Beaumont High School - Caduceus Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

Text from Pages 1 - 142 of the 1940 volume:

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Clubs 1. lndex to Pictures of Seniors. , Advertising Solicitors ,... . 6-7 77 78 , 79 . 85 ,129 131 T hret H . 3-'W .Wil-1 Di llti . 'tx ww: WIIHUUT lAB0l? 5?-sf.-S5'f::1f',g :. 5 2- 'ZLZ ,L. 'FTW X SENIOR OFFICERS SENIOR MOTTO: SENIOR COLORS: No Victory Without Labor Robin Hood red, powder blue and marine Pennant designed by: Walter Meinhardt Banner designed by: William May SENIOR SPONSORS Miss FLORENCE QUELLMALZ MR, WILLIAM W. HALL CLASS SONG XVords RUT ,. . PLAY IN MARCH TIME 5 Ll'3 ?I i?iu3A'fMh?111 53.3 i 3 ? Q12f5W?Zw' W T4 T5 Ekfidif 1 Fi J W WF M Misifiif .Iii :tQivPxs gusglnsgef F?-.Fl Linvigb v I? H551 5 K S JANUARY '40 Eight JOSEPH HOGAN The deeds of the It-rider shall lz'Ue. f Ovid. Pres. Senior-Nvw Senior Classes, Track Team Mgr. '37, '38, '39, Service Pin, Basket' ball Squad, li Digest Staff, National Honor Society. LORRAINE GEMNTER GEM fl .sweet expression is the highest type of female loL't'I1'neSs. iSmiIh, Vice-Pres. Senior Class. Sec. New Senior Class. Service Club. Girls' Skating Club, G. A. A., National Honor Society. TDOROTHY KLEINSCHMIDT DO'l'TIE O this learning, what a Ihing it is! -Shakespeari-. Sec. Senior Class. Club Editor CADUCEUS, Digest Corr. Forum XVorkshop, Sec, XViten- agemot, Service Pin, Sports Club, National Honor Society, HOUSTON KIRK JI'I'TER The hear! Io roncriue, the understanding Io d1rt'cI, ---Junius. Trcas, New Senior-Senior Classes, Shakespeare Club, Vvfitcnagcmot, CADUCEUS Corr. Nature Club, Track BH, '38, Service Pin, National Honor Society. ROBERT SCHROEDER UBOBH fl mun elect of men. 7Swinbume. Student Council Rep. New Seniors, Senior Ex. Committee, Basketball '37, '38, '39, Football '39, All-City High School Band '36, '37, Service Club. NEVA ANN ELLIOTT NEV PopuIariIg is power. -fXIact1uIt1y, Apparatus Club, Ex, Comm, Senior Class, Opcrctta '39, G, A. A. RUTH CHARLOTTE LAMMERT HLAMMIEH Good sense und good nature are never sepa- raIed. - eDrydun. Digest and CADUCEUS Corr. Library Club. Service Club, Student Council Rep, Senior Class, Junior Academy of Science, E G, A. A., National Honor Society. JEROME ROSENFELD 'AJERRYH Born for success. --Emerson. Vice-Pres. Vwfitcnagcmot, Vice-Pres. Junior Forum, Spanish Club, Chess Club, Student Coun- cil Senior Class, Typcwriting Club. CEABRIFL OLIENSIS G,-'-.Bli'4 He is get 11 scholar, than whlrh kind of man Ihure is nothing so ainvple, so sincere. none l7etIl'r. 7fPl1ny, Pres. Sbakerpenre Club, Digest and CADU- CEUS. Corr. Stamp Club, Service Cilub, lfditor Digest , Service Club, E Nnricnnl Honor Society, KATHRYNIQ RUSSELL 1-lotion. so lo xpeah. is the gmlus of nulurvf' - Blair. Student Council Rep. Senior Claw, Prez, Ci. A. A, '39, Basketball-llockey Club, Digest Staff, Alfred Nlnrshnll Club, Digesl -CADU- f'llUS C'0rr. Xknlking Club. AUDREY ADELI. SCHWAB AUD A lovely girl is above all rank. --f-Buxlon, Service Club, Girls' Skating Club. Shakespeare Club, Senior Ex. Committee, CADUCEUS Staff. Sportx Club, National Honor Society. GENE MCDCDNVELL MAC 'Tis griod-will makes i'nlelllg1l-nee, fl-fn7erwn. Digest Corr. Senior-New Senior Class, Pres, Science Club, CADUCEUS Staff, Librnrinn XVitenagemot. Service Club, Rifle Club, Nationnl Honor Society. YVALTER A. RUBIN Ile is u noble gi'nrlcnmn, +John Ford, Boys' Skating Club. Novrleers, B. A. A. DOROTHY KULONGOSKI UKULONG' H-Popularity bears her company. --Sgrun. llepperetles, Sports Club, Girl! Gym Club, li. A. A. RUTH LA VIQRNE WIENSTROEIQ RUTHll: Beauty and wisllum are rarely 1or7jo1'nl'nl. Y--i-lrbrfer. Caption Committee, Shakespeare Club, Opererta '39, Dramnlis Personas, Pepperzrtes, G. A. A., National Honor Society. L. WILLIAINI SEYMOUR BILL lVe must improve our lm7e, - Ovid. Boys' Sknxfng Club, B. A. A Q-A'.?'3f ,Q ww AN RY '40 Ni n c J A UARY '40 Ten LYLE R. KATER 1.uwIincsx is young amhiliorfs ladder. --Shakespeare BETTY LOU COOK HCOOKIEV, 'AA line head of hair adds beauty to a good fart' . , . 'P flyrurgux. Caption Commillcc, Scrvicc Club. Roller Skat- ing Club, Peppcrrttes, Girls' Skating Club, G, A. A. ARLINIE GERTRUDE GAERTNER COOKIE A beautiful ham! is an vxccllent Ihing in wumvn . . . fBL'uL'11nsHvIrl. Physlogrnphy Club, Shakespeare Club. Alfrcd Marshall Club. Caption Committcr, Sports Club, G, A A. ELMER E. LIGNOUL ELlVl Tho slow, wise xn1rIv. - Tcnnyson, Track BM '36, Po. A. A. VINCENT lf. BRIZSNAHAN Sl:NATOR 'Wlfork Hrst, am! then ru.v1. fRm1shi17, MARY LOUISE KELLEY HMARY 1.00 Bu mrrry and be u.'1'se. - IJ',-lurnrml. Junior Forum XVorkQhop, Vvlitunagemot, Sac, Library Club, Trcns, French Club, Service Club. li B , National Honor Society. lVllLDRliD JACKELS Hplfli XVFEH I-'riendship buys friendship. --Ifmrrson. Alfred Marshall Club, G. A. A, WILLIAM MAY BILL l,ua1ning is thu cya' of the mind. -Thomas Drake Service Club, B. A A.. If B J A UARY '40 VERNON IIRANK BRAUN Suit the action to Ihc word. thc word lo thc aclionf- -Slmkespuun-. Camera Club. ROSEMARY GUNN Iliff luxurizml hair 7ll'1llix. Ci A. A. LUELLA R. NATIONS l.U Wim us sho is frlirf fllurnmn-. Opcrctm '39, WAI-l.ACli IVIISNCKEI. XV.'XI.LY Ile zlwn lgfm mfs! mm- lux none In loss. - l'ullc'r. 'liic.N.-Svc. Cami-ri Club. Riflc Club. Airplnne Club. ROBERT IE. CONNOLIZ l'rliIlB lima is the mos! valuable lhing n gonna man rim spvndf' Smvrn. Boys' Skating Club, HlfI-EN l.UIiCKE 'INIICIQIQYH Expnmsic17 ix flip mysluru of bvuulyf' -'-Hulwer l.gIIw1. 'l'ypcwrixii1g Club. Ping Pong Club. Ci. A A. RUTH HIELEN Wismaia RU'liHlEH She hum an vqr thu! mould speak llmug'1 lzcf longuu wure silent. flaron Hill. Roller Skating Club, Girls' Skating Klub. XX'.1lk- ing Club, Pcppurettcs, Typcwxiting Club, Q, A. A. RICHARD C. BLELL DICK 1-I.i1murlim'. Plvyxiograplxy Club, .Iun or Acnilcmv of Scicnci Eleven Joi,'i1uxnvs.s is .Yaluzvs gizrlv of lwulthf j l JANUARY '40 Twel ue PEYTON ANDREWS Ufilorious ls his apparelff'-Olrl Teslanwnt, Track, '37, '38, '39, BESSI li LEE GELLHAUSEN 'ABIESSH The nobles! mind thu best contentment has. f'Spenser, Shakespeare Club, Alfrud Marshall Club, Service Club. French Club, E National Honor Society. lVlARY FRANCES ANGER NERANH Strong reasons mulm- .strong actions - -Shakuspcrxre. Service Club, Girls' Skating Club, Pcppcrcttcs, G. A. A. EUGENE ANTHONY GENE Music is Goifs hes! gift lu man. fALandcn. All-City Band, Novelty Orchestra, LAWRENCE GEORGE KILL l.ARRY4' Ah, to build, to build! Thu! is thi' nobles! nrt of all Ihr arts, r -l,ongfn-llrzw. DOROTHY MATH I S DO'1 Pati0nrc and forlilude cfznquer ull things. -fflfmerson. Pcppcrcttes. ALICE C. lVlESSERLY D, D. So stun-rf. thi' blush of bashfulness . . . ffByrf:n, Bookkeeping Club, G, A. A. EDWlN F. MENGNERSEN ED A good mzmu iv worth bags of gold, Curuuntes, B. A. A.. E JAMES SMAl.L HSIVIALLH 'll7o world bulungx lo thu vm'rgcl1'c. - Fmvrwn. ANNICF V. 'NVRIGHT HANNH Silvnre fs ons great ur! uf conu'rsatr'im' fliazlilr. XV.xlking Club, Roller Skating Club, Cl A. A. JANE MARGAIQET BAUER 'AJANIIEU Come and trip ul as you yu. On rho light funluxlrc 1m-. - Milton Opcrettu '37, '39, Stmlvnt Council, XVnlking Club, G. A, A. WAI,'l'ER H. SALE ,'lIl purfi-rt, lirzishml ro fha' fingurnuzl' - flvnnysun. Rifle Tram '33, '30, Tren. Rifle flub, Student Council, B. A. A. THUMAS PATRICK O'lVlAl,l.EY TON fl wry ruliant gnnlll-rmzrf' -Shulcesprurlx CARMLSLLA SALVATO NELI.IE Ibm gmrlu mind by gunzli- llri-dx we lzr1uu. ' - Spenwr. JUNE ANN IDA BRIEIE-ACK DOLl,Y Girls' Slmting Club, G, A, A. 'll grnius fur nvulzing fn'eml.x.'- plnonynmus FRED STOCK Gita mi' srmn' muszlfl- Shalziwpmru. All-City High School Band. JA UARY '40 Thirlucn JA UARY '40 Fourteen ROY DONALD UNDERWOOD Science does not know its dvbl to imagina- lion. -Emerson. B. A. A. BETTY HAGEMAN HBETTSH Laught0r is a mos! healthful uxurlionf' - -Hufelanrl. Pcpperultes, Drill Tcnm, Girls' Skating Club, G. A. A. NADINE WEENDELE WENDY Thu uoirr' so sweet, thc words so fair. as some soft chime hurl srroktfd Ihr' air -Ben Jonson. Sec. Girls' Skating Club, Service Club. Opercttn '37, '39, Duck Club, Pcppcrettes, G. A. A. WILLIAM WALKER 'ABILL ll is Iranquil peoplv who accomplish math. +Thoreau. XVrestling Club. Typcwriting Club, Boys' Gym Team, B. A. A. CLARENCE CROSS D1'slinc11'on is the ronsequvnce, nuuer Ihr' ob- jerl, of a grvat mind. 7AIlsIon. Pres. Andrews Chapter Junior Academy of Scirncc. lVlARY ARLINE WERNER Rest'rr.'u is the truest uxprussiun of rcspccl . . .' +De Quinrey. Girls' Skating Club, Alfred Marshall Club, XV:ilking Club, Cu. A. A. MARCELLA K. SIEMER BLoNuY Anfon is Ihe fruit of lznoiulezigufflfueller. Apparatus Club, Sports Club, Girls' Skating Club, Alfred Marshall Club, Typcwriting Club, G. A. A. JAMES I-. GAITHER JIMMY llc who louclh a hookf-u.'iII not want a faithful fr1'end, '-4Br1rro1.u. B. A. A. EARL JOHN BRACKE His coniluct still right. with his argumcnt wrong. -fGuldsmirh. Treas, Vwfitcnagemot, Service Club, Pres. Das Deutsche Kracnzchcn, B, A. A. JEANNE LOUISE JAEGER We are charmvd by neurm'xs. fOuid. Nature Club, Pepprrcttes, G. A. A. GERALDINE POTT GERltY Ambition has no rest. fBulw0r-l.yrton. Pres. Type-writing Club, G. A. A. PATRICK C. RABBITT PA'I ' Dc'spu1ch is the soul of businessf'Y--Chvszeriivlil, LESTER VlETOR A'1.11s A faithful frienil is buller than gold . . . -uBur1un. Alfrctl Nlarshall Club. B. A. A., E 'l3 . GLADYS RANK UGLADW If yuu tuanl learning. you must work for it. ffHoIlund. Digest Corr. Vkhlking Club, Servicc Club, Typewriting Club, Roller Skating Club, E li , G. A. A., National Honor Socivty. CONSTANCE lVlOORE HCONNIEH 'izlffcwltiwn is the broadest basis of good in Iifuf' - George Eliot, Physiugraphy Club, Vice-Pres, XVallting Club, Apparatus Club, G, A. A. X7lNClfNT P. SMITH HVINCHU rl mmm uf Ivtlurx. munm-rs, murals, parlsf r fCowpcr. Vice-Prcs. Alfred Marshall Club, Basketball Team '38, '39, Football '38, Orchestra, Forum XVnrkshop, Caption Committee. J A UARY '40 Fifteen ANUARY '40 Sixteen JESSE E. ZENGEL HJESSM A man of n7urk. 7LongfuIIow. B. A. A. DORIS Nl. SPIEGELBERG A beautiful woman is the paradise of the eyes. +I-'ontem3IIe. Alfred Marshall Club, Girls' Skating Club, Junior Academy of Science, G. A, A. NORMA ARRAS HIVIIDGEV' The mind of a scholar.l'fI.angfL-Iluw. Shakespeare Club, CADUCEUS Carr. Service Club, E G. A. A., National Honor Society. RICHARD KALISI--I DICK Track B '36, '37, '38, Alfred Marxhall Club, B, A. A. WAIRREN C. PINCKERT PINCKY Nature paints thu bust par! of the piclurc. +En7erson, Alfred Marshall Club, B. A. A. ARLINE P. HELPRICH SKIPPY Robcd In the long nigh! of her deep hair. +11-nnyson. Girls' Skating Club. Operetta '37. MARX' LOU LAFFERTY Dress is an index of your conlenlsf' -Lauater. Art Appreciation Club, G. A. A, FRANKLIN FLAIZ FRANK fl man to malrh his mounlainsf' Whilrier. Chess Club, Vicv-Pres. Camera Club. Stamp Club, ' J AN' ARY '40 RAYMOND OBERSCHELP RAY Honor lies in honest toiI. 7ClcUcIamI.. MARY IVIARKART MAR By music minds an equal temper knnwf' -Pope. Novelty Orchestra, Pupperettvs, G. A. A. EVELYN VVINDMEYER The may Io gain a friend is In be unc. -.llichclch Ping Pong Club, Peppcrettev, Alfred Marshall Club, Typewriting Club, G. A. A. HARRY NIEMAN, JR. .Vusic! rhat can touch beyond all clse Ihc soul that loves it mufhf- - --.lloorru Novclecrs, B. A, A, DARWIN SCIIOLI- DAR The reason of lhe strongest is always thu beslf' -La I ontainc'. Track B '39, Football '38, '39, Witenagemot, Beaumont Forum, B, A. A. IRIS CAROLINE SHOULTS An easy-minded soul, and always was. Y -Aristophanes. xvsxkang Club, Duck Club. G. A. A. FERN SIEVEKING 'AFERNIEH lVithouI kindnvss, thvrv can be no truc joy, 7CarIyIc, G. A, A. ROLAND QUANTE USHIEIQIFFW O, il is vxccllenl to have rx gian!'s str0nglh fShal2espuarP. Captain Baseball B '38, '39, Rifle Club. B. A. A. Seventeen JA UARY '40 Eighteen ROBERT DANIEL HENRY ALBRECHT BOB Ah, thcrc's our well-drcssed gc'ntIemrm.', +1-lulmes. Vice-Pres. Camera Club, Boys' Table Tennii Club, Trcas. Alfred Marsliall Club, B. A. A. .IULETTA LEPPICK HJUGGIE4' The power of thuughtflhc magic of lhc mind. -Byron, Service Club, Girls' Skating Club. G. A. A.. Il National Honor Society. x I GERALDINE BRENNAN JERRY Ola give mc the lwur! that is cheerful and gay. -XVhite. Art Appreciation Club, Sec. Nature Club, Swim- ming Team. Sec. Junior Academy of Science' Phyxiography Club, Alfred Marshall Club. ALVIN FABER UAL., Music is discipline, and rr Inixlrvss of order and good manners . . . fr Luthur. Alfred Marshall Club, Novelccrs, Vw'rcslIing Club. Service Club, Dramatis Personas, B. A. A. WILLIAM J. WIEMAN BILL labour is thy vocation. 4'Sl7ahespI'u1c'. Optimist Oratorical Award, ALICE LOUISE SHEEHAN ..AL,, Daman-,'laugh and bv merry . , . -wBarrivr Typcwriting Club, G. A. A. GRACE ELISABIETI-I I-IILKE A face with gladnrss ovlrrspreadf' fllbrdsworth. Service Pin. Sports Club, Cr, A, A., E B , National Honor Society. ROBERT B. IVICFARLAND MAC fl truly modest feIIou.'. fHoruce. Alfred Marshall Club, Football '38, Typewriting Club, B. A. A. HERMAN JOHN HELFRICH 'AREv Sieve: rvlzgwn makes 11 rhapsodg of u'un1s, 7Shulu-spmrc, Daw Uculschc Kracnzchen. Witen.1gcmot. B. A. A, GLORIA 'FHEKLA HATZ GLC Thr bust of Izfc is cunL'er.iufmn. -Ifnicrswv. Alfred Marshall Club, Sportw Club. I'cppervx!vs. Ci. A. A. MARIE RUTH KOZSIENY 'Qllmivsty is fin- uilor of uirtuv. fIJmgvnus. Alfrvd Mnrxlinll Club, Vihlking Club, G. A. A.. F .,B,. XVILLIAIVI FROIESCHNUR 'lI5ILL Lat mv haul' music am! I swf: no mum- delight --Keals. Novelty Orchcslm, Service Pin. B. A. A. CLAIBOURNE ANDRUAS CLAY lhe bus! of mvn haul' vvur IUUUII rvpuxif' 7 'I lmnzpsfm, Ritlc Club, Alfred Marshall Club. PATRICIA MICHEL 1Hx'1TY fl murry hear! grins 1111 Ihr' dag, --f-Shukespraru. I'rcs. XX'nlking Club. Sec, Dio Jungcrcn. Ilia Drutschr Krnrnzchcn, Scrvicc Pin, G. A, A., li National Honor Society, BETTY JANE LAWS BET'II In liicndsliip I was early laugh! to hvIi4'Uu. fliymn. G, A. A., Girls' Gym Club. EDWARD HENNE Mun Hlhvn' is a rmlillify rn lhe Luvzlcl uf rmlrmurx - Xfhlllur Mgr. Bascball Tram '36, '37. '38, Survice Club, Das Ilvutscliv Kmcnzchcn. Typewriling Club, B. A. A. J A UARY '40 sv I Nineteen JANUARY '40 Twenty CILEMENS W. FRIDRICH CLEM lVisflrJm is glorious and ncuer failetll away. fflpocrypha. B, A. A. DOROTHY HOERMANN DOT 'Faithfulncss and sincerity first of all. -Confucius. G. A. A. DOROTHY MURIEL DOYLE MDOT' ' ln soliludc, whcre wu are least alonef -Byron, Library Club, EARL ELLERBRAKE USKULLYH Ambition has no rest. fI.ytton. Boys' Skating Club, B. A. A. EDWARD ROHNE UCHUBH 'l'hQ appari-I of! pmfluims thi- man Y Shalzespifrirv. Boys' Gym Club. ANN HANSEN Thure is only one proof of rzbilitygarlionf -- -Eschenbach, Alfrcd Marshall Club, Girls' Skating Club, Sports Club, G. A. A. FLORENCE NORMA MEINBERG FLO Nature dssignurl us to be of good cheer. - -Jrrrold. Apparatus Club, Sports Club, G. A. A. MARWIN E. KUHLMANN UNIICKH Music uxulls riach july, allay.: each griuff' - f-Armstrong. All-High School Orchestra, All-High School Band, Treas. Orchestra '38, '39, Novelty Or- chestra, String Ensemble, Alfred Marshall Club. RALPH A. BAUER Thv slrongvr always succuf-ds. f -Pluutus. Football '37, '38, '39, XVrcstling Club, B. A. A. NACUMI NICKEL 'APENNIESM Silent when glad, affcrrionazn though shy, fBi'aItie. Arr Appreciation Club. Nature Club. G. A A. Pcppcrettm, Service Club. JANICE GIVENS JAN Expruxsi'on ulum' um inuusl beauty will: con- quering charnnf- flfusulz. Art Appreciation Club. Dramatis Personas, G, A, A, National Honor Society. SHERMAN DAVID STEIN SHi2RM Drrss in rm imlux of uuur conImts. ' fLaL'u1or. Tr.1ck,B fx. A. ROY C. iVll2YERS l He arguuil high, he argued Ioiuff-f ' fllh S.GiIhur1, Scrvicc fflub, Vdtcnagvmot. Rifle Club, B. A. A.. National Honor Socicty. BETTY JEAN PIIERLOW lt is dii.'i'mi to uct wcIl. f'-llorufv Mmm, Alfrcd Vlxrehall Club Ph'sio ri h Club XX'xlk M .viz-nv-.if . ing Club, Apparatus Club, Peppcrettm, G. A, A.. National Honor Society. HELYNE DIXON UJUNIORN ln path chuvh appvurs u prilttu ilimplv-J - r-f--S.'1uhe.spi-arc. , Girls' Ciym Club. Girly' Skating Club, XX'alking Club, Alfred Marshall Club, G, A, A., li RICHARD I7. POH LMAN DICK ' A fliunf A1.'I1'or7,' fl1!icn. ' Denmxlhcnvv Spanish Club, Physiography Club, Opvrctta '30 Boys' Tahlc Tcnnii, B. A. A. JA UARY '40 Twenty-one JANUARY '40 Twenty-two EARL R. KRUEGER lViIh his eyes in flood with laughter. +Shahespearc. Rifle Team '37, '38, '39 B. A, A, MARGARET N. HAPPE 'AHAPPYU Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. -Emerson, Library Club, Service Club, Typewriting Club Ping Pong Club, Bookkeeping Club, G, A, A. MAR'I'HA RUTH GOULD Dress is the great business of all women. fKarr. WESTON H. MOREFIELD, JR. WHS 1'II call for pen and ink and write my mind.' --Shakespeare. Editor in Chief CADUCEUS, Witcnagemot, Optimist Oratorical Contest '38, Service Club. Track '38, '39. DONALD J. WIESE WEASEL He is a gentleman berause his nature is kind and affable. fBurnEeId. Digest Ccrr. Physlography Club, Digest Staff, Andrews Chapter Junior Academy of Science, Service Club, Baseball '37, B. A. A. RUTH MONROE fl good reader is nearly as rare as a good writer. . . -Wilmot. Library Club. VIRGINIA ROSEBRACK UGINNYH Silence is one great art of conversation. ---Hazlitt. JOHN KLOTZ SKINNY The salutary influence of exampfe. 7Johnson. Rifle Club, Alfred Marshall Club, B. A. A. WILLARD BAR'I'LIf'I'T XVALKIQR BUD Knowledge is the foundation and sourre of gooil wriringffllorare. Business Mgr, Beaumont Digest , Rifle Club, B. A. A. LILLIAN KIEL LIL A'Whvn shc passed, it seemed like thi' teasing of exquisilu musir. fLongfcllow. Duck Club, Pres. Girls' Skating Club, Pepper- cttcs, Art Appreciation Club, Hockey Club, G. A. A. DORIS E. JARNAGIN DO Joy riws in lwr like 11 summI'r's nvomf' fCo!eridgv. Alfred Marshall Club, Girls' Skating Club, Ser- Vicu Club, Hockey Basketball Club, G, A. A, ARTHUR KOlVlNl HART Scivnfr is...Iikc uirtur. its own cxccvzling greul n-Luirilf' -Kingsley. Pres. Stamp Club, Prvs. Nature Club, Service Club. National Honor Society, KENNETH l.ICI-ITIENBERG HREIP i Si'lf-conudencc is the lirsl requixilc Io grcal undrrtukingzx 7fJohnson B. A. A, LORRAINIQ SCHORITHEIDE SCllORl5 SLL'w'! girl gradualvs in lheir golden hair. --Tennyson, Service Club, Skating Club, Typewriting Club, G. A, A., E B , National Honor Socicty. lVlARGARIj'I4 MARIE IVIUDROVCIC HIVIARKIIQW Wisllon7 ix glorious, and neuer fiidelh awayf - flpocrypha. Junior Academy of Science, Bookkeeping Club, Typcwriling Club. Service Club, G. A. A., If B , National llonor Society. OLIVER E. JOSIAS HAL.. Bc .slow in considvimg, but resolull' in afliorzf' fBius, UARY '40 Twenty-three ANUARY '40 Twenty-four JACK MCCLURE 'AJACKU The more one works, Ihr morn willing wni 1: 1:1 worh. iLorzI Chesturlil-ld. Service Club, National Honor Society. JEANETTE SHEPACK HJENH SIillnv.ss of person und steullinrss of fvizturcsf -Holmes. Girls' Skating Club, Roller Skating Club, Alfrvd Nlarshall Club, G, A. A. DORIS Rosii KOLBE DODlEli A blilhe hcarl makes ir blooming Uisagcf' -XProuerb. Pcpperutte Drill Team, Girls' Gym Club, Pep- pcretles, Girls' Skating Club, Typcwriting Club, G. A. A, GEORGE MILLER A gcnllvman and rl schoIar. fBurns, Srrvicv Club, B. A. A.. E National Honor Socicry. ROBERT ROGERS HBOBH Oppor1uniIy has powvr uueryLL'hert'. --Ovid. Novelty Orchestra, All-City High School Orches- tra, String Ensemble. SYLVIA ANN HARTMANN SYL Shu has a unite of glrrdness. aml a smile aml vloquvncu of bi-uuty+ f'+Bryant. Girls' Skating Club, Pcpperetlci, G. A. A. LAVERNE A. BALM ER 'ABALMYU Ncatness is a crowning grace of womanhoozlf' fflirvntenvllu. Junior Academy of Science. Viccvljres. library Club, G. A. A. ROBERT F. KNIGHT BoBl' Tranquililyl thou hotter name Than all Ihe family of fam0l fColeridge. DONALD J. COLE IWhou ar! a gallant gouth. fShahespr-are. B, A. A. EDNA CLOSE 'AEDDIEH I can swim like a duck. 7Shak4-spears. Swimming Team, Sec, Duck Club, Girls' Gym Club, Pvpperettcs, G, A. A, DOROTHY ZACK UDOTTIFW Thr mildrst mannurs and fha guntlest h0arI. -Humor. XValking Club, Roller Skating Club, Girls' Skat- ing Club, Pcppercttus, G. A. A. IRA G. NEELY. JR. TENNESSEE Young in limbs, in jullgmenl alll. +Shuke.spc'arv. Alfred Marshall Club. GEORGE DE LONJAY Play upf play upf play the gan7e. fNvu.'bold. Golf '38, Rifle Club, Alfrcd Marshall Club, B. A. A. VICTOR DREMANN VIC 'Tis Ihe mind rhut makvs Ihe bully rich. - Shalzespcare. BOB HARRY WEST' ' 'DOO' 'Tasle the joy Ihat springs from labor. --Longfellow. Track '37, Camera Club, B. A. A. lVlELVlN JOLLY MEL, Humor is the harmony of the heart. -Jerrold. Pres. Noveleers, Alfred Marshall Club. JA UARY '40 Twenty-five JA UARY '40 Twenty-six KENNETH P. STRUPEL KEN Gentleman is wrirlen legihly on his brow. ffieorge Colman. Baseball '38, '39, B. A. A,. National Honor Society. EDNA lVlARGARET TOBIAS MED lVhole-hf'arIz'd honrsly primed Ihi-rv. fflllrrton, G. A. A. LORRAINE M. DRECKSHAGE HDUCKYH So she poured out the liquid music of Iyer voife, . . U- Hawthorne. Novelty Orchestra, Girls' Skating Club, G. A, A. EDWARD J. WAI.SH MED The final and pvrfecl flower of noble churucterf -XVinIer. FRANK VICTOR TANSKI 'fompnssed around by pleasure. 