Indianola Junior High School - Echo Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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T0 OUR PHOTOGRAPHER We wish to express our appreciation to Miss Kyle, who has given up much of her valuable time to accommodate the Echo in taking pictures of various activities of the school. The different snaps she has taken for numerous Echoesphave served to make them more attractive and enjoyable. We thank you, Miss Kyle, for your splendid work. Miss Abernethy mounted the pages of snaps and the Echo Staff appreciates her kindness and artistic work. Mr. Parkinson saw to the mounting of the 9A pictures and the 9A's thank him for his help in forwarding their little memory book. SPEAKERS FOR G. A. R. Bill Livingston and Janice Merrill, In- our dianola graduates, will represent school at a G. A. R. convention on the afternoon of June 15. Bill will speak o.n The Public Schools and Patriotism, the meeting being of a patriotic nature. Citizenship and the Schools will be Janice's topic. For the services of these pupils the school will receive a beautiful silk Amer- ican flag. QContinued from page 225 NAME ACTIVITIES AMBITION Loma Yeamans ........ ........ P oetry Clubg Parliamentary Club .... Newspaper Reporter Catherine Young ....... ....... 1-I ousehold Arts Club, 7 ...................... Stenographer Judith Zemer ............ ........ E cha Staff, 95 Purple Mask, 9g Mon- itor, 95 Director of Clubs, 95 Basketball Captain, 9 ................,... Doctor Carl Zipf .... ........ B en Franklin Club, 85 Printing Staff g Stage Crewg Chess Club, 9 .....,...... Printer

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INDIANS DBFIEATED 5-2 A KFranklin administered the first defeat of the season to Indianola by the score of 6 to 2. In the first inning Reedy of Franklin with two men on, hit the first ball pitched over the left field fence, but fate intervened and the ball curved foul. In the last of the seventh Indianola had the bases loaded with but o'ne out. It ended with two more strikeouts credited to the Franklin pitcher, thus ending the ball game. I...- Paul Elleman who plays shortstop for In- dianola was out of the last two games due to an infected thumb. Indianola placed third in the city-wide gym meet with Pilgrim and Crestview fin- ishing ahead. ' 1, Indianola was victorious over Champion in the first game of the season, handing them a 14 to 2 setback. Brown, pitcher for Indianola, was in rare form allowing three scattered hits and strik- ing out 7 batters, Williams, rival pitcher, sent 9 men back to the bench via the strike out route but walked 8 batters to Brown's four. Another feature of the game was the hitting of Paul Elleman, stellar short stop who hit the pellet for a triple, double and two singles in five times at bat. A box score of the game follows: Indianola. Player AB. R. H. Merritt ..... ....... 4 3 2 Wilson ....... ....... 4 2 1 Elleman ..... ....... 5 4 4 Walker ..... ....... 4 3 1 Clifford- ....... ....... 2 2 1 Phipps ....... ....... ....... 3 0 0 Paxton ....... .,.,......... ....... 5 0 2 Owen ..... - ........ ....... 3 0 0 Brown .......,.. ....... 4 0 1 Pritchard ...... ....... 0 0 0 Herd ........... ....... 1 0 0 Total ......... Q ..................... ......, 3 4 14 12 Champion. Player AB. R. H. Hendrick ...... ............... ....... 4 - 1 0 Sarckwell .... ....... 4 0 2 Davis ............ ...,.,. 3 0 0 Mattison ......... ..L .... 3 0 0 Richardson ..... ....... 3 0 0 Benton .......... ..,,,.. 3 0 0 Carter ...... P 0 0 Wilson .... ,.. ,.,,,,, 3 0 0 Williams ...... .....,,.,, 3 1 1 Total ...... ....... 2 9 2 3 INDIANS DEFEAT MOUND Indianola defeated 'Moundby the score of 12 to 10. This .was a free walking game as each pitcher issued 11, free trips to first which figured greatly in the scoring. Jim- my -Wilson, catcher for Indianola, led both teams in hitting by getting 3 singles out oflfour trips to the plate. Editor's Note: Although baseball is played, today. by practically every red blooded boy in Amer- ica, very few of its participants know any- thing of its origin. It is for the purpose of acquainting our .readers with the interesting history of our national sport that this ar- ticle is printed. Q The origin, of. baseball is generally cred- ited to one ofhtwo sources. Number one is a game of : rounders , played by our col- onial forefathers. -Source number two is a certain Abner Doubleday who in 1839 formedvthe .first rules. The-first' town ball club to be organized was the Olympic Town Ball Club of Phila- delphia organized ini 1833. However -this team played a game which little resembled our scientific game of today.. Clubs of New York and Brooklyn, who played in 1843, are considered to have met in the first matches between organized teams. These teams played with a ball much larger than the modern one and the pitchers pitched with an underhand move- ment. In spite of the fact that baseball or at least versions of it, had been played for many years, it was not until after the Civil War that the game really became popular. During this war the game was taught to thous-ands of boy soldiers, who played dur- ing their leisurei time. In this way' baseball was introduced to many communities all over the country. The old Cincinnati Red Stockings were the first team to have a complete profes- sional roster. The team was organized in 1868. Eight years later the National League came into existence with a club membership of eight teams. In 1882 the American Association was formed and these leagues were rivals for many years. It was not until 1900, however, that the present big leagues, the American, and Na- tional, were placed on their present basis. Since the existence of baseball it has spread considerably. It is played in Can- ada, Cuba andwas introduced in the Phil- ippines by William H. Taft. Several South American cities have teams and since the world tour of baseball stars the game is very popular in Japan. It has been predicted, that barring swim- ming. it will probably become the world's most extensively played game.

