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

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Cast of characters for 66Daddy Long-Legsn: Ruth Cradick, William Hebert, Ruth Funk, Jay Fix, Alma Bernhardt, Ruth Brown, Katherine Kerrick, Jean Gorton, Winifred Hickman, William Gray, Walter Duane Jones, Bob Kent, Francis Hawkins, Jean Booth. Mary E. Daniel, Carl Cotterman, Margaret Heagy, Martha Hudgins, Dolores Ferrer, Marjorie Hargon, Dorit Graybill, Katherine Auch, Raymond Hardy, Lillian Hart, and Bernard Flaherty. Director: Miss Clara Ryan. Daddy Long-Legsf' by Jean Webster, was pre- sented December eighth in the Tech Auditorium by the A-K division of the senior class. Musical selec- tions from well-known operas were played by a Tech ensemble at the opening of the program. The first play given by a graduating class was in 1915, when Mi-dsuinmer Night's Dreamji by Shakespeare, was presented. Grounds east of the Arsenal served as a stage, and as the cast called for more characters than there were seniors, the remain- ing roles were taken by undergraduates. The Murat, Keithis, and the Masonic Temple have had Tech seniors before their footlights. Hilarious comedy, an elusive oriental mystery, a fast-moving railway drama, beautifully costumed pageants, and light romances have all seen their day as Tech productions. Today Tech boasts of a large auditorium of great seating capacity and highly cfhcient stage equipment. The stage is one of the largest and best equipped of its kind. The extensive lighting equipment for the entire auditorium is operated from one switchboard and every type of lighting effect can be obtained. lilvery possible device necessary in stagecraft activities is either at hand or can be contrived there. Thirty- five members are in the Stagecraft class, their duties ranging from designing and constructing settings and properties to shifting scenery and operating the play of lights. In the production of a senior play, many de- partments combine that the finished performance may be a success. One of the major problems in- volved is that of costuming, capably handled by a Scene I Daddy Long- Legs group maintained for that pur- pose. The Uostuming depart- ment makes a careful study of each play or pageant to be pre- sented by a Tech group in or- der that the costumes will be authentic for the period repre- sented. Not only does the group design the special char- acter costumes, but it also fashions them, members of the Home Economics de- partment assisting. Hand in hand with the intricacies of costuming Miss Ryan come that of make-up. Even as costuming is studied so as to iit the type of characters, so must make-up be studied. The Make-Up staff studies the characters weeks in advance and practices types of make-up pre- vious to final duties on the night of the performance. Advertising is done by placing posters and in- teresting projects pertaining to the play on the campus, issuing daily bulletins to roll rooms, by hold- ing an assembly, and in various other ways. To ad- vertising classes belong much of the credit for se- curing the large audiences present at the senior plays. They advertise each production in such an enthu- siastic and convincing manner that it is a settled question that everyone wishes to attend. Newspaper publicity is handled by the publicity writing group. Tickets and programs for the plays are designed in a Printing Design class and printed in the school print shop. The sale of tickets is handled by the six senior class treasurers with a faculty member in charge. Tech has a state-wide reputation for the eXcel- lcnce of its Music department, and the senior play takes full advantage of the fact. The musical selec- tions rendered introductory to the play rival the pei'- formance itself. All in all Tech has a complete stage company. The smallest detail is capably handled with seven departments cooperating in making a production a success. Il Ill-I I -u -inn in The Senior Play 31 THE ARSENAL CANNON

