Austin High School - Maroon and White Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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t . D at M '1 55- vw L ' 1 AUSTIN VS. uso fl It Soldier Eield was crowded with IIS, OO en- thusiastic, spirited football fans on November 27 to see our team defeat Leo, the Catholic prep champions, by a score of 26-U to become City Champions for a second time. This was the largest football crowd of the l938 season and the largest crowd ever to witness a high school football game. Among the cheering fans was Mayor Kelly enjoying the game, the proceeds of which went to his Christmas Fund for needy chil- dren. HEADLINES Maroons clinch titlefDe Correvont tames Lion f-425,000 watch Austin win-'Austin High conquers Biggest IQ37 football crowd watches West Siders winf Wild Bill De Correvont sets all-time record eTouchdown in every game. VISITORS Other high lights of the school year: Little Theatre's presentation cf four players from the gay comedy and New York stage hit Brother Bat and the visit cf the Greek ambassador, His Excellency Dr. Demetrios Sicilianos to the Greek students of Austin. ANOTHER APPOMATTOX Battling to raise the Northern banners lowered in the Memphis game of 1936, a new civil war was fought on the gridiron at Memphis, Tennes- see on December IO. The two teams were Iack- son High's Bears and the Austin Maroons. The North finished victorious with a final score of I3-O. Page Nineteen wwf?

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WEST SECTION CHAMPS On October 30, following a peppy day at school, a huge crowd watched the Austin eleven down Steinmetz in a decisive victory, the game ending with the score 32-0. WILD BILL As the season progressed it became more and more apparent that victories and phenomenally large scores, all basing on the powers of the redoubtable young gridiron trojan, Bill de Cor- revont, were bringing Austin the all-time record in newspaper publicity for any high school. Startling the sport world by his almost miracu- lous football exploits, Bill and his invincible team-mates attained for Austin an unprece- dented nation-wide fame. Always retiring, Bill remained untainted by consistent praise and general acclaim, kept his own counsel as to future plans, then at semester-end with decisive- ness characteristic of him announced his col- lege choice-Northwestern. LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION To add to the glory of this prospective city championship team the West End Theater cele- brated Austin High Night in November by showing candid shots of the Austin-Eenger foot- ball game to an overflow crowd of Austin students. WARNING- N O SMOKING A group of civic-minded students took things into their own hands when they organized a new Non-Smoking Committee . They ruled against smoking on the school block and en- forced their ruling. Any violators were dealt with by a newly created Student Court. Chief Iustice, by popular election, was Domenick Panarese and associate judges, by appointment, Page Eighteen Eugene Neely and Irwin Stup. Advisers: Miss lser, Mr. Nichols, Mr. Eaton, and Mr. Lussenhop. THE TEAM'S QUEEN Because the football team was definitely on its way to be king of all Chicago teams, they choose for themselves a queen. Out of a field of 30 beautiful Austin girls aspiring for the title of Miss Football Team of l937, lovely Lillian Barica emerged the winner and thereafter re- ceived homage at a number of ceremonial occa- sions. TURKEY DAY The whole student body entered enthusiastic- ally into the gaiety of Generosity Day on November 24, celebrated by assemblies in Rock- wood Hall and a Turkey Hop in the West build- ing gymnasiums. This was the climax of the campaign to enlarge the Thanksgiving charity fund. To help reach the goal of 1,500 dollars the two highest contributing sections of each year were allowed to pick one Typical Student. Fresh- men winners were: Sylvia Hobfall and Ioel Bol- ker. Sophomore-s: Norman Olson and Shirley Olsen. Iuniors: Muriel Reback and William Cameron. Seniors: Dorothy Smith and Roy Ben- son. Maroon and White Foo Twins were manufac- tured by students of 47l to help swell their fund. A ROLLING FOO GATHERS NO GOO With so many foo sayings floating about, the foo-foover came to Austin early in the fall semes- ter. A group of natural-born fooers locally un- dertook a foopendous project-the Foo Club. Supreme rulers of the Eoos: Urban Rundblad, president, Ethel Weller, vice-president, Harriet lorgenson, secretary, Emil Behrens, treasurer, and lim Bourne, sergeant-at-arms. The Order of the Royal House of Foo was bestowed upon the club with a charter from Bill Holman, first Supreme ruler of Foo. When better Eoos are Fooed, the Foo Club will Foo them. ? 9- Z: QE? li 1 L xx ti 6 1 ? Q!! I 'Ei ffl' I I' 2:13 I HIGH I I :z 'I -I

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FASHION ON PARADE Lovely models scored a different kind of vic- tory on the stage in Rockwood Hall, December l6, while displaying their finery in the College Club's Semi'Annual Style Show. This success' ful show and the Mother's Tea served in the Civic room later, was under the direction of Gerry Harris, president, and the two advisers, Mrs. Constantinides and Miss lohnstone. HNGLE BELLS Charitable enterprise Austin students under- take annually is spreading Christmas Cheer by filling boxes with goodies for the old men at Gak Forest. Miss Rylander again presided over this undertaking. Gver l,UUO boxes were filled and sent to bring a little joy to those who other- wise might not even know that old St. Nicholas was due to come down the chimneys. MlSTLETOE Austin students knew it was time for turkey, mistletoe, evergreen trees, and bright-colored lights. Exhilarating was the thought that for two weeks they would be free from everything but Paar- Twenty gaiety, excitement, and lightheartedness with a general Christmas Spirit prevailing. SKY HlGH Everyone felt tops after Christmas vacation, but no one else reached the scholastic heights that Saul Levin, the highest rating student in the class of '37V2, attained. His grade average ac- cording to the figures of Mrs. Clark, registrar, was 3.94 out of a possible perfect score of 4.00. MUSIC The Boys' Concert Band and Boys' Military Band presented their sixteenth semi-annual evening concert before a capacity crowd of rnu- sic minded students, relatives, and friends. The band, conducted by Captain Gish, furnished entertainment ranging from Star Dust to Tschaikovsky's Fourth Symphony in F Minor. Special features included in the program: Harp solo by Florence Lambert, cornet trioe--William Bearnish, Edward Christophersen, and Robert Hansen: sousaphone solo by Harry Timm, and a flute duet by Glen Stangeland and Vincent lones. BlG CAPPLED NIGHT Time marches on! The end of the semester and there was found on the evening of lanuary 21 an enthusiastic crowd of graduates dancing to the music of lack Chapman in the Grand Ball- room of the Drake Hotel. The occasion: the senior prom of '371fi, a high light and a long planned for evening in the four years of every high school student.