Taft High School - Eagle Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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lt Happens lEyery Day Grad Enters Hospital Pat Gray Uune 'SOD has competed for, and won, a full tuition scholarship to Michael Reese Hospital. Soon she may be seen hurrying down the hospital cor' ridors as a full fledged student nurse. Her Chariot Awaits Miss Capron is responsible for the new' est addition to Taft's parking lot. She is the proud driver of a brand new, bright and shining, cream-colored Studebaker. Industry Earns Praise Mr. Hoefer and Miss Lowes spent an enjoyable day recently as guests of the Oil lndustry Information Committee, who conducted them on a tour of the oil refineries. The Standard Oil Company acted as their host at lunch time. The laboratories used for experimentation were visited later. Can You Top This? One of Taft's employees has made some startling advancements this semes' ter. As of September 1, Reuben Lantz worked under the title of Engineer Cusf todian. .Soon after that he received a letter addressed to Reuben Lantz, Head of the English Department. Last week he made a still greater jump in rank when the postman delivered a letter to Reuten Lantz, Principal of Taft High School!!! Klezak Breaks First String Purdue has a new first string left half' back. Phil Klezak was advanced to this position after he scored a touchdown for Purdue in their game with Texas. P. T.A. Applaud Speaker At their meeting held on Monday, Oct. 16, the P. T. A. had Dr. Sommers as guest speaker. His inspiring talk made the evening an enjoyable and interesting one for all present. Iournalist Falls for Football On Wednesday, October 18, jim Pfis' ter, popular Taft Trib sports writer, broke his leg. The accident, which oc' curred as the result of a tackle, took place on the football field during Jim's second period gym class. Seniors Solve Frosh Mystery It has finally been decided that those beautiful nylon, leatherette, and brown paper shopping bags that the freshies are carrying are not for the purpose of going to the store after school. They are a substitute for the usual freshie briefcase, since the latter are much too small for our knowledge-seeking frosh. T ft Tribune Taft High School, Chicago, Illinois October 26, 1950 Staff Smiles as Deadline Nears Pictured above is your Taft Tribune staff. Seated fr. to l.j are James Pfister, Janese jilek, Dolores Ehlert, Patricia Kennett, and John Gust. Standing in the second row are Shirley McKee, editor, Geraldine Faber, Marjorie Hoe, Carol Duty, Arlene Barnett, Dorothy johnson, and Stanley Glowacki. In the third row are Ronald Ploetz, Ronald Anderson, Wil- liam Kammer, Barbara Hollander, Robert Moers, Robert Helin, Maureen Vallee, and Benton Warder. Psychologist Admires Taft Doctor Thrustone, Director of the Di' vision of Child Study, visited Taft and for a few moments between classes we were able to see her and ask her a few questions. One of the first things we ask all visitors is What do you think of our school? Doctor Thurstone an' swered, Beautiful She said' that she was impressed with Taft friendliness. By that she meant the lack of the strong feeling of formality that there was at other schools. She was surprised to learn that there were approximately 1,800 stu' dents at Taft. Doctor Thurstone says that the teen' agers have a much better chance today and that they enjoy themselves more than in the 'Lgood old days. The curriculum is much broader and there is more per' sonnel service now. ln Doctor Thur' stone's opinion, the biggest problem that highfschool students have is to develop responsibility. Students that come from better com' munities usually have no feelings of inf security and it is sometimes hard for them to develop a feeling of responsibilf ity. She ended the discussion by saying that there is a big difference between the attitude of the student and the ref sponsibilities of the adult. Volumes to Library This semester the Taft library received 150 new books which will be available to the students soon. There are books for every subject and recreational reading to appeal to a variety of tastes. Among the new books are included the following titles: Day, How To Bowl! for all those interested in this popular sport, Allison, Constructive Uses of Atomic Energy-for the scientist, Ben' dick, Television Vyforlgs Like 'Thisffor those many students who have sets at home, Arnold, Deep ln My Heart, a story based on the life of Sigmund Rom' berg-for the music lover. The student body is requested to show their appreciation by taking excellent care of these fine books. .,

