Taft High School - Eagle Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Page 14 Servicemen's -Letters Dear Mr. Hoefer: I am a graduate of the June 1943 class and I'd like to give a little advice to the fellows who are plan- ning to enlist in the armed forces. When I was a student at Taft I used to let all the good advice the teachers gave me go in one ear and out the other, but now I wish I would Iiave heeded them. I had fours years of math at Taft and only learned about three-fourths ot' it well enough to stick. Now I am taking navigator training in the Army Air Corps in which math is stressed very greatly. It's so im- portant that each of the two schools I went through start teach- ing math from the elementary arithmetic stage. A fellow might think this is a waste of time but in this course speed and accuracy are stressed. You'd be surprised what things can he done with num- bers. The most important of all is algebra: so far I've had twenty weeks of it. I'd he a goner if I didn't take an interest in it while at school. The Army doesn't fool around with men who can't learn quickly. One day we have simple algebra., and the next day we're in quadvadic equations. It's a matter of learning, working, or washing out. Please, Mr. Hoefer, pass this on to the fellows who want to be some- thing in the Armed Forces, tell them to take advantage of all their oDDortunities at Taft, for they'll be thankful later on. Yours truly, AjC Edward Dowski 36757699 Area 5 SAACC Grp. 6N-C-3 AAFPS CB-NJ San Antonio, Texas Miss Lowes Joins Spars The Coast Guards' gain is Taft's loss, is the sentiment ex- pressed by everyone who was ac- quarlied with Miss Helen Lowes, founder of Taft's Record Office., Miss Lowes was accepted by the SPARS last Saturday and is leav- ing tomorrow for Officers' Candi- date School at New London, Con- necticut. She is well qualified to be an officer in the SPARS because of her unusual ability to deal with people and her extensive educa- tional background. She received her education at Wisconsin, Illi- nois, Chicago. and Northwestern Universities. Her work at the lat- ter was so broad in its scope that it qualified her to teach psycholo- gy careers and physical education. Although Miss Lowes will be missed greatly by every Taftite all wish to congratulate her upon her appointment and offer the best of luck in her new position with Un- cle Sam's armed forces. Taft Tribune WHAT EVERY STUDENT SHOULD KNOW ABOUT STATE AND FEDERAL LABOR LAWS A. Under 16 years of age: 1. 2. 3 In general, children under 14 years of age may not legally work for wages in any capacity. Between 14 and 16 years of age, they may work part time pro- vided a certificate is issued to the employer by the Board of Educa- tion for the particular job and provided the work does not inter- fere with their studies. The total number of hours of school and work may not exceed 8, nor the work be performed before 7 a.. m. or after 7 p. m. In addition no child may work more than 6 days a week. In occupations coming under the Federal Laws, they may not work more than 3 hours on any school day, nor more than 18 hours per week. Note: The Child Labor Law provides that the certificate is issued only if the work does not interfere with the individual's studies and furthermore provides for revocation of the certificate if it does. Certain types of employment are prohibitive for young persons under 16 years of age, such as: a. Work of any nature in bowling alleys. b. Operation of power-driven machinery. c. Any occupation in workrooms or work places where goods going into interstate commerce are manufactured or processed. d. Any occupation where girls must stand constantly. e. Work of any nature in places where liquor is sold. B. 16 to 18 years of age: 1. 