7XVordsu.'or!h. JEAN MAY STOLZ Pleasure and action make Ihv hours seem short. -f-Shuhcspeure. Pcpperettcs, G. A. A. JEAN ALLEN Speech is greal, but silence is grvalerf' iCarlyIe. Peppercttes, G. A. A, WAL'f1iR MEINHARDT MICKEY 'Al remember him well. and I remember him worthy of praise. -f-Shakespeare. Service Club, Pennant Designing Committee, E HAROLD CHIESLFY Cl-IES Ullaue rm I'ri0niI.x not uquul to qoursullf' ffConfur1'uv B. A, A, NIARGARIET WHITE .IMOU 'lPII'u.sure and action makc Ihr horns sewn shortf? Shahi'xpi'u1I', Girls' Skating Club, Art Apprccintiou Club. Ilcppcrettci. G. A, A. MARIE E, HIZARST RPF Kindness is wisdom f fliuilry. Girly' Skating Club, Apparatus Club. Sport: Club, G. A. A. l'4lAROl,D HIQNRX' HAIJPIQI. HAP 'I 0 bu .slrong ix In he huppif. ffI.m1gfvIluiI', l'lARRIzI.l. DILDAY RFID Spinal: lx lwvlter than silrmm 7- -Lrmmxmz. BETTE JIEAN Pl,OUDRlf A'CurzL'i-zsalmn is lhv um! nf 4'hI1mcIer,' f Fnlursun. library fllub. l'hysiogr.xphy Vlub, Sports Klub, li, A, A. National llunnr Sucictv. JliANlf'l I'li C. SCHNATZMEYISR HJLANII' V I'or good she wus and zum, Tennuwn, Girls' Skating Club, G. A, A. LESTER A, BURMESTIZR l.l:S Sin:I-11:41 and honasly carry our rhmugh mlmy iliffifirllilfsfif Sllllinqflulfl. JA UARY '40 :'..i,r.fL x w I vga.: gk vii' sr 4 nz 1 Twenty-seven ANUARY '40 Twenty-eight KENNETH RAY WII,ZER KEN Hill limi :I wi1y. f'-Barrie MARIE SIMPKINS i'RllE Hillind farmer follow il, nor words express her infinite swvI'lness.4'- Danlv. Physicgiaphy Club, Alfred Marshall Club. ANITA THEILING l'NEI5Ts I lmow what pathway leads to popularity. YSI-ncaa. Girls' Skating Club, Peppercuuv. Duck Club, Junior Acadcmy of Scicnce, Service Club. Vice- PNN. G. A. A. JOHN K. RAPPLEAN KEN 'ATU loue Ihr' game bcyoml lhe prim. - -Newbulr. Football '38, Track '36, '38, '39, B. A. A. RICHARD W. LAMPERTZ RICH Plain in ni-alnessf llorau Typvwriting Club, B. A. A. DOROTHY JANE Bocas 'Tis good-will nmkvs inlulllgcnccf'ffEmcrson, Girls' Skating Club. Service Club, E G. A. A., National llonnr Socicty. MARION BARBARA NICKEL UNICKIELH Genius is fastened by induslryff-Cicero. Shakespeare Club, Service Club, Sports Club, G. A. A., E National Honor Society. ROBERT D. KNIGHT 'Boer' Remvn7ber what peace there may be in silence. --fElermarm. Opcrctta '39, B. A. A. RUSSELL PIDGEON HPIDGEH Good looks are a great recommendation in the business of mankind. ?Monfaigne. Basketball B '37, '38, '39, '40, Junior Academy of Science, Art Appreciation Club, B. A. A. DORIS lVlAE RUST RUSTY Her very frowns are fairer far than smiles of other maidens ure. fColeridge. Typewriting Club, Sports Club, Spanish Club. G, A. A. NORMA BEATRICE PAGNINI PAQ She is very handsome, aml has wit at will. -Swifz, Physiography Club. Sports Club, Girls' Skating Club, G, A. A., Caption Committee. JAMES SHEARIN i'.llM To be merry best becomes you, --Shakespeare. B. A. A, VAL BELL Conversation is the music of Ihc mind, Collon. MARJORIE N. DELABAR lVlARGE lt is the mrmner which is butler than all. fsidney. Typcwritlng Club, National Honor Society. MARIAN VIE VAHREN HOLD The power of gentlcness is irresistible. -Martyn. Girls' Skating Club, G. A. A. ANDREW ENDERSON MANDY O excellent young man! -'-Shakespeare. A 'UARY '40 Twenty-nine l l JANUARY '40 Thirty FRANK E. TALLEUR BOOTS Pride went before, ambition followed him. -fShahespeare. Alfred Marshall Club, B. A. A, MARY KLASKIN There is nothing like fun, is there? -Halliburton. Alfred Marshall Club, Girls' Skating Club Das Deutsche Kracnchen, Pcpperettes. G. A. A RUTH GESSETT URUTHIEH All musical people seem to he happy. iSmilh, Pres. Orchestra, Novelty Orchestra, Service Club. Girls' Skating Club. XValking Club, Peppcrettcs. WARREN JAMES STEWART 'APUG' Health and chuerfulness mutually beget each other. f -Addison. B, A. A, JEAN RONAT 'ACURLYH Fuithfulr7ess and sintcrity Hrs! of all. -fConfucius. Uperettn '39, LORETTA HANNEPIN HRETTN' Happiness is a rare cosmeticfffMelville, Girls' Vvhlking Club, G. A, A. LOIS F. HOFFMEYER African is eloquence, fShalzespeare. Apparatus Club, Ping Pong Club, Physiography Club. Sports Club, Girls' Walking Club, G. A A.. GLEN SARHAGE LEl5TY lVi1, like money, bears an extra value. +Douglas Jerrold. Alfred Marshall Club, Baseball '38, '39, B. A. A. JA UARY '40 CHARLES AULBERT CHUCK fl true friend is foreuvr zz friumlf' -Grorge MacDonald. Service Club, E B. A. A., National Honor Socicty, DORIS HU ELS MAN Dwell with yourself: study to br' quiet. -- -Ncw Tcslamunt. Girls' Skating Club. G. A. A., National Hnnur Society. ROSE l,AlVlARCA Wos1E And everywhrre xht- wvnt, some mvrry song shc sang. - Monlesqurvu. Alfred Marshall Club, G, A. A. PIERINO SANDRETTO .lOEY 1 would help others out uf fellow fueling, -Burton, Bookkeeping Club. Service Club, Rollcr Skating Club, Typewriting Club. ALBERT S. KEEVIL UAL., 'l here is no subslitulu for hard workf? -Edison Camcra Club. NlARY JANE HILKE Thu small courtesics sweeter: life-1 fBor.'cu. G. A. A. SHIRLEY MAE REPPLE SHIRL She was a winsonze wee lhlngf'--fliurns. Pcppercrtcs, Apparatus Club, Novelty Orchestra, G. A. A. ROBERT F. TOMPKINS Bos lVell short in words and well long in wil. -Lorenz. Alfred Marshall Club, Spanish Club, Boys' Skating Club. Thirty-one ANUARY '40 Thirty-two WILLIAM L. TOOMBS 'ABILLU '4Hopc keeps the heart whole. --BruLL'I'r Nature Club. ELINOR SEEGER As full of spirit as the month of May. +SImhespeare. Physiogrnphy Club, Sec. XVnlkir1g Club, Appa- ratus Club, Ci. A. A,, E LOUISE SEEGER An ounce of mirth is worth u pound ol' sorrow. gBaxlt:r. Physiography Club, Sec. Vihlking Club, Caption Commilrce, Ping Pong Club, Service Club, E KENNETH SPELLMEYER HBENNY' Music is lhe poetry of the air. -Prichter. All-City High Band '36, '37, '38, '30, All-City High Orchestra '36, '37, '38, '30, Novelty Orchestra, B. A, A. RALPH WM. RICHESON HONEY Motif-ration is the keynote of lasting enjoy- menI. - fBt11lou. Physiography Club. LORAINE E. DUERBECK Beauty lives with kindness. -Sfvuhcspearc. Service Pin, Sports Club, Alfred Marshall Club, C.. A. A. ELMER J. EMIG MUSCLES 'WVIIII a swimmefs stroke fling the billows buck . . . +Byron. Swimming Team '33, '39, Track '38, B. A. A. MARIE HAHN Pure malhcmarics is an admirable cxercisef --Whately. Apparatus Club, Walking Club, Cv. A. A. J A UARY '40 RALPH ADAMS 1 ln the world of tireunvs. I haw chest-n mu parlf --S1.u1'ntmrnt'. B. A. A. BETTY JANE TAYLOR A fareful fclicizy of stylv,'P--Pvtmnius. Alfred Marshall Club, Girls' Skating Club. Playsiography Club, G. A. A, FRANK E. LUTZ Hu made it uirtuc of 11vft'x.xi1y. - Shzzlzmpvurfu B, A. A. Wll.LIAM SPROULL BILL Hmmm is wit and love. Thackt-rug Das Deutsche Kravnzchrn, Radio Club, Scicucc Club, B. A. A. WILL CLARK BILL 'WVU hai! sriunft- as mun's lrucvt friend. -f Haruuy. Radio Club, Physiography Club, FLORENCE MARIE BATES PLO II is u friendly ht-url that has plenty of frx'enc1s.'4-Thucheray. Peppercttus. Girls' Skating Club, Cu. A, A. VERNON L. WALLACE LIGHTNING Thaw mort' easiest who haw Ieamuzl to dtmcc, fPupe. ROBERT KELLOCJC1 BOB Hljxperienfc inspires this iL'urlz. - Ovid. Physiography Club, Junior Academy of Scicncc. Track '37. '38, B. A. A. 5 Thirty-three JA UARY '40 Thirty-four JAMES MENKE JIM Pmpvr words in proper places. -gSwift. MAXINE G. HOPPER NMAC Happiness is refletliuc, like lhc light of hL'z1zJcn. -Irumg. Service Club, Physiography Club, Alfred Mar- shall Club, Pres. Vilnlking Club, G. A. A., Na- tional Honor Socicty. MELBA FITZSIMMONS FI'1'Z A'Vx'Uacily is the huallh ul' lln- spirr'l. -ffBz1lza:'. G. A. A. EDWARD M. SCHULTZ, JR. ED Tho rvhnc-men! of good brcfding could go no further. fLoLL'ulI. Rifle Tvnm '38, '39, Vim-Prev. Rifle Club, Scrvicv Pin, B. A. A. Luo C. GREEN LEE Sporr.mmr7shlp brguis spor1an1unsh1'p. ' f-Powvll. Colt' 37, 38, 59, Letter 38, 39, B. A. A. ERMA DASCHEIQ ERN A silunr addruss is thi' genuinu uloquencc of xx'r1ccr1'ty. fGolllsm1th, E AUDREY DEMLING AUD The charm of personalily. 7Kn'ngxley. Art Apprccintion Club, Girls' Skating Club. G, A. A. EDWARD ALTER MED As mcrry as the day is long. --Shakespcnrc. RONALD L. WEILAND HRON Nothing is denied to well-direcled labor. -Reynolds. Rifle Club, Roller Skating Club. MARCELLA LAUF lVlARCIE lViIh a smile on her lips7 fSroI1, Vilzmlking Club, G. A. A., If National Honor Society. GENE LACY Still crinstanl in a wondrous vxcullunfvf fShah1-speare, Burbank Chapter, Junior Academy of Scienu Pres. Nature Club. LEO SCHILDKNECHT Airs The will lo do. - Scott, B. A, A. JAMES BRYCE WILLIAMS JIMMY Like Iwo single gvrzrlemen rolled into om - -Colman. Spanish Club, Opcretta '37, '38, B, A, A. WILLIE RAY JOHNSON BII,LIE', Make use of time, le! not advantage slip, f-Shakcsprare. GEORGE MORRIS Friendship is the wine of life. f -Young. HERBERT SNODELL, JR. HERB Thvre's music in all things, if men had ears. fliyron. All-High School Band, Trens. Art Appreciation Club, B. A. A. JANUARY '40 Thirty-5Ue ANUARY '40 Thirty-six ALVIN SIMPSON HAL.. O excellent young n1anf 4-Shakespeare. Service Club, Alfred Marshall Club. ADEL S. ROCKLING ANIME Such high brad munners. fLowell. Service Club Pin, Vice-Pres. Girls' Skating Club, Sports Club. Alfred Marshall Club, G, A. A. GERTRUDE BAGBY GERTYH 'I'here's a language in her eye. her cheek, her lips . . . 7Shahr-spectre. National Honor Society. WILLIAM B. SEIPERT HR-ILL 'l rue wi! is everlasling ''ff--Buckingham. Football '37, '38, '39, B. A, A. CHARLES F. W. LUECKE fl good man makes no noise over a good dec-d. fMarcus Aurelius. Stamp Club, Riiie Club, Football '37, '38, B '39, B. A. A., Orchestra '36, '37. LETA MILLER LEE Thy voice is sweet as if it took its music from thy face. -London. Physiography Club. Operetta '39, G. A, AH Alfred Marshall Club. DOROTHY A. HOYER DO'I ' W'hat a Ihing friendship is! -Browning. Girls' Skating Club, MILFORD T. AXLINE MAX., His limbs were cas! in manly mould. For hardy sports or contest bold.fScot!. Football '39, B. A. A. JANUARY '40 RAYMOND SOBIN Cl':aruclur lives in 11 mlm. ruputurum niilsillu uf hin7. -llollaml. Pres. Alfrutl Mnrwlmll Club. Andrews Clmptcr .lunior Acadcmv of Scii-nie, Junior livrmlm Club. Prcs. Student Council, Beaumont Forum, ANNABELLE CARSON In quil-Inesx and mmidvnu- shall bv your sIrcng1h. ffOId 'lrstarm-nt. Alfrcd Marshall Club. Ping Pong Club, Girls' Skating Club. G, A A. VIIZCQINIA RUCKER UGINNYU Cour1usy ix thu ihirxl of Ihr' .wuI. f.luhnson. Art Appreciation Club, Girls' Skating Club. Alfred Marshall Club, G. A. A. I EARL NlORllOW Srivr1cv. wht-n um-ll lligi-slml. is mzlhing hu! good semi' ami rvasonff Slunluus. Alfrvtl Mnrthnll Club. JACK lVlARlON RICE SPEED Fields arf won by Ihose who bvlieuc in thc wtnnxngf' -F. W. Higginson. Track '36, B '37, '38, '30, Coliaptain '39, Alfred Marshall Club, Football '33, B. A. A. EUGENE JOHNSON GlENE'i Of ull Ihr noises. I lhmk music Ihr Inn! div agrccablef'--dJ0hnsrm. Phyciography Club, CLARENCE HUGH MCNULTH' MAC Thu rream of Ihv jes!. fC,'ubcI. Trcaa. and Digest Cort. Camera Club. B. A. A. CELINA CHARLOTTE BOHNIENKAMP Ctrl, 'l'hv red-gold caluracl of hvr stu-aming hairfi - Phillips. Alfred Marshall Club, Sports Club, Apparatus Cllub, Peppcrcttes, G. A. A. Thirty -seven JA UARY '40 Thirty-eight GERTRUDE MAY EMIG USHRIMPYV' Enthusiasm is Ihr' genius of sincerity, fBulwer-Lytron, Chccrleadcr Pepperettcs. Spanish Club. Service Club, Walking Club, Nature Club, G, A. A. WILLIAM G. PHILLIPS BILL He was excvz-ding wise, fair spoken, and pi-rsuadingf-- -fShakcspearv. Service Club, Stage Lighting Commlttw, Witcnagcmot. VIRGINIA M. HASHAGEN UGINNYH 1-lml hvr sunny loths hang on lu-r temples lllzu 11 gcldun fl:-vw. +Shal2uxpez1re. Alfred Marshall Club, Service Club. Ping Pong Club, French Club, Cr. A. A., E National Honor Society. NORMAN FRAYN ' 'NORMH No slvps barhwarcl! fHorace ELIZABETH MOSES BETTY A lighl hvar! livc-.r long. f--Shahcspcarc. Sec.-Treas. Walking Club, Service Club, Type- wriling Club, Roller Skating Club, G, A. A. MARGARET RITA WALSH SISSY A mc-fry hear! rnakcth a cheerful counlunanccf --Old Testament. Junior Academy of Science. Physiography Club G. A. A. CAROLYN RANDALL CAROL Eloquence is the povzrg of prose. --Burleigh. Sec. Alfrcd Marshall Club, E RALPH NISBETT Tho charm and plugfulness of his talk. +CicI-ru. B. A. A, ELMER I-. WALTIQRS Norma Arras Charles Aulbert Gertrude Bagby Dorothy Boggs Marjory Delabar Bessie Gellhausen Lorraine Gemmer Janice Givens Virginia l-lashagen Grace Hilke Joseph Hogan Maxine Hopper Doris l-luelsman Mary Louise Kelley Houston Kirk Dorothy Kleinschmidt Arthur Komm X W f C NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY CADUCEUS Ruth Lammert Marcella Lauf Juletta Leppick Jack McClure Gene McDowell Meyers Roy Patricia Michel George Miller Margaret Mudrovic Marion Nickel Gabriel Oliensis Betty Pierlow Betty Ploudre Gladys Rank Loraine Schorfheide Audrey Schwab Kenneth Strupel Ruth Wienstroer CADUCEUS RETROSPECT G. M. OLIENSIS Late last August we happened to meet a charming girl who had graduated last June and had secured a fine position as secretary. 'lI'll bet you'll be glad to go back to school next week, she said wistfully. 'll surely wish I could. Why? we asked. Aren't you glad you haven't any more homework or exams? A'Oh yes, but you miss all your old friends so much! she sighed. We little appreciated then how aptly she had expressed the feeling that comes to one as one nears the time of graduation, for, anomalous as it may seem, so endeared to us has everything connected with our school life that parting irrevocably from it fills us with a poignant regret. Occasionally a host of fond recollections crowds through our minds, and we catch kaleidoscopic glimpses of ourselves at various dynamic moments in our high school life-feverishly cramming for exams: heatedly discussing weighty political problems over our lunch room sandwiches: casting surreptitious glances at some admired member of the opposite sex: tripping the well-known fantastic toe at our first senior promenade: struggling desperately to recite an uncombed lesson, while the class chortles with glee and the teacher looks sternly and devastatingly on. All of these recollections form a quickly shifting retrospect over four whole years of valiant fthough perhaps unequally maintainedj effort and friendly association at Beaumont, yet so faint are most of them growing even now that they seem almost like a dream that has passed. But let no one accuse us unsympathetically of harboring mawkish senti- ments, for the feeling that these memories invoke are as sincere-yes, and as tender too-as certain strains from the great Beethoven symphonies, and like that inspired music haunts us at odd and unexpected moments with their sad and wistful refrain. President Joseph Hogan Vice-President Lorraine Gemmer Secretary Dorothy Kleinschmidt Treasurer Houston Kirk Digest Correspondent Gene McDowell CADUCEUS Correspondent Gabriel Oliensis fNeva Elloit Executive Committee 4Bob Schroeder lAudrey Schwab fRuth Lammert Student Council Representatives 4Jerry Rosenfeld lKathryn Russell fMiss Quellmalz 2lVlr. 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His legs and arms, in fact his entire body, felt numb and prickly as when one's foot goes to sleep, He tried to open his eyes, but the lids were leaden weights: he tried to raise his arm: heavily, it responded. He exerted more power and managed to raise it about six inches. Suddenly his nails scraped across rough boards. He let his arm fall back to his side, the fingers again encountering a rough surface of unplaned boards. With terrific effort he forced open his eyes to meetk- blackness, almost tangible blackness. Tapping a hidden reservoir of energy, he kicked out with his foot. It encountered boards also but plunged on through-into damp earth! Suddenly, with a terrible impact, the whole awful truth Hooded into his consciousness. He was in a grave! He was dead-or supposed to be dead. As that fact seeped into his brain he was stunned for an instant: then realizing the significance of the thing, he screamed-a ghastly scream that pounded and echoed in the confines of the coffin. While the echoes still rang in his ears he kicked again, fiung his body right and left, pounded with his Hsts. The rotted boards gave way under the onslaught. Again he screamed, his fingers clawing at the earth, his head pounding and throbbing, his nostrils filled with fetid odor. lVladly he clawed, burrowing up towards the surface. He felt a cool breeze blowing into his face, and with renewed vigor he pawed at the dirt and soon had made a hole of sufficient size to allow him to force his head out. He glanced around. lt was night. He listened: not a sound could be heard. He clawed at the hole, making it larger until it was large enough to allow his entire body to emerge. He planted his hands on the edge and, by pushing and straining, managed to pull himsef from the hole. lt was a beautiful night. Over the nearby ridge rose the full moon, whose light shimmered and shone from slabs of stone set in rows in the ground. Simon Foster looked up at the sky, gazed at the huge copper moon and the small glittering Stars. Then like a puzzled child he gazed about, his eyes finally resting upon the hole at his feet and the stone which stood just beyond. Peering closer he managed to read the inscription. SIMON FOSTER, BORN SEPTEMBER 14, 1799. DIED, FEBRUARY 11, 1852. The stone was covered with wet moss and lichen. He put out his hand to rub off some of the green stuff, then drew it back in horror. His flesh was grey and scaly, his dirty, claw-like fingers were knotted and curved like some bird of prey. He raised his hand to his face. It was gaunt, the skin drawn over the bones like parchment. Long grey hair hung from his head though, curiously, he had no beard. He looked down at his clothing. The long black cloak was green with age, and all of his apparel was musty and dirty. He smiled, a grim, mirthless smile, his lips curving back from his yellowed teeth. Then he looked up at the heavens, at the bright moon and cold stars, Forty-six CADUCEUS and laughed: laughed with a note of madness in the crackling sound. For his eyes had lighted on a stray bit of newspaper lying beside the tombstone. The date line read March 6, 1898. He had been buried for forty-six years. No doubt now who he was, or rather WHAT he was. He remembered his childhood in Salem town, the renowned home of witches and supernatural beings. He remembered the night he had encountered the witch in the woods. He had been walking along the river bank trying to quiet the turmoil within, for his darling, the one he loved more than any- thing else in the world, had just been wedded to another, his best friend: and she had done it willingly and laughed in his face in the bargain. He had stood outside the church during the ceremony: had watched a beautiful dream shattered, watched all he had ever really loved go out of his life forever. It had been too much: he had rushed from the village and had come out into the woods to try to find some peace for his troubled soul. The old woman had been standing under one of the twisted, gnarled trees by the river gazing into its murky depths. As he had passed by she had turned and fastened her eyes upon him. At first he had shrunk back in fright, but the burning eyes seemed to fascinate him. Then she spoke, her crackling words etched indelibly into his brain. A'If you would help me I will grant you anything you desire. What do you want? he had asked. Some help, she had replied. Well? - i i A'Some wood, please. I'm not able to gather much and I have need of a fire for--for some business. She leered, showing her toothless gums. Her eyes shone yellow through her matted hair. 'AAll right. He had gathered a huge pile of wood-sticks and twigs from the river bank-and finally dragged up a large log. Panting and perspiring, his task nnished, he had stood before her, a young man in the prime of life, barely past twenty-two. What would you desire? she had asked. 'APortune, luck-love? At that he had laughed. Love was a bitter thing to him at that moment. lor perhaps eternal life? questioned the old hag, an evil, knowing glint in her eye. Yes-yes. That's itY What revenge! To live on and watch others grow old, and two especially, those two who had just wrecked his life. Yes. that's it? he repeated: Hgive me eternal life. The old witch smiled another of her grim smiles. You already have it! It is in your blood, Simon Foster. Yes, I know you. In your veins flows the blood of vampires. She hobbled closer. Vam- pires are strange beings. I knew your father well: he was one of us. Do you know who I am? No, I suppose you don't. Simon Foster, I am your mother! Simon recoiled in loathing. He had never known his parents. He had heard of his father's death but the details had been kept from him. He had lived with his cousins, who were ordinary folk, and had never known of his dark heritage. 