The Daily Echo, 1965-05-06

              SHORTRIDGE
DAILY ECHO
SHORTRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA 46207
Miss Evans Lists Students
Ranked in 90-99 Percentile
On Merit Scholarship Test
Vol. 87, No. 144
Thursday, May 8, 1965
PUBLICATIONS STAFFERS
TO ATTEND PRESS CONVENTION
AT INDIANA STATE SATURDAY
Fourteen members of the
ECHO staff are planning to attend the 27th Annual Wabash
VaUey Press Conference at Indiana State University, Terre
Haute, Saturday.
Those who have signed the attendance sheet for this conference are Gwen Hester, Fritz Lieber, Joe Blatt, John Goldberg,
Lee Martin, Glen Sargent, and
Harry Radliffe.
Others are Jane Graham, Sigur Whitaker, Nancy McWilliams,
Bob Friedmeyer, Kathy Gallaway, Beth Bonham, .and Bobble
Linke.
Seven short courses in the
fields of newspaper work, photography, business features, yearbook work, editorial pages, and
advising will be presented in
three sessions throughout the
day. Mrs. Sally Earl, ECHO
sponsor, will lead the session on
editorial pages with Gwen, Joe,
Fritz, and Kathy serving as a
panel.
Key Club Plans
Hardtimes Dance
Key Club members planned
the annual Hardtimes dance, to
be held May 15, and new service
projects to be undertaken this
month at last week's meeting.
As the first order of business,
Key Club president Tim Greist
called for money still not turned
in from the recent candy sale.
The Key Club hopes to make a
profit of almost $200 as part of
a project to sponsor a foreign
exchange teacher at Shortridge
next year. Fritz Lieber next explained a project which took
place over last weekend during
which Key Clubbers from Shortridge traveled to Russiaville in
north central Indiana to help
tornado victims remove debris.
Bob Stokes, Key Club vice-
president, then took the floor
and told of preliminary plans for
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James R. Hetherington, edit-
torial editor of the WFBM stations, will be the keynote speaker at conference. Interested students may write a news story
on his address to compete in
the writing contest.
A trophy for this contest will
be presented in the closing sessions at 2:30 p.m., along with
15 trophies and several certificates of merit ln the newspi*«er
and yearbook contests. The
ECHO is. entered in several areas
of the newspaper contest.
The bus taking ECHO staff
members to this conference wiU
leave Shortridge at 7:00 a.m. The
$1.50 registration fee covers the
cost of a buffet luncheon.
Flag Ceremony
To Mark Opening
Of Shortridge Day
This Friday a flag-raising ceremony *wiU be held in front of
the school. The program wiU begin, at 8:00 with the band
marching through the school to
the front of the foyer.
A trumpet trio consisting of
three band members wUl play
the National Anthem as a color
guard from the ROTC raises
the flag. Hattie Byland, Student
Board vice-president, wiU give
a welcoming speech to those
persons in attendance.
The ceremony will conclude
with the Shortridge band playing the National Anthem.
Melissa May Joins
Mark VanHorn Family
Melissa May Van Horn was
the recent addition to the Mark
Van Horn family. She was born
May 3 at 10:30 p.m. ln Hendricks
County Hospital, Danville.
Mr. Van Horn, who teaches
physical science, has another
daughter, Markanna Marie.
Miss Elizabeth Evans, coUege
counselor, has announced the
Ust of juniors who scored ln the
90 to the 99% on the National
Merit Scholarship Qualifying
' tests given to the class of 1966
last March. The semifinalists
will be selected from this group
and wiU be announced ln September.
Eight students qualify in the
99 percentile. They are Joe
Blatt, Roy Easton, Mark Fuller,
William Hope, Susan Larabee,
WUUam Moss, David Perclval,
and David Tirsell.
There were also eight students
ranking In the 98 percentUe.
