Taft High School - Eagle Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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February 20 1945 Taft Tribune MID WINTER FASHIONS Come on klds lrsten and you wlll hear about a few thrn s tha haye been seen at our school Do your clothes rate a second look There are plenty here at Trft that d For rnstance Kfzrf HVPIIIIIZ s' darlrng two prece blue 'rnrl whrte checked surt and Helen llzulloffs brown and yvhrte checked one Equally as hrrp rs Pena Prunellt s' solrd gold surt wrth oodles of pleats ln the skrrt NOV! FOR Qty FATFRQ Note the C8ltllf.,'1Ili rn purple worn b Joan from th'lt of llrnmn scmlra ln whrte and lrrg Nounrlz s 't dark green Mens sweaters seem to be qurte the thrng An example of thls can be seen on Itllzan Nouot czynskr Hers is blue whlle that of her slster Pelnue IS Just as super ln yellow The latest colors are co ral teal and chartleuse There are soooo many knobby plard and check shlrts that they are too numerous to mentlon Home outstandrn ones are Donnrc I ease s' of black and whrte check Dtrl qtrarlsses- whlte plald and Jack Raffeotus red plald By the way haye you seen Chuck Darn and Dean Bambzme sharp suspenders Wonder where they got em Those out of thrs world hats Wlth fur trrmmrng worn by Chuck Petersen Oluer Hamacheck Karl Ixorflemzt and lou Gibbs are Just too too snazzy Approprlate for that speclal date rs Bunny Sztansons dress of black crepe top and plnk t'1ffeta skrrt coyered with black lace The lusclous watermelon red dress wrth Margze Tzoeeter rs also good date balt The freshles seem to be up rn styles and look sharp There hasn t been much trme howeyer to see the specral thlngs they re wearrnff Be patrent 'md we II try to get to you all later But remember rf you want to be a solrd sender dont wear prints and plalds to gether Instead wear erther of them wlth solrd colors In the lrne of don ts come hrgh heels worn wrth anklets That seems to be a fayorrte pet peeye of so many T'rft rtes Look for us rn the next issue well be sendrng you Sermm fl omar Answers Chester Iwrmrtr Harry Truman See next rssue Italy General Strlwell Luzon and bIlDd0I'0 George Washrngton General Patton 10 Tokyo flfth Test Your Facts Get out the pen and brarn mat 9 v Do fl bzt of fIll'LCl verzeum See just uhat our men are dom f rs com mander rn the 'south Pacmc IS the Vrce Presrdent ot the Lnrted States as elected on Tuesday Iyovember 7 3 Tattrtrs brou ht pounds of paper on February 16 1945 4 The Gothlc Lrne rs ln 5 NIaJor Bong has doyvned enemy planes has been relreyed of hrs post as Chret' of Strtt to Charng Karshek ant are two of the rslands that our troops lny aded ln the Phrlrppmes was the presrdent that was afrard to smrle because false teeth were not yet perfected at that trme IS he commander ot' the Armored Dry ylslon of the U S Army rn South ern Fr rnce 10 The Allres h'1ye bombed for a tlme wrth B29s Well now all you better world They cm be found on thrs page but remember that even these an sw ers are snbJect to change Welcome to Taft Mr Hyman who came to our school from Stelnmetz when rn tervrewed stated that he lrkes Taft very well Coach Baran out of the Army aft er seryrng yvrth the 16th Xrmored Dryrsron says that our basketball team has good sp rrt anl IS steadily improying wrth each game Furthermore added the Coach I am certarnly glad to be back Bus or Bust' The hrghway bus rs comrng' And Taftrtes start to scurry But you dont haye to worry You thlnk you re frrst rn lrne The screechlng of the brakes Brmgs all of the Taft horde And as you clrmb aboard You re smothered rn the rush Regardless of smashed heads As Taftrtes push rn glee Xou wlsh that you were dead At peace beneath the ground But now the bus rolls on' Trond like to yell and cuss For you haxe lost the bus You re late agarn to school' INOUIRING REPQRTGR To start thls semester off thls reporter detrded to frnd out what you guys and gals dlslrke such an array of answers' The Questxon yy hat rs your pet peeye Dee Koch 4A to sec thot IISIIIIZII worn rn thc daytrnre Drck Ebert 3B Boyytles md stlft collrrs Dory Wcxlgren 4A People who are torexer Jabber lng away and not grxrng anyone else