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

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J. he in-between sophomores — much too worldly-wise to forget about getting their silver in the lunchroom or to try absent-mindedly to give their nickels to the ice cream dipper instead of the cashier — too naive to understand just exactly what high school means, to realize how quickly time passes, how soon opportunities are gone. Too old for toys, too young for boys. Well, too old for toys anyway. The other works in theory only. These sophomores are beginning to grow up, to see new sides of this school, which is just beginning to be familiar to them. Maybe Joe donned his ROTC uniform for the first time this year and with this experience became aware of the importance of polished shoes, button polish, too. Jean made her first dress in clothing last semester and wore it proudly. They represent a whole class of Joes and Jeans, waiting in the telephone line in the office to warn their mothers they ' ll be home late — or maybe early for once — taking home their copies of Merchant of Venice, which must be read for English — carrying their geometry books. On the whole it ' s a good class. Although we couldn ' t begin to name everyone who is deserving, it claims people like Rosemary Englert, who has danced her way into popularity, like Juana Griff ard, winner of a treasury certificate for art work, like Albert Chernin, Betty Delks, Jean Maschmeyer and Albert Levy, who appeared in The Booster ' s sophomore Know ' Em Poems. Tenth-grade boys like Ardwood Courtney, John Pittman, William Donahue, Ted Critchfield and Jack Green received Frenzel medals for physical achievement, cooperation, good behavior, leadership. Yes, it is a nice class — a class with opportunity, with capacity for hard work, with faith in the future and themselves. These in-betweens will succeed in the tasks thev set to do. 28