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

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Tb G ARSCWAL C?xT7l7OT? our members made their football debutfGil Moore. Thoburn Maxwell. and Maurice Bush. These boys laid the foundation for a prize-win- ning team to be developed later. Basket ball soon came. Most of our games were one or two-point defeats-all virtually heartbreakers. George Hite was on that squad. The girls' team. however. experienced a very successful season. Lorene Allen. June '24-. was one of the mainstays ofthe team. Lorene has won additional awards since then. Baseball. in '21 was merely another chapter in our Book of Victories. Although the baseball team of '23 had but few June '24- seniors. the team of '2-I had several: namely. Maurice Bush. Peter Reilly. Henry Kornblum. Al Babe. and Lowell Klingholz. Tech captured sectional track honors in l.92f3. In tracing the history of our class. we would not have you forget the musical ability of our members.' In the Opera clubis production. Pirates of Penzance. Ewell Newman. Bruce Savage. and Dorothea Smith had parts. The Girls' Glee club presented Princess Chry- santhemum in which many of the lime seniors had parts. The opera l'Martha . a Tech Choral Society production. dedicated our new outdoor theatre. A large number of our class were honored by having parts in that enterprise. Ewell lN'ewman was captain of our 1922 prize- winning Music Memory Contest team. We spent the last few weeks of our junior year in preparation for wearing the mantle of senior responsibility which would be waiting for us when we returned in September. The last year of our life as a class at Tech has been a continual triumphal pageant. With our last year have come senior responsibilities and obligations. The three previous years of training had served to bring us to our senior maturity. ln October we held our first class meeting. President Nicholas of the .lanuary '2-1 class gave us an eloquent address of welcome. Persons who had been nominated for class oth- cers gave speeches. A short time after that meet- ing. we elected Thoburn Maxwell. president: Eu- genia Harris. vice-president: Ruth Duvall. secre- tary: O. K. McKittrick. treasurer: and Maurice Bush. sergeant-at-arms. After the temporary ex- citement of election had abated. we concentrated our efforts on scholarship. The three June senior roll rooms inaugurated scholarship campaigns which have aided in placing this June class in an enviable position. Under the tutelage of Coach Mueller Tech produced the best football team in the history of the school. Our team amassed a total of 265 points to our opponents' 47. The players who g 27 formed the bulwark of this exceptional team were our own classmates: Maurice Rush tall- state fullbackt. Thoburn Maxwell, Henry Korn- blum. Gilbert Moore. Albert Babe. and Shirl Bilfey. We went from a highly successful grid season to the basket-ball season. Our net squad annexed the city championship and were run- ners-up in the local sectional. Of our number. George Hite and Albert liabe appeared. Our class was well represented in the track and base- ball squad. The literary and journalistic acumen oli many of our classmates has placed them in very envied positionsememl:ers of the CANNON staff. Stall' l: Naomi Adams. editor: Archie Mercey. associ- ate editor: Laura Schultz. girls' athletics: Helen Brown. news. Staff Il: liobert O'Neil. editor: Mary Voelcker. girls' athletics: Mary Latham. literature: Mary E. Glossbrenner. club news. Buth Duvall was the magazine editor while Alice Phillips was magazine business manager. Bose Gordon and Mary Alice Free were assistant business manager and assistant circulation man- ager. respectively. The musical ability of our classmates was demonstrated further in our last year. ln Sep- tember. the Tech Girls' Trio was formed. Selec- tion was made on a competitive basis. All three of the members were June seniors-dlfugenia Harris. Genevieve Mc-Nellis. and Rosemary Law- lor. Dorothea Smith gained signal honors in a joint-lead in the Opera club's production. Chimes of Normandy . Several other June seniors had parts in the opera. The Girls' Glee club presented the opereIt.1. The Magic Wheel. May twenty-eighth. Alice Arnold. Mabel Wlendt. Eugenia Harris. Katherine Karch. Genevieve Mc-Nellis. Ona Boyd. and Elizabeth Engle. June seniors. played important roles. Near the close of the semester. The Bohemian Girl. an opera. was presented by the Choral Society. Hugh Mason. Bruce Savage. and Vifendall Hickman had prominent parts. During the second semester we had another class meeting. Candidates for class day ollices were introduced and gave impromptu speeches. President Maxwell admirably presented the class policy. In the election the following were chos- en: prophets. George Hite and Alice Phillips: will-makers. Ralph Hood and Mary Latham: historian. Archie Mercey. Helen Brown was selected class poet. and Mabel Weridt. song- writer. Beports on mottoes, flowers, colors. pins. and photographers were made by various com- mittees to the class. We chose Conquering Now And Still To Conquerii for our motto: Columbia rose as our class flower: cerise and tan as class

