Cathedral High Band Completes Yearly Roster and Starts Practice
The Cathedral High School band in Indianapolis has finalized its personnel for the year and begun winter concert practice. Semi military uniforms were chosen for the students and several new instruments were purchased. Daily individual practice is held with members named across front center and back rows.
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Cathedral High School
Donald Williams
Richard Pfeiffer
Thomas Yelton
Raymond Fuss
Fred Finkbiner
John Montani
Eugene
Color marks new art for schoolrooms
Miss Florence H Fitch, director of the city art department, notes a shift to color in schoolroom art with nearly 3,000 pictures across eighty five grade schools. Teachers own about 1,000 pieces while schools hold the rest. additions in recent years total 217 paintings and 838 color prints. Acquisitions come via gifts from parent teacher associations clubs schools and graduating classes with input from local artists to elevate Indianapolis public school displays.
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Florence H Fitch
Fitch
Indianapolis
Moving Picture Actors as They Really Are speech highlight
Shortridge Walter Hickman spoke to the Fiction Club on Moving Picture Actors as They Really Are. John Miller reviewed the club's year. Ada B. Crozier announced the girls varsity basketball squad. Ward Otto announced Tri-State debate tryouts January 8 with listed candidates and returning members.
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Walter Hickman
The
Indianapolis Times
Fiction Club
John Miller
William N. Otto
Frederick Crosstreet
Robert Deupree
Harold Dunkel
Fred Engelking
Charles Pell
Louis Hall
Sidney Kauffman
John Kitchen
Harry Ross
John Lockabill
Richard Lowther
Curtis Plopper
William Rasmussen
James Sutherland
John Thompson
Warman Welliver
John Forney
John Millett
William Hoffman
Christmas Issue of Coburn Chronicle Showcases Student Talent
The Coburn Chronicle edited by pupils of Henry P. Coburn School showcases The Feast of Light by Jean Elizabeth Boling and essays by many students. The 8A class staged My Lady's Yuletide by Isabelle Meaker and Eleanor Perkins at Cropsey auditorium with a large cast.
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Coburn Chronicle
Henry P. Coburn School
East Maple Road
Nellie Chapman
Jean Elizabeth Boling
Mildred Piercy
Benjamin Hitz
Beverly Plaut
Mary Scott Morse
Louise Dickson
Robert McVie
Carleen Becker
Mary Keller
Julia Ann Pennington
Jean Shirk
Betty Pared
Mary Jane Spaid
Mary Fuller
Allan Ball
James Hantzis
Jane Held
John Westfall
Children's Museum
My Lady’s Yuletide
Cropsey Auditorium
Central Library
Isabelle Meaker
Eleanor Perkins
Janice Suite
Anna Komstock
Harry McClelland
Dorothy Day
Clara May Herkless
Susan Shirk
Emilianne Miller
Joe Myers
Billy McGaw
Robert Osborn
Helen Danner
Larry Willson
Raymond Puckett
Raleigh Wheeler
Harry Welch
Charles Smith
Billy Milner
Virginia Marshall
Virginia Sielker
Dorothy Berkowitz
Margaretta Aikman
Elsie Thomas
Anna May Banister
Ruth
Christmas masque at Calvin Fletcher School No 8
Annual Christmas masque presented by pupils at Calvin Fletcher School No 8 on Virginia Avenue. Girls chorus sang old songs under Miss Pearl Lloyd. lighting by Lawrence Kiewitt and Ora Hoover. Shepherds: Harold Golding Earl Marone Russell Riley. Wise men: Michael Navarro Gene Goodman Maurice Pierce. Joseph and Mary: George Stricker Catherine Heicken. Younger children with evergreen boughs symbolized joy.
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Calvin Fletcher School
Vincent Romano
Tony Laurenzano
William Vespe
Nellie Dearing
Edith Freeland
Dorothy Whittenger
Girls Urged to Enroll in School Cooking Classes
The Surveyor from Washington high school promotes cooking, foods, and home nursing courses. Girls are urged to enroll to learn breakfast prep, purchasing, serving meals, and home management. Classes serve meals in the dining room to students and teachers, with home nursing planned for next semester.
