The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-26
Short Items of
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mist and sports writer for the
Wednesday Echo, has announced an
essay contest on the subject,
Value of the Color League to
Shortridge Basketball" First prize
will be a ticket to the State bas-
ketball tournament. and second prize
copy of the 1925 Shortridge An
nual. Judges will be faculty MEM
bers.
Mrs. d. Prize Beyea, World War
nurse, now public health nurse for
Colgate & Co., addressed the Short
ridge student body on the value Of
health.
At a meeting Of the Crescendo
Club musical numbers were given
by Mildred Lawler, Virginia Hol-
ly, Constance Mccullough and
Dorothy King. Robert Ellis gave a
reading on Haydn and Miss Pauline
Schellschmidt talked on her musical
experience in Belgium.
The senior play committee decided
on "Bab," a four-act comedy, as the
1926 class play. Preliminary try
outs were scheduled for this week
with William N. Otto and Mrs. j. B.
Steep as judges. Final tryouts will
be held Saturday, Feb. %.
A bulletin in the zoology latora-
tory is being edited by "Ye Three
Musketeers." On the board will APP
pear geological cartoons, interesting
news items and Helpful laboratory
hints"
The two Winchester junior rife
corps units have been busy shoot
ing matches with schools from vari-
Gus parts of the country. Matches
with units OF Fresno, Cal; Fremont.
Ohio, and Winter Gardens. Fla, are
being shot. High point men were
William Beeson, Charles Drage,
Frederick Lair. Hugh Socks, Her
,schel Westmoreland, John Harding,
George Dirks, Robert De Vie, Har-
old Stearns and Harold Norton. Dur
ing March both units will compete
in the Winchester school match for
the trophy shield.
George Clayton and Nellie Munson
have been chosen to represent Short
ridge at the annual State discussion
contest The subject is the proposed
child labor amendment.
The advanced chorus class has
elected these officers: Dorothy Lam
bert, president; Edward Schurmann,
vice president, and Mary Ann Ogden,
secretary.
Committees have been announced
by the new president of the Senate.
New members are Arta Weyant,
Mary Virginia Hail.. Mary Alice
Scheffel and Earl Herwitz.
A bill concerning qualifications for
vehicle drivers was read and dis
cussed Friday. Speakers were Ed
ward Cohn. Morris Brown, Albert
Levi, Harold Ellis. Tevie Jacobs.
Jack Flanagan, Ivan Barnett. Abra-
ham Letiff, Leland Clapp, Charles
Roberts, Thurman Ridge and Louis
Dean. Pierson Harrington. an ex-
member of the Senate, addressed the
members. Katie Vermillion, Marie
Porter and Jewel Cheatwood were
visitors.
A meeting of the Math Club was
announced by Walter Gingery, spon-
sor, for Friday evening, at the ply
sizes laboratory. Astronomical bodies
will be viewed through two teles-
copes. officers will be announced.
The Shortr1dge orchestra pre-
scented seven numbers at the COM
munity- Fund dinner at the Clay
pool, Monday night
George Buck. principal and Lcui5
Dirks, assistant principal, attended
the meeting of the National Educa-
ton Association at Cincinnati this
week.
Tryouts will be soon for the parts
in the operetta. "rhe Wild Rose"
to be presented by the Glee Clubs.
Arthur Shoemaker, of the faculty,
will assist In direction.