Shortridge High School - Annual Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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ECHO: IT WAS A BIG YEAR FOR HISTGRIES FIRST FOOTBALL . . . Wi A worthy contribution to Shortridge football last fall was Tom Koch's A History of Football at Short- ridgef' a book written in observance of the game's 50th anniversary here. Koch, graduate of the class of 1943, undertook the tremendous task of thumbing back through the years of Blue and White gridiron history to give the school a look into the past. Tom. sports columnist and later editor of Thursday's Echo. volunteered to prepare a detailed compilation of the school's grid data to assist the Echo sports sta1T. The job required extensive research into old Echo files, Annuals. and files of the city's daily papers. The story, printed in booklet form. was distributed as a supplement to the Daily Echo, and later was available to non-subscribers. In this brilliant saga, the author depicts the ethics and etiquette of the game since its beginning. Pictures of great Blue elevens. in- teresting anecdotes and timely comments, sketches of recent mentors and popular sports figures. and ,statis- tics from various angles We1'e all included to present Shortridgers with a lively and informing picture of the school's first fifty years in gridiron competition. , I .Y..l..f. if- f ' ll I' 1943 CHAMLIQNS . . AND THEN BASKETBALL Following up the football excursion into the -, ..,,..... ...., ,...,,, , , -- past, lflick Ricos, class of '44, offered Shortridgers 4 AHMOW ofgaskemau a similar story of the hardwood, A History of 1 ' Basketball at Shortridgef' The story was original- ,Q 3' 5l'0 i'iSe ly intended to be printed in book form, but a if paper shortage made the plan inadvisable and 'c '0S the cage tale was unreeled in serial form in the ' Echo. The story, which was somewhat longer .i-. 1. l?ii3l,'Z 5 .L1.9.l c.i.l:v'ff5-E-'T-igu'-Eff : than the football history. appeared in twenty- M- three daily installments with a mass of statisti- cal data including season by season records cross- Q,, g,jg,,f1,,,?,,4:,'11 :, 'f,223.i,.fTZ1,.i Vi'.If.?El'.k. iZ i. 4T'Iii indexed with series scores, with all opponents, g:':2,, 3 7,.:f3',?,j1,'g',,3 iIZH'.'.1'lf1X'5fRii sl3LZf7 coaches' records, etc., being omitted until the ,li..F, .1151121,,I'i.,2 .Z'T .2325 Z'f-1-711?i?i5fS-7.m l?-aff -1L3'Q . th, ,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,4 ,,,,,,,,,, Ph.. Mum usda.-.em asm-usage m-on story could be reproduced in book form. Enwmnmsllfi -gaitgztignvb-QMLWMEIMI-www Prvlrnnor I-Iutfurd who was Lhsn Lllv In 19111. U19 'ClYy Bl-lkllbtll The hardwood account, which proved as thrill- i2ff'L3.P,T3X.Il,iZ'W.,i'2uli.'2l5.L 'LJE,'Q. mTfJ.,'L .2'.I3',-.u Z1'.i ing as the grid yarn, was replete with vivid des- 513n-55-3-73rs-75ldHmy-'55 v37'37: +T-s u l9- 5fS nm. Im-mas nf guy. which -w sum- criptions of the old time game, players, and .,.11iiL. L 2'.2'L'.Ed.?iTS., If.i'2.'f,'.i1Z'?yaZ,i Q.'1 i-7Tf1 ..L7X!l',,,'Z'f coaches. Comprehensive research work and direct jj,,,2Tg'g,,1',2,,'3,,gi1,'1 ,,,,mfEf3,fT,':'L.,g':',5:g,,3j',d,j,, T,:,'1g communication with old-timers ferreted out the 'nm 'f 'f 'n'l f' 'C luminous incidents of the game. Ricos traced the net sport from its infancy, before the turn of the century, to the latest season.Emphasis was placed on a number of the great Satan aggregations, with photos and team individual Sketches help- ing to brighten the story.