They are Malcolm Burns, Marvin Keenan, Jon Nygaard, Sandra Read, Arthur Sagalowsky,
Susan Spahr, John Wheeler, Joe
D. Whlttlngton.
Seven students' scores ranged
ln trie 97 percentile. Richard
Cob©, Barbara Fork, William
Haftkett, John Haury, Margaret
Scheuring, Susan Shanklin, and.
Sarah Ulen were those students.
Oi*r> pupil In the 96 percentUe
is • 7-stric'la Zachar, and Paula
Chapman, Mary Liz HaU, Richard Kaplan, Terry SUver, and
Barbara Sloan are in the 95
•"■percentiloT
Collins To Speak
For Quill, Scroll
The Al J. Kettler chapter of
QuiU and ScroU wUl hold a joint
meeting for aU Marion County
chapters tomorrow evening at
7:30 ln the Charity Dye Library.
Bob Collins, sports editor and
noted columnist for the IndlanapoUs Star, wUl be the featured
speaker for the evening. Mr.-
Collins is well known for his columns: "Sports Over Lightly,"
"Shooting the Stars," and "The
Lighter Side." Samples of his
best articles have been compiled
in a book on sale at the newspaper office.
Mr. Collins participated ln
football and basebaU activities
while a student at Cathedral
High School. He got his first
taste of journaUsm as a reporter
for the Butler University newspaper. His subject tonight will
pertain to his experiences ln the
newspaper business and the possibility of a career in journaUsm.
There wlU be a question-and-
answer period foUowlng his talk.
Representation is expected
from some of the city and county schools to which invitations
were sent. Schools Invited were
the foUowlng: Scecina, Broad
Ripple, Arsenal Technical, Ben
Davis, Southport, Lawrence Central, Decatur Central, Northwest,
North Central, George Washington, Emmerich Manual, St.
Mary's and ArUngton.
Those students ranking in the
90-94 percentUe are Kathryn
Anderson, Deborah Belton, Hal
Benham, Rebecca Bradshaw,
Deborah Glagqte, Bruce Claycombe, JuUe Gallmeier, Lorraine
Golden, and Jane Graham.
Others are MlcheUe Johnson,
Sumner Kooiker, Duncan Larsen, Benton Marks, Zenobia
Middleton, Rebecca MUler, Steven Minniear, Nancy Noe, Michael Perkins, Ann PhUUppl, Michael Selmanoff, Katherine Seymour, and Mary Veegh.
Students may obtain a copy
of their scores from their-counselors.
Twelve Cadets
Face Skill Tests
For Military Day
The Reserve Officers Training
Corps and National Defense Cadet Corps students from the IndlanapoUs high school area wUl
compete In a contest of mlUtary
drlUs and weapon assembUes this
Saturday.
Shortridgers competing in the
contest wlU be David Odle, John
Malberg, Edward Moore, Harold
Burnett, Ronald Steele, Larry
CoUins, Stacy Garvin, Marlon
Mayo, Edward Jones, Howard
Jones, who are a part of the
drill team. Steve Horwltz and
Stacy Garvin wiU compete In
the weapons assembly. In the
knockout drlU wlU be Ronald
Bteele, David Odle, and Clarence
Edmondson.
The Army, Navy, Air Force,
Marine Corps and Coast Guard
are jointly sponsoring the local
observance of Armed Forces Day.
"Power for Peace" is a film
which wiU be shown at Ft. Harrison. In Gates-Lord HaU, there
wiU be a five-unit display caUed
"The Soldier—Key to Landpow-
er" which is a pictorial essay
that shows the role ot the soldier in the Regular Army, the
Army Reserve and the National
Guard. A 10-mlnute movie of
current day combat is included
in the display. There will be
open house tours of the U.S.
Army Finance Center during
operation and the adjutant general and finance schools. The
army provost marshal and mlUtary poUce wiU demonstrate a
police riot-control.
At the U.S. Naval Avionics Faculty located at Arlington and
21st streets will be an open house
which wiU include displays of
modern scientific devices, aviation electronic equipment, and
Navy films. The Avionics Facility is responsible for developing
and Improving equipment used
for guidance-control and other
operations.