The Daily Echo, 1961-12-13

              SHORTRIDGE
DAILY ECHO
Vol. 64,  No. 64
Shortridge High School, IndlanapoUs, Wednesday, December 13, 1961
3 Cents
Decor of Military
Ball to Feature
Christmas Theme
The Shortridge Military Ball
will have a combined Christmas
and military theme, announced
Sgt. Thomas L. Dawson, ROTC
commandant. The dance will be
held 8:30 to 11:30 p.m., Friday,
December 15, in the Shortridge
gym.
To provide the music, the
ROTC unit will hire the Shortridge Dance Band. At the dance,
the queen will be elected from
the four candidates, Nancy
Claycombe, Dianne Gomnes, Susie Marcus,  and  Liene  Ozolins.
Invitations were extended to
all of thc faculty. Gen. Jonathan O. Seaman, Sixth Corps
commander; Capt. James Kirkpatrick, and all cadet officers of
Indianapolis High School ROTC
units.
To prepare for thc dance, four
committees have been appointed.
The decoration committee includes Cadet Capt. Voelker Koel-
pin, C-Lt. Glenn Miller, C-Lt.
Barry Andrews, and C-Sgt. Robert Quinn.
The invitation committee is
made up of C-Lt. James Legg
and C-Sgt. James Renner.
The publicity committee is
composed of C-Lt. Alan Huls, C-
Sgt. George Spelman, and C-Sgt.
Joe Schofield.
Thc refreshment committee is
staffed by C-Capt. Joel Samson,
Sgt. Alan Huls, Lt. John Hansen and Sgt. Walter Hayes.
MADRIGAL SINGS
TWO PROGRAMS,
PROMOTES RECORD
Monday was a busy day for
thc Madrigal Singers as they
sang for two different organizations. They started off the
morning at the Public Library
Association meeting, and sang
later for the Optimist Club.
At both concerts the sale of
the Madrigal record was "announced to the audience. The
record will be distributed later
to record stores. It will be a
limited production' recording.
Therefore, all interested persons
•arc being urged to order one as
soon as possible.
The records are being sold in
thc booth in thc cafeteria, as
well as by group members and
Miss Marilyn Copeland, sponsor.
Thc records will sell for $3.00
and include old-time favorites
such as "Carol of the Drum" and
others.
Clubs to Join
for Christmas Party
Club Christmas parties are as
plentiful as usual this year. Under the direction of Mrs. Esther
Cavanagh and the Library Club,
a Christmas party is to be held
on December 18 in the library
after school. Three other clubs
arc joining the Library Club for
the party. These are the Overseas, Croquis, and Stamp and
Coin Clubs.
Entertainment is to be provided by thc various clubs, each
one tying in the object of their
club with thc Christmas sea-
.son. Christmas music will be
made available through thc
English office's record player
and punch and cookies will be
served.
All members of the four clubs
are invited to come.
Toys
THESPIANS TO MEET
WITH FOQTLIGHTS
At thc Thespian meeting last
Friday it was decided that*The
Footlights and Thespians will
have a joint meeting once a
month, at which time the dues
will be collected to pay for the
refreshments.
They discussed the tearing
down of the homecoming float.
The float was built at the Hurl-
burt's garage and the groups
have been unable to get together
to tear it down.
Since the cost of the float exceeded the price that was allowed for them to spend, the,
lumber from the float will be
.sold as scrap. They will also be
selling candy that will be available for purchase in Philip
Hirsch's room.
The Thespians decided to
have an additional meeting besides the joint meeting with the
Footlights.
The Thespians' promotion
committee has decided to let
other people know how they may
join the club.
The secretary, Martha McWilliams is the Echo reporter [or thc
Thespians. Andra Crawford is
the scribe.
The Thespians ire urged to
report their names to Mr.
Hirsch.
The Footlights and thc Thespians would like to thank the
Hurlburts for the use of their
garage.
SEVEN STUDENTS
ATTEND CONFERENCE
Seven students represented Shortridge at the High School
Debaters' Conference and Student Legislative Assembly, held
last Friday and Saturday at Purdue University. Betty Jo Kish,
Robert Perry, Ellen Pippert, and James Rock were members
of the debate delegation; Janis Stares was the Shortridge
Senate representative, and Bob Breunig and Grant Shipley
were sent to the two lower houses. Grant Shipley won an
award for a speech on the common market given during the
conference.
SHS Pupils Serve
on Committees
Janis Stares, the senior delegate, was appointed to the Senate committee on Western Europe, having submitted a bill on
that topic to the assembly.
Grant Shipley was appointed to
House "A's" Labor Committee,
and Bob Breunig was sent to
House "B's" Latin America Committee. Each served in his respective house on the following
day and debated on bills brought
before the floor. The subjects of
these bills had been predetc.-»
mined: Labor fringe benefits,
Federal Aid to education, L-w.n
America, and Western _*iii*opc.
In the Senate, • all but one
bill were defeated; that one bu**
was a resolution advising the
United States to join the Common Market (EECi. In House B.
as well, all but one were defeated. In House A, every bill
brought up for consideration was
voted down.
Committees Agree
on Bill to Submit
Preceding the assembly meetings, committees met. Each
chamber had four committees,
one for each topic, and each
committee formed out of the
bills submitted a single
which was brought before
assemblies.
Since the meetings in
committees and in the assembly
were conducted according to
Robert's Rules of Order, the
Shortridge participants, all members of the Shortridge Senate,
found the going quite easy.' Although high schools from all
around Indiana were present, it
was found in the committee
meetings that delegations from
different sections of Indiana
had nearly the same bills.
The debate delegation composed of EUen Jean Pippert.
Betty Jo Kish. James Rock, and
Bob Perry comprised the delegation attending conferences beginning at 3:30 Friday afternoon.
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Seniors to Trade
rs for Ticket
to Class Party
Seniors have their fun next
week at the annual senior
Christmas party which will be
held in the gymnasium December 19.
Admission to thc party is a
toy. Before school on that day,
seniors are to hring their toys
to the main foyer where they
will be exchanged for a ticket
admitting them to the party.
The toys will be sent to needy
chlfdren.
Much tradition is involved
with the Christmas party. Some
member of the faculty plays
Saint Nick and calls upon the
upperclassmen to offer a few
gifts to some of the seniors. The
faculty member who plays the
part of Santa remains a mystery
until his appearance at the
party.
So, If you should happen to
observe a senior bringing a toy
to school along with his books
and if the foyer looks like a
convention for stuffed dolls and
animals next Tuesday, don't
think Shortridge has reverted to
kindergarten, it's only the senior Christmas party taking form.
bill
the
the
Neuen Chorale Sings
'Elijah' to Full House
The Don Neuen Chorale, directed by Don Neuen, Shortridge
music teacher, presented "Elijah," an oratorio by Mendelssohn, at Caleb Mills HaU, Saturday night, December 9.
The program was presented
before a full house. It was sponsored by the Zeta Chapter of
Sigma Alpha Iota, a national
professional honorary fraternity
of women in the field of music.
The performance received favorable comment from the critics and seemed to be enjoyed by
the audience.