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

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APPROPRIATELY HAUNTED BY A STROBE GHOST, the gears of the old clock groan and echo in the dusky gloom. A PERFECT SETTING for a ghost story, the tower stairs of the Arsenal are a little known area on the campus.

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A NEW DAY BREAKS on Liberty Grove and the old familiar routine begins again. The trees date from World War I. . . 3,4 WHAT'S NEW? Where's everyone going in such a rush? New friends say hi and old friends leave me. Gee l wish that I could be a Titan and run like that, a campus mutt seems to be saying. ,ffm i N 499 f J NOT NEW BUT ALWAYS TYPICAL, is the hustle of students as they go to class. HAVE YOU EVER been in the doorway when the bell rings? Good luck! Traffic pours from the Main making headway for the next critical five minutes. , X! .' 1' k 'fn 0 45 IN THE CAFETERIA everything is tongue in cheek-or is it hamburger? Ask Richard Gibson: maybe he knows.

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What's old i new . . . Arsenal Tower Those who want a new experience should visit the oldest spot on the campus. . . Arsenal Tower. Step- ping from Tech's busy modern halls into the Tower is like stepping back into the days of castles and knights. Its cracked and crumbling walls add to the medieval airp and in the shadowy mist of many flights of long darkened stairs the eerie feeling of long ago hangs all around. At the top sit the works ofthe three ancient clocks. The massive gears now provide the power to turn the hands that were once stopped. From this aged alcove we obtain the time that we live by today. 1 A RANK OF RUSTY GEARS mesh their cogs and turn the hands of the three-faced clock. The hundred year old levers help regulate the actions of the clockwork and increase accuracy. LOQKING UP THE TOWER STAIRWELL the infrequent visitor studies the suspension of weights to activate the gears. Renovation two years ago enabled the clock to catch up with the times. ,ff 'K g li. I U lows, Qi, 'AAFTN--.XNQ JK K As 'A