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

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THE ARSENAL CANNON 21 time in thirteen years, the city high schools were allowed to organize football teams and to par- ticipate in contests with other schools in the favorite high school and college game. Through the combined efforts of the alumni of the three Indianapolis high schools we have been given another opportunity to overcome the handicap ofentering college with no knowledge of the game and to show what true sportsmanship is. So far Tech has been commended for her high standards in athletics. May it ever continue thus! Tech won her first football game from Kirklin by a decisive victory of 31 to 7. After a season of such victories came the parade led by Mr. Stuart and the band. At lVlonument Place Mr. Graff, superintendent of schools. presented us with the silver cup. bearing the Green and White streamers. This was the symbol of the city championship won by Tech. The winter of 1920 brought with it a great loss to the Technical R. O. T. C. Captain Perry left Techg he was assigned to the 40th U. S. Infantry at Camp Sherman, Ohio. Captain Perry had gained the respect and friendship of every boy in the R. 0. T. C. His word was law not only because he had they personality to make it such but also because each boy, through his administration. wanted it so. In May. l92I,. Adrian Pierce was the first of step up the military ladder to second lieutenant. During the winter and spring fortune attended us. The basket-ball sectional was won from Manual by a 19 to 114 score. Elated, we went to the regional, but came up against a real stone wall in the form of Vin- cennes, losing our hardest fought battle of the season by a score of 29 to 8. However, we did not suffer our spirits to waver, and so acted as hosts at the State Tournament. Our baseball team captured every game for this season and won the championship. The fall of 1921 found us midway in our high school career and beginning the third phase of our evolution. As happy juniors we centered our interests on the football team which again won the city championship. We were proud to have three members of our class on this team: Elmer Baldwin. our star full-back, Cleo Peter- son. and Chester Demmary. During this semester two important buildings were completed: the Administration building, the cornerstone of which had been laid with proper ceremonies in June, 192Og and the Shops. These are parts of a Greater Tech to which we shall always be glad to return. If you wish to know now what that Greater Tech will be like, go to our number to the position of of 1921 good the main oflice and study the water color sketch- es made by Mr. Polley. The spring semester of this year will be remembered for its many unusual successes. Our track team won sectional honors and carried away the state banner for the first time. Lang- lais again represented our class in track. 1922 marked the third successful year in baseball. Our boys won the city championship, suffering no defeat and bidding for state honors if such a championship were available. The R. O. T. C. unit was inspected by a committee from Wash- ington, and as a result Tech was made an honor school. The inspectors proclaimed us the best drilled school in the country. A drill team. se- lected by Captain lidwards. competed with Manual and Shortridge. Many of our boys took part in this. and the cup was won by Tech. On Supreme Day, May twenty-second, Tech celebrated her tenth anniversary. ln the after- noon we all gathered on the campus to hear our band in a very interesting program. This was followed by a cantata, Spring Raptures, given by the advanced Girls' Glee Club. At dusk we went to the Athletic field where we saw the pageant, The Spirit of Techf, Almost every Tech student had some part in the pageant and the class of June. 1923 was gloriously repre- sented. The pageant was made a complete suc- cess through the untiring efforts of Miss Shover. And now. in September. 1921 came our fourth, last, and most eventful phase of evolution. We found ourselves in June senior roll rooms, ready to organize, and eager to assume senior responsibilities. The oflice messenger service, an inheritance from a former June class, was put into operation early in the semester. Names of june. 19225 seniors appeared on the member- ship lists of most school organizations. The state football squad of the season included the following members of our class: Cleo Peterson, George Cottrell. Donald Gullion. Chester Dem- mary, Carl Bernhardt, Elmer Baldwin, Archie Langlais, and Lane Schultze. ln November we held our first senior meet- ing in the boys' gymnasium. The meeting was called to order by Walter Jolley, president of the January. 1923 class, and the constitution was read by John Fitzgerald. chairman of the con- stitutional committee. Cleo Peterson, our foot- ball hero, was overwhelmingly elected as presi- dent. Suzanne Kolhoff carried off the honors of vice-presidency. Louise Rice was elected secretary. John Fitzgerald, as treasurer. receiv- ed the responsibility of caring for our fiying eagles. while to Carl Bernhardt went the honor of preserving order as sergeant-at-arms.

