Taft High School - Eagle Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Page 24 Taft Tribune March 13, 194 The Taft Tribune Attends A Social enter Dance Via Photograph 1 l Are you bashful? Do you have bombardoitis or any such malady? Ii so there is just one chance left for the saving of your social self. Don't be a wall flower. Learn to dance! Yes, that's right. Learn to dance! You don't have to learn dancing in a hurry from Arthur Murray. Iust follow the tactics of the majority of Taftites and attend the social-center dances. ls it expensive? Is it difficult? Are the dancers all stuck-up? The above pictures definitely bear witness to the answer in the negative to all these questions. The eagemess with which these dances are looked forward to is shown in the faces of Pat Peterson, Feb. '42: Bill Lessman, Feb. '42: Helen Swan- son, Iune '4l: Bob Schaefer, Iune '42, and Frank Zematis as they are snapped in picture one rushing up the stairs to the gym. The expense of the affair is displayed by Bob Passow, digging down deep for his eleven cents while Warren Berg indulges in a hearty laugh. Camera shy Carol Passow turns her back to the camera, while escort, Frank Bostwick, manages to escape cameraman, Al Whitney, completely. Her other friend also shows his bashfulness by turning his face away. Can you have fun? The sheer enioyment on the faces of Iimmie Bryant and Phyllis Dolan, picture three, readily proves this paint. The availibility of dancing partners is shown in picture four as the many couples dance out unto the floor. Some claim that perhaps there is not enough romanticism at the affairs. This doubt is immediately eradicated when one glance is taken at the admiring Frank Zematis and his partner, lane Iewel, with the ecstacy of the in i I S 5. E moment clearly imprinted upon their faces in picture five. Even though tired after a night filled with fun and excitement, t' manners typical of gentlemen are displayed by Charles Gauger and lol Zima as they help their fair maidens, Barbara and Mariorie Bigler, on wi their coats. The expression on the faces of Bill Bornhof, Hilliard Dura, Dorotl Wleklinski, and Mr. Leonard Teuscher were so striking that they just he to be displayed to the minority who happened to miss the last dance. Th the musical notes floating o'er the pictures were devised. The Harp Hop to be held tonight at 7:30 will appeal to the fancy of 1 lrishmen, and everyone else who has ever heard of St. Patrick. Besides the regular dancing lessons and general dancing there will l an added feature of a superb floor show. The participants in this shc will be many of the talented members of Taft. At the time this paper we to press, a definite program had not been planned, but it was quite su that there would be dance and vocal soloists, a musical arrangement wi Robert Smith playing the accordion, Walter Keller the bass fiddle. ai Howie Vore the Spanish guitar. There will also be community singing of such currently popular Iri songs as Rose O'Day. My Wild Irish Rose, etc. Also planned are grow dances such as the Virginia Reel, and in general everything to afford most enjoyable time. Including tonight's dance there will be six mo dances this semester. Special ones will be the Harp Hop tonight, 4 Easter Parade April 10, and Open House, April 17.

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,arch 13, 1942 Taft Tribune Page 23 Girls Locker 'Room Echo By Holden, Mann, Wheeler Lucky girls are they who have lned the G. A. A. this semester, there is a full program planned r various groups during the se- ister. Seniors and freshmen alike are thusiastic about it. Classes are being held the sec- d period, Thursday, for girls rrning to be gym leaders. They e being instructed in the funda- entals of teaching, warming up cercises, marching, rules of vol- r ball, and many other useful nts. The stunts club is going full ast under the sponsorship of Miss 'eldella Newberger. Third period, lursday, is put aside for this creational club. Miss Donna McGuire has left the hool on sabbatical leave. She s been replaced by Miss Gladys tscoe, a graduate of Northwestern iiversity. Miss Pascoe taught for rhile at Spry School, Chicago. We lsh Miss Pascoe good luck. Incidentally Miss Pascoe has a urth period marathon swimming iss on'Mondays. If you want to e how far you can swim and have at period free you are invited to me. Lois Meltzer, 3A, Board of Con- ol member, has made a poster lnouncing where and when the ming G. A. A. events will take ace. You can view it either in a girls' locker room ol' gynl. There lll be pictures illustrating the tivlties. bwlers End nother Season The high school bowling season ll soon reach the end of its jour- y at Taft, stated Mr. Puippo in exclusive interview this morn- g. As of March 3, the standings are as follows: In the girls' Friday league, the heerojubes