4'You, my mother! he gasped. Yes, I. Your father died with a stake through his heart. He was four hundred years old, fifty of those years being natural life. And when your Forty-seven CADUCEUS time comes, if there is any strong force within you, such as hate or love, to bring you back, you will return. Yes, Simon Foster, you will return. You will see, you will see! In stark horror Simon had fled, leaving the old woman chuckling and grinning by the river. He was filled with a sense of loathing and dread but also with a strange inward pleasure. He knew better than to doubt her word, for now he understood why people shunned him. But perhaps the bad blood had been bred out. At least, she, his darling, had no reason to make him believe she loved him, to play with his affections and then cast him aside. The next day when he had returned to find the hag, she was gone. Only the ashes of the fire and some bones were left to mark the place where they had talked. But Simon's belief in her story was strengthened, for the bones about the fire were human. The next day he had left Salem. During the years of wandering always he had had that terrible destiny to look forward to. Finally he had returned to the village. He recalled the day of his death. He had retired to an old farm house on the outskirts of the town to live among his books and thoughts. Then one day as the sun had sunk from sight behind the wooded ridge he had died, his loved one's name upon his lips, his only mourners the timber wolves which howled in the forest, his dirge the moaning wind and his shroud the falling snow. And now he was alive again. Evidently someone had found his body and given him a decent burial. Strange they should not have driven a stake through his heart as was the custom, but perhaps his reputation had been forgotten. Nevertheless he was alive-alive-ALIVE! Suddenly he awoke from his reverie at the edge of the grave. From across the ridge came the ringing tones of a church bell. A sly gleam came into his eyes. So he had returned, had he! Perhaps his loved one still lived. He could pay her a visit. He chuckled. His love had turned to hate, or nearly so, but still he could remember nights-. But that was past. Turning he reached into the grave and retrieved his beaver hat, which he had brushed aside in his struggles to break out of the colin. He placed the hat upon his head and strode oHf down between the weed-choked stones of the cemetery, toward the village. It felt good to be alive once more, the long grass against his legs, the chill night air in his nostrils: he breathed deeply as he ascended the ridge. Reaching the crest he paused. There below him was the village. Larger and more progressive than he had known it, but still certain old landmarks stood out. His eyes were attracted immediately to the church which stood at one side of the square, brightly lighted. As he started down the hill the strains of organ music came to his ears. Evidently it was Sunday. He reached the outskirts of the village and started down one of the deserted streets. A dog ran out to snap at his heels but stopped and turned and slunk off with its tail between its legs, looking furtively over its shoulder. Simon smiled and strode on down the empty street. It seemed as if the entire village had gathered at the church: so he turned his steps in that direction. Coming up to the building, he stopped a moment to survey the huge oaken doors. Prom inside came the drone of the minister's voice. I am the ressurection and the life- Simon ascended the steps, grabbed the brass door handle, and pulled open the door. Forty-eight CADUCEUS The minister's voice rang loud and clear. ---shall never die! Suddenly, seeing the grim figure standing in the door, he turned white with fear. Recognition shone in his eyes. 'Simon Foster! Though he had been very young at the time of Simon's death he still remembered him because of all the controversy that had arisen over the question of whether Simon was a vampire and should be buried as such, or was an ordinary being. Finally heeding the pleas of an old woman who had mysteriously appeared at the village, and had as mysteriously dis- appeared, Simon had been given an ordinary burial. 'ASimon Poster, he repeated. The congregation, as if one person, turned and fixed their eyes upon the specter which stood in the door. Simon took a step into the room, another-i Simon, Simon, he's come back! He looked and his grey eyes encountered the brown ones of-his loved one! She was old, very old, but still-- He started toward her. Many of the crowd crossed themselves. All at once she screamed. 'iSimon, what are you going to do? Don't, don't, don'-. She slumped to the floor in a faint. A man's voice rose above the excited, frightened roar. Get him, men. He's a vampire! Simon turned, crashing a lamp from its bracket. The contents splashed over the fioor and pews. Flames lapped hungrily at the dry wood. Taking advantage of the confusion, Simon ran toward the door and out into the night. His retreat was covered for an instant by the raging inferno, but in a moment men began pouring from the windows, shouting, gesticulating, and pointing in his direction. Perplexed, he halted, a cry of anguish escaping from his lips. Then, seeing the oncoming villagers, he turned and fled down the street, his cloak billowing behind him. Bullets sang near his head from guns held in the hands of some of the men, but all missed their mark. They would not have stopped him had they lodged in his body. He ducked around a corner and made for the ridge, the cries of the mob ringing in his wake. Panting and breathless, he reached the summit of the ridge and turned to look back toward the village. The folds of his cloak whipped about his gaunt frame, and he looked up to see scurrying clouds across the sky. Perhaps a storm was brewing. That would aid him immensely. He looked down the slope. The church was a pillar of flame against the night sky. ln the streets he could see men carrying lanterns and torches, and now and then he could see the light glitter upon a musket in the hands of some townsman. His eyes focused upon a group of lights gathering at the foot of the ridge. They were going to follow him. Then wafted upon the breeze came the soul-chilling bay of the blood-hounds. He turned and dashed frantically between the trees. Onward he plunged, running between the scrub oaks. He made for a section of the bluff where he knew was safety, for there was his own house. He hurried on, heedless of twigs that tore his clothing or scratched his face. Nearly exhausted, he broke Forty-nine CADUCEUS into the clearing, he had reached safety. The house stood lonely and deserted, its broken windows gaping like eyes, the open door seeming to offer an invitation. But then a band of men broke from the trees beyond the clearing. Like a beast at bay he snarled, but the men came on, grim determination showing in their faces. He turned and again dashed into the woods, planning to circle the clearing and enter the house from the other side. He stumbled and fell, tearing a huge rent in his cloak. The breath whistled from between his clenched teeth. He approached the edge of the clearing. Cautiously he peered from behind one of the huge trees. The house was in flames! He could see men applying torches to the tinder-dry wood. He turned and blindly stumbled off into the forests. His throat was burning, his eyes smarted, his head throbbed and ached. Putting his hand to his aching forehead, he slumped against the bole of a tree. He was filled with conflicting emotions. What had he done to be hunted like a beast? Oh, yes, he was a vampire. He smiled, a bitter, cynical smile. No wonder they searched him out as though he were a rabid dog. Simon gazed up at the sky. It was clear again. How could a merciful God put such awful punishment upon him? His heart longed for his darling, but she was probably helping to ferret him out at this very moment. There was a loud baying near at hand. With a gasp Simon leaped off like a startled rabbit and stumbled down the trail between the trees. He had lost his hat and his matted hair hung in his eyes. His lungs were tortured in their effort to furnish air to his straining body. Suddenly he heard voices. He stopped. Then he saw lights flickering from between the trees. He jumped to the side of the path and hid in a clump of' bushes. The band of men, torches held high, peering to both sides, passed within ten feet of him. Luckily the dogs were not with the party or he would have surely been discovered. After they had passed, Simon lay quiet in the bushes for nearly an hour. Finally he crawled out of them and stood listening. No sound broke the stillness of the night except the sleepy chirping of birds. Birds! Simon gazed at the moonlit trees. But it wasn't moonlight! The sun was rising. He must back to his grave. Well, he knew there were only two ways of ending his life-in-death existence. A stake through the heart, or to be caught outside his grave in the daylight. He had escaped the first fate. But the second? He started back through the woods as fast as his weary body could manage. He dodged and cut through the scrub oak that blanketed the hillside until he at last arrived at the point where the path from the cemetery crossed the ridge. He came to the clearing and glanced over toward the village nestled at the foot of the ridge. It seemed deserted except for a few people around the smouldering remains of the church. But it was near dawn. He turned and started down the slope toward the cemetery. His heart froze within him. A crowd of men were coming along the side of the ridge. Their torches revealed the two bloodhounds straining at their leash. Simon fell to his knees and tried to hide in the stunted undergrowth. But they had seen him. Shouting they started to run in his direction. The man with the dogs stopped and unfastened the leash. The beasts came bounding toward him. With a wild, animal-like scream Simon started running down the hill. He fell, got up, and ran on. His face was streaked with dirt, that pain was again in his head, the breath was hot in his throat. The faint, pearly clouds in the Fifty CADUCEUS sky proclaimed the dawn, Panting, he reached the cemetery and dashed between the tombstones. He glanced back. The dogs were hot on the scent. With an agonized moan he reached the side of his grave and stopped to glance back. Down the hill, the dawn breaking behind them, came the men, their torches standing out like will-o'-the-wisps against the still-dark woods. Before them, in full cry, came the dogs, leading them to the cemetery. Simon took a look around the horizon. l-le felt weak and his eyes were heavy. The crest of the ridge was beginning to turn rosy, Tears of anguish and remorse filled his eyes. He jumped into his grave and with a last look up at the blue morning sky he pulled as much dirt into the hole as his shaking hands could manage. Then he lay down in he shattered remains of his cofHn. Fruitless, he knew, The men led by the dogs would find the grave, open it, and drive a stake through his heart. But curiously, as he drew his torn cloak about his throat, he didn't care. With a faint smile on his lips he closed his eyes. The slowly rising sun sent its first rays over the ridge. They struck the tombstone, bringing out the inscription in bold relief. SIMON FOSTER, BORN SEPTEMBER 14, 1799. DIED FEBRUARY 11, 1852. As the sun rose higher the rays crawled on down the stone, illuminating the moss-obscured inscription. WoRLDLY LOVE IS TEMPoRAL: His i.ovE is EVERLASTING. And then, barely discernible: ETERNAL LIFE is YOURS. The two bloodhounds reached the grave, sniffed an instant, and then sent bay after bay ringing out over the country-side. , -i i'-1' ..-..-l' ...1t.i..,.........-.-.--- .....1...1.....?l,-.- .ii-...i...,,,, ,i .......i.L,-.- .,.....,l-1 Fifty-one CADUCEUS I-IALF -NOTES GALAHAD OF THE GARBAGE CANS MANILLA MCCORD This morning I seriously observed, for the first time, a man who is an almost daily visitor at our backyard. He is the reliever of oppressed nostrils: the avenger of an offended sense of smell: in short, the garbage man. I viewed him first, a large swarthy man dressed in overalls, when the truck pulled up to our gate and stopped, I watched with interest as he swung lightly to the ground and pushed open the gate to get our contribution for his already overflowing collection. I noted the vigorous way he relieved it of its burden, and the gentle manner in which he tossed it back in the yard. I gazed with amazement and admiration at the ease with which he swung his huge frame back to the fender and slapped the top of the truck with his massive hand. As the truck moved on, I realized that he is truly a man to be admired: for only think of the courage it must take to carry on, day after day, in such a capacityg only think of the great devotion to humanity that he must feel to perform such a task. And so, in recognition of his service, I have dubbed him i'Sir Galahad of the Garbage Cans , and so he will always remain to me, regardless of the insurmountable i'atmosphere with which he is surrounded. MEMORIES OF AN 'AAUNT MARY MARY GLAUBE A nephew! Well, well, what will happen next? I, a fourteen-year-old Cpracticallyj with a nephew of my very own. I felt very big then and cer- tainly I was very much excited. I think I told all the neighbors for miles around that in the future they would have to call me Aunt Mary. I was going to the hospital to see HI-lim. Mother and I arrived at HI-Iis present domain and after some delay, were ushered upstairs to the nursery. I felt so conspicuous, the heels of my shoes just uJouIdn't quiet down, and I was the only one making any noise. We stopped in front of a huge plate-glass window and peeped inside. My eyes got as big as saucers. Why, there were stacks of babies! The nurse pointed him out to me. I gulped and regulped. That funny-looking, squawking, squalling brat was my nephew? Never! Why he just couldn't be. He was so little and strange-looking! I had never seen one quite like it. Well, it certainly was a big disappointment, as you can well imagine. I went home in a sad state of mind. My nephew! What a guy! Well, two years have passed now and he's still as bratty as ever, but, gosh, he's so cute now! Fifty-two CADUCEUS STEPS AND MORE STEPS! MILDRED SCHEER When I think of Washington, D. C,, I immediately think of steps. Why? Because it was there that I completed the endurance test of my life. I climbed up the nine hundred steps to the top of the Washington Monument. Nine hundred steps doesn't seem like much, does it? But just try it some time! I wanted to save time and not stand in line to take the elevator up, so I gallantly started my climb. I see now why the man at the door smiled at me when I went in. He knew! The steps were arranged eighteen in a flight. I climbed the first five flights without difficulty. Then I began to grow a little tired, but not enough to stop enthusiastic me. On I climbed. At the end of the first one hundred steps I was ready to stop. The elevator would pass me on the steps and fly on up as if to say, '4You should have waited for me, you fool. By now I was determined to keep on: so I went. Three-fifty-one, three- fifty-two, three-fifty-three, and on up to five hundred, where I just had to stop and rest. Over half way now. Five-fifty-seven, five-fifty-eight. Oh, this had better be worth the effort! I soon lost count of steps and just plodded along, keeping my eye on that little spot of light way up high. Oh, for some fresh air now! The little light grew larger and larger, which seemed to indicate that I should soon reach the top. Now about fifty more steps. Why, I actually believe I have reached the top. Not that I much care. I'm not interested in a view now. But, isn't that a breeze I feel? It is! And now that I'm here the view is really beautiful. Thank goodness I can ride down! After a while on top I went down to the ground again. Was my climb worth while? Certainly the view was! And I'll always remember Washington Monument! I 161 I l1lIlI I jill 'III Il- l IIKI I qi! l l I I THERE WAS A PLACE KATHERINE HooAN WHERE. . .months ahead of time Christmas spirit was high, and gifts were started with a red-hot needle and a burning thread. Yards and yards of gay-colored ribbons took the shape of fancy garters, coat hangers, tie racks, and elaborately trimmed boudoir caps. Invitation lists for parties were care- fully planned for. During the holidays hospitality reigned supreme. WHERE. . .days ahead of time negro mammies turned the kitchen into a bake shop, filling the air with the smell of spices and fruit. Jars of brandied peaches and strawberry preserves were brought to light. Last minute stitches finished the numerous presents so they might be wrapped in their Christmas finery. After the children were put to bed, the mother would sit before the fire for hours putting the finishing touches to dolls and their extensive wardrobe. WHERE. . .hours ahead of time hurried trips were made to the garden to gather the last chrysanthemums before Jack Frost blighted their brilliant Fifty-three CADUCEUS career. The older brothers hiked to the woods to find the most perfect pine tree to be had and started the laborious task of chopping it down. On the way back the river banks were searched for holly and Christmas greens to cover the mantlepiece, decorate the pictures, and be made into wreaths for the windows. While Aunt Adeline was busy stuffing the turkey, the children offered to peel the oranges for the traditional favorite bowl of ambrosia in hopes of getting a sample before the grand feast. At dark the longest stockings available were hung securely to the mantlepiece and the children were hurried to bed. WHERE . . . Christmas morning at daybreak the colored boy slipped quietly in to build up the fires, and Aunt Adeline could be heard out in the kitchen starting the final preparations for the gala occasion. This is where l was born. DON PEDRO'S BARGAIN ROBERT FONTINELLE Q-5 Glynn He owned a huge ranch comprising many square miles over M653 1' . which roamed some of the Hnest cattle in that part of the country. H W ' had an elegantly furnished ranch house, a large rambling structure. He practically owned the little town of Glendale nearby, having control of the bank, saloon, and several business concerns. Frank Glynn was proud of his huge herds, proud of his beatuiful ranch house, proud of his position in the community: but above all these things he was proud of his beautiful daughter, Virginia-and his Arabian horse. The horse was a beauty, with Hnely curved neck, delicate nostrils, trim legs and body: an aristocrat of horses. Frank Glynn loved this horse so much, in fact, that he had named it Virginia, after his daughter. He would often go for long rides on the animal with his daughter riding another horse at his side, and his eyes would wander lovingly from one to the other. His daughter recognized this affection for what it was and so was not offended when at certain times he would stand with one arm around her shoulder and the other around the black-maned neck of the horse and talk to them both in common. She understood and appreciated her father's affection, for she saw it, not only as affection for an animal, but as love for all things beautiful. She herself had this same feeling, although to a lesser extent. ll ALL TEXAS there was not a more prosperous rancher than Frank The fame of Virginia fthe horsel spread all over Mexico and there were many men, both good and bad, who longed to possess the beast. Not a nobler, finer steed could be found in all the country. The fame of Virginia fthe daughterj spread also, and, as with the horse there were many men, both good and bad, who longed to possess her, Not a more beautiful, attractive girl could be found in all the country. But although many men admired her she was attracted by only one, Ron Fredericks. The young man was a frequent visitor at the hacienda and was greatly admired by Virginia's father, who appreciated his keen wit as well as his love for horse flesh, which approached that of the rancher himself. lf the truth were known, it was their mutual liking for horses which made the two men get along so well! Fifty-four CADUCEUS One evening, after a hearty meal, the three were seated by the fireplace, in which a small fire was burning because the Western night was rather chilly, discussing the various news of the past week. 'AI hear the bandit, Don Pedro, is in this section, remarked Ron. A'You'd better look after your stock, and especially Virginia. I hear that he has an eye on her. Oh yes, Dad! exclaimed Virginia. We couldn't lose our prize mare. I'll do that, growled the rancher, in answer to Ron's advice. You can bet if Don Pedro shows up here he'll be sorry. HI understand that you have lost several head of cattle to Don Pedro, or at least to some rustler. Yes, Ron, I have lost several, and it's nearly ruining me. Things are going pretty tough, but I'll weather it. I've got to weather it. The last he muttered to himself. 'AWell, I'd better be getting along, Ron put in. Dad and I have some branding to do in the morning and I've got to get a good night's sleep. Bidding goodnight to the rancher he clapped his sombrero on his head, and Virginia and he walked out on the veranda. Yes, the rancher said to himself, Uhe's got to get a good night's sleep and must be getting along. I-Ie'll be gone-in a couple of hours! Chuckling to himself, he opened a book and commenced to read. Buenos tardes, senorf' Startled, the rancher looked up from his book. There, standing in the large French window, was a rather stout brown-skinned Mexican. From beneath his sombrero his beady black eyes glittered with mirth. Throwing his serape more firmly over his shoulder and giving a hitch to his belt from which hung two holsters, one on each side, holding huge silver-handled 44's, he came on through the window. Sweeping his sombrero from his head he bowed low and repeated his greeting. 4'Buenos tardes, senior! You, perhaps, do not know me eh? I am Don Pedro, beeg man in my country, Mexico. No? I have come to make, what you call, proposition. Si? Don Pedro makes a bargain. I-Ie came closer, his spurs making a gentle ringing sound. The rancher felt furtively for his gun. A'It is best to remain quiet! No? Like magic the pearl-handled weapons had leapt from their holsters and into the brown hands of the Mexican. Resignedly the rancher placed his hand on his knees. Well? he barked. You mean what it is I wish, senor? Well, I wish to buy your horse, Virginia. You see I wish to buy her, not steal her. I give you a hundred pesos. I-Ie smiled a tight little smile beneath his black moustache. 