1919-05-30 Carmel Standard

              Carmel
Volume 12.
CARMEL, INDIANA, MAY 30, 1919
Number 8.
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Hamilton  County   The Junior Recep-   Preliminary Orator-  The History of Car-   Oratorical at Nob-
Track and Field tion ioal mel Schools lesville
Meet
Carmel was represented at the
twelfth annual track and field meet
which was held on the horse show
grounds in Noblesville, Friday, afternoon, April 25. Although Carmel
made only four points, it showed an
abundance of undeveloped talent. We
believe that with the proper training,
the home boys will make an excellent
showing next year. Lester Hinshaw
made all of Carmel's points, finishing
second in the 100-yard dash, and
third in the 220 yard dash.
The cold weather resulted in all of
the events being slow. There were no
county records broken largely for this
season. A cold, chilly wind swept
across the field all afternoon and prevented all of the boys from displaying
their real ability. Hull, of Noblesville,
was the bright and shining star of the
meet and was awarded the gold medal
for scoring the largest number of
points for his team, Carey, also of
Noblesville was awarded the silver
medal for scoring the second largest
number of points while Henry, of
Boxley, was awarded the bronze medal
for scoring the third largest number
of points.
On account of the condition of the
athletic field at .Carmel, the home
boys d:d not obtah sufficient practice.
Next year, if the track is improved
and the needed articles are obtained
for proper training, we see no reason
why Carmel should not place in many
of the events.
Frank Hawkins, '20.
HORSESHOES
Horseshoe playing- received great
attention at the school this spring. On
earlier than usual and was practiced
more than ever before. -Many excellent players were developed and there
account of the fine weather it started
were so many arguments about which
•team was the best, that Mr. Hinshaw
decided to have a tournament to decide the great question. Each team
who entered was to pay two cents.
Candy or oranges were to be bought
with the money for the winners of the
tournament.
A card was placed on the bulletin
board and twelve teams entered. The
names were drawn and the stakes were
inclosed southwest of the school house
No 'teams outside of the school entered but they would have been welcomed by some as most of the teams
thought they were undoubtedly the
best in the county.
The games were started and were
played only at noon and recesses. At
the end of two days the finals were
played between Raymond Myers and
Eugene Kinzer against Mr. Doan and
Walter Rees. Quite an argument was
started when Mr. Doan thought he
caught Mr. Cotton, the referee, giving
the other team the best end of the
game, "Doan" and "Reese" had elimi-
ated Cotton in their game, but it was
found that the refereeing was all
right. "Myers" and Kinzer" won the
tournament and great sport with the
other teams about how easy the tournament had been for them.
This failed to settle the trouble as
a couple of the men teachers continued
to have great arguments about the
fairness of the first tournament so
another one was planned. Twenty
teams entered this time and the excitement was greater than ever. The
teams practiced daily but the finals
came off this time with but the finals
Kenton Smith pitted against Henry
Miller and Lowell Wade. "Cotton" and
"Smith" won the oranges. It was their
time to jolt the other players and they
certainly cai-ried it on to perfection
as they had gotten the larger of the
two tournaments.
But the question is given up which
team is the best and any nice evening
you may see the pupils and now and
then the teachers themselves waging
hot games on the vacant lot west of
the Interurban station.
Kenton Smith, '22.
The Senior class of '19 was delightfully entei-tained at a banquet,
Friday evening, May 2, given by the
Juniors, at the Library Hall. The
color scheme was carried cut in pink
and green, the Seniors' class colors.
The tables were beautifully decorated
with flowers and cindles. After dinner was served, toasts were given by
Miss Agnes Graves of the Junior class,
and the response by Raymond Myers,
of the Senior class. A vei'y interesting "class will" was read and Mr.
Hinshaw and Miss Zimmerman delighted all with their humorous
speeches to each class. The remainder
of the evening was spent in playing
games  and  other  amusements.
Those present were Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Hinshaw,' Mr. and Mrs. Levi
Evans, the Misses Gladys James, Ruth
Zimmerman,    Mable    Myers,    Mary
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of the audience.
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was  being  made-
with  a whistling
Bethlehem, in 1833, was a little
backwoods settlement, in the midst
of woods, wild animals and Indians.
Two Indian families lived in small
log houses, near Mahlon Day's present residence while "Johnny Cake"
lived in the southeast. This was, moreover, a typical Quaker settlement.