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8 Taft Tribune Indians Scalp Eagles 35-0 Taft fell before a mighty Lane eleven last Saturday. The unscoredeon Indians, led by an allfstate candidate for guard, Max Ponder, trounced' the Eagles 35 to O. Ponder himself kicked all ive extra points after touchdowns by love, Amend, Spaperi, Gittebert, Hogan. Size' and LANE .... ..... 7 7 7 14 35 TAFT .... ..... 0 0 0 O O Eagles Pluck Wildcats Coast to 15-2 Victory Viewing from the Lake View stands, your writer proudly witnessed the most inspiring spirit and anxiety shown at a football game since the '48 section champs fought their way to the quarter' finals with Austin at Soldiers' Field. The Eagle attack was sparked by the spectacular running, of John Osko and passing of Doug Wanegar. The Hnal score, Taft 15, Lake View 2, although not as impressive as the Eagle power indicated, may be a preview of the final standings. After a slow moving, hard fought Hrst half during which Taft was outplayed, the Eagles came clawing back, showing a complete revival. The halfftime score, Taft 6, Lake View 2, was produced by a 20 yard aerial from Wanegar to Osko and a Wildcat safety scored when Des Rochers was tackled behind his goal on a run around end. The other scoring was a 5 yard' plunge by Wanegar after Osko had returned a punt 40 yards on a brilliant run which brought spectators to their feet. The final two points were scored when the hard charging Eagle line smothered the Wildcat fullback be' hind his goal. Another Eagle score was nullified by an offfside penalty against Taft. The play was a screenfo pass to Osko behind strong interference which covered 50 yards over all. Lake View's Wildcats had previously whipped Sullivan 2610 and were rated highly to upset Taft. Homer Heads Hi-Y Installation was held for the Taft HifY on Sunday, October 1, with members' parents viewing the ceremony. New oflif cers were presented with their duties and members were ollicially installed. The oflicers of the club are: Homer Rudolph, presidentg Jim Hibarger, vicefpresidentg Chuck Falkenthal, secretaryg and jack Lanning, treasurer. The club's roster inf cludes: Ronald Bentsen, Paul Felgenf hauer, Jim Ostberg, jim Davis, Paul Lauschke, Howard Anderson, Ted Wil- liams, Bob Kopke, Tom Darville, Jerry QGabbyl Hayes, Walt Kwasigroch, Joe Weiss, Ted Voss, Don Simonsen, Bill Kammer, Wally Shaw, Roger Nelson, Rex Styzens, Tom Ohomen, and Neil Ander- son. Movies or a guest speaker are a promif nent part of the program following each business meeting. The agenda will conf sist of a movie and a talk by an army officer at the next meeting. Plans for November include a trip via a chartered bus to Stateville for all Hi'Y members. Q-v-v-v-v-v-v-.-.-.f.-.-.-.-v-v-.-v-.-v-.Af-.-.-.-.-v-,fvvvvs STARS IN Yllllll EYES Skating Stars Ken Henry is the most popular, but who is Taft's other international skating star? Swim Stars Walter Wolf was t'he backstroke champ, but who was the freestyle man backing him up in the relays? Hint: He was also a top man on the golf team. Leroy Bazany was also a swim star- and an instrumentalist, but what instruf ments? Bowling Stars Ken Rogner took high single last sea- son with a 263, but whom did he take this honor from? Baseball Stars George fSufeeJ Maier stays in the news at Illinois, but where did catcher Ron ,Sienkiewicz go? Larry Landerholm, star second sacker, played basketball, too, but w'hat position? Bruce Benson, a star at shortstop, turned down a major league ball club so he could play for Wheaton, but which club? Football Stars Taft lost this year's opener to Flint, Mich., but whom did they drop last sea' son's Hrst game to? Answers in Column 3 Tri-I-Ii-Y Cup to Taft Taft's TrifHifY has begun the new se' mester with a bang. On Friday, Septemf ber 16, at the Irving Park Methodist Church, a worship service was held for the new members. At this time the club was awarded the efficiency trophy