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

Text from Pages 1 - 144 of the 1945 volume:

Cacluceud SENIOR MIXED CHORUS MARY Jo WEISS M usical organization for voices of students of all terms. l nterests vary from classical and religious numbers to modern versions of popular pieces. X ylophones, violins, trumpets, and clarinets are unnecessary because the choral parts make a complete harmony. E xamples of our accomplishments are heard at aud sessions and in various public appearances. D aily rehearsals are held during the first hour in the school auditorium. C lad in mulberry robes, the chorus makes a line, dignified appearance. H armonized tones of bass. baritone, tenor, alto. second soprano and soprano are heard. O Hicers are elected each term by the members of the chorus. R hythms of darky spirituals, breath-taking chants, and sweet lyric ballads are heard. U nity is shown in the cooperation of members of the group. S ocial activities include parties, Wiener roasts, and picnics. lContinued on page 1223 Ninety-two CQJMCQMJ HISTORY-TRAVEL CLUB GI.oR1A MEYERS The History-Travel Club of Beaumont High School is an interesting and educational organization. The club meets in Room 205 every Thursday after- noon at 3:10 to discuss both the past and present history and travel of the World. In addition to having discussions we also decide what local points of interest to visit next. Not all of the meetings are of a serious nature. however, since time is found to make plans for Wiener roasts, hikes, and other outings. ' There are about eighty-five members in the club this term and we hope there will be just as many or more next term. President John Molina Vice-President Jack Powers Secretary Jane Payne Treasurer Bill Thurman Digest and CADUCEUS Correspondent Gloria Meyers llVlr. Kanazerifl' Co-sponsors 'Mr' Mckay Ninely-three . WWW Vai? ' ,Y y', t Cacluceud lu TQL 'T Qs 2 1A'MLV'SENlORYi'iGlRLS' GLEE. CLUB t . 'I I I RUTH SCHMID 'Di .rf . -N A' X T This term thei nior Girls' Glee Club under the able direction of Mrs. Q glarlv' as learned ma ' new and delightful numbers. Our repertoire consists flreligious pieces such as Ave Maria and Glory Hallelujah and semi- I ,classical numbers as Why Do l Love You, Song of India, A'Donkey U ,Z Serenade, and The Night is Young. 1 1' This organization of Beaumont is composed of upper-term girls who enjoy ,J ' singing., The club sings for Maud sessions. graduations, churches, and other school and outside engagements. New members are always welcome. We meet in Room 302 the second period daily. President Jane Donley Vice-President Audrey Fischer Secretary Marian Wickart Librarians SAHH Bono 1Ruth Eastman Digest and CADUCEUS Correspondent Ruth Schmid Sponsor Mrs. Clark Ninxty-four f W I if I A x , jf C2 J 'N T , a UCQUJ rl L' LA VOZ DE. ESPANA ALICE HASSEBROCK Every Tuesday at 3:10 you may be sure of spending a pleasant afternoon. Our organization is conducted according to democratic principles which makes for success. The members are genuinely interested in Spanish-its language. customs, and other related subjects. Each week we enjoy some form of entertainment. presented either by the members themselves in the form of little Spanish plays, games, and various other activities. or by Mr. Stinson. our sponsor, who talks to us about many interesting and worthwhile subjects. We appreciate his efforts which help to make La Voz de Espana the line club that it is. A Wiener roast at Chain of Rocks is one of the social highlights on the docket for this term. We are looking forward to an evening chuck full of fun at our party to be held near the close of the semester, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Steinmann. Vv'ould you like to join us? The only qualincation is that you are a student of Spanish or that you have taken Spanish at some time. So, come on. all you fellow students of Espanol. See you next termf I-lasta luego: adios amigos. President Ellis Gregory Vice-President Norma Vkfengert Secretary Jane Donley Treasurer Vivian Sarar Digest Correspondent Eleanor Steinmann CADUCEUS Correspondent Alice I-lassebrock Sponsor Mr. Stinson .Yzrfel Ll - live 6661146 GMA , P, I X . -v. vq -'V ' , . x W o . SENIOR BAND ToM SCHIELER The Senior Band needs