Amundsen High School - Viking Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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HI-HO SILVER! MONEY RIDES AGAIN Page Four THE AMUNDSEN LOG EDITOR: IOAN November 13. 195 VA CCINE VI CTORI O US Did You Get Yours? At Least 2.93 of Us Haven 't SINCE SALK SER UM S TUPENDOUS SUCCESS 'OW I THE TIME TO AC Since Dr. Jonas Salk discovered the famous Salk vaccine many younger children have re- ceived their series of polio innoculations. The question arises, however, how many of YOU high school students have gone ahead to res ceive your shots? Polio has always been a dreaded disease and to help wipe out this disease give a few sec- onds of your life for a simple injection. During 1955 polio hit, hard. One out of every seven polio patients were teens. Many teens think polio attacks the very young. This is untrue, for 15'?i ot' all polio patients are teen- agers. Each year thousands of high school stu- dents are stricken with this dread disease. Here at A.H.S. with a total membership of 1,887, 1,836 forms were passed out during a division period to find out just how many stu- dents have taken advantage of the vaccine. 1,306 forms were returned, showing 1,013 had begun or finished their series of three shots, while 2393 of these 1,306 hadn't. Why haven't, these teens had their shots? A great majority of them when asked, said they were afraid of the needle and didn't want these precious shots. Others answered that their doc- tor was out of town, or they haven't. made an appointment yet. In most cases these excuses are feeble, simply because the vaccine is avail- nhle to anyone in the hospitals. One girl an- swered the question by admitting she had polio as a child ami urges her fellow teens to get their innoculations imlnediately! Automobiles May Soon Be Crowding Horses Off of Streets New Invention Reaches Speeds of 20 Miles an Hour TODAY, we are constantly plagued by a menacing machine, commonly known as an Automobile This contraption, not requiring the use of a horse or any other beast is pro- pelled by cither steam, electric or gas motor along the road at the unheard of speed of 20 miles an hour. Automobilists all agree that the auto has no practical value. It is inevitable, also. to see a driver crawling under his mechanical monster to try to set in order the' many parts which constantly go awry. Furthermore, as it sputters and churns along, it drives horses and other animals, to say nothing of humans, into a state of insanity. Why then, must we put up with this menace to society? Why, must we live in this state of constant fear of having our children run down in the streets, which were once considered comparatively safe? We are of the opinion that these 'automobiles' which create so much trouble, danger, and commotion be banned from our roads. 'Let us once more return to a safe method of travel and not go flying around the country at these ridiculous speeds. Bring back old Dobbin! 4' ,,,,,, ., -..-....QX..'c..vr' 'S-Zz. . -. - - Y MF' QU! .Hi . .rfrzra itsis.n.a:vri i 3 I mi p A 'UJVI I t I 'V ., A . r , N, A- .,, ..,.. - I .iii I Y. I iii flpf iff E, ,i i M if in Q fxi , '57 Q 'I N X 559 1' 2 f r 1 gg Mori-iE.R,ws-iv is HIS 5 i- ...-Z. !. - . 1, ..-.. HI' w.. 1. 'R'-L s M Psi I I 7' rw , 'il 5 A aa t' 'dr a lx :F txt fl' Q g 5 Q ,Q n ,. ,ti S, ,,,,g,,, , , I f 7 it 1 ii- Aix, 1 li -- 'A ' A if Y i ' Y' 63141 ' N yd 5 1 gf! , 1 ' Q q .., 5 Y, ,J ,. , 3 ' A 1.3, B If '..g1: I I Ki 41 5 My y lit lf, fl N i . 1 I vgiyssisg ,J D if ,t na ff 2. fi .Q .