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

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Marion Walton (top left) sings St. Louis Blues in Act I, The Birth of the Blues, sponsored by Beverly Willson (top center), Pat Tollan (not pictured), and Barbara Black (cen- ter left). Juanita Carver, Betty Solomon, Sue Trinkle, and Elaine Holland (top right) dance to Blue Horizon. Grandma ' s Escapades featured Charles Roberts, Nora Mae Stevason, Carolyn Marsh, and Larry Baker (bottom left) dancing to By the Sea. One of the sponsors of this act was Ruth Jenkins (center right). Carolyn Marsh and Al Helms were other student sponsors. Bill Oakes (bottom right) looks at his winning poster which advertised the Vaudeville. talented ManuovLUei, 4it itain While the Miss Brooks radio program was seek- ing the most attractive teacher, Manualites were seek- ing the teacher most willing to sponsor a Vaudeville act. The 1953 Vaudeville was widely acclaimed as the best for many years. Miss Margaret Eastridge, Miss Roberta Waughtell, and Mr. James McDaniel, judges, chose Suann Luessow as best girl performer, Charles Monroe as best boy performer, and See America First as the best act. The Birth of the Blues, Act I, featured a chorus of Glee Club girls. A blue net drop set off the singers ' pastel formal gowns and carried out the blues theme. Kathleen Ragle danced to The Birth of the Blues, while Bruce Stellhorn played the accordion. Roberta Cain danced to Blue Tango. Sue Trinkle performed a ballet. The good old days was the theme of Grandma ' s Escapades, Act II. Grandma, Carol Kelly, told her grand-daughter, Ruth Jenkins, what she did when she was young. Ronnie Kottkamp and Carolyn Marsh sang Daisy, Daisy. A barber shop trio was composed of Dallas Gritton, George Gritton, and Bill Preston. A highlight of the act was the comic dance routine by Al Helms and Madonna Chilton. — 12

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On Galletfe jbcuf,, Gasieeil jbcuf, College-conscious students heard Dr. I. Lynd Esch, president of Indiana Central College, speak at an audi- torium on College Day. Dr. Harland White, Purdue University; Mr. Clum Bucher, Indiana University; Miss Jane Lewis, Butler University ; and Mr. Lloyd Reddick, Indiana Central College, offered guidance to seniors in separate conferences. Manualites had the chance to get first-hand informa- tion about their various vocational choices from ex- perts in each field on Careers Day. Mr. Paul Pitz, per- sonnel director of the American States Insurance Com- pany, spoke in an all-school auditorium. Successful business men and women led study groups. Colorful spring fashions and a variety of activities were featured at the annual Spring Fiesta, sponsored by the P-TA. April ' s a Circus was the theme for the style show by a local department store. Proceeds from the Fiesta will be used for band uniforms, athletic equipment, and a scholarship fund. Other activities ranged from feverish campaigning for a Fiesta king and queen and the staccato chatter of the auctioneer to the sale of home-baked pastries and the wares of the country store. As the Ivian went to press, Manualites were looking forward to coronations — of Queen Elizabeth, their own May Queen, king and queen of the Fiesta — and the year ' s final election: Student Affairs Board mem bers for next year. Mr. Kenneth Smartz, Charles Monroe, Shirley Rouse, and Mr. C. Edgar Stahl, principal, discussed plans for College Day (top left). Showing how Manual teachers put the T in P-TA, Mr. Guy W. Trickey shows a section of picket fencing he has made for the P-TA Fiesta to Mr. Elmer Von Pein, general Fiesta chair- man (top right). May Queen for 1952, Shirley Popplewell, watches contest- ants in field events at the May Day at Delavan Smith Athletic Field after being crowned by Jack Kidwell, ' 52 class presi- dent. Members of the queen ' s court seated to her right are Shirley Harris (back) and Rose Kelsey and seated to her left Mary Carr (back) and Sandra Ketchum.

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At ML ■ Football hero Phil Willsey (top left) rides triumphantly on the shoulders of his teammates in On the College Cam- pus. He talks to the bookworm, Joanne Wilcher (top cen- ter), while his former girl friend, Mary Farley, looks on. Martine and John Devney (top right) do a soft shoe routine. Miss Devney, Barbara Bader, and Russella Boyd were co- sponsors of the act. Texas cowboy Don Durrett (bottom left) whittles a stick while singing I ' m an Old Cowhand, in See America First. Phyllis Cox (bottom center) sings in the same act, which she helped to sponsor. Joan and Lou Ellen Crow (bot- tom right) tap dance in the Chinatown scene. Rosalyn Roemb- ke (center inset) also was a sponsor for Act IV. With AU- School Vandetu Show Centered around college life, the act On the Col- lege Campus featured the bookworm, Joanne Wilch- er, who had a crush on football hero Phil Willsey. Charles Monroe took lessons from Harry Shaner, Don Smith, and Willsey on how to become a ladies ' man and won for his performance the award for the best boy actor. Revay Haggard and the entire cast did the Varsity Drag. Walter Clark, train conductor, urged everyone to See America First in the prize-winning final act. Ronnie Burk sang Bye, Bye Baby to his girl friend, who was leaving on a vacation trip. In the New Or- leans scene Joy Seiler sang Basin Street. Suann Luessow, judged best girl performer, sang When I Marry Mr. Snow, and Jane Clark, a snowman, danced to Frosty the Snowman in a wintery Vermont scene. Intermission acts were performed by Lois Strong, accordionist ; a drum ensemble, with Eddie Clark, Larry Baker, Jack Hess, Tom Whitney, and David Englert ; and a saxophone quartet, Rolland Chastain, Carl Hager, Clifford Perry, and Bill Breedlove. Faculty sponsors for Vaudeville acts were Miss Freda Hart and Mr. E. Edward Green, Act I ; Miss Nancy Hendricks and Mr. Robert Buckley, Act II; Mr. William Glickert and Mr. John Patten, Act III ; and Miss Helen Negley and Mr. Wayne Kincaid, Act IV. — 13 —