no introduction to most of you. You no doubt have seen them playing and marching at the football games or giving support to auditorium sessions. The Band may also be seen in the aud during their regular A hour practicing period and also practicing march routines on the school field just before one of its performances. This term, the Beaumont Band was organized on the second day of school so as to be ready to march in a War Bond Parade downtown on September l l, 1944. This quick response was due, greatly, to the fine management of Miss Else Brix. If you are interested in seeing the Beaumont Band become one of the best high-school bands of Sr. Louis, back it up. If you play some musical instru- ment, join the band and become a cog in the wheel that is generating an unbeatable spirit in Beaumont. President Claude Fabian Vice-President James Forde Secretary Shirley Ritenberg Treasurer Milton Albert 'ADigest and CADUCEUS Correspondent Tom Schieler Sponsor Miss Brix Ninety-six CGJUCQM6 'N SENIOR ORCHESTRA ELo1sE ENZINGER If, at the beginning of the seventh hour, you are running down the first floor hall to beat the tardy bell, you might just miss a collision with a string bass or a set of kettle drums. On the stairs, if you are jabbed in the ribs by a violin case or a French horn, be patient. This is no conspiracy to disrupt traffic: it's only the members of the Senior Orchestra going to their posts. When these various pieces of wood and metal have been tuned and their owners seated properly, Miss Brix mounts the podium and magically brings forth music by a rhythmical movement of her baton. Out of this forty minutes' practice each day comes the orchestra that serves the school in aud sessions. and at public performances. The music presented varies from the pomp of Wagner and the grace of Schubert to the tantalizing strains of Cole Porter's Begin the Beguinef' Morton Gould's Pavanne, or Perde Grofe's On the Trail. If you play an instrument and would like to share the pleasure and work that makes an orchestra, you will find Miss Brix a willing aid to this end. President Walter Lundt Vice-President David Wallington Secretary Harry Ragland Treasurer Betty Wiehe Librarian Fay Prange Digest and CADUCEUS Correspondent Eloise Enzinger Sponsor Miss Brix Ninety-seven CQJUCQUJ LUTHER BURBANK CHAPTER OF THE JUNIOR ACADEMY OF SCIENCE BILL THURMAN The Burbank Chapter, as its name implies. is a science club. The club's activities are mainly along the scientilic line, although we have many social affairs during the school term. This term we took trips through Shaw's Garden and the Ciradwohl Laboratory, held a picnic at Forest Park at a later date, and had another party at a former member's home. Besides this, there are also many interesting events that take place in our own home room, 124. We have talks given by both students and teachers. A scientiic quiz was staged and a prize was given to the winner, Willard Mienholtz. Several of the members have also been very busy making and working on projects, among which are water culture of plants and germination of pollen. Another very interesting event, which occurred during the term, was the meeting of the entire Junior Academy of Science at Beaumont, November 17. with the Burbank Chapter in charge of the program. President Tom Anderson Vice-President Eloise Enzinger Secretary-Treasurer Jerry Sue Collum Digest and CADUCEUS Correspondent Bill Thurman Cabinet Members 3112512 Sponsor Miss McCarty Ninrly - cighl KQLJUC 0116 PHYSIOGRAPHY CLUB RosE ANN CHMIELECKI JACK SUNDER We who belong to the Physiography Club are interested in supplementing class study with field trips. The ability to read topographic maps in order to interpret land forms, and the study of meteorology are not only important in the strategy of the present war but will be equally important in the new air age which will follow the war. Our trips in the country to quarries and streams makes our study of topographic maps more real. Our trips to the Weather Bureau have given us first hand information which has helped us in our study of weather maps and weather observations. Thus our class work and our field trips are closely connected. President Robert McNamara Vice-President Peggy Keim Secretary Norma Vlengert Treasurer .lack Schnefke Executive Committee Ham Martin - lWalter Zachritz Digest and CADUCEUS Hack Sunder Correspondents lRose Ann Chmielecki .XVIFJJILJ-T7 rv CGLJUCQU5 SENIOR BOYS' GLEE CLUB DONALD LOCHMANN The Senior Boys' Glee Club is formed not merely for the extra credits derived from it by students, but also as a school organization to supply enter- tainment at various social gatherings. The Senior Boys' Cilee Club is happy to have Mrs. Clark to direct us since Mr. Stamm has left us. The organization has been greatly improved by the addition of many new members. We now have the Italian Street Song. 