Taft High School - Eagle Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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LPI-il 21, 1944 Taft Tribune Page 29 SC .2 mee Ili si Marilyn and lean Well now that all you Taftites 'e all hepped up over the R.O.T.C. op that is going to come off Fri- ty, April 21, your reporters de- ded to let you in on a few of the ad rags that will come forth .on .at occasion. So here they are. Gerry Shramek-pink with a full :irt and plumes around the shoul- er line. Marge Soper-hyacinth blue mar- lisette. Dopey Ewing-pique print with a hite background. Mary Dalton-light blue. Janice Sorenson-light y e l l o w ith drop shoulders. Dee Kane-yellow bodice with ack net skirt. Marlys Garmoe-ice blue with 'op shoulders. Pat Northrop-red and white que with a white wrap. Corinne Lauschke-black and mite checkled skirt with a white asant blouse, also white acces- ries. . Carol Kelgard-p1ai,d taffeta irt, white jersey blouse with lite daisy trim. Nancie Vogel-blue and white tted Swiss with white eyelet Jnt. Joyce Bjornscn-blue marquisette th black net trim. Bea Korbus-blue jersey top with net skirt. Mary Jean Meisnerv-blue and lite checked taffeta skirt with mite taffeta torso. Marian Howard-white taffeta rso with black lace, and a full iite net skirt. Lois Ohlerking-powder b 1 u e irquisette. Dee K o c h - aqua marquisette 'eetheart neckline. Shirley Lou Steiskal-pink chif- n with a round neckline, long ll sleeves, full skirt, and silver cessories. 'ennis Tournament The G.A.A. is sponsoring a tennis irnament for all gals who are in- 'ested in the game, and who are iateurs. To register, just make copy of your program and state e periods which you will be able play in, and give it to Bonnie eidman, or Nancy Vogel before uril 21st. The matches will begin April 24 on the Norwood Park Arts. To the two winners of this irnament a gold or silver pin ll be awarded. So come on, kids! u'll have lots of fun, and you'll zo get 10 G.A.A. points toward it precious letter! Korn Kop By Andy Ah! sprig id here, boyotiful sprig whed ebreybddy dets a bootiful code . . . like be. Dats eduff ob dat . . . I dot somb jokes fromb other schools to write if I wad to write carn . . . so here does. . . Twinkle, twinkle little star, How I wonder what you are. Is your sparkle heaven-sent, Or do you just use Pepsodent? fHyde Park Weekly! Mr. Smith: What, your son is an undertaker? I thought you said he was a doctor. Mr. Jones: No, I said he fol- lowed the medical profession. qWashburn News! Saint Peter to new arrival: How did you get here? The new arrival: flu. tEn-Gager! Don: Her blushes come and go. Babe: Yeah, they come out with the compact and go off with the wash cloth. fFarragut Scroll! Sudden Tho'ts: Man is the only animal that blushes-or has to. - Mary had a little lamp, She filled it with Benzine, Mary went to light her lamp, And hasn't since been seen. tFlower Echo! Here's to the parachutist! I-Ie's the only person that can get up in the world by falling down on the job. fSenn News! Colonel Rogers and Captain Car- son were walking down the street. They met many privates, and each time the colonel had to salute, in return to the privates salute, he would mutter: The same to you. At last the Captain asked him: Why do you say that when you salute a private? The colonel said: I was a. private once and I know what they are thinking. f The Phoenix! Waitress: Why do you always dust off your plate, sir? Diner: You'll have to excuse me, I'm a baseball umpire. fThe Foreman News! Well, dud bye, see you dext week. Aha . . . fooled you-not achoo as you thought. , Andy PLATTER CHATTER Here I am again, back with the chatter on your favorite waxed disc. This week I am going to rave and rant about the jive and hot records . . . hope you like it. Duke Ellington has put out a nice warm ditty called Old King Duchee that has a lot of beat on for a spare three minutes of your time. fas if anybody had that rare stuff these days . . . spare time.! The King of Swing, Benny Goodman, is doing all reet again ou a toe tapping tune called House Top. It sounds like he's up there on the House Top