Shortridge High School - Annual Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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:tt EDICOKIFIL. sv :cox AR and news of the American boys in France hold the interest of us all these days. Therefore, although we have worked our hardest in putting into the pages of this book the best We can unlike that of the schoolboy giving his first poem on open day. With our knowledge of life still so limited it is hard in a book so small to do justice to Shortridge and to the Class of 1918. Each year since its founding our school has grown, its Senior classes have grown, and with the added numbers the interests of the various classes and school have broadened. The Class of 1918 is proud to be the fiftieth class to graduate from Shortridge High School. It is still more proud to be what -it is-a truly cosmopolitan group. Our hope and wish is that you find this little book just as democratic, just as pleasing and entertaining, just as representative as our class and our school. wel give, we send our Annual forth with a feeling of anxiety not I v' 's I X Do not be too critical. Remember that your class-mates and chums were the ones who produced it.' On the other hand Qmodestly we say ith, if you Hnd anything here which you think out of the ordinary, anything excelling the usual Shortridge standards of worth, credit it to the 1918 class and to Shortridge. If our book arouses any pleasurable or profitable emotion among our readers, our work shall not have been in vain.-The Editor. c X 1 l 1' 'Z' 3, cg, lx Q P ati ii' L4 f L W 8 '

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To the Shortridge Class of 1918: We have no god Mercury to command, To bear our messages through the air, S0 that the great Wide world May open its gates in kindness to you. But if good wishes and prayers can open the gates Of this big world you are about to face, No single messenger, Mercury though he be, Could carry the burden, toil as he might, by day and by night. What world could resist you, though it be at strife! O war-fiend, crouch before this band of strong, young lives! Who, trained by duty and sacrifice, are to their brothers' cause consecrate And to the cause of world liberty dedicate. -VIRGINIA EMILY CLAYBAUGH.

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CEE YKIBLXNS OF ITENIOLRFIC-Y HE Art Staff of the 1918 Annual has incorporated in the various illustrations of this book an extremely democratic idea, which is an especially fitting motif at this time. A The cover design is a wood peacock print, symbolizing the highest idealsg those of the Greek tripod, representing ancestral artg the tree of life, which has been known from time immemo- rial, bears the blossoms of America and the Allies. The central I the .growth and progress of the Allies as shown by the tree. One of the introductions pictures a Senior gazing into the Q ruins of Ronan, the cathedral which man built greater than he knew, and which was the first episode of destruction of this war. In one of the tail-pieces the Assyrian Lion, the oldest known symbol of power, is lead with a wreath of roses by an orphan child. This thought is very beautiful in itself and it expresses a splendid appreciation and honor for Democracy. The motto of the class consists of a charming composition of lettering, at the side of which is a large S enfolded and draped with an American flag. The initial letters and headings have also for their motif flags, emblems, insignia and other symbols of the Allied nations of the globe. The symbols of the Arts, of the Industries, of Agriculture, and of A Gardening are portrayed as emblems of helpfulness in conservation. - -MARGARET OTT. thought, however, is a classical figure, who inspiringly watches 6 NJ Because of an extended illness Elizabeth Wineinger was not able to serve as an associate art editor of the Annual. Gordon Mess was then appointed the edi- tor-in-chief, with Margaret Ott as his advisor and assistant. msmocrzncv 1 .- X x R x A W5 - X J V. wv ue