'Song of Peace, Sea Chantey and 'Stout Hearted Men in our repertoire, President William S. Chapman Vice-President Robert Bryan Secretary Al Oakley , Treasurer and CADUCEUS Correspondent Donald Lochmann Sponsor Mrs. Clark One Hundred CGJUCBU5 TECHNICIANS Bois MCNAMARA If you have ever seen a movie in Room 204, if you have ever seen one of Beaumont's operettas or some play presented to the school in the aud, or even attended an aud session, which I think everyone at Beaumont has done at one time or another, then you have seen the Technicians at work. The jobs performed by the Technicians are very numerous. They run the movie projector in 204. set up the microphones, and handle the public address system for all aud sessions. they are in charge of the lighting effects in the plays and operettas presented to the school on the aud stage. they play records for the chorus classes, and flash the song slides on the wall for the pep sessions. The Technicians is a service organization: therefore. the members are sup- posed to make fairly good grades. In order to belong to the Technicians you must be taking physics or have taken it and passed, and you should know a little about radio and electricity. This term the Technicians have a new sponsor, Mr. Julian, a physics teacher. who was formerly in charge of a smiliar group of boys at Central High School. I iContinued on page 1231 One Hundred One 1' 'P X U fi-vm, XQIV' ll U , . 529 fy D14 fry! T VIVA, L X 1 - r JV 9. W' I' lv ,- n. I I L H J L, 1 f 4 THE CADUCEUS M45 JANUARY. 10 . I x 51 N MW fi W Q 35 ygjf' W W ,Lux L. H K '33 w , J K. fi Qwx'-X fa Te X xx - x 5 X' X. t4 'TE ' xr F, J . F ,X . ix , R.-. Ab wp E xg ,-X k f-1: 3'41:: 1R w. XIX X, D E X-1 CCLJUC 2115 DUCK CLUB DORIS MAUSHUND Every Tuesday at three o'clock'you will see a group of forty Hve girls going to the swimming pool. Do you know who they are? Well its the Duck Club under the direction of Miss Spillman. It is for beginners and intermediates. We Red Cross tests. have recreational swimming and An outing is planned for later in the term. Captain Manager Treasurer Correspondents Sponsor One Hundred Two Audrey Straub Mona Murphy Bernice Roberts lNelda Todd lDoris Maushund Miss Spillman .-...1-1...1..- Cacluceud BEAUMONT AQUADETTES ELEANOR STEINMANN Life-saving, speed swimming, diving. formation swimming-each of these is practiced by the Beaumont Aquadettes amid an atmosphere of serious delight in our school swimming pool at 3:10 p. m. each Thursday. Each and every one of the girls strives to improve her skill in the water under the experienced and capable direction of our new sponsor-Miss Spillman. If you are especially interested in any one of our varied swimming activities. why not Join us next term? Build up your vim-get in the swim! It's really lots of fun. Captain Ruth Schmid Manager Mary Jean Powers Treasurer Jane Donley Correspondent Eleanor Steinmann Sponsor Miss Spillman Un. Hun fr L1 'Ihr CCIJLLCQUJ BOYS' SKATING CLUB EARL JERROLD Une bright Tuesday afternoon at 3:00 a little New Jay Qalso brightl came swinging through the halls of Beaumont bound for the local Sugar Bowl. This poor freshman stopped dead in his tracks, turned, and fled at the sight which met his eyes, for rushing down the hall were thirty fellows, skates across their shoulders, running like mad for the nearest exit. Our little friend. mystified and still shaking. then broke out in grins, for following the thunder- ing herd were some of Beaumont's fairest belles also bound for the rink. Our hero in all the best tradition of Beaumont males followed . . . the herd. These fellows were members of the Boys' Skating