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

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THE ARSENAL CANNON. 23 The Clock And The Cottonwood Tree lCO7lfi'IZ1l6d from page fourl . When the 'Winona Technical Insti- tute' was started, of course, just what we were discussing. Oh yes! Why I- interrupted the Wait a minute, Cotton-wood in his turn, I was be- ginning to tell you a very important fact, when you interrupted meg but I'll allow you to talk first. Oh! exclaimed the Clock, sup- prised at his opponent's politeness. Then in a resigned tone, I've forgot- ten what I wished to say, so you may continue. Well, as I was going to say, I could well remember because I was thirty-five years old when that hap- pened. Thirty-five! exclaimed the as- tounded Clock. How does that hap- pen? Surely you're not that old? I realy can't believe it. I wish the sunset cannon were here to decide for us. He would surely know. Yes, either he or the fiagstafff' answered the Tree. I never think of either the flagstaff or sunset gun without remembering a story my Uncle used to tell me. A long time ago, this district about here was en- tirely covered by trees and under- growth like that which is now at the other end of the grounds- In 1863, as well as my Uncle could remember, Adelbert R. Buffington came here and chose these seventy-six acres as a site for government buildings, which were immediately begun. The arsenal was to be used for storage of guns- The artillery building was this one here by me, and is now used for shops. Velry early one morning, about a month after the completion of the buildings, Mr. Hatfield, the general caretaker of the grounds, was walk- ing on the road from the Arsenal toward the Artillery Building. As he passed near the flagstaff, he hap- pened to notice a small shoot of a Cotton-wood Tree, which he had never before seeng he decided to protect it and allow it to grow. Then he went on toward the old sunset gun where he was to meet an officer. It happens that I myself am that Tree, and to be thus connected with relics of the past, makes me, in truth, nearly as old as the Arsenal, itself. Quite true, responded the Clock, If thats the case, as I was new when I was placed here, you are nearly as old as I. So now, as the Clock and the Cot- ton-wood Tree had discovered how close they had been these many years, they agreed to always hold a strong friendship for each other. H. M. Wonders One thing is finding the distance of the North Star from the earth. Since it is known that light travels at a speed of 186,000 miles per second across the earth's surface, and that it takes a beam of light 40 years to travel from the North Star to earth, we may compute the distance, which is found to be 8,098,581,600,000 miles. Probably the most inconceivable fact is that a wave, sent out by a wireless station, can go around the earth seven times in one second. The latest invention Wireless Tele- phony, is the most Wonderful of mod- ern day inventions, if it becomes per- fected as the inventor, Peter Cooper Hewitt, says it will. Imagine a cap- tain of a ship, in midocean, going to a telephone, taking down the receiver and communicating to land, not by code, but talking with his own voice. G. M. O. Fishin' Time When the soft winds start to blowin', And all nature seems so fine, Then a feller starts to huntin', For his good old fishin' line. Just hear the birds a'singin', And the skies are all so blueg And the boys are playin' hooky, They're goin' fishin,' too. And they get their traps all ready, And the day turns up just right, With not a chilly wind ablowin'g Not one gray cloud in sight. Now when you get to feelin' bad, And don't know what to do, Just get your hook an' line together, And go afishin', too. L. N. School again in September.

