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

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With The Ivy We Climb By JOHN RAIKOS A WAY BACK IN 1936 A. D., came a • • draft in which all elementary school graduates were recruited to the various city schools for a four-year term enlist- ment involving the ascent of a magnifi- cent staircase to obtain an education. Our outfit, one of more than 300 strong, was stationed at the Emmerich Manual Training Base with orders to begin studying immediately. As freshmen we found ourselves at the bottom of the stairs — almost afraid, but under the guidance of our trusty commander, Mr. McComb, and his aides-de-camp, we soon became accli- mated to the surroundings and began the upward trend. Every six weeks we received a bulletin and a rating card terminated in Top Ten honors as a criterion of progress. As the year came to a close, we were thrilled to know that we had conquered our first flight even though we didn ' t find the elevator for which we had unwittingly purchased a season pass. After a brief pause on the first land- ing, the following autumn found us full of vim and vitality, ready and eager to begin another year of climb- ing. Proclamation of a mobilization pro- gram assigned us to different quarters, where with a sense of humor we soon developed our new acquaintances into associates of the class, and as full- fledged sophomores, we could enjoy the better things of institutional training. Prominent among the year ' s festivi- ties, the Showboat provided those with talent a chance to perform on their stairs of music — while the athletically- minded took honors on Field Day to continue on the stairs of education. Above the half-way mark on the artistic staircase, we were soon seniors of the class and ready to ascend the last flight. Coming back in the fall from a furlough of three months, we reorganized into two stationary com- mands — Divisions 135 and 217, with Allen Smith as Division Leader, and William Kniptash, Robert Timmons, Jack Hoyt, Betty Shortridge, James Noble, and Edward Dersch immediate subor- dinates. Cobalt blue was selected for our division color and Build for Char- acter, Not for Fame became our motto. The planting of the celebrated ivy was perpetuated and the dance held in the boys ' gymnasium. The emblems of our class, the arm band and banner, were designed by Dorothy Speicher and May Jones, respectively, while Mary Rose Hidinger authored the class poem, song, and Ivy Day skit. Our class plays, Three-Cornered Moon and Young April, depicted a wide assortment of characters, excel- lently portrayed; our basketball team, displaying brilliant showmanship, scaled the stairs in the city tourney to annex the city championship for t he second consecutive year, while our cross country team went upstate to capture the state title and bring home the trophy from Fort Wayne. With only a short climb to the final landing, we delegated Robert Timmons as leader and Allen Smith, Jack Hoyt, Betty Shortridge, Doris Krome, Edward Dersch, and James Noble as members of his staff to take us to the top. Walter Rafert, will maker; Mary Rose Hidinger, prophet; Mary Jo Schwab, giftorian; and John Raikos, historian, were named to positions on the Class Day program for May 24. Our four-year term is finished. We have climbed those stairs of golden opportunity. Now, as we await com- mencement, we can look ahead to the greatest reward — the distinction of be- coming a Manual alumnus. Climb On! The ivy climbs along the wall and Memories it brings Of days we spent at Manual, the V inters and the springs, Its never failing vigil and its Never ending climb Bespeak that we shouLd keep on Watching, striving all the time. No matter what the weather — it Can rain or snow or shine, But the ivy goes on climbing in Its glorious green, so fine. Its goal is viewed and it shall Gain its hold up in the sky So may we fix our goal and Gain a foothold by and by. — Mary Rose Hidinger.