Club, who in the company of the Girls' Skating Clubs, roller-skate every Tuesday at the Crystal, and Wednesday at the Arena, and ice skate at the Winter Garden on Fridays. Under the supervision of competent instructors and club officers, beginners can perfect the control of their skates and are often awarded letters. lf you like to skate or would like to learn-join us, won't you? President Bob Crane Vice-President Roger Cornish Secretary Harold Williams Treasurer Ray Winters Corrrespondcnt Earl Jerrold Sponsor Miss Lomax One Hundred Four CGCJMCQUJ GIRLS' ROLLER SKATING CLUB DOLORES C1ssELL If you like to have fun and lots of it, join our Skating Club on Tuesday afternoon from 3:00 to 5:00 at the Crystal Roller Rink. A few of the many advantages of our club are that we learn how to skate. make friends, and participate in a clean and healthful sport. You do not have to be an experienced skater to join. Come one! Come all! Join us on Tuesday at the Crystal Roller Rink. CADUCEUS Correspondent Dolores Cissell Sponsor Miss Ross One Hundred Five CGJMCQM5 ilu. jUNIOR GIRLS' GLEE CLUB PAT ALBAUGH f D az pgqgcq ondered what goes on in the Maud during the fifth hour 0 er day? Well, if you were to inquire, you would be informed that the 'L1,Qfl,d Girls' Glee Club meets then. Besides learning a lot about music we t deal of fun. We have just received two new books, one of which ,777-era! i tizin of the more modern tunes. 0 lf you are a lower-term girl and like to sing, Won't you make arrangements wit Miss Brix to join us next term? New members are always welcome President Betty Price Vice-President Rose Marie Toia Secretary Rosa Lee Unger Assistant Secretary Judy Dutton Treasurer Jean Fields Librarians jlVlildred Reeds ' IDorothy Zugmaier Correspondent Pat Albaugh Sponsor Miss Brix One Hundred Six -., Cacluc 0116 f. ee., e JUNIOR GIRLS' CHORUS DIXIE STRELE The members of the Junior Girls' Chorus are very proud of their new organization as started by Mrs. Clark. The chorus consists of 42 members. a large following for a new club. The girls in the club are all Iirst-, second-. or third-termers. We meet in Room 302 every morning at nine o'clock. Some of the girls have had experience in choral work. although most of us have had none. The aim of our organization is to help every girl to use her voice easily and naturally and make it blend with the other voices of the group. We hope to have many new members in the future. President Joyce Pfaender Vice-President Buelah Yarbrough Secretary and CADUCEUS Correspondent Dixie Strele Treasurer Charlotte Faerber Sponsor Mrs. Clark One Hundred Seven I V I4 f If XX . X? 7 f X Saw X 1' N x FIRST TERMERS . PEPPERETTES, A-K One Hundred Eight CGCJLLCQUJ PEPPERETTES. L-Z PEPPERETTES HELEN GRAY At any football or other Beaumont game our team is supported by cheering from the stands. Most of this cheering comes from the section occupied by the Beaumont Pepperettes. The Pepperettes, which is an all-girl organization, has become one of the most popular clubs in Beaumont. The membership now totals more than four hundred. Membership is granted to any girl who owns a season football or basketball pass. The girls also have very interesting meetings in the auditorium after school. These programs consist of singing, dancing, and other various entertainments as well as cheering and practicing the school song. The purpose of these meetings is to stimulate school spirit and to train a better cheering section. President Jane Payne Vice-President Jane Donley Secretary-Treasurer Mary Lou Schanbusch Digest and CADUCEUS Correspondent Helen Gray Jane Payne Jane Donley Cheerleaders Rose Schiller lJoan Peters Uean Craig Sponsor Miss Baxmeyer One Hundred Nine N A Cacluceud , ... SHAKESPEARE CLUB MARIE PRANGE 1 . The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, ls fit for treason. strutagems, and spoils. The motions of his spirit are dull as night And his affections dark as Erebus. Let no such man be trusted. ln these lines William Shakespeare suggests the larger aim of this club-to develop the music within the members themselves, who, without this music, says Shakespeare, cannot be trusted. Early in the term the club selected for study, The Merchant of Venice, which, incidentally, is