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

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Prophecy of the June ' 23 Class About 5 o ' clock I arrived at Indianapolis. In the Union Station Lemoyne Lambert was calling trains, Earl Sharp was selling tickets, and Horace Joyner was sweep ' ng the floor. I then went to the hotel, and in the hotel Louis Katzen was clerk; Keith Manion, William Beck and George Warner were all bell hops. After I had my dinner I went to a musical comedy. In the cast were: Lena Hoover, the leading lady; Paul Olsen and Robert Scott. Louis Cohen evidently still possessed a great deal of the foolishness he had in school, because he was comedian. In the chorus there were a number of ex-Manual girls: Anna Hershovitz, Marguerite Brumbaugh, Carrie Tanner, Elsie Pierson, Elizabeth Mackey, Mamie Morris, and Fanny Klausner. Bernhardt Dorman was con- ductor of the orchestra and Robert Garten was a cornetist. After the show I went to the hotel and retired. I awoke early the next morning so that I could see the sights. As I was walking up Illinois Street, I met Traffic Policeman Harold Hagerty. I stopped and talked with him for quite awhile. He told me that William Dugan was mayor, but he was powerless because of his feminine council. On this council were Ollie Nickles, Clarice Sheets, Victoria Healy, Ruth Fox, Gertrude Teifen, Clara Neustadt, Mildred Speer, Catherine Blue, and Georgia Goerke. Charles McNeely was chief of police and Thera Summers was judge of the criminal court. I left Harold and continued my walk. As I neared Washington Street I saw Gilbert Schmidt sitting in a window demonstrating corn medicine. When I reached Washington Street, I heard music. I asked a man stand- ing near me where the music came from. He told me that the parade of the Raymond Wacker circus was coming. As the parade drew near, I saw Ray- mond sitting in an automobile leading the parade. Running beside him were two clowns, John Klaiber and Paul Chapman. In the next wagon was Ruby Likens, the supposed Egyptian princess. Marie Barnes and Ida Hazelwood were fanning the fair princess with large palm leaves. I did not wait to see any more of the parade, but went to a restaurant for my lunch so that I could go to the circus. When I arrived at the circus grounds I was surprised to see Salvatore Mazza and Jack Liggera selling banannas. I met Raymond and he seemed to be very glad to see me because he took me through all of the side shows and gave me a ticket to the circus. I saw some dazzling sights in the side shows. Blanche Rose was the world ' s fattest lady, and Harold Hart, her husband, was the giant of the circus; Earla Eggert and Helen Elder were taking the part of the Siamese twins; Helen Pedlow was a snake charmer, and Marcella Walthers was a crystal gazer. Fred Patterson was a wild man from Borneo. Elsie Sanders was known as the world ' s champion woman wrestler. Harry Painter was the strong man of the circus, and his wife, formerly Ruth Deming, posed as the woman without a head. Tom Schneider was in charge of all the monkeys. It was time for the circus to begin so I went into the main tent, and again I saw unbelievable sights. In the top of the tent the trapeze performers, who were Eleanor Hilgemeir, Helen McLen- nan, Martha Bebinger, Helen Mulrine, Forest Gray, Edward Green, and Rus- sell Sett, were doing hair-raising stunts. In one ring Erna Theilman and Elizabeth Underwood were doing the horse riding act. Jean Adamson, the world ' s champion high diver, was preparing to make her dive. I had had enough of the circus by this time so I went back to see Raymond to congratu- late him. He told me that there were a few of my classmates playing with the New York Giants in an exhibition game in Washington Park, and he asked me to go with him to see the game. Walter Floyd was catching for the Giants, and John Kelly was pitching; Harry Cruse was playing field for Indianapolis. Joseph Schmidt was score keeper, and Norman Jordan was umpire. The game ended and the Giants won 38 to 4. Raymond left me to go back to his circus, and I started for town. While I was waiting for a street car, Jack Cheney and Fred Bunten passed me. They were on their coast to coast trip by foot. I was tired, so I went to my room. I did not go out any more that day, but the next morning I went back to dear old Manual. Some of our class couldn ' t bear to leave Manual for good so they came back as teachers. Mildred Continued on Page Sixteen Page Three