for the third time in its history. This trophy is given by the Irving Park YMCA to which ever of the six TrifHifY clubs afhliated with the Y have earned the most points for activities and meet- ings held during t'he preceding semester. Taft will be allowed to keep and display this trophy until next February, when it will again be awarded to the club that has earned the most points. The 53 Junior and Senior girls meet at the Irving Park YMCA on the first and third Tuesdays of each month for a business meeting, and on the second and fourth Tuesdays for committee meetings. The first big event on their schedule is a Mothers' and Daughters' Tea to be held at the Y on October 17. Date Night, the dance sponsored each semester by the club and which both members and nonfmembers look forward to, will be held on November ll. Bids may be purchased for the regular price of 32.25 and will be available from Octo' ber 11 through October 23. They may be bought at Taft by contacting any Tri- HifY member. These bids are in great demand and only 200 will be sold. If you would like to attend Date Night be sure to obtain yours early. ,itggwfz f ' tlppv' g5 l my The boys' locker room is a parade of color with most unusual wunderwear be- ing sported by many of those great big beautiful males. We have leopard and zebra skins, flowered beauties and ferned masterpieces . . . In the third period swim class we have the selected few who would rather write than get wet . . . More madness from the same class in' volves Bruce Geisert and Homer Rudolph who are trying in vain to swim 40 yards under water fbest bubble blowers Taft ever hadj . . . Hank Kallimanes sings romantic songs while dreaming of Ioyce in period' 2 gym . . . Gene the invincf ible QGene Iohnstonj who thought his football team couldn't get along without him learned a lesson. Even AllfStars are expendable. uaspunuiy-Hcqloocr saaquejx-Heqaseg Pmo-IIHQSSHH anpind-ueqaseg LZZ - BPMLIS IV -Builmog uoipiooay gg xeg-Luymg Jarieuions turf-uiymg .raqosrd 931023-Bugaeqg Zgnb 01 stafusuy

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10 Taft Tribune Flying Radiator Hits Edison Park Your reporter has lived through atom bombings, earthquakes and' flying saucer raids, but never before has he witnessed such happenings as occurred the other night. While serenely glancing at a television movie said night, in the parlor of the home of Ronald Ploetz, 4A student at Taft, the house suddenly gave a convul' sive shudder. It was as if a devastating blow had struck the building. Quickly recovering his wits as directed in the Air Raid Instructions, he inf spected for broken bones When he lowered his feet he was astounded to find still there. Upon inspection of the and bruises. to the floor a floor was basement it was found that a radiator had quite un' ceremoniously landed upon a pingfpong table in the recreation room. How it got there is still a mystery, since no way of entry could be found. Since only rusty water was coming out of both ends, your reporter assumed it safe to remain in the immediate vicinity. All citizens in Edison Park are urged to be on the alert!! It's not safe to sleep on your bed anymore! Sleep under it or you may find a 400 pound radiator on you in the morning. , . -1E:1.:::::::.:.:g:: -'-- 1 '1:f:3:23?Ef3:v. :2E's, . :: ., 5:5.:5'5rg5 , ,g,5-g 'I ---- ' . .:'-:::f. ..- ::':3.,:,.,:.,:: 2::i-5-3553.355'Sir'ifgigin5155525E5EE3EE5:5:5:5:5:5:1:,:..,:::j:-::-::',I, r, . ,, '.':,g'f,'::5:s55':.5:,1 .2:s.::sg5,z:z:-:'::: .- :eE. iEE2:1:2:f. :2S2. 5 . 22-iff ' '21 -. :I.'5'2EEsEEI5:E55Ei'::E ......,.. . .... . ,.., ..,.,., ..,..., . . 1 Should old acquaintance be forgot? Never, so here is some news about the alumni: Have any of you been hearing bells? Well, it's not your ears playing tricks, it's just that the i'Wedding Bells have been ringing for some of the alumni. jean Kasmin fjune '5OJ is now Mrs. Reed Redmon Qjune '49J. They were married on july 2. Congratulations, kids. Four more recent newlyweds are Barbara Wallace and Wally Soderholm, and Gladys Schneider and Chuck Lund' berg. In the future there will be wedding bells for Alumni Don Gillis and senior Betty Wallace. Our own Phil Klezak Uan. '48, is playing second string offense for Purdue University. Phil is a sophomore. Janis Reed