the source of the quotation above. The choice was from the works of Shakespeare that are not offered in the regular English courses. The acts are assigned to different groups for the study of the roles. Then. at each meeting, one act is presented until the whole play has been completed. A characteristic tradition of the club is that each member responds to the roll call with a quotation from the play being presented. Under Miss Donnelly, our first and only sponsor until this year. the club won a place of distinction among Beaumont organizations. Her withdrawal is greatly regretted, but We are happy that Mr. Enzinger has consented to work with us. Fifth-, sixth-, and seventh-term students who have the E and G habit should ponder the advisability of joining us. lContinued' on page 1233 One Hundred Ten KGLJMCGMJ BEAUMONT PHILATELIC SOCIETY ANDREW TAYLOR Some people, at the very mention of stamp collecting, turn away and say. Not interested. Why? It could be that at some time they did collect stamps but had lost interest. Perhaps you are in the uninterested class. You need something to stir up your interest. The Stamp Club is the thing that will bring back that old-time' interest. We have a magazine which includes all the new issues and has many interesting ideas and articles by famous philatelists. After our business meet- ing, which usually lasts between thirty and forty minutes, we trade stamps and sometimes someone brings approval sheets. The number of philatelists in the United States has been estimated at about one million. Obviously this estimate includes many of you here in Beaumont. Why not come and join the club? We meet every Thursday in 217 immediately following the seventh hour. President Ed Wulfekuehler Vice-President George Hupert Secretary and Treasurer Shirley Lanfersieck Digest and CADUCEUS s Correspondent Andrew Taylor Sergeant-at-Arms Don Freeman Sponsor Mr. Hall One Hundred Eleven Four Published in the interests of THE STUDENTS OE THE BEAUMONT HIGH SCHCOL ST. LOUIS. Mo. -1 CGLJUCQUJ GAUZETEERS LORRAINE HURLEY The Gauzeteers is a club which meets each Saturday morning to make surgical dressings for the wounded Hghters on our many battlefronts. This club has had its first birthday and is now giving its second year of service. The members. under the direction of the Junior Red Cross, have made and packed thousands upon thousands of dressings in the past year, and will con- tinue this good work until peace comes to heal the wounded World. This club has had many very pleasant social hours together, in addition to the hours of work. President Shirley Heyne Vice-President Dolores Ewing Secretary June Pepmiller Treasurer Jan Davidson Digest and CADUCEUS Correspondent Lorraine Hurley Sponsor Miss Riefling One Hundred Twelve gacluceua viii, W ,-,V,,,,, A YA,.,..,,.,, , F l 1 '- i as l '-.I . - fy l f . .. r i I 1 pix' 1 y , l 'xg ' ,,, ' i X 5 I 1 4 l 3 Z3 fp V ' 1 'f, , W i T i 4 74 , 5,4 1 ' J r A -, le 1 ,.-, T TT, -. -as. I V ... v .1 Q - :P+ ati if ' . 6 i kg lbvuxll . A , 'V y g 0' K i-gf A V l C, W -, CAMERA CLUB BONNIE HERPEL Is developing pictures hard? Of course not! If you don't know how and would like to learn, join the Camera Club. We learn how to develop pictures, to enlarge, retouch and tone them. We judge our photographs by discussing them at our meetings. Being a member of the Camera Club is really worth while. The Camera Club has many interesting activities in which each member takes part. We take shots on special subjects. develop them, print them. and bring them to the meetings for discussion and criticism. We have picture- taking trips to such places as Shaw's Garden and Tower Grove Park. We have lectures on various phases of photography. The only qualification for enjoying these activities with us is that you are interested in photography and are willing to take an active part. We meet on the odd Wednesdays of the term in Room 236 at 3:05. Won't you join us next term? President Robert Roehr Vice-President Dolores Dietz Secretary Edith Havener Treasurer David Church Digest and CADUCEUS Correspondent Bonnie Herpel Sponsor Miss Conrad One Hundred Thirieen KGCJUCQU4 GIRLS' ICE-SKATING CLUB BETTY R. WASEK Every Friday you will see a group of vigorous Beaumont