Thomas Carr Howe Community High School - Hilltopper Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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ZZEIMJ Q0 601446 ?LlZ THE STQRY CDF HGWE HIGH We present to you Thomas Carr Howe High School, long merely a dream to many east-side parents and pupils but now a dream fulfilled. During its three short years of existence the school has created for itself a background of records and achieve- ments, representing many hours of careful planning, un- selfish labor, and joyful service on the part of the faculty, principal, parents, pupils, and friends. Leaf through these pages of historical significance and enter the make-believe portals of this book, to view the factors that have contributed to make Thomas Carr Howe High School our realized dream.

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For many years the residents of Irving- ton and other east-side districts persistently worked for a new high school. The pur- chase of the site known as Violet Hill was the first step toward the realization of their dream. Mrs. Louis W. Bruck, then president of the Irvington Union of Clubs, turned the first spade of earth from Violet Hill four years ago on May 28, l937, at the ground breaking ceremonies. Cn November lO, l937, Mr. DeWitt S. Morgan, superintendent of schools, presided at the corner stone laying. Under the stone was placed the Bible, the United States flag, the lndianapolis Star, News, Times, Public School News, minutes of the board, history of the lrvington Union of Club's efforts to obtain the school for the community, biog- raphies of Thomas Carr Howe, and William Forsythe, well-known Irvington artist. The trowel used by Allan W. Boyd, then presi- dent of the Board of School Commissioners, was presented to the school by Mr. A. B. Good, business director of the Board of School Commissioners. The dedication ceremonies for Thomas Carr Howe High School took place on Thursday, September 29, l938, presided over by Mr. DeVVitt S. Morgan. The dedica- tion speech was made by Carl Wilde, then president of the Board of School Commis- sioners, and was accepted by Mr. Hilton U. Brown, prominent citizen of lndianapolis. At a signal from Mr. Charles MacKay Sharp, principal, the clock in the tower was started, signifying the official beginning of Thomas Carr Howe High School.