The Daily Echo, 1953-05-27

              SHORTRIDGE
I   DAILY ECHO
Vol. 55, No. 163
SHORTRIDOE HIGH SCHOOL, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, WEDNE8DAV, MAY 27, 1953
S CENTS
^ Press Reports
BY THE EDITOR
Raee Time Again
An all-time one-day record of 27
qualifications assured a full field
for the annual Indianapolis Memorial Day classic next Saturday despite adverse weather conditions.
On the weekend qualifications last
Saturday, the all-time record was
broken, and the field filled. There
were a lew more qualifications Sunday. The track will now be closed
until the day of the race.
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Case Refused
The United States Supreme
Court has again refused to review the case of JuUus and
Ethel Rosenberg, convicted
spies. The state of New York
is legally free to proceed with
the execution as soon as the
original trial court has been
notified of this third rejection.
Test Case
Judge Pro Tem Walter Myers Jr.
upheld the section of the Hasbrook
antlgambUng law exempting reU-
gious organizations last week when
he ruled that the representative of
a church lottery could not be found
guUty of gambling because of possession of lottery blanks.
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Mistake in Korea
An interim report released
by members of the subcommittee investigating the controversial charges on the war
In Korea claimed that ammunition shortages resulted In
"needless loss of American
. Uves." Investigators said the
inquiry had not progressed to
the point that they could find
the cause of the mistake.
Solve Problem?
Paul J. Schick, president of the
Board of Public Safety, has recom
mended doubling meter rates in
the downtown area to eliminate
"chlslers" who park all day by feed-
tog the meter every two hours. The
purpose of the parking meter Is to
get a turnover to parking. Downtown merchants will be consulted
about the question belore any steps
are taken.
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Hot Time!
A serious fire in a downtown
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JUNE 5 IS LAST DAY
OF SENIOR CLASSES
Class of 1953 to Meet
for Information of Combined
Vespers Program
According to Joel W. Hadley,
principal, the last day that seniors will attend classes wUl be. Friday, June 5. A class meeting' wiU
be held at 9:45 that morning, so
that Oeorge N. Oale who is helping
with arrangements for Vespers can
give detaUed directions to the seniors concerning the plans for the
program. AU IndlanapoUs high
schools are combining for an all-
city Vespers service to be held at
the Coliseum Sunday, June 7. Combined choral and instrumental
groups will furnish the music for
the program and Dr. MerrlU Mc-
Fall, pastoi of the First Methodist
Church of Bloomington, will give
the sermon.
Caps and gowns will be distributed at the meeting. \
Other activities of the seniors include class day, June 4; commencement, June 10; and the grad dance,
June 11.
Hi-Pi to join Math
At AnrAtal Picnic
Members of the Hi-Pl club -wlU
join with the members of the Math
club for a picnic at the Riviera
club, Monday, June 1. The group
wiU meet at Riviera after school;
they will eat at 5 or 5:30 and leave
at 7:00. Everyone Is to bring his
own sandwiches and have his own
transportation.
Other food such as potato salad
and baked beans wUl be furnished
by the Math club and Hl-Pl will
furnish the Cokes.
Those who are members of Riviera may go swimming or play tennis before the supper.
Hall Appoints Senior
Class Gift Committee
Dick Hall, president of the senior
class, and Judy Ross, vice president,
have listed members of the gift
committee who will choose the gift
to be given to the school.
In addition to the senior officers,
members of the group are Sue Anderson, John Bruhn, Joy Owlnn,
Sigrid Hood, Hal Ochsner, Charles
Rohm, Alyce Silver, Robert Supple,
and Cynthia WUson.
Officers of the class to addition
to Dick and Judy are Deborah Collins, secretary; Karl Fledderjohn,
treasurer; and Nick Jones, Annual
editor.