2 3. Minors under 18 years of age may not be employed in the follow- ing hazardous occupations according to the rulings under the Fair Labor Standards Act: a. All occupations in explosive plants. b. Motor vehicle driving and helping. c. Coal mining occupations. d. Operation of wood working machines and certain types of off bearing from the machines. . e. Logging and saw milling occupations. f. Occupations involving exposure to radioactive substances. The f0110WiI18 recommendations are from a. statement released j0iI1t1Y by the War Manpower Commission, the United States Office of Education, and the Chi1dren's Bureau of States Department of Labor: the United a. Daily hours of employment should not exceed 4 on school days nor 8 on days when school is not in session. In no case should the combined hours of school and work exceed 9 a day. b, Weekly hours of employment should not exceed 28 during weeks when school is in session, nor 48 hours in weeks when schools are not in session. c. Evening employment may not extend beyond 10 p. m. for girls and is not desirable for boys . In all cases students should be allowed at least 9 consecutive night hours free from employ- ment. EII1Dl0yed minors over 16 years of age and under 17 must attend Continuation School zs nours a week between the hours of 8 a. m. and 5 p. m. ' NOTE: A WORK PERMIT DOES NOT INSURE A SHORT OR AN EARLY PROGRAM. A work permit is issued only at employer's request. Students desiring consideration for an early program must have employer's written statement in division teacher's possession by May 1 Qfor September programmingl and by December 1 ffor February pro- grammingj. tContinued on page 157 March 24, 1' P-oetical Gems THEY ALL SERVE Great heroes? Valiant deeds, son? Tell you by whom these deeds done? The soldier boy who leaves hi Answers with haste his coun call, The sailor boys so young and Who guard our ships on every The strong young lads in the rines The older men who man machi bombardier and navigator gun crew and the aviator: The The The Merchant Marine whose h crew Get small credit where mucl dueg The doctors, nurses all who toil The men and boys who tend soilg Workers who gladly pay big t And still buy bonds to beat axisg The mothers, wives, and sw hearts too, Who stay behind and pray, From all of these and hund more Will come the great heroes of war. -Student of Mrs. Laschez 1A English cla 0 You K now: That boys and girls are k or injured every day in automt accidents in the city of Chicagc cause they- Forget to look both ways be cossing a street, Make a. game of dodging cars, Run across the street when i icy, Play in the street, Roller skate in the street, Coast their sleds in the street, Hook a ride on the back 4 truck or car, Ride on the running board of a Enter or leave a car while i moving, Attempt ot drive without pr instruction, Do not face traffic while wal on a. highway, Ride a bicycle without lights : dark, Disregard instructions of ps boys, Fail to ask their parents to 6 carefully? Will you promise not to 'run t risks? If you can't give bloc to the Red Cross . . . How about some mone l

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arch 24, 1944 Taft Tribune Page 13 Q Q n ' P 5 A' ' D1 D1 D11 B f h M h f 1? S, 3, 9 o o t e ont iff J U23 , b -f 1 T y W so 'NN I Dag and Dug ing in his wood shop, reading, and 1 A eating egg foo young, but he says , - Iello Hello Hello H6110 and that homework takes up most of ' ' ' ' '. ' . H l ' . t ', ' V ' ' ' A' w are you, and how are you, and :nda Ssooglgzzlgogiinnls ware you'? tinonotonous huh?-5 ' ' by Krohn w we will stop filling up space 1 get down to business. First, we don't want to hear any re of you muscle men comment- : on the junk in a girls purse- accounta the other day in 304 a low began unloading his pockets with-in the order of 1 pair of green dice, to Mairzy Doats, worn equipped pearance: i words L lipstick tube, one book matches, ed blue te. box garter with pink ro- of Sen-Sen, eyebrow eezers, jack knife, comb--with 14 th, bill fold, key chain, twelve v pennies, little black book, three sers, four well chewed pencils, f-stick unwrapped Dentyne, deck ds, box lead, a benzidrene in- er and three Smith Bros. black gh drops.-See what we mean? Vho said chivalry was dead? Just other day on the bus Dealer ln sat down and gave his place z. lady! 'he latest seniors now going idy are Marge Soper and Hank rester . . . we see that Jim Alle- n is still trying to catch Marlys 'moe . . . we caught Danny Vrae- k squealing through the rain: its above knees. 