Taft High School - Eagle Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Another semester and another group rnGS H16 oognousefi :Qs nf 1 I r L l1xi..,,,--QQ' of freshies have entered Taft with the same ideas. Some freshmen forget the combination of their locks with their prof grams in the locker. These freshies really work fast. Mike Sutter is almost going steady with Doris .... Patrick Sweeney is trying to date Pat Calloway. . . . Who is the blonde that's walking down the halls with Paul Wharton QZAJ? . . . Nancy Hopkins is walking down the halls with her mind off of her school workghow about that, boys? . . . The freshie gals have Charles Kleerrian in quite a daze .... Some of these freshie boys have never seen so many girls and don't know what to make of it. There is not much news this time, boys and girls, but wait until the next issue when we get to know each other better. Any' body who wishes to add something to the freshie coumn just drop your sugges' tions into locker 1603 across from the girls' locker room. Hi, fellas and girls! Besides hearing all about the programs-periods 1 to 9- and vacations, we also got a little news for this column. Irene I-Iegland had a swell time on her vacation, we hear. By the way, how was Great Lakes, Irene? In the steady going department we have Art Hoppe and Jean Rathlqe, Ed Connell and Christine Bobel, Glenn Ram' sey and Gerry Faber . . . The prize couple of the year is Roberta Riedler and Ron Jacoby from .Schurz . . . Virginia Ollqer Hnally found out that the fellas from Taft aren't good enough. What's his name, Ginny? We hear Phyllis Kajfel and Margery Prejna finally found out they were ref lated. Well! well! you learn something new every day. Dick Rhodes and Margery Hoe are another twofsome that will be seen around a lot this semester. We are wondering if Suzanne Fisher did all the things she was planning to do this summer? We heard by word of the grapevine you were very, very busy this summer, Suzie. lt seems Lee Soderstrom is interested in the football team. Is there a special reason or is it school spirit, Lee? Who is this MeV, that Teddy Bar' tholomew is always telling us about? Pretty special, huh, Toddy? V. V. seems to be important initials to Jean Burden. Don't t'hey belong to a certain alumni, Jean? . Many of the girls had very interesting jobs this summer, among them Myra Andres working at the International Trade Fair. We certainly envy you, Myra. Georgia Bramley and her appendix parted company late last August, but Georgia recovered in time to go to the swell surprise P.J. party that Marge VanGorp had for Marilyn Jones. Seems Virginia VanDermeulen's latest hobby is breaking in exfTafties football shoes. For further information notify Rog. Breclee - cfo Beloit College. Lucky Pat Mayer just got back from vacation of touring Texas and Mexico- says she had a wonderful time. Pat Prestian is going steady and with a fella from Steinmetz. Charlene Johnson is going to be a pretty busy senior this year. Besides all those school activities she'll have Ed and Joe to keep her time occupied. Did you see Bob Moers' flashy red and yellow flowered shirt? You couldn't help seeing it! Who's this guy Muscles that Diane interested in? Qlnitials PJ How about that twofway conversation between HMoose', Darville and Homer Rudolph? Rudy was on the third floor and Moose was in his second floor divif sion. Pretty sharp, huh? Who is Lois Wesley going around in a daze about? Collect Council Candidates Candidates for ofhces of the Student Council have been chosen. All are very well qualified, having an average of G or above, required by ByfLaws. The two candidates for president gained needed experience last semester by acting on a council committee. It should be a close race, but may the best man fand womanj win. Here is the starting line up: President ,,,,,.....,.,, Paul Lauschke - 3A Douglas Meder - 4B Vice President ..... Cliff Millerf- 4B Judith Zink - 3A Secretary .........,,,., Joanne Adams -4 SA Marilyn Smyth - 4A Treasurer ............. Jon Johnson -SA Joseph Weiss - 3A Taft Tribune 3 Cinema Corner Tea For Two, which takes place during the days of Charleston and Prof hibition, is a starfstudded musical review which should be a must for all movie goers. Billy De Wolfe, w'ho is trying to