'AWhy, that's preposterous, Hared the rancher, A hundred pesos! No. not for a thousand. A hundred and fifty, no more, the Mexican leered and waved his gun. I give you a few minutes to decide. Meanwhile on the veranda, Ron was speaking. Well, remarked Ron, I really must go now. I do have that branding to do. The two stood hand in hand on the veranda gazing at the huge Fifty-five CADUCEUS yellow moon rising above the desert. 'AYou know if we get a good price for our herd this fall, Dad and I, why you and I can? He stopped in con- fusion, then plunged on --can get married. Then he added, But it seems a long time to wait. I can wait, she leaned her head on his shoulder. A'Well, I must go. He turned to face her, Suddenly he exclaimed, I've forgotten my poncho. It's in the house. I may need it. I'll get it, offered Virginia. A'And I'1l go along. Together the two started along the broad veranda. They came to the door, Ron put his hand on the latch. Suddenly he stopped, for he heard voices. He hadn't seen anyone ride up. Who could be calling at this time? He leaned closer to the door and listened, A'And now, senor, you have thought, eh? I give you a hundred and fifty pesos for the beautiful Virginia, and you can pay your debts. Ron gasped. 'AWas her father such a heartless villain to sell his own daughter in order to pay his debts? He recalled that Virginia's father had mentioned his need of money while they were sitting in the parlor, but surelyln What is it, Ron? whispered Virginia. Wait, he cautioned. They were talking. 'A-one hundred and fifty pesos and I be a beeger man than ever, Si? I am a beeg man in my country, Mexico, but when I have Virginia- Ron pulled his gun from his holster. Wait here, he cautionedg A'there's trouble in there. Don Pedro is with your father. And they are bargaining for you. He mumbled the last to himself. Cautiously he lifted the latch. HAH right, I'll sell her, though it's only that gun that forces me to. The rancher bent over his desk in the corner searching for a bill of sale, trying to keep away what seemed the inevitable. Reach for a cloud! The rancher turned, a look of relief on his face as he saw Ron standing in the door, a six gun in his hand. Both of you. Puzzled, the rancher lifted his hands. A'Drop those guns, Pedro. The MeXican's weapons banged to the floor. Any man that would sell his own daughter. Ron glared at the rancher, who looked bewildered. Suddenly the Mexican burst into laughter. His daughter! Ha, ha, ho, ho. I don't buy his daughter, I have enough trouble all ready. I buy his horse, amigof' Tears of mirth rolled down his swarthy cheeks. The truth hit Ron like a physical blow, and he flushed with shame. At that moment Virginia, who had stayed outside, rushed in and threw her arms about her father's neck. F if ry-six CADUCEUS What's happened, Daddy? she exclaimed. Did that beast harm you? She shot a glance of loathing at the Mexican, who smilingly returned the look with a low bow. ln a few sentences her father explained the situation. Virginia didn't know whether to laugh or cry. A'Well, Don Pedro, said Ron. your bandit days are over. Si, senorf Don Pedro, it seems, has made his last bargain. Yep, and I'm going to take you into town pronto and collect the reward for your capture. A few moments later found Ron and the bandit riding across the mesa toward town. Ron gazed up at the moon floating over the high buttes, making grotesque monsters of the mesquite and cactus. Then he turned to Don Pedro. 'Tm going to take you in, Don Pedro, he said to the bandit riding at his side, hands firmly tied to his saddle born, and l'm going to turn you over to the sheriff and collect a thousand pesos for you. And then-and then Virginia and I are going to get married. The bandit was laughing. XVhat's so funny? Then Ron smiled. l mean the girl, he added. I :ilu-seucn CADUCEUS CRACK AND CRACKED SHOTS Ross LEE l ARGET shooting is a game which is so exact and precise that it is almost a science. To make good scores a shooter must have highly trained im' muscles, good eyes, and steady nerves. Thus one might think that all the addicts of the fine art of scientific paper-punching would be serious, calm, flint-eyed gentlemen whose minds are occupied only with the thoughts of putting small holes in smaller bull's-eyes. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, if you are making a study of some of the queer tricks that nature has played on humanity, visit your nearest rifle range. ln order to prepare anyone who may be so foolish as to accept this unsound advice, I am going to describe some of the creatures you will find there. Contrary to your fondest hopes, the most common type found there will be that interesting little bane of all team captains, the nervous type. He is interesting because he never does the same thing the same way twice or anything the right way even once. You see him at rifle matches pacing the floor and gnawing ferociously on a set of perfectly interesting fingernails as if the happi- ness of his entire life depended on the forthcoming score. This presents an interesting problem, The coach must decide whether to let this traveling bit of repressed emotions float about to annoy other people, or to make the rest of the team uncomfortable by having them sit on him. As inconvenient as this latter method may seem, it is better than having to search a college campus for one of these gentlemen, as the Beaumont squad had to do last season. When the firing order is given, these lads develop the firehouse tendency. They rush madly to the line and throw themselves down. Then, when their scattered senses tif anyj begin to drift back, they have the sinking sensation that they have forgotten something. A'Ammunition? No, that's here. Scope? Nope, l've got that. Mmm, wonder what it could be? Oh, well, guess it couldn't have been very important. About this time the coach arrives and hands them their gun, resisting a terrific temptation to tie it in a bow-knot around their neck. The coach merely heaves a deep sigh and is glad there aren't more of them. The worrying type, also numerous, is only better than the nervous type in that he stays in one place. In fact, sometimes we wish he would go lose himself. He looks over the list of competitors and points out a long list of shooters who will probably beat him. He also livens things up by telling all the idiotic reasons why he won't be able to shoot a good score. He has a sore toe: he had a fight with his girl, he forgot to eat his Wheatiesg and so on. Ask any member of the Beaumont team what 'AHoppe's in my eye means. That's one of our honored classics. lf a coach gets a compound type, or a nervous-worrier, on his team, he looks back over his past and repents his sins. Another interesting specimen is the last mile, or death-house type. This little beam of concentrated sunshine slinks into a corner and radiates deep, black gloom. He chews his lip and glances furtively towards the firing line. When his order comes up he gets up slowly, glances about resignedly, and trudges to the line. When this funereal fellow has passed, everyone brightens up con- siderably. Fifty-eight CADUCEUS The most spectacular type is the gadgeteer. This is how he enters upon the scene. A box-no, two, three, four boxes. A gun with a shooting coat hung from the muzzle. These articles form a pyramid: what's more amazing, a moving pyramid. Yes, it makes noise too. A grunt, 'nother grunt-a sigh-a real-big-honest-to-goodness he-man grunt. Whewl By this time an arm or leg betrays the fact that there is a man involved in this somewhere. He is usually a small, unobnoxious cheerful fellow, tool He carries in those boxes all the latest gadgets advertised in all the latest fun magazines. CHis pride is to get one before it is advertisedj Last, and happily least, is the big-show type. No match is complete without one. He is offended if a match starts before he arrives: he is annoyed by the layout: he doesn't like the Bring officers: and nobody likes him. If ignored, he will subside. These lads really enjoy themselves, though: maybe that atones somewhat. Of course, there are a few of the champion type. You won't find much evidence of them when the match starts, but their names will be well known by the time all the medals have been awarded. Now, with this guide, see if you can become a judge of rifle shooters. If you can, please tell me how you did it. A SWEET LITTLE I-IEADACHE MARGARET BICE my WAS awakened this morning by an elbow being jammed into. my face. That was my little sister. Believe me, she shows her loveliness even in her sleep. She sometimes even talks in her sleep. One night ' of she jumped out of bed and ran over to the window. That woke me up, and I said, Shirley what's the matter? But she didn't hear me, for she said, 'AHere I am, Mama , so again I asked her what was the matter: this time she said, Mama called me to come to supper. By this time she was pretty much awake: so she just came back to bed and fell right asleep while I lay there and laughed. Shirley isn't quite old enough to wear my clothes, but she loves to wear my ribbons, scarfs, pins, and so forth and she always wants to wear one of these articles when I do. If I won't let her she begins to pout and I usually give it to her. Shirley doesn't like housework at all, but she loves to sing, dance, and play. While I say Shirley does not like housework, she will not tolerate untidiness. She often reprimands my older brother for not polishing his shoes or for leaving his clothes lying about. Shirley is a wonderful listener, and she's oh, so frankl She will tell anyone just what she thinks. We often lie for hours at night just talking, not about anything in particular, just talking about things we'd like to have and what we're going to do when we grow older. Shirley says she's going to be a movie star. Singing and dancing will be her specialty. Her singing is popular at parties and in our family and among our relatives, and I shouldn't be much surprised if her dream came true. Shirley has a marvelous personality. Don't think I'm bragging: she can go anywhere, into a new neighborhood, a strange household, a picnic, just anywhere, and within an hour you'd think she had known all the people for years. Fifty-mine CADUCEUS It's very strange, the way she budgets her time. As soon as it comes time to wash dishes Shirley has simply loads of homework, and if she doesn't begin work on it immediately she'll be working till midnight: but as soon as for a little afterj dishes have been washed, Shirley has finished her homework, for it didn't take as long as she had figured. Or else she'll help with dishes if someone else stacks them. She'll try them but she'll have to get started on her homework and she won't be able to put them away. We older girls all believe, for one thing, that our younger sisters take advantage of our being older to slip out of things, but I'll bet they have some ideas about us too. I know when I was younger I thought the older girls were pretty silly. They were afraid to go out in the rain: powder, rouge, and lipstick were necessities: they were constantly worrying about their looks and what this or that person, especially if that person was a boy, thought of them. Younger girls probably have that same opinion of us. Shirley has the cleverest ways of getting around things. She will say, Mary, will you HX my dress? I could fix it, but you can do it so much better. I'm not so good at sewing. Or if she had some homework to do that she really could do if she wanted to go to the trouble of looking things up, she asks me to help her and she gets so sweet about it. If I help her she'll do this or that, she says, and the first thing you know I'm neglecting my work to help her. She can get around almost anyone by being sweet or by reminding her of what she did, some time before, to help. Shirley would make a good debater. When you get her really mad, which is hard, she could argue with any of our famous statesmen and confuse them so that they would not know which way was north. It is practically impossible to prove to her that she's wrong. One night Mother and Dad went out for supper and left me to prepare supper and take care of the house. Shirley was out playing: so I decided to fiX supper alone. After supper she was to dry dishes and she said she would if I set them together. She had to go tell Dorothy something very important. She got back before I even Hnished stacking dishes and she wanted to know if she could play awhile. I said No and she refused to dry dishes because Who did I think I was? The mother? and played anyhow. I finished the dishes, and when we went to bed Shirley didn't say a word, but in bed she started to cry a little and snuggled up close and said, 'llVIary, I'm sorry I was so mean and didn't wash dishes. But please don't tell Mama. With her crying and looking so sorry, what could I do? I promised I wouldn't tell and put my arms around her and pretty soon she was asleep. We :7.v f'lij I NV I Sixly CADUCEUS QUAZY QUIZ ROBERT FONTINELLE See if you can answer these questions. Each correct answer is worth lO per cent. I. A motorist had a brother who was a flier. The flier had no brother. What relationship existed between the flier and the motorist? II. What word is this? British cockney pronunciation of him, -l- the first part of the colloquial name for an American didelphyail marsupial + can do. Cand I'm not running into Chinese dialectj : ? III. If Washington, Lincoln, and Jefferson were to walk past the White House in three feet of snow what would it be? IV. According to the sages of the ages, what physical incapacity is a notable characteristic of ardent affection? V. When is long hand quicker and more accurate than short hand? VI. A hunter sights a bear to the south of him. He raises his gun and fires, wounding the bear in the shoulder. The bear runs to the right of the hunter trying to escape. The hunter turns, getting the bear between himself and a mountain to the south. He raises his gun and again fires at the bear, killing the animal. What color was the bear? VII, Why does a stork stand on one leg? VIII. Here is an easy one: How long is a piece of string? IX. Here are two current events. Five per cent for each. 1. At present, who is the admiral of the Swiss Navy? 2. How does the army of Iceland rank among the world powers? X. Let us say that I am the engineer on a railroad. Now, the conductor lives in Chicago and has three sisters named Dolores, Virginia, and Joan. The fire- Sixty-one CADUCEUS man lives in St. Louis,' Where l live, and has no sisters or brothers but he IS my uncle. His name is Henry. The brakeman has a yacht that he recently bought named the 'iRosemary but he intends to sell it. We are all very good friends. What is my name? CAnswers on page 1341 CAN YOU I AUDRLQY POSTER an ? Clarence McNulty acting as Cupid Milford Axline explaining Einstein Roland Quante saying, Really, I Jean Stolz not smiling? Wes Morelield Without his blue an Betty Pierlow Without her friendly Jerry Rosenfeld not arguing? Jim Gaither misspelling mouse'l? Midge Kirk being a woman hater? Melvin Jolly making a lot of noise Dottie Kleinschmidt in a tantrum? Earl Bracke being a good listener? Gerry Brennan not flirting? MAGlNE-- d ToMMY CLEMENS 's theory? air? Nadine Wendele not combing her h didn't do muchn? d gold jacket? disposition? ? Herman Helfrich riding out on Jitterbug lingo? Audrey Demling not smiling with her eyes? Gene McDowell not being cynical? Katy Russell not interested in sports? Dick Kalish with a brunette? Jane Bower not looking interested Russ Pidgcon not being tall, dark, Leta Miller without a lovely voice Joe Hogan with a mousey? Edna Close using Water Wings? Bob Albrecht being on time to cla Elmer Lignoul looking for a boy? Sixty-two -and interesting 7 and ohl so handsome? ? sses? CADUCEUS THE VENGEANCE. OF THE GODS ROBERT FONTINELLE QQ, EUS stood before one of the palace windows looking out over the L countryside For several minutes he gazed at the tremendous area of Q1-2' surrounding landscape that was visible from the top of Mount V' i Olympus. Suddenly he sighed, What's wrong, Zeus? Hera's Voice sounded worried. You've done nothing for the last couple of days but gaze out of the window. You hardly eat a bite. You don't sleep well. Are you sick? Zeus shook his head. Well, then, what's wrong? You aren't in love with another woman, are ou? Hera's voice was a little shar , P Wide-eyed, Zeus turned from the window. UNO, no, he denied, I don't love anyone. What! Except you, Zeus hastily added. i'Then what is the matter with you? Zeus crossed the room and seated himself on the lounge across from his wife. It was early morning and they had not yet gone to the throne room. I'll tell you what's wrong, Hera. You know mortals no longer believe in us as they used to. We are ridiculed as fancies of childish minds. Other gods, other worships, have superseded us. Mankind is very fickle. Once we were declared mighty and all-powerful. We were believed in and that is, of course, the mainstay of a god's power-belief. For if a god is not believed in, his powers are nothing whatsoever. Once we were mighty, but now, now, why our followers could be numbered on the Hngers of one hand. Mars is the most powerful, with all the warfare going on, but even though he is the most worshiped of us all nowadays the worship is not a true one, only a sort of formality, Do you wonder why I am depressed? To be no longer believed in, to be forgotten gods--it's terrible. Oh, don't worry, Zeus, cheered Hera, 'Show your strength. Cause a storm or something to occur and be revenged upon the world in that fashion. A'Vengeancel Yes, that's what I want. But I will do more than just cause a storm. Men don't believe in us. So they no longer believe in the reality of mermaids, centaurs, satyrs, and other beings that they term mythological , Well, that disbelief will constitute the foundation of my vengeance. Now here is my plan- Swiftly Zeus outlined the plot to Hera. Skeptical at first she gazed at him as if he were mad. Then, as he continued, her eyes grew bright, she smiled, and finally broke into laughter. Good, Zeus, good! she exclaimed. Zeus smiled his pleasure. Praise from Hera was rare indeed. Then Zeus quickly got into his robes and made his way to the Hall of Judgment. Seating himself on the throne he sent one of the lesser gods to summon Mercury, Vulcan, Mars, Athena, Diana, Adonis, and a few others, He then leaned back on the throne, humming to himself, to await the arrival of the gods, Sixty-three CADUCEUS Singly, and in small groups, the gods straggled into the huge hall. When they were all present Zeus arose from his throne. Fellow gods, he said, as you know, we are no longer believed in. It is my wish to make mortals believe in us again, or at least credit us with still being in existence. You all play an important part in my plan, and I expect you to follow my orders to the letter. Again Zeus recounted his plan. Then, dismissing the gods, he sat back in his throne to await results. Professor Barz suddenly stopped in his tracks. Taking off his spectacles, he drew out his handkerchief and carefully wiped them. Then, again putting them on, he squinted at Mount Vesuvius. Good Lord! he exclaimed, I must be seeing things. For the volcano was blowing smoke rings! The professor hurried to his portable wireless and was soon communicating with other scientists, telling them of his amazing discovery. Deep down in the bowels of the volcano Vulcan was chuckling to himself as he pumped the huge bellows which caused the volcano's startling performance. The next day newspapers all over the world carried detailed accounts of the phenomenon. The radio also carried news of the strange happening, and it was on the tip of every tongue. Frank Kruck, of i'Bring 'em back alive, or otherwise fame, was listening to the news as he sat by his radio in the humid African jungles. His face expressed his disbelief as he listened to the announcer. Finally he snapped off the instrument and made his way out on the veranda. Such foolishness! he muttered. 