'Tm gettin' ty from them, I'm getting away m them --and we thought that meant the raindrops. Speaking hermits qwhich we weren'tj we rd Bette Krohn resolve to re- ln a hermit from here on Qwhy te?J . . . Reed Reilly says- te- It's Thursday-gotta get a r girl-every other Thursday-l nge you know-then Friday I nge back . . . Ed Peterson is v going steady with a certain J. from Maine fat least that's how heard it Peteb . . . Lou Gleason be recognized by her joyful ex- ssion these days: the reason for a is Dick Dobler who is on fur- gh . . . another happy soul is lrgia Wartong why? because Dav s in . . . women and more wo- I1 plus food and more food combination displayed at Virg o's house the other night when a held their annual pot luck re . . . the swimming team is ldering whose turn it is to take Nancy Knight . . . it seems as ugh Phil Perschke has calmed rn a bit as to his Casanova au- ties since he has two pictures of same girl in his wallet . . . J says boys aren't vain? We ght sight of Wally Reinike ving Frannie Wayne out of the 1 while he combed what's left of hair in the locker mirror. Buy War Bonds Edward Ferguson Smiling Ed Ferguson is Mr. Hoefer's choice for Boy of the Month. Ed's favorite pastimes are work- He plans to study Civil Engineer- ing at Northwestern University before entering the service. Ed has a very lofty ambition-he expects to be President of the United States at the age of 25. fHm, isn't that unconstitutional?J He is an S student and has been a member of the Honor Society for a long time. His other activi- ties include Captain in the ROTC, stage manager, and member of the Rifle Team. Although he couldn't think of any particular pet peeve, he said with a grin, I don't like people who talk about things I don't know anything about. Ed is a loyal member of the ROTC and so his golden advice to Taftites is: Don't forget to attend the Military Ball which will be held at the Knickerbocker Hotel in April. Ed. note: CPlug!J More Diggings by Dag Shirley Eul seen eating an enor- mous lunch every day and ending up eating everybody elses table scraps. iDon't they feed you at home Shirley?J Those agonized screams heard all over this school zone last Friday were the psy- cological effects produced by the senior picture proofs. Eh, Mert? Hollis Hawks making slurring re- marks on Don Smiths character in English 8. In fact on anybody's character at any time-All in fun tho'-Ha! Ha! Ha! Lou Gibbs-our very own sports editor, Plug! Learning the acuteness of the man shortage the hard way in the TRIB office every day.-He loves it d0n't let anybody kid you. Cliff Kero watching the blondes go by with that look in his eye tpoetic huh?J And after all the time everybody tho't he was blind. Torn Thompson's private little pocket mirror-what the well dressed man will look at. Ollie Hamacheck calling everybody Sweater girl. The Taft cheer- leaders making-general nuisances out of themselves when your staff is trying to complete galleys. tGo away will'ya George!J Patshee Turner is in love again, still, may- be, was-Daaaaaaaa!-another re- porter bit the dust. We are organiz- ing a sad sacks club kiddies-the line forms at the left and don't push. qFellows admitted at your own risk.J Marylin Wenzel looking like The Surry with the Fringe on top the day it rained. The Edl- son Park crowd seen eating at Rob- insons. Delicious sundaes-Cough cough! Fay Mayer blowing a gasket at anyone asking 'Is your brother Leonard in the army yet? Girls aren't the only bottle blondes now -several of the brawnier members of the social set have been exposed to lop-sided sunbeams too. Your re- porter heard about a. knobby gra- ham cracker and milk social in honor of Homer Lemke's birthday- purely irrelevant that he gradu- ated-but we're getting desperate- Dirt! Dirt where'd everybody hide it-it must be around here some- where. Resolved: This column will not end with Buy War Bonds while your reporter has breath in its body--Pant!-Gasp!-Sputter! -Glussgggsssgl . - - Faculty Hallguards Students! Beware! Henceforth, anyone lurking in the halls between periods without a pass will be con- sidered open game for the teach- ers who are now guarding Taft corridors. Mr. McCuaig, hallguard supervi- sor, stated that he was unable to get a full staff of student hall- guards because many Taftites are now working after school. Teachers were substituted. Mr. McCuaig said that the new system will be continued next se- mester if it proves successful. -,1, COME ACROSS Buy War Bonds and Stamps Make it do or do without. Only Stupid Rhymes with Cupid Sister often sits and praises, Letters containing flowery phrases Honey, stars, and moon above, Stuff expressing puppy love, She sits and sighs her time away, Day 'till night, night 'till day. 