The Daily Echo, 1967-03-16

              SHORTRIDGE
DAILY ECHO
Vol. 69, No. 119
Shortridge High School, IndlanapoUs, Indiana
Thursday, March 16, 1967
Music, Awads
To Be Highlight
Of Band Program
Shortridge will present Its annual Sweatermen's Concert, Friday, March 17, in Caleb Mills
Hall. A number of selections will
be played by the A and B bands,
from musicals to classics. The
bands will play together on one
piece of music during the program.
Certificates and awards of recognition will be presented to all
seven semester band members
and a special award will be given
*p an outstanding graduating
* senior* who has made the most
,, constributions  to  the  band.
Graduating seniors with five
semesters of A band will receive
tJetters of recognition on their
^.outstanding progress and participation.
Tickets to the concert are $1.00
and may be purchased from any
A qf"B band member.
SISTER OF FORMER
AFS PUPIL SPEAKS
TO HISTORY CLUB
Miss Eva Schaefer, sister of
the 1963-64 AFS student to
Shortridge, Hans Schaefer, spoke
to History Club members last
Tuesday night at the History
Club meeting. She gave a short
introduction by speaking briefly
about modern Germany and Its
major problems; the rest of her
time, Miss Schaefer answered
questions of the individual members.
A financial report was given
by the treasurer, Herbert Hughes,
which was followed by a discussion of the trip that is to take
place April 29-30. It was decided
that the club would take a one-
day trip to a historical spot in
Indiana.
Applications for PTA
Awards Available
In Mrs. Otto's Office
Mrs. Alexander Jones and
Mrs. Jameson Campaigne, co-
chairmen of the PTA educational
awards committee, have announced the requirements for
the PTA awards. This year's
gifts will total $1,000.
The requirements for a scholarship are that a pupil must
have a 5.0 minimum grade average at the end of the fall
semester, and must have been
accepted by a college or university by the time of the last
meeting of the scholarship committee.
A $50 award will go to any
member of the senior class who
is in the top ten in scholastic
rank and is not receiving a cash
award from any source.
The Parent-Teacher Association wlll also give a commendation plaque to the first ten in
scholastic rank, and to any pupil
who is a part-time member of
the honor roll whose rank equals
or surpasses that of the tenth
member. In addition, the PTA
will present five service plaques.
Seniors who are interested in
applying for the PTA-Faculty
scholarship must obtain an application blank from Mrs. Dorothy Otto. They must be returned
by Thursday, March 23.
Corrections Made
For IBM Honor Roll
R. Lloyd Green, vice-principal, has listed the following
changes in the honor roll for the
first six weeks grading period:
Gloria Goodrich, 40 points;
Kathy Stelter, also receiving 40
honor points; earning 37 points
was Alexander Carroll; Marilyn
O'Bannon was listed with earning 36 points, and concluding
the list are Steve Baxter, Yvonne
Perkins, and Betty Wadlington,
all  earning  30  honor points.
The adjustment from the original IBM list adds Kathy Stelter
to the all-"A" group.
MR. ROTHERMEL EXPLAINS
PURPOSE OF EVALUATION
The purpose of Wednesday's
auditorium was to familiarize
pupils with the North Central
committee and the job they are
here  to do.
The chairman of the committee, Russell Rothermel, principal
of John Adams High School ln
South Bend, was introduced by
Robert J. Shultz, principal. Mr.
Rothermel first congratulated
the fine Shortridge basketball
team and expressed his regrets
for last Saturday's loss. He said,
however, that tne school had
settled down and was again concentrating on learning.
Mr. Rothermel went on to say
that the name of Shortridge Is
well known in the association
and has had an outstanding
record of excellence for a long
time. ■
Advance Preparations
Please Committee
He said that the committee
was pleased by the teachers'
evaluation and the other preparations which had been made
for them. Mr. Rothermel added,
however, that they are merely
educators and don't want to be
feared as they visit Shortridge.
All that is wanted is the truth
SUMMER SCHOOL TO FEATURE
COURSES FOR ACCELERATING
PROGRAMS OF SHS PUPILS
Although summer school registration dates have not been announced, R. Lloyd Green, summer
school director, has listed several courses which will be offered in addition to the usual
courses given in the summer
session, June 12-August 4.
Accelerated Language
Courses Offered Freshmen
Of special interest to incoming freshmen is the course in
French designed for those who
will enter Shortridge in the fall
and who have not studied
French in grade school. The
course, meeting daily from 8:00-
12:00, will cover an entire year
of French. Pupils will complete
French I in the first four weeks,
and French II during the second
four weeks.
"This will enable the freshmen
to enter French III in the fall,
and to complete five years of
French in high school," commented   AUen   Sutherland   who
will teach the accelerated course.
A similar program may be offered for Spanish I and II.
Library Science to Give
Service Information
The Library Science course,
under Robert Cronkhite, will include the study of the organization and use of the library. It
is designed to familiarize the
college-bound pupil with the
many uses and services of the
library of which he may not be
aware. The course will be open
to upperclassmen as well as
freshmen.
Journalism Class
To Feature Speakers
Speakers who are outstanding
in the field of mass communications will discuss their special
media as a part of the journalism course. One or two persons
in this widely diversified profession will discuss opportunities
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and an accurate representation
of Shortridge so that their evaluation can be of help.
Mr. Rothermel then introduced
half of his committee as the
other half attended the other
auditorium.
Chairman Stresses
Purpose of Inspection
The chairman of the visiting
committee then continued making clear the purpose of the inspection and what they want to
find out. He stressed that they
want to understand and observe
with clarity, and to learn the
school objectives and how lt ls
meeting the needs of pupils in
guidance services and teaching
methods, To do this they plan
to talk with everyone in the
school, administrators, teachers,
custodians, pupils and student
groups.
He also said that while visiting classes and going about the
hall they don't want special attention; they just wish to observe the school in action.
Report to Include
Good Points, Needs
The inspection will be completed Friday morning. The committee will then start work on a
report of their findings. In the
report they will note where improvements are needed, but will
not suggest methods of improvement itself. Good points
of the school will also be included in the report. Mr. Roth-
ermal brought out that the purpose is to stimulate Improvement
and keep conditions going that
are  good.
MR. GROTH PLANS
SOPH VOCATIONAL
INTEREST SESSIONS
Lester Groth, director of guidance, has announced that on
March 21 Shortridge will have
the annual sophomore vocational conference. Pupils will attend two meetings at which the
vocations they are interested in
will be discussed.
Three choices are to be made
by the sophomores under the
categories of general services,
business, health services, news
services, trades, professions, and
general so that those interesting the largest group can be
scheduled. Election forms are
presently being filled out by the
pupils in the English classes.