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

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THE BOOSTER JUNE 1918 PROPHECY BY LEWIS WARD I was sitting in my office in the Con- gressional building of the United States of Geremica, formerly Germany, but since the Allies had caused the com- plete surrender of the Imperial gov- ernment, the Allied forces formed a strong democratic government. My sec- retary entered and said in English, Letter, sir. I immediately opened it and found it to be from my old friend Polly, or as others know him, Gayle Pollster. He said that he was travel- ing around and thought that he would come with his family of eleven chil- dren and see me for a few days. Jo- seph Sharp, who had been an American officer, had risen in political life and was unanimously elected President of this new Republic, and on the follow- ing Friday was going to award some medals of honor to some distinguished soldiers. The Apple Corps had grown to a great strength before the war was over, and a great many of the Manual boys were to receive medals. I im- mediately wired Gayle and told him of the event so that he could be here for it. Friday finally came and so did Gayle. When we reached the place where the awards were to be given, the first man that I met was Emory Bryan, Lieu- tenant-General of the Apple Corps. He had changed and was gray but healthy looking. Carl Carpenter had been pro- moted to a Colonel and was also to re- ceive honors. After a speech by Pres- ident Sharp, the roll was called and the following were given gold medals for bravery: Robert Reed, Ralph Werner, McClaren Wright, John Booth and Mal- colm Dunn. I later talked to John Booth, and he said that he was Pro- fessor in the Zoological Department at the University of Berlin and his wife and able assistant was Mabel Hurst. Before the call to arms, Ralph Werner was the head chemist at the Indian- apolis Gas Company, and he and Frieda Kellar were living at 1255 Wright street, Frieda ' s former residence. While the ceremony was going on, Galdys Stevens anxiously watched the medal affixed to the coat of her hus- band, while Robert, Jr., stood at her side. Months passed without any more such excitement, until one day I was appointed as a committee of one to see about o ur commercial relations with South America, now of great commer- cial importance to the world. It only took two days to go across the water in an oceanic aeroplane, and, on my ar- rival there, I met Herbert Asperger, who was now a great political leader of the leading party in Brazil, which had grown out of the Roines Club. Some more of the members of this party were Robert Fay, George Gar- rard, Almon Knodle and Harold Kuehr- man. In opposition to this great male party, was one of the fairer sex. This brought to South America a great many of our Masoma Club. The leader of this party was Kathleen Woods and some of her assistants were Gladys Ewbanks, Helen Poehler, Flora Meyer, Lenola Andrews, Merle Gosney and Erma Hicks. As I walked down the street one day, I saw a sign Danse Studio: Garrard, Eliott and Summers. They were now professional dancers, while they began their career at the Odeon Hall. One Sunday while I was there, we went to church and the more I looked at the preacher the more I thought I knew him. I later figured him out to be Francis Turpin, Bishop of Beauvais in our class play. I saw and especially noticed the activity of the people in that country even to the children, and one day as I noticed a parade of young boys, I saw Horace Kaine, a former Boy Scout man, head- ing the procession. While in South America, I also visit- ed Argentina Republic for a while. The sale of rabbit furs and feet had ex- cited such an industry, and it was be- ing promoted in that country by Thel- ma Dold, who began at Martinsville at the tournament of 1917. One evening as I craved excitement, I dropped into a theatre and found, after the show had started, that the leading parts were taken by Nellie Wallace, now Mrs. Mc- Nulty, and Lloyd Young. As I came out, I noticed a sign over the door that said: Harold Stewart, Manager. Im- mediately I opened the door and walked in and there sat the other of the Big 3. We had quite a chat, and he told me that he had continued to rise since he took a position with an Indianapolis movie company. Within the course of another week, I carried on my business and finally one day, after seeing a man in one of the government buildings, as I left, I met Emma Watters, who