'iIf folks believe that stuff, why I could bring back a centaur and display it in the New York Zoo. Suddenly his eyes nearly popped out of his head. At that very moment a centaur trotted into the clearing and started toward the shack. Rooted to the spot, Frank stood holding the railing for support. The beast trotted up to within a few feet of him and stopped. Pawing the dirt it stood, hands on hips, no, not hips, but where hips SHOULD be, surveying him. Frank thought that perhaps he had had too much to eat or had been standing in the sun for too long a time. But there it stood, the torso of a man and the body of a horse. Still perhaps he was seeing things. But then, dispelling all hope, the thing spoke. What are you staring at? You'd think that I was a freak. Too astonished to reply, Frank only made a slight choking sound. What is wrong? shouted the creature, rearing up on its hind legs in anger and pawing the air. What's the matter? But Frank had had too much: he slowly collapsed in a dead faint. Tossing his long hair out of his eyes, a wide grin on his shaggy face, the beast trotted back to Diana, who was waiting at the edge of the clearing. She would take him back to his island home, now that his work was finished. Patrick O'Brien was a good policeman, a very good policeman. That was why the sergeant gaped at the story he was telling. Perspiring and excited, talking as fast as he possibly could, O'Brien stood before the desk. I seen it, sure and I seen it. A banshee if I ever know one, sarge. A tail and horns and furry body, and he had hoofs, sarge. By old Killarney, he Sixty-four CADUCEUS had hoofs, sargeI The sergeant tried to subdue the patrolman with a glare. A satyr in New York! Preposterousl Why-- Then the sergeant did a very peculiar thing for a level-headed desk sergeant to do. He jumped up, vaulted the desk, and ran down the hall as fast as he could, with Patrolman O'Brien immediately behind him. The satyr who .had caused the upset stood grinning and grimacing in the doorway of the police station, watching the vanishing policemen. While his fellow gods were busy, Zeus himself was not idle. He sent violent storms over various parts of the world, causing much damage and dis- comfort to the people. A storm would form in a matter of minutes, the lightning would flash and the thunder roll, and sheets of rain would pour down for fifteen or twenty minutes or so. Then the sky would clear, leaving the astonished people to gaze up at the bright sun shining in a cloudless sky. This form of sport did its chief damage in causing trouble for the younger people, who were extremely vexed at having their new clothes ruined, or their expectations for an evening in the park shattered. Adonis, the god of manly beauty, enjoyed himself in Hollywood, exhibit- ing his charms. Crowds of adoring women followed him everywhere much to the distaste of the movie stars. Venus, also in the film city, was causing quite a riot. She would suddenly appear in the home of some of the more famous stars, such as Clark Gay Bell or Robert Barber. Making herself per- fectly at home, she would murmur endearments to them, leaving them blushing and embarrassed, unable to account for their feelings. Pan caused a disturbance in Chicago when he paraded past the city dog pound gaily playing on his pipes. The entire pack of dogs surged toward him, broke down the fence, and trooped along the streets after him. It was a surrealist conception of the Pied Piper, the rats having grown to be dogs, and the piper himself transformed into a furry-bodied, pointed-eared, hoofed god of the woods. To make matters worse, he led the pack to the center of the city and then stopped playing, releasing hundreds of dogs into the streets. For several days the town was literally gone to the dogs . They ran everywhere, practically overrunning the town, until recaptured. By far the greatest upset, however, was caused by Zeus' 'Personality Plus force, as he called it. By exerting his will Zeus caused mortal minds, in certain limited districts, to receive entirely erroneous impressions. Visions of elephants were by far the most common, and as the beasts were always of a pink color, there was much shaking of heads and knowing glances going around. The sale of bicarbonate of soda went up a hundred per cent in the few days that the illusions were common. By far the greatest illusion, and the saddest, being the only real damage done, was the illusion of Professor Armbruster. The professor awoke as usual the morning that the gods began their cam- paign against unbelieving mankind. He ate and dressed in his room, as was his habit, and started down the street to his oiiice in the Medical lnstitute. The professor was in the habit of speaking to everyone that he met on the street, as is the case with people in small towns. This morning was no exception. Walking along, he encountered another pedestrian coming in his direction. The professor smiled and said, Good morning. The man looked up, and it was then that Professor Armbruster got the surprise of his life. The man looked like him in every wayf Rubbing his eyes, the professor continued. The other man hadn't seemed to notice the resemblance. Sixty-Hue CADUCEUS Thinking perhaps it was a trick of his eyes the professor continued walking. But the next man looked like him, and the next, and the next, and the next. The final blow came, however, when he opened the door of his ofnce and encountered the gaze of the office cat. The beast looked like himl They took the professor off to the hospital for treatment. Zeus, the insti- gator of the affair, perched above the street on the roof of the oflice buildings and grinned like the cat that swallowed the canary. Then he hurried off to Olympus. A'Fellow gods, the plan has worked. We are revenged. The vengeance of the gods is complete. From now on, perhaps, men will be more circumspect in their judgment of things that they do HOF understand, though chances are that they won't. But we have at least satisfied our own desire for vengeance. And I think we have done one man a great favor. At least he is now able to do something that people have always wanted to do. What is that? questioned several of the gods. UWhom have we benefited? 'Professor Armbrusterf' enlightened Zeus. 'fl-IowF asked the gods who had spoken before. Well, answered Zeus, Hthe mortals have always wanted to be able to do what he can. One of their poets has even put the thought into a little poem about a louse. Let me see, I can't quite remember his name. Oh, yes: it was Robert Burns. Sixty-six 2 NNNYiNW WYRN it , YF ..,? CADUCEUS ON TI-IE DEATH OF A PET SPARROW Sixty-eight GABRIEL OLIENSIS Although years hence this grief may trifling seem, And other woes more weighty will haue bent me. Thy death instills me with a sense supreme Of that sublime repose which may be sent me. And like the eagle mounting through the air. Who never seems by gales to be deterred But urged on the more past all despair. May I toward nobler issues still be stirred. I slowly homeward trudged with thinking this, Casting just a lingering look of grief Upon thy tomb of carefree sleep-like bliss. XVhich stole thy life from me as doth a thief. An ever-whispering wind soughs through the trees As if to soothe the troubled mournful day. O youth, grieve not: have comfort, breathes the breeze Thy heartfelt sorrows too shall pass away. CADUCEUS TI-IE SUMMER WAS SO BEAUTIFUL ROBERT FONTINELLE The summer was so beautiful: Each nights witcherg Made me feel as though enchanted By some star's mystic sign: Each dag bloomed like a morning-glorg: Twilight was just an opporlunitg To res! and dream of the a'ag's happiness. And you were mine. But now each night is a mockery. The days are nothing but faded flowers Pressed in an old book, Memories of past beauties. And twilightftwilight brings That emptg. endless longing for Things that might have been. The leaves flutter forlornly To the ground. You are gone. And it is winter in my heart. Six! g 1 nine CADUCEUS THE CRYPT ROBERT PONTINELLE And now I bury all my dreams, All my hopes and joys, All unfulfilled wishes. Nothing can hurt me Nor bring me sorrow. Now that these things are hidden In this crypt I call my heart. No, nothing there is Can bring me sadness Except, perhaps, some memory That opens the crypt Sometimes. f T AUTUMN BETTY ULRICH Now it is autumn. Last night the frost sprites came and set fire to the hills. Even the dull grey bluffs seem bathed in molten gold. An ancient oak. garbed in soft orange, blends with the flaming clouds of sunset A scarlet maple glows in a cleft in the hillside like a pillar of guiding tire Crimson berries adorn the brown bushes like rubies on the fingers of an Indian princess. It seems that Nature, like some mighty queen of old, comes out in all her splendor, to bow in defeat Before the icy sword of winter. Seventy .,. , -Y' H. In fr v'.,l-' un :xv M ' 'U 1 Cu' ..- . .1 - , , Q' uv-I un -nun 'un'l D! I . -5: .mn .g -s-J: .. .. s lla sq, HEX v- ,,a'- v .. , ,,. --u 1 I 411 'I U vnu ' 5 -'-.-.' 'N -. inf. ' u'4 - eg.-. Q 1 -Q-Q ' Q'n'. aj lk 'ixdii K -' CADUCEUS DRIFTWOOD STANLEY SCHUMAN A million Sidney Cartons Strewn about the earth. Tallered, jaded leaues of life, IVearied, tired prey to strife: IVhat can be their worth? A million bits of driftwood Churning, swirling waters spew: Echoes of voices out of the past, IVall2ing dead things shapelessly Cast A homeless, captainless. portless Crew. 1 INSPIRED BY A SMILE FRANCIS PHIIIIPS I wish to live within your smile: To please your eyes a lillle while: For here your youth, a radiant beam, Shall pass o'er me to make me dream, And tender eyes tha! hold me slill Shall yiue me strength, but bend my will. IVithin your hand my life you hold, IVithin your will. my mind you mold: And all the world for you l'd awe If in your smile you'd let me live. Seventy-one CADUCEUS Seventy-two LEGEND OF THE PINK LOCUST BETTY ULRICH Out on the edge of a grassy lea, Stood a shivery, quaking, aspen tree- And there at his side, Stood his lovely bride, A slender sweet locust, in lacy white, Fair and shy in the morning light. Out in the front, in robes of green Stood the preacher, a poplar, tall and lean. Instead of a prayer book blest He held a robin's nest, And in a voice much like the rushing wind, Solemnly bade the service begin, They took their vows, he gave the ring, The feathered choir did sweetly sing, The groom kissed the bride, She blushed and sweetly sighed. The blush spread over her bridal gown Until she stood like a rose full blown, And so, let us end the legend Of how the white locust sweet Blushed on her wedding day And ever remains that way Till now her descendants far and wide Brighten the park and countryside. 1 TI-IE SEASONS BETTY ULRICH I love each season of the year That God so kindly sends- Summer sun and springtime flowers, Autumn leaves, and winter winds. Spring is a tiny baby KVith laughing bright blue eyes. Summer is a half grown child, Chasing butterflies. Autumn is a flapper With colors loud and gay. Winter is a grandma- Old, and bent, and gray. CADUCEUS I STILL REMEMBER VIVIAN MARTIN You were my friend not long ago, But now your smile no more I know. I spoke to you just yesterday: You turned your head the other way. You walked from me at rapid pace And wouldnlt meet me face to face. I was your friend, and would be still: Yet every day you leave the chill Of some sharp sting I did not know, Something that happened long ago. Perhaps each day you wake in fear That I may suddenly appear, Thinking I'm someone you must shun For nothing that I know I've done. I've said no evil word to hurt Nor dragged your good name in the dirt I was your friend in time of need, And now with all my heart I plead I would be true, a friend again, If only you would take me in. 1 THE KINGS AT BETI-ILEI-IEIVI BETTY ULRICH Instead of a palace A stable they found, A babe with a halo Instead of a crown. Their gifts they lay before him- Frankincense, myrrh, and gold- And though they did not know it Those gifts his future told. Frankincense-his childhood, Gold-a crown and plume, Mgjrrh-was for his burial, Mingled in with gloom. The babe that came so long ago IVhose praises now we sing, Shall come again to rule the earth A good and kindly king. CADUCEUS Seventy-four TI-IE WITCHING HOUR BETTY ULRICI-I The flames are leaping on the walls Like dancers in a cabaret, Like ghostly figures, wierd and tall, Shadows of spirits at play. The flames are reaching out their Hngers, In the shape of shadows black and gold. In distant corners, darkness lingers, Soon to give way to the flames so bold. Down the chimney the wind is howling, The flame dance growing wild and high: The cat. as she ceases her noiseless prowling, Lifts her uoice in a wailing cry. The flames grow fainter, swiftly falling. In through the open window streams The spirit of darkness, victory calling, The room loses light, the flames their gleam The fire is dead, the dark ones triumphantg Only dull ashes are left on the hearth. The cat is asleep: all things are silent Save for the howling wind out of the north. CI-XDUCEUS THE STORM ROBERT FONTINELLE Nobody expected a rain that day: And so all of the folks had gone away, Except Dad and Ernest, Kenneth and me, And Ray. who was out to find the dogs. Why they picked that day of any other day In the whole long, long year to run away, Nobody knows. Dad noticed the two clouds south of us And began getting things in shape. No fuss Or anything to it. XVe drove down stakes And covered trunks. Good preparation makes Less sewing to do later. When the show Was at last ready for average blow I went to see about my own tent. I drove stakes and prepared, on smaller scale, As they did the Big Top, About then hail Began to fall, and I looked out to see The cold, green clouds that forewarned what would be. Too late for rain-coat, I ran to the tent Grabbed a maul, ducked under the side-wall. and went Around to the north sia'e. Then the storm broke. Hailstones of such size To bruise where they struck, came from skies As black as could be. Lightning crackled round And as I drove stakes I could feel the ground Vibrate with the rolls of ear-splitting thunder, Which broke the black, storm-tossed skies asunder To plunge to earth. I feared a bolt would strike the maul or me As I drove iron stakes. but they had to be Driven, for they were already pulling From the wet, shrinking canvas. This dueling With the elements was surely nerve-racking. And I ducked inside for a breathing spell, lacking Wind or will to continue. The minute I entered I noticed Ken Struggling with the side-poles: so I ran Over and grabbed one of the jumping poles To keep them from tearing huge, ugly holes As only poles can. Then I heard a call From Dad outside, and I grabbed up the maul And ran out. Seventy-live CADUCEUS Seventy-six I discovered Dad holding a rope: four Stakes pulled, and if they weren't driven in more Would pull and the entire tent would be blown Down. I started driving them. Then a moan Escaped me, for as I looked up I saw A huge rent in the top. Some sewer's flaw Had given away, The wind had now grown to a stinging gale. Blowing down giant trees and pelting hail And rain down upon the town, piercing tent With small round holes. When I noticed the rent, I was ready to give up in despair But Dad hollered Keep 'er up in the airf' And I finished driving stakes. By this time I wondered about my own tent. So I rushed madly back stage where I spent Several frantic moments keeping it From blowing away. Gradually, a bit At a time, I got the stakes down, ropes tight, Trunk covered, bed rolled, and then, when all was right I hurried back to the Big Top. The small rip had grown into a huge hole Five or six yards wia'e and thirty long. Pole And ropes and tattered canvas alone left. Another hole had torn opposite. Theft Complete, the raging, terrible, wind dashed on And parts of the tent, too, were also gone. The storm, though, was abating. My brother, Hal, arrived. The driving rain Had made travel slow, or, rather, insane. Ray was missing, his house-car had a hole In it from the point of a falling pole, And his fly fthe canvas above the carj Was beyond repair, scattered near and far. By now the storm was passed. When Ray came in later the dreary sight That met his eyes was a sad one, all right. What's more, he'd failed to ind the dogs. Never Did find them in spite of all endeavor. All was peaceful, and the red, sinking sun, Proclaimed to the world that this day was done And tomorrow would be fair. CADUCEUS We all knew there were long days of work Ahead sewing canvas, but none would shirk His job. In a week things would be the way They were before that fatal, stormy day. But it was door-time, the first one or two Commenced drifting down to the show. A few At least would come. But more and more came, and the crowd that night Was, to be sure, a very cheering sight- As big as any we had had all week. They had come to forget the storm and to seek Amusement, So the old adage held true, And in spite of all that we had been through, The show went on. 1 SUMMER NIGHT COLLEEN MCDONALD At the mere thought of light summer breezes And shadows of poplars tall A sense of supreme contentment Enuelops me and mine and all. A breeze ruffling my hair and touching My cheek is ueluet soft and light, And makes my whole body tingle Wz'th a sense of unconquerable power and might. In the distance l see lights-huge stars Reflecting in a darkened lake, And not a person near or far, No sound my thoughts to break. 1 TI-IUMBNAIL SKETCHES AUDREY FosTER and TOMMY CLEMENS Bits of heaven stuck together with honey. Ralph Gudahl in miniature. Eleanor Powell plus. Short and sweet. Molasses going uphill in January. Blue eyes in a setting of smiles and cheerfulness. Poetry and prose in five languages, Gunny sacks and pigtails, Jesse Owen bleached out. Clothes personified. A shock of blond hair curtaining grey eyes. Trylon to Art Komm's perisphere. QAnswers on page 134D Seuentyfseuen CADUCEUS SECOND TERMERS 1. J. .L . X Sm,,,,,4L,,-g,,,, FIRST TERMERS KM. J 'hu MIIUIW X JMU It Uh wh-'llliilalinnunm CADUCEUS FOOTBALL WALTER DOELGER The Blue Jackets have completed their season successfully by having the championship of the Public High School League. At the beginning of the season it was doubtful whether Beaumont would ever attain such a goal, since the team started out with a mediocre rating by the newspapers, while top honors were given to either McKinley, Soldan, or Cleveland. Our season began by defeating the relatively strong U-City team, 1938 County Champs, l2-O in the newly lighted Public High Schools Stadium, This first game was high-lighted by Tevis' two touchdown runs and Keller's long- distance punting, which resulted in four U-City fumbles, recovered by Beau- mont on strategic positions of the field. As the game ended, the ball was on U-City's ten-yard line, about to score again. ln out next game Beaumont engaged Soldan and handed the defending champions an 18-O defeat. The team showed real co-operation, and the result of this perfect team-work was evident throughout the game. Obermark and Axline both played a fine defensive and offensive game, their blocking making possible long touchdown runs, while Sonderman's defensive play stopped several tiger onslaughts. Keller's punting was exceptional, for the entire game was played in steady, cold, driving rain. Not only were the Beaumont fans soaked physically by the rain at the Soldan game, but shortly afterwards they had their spirits dampened by the announcement of the Athletic Board that the Soldan and U-City games would have to be forfeited because of Keller's ineligibility. It was ruled that since Keller had attended more than a term at another school and seven terms at Eighty CADUCEUS Beaumont, he was technically a ninth-termer and the games he had played in would have to be forfeited. Soldan showed good sportsmanship by refusing the forfeit and demanding a re-play. ln justice to Keller it should be said that he was entirely unaware of his ineligibility while he was serving on the team. ln a non-league game with Maplewood Beaumont seemed dazed by the Blue Devils' style of play and succeeded in waking up only after the Blue and White had scored. Coming back in the second half, Beaumont started two touchdown drives of her own, led by Peistrup's running and passing. The first drive was ended by a Beaumont fumble on the Blue Devils' fifteen-yard line: the second, by the final gun with the Blue and Gold deep in Maplewood's territory. Franzlau broke through and blocked the extra kick, making the final score Maplewood 6, Beaumont 0. On the Monday evening following the Maplewood encounter, Beaumont and Soldan met for a second time. This game, at the end of the half, had all the appearance of a Soldan victory, but after trailing Soldan 13-0 the entire team staged a thrilling rally to defeat Soldan in the last minutes of play. Tevis intercepted a pass on Beaumont's ten-yard line and raced 90 yards behind perfect interference to score, breaking the 13-13 deadlock by a 20-13 final score. Southwest offered unusually fine resistance to the Blue Jackets' onslaught, but went down under Beaumont's power 19-O. Highlights of the game were Tevis' 70-yard run for a touchdown on the first play of the Beaumont offensive and Callahan's 55-yard touchdown run after intercepting a Southwest pass. Central proved to be Beaumont's next League victim, falling by a score of 21-0. The first and third markers came as a result of a series of passes-a forward pass to O'Rourke, then a lateral to Peistrup, who scored. Eise turned in a good performance, plunging for several first downs and a touchdown, while Pepmiller seemed to be on the receiving end of most of the Midtowners' fumbles. Playing under lights to a crowd of l0,000, the largest assembled in the stadium for many years, Beaumont came from behind, in her traditional form, to defeat McKinley 13-7. This game proved to be an important step in Beaumont's championship march, since it practically eliminated McKinley's hopes. With power plays, spark-plugged by Doe1ger's and Tevis' fine running and plunging, Beaumont completed two touchdown trips of 60 and 80 yards respectively, which gave the Blue Jackets their margin of victory. Tevis made the extra kick on the last touchdown. Because of Beaumont's fine record up to this time, the team was invited to engage Senior High of Springfield, Missouri, This proved to be the Blue Jackets' toughest game. lt was interesting from the standpoint of the spectators as well as of the players, for Tevis scored on Beaumont's first offensive play by a run of 48 yards behind some beautiful blocking. O'Rourke then scored twice on passes of 12 and 30 yards. Two members of the team, Exler and Zurheide, playing their first game, handed in excellent performances, and Mart- ing, playing the entire game, gave a good account of himself. This game was climaxed in the third quarter by some rough play but ended with all in good spirits and the Blue Jackets on the long end of a 20-14 score. The team returned to their hotel afterward for a turkey dinner. ln our next game Beaumont met Cleveland, and these two League leaders fought it out for first place honors. The Blue Jackets scored early on Tevis' 40-yard return of a Cleveland punt, but failed to convert the extra point, an error which later proved to be expensive. Cleveland immediately came back Eighty-one CADUCEUS to put across two touchdowns and convert the extra points. A third Cleveland touchdown march was ended by Callahan's interception of a pass and his run of 73 yards before he was brought down on Cleveland's 12-yard line. From this point Tevis scored and then converted. Score: Beaumont 13, Cleveland 14. The Blue and Gold team struggled in the last minutes of play to score, starting a drive from their own ten-yard line. lt seemed Beaumont would score, but a fumble on their opponents' thirty-five ended this effort. Cleveland recovered the ball and kept possession of it until the final whistle. On the Hnal day of League play Beaumont, trailing Cleveland by half a game, engaged Roosevelt in the first game of the double-header and defeated the Rough Riders 19-2. The game was high-lighted in the last minutes of play when Roosevelt took to passing in a last effort to score. Tevis closed Beaumont's 1939 season by intercepting a pass and racing 83 yards for a touch- down with but two seconds left to play. ln the second game, Cleveland could win the championship by defeating Soldan, but by winning Soldan could give the undisputed title to Beaumont. Needless to say, Soldan had many enthusiastic Beaumont rooters out for that game. Displaying rare form, Soldan defeated Cleveland 13-7, and with this victory gave the High School Football Cham- pionship to Beaumont for the second time in the school's history. The squad wishes to thank Coach Franklin for his patience and time in putting the team through their successful season, and also Mr. Duggins and Mr. Stanton for their assistance in coaching. LETTERMEN Returning Not Returning Lee Tevis Milford Axline Neil Peistrup Gregory Bernsen Bob Callahan Orvel Brauss Walter Doelger Ralph Bauer Ellwyn Eberhardt Henry Eise 1-larry Exler Franklin Franzlau Rodney Nickel Charles Lueke Walter Pepmiller Ellis Marting Bernard Sexauer lrwin Obermark Bob Sonderman Bill O'Brien Charles Zurheide Gene O'Rourke Bill Seifert Charles Smith fi V . 