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, INDIANA 5 Cents a Copy 50 Cents a Semester Editorial Board. Will H. Depperman Editor-in-Chief. Robert Ross Ass ' t Editor-in-Chief Senior Booster Committee. Gerald W. McGee Athletic Editor Edward Hyde Personal Editor Alfred Noll Art Editor Associates. Eleanor Frye, John Young, Helen Chandler, Charles Millholland. In 1820 a man built a log cabin near the west fork of White river, and so Indianapolis began. The splendid lo- cality of the cabin influenced immi- grants to build others, until a village developed. With the invention of fac- tory machinery and the improvement in the means of transportation, the village grew into the city of Indianap- olis. Now it celebrates its one hun- dreth birthday with a population of over 300,000. In 1895 a man founded M. T. H. S. in this city. It was a small school at first, consisting of only two minor buildings. Two hundred students, taught by a small faculty, completed the school. This school developed with the city, until in buildings, equipment, and number of students, it has more than doubled. Over 1,000 students, in academic and athletic contests have added to its prestige and good name. Appropriate to this growth was the renaming of the school after its early founder, Chas. E. Em- merich Manual Training High School. In 1916, a new group of, freshmen en- tered this school. With each year spent here they developed both physi- cally and mentally until now, this June of 1920, they are ready to be gradu- ated. This class has been exceptional- ly fortunate in that it is organized when the city celebrates its centennial and the school its quarter centenrial. The June ' 20 class had the honor of helping celebrate the 25th birthday of the school and will have the honor of assisting in the city ' s centennial jubi- lee, in the same year in which they re- ceive their diplomas. These celebra- tions include the laying of a corner stone for a new building which will make a greater E. M. T. H. S. Ought not a class contemporaneous with such other splendid activities, al- ways actively support the school, and ought not the individuals of it O. K. the reputation behind them, and make good, active citizens, of this city and country? Education is not essentially Latin or Greek, but is a preparation of the mind and body for work after the school course is completed. Anything that tends to establish habits of study or healthful habits is a logical part of the school curriculum. Athletics, instead of being the diver- sion of a few, should be a part of, every student ' s activities because a succesful athlete must have habits promoting health. This is proved by Carl Brady, Kansas athlete, age 22 years, who won the Pentathlon at the 1920 Penn Re- lays. He says, Early to bed, no liquor, no smokes, and a wholesome outdoor life have contributed to my success as an athlete.

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THE BOOSTER Thomas Seburn, was seen gazing longingly at these toys, they were all sent to the day nursery where they were appreciated. Being well satisfied with the amount of business accom- plished, the class set off the next two weeks for a vacation, but two weeks was a long time to be separated, and December 26, found them in the gym to watch the state team defeated by the alumni and to dance. When these seniors came back after their vacation they found that they must again settle the question of. the class color, for none of the desired shade of velvet ribbon could be found. Fearful lest they might become em- broiled in another dispute, they left the decision in the hands of a com- mittee which chose blue satin ribbon instead of velvet. By several months ' pleading, the motto committee ob- tained five rare and suitable mottos, from which was selected Today We Launch, Where Shall We Anchor? At the invitation of the Januaries the class attended a party and played a basket ball game to establish their much disputed superiority, which they didn ' t. As usual music was furnished by Manual ' s famous jazz orchestra, and this orchestra certainly deserves credit for making the parties during the year so successful. After this the Junes bade the Januaries a tearful adieu, but in their four years ' stay the Januaries had come to love the school so much that they decided in favor of remaining until June. With most of the work finished, the second term was commenced with much confidence and pep. Since there could be no better officers any- where all of them were re-elected. Looking forward to their departure from school life they chose a will- maker, Frank Smith, and then, of course they wanted to know about their hereafter, and chose Alfred Noll, prophet. This extraordinary young man at the time of his election was found in the guise of act B in a local theater. The bill boards outside pro- claimed To him the past is like an open book — with blank pages, the fu- ture like a crystal globe — with nothing in it. A last call for banners issued before Ivy Day brought forth several remark- able designs from which Robert Por- terfield ' s was chosen. The idea em- bodied in the