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

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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 Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in Section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, authorized October 11, 1918. INDIANAPOLIS . I N DIANA J 5 Cents a } 40 Cents a Copy Semester Vol 22 JANUARY 21, 1920 No. 13-14 Senior Booster Committee Walton G. Cash Editor-in-Chief Francis M. Childers, Harry L. Johnson Asst. Editors-in-Chief Edgar Driftmeyer News Editor Barbara Hensley Magazine Editor Artie Collings Personal Editor Owen Dupree .Society Editor Albert Hoffman Athletic Editor Helen Brandenburger Asst. Athletic Editor Edwin Berryhill. .. .Business Manager Albert Fishman. . .Circulation Manager FACULTY ADVISORS. Miss Eleanor P. Wheeler, Miss Eliz- abeth Hench, Edward Holloway. Alberta Bernd deserves special mention for her stenographic work on The Booster. Job hunting will soon be popu- lar with the January class. Wonder what the royal family will do with the Count gone? I ' ll wager some of the Januaries feel rather blue today. Four more years of grind for the Twenties. So long, everybody, I ' ll see you next semester. Miss Gawne (calling for shoes for the actors in the play) — Has any one any shoes, size 11%? Curtain ! Miss Gawne to the January class — When you ' re two or three you don ' t make much noise, but since you are eighty-seven — Laugh ! POST GRADUATES Looking back to the time when Manual was first organized there have been students, who after completing their thirty-two credits of work have re- mained in school for another semester. These students were, and still are, called post-graduates. Some took up post-graduate work in order to make up college entrance requirements, others simply to learn more than they knew at the present, and still others just to remain around their old school. Few post-graduates have ever done brilliant work, as statistics readily show. Some have done fair work but the majority have flunked flat in most of their studies. Few post-graduates realize what they are in school for. Not for socia- bility or for pleasure but to continue their studies. Beginning next semester a new ruling will go into effect. No post-graduate will be allowed to carry less than four subjects. This order has not been made for nothing. This order is intended to stop all loafing which a large part of post-graduates have been doing in the past. This editorial attempts by no means to discourage students in taking up work which they need to enter college. That is not the idea. It does, however, strike at those who intend posting until next June with the slogan Hang the grades, we ' re here for a good time!

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THE BOOSTER CLASS HISTORY By Emma Leercamp In the year 1916 a great fleet of small rowboats started out to cross the sea of Manual which stretches away to the south of the port Common School. Each of these boats contained one passenger who was setting out to seek his or her fortune. For three years they traveled thus, and finally, some time in February, 1919, they reached the Island of Seniordome. I suppose it must have been, because they were tired of sailing alone that they did it, but at any rate all of those lone boatmen got together and bought a large ship which was called Senior- ship — after the island from whence it came. They realized before they started how badly they would need a leader — one who was brave and encouraging; so, after much thought, George Cleaver, who, though often accused of violent seasickness was recognized as a first-class sailor, was chosen captain. Mildred Allen, noted for her ability to give orders and her winning smile, was selected to assist George, and take his place in case the trip proved too much for him. Though the crew was very hard-up, they bought a safe be- fore leaving port, and one morning a gun was forced into Karl Scott ' s hands and he was ordered to guard that safe, no matter what happened. All of the crew seemed anxious that an account of the daily happenings be kept so Frances Childers, who was usually seen carrying a pencil and paper, was elected for that office. Having elected the officers and adopted the constitution, the crew got ready, and one bright morning in May the Seniorship set out for the port of Graduation. However, before they had gone very far it was decided that a flag was needed. It was rather hard to decide between two colors — American Beauty and green. One morning as the girls came out of their state-rooms they were horrified to see those supposedly tasteful boys hoisting a green flag. Defiantly the brave lit- tle sailorettes stepped forward in a body and emphatically ordered the flag lowered. Slowly, and not without a little arguing, the flag was lowered, and one of American Beauty put in its place. Hard feelings were soon over, and they sailed on calmly for a while. After a few days, however, the Seniors began to get restless. What they wanted was excitement. There seemed to be nothing, however, which could provide this until one morning about sunrise a ship was sighted some distance ahead. The Seniors needed only one glimpse to tell them that this was the ship of the June 1919ers. Then some one suddenly had a bright idea — why not catch up with them and in- vite them over to the American Beauty ship to spend an evening? So the Jan- uary class put on a little speed and, while the girls dolled, the fellows shov- eled coal, and that evening the good ship Seniordome pulled alongside the ' 19er. Of course the 1919 girls were at once enthusiastic, and, after much persuasion, finally succeeded in get- ting the boys to come. I don ' t know why — perhaps it was because those boys foresaw the coming of high prices that they were so saving of shoe leather (their own, I mean), but at any rate — well, boys do look rather nice all lined up along the wall. The party was over and the ' 19 ship had sailed on. Those January ' 20 Seniors realized that they were near- ing an island called Vacation. This they knew to be a very beautiful place — a most welcome sight to any sailor. As is the usual custom, the class was to stay on the island about three months. They all separated, each per- son going wherever he wished, and all agreeing to meet at a certain place on a set date in September. On the 9th of September all but a few were ready to continue the voy- age. Among those few were Miss Burnside, the pilot, whom everybody missed. The sea was more stormy this trip than before, and there was a great deal more work to do, for in- stance, Pin to select, Flower and Motto to select and Arm Bands to make (you see, all sailors have some sort of in- signia). The flower was easy to select, for since the flag was American Beauty — and it was a good American class on a good American ship — the flower, of course, would be American Beauty. It was rather hard at first to get an appropriate motto, and I much fear that No payee no workee, which was (Continued on Page 11)