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Frances Wortman Catherine Wyant Godna Yanakeff Marie Yeager Wallace Zink Mildred Zook Charles Hill No photographs available for Edward Abbott, George Bastin, John Dillane, John Miller, Marvin Mitchell. Graduation requirements incomplete. The Staff EDITORIAL Editor in Chief.... Donnie Douglas Assistant Editor Walter Rafert Sports Editor Pete Holevas Snapshot Editor Paul Davison Assistant Charles Schanke Photographer.. Mr. Lewis Finch Club Editor Betty Shortridge BUSINESS Business Manager Martha Louise White Assistant ..Dorothy Smith Bookkeepers Mildred Ball, Lyman Baker, John Gallagher, Beatrice Haller, Mary Rinder- knecht, Albert Sanner, Russel Weddle, Fern Willey Adviser .Miss Helen A. Haynes The Senior Booster Published by the Class of 1940 Emmerich Manual Training High School Art Editor Dorothy Speicher Staff Berniece Berger, Anna McKee, Don Murray, Marjorie Schnell Adviser ...Miss Betty Foster Feature Writers... ...John Raikos, Mary Jane Roeder, Glenn Smith Adviser Miss Gretchen A. Kemp

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THREE- ATTEMPTING to hitch their wagon to - - a star, the June ' 40 class was reaching for the moon — which surpris- ingly turned out to be a Three Cor- nered Moon inhabited by the mad- cap Rimplegar family. And so they decided to let their friends have a glimpse of what happens when happy- go-lucky people have the pins knocked from under them by the collapse of the family fortune. This sad state of affairs and the solution was recorded by Moon light the afternoon of No- vember 16 and evening of November 18. When Rita Fahy as Mrs. Rimplegar, the vague, flighty, slightly rattle- brained mother in the three-act comedy by Gertrude Tonkonogy, announces that family funds are nil, the spoiled, idle family is completely lost. Then Carl Hardin, cast as the handsome and dignified Dr. Alan Stevens, assumes a sort of mild dictatorship and saves the day by inducing the Rimplegars to go to work. Having been brought to her senses by working for a living, Elizabeth, an extremely undignified girl of 23, played by Mary Rose Hidinger, becomes dis- satisfied with Donald, who is Donald Wallis, a young man completely lost in his dreams and lacking any sense of responsibility. By a series of humorous, sad, and thrilling events, the Rimplegars learn to adopt more realistic standards of living, although they can ' t quite give up their peculiar humor and innate flippancy. Harold Miller as Kenneth Rimplegar, a sensible young man of 25; Frank Hor- naday as 18-year-old Ed Rimplegar; Kenneth Kritsch as Douglas Rimplegar; Thelma Byrum, Kitty, the Brooklyn beauty; and Joan Werner, Jenny, the husky Czech maid — all were a credit to their roles. Director E. Edward Green was as- sisted by Mrs. Vivian L. Siener, Lillian Lyster, student director, and Francis Jeffries, student stage manager. Mar- cella Smith and Irma Schneider served as prompters. Mr. Lewis Finch, Robert Kappus, Carl Nickoloff, Maurice Coff- man, Frank Danzig, Lee Roy Ballard, John Kelsey, Gillespie Bolin, Robert Ward, Earnest Emery, James Morrow, Lawrence Muesing, and Charles Marlett were responsible for the stage setting and scenery. Properties were provided by Berniece Berger, Lindabelle Brockett, Annabelle Breithaupt, Katherine Strols, Shannon O ' Mara, Mary Jane Mennel, Phillip Vudis. Doris Krome, Wilma Jean Hogan, Betty Jean Henderson, Elda Belle Ott, Flora Achgill, Doris Linville, and Ger- trude and Irene Pasch comprised the costume committee. Publicity was di- rected by Evelyn Skillman, aided by Mary Harbison, Walter Rafert, Pete Holevas, Paul Davison, Doris Coffey, and Betty Shortridge. Posters were made by Bob Turpin, Phyllis Juday, Dorothy Speicher, May Jones, Virginia Lee Beaning, and Char- lotte Smith, and advertising was han- dled by Miss Helen Haynes ' Salesman- ship II class. Janet Conard, Rocky Meo, Mildred Angelopolos, and J. D. Small were in charge of make-up. Miss Lena Brady was house chairman and ushers and assistants were mem- bers of the 1940 class. Erika Braf, Betty Henderson, Mary Spalding, Lillian Lys- ter, and J. D. Small comprised the play selection committee.