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Surveyor
Washington High School
Married Teachers Win Equal Pay In Indiana Schools
In Indiana southern counties a board rule grants married teachers the same pay as single colleagues, ending a ceiling that kept many from marrying. Since the rule took effect, several teachers wed quietly, while Indianapolis officials remain wary of public weddings and press coverage.
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Indianapolis
Evansville
Board of School Commissioners
Indiana
Cupid
Charles F. Miller
Mary Smith Doe
Lunch monitors named from Manual Training High School
Twenty four boys and girls from the senior class were elected monitors for the three lunch room periods at Manual Training High School. The list includes Naomi Young Lois Carter Alberta Franke Ellen Meinzen Howard Burton Richard Bauer Constantine Borshoff William Nangle Elizabeth Larkin Louise Givan Wilbert Eggert Robert Thrasher Neil Arnold Guy Arnold Virginia Harris Lillian Grossman Stella Adams Gladys Bonewitz Maurice Stone Cedric White Thomas Rasmussen Weyne Gardner.
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Manual Training High School
Naomi Young
Lois Carter
Alberta Franke
Ellen Meinzen
Howard Burton
Richard Bauer
Constantine Borshoff
Wiliam Nangle
Elizabeth Larkin
Louise Givan
Wilbert Eggert
Robert Thrasher
Neil Arnold
Guy Arnold
Virginia Harris
Lillian Grossman
Stella Adams
Gladys Bonewitz
Maurice Stone
Cedric White
Thomas Rasmussen
Weyne Gardner
Exhibition of Bird Calls At Catherine Merrill School
Students at Catherine Merrill school 25 demonstrated bird calls before Miss Rousseau McClelland head of biology physiography at Shortridge high during a visit to school 25. Mounted collections from the school were displayed during the occasion.
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Catherine Merrill
Merrill and
New Jersey
Rousseau McClelland
Shortridge High School
Freshmen Adopt Green Monkey Caps For Class Garb
Franklin college co eds choose green monkey caps as distinctive yearling headgear. Girls in the first year class meet to decide class garb and agree the green caps will help keep them warm during the winter.
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Franklin College
Broad Ripple Pupils Share Merry Christmas Letters
Broad Ripple grade school pupils publish a holiday issue of their newspaper To Rippler featuring Santa letters written by Leora Hess Lois Jean Smith Lois Simmons J. D. Armstrong Thomas Herrin Paul Wright Gordon L. Combs Charles Greenwood Wendal Herald Roy Herrin Orval Harrison Alice Jane Brownlee James Haggart Paul Casserly Janet Prather and extensive contributions from Jeanette Gluckman Arthur Lynn Elizabeth Clifford Hester Campbell Margaret Kent Gladys Blackwell Marie Rector Roberta Mikels Vernon Reynolds Denzil Featherston Alice Jane Brownlee Rosemary Allison Vera Wilkins Virginia Taylor Ruth Marie Hamill Mildred Peck Robert Ross and Harrison Nicholas.
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Santa Claus
Leora Hess
Lois Jean Smith
Lois Simmons
J. D. Armstrong
Thomas Herrin
Paul Wright
Gordon L. Combs
Charles Greenwood
Wendal Herald
Roy Herrin
Orval Harrison
Alice Jane Brownlee
James Haggart
Paul Casserly
Janet Prather
Jeanette Gluckman
Arthur Lynn
Elizabeth Clifford
Hester Campbell
Margaret Kent
Gladys Blackwell
Marie Rector
Roberta Mikels
Vernon Reynolds
School Decorated for Christmas at Merrill and New Jersey
Catherine Merrill school number 25 on Merrill and New Jersey streets decorates classrooms with fir and spruce trees. Miss Jessie J. Smith says second year pupils made scrapbooks with stories and pictures. A basket of fruit will be given to an invalid child who was a class member.
