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

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Senior Booster 25 Class History LEO KIRCH It was September 7, 1926. For the first time the future June 1930 seniors sat as students in the beautiful auditorium of dear old Man- ual. We were an unusually large group of freshmen, and although we firmly believed that safety lay in numbers there came a feeling, deep down within us. that we Avere extremely small and insignificant after all. Then Mr. McComb rose to give us his words of welcome. As he talked there loomed before us. for the first time, a vision of the mighty Tower of Knowledge. What a wonderful struc- ture it seemed as it rose stone upon stone to vanish from sight among the clouds! We learned that, we were to construct this marvel- ous building and each would have a part to play. Then we understood the reason why we were freshmen. Before long Ave were wandering through the halls and were being assigned the work best fitted for us. Some went to the shops, some to the art department while others went to the home economics and commercial departments. Everyone Avas busy at something, because a great deal of planning and careful study was necessary to make the construction absolutely perfe ct. Finally the first year passed. The foundation and corner stone had been laid. The second year Ave returned with renewed energy and vigor. We Avere eager to begin the actual construction. Being Avell trained Ave naturally advanced rapidly. Our building be- gan to take the shape of a most beautiful struc- ture. The glistening white marble facing be- gan to assume wonderful proportions, and the interior structure Avas developing marvelously. Occasionally troubles arose, but Ave always sur- mounted these obstacles, and before the end of the year the work was more than half com- pleted. Then came the third year. By this time Ave began to realize how important our prelimin- ary training was. Some of our less active workers quit or were discharged but others always came to fill their places. It Avas dur- ing this year that many of our members be- came outstanding as leaders in their respective undertakings. Finally the year began to draw to a close, and at the same time our tower was completed. Completed but not yet finished ! We still had the fine points and many finishing touches to add. So promptly at the beginning of the fourth year Ave gathered in room 135. What a scandal Ave created by our horrible conduct! Still it lingers as a pleasant memory. We did what Ave were at first told to do — get ac- quainted. At our first meeting, early in Octo- ber, Ave elected Wilbur Harris to be Building Superintendent and Melvin Henselmeier as his assistant. Joan Boswell was chosen Book- keeper and Recorder while Mary Stierwalt was appointed Controller. Immediately our leader started things mov- ing by appointing several committees. We wanted a color which was to be the basis of all our designs, so Edith Murphy was put in charge of a committee to collect samples of colors. Wishing a banner and armband to be done in this color, Wilbur appointed Angela Vinci and Kenneth Grow to work on respective committees. Then since Ave desired a fitting motto to adorn our banner, Leo Kirch Avas given a committee which was to provide the same. In a Aery short time AA r e had chosen crimson as our color and a beautiful design by Bruce Ruark for our armband. The efforts of the motto committee culminated on March 13 when Ave chose Better than our best as our class motto. Then proving ourselves consistent in our artistic tastes avc chose Bruce Ruark ' s banner design. In the middle of the year Ave again elected Wilbur Harris to be our leader. Harry Har- niiin was chosen as his assistant, while Joan BosAvell and Mary Stiei ' Avalt Avere assigned to their former duties. Just about this time it was decided that Ave must have a word picture of our building ex- periences, so Ave chose Jack Saulcy as editor in-chief of a booklet entitled the Senior Booster. He in turn picked John Kosaveach as associate editor, and Elizabeth Bissell as busi- ness manager. Since our tower was at last nearing comple- tion Ave wished to have several festival days. For the first of these Ave decided upon a play. So on April 10 and 11, Maeterlinck ' s Blue Bird was presented, and what a delightful presentation it Avas. Then it was suggested that Ave leave behind us some symbol, some living symbol, which would increase in size and beauty as the years passed on. To plant an ivy vine, which would grow over our Tower of Knowledge, was deemed appropriate as it would always be reaching higher and higher as would aac Miss Helen Tipton was asked to sponsor our lA r y hay celebration. We accepted Virginia Ash ley ' s Ivy Poem and Florence Cheadle ' s Ivy Song. Then on May 9 Ave had a clever Ivy Day program. {Continued on Page 26)

