Taft High School - Eagle Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Q econd Paper alvage Drive roves Successful ln an interview with Mr. L. Hoe- - yesterday, April 11, he congrat- ited both the teachers and stu- nts of Taft who made the recent per drive such a tremendous suc- ss. Phe Taft quota of 10,000 pounds ,s exceeded by 1,000 pounds, and e proceeds from the sale totalled 2.50. This money has been al- ated to a War Chest Fund, which ll be used for only such purposes are dictated by the war emer- ncy. A committee of students lm the Student Council and other rresentative organizations of the lool will meet with the faculty nmittee to determine a satisfac- y and just policy in the disburse- nt of the funds. Students are urged to save all Jer during the spring vacation l during the first two weeks lowing and bring the paper to .ool on the morning of Friday, y 12th. f you have 50 pounds or more ase make out a pickup slip l give it to Mrs. M. Lukens or . C. Fuller before Friday, May vic Assembly a Be Held May 12 'he Civic Assembly, consisting of dents chosen to represent all h schools, each branch of the cago Junior College and the cago Teacher's College will be i on Friday, May 12, 1944, at the :cutive Club Grand Ballroom of Hotel Sherman. The Principals asked to select two students, from the January 1944 class one from the June 1944 class. students may be either girls or s. They must be in the upper ' of their class and their char- r rating should be excellent, on basis of his or her honesty, de- larility, industry, personal pness, good manners, and obedi- e to law. 'ie students chosen are to par- mate in school activities and ' must display qualities of lea- hip. eholarships will be offered to 1 School Civic Assembly Honor lents by the American College hysical Education, George Wil- s College, Illinois Institute of lnology the University of Chi- Northwestern University and Central Y. M. C. A. College of ago. Additional scholarships be offered and, if they are, will be announced later. le Taft representatives to the : Assembly last year were Ma- nn Jacobsen and Curtiss John- who both won scholarships. ' Ann Jacobsen was to the ersity of Chicago and Curtiss son to Northwestern Univer- it ri un Vol. X. No. 4 Taft High School, Chicago. Illinois April 21, 1944 May 8-14 IS R. O. T. C. Officers,Club Youth Week The week of May 8-14, inclusive, has been designated as Chicago Youth Week. This year the slogan Youth Serves America has been selected to focus attention upon the service of youth to our country. In order to highlight the activi- ties, specific days have been set aside to show the participation of Youth. Monday-War Service Drives. Tuesday-Physical Fitness. Wednesday-War Production. Thursday-Service to A1'med For- , ces. Friday-Citizenship in Action. Saturday-Victory Gardens. A Sunday-Spiritual Fitness. O Attention Young Men If you are nearing your seventeenth or eighteenth birthday you should read this for it is vital to you. These are some of the changes in the in-. duction procedure for the armed forces. Boys, in their last half of any school year, upon reaching their 18th birthday, will be excused from reporting for their pre-induction physical examination: instead they will be accepted for either an army or navy pool and sent home. They will then be subject to call within the next 21 days. If they are not called before 90 days a new physical examina- tion is necessary. RADIO SCHOOL The navy will accept men in the following three groups for its radio training: Q13 Those who are seventeen years of age. C23 Men who are eighteen or more but have not been called for their pre-induction phy- sical examination and Q37 Men, eighteen or more, who have been accepted for the navy pool but have not been called for actual induc- tion. A change in the navy program provides for eight months of college in a V-12 program before assignment to a flight preparatory school. A-12 COLLEGE PROGRAM The A-12 program has now become primarily one for boys of seventeen years, who are enlisted on a reserve basis. Officers of the sixth service command have explained it as follows: fly Seventeen year old boys, who are high school graduates by July 1, and who have passed the exam- ination given on March 15th, will