Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-02-19
ALUMNI HOSTS
HONOR FOUNDER
Mass Meeting in Morning Fol-
lowed by Night Banquet.
By LESTER C. NAGLEY.

Alumni celebrated the twenty fifth
birthday of old Manual yesterday.
In lifting back the curtains of the past
every loyal training school son or daugh-
reverently recalls the part Charles f.
Emmerieh-after whom the school has
been renamed Emmerich Manual Train
ing High school-the first principal, had
in founding the institution.
Feb. IS 1895, Mr. EDlmerich became the
head Of the school, shen known as In
dianapolis High school No ?, but soon
after known as Industrial High school,
which in turn was changed to Manual
Training High school. In 1915, in honor
of the founder, the name was made
Emmerich Manual Training High school
a truly fitting tribute to the leader and
educator whose foresighted vision is
largely responsible for the present stand
ing of the school.
MASS MEETING FOLLOWED
BY BANQUET AT NIGHT.
Yesterday e. T. Graf, superintendent of
the Indianapolis schools; e. Fl, Kemper
McComb, the present principal of the
school; Milo H. Stuart, former principal,
row head of Technical High school, and
George Buck, principal of Shortrldge
High school, spoke to a mass meeting of
students and alumni at a. m. at the
Murat theater, the opening part Of the
1 quarter century CeleOEHIOu. special
music was provided by the school board.
an orchestra being directed by r. G..
Winslow
Last night at the Claypool hotel alumni
and students and teachers attended the
silver anniversary diner in the Riley
| room. Charles B. DYER. president OF the
alumni association, presided.
"Old Manual is represented in nearly
every quarter Of the globe by former
students who have gone out into the
world to conquer and to serve. And
everyone today is hardening back to the
! time when that grand old man" Prof
Emmerich. stood before the students in
| the auditorium and spoke to them Of the
! pathways of life.
Emmerich Manual Training High
/ school ranks today as one Of the foremost
| schools in the country 1t was a pioneer
| high school to adopt manual training, the
| training OF the hand to coordinate with
the brain. The first graduating class
consisted of only nineteen pupils. witt
I Miss Violet Demree in charge
Every FIVE years the school has pub
/ llcly celebrated its birthday. although
/ every year has been observed bv the stu
dent body. The hfth anniversary marked
the first public event. On the tenth an
niversary a dinner was prepared by the
cooking classes, and a birthday cake with
ten red candles on IL was presented to
/ Mr.. Emmerich The fifteenth anniversary
| was made the occasion of the presenta-
/ tion of a beautiful silver loving cup to
the beloved principal at the close of the
! last act of Crawford" a play directed
| by Miss B. s. Foy. teacher Of English.
Three of the original faculty are still
/ teaching at the school. staunch survivors
Of the years-Miss Kate Wentz. a mathe-
D ~, - IRA
English teacher. and James Yule. forging
instructor. The original faculty mum
bered twenty-five. The first student body
consisted of 62s members, 2TS boys and
24s girls. The steady growth until II
surpassed the 1000 mark indicates the
popularity Of the south side school.
MORE THAN 500
IN WORLD WAR.
The activities of old Manualites have
been numerous. Clubs, athletics. schoI.
arships, art, music, etc, have all been
crowded into the life of the institution
No school In the state has the enviable
athletic record of the Red and White
Manual triumphed over college teams in
many branches Of athletics Manual
graduates have gone out and made names
1 in the world. Manual was represented
| in the world war by more than 800 men
and gold star list Is also a long one.
Today military training Of the boys Of
the school has attained a high standing
/ in the country.
There are hallowed corners in the old
red brick building. sacred to the different
alumni. There is the trophy case in the
/ library, setting out the supremacy Of the
/ schools athletic heroes. There is the
| big canvas of the late principal hanging
| in the library, remarkable lifelike
study Of the gray haired leader. Down
in the shops the lathes whirl, the ham
mers in the forging room ring out, the
molten metal sizes as it sinks into the
molds in the foundry, the saws and
| planes are busy In the woodworking
| shops. pungent with the odor of wood
/ and glue, the class rooms are filed with
/ countless gifts and familiar equipment,
/ the big entrance on Meridian street still
emits the stream of spirited boys and
girls when the school day is over; and
/ the exuberance of the students down IN
| the basement lunch rooms, where at noon
| they gather to eat and chat; the big au-
ditorium, with its semi -circular seats in
/ tiers, and the stage where former classes
have held their exercises and given their
| class plays, all combine to make Emmer-
| ich Manual Training High school tenn
Ole Of education in every sense of the
/ word
LAST CLASS PLAY
| IN 1909 PROPHETIC.
| With the passing of that famous class
| OF June, 1900, no original class plays
have been written, and 1t is interesting
| to recall that the June, 90. class play
The Eighty, Naughty Nina" was In
sense prophetic. There is Marshall; Brig
/ ham, one of the actors In the play, who
became captain In the air forces of
| Uncle Sam. 1t is with pride that the
class Of June, '09, looks back to a roster
| of prominent Menualites, famous ath-
letes and students.
| And the vision of the future holds
forth even a bigger and better school.
A new building across Merrill street.
connected with the present building by
q bridged hallway, will be erected, In
which a new auditorium, seating .2On
/ students a new gymnasium, a new lunch
/ room and locker rooms will be provided
/ In the "reminiscences of the day comes
/ back that famous school yell. written
/ by Hans Stechan in 1897, clan-cry that
\ spurred on school spirit into better Cit
zenship
"Rickety-ex CO. ex-co-ex. Rickety-ex
co-ex-cO-ex, How do you do. Bully for
you'll Training school"
On the west wall just north OF the
front entrance climbs an Ivy plant the
highest one, reaching slowly upward 1t
was the first one planted, set out with
appropriate ceremonies by our class.
June, 1909, symbolic of pride we keep
green for the memory of the school.