Taft High School - Eagle Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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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

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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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6 Taft Tribune Give the Kids a Break! With this reminder, Traffic Police Chief Michael J. Ahern called attention to the special eifort the Chicago Police department is making during October to arouse Chicagoans to the need for special care on our streets. With children again in school, drivers must be extra careful. Throughout every school day all of us must see that the children are as safe as possible walking or playing, Chief Ahern said. And when I say all of us, that's just what I mean. The safety of our children is a job for the whole community-parents, the police, school ofhcials, teachers, and every club or organization that numbers motorists, parents or young people among its members. Our department has learned from our accident records t'hat last year in Chi' cago, traffic accidents claimed the lives of 29 youngsters of grade school age and 12 in the high school age bracket, the chief pointed out. And, he added, in addition to the 41 killed, 5,017 Chi' cago youngsters were injured. With 600,000 boys and girls back in school, it is tragic to view the prospect of about 40 of these youths losing their lives and over suffering injury in accidents between now and next September, t'he chief said. Yet, that toll probably will be reached unless all of us become more concerned about preventing accidents, and share the responsiility for accident prevention. Back to school safety pointers Chief Ahern listed are: QU Motorists, give the kids a break by using special caution in residential areas, school zones, and wherever you see them. In short, regard every child as a caution sign when you are driving. KZJ Parents, see that your children know the safest route to school-and that they know 'how to behave safely in traf' fic. And set them a good example. Surf: an n 1,2592 Elite if Un i-E .Seniors What is this we hear about twelve Taft girls invading the stores and street' cars along Jefferson Park and Portage Park last Monday night? The racket!!! And all for the sake of yellow sweat shirts. Oh! Those Kasey Kittens. Autograph seekers from Schurz sure are haunting our Taft cheerleaders. Seems they are pretty popular with those boys. We're wondering why Phyllis gets so confused when the name Bob is mentioned? There really are two, at that. Kujfel Iris Hajok certainly smiles a lot in English -I Period 7. Why is it that she likes that class so much????? Lucky! lucky! Mary Codell. She is on a vacation in Michigan now. Or is she lucky, at that? Then we have some of our Taft boys trying on roller skates-getting ready for the opening of the new roller rink on Harlem Avenue. Everybody is invited. Come one, come all! In case you're in' terested, it's at 4510 Harlem Avenue and called the Hub Roller Rink. Ronnie ,Smith certainly had a swell time at Marilyn Smytlfs party for the winners of the election. By the way, where was he? You understand, he came at the beginning-disappeared at the middle-and returned at t'he end . , . Joe Weiss and Carold Boldt seemed to be the most popular couple at the party . . . Paul Lauschlqe and P. H. really wanted their names in the senior col' umn, so here they are, kids. Although no Seniors have difficulty in recognizing each other, we have Pete Glass and Gerry Squire in the going steady bracket. Miss Heart Visits Park What's the reason for Roberta Tracy attracting so much attention in the park? A weekend P. J. party at Babe Yele's house really brought some tired gals to school Monday morning. Among the sleepy'heads were Carol Novak, Jean Rutter, Dorothy Johnson, Shirley Paddi, Gail Martin, Nancy Jensen, and Gerry Squire. Shorty McGovern made a grand entrance at 11:00 the next morning. More fun. Don Grauel seems to have his months mixed up. He's been seen wearing his dusty cream colored shoes to school. Re' member this is October and it's time to get your Little Abnersn out. Carrol Duty really had a swell time at Champaign last week'end. That frat dance and the lllinois'lowa game were great fun. Paulette Pearson was sooo happy when Corky came home for the week'end. Alumnus Gets Grant Hilliard Wachowski, a June '43 grad, was recently awarded a research fellow' ship by the Radio Corporation of Amer' ica. Hilliard, who is a graduate engi' neering student, was one of 16 students from eight states who received these grants from R,C.A. These grants range from 51,600 to S2,700. Wachowski will do theoretical research on microwaves and antennas at Northwestern Univer' sity. V I Unaor A 4 .,, - I N T Els-QI' 011 Senior girls had better start taking les' sons from the juniors. It seems the 4A boys threw a hay ride and more juniors were asked than seniors. Speaking of that hay ride, Ann Kent has been walk' ing around on a cloud ever since. Then we have Nancy Jensen pulling a fast one on Dave, but how could she know that he was waiting on her front porch that night. Ron Smits took a long, long ride to Elgin, did you have a nice time, Leona? Earl Carlson seems to have made a hit with t'he senior girls. They all want to sit near him 7th--wonder why? By the way, what have these junior boys got that makes all the senior girls go gaga? We have Ruth Yelk going with Lincoln Gif' ford, Carole Novak making eyes at Dick Hess, and Diane Hupke walking down the halls with Norm E. We hear that Sybil Baginski's new 'heart throb is Mike Wijas. In the going steady department we have: Sally Scotten and Dick Sears, Lorraine Olson and Don Christiansen, Carol Olson and Dick Hathaway: Bobbie Louthan and Bob Meyer: Jim Sweeney and Pat Collins, and John Johnson with Marilyn Trippon. Diane Phillips must be a very popular girl. It seems she can't keep all her dates straight. Speak' ing of dates, John Osko appears to be on Shirley's list for a certain party. Marie Colasuono wants to see her name in the junior column, so here it is, Marie. Bye now, kiddies. If you've got anything that should be known please drop it into either locker 1116 or 2102. See you all in the next issue. Rink Makes Debut Definitely a dazzling addition to the young fry's source of recreation is the new, modern roller skating rink on Har' lem Ave. It is one of the largest in the middle west and covers half an acre of skating surface. Parking cost and wor' ries will be at a minimum because there is no charge for parking and' the lot is large enough to accommodate everyone's hot rod or family limousine. The rink will be open every week day and Sunday from 7:30 until 11:30, and from 7:30 until 12:00 on Saturdays. There will also be Sunday and Saturday matinees. By special consent of the man' agement blue jeans may be worn at the Saturday matinee only. Music will be supplied by Leon Berry at the giant pipe organ and everyone will be assured of a pleasant time.