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

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THE BOOSTER Ivy Day- Class Day If you are so disposed, take a mag- nifying glass and search carefully along the front wall of Manual until you come to a new white marker. There you will find a small young vine struggling vigorously with the turf, and upon closer inspection you will find that it is the foundation of what will be a large ivy vine. This precocious little vine was placed there November the first by the departing January class, or rather by George Littell, while the class crowd- ed around and looked on. Then, after the act was done, ninety Seniors formed in line and sedately marched into the auditorium to a march played by Malcolm Day. Before sitting down, and while their ribbons and armbands were still unmussed, they sang their Ivy Song, the words of which were written by Helen Fahrbach and sung to the tune of Come Back to Erin. George Littell, president, then pre- sented the Ivy, which was graciously accepted by Mr. McComb. Another Ivy Song, the words and music of which were written by Helen Som- mers, was sung. Several rounds were sung by the stepladder trio, Watson, Littell, and Glossbrenner. After the recitation of the class poem by Ger- trude Wilkinson, a piano solo by Helen Sommers, the singing of another song, To the Ivy, the words by Mabel Tyner, George Littell, in a short speech, presented the Ivy trowel to the president of the June class, Paul Kleeman, who accepted it in the name of his class. On Manual was sung, followed by the rousing yells of the class. This closed the exercises. The Roines Club. What Phi Beta Kappa and other honorary societies are to students in colleges, the Roines Club is to the boys of Manual. The members of this club represent the best scholarship and the finest traditions of the school, and their purpose is always to be on the lookout for ways in which to help the school, as is suggested in their motto, Altogether, all the time for a greater E. M. T. H. S. The members of the Roines Club have, in continuing their bond of friendship and loyalty after their grad- uation, formed a natural nucleus in the Alumni Association for promoting the interests of the school. — Evans E. Plummer. Was Friday ' s class day a success? Just ask the class. From the short opening address by George Littell to the enthusiastic yells by our depart- ing Seniors, the audience was kept in- terested and amused. The class his- tory, prophecy, will, poem and Senior alphabet, given in another part of the Booster, will verify this in part. The parody on the class plays, by Dallas Galbraith, was something worth re- membering. The curly-wurly puppy was the main character. Yes, we had songs; one by the stepladder trio and one by Ralph McWilliams. Fred Gloss- brenner was a good dummy at the mer- cy of George Littell, in A Bunch of Rags. Fred Glossbrenner, Paul Iske, and George Mess drew the cartoons shown in Light on Senior Activities. After the presentation of the gavel by the January class president to that of the June class, On Manual was sung by all. The program ended with class yells, led by Fred Glossbrenner. — Emma Tacoma. Masoma Snapshots for Senior Class Books. 1 The first is a group of Masoma girls in consultation with Mrs. Rhem. There is Helen Smith, the president of the club; Gretchen Nackenhorst on the point of making a remark of protest; and seated around are Emma Tacoma, Claska Taeoma, Dolores Hall, Melba Coulter, and Grace Carter, pondering on what has been said. 2 This is Helen Fahrbach leaning over the office desk taking directions from Miss Johnson for some message to be taken over the building. 3 No, this isn ' t a scene in the class play; it is a, little tableau given for the club by a few of the girls at Xmas time. 4 That girl you see putting away the books in the library is Esther Hum- mel, one of the assistants this year. 5 Here is an interesting picture. Mrs. Rhem at her desk, Miss Emery at her side, both busily engaged in cutting something. That group of girls at the tahle are also cutting and pasting. It must be the joke books they made for the sick in the hospitals at Xmas time. — Esther Hummel.

