Taft High School - Eagle Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Page 22 Notes to You By MAYER Well, well, here we are at good old Taft High and I do believe that it is lunch time. Oh me lunch time and a problem presents itself at our door. Shall we on this lovely day, brave the lunchroom and risk be- ing mashed in the rush or shall we go to Tedlins, cut our way through the heavy fog to our table and pay 60c for a sick sandwich and a half a thimble of malted milk. This is one of the many problems that a Taftite must face, but if he is courageous he will come through alive, or at least alive enough to be passed by his draft board. Have you ever been lucky enough to stand on the side lines and watch the happy little children come out of the lunchroom and the study hall? For a minute before the bell rings the door quivers on its hing- es and the walls tremble and then, all of a sudden, the door opens and the students come popping out like toast out of a toaster. . All they would need would be a little butter on their ears and they would look good enough to eat .... Ugh! The other day I was in the li- brary, reading the latest copy of Vogue, when a little boy rushed up and grabbed it out of my hand and said, quote, You're finished with this and so I'll put it back on the rack. So help mei if a thing like that happens once more, there will be just one less male about Taft. Taft. SIDELINES: That must have been some joke that Bill Beth, now of the navy told Miss Fox, and a very select group of students in A.M. Division the other day. Femmel, Forney, Michels Running for President The June class of 1944 is very busy at present striving to pick the best of its members for class officers. The nominating commit- tee are doing their best to help each division choose its candidates. The nominating committee are: Florence Shirley, Edwaru Peter- son, Robert Moreau, Phillip Nelson, Richard Rick, Shirley Gleason, Jean Tracy, Harold Berns, Avalon Stepien, Albert Whitney, Evelyn Pyzik, and Catherine Kreller. Candidates for the office are as follows: President. Louis Michels fFox, Lukens, McCalmont, Nels- sonjg Robert Forney fRogersJg Richard Femmel fOsbonJ. Vice- Pres.: Shirley Liddell fFox, Mc- Calmontjg Jack Congdon fRogers, Nelsonlg Carl Read QLukensl: Dorothy Niessen fOsbonJ. Secre- tary: Evely Pyzik, Dolores Kane, Marjorie Soper, Janice Youmans, Treasurer: Joe Lagorio, Jim Mein, Henry Troester, Roberta Kirkpat- rick. Taft Tribune W 73S HOW bo'YA Luo: MY New EASTER ourrrr? I i ll I 5. ,, o v if v El' ,,.. Z x -Q ,,. Z, g 1 :f. :lt 3225 J- o I - , usn ll X wif 12, .Q-ff :S A ,,. .1'- X as :if - L - Q s US sf 1 ig 1,1--11 llllllv mv wtf ,, -we-.V M 621153, Bengal I lm , 4 , - :' N N 1:1 S I T1 Cl . S, of ., r I , l W 1 ' C 0 X i F? I I'- I. I: I-Y, I , ll :eg W' I E :E e it t b f gas fa -- X - F ,iz 3 X ' ' il r: , :ill ' 7 3 x ,-: E --Z -ff i e C a -WW' -?- - l LLL - U Book Review By Faye Many years ago in the deep deep south there lived a potent little pigeon by the name of Scarlet O'Hara, who really cooked on the double burner and handled those river bankers with the greatest of ease. Now, no girl in all the south had as many admirers as Scarlet for no other gal quite dripped with the old charm as did she. All our little Scarlet had to do was to wave her lily white hands or bat those long lashes around and would those Southern wolves come howling. The other girls of the vicinity didn't care for this too much and were always making slurring remarks about her char- acter, that is what there was of it. But Scarlet didn't mind be- cause, according to her, men were the only ones who really mattered in life, and who am I to disagree with her? If Scarlet ever thought that she was-losing one of her romeos, she would just make like a Pepsident ad and they would come back, head over heels. Of course as time went on, Scarlet was bound to meet her match fthe book would be rather dull if she didn'tl. As it happened, she met him lRhett Butler, in case you havent read the bookl at Ashley Wilkes' grand ball. She had just thrown a vase at Ashley because he wou1dn't marry her, and hit Rhett instead. To almost any man, to be hit by the great Scar- let was a great honor but to Rhett it was just a pain in the neck or should I say head. Before she could finish sinking her claws in Rhett, the Civil War broke out and all the men went away to teach the Yankees a lesson. Of course, Scarlet hated to see the men leave, but the straw that really broke the came1's back was when Ashley Wilkes dared to marry another girl. Scarlet was so angry, that she got married right away to teach