The Daily Echo, 1962-04-11

              SHORTRIDGE
DAILY ECHO
Vol. 64, No. 135
Shortridge High School, Indianapolis, Wednesday, April 11, 1962
3 Cents
WIAN Has Spots
for Personnel
Next Semester
A. R. Van Allen, program director for WIAN, has repeated
his announcement that he will
interview pupils this week for-*
positions on next year's staff.
Any student of sophomore
standing or above who is interested In the activities of
WIAN should come to the studios in room 343 after ninth
period for an audition.
All beginning WIXN staff
members are taught studio announcing and studio engineering during regular broadcasting.
They also study broadcasting
regulations, radio programing,
and station organization. The
new staff members are instructed by Mr. Van Allen with the
help of the more experienced
staff members. -.-
Some of the special areas iii
broadcasting which wlll be open
to qualified students next year
are as follows: program scheduling, continuity, music programing, and advanced work.
Program scheduling consists of
keeping taped programs in order
and getting them ready for
broadcast. Continuity includes
the writing of all routine copy
to be read on the air. Music
programing entails taking care
of records to be played on
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MU ALPHA THETA
HONORS EIGHT
Eight Shortridge High School
pupils have been elected to Mu
Alpha Theta, an International
high school and junior college
mathematics club.
The group selected for the
honor includes Mary Beamer,
senior; Zigurd Berzins, sophomore; Richard Brewer, junior;
Andy Falender, junior, Diane
Horscroft, junior; Sharon Moore,
senior; Richard Otten, senior;
and Alan Paller, junior.
.^Qualifications for eligibility
. inclucte maintaining a "B" average.
KEY CLUB CONVENTION STRESSES WAYS
FOR TEENERS TO COMBAT COMPLACENCY
Student Board Sparks
^Drfve to Aid IU
in Book Collection
The Indiana University Stu-
denTT Government campaign to
^end books to Indonesia is under way at Shortridge this
week. The books will be sent to
Indonesia to combat Communist
propaganda. They will be distributed to schools there.
Books of all kinds are being
sought; textbooks are preferred,
but the collection is not limited
to this type. Shortridgers are
asked to bring old texts and others before Friday, April 13.
There are collection boxes in the
cafeteria, and In Mrs. Eugenia
Hayden's office, Room 118.
CONSTITUTION  REVISION COMMITTEE
OF STUDENT BOARD WORKS ON PLAN
At the third meeting of the
Student Board Constitution-Revision Committee on Thursday,
it was definitely agreed that the
Student Board must be a democratic cross - section of the
school.
Members of the committee
studied ways in which this can
be brought about. It was felt
that the Student Board, though
it has accomplished a great deal
this year, has had more difficulty in being truly representative due to the absence of the
homeroom system.
One of the major aims of the
Student Board is to make each
student realize that he is an
important, active member of
Shortridge High School. It wants
to uproot apathy and encourage
the students to have Interest in
school activities.
It is felt that the Student
Board can accomplish even more
when it has established a strong
and permanent line of communication direct to the student
body.
Therefore, the committee Is
making tentative proposals concerning the revision of the representation system of the Student Board. It was emphasized,
however, that these suggestions
must be discussed and approved
by the Student Board itself.
A democratic plan is needed
which would command the respect, dignity, and honor necessary if the board is to continue
to lead and serve the school as
a strong representative of the
entire study body.
One of the major plans now
being considered which concerns
representation on the Student
Board is listed.
1. Select, by appointment or
election, one freshman from
each orientation class.
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Combat Complacency '.va.s Hit
theme of the Ninth Annual Key
Club Convention, held in the
Hotel Scverin April 7 and 8, in
Indianapolis. The Shortridge
Key Club hosted the two-day
meeting of Key Clubbers from
all over the state of Indiana.
Brent Smith was chairman of
the convention and presided
throughout. John Jenkins was
in charge of registration.
Needs of Youth
Stressed by Speakers
To combat complacency Key
Clubs stress the need for a firm
faith in God, try to exemplify
good social conduct, encourage
the development of safety programs, foster appreciation for
teachers and those dedicated to
the enlightenment of youth, create awareness of and oppose the
inroads of Communism, reaffirm faith in the traditions of
the American people and stimulate interest In other countries.
These are the challenges that
Key Clubs are striving to meet.
The convention got under way
after registration Saturday with
the first General Assembly-
meeting. Afterwards, meetings
of  committees   and   discussion
Stamp, Coin Members
Trade Wares at Recent
Session of Club
The Shortridge Stamp and
Coin Club held this year's first
trading session recently.
Miss Thelma Cooley, SHS
Spanish and English teacher,
brought a large selection of Bolivian stamps and paper money.
Miss Cooley had many beautiful
issues for sale. She is interested
in trading for stamps of any
Latin American country.
Grant Shipley, junior, had a
large selection of American
coins for trade or sale. The coin
collectors were busy bargaining
with him until their time ran
out.
Miss Mildred Campbell. Stamp
and Coin Club sponsor, was so
pleased with the results that she
held a conference with the club
officers, and together they have
organized another trading session. It will be held this Friday.
April 13. Miss Cooley, Grant
Shipley, and Mako Hashimoto
will attend, bringing their trading material for interested collectors. Mako will have Japanese stamps to trade for American ones.
groups concerning projects, enthusiasm, Klwanis-Key Club Re-
lations, leadership, and membership met. The kick-off luncheon brought food and special
addresses from Richard O. Rls-
tine. Lieutenant - Governor oi
Indiana; Robert J. Shultz, principal of Shortridge High School;
and James Conover, Father of
the Indiana District.
Miller,  Evans
Speak at Meetings
keynote  -|*id  main   ad-
I were delivered by Joseph
Miller, international trustee, and
Stanton Evans, editor of the Indianapolis News, respectively.
Following the luncheon were
divisional caucuses and district
contests. Entering the contests
from Shortridge were David
Reuben, Impromptu essay; Tom
McDowell, oratorical; and John
Allerdice, Pete Birge, Randy
Faro, and Dave Miller (The
Grubbers Four), talent.
Saturday eevning was the
.second  General  Assembly.  This
'.ed of reports, oratorical
and talent contest finals, nominating .speeches and an address
by Don E. Blom. assistant director of Key Club International.
Delegates voted for district officers. Shortridge's official dele-
gates were John Jenkins and
Dave Miller.
Brent  Smith  Receives
Service Award
The convention closed on
Sunday with the Governor's
Farewell Luncheon. After lunch,
addresses were given by Paul
D. Hinkle, three-sport coach at
Butler University; Dean Rhoads,
of Indiana District of
Kiwanis; David Wright, Governor of Indiana District of Cir-
cle-K: and Norman Tucker, Incoming and out-going Governor
itrict and also winner
of the Key Clubber of the Year
Award, the Conover award.
Brent Smith received an award
for his contribution to Key Club-
Tom McDowell received
third place in the oratorical
it. The Shortridge Key
Club received an award for its
scrapbook. The Grubbers Four
were first place winners in the
Talent Conti   t.
More than L-0 Shortridge Key
Clubbers  attended  the conven-
Those    attending,    along
'    ry    steiner.    sponsor,
thought the convention quite a
success.