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THE BOOSTER CLASS OFFICERS Dorothy Simeringr, Secretary; George Littel, President; Helen Burnett, Vice-President; Julius Frick, Treasurer. Th.e Class Plays The January ' 17 class departed from the usual custom, and gave three short plays, instead of one long play. The three plays were Christmas Boxes, Carrots, and The Dust of the Road — a comedy, a domestic tragedy, and a moral play. The three plays chosen thus allowed a; greater field of dramatic effort. In the first play, Christmas Boxes, Ralph Proctor, as Dennis, and Es- ther Thompson, as Nora, kept the audience in laughter with their hu- morous dialogue and amusing situa- tions. They were ably supported by the rest of the cast. A difficult transition from a humor- ous play to a play with a serious at- mosphere, was very well handled by the cast in Carrots. Paul Draper, as Carrots, and George Littell, as Mr. Lepic, his father, succeeded in delineating character to an extent that was remarkable for untrained actors. The crowning success of the per- formance was the Dust of the Road. Undoubtedly, Paul Iske, as the tramp, was the most finished actor of the en- tire production; his diction, his ges- tures, and the intonation of his lines was excellent. The supporting cast was as perfect as possible. The behind-scene people are greatly responsible for the perfection and smooth running of the various scenes. THOSE RESPONSIBLE. Christmas Boxes. Dorothy Simering, Melba Coulter, Paul- ine Hart, Esther Thompson, Julius Frick, Edwin Ennis, Gerald Watson, Ralph Proctor. Carrots. George Littell, Gretchen Nackenhorst, Elsa Goett, Paul Draper. Dust of the Road. Fred Harrington, Helene Fahrbach, Dallas Galbraith, Paul Iske. Stage Settings. Chelsea Stewart, George Mess. Stage Manager and Assistants. John Goll, Robert McMurray, Raymond B. Freeman, Herbert Wood, Jos. Steiner. Electrical. Evans Plummer, William Rhodes. Property. B. Haueissen, Fred Glossbrenner, Charlotte Albright, Claska Tacoma, Flora Weiland, Ruby Perkins. Business. Louis Ewbank, Ray Carson. Programs and Tickets. John Davis, Dolores Hall. Costumes. Mabel Tyner, Marguerite Wetzel, Edna Dobbs, Edna Losche, Marie Denny, Gladys Hancock. — Raymond B. Freeman.

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THE BOOSTER The Booster PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY The Pupils of Chas. E. Emmerich Manual Training High School Entered as second-class matter March 30, 1912 at Indianapolis, Indiana, under act of March 3, 1879 NDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA J 5 Cents a Copy ) 40 Cents a Semester EDITORIAL BOARD Paul lake Editor-in-Chief Evans Plummer, Raymond Freeman, Assistant Editors-in-Chief. Irma Gulley Magazine Editor Gladys Benson, Assistant. Ruth Sanders Academic Editor Charles MacGinnis, Assistant. Kearsley McComb Athletic Editor Cyrus Clark, Assistant. Harold Stewart Art Editor Carl Zimmerman, Assistant. Marcus Kaplan Business Manager Henry Morgan Circulation Manager Ruth Newby, Ruth Cunningham, Assts. SENIOR COMMITTEE. Paul Iske, Evans Plummer, Raymond Freeman, Claska Tacoma, Esther Hummel. Art Editor George Mess Vol. 16. January 23, 1917. Nos. 13-14. Down comes the curtain; it ' s all over; time for the next act. Poor old January seventeens must exit and each one separately book-up at an- other show. Upon our word, we do hate to go. For just think, we are about to be dis- banded and scattered to the winds. We have been classmates for four years and have just begun to know each other well, to find out that in this class are lofty ambitions, and that there is a joy of fellowship which we feel we will never be able to find any- where else. Then, too, we are about to leave the influence of those many teacher friends who have been con- tinually revealing new and bigger things to us. We tell you we feel blue, but we are not going to be babyish and cry about it. We know that we have been in school to prepare for what is coming — life. We seek large tasks before us and we want to get out and do our share of the world ' s ' work. We have gotten our visions and we are going to stick to them. So it is that we say au revoir with a pang at the heart, and all pile off the stage so that the June seventeens may come on ready for the next act. Athletics. Starting with two new coaches and a record-breaking membership of one thousand members in the Athletic As- sociation, Manual has had a very suc- cessful term for athletics. In the fall tennis tournament, more aspirants turned out than ever before, both in the girls ' and in the boys ' tourney. Florence Walsh won the sin- gles, and Dorothy Simering and Flor- ence Walsh won the doubles cham- pionship in the girls ' tournament, and Carl Fechtman won the singles, and Gerald Watson and Carl Fechtman won the doubles championship in the boys ' tourney. There was much strong competition in both tournaments. A new feature introduced by Head Coach Williams this year was the cross-country work, intended for the training of candidates for basketball. Eugene Kessler won the first annual cross-country run staged in October. In the cross-country meet, held be- tween Shortridge and Manual, Manual took first in points, but a Shortridge man finished first. Fred Cady took second for Manual. In the Olympic games held in con- nection with the Centennial celebra- tion, Manual took second with eleven points. Fred Gartens starred with eight points and O ' Conner made the rest. The basketball season started with a rush when Coaches Travis and Claude Williams held a mass meeting of boys ' basketball material. More than one hundred and fifty boys signed up for practice. The girls, too, had a large and enthusiastic turnout at their bas- ketball mass meeting. Miss Smith has been more than pleased with the way in which the girls of the school have taken hold of athletics this term. Since then, time has flown rapidly and a strong state team quintet will soon be selected. Morse and Overstreet are the only last year ' s state team men left to play, but many new men who are strong players are available, thanks to the big turnout at the beginning of the season. One of the faculty was heard to say, We could almost lick Wabash, and he isn ' t much wrong, either.