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' mericanism Week The Chicago Junior Association f Commerce celebrates American- sm Week during the interval be ween Februadry 12 and February 2 You will undoubtedly agree hat thanks should be offered ev erv ay rn the year for the privilege f being able to live rn this great ountry of ours You the high chool students of today are gorng o be the lawmakers of tomorrow rth this responsrbrlrtv rn vrew rt ecomes your duty to make your elves famrlrar with the concept of hat Amerrcanrsm means now and hat you are going to make rt I ean rn years to come The Fate nd Future of this country lres rn our hands Make them capable I ands' Let us thrnk of what American rsm should mean to you It rmplres 'r wholehearted desire on your part to take an 'rctrve interest rn your community your crty and your country It also means that you wrll take an active part rn carry ing out these desires and not be rust thinking about them It means being a good neighbor It means practicing the spirrt of fair play that we all pride ourselves on hav mg It means the land in which everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed It means free educa tron for one and all It means everything that the dictator nations do not stand for In short rt means FREEDOM But let us never take advantage of this freedom or take rt for granted Let us cherish and protect rt as our most precrous heritage Always keep this thought rn mrnd that you will be a good citizen and do everything rn your power to further the interests of your country as long as you lrve The Junior Assocratron of Com dents to redouble their efforts at this time rn selling bonds and rn urging their parents relatives and friends to assist in the Red Cross Blood Donors Drrve We must never forget the boys who are los rng their lrves so that we may retaln our freedom Amerrcanrsm rs your birthright protect rt Chorus Chimes The Grrls Chorus under the di rectron of Nlrs R Lrno rs starting the year with a membership of 86 grrls The frrst business at hand was the electron of offrcers which was held on XX ednesday January 31 The following officers were chosen Presrdent Jewell Stens land vrcepresrdent Dolores Tole son secretary Lois Ixuper and treasurer Arlene Nelson Keeping the music rn order IS the Job of the lrbrarrans Jeanette Nloqurn Alma Enger and Dolores Snow Do rng a excellent Job as they drd last year are the accompanrsts Phvllrs Finlayson Ethel Dahlqurst and Jewell Stensland The Chorus whrch sings at the PT A nreetrngs con certs graduation and other social and educational affarrs should be commended for therr numerous ex cellent performances Taft Trib HQ V 12 No 1 TaftH1gh School Chrcago Illmors February 20 1945 Clubs Meet, Actrve Semester Ahead ll rth the begrnnrng of the second semester all of Tafts clubs re opened with a bang From lang uage clubs to athletic clubs have them all here at school The meeting of the French Club ordrnarrly held on 'Vlonday took place on Tuesday February 13 trrst period It was an organrza tron meeting held rn room 219 All French students are rnvrted to at tend all meetings Mrss Luede mann our popular French teacher rs the clubs sponsor Vrce president Roger Ginger as sumed the presidents place rn the German Club The former presi dent had transferred to another school Club prns have arrived and shall be issued at the next meeting The German Club meets the last Frrday ot every month and has gifted Dr Buchwalter as rts faculty sponsor Spanish Students Plan Ahead Pleasant Mrs Andrews keeps her students occupied rn class with a Pan American Srngrng Club which they all enjoy Mrss Johnson an other one of our well lrked Spanish teachers has an Espanola Club which meets in class wrth all stu dents partrcrpatrng '1 Wernstems Wizards Tafts Business Guild under the capable management of Mr Wern stern meets ev ery second Friday rn room 209 The next meeting wrll occur February 23 During this meetrng officers wrll be elected Senior Grrls Plan Semesters Work The Senior Grrls headed by ver satrle Miss Rogers had its frrst meeting of this semester on Febru ary 14 At that trme the 4A girls entertained the elrgrble 4Bs The club officers wrll be chosen at the second meeting The Junror Grrls wrll choose their officers during their frrst meetrng on the thrrd Wednesday of the month Students wrll be asked to volunteer to serve on the re freshment and entertainment com mrttees Miss Mueller Tafts well known dean of girls rs the guiding lrght of this club Our popular Physrcal Ed teacher Mr Nlrller as rn past years wrll agarn drrect the Safety Council which meets the thrrd perrod on Monday of each week Problems of safety and