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24 Senior Booster Class Play Technical Staff IDA ZIMMERMAN The group of stage assistants that I had for ' The Blue Bird ' was more willing to work than any group I have ever had in any class play. With these words, Mr. Lewis Finch, stage man- ager for many class plays, summarized the Avork the June 1930 technical staff did for the production of The Blue Bird. It necessitated fast work on the part of the stage assistants to change the settings between scenes and to have the lighting effects so perfect and to do all that was done to give the proper background for the work of the cast. The setting for the first scene, the woodcut- ter ' s cottage, that resembled many of the peas- ant homes of Belgium, was designed by Ade- laide Woerner and Nellie Truitt. The first scene of Act II was at the Fairy Berylune ' s palace, which had towers and turrets like real Fairyland castles and was the design of Irma Miller and Grace Kramer. Edward Fox and Carl Zike designed the scene of the Land of Memory, that made one dream of the happy past. The entrance to the Graveyard was the design of William Niehaus. Lionel McCracken and John Schumann designed the Graveyard proper, where one expected ghosts to dance, but they did not. Katherine Haley was in charge of the beautiful scene of the Kingdom of the Future, which portrayed the home of the children of the future who were guarded by Time and seven angels. The seventh scene, the Green Door, was the scene of the Leave-taking, and was designed by William Niehaus. The last scene, the Awakening, was the same as the first and was in charge of the same committee. While the arl students had charge of the stage and settings, Miss Haynes and her Sales- manship classes had charge of the advertising campaign within the school. The delicious bluebird cookies that were served in the lunch room during the class play campaign and the bluebird frieze across the front of the lunch room were the ideas of the Salesmanship classes. Those students made the magic diamond cap, wooden leg, frying pan, and the fairy wand that the members of the east wore as symbols of the parts they played. This manner of advertisement helped make the ticket sale so successful. V ' s Diary was composed by Mr. Moffat ' s sec- ond hour Composition VIII class and mimeo- graphed by the Office Training girls. To the many teachers and students who gave their services and helped to make The Blue Bird such a huge success, great thanks is here- by given them by the June 1930 seniors. Especial thanks is given to Miss Perkins, and Mr. Finch for the work they have done for the June class of 1930. THE STAFF Stage Manager Mr. Lewis Finch Assistants : Scenery — Eobert Sehulz, chairman; Walter Chappell, Simon Portnov, William Covert, George Kramer, Eobert Burton, Delbert Pieper. Electricians — Kenneth Click, Charles Henzie. Curtain and Call Man — Orville Meyer. Heavy Properties — Norman Brody, Herbert Gilligan, Clifford Wilson. Bopes — Don Schortemeier, Clarence Thormeyer. Stage Carpenter Mr. Weigler Assistants — Frank Van Sickel, Bruce Buark, and Boys in the Shop II Classes. Properties Miss Maude Blackwell Assistants — Charlotte Underwood, Dorothy Coverdill, Minnie Locks. Costumes — Design Mrs. Hiner Assistants — Dorothy Buddell, Beatrice Keith, Beatrice Oppenheim, Anna Presutti, Catherine Manson, Helen Buth Davis, Leota Beimer. Making Miss Sehaefer Assistants — Anna Lipken, Anna Presutti, Buth Hubbard, Charlotte Underwood, Dorothy Buddell, Leota Beimer, Marie Grossman, Eda Thane. Music Mr. Winslow Publicity — Mr. Clayton, Miss Singleton, Miss Haynes, Mr. Moffat. Assistants — Kathleen Barnes, Minnie Locks, Dorothy Buddell, Florence Cheadle, Norbert Osborn, Ken- neth Campbell, Melvin Henselmeier, Walter Chap- pell, William Lockman, and Second Hour Comp. VIII Class. Business Miss Arda Knox Assistants — Senior Class. Prompter Charlotte Heflin Program Mary Hawkins Make-up Mr. Davis, Miss Denney Dancing — The Hours — Directed by Miss Siling Fire and Water — Directed by Mrs. Hente Loaves of Bread — Directed by Mr. Bomeiser

