Emmerich Manual High School - Ivian Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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THE BOOSTER was so great that the majority of them flooded the streets. Don Krull, our senior yell leader for the track meet, did such good work that we ' ve already provided him with a doctor and liniment for tomorrow. May 18— The cast of The Turn of the Road today received their first contribution in the vegetable line, which promises more in the near fu- ture. The} received the name of cab- bageheads. We wonder that, since practice makes perfect, why Orville D. Dur- yer Wells does not make a better lov- er in the play. Also we wonder if Thomas Mitchell received the part of the villain because of his previously -mblotched character, thus allowing him to give vent to unused feelings, and Carl Lyman, the part of the sweet, suffering hero, because of — er — rather embarrassing former posi- tions. He ' s All Right! Confronting that awful mob he stood, A Senior, grand to see. The questions burst about his head, But all undaunted he. Up spake a cruel Junior then, Oh, laggard one! he cried, Why have you never moved the earth, Nor ever even tried? My answer, said the ancient one In tones that all might hear, Is, Wonder why it rains so much When really it should clear? But tell, a sophomore then said, Where did you find the time To make such awful Booster stuff, With such an awful rime? My answer is, the words came clear And sharp above the din, If Scotty hadn ' t sprained his leg, Do you suppose we ' d win But say, then cried a freshie fresh, Who put the money up For that last hop, and why do you With malefactors sup? I make reply, the Senior said, k Resorting to no tricks, Do you prefer four cylinders, Or do vou favor six? Hurrah! Hurrah! his friends all cried As round his feet they fly. He ' s answered all and now he stands A vindicated guy. — Joseph Barkham. Two Comedies. Scene — Room 12. Enter Scott Coffman with suitcase. Approaches Julia Miller. Well, I guess I won ' t see you any more. Julia: O, Scott, are you going away? Won ' t I ever see you any- more? Where are you going? Scott: Out to the State Fair Grounds. (By r permission E. G., E. D.) Scene — Room 42. 8th hour. Fannie Spillman in convulsed laughter attempting to recite The Rose That Grew Too High For Me. Miss Perkins: Keep your poise, Fannie. Fannie: Well, I can ' t when Rob- ert looks at me that way. — O Piffle....! Lost — That dear little dog that res- cued my fire insurance policy wrapped in a wet towel from my burning home. If found please re- turn to Curtis Carl. We ' re all dead now; in other words, we have all been shot; well, if you can ' t get that, we ' ve had our pictures taken. Let ' s see — it ' s been so long we ' ve forgotten who it was that Elmer Iver- son took to the Forum banquet. Have you seen the star gazers? Where? They read the Star every morning in the rear of Room 10. Helen McCray: Why do they call Charlotte Milton ' Squaw ' ? Miss Emery: Because she is Miss Chief (mischief). Miss Perkins: All your words live. Wallace Krieg: How about obso- lete words?

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THE BOOSTER iors. Strange actions were noted among them as, whenever they heard a certain voice or a certain step or saw a certain form, these same stately (?) and dignified (again ? ) seniors slipped wild-eyed into some cloak- room or behind some door, or around the corner of the corridor, at the same time clutching their purses with a fierce and unrelenting grasp. And what and who was the cause of this? Why none more or less than a mild and meek blue-eyed boy of an appar- ently unferocious type, bearing the name of John Trost but who is our treasurer and a most conscientious one, trying to perform his allotted duties by collecting class dues up to the whole sum of five cents! The Most Memorable Day in Feb- ruary! Down in the gym today, we beheld our wonderful athletic star, Ellis Baker, exert all of his strength at a most opportune time, and make a basket in the ball game! Instead of fainting dead away after this terrific throw, our star hero stalked majesti- cally down the middle of the floor without ever having to wipe the beads of perspiration from his noble brow. We only hope there ' ll be no serious after effects. March 10 — Today we rejoiced very much to hear that L Artiste of our class had got down to business on a really artistic piece of leather work for the cover of her class book. March 23 — On this date, it was done. And on this date were enrolled six charter members, Helen Hickey, Abe Zimmerman, Clara Ledig, Lucy King, Curtis Carl and Clare McGin- nis, and beyond these six there will be no further members. A comman bond keeps them together and be- cause of this bond, and his superior years, Mr. Dale Kootz loses the job. They ' ve organized a Heredity Club. April 21— Today, Karll Von Am- merman made the formal announce- ment that he has engaged Margaret McRoberts as nurse for the young John McDaniels Von Ammerman un- til that important personage who vies with Don Krull as yell leader, is ready to take care of himself. April 29 — What a glorious, proud April day for us with Presidents Thornton and Davis on the platform, our budding poet Frank Turnev, our most honored Principal M. H. Stuart, and last, but not least, Mr. J. G. Colli- cott who made his first speech here and left us, we hope, for the bet- ter. We felt from his talk that our high school