him a lesson. I mean Ash- ley, of course. Scarlet's new hus- band was sort of a Mortimer Snerd, of the Southern gentle- man variety. I didn't get his name, but neither did Scarlet for long, for he died a month later of the measles. Of course, this left Scarlet free as a boid, and so naturally what should she do but start to work on another victum. However, by this time the War was over and all the young wolves were either dead or taken, so she married an old. geezer, who had an over grown cookie duster on his receding chin. Scarlet's new husband, named Mr. Kennedy, thought he was a. April 6, 1 Victor Garde Patriotic Dut America is fighting a total It is the patriotic duty of man, woman and child to ass all possible ways. Every boy and girl shoul urged to help by having a Vi Garden and growing fresh tables so as to leave sufficient for our fighting men and allie: in some countries are pract starving. Every student who has in a sunny location, should a garden. A nearby vacant lo' serve the purpose, if perm has been granted by the own Since in the past more seeds been purchased than were n and since conservation of ser of vital importance, an en' containing 9 small packets of which is enough to plant a g l2'x5' may be ordered throug Office of the District Super dent. The charge for these will be l2c. These seed packe' contain the following: leaf 1+ radishes, wax beans, green Swiss Chard, carrots, beets, and French marigold. Any person, who up to no felt that they weren't doing 6 for the war effort, can help victory by planting a Victor den. ,i,.-.-.-,l..- war veteran, but after a 1 with Scarlet he really knevn war was like. After hi through a hundred pages l shot. The coroner said tl was murder, but if you as it was suicide. It wasn't long, a few we be exact, before Searle married again. The towns were shocked to death, but they found out that it was Butler, whom she was mai they gave up. They could stood either Rhett or E separately, but together were impossible. Rhett stc ground with Scarlet for six years but then, too, he like some of yesterday's and finally left her. Sensi feat, she threw herself feet and cried Oh, Rhe darlink, I loff you, I mea I all loves you all CRhett l CI had forgotten that this southern epic.l You can me, what will I ever do? then Rhett answered he what he said is not pr --on this page. Koppied Korn: A certain young fellow Beebee, Wished to marry a lady Phoebe. But he said I must What the big fee w Before Phoebe be Phoet bee.

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ril 6, 1944 Taft Tribune Page 21 I DON'T .Tl-ll oar s k f V O 6 W ----- ,O o K f, - wi ' - X X - . will nm DNA , Q H -. -7 . - NE S Na m 8 it--J !c..,..,.1 ss... mf, BUT. .- No VISITORS -1' hat is it about Carl Read that - Pome L Mall likes so much? mes Walt won a, scholarship to ,t Lakes-fwonder what l1e's g to studyl? hy was Al Whitney so interes- in talking to the representa- from Rosary College'??? here Vanece Kendrick got the for her Indian skirt? STION OF THE WEEK . . . Barb Killoren engaged to John y? It is rumored that there be orange blossoms for her on next furlough. GINE . . . l Peterson without those eyes. verly Wilhelm being rowdy. rice as many boys as girls at verly McLean a dunce. ances Wayne graduated from school. e minimum weight of the foot- ,eam at 210 pounds. HA! ?hard Rahn in overalls. rli-ara Frederick full of am- 1. yllis Roth not crying while ling. e Buddies getting up enough tion to shave. berta Kirkpatrick the meek type. s Johnson short and fat. nice Dopheide without a lot of as. re Wildeman a brunette. n Thompson without Mabel lckson. anor Igas not bashful. t without teacher hall guards. - Sherman with the same girl veriods in a row. 'llis Larson not neat. e Thornberg not giggling. 'ley LeBlanc gentle. ry Lynch without that super ' his. :e fSusieJ Schiesser not ath- :on Packard in uniform. E Kero talking to girls. I not a Wise but a dumb. 4 not a Croonferj but a er. rge Angell not a - - red ilyn not Lips but Nose. :he service boys home agin. :d Platoon to Perform eant Alfons Olson and Pri- I. L. Borggren, the R.0.T.C. 'y Instructors at Taft an- ed that some morning in the uture when the weather per- :he Taft Platoon would like on a demonstration for the student body. f '. 