The Daily Echo, 1959-02-05

              CHAIRMEN DIRECT ACTS FOR JUNIOR VAUDEVILLE
SHORTRIDGE
DAILY ECHO
The World's Oldest High School Daily
Vol. 61, No. 91
SHORTRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA,   THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1959
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Good Morning . . .
By Joel Whitaker
All seems to be going rather
nicely for the space boys, and they
seem convinced that within 15
years there will be regular manned
flights to the moon. By the year
2,000, according to Dr. Harold E.
Mehrens, Civil Air Patrol editorial
and curriculum director in Washington, teenagers will be accompanying expeditions to the moon in
the same manner as teenagers
participated ln Operation Deepfreeze In 1956 and 1957.
Hurrah for our team!
Some people do not favor scientific experiments in the dual fields
of atomic energy and space exploration; however, others feel that
the program should be accelerated.
All of the progress and comforts
which this 20th century generation
enjoys would not have been possible if those Interested In airpower, electricity, oil, steel, etc., had
just sat at home reading a book.
While a great deal of human
knowledge has been gained by experimentation in the past, that
experimentation does not nearly
equal the cost of one missile shot
from Cape Canaveral. And yet, the
possibilities which space exploration opens for better radio transmission, for different types of vocations, etc., makes it appear to
us that it is well worth the miUlon
or so which is spent on each rocket
that goes up.
We look forward to the conquest
ot space.
ALL-SCHOOL CHESS
CONTEST SPONSORED
That there shall be an aU-school
chess tournament was decided by
the Shortridge Chess Club during
the first meeting of the spring semester, last Friday. Enoch Burton,
the sponsor of the organization,
said anyone may enter the tournament who is a student of Shortridge high school and who plays
chess whether he presently belongs to the club or not.
All interested persons are to
sign the Ust In room 302 some time
this week. Only the first 32 students to sign up for the tournament may take part in it, but all
who are interested in the game of
chess are encouraged to attend the
next meeting ot the club, this Friday, ninth hour ln room 342.
The prize for the champion shall
be determined at a later date, but
his title is to be "The Champion
Cheas Player of Shortridge."
McCLAIN LISTS
NIGHT SCHOOL
PROGRAM
For people finding it difficult to
fill out their federal tax returns,
Ivan A. Kelly, Internal revenue
agent, will be at Shortridge Monday, February 23, at 6:30 p.m. as
a courtesy extended by the Shortridge Evening School.
Information concerning evening
school has been released by Thomas McClain, head. Registration for
Monday and Tuesday evening
classes will be held February 9 and
10, from 5-8 p.m., and February
16 and 17, from 5-8 p.m. Each
class meets from 6:15 to 8:45 p.m'.
Central Standard time, Monday or
Tuesday evenings for 10 sessions.
Since all classes are offered on m
noncredlt basis, there is a tuition
charge of $11.00 to cover teachers'
salaries. Enrollees are expected to
furnish books and suppUes.
The Monday evening classes offered include descriptive t&trono-
Slogan Contest Deadline
Extended to Monday
The deadline for the sportsmanship slogan contest has been extended until Monday, February 9,
at 1:30, according to Mrs. Eugenia
Hayden, sponsor of the Student
Board.
Students are encouraged to enter; a minimum of 15 good entries is required. The prize is
free sectional ticket.
Entries may be put in the box
in the Echo office or the one in
the cafeteria.
FOUR INITIATED
INTO GROUP
Four new members were inflated into the History Club at their
meeting Tuesday night. Initiates
were BUI Atkins, Miriam Cohen,
Fred Smith, and Ann Weigand.
Impromptu talks on "Historical
Value and Aspects of the Vaudeville," "The Values of VaudevUle
Rehearsals,"   "A   History   Student
my,  biology,  beginning   ceramic->J-.Looks    at   ' Blrd-Watchlng,"    and
chemistry, developmental reading,
EngUsh grammar, F/ftich Conversation I, French Conversation II,
furniture refinishing, leatheV carving, machine calculation, millinery,
modern short story, nursery school
workshop for parents, oil painting,
photography, Russian Conversation
I, Russian Conversation III, beginning sewing, advanced sewing, beginning shorthand, beginning, intermediate, and advanced typing.