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EDITORIAL STAFF Jeanne Lindley, Shideler Harpe, Jacquie Losclie tedi- torl, Carolyn Unger, Helga Nepple, Marilyn Merritt, Mary Kay McIntyre, and Carl VVeinhardt lbehindl. CHRISTMAS ECHO A Shortridge's annual holiday magazine, the Christmas Echo, was distri- buted the Week before Christmas vacation, after a competent editorial job by Jacquie Losche and contributions by the regular Echo staff members had made it one of the best editions of all time. Featuring a candy cane cover designed by Sarah Sertell printed in red and g1'een against a lighter green back-ground, the book carried several stories by Fiction Club mem- bers, holiday poetry, enlarged versions of regular Daily Echo features, including Marge Brink's Lookin' Backward, Shideler Harpe's Cynic's Synopsis, and Keith Green's A.M. The art staff, under the direction of Miss Jane Messick, contributed greatly to the appearance of the book. Generally acclaimed by subscribers was a double-page cartoon spread by George Arnold, showing Well-known Shortridgers in their childhood days. The edition featured an adequate sports coverage, and a record of out- standing events of the semester. The editorial staff consisted of Carolyn Unger and Marge Turk, literary: Helga Nepple and Anna Harshman, featuresg Mary Kay McIntyre and Marilyn Merritt, personalsg Nancy Morrow, poetryg Keith Green and Shideler Harpe, humorg Med Nicholson, boys, sportsg Mary Williamson. girls' sportsg Doris Johnson, artg and Carl Weinhardt, business. Esther Neukom solicited all advertising for the book. Al J. Kettler was the pub- lication's editorial manager. ART STAFF Sitting, front: Joan Sanborn, Doris Johnson, and Lorene Elliott. Back row: Howard Fay, Anita Diggle, Bob Green, Miss Jane Messick, Esther Caluza, Alice Law- son, Gilbert Jacobs, and Sarah Sertell. C'

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ASK ME ANOTHER F-Tw -- - - ----an ---- - I I l Left to right: Jane Klepfer, Don Apple, Pat Welch, Leonard Wild, Janice Applegate, Pat Hagedon, Steve Klos, Jeanne Snodgrass, Ruth Ann Perry, Richard Ret- tig, Mary Jo DeVatz, Jack Beck, and Dale Young. THE ALL - SCHOOL PLAY The house lights dimmed and the curtain rose on the third all-school play for the benefit of the Shortridge War Chest before a capacity crowd on N0- vember 19. Under the capable super- vision of Miss Eleanor Dee Theek, Short- ridge play coach, and Norma Klepfer, student director, a refreshing comedy, Glen Hughes' Ask Me Another, de- lighted students and parents. The plot revolved around a morning newspaper, The Herald, in an average American city, and its wonder boy and subscription piler-upper, Marco the Mystic. Joyce Martin fPat Hagedonj posing as Marco's secretary, and Mr. Gates CLeonard Wildj, the managing editor, were the only two in the city who knew that Joyce really wrote the daily Marco Predictions. Mike Warren CDon Applej, an eager young reporter from a rival newspaper, strove to dis- cover the secret of Marco and to hire him for his newspaper. Don and Pat took the leads with a talented support- ing cast including Ruthann Perry as Wilma, the general office flunky, Eloise Archer, the debutante and socialite, portrayed by Pat Welch, Mary Jo De- Vatz who ably characterized Mrs. Snell, the Herald's society editor, Jeanne Snodgrass who took the part of Aunt Sally, popular editor of many kitchen- tested recipes, Steve Klos as Joe Weber the detective, Janice Applegate who en- acted the part of Mrs. Hammond, the town's No. l socialite, Dale Young as Shorty Cass, a gangster, a real Marco. portrayed by Richard Rettig, and Mr. Sylvester, a cook, personated by Jack Beck. Back Stage crews were headed by Mary Hall, stage manager, Carolyn Haught, property chairman, Shirley Loucks, wardrobe head, Julia Blake, chairman of the make-up crew, Betty Welch, in charge of ushers, house man- ager Earl Trimpe, Floyd Beitman, in charge of the curtains, and Harriet Weinstein and Joanne King who were prompters. A spirited bally-hoo campaign con- ducted for two weeks before the play made use of posters, public address, Echo stories, and predictions from Mar- co fwho claimed to make nightly visits to school to chalk them on the black- boardsj contributed to the success of the project. Carolyn Unger was in charge of promotion. Proceeds for the War Chest amount- ed to over 55300.