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22 THE ARSENAL CANNON. The Victory tCunLinued from page five! At last the day arrived when school began. Tom willingly piloted Ruth over the beautiful grounds about Technical, but Ruth shut her eyes and ears to its charm. She had made up her mind that she Wouldn't like it. and she didn't intend to. That night as the Wards were all gatherel about the table, Mr. Ward asked Ruth how she liked Technical. I knew I wouldn't like it, father, Ruth answered. None of the girls, so far as I saw are anything like Anabelle and I don't care to have anything to do with them. At that Tom shouted, Do you think I'd go there if they were? Ruth answered with dignity, Anabelle is a lovely girl, so sweet and sympathetic, and much better than any you introduced me to. If that's not gratitudefmumbled Tom, at a warning look from his mother, Heaving a sigh. Ruth left the room. Then mother, father and Tom held a council. Tom told them both that, unless Ruth was crazy, she couldn't help but like Tech. After that incident Ruth was ver' cool towards Tom and, in fact, to- ward the whole familv. Ruth intend- ed not to take an active interest in anything until father sent her to But the unexpected Briarwood- happened and the Ward family were at peace once more. there was no change several weeks. She seemed to take no more interest in the school than before: but there was a change, unknown to the rest of the family, and partially unknown to Ruth. The spirit of the school was getting hold of her. She admired the free and easy, democratic spirit, the determination to make the best of everything, no mater what odds. But her false pride was ever fighting it down. She was too proud to acknowl- edge that she had been mistaken and that she was as proud of Tech as Tom. One great event which was soon to take place was the talk of the school. It was the basket ball game. where Tech was to play a rival school whose team was very strong, and as yet no school had defeated them. Apparently in Ruth after But Tech was confident of its star team, of which Tom was captain. At last the day dawned. Almost every Techite went to see the game. Tech started out well, but their oppo- nent got the lead. The scores ran closer and closer. Both teams were doing fast playing and fighting to the last inch. Among the Tech fans the excitement was intense. It meant so much for a new school to win! Ruth, holding her breath, saw Tom glance up at her and set his jaw- She knew that look. It meant that Tech would win. A few seconds later Tech fans burst forth in cheers for Tom. VVard had carried the Techni- cal team to victory. The cheers, the shouts, the yells for Tech, filled Ruth with exaltation. She wanted to shout with joy. She was so proud of Tech. so proud of the team, and oh-so proud of Tom! A little while later Ruth rushed in- to the room where her mother sat sew- ing. Tech won and Tom did it, she shouted breathlessly. Then she told her mother about the game. . And the best of it all, she con- cluded. Tom's victory made me forget my foolish pride. That evening as Mr. and Mrs, Ward were seated by the couch where Tom, the hero, lay resting, Ruth came into the room and sat down on the couch by Tom. Father and Tom, she declared, her face fiushing, I Want to thank you for not paying any attention to a sillv girl like me and sending me to Tech anyway. It's the best school in the universe. iSn't it Tom? And of course Tom agreed. Mrs VVard was verv prourl of her boy and girl. Both of them had won a victory. Tom had defeated a good strong team and Ruth had defeated her own foolish pride. -- M. F. Emily Shugert,- Russel, can you get this geometry problem for me? Russel Hammer- Yes. Here's the answer, and he gave Emily a piece of paper. This is what it had on it: The bisector of the two squarest sides of the round triangular circle should conglomerate each other at the equidistant sides.

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24 THE ARSENAL CANNON. Almanac of The Year Note.-The editor of the treasured column regrets to announce that nothing of importance has happened since Miles Drake received 3 A's. This was in January. FRIDAY MARCH 5. Forcast.-Increasing cloudiness in the vicinity of Franklin, breezes blowing toward the north. MONDAY MARCH 8. The weatherman leaves the city for one week. He will travel the sub- urbs of Brightwood and Haughville. THURSDAY MARCH 17. The honor of this day was shown upon the faces of the assets of Techf' the Freshes, WED. MARCH 23. Two punk basketball teams under the name of Red and Green, with the Mutt and Jeff of it as captains, alias Houp Myers and Stiify Warren, met on this day. The aggregation with the Irish here knew as much about playing basketball as Lehman Holiday does about hurdling. MONDAY MARCH 28. The best players in this Red-Green gang received Monograms. Jeff got one, but Mutt refused to show his ability and he even retired to the floor in the second game. Charley Wheat also received a monogram. People say he was once the property of a Brown county farmer serving as a protector of his crops. THURS. APRIL 1. Weather increasing warmer, nearly all Algebra and German books are being lost. The tennis bugs start mowing up the courts. FRIDAY APRIL 9. Four punk baseball captains select- ed nine other men of the same dis- tinction. Beef Harris called his aggregation the Braves, probably because they were brave enough to stand up against another team. The Indians act like a bunch of Indians. The Cubs have a few good players. The Techfeds are so rotten that the men even run the bases backwards. MONDAY MAY 3. Don Durman must have an excellent constitution as he has been seen for the last two weeks rolling and kicking on the school campus. TUESDAY MAY 4. The May Fete or in other Words May Fete was given. No person was overcome by the heat. THURSDAY MAY 6. Lehman Holliday, would-be hurdler, baseball player, basketball player, rough neck, determined to break his neck, leg or something. So he tried to hurdle, in his graceful manner while going at full speed, over a wire fence 2 feet 6 inches high. He got over safelyg but alighted wrong. He descended as gracefully as an English areoplane after being struck by a German cannon ball. After the re- mains had been picked up it was found that he had, through his dexter- ous movement of his left knee, made a new air hole in his trousers. Also something red was fiowing profusely from the injured member. The leg was about as much use to him as a tennis racquet is to Ed Hartlauf, Tech's renowned exponent of the net game, who won one game out of two sets. TUESDAY MAY 11. All are in sympathy with Winnie Fehr, who, according to Herr Meseke has more love and loyality for the school than for his thumb and Ger- man. WEDNESDAY MAY 12. Mr. Yenne had a wonderful section gang working on the bleachers. Among them was E. Hughes who doesn't know a saw from a hammer. WEDNESDAY MAY 12. Afternoon. Stiffy Warren, Bill Chandler and Arch Brown, who are generally seen the first hour with their faces glued to the interesting pages of an ancient history came to Miss Jasper and implored her to per- mit them to show their loyality to the seniors by working on the stage. Later Stiffy solved a great question, that of getting a horse. Stiffy showed that he was as good a horse as a human. Bill who acted as driver or- dered thig poor dobbin around like a mule. Wednesday, June Ninth Hoora l Vacation!