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

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5ND.W mum %. The busiest spot at the Winter Whirl (top) besides the dance floor was the refreshments table. Paul Huckeriede, Joy Powers, Phyllis Cox, Bill Kirkman, Jim Ellenburger, Lois Cope, Lura Bennett, Bob Thompson, Miriam Hogemeyer, and Carl Keyler serve themselves. Around the coke bar (bottom left) Bob Lyon, Lura Ben- nett, Mary Calvert, Janet Guyon, Kathryn Weiland and Mrs. Lucille Rose take time out from dancing to discuss the success of the between-semesters Hasta La Vista dance. Quiz ' Em Team members Lowell Harris, Dolores Tracy, Kathleen Gallon, and Charles Monroe admire the Lamp of Learning Trophy won for three consecutive weeks in the current events contest sponsored by WIRE and the Indian- apolis Star (bottom right). Qiue ep e ' loom Jlolidcuf, Ail Quiz ' Em Team members downed three adversaries — Ben Davis, St. John ' s Academy, and Warren Cen- tral — and lost to Tudor Hall in time to be able to concentrate their newspaper reading exclusively on basketball during Hoosier Hysteria time. Manual motorists, along with other city high school drivers, participated in the safe-driving contest. The school with the fewest accidents during the contest period will receive a trophy. Reviewing the happenings of the last fifty years, you ng and older warriors of the Tribe celebrated the fifty-eighth birthday of Tepee Town. Down Memory Lane was the theme for the in-school birthday cele- bration, with music by the Girls Glee Club and the Ensemble. A girls ' quartet, a boys ' quartet, and a duet by Suann Luessow and David Stahl highlighted the program. Facts and figures learned during the past four years were needed when seniors wishing to attend college took three-hour college entrance tests.

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Gltli tmai,, Bin£Udouf Actiuitiei, Businessmen returned to school for a day during Education Week to see how future citizens are being trained to take part in the business world. Turn about became fair play when teachers visited industries for a better understanding of the work tor which young people are preparing. The same week parents visited the school for the annual P-TA Open House to see student demonstrations. A new spring outfit came early for the corners of Madison and Merrill streets when long-needed stop- lights were installed to add flashing color as well as safety for pedestrians and motorists. Old man Winter couldn ' t discourage fun-loving Tribesters from donning season finery for the music department ' s Snow Whirl, and after the holidays mid- year blues were dispelled by the Hasta La Vista dance, sponsored by Spanish students. Emily Post would have been proud of students of Miss Theo Parr ' s health class and Mrs. Pauline Stark ' s social living class, who practiced proper etiquette at smorgasbord dinners. They were no t keys to the city, but gold keys won by Manual students who placed in the Indiana Region- al Scholastic Art Awards Contest meant much to the 13 proud student artists. To the delight of all Manualites Santa Claus paid them a visit during the Christmas auditorium program. A Human Christmas Tree, formed by members of the Girls Glee Club, highlighted the program, while Joan and Lou Ellen Crow, Roberta Cain, and members of the Ensemble performed spe- cialty acts.

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A parade of banners from the past 44 graduating classes lined the ceiling of the cafeteria at the alumni birthday cele- bration ( top left ) . At the alumni birthday dinner former Principal E. H. Kemper McComb enjoyed a reunion with teachers who had served under his leadership (top right). Mr. Grier Shotwell, president of the Board of School Com- missioners; Mr. Ray Brandes, school board member; Mr. McComb; Mr. C. Edgar Stahl, principal; and Mrs. Dale DaVee, school board member, were present at the alumni celebration (bottom left). Scenes depicting eras in Manual ' s history comprised the in-school birthday program. Here (bottom right) Joy and Jan Seiler do the Charleston. bib im n Jlaaiz ta fytitwie Students in Mr. Douglas Conrod ' s senior dramatics and radio speech classes and Mrs. Vivian Siener ' s sen- ior speech class traveled to Terre Haute to participate in the Indiana Forensic Association Contest. Contest- ants were Dolores Elsea, Kathleen Callon, Webster Brewer, Bill Kirkman, Patricia Tollan, Robert Koep- per, Joy Seiler, and Judy Rodman. Senior Rosalyn Roembke represented Manual in the Good Citizen Contest, sponsored by the Daughters of the American Revolution. Most Manualites won a clean bill of health in the annual hearing test and tuberculosis X-ray programs though many a Redskin took to his bed for the Battle of the Bug — flu, they called it. Majorettes as well as other music groups placed in the all-state music festival. Science students gave two whole Saturdays exclusively to larnin ' , traveling in the early fall to Turkey Run State Park and later to Chi- cago for a tour of museums. Officers for the Parent-Teacher Association during the 1952-53 year were Mr. Leslie Hall, president; Mr. Louis Weiland, first vice-president ; Mrs. James Weber, second vice-president ; Mrs. Paul Ritter, corresponding secretary ; Miss Ruth Allen, recording secretary ; Mr. Guy W. Trickey, treasurer ; and Mrs. Elmer Roembke, historian. — 10 —