65 Eighty-Iwo - CADUCEUS TENNIS ROLAND HOLTGREWE Another interscholastic tennis tournament has rolled by and again Coach Backus's squad has come through to a fine finale. The new team was picked from some half hundred young hopefuls and took second place in the high school league only two matches behind Soldan. In taking the first 18 matches of the tournament, the team also established a consecutive match record that will probably stand for many years to come. ln fact, the Blue Jackets are now credited with 71 straight match victories. This streak began with the last net contest in '36 and extended to the Roosevelt match this year. The team includes Eugene Weber as lst singles, Bob Hunstein as the 2nd soloist, Orville Meyer in the 3rd solo spot, and the doubles combination com- posed of Bill Stobie and John Sanders, with Melvin Randoll substituting for Stobie in the last two doubles contests of the season. Coach Backus feels well satisfied this year, as he will retain Weber, Sanders. and Randoll on the squad for next season. His outlook a year ago was black as the hillsm, since the entire '38 wonder squad left school through graduation in '39, Bob Hunstein, Bill Stobie and John Sanders also took their respective berths on St. Louis's mythical high-school squad as picked by the city's leading sports writers. Eighty-three CADUCEUS GOLF DONALD WIESE With only two lettermen returning from last year's squad, Coach Kemp built a complete new team with two boys, Charles Moser and Leo Green, as the nucleus. The remainder of the sextet is composed of Tom Dye, Frank Foss, Jack Hoffman, and Bob McAllister. The team captured the 1939 Public High School Championship with little trouble, as the nearest competitor, Soldan, was twenty-two points behind the Blue Jackets, The team was Very thoroughly trained by Coach Kemp and was captained by Charles Moser, who won the individual low medalist's honors in the high-school tourney. The team plays every Monday afternoon at Nor- wood Country Club, when the weather permits. Next year's team will be handicapped by the fact that Charles Moser, Leo Cwreen, and Frank Foss will graduate in January, as will Tom Dye, Jack Hoffman, and Bob McAllister graduate in June. Eighty-four 223 F3519 Q 'C 135' 5542. if-i,: 1 ' ff. I . ,I 5 :-NJ:-'-:' .lfifhxii Eighty -fin' CADUCEUS CADUCEUS STAFF EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Weston Morefield LITERARY EDITORS Robert Eontinelle Nugent Friedman CLUB EDITORS Virginia Hemmersmeier Joyce Gregory POETRY EDITOR Virginia Lee Evens HUMOR EDITORS Tommy Clemens Audrey Foster ART EDITORS Edna Suermann Lois Kuehnert Marian Schierbecker TYPISTS Geraldine Pott Luella Nations Audrey Schwab Margaret Happe SECRETARIES TO SPONSOR OE SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHS Betty Cook Ruth Wienstroer Bob Schroeder Norma Pagnini Louise Seeger Vincent Smith SECRETARIES TO FINANCIAL SPONSOR Roberta Radley Clarabelle Risk Doris Wittmer Mary Ann Kaimann The staff gratefully acknowledges indebtedness to Miss Trueblood for art contributions. Eighty-six CADUCEUS TI-IE LAST WORD ROBERT FONTINELLE WESTON MOREFIELD After four terms of hard work in his capacity as club editor and sports editor, Weston has at last attained the highest position which the CADUCEUS has to offer, that of editor-in-chief. Weston has belonged to the Shakespeare Club, the Witenagemot, and the Service Club, besides entering the oratorical contest in 1938. His likes are swimming, turkey, chicken, and-blondes. So, of course, his dream girl is blonde, has blue eyes, and is about five feet two. She weighs a hundred and ten pounds, is attractive: very much so, and fairly intelligent QYou don't want them too smartlj After leaving Beaumont Weston intends to head for Rolla School of Mines. Our Serious Senior is interested in photography, along with the blondes, His dislikes are few, being confined to volley-ball and chili. Y DOROTHY KLEINSCHMIDT Although released this term for work as Senior Class ofhcer, Dorothy served very ably three terms as club editor, one of the more diflicult oiices on the staff. The Witenagemot, Forum Workshop, Shakespeare Club, Pepperettes, and Service Club are delighted to have Dot included in their membership lists. Dorothy is very proud of her position as Senior Secretary and believes that the attainment of this office is one of her greatest accomplishments. She is a very good student and ranks as an E an enviable position after more than seven terms of work. Her hobbies are many, knitting, piano, and sports being ranked as her favorites. Since she has a lively interest in sports, her dream man is naturally of the athletic build-five feet ten inches and blonde. CThe Nordic type.D She is fond of swimming, tennis, hamburgers, and hot chocolate, especially after a football game. Short-short stories are her favorite type of literature, as she does not have enough time to read longer ones with all her other activities. Dottie hopes to go to college but doesn't know where at present. Her pet hates are very, very few. She has only one-people that want to interview her, Eighty-seven CADUCEUS THE DIGEST COMES TO THE FORE GABRIEL OLIENSIS During the past year our Digest has achieved wonderful success and prestige. Of course, we refer to our winning the International Second Place Award , sponsored by the Quill and Scroll International Honorary Society for High School Journalists. We have obtained a certificate to that effect, the pride and joy of our staff. And to cap the climax, we can boast of the record- breaking figure of l50O subscriptions, which is higher than last year's, and which probably clinches again our position as the most popular high school newspaper in all Saint Louis. Now, many people have the notion that a newspaper ofiice is a formal affair, where foregather the sober-faced reporters in solemn conclave. But nothing can be farther from the truth. Such hurry and bustle, such scurrying to and fro, such excited discussions between faculty and staff and pupils, such spirit and dash in pursuit of the elusive news, and such a grand and glorious feeling when the A'dummy is at last in the hands of the printer, makes work on the Digest a real adventure-a pile of fun. lt would be a hard question to answer, whether it is the staff or the students of Beaumont who receive the most benefit from the existence of the 'iDigest . The student body, of course, is regaled with the latest news, with whole columns of interesting reading matter and provocative editorials, while the staff receives invaluable lessons in clear and concise writing, in vigilant detection of the slightest errors or obscurities in the text, and in dogged perseverance in Ugetting the news in time for the press in spite of all obstacles. Eight y-eight CADUCEUS Ye Editor has endeavored at all times to write as interesting and worth- while editorials for the A'Digest as he could. Donald Owen, Assistant Editor, took a large share of the editorial burden by writing many of the featured articles. Warren Baltzer fthe Old Judgej and Stanley Schuman, fpersonality Column Editorb and Ruth Collins and Marie Koehr, our able reporters, have also greatly contributed to the Digest . Our keen-eyed head of the Snooper did a wonderful job, but was in hot water most of the time on account of the dynamite packed away in many of her sly observations. Donald Wiese, Roland I-Ioltgrewe, and Jack Britt, constitute our sport staff. Last, but not least, our fair typists should be commended upon the speed and efliciency they showed at all times, quite oblivious UD of the fact that the members of the business staff kept drifting around them a bit more often than the stern dictates of business duty may have actually required. Yes, being on a high school paper is hard work, but it is also lots of fun. You get such a big kick out of it that you sincerely regret having to surrender your position on graduation day. And when, in after years, you are asked in what activities you participated during your high school days, you may answer, with a justifiable gleam of pride in your eye: I was on the 'Digest' Staff. The following is the complete list of the editorial staff: Ellen Editor Assistant Editor Warren Baltzer Jack Britt Vera Chamberlain Adele Chmielecki Ruth Collins Virginia Gessett Dorothy Gray Business Manager Edward Linhardt EDITORIAL STAFF Gabriel Oliensis Donald Owen Mildred Heck Roland I-Ioltgrewe Marie Koehr Elwood Rosenkoetter Kathryn Russell Stanley Schuman Donald Wiese BUSINESS STAFF Willard Walker Assistant Managers Bartell Pace Typists , Buschart, Rosemary Hollenbach, Bernice Graichen, Florence Meinberg, Sponsor Rita Smith Mr. Birr Eighty-nine CADUCEUS MOTHERS' CLUB MRS. J. P1ER1.ow The Beaumont High School Mothers' Club is one of the largest and most outstanding organizations of the St. Louis High Schools. It meets on the first Tuesday of each month in Room 302, at 2 P. M. Our business meetings are short, after which we have interesting as well as educational programs. The program consists of a prominent speaker, talented singers or talented students from the school, which afford the mothers a very enjoyable afternoon. Our principal, Mr. A. H. Huntington always brings us a message in regard to the activities of the school. We have just completed two more successful years under the able leadership of Mrs. L. T. Barco. When Mrs. Barco took oflice two years ago, she had to overcome many obstacles, but she was able to handle the situation and carry on in a very capable and successful manner. Our new president has started off in a very efficient manner and we are looking forward to a bright future. Plans are now under way whereby we can increase our membership. At our last meeting we had the pleasure of having Mr. Lloyd W. King, State Superintendent of Schools with us, who gave us a very interesting talk on the Educational Program of Missouri. We were also entertained with several lovely musical numbers by the Beaumont Junior Boys' Glee Club directed by Miss Constance McLaughlin. Ninety CADUCEUS We extend an invitation to all mothers of pupils in Beaumont High School to visit our meetings, as we feel once you attend you will want to become a member, so that you too may enjoy the programs and also become better acquainted with the faculty and activities of Beaumont High School. The Mothers' Club will sponsor the groups of Xmas carolers again this year and also the library program. Our dues are fifty cents per year. Visitors are always welcome. President Mrs, Clinnie Dill Pavlick Vice-President Mrs. Edwin Gallagher Treasurer Mrs, Arthur Langhauser Secretary Mrs. Jules Pierlow Y CHESS CLUB JACK MCKNIGHT The game of chess is probably the oldest and most cosmopolitan of the games known to man. It is entirely a game of skill and is in no way based upon the element of chance. While, to some, chess may seem complicated and uninteresting, the game is truly a source of real enjoyment for its followers. The story is told that the ruler of Persia, where the game is said to have originated, was so well pleased with the game that he called the man responsible for its invention before him and promised him that his fondest wish would be granted. The man asked for grain and, when questioned as to the quantity, replied, On the first square of the chess board place one kernel: on the second, two: on the third, four: on the fourth, eight: and continue this on each of the sixty-four squares of the board. When the ruler attempted to fulfill the request he found that there was not enough grain in all of Persia to grant the wish. The name chess comes from the Persian words Hshoh mat, meaning The kind is dead. These words express the basis of the game for when the king is checkmated and can no longer move the game has ended. The chess club meets every Monday afternoon in Room 230. New members are always welcome, and anyone wishing to learn to play chess will find several capable members who are always willing to help beginners. President Robert Dietz Vice-President John Robinson Secretary Doris Wittmer Digest and CADUCEUS Correspondent Jack McKnight Sponsor Mr. Kanaziroff Ninety-one CADUCEUS STUDENT COUNCIL HEI.EN FITZMAURICE The Student Council! It sounds important because it is important. The Student Council promotes a better understanding between the students and the faculty. Although it is still in its infancy, the Student Council has discussed many points which concern with the students and their environment. We meet every Friday to discuss our present problems and seek methods by which ' they may be solved. President Ray Sobin Vice-President Floyd Beatty Secretary Katherine Russell A'Digest and CADUCEUS Correspondent Helen Fitzmaurice Sergeant-at-Arms ' Jerry Rosenfield jRoger Wood INaomi Jefferson fMr, Mitchell 2Miss Shryock Executive Committee Sponsors Ninety-two CADUCEUS . ' r , .f 1 - 1 f f . s . THE ALFRED MARSHALL CLUB BETTY PIERLOW The Alfred Marshall is a Held-trip club for sociology. We see that our trips are closely related to our reading and text. We enjoy the trips because they help us to understand current problems. Among our best trips are the ones to the Coca Cola Plant, International Shoe Co., Union Biscuit Co., Chevrolet Plant, and the Bellefontaine Farm. We have seen how modern industry has progressed and the effect machinery has on people. We all wish to express our appreciation to Miss Hudler for making possible these interesting trips. President Ray Sobin Vice-President Vincent Smith Secretary Carolyn Randall Treasurer Bob Albrecht Digest Correspondent Doris Spiegelberg CADUCEUS Correspondent Betty Pierlow Sponsor Miss Hudler Ninety - three CADUCEUS THE BEAUMGNT LIBRARY CLUB RUTH LAMMERT Bang! The meeting is called to order and they're off! Those book- larnin' girls of the library club swing into action in a jam session of book reports. They stomp on down with du Maurier and Spring and cut up the rugs with Benchley and Lindbergh. They're not corny either, because when they get in the groove they shag on out in two minutes with a whale of a report. But every meeting is not given to the studious side. Sometimes they tour the industrial plants of the city to see how cookies are made, cakes turned out, or ice cream frozen into bricks. At times the back-to-nature desire seizes them and they Whip up a nifty hay ride or truck out to the country and make the sides of the old Wooden clubhouse shake With glee, or perhaps it's fright as the still older phonograph grinds out i'When You and I Were Young, Maggie or the Songbird of the Guitar gives out with the HSt. Louis Blues or the favorite Indian stamp, 'AThe Big Chief on a Hill. Anyhovv, no matter what they do, Whether at Work or play Cand they do Work for, like jitter- bugging, the club requires effort which is fun if you're interestedj they all band together and stick by the rule of HOne for all, all for one, and A'Three cheers for dear old Beaumont. President Betty Ploudre Vice-President LaVerne Balmer Secretary Mary Louise Kelley Treasurer Anne Nicozesen A'Digest and CADUCEUS Correspondent Ruth Lammert Sponsor Miss Ross Ninelyvfour CADUCEUS X' ' - i MIXED CHORUS WILLIAM STOBIE The Mixed Chorus is again anticipating a very busy season. At this writing the group is hard at work on the preparation of music for the Missouri State Teachers Association, the school Symphony Orchestra concert, Christmas programs, and the coming pageant. This term the Mixed Chorus has one hundred and three members. The chief problem at present is to achieve a balance of the parts since sopranos and basses now outnumber altos and tenors. To achieve this balance takes the best cooperation between the singers and the director. Our present repertory includes numbers by contemporary composers, and the closest attention is required to master new effects which frequently include chords of six or eight tones in modern harmony. Nevertheless we are glad to give Palestrina, Bach, and Handel an important place in our study. While our work at times requires the greatest amount of concentration, we do enjoy the fellowship of our class members and look forward to the social events given by the group, President Walter Rubin Vice-President Ralph Bauer Secretary Helen Fitzmaurice Treasurer Wilbur Eifert Accompanist Mary Jane Haley A'Digest and CADUCEUS Correspondent William Stobie Sponsor Miss Brix Ninety-five CADUCEUS BOYS' GYM CLUB JACK BRITT lf ever you drop around to the boys' l'gym some evening after school and hear some shouted commands like these: Hold itl , Not too much archln, or maybe A'Watch itl , don't think it is only someone exercising his lungs, for it will probably be Doc Lehrman diligently instructing his boys, as he calls them. The Boys' Gym Club is the oldest club here at Beaumont and is as outstanding now as it ever Was. The club has given some wonderful exhibitions in the past year and has been invited to perform again during the ensuing term. Although, as yet, gymnastics is not considered a major athletic activity, it is gradually coming to the fore in the ranks of interscholastic competition. President William Stephenson Vice-President Glen Cull Secretary and Treasurer Wayne Sweetman 'ADigest and CADUCEUS Correspondent Jack Britt Ninety-six CADUCEUS PEPPERETTES lVlADIiLINl2 CosTA Have you ever looked up the meaning of pepperette??? Noll! Well I did. But you won't have to look it up. All you have to do is go looking around for a Pepperette. Take a good, long look at her. size her up from every angle, and then you know what the word A'Pepperette means, Yes, you're right: it's a girl who has so much A'pep and vitality that when a large group of them go out and support a team, how can they lose? So We Pepperettes know We can and We are doing something beside sitting around and looking pretty. If you want to be useful as Well as beautiful Qand if you have a football ticketl, join the Pepperettes. President Joan Le Breque Vice-President Anetha Koboldt Secretary-Treasurer Jane Keane 'ADigest and CADUCEUS Correspondent Madeline Costa llVlarie Koehr llVlary Cilaube ftludy Shade Virginia Ruegsegger lLorraine McCorthy Miss Baxmeyer Beaumont Cheer Leaders Pepperette Cheer Leaders Sponsor Nrrielu-see:-n . CADUCEUS BOYS' SKATING CLUB HARoLD SCI-IULTE The first bell: then the second bell of the last period: and then the mad rush to the Winter Garden. This is the schedule of a Beaumont student who belongs to the ice-skating club. When he arrives there he has the time of his life. If there is any boy who likes to ice-skate or wishes to learn he should get in touch with the treasurer or any other oflicer of the club and get full particulars. President Donald Koch Secretary-Treasurer Walter Becker 'ADigest and CADUCEUS Correspondent Harold Schulte Chairman of Committee George Bischoff Sponsor Miss Lomax Ninety -eight CADUCEUS ,M ,. V,V, ,, if ,,.. .Jj sh I , 3 ,K GIRLS' ICE-SKATING CLUB MARGARET ZACHARIAS Hold itf Hold itf Someone's down. lt must have been a shaky beginner, for more advanced skaters in the club seldom fall. But don't let this discourage you, beginners: new members are always