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

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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.

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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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22 SENIOR BOOSTER MANUAL ' S CRACK RIFLE TEAM Lots of pep has been shown by the R. O. T. O. the past year. Our rifle team won the silver cup for first place in the Fifth Army Corps Area match. Some of the individual high places went to Manual cadets, notable among them being Sgt. Frank Schmedel, who was top man in the whole Corps Area and fifth shot in the entire United States. The fine work of the team was due to the fine coaching of Sgt. McComas, U. S. A. Returns from the national match, in which Manual also fired, have not been received as yet. We expect, however, to place very high in that shoot as the cadets turned in excellent scores. The cup won by the team was presented to school with appropriate exercises in the audi- torium. There will be some losses by graduation, but the reserve team which Sgt. McComas has been hiding away, coupled with the fine nucleus from this year ' s team, should place Manual among the top liners. Several parades were held by the Indianapolis schools during the spring. Manual ' s unit as usual made them sit up and take notice. Col. Biddle, on his annual inspection, praised the local cadets on their soldierly carriage and morale. Fifteen cadets received commissions at the R, O. T. C. carnival held in the auditorium on May 26. Major Herbert Wampner headed the officer list. A bit of military aspect was introduced at Manual with the adding of the ceremony of retreat at the close of the school day, at which time the school flag is hauled down by the cadet flag guard under command of Lieut. Russell Stonehouse. Those in the photo from left to right, first row, are as follow : Lester Noerr, Gaylord Sweaney, Frank Schmedel, Wilfred Rafert, and James Demetrius. Second row: Frances Weddle, Vernon Cristee, Donald Henley, Harold Darnell, Arthur Henricks, and Lloyd Link. Third row : Sgt. G. L. McComas, U. S. A. ; Paul Case, Robert Groves, Capt. A. E. Mcintosh, U. S. A. ; Ralph Arnold, Nor- bert Welch, First Sgt. Homer Shull, U. S. A.