shouting out with the glad stuff. Lucky Millinder is a boy you want to look up when you're in 'the market for recorded heat. He ,really did it with Don't Cry Baby and Big Fat Mama. I personally recommend Big Fat Mama 'cause yours truly has a big interest in that song . . . cousin Hal introduced it. fplug! If you want to hear the low down blues mixed with a drawn out drawl orchestra get Waiting for the Evening Mail. Johnny Mer- cer sings the low down blues and Freddy Slack has the orchestra . . . it's a good combination. Kay Kayser makes everything jump with his wild work on I Dug a Ditch and The Joint is really Jumpin In Carnegie Hall. It's something to look into . . . really. Well, I have to get down to the record shop again . . . See you next issue. . . Pan-American and French Clubi Meet The Pan-American club held their second meeting on April 6, 1944. The Spanish version of many familiar records were played at this meet- ing. The ,Program chairman had arranged a game in which seventy- four objects had to be identified in Spanish. A movie on April 14th was given by Walt Disney and told the story of his travels through South America. Moreau and Rutherford The French Club finished its election of officers for the ensuing year on April 10, 1944. Officers are as follows: President, Robert Moreaug Vice President, Larry Ransom: Secretary, Wanda Ruth- erford. The members received an invit- ation to the Goodman Theatre to attend La Soiree De Ga1a on May 7th at 8 o'clock. The subject of a spring luncheon at Chez Jacques was discussed with a great deal of interest by all the members. , The meeting closed with playing a game, when Jeanne Anderson, to the amusement of all, was trying to guess the riddle which was her own sweater. Any former members of the French classes are cordially in- vited to attend the meetings which are held in room 217, 5th period every other Monday. DWI' fe1'iuisEa'Er V ' egg BUT... AROUND Lou Gleason Why won't Dick Williams and lack Redden buy bids to the R. O. T. C. Hop? Why doesn't Little Matteresse buy vegetable soup any more? Have you all noticed the ring Hel- en Mudloff is sporting on her third finger left hcmd these days. lt seems that the lucky boy is Edward Milew- ski, who graduated from Taft last Iune. What goes with this hand holding between Hank Troester cmd Grace Mencel? Lorrie Letch was here at Taft the other day while on vacation from Kalamazoo College, there may be wedding bells for her any day now. ls Lenny Lewandowski planning on being cr barber? fFrom what We have seen of his work it's pretty OK in Q rather rugged fashion! The Beta Tri Hi Y girls were up in Edison the other night doing their part for the wcrr by rolling band- ages for the Red Cross. How about cr few of you other Taft girls doing your bit for the war effort? You have all heard of what is called the Hot Seczt : well Ierry Warton can tell you cr little about how the cold one feels. Taft girls could have been seen Sunday, April 9, soctking their feet after the Rand Park Easter Parade Dance. Where did he ever dreczm up this one? When Mr. H. Miller asked Bob Wolder why he wcrsn't at swimming practice, Bob came out with, I couldn't come, 'cause I had to go home cmd let the dog out. Hmmmm. The First National Bank has been invaded by Torft girls. The small number of fourteen of our Beauties have acquired positions there. Dan fFrank Sinatra! Vrabec makes the girls in his Physics fcrirly swoon when he goes into his crct. Why is Patsy Berg called Pinkie Lu? Art Wagner is now known as One Day Romance Wagner ? I-low about ci little dope on the lcl- test gossipp every one wants a good gossip column, so how about help- ing make it that way. Submit Cdl gossip etc., to the Taft Trib, box in room 116. -... i.il Corporal William Leighton, a former student of Taft, a graduate of Schurz Summer School in 1942 and now in the United States Ar- my, had received an appointment to Annapolis quite some time ago by the late Representative Schuetz. Bill has seen fiction in New Guinea and is now :awaiting his induction into Annapolis.