put over a show, goes to any extreme in order to get a backer and tries to get Doris Day to back it by promising her the leading role. In order to get the money, Doris goes to her uncle S. Z. Sakall and makes a bet with him for 3S15,000.00. The conditions are that she must say no to everything for 48 hoursg this leads to many complications. Gor' don MacRae is the male singing attrac' tion and Gene Nelson is the dazzling new dancing star. Besides the colorful settings we have great songs such as: Tea For Two,' . ..I Know That You Know, Crazy Rhythm and The Charleston. Yes, this is a film that no-one should miss. Junior Gossi P Flash: All fellas between the ages of 13 and 15 please report to Nancy Boss- hart for invitations to her party. Come on, boys, don't be shy. We're wondering why Lois Mathisen wants to know whether a certain blonde is going steady. Who's t'he blonde, Lois? Don Altergott seems to be the heart throb for Joan K. and Nancy Z. Gail Martin has a hard time deciding for whom her heart beats. ls it Jay Hayes or George Williston? A certain ring on Karen Englandhi linger proves that Rich is still the one and only. What is the attraction at the Outdoor for Shirl Paddi? Seems one of t'hose white monkey suits belongs to a fella named Ray! What will Dottie Mathisen do now that Ron Stanke has quit school? We hear Ruth Sebastian is making eyes at Dan Morren. What does Ray say about this, Ruth? Who were the kids who threw Shorty McGovern out the door one cold morn' ing at six o'clock. My, my, girls! Has Joan Bowden completely forgotten a certain baseball player or will she still be happy to see him come home this fall? Shirley Boccaccio is off men. We hear she is breaking up with Carl Erkison. Oh, well, Shirl, all good things must come to an end, even this column. -4

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2 Taft Tribune Fall Term Brings Many Faculty Replacements Our student body wishes to welcome the new faculty members. Included in the roster are Mrs. Ruth Mitchell, who is teaching artg Mr. Lynch, our Latin teacher: our stenography teach' er, Miss Margaret Johnson: Mr. Lee Robins, who is teaching general science, Mr. Don Rogers, now teaching English: Mrs. Vera Burica, library clerk, Miss Lorraine Duback and Mrs. Margaret E. Binder, office clerks: Miss OiRourke teaching typing: and Mr. Wesley R. Buchwald also teaching art. The students hope that they will en' joy their stay at Taft and that all pupils will give them their fullest co'operation. Mrs. Pearce, Mrs. Halverson, and Miss Holmes are on sabbatical leave, and we hope they will be back with us shortly. The students would also like to extend their farewells to Miss Beaver, who has recently resignedg Miss McVey, our senior sponsor, who is now at Manley, Sgt. Ridenor, now at Du Sableg and to Miss Carlson and Mrs. McClellan, who have taken assignments at the Edison Park school and Austin High, respectively. The entire student body and faculty will miss each and every one of them and will always remember the many fine things they have accomplished here at Taft. -sa. -e::::::::::.:. 's555655?51ES5EiEE5EiEE555221215555555555522355EiE.EiE5E5f1'5'ffIE12 Sari:'2'1'S'f2'fr'i'i '2'2'i5i?2?2 .... . .....,.. .... M .... ..,,,.,.,..,.,.,.,.,.,,......,..,..,.,..,.,.,, ..,.,...,...,. . . , . ,-. g 1 .,, .... .,.... . ,.. , 5 . --.::::g::g:f:':':.:g:.:,.:::.::,::,g-.1,::..,,, -'-'- 21:::::,.gg:,-sregsgfsizia-,..,-.-,:g:5gs.:5:ss:,5.s55gsgfg . i s - A'-' A ' - :il i ': '1-7 ' , ., E713 .ffl ii-:iJif:cc3:.:,221555125:IiS..:.g:SSgr::I:I:-5-gI'I:-:Ig-5-:3:::-'IgI:I:IgI:I:-::Ig-:I::I:I:I,I,-Nw.,.. s-.'. S+:-2-I-1.-2-M935 . -'-' .School time is back, even for the grads-Clies Mathisen is packing for St. Olaf's, Marge Nelson and Bev Harper are inspecting Illinois Wesleyan. Bob Clawes, Ray Rahn, and Clif Mclntire have left for Illinois, and Jack I'Iusak's headed for De Kalb. Vaughn Rudnick is entering North Park this fall, but Richard Drehobl is entering khaki-can't wait, huh? Al Anderson likes blueg the Navy Reserve claimed him for two summer weeks. Former honor student Adeline Paulsen has a beaut of a ring. Also in line are Frank Heyer and Eileen I'Ieinmann,Harry Brown and Audria Reiser. Today Ral' ene Pentz and Ed Leismann are taking the big step. Connie Bolton and Jim