Taft High School - Eagle Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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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

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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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ttllilpisilf aft Trib ne Double or Nothing We now have a little blue as well as a little green monster at Taft. Miss Lowes is the proud owner of a new blue Studebaker, a perfect companion for Mrs. Perry's green one. Car Creates Confusion Have you noticed anything different lately? Our parking lot has received the might add a moved, were of the finest new look. It, and we certain car that was not given a thorough coating grade black cinders. Seems they couldn't find the car's driver anywhere so just decided to go ahead. It's a Boy!! Girls, have you seen the new mechanif cal drawing teacher? If you haven't you'd better hurry. There's a long line waiting to sign up for Mr. Fenn's classes next semester. Did You Vote? On October 5, the newly elected oflif cers presided over the hrst meeting of the Student Council. This meeting and others throughout the semester will show whether or not Taft's voters chose their representatives wisely. Seniors Sparkle That strange glow in the halls is not the result of a chemical explosion. It is merely the snooty seniors showing off their new rings. It was such a long, hard climb they had to have something to prove to themselves that they made it. Our School Spirit's Showing 740 of Taftls 1,800 students like the school so much they just can't keep away. They all showed up on September Z9 to dance to the music of Phil Herman's band and' make the first Taft dance of the semester a real success. New Problems Stump Teacher Miss Newman has been given the job of mothering over the senior chicks. As senior advisor she will do her best to see that t'hey get through graduation. Stress Fire Prevention This week of October 8 to 14 has been designated as Fire Prevention week. Mayor Kennelly has asked everyone to cofoperate while the city observes this week by stressing fire prevention in homes, schools, and business organiza- tions. Taft will comply with the Mayor's wishes by holding a special assembly at which Lieutenant Matthis of the Jefferson Park Station will address our Taftites. We know that they will all help to pref vent dangerous and costly fires. Taft High School, Chicago, Illinois October 13, 1950 New Council Officers Start Term with Bang Election time for the ofhcers of the Student Council has come and gone, but the smoke of gunpowder still hangs heavf ily on the assembly hall air. Those who attended the half hour period of cnterf tainment got a big bang out of the speeches and the skits that followed. There were two candidates for each ofhce and as we left the assembly hall we had the feeling that all candidates were well qualified. It was a close race but the final results showed that the new officers for the semester are: Paul Lauschke, presidentg Cliff Miller, vicefpresidentgloanne Adams, secretary, and joe Weiss, treasurer. Votes of thanks by the members of the student body are given to the election committee for the splendid job they did in counting the ballots for the Student Council election. Special thanks went to Suzanne Fisher, as chairman of the group, and her loyal cofworkers: Johann Barrson, Barb Bates, Ronald Benson, Carol Boldt, George Car' ter, Charlene Johnson, Noel Lassen, and Alice O'Grady. Parents' Nite Monday This coming Monday, October 16, the Taft P.T.A. will hold its first evening meeting of the semester. The meeting, which will be held in the school auditor' ium, will have as its topic Curricular Studies Stimulate Understanding. Ad' dressing the audience will be Dr. H. Sommers, Assistant Superintendent of Chicago Schools, who will speak on We Educate for Peace. Don't for the P.T.A. Square Dance scheduled for Saturday evening, October 21. It will be held at the Norwood Park Field House, 5801 N. Natoma Ave. The price is 50c if the tickets are bought here at school and 75c if they are obtained at the door. forget! Get your tickets now Music will be supplied by Tom Pemf berton's three-piece orchestra. Tom will ably handle the calling. We hope to see everyone Saturday night because no one will want to miss the fun. Pictured below is Cadet Major John Gust receiving the school saber from Sgt. Mooney while Sgt. Lingk views this Taft ceremony for the first time. SO0IlXIi DAi1CiN6ii1EONiGiIiT