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1 Page 28 Taft Tribune FQESHIE 005, 4400564 ll i I . . . - . ,,Cf5.9 f. y,5fj.j'r 1-'ru' Hurrah for you, freshies! At last you're beginning to cooperate. To finish what the printer chopped off of the tail of the dog- house last time is the first business at hand. As you remember ,a cer- tain freshie initials B. H. used as a daily tardy excuse, But teacher, I had to go to my locker . . . That my little innocent is pretty bad- even I can think up a better one than that--on short notice too.- Just stop by the fifth encore chair in 304 and ask for Joe. With everybody discussing the size of the freshmen, take a look at Larry Ransom. Larry, we also won- der where you got your aptitude for ignoring your classes. Aw cummon' Louis 'Farrell-tell us what the other feller looks like. iLouie seems to have misplaced a tooth someplace! Wm-ning: Fellers you'd better not walk unconsciously into Divi- sion 311 p.m. It's all girls and you are traveling at your own risk. Fred Carr-a constant source of joy to all who know him-strolling off daily with the keys to 105, con- sequently Miss Carleton drags him out of his ninth period class so.she can get her bookcases open. LSa.y maybe he's not so dumb after allg Larry Walqulst looks like a good prospect for next year's freshie- soph. team .... This looked like a glrl's handwriting. And written on pink paper, too. Hello! Of course there are the Four Fiendish Freshies who eat huge oozy hot dawgs outside the Journ. rooms. CEditor's Note: This is completely demorallzingg Wayne Smith dates-a short sto- ry by Dorothy Woerner and Mar- jorie Lehmann .... How we love to see him eat his ice-cream sand- wiches-his little red mouth mov- ing up and down like an elevator. How romantic he looks with mus- tard on his chin after he has de- voured four hamburgers with milk and potatoe chips. We love the sly sweet .way he pushes our hands wheni we put on our lipstick, and his sweet angelic smile as he blows our powder into the desert. Beloved by all who know him, he is the ba- by of the 7th period lunch. How come George Angell hasnlt asked 'Beverly Huzak out yet? Or has he? And maybe she toined him down hmmm? Another Editor's Note: fl am not responsible for this: it was contributed-so you can put away that knife, George. Found in 1035 last Thursday: Please disregard the two articles put in locker 1035 about June Ax- tater and Janet Russel. PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! Dirt 'n' Stuff By Ruth and Betty Did You Hear They've just let Mary Noxon out! idon't worry tho, she just had the measlesp . . . Catherine Rissetto is going to commit suicide so she can get her name in the Trib . . . Rosemary Mertes is going to be an opera star. She really has a golden f?J voice . . . Ray Olson giving a vivid description of how much lip- stick he had smeared on him the other night . . . Kent Thoren and Norma Christiansen are still in the moonlight and roses department . . . Bill fCasanovaJ Parenti giving an expert's opinion of what the well-dressed girl should wear . . . Jean Waterman drawing things in class CShe's the only one who can figure out what they arej . . . Helen Schmidt just returned from captivating several hearts in Indi- anapolis Cah, those Navy menlj . . . Marian Sorenson actually decided to fix her hair . . . the screams of division 110 when they saw Bob Sherman's crew cut. He is now known as Flat-top . . . Dorothy Reeg is known as Mrs. Shakespeare . . . Howie Sieberman's middle name is Singh Singh Chm, where's Burma?J . . . Arlene Nel- son insisting her only ambition is to be a housewife . . . Did you See Inez Kero's cute little Navy goat? It has a music box inside that plays Anchors Aweigh' . . . the delicious cake Florence Chrop brought to school on her birthday . . . Larry fStewpotb Slovick pasting Fragile labels on certain little chicks in the hall . . . Rena Brunelli's clafsy red shoes . . . all the gals admiring June Thorberg's picture of Bobby . . . Jean Boyle passing out Kleenex to anyone who promised to vote for Bob Forney . . . Darlene Walczak and Jackie Sprecher chasing Cliff Kero down the hall fshame on you, girls, only the Seniors are allowed to