'Till when another with sudden whim, Trys to get her hooks on him--. Injured pride-her nose in air- She pouts and says she doesn't care But when I teased her 'bout this lie She clouds all up and starts to cry. You've asked for my opinion clear- And I've expressed it right down here. Only Stupid Rhymes with Cupid. Kid Brother fl' ll' lk Sudden Tho'ts: A good line is like steer horns -a point here a point there and a lot of bull in between. 11 lk If Willie Again: Little Willie, dressed in sashes, Fell in the furnace, burned to ashes, Now when the days are cold and chilly Nobody bothers to stir up Willie. 11 If ll Dumbell Pome: Lucy met the train, The train met Lucy, The track was juicy, The juice was Lucy. 1 Ill ll Roses are red, Vi'lets are bloo, God made me purdy. What happened to you? 1' ll il Famous Last Words: Geddumup scout! Here Catch! No! I'll be around. Help! if Sk 4' Daffynitions: Flirtation: Attention without in- tention. Of a Senior: A guy who can find three meanings to a joke when there are only two. Mugwump: As in, boy sitting on fence, mug on one side wump on the other.

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arch 24, 1944 rom Mess o Menace By Mayer ls those high and mighty seniors k down upon the lower classi n, they shake their heads and ' to themselves, Is that the way looked and acted when we en- ed this school? Were we really t small? Of course the fresh- 1 have their grievances against seniors also. They probably 1der if they will ever be as jerky the seniors and if their heads I ever be filled with draft wor- :. Yes, each side has its ups , downs, and so I thought that ould take up a little space and lain the metamorphosis of a cal Taft student to you. s freshmen, they enter with er a timid or exceedingly bold ook 011 life. They either have the angles figured out or they so positively dumb-founded by whole thing that they are, eh to the delight of the upper smen, very humble. They are little fellows who break all the es in the lunch room and who the most extra credit for the hers. To alll upper classmen, ihies are of just one class. I not bother to explain that s to you any further. ell, the freshman year soon es and we find that our dumb Q freshies have turned into wise Q sophomores. No more do the wear wash frocks, short ters, and high heels with sts, or at least we hope so. tick is put on in much greater titles. The fellows sort of n up on their ultra- grammar ml tricks, and you find that can tolerate them much more before. In other words, they slowly but surely getting into groove. ne passes as it always does, if the sophomore has been very good and has done his work faithfully he is allowed :ome a junior. Ah me they are ' then. No home-work is too -tant, and no teacher is too Crazy excuses seem to come to this bunch and little things ut-slips and encores are taken cooly. Teachers and students are liable to become quite erstruck by the very bold 's. but alas and alack, these 's must one day become se- They do not lose their I it all when they become s. No, not at all. They mere- te on the idea of I don't No more do they fill the lth timely little excuses. All ong they go around think- mf nasty little pranks to ayed on poor, unsuspecting ien, floating around in their Yes, our student has once become a menace to his fel- an. Taft Tribune fContinued from page 141' State and Federal laws provide for protection of minors. Students wishing to work for wages, excepting domestic service and for their owri parents, must comply with the following requirements: A. If the Student is under I6 years of age: 1. He must bring a letter from employer to Placement Counselor in room 114 during the fourth period. a. It must be written on the letterhead of the business, giving the address and telephone number, and have the employer's signature. b. It must state what hours of what days the student is to work, type of employment, and how long the employment will con- tinue. 