- t. I it a .refi ll ft ,ff W , s ii ' .A 1 ' fs, 'u 5 .Qi ggi: ' S tj. 1 It , ,ff .if 1 X' ' A If cnmcs E ,,,, ,,p , CORNER Is there any truth to the rumor that the sizzling Gilda Grey caused the recent Frisco earthquake with her new dance rendition labeled the shimmy ? After seeing Rudolph Valentino's latest movie The Sheik, I believe it will prove to be the most daring, inflaming, exciting picture he has appeared into date. In this movie, Valentino portrays a dashing, handsome sheik whose ro- mance and adventures will keep the women in sighs and the men on the edge of their seats. He's at his best in this story of the tempestu- ous loves and escapades of a passionate nomad on the burning sands of the Sahara Desert, where love is king and adventure knows no bounds. The latest craze in hair styles among the ladies today is the new Castle Rob, inspired by Irene tiastlc. She is also famous for start- ing the Castle Walk. Another movie worth seeing is Stranded i the Jungle, starring Mae Bush, a story of fine English lady who is lost in the deepes heart of Africa and is adopted by the natives Soon after this she becomes the queen of th tribe. An airplane crashts with a handsom pilot aboard and the pilot is captured by th tribe, presenting a conflict which is met an solved in an unusual fashion. This prove once and for all that our Mae will always r main, that ever popular, Mae Bush. P. S.: All the speculation about the new ide of having sound movies will never materializ the silent pictures will never be replaced. The are here to stay. Educational Opportunities Have Increased Greatly In Past 100 Years Education has come a long way since th days of our great-grandparents. If they wante schooling, they really had to work to gft i but today it is given to us. If our ancestors finished grammar schoo they were considered ready to face the worl Higher education was available only to th wealthy: while at the prtseut time it is r quired to attend high school and any worth person, no matter what his background ma attend college. We are fortunate in having better facllitie in our schools such as seating, lighting, hea ing, more books and other materials, and als a nmch wider range of subjects that can bette prepare us for our future lives. The well-qua ified teachers who instruct us are specialize in their fitld and are now thought of has hell ers rather than disciplinarians. School is also no longer considered a forit of drudgery that it was before, because of tht many extra-curricular activities that are nov associated with it. XVhy don't more people take advantage 0- these golden opportunities of education that ar offered to us today? THE AMUNDSEN LOG l'rc-sent Endeavors lnnplred by Pant Accomplishments Members of Quill and Scroll and Illinois Stat High School Press Association 5110 N. DAMEN AVE.. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS PRINCIPAL ,.... ..........,.,.......,.,,...,.. C . K. Anderso ASST. PRINCIPAL ......... .... . Harry P. Full EDITORIAL ADVISOR , Mrs. Middendo BUSINESS ADVISOR Miss Bauersfe EDiTOR-IN-CHIEF .,,.,,.,..........,....... ...... I im Kazan ASSOCIATE EDITORS - Pat Wittlinger. Ka Gates. Vince Reilly. Ioan Helmken. lohn FII. das, Milton Wolke, Sandy Swenson. Ioh Schultz. SENIOR CORRESPONDENTS ........ Ian Townsen Nancy Skre EDITORIALS .,,,,,,,,,.. Pat Thornton. Sandy Seite EXCHANGE EDITORS .....,,....... Ralph Wortmu Mary Lou McCla ART STAFF , ,, Kit Trudeau. Gary Grim STAFF PI-IOTOGRAPI-IER .............. Iohn Neumei BUSINESS MGRS. .. .. . Karen Lucas. Earl Delni

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lc VINCE REILLY 13,1956 THE AMUNDSEN LOG TIPPECANOE AND TYLER TOO Page Three THOSE WERE THE DAYS! Q A 'WW eanff' LET . www ' Sl..-ggb 'Ea VOID Vo Do Di 0 Do Jon-lnq T plcal Da For plcal yke - JL. XVhat was tl1e average day of a Juniors well represented as Serv- ce Girls 2ll'0 l,inrId 'I'eIIwt's1'1t. .Vultctl !t'1liII1. V111 .'l1l,lPlt't1lll-Vf a11d tl1e new dditions, Doreen fltlSpt'l'. Zllltl Illury fum' fl0S1N'l'. lixcuse our error, 'I'on1 lldldl' is tlso a llt'XYt'Ul1lt'l' to tl1e junior class vho already seems to have lllltl the food fortune ot' doing well i11 all 'fi1'I1lx. .llisx 1-'ricl.'1', who is that tall, londe, charniiug, debonair, etc., -tc., etc., stranger wl1o keeps mak- ng ytill late for classes every day? As ll. finale to the Variety Show he Zvrs Illlll t'or1'cIlrs witl1 tl1eir icts, appeared ot1 tI1e television 'how, Ifref1l.'fo.vI lluudxlurtrt. Fellow Slll,l.l'l't'l'S i'l'0lll ll0l1lt'lY0l'li vl1o find tin1e to help 011 the dance 'ommittee are: Ifcrnild Slrliiglc, Irlrilyn .ftrizelonfg l.inrIr1 'I'f'IIefxc:1. 