The Tuesday evening classes
which will be offered are blueprint
reading and technical drawing,
Bookkeeping I, li, advanced ceramics, creative writing, EngUsh conversation (foreign born);
French Conversation HI, German
Conversation, interior decorating,
investments, jewelry, landscaping
and gardening, physics, public
speaking, Russian Conversation II,
beginning sewing, beginning shorthand, shorthand review, Spanish
conversation, tailoring, beginning
typing, woodshop.
Former Student
Named to Honorary
Glen Saunders, a former Shortridge student, recently has been
initiated into membership in Phi
Eta Sigma, a national scholastic
honor fraternity for freshmen at
Purdue University.
To be eUglble for membership a
man must attain an index of 5.5
for the first semester.
'Ten Easy Ways of Embezzling
VaudeviUe Funds" were given by
the fcjjr.
Memoers of the club decided that
the group's annual project wiU be
an auditorium. Last year they
sponsored Anauta, an Eskimo, as
an auditorium speaker. The speaker for this year's program will be
announced later.
Jean Kammen will speak at the
next meeting on "Witchcraft" while
at the meeting after that Ann
Karnes will talk on "Lawmen of
the West."
A movie, "Russia and Her People," was shown at the meeting.
Jerry Hanklns, a new member of
the history department, was a special guest.
Make-up Committee
Sees Demonstrations
At a meeting of the vaudeviUe
make-up committee Tuesday afternoon committee members were
given an opportunity to become
acquainted with character makeup.
P. L. Hirsch, dramatics teacher,
demonstrated Geisha girl make-up
by using Nancy Rader as his subject.
BiU Strang sat patiently through
a demonstration of how to apply
a beard.
Preceding the two demonstrations each member submitted his
preference as to what Und of
makeup work he wished to do.
THREE NIGHT
PERFORMANCES
ON AGENDA
Writing, directing, and planning
their acts with some assistance, 15
.students are act chairmen of the
Class of I960 Junior VaudeviUe. The
variety show's first evening performance will be tonight In Caleb
Mills Hall at 8:15 (CST). Other
shows will be Friday and Saturday
at the same time.
Mrs. Virginia Graham, sponsor
of the entire vaudeville, is assisted
by Don R. Knight, financial adviser. Meg Graber was elected Junior Vaudeville chairman by the
junior class and arranged the five-
act program.
Act I, "Courtroom Capers," was
planned by Donna Moore, Claudia
Otten, and Joy Welsfeld. Jan Cox.
Joann Kuerst, and Nancy Skinner
directed "Rock Around the Clock,"
the second act. "Hospitality Blues,"
by Caren D. Goodin, Barbara Keenan, and Ann Weigand, Is the third
act. Act IV is "Miner Madness"
which was written by Andrea Anderson, Lynn Davis, and PrlscUla
Lamb. The last act is "Man's Best
Friend," directed by Shirley Spencer, Joan Vyverberg, and Anne Van
Riper.
Accompanying the acts, the pit
band consists of Mary Ellen Blaisdell, Jeff Booth, Claudia Carr, Val-
dls Caune, Frank Cook, Bob Crull,
Steve Earhart, Jon Erikson, Ron
Gerow, Ken GiUUand, Lee Jones,
Chris Kuether, Dave Leighty, Richard Kochman, Jeff Orr, Dick Russell, George Sundell, Phil Thrasher,
and Tom Wood.
James Calvert directed the pit
band, and Paul Justice aided the
staging.
Intermission acts consist of Hal
and Jim Bean, and Ernie Cule-
bros, a musical trio; Marie Hubbard, a vocalist; MarUyn Van Horn
and Judy and Terl DeMarco, a vocal trio; and Kathy Parsons, ba-
tonist.
Tickets will be $1.25 for all seats
Thursday, "Friday, and Saturday
evenings.
Jewell Gaffney Heads
Croquis Club Slate
Miss Jane Messick, sponsor of
Croquis Club, announced the election results for officers in the club.
Jewell Gaffney Is president; Nancy
Christy, vice president; Constance
Brooks, secretary and treasurer,
and Nancy Rogers, program chairman.