The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-18
sHoRTRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL.


Marie FIanner sang in Room n recently
The senior essays will be due in a short
time.
Ethel Norris has left school on account
The Girls Tennis Club will meet Mon
day afternoon.
James Randall "got OUT the Friday
Echo last week.
Shirley Thomas entertained Room with
a solo recently.
Edna Schermer was hostess at the last
meeting of the Entire Nous Club.
Neil Van Wrinkle gave a small company
for few school friends recently.
The Daughters of Diogenes will be en-
tertained by Ida Sheehy this week.
The faculty has decided to not have a
class in ecclesiastical history next term.
The last meeting of the L. o. T. @. Club
OF girls was at the home of Ruth Elston.
Ruth Rottler was hostess at a meeting of
the Sigma Eta Gammas Friday afternoon.
The last meeting of the o. T. Q. Club of
junior girls was with Miss Lento Fulwell.
The shortridge faculty will likely meet
early this week and decide on the 3D.
rule
are working on book covers WITH flower
motives.
The junior class offers prize to the per-
son making the most artistic '03 banner by
May -.
Carl Brickert. Marie FIanner and Miss
Goble furnished an enjoyable programme
tor Room A last week
Albertine Shepard gave a ping-pong
party for the members of the S. s. S. Club
of senior girls last week.
Mr.. Castleman's English students have
completed their papers on Julius Caesar"
and they were very interesting.
The NJ I. Club was entertained by Ethel
Grove at its last meeting. The club gave
picnic at Fairview Thursday
The senior English students under
study of Wordsworth and Coleridge.
Miss Ada Bowen has been appointed an
assistant editor on the staff of the Tues
day Echo, made vacant by The resignation
of Mary Chambers.
Miss Shaw, of the faculty, entertained
! the lob Dramatic Club at her home
! Gently and the members had very pleas
ant time playing ping-pong.
The civil government pupils in Miss
/ DOMAINS classes had an interesting and
| spirited debate last week on the election
of the President by popular vote
| The commercial geography class IN
! charge of Mr.. Arthur w. Dunn has prac-
] tically completed the geographical study
! of the United States and will soon begin
the commercial side of the work.
The copy for the senior publication. The
Annual, is all in and is in the hands of the
printer 1t will not be ready for sale for
about month yet. 1t is said this years
paper will be the best ever published by
! any class.
| The Sans Souci Club met Friday at the
! home of Miss Myrtle Craft and planned to
! give an elaborate garden party early in
June. Over 200 invitations Will be issued
and a jolly time is expected. The party
will be at the residence of Miss JOY
Brown.
The senior class of 1902 met Friday and
the president, Coburn Alien, appointed the
! following committees TO arrange for the
| evening of June IS: Class yell. Raymond
| Bangs, Ruth Patterson and Hugh Don
| nan; invitations, Mabel Pray Frank Fish
and Horace Alerdice; programmes, Bessie
| Trout, Bess Coldwell and Carl Ingram.
Col. Eli F. Ritter gave very enjoyable
/ talk to the Shortridge students last
/ Wednesday afternoon on some war expert
| enceS. He related a number of personal
| experiences and told of his service in the
civil war and also of the love which all
veterans have for the old flags under which
! they marched so many years ago.. Colonel
Ritter explained that il was no wonder
| that the old soldiers were so fond of the
old banners. He closed by giving the stu
! dents some sound advice on the duties
which they owe their country.
The Wednesday edition of the school
/ organ, The Daily Echo, follows the
ample of the Friday sheet and put out a
special number last week in honor of the
| dedication of the monument. The paper
was printed in blue ink and so
! ranged as TO contain the national colors-
red. white and blue. Two sonnets on the
! dedication of the monument by Ferd
Kahn and Charlotte Edgerson were excel
/ lent features of the paper The staff of
i this edition of the Echo is composed of
! FrankwoOd Williams, Horace Allerdice,
! Louise Millgan, Edmund Eitle and Ger
/ trude Hopping.
\ basket ball game between the juniors
| and seniors is exciting much interest and
! will be played some time before the close
] of school. The date has not been decided.
| ball players in the school and the proposed
! contest will no doubt be interesting. When
! the teams meet the lineup will probably
| be as fOllows Juniors-Byron Lafolette
and Norman Berry, forwards; George
! Posey, center; Ryland Pratt and Wayland
! Masters, guards. Seniors-Ernest Holdson
| and Raymond Bangs, forwards: Fred
| Herzch. center; James Randall and Rich
| ard Barbee, guards.
AS time for the seniors TO leave Short
! ridge draws nearer many have been decid-
ing on the college 10 which they will 60 and
| obtain "A higher education. It is a notable
fact that a great number of the class of
| 1902 viii attend college Following are the
| names of a few of the students who will
| enter college next fall and the institution
| they will attend: Claribel Kahn, Margaret
! lockwood, Lydia Wallace and Mary Carey.
| to NaSSar; Florence and Anna Rogers and
! Lucetta Ohr, to Wellesley; Carl Ingram
| and Charles Lewis will likely go to Har-
| ward; COburn Allen and James Gipe to
| Michigan University; Albert Buchanan TO
! Williams and Raymond Chapman to Pur-
| due. Miss Virginia Shaw will probably go
| TO Europe TO complete her education and
| number of the members of the 02 class
! have not decided on the school they will at
| tend yet.