[Rarebooks] Shortridge Annual, 1940 Kurt Vonnegut's Senior Annual containing 5 images of him

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*Place Published:* Indianapolis
*Date Published:* 1940
*Edition:* First Edition
*Binding:* Hardcover
*Condition:* Very good
*Book Id:* 30

*Description*

An original 1940 High School yearbook from Kurt Vonnegut's Senior year at
Shortridge High School in Indianapolis, Indiana, with images of Vonnegut as
follows: Vonnegut's individual photograph shown among other individual
photographs of 1940 Senior Class members; as a member of the Editorial
Staff; as a member of the Student Council, as a member of the Social
Committee, and, individually, as an Uglyman — one of the School's most
popular Senior boys of 1940.Vonnegut later described Shortridge as his
"dream of an America with great public schools."In Very Good condition with
some wear and soiling to the boards, a bit of soiling here and there, and a
light tide mark to the outer portion of about 10 or so of the final leaves,
this copy is signed by George Schricker on the Music Page (with a line
pointing to him) and by eleven others on the page dedicated to
Autographs.Established in 1864 as Indiana's first free High School, the
School boasts many notable graduates. Per Wikipedia, other notable Alumni
include, but are not limited to:Ada Walter Shulz & painter[5]Albert William
Levi & philosopher, first Ralph Waldo Emerson Award recipient, first
Washington University Humanities Chair,[13] and Black Mountain College
Rector (1947&1950)[14]Andrew Jacobs, Jr. & U.S. House of Representatives,
Class of 1949Bill Shirley & actor and singerBooth Tarkington & author
(attended but did not graduate from Shortridge)[15]Claude G. Bowers &
newspaperman, historian, author and US ambassador, Class of 1896Dan Burton
& United States House of Representatives, Class of 1956Dan Wakefield &
author, Class of 1950[15]Don Mellett & journalist, editor, Pulitzer Prize
winner (posthumous), Class of 1909Easley Blackwood & internationally
acclaimed composer, pianist and professor of music at University of
Chicago, Class of 1950Frank J. Anderson & first African-American sheriff of
Marion County, Indiana, IHSWCA Hall of Fame wrestler, Class of 1959Honor
Moore & poet and non-fiction writer, whose works include The Bishop's
Daughter, memoir of relationship with her father, Episcopal Bishop Paul
Moore, Class of 1963Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. & acclaimed best-selling author of
Slaughterhouse-Five and other novels, lecturer, professor, World War II
veteran, Class of 1940[15]Hans Paul Mengering & structural engineer, highly
decorated and wounded World War II 82nd Airborne glider veteran, and late
stepfather (1983&2013) of humorist David Letterman, Class of 1940
[16][17][18][19]Kurt Vonnegut, Sr. & architect of Vonnegut & Bohn and
Vonnegut, Wright & Yeager, Class of 1902Lebbeus Woods & experimental
architect and artist, Class of 1959Madelyn Pugh & writer for I Love Lucy
and The Lucy Show, Class of 1938Marguerite Young & English teacher at
Shortridge who received international recognition for her 1965 epic novel
Miss MacIntosh, My Darling, Class of 1926Mary Fink - civil servant Class of
1934Charles Jordan - professional basketball player, Indiana Pacers,
Europe, class of 1972Mary Ritter Beard & historian and feminist
scholarMaurice E. Shearer & Brigadier General, Marine Corps, led Marines in
World War I Battle of Belleau Wood, France; awarded Navy Cross, Army
Distinguished Service Cross, Navy Distinguished Service Medal, Silver Star,
French Legion of Honor, Aide to Secretary of the Navy Fleet, used USS
Indianapolis as his normal flagship, US AmbassadorNoble Sissle & musician,
composerPaul Harmon, management consultant and business authorRaymond A.
Spruance & Admiral, commander of Task Force 16 at Midway; as Commander of
Central Pacific Force, later 5thRichard Lugar & United States Senator,
Class of 1950[15]Wallace Terry & journalist and oral historian, Class of
1956William E. McAnulty, Jr. & attorney, First African American justice on
the Kentucky Supreme Court, Class of 1965William Afflis & professional
player (Green Bay Packers) and professional wrestler as "Dick the Bruiser",
Class of 1947Clinton L. Hare & manager, organizer, football coach,
attorney, grocer, Class of 1883Lloyd "Skip" Martin & Jazz musician, played
in the Shortridge band and went on to write for Count Basie, Duke Elligton
and play with many big bands like Glenn Miller and Charlie Barnett. Class
of 1934Marcellus Greene & football playerSharon E. Watkins & general
minister and president of Christian Church (Disciples of Christ); she
delivered sermon at National Prayer Service in Washington, D.C. on January
21, 2009, at invitation of President Barack Obama.
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