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THE BOOSTER JUNE CLASS PLAY During the week of May 20, the June ' 18 Senior class staged one of the most elaborate and pretentious plays that ever was presented by any Sen- ior class at Manual. Because, of the splendid acting, of the help of the stu- dent committees and of the close co- operation of all concerned in the play, it proved a complete success. Especial- ly is the acting of Nellie Wallace as the heroic Joan, and of Lloyd Young as Joan ' s father, to be highly praised. Nellie, in her portrayal of Joan, put so much feeling and reality into the lines that the audience felt all the emotions and lived through all the ex- periences of Joan. The part of Joan ' s father, which Lloyd played, was such a finished piece of acting that this frank, matter-of-fact father became a real person to the audience. Paul New- man, in his interpretation of the part of the first French soldier, gave a vivid notion of the oppositions and jealousy that some soldiers of the French army felt toward Joan. On the other hand, Emory Bryan ' s part of the second French soldier, showed the support and sympathy of other soldiers for Joan. It was not long before we were introduced to the haughty, de- ceitful Bishop of Beauvais, who be- trayed Joan to the English for a bribe. The part, which was taken by Frances Turpin, was presented with unusual vividness, and finally, after Joan had been seen taken to the stake and after the audience heard the appealing speech of Nicholas Midi in the person of Oran Davis, everyone went away feeling more than ever the heroic, sim- ple nature of Joan of Arc. The Senior class is especially in- debted to Mr. Weigler of the shops, for the making of the stage furniture; to Miss Maltby for the scenery; to Miss Phelps, for the costumes; to Miss Iske, for the historical setting of the play, and to the many minor characters in the play. — J. P. BUSINESS DRAMATICS No, the Class Play wasn ' t the finale of Manual dramatics this year. The Business English Classes had the last word in the Lady Gregory plays, which they presented in the auditorium, Wednesday, June 5, at 3:00 o ' clock. The plays were: The Spreading of the News and The Rising of the Moon. Certainly, there was nothing very stiff or businesslike about either of them. The Spreading of the News was the hilarious tale of the complications that arose in the spread- ing of a piece of gossip, and The Ris- ing of the Moon was full of quizzical Irish humor. Both plays were carried off in a very spirited manner. Quite a number of the actors were Seniors. The characters in The Spreading of the News were, Tim Casey, Brooks Secrest; Mrs. Fallon, Margaret Wolf; Shawn Early, Roy Nevins; Joe Muldon, (policeman) Elba Bell; James Ryan, Vine Kercheval; Mrs. Tarpey, Helen Carter; Mrs. Tulley, Sarah Goldberg; Jack Smith, Gayle Baker; magistrate, Oran Davis; Bartley Fallon, Arthur Badger. The characters of The Rising of the Moon were: Sergeant of Police, ' Carl Strickland; Policeman X, Max Farb; Policeman B, Carl Jones; Ragged Man, Herbert Hauser. Many members of the Senior class took part in the work done by the Office Training Class, which is One of the useful activities of. the school. From the beginning of this term to May 20, the pupils have set up and run off on the multigraph, 10,000 tick- ets and notices. They have cut 75 stencils, turning out 8,000 mimeograph copies. Of ordinary typing with car- bon they have written 2,500 pages. Stenographic service has been furn- ished to three teachers regularly and to others occasionally. Recently Miss Herzsch took a trip to Camp Taylor to inspect the kitchens of the soldiers ' cooks and bakers school. While there, she told about the Boys ' Cooking Class at Manual. The officer in charge offered to send two instructors to Indianapolis to give the boys an outdoor lesson in emergency cooking for one man. Last Friday, two sergeants took the boys out in the woods. The boys car- ried camp equipment, and cooked rice, bacon, beef stew, flapjacks and coffee. Although the fires did smoke, and the flapjacks wouldn ' t cook, the cheflets had a fine time, and received some valuable instructions in outdoor cook- ery.

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THE BOOSTER was using her life to teach the wild animals to become civilized. She said she thought of that idea when she first saw me. I left, thanking her for her compliment, and hoping that she would have more success. I noticed, as I walked farther down the street, a sign : Relics. As I neared the window, I saw a smaller sign in the window: A Class Book of 1918, used in North America. This interested me and I went into the store and saw that the storekeeper was another Manualite, Melvin Kettlehut. That was his class book and he had it on exhibition for the people of today to see. Within the folds of that holy book I found a prophecy that I had written years be- fore and the whole had nearly all come out to be true. A year passed before I again took such a wild chase over the world. On November 24, 1925, I left my home for Australia. The great Olympic games that had to be put off on account of the war were again in full sway. They were to be held in Australia this year, on Christmas Day. Not being too well acquainted with the athletic world, I did not know who were the main con- testants. Soon after my arrival, I bought a ticket to said games and when the day came I went, and found nobody but Frank Garten, the leading athlete, and others of our track team of great importance in this meet. I said to one man, after the mile run: Who is the American winner ' s name? And he said, Fred Cady, which very much surprised me. Another one of our classmates was Lloyd Allen, who now manufactured Allen cars in this country, and through inheritance Marie Van Jelgerhois was his head sales- woman. Within the next week I saw a sign on a shop saying, Arthur Reynolds Co., Grass Cutting a Specialty — Bring in your lawns. I went in but Arthur was too busy to talk to me, for he was cutting the lawn brought in by the Woman ' s Prison. On my return to America, I stopped at the Hawaiian Islands for a few days. About 24 hours after I landed, a man in a Palm Beach suit came up and said in a familiar way: Howdy, and at the same time raised his right hand and index finger, and I immediately saw that it was Paul Newman. He said that he was running a circus and that he wanted me to see if I could Continued on Page 11 AT THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION It is a distinguished company the seniors will join Friday night, June 14. That is, by the way the night they al- ways join the Alumni Association, at 50 cents each, and they keep on join- ing every year thereafter. Perhaps, in another year they may have the distinguished honor of meeting Roy Howard, ' who is now president of the United Press. The following article gives some idea of the importance of his work: The editors of O Pais, on opening the United Press service in Rio De Janeiro, gave a luncheon in honor of Roy W. Howard, of New York, presi- dent of the United Press, at which Edwin V. Morgan, American ambassa- dor, presided. Joao Loge, director of O Pais, spoke. He referred to the importance of this service and said the United Press will be associated with a paper that has most devotedly praised the policy and solidarity of the United States and a perfect understanding among all nations. Referring to Howard, Loge said it was most agreeable to recognize in him the rare qualities of sagacity and expansion capable of forming the cur- rents of opinion which will serve as a solid basis for great international work such as is being carried out in South America. Private Jethro Reiser, Medical De- partment, although slightly wounded by the explosion of a shell which wounded several of his comrades, pro- ceeded under shell fire to care for the wounded, with coolness and skill. By command of Major General Bullard, Campbell King, Chief of Staff. Horace Nordyke, a pupil of Manual and a graduate of West Point, about six years ago, is now an officer on the destroyer Sampson, one of the convoys in the war zone about England. He has charge of the wireless messages sent and received. The life is a very strenuous one, for often the boys are on duty for three or four days with- out sleep. Persons in the audience on Friday evening, expecting to see Ed Dieterich take part in the se cond scene were dis- appointed. For particulars ask Ed.