do such thingsj . . . Mary Jean Pfister trying to write an essay against her favorite subject---gum- chewing . . . Lorraine Veneigh's sparkler, third finger, left hand . . . Dolores Toleson and Joan Van Kirk wearing their aprons to school . . . members of the Girl's Chorus proudly displaying their talent be- fore visitors from Crystal Lake . . . Jim Alleman combing Lucy Isber- ner's hair QI have confidential in- formation that he's going to be a beauty operatorj . . . all the mem- bers of Blossoms Inc. singing Auld Lang Syne to Ruthie Olson who's off to the hospital for an appendix operation . . . Off the Record NICKNAMES Joan Stark-Mabel Kyflusky. Andrey Schulz-I. Veronica. Jane Sorenson-Daisy June Kudidlehopper. Laurel Perkins tguess who! . Beverly Anderson-Andy. lr O ll IDEAL COUPLES Janet Evans-Rey Olson. Barb Lawton-Ray Howland Barb Schwinn-Ed Stull. Marge Soper-Hank Troester. Lou Gleason-Dick Doebler. Laurel Perkins-Joe Miller. 1 csHeZzyn i li It Jab at Ads Apple honey-No, thanks dar- ling. The pause that refreshes- Those forty minutes at lunch. Duz does everything - Duz doesn't take shorthand or do homework! Call for Phillip Morris--The D. A. wants you. C l U No joke Halt, who goes there? American Advance and recite the sec- ond Verse of the Star Spangled Banner. O 1 8 WE'RE WONDERING . . . Why so many seniors have to have their pictures retaken . . . When Bo Burkell is going to return Earl Sparks' ring . . . Why the Beta's looked so con- fused after a lecture at Tri- Hi-Y . . . Why Betty Petersen always looks so worried just before the TRIB goes to press . . . How Szwajkart got the drag for a pair of pre-war saddle shoes . . . If that fascinated look on Bar- bara Schwinn's face is a Stull dream . . . If Claus Sutor ever got the Lifesaver Jackie Thomas offered him in that third period English C12.SS... an 1 ar That Bette Krohn doesn't want her nickname published . . . That a number of characters have had hair-cuts, among them are: Stinky Miller, Kenny Kel- ley, and we can't forget Dean Bambini's crew-cut. Don Chap- man was kind enough to clip it for him, free of charge . . . inci- dentally Dean had two, quarter bets on that hair-cut. That a certain person is won- dering who Danny Vrabec is go- ing to heckle next!!! dig . . . dig . . . l 1 1 Who are the 1B boys that are acting as if they are still in grammar school by indulging in such puerile activities as throw- ing valuable victory materials at members of the opposite sex? April 21, 19 Lost 'n ' Found Have you lost a fountain pei those bright red mittens, f Christmas, lately? If you have, may be able to find them in r 314, where Mr. John A. Puippo charge of the Lost and Found partment. Whenever articles found, they should be brough' the Lost and Found any time tween third and tenth periods the owners can come and cl them. A few of the lost articles that now be claimed at the Lost Found are pencils, pens, glc babushkas, scarfs, caps, purses, lets, gym equipment and text bo Mr. Puippo said that he would preciate it if students would c to claim their belongings before end of the semester: for at time the department is cleaned and some of the articles havn be disposed of. Room 314 is also the locker o and any locker changes made 1 be reported to Mr. Puippo in office. LOST: Ring with gold baud shape of bow. Amethyst ston center. Reward. Return to I sion 216 pm. LOST: New yellow fountain with black ends. Return to sion 301 pm. LOST: Identification bracelet. turn to division 321 am. Rew LOST: Blue eversharp foun pen in brown case. Reward. turn to division 117 am. LOST: Girl's gold Alton v watch. Reward. Return to P Berg, division 107 am. 2111014 LOST: Brown striped four pen, reward: return to divisior AM. LOST: Plain silver boys I rewardg return to division 206 FOUND: Gold fountain pen, be claimed in division 216 AM. WE'VE NOTICED . . . Lou Gibbs industriously s: papering a wooden gun . . made it himself. At noon we have to hold Our nose, When she begins to munch, It never fails: She's always got, an onion In her lunch. , ATTENTION GIRLS Since the manpower sho: has gone from bad to wor certain Dick CNew Castle change? sits by his phone and night waiting for it to iGuess he never heard IRIUMJ. Come on, gals, give a buzz, he dates any cole creed.

