Shortridge High School - Annual Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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Tl-IE SOCIAL COMMITTEE THE FICTION CLUB This year, the Fiction Club has initiated a new plan of sponsoring a guest meeting for all the students who try out for membership in the club. A short story authority is always the guest speaker at this meeting, and those trying for membership gain many helpful pointers in short story Writing. Such a meeting was held on October tenth with Mr. J. B. Vandaworker, of the Indianapolis News, an authority on short story writing, as speaker. Other guest speakers of the year have been Mere- dith Nicholson, noted Indiana authorg Mr. Thomas Elrod, of the Indiana- polis Newsg Professor Evelyn Butler, of Butler University, Miss Mary Orvis, of Indiana University Extension Division, and Miss Katherine Allen, of the Shortridge High School faculty. A5 usual, all the stories for the Christmas Echo were submitted by members of the Fiction Club. The iictionists also furnished material for the Annual. A mystic Hallowe'en party was held at Jane Shideler's home on Oc- tober twenty-ninth to welcome the new members. On December thir- teenth, at the home of Mary Catherine Funkhouser, the formal initiation, including the pin ceremony, and the informative meeting were held, con- sisting of a program furnished by club members and alumni. On Decem- ber twenty-third, the members enjoyed a Christmas party in Room 324. The third annual Alumni Reception was held at the home of Mary Ellen Voyles, on January first. Many alumni members, representing thirteen different colleges, were present. The oflicers of the Fiction Club during the fall term were: Fred Kersh- ner, president, Jeanne McWorkman, vice-president, Lucy Ann Balch, sec- retaryg and Louis Candedo, treasurer. The ofhcers for the spring term were: Louis Candedo, presidentg Jane Shideler, vice-presidentg Mary Cath- erine Funkhouser, secretary, and Richard Voyles, treasurer. The program chairmen throughout the year were Mary Ellen Voyles, Carol Wagner, Marynette Hiatt, and Henry Fauvre. Mary Catherine Funkhouser. .--Ni ee-

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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.

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THE PRESS CLUB The Shortridge Press Club, an organization composed of members of the various Echo staffs, Echo agents, and members of the journalism classes, is under the direction of Mr. William A. Evans, instructor of journalism. The purpose of this club is to promote journalistic talent at Shortridge, and to consider and solve the problems connected with the Daily Echo. This year, as usual, each Echo staff sent two delegates to the Franklin Press Convention. The delegates were: Catherine Heard, Jean Soehner, Marynette Hiatt, Mary Louise Merrell, Lucy Ann Balch, Gordon Messing, Dorothy Reasoner, Leslie Barlet, Jeanette McElroy, and Jane Shideler. George Losey, president of the club, and Josephine Jackson, exchange editor, made a total of twelve. Mrs. Edith Campbell, sponsor of Monday's Echo, accompanied the group. The delegates spent two days, October 20 to 22, at Franklin where they attended round table discussions and meet- ings at Franklin College. At the Iirst meeting in the fall, Mr. George Buck, principal, spoke to the club. Mr. Charles E. Carll Jr., city editor of the Indian- apolis Times, was the speaker at a meeting held on February 20. The oflicers of the club are: George Losey, president, Betty Lou Blackmore, vice-president: and Jane Shideler, secretary. Jane Shideler. THE POETRY CLUB The Poetry Club was organized in 1932 under the able sponsorship of Miss Mary Pratt. In September, 1932, Miss Florence Fritts, also of the English department, became sponsor, and Miss Pratt was made an hon- orary member. It has been the plan to discuss the life and work of a different poet each meeting. The onicers for the fall term were: Caroline Rehm, president, Mar- jorie Pendleton, vice-presidentg and Bonnie Jean McKechnie, secretary. In January, Caroline Rehm and Bonnie Jean McKechnie were re-elected president and secretary respectively, and Betty Finch became vice- president. The Poetry Club has had a very successful year. It is hoped that a larger number of students will avail themselves of the splendid oppor- tunities which it affords. Bonnie Jean McKechnie,