Taft High School - Eagle Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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'W fN . V.. U. two. 1 lalt-High School February 13, 1942 Riolheoff TdCfl2'5 1 Cupid's Dart: ewaref Today? l Inquire T aftites Hits Joe's Heart Full of Horrors hy Mugnai, Avery, and Dolan Way back in 100 B, C.-there lived, in :t 1-ittut't-squt- Roman village. a smooth ntt-r-uuant-t-r with the moniker Rtunt-o ,lntt-uio Pecarius Montague, Pet-ky for ehort. Also in this village was a slinltv sotnltistitiatt- named Juliet Corinthia l't-ut-lone Caesar. Y0u've gut-sst-tl it l't-t-ky had it had and didn't want any otht-r drip soaking up space aronntl his . lrlll, llut this gal had idt-as ot' ht-r own :tutl slit- thought he was simply an it-k. Now, t-xt-ry Roman village set aside l-'t-hruury l-l as Il ft-stive day on which tht- lads and lassit-s chose their shoust-S. l't-t-ky rut-Itt-tl his brain, thinking hard t-l' u new way to woo his popular gal Sutldt-nly an itlt-a struck him. He'd write. a pot-in and tlt-t-ot-ate it with lace and tart-tty rihhons. This is what he wrote: l:t'tltlt-at urt roses, pretty-and how! swt-t-tt-th tht- sugar, and so art thou. You tau itiiztpgiiit- how pleased Julie WHS wht-n wht- rt-t-t-ivt-tl this delicate missile. .lt-t-ps! tht- fair gal cried. He's a ltillt-r-dillt-r ol' the first class. Metlllnks ht-'s the ont- tor ine. , Hinttt- tht-rt- wt-ren't any divorce courts tht-v lived lrlppily ever after Tht otltl by Flash and Ferd Iltlllllhlf t 1t1Jirl btvztlx his bow lutl rI1't1tt's KIIIOHICI' tltlrl, ll'1tit-It soon will pierre that lump of Ietld Smut' Ttzftile calls his ltcttrt. 1'or his riotinl Dan has 1lit'lt'etl it Tuftite tolletl Joe Blow, ,I .vtttrling ztprigltl cltttrtzrler ltltouz you must surely know. Stunt- liuztglttgf frill once tlitl Joe 1t-rtn1t1-- Niutw' their his ltetrrlis' been seuletl. lint sliltl, thru three long solo years. The zrozttttt has ntl! quite ILCUIPII. IIC t'tm't forget the soft, street roiee The .slvirletl siren used. Ht' tltirzlfs till fCll1tI1l'.'i follow suit, Not one t-an be C-l't'ZlSCt1, Irut he is destined to be struck 11.11 Cupidls mayit' dart. No Dtmnlu does the futal deed And mellows Joe'.s htzrd heart. And so upon this ftrnzous day Dun made Joe lout' again. Tllt1t's it-lru this heart-y tIate's been put by Norman Esserman Friday the thirteenth took on its tzloak ot' horrors in the inidtllt- ages when Gus- ltlw Cutter was dt-foutetl ond captured in the Rattle ot' tht- Pint-orc on the Straights of Mt-lltn-tlt-n by Sir Arthur Sonny at suntlown, lf'riduy, l-'t-hruzlry 13, 1120. Sint-e that datt- t-vt-ry tiisustt-r that has t-vt-r attetttt-tl tht- surxixors tit' Gustow at-t-uinulatt-tl until Friday tt-ll on the thirteenth. Trouhlt- may ht- aw-itlt-tl by hrt-aking your leg and staying in bt-tl instt-ad ot' going out and chant-ing crossing the path ot' a hlut-k cat, Certain fetishes ust-d hy tht- ancients to kt'-ep trouble in distant places have been tested with success. Hang a horseshoe on top of your derby and you'll he sate if the thirtl hair from the tail ofa donkey and salt trtun llitler's shaker-plus the head of a sugar hoarder are mixed in hydrofloxit- at-itl and tossed into the garage of the man who is hiding three extra tires in his basement. lt' that shock cure won't work, resign yourself to a fate worse than graduation has continut-tl tlirough the age-5, , 1 . ' l' ' lads decided to follow suit und the t-ustt-in In the monllt of ftzruous men. tsut-It tts George Wasmlngton, Abt: fllllfflill tmd Bobby Mlllerb and wait for Valentine's day, the 14th, when love and understandings will erase all the bitter marks on your soul An., -fe JL- -'M