girls, ice-skates in hand, making their way to the Winter Garden. Belonging to the Girls' Ice-Skating Club entitles one to a reduced rate every day after school. If a member of this organization is skillful enough at the end of the season to skate six laps around the rink in two minutes, she will be awarded a pm. An annual picnic is also held, where every member enjoys herself immensely. President Gloria Schultz Vice-President Ruth Eastman Secretary Mary J. Powers Treasurer Pat Powers Digest and CADUCEUS Correspondent Betty R. Wasek S Al Miss Henske ponsors lMiss Ross One Hundred Fourleen CGCJUCBMJ BELLUS MONS DORIS NAGEL Attention all Latin students! If you have taken, or are now taking Latin, here's a club bursting with life and innumerable. colorful activities, welcom- ing you! Although our primary interest is studying Latin, we definitely have a social side. This semester the highlights of our activities were: an interesting lecture and tour at Washington University: a Halloween party including a mystery play: and a lively party at the end of the term at which every boy and girl had a wonderful time. Various sounds of laughter, discussions, friendly arguments or entertain- ment can be distinctly heard just outside Room 400, on alternate Wednesday's. at 3 p. m., under the sponsorship of Miss Buckley and Miss Riedel. President Bob Kenski Vice-President Jack Lite Secretary Edith Phillips Treasurer Richard Hobold Digest and CADUCEUS Correspondent Doris Nagel Hack Lite. Chairman IRichard Hobold Program Committee lJoyce Devine IElla Nora Fleming lBob Kenski lMiss Buckley SPOHSOW 'uvuss Riedel Ont' HUULfFt'tf FIHPPV7 CCIJMCQU5 1 1 GERMAN CLUB FRANCES LEIMKUEHLER The German Club meets every Thursday after school in Room 222. The meetings are taken up with games and other programs prepared by the members. The games are German games or American games played in German. Some- times we use song books to learn German songs. President Victor Godin Secretary-Treasurer Hilda Johanning Digest and CADUCEUS Correspondent Frances Leimkuehler Sponsor Miss Sessinghaus One Hundred Sixteen L' f'- il 1 , ' 01. X' Cfldufeuff Wi ' ' f ,.,iu-- 196: Ai . DEUTSCI-IER VEREIN INGRID LEWIS The echoing words of O Tannenbaumm, or other German songs, proceed from Room 115 every Tuesday afternoon. What club can that be, you ask? Why, it is the Deutscher Verein, of course, organized for beginners in German. This club helps us get a better understanding of the spoken language and gives us a chance to express ourselves. We also play games and give a point to the winner for the fun of seeing who can win the most points by the end of the term. Our sponsor, Miss Fuhlhage. has made our club possible and provided us with all necessities so that all may have a good time. We feel sure if you join you will never regret it. So, how about thinking it over? President Erwin Laugeman Vice-President, Treasurer Ted Bohren Secretary Audrey Tombrink Digest and CADUCEUS Correspondent Ingrid Lewis Sponsor Miss Fuhlhage One Hundred Seventeen 66l6!U,C 2115 LIBRARY CLUB JANINE GOESSLING Say, Dot, are you going to the meeting? 'XVhy, sure, Jo. I haven't missed one yet. - This is generally the sort of conversation you hear often the seventh hour in front of the library on the first and third Wednesdays of each month, On these certain days small groups of girls gather in the Library to have their club meeting and plan what is to be done all term. So far, we have planned a Wiener roast, hay-ride, and party. We also devote part of our time to reading books. We thumb through the new novels and stories that come into the library and hold a general discussion on them. So, come on. girls, drop by on Wednesdays and see what's cookin'. President Eugenia Miller Secretary Mildred Sugg Digest and CADUCEUS Correspondent Jeanine Goessling Sponsor Miss lsaacs One Hundred Eighteen CGJMCQU5 l 1 BALSA BUGS RUSSELL COREY AIRPOWER IN TIMES OF WAR Never before in history has airpower played such an important part. The very essence of our freedom today lies in our ability to build better aircraft than our enemies. This second world conflict is a much more mechanized war than the first of its kind. A nation at war has particular reason to stress this vital factor. We as