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

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12 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 a.) Indianapolis, Indiana, under act of March 3, 1879 INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA J 5 Cents a Copy J 40 Cents a Semester EDITORIAL BOARD. Gladys Stevens ) itnrcs in chief Sumner Wiltsie } Editors-in-Chier NEWS. ' Gladys Ewbank, Mildred Mason, Helen Poehler, Nellie Thomas, Marie Van Jelgerhois. ATHLETICS. George Garrard. ART. Emory Bryan, Harold Stewart, Fran- cis Tuysin. PERSONALS. Emory Bryan, Carl Carpenter, Arthur Batley, Louise Schneider, Nina San- ders, Leta Ennis. MAKE-UP. Carl Zimmerman, Charles MacGinnis, Henry Meyer. Melvin Kettlehut Business Manager Glenn Kinghan Circulation Manager FACULTY ADVISORS. Miss Emily Helming, E. H. Kemper McComb, Edward Holloway. In Union There Is Strength. This was felt by the January and June Seniors of 1918, when the ques- tion arose as to whether or not the January Seniors should abandon the plans for their Senior Booster. The severe days of last winter, which forced many shops, schools and even homes to close made it impossible to have the Senior issue of the Booster printed. At the January Class party, the June Class was kind enough to of- fer, through its president, Joseph Sharp, to share its Booster with the January Class. As a result the Jan- uary and June Boosters have been combined, with one-third devoted to the January ' 18 Class, and two-thirds to the June ' 18 Class. — Grace Hackemeyer, V. P. Have you been reading Diamond Dick or have you been stiffening your mental fibre by delving into the depths of Emerson ' s Correspondence and such like? The wise person who has not gone along the line of least resistance, but who has, according to the Reading List, read the most valuable list of books, will be presented a fine edition of some book on commencement night. The person who has read the second best list will be given honorable men- tion. Phi Beta Kappa. Before the graduate of this year is a new and intense situation to face for his future. There is college, the war, and the vast amount of work which is the result of the struggle. He has been urged to choose the first course wherever possible. There honors and distinction await his worthiness of them. One of the greatest of these honors is that of being elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Phi Be1a Kappa is the national hon- orary fraternity founded in 1776, at William and Mary College. Long lists of notable men such as Longfellow, H. W. Mabie, Thomas Higginson and Jo- seph Choate, have been members and since that time students of colleges and universities have received and worn the insigna — the key of the fra- ternity of intellect. They have won it, not only by long perseverance in their studies, but because of their character which impreses itself upon people. Grinds are not the recip- ients of the key. In fact, not a few have failed 10 make Phi Beta Kappa because they were such grinds. Do not have a false impression; it re- quires work and endeavor in every line of the college course. Various chapters have various re- quirements according to their consti- tution, but all are upon the same high standards. There are three chapters in the state of Indiana: the Alpha at DePauw; Beta at Wabash, and Gamma at Indiana University. Two students from Man- ual have recently been elected to Phi Beta Kappa: Joseph Littell and Ben- jaman Perk. We hope that others will be added from this year ' s class.

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THE BOOSTER 11 new hat. Let ' s give three cheers for Frank ! ! ! May 28 — Some teachers gave State team a luncheon. Heard that they had a fine time. Frank got a loving cup from teachers and students. May 30 — Presented school with two American flags, bought with money from Class Play. Seniors enjoyed Memorial services at Butler College. Class picnic was held on campus. Emory wanted to play postoffice. May 31 — June ' 18 Class Day. Best ever known in history of school. Per- formances passed the censor as fol- lows: Room 9 — Fine. Room 10 — Better. Room 11 — Best. A Psalm of Class Books. Tell me not in mournful numbers That I had an empty dream, When I saw those boys with class books ; I knew things are not what they seem. It is real, they ' re in earnest, So have them signed, it is their goal. If one comes to you, don ' t run; To sign it will fill his soul. With enjoyment, not with sorrow, I expect that he will say: ' ' Thanks, thanks to you, now tomorrow I ' ll catch more than on today. School is short, time is fleeting. And their hearts are strong to brave The jeering taunts of all their com- rades — These school memories to save. In the school ' s broad field of class books; In this our Senior year, Nearly every girl will have one, While but three boys have them here. Just congratulate the boys, Say they ' re sensible in size; Say you ' re proud to see them, have them — - You ' ll in their estimation rise. Then, you boys, be up and doing, Get a class book, risk the fate. One more week to get it signed, boys — Hurry, before it is too late. (Continued from page 7.) recognize the human skeleton, and the native dancer. The human skeleton puzzled me as he was six feet two inches tall and two inches around the waist. It was Charles Porter. My, how he had changed! Paul said the native dancer had first made her ap- pearance in public at a minstrel show, and, after seeing her, I realized that she was Dorothy Nightingale. In the course of the next six days, I came to North America and back to Indianapolis to see what the old place looked like, but could not find Manual. I began to look up and found it was six stories off of the ground so that the street cars and other traffic could pass underneath the building without interference. At the corner of Persh- ing and Petain, formerly 25th and Cen- tral, I met our class sponsor, Miss Knox, and said Still worrying with June classes and Roines Clubs? She replied that she was doing a more pa- triotic duty and that was teaching bl nd and maimed soldiers. I told her what I had seen of our class scattered all over the world with all kinds of jobs, and she said that we were ful- filling our motto Over the Top. I left her, leaving a good impression of our June, 1918, Class on her mind. (Continued from page 4.) is quite an accomplished actress. He is extremely tall. Remember — I men- tioned no names. You know the teachers are sad when they think of Commencement and our leaving them. But they experience the same sadness each year, poor dears! It seems fine, in a way, to think that although the anxiety and fun of school days are over, that we are now an honored and respected Alumni. Of course, it is impossible to skip over the thing that is always in our minds these times — war. We have heard of the patriotism of the school during the Spanish War, and we know how loyally our boys followed the flag- then; but to us, the memory that will inspire us to further service is that of our class color — khaki; our motto — Over the Top; and our splendid serv- ice flag, with its blue and gold stars hanging in the old auditorium. Very sincerely, Ted. WHAT THE FOOL, DUBS?

