The Daily Echo, 1963-10-17

              SHORTRIDGE
DAILY ECHO
Vol. 66, No. 28
Shortridge High School, Indianapolis, Thursday, October 17, 1963
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Robert J. Shultz Addresses     SIXTEEN SENIORS RECEIVE ;
Human Relations Council       COMMENDATION LETTERS
Dispensing with business, the
Human Relations Council listened to remarks of the guest
speaker, Principal Robert J.
Shultz, at the meeting Tuesday.
Mr. Shultz began by defining human relations as the mutual and
interrelated actions of Individuals.
He emphasized that human relations do not Concern only race
problems. For example, in business, personnel coordinators preserve harmony between employers and employees.
The responsibility and position
of the Human Relations Council
at Shortridge parallels the duties of the personnel director 1n
lndustry,_a c c o r d i n g to Mr.
Shultz. 'That is, it "must act as a
grievanct discussion group. If
the*-members feel that a true
and overlooked issue ls a*,, stake,
they shout* send a committee
to the administration to present
the problem. Mr. Shultz pointed
out that grievances tend to disappear when they are discussed.
In general, the principal feels
that the Council should serve as
* a sounding board. In a community of 2,500 people, such as
Shortridge, there must be some
problems if there is any change
and improvement of surrounding conditions. Some specific
changes, however, may not be
good for the general group.
Someone, such as the Human Relations Council, must help evaluate what actually ls good for
the group. This duty makes the
organization a stop-gap for
petty misunderstandings.
Shortridge is recognized as one
of the best-integrated situations
ta a midwestern school. Race relations are free at Shortridge
because a person is judged by
his Intrinsic value, rather than
color of skin.
Mr. Shultz praised last spring's
human relations conference as
"fabulous." Speaking of the history of the Council, Mr. Shultz
emphasized Its value at Shortridge. He emphasized that the
organization must remain a discussion forum to aid in solving
small problems; it also has a
responsibility to consult the administration if it feels justified.
The organization must make
all SHS pupils realize that they
represent Shortridge, said the
principal. Too many are underachieving, and must be encouraged to work harder. The basic
problem, the speaker stated, in
low achievement is the poor
reading level of students. Seventy per cent of. the present
freshman class scored below 8.8,
the freshman level, on the Stanford Achievement Tests taken in
the spring of 8th grade. Therefore, a definite need exists to
'spur these students to learn better reading.
'Ministers of churches in the
Shortridge  district   have   been
contacted by Mr. Shultz. These
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Sixteen seniors at Shortridge
have been honored for their high
performance on the National
Merit Scholarship Qualifying
Test (NMSQT) given last spring.
Each student who Is endorsed
by his school receives a formal
Letter of Commendation signed
by his principal and the president of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.
Robert Shultz, principal, awarded Letters of Commendation yesterday   afternoon   to  Leora  A.
Hoosier Folk Singing Group
Entertains Eager Students
As part of the centennial celebration this year, a folk
singing group performed Hoosier ballads before an enthusiastic
crowd at Tuesday's auditorium.
Principal Robert Shultz began
the program with several Important announcements. He mentioned that the P-TA Shortridge
calendars are now on sale, with
a complete listing of school activities for the year. Mr. Shultz
urged supporting the P-TA by
purchasing the $1.00 calendars.
The profits from these sales are
spent on the school for purposes
not authorized toy tax money.
In addition,  Mr.   Shultz an-    ——	
nounced that the Army Band,    Policy  Committee   '
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area was street cries of no-longer-existent street vendors, including an ice cream man, two
news vendors, and a smart junk
collector.
The folk singing quartet concluded their program with two
numbers that were very enthusiastically received. These were
the immortal iblues favorite,
"How Long?" and "This Land Is
Your Land."
Mills Hall next Monday night at
8:00 o'clock. Admission is free for
this program.
Roy Aberson, Shortridge faculty member, then stepped forward to preview the folk song
selections as a Hoosier centennial celebration. He in turn introduced Pat Dunford, who presented the folk singers.
Greg Hildebrand, a graduate
of Harvard University, was featured with a guitar. Also playing
this instrument was Mayne
Smith, one of a group of three
Indiana University students. The
other two were Sandy Roth-
mann, who strummed a mandolin, and a banjo player, Neil
Rosenberg.
The group's renditions were
very entertaining. Among the
selections were "Old Joe Clark,"
several ballads, a humorous
ditty from the time of the
Spanish-American war, and a
love song.
Mr. Aberson proceeded to
speak about unconscious music,
made up toy people not realizing
that   they are  composers.  His
At the first meeting of the
Junior Policy Committee on October 15, Bill Shullenberger, junior class president, raised the
question about the selection of
the junior class sergeant-at-
arms, since there had been no
candidate for this office during
the election.
After much discussion, Connie
Bentley suggested that all members of the junior class who are
interested in being sergeant-at-
arms apply to John Morgan,
junior class sponsor, in room
313, and then the selection
would toe made by the Junior
Policy Committee.
Nancy Andrew moved that this
suggestion should toe followed
and the junior class constitution
was amended accordingly. A
committee consisting of Nancy
Andrew, Connie Bentley, Bill
Shullenberger, and Fritz Wiecking will meet on October 18 to
work on this amendment.
Bob Stokes, junior treasurer,
read the treasurer's report and
Noni Allerdice reported on the
junior float committee.
Berns, Willla Broadstreet, Michael W. Goodson, Judy A. Guthartz, PhylUs A. Hoover, W. v
George Jack, Janice O. Kumb,'
Alice J. McDowell, Ann Mclntire,
Robert C. Ferry, Frank B. Phillippi, Leslie D. Skeetz, Charles
W. Tally, Warren A. Ward, John
C. Welch, and Jack F. EelgleT.
32,000 in Nation
Receive Letters
John M. Stalnaker, president
of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, stated:
"About 32,000 students
throughout the country are being awarded Letters of Commendation in recognition of
their outetandlng perfOTm_&&e
on the qualifying test. Although
they did not reach the status of
semifinalist in the curren^,
merit program, they are so capable that we wish to call attention in this way to their
achievement and academic
promise.
"The semilinallsts and commended students together constitute about two per cent ot all
high school seniors. This certainly signifies noteworthy accomplishment by all of these
bright youngsters."
NMSQT Recognizes
New Groups
The National Merit Scholarship Corporation gives recognition to two groups of students
who achieve hl-slv s*iotea on. "the
NMSQT. The semifinalist group
Is composed of the highest-
scoring students ln each state
and in United States territories.
Some 13,000 semifinalists take a
second examination to establish
further their eligibility to receive Merit scholarships.
To increase their opportunities
to obtain financial assistance if
they need it, the Merit corporation sends the names, home addresses, and test scores of all
commended students to the two
colleges they indicated as their
preferred choices at the time
they took the qualifying test.
Other special services are also
performed by NMSC in an effort
to increase the scholarship opportunities of commended students and semlnnansts.
The commended students were
among the high school juniors in
approximately 16,500 schools who
took the NMSQT last March. The
test is a three-hour examination
that covers five separate areas
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