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

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20 SENIOR BOOSTER THE FIRST LADY OF THE LAND CLASS PLAY CAST Dolly Todd Clara Mahr Aaron Burr Gordon Leonard James Madison Donald O ' Kelley Sir Anthony Merry .. .Frederick Oliver Lady Angela Merry Mary Hill Bohlen Pinckney Claude King Sally McKean Irene Bowers Mrs. Sparkle Yetta Greenspan Jennings Lynn Dismore Clotilde Margaret Mertz Sophia Sparkle Minnie Kaplan Ena Ferrar Virginia Thompson The Hairdresser Victor Saunders Marquis D ' Yrujo Lester Noerr Louis Andre Pichon Vernon Cristee Van Berckel John Moore Vrou Van Berckel. .. .Bessie Rundberg De Vaux Edwin Harold Turkish Minister Edgar Roehm Minister from Russia Paul Case Countess Dashkoff Ruth Emigholz Footman Victor Saunders The Cook Lawrence Ritter The First Lady of the Land took place in Philadelphia and at the White House. Dolly Todd was a young widow who kept a boarding house for her livelihood. The story centered around the historical figures, Aaron (Continued Next Column) OUR FAITHFUL STAFF The Seniors want to thank the dili- gent workers on the staff of the class play. Those who worked faithfully on the play are as follows : Miss Per- kins, Miss Sanders, Miss Knox, Miss Fuller, Miss West, Miss Morrison, Miss Baldwin, Mr. Finch, Mildred Bostic, Gola Emery, Keith Manion, Wilbur An- derson, Richard Smith, Milton David- son, Leo Selig, Frederick Fish, Firth Smith, Joy Stevens, Lawrence Ritter, Edgar Roehm, Paul Duddy, Evelyn Kroot, Helen Adolay, Bernice Tyner, Jessie Taylor, Emily Jackson, Mary Louise Aichele, Grace Grimm, Margaret Strieblen, Marie Strieblen, Isabelle Robinson, Gladys Steinmetz, Hilde- garde Kluger, Vernon Cristee, Mary Hill, Lynn Dismore. Herbert Stewart, Claude King, and Mr. Winslow, who had charge of the orchestra. Burr, Dolly Todd, and James Madison. The play was written to show the true character of Aaron Burr, to lessen the prejudice people show for him. A duel was fought between Aaron Burr and Hamilton in which Hamilton was killed. Dolly Todd found that Burr merely fascinated her while she loved Madison. The story gave a great in- sight into character.

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SENIOR BOOSTER 19 the conductor called, All aboard, and Hildegard left me. When I looked at the conductor again, I saw that he was Hersil Hadley. Just as the train pulled out Elizabeth Blake came running up the stairs. She was a picture of despair when she saw that she had missed the train. I learned that she had intended to go to Chicago to enter a debate. She was going to defend Alma Cook, who had lately been drawn into the Teapot Dome Oil scandal. I left her there with her woe and started back to the office. As I walked north on Illinois street I met three very indignant looking women. They were Jessie Taylor, Carrie Cook, and Fanny Dock. I asked them what was the trouble, and Jessie said that they were on their way to court. The night before Jessie had taken Carrie and Fanny riding in her new airplane, the tail-light had gone out, and they had been arrested. She lamented that she would get at least thirty days as Malcolm Wachstetter was the judge. I walked on and met some more of my classmates. They were Edna Staub, Margaret Wade, Emily Jackson, and Catharine Young. They looked very sad. My curiosity again got the better of me, and I stopped them and asked what was the trouble. Edna sobbed that they were on their way to the hospital to see Ellen Dalton. As I continued on my way, I remembered having seen in the paper that Ellen had been hit by a machine driven by Gladys Steinmetz. Gladys had been arrested, but her most efficient woman lawyer, Vera Cox, had freed her. I decided that I had better get my lunch before I went back to the office, so I stopped at a restaurant, the proprietor of which was Annie Wooley. I was waited on by two very efficient waitresses, Verna McTagertt and Kathleen Grayson. While I ate, Kathleen talked to me. She said that the boss, Annie, was very cross and that she had reason to be as she could find no better cooks than Mabel Hart and Irene Cummins. Kathleen asked me if I remembered Eleanor Hardy. Of course I did. She informed me that Eleanor had recently married Alden Blacketer and that they were now applying for a divorce. She said that Elsie Heil, Josephine Prout, and Marie Strieblen were now mis- sionaries on the Sahara desert. Finally I left the restaurant and went on to the editor ' s office. I had enough news for ten papers, and so I decided to call it a day. And I did ! Amen. Buckets are needed to catch the tears of the graduating seniors. It will be a long vacation for the lazy and a short one for the hard workers. ■ ■■■■■»■■■■» The Booster wishes to thank Mr. F. M. Kirkpatrick, the photographer, for furnishing photos for the group pic- tures contained herein. Isn ' t it terrible? What? The sen- iors have to leave just at a time when we are to get our addition. The new bells remind us of a fire house. Listen, seniors ! Don ' t forget to re- member the Booster next semester. Money will be needed just as badly as it always has. Well, anyway, the seniors did get to see the clean walls dirtied by our smoky city air. We didn ' t win the sectionals, but wait till next year. Wait a minute ! Many of us graduate this month. A blue sky dispels blue thoughts. Cleanliness is next to impossible while they are tearing down the old auditorium. Excitement is contagious, control is more so. but self- If you keep your mind open to new ideas, your mind will keep young ; and if you keep your mind young, your body will keep young.