be eligible to enlist in the reserve program. C25 To enlist they will have to pass the usual physical exam- ination given at the induction station and secure the consent of their parents. Q35 Men accepted who are less than 17 and 6 months or age will be eilgible for at least three twelve week terms of college. Those over 17 years and 6 months, not less than 17-93 will be eligible for at least two such terms. C41 Boys accepted will be sent to college at the expense of the government. If they become 18 while at college, they will complete their present term and then be sent home to be ordered to the reception center at Fort Sheridan. The reception center will then send all such reserve boys to Fort Benning, Georgia for their seventeen weeks of basic training. ARMY AIR CORPS ENLISTMENT Men over 18 and under 27, who wish to get into the air force, must make application before they are called for their pre-induction physical. Once a man is accepted for the army or navy he may not transfer to the air corps. Seventeen year old boys in the Army Air Force Enlisted Reserve, who become eighteen, will be called for duty unless they are in school: then they will be allowed to complete their current semester. r The R.O.T.C. Officer's Club was organized in Noverriber 1943 and the only qualification for member- ship is to be an officer of the R.O.- T.C. The officers of the club were elected at the first meeting and they are: Hugh Fitzgerald, pres- ident: Don Swanson, vice pres- ident: Tom Craft, secretary: and Ray Reichard, treasurer. The club holds meetings once a month at one of the members houses. The Constitution and Laws, were written by Robert Kolpek, 1st Lieu- tenant. The main project of the club so far has been the planning of the R.O.T.C. Hop which will be held April 21 at the Knickerbocker Ho- tel. The members of the club made the selection of the place, orchestra, and the Queen of the Ball. Members of the club in order of their rank are: Robert Forney, Lt. Colonel: James Will, Captain: Tom Craft, Captain: Clifford Netter- strom, Captain: Edward Ferguson, Captain: Hugh Fitzgerald, 1st Lieu- tenant: Ernest Pfaff, 1st Lieuten- ant: Robert Kolpek, 1st Lieuten- ant: John Lekberg, lst Lieuten- ant: Ralph Mueller, 2nd Lieuten- ant: Leonard Nettnin, 2nd Lieuten- ant: Raymond Reichard, 2nd Lieu- tenant: Kenneth Mortonson, 2nd Lieutenant: Alfred Ebenhahn, 2nd Lieutenant: Dale Padgltt, 2nd Lieutenant: Roy Larson, 2nd Lieutenant: and Don Swanson, 2nd Lieutenant. A - I CALENDAR May 9-Paper Drive May 12-Taft Trib May 19-Spring Concert

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Page 24 1 ' ffl-- rl A f ,e w Ofvo f 1 ,Q - .-4' DHQQL' . it V A ...U W f Amid icicles on their noses, and the blood freezing in their veins, Taft's mighty nine took to the field for the first time this season for a lrit. of infield and fly-slmggiiig prac- tice. Among the brave youths that turned out to participate in this mass murder, we picked out Walter Mikos, Perry Mehan, Tom Leach, Dawn Fahrlzach, and Bill Klein as possessing exceptional fielding prowess Oh, we forgotg the date of this auspicious occasion was Tuesday, March 2-1. ak Pk Plf The following day gave the fu- ture Eagles their first batting at- tempts, with Norbie Pilch, Earl Belzer, Bill Hotze, Hack Daniel- son, and Jocko Congdon, leading the Hit Parade. HK 2? Sk By the time you read this, the first game against Steinmetz, on Friday, the 31st of March, will have either been played or canceled. We predict, today, Tuesday, March 23, that Paul Johnson, one of last year's pitchers will start this opener. Mr. Galland will depend upon five pitchers this year. They will be: Johnson, a right-hander, Carl Read, who also throws from the third base side, Jack Berry, Ted Dobrowski, and Al Walker. Walker is just a freshman, and shows a great deal of promise. The last three mentioned are southpaws. if Pk vii The catching department will be taken over by Hack Danielson and Jock Congdon who will also see action at third. The first string infield and outfield positions, are at this date, wide open, but will be potentially filled by the Monday, after you get the TRIB, possibly sooner. The boys are whipping into tip-top shape, as a result of Mr. Gallands' Commando Course. Dk wk bl: Every day, Art Goldbrick Wegner, manager of the baseball team, goes thru the motions of what the well mannered manager will do. We almost overlooked the name of Dick Nelson, a first- stringer from last year's team, who is expected to be a great help in putting the Eagles high up in the North Section. rl: Sli ik Some new equipment is expected to arrive in the near future. It will consist mainly of complete uniforms, caps, new baseballs, and a few fungo bats. With this, the team should be all set for the sea- son. Taft Tribune Read, Fahrbach HighMen Tankers Find -Boat in Pool . by LOU GIBBS Won by Read, Fahrbach, Michels and Stullmis one of the most fam- iliar announcements heard at swim- ming meets, for it is these four tankers along with Dick Bergsund and Hal Scholle that fo1'm the back- Here is a boy who should get two letters this year. He had to trans- fer from the Juniors to the Seniors because of grade increase at the end of last semester. He made his 25 points as a Junior and will by the end of next meet have 25 more Top row: Bill Nemic, Dick Carlson. Capt.. Erwine Pickett, Glenn Rum- say, Bob Ray, Larry Wcxlquist. Center row: Bernie Miller, Ed Stunell. Ray Norman. Bob Zielke. Herb Schirmer. Bottom row: Chester Mathison, Bob Munsell, Richard Tomlinson Ted Spath. bone of the Senior swimming team. Now we shall go into detail for all Senior mermen: Carl Readg all we have to say for Read is that he is one of the best swimmers Chi- cago has ever seen. Carl feels equally at home when traversing either the 200, 100, or 40 yard Free Style, and is the daddy of the team with four years experience. At the present time, he has 83 points to his credit. Don Fahrbachg meet the 40 yard Free Style man. He also likes the 100, and occasion- ally is found practicing l00 back. Don is at present pacing the team with 90 points, and will be back again next year. Lou Michelsg Lou has 40 points to date this season, which is March 28, all received for his efforts as the 100 yard breast- stroker. Lou has also been on the team for four years, and is one of the spark plugs. He missed out on the picture, so you can't see what a handsome man he is. Ed Stull: as a Senior. Dick Bergsundg Dick didn't have much chance to show April 6, 1 he was worth his mettle vt back-stroker like Dick Reidel was undefeated this year, ai It was after Reidel graduat February that Bergsund took off, and he now has 30 1 Harold Scholleg The man to Reads' place next fall in th Free Style. Scholle is getting every meet, and, while fini seccnd and third most of the is getting those points that meets. A good guy to have al He has about 25 points, rigl the head, for his letter. Others that should receive are Dan Vrabec, who does a job on the 100 breast: Perri han, who was out most of th- son with a stomach injury, bu' his letter last year: and Bob ' er, an all around man. Jim H is also a fine addition. Juniors Also Excel As Tank With the Juniors: Glen Rai High point man on the team close to 60, one of the finest back-stroker. Don Normang A event man of high caliber, wh 50 points. Dick Carlson, The tain of the Junior team who develop into another Norlie or in time. Thirty-five points him in good stead. Ed St: Anotherone of Mr. Miller's with 23 points. Herb Schil Herb should finish up with about enough for his letter. The Diving Department is down by George Zima of the S team, who placed high in the city meet. Ted Spath and Zielke perform for the Junior Back row: Carl Schill. Mgr.. Dun Vrabec, Perry Mahan. Iimmy Harse Stull. Front row: Dick Bergsund, Don Fahrbach. Carl Read. Capt.. G Zima. Missing is one of the stars. Lou Michels. Locker Room The boys' locker room is the scene of many thrilling incidents, now-a-days. Hank Anderson 2A, is seen joyfully putting his hand thru one of the unfortunate loc- kers. Stan Giese 3A, is always found combing his golden locks after swimming. Loud shouts of anguish sounding like this: get your 1f72oZxX8r hands off the water temperature, are heard daily. You naughty boys. Mr. Gallands' 8th period gym class, taking their swimming test like men. Larry Lynch trying to convince Mr. Kreutzer that he has been faithfully attending his class. He has been, too. Jack Berry bragging about the best shower he ever took after a baseball workout. It doesn't look like the same old locker room anymore, as the locker formally held by Norbert Arsh Paulish, Bob Bojangles Flum, and Al Ollie Schmidt is vacated: a di- rect cause of a disease called grad- uation. Those suitless swimmers had to wrap towels around the: the pictures on this page. ' will they learn? Bob Miller ing thru the other day-good 1 you back Bob-it looks more , what the same with you again. George Greek Dayi running into the gym righ time every day. Wish we coul the same. An un-identified freshie walking thru the locker roon other day had his head bashc