Brown have already taken it. Good luck, Kids! The Annual Alumni Dance held Aug' ust 25 at the 'Knickerbocker was a great success. About 350 were present to see Frank Heyer elected President. Mr. Os' bon was honor guest. Bruce Benson turned down the majors to play baseball for Wheaton, and Su'ee Maier did pretty well in Kenosha this summer if a 14'1 record is any indica' tion. Late News! Sue and Marion Iohnson will return from Sweden the end of November, and Rosemary Grieg is ex' pected back from Europe this month. That's all the reliable news sources had-see you soon. A ' iff- -' ' it - ' ed? 0 . P ,N ,. coo s I I Ja 3 Greetings to all you Sophs! How does it feel to be out of that Freshman cate' gory? Brace yourselves, here comes some news about what YOU'VE been doing: Why is Anne Breen so embarrassed when she opens 'her lunch bag and finds green grapes? Who's this guy muscles that Diane W. has her eye on? It seems that this semester, same as before, ferry H. is as talkative as ever. Who's this girl Don Erickson is so interested in? Initials PJ M. I. gives her love to G. H. f???No comment???j Could it be that Barbara Anderson still has a crush on that Schurzite? Carol Hauserman and Bob Amfalclern' are still going steady. Good luck, kids! That's about all for now except for this one reminder, when blackmailing your friends, please use as few initials as possible, because you can't tell I. P. from M. J. without a program anyway. Drop all your gossip into locker 1076. FALL FASHIONS Through the halls of TAFT we have our girls trying to decide whether short or long hair is in style. On one side we have Barbara Thompson, and on the other Bette Ha-mal, both mighty attract' ive. Tiny Sally Darnell sure made an en' trance into English with her cute polka dot blouse. We're also wondering if you've seen Gerry Gerharcl's polka dot shirt, not that you could have missed it. Seems as though our Blue Jean clan is finally petering out, let's hope it stays dead, girls! Keglers Form Leagues On September 14, many beginners as well as old timers were present for the organization of new bowling leagues for the forthcoming year. Bowling members will meet on Mon' day and Wednesday, 3:30 in the after' Rolaway Recreation, 4840 N. Mondays will be eliminated if there are not enough bowlers. Fres'hmen interested in bowling, but are unable to attend because of a late pro' gram, will be glad to know that a Sat' urday league will be formed. Mr. Puippo, who is the bowling coach, will be at the alley on Saturday, September 30, at 10:00 for the purpose of organizing this league. Taft has always had fine leagues and school teams and will teach beginners how to bowl. Last year Taft won both the boys' and girls' city championship which is proof that anyone can be taught to bowl. noon at Pulaski. who are Olson Leads Band Have you heard some smatterings of discordant melody coming from the as' sembly hall lately? Well, you guessed it. It's the Taft concert band starting to work on some new music for the com' ing contest. From now until time for the contest, there will be plenty of these noises, but they will steadily decrease, we hope. There will also be the sound of Pop's baton descending upon the head of a would'be musician who happens to play a wrong note. New oflicials have been selected for the coming semester by the members of the Taft Symphony Band. The election was held soon after school started and Gerald Olson was chosen to head the group under the official title of president. Alice La Marche will be the band's sec' retary, and Don Ernst as treasurer will handle the finances of the organization. Nine advisors for the group were also chosen. They are Bob Jacobi, Bruce Geisert, Fred Paul, Graham Olson, Jerry Spachner, Phyllis Geisert, Don Crum' back, Glenn Boas and Judith Moers. Alice Taylor and Russell Deards will take care of the publicity, and in addition to his job as president, Gerald Olson will act as the student conductor. Young and pretty: Which would you prefer in your future husband- wealth, ability, or appearance? Not'so'young, Not'so'pretty Spinster: Appearance, and the sooner the better. Two cross'eyed men bumped into one another. One said, 'iWhy d0n't you look where you're going? The other replied, L'Why don't you go where you're looking?