About 1833, the Friend's log "meeting
house," known as Richland was built
in the southwest corner of the cemetery, a crude building where a sheet
was hung up for the door until one
could be made from lumber. In 1835
an addition of the same size was built
to this house. In the center of the
< room were boxes of clay and mortar,
in which they burned charcoal for fire;
later plain big stoves were used,
making part of the room disagreeably
warm, while the other was cold. The
plate of the stove often fell down and
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The oratorical contest held at Noblesville, Friday night, April 25, resulted in victory for Noblesville, represented by Neal Davis. Second
place was awarded to Pearle Cole, of
Atlanta, and third place to Ralph
Boyd, of Westfield. The first' prize
was a gold medal, the second prize a
silver medal, and the third prize a
bronze medal. Although our representative did not win any medal, we
are proud of her for the way she delivered her oration.
Each school also furnished a musical number. The following program
was used:
Music—Ladies' Double Quartet, Carmel.
Invocation—Rev. C. E. Line.
Music, Violin Solo—Miss Marie Ha-
worth.
Oration, "Address to the Friends of
German    Democracy"     (Wilson)—
Miss Katherine Whisler.
Oration, "Our Responsibilities   as   a
Nation"     (Roosevelt)—Mr.    Ralph
Boyd.
Music, Vocal Duet—Misses Jones and
Anderson.
Oration, "The Turk Must Go" (H. F.
Ward)—Mr. Neal Davis.
Oration,      "American      Citizenship"
(Cleveland)—Miss Veva Repass.
Music,     Piano     Solo—Miss     Helen
Haughey.
Oration,   "What Democracy   Means"
(Wilson)—Miss Mary House,
Oration, "Americanism"—Miss Pearle
Cole.
Music—Ladies' Quartet, Sheridan.
Oration, "Our League of Nations"—
Basil Timmons.
Oration,    "The ..Wandering    Jew"—
Margaret Robbins.
Music, Vocal Solo—Martha Gwynn.
Oration, "The Unknown   Speaker"—
Leon Pickett.
Music—Girls' Glee Cub, Noblesville.
Music.    Vocal    SohA-TJ  •    Dorothy
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Music—Girls' Glee Club, Atlanta
Decision of Judges.
Judges on delivery: Mr. E. j£L
Johnson, Butler College; Prof. Alden,
Franklin College.
—Blanche Hinshaw, '21.
Haines, ReiH Wise, Marjorie Morris,
Helen Blue, Louise Carson, Esther
Hoskins, Mae Neel, Grace Smith, Vera
Repass, Geneva Anderson, Mildred
Shackelford, Dorotha Repass, Ruth
Sheets, CJeona Hoskins, Pauline Rees,
Helen St. Clair, Helen Jones, Hildred
Rayle, Imo Hoover, Agnes Graves.
The Messrs. Richard L. Doan, Lester
Hinshaw, Russell Morris, Wesley Williamson, Raymond H. Myers, Paul
Myers, Frank L. Hawkins, Walter
Rees, Walter Brown, Loring Esken,
Cedric Hobbs, Ernest Brunson, Loral
Davis, Ernest Davis and John Booth.
Geneva Anderson," '20.
CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING
Camp and a monologue by Miss Agnes
Graves.
Although the judges gave Westfield
first place we are proud of our orator
who represented us.
A. C. Dawson, '21
FACULTY.
The faculty of the Carmel school
have proven themselves, very capable
and efficient. The school has completed the work for the year, the teachers giving careful thought and study
to assignments and private work has
been given the very best of attention,
this making it possible to complete
our work in such a limited time.
The teachers have worked together
in every way, for the betterment of
the school and of each individual.
Socially they have proven themselves very congenial, and many good
times have been had this year.
We feel that much good has been
accomplished this year and hope to
see all teachers and faithful Levi
back the coming year.
H. Margaret Follett, '21.
Leland Venable says that dogs
should not be killed because girls
need them for protection. Do yo l
suppose he could have overlooked the
safety which a girl feels, when she
has one of the opposite sex to cling to.
THE BACCALAUREATE SERVICES
The Baccalaureate services were
held at the M. E. church Sunday evening, May 4. Rev. A. J. Brown, pastor of the Gray church, delivered a
splendid address entitled, "The Making of the Future American." Excellent music was furnished by the
high school.
