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

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16 THE ARSENAL CANNON. Vacation Briefs The following are the plans of some of our faculty: Mr. Hanna: Chicago University. Miss Davis: Gearhart, Oregon, Expo- sition, Yosemite Valley, SanDiego Exposition and Grand Canyon. Miss Foley: Wisconsin. Miss Hagley: Rocky Mountains, Col- orado. Miss Houser: Western trip. Mrs. Polson: Camping, Wisconsin. Mr. Lindemuth: Antwerp, Ohio. Miss Kaltz: San Francisco and Detroit. Mrs. Baker: California. Mr. Craig: Bradley Polytechnic, Peo- ria, Ill. Mr. Buerckholtz: Chicago Ill. Miss Shover, Miss Kendall, Miss Smith and Mr. Ackley: Indianapolis. Mr. Mills, Mr. Murphy, Miss Abel: Chicago University. lVIr. Yenne: Ranch in Nebraska. Mr. Harris: Indiana University. Miss Binninger: University of Wis- consin. Mr. Anderson: Exposition and Cali- fornia. Mr. McKenzie: To hibernate. Miss Bachman: Eastern trip and Michigan. Mr. Stair: Technical High School. Miss Bard: Pennsylvania. Miss Shaw: Michigan and Kansas. Miss McCullough: Catskill Mountains, Columbia University and Maine. Miss Byrd: Depauw University. Miss Hendricks: Lake Ontario. Mr. Spear: Ohio River Trip. Mr, Brunkow: University of Min- nesota. Miss Harter: California Trip. Mr. Miles Smith: Mechanical Drawing' Instructor at Texas University. Mr. Meseke: Chicago University. Mr. Richardson: Bradley Polytechnic. Miss Atwood: Northern Michigan. Miss Patterson: Girls' Camp in Wis- consin. Miss Bauer: Undecided. Miss Hayes: Appelton, Wisconsin and East. A new Tech boy by the name of Clarence Hanna, has been cutting classes. Any one seeing him about during class periods, please report the same to Mr. Stuart. Senior Gifts The Senior Class plans to present several gifts to the school with the proceeds of the Senior Play, about ninety dollars. This class being' the first to en- act a play, had to provide all new costumes with the aid of the sewing and art departments. It will leave it's property box, containing' all of the costumes used in the Senior Play. This Qjift will be of substantial aid for the future plays. Another gift, filled with dear mem- ories of the early terms of our school, especially for those here at that time, is the bound volumes of Hear Ye . These are the two volumes of the paper written by the pupils and read to them during' assembly period- These papers have been kept very carefully. The articles have not lost any of their original quality and we shall be proud to exhibit the books as the first numbers of our school paper. The class picture will be hung in the hall and the remaining proceeds of the play will be ,invested in still another gift to the school. C. A. C. Senior Party Miss Binninger and Miss Hagley entertained the seniors at the home of the former, on Friday, May 28. The interesting programme for the evening included several amusing games and tricks. Miss Hagrley had written a very frivolous Class History, containing' jokes on most of the members of the faculty as well as those on the seniors themselves. The adjectives in this history were omitted, leaving blanks. These put in at random while being read, made a very ridiculous whole. The refreshments and table decor- ations carried out the idea of the class colors, green and white. The party will be remembered as one of the most pleasant events of the Senior year. C. A. C. Good Advice Boil down what you have to say, Then serve it with spice or caraway. Respect the grass on which you treadg 'Twill bloom above you when you're dead.

