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

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Dec. 7'8- Dec. 10 Dec. 11 Dec. 12 Dec. 13 Dec. 16: Dec. 18: info, that last sentence was not a broken record-it was part of my English teacher's nightmare! To get back to .that knowledge, it was really worthwhile because it paid off with bigger dividends than Rockefeller's stocks before the big crash! Hams, record albums, tickets to night clubs - such prizes! Wouldn't it be nice if we could learn the names of Roman leaders as easily as those of composers? The calendar says December, but the weather says it's April over the weekend. Wonderful for weiner roasts or hikes or a playday in the country - except that I'm too tired, I think I'm getting Spring Fever! The Cagers opened their 1946 season with a bang for would a trio of bangs be more correct?D, winning their first three games: CHS 48, Hancock 27, CHS 41, Brentwood 19, CHS 48, Blewett 41. But I don't know why everyone is so interested in basket' ball, our team is supposed to be a good one, and yet even they can't make the ball STAY in the basket! QNevertheless, we're proud of you, reallyj Dr. C. Cscar johnson addressed the student body this morning, and was very warmly welcomed - however, tho trying our best we could not compete with the temperature of the tropics from which he has recently returned. Dr. Johnson based his talk on his tour of the South Pacific area, China, and Iapan, interweaving in it many humorous events. Once again Room 300 was crowded with students attending an open meeting of the College Club. Mr. jackson, Assistant Principal of Cleveland, and Mr. Albert Lindel, of Harris Jr. College, were the principal speakers, followed by a panel discus' sion led by teachers and students. Christmas gifts for Veterans' Hospitals were collected this morn' ing. The front hall looked like Santa had arrived early and left all of St. Louis' packages there. You should have seen the stu' dents buying the gifts- but watching them stagger to school funnier. Cverheard at one between various brands of amused clerk. Said she tearf with, all their purchases was even store: A girl was trying to decide shaving cream, with the help of an fully, You mean there is more than one type? But I didn't know that - you see, I don't use it! Have you noticed the way gals are saving their pennies for a rainy day? Some are still oldffashioned enough to stick them in the slots of their smocks, those more on the beam stick them on belts to give them a few vitamins and pep them up, and still other Iosephines are making them into jewelry. But, says the naive one, Wouldn't a piggy bank hold more? The last swimming meet of 1946 was held against Roosevelt, in 22

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I4 Nov. 22. Nov. 23' Nov. 25. Nov. 27' Nov. 28' Dec. 2: Dec. 4 Dec. 6: Busch, that cowardly lion hairdo is delightful, you should wear it more often! You'd be my man of the momentj A group of A Cappela Choir students again gave an excellent musical program over the radio this afternoon. Clevelandites are on the air so much we really should have our own station, don't you think? CBoard of Education, please note!Q At last an excuse for looking at the moon! Or don't you really need one? A partial eclipse of the sun was seen today by those whose eyes were heavenfbent around eleven o'clock. Wasn't that moon purty? Have you seen those Reindeer galloping around school lately? fDear Zoology teacher: I trust reindeer gallop?j We mean the prancing ones currently featured on the fronts of the sweaters our heartthrobs are wearing, natcherally. And have you noticed their gals busily knitting socks? It's newer than exchanging bracelets to wear matching pairs, and twice as original since no two socks have the same pattern, not even the right and left one of a pair! Actually hamburgers with onions! And ice cream with chocolate sauce, too! Cur lunchroom is really on the ball lately, and how we appreciate it. Afterwards we had that wonderful dance, making our prefThanksgiving celebration quite a success. A holiday!! 'Nuff said! Dr. Joseph Lohman, the third of a series of speakers on Interf national Cultural Relations, gave a talk on the social disorders in the slums of the larger cities and analyzed the causes and results of them for us. That day is here again! Ring out, glad bells, eightyfseven stu' dents actually received at least four Es today, at the end of the fourteenth week. I didn't know that there were that many geniuses in St. Louis, much less at dear old Cleveland. l've been trying to Hnd out their secret, unsuccessfully so far. Most of them just give me silly answers, such as Try studying once in a while, stupid! just as an idle thought, though, don't you think it would be nice if we went over the hundred mark at the end of the term? Came one, came practically all, to listen to an all reet funffest after school. T'was Rush Hughes in person, with sofofo smooth plat' ters galore. The musicfminded gentleman divided the program into three parts, one of which was a record quiz with the quesf tions concerning current popular songs. The knowledge displayed at this point was something to listen to fteachers would be happy to know we know something about something, no?j. For your 21

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Dec. 21: Dec. 23: Dec. 24: Dec. 31: jan. 1: Jan. 2: jan. 6: their own back yard. Let's pull for our team, and attend the meets-well, the fellows, anyway! l've been trying to Hnd a goodluck charm for them all day, how would a fish foot do? fThe thud you just heard was my Biology teacher, there will be one minute of silence, pleasej Call an ambulance, mother, and have the doctor waiting. l'm going to cash in my bonds now and cut a hole in my account at the bank. Donlt wait up for me. l'm going downtown to do my Christmas shopping on the last Saturday before Christmas! QAnd I made such good resolutions last year, too!j Adeste Fidelis, Jesu Bambino, Oh, Holy Night, Today There ls Ringing: Silent Night. This evening, the combined choirs of Cleveland, led by Miss C. L. Mann and Mr. janetzke, formerly of our faculty, participated in a beautiful Christmas program for the people of our community. The Christmas story was pref sented in song and narrative, against the background of a church interior, and was deeply appreciated by all who attended. For the sixth consecutive year Cleveland students were privileged to hear the Christmas story in an auditorium this morning. It was hard to realize that the singers are classmates, and that it is 1946 instead of the time of the Birth of Christ. This program is one of the important highlights of the school year. 1 Cur holiday begins! Christmas Eve! The wonder and excite' ment of the season returns each year even to sophisticated upperf termsmen, who are not above peeking into interesting packages and hiding others for days before the 25th. And a few even peered by the chimney -let us trust not in vain! New Year's Eve! Formals and horns and corsages and parties - all combine for a merry evening. The expectant look on every' one's face as the hands of the clock merge on twelve - Happy New Year! 1947! Ring out the old, ring in the new! And early this morning the little New Year ran up to the front door of Father Time's mansion, jubilantly shouting, Cpen the Door, Richard! Talking about ringing bells, why must those at school always pop into one's mind? fAssuming that one has a mind, of course., They rang long and loud today, proclaiming the Hrst day of labor in the new year. I've often wondered why they made the first Monday in September Labor Day when january 2nd would be so much more appropriate! I've been poking my head 'round corners and corridors Qall in the interest of the Beacon, of course!j listening to the locker loudness of the gals and guys who, though they do take a few isolated and unimportant subjects such as Trig or Psychology, really come to CHS to major in dates. And did I get some 23