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Page 26 Taft Tribune Servicemen's e 0 Correspondence Glafitlra illilakr lhr Svuprrmr Svarrriirr Dear Sh., The faculty and students of Taft As I said once before in a letter to you, I'm not good at writing for- mal letters, so I wish you'd excuse this one. Right now Sir, I'm sitting on a box outside my tent, and thinking of the good old days back in Chi- cago. Someday the fellas that are away from home will be able to live them over again. No doubt they'll make up for all their lost time. I'm with a swell bunch of fellas and a good outfit. Although the corpsmen from the 41st were split up, I still have a few old buddies scattered here and there. I've made new friends though and quite a few of them. For sport and recreation, we have a place to play ball and also a basketball court. In the evenings we have motion picture shows. What's more we have several the- aters to pick from. Last night I saw Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant . It was a pretty good picture. It's hard to write a letter, 'cause there is so little a guy can say, so I hope this one has a few interest- ing features. The other night at the show l met a fellow from Chicago. He lives at Cicero and Irving, and went to Lane several years ago. He's a good friend of Viccie Schwau's. It does the old guy good to meet a a fellow like that now and then. In your last letter, Sir, you re- ferred to San Diego, as a Garden of Eden . I'd hardly call it that. It may have been okay years ago, but now it's just a mass of service- men. Crowded?? Well, the last time I saw it, pickpockets were lifting their own watches. I read about Bob Miller in a clipping the folks sent me. I think he deserved the honor of being President of his class. What's more he's a swell guy and they don't come any better. Well Sir, it's time for chow, so I'll shove off. Rumor says we have chicken. Respectfully yours Robert E. Wleklinski H.A. 1 fc U.S.N.R. P.S. I'd like to hear from you very much, so if you can get away from the woes of Taft High, Sir, I'd ap- preciate a line or two. Please say hello to the faculty for me. Thanks! My address is: Robert E. Wleklinski H.A. ljc U.S.N.R. S8z.S Co. 3rd Serv. Bn. Service Troops, 3rd Marine Service Troops 3rdMarine Division cfo F.P.0. San Francisco 6 California GIVE TO THE RED CROSS' High school were indeed very sorry to hear of the unfortunate death of Aviation Cadet Thomas F. Schu- macher which occurred March 29, 1944, when his plane crashed while he was soloing over Coleman Field, Texas. Tom was a member of the June Class of 1943. Although he was not able to graduate with his class as he had already left for the Air Tragedy has again struck among our Taft graduates in the untimely death of Thomas Flynn, who was killed April 11, 1944, when he swerved his falling plane, a P-39, to avoid a group of 75 children, marching into their school at Vic- toria, Texas. It was characteristic of Tom to forfeit his own life, which could have been saved by bailing out, for the safety of the children. Thomas F. Schumacher Force in May, he was awarded his diploma ln Absentu . Tom was first sent to Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, for a short period of reception. He was then sent to college at Transylvania, Kentucky, where he learned the essentials and theory of flight. While at college he received 10 hours of dual control instruction in P.T. 17's, a primary training plane used by the Army and Navy Air Forces. When his college course was completed he proceeded to Randolph Field, San Antonio, Texas, for Pre-Flight and his class- ification as a fighter pilot. Tom took his primary