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THE ARSENAL CANNON. 15 Printers' Progress iCU7lf1'7l7lCd from Page Tenl Second Semester. With a change of hours at the be- ginning of the term came a new feeling of interest and the class felt encouraged. The time of open- ing was changed from 9:45 to 8:00 A. M. and dismissal was at 3:00 P. M. instead of 5:00 P. M. By this time a feeling of being devils had been outgrown and the class felt as though they were actually doing and learning more than before. When the class was organized, one period of four hours was spent at work in the printshop. During the second semester Mr. McGrew thought of trying out periods of forty-three minutes each in the shop and it is much better. Some of the boys have typography while others have press- work, but all are together for the typography and presswork lectures. In art, designing of good looking book pages, cards and covers have been most worked on. Here the work has been enjoyed by all. In math, now, cost of composition paper stock and labor is being Iigured under Mr. McKenzie's direction. Miss Atwood and Mr, McKenzie had hopes of a printing library but nothing has been accomplished thus far. Next year there won't be any math for the printers for they have accomplished it all this year, says Mr. McKenzie, but we printers hope to have him in whatever we get in place of math. The cover of this issue of the Cannon was designed bv a printer in this class. The work of this year has been very interest- ing and profitable for all. D. Curry. Our Commercial Classes lConf1'mwd from Page Eight! principle of brief signs which short- cn one's outline, adding speed. The Typewriting classes have gained ground this year. The advanced pupils have covered eleven to iifteen exercises. Between exercises these pupils have written letters for the various teachers. The beginning classes have, despite the delay at the beginning, covered five or six exer- cises. which is ahead of the record left by the advanced class. The teachers of these classes are well pleased with the showing the pu- pils have made. E. S. Machine Shop lCU7lfi1lIll'II from Page Ten! object of these additions being to make the boys good citizens as Well as good machinists. Most of the boys who enter this work have not had the advantage of high school training and, consequent- ly, when they are confronted with the problems which arise every day in the machine shop, the student often feels that the diiiiculty is insurmount- able. The solutions for these prob- lems are taken up with the boys dui' ing their work in the drawing room in such sequence that most of them soon become able to meet their emer- gencies and overcome them. The great things that the average boy must leai n in this course are to do things accurately, neatly and with- out undue delay. Also he must learn that safety first is much more im- portant around power driven machin- ery than in the school rooms to which he has been accustomed The projects in the machine shop are necessarily varied. The most im- portant is the construction of wood lathes. Six of these machines are at present installed in the wood turn- ing department. Three large, four cylinder' gasoline motors have been constructed this year and one mounted on a heavy wooden base. This one, mounted and belted to the shaft. devel- ops sufiicient power to drive the en- tire shop and could be used for such a purpose in an emergency. The whole end of this course is to make the boy more careful of him- self and his toolsg more exacting and accurate in his workg and much less easily discouraged by stumbling blocks in the paths which he will later pursue. This improvement is, in most cases as interesting as it is marked. and anv boy with a reasonable apti- tude for mechanical work. can find a great field for his energies and an unusual opportunity for self-improve- ment if he will spend the two years in this shop, necessary to complete the course. M. M. S. Senior: Mr. Anderson, may Ber- tha go down to lunch now? Mr. Anderson: Why now? Senior: Cause we only have two more days to eat together. Mr. Anderson: Well, then you had better eat them apart.

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THE ARSENAL CANNON. 17 Tech's Orchestra The Orchestra of twenty-six under Miss KaltZ's direction, have accom- plished a great deal this term. They worked under difficulties for the fi1'5t several meeting's. Since, however, they have been more fortunate. These boys and girls have not done this for a credit but they are very glad to hear that Mr. Stuart will give them a credit for this work should they continue until they grad- uate. The following are members of this term's orchestra: Violin. Oris Cunningham Elsa Caldwell Eva Moldthan Dudley Chambers John Broderick Russell Screes Helen Birchfield Fred Griggs Harold Stedfeldt Helen Tolin Clarinets, Paul Moffet Hugh Shields Cornets. Isador Harris Fred Campbell Theodore SampsonWilmer Bernloehr Ralph Pike French Horn. Roy Langdon Ruth Kiser Piano Victor Prange Mr. Ackley Flute-Donald Stedfeldt. Oboe-Everett Hughes. Saxaphone-Connie Stump. Drum-Arthur Stuart. They played for the May Fete, the Senior Play and are now preparing for the Commencement exercises. The orchestra has certainly been a great success and worthy of Tech- nical High School. C. A. C. Senior Scrap Book The June class has established a new custom, by having a scrap book. This scrap book is bound in black leather and was given to the class by W. K. Stewarts. It has a large T. H. S. on the front. This book will contain all articles that have men- tioned the senior class, in the Arsenal Cannon, the nlndianapolis News, and the Star, The four speeches to be given by members of the Senior Class at the Commencement will also be recorded. The class day program with full records of Class Prophecy, Class Will, History, Song, Poem, and all pictures that were taken of the Senior Play will also be in the book. All of the records of Senior Meetings will be in the book. H. M. The Senior Class of Jan. 1916 The senior class of January 1916 has in some degree organized for future activity. The colors and flower have been decided on in previous meet- ings as old gold and white with the tea rose. The motto has also been decided. It is very appropriate and shows very well the spirit of the class which has always been, To be rather than to seem. The play has been selected and will be given on the school grounds sometime in October. The Constitution of the Class of Jan- uary 1916 has been gotten up and accepted. The various committees are as follows: Constitution Bertha Gelman-chairman. Gladys Hartmar Victor P1'21llg'G. Color and Flower. Winifred Bass-chairman. Alice Hill Esther Amick. George Lawler Motto Gertrude Ostermeier-chairman. Martha Hui? James Scott. Play Earl Pangborn-chairman. Genevieve Wiese Edward Owen Juanita Kendrick G. L. What the Electricity 11's Are Doing 1Cont1'71ucd from Page Tcnj When the generator subject is com- pleted, the boys will be able to design and construct a generator. Mr. McKenzie's class has worked on the mathematical side of generator designing. He has been teaching the boys the use of logarithms also. The work of the English class has been extremely interesting. For liter- ature, the boys have read Ivanhoe, some of Kiplingls stories, and some of Poe's stories. The last composi- tion has been one long theme on some such topics as: Marine Uses of Electricity Electricity in the Future A Modern Telephone Exchange The History of the Telephone Electric Block Signals Indianapolis Traction System The boys of the advanced class feel that they are getting a great deal out of their work, and their interest is evidenced by an unusual attendance record. The school offers much to the boy who is willing to work, and this class has many of this type. C. E. C.