lead, followed by the ful Line Fems. In the Thursday tgues the King Pens are led only the Alley Rats. The boys' Monday is led by thc nares, with the Lucky Strikes cond. The Big Guns are just a ort distance behind the Mighty ve in the Saturday league. The Mighty Five is the envy of ery team in the Taft leagues, cause of their high score of 2803 r three games. High point men are: Pederson, 73 Reinhold, 1525 and Machel, 1. Leading the girls are Lois ndsay, 132: Norma Tess, 1293 th Mildred Tess and Lois Miller id at 127. Boys and Girls Working Hard As Lifesavers Taftites seem to be water-minded these days. Evidence of this can be seen in the Taft tank at almost any time during the day, where mer- maids and mermen are advancing their skills in the art of life-saving which course is being sponsored by the Junior Red Cross. The junior and senior boys are learning this usel'ul skill during their weekly swimming periods, and the girls during the first and second periods, Tuesday mornings. Coaching tl1e future lifesavers are: Miss Gladys Pascoe, for the girls, Messrs. Kupcinet, Miller and Rapper, coaching the boys. Miss Pascoe is replacing Miss Donna McGuire who is on sabbatical leave. Every boy in the junior and se- nior class is enrolled in the life- saving movement. The girls are composed chiefly of freshmen and sophomores. They are: Jean Anderson, Marion Basse, Jean I. Beers, Lorraine Bixby, Shirley Campbell, Doris Daill, Evelyn Even- sen, Helen Flanagan, Lois Gates, Virginia Hallis, Alice Harrington, Laverne Holt, Phyllis Karp, Jeanne Lahey, Stella Lavryk, Helen Niel- son, Dorothy Nissen, Evelyn Peter- son, Nancy Price, Dorothy Shar- man, Bernice Swanson, Violette Vlttman, and Eleanor Wisler. If present plans go, according to schedule, the girls' course willbe completed at the end of the six- teenth week of school. The boys will finish sometime near the end of the semester. If the final tests are -passed satisfactorily: medals will be awarded. Cagers Defeated Mournfully, at Sullivan high, the Taft cagers rang down the cur- tain on their third season. The Sullivan quintets handed both sen- ior and junior Eaglettes an over- whelming defeat. The seniors scored 25 points to the 49 of Sulli- van. Although scoring only nine points, Norman Soderholm again paced the basketeers as high point man. The senior starting line-up was: Wes Parker and Chuck Gauger, forwards: Norman Soder- holm, centerg Del Kotowski and Frank Lakofka, guards. Overwhelming competition also handed the juniors a defeat to the tune of 56 to 21. The starting line- up for the junior team was: Jack Berry and Henry Anderssohn, for- wards: Ted Bujewski, center: and Lee Smith and Art Monnick, guards. During the 1941-'42 season the senior cagers won four games, los- ing 14 for .285 percentage. The junior percentage was .071, win- ning one and losing 14 games. Sports Editor Looks for Better Spirit Among Athletes As Taft is still a young school in comparison with others of Chi- cago, naturally the selection of sports is not as wide as that of other schools. One reason may be the number of boys ln attendance at Taft, and the fact they lack the required enthusiasm for participa- tion ln many of these athletic con- tests. The golfers, tennismen, and trackmen of Taft are topnotchers, as they have shown in previous city-wide competition. Good, may be the term appliedto the swim- ming team. In each city-meet the tankers have managed to place in at least one event. Eleven men fighting on the gridiron have also contributed in making a name for the silver and blue. The baseball and basketball teams seem to lack the above mentioned enthusiasm or spirit. There are still a few high sports that could be added to our list one of which is soccer. It is a variety of football known also as associa- tion football. The game is played with two, nine or eleven man teams on a field from 50 to 100 feet wide and from 100 to 130 feet long. The object of the game is to relay the ball from one end of the field be- tween two goal-posts, eight feet apart at the opposite end tsimilar to scoring in hockeyl. The players can forward the ball only by kick- ing it or hitting with their head or shoulders. Use of the arms and hands is not permitted. , Archery is a sporting contest that is popular in many schools. In the event that there is anyone who does not know about archery, be it known that it is the art of shoot- ing with a bow and arrows. The bow is generally made of yew and ash and the best arrows are made from the same materials. The dis- tance to which an arrow can be sent by a good archer is about 200 to 250 yards. The moral to the aforementioned is: Let's have more sports and more team cooperation. i.. Gridmen To Graduate The football season has ended, but the memories will linger on. Graduation is going to claim many of Taft's ace grldmen. Among