flight training at Coleman Field, Texas, where he made his first solo flight on Feb- ruary 26, 1944. Tom enjoyed every moment he spent at the flying schools, which was very noticeable from his cor- respondence with members of the faculty and students here at Taft. Flying was just in his blood. Be- fore entering the service he had a hobby of drawing models of our country's flying ships. In December Tom visited Taft while on his furlough and further intrigued us with his stories of Aviation and actual flying. Tom was well liked by all his friends at Taft and those with whom he worked at Sears Roebuck and Co. Those of us here who knew him know we can never hope to find a better friend, companion, or boy more friendly and cooperative than Tom. Tom's remains were escorted to Chicago by Aviation Cadet Alfred w Lt. Thomas Flynn Second Lt. Thomas J. Flynn, a Foster field instructor, was the on- ly son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald J. Flynn of 6666 Ogallah Ave. Besides his parents he is survived by two sisters, Patrica, an alumni of Taft, who is now attending a Wisconsin college, and Katherine, who is now a student of Taft. Tom was a likeable and popular student, coming to Taft from St. Phillip, as a sophomore, to Miss Berquist's division. He was associ- ated with Mr. Rapier, having been a member of the Symphony Band since his arrival at Taft. His popu- larity was evident, in that he was elected treasurer of his Senior Class, the graduates of June '41. We, the students, teachers, and Alumni of Taft, extend our deepest sympathy to the parents and sisters of Thomas Flynn, in their bereave- ment, and as you place a gold star in your window, we, his Alma Ma- ter, pay tribute in our hearts to the memory of a gallant lad. Editor's Note: The Edison Park Post No. 541 of the American Le- gion said that the S. A. L. Rifle Platoon, which Tommey once cap- tained, will form an honor guard at the funeral. Floyd, a native Texan and Tom's best friend and buddy while he was at Coleman Field. Tom's funeral was very inspiring, it was military in every detail. In addition to Cadet Floyd, six soldiers acted as pall bearers. Tom's mother, in an impressive ceremony at Memorial Cemetery in Evanston, Illinois, was presented with the flag that had covered Tom's casket. W April 11, 1 A-C Ender Becomes Lieutena Dear Mrs. Farrell, I'm now in Basic Flying S here at Garden City. I will upper classman next week then will be only three m away from getting my wing: commission. Under this new ing program, five months are in college, one month in clas: tion, two months in pre-flight two months each in Primary, i and Advanced schools. At this one month spent in Basic training and you have aroun teen months spent to get wings. I don't know what there is flying that gets you, but afte have flown for a while you craving that can't be satisf any way except to climb i ship and take off. We had some mean weather in on us last night--a. cold accompanied by six inches of rain, and strong winds along near zero temperatures. Frc indications it is here to stay few days and so flying is su ed. That is the only part of don't like, you never saw ang so restless as a lot of cadet pilots who are grounded beca inclement weather! ' Respectfully yours, AIC Wyman Ender 16135265 BCAAFBFS Cadet Detact Garden City, Kansas. Dear Mr. Hoefer and Studen' My sister Ethel goes to Ta she always sends me the Taf une. Taking all the articles the Tribune is the most intei Why? Well it's a great feeling to read about fellow student: the case of Lt. H. Dura, l he and I were fellow team Looking at the last issue Tribune I noticed that Lt. is at the same base I'm when I meet him again we team mates again. I could be called a pior Taft because I started the fi it opened and continued ' left for the service. That wa and a half years later. I on your first baseball team later turned out to be a goo The first year I missed onl innings the entire season. never forget Taft and the s' That's enough about my far as the school goes. At l'm a sergeant in the Pai and I'm happy at my work. 1 train many troopers and now seeing action overseas. At I have 12 parachute jumps more coming up next mol closing I wish the school luck in the world. Happy landings 1 Sgt. Andy D