Shortridge High School - Annual Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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DEBATE During this season, we had forty-one de- cision debates, and I am sure that my de- baters will agree with me that no school in all those forty-one debates equalled the per- formance of Shortridgef' said Charles R. Parks, debate coach at Arsenal Technical High School, in a letter to Clarence C. Shoe- maker, Shortridge forensics' sponsor, after Tech had won the state championship. The season began this year for Shortridge at a tournament held at Wiley High School. Terre Haute, where a squad of eight Short- ridge debaters was successful in seven out of twelve debates. In the district competition in the Indiana State Debating League after initial losses were sustained with Washington High School and two with Technical, it was clear that the district title could no longer be Won. Thereupon, the lineup of the teams was changed frequently to let others have the experience. Further losses were met in de- bates with Crispus Attucks and Rushville. The following participated at various times on the teams: Cleft to rightl Row 1-Allen Moorman, Alan Levinson, C. C. Shoemaker, coach: Harvey Harris, Dick Kiser. Row 2- Ned Hendrickson, Elizabeth Josey, Ruth Ann Hamilton, Marilyn Mueller, and Pat Rudolph. Jon Henry Rouch, who does not appear in the picture, was on the varsity team. The question debated this season was - Resolved: That all able-bodied male citi- zens should have one year of full time mili- tary training befo1'e attaining the present draft age. SPECIAL SPEAKERS Shortridge again was very active this year in special speaking activities in the com- munity and state. One of the most impor- tant was the Community Fund Drive in which Ruth Ann Hamilton, Elizabeth Josey, Joan Dearmin, Bill Nordyke, and Jon Henry Rouch took part. In state contests Jon Henry Rouch was the Shortridge representative in the State Oratorical Contest held at Wabash College on February 21, and Elizabeth Josey and Allen Moorman were the Shortridge repre- sentatives in the State Extemporaneous Speaking Contest held at DePauw Univer- sity on Saturday, April 18. In the State Dis- cussion Contest held at Indiana University. April 10, two first place positions were won by Carolyn Jones and Calvin Hamilton. Pa- tricia Rudolph and Bill Lodwick also parti- cipated in this contest.

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Row 1 lleft to rightb: Zoe Gezas, Chris Schrader, Vera Boyd. Kathryn Hill, Margaret Sellmer, Mary Jo Beazell. Row 2: George Zazas, Josephine Davidson, teacher: Bob Sprague, Patricia Luken- bill, Mary Ellen Reinhardt. Emily Greenland, Jack Strickland. GREEK CLASS There is only one course in Shortridge where the students can hon- estly say. It's all Greek to me. This is the two years' course started each fall under the direction of Miss Josephine Davidson. It is, indeed, one of the outstanding differences between Shortridge and other high schools, for ours is one of very few which offer work in Greek. The Greek course is invitational and open to juniors who have made A's or A pluses in previous Latin courses. These students acquire a reading knowledge of Greek and a strong foundation for better understanding of the English language and vocabulary. The studies include grammar. Xenophon's Anabasis,l' and the first six books of Homer's Iliad Since many eastern colleges cover this material in three years instead of two. it is customary to grant six credits for the two years' work. Shortridge has always maintained as one of its traditions an interest in Latin and Greek. Mr. George Hufford, principal at Shortridge from 1892 until 1902, taught Greek himself and promoted interest in the sub- ject. After his retirement, Miss Ellen G. Marthens took the class and continued to teach it until she retired in 1940. Mr. George Buck, during his former years as principal, was an enthusiastic supporter of the Greek class.

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WE'LL REMEMBER . . . t,E.,.i.,S..t, The popular songs all tell us about those little things that make us remember. A Steamship ticket to romantic places, they say, or a ride through the park. However, after we leave Shortridge, it won't be a trip to a romantic place that we'll remember, or a ride through the park. No, it won't be that. When we were Freshmen . . . so very small and insignificant .. . but so very loyal . . . attending all the football games and then Watching, awed, as the gridiron heroes walked around the halls . . . hurrying . . . hurrying . . . hurrying . . . Was there ever a Freshman who didn't hurry? We'1l remember how we opened our Blue Books for information and studied the plan of the building so we could find our class rooms . . . and that awful day when we started to leave the cafeteria early without a pass . , . that loud guffaw and those cries of Freshie!'l still ring in our ears! And then that day when we were no longer Freshmen, but STALE Freshmen! And we could hoot at the others and feel oh, so superior! We'll never forget that first big Tech game and our victory in it . . . and that first time our names were on the third page . . . Our Sophomore year Went fairly slowly. We weren't Freshmen any more, and no one made fun of us. But we Weren't Juniors yet, either, we were just what we were-S0pho- mores . . . We found out that we didn't have to pay all our Echo installment at once, and that, really, the smaller the payments, the more fun it was Cexcept for the agentl . . . And We heard Salom Rizk, the Syrian, in auditorium that year. As he stood up there and made us laugh one minute, only the next we fought to hold back tears, We began to realize just what it is to becalled an American and to attend a school where we have the friends we Want and to say the things We think. Christmas carols were sung in the halls that year, beautifully, and the little trees in the cafeteria added to the festive spirit. The Christmas Echo came out and everyone wanted everyone else's signature, because that was the thing to want . . . Then suddenly, we were somebody! We were the Junior class with elections and meetings. We joined clubs that year and went to their initiations. We saw plays at the English Theatre, and we had pitch-in dinners and parties after school . . . we started going to all the big dances, and we knew the people who were candidates for Bluebelle and Uglyman. We spent a week-end in Terre Haute with the Drama League members, and We played bridge by fiashlight coming home on the bus. Shortridge Won the sectionals in 1940 and We cheered until we were hoarse . . . We started going to the Parkmoor after school, and we attended all the night games . . . Spring vacation we went on hikes and out of towng we danced till our feet moved Without directing . . . and when we got back to school, everyone laughed when everyone else said, I'm glad to get back to school to rest up! We had our Vaudeville that year, and, although we would admit that there had been other Vaudevilles, we would not say that there had been better Vaudevilles. It was OUR Vaudeville and it was good. The Press Club had a banquet, and everyone laughed till they suffered from that proverbial ache in the side at the mutual razz- ings by teachers and students of teachers and students . . . it was all friendly, and everyone felt better acquainted after that... Then came a summer vacation when we all lived in anticipation of the big year. And we'll remember that year long after other events and years have been forgotten. We-'ll remember it because we were seniors and we owned the school . . . at least we acted as if we did. We were excused the eighth and we sat at cafeteria tables and sang loudly . . . we knitted Cthat is, we girls didl while the boys sat by and watched. It was our class that starred at the football games, it was our class that did the loudest yelling in the bleachers-anyhow, we thought so. We walked around the halls with confidence and showed our passes nonchalantly. We spoke to everyone in the halls. We worried about our senior pictures. The Home Room representatives fought out weighty battles such as whether to have a six-item liner. The senior colors committee met and remet and, after mind-changing, decided upon blue and navy as the senior