The Daily Echo, 1959-11-30

              CHRISTMAS ECHO
CAMPAIGN STARTS
NEXT MONDAY
The annual Christmas Echo
subscription campaign will begin on December 7, it was announced today by Bruce Pearson, Echo advertising and circulation adviser.
The annual magazine will be
distributed on December 17,
with the subscription campaign
ending on December 14.
A special drawing will be
held, and the six names drawn
wiU receive double their money
back, plus a Christmas Echo, if
they have already purchased
the yuletide publication; or If
they have not ordered a magazine, they will receive one
Christmas Echo.
Booster Members Get
Seat Assignments
for Basketball Tilts
Permanent seats for the basketball season were assigned at
a Booster Club meeting held In
room 313 last Tuesday afternoon.
The seating was done according to seniority, with senior girls
being assigned the first rows,
junior girls, sophomores and
freshman girls following respectively.
The Booster Club members attend aU basketbaU games played
at the Butler Fieldhouse otJf&t
the 34th Street gym by.the Blue
DevUs, and members are urged
to attend games away from
home.
Sharon Crockett is president
of the Booster Club and is assisted by the varsity cheerleaders.
MASTERSOUNDS
TO BE HERE
NEXT WEEK
One week remains until the
second appearance of the Mastersounds, it was noted today
by Mike Seigel, president of the
Lettermen's Club.
"Ticket sales have been going
very well," said Mike.
The top-rated jazz quartet
will perform Monday, December
7, in Caleb MiUs Hall at 6:00
(CST).
Prices for reserved seat tickets are $2.50, $2.25, $2.00, and
$1.50. Tickets In the proper
range may be purchased from
one of the Lettermen and exchanged at the business office.
Benny Barth, drummer, is a
former Shortridger.
At last year's performance,
held in the gym, all 700 seats
were sold out.
Since their last Shortridge
appearance, the Mastersounds
have climbed "sky - high," according to Roy Aberson, sponsor
of the Lettermen's Club.
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SHORTRIDGE DAILY ECHO
Vol. 62, No. 51       Shortridge High School, Indianapolis, Ind., Monday, November 30, 1959
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SEVEN BOOKS
GIVEN IN MEMORY
OF MRS. HADLEY
Following the death of Mrs.
Joel W. Hadley In August, many
of her friends presented books
in her honor to the Shortridge
library.
Mrs. Esther B. Cavanagh, librarian, has listed these books
and their donors:
Cruickshank's "1,001 Questions Answered About Birds," a
gift of Miss Mildred Campbell.
"North American Birds of
Prey," by Sprunt, gift of Mr.
and Mrs. Hiram Hensel.
VanTyne and Berger's "Fundamentals of Ornithology," a
gift of Blanche Stillson.
"Complete Guide to American
Wildlife," by Collins, donated
by Mrs. Edward B. Taggart.
Seveney's "Techniques of
Drawing and Painting Wildlife,"
a gift of the art c'epartment.
. Gilllard's "Living Eirds of the
World," .a gift of Mrs. Horace
-Shonle:*"
Mr.**and Mrs. Hadley shared
bird-watching as a hobby for
many years.
To Be or Not to Be—
a Great Books Club
"If eight or more students
seriously desire to participate in
Great Books discussions and if
they wiU promise to do the
reading and to attend at least
every other meeting, we will organize a group," announced
Miss Mildred Foster, chairman
of the department of English.
The Great Books Club studies
and discusses the great literature of the world.
Interested students should
leave their names with Miss
Foster in room 203.
Seniors to Get
Application Blanks
for January Test
A meeting to distribute appUcation forms and explain
procedures for those seniors
planning to take the scholastic
aptitude test of the CoUege Entrance Examination Board will
be held this afternoon ln room
313 during conference, according to Miss Elizabeth Evans,
coUege boards adviser.
Those who can not attend
should get an application blank
from Miss Evans in the office
during homeroom or periods 3,
7 or 8 today.
Spanish Teachers
Briefed on Use
of Language Lab
Spanish teachers representing
every school In Indianapolis attended a workshop meeting November 20. Shortridgers attending were Miss Hazel Whisenand
and Mrs. Cena Morgan.
The purpose of the meeting,
held at the Instruction Center,
was to instruct language teachers in the preparation and proper usage of tapes and equipment.
Speakers at the meeting were
from Purdue University's language department.
MATH TEXTS
ARE BEING RATED
BY FACULTY
Shortridge math teachers are
currently rating math textbooks in preparation for adoption of new statewide math
texts in September, 1960. according to Enoch Burton, chairman
of the math department.
The actual adoption will be
done by a state committee appointed by Governor Harold W.
Handley.
The consensus of teacher
opinions will guide the committee in making the selection.
Gains, Losses
Of Week Noted
Mrs. Natalia Conner and Mrs.
Ruth Davis, attendance desk
personnel, have listed the week's
gains and losses. They are:
Losses—James Adams, Paul
Antrim, Ronald Brown, Rachel
Butler, Stephen Combs, Carol
Cumby, Rosalind Gottlieb, Joseph Hutchins, William Mathews, Edward Mullins, WUUam
Myles, Marshall Patrick, Harry
Summers, Antis Tyler, Freida
Wells, Betty Jane White, Lyman
Williams.
Gains—Jack Limp, Silvia Meg-
nis, and Agnes Megnis.
Schedule for That
Week' Listed
The test schedule for the second   six   weeks   has   been   announced by R. Lloyd Green, vice-
principal. It is as follows:
December I—Periods 2 and 6
December 2—Periods 1 and 5
December 3—Periods 4 and 8
December 4—Periods 3 and 7
ANNUAL CLUB
PICTURES SET
FOR DECEMBER
This year, with Principal Joel
W. Hadley's permission, the
club pictures for the 1960 Annual will be taken during the
day of December 8, 1959, ln
room 241. Such a procedure, although new to Shortridge this
year, ls one employed by many
high schools throughout the
city.
On November 30, faculty
members will receive full information regarding the schedule
to be followed and the details
of procedure used during this
day. All students will then be
notified of this procedure.
Club sponsors will be giving
special passes to pupils who
have attended at least two club
meetings. These passes will enable them to leave classes, to
have their pictures taken, and
to return to classes. Pupils are
asked to give their fuUest cooperation.
'Music at Noontime'
Selections for This
Week Released
Selections to be heard on
WIAN's dally "Music at Noontime" program this week have
been listed.
For the IndlanapoUs Public
Schools Music Memory contest
are "Italian Symphony" fourth
movement, by Mendelssohn for
grades 1-4; "Bacchanale from
Samson and Delilah" by Saint
Saens for grades 5-8; and
"Tragic Overture" by Brahms
for grades 9-12.
Featured numbers heard on
this week's program include
"Entrance of the Little Fauns,"
"Dagger Dance," "Music Until
Midnight," "Piece for English
Horn," "Mercury from the Planets Suite," and "Candlelight
Waltz."
Shortridgrad Aids
in Hobby Show
David Kettler, Shortridgrad of
1957, now a Butler University
student and assistant director
of music for the Park Department, was In charge of the stage
show at the recent Hobby Show
held at the state fairgrounds.
Nick Keserlc, SHS senior, was
featured on one of the stage
shows.