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

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Charles E. E Administration revolution, began to campaign for a school where boys and girls would be educated to use their hands as well as their minds. These men worked untiringly until finally the bill was passed to provide Indian- apolis with a free industrial training school, the first of its kind in the country. And so, when women were wearing four or five petticoats and men, peg-top pants, Adolph Scherrer was supervising the building of the Industrial Train- ing School, which cost $150,000 and was built on a $40,000 triangular-shaped tract bounded by Meridian and Merrill streets and Madison avenue. By the time the structure was fitted with equipment, the total cost went up to $230,359.06. In June, 1920, the cornerstone was laid for the new addition, which provided the auditorium, boys ' For fifty years Thou hast held the torch of learning high. Training of mind and hand and heart Has been thy goal. On Manual! T hese words from a poem by Miss Lola I. Perk- ins have been Manual ' s chief objective since that Feb. 18, 1895, when the gang plank- to the ship of knowledge was let down by Prin- cipal Charles E. Emmerich. A clue to the significance of these objectives lies in the story behind Manual. Before High School No. 2 was built in 1884, the old Shortridge was the only high school in Indianapolis. High School No 2 was still a small school and had been in existence only a fe»v years when a strong group of mechani- cally-minded citizens, inspired by the industrial Mz ' Io H. Stuart

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On Manual! Proud has been thy pest! Thy present full of premise Thy future sure — Fiftieth Anniversary Yearbook Published by the Class of 1945 Emmerich Manual Training High School Indianapolis, Indiana

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gymnasium and the lunchroom. A few years later the bridge across Merrill street was constructed be- tween the two buddings. Delavan Smith Athletic Field was dedicated in October, 1928, in memory of Delavan Smith, former publisher of The News, who donated a large sum of money to the Indianapolis Foundation for the betterment of schools. Staunch, stern Charles E. Emmerich, who was principal of High School No. 2. was chosen by the school board to be the first skipper of the Manual craft. Through his strong belief in group activities he molded the character of the school and thus the remarkable Manual spirit came into being. Upholding the high traditions which Mr. Em- merich had established, Mr. Milo H. Stuart took over in 1910 when the grand eld man of Manual mmmmm H ' t. iiihiiu ■ i imm— m — — —— S ipper E. H. Kemper McComb resigned. In 1916 Principal Stuart left to become head man at Technical High School, which was built to take care of Manual ' s overflow, and Mr. E. H. Kemper McComb stepped from the job of English department head to the helm of the Good Ship Manual. Known as Skipper McComb to thousands of alumni, teachers and pupils, he has been commander- in-chief for 29 years. The Skipper and his crew are now planning a new school, which the school board will build as soon as the war ends. Even though talk has been circulating for a long time about building a new Manual, purchase oi the 20-acre tract at Madison avenue and Pleasant Run boulevard seems a special fiftieth birthday gift. Today, Manualites, teachers and friends are all anticipating Manual ' s dream of tomorrow. Bertram Sanders V. S. Barnhart Vice Principals