regulations wrll be drs cussed Recommended changes wrll be rnstrtuted Membership rn the club rs voluntary and rewards par trcrpants wrth serv rce pornts Due to the fact of lrmrted space the Trzb regrets that rt cannot give more space rn this rssue to all of Tafts worthwhile organratrozns Graduates Give Greenbacks An important part of the gradu atron exercises which took place durrn the evening of January 24 rn the school rudrtorrum was the presentation of the serrror Grtt After hrs presentatron speech Class Presrdent James Jacobsen gave Nlr Hoefer a check to be used for the furnishing of the Social Room Heretofore all graduating classes had made rt more or less a custom to purchase some necessity desrr ed by the school or else to grve a check for some specrfred artrclc to be purchased The green rug rn Mr Hoefer s office the trophy case rn the Art Room the Venetian blinds rn room 114 the loudspeaker system rn the audrtorrum the radio recording machine for the public speaking classes and the hangrngs for the stage are brrt a fevv of the gifts given by Taft graduates This year however because of the war and the drffrculty rn get ting something worth wlrrle and also because of the doubt as to what would be needed for Tatt,s Socral Room the Seniors after much discussion decided to simply present a check which would he used as Mr Hoefer saw frt rn the furnrshrng of the room In order thzft, futrye Taftrtes wrll remember what the January graduating class of 19 5 gave to Taft a Small rn scribed plaque wrll be plated on,the grft after rt rs purchased Changes In Faculty On vvrtlr the new serneste Le us not pass up the new addrtrons to the hallowed halls of our trrum phant Taft the teachers' These befrrendrng hr'rrns come from tar and near so whv not accompany this Taft Trrb reporter as she inter vrews these specialties of Lherr spe cies Mrs Kennrngton who coires to us from Lakeview when asked what she thought of Trft 'rnsvvored she lrked the burldrn verv mrrell Super Smart Students Receive Scholarships The January 45 class has come forward again Thrs trme rt was to receive honors for the grand show ing they made when 13 students were awarded scholarships to var rous colleges and unrversrtres By earning these scholarships the fol lowing students are one step nearer to the realization ot their ambr trons Danrcl Schneider rs attending lxorthwesterrr Unrversrty through its Chick Ev rns Scholarship Dan also received S300 per year from the Cook Fund to Northwestern The Unrv ersrty of Chicago awarded Daniel a scholarship too James lv rll hrt the top when he vv on er scholar ship to North Central College H1100 on turtron plus S200 gr'rrrtrnardJ 5315 per year from the Look lfund to North Central Lollege a 15100 KIWHHIS Club award and a 550 M P Hernze award thomas Craft tr winner rn a drf frcult competitive examination has been attending Purdue University since the beginning of this year he was also awarded S516 per year from the Cook Fund to Purdue Unrversrty Rudolph Kuper was a ded S300 per year from the Co d to Northwestern Unrversr y Nlargery Brgler received Kiwanis Club award and a 50 'NI P Hernze award Nlary Dalton valedrctoryn of t e January 45 class was awarded a scholarship to Purdue Unrver rty Presrdent of the classf' James Jacobsen won a scholarship t Purdue University through a com petrtrve examrnatron S e Honorary Scholarships. Too Lvplyn Evensen vvoryrfn honorary scholarship to St Olaf s College and Beverly Palm won an honorary srhol rrslrrp to 'St Therese Second highest rn the class Mar ron Doenrland received a scholar and was partrcularlv impressed bi ,ship to the University ot' Iowa the excellent pictures vvhrch ador lxorthern Illrnors State Teachers our halls and classrooms Nfrs Kennrngtou adds that she finds her Freshmen students verv respon srve Mrss Segalove rs with us another semester she rs replacing Nlrss Unseth who rs on a Sabbatrcal leave Mrs Nrsh who has taught Latin before at Taft rn the absence of Mrs Lewrs rs again teaching the same subject She replaces Nlrs Palermo Mrs Knuth who has tau ht at Fenger and Tuley before comrng to Taft replies I like Taft verv much and find the students on the whole very cooperative College awarded Ruth Bresenthal 9. sbholarshrp Carol Passovv has won arlfhonorarv scholarship to the Col lege JK rllram and. Nlary and Doro Ettrnger rs rn the process of a lvrng for honorary scholar shrp to lllrrrors VS eslevan These former Taftrtes through their rntellrgence and abrlrty to succeed hav e made Taft very proud of them and we hope that they wrll continue to succeed rn their Work at college Start making plans fo! college now and when the trme comes for vou to gradrrate you too may have your name lrsted among those of your class who have been awarded scholarships l Y . Y, ah ' ' 1 Y ' ol. . . . , . c Y . ' 0 u V1 ' a o ' Q , 1 C f ' . . . . 