Cleveland High School - Beacon Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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Oct. 8: Oct. 11: Oct. 12: Oct. 14: Oct. 15: Oct: 18: The entire school listened to a talk by Pvt. Gaffney of the St. Louis Fire Department. The importance of fire prevention in the light of the present housing conditions was stressed. Careful where you throw that match, son! And even if you are a Chem whiz Care there such people?D don't call that four alarm catasf trophe a rapid oxidation plus heat and light! Hear that trumpet, the beat of those drums? The jivy Novelty Orchestra plus countless jitterbugs assured the success of the Hrst school dance of the season. Sponsored by the S-tudent Counf cil, everyone spent a most enjoyable afternoon. Did you notice the ballet slippers competing with the snow white bobby socks and saddles group? As for me, when the next dance comes around, I'm going to wear steelftoed safety protection boots fplus iron armor, too!D. Oh, but the dance wasn't Friday's only contribution to the week. It had another, and we don't mean the lost weekfend ahead, either! During the afternoon, a snappy Pep Session was held, in honor of the forthcoming Southwest game. Ummm, weren't those Queen's Men good, but def? Natch, and most elef mentary, Watson! Our fellow inmates don't even rest on Saturdays, that long cherished day of festivities. This morning some of our students, including our newly elected football queen and one of the cheerf leaders broadcast Cleveland conversation and chitchat on the Teen Thirty O'clock Club. Nice work, to think, I'l1 be able to say I knew them when! The score we love to hear: Cleveland, 13, Southwest, O! In the second half, the Dutchmen mounted the horns of the longl- in the front hall trophy case! fDon't they look lovely thereffj I wandered down to the lunchroom at noon, by way of the nearf est banister, of course, to buy a few vitamins, and found that they have jumped the high hurdles. Yes, they are worth 6c each, except those beautifying the main dishes, which snobbishly await the huge amount of 12c. Exclusive little creatures, aren't they? I-Iave you gone by the swimming pool today and heard those funny sounding gurgles. Rest assured, no one is drowning-yet. It's the swimming team beginning their practice for the coming season. Coach Ballin expects a good team this year, so watch out! Of course, the nonfexistence of a Springboard doesn't help matters. I offered to let them do leapffrog over my back, but Coach merely threw-glub, glub, glub! Being inquisitive by nature fand don't tell me I can't blame nature for thatll I journeyed once more to the lunchroom to see how hungry you and I and those other 2161 students get every day. Since Monday and the price rise, the main dishes sold have dwindled somewhat-to an average of 1000 eaten daily! Shades of my leaping tin lizzie, that's a mountain of food! 17

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Sept. 19 Sept. 21 Sept. 24 Sept. 27 Oct. l: Oct. 2: Oct. 4: Queen and ten Maids got under way. The beginning of two exciting weeks! Good luck, girls. V I saw a reet boy today, climbing out of my dreamboat, a red convertible, and wearing one of those horrible crewfcuts. How' ever, his head has passed from the velvet stage into the freshly cut grass period. He breezily announced that he has just blown in from Blow! QOuch!D The hardffighting eleven lost to Manual High School of Louisf ville, Kentucky, 4197. The team's trip to this mountaineer state has been completed safely, but they certainly ran into trouble when they hit that Manual Backneld! A double feature Aud Session was presented today! The candif dates for both the Football Maids and Queen, and the Cheer' leaders were introduced to an enthusiastic student audience. The applause rocked the chandeliers, honestly! Dr. Ethel J. Alpenfels, noted Anthropologist and lecturer, com' pletely won over Cleveland students and faculty in a talk entitled Facts Explode Myths. Her excellent speaking ability plus comprehensive knowledge made it easily one of the most out' standing assemblies we've ever had. Take a lesson, gals, it will work on a smaller scale, too! T'was a close fight, Dutchmen. The Cleveland Eleven lost to Belleville, 14fl3. An angling course opened this evening at 7:30, sponsored by St. Louis casting clubs. It is available to students of several high schools, including Cleveland, and movies will be presented, along with individual instruction and wellfknown speakers during the weeks to come, making the class very worth while. After the boys finish this subject, we should really hear stories about the big ones that got away! Over a thousand students saw the movie El Navajo in the aud today. It is a very good picture, contrasting the ancient living modes with those of the present. The audience also saw an exhibit of the arts and crafts of these Indians. Some articles were over a hundred years old. This was one time the Freshmen actually had an advantage over us, but we'll get even with them! Now where did I put those butterchecks? The Social Night of the Year! Ten beautiful maids advanced to the throne on the auditorium stage, regal and lovely. Yes, it is the night of the Coronation! Then, the moment of moments. The Football Queen for 1946f47 was introduced, and she was none other than Myrleen Golfinopoulos. The way her votes rolled in during the election, I think she is a Republican! Marcia Anderson, the retiring queen, flew here from Texas for the occasion, from the nation within a nation to the L'49th state in one jump! 16

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Oct. 19: Oct. 23: Oct. 24: Oct. 25: Oct. 28: Oct. 30: NOV. l: And another bit of info came my way: between 55 and 60 gal' lons of ice cream disappear daily! CMiss Hunter, maybe that makes up for the severe shortage of milk sold, we like frozen bone builders betterlj Two well matched Elevens fought this afternoon, but in the last quarter, a lucky touchdown defeated Cleveland in our second league game of the season. Where are your rabbits' foots, boys? Score and opposition? Score-McKinley 7, Cleveland Ohhh. A milestone has been hurdled. One third of the journey is over. Seven weeks have passed, and report cards have been graded and given out. Monday and Tuesday were spent in such anxiety and hope that Wednesday is practically an aftermath. But not quite. Anyhow, just tell your parents that a Barefoot E is much closer to the real thing than a G , after all, doesn't it come be' tween the two in the alphabet? flt was a nice try - you shouldn't have let them read the explanation on the top, silly!l Every seat in Room 300 was filled after school fno, the choirs didn't have to stay after schoollj in reply to an invitation from the College Club. This Club presented the first of a series of programs for students interested in going to college. Miss Frances Lee, Program Director of the St. Louis Girl Scouts, Mr. Charles Clayton, Editorial Staff Chief of the S-t. Louis Globe Democrat, and Mrs. Mildred Miller, our school librarian, were the principal speakers. The afternoon was concluded in the lunchroom, where punch and cake was served. Between the delicious refreshments and the ever'present buzzing gabfests, everyone enjoyed them' selves immensely. l'The race is not always to the swift .... This afternoon our B team trimmed Southwest, 12'6. This greatly boosted their morale, because in the last three games, the scores were really the other way around. We're holding our thumbs and collecting four leaf clovers for you! Yesterday was Navy Day. Today Cleveland celebrated the occa' sion with an Aud Session which was completely manned by ex' Navy men. The program included talks, an amusing skit, and a movie, The Battle for the Beaches. These ex'sailors really have something on the ball, haven't they, girls? We should have these auds more often! The Nu'Seniors held their first meeting and elected Mel Doering as their class President. CI knew that Navy Day Aud made an im' pression on the gals, the next years' motto had better be, If you want a class office, don a sailor suit. D, and Teresa Krauska as Vice'President. I know they'll make ine officers. Now, from which hat did he pull that rabbit? Aren't these donuts good? Da, da, da, da, DA, BOOM! 18