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4 p Taft Tribune Eagles Set Goal: Section Championship As the 1950 football season gets under way, Taft is once again a top section contender. Coach Kupcinet has proven his ability to build from scrap. With many of last season's regulars graduated, the team has shown marvelous improve' ments in the job of rebuilding. In early practice and scrimmages, in' dividual and team performances have opened the eyes of opponents and spec' tators. In the individual roles could be seen such standouts as, Olivia fBudJ Des Rochers running like a veteran, Doug Wanegar in his usual passing and run' ning form, Richard Hess, a junior, play' ing impressively at offensive and defens' ive fullback, and Ron Piper and Wally Kwasigroch sewing up the end positions. Injuries were held to a minimum. Bob Williams is suffering a sprained ankle and Jerry CGabbyJ Hayes a dislocated thumb, both injuries sustained in the sea' son's first scrimmage. Anderson 32 LH Loh 14 CfG Black 31 LH Lycos 25 G Borik 29 GfT McCarthy 20 T Brown 17 E Oquist 35 E DesRochers 11 RH Osko 37 FB Forney 13 CfG Pilarski 39 T Halleen 3 G Piper 10 E Hayes 41 T Sears 21 T Hess 22 FB Shaw 33 G James 27 QB Wanegar 9 LH Johnson 6 QB Wijas 15 C Kocmond 36 T Williams 8 RH Kwasigroch 40 E Winkates 24 RH Lanning 19 E'T Woolf 34 G Miertz 30 T Play Lane Oct. 6 The season's schedule will consist of six games, including Lane, Senn, and Amundsen, teams due to be a big threat in the Eagles' bid for the section chamf pionship. Besides the regular scheduled games, practice games will be played both in and out of town. The season's schedule is as follows: Sept. 30-Taft vs. Lake View..Winnemac 2:00 Oct. 6-Taft vs. Lane .,,.,,....,.,.r.,,.,., Lane 3:00 Oct. 14-Taft vs. Amundsen..Amundsen 2:00 Oct. 28-Taft vs. Roosevelt .............. Lane 12:30 Nov. 3-Taft vs. Sullivan ......,. Winnemac 2:00 Eagles Drop Opener 38-6 Before a near capacity crowd of 7,463 rabid fans at Atwood Stadium our grid' men were humbled by a very strong Flint Northern football machine. The double feature runs of allfstate Ellis Duckett and equally superb LeRoy Bolden, sparked Flint's ground game. They each crossed our goal line twice. Taft fumbled the opening kickoff and Flint recovered on our 14 yard line. Two plays later the red and white scored. While still stunned by this onslaught, 13 more points were scored in the first quarf ter. The lone Taft touchdown came in the hnal period when Rich Anderson conf nected on a pass to John Osko, who raced ten yards to score, climaxing a long downfield drive. FLINT ............ 19 6 13 0 38 TAFT ............ 0 0 0 6 6 Scoring was as follows: FLINT: Duckett 12, Bolden 12, Wil' liams 6, Veselenak 6. Conversions Durkett 2. TAFT: Osko 6. Taft Humbles Senn Although crippled through backfield injuries, the Eagles clawed the Bulldogs of Senn 1317. Taft's first score came in the first period when the silver and blue drove their opponents back to their own 12 yard line and there forced them to punt. Lycos and Forney drove in and blocked the punt, and Kwasigroch dove on the ball in the end Zone. Wanegar passed to Osko for the extra point. The final tally came in the second quarter when Osko took the ball off tackle and ran 15 yards untouched to pay dirt. Kocmond missed the converf sion. Senn's only score was a sensational 67 yard run by Leo Rane. Jacobsen con' verted to make the score 13f7. There were no major injuries, except for a ref occurence of Doug Wanegar's bad knee. Senn's highly praised passing attack was very poor, and except for a few quick opening plays and a long run by Rane, their ground attack was also very weak. Taft played an average game in spite of the loss of Bud Des Rochers, Gus James, and Bob Williams, key backheld men. The line was the rough unit it has always been. Here is a prediction for Saturday. Look out, Lake View, we predict Taft 28f7. See you at the Taft Social Center dances, open Sept. 29, Oct. 13, Oct. 27, Nov. 10, Dec. 8, Dec. 15. General dancing, 8:30 to 11:45 P. M. Be One in Seven Seven out of ten drivers have a nor- mal expectation of going through a year without an accident. Three in ten drivers may expect to have an accident, and hope that it will be no more serious than to tear off a fender or perhaps sprain an ankle. Several accidents which have occurred in Illinois this year indicate that the consequences of accidents in today's traf' nc may far exceed the normal expecta' tions of previous years. Drivers ordinarily think of property damage in terms of the cost to repair vehicles, but many times buildings and other property are extensively damaged, some even to the extent of a quarter of a million dollars. The greatest cost is found in instances where fire follows the collision. In Chicago last year vehicle collisions in traffic averaged 135 each day with results that could be considered normal with respect to the circumstances. Last March in Illinois, there were 26 fatal accidents in which vehicles struck nxed objects. This is the largest number of such accidents for any month in re- cent years. There is little chance of striking fixed objects within the traveled way, but safety islands and center piers of bridges must be avoided. Ice and snow contributed to ten of the fixedfobject collisions and in these appar- ently the drivers were operating too fast for conditions. In seven other crashes, the drivers were deliberately speeding. Shower Spray Sally Darnell has decided to rent a gym suit again even though last semes- ter's bill isn't paid. It's more economical than buying one. We all see Gerry Wood beating Barb Paxton over the head with a wet towel while trying to decide which lock goes on which locker. Good thing Barb has a permanent. It seems there are a few spry girls in the first period gym. I mean the ones who are trying to learn the Charleston, and I do mean trying. What's this we hear about our freshies and their Fit to a T swim suits? No' velle Cunningham thinks they are very attractive and becoming to all. Wait awhile, she'll learn! Next Meeting of Tafl' Hi-Y ming Park YMCA I oct. 3 s P. M. I