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Page 30 Taft Tribune Home Economics Teacher of the Month Offers New Courses Our Home Economics Depart- ment has spread very rapidly since the opening of Taft. Home Man- agement 2 will be offered in Feb- ruary and will thus enable students to complete a three year sequence in Home Economics. At the present time only Home Management 1 is offered. This subject which has proven such a great success and is so popular with the girls will be continued and extended to include another semester of work. Home Management may be of- fered on a spring and fall basis as some other subjects are. The grade placement scheduled would be as follows from 1A to 4A: 1B-lA-Home Arts 1A-4A-Foods 1 and 2 1A-4A-Clothing 1 and 2 3B-4A-Home Management 1, 2. of the units covered in Some Home Management are: Home Nursingg Buying of Textiles, Foods, and Home Equipment: Home Planningg Room Decorationg Bud- getingg Family Relations, and So- cial Customs. Of these units particular concern is given to the Home Nursing Unit in wartime because of the scarcity of doctors and nurses. This unit is beneficial at any time in a girl's life. It is under the direct super- vision of the merican Red Cross and on the completion of this course, besides getting credit in Home Management, one is awarded a Red Cross Certificate in Home Nursing. The Consumer Unit gives one a better knowledge of buying and enables one to obtain the best qual- ity for the money invested. Home Planning simplifies the methods of planning one's home for comfort and efficiency. Room Decoration teaches the stu- dent to choose wisely and with good taste the furnishings of the home. Under Budgeting, one learns how' to manage the family and individ- ual budgets. Getting along well with your family is studied under the title of Family Relations. It strives for a closer and richer union in family life. Social Customs is very im- portant especially to a young bride. Home Management strives for one goal-to keep up the culture and high standards of our Amer- ican homes. Every girl would ben- efit greatly by this course. Any of the Home Economics teachers will be glad to give you further infor- mation about the Home Economics Department and the general oppor- tunities it offers to the girls at Taft. BUY WAR BONDS Another colorful addition to the Taft faculty is charming Miss Reg- ina Brown, who is a Physics teacher. Before starting her teaching ca- reer, Miss Brown was graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University and attended Normal Teachers Col- lege. Miss Brown's favorites include fried chicken and mashed potatoes -Bing Crosby to The Voice -the radio program Information Please and every type of music, with the exception of Jive itch, tchl. Her main interests in athlet- ics hover around baseball and bas- ketball. Speaking of sports, Miss Brown is one of the few teachers who has an unshared fondness for a certain journalist who writes for the Taft Trib. CAny similarity to the above mentioned and our Sports Editor is purely intentional.J To offset the difficulties of the teaching profession, Miss Brown indulges in a relaxing game of bridge, which is one of her many hobbies. Taft was privileged to have Miss Brown become a member of the faculty in the February of 44 . She has great respect for Taft and we may quote her as saying The administration of the school is ex- cellent and the cooperation between the teachers is marvelous. Top Members in Hi Kids! Here are some of the top members of the Honor Society. These Taftites are really doing a swell job. If there was lots of room we could name all o the members cf the Honor Society because they really deserve credit. Since we on- ly have a limited space we'll men- tion the top ones of each semester group. IA Geri Bakula, Joyce Crooks, Mary Ann Kalm, Priscilla Knight, LeRoy Kurth, Doiglas Maier, Richard Pe- terson, Richard Rogers, Isabelle Sears, and Rosemary Wyszyk. 