'drol Dudley, .loan l'rm lt'f'x.w'I, and .tll'tllHt' lfinlz. Selecting ring patterns for tl1e lass ot' '58 were ,-inn .llrtrie Thor- fesen. lt'drrn l,ucd.v, G1'rrrt11 tllotr- en. illlll .II l.ur.w'n. l'ert Zllltl pretty ill her majorette lllll'Ul'lll tl1is 111o11tl1's Junior .latte 1as taken part it1 tl1e l ashion 'how, l,ettergi1'ls, Student Council, .'l'..-K., tlirls' Chorus, l'i11 tllltl Ring omntittee. Zllltl is a llltilllllvl' ot' the lonor Society. Before we forget, t's Ht'I'l'tl.Il tllotrcn- Even though here t'or a short, i111e, he has become a prominent 'igure in the IM class. ldootball 'anks an1o11g l1is llllllly activities tlong with 11is column, Tip Offs. 'ou guessed it. Norm Samuelson. Sllltlttlli expense, everything possible was duplicate lll0 average day. like i11 1010? Sparing no done to Here are the finds: ti a.1n .... Time to get up to milk the cows. 6:10 . . . Aw, come on, get up and milk the cows. 6:30 . . . Please get 11p Zllltl milk lllt' cows. 7:00 . . . 1'lats breakfast twith- out milkj then start for school by trolley land Ollly Bc, even XYl1ll0llt a CTA passl. 8:00 . . . Get to school anzl start writing out ponies ttimes haven't changed too muchi. 10:00 . . . Flunk exam anyway. 11:00 , . - Finally get up courage to ask so111e slick chick 0111. 3 11.111 .... Well, she probably really is lJllSX illill 11igl1t! You run o11t of tl1e school, draggin' behind yo11 yo11r new raccoon coat and jump i11to yo11r buddy's new 1910 car. tA l0lltl t'l'1lSlll1lL.'f sound is heard.J I told you not to jump lllitl tl1e car, replies your buddy as l1e picks himself Olll of what. is 11ow a heap of trash 1Ilt'lZll. 0:00 . . . You eat tllIlll4'I' twithout milkh. You ask y0lll' Dad for the horseless carriage. He's ill a had mood so you e11d up gallopi11g to your cl1ick's house on your car- riageless l1orse. 10:00 . . . After the nickelodeon is out. down to Ye Olde Sweet, Shop you go. You order ice cream, with a spoon. They bring yo11 the ice cream, but you have to spoon for yourself, 11:00 . . . Home, Sweet Home. HAVE YOU HEARD THAT- by Dolly Teising 1+'.'1'.A. secretary, 1u'.vlcIIe lietzclos, invited all tl1e nt w l11t'lllllt'l'S of that organization to attend a tea on tl1c 251th of September? lt just so hap- 110113 that September ll2lS come and gone! That tall Zllltl handso1ne 411. tiefwye Stray. is constantly being stopped i11 tl1e halls by girls who have crushes on him? Kurcii Iatcus XYOII tl1e 1 speak for democracy contest, here at A.II-S. The faculty is voting o11 a bill to allow the girls' gym classes to wear bloomers instead of tl1e regulation ankle length skirts and middy blouses? Lynn HI'd1l!It'1l.bIlI'jl will never give up tl1e ship? She will write tllltl write until she reaches her goal of sixty inches for Quill a11d Scroll eligibility! If she keeps working at llet' present rate, she will certainly deserve it. As one Arab said to the other' I shall meet ze at ze PYRAMID GRILL 5211 N. DAMEN ' Overheard at an old time movie -nw-, Q .L lit J- I xliidsi .1-5. 1 1, N vim Barbara M1-rtes, Jill, won two medals i11 baton twirling contests in South llend, Indiana, on Satur- day. October 27. She WOII a fourth place 111edal i11 the beginners' con- test and a t'it'th place lIll'tl1ll it1 the advanced contest. Opinions of Curfew Law An overwhelming niajority of our teeneagers are opposed to curfew laws which would make them be homo at a certain hour. These laws llilY4' been imposed in Chicago, and other cities in an at- tempt to break llll juvenile delin- quency. In Chicago, the curfew requires teen-agers llIltlt'l' 17, 1101 accompan- ied by lllll1llS, to be off the st ree ts at 10:30 except for lf'riday and Sat,- urday nights when it. is 11:30, Eighty-five per ce11t ot' tl1e teen- agers interviewed reported that they are against these laws. They feel that. their parents should tell tl1e111 when they must be i11. In colonial Anterica it, secms that at lllllt' o'c-lock, hells were tolled illltl tl1e sidewalks were l2llit'll up. Those who werent' at home were punished by llt'lllLf placed in a stock. FREE l S1.0U in Merchandise with S10.00 in purchases RECORDS NEW AND USED 25c - 39c - 89c - 98c Western Automatic Music, Inc. 4206 N. Western

