The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-16
Shortridge school Doings.

There are ITO pupils in school
Forest Folin and Harley Mckinney have
returned to school.
Miss Bessie Ogle has gone to Franklin,
where she will spend & few days.
The Do Do Club, of Junior girls, will
meet tomorrow afternoon with Stella Alg.
Manager Allen, of the baseball team. has
closed a date with the Terre Haute High
School.
The Friday Echo has added new
column. 1t is contributions from the
''Saunterer."
The Sans souci Club gave valentine
party Friday evening at the home of
Myrtle Craft.
Miss Lento Fullmell will be hostess
Thursday afternoon at a meeting of the
.. T. .. Club.
The Gamma Gamma Epsilon girls senior
society will meet Wednesday at the home
of Ruth Patterson.
Fred Appel will have a camp fire next
Wednesday evening for the first meeting
of the new Junior Boys Club, known as
the Indians
Speakers at the next meeting of the
Shortridge Debating Club have been chosen
as follows: Nicoli and Hoag, affirmative,
and Lewis and Voulkle, negative.
Miss Anna Club Fuller, of Spencer will
be the guest of Miss Olive Hawkins this
week Miss Fuller will remain for the
senior book fair, which will take place
Friday and Saturday.
The first girls basketball squad" COM
posed OF twenty girls, entertained equal
number OF young men at a valentine party
in the form of an indoor picnic last Friday
evening. progressive proposal game was
played and the supper served on the floor.
Appropriate favOrs of hearts with a love
verse were given. The party was at the
home of Miss Nora Lacey.
An important meeting of the executive
committee of the athletic association was
held recently. and 500 voted for baseball
expenses, TO be divided as follows $40 for
NJ. T. H. SIS H s. game; $50 for practice
grounds; SO for home games; $50 for two
new suits and one dozen caps and stock
Jones, of the basketball team, and the fol-
lowing members of the basketball team
given jersies with the IS" Richard Bar
bee, Fred Herszch, james Randall and
Byron La FOllett.
Next Friday afternoon in the High
School Senate officers will be elected and
there is promise of a very close election,
in which machine politics will play an inn
pOrtant part. Senator Pritchard (Earl
Pritchard) is an active candidate for pres
ident and he was leading attorney for
Senator Deboe Charles Christian in the
recent trial, the Carolina man Will be sup
ported by the Deboe faction. which claims
that it has strong machine. The other
senator prominently mentioned for the Of
flee of president is Senator White Crank
Wood Williams). who is the present pre-
siding officer and was the judge in the late
has Vi strong following. The fight may be-
come so warm that a third man may get
in on a compromise, but each side claims a
victory.
There has been several surprises in ora
torical circles in the Shortridge High
School lately. The manuscripts Of those
who intend going in the primary were
submitted last week and five appeared
The authors of four of them are known
George Posey. William Hill. James Meyers
and Albert buchanan. 1t cannot be learned
who the fifth man is. but il is rumored
that the dark" manuscript belongs to
either Edwin Friend Ernest Cohn or
Frank DOudican. The announcement that
Albert Buchanan would enter the primary
caused a good deal of discussion and nut
a different color on the outcome Mr.
Buchanan won second last year. being tied
with Hill. and he is now picked as this
years winner by many. George Posey. who
received third in the primary a year ago.
Is still considered a strong candidate. but