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THE BOOSTER 13 THE YEAR ' S ATHLETICS BY GEORGE GARRARD Fall Sports. Athletics started with a boom in the fall of 1917 with the fall tennis tourna- ment, the promise of interscholastic basket ball games, and the organization of cross-country and steeple-chase teams. The tennis tournament was snappy all the way through and some new stars were brought to light. The girls ' singles were won by Florence Walsh. The boys ' singles went to Udell and the doubles to Udell and Elliott. As soon as the tennis tournaments were over, four basket ball leagues of four teams each were formed. Four boys were selected by Coach Morrison to help coach and take charge of the Freshmen teams. Midget, Minor and Major leagues were then formed. The Gray team was captained by Thomas Quill, January ' 18, and Messing, Sum- mers and Garrard were captains of the Whites, Crimsons and Blues respective- ly. Through the work of Captain Quill and Conn, a new man from Columbus, Indiana High School, the Grays were able to cop the championship of the Major League. The Whites, with Cox and Secrest as the stars, managed to get second place. The Blues were third and the Crimson team brought up the rear. Just before Thanksgiving, the inter- est in athletics centered on the steeple- chase and cross-country runs, which were held on a 3-mile course at River- side, over the canal tow-path and sev- eral other paths, the names of which are unknown to the writer. (The cen- sor refused to print the substitutes, though fit for said paths by said writer.) The steeplechase and cross- country run were won by Charlie Bybee in record time. Record of Basket Ball Games — ' 17 and ' 18. By this time Manual ' s basket ball athletes had played the Monogram ser- ies and the White Major team had played Brownsburg High School, our first interscholastic game, which result- ed in a victory for the Whites, 14-12. The second erame was played against Southport. Manual ' s first state squad was sent against Southport ' s huskies and the second game was won 25-9, with old M. T. on top. The state squad as it started the season, was composed of Conn, Speer, Secrest and Baldauf, forwards; Steeg and Dodge, centers; Bybee, Cox and Garrard, guards. The next game took the team to Bloomington, where they met their first defeat to the tune of 30-17. The loss was credited to Eseray of Bloomington who hit the iron hoop ten times out of twelve for foul throws. Soon after this the state team suffered several mishaps. Some of the men were sick and one or two were ineligible. This probably accounted for the loss of two hard games with Shelbyville and Franklin. During this time Secrest was moved to floor guard and Summers was playing center position with Mess- ing and Baldauf as forwards. Cox remained as back guard. This team won from Broad Ripple, 39-5, jour- neyed to Columbus during Christmas vacation and was beaten 20-17. The team played Lizton on the night of January 1 and suffered a defeat, 14-11, at the hands of the farmers. It was rumored that all but two of the men were out till three o ' clock on the morn- ing before, but of course, we cannot vouch for that — M. T. went to Browns- burg and was defeated 26-14. Follow- ing the defeat came a victory at Broad Ripple by a 28-15 score. Games here at the Y. M. C. A. with Bedford and Martinsville were canceled because of the cold weather. On one of these nights we played Jefferson of LaFay- ette, and were beaten 22-10. Brazil was defeated 21-7, at Brazil. The Deaf Institute was defeated 55-19, in a prac- tice game. Our team next went to Southport ' s cheese box of a gym. The Southerners were able to make several three cushion shots on the walls of the aforementioned gymnasium and beat our quintet by the close score of 16-15. The Broadway Knights were beaten in a practice game, 53-9. Nobles- ville came down to see what sort of quintet we had and found it to be air tight. They were unable to score a field goal, the final score being 49-2. On Saturday, February 9, probably the most thrilling and sensational game ever played on Manual ' s floor, was wit- nessed by some four or five hundred rooters. Rochester High School had just defe ated the Lebanon team, state champions, and on their way home chose to take our own warriors on for a tussle. Well, anyone who saw the