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22 THE ARSENAL CANNON Mr. Bretzman was chosen as the class photo- grapher. Immediately following, began the destruction of Mr. Bretzman's camera. but luck- ily. our magazine shows some fair results. The class play was Quality Streetf, one of Sir James Barrieis famous plays. The cast in- cluded Adrian Pierce, Grace Elizabeth Lash- brook. Daisy Folkerth. Evelyn Thompson, Lu- cille O'Connor. Annabelle Fields, lris lnnis, Paul Emert, Manual Leve, Howard Caldwell, Leva Hatch, Neva Brewer, Gertrude Keller, Chester Lafferty, Agnes Search, Josephine Ken- nedy, Eloise Owings, Charlotte Beissner, Suz- anne Kolhoff, Katherine Hackemeyer, Earl Beyer, Frederick Shick, Kennard Davies, Nor- man Baxter. At the beginning of our last semester, we elected the remaining oflicelsz prophets, Vir- ginia Foxworthy and Lane Schultze, will- makers. Agnes Search and Frederick Shickg historian, Richard Frazee. The competition for song and poem was an unusually successful strife. After several conferences the judges pro- nounced Louise Spillman, song-writer. and Helen Ogden, poet. Chester Lafferty's poem received honorable mention. Our class colors are purple purple and silver: and the class flower is the sweet-pea. We have attempted to live up to our motto, Find a Way or make one. gained A number of our literary celebrities positions on the CANNON Staff. On Staff l are Charlotte Gilman, editorg Ruth Dinwiddie, associate editor, Howard Caldwell, athletic edi- tor: Geraldine Wattg Helen Ogden and Williaiii Mc-Daniel, feature writers. On Staff II are Ruth Preston. editor: Gertrude Kaiser, associate editorg Vllilliam Westfall, athletic editor. Louise Bice is magazine editor, and Leland Morgan is associate editor of the magazine. Tech has a Rifle Team whose fame extends far beyond the campus boundaries. Again, our class is well represented by George Denny, Carl Bernhardt. Adrian Pierce, Orville Henderson, and Charles Albersmeier. As usual our baseball team opened its season by winning its first game. Mr. Mueller, our new coach who succeeds Mr. Kingsolver, knows how to pick a winning team. Members of the June, '23 class who helped defeat Southport by a score of 4 to 3 are George Cottrell, Cleo Peterson, Lane Schultze, Elmer Baldwin, and Gerald Purdy. Early in April the class presented Tech with a dozen ivy plants. On a bright Spring morning the seniors gathered together informally, gave a short but interesting program, and planted the ivy on the west side of the Artillery building. Later in April, the Girls' Glee Club showed us all what they could do in the way of dramatics. The senior girls who helped to make this oper- etta, The Princess Chrysantliernumf, a great success are Vivian Stevenson, Dorothy Avels, Bertha Green, Charlotte Reissner, Lillian Virt, Ruth Smith, Cathryne and Charlotte Roberts, Hannah Noone, Anna Bosenzweig, Dorothy Saffell, Ruth Dinwiddie, Virginia Mann, Sarah McKinley, Virginia Meek, Carmen Morris, Har- riet Shoemaker, Alice Suess. May was selected as the proper time to give our farewell parties. On Thursday, May third, we gave our class party in the girls' gymnasium, and every member proclaimed it a wonderful success. Later in May we enjoyed the beauties of nature at the picnic held on the campus. lt is with reluctance that I mention this class night celebration, our final gathering at Tech. But. as the old quotation states, Even the best of friends must part, and we who have arrived at the end of our high school phase of evolution must each choose his own path now. May our achievements in Gods great universe, reflect credit upon this. our school. so that those who come after us may say, They found a way or made onef, Life's Pioneers Class Poem. as 1'7 Find a way or make one So cried a pilgrim band, And faced the terrors of the sea To reach our peaceful land. Find a way or make one! The years have swiftly gone, And pioneers now heed the call That urged the pilgrims on. Find a way or make one! The cry was not in vain, For. since we're like the pioneers, All life is our domain. sn. Weill find a way or make onel Whate'er our task may be. Where others fail, we shall succeed, Our class, June 323. HELEN OGDEN CLASS CoLoRs-Purple and Silver CLASS F LOWERS-Lavender sweet-pea CLASS MOTTO- Find a way or make onef,