and Dan Swanson Uune '49J still going are strong after four and onefhalf years. Kenny Weber is now working for Bankers' Insurance Co. Tom Rowland was recently asked to join Uncle Sam's army. Barb Skipple and Ted Schwarb were married in June. Reporter Meets Foreign Editors Representing Taft at the Daily News sponsored Keen Teen Press interview with 13 visiting foreign editors on Sat' urday, October 7, was Arlene Barnett. The meeting took place in the Cloud Room of the Stevens Hotel with editors from France, Austria, Germany, Belgium, Finland, Scotland, Australia, India, Tur' key, Switzerland, and japan at the inter' view. The junior journalists learned that school newspapers in those countries are very similar to ours. The students write their own papers and have almost the same news that we carry. In Japan, they also have grammar school newspapers. American comics are very popular, even in India and Turkey. The Indian editor was asked many questions by the group who enjoyed hearing him talk even if they couldn't understand all that he was saying. He said that the average Indian couldn't read or afford to buy a news- paper. Indian girls are especially fond of American lipstick and chewing gum. After about an hour and a half, the session broke up into an informal inter' view where the teenfagers were able to talk personally with the editors. It is reported that many foreign editors de' cided to organize highfschool press clubs in their countries. JUST IMAGINE . . . Dolores Rosenke not doing her home' work Qduring lunchj. Bob Moers wearing plain colored shirts. Lucy Brundrett hating dogs. Arlene Anderson with short hair. RuthAnne Winch coming late to her period 2 class. Diane Kirsting with a short skirt. Sally Green 6 ft. tall Qplease, give her timej. Irene Hegland having a terrible voice. joan Armstrong ceasing to chew gum. Gene Iohnston in a T'shirt and dirty levis! Carol Novak with long, curly hair fnatural, that isj. LeRoy Grabow without his medals fhe'd be lostj. Carol Stoltz with a size live shoe. Charlene Fuller weighing 115 pounds. Bev Edgerton with nothing to say. Steve Borik 5 ft. tall. DON'T LET Tl-HS GET' AROUND V Since we promised we would not break any bones trying to get the news this semester, we've decided it would be bet' ter to hide in the senior lockers. This is what we learned: It seems Dorothy Anderson prefers Theta parties to the Taft dances . . . or is the preference Tom Lycos, Dot? Some of the couples that can hardly wait for DatefNite are: Carol Van' nerson and Art Shaw, Charlene johnson and Joe Fenius, and Arlys Nitsche and her Dean from Amundsen. HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT- Myra Andres writing to Tom Culkar at Youngstown, Ohio, College . . . Ann Redman going with Bill Campbell . . . Butch and Correen Schanmier . . . Our boys who paid a surprise visit to Torn Burke, then going to the i'Drive' Inn? We are wondering if you enjoyed the picture that much, boys? . . . Most of the senior girls driving their dads' cars to the football games . . . What a certain group of girls are planning to do on Hallowe'en nite. Imagine walking through the cemetery at midnight!!! Anyone who wants to know what's going on in Germany, get in touch with Nancy Meilahn. It seems she met two boys at camp this summer and has been corresponding with them ever since. Why does 'Yvonne 'Toussaint' look so dazed in period 5 on Mondays? Does C. Smith have something to do with it? jim Pfister is going with a girl from jones Commercial School. It seems they share her ring every other week. Reeny Vallee and Stan are back to' gether again after a short breakup. Seems they just can't be separated. What is the attraction between Don Chassce and blondes? Could it be the tantalizing smell of peroxide? R.O.T.C. Reveals Roster Our ROTC has swung into gear with the issuing of uniforms and appointment of new officers. Topping this year's list as major is john Gust. lst Lt. Grabow has been advanced to Capt. and is now in command of Company B. Included in the officers' roster this se' mestcr are: Znd Lts. Nelson fSuppl7 oflicerl, Merki fExecutivej and Ronald Hass fAdjutantJ. Aron, Hathaway, Schiefelbein, and Kelder are platoon leaders. All were selected on the basis of written examinations and performance records.