1 ' ' ' ' 1 . . Y 5 - Y Y . . ,, . I .. ' ' . ' ' - ' . . '1 . 1 . ' 1 , , we . Y, . , . Y Y Y . . Y . . . 1 Y - ' . . 1 ., . , . . .1 , . , . . . ., Y Y 1 1 - , . , , Y Y , ' . 1 - 1 ' . ' . ..' 1 '. ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' Y D.. . . . c - ' K ' 1' I ' .' x ' . 1 1 ' -.' . 1, 1 ' 1 . 7'. . . ' ! 1 1 ' 1 . ' . 'rf 4 -1 . v. 1. ' . , . . . . . Y , ,, . I , W . , , Y , . . . . ' ' . 1 ' 1 Y v ' 1 '- . ' ' '. 1 . , , 1 ' -1 ' . 1 . - . . s 7 ' ' K ' . . . 7. ' . . Y. 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Page 2 Taft Tribune Choose Either One- Peaches or Turpentineg The Mangoes Are R gre From the Aslatlc Theater of War Dear MISS Capron I haye recened your second V mall letter Thanks ey er so much I was 1H town the other day and purchased a book on buds The name of the book IS Inman Bzrds by Sahlm A11 Its publ1shed by the Bombay Natural HlStOFlCal SOCIEIY So now 1n my spare tnne I 1amble through the yvoods about a m1le and a half from camp I haye al ready 1dent1f1ed about twenty k1nds of b1rds Most of them ale br1l l1antly colored The past few days haye been yery wmdy The mangoes ame 11pe If you haye HGWQI heard of man goes I yy 1ll descl 1be them to you They ale shaped l1ke a k1dney bean and are about the SIZE of a baseball They fall from the trees when r1pe Some of them taste l1ke peaches others l1ke turpentme They grow on trees resemblmg the elm except that the leaves are smooth and glossy The leaves themselyes ale elongated and Straight edged The f1u1t 1tself IS green sometunes yellow The Skln IS tough and smooth There are many mteresting thmgs 1n Indla 1f one looks ln the rxght places Wh1le I was 1n town I v1s1ted the zoo It IS outmoded compared wlth our Brookf1eld zoo Monkeys and b1rds were IIS mot numerous mhabltants but It also COHIHIHS the fmest palr of rhmos I haye eyer seen Thelr Bengal tlgers are also yery f1ne Thls as 500 pounds They say that four mlles from here one can f1nd them runnlng w1ld S1ncerely We: ner Gessnet' Happy Bzrthtlay to You Bnthdays happen to the best of us so whv not adyertlse the glad t1d1ngs The month of Feb1uary brought forth great men l1ke L1n coln Vlashmgton Sherldan Ha111 son and whlle mentlonmg gleat names we cannot oy erlook the fol loyylllg Taftltes who a1e ce,1eb1at mg thelr b1rthdays th1s Harold Alyxn L01S Andre h1vs Alnold lack Ayelson Jlm Blown Thomas Cook Do11s Cleban Lo1s Cody Rlchard Ifoyut Gloly .Ie1ry R1chard Lalson Jean Loye Matll da Molnal Ralph Muellel Dorothy Ness Forrest Paddock Dale Pad g1tt Chalmame Planelt Dolores Toleson Kenneth Tomkms Congxatulatlons all you guys and gals A1en t you the lucky ones to get your name lnto the papel Stor of Floating lHarbor, Told To those of you who wondered what It would be l1ke to be r1ght 1n there when the a1t1f1c1al harbor was floated from England to Fxance lt should proye 1nterest1ng to learn that one of our former Taftltes Lyle Tmgley Slfc can g1ye some f1rsthand 1ntormat1on Lyle a Seabee d1opped 1n at Taft on Iyoy ember 21 and was coaxed xnto telllng, some of l11s eypeuences YNhllQ engaged IH th1s dangel ous y1tal wo1k The harbor blgger than the harbor of Dover was floated to Normandy Beach Fxance for the purpose of breakxng the current along the rough French coast Thls would enable alhed shxps to land men and suppl1es and msure success 1n the lmportant 1nyas1on about to be launched The harbor was floated oy er ln sectlons called Phenly and n1ck named cofflns These sectlons were made of concrete 121000 tons of re 1nfo1c1ng steel were 200 feet long and 50 feet wlde a11d each armed wlth a 40mm gun They yyele kept up because they were hollow and floated on the same pr1nc1ple used to float a dlshpan About 26 feet was under the water fox the ent1re dulatlon of the tr1p There wele 16 yaly es all around the coffln wh1ch upon arrly al at the destlnatlon wele ope11ed to flood the compartments and slnk the sections 1nto place The coffms were attached to a tug boat whlch was glyen orders to cut the tow llne lf thele was any slgn of elther enemy plane or shlp It th1s wexe done the coffm would s1mply dr1ft slnce It had not othex poss1ble means of motly atlon Perhaps now you can see where the name coffm was de 11yed The sectlon Lyle was on was torpedoed and sunk ln 8 seconds Howey er Lyles group were p1cked up after flY6 and one half hours of dr1ft1ng at sea Th1S floatmg harbol was a braln storm of the Br1t1sh who bu1lt one sectlon ln a perlod of SIX months w1th the help of 600 men Then our Seabees and the Army