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

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26 SENIOR BOOSTER The Masoma Club is made up of girls having a high scholastic standing. It is sponsored by Mrs. Rhem. They are a hard working group of true Manualites. Miss Knox is the sponsor of the Koines Club. Manual ' s honor club for Senior boys having an av erage of B or above and no office record. A fine group of boys.

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SENIOR BOOSTER 25 buying some pink lemonade from Hilda Rabb and some popcorn and peanuts from Dorothy Morris, we went into the tent and settled down to enjoy the performance. To my surprise, William Templemeyer was the ringmaster. He played his part very well. Mildred Heckman was the animal trainer (all she did was to look at them) and she looked very neat in her suit. We heard trumpets blown by Herbert Schuerman and Hyman Toobin, and then the beautiful ladies on horseback came majestically in. I could hardly believe my eyes when I found them to be Freida Grossman, Louise Haines, Alma Lipp and Ollie Lucas. They performed their stunts, making me hold my breath with their daring. The star dancer was Frances Neuhaus. On the outside we looked into some side shows. Nellie Fleener was the fattest lady in the world, while Mary Schmidt took first honors as being the thinnest. Helen Elbel was the snake charmer and Alma Teifert was teaching the little fishes how to swim. After buying a balloon from Florence Wilkins. we went back to my hotel. I was completely worn out, but much elated at having seen so many of my friends. The next day we finished our tour. We first visited the studio of the sculptor, Allen Hamblen. He said he had begun his work by modeling in chewing gum, but when Robert Hathorn, the shoe manufacturer, saw his work, recognized his talents and offered to finance him, and he had made good. We then went to the oldest and best known finishing school in Indi- anapolis. Whom should I find here but Mildred Gregory. She said she thought she had done humanity more good doing this than getting married which had been her first intentions. She had on her staff, Eleanor Bader, Mary Schakel, Bernice Reinecke and Mary Robinson. Fern Whitehead was the gymnastic teacher. Next we went to the Heede Sewing School. Ger- trude Heede,with Bertha Geer as assistant, had started this school after think- ing over the tragedy of bridges ' knowing nothing of the art of sewing, and so had considered it her duty to teach them. Velma Gephart seemed to be a ready pupil. We went to the Claypool for lunch. Here we found a great cele- bration in honor of the great exangelist, Mary Coleman. Mary Childers was the hostess. Waiting on them were Cora Johnson, Willie Jones and Louise Hinton. After lunch, Ed told me there was an exhibition of the dancing pupils of Pauline Maples at the Murat theatre. We hurried to get there on time and had just been shown to a seat by Julius Zukerman when the curtain went up. The first number was The Dance of the Snowflakes as interpreted by Carrie Gray and Leland Harding. Then a very beautiful spring ballet was given in which Dorothy Heil, Freida Adelman, Edna Archer and Florence Beard took part. Opal Crush did a solo dance. Then Golda Rothfeder, the well known impersonator, imitated a few world famous people. One, the people recognized immediately and clapped for five solid minutes. It was our beloved sponser, Miss Knox. Paul Keller, the ventriloquist, then enter- tained us for a while, after which Pauline gave an exhibition of her wonder- ful talent. Then we went to a dear little Chinese tea shop for tea. Edna Biddy had fulfilled the ambition of her life in the building of this. Edna Brehob had designed the place. She told me that the Chinese ambassador to America, Newton Chin, while passing through the city said it looked so real he could almost believe he was at home. Robert Covert, the contractor, was having tea here also. I asked him if he had seen any of the girls and boys in our class lately, and he said that Mary Wilson, the essayist, had been entertained here in the city last week. Edna May Burns and Pearl Bryan had charge of his offices he said. Pearl was in charge of the office at Terre Haute. After walking a few blocks, we came to a little shop. It belonged to Sarah Clark, Helen Wilcox and Marcella Dee. Here you could buy the best home made cakes and pies and candies in the city. Ed remembered that we had not visited the state legislature. Here we went immediately only to find Nellie Davidson to be the speaker of the House. Just now there was an issue between the two orators, Helen Thompson and Dorothy Dinmger, who belonged to opposite parties. They both talked loud and long. Then Lucille Stuertz, another famous woman speaker, made a very famous speech on the subject of The Ills of Harmless Flirtations. Then Walter Stokes, the waiter, brought her a drink and while she had a chance Eleanor Stettler presented her bill, after which Lucille went on talking. Since the election (Continued on page 35)

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SENIOR BOOSTER 27 The H. Y. S. Club is an organization sponsored by Miss Tipton. The purpose of this group is to serve the school at all times. Sponsored by Miss Perkins, the Junior Drama League has done wonders in the dramatic line at Manual.