Shortridge High School - Annual Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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CLASS POEM by Qovis gufffe FROM OUR PIONEER FOREFATHERS WHOSE CONESTOGAS RINGED THE DRY WATER HOLES, FROM THE SUN-BONNETED WOMEN WHO GATHERED TOGETHER THE BED CLOTHES AND KETTLES, FROM THE HEAT-SCORCHED MEN WHO YOKED THE PATIENT, PLODDING OXEN, WE HAVE INHERITED OUR COURAGE AND FORTITUDE. WE DO NOT TRAVEL THE WESTERN PLAINS OF CACTI AND SAGE, UNDER HEAT OF MALEVOLENT SKIES, BUT WE SEE A VAST DESERT OF STRIFE, BLOWN BY THE STORMS OF A WAR-SICK WORLD. AS THEY BUILDED AN EMPIRE OF CITIED STRENGTH, OF WHEAT FIELDS, AND RAILWAYS, AND- TOWERS, SO MUST WE CREATE A NEW EMPIRE'S FRONTIERS IN THE VASTER REALM OF HUMANITY. SEARCHERS LIKE US, THEY TRAVERSED THE BROAD, YELLOW TRACT, WRENCHING FROM IT THE SECRETS OF GOLD AND SUNLIGHT. THEY SAW THE INFINITE SIERRAS TOUCHED BY THE FIRST DAWN. AS THEIR SLOW-MOVING TRAINS MEASURED' THE UNMEASURED PLAINS OUR LEADERS STRAIN THEIR EYES AHEAD AND VIEW IN THE FAR-FLAMING MAJESTY OF THE DAWNING MOUNTAINS THE DESTINY OF A NATION BORN IN OUR STRIVING. OURS NOW THE INWARD SIERRAS, THE INWARD DESERTS, STRIVEN FOR IN OUR STRUGGLE OF THOUGHT AND DEED. Ci,

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CLASS OF 1939 JUNIOR MINUTES The class of 1939 first became an organ- ized group with the election of the Junior officers on November 23, 1937. Th-e candidates elected were Bradford Hoelscher, president, Nancy Ann Trimble, vice-president, Marian Wilcox, secretary, Andrew Diddel, treasurer, and Charles Smith, Vaudeville chairman. The representatives elected to the Student Council BRADFORD HOELSGHER were Dorothy Beem, Barbara Fuller, William Shirley and Jack Brown. Sylvia Pittman and Robert Bracken were chosen as alternates. The pin and ring committee, composed of the Junior officers, Mary Janet Mummert, John Allerdice, Steve Minton, Joan Dougan and Martha Lou Sunderland, chose the class insignia after several weeks of contro- versy. The class colors, poudre blue and dubonnet, Were also selected at this time. The Junior Vaudeville, supervised by Charles Smith- and under the sponsorship of Mrs. Nell Merrick Thomas and Enoch D. Burton, was presented on March 11 and 12, 1938, to capacity houses. Dusk Dream Revue, with Arvine Roe as chairman, was voted the best act of the vaudeville. Other act chairmen were Martha Mellet and Joella Nearpassg Robert Crozier and Louis Shultz, Joan Buschman, Eloise Wilson, Katy Lou Matlock and Audrey Watson. Intermission acts under the supervision of Kim Greenough- were harpist, harmonica swing band, string trio, and marimba duet. Individual awards for the best performances were presented to Gil- more Johnson, dancer, and Mary Catherine Stair, harpist and singer. The class gift, a silver curtain for the stage, was first used in the production. The class elected Senior representatives to the Student Council on Friday, June 3. The following were elected: Sol Blickman, Bob Bracken, Phyllis Hadden, Ralph Hesler, and Marian Wilcox. Alternates chosen were Jack Brown and Sue Ann Knippenburg. - Marian Wilcox. President Nancy Ann Trimllle Andrew Diddle Marian Wilcox Charles Smith Vice-President Treasurer Secretary Vaudeville Chairman