2B Harvey Doemlund, Jane Parrish, Arleen Heen, Irene Kohls, Lydia Bitter, Edward Krol, oaJn Gilmore, and, Grace Hoglund. 2A Marnie Ayres, Gloria Cheli, Nan- cy Johnson, Dolores Donato, Mari- lyn Ripka, Vera Brolin, .Iona James, Stuart Payne, Ted Rasul, Marilyn Bergstrom, and Darlene Walezack. ' 3B Norman Pellegrini, Carol Simon- son, Kenneth aVndervoort, Vera Fiedler, Eugene Nugent, Patricia Forney, Lorraine Koehler, Vernette Andersen, Leona Nettland, and Do- ris Rosendale. 3A Carol Petty, Corrine Lauschke, Germaine Petermann, Nancy Weise, Louise Nelson, Coralyn Manchee, Marion Lindston, Marion Rees, and' Josephine Westbrook. Honor Society 4B Ruth Biesenthal, Mary Dalton, Marion Doemland, Charlene Sa- muelson, Dorothy Ettinger, Daniel Schneider, Margery Bigler, and Richard Rahn. 4A Robert Forney, Beverly McLean, Janet Zawislak, Robert Mcireau, Edward Ferguson, Carol Grenau, Lois Maser, Corinne Cleban, Pat- ricia Sullivan, Shirley Liddell and Avalon Stepien. Of the 1,803 Taftites fnot includ- ing 1B'sj only 291 rate member- ship in the Honor Society. That's approximately 16 per cent of the student body. There must be more brains at Taft than this small per- centage. An E average, which isn't difficult to attain with a little work, will do the trick. Membership in this organization offers many advantages which no other club up to this has been priv- ileged to grant. Why not try and thus be able to avail yourselves of the many pleasures that this club will help you to enjoy? The last meeting of the Honor Society was held during the 5th period on Wednesday, April 19, in the auditorium. All honor students were excused from their classes so that they could be present. tSee . . . one of the advantages of being a member?5 During this meeting the 1A's were welcomed into the society. Edward Ferguson, one of our outstanding seniors, was respon- sible for the unusual type of enter- tainment provided. April 21, 194 Boys Attend avy Assembly April 5th, Mrs. Farrell had 1 casion to call an assembly whe she introduced two Naval office with much gold braid on thl sleeves. The girls were very d appointed that day, because bo sixteen years and over, were t only ones who could attend tl meeting. First of all Yeoman Busch tc his listeners that all sailors a strictly hep to jive , after whi he played boogie on the piano, f lowed by other popular selection An address was then made Lieutenant Hebert, representi the Navy Recruiting Office, who topic was Radar . Radar mah one qualified for a position of ell tronic engineer. This vital Na Program needs educated men: s4 enteen year old high school bog well fitted, he stated. Yet, th need a solid background in ma' ematicsg 40 per cent of the rad exam is based on math: and percent on sciences. Also the young men must need to have sol knowledge of electricity, shop, a radio! 77 correct, out of 85 pri lems is required to pass. As soon as the test is graded a the mark is high enough, th: boys are given the rating of s man, first class. After four wee of boot training at Great Lak the recruits attend a Pre-rad School in Chicago, then a Secoi ary School in West, South or Ea of the country for one to two yea Doing this, they can get a ratl of a third class petty officer: or they're on the beam they m try for petty officer, first clal The ten month course is comp able to a two year college cour After this, they may assume a p ition aloft, afloat, or ashore . Boys with minor physical c abilities are accepted if they apj in room 321 at the Plymouth Cou anytime from 8 a. m. to 6 p. Other boys who yould like to , into this sort of thing should ap' at the same place. This inspiring address ent with the ringing of the fifth-per bell, when all the boys returned their regular schedule for the d -l- Volley Ball Teams To Be Chosen Soon Teams are soon to be selec in the Physical Education clas for the purpose of having a vol ball tournament. Volley ball 1 been played all semester by all gym classes so these games pron to be well played! They will played by single-elimination, dur the long division periods on l days. These games are to take place of the baseball tournam which will be scheduled for I1 semester. instead.