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

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'N THE ARSENAL CANNON We J-if History of the func '26 Class We, the june '26 seniors, have just passed through four of the most eventful years of our lives in our high school career here at Tech. just as a football team is trained for the big game, so we of the graduating class have been trained for the big game of life in which we are all soon to participate. Therefore, it is with mingled pride and regret that we offer this history of our class to the students who will follow in our footsteps with the hope that they may profit by our mistakes and accomplish- ments. In the fall of 1922, our class made its first appearance on Tech's campus. During this semester we, as small and timid freshmen, had several oppor- tunities to attend large gatherings which showed us the size and scope of this wonderful institution of which we were members. The first meeting of this kind came in October, when the Girls' Glee Club gave a party for all freshman girls. The next outstanding event was the school's first outdoor day celebration, held on the athletic field the same month. Early in November, Mr. Stuart dealt us a cruel blow by ruling that no presents could be given to teachers. It was indeed disappointing to learn that this method of raising our grades was no longer lawful. We got our first real taste of bitter disap- pointment, however, on November twenty-ninth, when Manual, by virtue of a 12-0 victory, took the city football title away from Tech. Basketball fand sometimes studiesj occupied our attention the rest of the winter. When February rolled around, we proudly shouted to the world the fact that we were stale freshies, knew the joys of an English hurdle, and could tell the number of eleva- tors in the Main building. At the beginning of the spring semester, all the newcomers who brought four credits from grade school joined the ranks of the 1926 class. This group has since proved invaluable in boosting our scholastic standing. One of the crowning triumphs of the year for the '26ers came in February when the freshman bas- ketball team took down the Manual yearlings, 29-4. At the sectional the varsity team failed to live up to the standard set by the freshmen, and Tech was eliminated in the second round by Valley Mills, 19-14. By this time members of our class were beginning to take a much keener interest in school activities. Many joined the Nature Study Club and other organizations willing to accept the humble freshie. Other outstanding memories of this first year were the talks to our class on the time-honored subject of street car conduct. The Supreme Day celebration on May twenty- second brought to a close our freshman year at high school. It was with sorrowing hearts that we left the campus wondering how we would be able to stay away for three months. fThis was especially true of the male members.j The beginning of school in September '23 marked a milestone in our progress. We were now coming into the back stretch after having completed one- fourth of the race. While we were away during the summer, the portable building had been completed and it was now ready for our future edification along the lines of public speaking and advertising. Also, with our mental improvement in mind, nine new members had been added to the faculty. Many boys in our class had signed up for Military Training, and they were now being initiated into the art of squads right and left. Another branch of student activity in which june '26 names were well represented was the list of student traflic officers. Except for the thrill of getting hours of one through ten, or worse, nothing of unusual interest occurred during the first few weeks of the spring semester. However, by the middle of February we again began to distinguish ourselves in various branches of student activity. Virginia Boyer, as the CANNON agent in roll room 61, put her room over 100 per cent in the sale of CANNON subscriptions. Among the members of the basketball team Boyd Hickman and Richard Fox belonged to our number. Even with such fine ma- terial, however, Tech lost to Southport in the final game of the sectional, 38-35. Our famous president, Walter Johnson, was a member of the track team at this time. Three out of the five paddlers on the Tech swim team owed allegiance to our class: jack Merriam, john Nicker- son, and Norman Hammer. Altogether the june '26 class had made a fine showing during its fourth semester at Tech, and it was with high hopes for the coming year that we left the campus in june. The summer vacation passed all too quickly, as vacations will, and we soon found ourselves back at school again, now laying claim to the dignified title of juniors. We had not yet become accustomed to the new routine when we were confronted in all our page twenty-one