or chance to put lll a yyord Don Erlcksen 3B PIHKIICHI Jokcrs 'lt the lunch table Lorrarne Drab 3A Trollry prlots who shout lllfllf-, rrlntly ye to the of r bus wllen youre prurtlcrlly out ot the rear end I hate people who when spoken to pretrnd they dldrrt hear you Helen Mudloff 4A Snobby people' Nelda Quest 4A Hrgh heels shorts rnd 'tnklets worn together K T Burbulls 3A Fur coats worn wrth loafers or moccasrns Vrrglmcr Bechtel 3A A f1ngern'1rl that s q u e a k s agarn t the board Ioan Gercone 3A People who copy the dress of another person Ioyce Blomsen 4B People who wefrr dlfferent plalds together Iecm Gnmslcrnd 4A F'lt glrls rn slacks see themsely es Avrs Fnedlund 4B Lockets yxrthout prrtures Iune Issleb 4A People who crfrc k therr urn Llllran Nowatczynskr 4A People who put sugar rn therr coffee Elmo! Hobcrn 4B Boys who thrnk they lnow t all Vyot mentronrng any names? Ellxe Behn 4B People who make dates and then 'lre lflte Lots Andre 4B The boys yyho thrnl they re ey erythrn e pecrally now srnct theres a shortage of them Chcmnarne For-slcmd 4B Grrls who bleach the top f therr harr Bob Nettnrn 4B Grrls wrth half blond 'md half brunette harr They should Page 3 Dave Persclzke Rates Reward or Lost Dzamonds Haxe you eyer wished that you could tlnd a hrdden treasure some lost dramonds or somethlng ex crtrng llke that Of course you haye Vye all haye at one trme or anotller but we dont all get the chance There rs one sophomore Taftrte that we know of though who has had the excrtrng exper rence of flndrng some lost dra. nrorrds He rs Daye Perschke o e Sr ay walkrng, home Oketo ayenue tmnlar school Due splerl a green paper bag lyrng on the sldewalk He casually klcked the ba whrch opened slrghtly to rey eal a bracelet As he looked at the bracelet he thought that It must be yery expensrye but he could not make hrmself belreye that these were real dramonds sparkllng before hrs eyes Then as he prcked up the bag he found that rt contalned some more Jewels lxot stopprng to look at them then he hurrred home wtlh the llttle It all happened when as he was from work along, near Fbrnger After arrlyrng home he showed them to hrs mother who assured hrm that they were real dramonds The entrre contents of the bag was found to be a platinum bracelet contarnrng 40 dramonds a platl num rlng composed of frye large drsrnonds and last but not least a. whrte gold loyalrere wlth one dia mond The Perschkes then drd what we hope you would do too lf you found a small fortune rn Jewels They attempted to locate the owner of the Jewels It was declded that the best way to frnd out who had lost them was to consult the Lost and Found column rn the news paper As soon as they turned to the Lost and Found column rn the Chrcfrgo Trrbune thrs ad Dra monrls lost 51:10 Reward con fronted them An Insurance Com pany had lllQ8l'l9tl the 'ld The Ilrsurance Company after berng called sent a nrfrn to the Perschke home to rdentlfx the Jewels yvhrch lelon ed to a cllent of thelrs The Jewels were the ones sought hence Daye Perschke became the reci prent of a small plece of paper a check for Q150 Come on 11011 Atrls get yourself out of that hd e Cause the ments' me here for the romrnq rlvlus' Feb 22 Hollday Feb 23-Basketball at Waller Feb 23 Soclcrl Dance Mar 2 Socral Dance Mor 6-Mcxrkmg Day s l z ' 1 ' ' l t r. 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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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Page 4 Lzkten, Fresh! Howdy Doody' Freshies! By this time we suppose you've got an ample supply of elevator passes and locker heaters. but don't WOI'l'Y kids, you can always sell them to the unsuspecting freshies of next September. Noyv that the excitement of be- ing in a strange school is over, and you'y'e finally discovered where to find the lunchroom. you can settle down to becoming good Taft- ltes Of course youll yyant to get into all the extra curricular actryitres that you can It adds to the fun of going to high school lf you think you are buddin prirnl don nas yyhy not Join the Mixed Chorus or the G11 ls Chorus Or if youye been drryrng the family cra7y by tootrng on an old horn yyhy