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

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The QtB'2IIEll 081111011 Page Twenty-seven Girls' Glee Club The Girls, Glee Club has represented our school on three different occasions this last term. They sang for the Hoover Relief Fund at Roberts Park M. E. Church, and at Short- ridge High School at the Band Concert given by the three high schools. They also gave Rapture of Spring , a can- tata, at a twilight program given on our own out door stage. This organization has Worked earnestly and has displayed unusual loyalty and enthusiasm as me mbers of this club. A uniform dress-a white middy and skirt, white shoes and black middy ties-to be worn at all public performances, was adopted. Miss Kaltz, their energetic director, states that she has enjoyed this organization very much this last semester. The oflicers of the Girls' Glee Club are: President, Mayme Clark, Vice President, june HefnergSecretary, Frances BrockwaygTreasurer, Emma Hurst, Sergeant-at-Arms, Louise Dun- can, Librarian, Irene Olsen, Accompanist, Gertrude Free. The Campus Choir Several new organizations, such as the Opera Club, the Drum Corps, and the Choral Club, have appeared in the music department this year, but it was left to the Campus Choir to form an organization that is different. The membership has been obtained entirely from the Opera Club and the object has been to keep the members of the latter together, and to do special work along choral lines. The music they sing is in strictly choral style and consists of excerpts from non-opera choruses and selections from standard operas which the choir sings and acts out Without scenery and special costumes. The Campus Choir has a versatile member- ship, containing vocal soloists, a pianist, a mixed quartette, a double mixed quartette, and some performers on stringed instruments. In fact it is ready to give a complete evening's entertainment. It appears at Commencement this spring. While it has not appeared in pub- lic many times its members have obtained a great deal of enjoyment from the new venture. The Betrothal Festival

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Page Twenty-six gibe Qrsenal Qlatmun The Nature Study Club Talk about your various and sundry clubs! Not one of them can beat the Nature Study Club of the Arsenal Technical Schools. Its purpose is a noble one, that of furthering ap- preciation and knowledge of the wonders and beauties of nature, everywhere. And, the club has done and is doing, a great deal toward that end. The club has held meetings every Wednesday at three o'clock in Room 60. Before the meetings, all who have been free and have wished to do so have hiked with Mr. Cox and his field glasses, his inseparable companion, over the campus, identifying trees, flowers, and birds. Then at the meetings reports of these and other birds and flowers have been made and discussed. There isa regular constitution, executive com- mittee and everything else that makes up a per- fect organization, even including a program committee, which arranges a program every week, and outside social affairs. Looked at from every corner and direction, it's surely a good club, and we're sure it has the hearty co-opera- tion of every student and teacher at Tech. 00000 The Boys' Glee Club Morrison Davis, President Dudley Kemper, Secretary and Treasurer. Myron Hopper, Librarian The Boys' Glee Club has been working on four-part choruses for male voices. The songs have been committed to memory so when the boys are called upon to sing they don't have as an excuse that old chestnut, I haven't got my musicn. While they have not appeared in public, nevertheless they have been doing consis- tent rehearsing. Probably the best songs in their repertoire are: The Lumberman's Camp Song by Targettg 'fCarry Me Back to old Virginia, by Blandg United States My Glorious Land, by Targett, The Mosquito, a comic encore by Loomis. The membership is made up of the follow- ing boys: First Tenors: Russel Smith, James Peb- worth, Second Tenors: Ed. Goumer, Myron Hopper, Glenn Spinney, Martin Mc Crackeng Baritonesi Morrison Davis, Irwin Egan, Clifton Hirshman, Russel Hirshman, Ferdinand Meh- rlich, Adrian Pierce. Bass: Caroll Bonnell, Dudley Kemper, Gaudy Sunderland. Miss Louise Spillman is the club accompanist. Courtesy Campaign Last March our enterprising salesmanship classes made an offer to the Tech student body as a whole. They, in their capacity of sales- men, asked the rest of the student body to pur- chase an idea-which, if purchased, would be a tremendous asset to the school. That which they offered was just courtesy-just plain, common politeness, which is the outward mani- festation of a generous and thoughtful spirit. 'fHave you good feeling? Are you consider- ate of others? lf you do have this spirit of consideration you are helping to promote happiness in our school and in the world, they said. What is the price? the students asked. Forgetting of self, we learned. The divi- dends are respect, success, friendship, and es- teem. The Drive ended March 25, but its spirit has remained. The spirit of Tech has been lifted and bettered more than we can immediately appreciate. Adapted from Office Bulletin eeooe The Faculty Medals Tech's faculty, this last year, has taken an action quite worthy of Tech. After discussions at various faculty meetings they raised nearly two hundred dollars among them. This money has been invested in a first mortgage at 692, and with the interest which accrues-approxi- mately ten dollars a year-the faculty proposes to buy two medals. These medals will be presented each June to the boy and girl from the entire January and June classes combined, making the best scholarship record, that is, with the highest number of honor points result- ing from the term end grades received dur- ing their high school career. These medals are the honors awarded to the best scholars just as the Dyer medal is award- ed to the best all around student participating in athletics and the block T's to Tech's finest sporstmen. eeooo The Betrothal Festival During each school year Techonians are giv- en the privilege of witnessing exceptional dem- onstrations of the ability of the gym classes. On January the thirteenth, at the Woodruff Club, Miss Abbett staged a most effective fantasy, The Betrothai Festival. ' From the stage settings and costumes to the dancers, everything was in perfect keeping and highly commendable. The only regret is that the entire school did not have the oppor- tunity to see it.