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Catherine Merrill
Merrill and
New Jersey
Jessie J. Smith
Pupils Present Christmas Pageant at Woollen School
William Watson Woollen school at 2301 Park avenue presented a Christmas pageant under Miss Olive K. Fink direction. Violin solos by Thomas Poggiani with Mrs. Lucile Wagner accompanied featured. Children sang songs and carols.
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William Watson Woollen School
Park Avenue
Olive K. Fink
Thomas Poggiani
Metropolitan School of Music
Lucile Wagner
Club Presents Yale Program at Washington High
The Washingtonian Club of Washington high staged its annual Christmas program in the auditorium. Features included carolers, a gymnasium dance masque, and the play The Gift with Eugene Lewis as the Shepherd. Directors were Etta Scherf and Elizabeth Workman assisted by Mabel Loehr. Doll roles and cast list accompany the pageant.
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Washingtonian Club of
Washington High School
Eugene Lewis
Etta Scherf
Elizabeth Workman
Mabel Loehr
Wilma Kagel
Helen Peters
Richwine
Neva Wright
Ruth Hyatt
Viola Ulrich
Rose Hershel
Evelyn Biven
Dorothy Johnson
Muriel Melvin
Dorothy Peak
Leovan Bridgeford
Ruby Rigdon
Sara Neuhaus
Margaret Viel Haper
Mary Averitt
Virginia Wilson
Hazel Linville
Margaret Emery
Margaret Kelsey
Pauline Reed
Irene Wilkerson
Mary Moorman
Ethel Branham
Gladys Brooks
Elizabeth
Manchester College Plans Song Book Publication
Manchester College in North Manchester Indiana announces plans to publish a college song book featuring school songs organization tunes and college hymns. Students may submit original tunes and lyrics and the music department will provide the harmony.
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North Manchester
Ind
Manchester College
Race for paper sale at Broad Ripple school
A school race accompanies the annual paper sale planned for January 23 and 24 at Broad Ripple grade school. Vernon Reynolds serves as boys chairman with assistants Arthur Lynn James Hoggatt and Orval Harrison. Eleanor Clarke leads girls with assistants Margaret Kent Marcel Timson and Gladys Blackwell.
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Broad Ripple
Vernon Reynolds
Arthur Lynn
James Hoggatt
Orval Harrison
Eleanor Clarke
Margaret Kent
Marcet Timson
Gladys Blackwell
Cap and Gown Debate at Shortridge High
Shortridge seniors discuss adopting caps and gowns breaking years of tradition with girls in white and boys in dark. The school week of deliberation centers on whether to formalize a long standing custom for graduation attire. The John McCormick School students performed The Perfect Gift under principal Mrs. Georgia Lacey.
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Shortridge
Shortridge High School
John McCormick School
Miley Avenue
Market Street
Georgia Lacey
Widespread Praise For Our City Schools Publication
The December issue of Our City Schools, the Indianapolis public schools house organ, draws praise from educators and officials nationwide. Letters from Horace Ellis, John G. Rossman, Donald DuShane, W. W. Borden, John W. Jones, Blanche Merry, Esther A. McNitt, Louis E. Steinebach, Frank Wallace, and A L Trester attest to its quality and value to schools and readers.
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Our City Schools
Indianapolis
Byron Williams
Charles F. Miller
Horace Ellis
Republican National Committee
John G. Rossman
Sistant
Gary
Ind
Donald du Shane
Columbus
W. W. Borden
South Bend
John W., Jones
Indiana State Normal
Terre Haute
Blanche Merry
State Attendance Office
Esther A. McNitt
Indiana State Library
Louis E. Steinebach
Indiana
Frank Wallace
Silver- Burdett Company
A. L. Trester
Indiana High School Athletic Association
Plans for City School Exhibit and Museum Drive
Arrangements are complete for the annual Children’s Museum membership drive to open in all city schools when classes resume January 7. The goal is to reach 10,000 junior members in 1929, with 25 cent junior memberships and higher tiers up to life at 100 dollars. The Sousa cup will reward the school with the best membership report, and all schools gain credit for memberships reported by February 1.