not put your talents to better use in Pop Rapiers band or orchestral You strong he men yyill want to keep all the girls drooling start now and help carry Tafts name to victory on the gridiron baseball diamond track in the swimming pool or on the basketball court Maybe some of you yy ill want to become the great scientists of our day You can get a good start right here by taking a four vear course in science that is if you can stand the smell in chemistry and biology Whatey er you may plan to follow do a good Job of it while here at Taft' You know our teachers are really not as terrible as you think they should be They are human :Just like their students We re sure none of you like to pass your leisure hours after school sitting in 304 so try and keep from getting encores 304 can be a reallv dull room Any unfortunate yictrm can attest to that fact On behalf of Tafts illustrious seniors we wish you all as much success and happiness as we haye had in our three and one half years here at Taft The Taft Tribune Published Plyycfkly l tl Jorrrrm Xiilllnm Hoyyard lnh High iqhool 5 N 'ztoma ye imap., Februnrv 0 IIN lrice I-he tents Editor in Chief Dorothy I owen Sports lditor Lou Prbbs trrls Sports Doris Iarsen Exchange Editor t 1 IXOI 1 Reporter Nlar nrt xx res I r rrarne Brill Rena Prunellr Nlary i llom gren Lorraine lJtrttYll'1lll1 Jean Dettmer Tune Dunker lane Fell Marilyn Har rn -xnnabellt Hobbs Dea Korbus Ro llind hour li Dori Larsen y Xlorgrrr laurel Perkins f 1 rmrrne ltterman Nance Price Shirley Sr-hnelle Florra Sch ne lion Schyyarr Nia r n Seroka lrtty Slultz les e Smith Pat Soren en lat Red man Grace Stol er Nlarylrn Swan son 'Nlarge Tor tfr Shirley ru dell Nancre Xogtl Beyf-rlx Xtrl helm Cub Peporters Parnara tngus Richard Larson Joyce Nlertes Bill Hiller Artists Richard Lar on Bill Xlrller Dan Krabec Photographer s H ir tlcy Kopke Richard Kuekfr lugene Nugent Ralph Sogge Circulation Adyr rr Nlr Paul Prgler Editorial Edyrscr Miss Hattie Nlarquardt Taft Tribune WE'RE WONDERING . . . When all the girls will stop drooling over Irv Kaage . . . What happened to the beautiful friendship between Dick Lawson and Gloria Zold . . . Where lack Hynes gets all the gas to pick up Phyllis Roth from work four nights a week . . . lf it's his basketball jacket that makes Dick Williams so popu- lar . . . Why Nancy Price dashes to Chem. third period . . . lf anyone has found Marilyn Harsin's history book please return it. She's getting tired of saying no to Mr. Osborn . . . When Whitey McLean is going to break his Scotch heart and buy a razor . . . Why Leonard Bunge. Ed Rhode. lefft' Guth and Dick Tholin were calling for Mabel in the sixth pediod lunch . . . If Lou Gibbs has yet learned to hold his thumb over a test tube when shaking it . . . lf theres been any reocurrence of a flood in room 307 . . . how many lunch periods Charlene Schmolt has Where Bea Korbus got those snazzy red flannels CD0 they really keep you warm?l Who Lorraine Koehler is drooling over in the sixth period lunch Why lean Love is so happy that she eats lunch during the sixth period lf Barb Whittxers radiant face 1 due to the fact that lack Heddon is in her crvrcs ass Are you kidding? Y'T'Y'77'T Senior Chatter Matter .LALALAAA SEEN WHILE SNOOPING Larry Walquist who in order to save a lunch table lard on it fought with the former owner and beat them off with chairs tWas it worth it Larry?l Zoot Perschke running around measuring things His nose is one and one third inches long and Gene Nugent can open his mouth three inches Betty Shultz carrying a lock of Dan Vrabecs hair but its from his leg Bob Walker choking on a whole apple No no Walker you re supposed to eat it little by little Charlene Heier answering to the name of Pash Earl Larsen pouring a whole bottle of perfume on Ray Howland so he could stink pretty A certain sophomore who was plenty embarrassed after telling Shirley Campbell the wonders of Taft only to find she IS a 4A Avis I-'reedlund trying to burn her hair in Chem tTskl tskl Doesnt she know its against the fire ordrnance?l If you see Ioan Stark flashing a roll of bills these days its because shes now full time business manager