motto was well carried out in this design and — wasn ' t our ship going fast? Since they were as fond of their appearance as most seniors they had their pictures taken, and to do this deed selected Bretz- man, a man who had won great fame making people look better than they really are. Having made such a good record, the members of this class wished other classes to remember them, and to keep this class always before them as a model of perfection, and decided that the best means of doing this was by presenting each semester two medals on the basis of scholarship. Following a custom inaugurated in 1909 by Miss Foy they celebrated Ivy Day. Music was furnished by the Es- sex Sisters, the class poem read by Margaret Bishop, songs written by Anna Greenspan and Pauline Ingalls sung. The exercises were closed with a masque written by Charles Millhol- land and the Ivy vine planted on the west side of the building near the ma- chine shop. On May 14, the entire class went to a farewell dance given by the January, ' 21 ' s. The sadness which is supposed to prevail at fare- well parties was certainly lacking here, and — thanks Januaries. On May 19, 20, 21, the people of Indianapolis were given the opportunity of seeing some of the best plays ever produced in this city, namely the June ' 20 class plays. Beauty and the Jacobin, and The Pool of Answers, were the plays presented. Success always attracts attention and admiration, and in closing the history of the June ' 20 class, I hope that everyone who admires the success of this class will not forget that this success could not have been possible without the untiring efforts of our sponser, Miss Knox, the careful coach- ing of the plays by Miss Perkins, the willing help and encouragement of Miss Brady, Miss Hill, Miss Izor, Mrs. Sayler, Mr. Ammerman, and the edi- tors of. the Booster, Walton Cash and Will Depperman.

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THE BOOSTER ATHLETIC REVIEW To say the very least, our class has contributed its share of this season ' s athletes. Just look around and take an inventory. A biffy big broad jumper, hurdler, and a darting dash man, and a fellow who makes successful tries at every kind of atletics and wins when he has just half a chance, that is Jimmy Som- mers to a letter. He ' s got the dope and knows how to put it over. Rather small, but plumb full of mus- cles and stamina, and the accompany- ing zip, push and ability that goes to make one of the best athletes ever pro- duced at Manual, is a good way to in- troduce Clinton Whitney. At our track meets you see a flas h; biff and another record is broken by Clint. Some day maybe you ' ll see what a blouncing boxer he is — if you read the headlines of. the sport page. Leslie DeMotte, the essay profiteer, also has been giving some of these old- timers a few instructions in advanced work in the high jump. He is a first year man but has taken down many of the puffy birds down state and else- where. Edward Hyde, basketballer, showed some of the fellows from Shortridge and Tech last fall the art of playing basketball. Orville Speer, hard boiled leather booted person, has been throwing dust in our worthy opponents ' eyes of late in the dashes. Come to think about it, our class is not half bad. We have a nifty bunch of athletes with us. OUR CLASS Did I hear some pitiful pessimistic pest say that this has been a poor year in athletics? If you ever said that, just spread your ears and listen. When it comes to athletics, any size, amount or quality we are expected to win. Basketball is usually our long suit, but last year Tech showed a team of five green and white aces, to out bad luck, and cleaned things up in this section. Our team consisted of Strain, both Harmesons, Buschell, Wertz, Whitney, Hyde, Summers and Mercer. Coach Morrison, of course, did all he could to give us the stuff, but the dope bucket leaked and with all that good team work and passing, we failed to place our team in the Hall of Fame. In the City League, Tech kicked another goal; even at that we still claim we had the best all around team in the whole town, in the Monogram Team. It consisted of Schuller, Cohen, Hofman, G-lossbrenner, Bowers, Har- meson and Hyde. This team of Coach Tricky ' s was absolutely unmastered and invulnerable. This year ' s track team was organ- ized early. It entered one meet in which thirteen teams took part. Our team easily won, while every man on the team was a scorer. There were two triangular meets, both of which, as would be expected, were easily won. But of all these victories there was one defeat, by Martinsville, with a score of 50-49. In the annual Freshman Track Meet Daniel Clark, the highpoint man, won a sweater and several medals. Lowell Sparks and Julius Kleeman won out in golf and tennis respectively last fall. We were surprised when we heard of our track teams ' being defeated at the sectional. We thought our team was undefeatable and still claim that in a dual meet we can beat any team in the section. Well Tech, since you won both the basketball sectional and track sec- tional, here ' s good luck and more vic- tories.