welcome, and you will soon get the knack of remaining perpendicular as you glide around. The Skating Club is increasing in membership every term until now there is an enrollment of over one hundred and fifty girls. A membership entitles you to skate at the Winter Garden every Friday at reduced rates. The dues per term are only twenty-flve cents. Experienced skaters are given a chance to win a letter by skating six times around in two and onefhalf minutes. Added to this pleasure is our annual spring outing, to which we all look forward with eager anticipation. If you would like to join this hilarious group, enroll as a member of the Girls' Ice Skating Club. President Lillian Kiel Vice-President Adel Rockling Secretary Nadine Wendle Treasurer Mary Lou Lehman 'ADigest and CADUCEUS Correspondent Margaret Zacharias Miss Ross lMiss Henske Sponsors l Ninety-nine CADUCEUS GIRLS' GLEE CLUB MARY GLAUBE The musical organizations of all the public high schools in the city have been rehearsing this term for a repeat performance of the A'Musica Americanafy to be given to the N. E. A. Convention. The pageant will be presented at the Municipal Auditorium on February 25. The Girls' Glee Club will depict colonial life in Virginia and dance the minuet. A'My Heart is Wondrous Free, Written by Francis Hopkinson, first American composer, will be sung. Some of the more experienced dancers will participate in George GershWin's Rhapsody in Blue, which represents the modern music of today. On December 5 the Girls' Glee Club will take part in the symphony concert to be held in the Beaumont auditorium. They will sing, Lost in the Night, beautiful melody written by Hans Christensen. Our Christmas program was given at the public library on December l6. It is an annual event for the benefit of the Children's Welfare. The Mothers' Club, the Girls' Cilee Club, and a group of carolers represented Beaumont. Last October the girls, instead of giving the usual dance, gave a very successful tea at the College Club. After refreshments were served, the girls gathered in the large living room and sang popular songs. Everyone is looking forward to our next social function. One Hundred CADUCEUS President Mildred Heck Vice-President Dorothy Hesse Secretary Marie Koehr Treasurer Peggy Hibbert Digest and CADUCEUS Correspondent Mary Glaube . . SOrpha Leschinsky Llbrauans IPauline Schultz fRosemary Hollenback Wardrobe Mistresses lLorraine Killmade lNadine Wendele Sponsor Miss McLaughlin -f JUNIOR BAND GLORIA KATHERINE O'LEARY The Junior Band was organized in January of this year as an experimental group. In September it became a regular part of the school program. At present our band consists of about twenty pupils who are all lower termers. Those who are first or second termers take Junior Band instead of chorus work. Those who are third or fourth-termers receive credit toward graduation. We meet as a group daily the fourth hour in Room 304. Most of the members meet the sponsor for a short individual lesson during one study period per week because, with the exception of three or four, none of the pupils have taken private lessons. Most of the instruments are furnished by the school, and a member is required to show some progress or give up the instrument to a more talented or a more interested student. As soon as a student handles his instrument well enough he is put into the Senior Band. We invite students who want to learn to play instruments and are willing to work to plan to join the Junior Band next term. President Norman Sieger Secretary Robert Redenbaugh Treasurer Eugene Silver Digest and CADUCEUS Correspondent Gloria O'Leary Sponsor Miss Brix Une Hundred One CADUCEUS SENIOR BOYS' GLEE CLUB JACK COOPER The Senior Boys' Glee Club got off to an excellent start this term by rendering three songs at the Fire Prevention week auditorium session, and followed on November IO with a successful party in the girls' gym. On December 6 our club, combined with the Girls' Glee Club and the Mixed Chorus, rendered the song Lost in the Night by Christiansen when the Symphony Orchestra visited our school. Among the engagements we look forward to are: the Musica Americana, to be held on February 25th at the Municipal Auditorium, in which our club will take a large part, and also the annual operetta held each spring. This term our club has 54 members, 8 of whom are new, and we always welcome new members. President Bill Geiger Vice-President Bob DuBois Secretary Paul Burkard Treasurer Anthony Campise Librarian Bob Knight Digest and CADUCEUS Correspondent Jack Cooper Pianist Paul Grady Director Mr. Stamm One Hundred Two CADUCEUS LA VOZ DE ESPANA SALUTACIGNES AUDREY HALD1 La Voz de Espana, meeting every Tuesday at 2:30, is one of the most interesting and progressive clubs at Beaumont. The success has been due largely to the excellent response of the students. Under the leadership of Mr. Stinson, the club has recently studied the history of South American countries, which has proved to be interesting as well as educational. We have all sorts of entertainments, including musical programs, contests. games, skating parties, and at the end of the semester a party. La Voz de Espana cordially invites new members for next term. Come early to sign up. I-lasto Luego President Irwin Giese Vice-President Eileen Walsh Secretary Margorie Springer Digest Correspondent Jack Britt CADUCEUS Correspondent Audrey Haldi Sponsor Mr. Stinson Om' Hundred Three CADUCEUS SERVICE CLUB SENIORS AND NEW SENIORS Ong 11Um1fQd 1rf,U,- SERVICE CLUB FIRST-THIRD YEARS CADUCEUS Clarinets Eugene Anthony George Bill William Bolt Robert Bressert Robert Cunningham Bill Louis Lawrence Mantese Walter Peiker Owen Reinert Joe Rochus Albert Schulze Frank Snipes Herbert Snodall French Horns Robert Arneer Edward Bierman Loald Hinderleider Don Howard Sousaphones Walter Gossage John Borghosian BAND Saxophones Joe Di Campo Harry Nieman Harvey Creason Walter McGraw Doris Williams Trombones William Eroeschner Clarence Hayes Wilbur Donnelly Paul Rathert Russell Saul Drums lvis Johnston Vincent Mahoney Robert O'Keefe Billy Parmley Bill Votaw Edward Wamhoff Om' ll m ir I i CADUCEUS Barytones William Mounce Stanley Rueff Bill Schmidt Robert Schollmeyer Bill Seymour Donald Dreifke Donald Sandau George Walton Trumpets Martin Bordz Robert Buechler John Dengler Bud Ferrell Edward Guetebier Roland Hahn Robert Krapf Audrey Kuemmerle David Swayze Kenneth Trommler Leo Winkler Ray Woerther Drum Majors Doris Le Roy Connie Shelley Margaret Stockglau Sponsor Mr. Stamm 1 SERVICE CLUB NORMA ARRAS SHCI' When Love and Skill work together, expect a masterpiece. -fJohn Ruskin. The Service Club is composed of the all HE students and many G students. lf the E and G students wish to join they bring two recom- mendations from recent teachers. The members of the Service Club perform various duties about the school as welcoming visitors while on duty at the entrance: assisting in the oflice and attendance rooms by calling students for consultation: helping the students find books and magazines in the library, and coaching students who are backward in their studies. During the lunch hours so many students are needed it is often necessary for the club to enlist the aid of students who are not members of the club. With the co-operation of the advisors good students who have fifth hour study are permitted to help with the Lunch Hour-Duty. When these students improve their grades they may be allowed to join the club. Meetings are called by our sponsor and the dues collected pay for our CADUCEUS pictures. When a member earns the required number of credits he is presented with a Service Pin. If you are interested and your grades are good, let our club sponsor help you to become a member. Remember the January '40 class motto: No Victory Without Labor. CADUCEUS Correspondent Norma Arras Sponsor Miss Papendick One Hundred Six CADUCEUS TUESDAY TYPEWRITING CLUB DOROTHY EDENFIELD The Type Club meets every Tuesday and Thursday morning at eight o'clock in Room 215. This time enables the students to increase their speed and also to advance in their daily Work. The club consists of advanced typists only. President Secretary and Treasurer Digest and CADUCEUS Correspondent Sponsor Geraldine Pott Betty Albright Dorothy Edenfield Miss Hausperger One Hundred Seven , CADUCEUS WITENAGEMOT ALMA HOLLAND Meetings of the Witenagemot are held on alternate Tuesdays in Room 318, at 2:30. The object of this club is to train upper-term students in the art of debating. Not only are We instructed in the proper presentation of the constructive speeches and quick rebuttals, but special attention is also given to parliamentary procedure. The subjects for our debates are drawn from the many problems of our nation and the world at large. lmmediately following the debate, there is a lively open-forum discussion Which many of us enjoy as much as the formal debate itself. All fourth and upper-term students recommended by English and history teachers are invited to attend one of our meetings, and join the club if they are interested in such Work. President Tommy Clemens Vice-President Jerome Rosenfeld Secretary Dorothy Kleinschmidt Treasurer Earl Bracke Librarian Francis Phillips Digest and CADUCEUS Correspondent Alma Holland llVIiss Colwell Sponsors lMiss Rifkin One Hundred Eight CADUCEUS .:g::e:::::e5!en-::E:EiEi: E55 I .EET 5 P.. lf Q gg ,M 'laws' A If :Ellis 1 3:1 .Q A' . li - ' . -a 1 , . 5 QD F, F5 'E L: E ,.- .-,--egg.:-Q 'E Sh- gg ...xmas Q? I . .num L '- ORCHESTRA J EAN RAYBURN As an orator through his eloquence brings laughter and tears to his audi' ence, and as a painter with his brush and canvas portrays the handiwork of God, so our young musicians portray to the best of their ability the moods and emotions of the great masters of tone. We are now studying some of the Works of Beethoven, Liszt, Gluck, Schubert, Handel, Strauss, and Ravel. Even though the orchestra is a credit organization or class, it seems more like a club because of the close friendship between our members and also with our director and sponsor. To encourage this feeling of friendship we go on an outing once every semester. At the present time the orchestra has twenty-seven members. Although in these we have a fairly good instrumentation and some excellent ability, we will welcome anyone who plays the oboe, flute, French horn, or any other of the less common instruments. We shall soon be hard at work on the preparation of music for the coming pageant, and we hope to have a large representation in the All-City High School Orchestra. President Ruth Gessett Vice-President Daryl Keith Secretary Louise Stelle Allen Treasurer Marwin Kuhlmann Digest and CADUCEUS Correspondent Jean Rayburn Sponsor Miss Brix One Hundred Nin: CADUCEUS PATRONS' ASSOCIATION OFFICERS President A. I-I. Brune First Vice-President Sigmund Rose Second Vice-President James J. Shelley Secretary Dr. W. A. Pueser Treasurer Roland I-Ioltgrewe Sergeant-at-Arms John Merz Alliance Delegates Phil Bauer E. E. Allen COMMITTEES Athletic Entertainment Joseph Shelley, Chairman John Roehlk Herman Pepmiller E. C. I-leckert Theodore Mohr Otto Stahner William Kercheis George Coulson William Studt One Hundred Ten Dr. F. W. Jaeger, Chairman Roland Holtgrewe Joseph W. Plischke William Schroeder Emil J. Beimdiek A. C. Johanningmeier Publicity Sigmund Rose, Chairman H. Bruns John Merz Bruno Sendlein Legislative Walter Sale, Chairman N. H. Tieman V. N, Cornelius E. H. Jaeger CADUCEUS Civic Phil Bauer, Chairman Edward Gallagher Howard Green John E. Hughes Paul Hohn H. L. Schaefer M embership EJ'ES9giQief Dr. W. A. Pueser, Chairman ' ' el amp Phil Bauer Reception William Jung William Duerbeck Chairman E. E. Allen Edward Erbe John Merz Al. Buechler Louis Plueck Hugh W. Laxton George Gissett A. J. Dellande E. H. Jaeger H. J. Kipp Edward Wagner Y BEAUIVIONT GIRLS' APPARATUS CLUB FLORENCE MEINBERG Because of the late return of Miss Krumeich the Apparatus Club had a late start this year. Miss Krumeich has limited the club to forty girls this term in order to accomplish more work. With the smaller membership each girl has more opportunity to use the apparatus and more space in which to work. By the end of the term each girl should know how to use all equipment and be able to do at least one or two exercises on each. Our aim is good all-round development of our bodies and good muscular control, for use in any activity. Digest and CADUCEUS Correspondent Florence Meinberg Sponsor Selma Krumeich One Hundred Eleven CADUCEUS THE ROY CHAPMAN ANDREWS CHAPTER OF THE JUNIOR ACADEMY OF SCIENCE ROBERT FONTINELLE This term the Roy Chapman Andrews Chapter has been studying earth history. We have taken trips to the Educational Museum and to Washington and St. Louis Universities in preparation for our study. In our meetings we take journeys into the past that are every bit as real as though we had stepped into one of H. G. Wells' time machines and been whisked back into the past in reality, On these journeys we see the earth slowly change from a lifeless body to the beautiful green planet that we know today. We witness the first faint stirrings of life in the prehistoric ooze, and watch it slowly climb up the ladder of life to man himself. Horrible monsters, dinosaurs, stegosaurs, mosasaurs, as well as less formi- dable trilobites and blastoids, parade through Room 321. Earthquakes, vol- canos, and glaciers crash, boom, and grind their way through our meetings. But in spite of these detractions we learn how fossils were formed, and with our own eyes we see the remains of creatures that lived millions of years ago. On our Held trips we have the opportunity to gather some of these fossils for ourselves, so that we may have our own collection of these creatures of the past. Anyone interested in these journeys is cordially invited to attend our meetings. And if you come we promise to corral our dinosaurs, harness our earthquakes, and otherwise make things reasonably safe, at least until you can get comfortably settled into the routine of the club. Then look out! Om' Hundred Twelve CADUCEUS President Loald Hinderleider Secretary Martha Sparks Representative to Junior Academy Clarence Cross HDigest Correspondent Donald Wiese CADUCEUS Correspondent Robert Fontinelle E . C , jKatherine Carnasiotis xecutive ommittee Uoan Bottger Sponsor Miss Brown Donald Wiese and Robert Fontinelle are representatives for the Junior Academy Journal. 1 LIFE-SAVING TEAM JANE KEANF The Life-Saving Class, Swimming Team and Duck Club offers the girls of Beaumont a chance to perfect their swimming and to enjoy many pleasant hours. The swimming classes this term have been reorganized according to the new plan of the American Red Cross. By this new plan certain awards for completed achievements are made. The classes have been divided into the following groups: l. Beginner 2. Intermediate 3. Swimmer 4. Advanced 5. Team and Life Saving Class The girls of Beaumont have been given a choice whether as to take regular gym or to take swimming twice a week for one term. The following officers were elected for this term: Captain Mildred Heck Manager Katheryn Russell Digest and CADUCEUS Correspondent Jane Keane Sponsor Miss Baxmeyer One Hundred Thirteen CADUCEUS DAS DEUTSCHE KRANZCHEN CAROL SCHAEPER This club is for students who are taking, or who have taken, German 4. The meetings are held on Mondays at 2:40 P. M. in Room ll5, for the purpose of improving our German. At the meetings We sing German songs and play German games. This term we are planning to present some German plays to the Junior Club. Also, we are preparing entertainment to which we can invite our friends. President Edward Henne Secretary and Treasurer Dolores Schuler A'Digest and CADUCEUS Correspondent Carol Schaefer Sponsor Miss Euhlage OTHER MEMBERS Allen Arrowsmith Louise Seeger Kenneth Koboldt William Sproull Gene Letson Julius Stieferman Patricia Michel Paul ten Hompel Paul Rathert Eern Ulery Harry Schake Mary Belle Villhardt One Hundred Fourteen CADUCEUS JUNIOR GERMAN CLUB RUTH WEITKAMPER The German Club meets every Wednesday afternoon after school in Room 222. The club is composed of second and third term German students inter- ested in making use of the German learned in their classes and in increasing their vocabulary. In our meetings We play German games, sing German songs, and do several other interesting things. President Adolph Ackermann Secretary and Treasurer Alice Ann Hill 'ADigest and CADUCEUS Correspondent Ruth Weitkamper Sponsor Miss Sessinghaus f FORUM WORKSHOP ALMA HOLLAND Although the Forum Workshop is one of the youngest clubs in Beaumont, it has already made itself felt as a school influence. Last spring it was chosen to represent Beaumont in the Young Citizens' Day radio program. This term the subjects of discussion are to follow the order of the topics to be discussed on the C. B. S. American School of the Air . This will make members of the Forum Workshop also eligible for this year's radio Work. The object of the club is to teach high school students to be able to form opinions on all civic questions, and at the same time become intelligent, broad- minded, tolerant citizens. With this aim in view our programs are always most interesting. All students interested in our club are invited to visit one of our meetings and, if they care to do so, may become a member. Meetings are held on Thursday at 2:35 in Room 110. President Stanley Schuman Vice-President Jerome Rosenfeld Secretary Marion Grattendick 'ADigest Correspondent Dorothy Kleinschmidt CADUCEUS Correspondent Alma Holland Sponsor Miss Papendick One Hundred Fifteen CADUCEUS i 1 1 , JUNIOR GIRLS' GLEE CLUB FLORENCE STRECKY In September of this year the Junior Girls' Glee Club was organized. It is made up of girls of terms one, two, three, and four. We are now permitted to choose music as an elective as early as the tenth grade and to earn credit toward graduation for this work. We may, of course, elect special music courses in the ninth grade to substitute for the required chorus classes. We are at present Working on three-part music, both accompanied and unaccompanied. Our aim is to help every girl use her voice naturally and easily and to blend it with other voices in group Work. The group meets during the Hrst hour and invites new members to plan to join us next term. President Pat Walbridge Vice-President Rosemary I-Iund Secretary Mary Lou McFarland Treasurer Dorothy Quigley 'iDigest and CADUCEUS Correspondent Florence Strecky Sponsor Miss Brix One Hundred Sixteen CADUCEUS THE KMOX DISCUSSION GROUP TOMMY CLEMENS The Columbia Broadcasting System's American School of the Air inaugu- rated a new series of programs called, This Living World. These programs consist of a dramatization and discussion by a group of high-school students on outstanding problems in our current life. The programs are handled in St. Louis by Station KMOX. On October 27, a group from Beaumont discussed Spending for Recovery. This group consisted of Alzera Pasqual, Edward Linhardt, Doris Raymer, Stanley Schuman, and Tommy Clemens, sponsored by Miss Anne Evans. Miss Evans and the group were ably assisted by our alternates, Marjorie Singer, Arthur Weigel, Francis Phillips, and Joe McManus, along with Miss Papendick and the Eorum, of which Stanley Schuman is president, Miss Baker, Miss Wolff and Ray Sobin, who headed the discussion in the Beaumont Auditorium. The program was heard at Beaumont by approximately one hundred and forty students, Those who wished remained after the program to have a discussion of their own. Eorty pupils under the sponsorship of Miss Marie Cunningham heard the broadcast Farragut School. Beaumont's next appearance in this program will be on April l9, 1940, when the topic for discussion will be HThe Two Party System . This will be the second last program of the current series and is one of the choice topics of the series. Members of the discussion group wish to take this opportunity to thank our sponsor, Miss Evans, and the afore-mentioned members of the faculty and student body, whose support, in furnishing both material and encouragement was invaluable. One Hundred Seuentcc n CADUCEUS . Sfbigyliff flwgfj i I ,aaafaaaew X, c,lyt MIAA BEAUMONT BALLADEERS CHARLES HACKE Never before in Beaumont has there been an organization for the training of young boys' voices, but this term such a club has been organized by Miss McLaughlin. The club will be known as the Beaumont Balladeers. The club made its first public appearance before the Mothers' Club and its second before the Mount Moriah chapter of the Eastern Star. On November l6 the club held a Wiener roast near Sylvan Beach. Lee Tevis, the football star, was the guest of honor and refereed the football game. The club, with Lee Tevis leading the Way, took a hike through the hills near Highway 66. President Charles Schmidt Vice-President Calbert Woodall Secretary Louis Hetlage Treasurer Floyd Wright SCharles Kapp Librarians lRobert Brennan Digesty' and CADUCEUS Correspondent Charles Hacke Sponsor Miss McLaughlin One Hundred Eiqhteen CADUCEUS ART APPRECIATION CLUB KATHERINE HOGAN Many people wish all their lives that they could travel the world over to see and study cities full of art treasures and learn the stories they tell. Few people realize how many duplicates of these old treasures, as well as many of the original masterpieces, are found in our own Art Museum. The Art Appreciation Club goes to the Museum every second and fourth Tuesday in the month. Upon arrival there we each