for 221 AM Gals in the fourth period gym class drooling over Shirley Trudells book The Fountain Head Len Lewandowski entertaining those that were in the auditorium first period Dee Toleson collecting money at the Clark movie theater for the March of Drmes BY THE WAY Wally Kosmen is leaving for the Navy in March Annabelle Hobbs didnt show up at lean Waterrnans house one night because the sailor she was with looked too goofy Mandy Lou Bowen Sandy Kelgard Ierce Blornsen and Snooper Vogel are known as the spokes lTogether they make one big wheell What was Ieanne Dettmer doing out with Chtf Kero Sunday night? Old Times Reunion or something? We see Lee Crippen and Io Klusman roaming the halls Lonesome girls? Sug Williams is going bankrupt calling Iohn Bowen up every day now that he has his own prrvate phone Audrey Shirley and Suzie are really feelin blue cause Bergsund Steve and Evan have graduated There is treason or something going on around Taft and all because of Ieaune Rauchenbergs Vale trne Party Are those really legitimate excuses Herman Sommers uses to get Manon Lund out of classes? Corny Lauschke looks unusually happy lately because shes finally deserted lim Murphy Our syvnpathv goes out to Dons Iohnson She looks like she misses Taft Lowell pretty much What was Dons Larsen doing with Wright Petersen in on leave? That makes three of em Snuff Rusty and Wright Dot Dundon is sporting a graduation ring that looks really nice tlts not one from Taftl Poor Arlene Szorc is wondering if Hank will get his seven days furlough before shipping out Thats quite a sharp picture t at Edith Wickstrom carries in her wallet REMEMBER Vt AX BACK WHEN The kids used to go oy er to Mc'v eighs now Hedlrns on the path oy er the tracksq We had with us Mr -tddrson Purcell and Mr Mooney and when the students were hallguards what yye couldnt get away with and our big football heroes yyere Srerimclcr Concannon ,tlthemmr Frosty and Boots' then too the basket ball team stars were Pan tells Pnulrsh Noots etc but especially the team made up of Katou slit Otottsliz Kaflettslui Bayeuslrz and Smzth when the BTOS were Hal Iorfde R011 Rus lee Qnrzth etc and when the lunch room had baibeques and French fries and frosty malts THOSE WERE THE DAIS February 20, 1945 Strictly Soph, HAVE YOU NOTICED? Barbara MSOIIIUIH Campbell an Lois Krrperiy latest scriblings o Varga girls? Keep it up gals an Esquire will be pursuing you. Roger ll'oIfe1'1lz seems to be th ideal man of all the fresliie girls Hum!! some sophomores, too! Those swoony remarks Jom Kno.r has been making about a cer tain Joe of hers tFluff talk? Those typical crew cut chfirae ters Pd 'lieucrs and Chex 'llzrtlre son' aa ah solid Bt THE WAY XX hat about those gals seen grop ing through the halls seeking boy for a certain Hay rack ride ll hen liathu ltnuth asked Rulp Rerytezner she was so neryous he knees were shaking She finall bagged em CI'alph yve meant Can anyone forget that param party at Jouce Iamiqraf 9 housel Why didnt Jean Berk ask In t the hayrack? Whats this we hear about Jun ltovalt refusing dates to stay hom in order to write letters? Relax Joes and Jills And urfurl your brow As you read of your pals In the Sophs Meow DON T LOOK NOW BUT Some eager operators are after Bob Rau Casanova Don Andreas' was seen walking some honey chile to her classes its a different honey chile ey ery period hes no ay erage Joe' If youre in the solo depart ment and are seeking some intor matron being Smarter n Smoothei or on dating dope wh not contact Ho Zuroslt and TPTHI Dfrrlrng in 5th period lunch Learn some of their com mando tactics That hunk o heartbreak Chuck ' Qchresser sure fits the saying Loye em n leaye em Take it cool girls tsob sobb C 3l'ldld3t6S Show Stamina Beware If you want to stay aliye and in a. nice whole piece stay away from the R O T C drill hall for the next few weeks Cor poral Nelson Taft military rnstruc tor has giyen his consent for the freshmen to shoot on the rifle range until the current supply of ammunition is exhausted Freshmen Attempt Beachhea Did you see those neyy Taftites that are trying out for the team? 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