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

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THE ARSENAL CANNON 7 For the printing of 9,000 folders, announcing the plans, and the nec- essary receipts and blanks for taking subscriptions, we owe a debt of gratitude to the school of printing. Without its generosity, more money would have been needed and we might not have realized our ambition for a flag-pole, so soon. We are also deeply grateful to Judge James A. Collins, president of the Parent-Teacher's Association, for his interest and cooperation and to those citizens, many of whose names are printed above, who assisted him. As the Stars and Stripes Hoat once more above the Arsenal Grounds, may each contributor feel a thrill of pride and say, Old Glory-I helped to put you there. TECH WINS BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP Not often does any school produce a winning team during its first year of participation in any branch of athletics. Yet this is What Tech has done when the baseball team defeated all comers at the state meet held at Lafayette under the auspices of Purdue University on Friday and Saturday, May 25 and 26. The Green and White was scheduled to meet Anderson on Friday, but that school decided at the last moment not to send a team to the tournament. So this game was forfeited to Tech. In the second round of play our opponent was the Manual team and this contest proved to be the most exciting of the series. Sherman, the pitching star of the meet, was in form and pitched air tight ball with men on the bases. At no time did his team mates fail to back him up. The work of the entire infield bordered on the sensational. With the bases full, Kimmick hauled down a fly in deep center and by making a perfect throw to the plate completed a double play, thus foiling Manual's chances of scoring in that round. Again with the bases full, the stands were brought to their feet when George Meyer nailed a sizzling liner that looked good enough to bring in a couple of scores, and by pegging to second, effected another double play. The game ended with a score of 7 to 3, putting Tech into the finals where they had to face Kewanna, the victor over Jefferson High School of Lafayette. Kewanna failed to even make things interesting for the Tech midgets and at no time during this fray was our team in danger. Again Sherman's pitching was excellent and his opponents were held to two lonely runs, one scored in the opening inning and the other in the ninth frame. In the meantime our champions were making things extra safe by pounding in twelve tallies. Ash, H. Meyer, and Broughton featured with their timely hitting. The games were umpired by Harry C. Geisel of Indianapolis, who stated after the contests that Tech presented one of the strongest and fastest high school teams he had witnessed for several years. To coaches Gorman and Spence belong a great deal of credit for round- ing out a championship team in Tech's first year in baseball. Prospects for next season are bright as but two regulars, Houston Meyer and Harry Brown, will be lost through graduation.