CITY ROTC CADETS
TO APPEAR ON TV
Cadet Lt. Col. John Garrison,
Cadet Maj. Tom Jenkins, and
Honorary Lt. Col. Sponsor Diana
Walts will appear on the TV program, "Town Topics" on May 29
for a special Decoration Day program to be conducted by Ann
Wagner.  The program wlU Include
demonstration of how to fold
the flag and a manual of arms
drill plus questions concerning the
importance of ROTC principles
learned, etc. The Shortridge ROTC
Is commanded by M-Sgt. Chester F.
Senteney.
Choir Plans Picnic
The A Cappella Choir will have
a picnic on Friday, May 29, at
Riverside Park after school. Last
year's girls' glee club also had its
picnic at Riverside.
Most of the 83 members are expected to attend. Food will be prepared and brought by the choir.
Bob Jewell, '51, Receives
$700 Scholarship
Bob Jewell, '51, has been awarded
a $700 scholarship from the Square
D Manufacturing Co., ol Milwaukee and Detroit, to be applied on
his tuition at Purdue University at
the rate of $350 a year for his
junior and senior years.
According to the college, this is
the first year the scholarship has
been awarded.
JeweU's present activities at Purdue include being sales manager of
the 1952-54 Drift; and he wiU be
account manager next year.
While at Shortridge he was an
Annual agent, to the Junior Vaudeville, Family Frolic, Key club,
Chemistry club and SPQR.
STATE EMPLOYMENT
DIVISION TO AID
IN FINDING JOBS
Lloyd Replogle, of the Indiana
Employment Security Division, will
be at Shortridge on Thursday, May
28, to Interview any persons Interested to summer jobs. Interested
students may register with him
during their lunch periods or after
school to room 103. No one Is to
register unless he Is able to work
whenever he Is called.
Jobs may be obtained for two
weeks or for the entire summer
vacation at prevailing wages, and
include deliverymen, messengers,
bill passers, domestics, yardmen,
babysitters, clerical, sales or other
type jobs.
CHORAL GROUPS SING
IN AUDITORIUM TODAY
Concert Choir, A Cappella,
Madrigal to Present
Program for Students
The three choral performing organizations of Shortridge will present the auditorium today. Included to these groups are the
Girls' Concert Choir, the A Cappella Choir, and the Madrigal
Singers.
The program consists of three
numbers by the Girls' Concert
Choir, foUowed by three songs sung
by the Madrigal group. The A
Cappella Choir will be last and
will sing four numbers.
At the close of the program the
A Cappella Choir and Girls' Concert Choir wlU join together and
sing "America's Message."
The program will be as follows:
Girls' Concert Choir
Praise Ye the Lord—Rheinberger
Floods of Spring—Rachmaninoff
The Syncopated Clock...Anderson
Madrigal Singers
Stag We and Chant It Morley
Ilea's Castle  Aschbrenner
Sourwood Mountain  Wilson
A Cappella Choir
Salutation to the Dawn Mueller
Soon Ah WUl Be Done Dawson
Kiss Me Kate Porter
My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean..
 Fred Waring
Arrangement by Simone
America's  Message Johnstone
A Cappella Choir, on the stage,
and the Girls' Concert Choir ta the
balcony (as the antlphonal chorus).
Art Students Receive
Awards, Certificates
Judy McCain and Cynthia Munro, seniors, were recipients of the
Carl A. Stearn Memorial award,
awarded for outstanding work to
creative art. Each received a cash
award of $7.50.
Certificates of Merit were awarded to Judy McCain for designing
1953 Christmas card for the Indianapolis School Board; Lorna
Sunman, for successful completion
of a charcoal portrait of Cicero for
a Shortridge display; Robert Beggs,
for his excellent photography, an
example of which was used as cover
for the Shortridge Christmas Echo;
Dale Aldrich, for successful completion of a commercial painting
of the Indiana state banner for
publication in a DAR yearbook;
and William Rent for his artistic
contribution to the Family Frolic
and the Centennial Shortridge
float.
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