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

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THE BOOSTER Mr. Ammerman Our popular manager of the ath- letics of the school, and head of our Commercial Department, K. V. Am- merman, was born on a farm in Hunt- ington County, Indiana, in the year 1880. Most of his education was received in Indiana schools. After having com- pleted courses in a number of schools of the state, he became a teacher. After teaching for a time, he took a post-graduate course in Marion Nor- mal College, and a penmanship course in the Zanerian School in Ohio. Mr. Ammerman was fitted by his educa- tion and experience to fill most satis- factorily the position of head of the Commercial Department of our own E. M. T. H. S. Before coming to Manual in 1911, Wabash High School had him as the head of its Commercial Department. In 1911, however, he became a mem- ber of our faculty for the first time. As head of a department here he has done much to make Manual known not only for the athletics and speak ers it produces, but also for its able graduates trained in real business methods and practice. There is no need now, as there probably was at one time, for a high school graduate June Class Plays This year ' s class departed from the usual custom of giving one long class play and presented instead two shorter plays, The Merry, Merry Cuckoo, and The Gift. The four perform- ances, at three and eight p. m., Thurs- day and Friday, May 22 and 23, were attended by audiences which taxed the capacity of the school auditorium. The Meiry, Merry Cuckoo, a sim- ple drama of Welch peasant life from the pen of Margaret Douglas Rogers, included a cast of five with Marcia Orme and Thomas Gallagher as Annie and David Dalben in the leading roles. Other members of the cast were Ro- ert Kryter who took the part of Mor- (Continued on page 3.) to enter a business college; for the same thing that is taught in business colleges is taught in our own school by competent teachers. Antiquated methods are not known in this de- partment. It is up to date and is supervised by an up-to-date man. But the great popularity Mr. Am- merman has, has not been gained in the class room alone. Many of us have never come in contact with him in the class room, yet we all know of him through his connection with the athletic teams of our institution. As business manager of our teams we can see the evidence of his work. Him- self a clean-playing and clean-living athlete, he (together with our coaches) has instilled into the players the love of clean sports and the dis- approval of unfair playing. This is the policy that will win out, and which has won out this year as never before. As students w e are probably in- clined to consider the members of our faculty as teachers only; we seem to f rget that they, like ourselves, have homes. In Mr. Ammerman ' s home there are two children, John and El- len, who, we hope, when they grow up, will come to Manual and perhaps be ' athletes and feel the fine spirit that their father has instilled in the student body. We are much more than glad to boast that Mr. Ammerman is a thor- ough Hoosier; and we think it entire- ly fitting and proper that an Indiana man, educated in Indiana schools, should stand as head of the Commer- cial Department of the best high school in Indiana.

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To K. V. Ammerman, whose years of unobtrusive but unceasing service, both as athletic manager and as adviser and instructor, have won our sincere admiration, this Senior Booster of the class of June ' 19 is affectionately dedicated.

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THE BOOSTER Class Poem By Anna Cowen I ain ' t a-goin ' to cry no more, no more, I ' m ' ist so tired I ' ist had to bawl, ' An John Bane Stickle is so tall ' At I stretched my neck A-tryin ' to see on which side he parted his hair, ' Nen it wasn ' t parted! Shoot the luck! But I ain ' t a-goin ' to cry no more, no more. We all want on the honor-roll, But we ' re afeard o ' bein ' jeered at For carryin ' books, and we are sceered That we might miss a real good time By stayin ' home a-studyin, ' and never goin ' out ' An nen we cram for tests, ' an get bawled out, But I ain ' t agoin ' to cry no more, no more. Frank Cox has willed evethin ' we got to someone else, ' An Pauline Lewis has told all about us ' An Craw Barker has made of our futures a muss, But Newton Dodge just lets ' em do it. Some of us is sensitive, too, Gol blame it! An it hurts our feelin ' s it does, But I ain ' t a-goin to cry no more, no more. There ' s a case ' tween John Rice and Ruth Smock ' An they meet in the hall ' an just talk ' an talk. ' An Byron Mathews goes around lookin ' like soured cream ' Cause soon he can ' t yell, But will have to keep still ' An act like other civilized folks, he will. But I ain ' t a-goin ' to cry no more, no more. ' Oo ' I ' m ' ist heart-sick, ' an I feel so bad I guess the whole June ' 19 class is sad; ' An I ' ist can ' t help but cry, ' an can you believe it, Our own Emmerich Manual we soon must leave? ' An I ' ist can ' t help but grieve ' an grieve, ' An — oh-my-oh I ' m a-startin ' again, But I won ' t, for shure; I ' ist ain ' t goin ' to cry no more! Benny ' s Farewell to June Class Fellow Classmates: It is but natural for me to feel my own self importance and self insuffi- ciency on this momentous and dire- ful occasion; but as I seldom have recourse to the absurdity of apologiz- ing, I will continue to proceed w ith my discourse. Classmates, you are going out into a great reservoir of Roman liberty. You are to swing the flails of justice over this immense uni- verse, in hydraulic majesty and con- jugal superfluity. You are the mag- nificent triumphal arch on which will evaporate the even scales of justice and numerical computation. You are to ascend the deep arcana of nature and dispose of world problems with equiponderating concatenation, in ref- erence to the future velocity and re- verberating momentum. Such are your sedative and stimu- lating characters. You are all people of domestic eccentricity and matri- monial configuration, not permitted, as many are, to walk in the primeval and lowest vales of society; but you must endure the red hot sun of the universe on the heights of nobility and feudal eminence. You will no doubt all have beautiful wives, or hus- bands of horticultura l propensities, who will henpeck you the rest of your days with soothing and bewitching verbosity. You will no doubt all fContinued on page 4.] ris, the young minister, and Rose Rufli and Paul Stanley as Lowry and Guto Prichard. The Gift, the larger and more pre- tentious of the two plays, is based on the story of Pandora and the box. The leading parts were taken by Mar- garet Lostutter as Pandora and Burke Robison, who played the part of Epi- metheus. One of the most attractive features of the production was the dance of the Muses, a fantastic in- terpretation arranged and staged un- der the direction of Miss Anna Smith. The musical score of both plays was arranged and partly written by Mr. Winslow. Much credit for the success of the plays is due to Miss Perkins, who had entire charge of their pro- duction.