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26 Senior Booster IVY DAY IDA ZIMMERMAN To be, or not to be — that was the question. But with Miss Tipton as sponsor, everyone knew that the June 1930 seniors would, after all, have a beautiful Ivy Day program. The seniors marched down the aisles to music played by an orchestra, led by Mr. Winslow. In front of the curtain was held the beautiful class banner designed by Bruce Kuark and executed by Anna Presutti who held the banner before the seniors as they as- sembled. It bore the class motto Better Than Our Best. When the curtain opened, the officers of the .June 1930 class were seated around a table covered with a gleaming cloth and banked high with beautiful flowers. Their conversation turned to the problem of what flower would be the most fitting to choose for the .Tune seniors. The president, Wilbur Harris, suggested that the lieur de lis, the French lily, would be an appropriate gift. At the close of his speech, Lenore Rundberg, dressed as a French girl, and Kenneth Grow, as a French officer, sang the French version of Memories of France. ' Edythe Murphy next suggested that the shamrock should be chosen; Virginia Amato, Florence Condrey, Elizabeth Hocker, and Helen Taylor tried to prove Edythe ' s point by giving an Irish dance. At this point in the conversation, Norman Stanley suggested the chrysanthemum of Japan and Tlielma Swann, doing a charming Japanese dance, almost convinced the party. But to Dorothy Ruddell ' s suggestion of the ivy vine as a fitting emblem of th e class, Mary Stierwalt agreed so Virginia Ashley read the Ivy Day poem she had written, aud Florence Cheadle played the Ivy Day song, the words and music of which she had composed. After this evidence was presented in favor of the ivy vine, the decision was made in its favor. So Wilbur Harris presented our principal with the ivy vine and Mr. McComb gave a short talk on Better Than Our Best, the class motto. Carl Hanna, as president of the January senior class, accepted the care of the silver trowel which the June president proffered him. With the singing of On Manual another Ivy Day program became a link in the chain of such festivals. The June seniors, together with their guests the post-graduates and the January seniors, then went to the boys ' gymnasium where danc- ing was enjoyed. THE GIFT A gift we leave old Manual Before we journey on A symbol of this Ivy day That lives when we are gone. A gift not rich with splendor And yet we hold it high Its beauty grows with every year To thrive when spring comes by. A gift we leave old Manual, That will not die with time But cling to you as we to you, We give this Ivy Vine. Virginia Ashley. IVY DAY SONG We Seniors now humbly come to honor, Our day of the Ivy Vine — , A token of faith and love we give, ' Tis one we hope will always live, And, as we dedicate this living Ivy, We plant into our hearts our motto — , Better than our best, to be, Oh thou Ivy Vine — . As we tread the paths of our new living, A day comes to us again — , When as a symbol we planted you, When faith and love were planted too — . Then, dedicated we, the living Ivy, And graved upon our hearts our motto, Better than our best to be, Oh thou Ivy Vine — . Florence Cheadle. CLASS HISTORY (Continued from Page 25) Finally our monument was so near comple- tion that on May 23 we had an Open House Day which was called Class Day. Mr. Hanske and Miss Ewing arranged an appropriate and interesting program. The class history was given by Leo Kirch, while a most truthful prophecy was given by Norman Stanley. Ken- neth Grow proved a very generous Giftorian, and Robert Beeson ably took charge of our Last W ill and Testimony. And now our wonderful Tower of Knowledge is finished and as we pass from it out into the world let us consider it not a monument to the past but a guiding light to the future.