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

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THE BOOSTER Miss Hadley ' s desk, so that she shall be able to reach the telephone without executing a toe-dance. Twenty-second, we give $900 for the purpose of purchasing a new ped- estal for the auditorium, as the old one has been mutilated by President Lenahan in his earnest efforts to maintain silence in class meetings. Twenty-third, we will and bequeath $10,000,000 to Miss Perkins and Miss Knox as part payment of our heart- felt appreciation and gratitude for their untiring and unceasing efforts in helping us in all of our class projects. Twenty-fourth, as Chelsea Stewart has been and is likely to be here for a long time, we appoint him as execu- tor of this our last will and testament. In Witness Whereof, we hereunto subscribe our names, this nineteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred fifteen. JOHN LENAHAN, President. LOUISE NESSLER. Vice-President. NORTON OLIVER, Treasurer. BESSIE AUERBACH, Secretary. What They Are Noted For. Julian Witham: A walking con- servatory of flowery expressions. Marion Slider: Slider-baked bread (better known as hard tack). Thos. Bemis, Jr.: Ability to avoid the office. T. Manley Spouse: Those Ger- man pomes. Helene E. Sawyer: History. Robert Whipkus : Kat. Stackhouse. Kat. Stackhouse: Robert Whipkus. Halford LTdell: Ability to go to Wabash. Edward Constantine Crossen: His name. Will Carskadon: O, slobbers, don ' t tell, Frances. John Lenahan: His German sym- pathies. Bessie Auerbach: Teaching Dick Stout the way home. Dick Stout: Learning the way to Bessie Auerbach ' s. Chester Barney: That Boy Scout paraphernalia. Owen Tarleton: Nothing. Miss Arda Knox, Class Sponsor Senior Honor Roll. Room 9 — Katherine Baunach, De- Witt Cromwell, Walter Davis, Mar- jorie Fowler, George Friedrichs, James Grubbs, Louis Haerle, Floyd Hartley, Gladys McKinney, Dale Mil- ler, Vera Morgan, Adolph Mueller, Marie Mueller, Helene Sawyer, Mary Schmitt, Albert Strohmeyer, Chas. Wagner. Room 10 — Sidney Aronson, William E. Benson, Edna Brinkmeyer, Dorcas Campbell, Wilbur Carter, John R. Cheney, George H. Cornelius, Alice Davis, Howard Doremus, Esther Fer- guson, Florence Fullen, Rachel Garst, Marjorie Golay, Marion M. Habich, Edmund Haggard, Ralston M. Hathaway, Wm. Hubert, Ruth Jas- per, William N. Karn, Carl Kennan Victoria Koenig, Allan C. Krause. Room 12 — Opal Cornell, Olga Eber- hardt, Mary Healy, Nellie E. Kiser, Lois Newhouse, Bennie Perk, Beulah Plake, Florence Reese, Clara L. Rom- mel, Rosa Sapine, Leona A. Sour- wine, Alvaretta Stoddard, Richard H. Stout, Will Thompson, Gertrude Thorns, Halford C. Udell, Flavins E. Ullrey, Desmond Vawter.

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THE BOOSTER ' JUNE ' 15 CLASS Louise Nessler, Vice-President Ninth, we bequeath Doc Whita- ker ' s imitation of the wind to all of his younger listeners, with the under- standing that said wind shall lift him to Mars, where his agile foolishness would be appreciated. Tenth, we give $10,000 for a bronze statue of Russel Johnson, having in- scribed these words, A Fitting Ex- ample of the Largest Graduating Class in History. Eleventh, we give and bequeath one more plank to Billee Campbell ' s suf- fragette platform, in order that said ship of state will not sink while Billee is on her hone,vmoon to Europe next summer. Twelfth, we will one copy of Glenn Ely ' s new book on How to Grow a Beautiful Pompadour, to any Fresh- man applying at the stage entrance. Fourteenth, we bequeath B Mar- shall ' s curling iron to Irwin Bass, hoping that he will be able to say good morning with the same ease that Howard Doremus did in the class play. Fifteenth, we give Weber DeYore ' s new sleep cure to Mr. Koontz, to ad- minister to Leon Rogers on the morn- ing after the night before. Sixteenth, for obvious reasons, we will Dick vStout ' s desire for speed to Air. Sizer. Seventeenth, to Miss Caroline Smith, we will one pair of stilts and a marble foot-stool, so that she will be recognized as a member of the faculty. Eighteenth, we bequeath Edwin O. Instad ' s ability as an orchestra leader to Heine Moesch, so that he shall be able to carry a tune on a fly swatter. Nineteenth, we give a permit to Ernst Hergenroether to use the hall as an old trysting place. Twentieth, we bequeath Miss Edna Brinkmeyer ' s filing cabinet, in which she files daily letters from Columbus, Ohio, to the school library, to be used as an example of fine art and litera- ture. Twent3 -nrst, we bequeath all our left-over lunch checks to the general fund for raising the rostrum about Bessie Auerbach, Secretary

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THE BOOSTER Harris McGuire. President of Forum The Forum of 1914-15. By Julian O. Witham. One of the most active and interest- ing societies in connection with the student body of the school this year is the Manual Training High School Forum. Every session has been a busy one, and mam- of them have been of especial interest. At the be- einninz of this present year, Senator McGuire introduced a joint resolution in which a former suffrage bill was to be repealed, but the measure failed because of the suffrage sentiment. At a later date, Senator Perk ' s bill pro- viding for a U. S. Central Bank was passed. The most engrossing business of the first part of the present year, how- ever, was the trial of Senator John- son. The attorneys for the prosecu- tion, Senators Beitman and Witham, charged the defendant with malfea- sance of office, because he had forged the name of Senator Beitman to a bill. But Senators DeVore and Davis won their case from the jury on a plea of sympathy, and Judge Sydney S. Aron- son handed down the verdict in favor oi the defendant. At a later sess Senators Witham and Davis succeed- ed in passing, by an overwhelming majority, a bill providing for the abolishment of capital punishment. Senator Binzer s bill providing for the teaching of military training in the high schools, and a bill providing for increasing the standing army and navy, were lost because of the senti- ment against militarism. The debate upon a bill providing for all-steel railway coaches led to personalities, which culminated in the famous ' Witham-Davis conspiraey trial. Senator Davis was charged with having been unduly influenced by the U. S. Steel Corporation for the support of the bill. Senator Witham and Senator Perk prosecuted the case and Senator Aronson was counsel for the defendant. Senator Witham ' s bill creating a U. S. Tariff Commission was passed in spite of violent opposi- tion on the part of a few members representing big: business. ' A wire- less resrulation bill was laid on the table because such a measure was re- garded as unnecessary at the present time. Senator Clary ' s prohibition bill was almost lost at the regular ses- sion of the Forum on account of vari- ous attempts at filibustering, but it was finally oassed, almost on the mo- ment of adjournment. Senator Aron- son served as president of the body for two of the four terms of office since last fall. Senator Beitman occu- pied the chair throughout the third term, and Senator R. Harris McGuire ; the retiring president. A Freshman ' s W5«=K I wish I wuz a Senior. So knowinsr, smart an ' tall. An ' not a little Freshman. A roamin ' ' bout the hall. If I chanced to look at Juniors. I ' d view ' em all with scorn. An ' priggish little Soph ' mores ' Ud wish they ' d ne ' er been born. I ' d stall in ? 11 my classes Jus ' hke the Seniors do. I wish I wuz a Senior. Now. really, don ' t you, too? — Naomi McTxtssick.