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Shortridge High School Life Mirrors a College Atmosphere
An in depth look at Shortridge High School on Michigan and Pennsylvania reveals a vibrant student body guided by a blend of clubs and societies. The High School Senate, Oratorical Association, Camera Club, and Delta Phi dominate school life alongside athletics, music, and social clubs shaping a college like spirit. The Daily Echo, started by Fletcher Wagner and later run by the faculty, stands as a unique high school daily. it boomed school enterprises, covered a major 1900s fire, and chronicled President McKinley’s 1898 visit with pride.
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Pennsylvania Streets
Indianapolis
Shortridge High School
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Samily
Jack
High School Senate
Laura Donnan
Senate
United States Senate
Soions
Taylor-Finley
Senator Lodge
Edwin Friend
White
Frank Williams
Fairbanks
John White
Pritchard
Earl Pritchard
Scott
Ford
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Athletic Association
Sylvester Johnson
Maynard Allen
Mr. Benton
Frank Spencer
Oratorical Association
Friends of the Art
Coburnen
Edith Brannon
Albertine Shepard
Miss Donnan
James Gipe
Gladys Ehrbas
Oratorical Club
Donnan
Pat Cohn
Frank Wilms
Camera Club
Miss Selleck
Panne
Charles
Andwrence Hassletan
Gladys Heffner-Nehrbas
Ae Aeak
George Reeves
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Gladys Nehrbas
Nora Lacey
Ethel Dorsey
Laura =e Roth Maxwell
Anna Rogers
Ethel Ves
Lydia Wallace
Grace Philpott
Rachel Baker
Coburn Allen
Bess Trout
Ruth Patterson
Ward Allen
Hugh Jones
Fred Appel
Ethel Brannon
Harry Nicoll
Mandolin Club
Mr. Noel
Mandoln Club
Jane Blakely
Hewitt Thomas
Delta Phi
Ralph Knode
Robert Scott
Vonnegut
Saeceee
Net van Nkie
Harlan Easier
Richard Barbee
Carl I m
Ames Ndall
Robert Griffith
Albert Chanan
Forrest Tolin
Walter Vonnegut
Rob Scott
Webb Adams
Raymond Bangs
Delta Phi Society
Gertrude Brown
Gertrude Baker
Elizabeth Caldwell
Helen Ord
Regina Ferguson
Louise Haynes
Zilpha Maffey
Mabel Pray
Harriet Bugby
Ruby Knode
Lucia Wiley
Gamma Gama Upsilon Fraternity
Lenna Baker
Ethyl Nickerson
Edna English
Frances Woerner
Bertha Mallory
Helen Wallick
Bess Jones
Lucy
Ethel Balcom
Irma Jean Wocher
Necie Searle
Jey Bliss
Edna Randall
Stella Allig
Eul Posey
Agatha Selig
Rose Knepper
Spellman
Roe Roberts
Carrie
T. Q
Mortars
McMaster
Lento Fullmell
Orin Florence Keely
Stella Hatin
McMurray
Lila Allison
Nellie
Knopearbosha
Propylaeum
Waite Colgan
Ed Wallick
Beya
Daily Echo
Fletcher Wagner
McKinley
United States
Europe
Echo
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Paul Edwards
Stella Walton
Merrill
Ketcham
Alma Sickler
Charles Lewis
Hazel Osborne
Theodore Curtis
George Posey
Frank W. Williams
Horace Allerdice
Mabel Charpie
Hugh C. Jones
Ed Eitle
Benj. W. Douglass
Raymond H. Bangs
Randolph
G. Prelat
Ernest Cohn
Ruth Maxwell
Elsie Dickson