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Page Twenty-eight 015132 Zlrsenal Qfannnn Tech's Band During the past semester the band at Tech has progressed rapidly. Most high school bands are shy on bass and baritone, because boys buy a clarinet or cornet, but the bass section was unusually good this year, The School Board supported the band very Well, and its purch- ase of a number of instruments insured a better balanced instrumentation. The band organized and practiced in such a way that it was able to play on parade or at concert any moment. Its work at the games was heartily appreciated by the rooters. The band next year will continue its program of playing in public and it will welcome many new members. Those who desire to be in this organization should mention it on their study slips so that the office can arrange their sche- dule. ooeeo january Senior News During the past semester the january 722 class carried on a scholarship contest between the three roll rooms, 65A, 6513, and 65C to boost the scholarship standard. The contest was based on the average number of honor points in each roll room, all the contestants wore a badge designating their respective roll rooms, 65A's being designed by Russel Stewart, 65B's by Helen Ludemann and 65C's by George Patong The three little air-planes-the work- manship of Russel Stewart- hanging on their wires in 65 marked the progress of the campaign in which everyone was interested and in which competition was unusually keen. QQQQQ The Opera Club Mr. Percival has received so many inquiries about joining the Opera Club, that he Wishes to take this means of informing all who are interested. There will be a try-out for membership, one day only, some day of the first week next September. All who are interested should watch the bulletin for a more definite announce- ment, as it is quite likely that the membership will be filled at the first try-out. The opera to be given will be the Princess Bonnie, or The Maid and the Middyf' It will be given in the Murat Theater the first week in December, with special scenery and costumes, and accompanied by selected mem- bers of the orchestra. As the Opera Club is now an established organization, we may look for a brilliant performance. Drum Corps Twenty-two boys, twenty-one of them novi- ces, enrolled at the beginning of the semester, in the Tech Drum Corps. 'lhey began to re- hearse immediately, under Mr. Percival, at the sixth period, Mondays and Fridays. During the term they have learned to beat the drum and toot the bugle, and have com- mitted to memory two marches, Paris, and '4Kansas.H While their repertoire is not so very large, at the same time they have advanced enough in the work to be able to appear on parade. It is guaranteed that they can make as much noise as any drum corps of the same size. The members not only appear in a body, but play in the different periods to assist the cadets to march- The Drum Corps is a useful organization be- cause its music is military, and lills a long felt want in military maneuvers. 004960- The Tech Cglartette That burst of harmony in the second act of the Senior play was accomplished by the Tech quartette composed of Parker Burns, Kenneth Thorne, Arnold Schultz, and Yale Raymond. These boys,under the capable leader- ship of Miss Kaltz have done much to elevate Tech on the musical side. The quartette was organized in September and sang a number of selections during auditorium and especially in Pinaforef' This semester they have devoted a great deal of their time to singing in outside localities. Recently the quartette went to Acton, Indiana, to sing for the high school play, and left a gooi impression of Tech talent. We wish them hearty prospects for the future. +0044 The Vocal Culture Class Many of the larger high schools of the country have added and are organizing classes in voice culture. The purpose is to develop talent along special lines in voice work. It is an aid in doing this just as the glee club is an aid in discovering talent. Mr. Percival has started one here at Tech, and it would be wise for all pupils who are in- terested to bear it in mind when they fill out their study slips. It is a half credit subject. At the national convention of music supervis- ors, held in Saint joseph, Missouri, last April, the subject of voice culture was given quite a little attention and Tech was recognized as one of the larger schools having this in the curri- culum.