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EDITOR: IOHN FLUDAS LINCOLN ELECTED!! November 13. 1956 T H E A M U N D S E N L O G Page Five rlllnziy E'l Ikt'0I'l I I 421111110 Rlllkgf GARY GRIMES ELAINE KOMON BUD WOLKE IAN TOWNSEND Well Gary finally earned his Personality plus, always goofing Case No. 326. More fun than a barrel of monk- wings, as anyone who saw l1in1 in around, everyone's friend? Of Name: Bud Wolke tnot Wiserl. eys. . . . And all the while she's the Variety Show will agree. His graceful form as he flew across the stage is to be admired. CAnd it wasn't even Thursdaylh But on the serious side if you see a handsome 6'2 with brown hair and brown eyes it is bound to he Gary. Activities include swim- ming team, frosh-soph football, in- tramurals. Lettermen, prtsident of the German club, and that famous Variety Show. If you're a brltnette with brown eyes, between 5'4 aml 5'6 and like to bowl, you hight have 8. chance with Gary because this is his ideal datr. A snack at. Super- Ilog would be a perfect evening. Among Gary's memories of A.H.S. are those e . wild division V Q E i ,I X t '7 I, .- parties, Perry, X l, ,, y , and his favorite Q a K 'P R F21 f teachers, Mrs. Mills, Mrs. Kempster, an d . Mrs. Dolejs. It will be down-state Illi- nois' gain when Gary goes there to study to be a civil or electrical engineer. I QPJQI' Ml' . Tom Turkey, a plump. well feath- ered bird met an old friend in Turk- ey Heaven. Well, now that it's over. Harry. how was your meal? 0. K., l guess, but there was so much food, I wasn't even noticed. They were rich and had servants to prepare and serve me. And yon? The folks were poor, and I was the only thing they could afford, said Tom. And I got lot's of at- tention. They were so anxious it gave me a womlerful feeling to see those happy faces. They watched the younger turk- eys brlow on earth. Tom thought: I only wish they all have a won- derful family next Thanksglvi'ig. n -, -rv-v VOCALIST FOR ALL OCCASIONS PETE DEDES Bus. MI 2-2186 Res. WH 4-7733 and Bakery easily reached by horse and buggy We cater to party orders Schwab's Food Shop 1902 rosrsn Ava. . LO 1-4956 course, it's no one but Elaine. You will always find this gal full of fun ami ready for excitement 5'1tV' seniors at Austin seem to appeal to Elaine and she must like them dark. as the one she has in mind has brown hair and brown eyes. Those after-class U. S. history meetings and all her crazy, mixed- up club sisters will remain among I'llaine's m em o r i e s. An.l how will s I1 e e v e 1' forget th e em- b a 1' r a ssment caused when, as a freshie, she lost her tank suit? Among her favorite teach- ers, Mr. Bill and Mrs. Barney have been tops. Being a member of the National Honor Society. Chorus, Lettergirls, office helper, Fashion Shows, Va- riety Shows have taken up much of Elaine's extra time here at Amund- sen. Teaching in an elementary school will come in the future. Ih'sr'ription: blonde hair, bluc eyes, 6', 180 pounds. tHe's on the football team, too, girls.l Future plans: college tno prefer- riici- as yety, husband, father, in given order. Significant ac- tivities daring last foal' gear-Y: Key club: Na- tional Honor So- ciety, pres-1 Milt Wolke fan club: football: basket- ball: Quill and S c r ol l I LOG. page editor. 