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THE BOOSTER ObtMt Manual Loses Although Manual was defeated at the Y. last Saturday, it was only after a game scrap, in which Jefferson was taxed to the utmost. Manual played a wonderful game, and it was only the amazing accuracy and lucky shooting of our opponents that won the game for them in the last few minutes of play. In the first half the score see-sawed back and fort h, one moment favoring us and the next our worthy quintet from Lafayette. The half ended with Manual four points in the lead, due to a successful bombardment of the bas- ket by Harmeson and Buschell. The second half was a repetition of the first, ending with Jefferson, the runner-up in last year ' s state meet, on the long end of a 31-21 score. In a curtain-raiser Manual Seconds defeated Shortridge Seconds by a score of 11 to 10 count. Summary and Score. Jefferson — 31 Manual — 21 Nuff ner Forward Strain C. Crowe Forward. . . Harmeson Smith Center Buschell E. Crowe Guard Wertz Neuman Guard Geisler Field goals: Jefferson, C. Crowe, 8; Smith, 5. Manual, Strain, Harmeson, 6; Buschell, 2. Foul goals: C. Crowe, 5; Wertz, 3. Substitutions: Manual, Whitney for Strain, Summers for Geis- ler. Jefferson, Daykenzen for Huffner, Nestrik for Smith. Found in a Geometry. If there should be another flood, For refuge hither fly; ' Tho all the world be submerged, He took her to a theatre, ' Tis said, a picture show; Most all the seats in the center were filled, So they sat in the very back row; The pictures were very interesting, Of fighting in the Argonne, He took hold of her little hand, And — then the lights came on! Athletic Review Athletics have undoubtedly been bet- ter supported this year than in any previous one. In golf and tennis there were about forty entries, while in bas- ketball at least a hundred enthusiasts answered the call. Lowell Sparks not only won the championship at Manual but also turned in the lowest score in the city high school meet. Emmonds Turner gave Sparks a run for his title, coming in a close second. Julius Kleeman, playing a steady game of tennis, was able to defeat Emil Harmeson in the finals, and thereby added his name to the list of tennis champs. Harmeson forced Julius to play three sets, the result of which were 6 — 3, 2 — 6, 6 — 3, to cop honors. Next in chronological order, came basketball, the sport in which Manual excels. The day of the first call saw Manual ' s gym filled with would-be players, eager to show their worth. The more deserving of these men were selected and assigned to either the Ma- jor, Minor, Midget or Freshman teams of their respective floors. House I seamed to have the edge on the other floors, as it stood first at the close of the series. The city league teams, namely, the Monograms, Duplicates, Triangles, and, last and least, the Quads, were next selected. These teams were to represent Manual in battling similar teams from Tech and Shortridge for the city champion- ship. Sad, but true, the invincible Monogram team, with a 1000 per cent record, is the only team that has up- held our record satisfactorily. Let us now turn to Manual ' s state team, who, in spite of many hardships, are developing into a team which will be a real contender in the sectional meet next March. In the first place Coach Morrison was left with only one state team man around which to form (Continued on Page 13)