those leaving our portals are: Har- ry Althamar, Richard Parigini, Ray Zjawinskl. Wright Petersen, Mar- vin Isberner, Warren Dritllen, and Boots Mossong. Tragos, Srednickd, Doebler, Klec- zewski, English, Suvada, Lingen- felder, Daniels, Hildenberg, and Killoren are among those who will be returning. Boys Locker Room Echo By Richard Parigini Warren Berg, 4A, and a member of the Taft senior basketball team, is starting to campaign for the presidency of the Bench Warm- ers' Union. If elected, Warren says he will collect small fees from the members of the different teams from which tea and cookies will be served during games. Card playing will also be allowed. Sweet Sixteen, and never been spanked, was what Don Pedler, 3B, and a member of the Taft eleven should not have said in the lunch- room during the sixth period the other day. It was his birthday and he told his friends about it. They took him, but gently, and spanked him very vigorously. Don will probably know better next time- he hopes. Girls Lose Again Marvin Isberner, 4A, the Mil- waukee Kid , former Taft football player, does not really have a twelfth period as so many Taftites think. He stays twelve periods just to wait for his new flame, Patsy Berg, ZA. Yes, dear girls, Marvin has finally been hooked. So, Taft has lost another one of its great wolves. Mr. Jack Rapper, Taft's new baseball coach, announces that baseball practice will start on Mon- day, March 16. All prospects should report on this date in the Boys' Gym. The Taft's skating team, still does not believe that they are go- ing to skate on the stage, in school, on March 12. Boots Mossong, 4A, captain says, I'll be there, but I don't think the ice will. Kendrick Joins Team Paul Kendrick, the Florida Flash, a 2A, and a member of the Taft frosh-soph football team is going to show the boys here a, thing or two when he joins the track team. According to him, he was quite a marvel in Florida. 0. K. Paul, we will wait and see. Dick Oberg, Taft's former foot- ball captain, who is in the Marines has volunteered for the Raiders, a new division of the U. S. Marines. Only 500 were accepted from all over the country. His job is one that requires much courage and as we all know, he never lacked that on the gridiron. Wright Peterson, 4A, a member of the baseball team at Taft, is all worked up about the Japs at- tacking California. His reason? He's afraid there won't be any baseball this season. Fred L. Parks, a former mem- ber of the Taft basketball team, had his picture in a recent issue of the Daily News as one of the Chl- cago boys ln the U. S. Marines.

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SEYLER T0 RETIR aft Tribune liliifig VOI.. VI. NO. 4 TAFT HIGH SCHOOL. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS APRIL 1. 1942 ooney Receives Encores The tl'l'l'0l' ul' the wlinle thing is slmwn 1111 the fave of Mr. Arthur Mooney. lllllIlIlllSIl'1tIlXC g11iclv. as his llllllil l'0lIl'lll'S ont to IlI0t't, that of Ruth Mm111ey's, MIA, and 2111 tuni- nons slip nl' p11pe1', better known ut Till'I as llll i'OllC0l'E'-.H It, sos-ins that our friennl was s11e:1lai11g down the hull without :1 pass when spied by the nannc sake. XVI1111 I'llllll1lR1lltl9d tn hnlt and l'0llll' f0l'Vl'fI,l'll, our friend, like :1 tngitiw. run. and thus began the lllEl'l'X chase which led to the almxe disus- ter. Upstairs and down t ll'l'llllll'S they ran, heedless of the spm-t:11'lf1 they were Illlllilllg. Finally the t'11g.:itiw ran for the exit a ll11'1111gl1 it went the lJlll'Sll9l', also. Now the 1-liaso was helrl arm the cnilside of tln- lmnildinu. ll11'1111gl1 the lvurk. and 2lf'l'llSS neiuh- l11n'l111-ld lawns. lfilmlly an arniis ' ' wu-1 1-:1ll1-fl. and :1 most IIIHISIIZI sveiut took plzlve. when Ruth ninth Mr. Mnoney llill'li into the svlimll. ploppecl l1i1n i11 ll A'll1lll'y und waitnw 1111' hls l'01lllllLl to and the ar1'i1':1 ut' the 111n111e11t, when for tl1e firs tinn- i11 the liistory of Taft, MO11111-y would get UBllC0l'6S.H lfinzllly tl1e INUIIIQIII pivtnrei almxe 2ll'l'lXf'fI. when Mr. RIUWIIOY Tok o Fall to llied 1'II1 chool to Be Moved Because of Tin Find Engineer Caught Starting SPECIAL NOTICE There are only 250 days left until Christmas so do your shoppxng now cmd crvo1d the rush Apr1l Fool crgcxml You neednt hurry because there are 269 days e -eu-hed ont to tr1111'l1 Rutl 's 'llltl 1l1tc,stt'11l encore. ies. de'11' students it does not ay to trifle wit a Mmmey. In 1 Iltllllld ont, and Can now be seen ,ie 1 l1 and elew-ntli periods. serv' gg 'Ee' use , , , ff X O l , Fire in Taft s Basement ntl lllfl ' U ,- tire ' I ' ' ' L. A X 'ff' 1 Jf wif 1- fl ln. K X441 Fw f 'X X l X X ll , l 1 X. 1 . thc , JF X K , , .- 1, , L y ' KA 111 h I ltl N 1 tl pt ' t111t III awnlav t'l'0III his stnpor and his hand OIICOVPS. SENIOR ELECTIO TO BE REHELD For Stories See Inside Page