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Children's Museum
Parent‘Teacher Association
Children’s Museum
John Philip Sousa
Riley Pupils Highlight Verse in December Riley Record
The December issue of the Riley Record, published by students of James Whitcomb Riley School 34, features verse writing and a red cover with a wood block tree branch illustration. Contributors include Dorothy Demaree, Louise Rastenburg, Frances Hale, Norma Fransworth, Retha Hogue, and many others.
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Riley Record
James Whitcomb Riley
West Fortieth Street
Nolan Brown
Dorothy Demaree
Louise Rastenburg
Frances Hale
Norma Fransworth
Retha Hogue
Richard Phelps
Mary Frances Hatfield
James Simmons
Helen Turner
Estella May Disz
Anna Clare Honeywell
Alice Sparks
Edward Stapleton
George Eller
Mary Jane Schlensker
Phyllis Ent
Jack Appel
Winifred Ward
Isa Jeanne Reuleaux
Mary Kershner
Betty Clemons
Laurence Kryster
James Thomas
Mildred Craigle
David Hyde
Susan O'Connor
Robert Hadley
Patricia Jackson
Nona Henderson
Lavern
Crispus Attucks High Holds Second Annual Oratorical Contest
Five students competed in the second annual oratorical contest at Crispus Attucks High School directed by English department head Russell Adrian Lane. Speakers presented on Black America, Procrastination, Negro Achievement in America, Lincoln the Immortal, Rural Life Today, and Aviation. Gertrude Jackson was elected senior class president. other officers include Irvina Harvey vice president Florence Hughes secretary and Kathryn Williams assistant secretary.
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Crispus Attucks High School
Russell Adrian Lane
America
George Smith
Helen Bailey
Joseph Ramsey
Lincoln
Willa Davis
Violet Crowds
Doris Smith
Gertrude Jackson
Irvina Harvey
Florence Hughes
Kathryn Williams
Club to Give Dinner at Shortridge High School
Shortridge high school division of the School Men's Club hosts members January 15 at the new school at Thirty-fourth and Meridian. The day begins with basketball in two gyms at 3 p.m. A dinner and entertainment follow at 6 15 p.m. The committee includes W H Bock Con R Knight Herbert Traub G W Trickey T J Weigel and Harry E Wood.
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Shortridge
Thirty-fourth
Meridian
W. H. Bock
Washington High School
Con R Knight
Herbert Traub
Technical High School
G. W. Trickey
Manual High School
T. J. Weigel
Broad Ripple High School
Harry E Wood
Washington Gift play staged by Washingtonians seniors
The Washington Gift, a play sponsored by the Washingtonians the senior girls club, was given Thursday. Nearly all the basketball squad has jobs for the first week of Christmas vacation. The second week will feature long daily drills. From December 26 to 28 R O T C boys will attend school 8 to 11 a m to clean rifles for upcoming marksmanship classes.
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The
Washingtonians
School athletic managers at Washington high
Two of the last boys to leave the scene of an athletic event at Washington high school are Harold Haines and Stanley Kendall, student athletic managers. Haines is a junior and Kendall a sophomore. Both boys were selected for their high scholastic standing and their knowledge and interest in sports. They must maintain passing grades in three-fourths of their studies to keep their jobs.
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Washington High School
Harold Haines
Stanley Kendall
Haines
Kendall
High Grading Honors At Broad Ripple Grade School
Broad Ripple grade school announces A and A plus citizenship awards for the recent grading period. Recipients include June Wayland Bertha Cook Lenora Collins Evelyn Armstrong Lucille Hamill Geraldine Smith James Hiner Marjorie Lochner Marie Rector Donna Taylor Mildred Sterrit Jeanette Gletschman Loraze Brackett Elinor Barl Agnes Haase Elsie Applegate Margaret McKenzie Ona Butler Myrle Long Doris Watts Pairetta De Vault Harold Besser Rose Mary Warrell Robert Whidden Dorothy Keever Charles Terhune Sherrill Boardman Charles LeMond Alice Mae Martin John Cloe and Elinor Earle.
