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

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THE BOOSTER 15 held during the last two weeks. The boys ' singles were won by Ross Lud- low. Edward Thorns, a young hope of Manual, showed fine form in his playing throughout the tournament and was beaten only in the final round. Be- cause of so many defaults in the boys ' doubles, the tournament was called off. They tried to be philosophical about it, but it was pretty hard to give up all hopes of a Class Day program. At least the members of the January ' 18 Class thought so. But while there ' s life, there ' s hope, certainly held good in this case, and the sun smiled again when the good news sped over the telephone wires that the exercises might be held in the Christamore Set- tlement House, January 3, 1918. In spite of the tremendous difficulty in reaching the place, since no special car was ordered, nearly every member was present, Happy memories were called up when Charles MacGinnis, class historian, read his skillful- ly written story of the many social, dramatic and official business af- fairs of the class. Glimpses into the future were vividly portrayed by Marion Wehner, class prophet. Need- less to say, many people were fairly astounded at the brilliant (?) careers outlined and prophesied. All the moneys and useless properties belong- ing to the class were bestowed on needy members of the school in the hope that they can be used in these days of conservation. A group of senior girls sang a song, the words of which, concerning various members of the class, were written by Cora Fred- rick. Mr. Faust pleased everyone by his singing of two delightful songs. Ralph Bradford and Dan Wayman, in comedian outfits, scurried in from somewhere and told jokes and take- offs on the class members. Dancing and a general good time were brought to a close after the clock had been set back only three times in the grand rush for home. The more the mer- rier was certainly proved on the car, jammed with singing and yelling sen- iors, and to the surprise of each one, they are all living to tell the story of the day. — M. E. M. Carl Carpenter to Emory Bryan, just before the curtain rose for the third scene — Emory think of a funeral or something and look sad. If you do, I ' ll feel sorry for you and look sad too. JUST MASOMAS. My goodness, what an unearthly noise fifty girls can make! Elsie Woerner, you save a seat for me! Here ' s a seat, Fritz; oh, goody! Look out, I ' m here, too! Soon all intelligible remarks were drowned in feminine shrieks and giggles. And above this the president was trying to call the meeting to order. You ' d better get a hammer, Nel- lie, laughed Miss Emery, thoroughly enjoying the girl ' s futile efforts to make herself heard. Then Helen sensed what was happening. Sh, Nellie ' s talking. Amid the noise of quieting down, the president, in a stentorian voice, called the meeting to order and asked Mildred Schmedel, secretary-treasurer, to read the minutes of the prec eding meeting. After this Dorothy Nighten- gale and Lenola Andrews, who were busily keeping the other thirty-eight knitters company, burst forth as in one voice: I think our Christmas tree should be mentioned. It took the whole eighth hour to trim it. Yes, sir, emphatically murmured a dozen other girls. Girls, how many dolls do you think we had for the French children ' s Christmas? asked Mrs. Rehm. A buzzing sound rose. I made one. I wonder who got my Hula girl. We had fifty-four dolls which were sent to the orphans before Christmas. Our trench candles numbered fifty- three and we were able to supply twenty-four sick children at the Sum- mer Mission with scrap books. We sent fifty soldiers in the camp hospitals booklets of our jokes and anecdotes. What do you think of our standing? A pleased murmur ran through the room. Some, however, said: But what would we have done had so many of us not been busy with out- side work? For the Masoma Club has only active members, you know. They are workers. Each girl has special duties and does all she can for the school and club. Each one is a Big Sister to at least three Freshman girls. Two girls stay in each Freshman room, and, in order to get acquainted with the girls, they give a series of parties. Through- out the entire term the Masomas keep in touch with the Freshmen and many (Continued on page 24.)

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14 THE BOOSTER game will tell you that Rochester got all they were looking for. The score stood 12-10 in Rochester ' s favor at the end of the first half. In the second half some real basket ball was exhib- ited by both teams. When the whistle blew for the end of the second half, the score stood 20 to 20. Conn, Se- crest and Steeg formed the point-get- ting trio, while Cox and Garrard did their best to form an impregnable wall against the Rochester offense. Captain Rice was substituted for Steeg in the last half and in the over- time period he managed to cage the goal that defeated Rochester by two points. This game was undoubtedly as hard as the Martinsville game in the sectional meet and had the team held together in that game as they did in the Rochester game, there would have been a different result. The team next journeyed to meet Mr. Abbett ' s aggregation at Bedford, and after much hard luck in railroad connections, arrived in Bedford to de- feat that team by the slim margin of 15 to 14. The A team of second string men, was formed about this time. They played the Martinsville Seconds twice and the Noblesville Firsts once. They defeated the Mar- tinsville team at home and lost to Martinsville at Martinsville and to Noblesville at Noblesville. The state team was beaten at Whiteland, then came back strong by defeating Brazil 34-5. Manual ' s Guards stunned the crowd by each caging a field goal. The team went to Pendleton and, after run- ning up a large margin in the first half, were defeated 18-17 in the last few minutes. At Shelbyville the team couldn ' t get together and as a result, Shelbyville scored at will. The result was 36-15 in their favor. Three nights of prac- tice were then put in before March the eighth. Each player had an invisible label on himself which read, handle with care, and all took heed; but it was the same old story thrice told of being eliminated by the best team in the first round of the tournament. There is no excuse to offer. We didn ' t play the game that Martinsville did and as a result we were at the small end of the 19-8 score. We do have the satisfaction, however, of knowing that the Martinsville-Manual game had the closest score of any that Martinsville played, and Martinsville scored eleven points less against us than she did against our nearest rival, Southport, who was beaten 30-12. 1918 Track. Track meets were arranged for with the Y. M. C. A. at Noblesville, Crawfordsville, Shelbyville, Bedford and Culver. The Shelbyville meet was called off because of wet grounds, the Noblesville meet was canceled, and the Culver meet was changed to the tri- state meet at Miami College, Oxford, Ohio. The Y. M. C. A. meet was won by Manual for the first time since Man- ual has met the Y. Crawfordsville was defeated by a large score, as was Bedford two weeks later. The team next went to the meet at Oxford, Ohio. Culver Military Academy won the meet, but Manual got second, with Garten first in the pole vault and high hurdles. O ' Connor first in the shot put, Messing third in the low hurdles, and Bybee third in the 880- yard run, and fourth in the mile run. These men were point getters in all of the meets, with Jamison, Harmeson, Whitney, Dodge, Cross, Cady and Hoff- man also figuring in some of the meets. Manual won the sectional track meet with 42 points. Tech was second, with 37 points and Noblesville was third, with 23 points. Shortridge, Southport and Lawrence did not score. Manual ' s point winners were Garten, first, in high and low hurdles, pole vault and broad jump; O ' Connor first in shot put, Cady first in the mile; Bybee first in 880-yd. run; second in 440-yd. dash, Cross third in 440-yd. dash, Messing third in 100-yd. dash Sparks, Cady, Cross and Bybee won the relay for Manual. All of these men, along with Gardner, were entered in the state meet. We will not delve in- to the depths of the state meet, be- cause it is an old story by now of how we were given the rotten deal which lost the track meet for us. Ivey, of Rochester, and Garten, of Manual, were the individual point win- ners, with 13 points each. Perkins of Tech, was next, with 10 points. Manual rooters returned downheart- ed, but they had the knowledge and conviction that their team, the team which represented dear old Manual, was the champion team whether they brought home the cup or not. Spring Tennis. The spring tennis tournaments were

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