Taft High School - Eagle Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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lt Ha pens Every Day Slippery Success On January 6 the TrifHifY held its longfawaited sock dance, officially called the i'Foot Ball. All who attended paid an admission fee according to the size of their feet. Coming Attraction Attention, Taftites!! In the near fu' ture Taft will again present a Variety Show. lt will be sponsored by the Stu' dent Council and the Drama Club who plan to conduct tryouts for all interested in participating. Chorus Carols Taft's Mixed Chorus added its bit to the holiday spirit by singing Christmas carols at the December meeting of the Norwood Park Chamber of Commerce. Doctor to Advise Grads At the commencement exercises on Ian' uary 25, Dr. Cassell, the former acting Superintendent of Schools, will deliver the address to the January '51 graduating class. Smorgasbord for Faculty Cn January 4, Taft's Scandinavian teachers had a party. They treated other members of the faculty to a delicious meal consisting of their country's most popular dishes. White Future Ahead According to the 4A class prophecy, read at the luncheon on December 18, nursing is the career that is most popular with girl grads, Seven of them plan to follow in the footsteps of Florence Nightingale. Olympic Repeater Ken Henry, a Taft grad, has again qualified to enter the races which decide who will represent the United States at the next Olympic meets. As you know Ken did very well representing Taft at many ice skating meets here in the city. Taft Teacher Triumphs Highest among Taft students attending Northern Illinois State Teachers' College was Velna Lewis. Her grades at the quarter win her hearty congratulations. New Chef Manley's loss was Taft's gain when Mrs. Staz became the supervisor of Taft's lunchroom on January 2. Council Candidates Candidates for the next ,Student Counf cil election have been chosen. They are: President, Joe Weiss and Paul Lauschke. Vice President, Don Fisher and Joanne Adamsg Secretary, Nancy Herz and Judy Zinkg and Treasurer, Frank Eorio and Bill Crawford. Taft High School, Chicago, Illinois January 16, 1951 TOP TRIUMPHANT TE Pictured above are the outstainrding scholars of the January 1951 graduat- ing class. In the top row are Marylin Solberg, valedictoriang Shirley McKee, third placeg Johqn Gust, fourth placeg and Joan Moquin, salutatorian. Reading from left to right in the second row are: Car-ol Brandt, fifth placeg and Carole Johnson, sixth place. Shown in the third row are: Roger Mazer, seventh placeg and Patricia Prestien, eighth place. In the fourth row are: Barbara Thompson, ninth place, and Ruth Yelk, tenth place.

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24 Taft Tribune Eaglets Reminisce by Bob Moers Taft's froshfsoph football team can look back on a very successful season. Their three win and live loss record doesn't mean much for they held their opponents to 86 points while scoring 80 themselves. The linemen who so ably held down the forward wall where Liljequist and Ka' rolczak ends, Galla and Broch tackles, Iverson and' Feldmen guards, and Rex center. Other linemen who saw much duty were Osucha, Skipple, Pederson, and Fratzke. The backfield, composed of Ron Klef zek fPhil's brotherJ,Harvey Crippen, Ken Andersen, and Bob Mooney, did a bang' up running job. Crippen and Klezak did an excellent job of passing and Klef zek really called plays like a pro. Other backs who saw service were Rogers, Plyman, Rauhut, and Hayes. The only real injury came when Anderson pulled' some ligaments in his leg in mid- season and wasn't able to play again until the Lane game. The Eaglets can look back to a sucf cessful season, the high point being their 13fO loss to Lane. Lane scored in the opening seconds and a nip and tuck battle followed. With only a few seconds left to go, Lane scored again on a desperf ation play. For experience this season, Bob Moo' ney, Harvey Crippen, and Kent Andersen were carried as members of the varsity squad. -Ll- Hi-Y Organizes Teams Taft Hi-Y has made many gains during its last few meetings. One of these is the appointment of a team committee. Their objective will be to get the various members to join a team such as basket' ball, swimming, volleyball, and track, or to participate in competition with other clubs. Another thing the members are working on is one of the feature pro- jects since the origin of the club. It is to be a huge dance that will be given towards the end' of the semester. The various committees for the organization of this dazzling affair have been appointed and are already making the necessary arrangements. Although the Taft ofiicers oiiiciated, Taft combined with Schurz Hi-Y at a recent meeting. Feature attraction was an active member of the F.B.I., who pre' sented to the Hi'Y'ets a few points on the history and responsibility of that organization. The faculty and student body of Taft wish to express their deepest sympathy to the Hoe family in their recent bereavement. Shop Boys Aid Needy Youngsters Cl. to r.D: Wayne Gardner, Gregory Williams, Gordon Charter, Wayne Noble. WHEN THIS IS SAID: Smiles from the Files by john Gust : IT MEANS: Boy, what a tough test A student I didn't study, Oh, no! Mr. Sigalos I don't want to do the dishes. Meetcha after school Best Buddy I might phone tonight - about 8 o'clock. Don't miss this spectacular Movie Poster Class B? Not worth it! epic. Car needs a washing Father Time to leave-FAST! I want you to run to the Mother You'll be shopping all store a minute afternoon, Let me play Spike Jones' Prospective I want to kill time. new release Customer Mr. Seyller wants to see you Div. teacher Mr. Seyller wants to see you. I'll be home early Young son I'll be in at 2. I'll be down in a minute Your date Time for another game of chess. I'm not hungry Girl on a date Check your wallet! Mermen Find Submarine In Pool Get Ready! Get Set! Go! That was the phrase voiced' continuously by swimming coach Joe Kupcinet as he timed both new and old swimming team members. The first prefswimming season tryfouts were held November 17 to hnd out how Taft's swimming team will stack up this season. Among those who were successful in competition are senior swimmers Richard Dernell, James Morbeck, and Jerry Gerf hardt who swims a 100 yard backstroke. Two of the juniors who made good show' ings at the tryfouts were Edward Iver' son and Victor Longman, free style. The Taft tankers have shown line prowess in previous years and we hope that our water friends will do as well this year. Career Conference It has been announced that the Third Annual Chicago Area Career Conference will be held on December 27, 28, and 29 at the Illinois Institute of Technology. High school and junior college students of the Chicago area are invited to attend this conference. During these three days, 200 onefhour counselling sessions have been planned. These sessions will cover the advantages, disadvantages, and opportunities of over 70 different professions in business, inf dustry, and education.