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STUDENT GOVERNMENT During this semester all of the. Student Leadership Activities have greatly improved in efficiency and organization. Below is a summary of what the different groups have initiated and accomplished. . This semester Indianola Student Council has enjoyed one of its most active years since its organization in 1926 at the old building. The paper sale, which poured about S71 into the coffers of the school, was originated and sponsored by the Council. Generous awards were given to spur the pupils to bring large amounts of paper. Earlier in the year a committee, appointed by the president, sold candy and popcorn- balls at the basketball games and the va- rious evening performances. Lately the Council has been contemplat- ing, accepting and approving a constitution which is a revision of the original. V The Council has been exceedingly fortu- nate in having such capable oiiicers as Anna Jane Bierstedt, Richard Ridgely and Helen Jenkins, who hold the positions of president, vice-president and secretary, respe:tively. A plan of stamping all articles handed in has been adopted by the Lost and Found Department. When the stamp appears twice in the same book the owner is ques- tioned and sometimes punished for careless- ness. Thus this system greatly reduces the number of lost articles. The School Beautiful Club. an activity comparatively new at Indianola, has greatly improved its organization over that of its first year. By means of charts, posted by the members of this club for their respective homeroom. the pupils are constantly re- minded to be more careful in the depositing of waste paper. The Hall Monitors, this year, have done a fine service to the school in aiding in the suppression of noise. This group has as its student leader Stephen Bailey. They meet every second Monday. Our all 9A governing group , the Traffic Commission, has been doing its duty this semester during the lunch periods and in the halls between classes. This is one of the smallest groups of pupils ever holding this position. Lewis Rankin is the director of the Traffic Commission, assisted by Bill Livingston and Janice Merrill. Meetings held every Tuesday. The Student Court. Bill Livingston and his assistants, have been most faithful. This is one of the finest courts that Indianola has ever had. This group has done much for the maintenance of order, trying and punishing those not abiding withirrhe law All those who have appeared before the court have been dealt with fairly. Evelyn Fay Keller, who won the S. A. R. Essay Contest for the 8A girls, won a name for herself and brought honor to Indian- ola by winning the city-wide championship. The award is a bronze medal presented by the Sons of the American Revolution. Alwen Wallace was the 8A boy winner at Indian- ola. Evelyn's essay follows: TO SECURE THE BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY Congress shall make no law establishing religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof 3 or abridging the freedom of speech or of the pressg or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for redress of grievances. The colonies, under the rule of England, were denied all of the above privileges. This new government by the people pro- posed to make sure that all these rights should belong to people then living and to their posterity. Therefore, they incorpo- rated them into the Constitution of the United States in the so-called Bill of Rights which guarantees to each and every one of us the right to freedom of worship and permits us to. discuss in open meeting the affairs of the government, criticising those public officials whom we feel are in error. The freedom of the press also comes un- der this clause of the Constitution. It al lows newspaper and magazine editors and other citizens to publish discussions of all subjects bearing upon our government. The influence of the press in molding public opinion was illustrated during the admin- istration of President Wilson. He greatly favored the United States' entry into the League of Nations but the press through- out the country so strongly opposed this, that Congress was infiuenced to decide against our entry. At the present time, certain phases of the New Deal are finding great disfavor with the press and with the general public. These phases are being dis- cussed- over the radio and in the press, and in the near future no doubt, the Recovery Program will undergo certain changes. With many European countries under dic- tators who do not hesitate to destroy any citizen who raises his voice against their rule,-we are indeed grateful to the Fath- ers of our Constitution for including in the Preamble, the clause, To secure the Bles- sings of Liberty, which makes it possible for us to have a truly democratic form of government.