course had not been, could not be wasted. Mr. Stuart made a comment on our motto which should have stirred the very roots of our ivy plant to action. Skeet ' s speech promises great things for him — the same for President Davis. About our poet laureate and his lit- tle pome let it be said, he did his best and succeeded even beyond his own expectations, though he ' s too modest to say much. April 30— Our boys gave their min- strel show today, and the worst came — 3 et did it? The girls must admit that if they accepted T. Peter Flie- genschmidt ' s exhibition of gymnas- tics as an example of the graceful art that the boys were capable of, that they were beaten flatter than T. Pe- ter ' s hat after T. Peter had alighted on it. May 1 — A council was held today in Room 10 after school, to determine what the matter was with Pete Straub ' s and Ralph Agnew ' s faces. The important question was talked up one side and down the other by our able discoursers, and finally it was suggested that something was lacking on the upper lips of the young gentlemen in question. The sugges- tion being followed up it was found to be true. Which fact only goes to prove that even the humblest are missed. May 8 — The Roines Club gave a party today consisting mostly of a dance. But why that I don ' t care ' ' ex- pression on Vince P. King ' s face as he castled down the room with a fair young maid on his arm? Simply this — his charmine partner was non p other than the christener of the famous Helene E. Sawyer glide, which diffi- cult step Vince executed at the min- strels with painful exactness. There- fore, in order to keep his poise when near so wonderful a personaee, it was necessary for Vince to assume first an injured air and finally a non-cha- lant one. May 16 — Today over 300 of our best lung powers turned out to Craw- fordsville. That town never had seen such a time before and the crowd of athletic fans which attended the meet

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THE BOOSTER OPEN DAY— FRIDAY, JUNE 5 As the close of another school year draws near, the parents of the pupils attending Manual Training high school, naturally begin to wonder what their boys and girls have ac- complished. In order to satisfy the curiosity of the said parents, Mr. Stu- art has selected Friday, June 5, as the day on which the work of the pupils of this school will be on exhibition. The Booster has endeavored to pub- lish a brief summary of the work of some of the departments of the school. Open Day in Pattern Making. Whatever you do, do not miss the pattern making room open day where will be one of the greatest ex- hibits ever put out in any high school shop in the U. S. A. Some of the best patterns on special exhibi- tion are the big centrifugal fan to be used in the mill room, the new dyna- mo and motor for the applied elec- tricity course, and the two and four cycle motors. The exhibit includes the details in the construction of these patterns, skeleton, elbows, belt shifters, globe valves, anvil bases, brass door knockers and many oth- ers. In order to give the right impres- sion of the Mechanical Drawing De- partment and its work, Mr. Hiser has planed a new scene for the people to look upon. One room will be ar- ranged with drawing boards and in- struments in place, ready for mem- bers of the class to take their places. In another room the class will be seen working in the usual way. The main room will contain the exhibi- tion of drawing, tracing, lettering, some examples in script signatures and very attractive displays of archi- tectural drawings, water colors and details. The department has made arrangements to distribute souve- nirs, the making of which will lend great assistance in the displaying of the new automatic blue print ma- chine. The tracings and designs for the souvenirs were prepared by Des- mond Vawter, Forest Lancaster, Daniel Maholm and Robert Hats- field. The Forge Shop display will in- clude several types of lamps, jarde- nier stands, umbrella holders, luggage carriers, bicycle stands, etc. On Exhibition. Something out of the ordinary is to be ex ' hibited in room 20 this week. It is to be pictures of men and women and their ways of dressing beginning with the 14th century. These pic- tures show that in 1550 it was stylish to wear boards that extended two feet around the hips. In 1580 the first high stiff standing collars began to be worn. From 1588 to 1620 the men dressed gorgeously in gaily colored satin coats and knee breeches with silk hose to match. In the seventeenth century the ladies wore hoop skirts and large headdress. 1830 was the year when the men began to wear long trousers for the first time, while the women began wearing poke bonnets. From 1850 to 1870 the ladies in the illustrations look absolutely de- formed. The bustles and tight jer- sey came into existence in 1886. These last till the end of the nine- teenth century when the Bell skirts became popular. Our own styles come at the end of the row of pictures. If you want to see them for yourself, don ' t forget room 20. — R. S. The girls in the cooking depart- ment will sell lemonade and cake to the footsore visitors. Miss Perkins ' expression class will give a program of selections in the auditorium Friday during the eighth period. Everybody is invited. The Gym. students will give an ex- hibition of folk dances and drills un- der the direction of Miss Smith and Mr. Schissel at 1:30 Friday and Sat- urday in the gymnasium.