings, special reports, experiments, and one social event a semester. The high points of the fall term were the Christmas party and the studies made of crystals. The officers were Norman Grauel, presidentg Richard Riser, secretaryg and Maxine Archer, treasurer. The spring meetings are usually more informal than those of the fall, and consist of field trips whenever possible. The programs are carried out by groups interested in the special topic scheduled for the day. The club meets in Room 204 on Tuesdays at the beginning of con- ference to carry out indoor programs or to start on hikes. It is open to all Physiographers, past and present. Maxine Archer.

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THE TRUE BLUE CLUB ' if 1. .x1:lE:Q.. First row Lleft to rightl: Virginia Wheeler, Madeline Trent, Katherine Mabie, Harriet Jane Holmes. Second row: Mrs. Thompson, Margaret Paul, Betty Weier, Jean Anderson, Julia Raymond, Suzan Osler. The True Blue Club, of which Mrs. Della Thompson, Dean of Girls, is the sponsor, was founded and organized by Miss Edith Corya in 1922. The headquarters of the club are in Room 118, Mrs- Thompsorrs oflice, and any girl desiring to become a member may do so by signing the books. There are four departments of the club, namely: the Big Sister De- partment, which welcomes the incoming .freshman girls, the Booster De- partment, which earns the money'g the Publicity Department, which pub- lishes the notices, and the Necrology Department, which was founded by Betty Messick in 1931 and was originated for the purpose of writing notes of sympathy to students and parents of students. The teachers are also notiiied of their pupils' bereavement. In addition to banquets given semi-annually for the boys of the foot- ball, basketball, track, and debating teams, the True Blue Club has given more than one thousand dollars in gifts to the school. The officers of the True Blue Club are: Barbara Ballinger, head of the Big Sister Department, with Kathryn Mabie as an assistantg Virginia Wheeler, head of the Booster Department, with Jean Anderson, Sue Osler, Margaret Paul, and Betty Weier, as assistants. The Publicity Department consists of Madeline Trent as its head with Harriet Jane Holmes as an assistant. Julia Raymond is in charge of the necrology work. Jean Anderson. THE SOCIAL COMMITTEE The Social Committee, under the sponsorship of Miss Mary Pratt, has added zest to the school activities with its all-school parties. The calen- dar of activities was as follows: Ye Olde Inaugural Ball, September 30g The Puritan Hop with Uglyman Contest, won by Jack Appel, November 18, Jinx Jig, January 13, Cherry Tree Hop, February 21g Blue Belle Contest, won by Margaret Lee Riddell, April 21, final party, in May. The Royal Syncopators, directed by Jimmy Willingham, have played for all the parties. The average attendance was about siX hundred. At Christmas, the committee furnished baskets and clothing to twenty groups, and gave twenty dollars to the Community Fund, with the remain- ing profits used for school purposes. The Social Committee has a membership of about forty-five students. The officers are: Robert E. Jackson, presidentg Alex Clark, vice-president, Betty Lutz, secretary-treasurerg Fletcher Humphrey, publicity chairman, and Foster Clippinger, chief of police. Betty Lutz.