a people can't build safely on false foundations, or our liberty and land of opportunity will fall before our very eyes. For this particular reason, we must train men to excel in the art of flying. and building of superior aircraft. The specific unity which exists between man and his cultivated machines of war, also depend upon his future. Back in the years following the first World War, military leaders were befogged in misconceptions as to the importance of air supremacy. Today we are informed that victory or defeat hangs in the balance. Victory if we can out-shoot and out-Hy the enemy, defeat if the enemy out-shoots and out-flys us. This problem deserves ample consideration by everyone who is interested in the future of their homeland. To get better acquainted with some of these facts, come to Room 110 and visit the Balsa Bugs. Their meetings are held every Wednesday at 3:10 p. m. after school. A Sponsor Miss Sullivan One Hundred Ninereen CGCJMCQU6 JUNIOR BAND AND ORCHESTRA J AMES WATT Have you ever heard any queer noises at Beaumont that you couldn't quite identify? Did you wonder where they were coming from or what they were? Those noises were coming from Room 102 and were the sounds of begin- ners playing their instruments. For the present group, those days are over, we hope, for now we are well organized and play a few melodies. The only reason we are able to play these tunes is that we have learned the notes and developed techniques on our individual instruments. Anyone who wishes to play an instrument may put down Junior Band and Orchestra on his next term list of subjects. If you do not own your own instrument, the school will furnish you with one. Besides earning one-half credit per term, you will probably be in the Senior Band or Orchestra in one year or even in one term. In the Junior Band and Orchestra you try to do your best work, for this group is like a supply base, and only the best go on to the senior groups. Each member aims to develop the best technique he possibly can on his instru- ment. When this is done, we have plenty of reserves that can be used in senior groups. Leader Betty Stephenson Treasurer . Jo Ann Brockmeier Sponsor Miss Brix One Hundred Twenty Cacluc 0116 GYM CLUB GYM CLUB Top Row Cleft to righth: Fred Osterholt, Don Meier. XVillEam Mahler. Bob Crane, Rusty MacBride, Robert Naumann, Bob Weinman. Charles Ciallaher, Dlclt King. Second Row fleft to right 1 Kenn. NVestholt. Lester Tebbe. Bob Joost. Frank Bare. Jimmv Londoff. William Obershelp, George Londoff, George Freebersyser. Earl Thuet, Jack Eichschlag, Dick Vaught. Fourth Row fleft to rightl: Vlfally Lundt. Jack Powers. Bill Sobo. H. C. Doerr. Sponsor, Front Row fleft to rightl: Pat Knisell. Bob Cowee. Vernie Mitchell, Lee Carpenter. Lee Dauster. John Molina. Harold XVilliams. George Oldenettel. Andy AuBuchon. Bob McNamara. One Hundred Twenly-one KGJUCQMJ CONTENTS PAGE The Blue and Gold A A 6 Edward Bayer-Edna Smith A A 7 HistoryAof The Blue and Gold -Jane Payne A AA A 8 Ernest Prang Stamm. Charles Bateman-William Becker 9 Seniors-Title Pages AA AA A A 10-11 Senior Class Officers and Sponsor .,l, AA ,A 13 Class of January, 1945--Bruce Wright A A AA 15 Senior Class Portraits ..,, A AA AA A A 16-41 New Seniors-Title Pages .... A AA ,A .,.. 42-43 New Seniors-Gerald Rosenkoetter AA 45 Literature-Title Pages ,i,. A A AAA AA AAAA A A AA A AA48-49 Literature-Jeanette Spier, Harvey Sattler, Marie Prange, Shirley Watson. Gene Walsh, Jean Gerdel, Marilyn Schmitz, Janet Schumacher, Edna Smith, Kenneth Pollack, Robert Breitenstein, Gerald Friedman. Gloria Ruhland AAAAAAAAAAAA A, A AA AA A, AA AA AAAA AA A AA AA AA AA A. 50-69 Sports-Title Pages AAAA AA A 70-71 Sports AAAA AA 72-79 Honor Roll A .AAA A A ,A 80-81 Clubs-Title Pages AA A A 86-87 The Last Word AAAAAA AA AAAA A .A 88 Index to Senior Class Portraits AAAA A 124 Five CGJMCQMJ THE DIGEST f,Continued from page 905 Next on the list, you'll see Jo Ann Pace, Marie Prange, and Gerry Rosen- koetter. Jo Ann, in the role of the Old Judge, was the one who gave such wise and witty answers to your mystifying questions. Marie, along with Shirley Tyer, gave you up-to-the-minute news on who is stationed where. In other words, they served as editors of military news. 