MANUAL TRAINING
The first of the year was spent in
carpentering and making a few simple articles to acquaint us with the
use of various tools and how to put
different finishes on a piece of work.
When we had all become more or
less familiar with the use of tools
(and probably we were less familiar
than we should have been), we took
up the work in the regular text book.
In this book we had some very interesting discussions on topics of
community interest. We studied the
Various kinds of trees, the localities
where they grow, their respective
value for lumber and the kind of
lumber that should be used for certain things.
We next took up the study of various common joints and made several
samples to be left to show future
classes a sample of our work.
The rest of the year was spent in
using up odds and ends that had been
collecting for several years. Some
very good pieces of work have been
turned out and there is a marked improvement in the ability of all of us
in handling tools. It is the intention
of Mr. Hinshaw to leave the shop in a
great deal better condition than we
found it. We hope to have things
fixed so the class next year can start
out with tools in good condition and
no scraps to work up.
Considering the difficulties we have
had to overcome the year has been a
successful one through the efforts of
our teacher, Mr. Hinshaw.
W. Rees, '20.
It took Keats several years to write
an Ode to St. Agnes and win fame,
but any lad can write a note to Agnes
in a few minutes and win her.
school was dismissed until it was set
up again. One day at noon, the teacher
sent for Isaac Rich, a strict overseer
who shot holes through the plate with
his rifle in order that rods could be
used for holding it in its proper position.
For a short time the school was held
in this first church then it was moved
across the road to Clay township near
the old toll-gate. About a mile and
one-half southeast, "Valley" school-
house was built. This seemed to be
one of the most successful schools and
pupils came from many miles around.
Another was three miles east, called
the Dawson, while a third was located
at Poplar Ridge. The patrons one of
these country schools wished an improvement, a long window and some,,
kind of a plank for writing lessons.
They sawed out one log, pasted newspapers in its place, then covered these
with soap grease for the purpose of
letting in a little more light. A school
was built north of town near the old
site, known as Carmel Academy.
In the beginning the, schools were
maintained solely by subscription,
each family giving what they could for
educational work. The different families took turns in boarding the teacher
and building the fires in the schoolrooms. This was generally done a
week at a time thus giving the teacher
a wonderful chance to become acquainted with his patrons. As the
Quakers predominated, the educational work was almost entirely under
their provision. The students were
compelled to attend the mid-week
meeting; lost time, in earlier years,
being made up on the following Saturday. Three months was the length
of the school term.
The qualifications of the teacher depended upon two things almost com-
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On Literary Programs.
Carmel high school has always
shown a great amount of interest in
social life, formally carrying out
the plan of having two or three high
school and numerous class parties during the year. But this has been an unusual school year, and on account of
strict orders we were asked to discontinue all unnecessary gatherings.
To be patriotic and also for our own
good we gladly submitted to this request. However it disappointed us a
great deal because at this time we
were looking forward to a high school
party and if I am not mistaken the
Juniors had arrangements made for
a class party. Of course these things
made us feel "blue", and we wondered
what school life would be like without
anything to enliven, us.
Then all of a sudden one of our wise
and interested instructors thought of
a plan of substituting entertainments.
These were given by members of the
high school about every two weeks.
This gave us something to look forward to and also- proved that Carmel
high school possesses good talent
along most lines.
Among the programs that have been
given, there have been many surprises
and good laughs. Floyd Randall,.
Armon Dawson, Leonard Williamson
and Elmer Day gave a very interesting short play entitled "The Red
School House." This proved that the
Sophomores should be proud of their
boys. There have been numerous
duets, solos and readings, all of which
have been well given and appreciated.
The school was greatly surprised on
one occasion, when it was announced
that the next number on the program
would be a piano solo by Paul Myers.
Very few knew Paul played, but he
soon proved his ability and when we
tried to encore him, he refused, because he had nothing else with him
he could play. We were afterwards
informed that he was too bashful as
he seems to prefer discouragement to
praise.
Another amusing play entitled,
"Burglars" was given by Margaret
Follett, Ruth Sheets, Curtis Collins
and Doyal Ramsey. This gave more
proof that the Sophomores should be
proud of not only their boys but also
their girls.
On another occasion we were great-
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