2. He must take the following five papers to room 748 in the Chi- cago Board of Education offices at 228 North La Salle Street tcorner of Wacker Driveh. Hours: 9:00 to 4:15 Monday through Friday, and 9:00 to 11:00 on Saturday. a. Approved employer's letter. b. Statement from Placement Counselor. c. Letter of permission to work from parent. d. PROOF OF AGE: It is most important that the student secure a birth certificate from the city in which he was born. In Chi- cago and Cook County this is available at the County Clerk's office, Bureau of Vital Statistics, 160 North La Salle Street, second floor. Fee is 51.00. The State Capitol very often has or county acceptable records which could be used in the event the city has no evidence. A certified hospital record will be provided it bears the name of the child. However, if a city, county, state or hospital record is not available, a certificate may be substituted. An old insurance policy, bible record, passport or similar papers will be accepted provided evidence is produced to the effect that none of the other records are available. baptismal e. The student will be given a form in room 114 which he must have signed by a. clerk in the offices of the Board of Education. This form is to be returned to the Taft division teacher for reference when programming. In subsequent semesters the student should present to the division teacher a letter from his father verifying the fact that employment has continued. 3. He must take a physical examination given by a physician ap- proved by the Chicago Board of Education. Students must report before 4:00 p. m. for this examination Monday through Friday, Saturdays 9:00 to 11:00 a. m. 4. The work permit will then be mailed to the prospective employer. B. If the student is between the ages of 16 and 18 years: 1. He must bring tai certified PROOF OF AGE tsee A 2-d abovej, and a letter from employer tsee A 1-a and 1-b abovej to the Place- ment Counselor in room 114 during the fourth period. 2. Work Permit will be issued by the placement counselor and later mailed to the employer. The letter will be stamped in room 114 and should be shown to the division teacher before it is returned to the employer. LOST: Maroon Eversharp, keep- sake, please return to Division 214 a. m. HIGH SCHOOL REWARD Lost-Girl's black billfold. Name engraved. Both receipts and wallet valuable, gift. Return to 311 p. m. MILITARY BALL LOS, ZIST Blue fountain pen. Reward of- fered. Lois Weber, Lascher's divi- - sion. Knickerbocker Hotel REWARD Lost-Brown and gold Schaefer ' pencil. Return to Div. 319-Nelson. Page 15 HB7 sis-te rmite 35301215 E By Jake and' Jay In this issue of the TRIB we have a men only sign out in this colum, so girls take notice of what the brawny sex has to say. What do you dislike most about women? Ray Reichard, 4A Not a thing, I like 'em fine. Bob Yeaman, 4B When they have to put make-up on in the lunchroom that's the end. Lou Gibbs, 3A High heels and ankletsf' Don Fortunate, 3A Women-period. Dick Guernsey, 3A Girls that don't!!! Art Wegner, 4A Skirts that go steady. Dean Bambini, 3A Women that smoke, etc. Dick Stahl, 4B 'tWomen what talk too much. Dan Vrabec, 3A Fralls who comb their hair. Dick Vogel, 4B Girls in general. tHows Frannie, Dick?J Tom Leach, 3A Everything. George Zima, 4B They talk too much at the wrong time and not enough at the right time. Well girls are you guilty? If so you better mend your ways if you want to get your man in the school!! Taft Tribune Mnrvh 23, 1 944 Published bi-weekly by the journalism students of the William Taft High School, 5625 North Natoma Avenue, Chivzigo, illinois. Ed.-in-Chief: Betty Petersen Ass. Editor: Marjorie Soper Staff Members: Beverly An- derson, Lou Gibbs, Shirley Gleason, Carol Gronau, Bette Krolm, Jean Love, Fay lvlayer, Carol Moston, Shirley Nztncarrow, Ruth Olson, Ella. Osinskc, Mary if ' Jean Pfister, Frances Quan, Geraldine SChl'8.lYlOk, Betty ' Lou Schultz, Jackie Thomas, Marlyn XVenzel. Typists: Madeline Matern, Ruth Olson, Betty Lou Schultz. Business Adviser, Mr. Paul Bigler. Editorial Adviser, Miss Hattie Marquardt. - L ' L