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History of the June ' 23 Class A few short years ago we enjoyed the excitement of being freshmen in this great school. Now we are enjoying the honor, and to be serious, the sor- row of being seniors. Our senior year has been so short and filled with so many good times that we dread the end. The following records are intended for those who want to know what we did, when we did it, and how we did it: September 27, 1922 — The opening of our first meeting was somewhat delayed because Earla Eggert and Elizabeth Mackey wanted to get acquainted with all of the boys in the class. Finally, Miss Knox persuaded them other- wise, and our good ship, The Class of June ' 23, was launched. After the opening address by Miss Knox, someone suggested that we elect a president. Francis Mulbarger was our choice and Blanche Rose was elected to rule when Francis was absent. The keeping of our minutes was given to Lemoyne Lambert. October 4 — We had a terr ble time getting started because everyone wanted to visit, but when it was said that some one had to take care of our bank account, everyone became serious. Earla Eggert looked like the most innocent person present, so we gave her the position. Miss Knox read the class constitution and the oath that the officers were to take. October 11 — Our principal object of interest at this meeting was Mr. McComb. He greeted the class on behalf of the school and administered the oath to our officers who promptly answered, I do, in four different keys. Your truly was elected historian, and after that we called it a day. October 18 — Oh, you D ' s. There ' s no place at a senior meeting for you. This was our president ' s meeting. We all sat by and listened to ourselves being put on, at least, one committee. The color, arm band, motto, banner, and pin committees were told of their duties, and everybody was asked to assist. October 25 — How slow some folks are! They just can ' t get to a senior meeting on time. Our various committees reported that they had had meet- ings, but so far had done nothing definite. Our class pin seemed to be fore- most in our minds; so we spent the rest of the time talking about the pin- most of the talking being done by Miss Knox. November 1 — The girls seemed to know all about the colors; so the boys confessed ignorance. Cardinal pleased everybody, not because it sounded aitistic, but because the girls said it was the best. The chairman of all the commi:tees told what they had done, and, in turn, were told what they had better do. November 8 — The arm band committee showed us some patterns for arm bands which pleased us very much. We selected the best pattern and some of ns volunteered to help make them. The motto committee wasn ' t to be beat. It came through with a list of more than thirty mottoes, any one of which was good enough for us, but only one that we liked. This one we didn ' t have time to decide upon. November 15 — Everybody wanted the arm bands as soon as possible, but everybody could not help make them. Those who could were promptly drafted. Miss Knox showed the class a sample pin that Mr. C. B. Dyer had made. The pin was liked by all, so we selected it, and a guard to go with it. We decided that this p ' n should be duplicated by all future classes. November 21— The January ' s Ivy Day dance was a huge success. The music was splendid and everybody had a good time. December 6 — D ' s seem to be an epidemic. Pins were being ordered early It was reported that thirty-one orders had already been taken. Someone else had been working. Arm bands would be ready by December 8. A (flower com- mittee was appointed. It was said that the two boys on the flower committee had been chosen because they know nothing about flowers. December 13— Miss Knox gave us a very interesting talk about parties, bne told us about the work of giving a party and the responsibility of seeing it through. She also emphasized the fact that those who received D ' s on their cards were excluded from parties. Pa( J e Two Continued on Page 4

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December 16 — Some party, Januarys! We had a wonderful time. Too bad about the D ' s. January 4, 1923 — Not so many D ' s this timp. Who ' s the doctor? Miss Knox thanked the class, for the donations for the Day Nursery which were g;iven at the dance. Our list of mottos was read again, but we did not have time to decide upon one. January 11 — Lead Not Follow was chosen by a large majority as our class motto. We also chose the American Beauty rose for our class flower. January 24 — We had a big laugh at the January ' s Class Day Exercises and a good dance afterwards. February 4 — Helen Nackenhorst, a member of the January ' 23 class, died at the Methodist Hospital. Although Miss Nackenhorst was not a member of this class, she was well known bv everybody. We wish to give our deepest sympathy to her parents and friends. February 7 — Everybody was worried for fear that the seniors wouldn ' t have time to do much work since roll call had been made shorter. In spite of the short time, we decided to keep our president and vice-president, but to make Robert Garten our secretary and Jean Adamson our treasurer. Miss Perkins congratulated us on the selection of As You Like It for our class play and announced that tryouts would start immediately. February 14 — A letter from Mr. and Mrs. Nackenhorst to the class was read. Everybody was talking about the class play. It was the same old story. Everybody couldn ' t be pleased. Some sa : d it would be good, some said it wouldn ' t, and others kept still. February 20 — We decided to allow the liberal hand of Elizabeth Under- wood to direct the .gifts of the class to the school. Our president read a letter from Mr. McComb, expressing- his appreciation for the flowers that the class presented to the school in honor of her twenty-eighth birthday. March 6 — We ' ve been having some very noted speakers these days. Miss Wheeler talked to us about the disorderly conduct in the Auditorium and asked us to do something about it — which some of us did. March 12 — The girls were beginning to worry about our photographer, and to quiet them we discussed the matter. The president finally appointed a committee. Rumors had been heard that Paul Chapman was becoming a good fool; so we chose him as our will make. Our prophet was also a man of means— no one but the honorable Louis Cochran. March 20 — Our president read Jean Adamson ' s resignation as treasurer and appointed Walter Floyd to take her place as Walter had the next highest number of votes at the time of the election. We chose Bretzman as our photographer and were instructed about getting our pir-tures taken. March 30 — Our first dance. Everybody but the D ' s in both classes were invited, but only a few came. The Peter Pan Orchestra panned us some good music, and everybody had a good time. April 3 — Announcements were made about the class nlay tickets, Ivy Day, and commencement announcements. Louis Cochran reported that he had some designs for our banner and wanted some more. All designs were to be posted in both roll rooms. April 10 — The announcement committee reported, and we selected Bur- ford ' s to make the announcements. The Ivy Day committee was appointed and told to co-operate with Miss Wheeler about the program. Everybody was working hard to complete the preparations for our class play. April 12 and 13— If Shakespeare could only have been present. He would have seen his great play, As You Like It, make a wonderful h ' t with a large audience. The success of this play was due to the co-operation of all the members of the class, together with the everlasting help of Miss Perkins and other members of the faculty. April 17 — We selected as our class banner the one submitted by Ruth Kryter. Miss Wheeler urged us to get busy about Ivy Day. April 26 — We learned that Lloyd Lively, a member of our class, was in the hospital. Lemoyne Lambert and Evelyn LeFeber volunteered to take Page Four