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Broad Ripple
June Wayland
Bertha Cook
Lenora Collins
Evelyn Armstrong
Lucille Hamill
Geraldine Smith
James Hiner
Marjorie Lochner
Marie Rector
Donna Taylor
Mildred Sterrit
Jeanette Gletschman
Loraze Brackett
Elinor Barl
Agnes Haase
Elsie Applegate
Margaret McKenzie
Ona Butler
Myrle Long
Doris Watts
Pairetta de Vault
Harold Besser
Rose Mary Warrell
Robert Whidden
Dorothy Keever
Charles Terhune
Sherrill Boardman
Charles LeMond
Alice Mae Martin
John Cloe
Elinor Earle
Carols Sung by Boys at Calvin Fletcher School
The 8A Boys Glee Club of Calvin Fletcher School No 8 sang Christmas carols in the school corridors this morning. Principal Miss Mildred Weld led the event. club members include Charles Krug Melvin Turner Dale Yockey Wilbur Matthews Floyd Hogue Ora Hoover Walter Smith Lawrence Kiewitt Walter Wilson Arthur Hall Ronald Grable George Stricker Gene Goodman Donald Archer and William Morrissey.
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Calvin Fletcher School No. 8
Virginia Avenue
Mildred Weld
Charles Krug
Melvin Turner
Dale Yockey
Wilbur Matthews
Floyd Hogue
Ora* Hoover
Walter Smith
Lawrence Kiewitt
Walter Wilson
Arthur Hall
Ronald Grable
George Stricker
Gene Goodman
Donald Archer
William Morrissey
Police Chief Warns Indianapolis Kids For Holidays
With Christmas holidays begun, Police Chief Claude M Worley urges parents to keep children safe in the congested downtown. He warns against unaccompanied street play, urges use of hand signals, and notes bicycles and other gifts pose accident risks while hospital stays should be avoided. The traffic squad led by Lt Frank Owen will enforce safety rules.
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Claude M. Worley
Santa Claus
Frank Owen
Accident Prevention Bureau
Police Department
Indianapolis
White Collars senior play at Murat theater January 11
Arsenal Technical High School announces the senior class play White Collars to be staged January 11 at the Murat theater. The Tech publication covers campus details, classes, regulations, and student activities with a prominent focus on yells and songs. Committees listed include many students and staff names. A new aeronautics course will discuss gauges and fuel systems. The city high school attendance flag for November is noted, with ratings for tardiness and absence.
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Arsenal Technical High School
Murat
Virginia Craig
Gerald Baker
Katherine Burton
Howard Campbell
Raymond Corey
Lowell Streeh
Fred Watson
Ruth Dunwoody
Catherine Borneman
Vivian Claffey
Alice Jefferson
Mary Frances Kneer
Helen Peck
Helen Shank
Rebecca Shields
H. H. Anderson
Jack Lederer
Donald McCloskey
Fred Hawickhorst
Elbert Marlow
George Goble
Everett Metzger
Robert Miller
Tech
Atendance
Shortridge High Delivers Christmas Program for PTA
Shortridge high school presented its annual Christmas program for the PTA at Caleb Mills hall on Thirty fourth and Pennsyl vania streets featuring the boys band under Earl Christoph the boys choir under Mrs Jean McCormick the boys glee club and high school choir under Mrs Laura C Moag and the girls glee club and high school orchestra under Will Wise with Mrs Christine Donaldson as accompanist.
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Shortridge High School
Shortridge P. T. A
Caleb Mills
Thirty-fourth
Pennsylvania Streets
Earl Christoph
Jean McCormick
Laura C. Moag
Will Wise
Christine Donaldson
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