Englneels each bu1lt two 1n SIX weeks Lyle IS now wearlng a bar for good conduct a group Pres1dent1al clta tlon medal and a personal Presldentlal c1tat1on medal as a reward for hls ceaseless efforts 1n th1S v1tal war asslgnment Let s Vzszt Taft s Servzcemen on T rzh s T rg: Arouncl the World Cllmb ahoald Come along w1tl1 your Tub I epo1te1 and make a that he landed on Salpan ln July shortly after the 1nyas1on Now he trlp alound the world to see some lnterestlng slghts Lets start from good old U SA and make our f1rst stop at Austlalla Somethlng wrong here We dont know anybody Or dp we'l Isnt that Joe Syec oyer the1e My we hayent seen him slnce he graduated 1n 1941 'Whatcha know Joe Xou say that you wqre Just released from the h0SDlt3l9 Ion had a fractured anke how d1d you get 1t-or IS that a m1l1ta1y secret Vye w1ll haye to leaye Joe now and trayel on to our next destlna tlon whlch IS a remote place 1n 'New Gulnea Well look whos here' If 1t 1snt Kenneth Dans a 1943 grad We can t stay too long because we hayent got too much time so well leaye w1th a cheery 'So long unt1l neyt t1me Lets tray el on to Hawan ah' romance But Rlch ard XIe1cke1t 1942 doesnt haye t1me for that He Just works-or do you'P At least that IS what all the other Nayy Seabees do-uorlt Fxom here lets go on to Tmian Island and then to Southern France Whlle on T1n1an Island we saw before you graduateo John XX alter 1943 who Just told us IS enJoy1ng the sunshlne ln the Pa C1f1C reglon Q J Now that yye1e 1n France lets XlSIt Jack Rasmussen I heard that l1e IS seelng actxon w1tl1 the U S Army and IS ln the th1ck of ey erythxng By the way Jack haye you seen Fred Bunge The last we heard was that he had seen SETXICG in Afrxca and Italy but we cant look for h1m now W haye only one more stop to make and that IS England From there we are golng home Now that were ln England how about y1s1t1ng one of the hospltals where some of our boys are Well Bob Merewxck of all people' When d1d you get hurt Xou say you were wounded 1n actlon ln Germany on October 11 Thats too bad but youll be up and around 1n no t1me at all Hope you y1s1t us when you get home You w1ll Thats won derful Well so long fo1 noyv were on our way back to good old Unlted States Here we are-back in the Taft Tr1b off1ce My that was a short trlp consxderlng the dlstances We haye trayeled slnce we left Just a 11tt1e whxle ago Did you enyoy the tr1p We hope so February 20, 1945 Taftite Attend: College While Awaiting Call to Arms The followmg letter was received by Mxss Stralght from one of our former Taftles who IS waltlng to be called 1n to HCIIYG duty by the A1r Corps Dear MISS Stralght I hope you can st1ll remember m Im st1ll out here at Knox hay1ng Just passed the half way ma1k 1n the second term and I thought you might l1ke to know how I am gettlng along I f1n1shed the last term OK and my ay elage for the entlre term was 93 6 I d1d my best work ln math and physics S0 far th1s second term my ayer age has been sl1ghtly aboye what lt was last term Our courses are a l1ttle d1fferent Whereas last term we had algebra and tug this t1me we haye plane analyt1c geom etry I st1ll l1ke math best of all and so far I haye a 100 ave1age ln analyt1cs I dont know why lt is but I seem to haye a knack for math and I ney er had any trouble w1th lt I st1ll regret not haung taken any chemlstry in hlgh school because I would know a lot more about what were do1ng then Accord1ng to the latest lnforma tlon I may have to take st1ll an othe1 term after th1s one The A1r Corps is not callxng the reserve to act1ve duty as rap1dly as was ex pected That be1ng the case we may contlnue at college unt1l we re called They really feed us great here smce I came hele I haye galned oy er ten pounds and haye added an lnch ln h8lght Well I hope you ale having a flne year at Taft and are 1n the Slncerely yours Htllard ll achouskz Sgt Schm1dt Home Home folks and Taft1tes all wel comed Staff Sgt Edw1n Schm1dt yvhen he recently came home on furlough He enJoyed hlS 28 days yery much as he had just com pleted eight months of oyerseas duty Ed who IS a gunner and a fllght englneer on a B 17 Flylng FOPIIQSS has partic1pated ln battles oyer I46lDZlg Metz Cologne and as far as Czechosloy akxa Munlch and Luyembulg He returned Wlth the Presxdentlal c1tat1on d1st1ngu1shed flymg cross a1r medal and three oak leaf clustels Ed IS now Just relay1ng 1n a rest camp IH Santa Ana Cahf and savs he reallv apprec1ates the soft l1y1ng there At the t1me th1s paper went to press we had 190911 ed a notlce that Robert Gull1ckson a former stu dent of Taft had Joxned the Coast Guaxd Smooth Salllflg Bob . . ,, . . 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