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

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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America . . As one tries to catch all the memories of this year at Manual and gather them into one shining knot, fleeting thoughts of waving hi in the halls, leaning against the wall between classes, finding seats in the auditorium, reaching the seemingly endless lunch line — all those taken for granted scenes — slip out to form a hazy cloak about the year ' s special events. The quiet beauty and simplicity of the Christmas program with the choir and glee clubs clustered around a manger scene tableau started the series of major activities in which the music department played no small part. That good oh mountain music for the Sourwood Mountain romance of Suzie Adams and Billie Jack- son (Patricia Hoffhein and Bill Donahue) was provided by the choir, and a railroadin ' quartet in Little Red Caboose gained such acclaim at the annual band concert that they were called in for a repeat performance at the Woody Herman dance at the Murat Temple. Fred Arnold won the senior-autographed baton as student conductor at the concert. Local beauty blossomed out in full strength when Queentuplets Agnes Andrews, Carol and Caroline Breithaupt, Rosemary Englert and Mary Ann White received their crowns of ivy from the track boys on whom they were later to pin victory ribbons. The queens, chosen by Booster subscribers from a field of 22 candidates nominated by clubs, presided at the five home track meets. Assembly service programs, pep sessions and Honors Day observances, which added variety to roll call periods, will always bring to mind the impressive all-school flag salute. And we ' ll never go into any doctor ' s clinic without recalling petite Nurse Mertz to whose office we we went for help when we were ill. TB pictures, snapped without the birdie, and hearing tests were a part of our health program under her direction. With the traditional pomp and ceremony, the student body honored the beauteous May Queen of 1946 who received her crown too late to appear on the picture parade. Succeeding Nelda Carver and her 1945 court, who appear on the following pages, was Jean Maschmeyer, with Hildegard Bickel, Betty Davis, Phyllis Koeh- ler and Lois Meier as her attendants. And then as the May Day observance added a semi-final touch to the year ' s activities, eyes turned involuntarily toward the real climax — and the strains of ' Tis June, the Month of Roses at Cadle Tabernacle.

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For Memory has painted this perfect day With colors that never jade. And we find at the end of a perfect day The soul of a friend we ' re made. — Carrie Jacobs Bond

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Highlighting mid-February activities, Manual ' s fifty-first birthday brought forth the premiere of last year ' s golden anniversary movies and a birthday party in the boys ' gymnasium, where door prizes and music by the dance band added to the hilarity. Roll Room 227 won the Hall of Fame contest based on illustrious Manual graduates. The graduates ' contest, however, resolved itself into competition in finding time enough for handshakes and chats. Members of the Class of ' 11, celebrating their thirty-fifth anniversary, saw their own George Joslin elected president before he took over as emcee for the program in the auditorium which featured the Girls Glee Club Alumnae, Ray Miller, Gordon Grow and Gareth Sampson.