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SENIOR BOOSTER 21 i$jls s is Class Will BY VERXOX CRISTEb It sure appears as if we were gonna have to write a will. Yes sir, we ' re either gonna have to write a will now, or a will ain ' t gonna be writt. That ' s all ! Let ' s see now; how in the deuce does a person start one of the bothersome things anyway? Oh, yes. We-ah, we the graduating members of the graduating class of June, 1924, of the Charles E. Emmerich Manual Training High School located in Indianapolis, Indiana, U. S. A. (phew that ' s a mouthful) being of sound mind, that is with the exception of Donald O ' Kelley and a few others, do hereby acclaim and shout at the tops of our voices our last will and testament. When we die please bury us deep so that our wings won ' t protrude through the surface of the ground and thus get in the way. Perhaps Ernest Owens and Wilbur Holle won ' t have to be buried as deep as the rest, so that will save you some work. To the members of the January ' 25 class we do solemnly bequeath a genuine crotcheted bicycle invented and made by Helen Harmeson so that they may at- tend their classes a little less erratically. To those who do not think that this is the most illustrious and talented class that ever stuck a nose inside a book, we bequeath one great slab of mincemeat pie in the hopes that a glorious nightmare will follow each and every bite. We give freely and generously all of our excess knowledge — Herman Klasing, William Mussman, and Zip Courim are excused from this — to the freshmen and sophomores. They need it! To Miss Perkins and Miss Sanders we give one of those thingumbobs that does away with all extra doodads and thus makes the giving of class plays much easier. To the freshman girls we bequeath all of the dolls in the class — that is we ' ll bequeath most of them. Grace Grimm and Ruth Emigholz don ' t seem to want to part with theirs. To Ivan Ivanovitch and the rest of his Reds ' we give a white flag to wave when his red one wears out. To Miss Wheeler, Miss Brady, and Miss Knox we give our profound thanks for their efforts in making our class the most successful one up to date. We will to the would-be stenographers of Manual Mildred Bostic ' s ability to tickle the keys of a typewriter. We will Donald O ' Kelley ' s rattle to Leon Hutton so the January class will have something to amuse them at senior meetings. To the gym classes we think that we ' ll give or bequeath Virginia Thompson ' s dancing ability ; however, she ' s uncertain whether she wants to part with it or not. Last we give to the school so sterling and pure a record that all other classes will be startled and blinded by it. We appoint Mr. E. H. Kemper McComb executor of this, our last will and testament. We offer our most sincere thanks and appreciation to all those who have in many ways so kindly and gen- erously contributed to the success of the June ' 24 class.