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TUE ARSEWAL CPXT71 JO17 26 T ie C1ass Histor of June '241 LOWLY. by Godis hand impellecl. have come and gone the last four years-seemingly long. yet all too short for the ,pleasant associations and 111utual trust that have grown during this brief period. lslistory.'i as Webster defines it. is tl1e record of cventsf' The onward march of man from the prehistoric caveman struggle witl1 his fellow lu-ings for pliysical supremacy to tl1e present age. nliert-in each lllilll vies with l1is rivals for a coveted p1ace i11 the business world. is hut little more replete with genuine friendships tha11 are the niemorahle years of '20 to '2-1-. l11 tl1c fall of 1920. we Ifiilllt' to school as P11t1I,'l1.S freshman class. As t11e poet says. we were youth large. lusty. loving youth full of grace. force. fascination. We k11ew we would prove ourselves a dynamic force in the character of the school. Grace. however. was supplanted by that freslnnan characteristic-unfamiliarity. Tech welcomed us in a very 11111151131 manner- that is. with the renewal of that 1131110115 fall sport, football. Hesumption of football after a ten year respite was i11deed encouraging. We were all thrilled to see Hal Griggs score the first touc11- down. a score which paved tl1e way for a succes- a11d college gI'1C11I'OIl sion of both high school victories. We felt that Ulll' youthful enthusiasm. combined with that of tl1e upperclassmen. helped lu win the cup the school board offers for com- petitio11. After we had S9611 a few football games illld thereby learned what the true Tech spirit is. a11d after we had become familiar with the Tech customs hotl1 in 1116 classroom and o11 the campus. we settled C1UWll to hard work for the re111ainder of that se111ester. T11e next semester was practically uneventful. We had. i11 part. surmounted the barrier of freshnien verdure HIIC1 were eager to live a11d learn. Our estimation of Tech was raised consid- erably VVll6Il. after the C1111 and excitement had quelled. we found we had won sectional basket- ball honors. The fall of 1921 marked a considerable ex- pansion of Tech facilities. Tl1e Mai11 building was completed at a cost of 0119 a11d a half million dollars. Our first journey through the building revealed to us the general olhces. one hundred recitation rooms. a11d a well equipped hospital. The New Shop building. the finest equipped vocational. athletic. a11d scientific building in t11e Middle West. was completed the following spring. During this period of expansion. Leon- ard Schmutte. 0116 of our classmates. won the semi-annual golf 1UU1'I13I1lt?I1l. That fall the school was tl1e recipient of a 11ew athletic field. The field is o11e of tl1e best gridirons in the state. the run11i11g track 81161 straightaway being second to 110119. About t11e first important event to take place U11 the IIPW lield was the taking of a photograph of the school i11 a body. This pic- ture IIUW hangs i11 the ofhce. We beheld that new athletic held i11 glowing a11ticipatio11. All of our fondest hopes have 136011 realized in the excellent football. basket-hall. and baseball tea1ns the school has produced. When it was ti111e for Better Speech Week. the faculty introduced a 11ovel feature. the Ca111paig11. Under the sponsorship of Miss Harter. Miss Goddard. Miss Binninger. Mr. Park. a11d Mr. Polley. t11e school endeavored to 3I1llff'X five thousand books to the school library. The result of our Book Week drive netted over seven thousand volumes. The school year. '21-22. was a highly success- ful one for the Technical R. U. T. C. For t11e first time. Tech was Ll6S1gIlH1CC1 an honor unit. Of the schools 1111116 Fifth Corps Area tincluding Indiana. Ohio. Kentucky. Zllld W7est Yirginiat our school was rated highest in military effi- cie11cy. Upon inspection by national army offi- cers. Tech was placed at the head of the twelve R. 0. T. C. 1lOl1OI' units i11 the whole country. Our class feels an especial interest ill