'iz Y 1 -. , wg P Y0 0 0 ?'l ' Lui! P swfsn If w 'H fkflfkis' gf is v NW 5. I fy N N ' i lil' X , x 4:1 ur Fools Pictured at their approximate mental age are the darlings of Taft who have achieved the honor of being titled- THE FOOLS OF THE YEAR Unanimously elected for obvious reasons is Bette Krolin, who's grin- ning countenance greets you from the top of the circle. Running close seconds for outrageous mental mud- dles are, following Da Wabbit clockwise: Art Fat Boy' Wegner whose theme song is you must have been a beautiful baby because nobody could look like that all his life -Ruthie Tiegs, because, well figure it out for yourself folks, but she certainly has us puzzled-and anybody that knows Big Jim Alleman can supply his own reason. But for the information of those who are not acquainted with this adorable little boy, he fell in love at the tender age of six months and didn't sleep all last night thinking about her-There is no scientiac explanation of wh at makes our next candidate, Jenny Zaroski. ti 'k. It has been rumored that she doesn't tick, she absolutely rattles-Ed Peterson, known to all his best friends C?J as lover baby extraordinary and big dealer A-1, is like all fools, always getting his face plastered up in public places fpostoffice, bank, courthouse, etc.J -If you recognize this apparition that's coming next. you'll probably faint before you find out that it is none other than yours truly, who is classed among these mortals any- one would be a fool to write some- thing like this and to pose for a picturenext to-Louie Michels, last but not least, who was fool enough to accept a nomination for class president-who would want to be responsible for those little bu- buti fool child1'en? And so folks, the storel ol' the morey is Peoule in glass houses shouldn't! The moon was yellow, The lane was bright, As she turned to me, In the spring nite, Every g e s t ur e, every glance, Gave the hint, she craved romance, I stammered and stut- tered-. Time went by- The moon was yellow, But so was I. fr lk lk Playlet: Scene: Livingroom. Characters: M-iid, Mau, Par- lor-lamp. Plot: Two's company, three's a crowd. Action: So the parlor lamp went out. Pk 'lf lk Sudden Thots: A word to the wise is unneces- sary. ek lk wk Woist Jokes of '44 Unique ventured he as they sat admiring a portrait-. Occa- sionally, she replied. Pk Ik lk Peauitry: I thot I knew I knew it all, But now I must confess, The more I know, I know I know. I know I know the less. :lr ll 1 Daffynitions: Egypt: As in, Egypt me out of half'a rock. Dive: A small smoky room. Delighted: Glow worm in elec- tric fan. Baga Small receptacle, usually paper ffooled 'ya huh?J. Sk ll lil Famous Last Words: Are you calling I? Cheeez-cake! Let's go to Park Ridge. But I eat the 4th. ll lk if Willie: Willie fell down elevator, There they found him, Six months later, Held their noses, Told their kids, The awful fragrance Willie is. 41 li lk Short Story: He tilted her lovely head to- wards him, and bent over her tremulous, expectant mouth. He gazed for n moment then softly said- that tooth will have to come out.

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,1-i1 5, 1944 Taft Tribune Page 23 follege Day Is tnjoyedg Very -ig Success niversities Attend Affair :presentatives From 16 College Day March 22, for xft High Sch0ol's 5 held Wednesday, and 4A students. 'he seniors were auditorium for the first period l heard the guest speakers- ,rk Gilmore representative from ight Jr. College and Laverne utt, representative from Wash- 'ne Trade School. After these eresting and enlightening talks, 1 senior girls remained in the litorium where they saw a movie Nursing entitled R. N. They o heard Mrs. Esther Nelson R. representative from the Illinois lte Nurses' Association, speak on e subject of Opportunities in rsingf' The remainder of the -rning, from 9:00 to 12:00, was ent in individual interviews, that 1 been scheduled for tl1e seniors ih various college representa- es. All interviews were held in e library. Phe following schools were repre- ited at Taft on College Day: loit College-John B. Laing ickburn College--Phyllis Harper ntral YMCA College-C. M. Law- son icago, University of-M. Eliza- meth Johnson icago Teachers College - Dr. Dmer S. Williams nois University of-Edward E. Stafford lnois Institute of Technology - Ruth R. Shellito lnois Wesleyan University-Ray- nond Dooley .lamazoo College-Leroy D. Reed lox College-Edward W. Seay ke Forest College - Robert D. Amaden lndelein College-Mary Lou Wal- :ers -rth Park College--Oscar E. Ol- son lrthwestern University-Georgia Bayless, George Seulberger sary College-Gloria Shepanek 9Dhens College-J. Scott Memry assembled in . rench Club Meets The French Club held their first :eting of the semester, 5th per- l, March 27. Robert Moreau, 4A, ,s elected President. The race for ce President is between Leslie kinson and Wanda Rutherford. e Vice President and Secretary ll he elected at the next meeting. The French songs Marsellaise , Canada , and Un Canard were ng during the remander of the riod. Miss E. Luedemann, spon- r of the club is planning French mes for the next meeting. INQUIRING , gseponren This week the column will be de- voted to Women Only . The ques- lion is: What Do You Dislike Most About 'MEN'? Bette Shultz, 3A Crew-cuts on certain people! Laurel Perkins, 3B You can't believe what they're saying half the time. Sue Harper, 3A I don't like those dumb hair cuts. Marge Beesley, 3A They're Either Too Young or Too Old. Nancy Vogel, 3B Seeing there's a 'Man Power Shortage' there's nothing I dislike about MEN right now! Lorraine Kohler, 3B Some of them are tooooo con- ceited, but most of them are pretty swell. Shirley Lou Steiskal, 3B Those who are too fickle and always changing their minds. Laura Swanson, 3A There's not enough of them! Bonnie Weidman, 3B What men?!! . . . If you mean those males walking around Taft . . . Super! ALSO . . . an anonymous person who doesn't wish to be ganged up on!!! 7 2 7 Miss Berquist's Division High In Buying Bonds Once again Miss M. Berquist's division has walked off with top honors in the sale of bonds and stamps. To date they have sold 69,300 The following eight divisions complete the list of the honor div- isions, namely the ten highest in the school: Mrs. V. McConville's division, with 546753 Mr. C. E. Johnson's with 2889.905 Mrs. Klugs division with 52187509 Miss J. Carleton's division with S2012.25g Miss H. Unseth's division with 51856505 Mrs. Paulson's division with 185650, alsog Miss Bea.ver's division with 51726503 and Miss Straight's division with 31725. Taft's grand total is now 586,- 09635. Come on, students, try and put Taft at the head of the list of bond sales for all the high schools in the city of Chicago! Names 'Pursuit Ship The members of division room 216 were honored recently. They were permitted to suggest a name for a pursuit ship. This honor was given them because they were one of the rooms which sold the most war bonds and stamps for the past year. Many names were suggested, but Colin Kelly was their first choice and The Fighting Fury placed second after considerable voting. Xazzf PA HAD .f ' , -211 Z sipna v 5-7 tg we ' V 5 . f , k Ki- Z .. WI 'Qs . 1 .Mtn g 0,0991 'tix r A' 'IW 9 t 't im ' f 65 gf v gg SOLID! WZ ji v llfg 2 Z oo 0.0 ' APJQ Q fQGS HIE 004, HOUSGQ I' Cof N.. Q- ullih -t--QT Did you freshies look for the Freshie Doghouse in the last paper? Were you puzzled because it was'nt there? Theres a reason for it, be- lieve it or not . . . Look kiddies, your poor browbeaten reporter asked you for news, remember- And what did 1035 get but six lonely items in two whole weeks. Now you know you can't get to be a social butterfly around this ln- stitution without getting your name in the Trib fplugj. So, fresh- ies, support this column 'cause we want you to feel at home here. P. S. Not too much Suzie Jones loves Tommy Smith stuff. Now We will start all over again. The Freshie Doghouse by 1025. Somebody tells me you're a wolf, Clarence Mueller . . . Tsk! Tsk! Who is known as the baby in the 301 p. m. division? - Two little 'tellers fyou know who you are! serving 2 encores in the Trib office 1st an 2nd periods- with no teacher. Incidentally the happy little jun- ior who told them all about the advantages of the home of your Taft Tribune as a supervised study is still running. tThey were big freshiesll 4F Paddock at the Pickwick one Saturday . . . mind keeps run- ning back to Ebinger, huh, Forry? Lois Cody chewing an enormous wad of precious Juicy Fruit gum daily and wailing because teachers don't appreciate its value. How did Willie get the name Trunk? He aughta be something littler . . . No, not bag! Marion Grey fworking with the photographer! says some of her pint-sized classmates were so dumb they didn't even know where the center of the stage was. Inciden- tally, some of the other business managers said that it was practi- cally necessary to club you freshies to make you stand still for pictures. Along the more serious lines, We welcome Barbara Heckel back to Taft. This 1B has just returned to school after a very serious oper- ation. Ruth Anderson, after a grim encounter with the strep bug, has won and has returned, too. Alice Kanist, June Schreiber and Betty Madsen supplementing as cub re- porters for the Trib. These people will be glad to take any choice bits of dirt off your hands and see that it gets to this reporter too- that's in case you a.ren't close to 1035. What freshie, initials B. H., can't think of a better excuse for habit- ual tardiness than: But teacher, I went to my locker. That, my lit-