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The Arsenal Cannon 30 The Cannon Staff January Magazine Stall' Writing Stall' Magazine Editor-in-Chief ...,... ,.,,.,........... G ertrude Walsh Staff I Staff II Layout Editor ...................................., ............. D 61112011 Littell Editor-in-Chief ..........,. lane Bosart George Messmer Art Editor ..,,..................................... ,......,.......,..........., R ay Poole Associate Editor .......,, L orril Harper Alma Bernhardt ASSiStaIlt Layout Editor ...,..............,...,. Alfred Henderson School Editor ...,........... Mary J. McGaughey Marjorie Hargon Assistant Art Editor .,...,,.,..... ...............,, I rvin DuChemin Copy Editor .................. Martha L. Cook Jean McLeay Layout Advisor ....r.....r.....,...,.,., ..r.......... M iss Frieda Lillis Page s Editor ,.........,.... Martha Hudgins Margaret Oldham R. O. T. C ..................,... G ustav Klippel Gustav Klippel Business Sports Editor ............... Warren Confer VVarren Confer I . Assistant Sports Business Manager, ........... ...,..,,..,,,. W alter Sinclair Editor ......................... .George Worley George Worley Circulation Manager ........ ...,........., D aniel Gleich Exchange Editor ........ Alice Hart Bernice Jones Publicity Manager ,,,,,,,,4,,,,,A,,,4,,,,.,,, ,,,,,,A,,,,,,,, R Obert Mikels Assignment VVritel'...Mildred Brown Grace Noblitt Printing Manager .,..,..............,..,.........,......,.........,.... James Wade Typists ....,...,...,......,..,..,..........,.,...........,,.....,..........,,.....,.. Jane Howard, Miriam Vollmer, Dorothy Thompson Reporters-Staff I-Mary Mae Endsley, Bernard . Flaherty, Maralyn Julian, Margaret Kendall, Advlsory Board Alice staufenbell, F 1 0 r dia M 0 nic al, Alice Organization and Policies ...........................................,.,.,...... Kautsky, Miss Mabel Goddard, head of English depart- ment . Directing Sponsor ................,,...... Miss Ella Sengenberger Reportersfstaff. H-'Ruthl Plerpont' Norval Jas- Business ................................... ....,...,.......... W erner Monninger P913 A1106 Helne, Beatflfle Rlsk, Leola KZWIOIG Printing ,.....,......,................ .....,.........,.....,. G eorge R. Barrett Helen Karch, Myla Udell, John St. Helens. The Cannon Agents THE ARSENAL CANNON

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The Editor Speaks 32 THE ARSENAL CANNON Although Teehis size, its scope of opportunity, and its methods of teaching have changed, certain things at Tech remain the same. The iiag is still raised at sunrise and lowered at sunset just as it was in the old days when the grounds were used as a United States Arsenal. The old Arsenal clock still ticks away the hours. The trees still wave in beauty above the green grass, and birds sing from the tree- tops. Wild iiowers still bloom on the campus. And the wonderful spirit of Tech-that spirit of loyalty, industry, cooperation, good fellowship, and joy in work-abides forever. 6GThe true purpose of education is to cherish and unfold the seed of immor- tality already sown within us: to develop, to their fullest eX- tent, the capacities of every kind with which the God who made us has endowed usf' Gertrude Walsh -M. J ameson. Magazine Editor Today more than ever before we realize the great importance of an education: to develop the minds and broaden the views and ideals of the future leaders and builders of America. Today we are onlookers preparing for the future. Tomorrow we must strug- gle to insure to our country that immortality which was set up by our forefathers. In order that we may preserve those institutions so heroically set forth, we, the youth of America, must possess perceptive tools with which to carry on. These instruments are our minds. They must be trained and educated to be used to their best ad- vantage. Whether our task is one of a capable leader or that of an ordinary laborer, each is in itself of equal importance. As we cannot do without an ingenious leader-we cannot do without the man who holds the seemingly least important job. An education trains every boy and every girl to make the most of his or her own capacities, it devel- ops those innermost feelings which turn out to be the foundations of worthy labor and ideals. Tech provides an opportunity for every member to develop to the utmost the particular aptitude with which he has been endowed. lt offers courses wherein each student may put to work his individual urgings. Thus Tech trains its pupils to use their special facul- ties for personal betterment and for that of the com- munity. Its carefully planned system of training prepares youths for the time when they must do their part in shouldering the responsibilities of their country. Every year its sends out over a thousand eager boys and girls, trained and prepared to take up their duties as men and women in the business World or as students in institutions of higher learning. We realize our extensive opportunity in receiv- ing an education from such a school as Tech 5 we know that every lesson learned is for our own further progress and for the future welfare of our country. Since he alone is destitute who possesses no knowledge, we must take advantage of our opportu- nity to invest a capital for the future. GERTRUDE WALS'H. The Story of Tech was written by the pupils in Mrs. Eva Lycan's English VIIc class and by members of the Arsenal Carmen staff. The authors are the following: English VIIC- Dorcas Altiere, Lewis Bose, Joe Bruck, Warren Gon- fer, Mary Mae Endsley, George Gille, Luther Goebel, Jane Howard, James Kittie, Bobert Kuerst, Robert Lamme, Bobert Lane, Edward Lechner, Richard Lutz, Harrison Martin, Jean Meek, Beecher Megin- nis, Marjorie Metz, Kenneth Midkeff, Richard Nation, Margaret Boulton, Byron Reed, Charles Rennard, Loretta Rosenbaum, Rhea Stephens, and Velma Tal- bert. Cannon staff-Mildred Brown, Martha L. Gook, Gustav Klippel, Mary Jane McGaughey, George Messiner, Grace Noblitt, and Buth Pierpont. Pub- licity Writing-Betty Hancock. Alfred Henderson Irwin Du Chemin Denton Littell Ray Poole Layout and Art Editors