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26 Taft Tribune Deserving Students Receive Awards On January 11, period nine, students who unselfishly contributed their time and effort to various functions of the school received chevrons and shields as tokens of the school's appreciation. The chevron can be earned only after the shield, the shield requiring sixty serf vice points and the chevron, thirty more. These awards are symbols of school spirit and of pride in accomplishment. We owe a debt of gratitude to Miss Majewski for the labor she put into compiling the totals of service points for each individual. Those who earned chevrons were: 4A-Barbara Thompson-Felt. 4B -Edwin ArchambaultfLeitenstorfer. Lucy Brun.d'rettfLeitenstorfer. 3A+Carol Forsbecke-Klug. Virginia Sorensonflllug. Gail Chut2.4Klug. 3BfJeannine Wellens-Buchwald. Bette Sandstromflzox. Dorothy Schwarz-Longman. Elaine SwieczkowskifKlug. 2AfBarbara StendahlfTeeters. Phyllis Geisert-Luedemann. Angie Chious. Winners of the Taft Shields were: 4B4Suzanne Fisher4Rogers. Judith ZinkfMcCurdy. 3B4Betty .Steinbrink4Fox. Jean Sparrergiaascher. Lorraine Olsonflzox. ZA-Barbara NortonfNelson. Jeannette SmithfNelson. Vivian KullafTeeters. Janet Jantz4Luedemann. Pat MatthewsfTeet'ers, Barbara Peterson4Jordan. Pat CollinsfTeeters. Nancy Meyer-Luedemann. Helen Bloomberg4Jordan. Patricia Parks4Teeters. 2B-Sophie Lycos-Lukens. Nancy Peterson4Halverson. Barbara Dahlquist-Halverson. Betty Peterson4D. Roger. It Pays T0 Be Smart Although scholarships are not usually awarded to our extra smart Taftites until April or May, three of our exfstudents have received scholarships already. Both Velna Lewis and Lenore Mitchell have been the proud recipients of scholarships to the Northern illinois State Teachers' College, while Doris Anderson has been offered a scholarship to Augustana Col' lege at Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Senior Girls Give Gala Party Student Council Notes Two members of our Student Council represented Taft at the northeast and northwest section Student Council Assof ciation convention, November 18, held at the Evanston Township High School. They were Paul Lauschke, president, and Clifford Miller, vicefpresident. Taft had the honor of having Paul selected as one of the four candidates running for president of the convention. Many ideas were exchanged with the other schools from Chicago and surrounding areas. The Student Council was instrumental in getting two Taft girls the Junior Achievement scholarship to Patricia Ste' vens Modeling School. These two lucky girls are Jean Rutter and Marcella Ka' picka. Planning an assembly and drive for the Cleanfup Campaign is now one of the main objectives of the council. How about giving them all a hand? Also in the planning stage, the Drama Club and the Student Council working together hope to present a program of a variety type, but more about that later. Now a word' about the objectives of our Student Council. It is for the pur' pose of suggesting and arranging social activities, it publicizes these affairs, and can suggest disciplinary action for cerf tain outrages committed against the school or student body and could consider ac' tion necessary for student welfare. Re' member it's your Student Council! So how about giving them your help with suggestions and they will see that you have a better school, more assemblies, plays, and other forms of entertainment, but above all, please vote in all of your Student Council elections. One of the annual atlairs of the Senior Girls' Club is their Christmas party. Usuf ally the members make a special effort to attend this gala affair, but this year, be' cause each one was requested to bring a grabfbag present, many thought they weren't welcome unless they came with a gift. Those who did attend had fun by singing Christmas carols which Joanne Dass played on the piano. Arlys Nitsche sang a solo entitled k'Gesu Bambino. lrene Hegland sang one chorus of White Christmas and everyone joined in for the second. ice cream sandwiches were served while presents were exchanged be' tween the girls. Miss Rogers, the Senior Girls' Sponsor, was more than generous by bringing quite a few gifts. The party was ended with a Merry Christmas wish to all. Panels for P. T. A. While Taft's students are following the traditional academic trend, their parents in the P. T. A. are doing some mighty interesting work. Mrs. Paul Wall, Parent Education Chairman, has been conducting a series of meetings. At the first one, Mr. Teuf scher acted as panel moderator. The next one will be 'iSome of the Responf sibilities of Parents When Their High School Children Drive. At the regular meeting Miss M. Cap' ron, Mr. J. Mac Calmont, and Shirley McKee, a student, with Mr. Sellyer act' ing as chairman will present a panel dis' cussion.