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6 THE ARSENAL CANNON the bugler fDale Sommersj gives the call To Arms. The enlisted pupils leave after calling two Freshmen to complete the work begun. These call in the representatives of the Boy Scouts who in turn consult the regular color squad from Fort Benjamin Harrison. Then while the orchestra played The Star Spangled Banner the Memorial Flag was raised in honor of the one unfurled in 1864 by the government, and as tribute to the ultimate triumph of Liberty. CONTRIBUTORS The CANNON is glad of this opportunity to acknowledge the gifts of those who made possible the erection of the steel flag-pole and the raising of Old Glory with all due ceremony. Contributions from Tech students and parents tthrough roll roomsj .... ..... S 221.85 Technical faculty .................. . . . 93.15 Technical janitors ........ ........ . . . 11.00 Machinist's Union 161 ..............,................... 10.00 Vonnegut Hardware Co. ................................. 10.00 All other subscriptions were 35.00 or under. In this class appear the following names: J. E. Allison, John J. Appel, Mrs. Batt, Mrs. Harry Bills, Homer Bingham, Gustave Brenninger, Mrs. Emma Brewington, M. C. S. B., Walter C. Carpenter, M. E. Clark, P. H. Clifford, Bessie Collins, Harry Collins, Mae and Marie Conover, Harvey Coonse, Henry C. Cron, Mrs. A. Cron, E. H. Darnach, Walter Darnell, Mrs. George M. Dickson, Bert Essex, Mrs. Farrar, A Friend, A Friend, A Friend, A Friend of Roll Room 31, J. H. Galloway, Edgar Gilmore, Mrs. T. J. Grave, Grave and Humphrey's Meat Market, Fred A. Gregory, Miss Mary Habush, Louise Hale, W. A. Harris, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey, Wm. Haskell, Horace Hewitt, John W. Holtzman, Fred Hoke, A. M. Huston, J. E. Harsley, M. S. Huey, W. H. Huston, Mrs. A. Kiefer, E. A. Kollowski, Harry Knannlein, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Krieger, Mrs. C. Lehman, Francis List, J. Raymond Lynn, Al. Maas, Mrs. N. Michener, Mrs. John Molter, Charles H. W. Otte, A. W. P., Dr. Hugo O. Pantzer, Miss Peacock, Mrs. T. W. Pearce,.John W. Pfoff, Mrs. Phillips, Mr. and Mrs. Potts, Richard W. Prange, Adolph Reinert, Mr. Reinking, W. E. Reynolds, J. A. Rink, Mrs. C. Roesner, Wm. H. Ruskaup, J. E. Saverage, H. F. Schoen, Mrs. Schoenemann, Robert and George Seidensticker, Mrs. Belle Shimer, C. Strohn, W. F. Shorte- meier, Mr. D. H. Snoke, A. Steffens, Fred Stephens, Arthur H. Taylor, Emma Taylor, Mary E. Test, Edith Timmerman, Mrs. S. B. Todd, Charles A. Tripp, Ed. Troy, Hughes Updegraff, Mrs. Wetzell, Mrs. C. W. Weyl, John F. Wild, Mr. Alfred Wilson, Mrs. John M. Wilson, Wm. Wolfred, Woodruff Neighborhood Club, G. E. Varney, A. F. Potts, Jas. A. Collins, Mrs. Lucretia MacDowell, Eva Crandall, Ruth Long, Harry Hale, A. D. Thomas. The entire amount of money contributed, including the school fund, was 3397.75

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8 THE ARSENAL CANNON TYPISTS WIN TROPHY Probably many pupils in Technical still know nothing of the splen- did records which the Typewriting classes have been making. Twenty- three high schools were entered in the Third Annual Indiana High School Typewriting Contest. Two of them were Typewriting II classes from Tech. These two classes entered as novices. One of the Typewriting II classes won the entire contest by making their class average, 32.1 words a minute, the highest. Doris Rucker, who made the highest number of words a minute, certainly deserves special mention. She made a record of 48.8 words a minute. This entitles her to a leather card-case given by the Rem- ington Typewriting Co. Other pupils who have earned honorable mention are Gordon Zink, who made a record of 44.4 words a minute, Gertrude Glockner, whose record was 43.8 words to the minute, and Howard Templeton, whose record was 43.2 words a minute. More honor can be attributed to these two Typewriting classes when we consider the fact that they had only about two-thirds as much time in which to practice as other contesting schools. This shortage of time was due to the weeks of twenty-minute periods at the begin- ning of the term. This department is now entitled to a trophy for the winning of the contest. TECHITES WIN IN LITERARY CONTEST In a recent contest conducted by the Indianapolis Real Estate Board, eight Technical High School pupils won prizes. The dis- tinguished are Myrtle Freeberg, Robert Schmuck, Henry Coughlin, Maisie McGowan, Helen Kitchell, Doris Carr, Mildred Hoffman and Charles Bridges. There were thirty-nine prizes awarded, one twenty- five dollar, one iifteen dollar, one ten dollar, one five dollar, ten two dollar, and twenty-five one dollar prizes. The theme was Why Buy a Home ? Even though five thousand would-be scribes expounded at length on that subject twenty percent of those who made money on their ideas were Techites. Who said Tech isn't on the map? ELECTRICAL SCHOOL HAS SOME CLASS On Tuesday, May 22, the June graduating class of electricity IV's held a short meeting to elect officers. Out of a class of forty-two starting in this work, only four are left to graduate. The class is twice blessed for is it not distinguished by being the smallest class on record, and is not Earl Wagner, of athletic fame, its president? Yes Indeed! Earl Wagner shall be known to the widest bounds of theffschool as the man who made the Big Four famous. The full sta is: Earl Wagner-president. Fred Maibucher-vice-president. Harry Southern-treasurer. Edgar Sanders-secretary.