Shortridge High School - Annual Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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g QEILNSS CII: 11938 '-' gunior Ljiinufes The Junior officers, elected November 24, 1936, were Charles Butz, president, Dor- othy Anne Rybolt, vice-president, Mary Scott Morse, secretary: Robert Harger, treasurer, and Riley Hancock, Vaudeville Chairman. Warren Underwood, Madelyn Pugh, Virginia Burkholder, and Harvey Hunter were elected as Student Council representatives. The winning act of our Junior Vaude- P,.eside,,t ville was Stage Revue, under the chair- manship of Mary J. Lewis, Rosemary White, and Orville Stone. Other act chairmen were Clyde Sandberg, Ross Chris- tena, Mary Catherine Stair, Bill Thompson, and Betty Fuller, Dick Wilson and Bob Galbraith, Eleanor Hastong Joan Colgan and Madeline Judd, Martha Robbins, Marion Blasengym and Susan Edwards, and Virginia Robinson. Alice Wampler, Bill Jolly, and Eloise Wilson provided enter- tainment during the lntermissions. ' Individual honors for the ilrst performance went to Gilmore Johnson, Bob Preston, and John C. Van Horny and to the girls, Rosemary White, Armetta Doolittle, and Doris Jones. Bob Preston, Bill Shirley, Richard Moore, Mary Catherine Stair, Rosemary White, and Dottie Ann Pierce received honor for Saturday night's performance. The success of this production was due to the leadership of Riley Hancock, Vaudeville Chair- man, and to Mrs. Nell Merrick Thomas and Enoch D. Burton, our class sponsors. A On honor day, May 19, 1937, the seniors who maintained a perfect A plus record received silver loving cups. The Junior oflicers, as represen- tatives of the class, presented there trophies. The Friday before dismissal of school the class elected representatives to the Student Council. Those chosen were Bill Stautz, Margaret Zapf, Madelyn Pugh, Edward Ziegner, and Howard Wilcox. Alternates were Mary Scott Morse and Jack Anderson. CHARLES BUTZ Dorothy Ann Rybolt Robert Har er Mary S ott Morse Riley Hancock . Vice-President e Se tary Vaudewhxe Chairman x . , f X N N 3 Q is . 9 - ,Q 1, . Q . ,f I X

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IS NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY The Shortridge Honor Society has had a very active year under the sponsorship of Miss Minnie Lloyd. The oiiicers, chosen just before the close of the semester in 1937, were Robert Harger, presidentg Virginia Burkholder, secretary-treasurer, Charles Butz, chairman of group Ag Nel- son Burrin, chairman of' group B, and Jack Burich, chairman of group C. The groups were sponsored by Mrs. Gertrude Weathers, Miss Nora Thomas and Mrs. Hope Nevitt. 'L 'i -A ' ' Seventy-severrtrrrembers were chosen by the faculty for their scholar- ship, leadership, character, and service. The members are: Mary Alice Adkins, Juanita Armstrong, Margaret Anne Becker, Elizabeth Jane Brock, Agnes Brown, Charles Breunig, Donald Bruce, Jack Burich, Vir- ginia Burkholder, Nelson Burrin, Charles Butz, Margaret Daigger, Mar- jorie Davis, Jack Day, Shirley Einbinder, Tom Fleischer, Virginia Flory, Jane G. Freihofer, Jane Gillespie, Charles Good, Jane L. Goodlet, Betty Gordon, Martha Graves, Juanita Greene, David Guthridge, Jean Hackerd, Lois Hall, Robert Harger, Naomi Harrington, James Henderson, Charlotte Hofmann, Mark Holeman, Bill Horne, Sue Virginia Hull, Dorothy Jacobs, Bates Johnson, Ray Johnson, Mary Kershner, Evelyne Kettner, Harold Lambertus, Mary E. Lewis, Mary Ann Lookabill, Ervin McCullough, Lois Mathieson, Dolly Mitchell, Marilynn Morgan, Richard Morrish, Barbara Nixon, Arthur Northrupf, LaVone Ostermeyer, Adelheid Poehlmann, Ruth Price, Loren Prince, Madelyn Pugh, Elinor Randall, Chester Robinson, Keith Rogers, Ted Rosebrock, Jack Schneider, Lois Shapiro, Ruby Shel- ton, Joan Silberman, Rogers Smith, George Spiegel, Mary C. Stair, Mar- tha Stanford, Harold Steup, Gloria Tomlinson, Merrill Tucker, Juanita Wagner, Betty Walsh, Baxter Weaver, Dorthea West, Jean Wichser, Louise Wilde, Richard Wilson, Robert Witham, and Mildred Orr, who, elected in another high school, is graduating from Shortridge. On February 22 a party was held in the Selleck Art Gallery and the late Prof. Paul T. Haworth of Butler discussed George Washington. A dinner was held in the teachers' cafeteria on March 12, before the Junior Vaudeville. Formal Honor Society initiation took place April 29 in the school library. Parents of the members were invited, and Mr. DeWitt S. Morgan, Superintendent of schools, spoke. A picnic concluded social ac- tivities. Tutoring underclassmen, tracing Honor graduates of 1922, and a paper sale April 9, were the Society's serious projects.

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Qwest cguinutes .of A WIHIE SIENIHDIR QIIILNSS With the election of officers on Novem- ber 3, 1937, the Senior Class of 1938 was organized. The candidates elected were: Bates Johnson, presidentg Madelyn Pugh, vice-president, Jean Wichser, secretaryg Charles Brandt, treasurerg and Arthur Northrup, Annual Editor. Two representa- tives were later elected from each senior home room, and these representatives met with the oflicers and Mr. Joel Hadley, class an-Es JoHNsoN sponsor, at intervals during the year to dis- Plssidsnt cuss class activities. The class held their Christmas party on December 16. Mr. Kettler, acting as Santa Claus, presented gifts to various seniors. Doris Jones sang and Jim Collins iiddled I Wanta Make Music, part of the football team - with some auxiliaries - presented their version of the Big Apple. Mark Holeman did a tap dance, harmonica and piano numbers completed the noor show. The punch was good while it lasted, and danc- ing completed the entertainment. At the first meeting of the class on December 9, Madelyn Pugh, chair- man of the colors committee announced their selection for class colors, which were blue and gold. A committee of well-qualified teachers selected the Bretzman Studio as the official class photographer. On March 10, another meeting of the class was held, in which it was stated that ours was the largest cfass in the history of Shortridge, having exactly eight hundred members. Mr. Hadley announced that there Would be only two speakers at Commencement, one boy and one girl. On March 16, class day officers were chosen. They were: Howard Wil- cox, giftoriang Jean Miller, prophetg Bill Irwin, will-makerg Nancy Hurt, historian. The senior play, Skidding, by Aurania Rouverol was capably pre- sented on May 13, in Caleb Mills Hall. The excellent cast included Jean Madelyn Pugh Charles' Brandt Jean Xlfichser Arthur Northrup . Vine-President 4. 'Treasurer Secretary' Annual Editor ,ul f X 1 iii riff ii ri