1 arorit:' spare time activity: no spare time tnot surprising, in view of above itemj. Pet 111-e1'e: girls who won't go out with him. Ideas on ideal date: theater and off to the Pink Orchid in his blue Caddy. Chief regret: taking Latin. l arorite teaclier: Mrs. Midden- dorff. Analgsfs notation: BUD IS THE GREATEST!! Ye Olde Poison Quill fDi21ped in Tears of Former Victims! Well, folks, this is your old phil- osopher once again. Are you abused, are you downtrodden, maltreated? Nonsense, just look at all those less fortunate Amnndsenites all around you! You think you're not equipped to face life? Just look at Otto, he needs another arm! What was that election slogan again? And how about those poor Ebbs? 'l'hey're so short on guys they have to pass the same old talent around again and again. Think you're not welcome? Not loved, huh? How about me? Carol Olson never writes me any of those swell notes of hers. Gee Whiz! You're broke? That's a laugh. Some seniors are so broke they had to go out for pizza after the Friday Night Dance.! By the lake side yet! So you think you're got troubles? Even the Poison Pen is having a hard time lately. Seems that Lynn lirandcnlnarg and Sue Marshall are trying to put us out of business! Been exerting yourself lately? That's nothing compared to the ef- forts put out by Janet Furness- She had to Holler all the way to St. Louis for her guy! Here's a little problem that keeps popping up all the time. It's that get- pesty Pat I!'ittlinger always ting a big charge out of other peo- ple's discomfort. Sorrow, sorrows, and more sor- rows. Take Kay Du Vrit-sc and lilttlllyll. for example. There's no Joy in that combination. Poor Carol Dzullrgf Those nasty seniors keep pushing in front of her. You say you're confused? You say you don't know what's coming off? Well, just ask Gary Grimes. He'll tell you if everything came out all right! Talk about problems. The Jicaros certainly had one. Why wouldn't those costumes stay on? Most em- barrassing! You think youve got problems, Perf!! Olsen would give anything to stop being called Redman, No, Tasia Gallanis did not write this Pen. There, didn't our little chit-chat cheer you? If not, we'll get to yo11r problem next time-just Never give up the ship! r laughing and joking about her o w n shortcom- . ings, fWIllCIl,II1- , - Q cidentally, are -- - few and far be- tweenl, she's al- most a l w ay s building up someone else's ego. Jan's a peach all right. Unconcerned over others' opinions of her deeds, and never afraid to let her hair down, it's typical that her fondest memory of Amundsen will be her part as a cannibal in the recent Variety Show. llunning a close second will be those crazy chemistry classes with Mr. Carmichael. During off-hours, her happiest moments might be dancing and out for pizza on the lakefront with someone tmale and over 16 years of agei who can at least pretend to dance and knows how to laugh. tlt may help if he goes by the name of Wally.J Jan's future features four years at Normal State Teacher's College. followed by a career in some corner of the field of speech re-education. ffvq t- '-rv A xx uiwm ' S. V t , T J ' e .. . t I .. 1 xfx-xfx xxx A Thanksgiving Thinker C .-is the sands of time grind slowly tozrard the end of Nmarmlirir 'aw' again are fa4'1'd with the reality of ahat 'aw' are thanlrfal for. This Norernlwr 20, av' will not hc thank- fal just for bring able to eat fl full dinner, or for a'1'aring something 1l1'Il'. but HV' will girl' our hamblest thanlrs in rr're1'e11r'r' to thc Al- mighty for giving as this land itflzerf- all men are free and for giv- ing as the right to ?l'01'Shi17 Him as wc please. We alll gire thanks to the vnan zrho is leading our t'Olllli'l'tIl as Pres- ident, and to those under him : we will be thankful for the heat, the cold, the drought, the uiater, the people, the ambitions, the dreams. the desires, the trisltes. the love and the hope that malres our country what it is. ll'e will be tllanlrful to our fore- fathers who had the foresight and ambition to onalre this land some- thing to he proud of. We lrill thank these Pilgrim fathers for starting a tradition of setting aside one dag out of ererg year to girr' thanks for 1'I'1't'1lf'l'lllfl use Americans have.