The Daily Echo, 1968-01-11

              SHORTRIDGE
DAILY ECHO
Vol. 70, No. 78
Shortridge High School, IndlanapoUs, Indiana
Thursday, January 11, 1968
VARSITY WINS
CLOSE MATCH
The Shortridge varsity Exercise in Knowledge team edged
a victory from the History Club
contenders with a score of 550
to 545 Tuesday, January 9, at
7:00 in the Charity Dye library.
Members of the varsity team
•Included Daniel Carr, John Eble,
and John PeUett, juniors; and
Steve Isenberg, Steve Nygaard,
seniors. Dorothy Akard, Steve
Horwitz, Paul Hutton, and Cindy
Roberts, all seniors, were members of the History Club challengers.
During the business meeting,
History Clubbers signed the list
to go on the Chicago trip in
the spring. The itinerary being
planned will Include visiting historical landmarks, a boat trip
on Lake Michigan, and dining
at an atmospheric restaurant.
Members planning to go on the
trip are urged by Paul Hutton,
president, to pay the money on
weekly Installments.
History Club members are resuming the loUypop sale. Lollypops are 10 cents each and are
available In two flavors, cherry
and rootbeer. Treasurer Steve
Nygaard will be in 216 to receive money Friday morning.
Girls' League Member
Plan Service Projects
At the Girls' League meeting
Monday, there was much discussion over ideas for a club
service project. Members are
planning a Valentine's Day party for some underprivileged children as a service project to the
city. The party will probably be
at a neighborhood house or children's home.
Suggestions were made for
other service projects which
might help foster better relations between junior and senior
high school pupils. It was suggested that "Big Sister" programs for the junior high might
be worthwhile.
Mrs. Eugenia Hayden suggested the senior group sponsor a
Junior High Girls' League. It
was finally decided to choose
volunteers to work on a project.
Margret Komisars gave a report on the success of the freshman party. Girls' League members were also asked to serve
as guides for the meetings yesterday and today for parents of
8A pupils who are interested In
having their child attend Shortridge.
^H?rt^%Meet EIGHTH GRADERS, PARENTS
At SHS next Thursday      _   _____
Mrs. Jean Block, a representative of McGraw-Hill, wlll speak
at a meeting of high" school U-
brarians on January 18* at
2:30 in the Charity Dye library.
Mrs. Block will demonstrate library materials.
Librarians of the Indianapolis
city high schools have been Invited by Mrs. to Louise McClard,
Shortridge librarian, to attend
the meeting. Plans for the formation of a city ifbrary association will be discussed. ^
Mrs. McClard will display some
of the unusual and valuable material of the Charity Dye library
to the guests. ***
TO LEARN OF SHORTRIDGE
AT SPECIAL OPEN HOUSE
JUNIOR CHAIRMAN
SEEKS NEW^D^AS
FOR INTERMISSIONS
Due to lack of response from
pupils, the usual competition for
Junior VaudeviUe intedmisslon
acts will not be held, Vaudeville
chairman, Virginia Johnson announced.
Only two groups had signed
up to try out by the deadline
Tuesday at 3:30. Although there
were not enough people for adequate competition, Virginia would
like to thank those who did volunteer to try out.
Plans are now being formed
for different ways of filling two
10-minute Intermission periods
between acts. Anyone with suggestions is welcome to contact
Virginia, Thomas Preble, or
Philip Hirsch.
City eighth graders and their
parents wlll be guests of honor
at the second of three open
houses which will be held this
afternoon at 3:45 ln the Charity
Dye library.
These programs have been
scheduled to introduce Shortridge High School primarily to
prospective freshmen, although
the open houses are not necessarily limited to this group.
On hand to greet the visitors
will be the Girls' Ensemble from
the school's music department
under the direction of Thomas
Preble.
" Composing the student panel
will be Vicki Bauer, John Eble,
Elaine Hart, Keith Johnson,
Ruth Streeter, and Charles Temple. Mrs. A. Ebner Blatt, representing the parents of the
school, will give a short talk. A
tour of the building for those
Interested will follow the introduction of the administrative
staff.
Now in its second year as Indianapolis' academic high school,
only Shortridge's junior and senior classes remain under the old
comprehensive program. By the
fall of 1969 aU four classes will
be coUege preparatory.
Admission to the school is by
application only and acceptance
is based on eighth grade test
scores and recommendation by
the principal of the graduating
AFS PUPILS TELL OF HOME
COUNTRIES, NEW EXPERIENCES
Four American Field Service
exchange pupils acquainted
Shortridgers with their countries and related their experiences in the United States in
yesterday's AFS Day auditorium.
Rosario Romo-Leroux from
Quito, Ecuador, is attending
Broad Ripple High School. She
informed Shortridge pupils of
her homeland and school Ufe.
Jackie Bishop of the Union of
South Africa is presently a senior at North Central High School.
She explained that her country
produces 70 percent of the
world's gold and that one can
see the gold "dumps" on the
horizon of her hometown, Johannesburg. Jackie then told
about her school in South Africa
and her experiences in America.
Margaret Lemairie from Sydney, Australia is going to Pike
High School. She told of her city
and country. She wore her
school uniform and explained
that the girls all had to wear
uniforms at the school she attended. Margaret invited all
Shortridgers to visit AustraUa
some time, especially Sydney.
Felipe Caicedo, Shortridge's
exchange pupil from Call, Colombia, explained and demonstrated several folk dances. Rosario and Felipe showed Shortridgers some South American
popular  dances.
All of the exchange pupils
stated that the people of the
United States and the people of
their countries are similar.
grade school. Applications for
the fall of 1968 wlU be accepted
In the spring. The actual deadline date wlU be announced
later.
The third in the series of open
houses Is planned for January
30 at 7:30 p.m. ln order to
accommodate working parents
who wish to attend with their
eighth graders.
These programs have been
planned by Mrs. John Eble,
chairman of the PTA education
committee.
SHS Chess Team
Plans 8-10 Game
Match with NC
January 25 the Shortridge
chess team will meet North Central. A varsity and reserve team
of either eight or ten players
will be selected to represent
Shortridge in the meet, to be
held at North Central.
In the Chess Club tournament,
John Rauch remains as the lone
unbeaten with a 7-0 mark. John
Weber, previously unbeaten, was
beaten by Barry Murrell and
slipped into a stcond-place tie
with Ray Rollings, both at 6-1
marks.
Tied four fourth spot with 5-2
marks are Richard Hudson, Scott
McDonald, and Bruce Wright.
Tim Lord, Bruce McCrae, and
Ted Morris are deadlocked for
seventh place at 4yz-2y2. Bob
Bishop, Bernard Pennington, and
Gerald Williams are tied for
tenth at 4-3.
Last Thursday's Chess Club
meeting was highlighted by a
demonstration of three dimen-
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Civil Rights Personnel
To Meet with Group
Norman Sider, a representative of the Indiana Civil Rights
Commission, will be present to
talk with members of the Human Relations Council at their
meeting this afternoon at 3:20
in Room 209.
Roy Aberson, sponsor, urges
all members and other interested pupils to attend the meeting
and enter into the discussion.