this first great M. T. achievement because most of the boys in our class were taking military II'31Il1Ilg at that time. lt was they who aided greatly in winning those cox eted honors. The Technical Rifle Team participated in three matches that year. We fin- ished third in the Hearst Trophy Match. second in the National Intercollegiate Match. and first i11 the Fifth Corps area match. Alex Kurtz 31161 Robert DuBois shot in the corps area match while Lester Kassing. Alex Kurtz. Gerald Martz. a11d Robert DuBois participated i11 tl1e Hearst match. Incidentally, Alex made the highest indi- vidual score of the corps area I11Z11C11f99 out of a possible 100. Spring failed in 1l6l' efforts to play havoc with our blithe spirits by her well know11 I11313C1y. Spring-fever. Instead. the effect was quite the converse. The baseball 163111 co11tinued its pres- ent winning streak by amassing 161 ,points to our opponents' 21. Maurice Rush was on that team. Thoburn Maxwell. our president. was o11 our state championship track team. We returned to school in September '22 with upper class dignity and responsibility. Some of Book

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TUE ARSCWAL CAUTION 223 1-olors: and Dexheimer as our ollieial 1-lass photographer. The Romantic Age was selected for our class play by the play committee. After a series ul' try-outs. a very suitable cast was ehosen. llaymond Kalzenlverger and Genevieve Nlexellis held the leading roles. On the evening of April sixteenth. the play was presented at the Nlurat Theatre. All patrons pronounced our play as one of the most delightful and enjoyable pro- ductions ever given by a graduating class. ln- eidentally. The Romantic Age was a big fi- nancial success. A novel feature of our class was the carnival- dance which was hf-ld. May twentieth. The dance was held in the Girls' gym and the carnival booths were in the corridors back of the gym. Decorations were in our class colors. The favors. canes decorated with class colors for the boys. and eerise and tan hats for the girls. added io the atmosphere of the occasion. Tlree Day was observed. April eighteenth. Walter Miller presided at the meeting. We pre- sented scarlet oak, American elm. pine-oak. red oak. linden. syeamore. willow. ginko. ash. eut- leaf maple. sugar maple. and red bud trees. The National Oratorieal Contest on the Con- stitution created an unusual furor at Tech. The eontest was held on a progressive elimination basis. The hnals were held. March seventeenth. Of the six finalists. three were June seniors: Bruce Savage talternatet. Paulwirth Waldo. and Forrest Wiggiiis. As the school year closes, we feel that we. as a class. have tried to do our part worthily in helping make Tech a bigger and better institu- tion. We have successfully withstood the test that both Time and faculty have wrought. Our triumphs and defeats. our virtues and failure- have welded us into an almost inseparable body. Like Caesar of old. we came. saw, and conquer- ed. Though we may go in different directions. we shall ever cherish these four years as the basic and character building years of our lives. Vive la Teehl Ancana D. Msiterzx Trees Presented by Selliors April eighteenth. at their Tree Day celebration. the June seniors presented the school with twelve trees. twelve representatives of the 4-law explaining the ideals of Tech for which his tree stood. Thoburn Maxwell then presented the tree+ to Mr. Stuart who accepted them in the name of the school. The speakers and their subjects were: Red Oakalvsefulness Jessie Lloyd Pine UalifCrowth and Strength Dorothy Duncan 5:-arlet Oak-Cheerfulness Wfalter Wagoner WilloweAdaptability Forrest W'iggins lied Oakelsoyalty Vtfalter Miller Sveannmreilieliabilitv Frances Peters l.indeneeliospitality. 'lVlodesty. Courtesy Y Mary Purves Sugar Nlaple4Durability Howard Hammer I N9 . . . ,. .'-1.0-..7 ,N - , 'A A. , R,-,h ,P-., 4 . - -sf 1. 'ess ' .XshYl'lelpful in Little Things lflorence Whittenburg American lflmf-eDignity. Scholarship Nlinor Conn Helen Gorman Lut-leaf Maple-Lo-operation Helen Meflaffey . i9.,e. Ginko-Cul tu re Senior Project a Success Ever since the twenty-eighth of January. the June seniors of Teeh have adorned their coat lapels with bits of tan and cerise ribbon. During the semester these colors have been the insignia which has designated those students as ones to whom the freshmen might turn in time of need. A largeenumber of senior girls have been as- signed as sponsors to freshmen: by this means many of the new students have received a good start at Tech under the guidance of the big sisters.