get our own camp stool and follow our guide who unravels many wierd tales of superstition and mystery. Climb the hill with us. The wider your knowledge the greater your interest will grow. President Doris Ramelow Secretary Jeanette Saitta Digest and CADUCEUS Correspondent Katherine Hogan Sponsor Miss Willemsen One Hundred Nineteen CADUCEUS wr-uv - 1 1' - I H 5 X X 4' GIRLS' WALKING CLUB DOROTHY WERNER A club almost as old as Beaumont itself-that is our Walking Club, but it always selects some new and interesting place to visit each week such as: The Television Exhibit, The Home Show, and the P. W. A. Weaving Project. Of course, many established businesses such as the Pevely Dairy, the Coca-Cola Plant, and the Papendick Bakery are also visited. A trip on which a great deal of information is gathered is the one made to the Museum of the Board of Education. That we have plenty of fun is attested by the fact that our membership quota, limited to sixty girls, is always filled, and that nearly every girl makes an effort to be present every Thursday. The outstanding event of the season is the Wiener roast at O'Fallon Park. There we have games and prizes and food galore. President Vivian Baldwin Vice-President Pansy Skiles Secretary-Treasurer Betty Smothers HDigest Correspondent Mildred Raithel CADUCEUS Correspondent Dorothy Werner SMiss M. Cunningham Sponsors lMiss E. Geitz One Hundred Twenty CADUCEUS CAMERA CLUB CLARENCE MCNULTY Photography has become a fascinating hobby to many people because of the unlimited possibilities of the art of modern time. Because of the many phases in photographic work, members of the club have been able to show their skill in many lines, such as portraiture, movies, indoor pictures, etc. The club has improved its work very much by having pictures shown by all of its members at regular intervals and prizes given for the best pictures. These winning pictures are displayed in the halls of Beaumont after every contest. This year's club is very happy to allow girls who are really interested in photographic work and Want to learn more about it to become members. Miss McLaughlin, who has done some very fine photographic work, has agreed to help these girls. lt is certain that this will make photographic work in Beaumont more outstanding than it ever was. During the term we have planned talks given by the older members of the club on diflferent phases of photography. We also are going on trips to the most picturable places in St. Louis and vicinity. President Cierald Schwaegerle Vice-President Franklin Flaiz Secretary Wallace Menckel Treasurer Clarence Kassing 'iDigest and CADUCEUS Correspondent Clarence McNulty Sponsor Mr. Webb One Hundred Twentu- one r zz CADUCEUS NOVELEERS BoB OKEEPE Beaumont has a snappy and streamlined musical organization, the Noveleers. As a musical organization, the Noveleers continue to play an important part in Beaumont's activities. The club, which met the third hour last term, meets after school this term, on Thursdays. The organization consists of banjos, guitars, and accordions. They hope to keep up the good work and he one of the leading musical organizations in the school. President Herman Kaller Vice-President Charles Beck Secretary and Treasurer John Storey Digest and CADUCEUS Correspondent Bob O'Keefe Sponsor Mr. Saeger One Hundred Twenty-two CADUCEUS STAMP CLUB BOB CUNNINGHAM Just what do you know about stamps? Are they little pieces of paper to put on letters or are they tiny documents which have a meaning all their own? The sciences of chemistry, physics, geography, biology, and botany as well as history are found in the study of stamps. If you are interested in art, the composition and color of the stamps will be very helpful. It is not as if stamp collecting were a childish pastime. It is a hobby of the great. The late King George V of England had a marvelous collection and our President Mr. Roosevelt is a well known philatelist, Because of the interest of Postmaster General Farley in philately many new stamps have been issued, especially the commemoratives. By these facts you can see that most intelligent people are interested in stamp collecting: therefore it is obvious that most philatelists are of high intellect. This is very evident in the Stamp Club, where there is not one person without a greater than average mentality-almost, The Stamp Club is, of course, under the benevolent sponsorship of Mr. Hall. Anyone interested will be welcomed with open arms in Room 204 on Thursday at 2:35. President Arthur Komm Vice-President George Winders Secretary and Treasurer Robert Fischer 'ADigest and CADUCEUS Correspondent Bob Cunningham One Hundred Twenty-three CADUCEUS TI-IE SHAKESPEARE CLUB CLARABEL RISK To the casual observer the Shakespeare Club is just another club of Beau- mont High School, meeting on alternate Tuesdays in Room 308, but in reality it is now regarded as one of the foremost organizations of Beaumont. That there is a waiting list of students of high scholastic record is evidence of the club's popularity. The evil that men do lives after them, but the good is often interred with their bones. 'lLord, what fools these mortals be, and 'lThe quality of mercy is not strained. The Wise quotations of the great poet are some of the responses that members make to the roll call. The club has enjoyed a term of varied activities. The club members were divided into groups. In order to become familiar with Shakespeare's many comedies, each group selected one for discussion and dramatization of selected scenes. The various groups were in friendly competition. Other programs this term dealing with subjects other than Shakespeare, but of cultural value and significance, were presented. Miss Moreell treated us to her moving pictures of her trip to Mexico, Miss Anne Evans spoke to us on the conditions prevailing in China, when she visited that country last summer. Friends of the Shakespeare Club have been very generous. We now possess a marble bust of Shakespeare, the gift of a friend. Our library is growing rapidly. With Miss McCarty's donation of twenty-five volumes, We now have a total of eighty-one books pertaining to Shakespeare's life and Work. The club takes this opportunity to thank the faculty and friends for their generous assistance. One Hundred Twenty-four CADUCEUS One of the most interesting and unique programs given, was the presenta- tion of a unified series of excerpts from Shakespeare's great tragedy, Julius Caesar . Gabriel Oliensis, who worked out the details of the play, acted as coach and director and took the role of Mark Anthony, Tommy Clemens played the fervent, Hery Cassius: Stanley Schuman characterized the philosophi- cal Brutus: Donald Owen introduced the cast and made the conclusive com- ments: and Warren Baltzer served as interlocutor, carrying out the continuity of the play. All the boys should be highly commended for their fine work. Many visitors, including teachers and members of A'Julius Caesar classes, were present. Memories of that dramatization will long linger in the minds of all who were privileged to witness so fine a performance. President Alma Holland Vice-President Tommy Clemens Secretary Marjorie Nagle Treasurer Jack Britt Digest Correspondent Roland Holtgrewe CADUCEUS Correspondent Clarabel Risk Sponsor Miss Donnelly gl1 Q Q1 . 1 f,'. One Hundred Twenly-Hue CADUCEUS NATURE CLUB ROBERT FONTINELLE Ain't nature grand! Although rather ungrammatically expressed, that phrase best describes the attitude of the members of the Beaumont Nature Club. One of the oldest clubs in Beaumont the Nature Club is growing more and more popular every term: and no wonder. Requirements for joining are simple, the main one being that the candidate has had at least two terms of science and has a lively interest in nature. Class room meetings and field trips on alternate Wednesdays are interest- ing, instructive, and helpful in daily class work, besides being a great deal of fun for the members. Every member has an opportunity to get a letter by giving a short talk every term for two terms and not failing to miss more than one meeting every term without a satisfactory excuse. The Held trips, beside offering an opportunity to get out in the open, enable the members to become more familiar with their city. Recently we have taken trips to Purina Mills, where we were given the chance to see how cereals are made and packaged, and to the Famous-Barr television exhibit, to view the latest advancements in this field. We have in mind many more places to visit. Every term the club has a picnic. This term's picnic was held at Creve Coeur Lake, and everyone had a wonderful time, as photographs and the CContinued on Page 1283 One Hundred Twenty-six CADUCEUS NOVELTY ORCHESTRA Students of Beaumont are able to have dance music at a great many parties and dances because of the presence in the school of a dance orchestra. This orchestra is composed usually of fifteen active members and several alternates who sit in on rehearsals until they are able to join the active group. The orchestra offers its services to school and community in return for the practice of playing in a dance orchestra and the privilege of earning a service award. That the experience is helpful is shown by the large number of past members who are now connected with orchestras playing in and near St. Louis. Violins Robert Rogers Jean Rayburn William Young Daryl Keith Floyd Wright Saxophones Owen Reinert Harvey Creason Eugene Anthony Walter McGraw Brasses Robert Krapf Martin Boraz William Proeschner Drums Ivis Johnston Edward Wamhoff Guitar John Carnasiotis String Bass Marwin Kuhlmann Piano Paul Rathert Sponsor Miss Brix One Hundred Twentyfseuffn CADUCEUS CContinued from page l26D members themselves will testify. Frequently we have very unusual class-room meetings, as when Mr. Webb entertains us With some of his delightful motion pictures, or when some club member prepares an especially interesting talk, The coming term will probably offer just as many interesting meetings as have the previous ones: so, if you can fulill the requirements for member- ship, if you would like to have a beautiful Nature Club letter, and if you enjoy attending really interesting meetings and going on pleasant field trips, hurry right down to Room l22 at 2:30 Wednesday. We'll be looking for you, President Gene Lacy Vice-President Tommy Clemens Secretary Geraldine Brennan Treasurer Nugent Friedman Curator Norman Riley 'ADigest Correspondent Arthur Weigel CADUCEUS Correspondent Robert Fontinelle Sponsor Miss McCarty ffiff -' V-9 3 ff' T' r f','4'g' E f I N 5-Z ,' to ' fi Vzgwwg fig , One Hundred Twenly-eight INDEX NAME Adams. Ralph , Albrecht, Robert ....., Allen, Jean ,,,.,.,....,... Alter, Edward .,...,...,,,. Andreas, Claibourne ..... Andrews, Peyton ......... Anger, Mary Frances ...,.. Anthony, Eugene ...... Arras, Norma ........,. Aulbert, Charles ...... Axline. Milford 4..., Bagby, Gertrude ....., Balmer, LaVerne .... Bates, Florence .,.. Bauer, Jane ,. Bauer, Ralph .,.. Bell, Val ,... ,.... Blell, Richard ........., Boggs, Dorothy ,. Bohnenkamp, Celina Bracke, Earl ....,......... Braun, Vernon ..,..... Breiback. June ..,....,. Brennan. Geraldine .... Bresnahan, Vincent .,.. Burmester. Lester ....., Carson, Annabelle ...... Chesley. Harold ....., Clark, Vwlill ......... Close. Edna ,.,,, Cole, Donald .,,..., Connole, Robert ....., Cook, Betty ......... Cross, Clarence ,.... Dascher, Erma .....,,. Delabar, Marjorie , , .. DeLonjay, George .... Demling, Audrey Dilday, Harrell ..... Dixon, Helyne .,.,..., Doyle, Dorothy .. Deckshage, Lorraine .,... Dremann, Victor ...,., Duerbeck. Loraine .... Ellerbrake, Earl ....,. Elliott, Nina Ann .... Emig. Elmer . ,,.,,... . Emig, Gertrude .,.,.... Enderson. Andrew Faber, Alvin .. ......... .. Fitzsimmons. Melba ,.,.. Flaiz, Franklin ......., Frayn, Norman ....., Fridrich, Clem ......,... Froeschner, William ,.,.. Gaertner, Arline ..,,..,. Gaither. James ...,.,,.,. Gellhausen, Bessie ...... Gemmer. Lorraine ,,., Gessett, Ruth ,. .... ., Givens, Janice ..... Gould, Martha ,.... Green, Leo ..., , . CADUCEUS TO PICTURES OF SENIORS PAGE 33 l8 26 34 19 12 12 l2 l6 31 36 36 24 33 l3 21 29 ll 28 37 I5 ll 13 18 10 27 37 27 33 25 25 ll 10 14 34 29 25 34 27 21 20 26 25 .. .. 32 20 8 32 38 29 18 34 16 38 20 19 10 ,, .. 14 12 8 30 21 22 34 NAME PAGE Gann, Rosemary ,. ., ll Hagemann, Betty .... .... 1 4 Hahn, Marie .... .. .... 32 Hannefin, Loretta ,. . .. . 30 Hansen, Anna .... ..,. 2 0 Happe, Margaret ,.,. , ,.., 22 Happel, Harold .... .. 27 Hartmann, Sylvia ...... ,. , 24 Hashagan, Virginia . 38 Hatz, Gloria ........ .. ..., 19 Hearst, Marie ....,.,. 27 Helfrich, Arline ., , l6 Helfrich, Herman . . .... l9 Henne. Edward ..,. .... l 9 Hilke, Grace , ., l8 Hilke, Mary Jane ,.... .... 3 l Hoermann, Dorothy . 20 Hoffmeyer, Lois ,....,.,. ..., 3 0 Hogan, Joseph . ....... .... 8 Hopper, Maxine ,.,.,.. ,. , 34 Hoyer, Dorothy ,,.,,, .... 3 6 Huelsman. Doris ..,... .,., 3 l Jackels, Mildred ,.,..,. ,... l 0 Jaeger, Jeanne .,., .... l 5 Jarnagin, Doris , .. 23 Johnson, Eugene ,. .... 37 Johnson. Willie Ray .,.. .... 3 5 Jolly, Melvin ...,, . 25 Josias, Oliver .,,...... ,... 2 3 Kalish, Richard ,.,,.. ,..-- l 6 Kater, Lyle ...........,.. .... l 0 Keevil, Al .. 31 Kelley. Mary Louise . ., l0 Kellogg. Bob ,..,,..... ,. 33 Kiel, Lillian .....,.,.,., 23 Kill. Lawrence . ., l2 Kirk, Houston ...,....... ., 8 Klaskin, Mary ,.,.. ...... ..., 3 0 Kleinschmidt, Dorothy , ,, 8 Klotz, John ,.,... .,. 22 Knight, Robert D .,.,.... 28 Knight, Robert F ,.... .... 2 4 Kolbe, Doris ........,. ..... 2 4 Komm, Arthur ., .. 23 Kozceny, Marie .... 19 Krueger, Earl ,. 22 Kuhlmann, Marvin . 20 Kulongaski, Dorothy .... .... 9 Lacy, Gene ...... 35 Lafferty, Mary Lou .. . . l6 LaMarca. Rose ,.,....,., .... 3 l Lammert, Ruth .. ,, 8 Lampertz, Richard ..,.. ..,,, 2 8 Lauf, Marcella ,..,.... ..,.. 3 5 Laws. Betty ...,... .... ..... l 9 Leppick, Juletta .. . ,,.. ..... l 8 Lichtenber. Kenneth . 23 Lignoul, Elmer .,.,.... ,.... l 0 Luecke, Helen ..... ...., l l Lueke, Charles .,.,., ..,.. 3 6 Lutz, Frank ..,.... ..... 3 3 McClure, Jack ..,.,. 24 McDowell. Gene ..... .,,..,.,.,..,................. 9 One Hundred Twenty-nine 1 l i CADUCEUS NAME PAGE McFarland, Robert .4..,.. ,.,.. 1 8 McNulty, Clarence ..., ...,. 3 7 Markart, Mary ., ........ 17 Mathis, Dorothy ..,.., ..,., l 2 May, Billy ,.,.,.....,..,.. .,... 1 0 Meinberg, Florence ....... ..... 2 0 Meinhardt, Walter .... ...,. 2 6 Menckel, XVal1ace .. 11 Mengerscn, Edward ...., . 12 Menke, James ...,..,. 34 Messerly, Alice ..,... 12 Meyers, Roy 21 Michel, Patricia 19 Miller, George .... 21 Miller, Leta .4..,... 36 Monroe, Ruth .,.. 22 Moore, Constance .. 15 Morefield, XVesron 22 Morris, George ......, ,,4,A 3 5 Morrow, Earl .,,...... ,,,., 3 7 Moses, Elizabeth .4......... ,,,4, 3 8 Mudrovic. Margaret ..... ,4,4, 2 3 Nations, Louella ....,,., ..,,, 1 1 Neely, Ira ............... ,,4A, 2 5 Nickel, Marion ....... ,,,4, 2 8 Nickel, Naomi ...,... ,,.,, 2 1 Nieman, Harry ...,... ..,,, 1 7 Nisbett, Ralph . .. ,ylt I 38 Oberschelp, Ray ..,.. .,,,, 1 7 Oliensis, Gabriel ,....... ,,.,, 9 O'Malley, Thomas .... ..,,. l 3 Pagnini, Norma ...., ...,. 2 9 Phillips, William ...... ...,. 3 8 Pidgeon, Russell ..,.. ..... 2 9 Pierlow, Betty .... ..... 2 1 Pinckert. Warren 16 Ploudre, Bette .......... ..,.. 2 7 Pohlman, Richard .... ..... 2 l Pott, Geraldine ....... ,.1,1 1 5 Quante, Roland ..... ..... l 7 Rabbitr. Patrick ,....... ...., l 5 Randall, Carolyn .,i.., ..... 3 8 Rank, Gladys ....,,........, ..... l 5 Rapplean, Kenneth .,,.,.. .,,.. 2 8 Repple. Shirley ...,..,... ..... 3 1 Rice, Jack ..,...,.,..,.., ..... 3 7 Richeson, Ralph ..... ..... 3 2 Rockling, Adel ....... ...., 3 6 Rogers, Robert .,..... ..,.. 2 4 Rohne, Edward ...,, .,... 2 O Ronat, Jean .,.......,. ..... 3 0 Rosebrock, Virginia .. .,... 22 Rosenfeld. Jerome .,,... .. 8 Rubin, Walter .,...,. ..,.. 9 Rucker, Virginia ..... 37 Russell, Kathryne 9 Rust, Doris ,....... .,.., 2 9 Sale, VValter .........., ..,., 1 3 Salvato, Carmella ...... ..... 1 3 Sandretto, Pierino ...,.. ..... 3 1 Sarhage, Glenn ....,,, ...., 3 0 One Hundred Thirty NAME Schnatzmeyer, Jeannette Schildknecht, Leo ......., Scholl, Darwin ., ...,..,. .. Schorfheide, Lorraine . Schroeder, Bob .,...... Schultz, Edward ,..... Schwab. Audrey ...... Seeger, Elinor .,..... Seeger, Louise ,...... Seifert, William ...... Seymour, Bill ....... Shearin, James ..,.. Sheehan, Alice ...,.... Shepack, Jeanette .... Shoults, Iris ......... Siemer, Marcella Sieveking, Fern .,.... Simpkins, Marie Simpson. Alvin ...... Small, James .,...,....... Smith, Vincent P ........ Snodell, Herbert ...,.... Sobin, Ray ......,......., Spellmeyer, Kenneth ..., Spiegelberg, Doris ...... Sproull. William .... Stein, Sherman .....,.. Stewart, Warren .,.... Stock, Fred ....,...... Stolz, Jean .... ,.,... Strupel, Kenneth .,.... Talleur, Frank ,,,....... Tanski, Frank ..,......... Taylor, Betty Jane ,..... Theiling, Anita ......... Tobias, Edna ........., Toombs, Billy ,....... Tompkins, Robert .... Underwood, Roy ,....,.. Vahrenhold, Marian .... Victor, Lester ............ Walker, Willard .,... Walker, William .,.... Wallace, Vernon ....., Walsh, Margaret ...,,. Walsh, Edward ....,. Walters. Elmer .,.,.... Weber, Ruth .....,..,.,, Weiland, Ronald .,..., Wendele, Nadine .... Werner, Mary ......, West, Robert ....,..... White, Margaret ...... Wieman, Bill ............ Wienstroer, Ruth .,.... Wiese, Donald ,....,... Williams, James Wilzer, Kenneth ........ Windmeyer, Evelyn .. Wright, Annice .,.... Zack, Dorothy ..... Zengel, Jesse .... PAGE 27 35 . .... 17 23 8 34 9 32 32 36 9 29 18 24 17 14 17 28 36 13 15 35 . .... 37 , .... 32 16 33 21 30 13 26 26 30 . .... 26 . ,... 33 28 26 32 31 14 29 15 23 14 33 38 26 38 11 35 14 14 25 27 18 9 22 35 28 17 13 25 16 RUBICAIVI SCHOOL Offers- O Thorough preparation for Secretarial, Stenographic, and Accounting positions. I Placement Service Without charge to Rubicam Graduates. O Day and Evening Classes throughout the year. O Individual and Group Instruction, Three Conveniently Located Schools-4 4933 DELMAR BOULEVARD-FOrest 3900 3469 S. GRAND BOULEVARD-LAclede 0440 7701 EORSYTHE BOULEVARD-CAbany 4102 TO THE OPERA SINGER IN THE AWPUL TOOTH EMBRYO H - Oh sing of the sunset, and sing of the in tgjvlrffuns around with the Worst Set dawn, Or sing of a wild bird's flight: Yes, sing of your new love or sing of love gone, But sing with your window closed tight. 1 A WEIGHTY SUBJECT Bride: HA tramp is at the back door and I'm going to give him one of my pies: I feel sorry for him. Bridegroom: USO do I. Yes, you'd think she'd see a different dentist, Wouldn't you? 1 A man who stands up and takes his medicine,has either been skating or horse- back riding. , One thing about dancing instructors, they learn to take it on the shin, RUCKER'S DRUG STORE Telephone . . . I3Ranklin 3622 and 3623 The REXALL Store 5331 Riverview PRESCRIPTION DRUCGIST lVlUlberry 0252 ml!! ll F .Ak 3520 NORTH GRAND BLVD. C. 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I guess I'1Je got the Beaumont Blues, Report-card day comes at last. Now, every joy is past. FOUR F's! I KNOW I'Ue got the Beaumont Blues. AN OPEN LETTER TO EUROPE A man who tries to set the world on Hre usually ends up by cooking his own goose. f A guest Was being shown to his room in a haunted house by a somewhat sinister- looking servant. 'By the way, said the guest, has any- thing-Well-unusual happened in con- nection with this room? Not for over Iifty years, sir, said the servant hollowly. And what happened then? asked the guest with a sigh of relief. A gentleman who spent the night in this room appeared at breakfast the next morning. J. C.GEI'I'Z FURNITURE CO. .9 1315- 1317 - 1319 j NORTH MARKET ST. ' One Hundred Thirty-Iwo WE ASK YOU TO PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS The DYCE SCHOOL Individual and Small Group Instruction in Secretarial Studies, High School Subjects Day and Evening Classes 3953 Sullivan Ave. For Information Call JEFFERSON 7353 The Dyce School is an established institution serving the community with experienced. highly qualified teachers. Congratulations to the CLASS OF '40 -.---wr: TEACH You TO PLAY-M E141 Z. Over 60 Years of Conscientious Service 709 Pine S.t.-Clintral 1826 3535 S. Grand-l.Aclede 0101 Bride: hHello, is this the cooking school? Cooking Teacher: A'Yes, it is. Bride: Ml don't think that those bis- cuits you taught me to make were very good. C. T.: Why not? Bride: 'AlVly husband sat down day be- fore yesterday and ate six of them. Then he just sat back and smiled. C. T.: Smi1ed, eh. Bride: Yes, and he's still sitting there -smiling. -American Boy. Lawyer: And what was the defendant doing in the meantime? Witness: 'AHC was telling me a funny story from the 'Caduceus'. Lawyer: Remember you are under oath. Witness: Well anyhow, he was tell- ing me a story. , A WASHOUT 'AMost of the arrests in this town are made on Saturday nightsfl 'AWhat's the reason? We want 'em to come clean. -'::5'f.. S, ,iff ' ,,.j5f:j. . 130- 11,1 X , ' Wifi, 931 , , ,. i . -f' wiv , , ,: ,KRS at mess: r , ' X49 useAo:I,M, t, g kr., -3 :: if .. X ,.55555:SgizgigfigififigigfgiQ ifii21.::11:::E:i:g:j:?::':f?1i:jill it V ' ' 4 :1-f-'42:f:1:ff -l,.f::: 55: .,.-,4 35:E:5:33:5:5:5:5E ..,. T L. ' 4 Me w .... ON SALE AT UCT OF YOUR NEIGH- ,, GESSRROQBD efeleffif MARKET HARRY W. SCHAUM Prescription Druggisr We Guarantee Personal Attention to Prescriptions Only Purest Drugs Used Lowest Prices. 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