'ARee also uncovered many love affairs via the Snooper: the personality column, too, received her attention. New senior news and basketball accounts were summed up by Gerry. The next two on the list-Dolores Ruschenberg and Vivian Sarar-are also rookies. Dolores covered Girls' Athletics while Vivian edited the club news and gathered in the war stamp data. That brings us down to Shirley Tyer, who, as we have said, aided in handling the Men in Service articles. Prom her pen, too, came several experiences in the form of 'AThings I Saw plus the Calendar. The two Assistant Editors, Betty Knickmeyer and Milton Reinert, are not to be forgotten. Both of them contributed materially to the success of the Digest They, along with their slave-driving Editor-in-Chief, Jerry Heyne, had a hand in almost everything and saw to it that things ran smoothly. Under the title, Business Staff, we find three names-Jules Klose, Alois Jaworski, and Gene Walsh. These three with Jules, as manager, topped the old record in Digest subscriptions. Those fine photographs in our paper this term were the product of Jack Mannebach's work. Then come the typists-Shirley Beeler, Rose Ann Chmielecki, La Verne Loseman, Doris Nix, Mary Jeanne Powers, Mildred Punch, Mary Lou Schan- busch, Shirley Salzman. and Virginia Stolle. They did a grand job in typing articles for us. There at the foot of the staff box we see these words, Sponsor . . . William E. Birr. What a great deal of time and effort is contained in that word sponsor l Yes, indeed! Without Mr. Birr's superb and untiring direc- tion, we wonder what the Digest would be! To him and to all those listed in the staff box, we say, Thanks! You've completed a job well done! SENIOR MIXED CHORUS fContinued from page 925 President Harry Weber Vice-President Andrew Andrews . fJane Keil Seffefafles 1Marilyn Schmitz Treasurer Jerry Burton A'Digest and CADUCEUS Correspondent Mary Jo Weiss Librarian Irma Borgers Accompanist Walter Kappesser Sponsor Miss Else Brix One Hundred Twenty-two CGJMCQUJ TECHNICIANS 4Continued from page lOl I General Chairmen Eggs llgljliljgiigara Chairman of Movie Projector Committee Ronald Sprenger Chairman of the Light Committee Bob Cayse Chairman of the Public Address System Kenneth Oberbeck Thomas Brannam Ted Ratliff Bob Craft Bob Sullivan Edwin Diedrich Harvey Sattler Eugene Ellersieck 1 Jack Winkler Preston Hammond Robert Cmold Kenneth Mey Sponsor Mr. Julian Several of the boys above are going to graduate, so that anyone interested in joining the Technicians see Mr. Julian in Room 230. This technical knowl- edge might help you get a rating in the armed forces. and it is a good thing to take along with you into future life: so let's see some of you boys joining the Technicians next term. SHAKESPEARE CLUB 4Continued from page ll0J President Bruce Wright Vice-President Edna Smith Secretary Betty Ann Knickmeyer Treasurer Tom Anderson Digest and CADUCEUS Correspondent Marie Prange Sponsor Mr. Enzinger One Hundred Tu.'enlg1-Ihrev Cacluceud INDEX TG SENIOR PICTURES NAME Austin, Arlyn Ruth .. Bagnall, Leslie .,... . Baltzer, Claire . Barkemeier. Vivian . Barnicle. Norma , Bathke, Jane ,.., Bauer. Patsy . . Becker. Merrick , Behr. Bill .. Betle. Shirley , Beyer, Ruth Bibko, Duane .. ,.,.. Blank. Goldye Raye .,..,. Bleikamp. Chester Bockstruck, Wanda Bochning. Patricia , Boehning. Theodore . ., Borgers. LaVerne Bozoian, Mary . Brennan, Angella Briscoe, Jack . . Burrows, Tom .. Busso. Alfred ., , . Chmielccki. Rose Ann, , Goff. Eileen ,,,. . Cohoon, Laverne .. Cowee. Jean . .. Crocker, Edgar Cross. Bette . .. Dennison. Dorothy .. Digman, Lois May .,.. Downs. Eugene , Duff. Audrey ,, Eckert. Robert . Eilermann, Shirley .. Ellis, John ....,.,... Engelskind, Aloha .,.., Erbe. Elaine Eerebee, Delores .. .. Fields. Georgia , Frey. Robert ,,.,,.. Fuchs. Lois ,.,.. . Furry, William Gannon. George ...... Gillardi, Carl ....... Givan. Gene ,,,... Gorke, Robert ....., Goltermann. Lois PAGE .-.24 30 .. .. 30 U21 ...H20 . .. 32 .. .26 ,, 28 ..l9 .20 .. .34 ... 34 . H35 35 . .31 ,. 24 30 22 . .31 .. .29 ..36 L29 .. 23 . .. 35 . .20 24 26 33 . 32 29 ,. 25 32 .31 .31 .. ..l8 28 24 37 25 H33 21 .,,,25 .,...,32 ......l8 ,.....23 22 ......l9 . ., 36 Haeckel. Julius ........ ........ ...,. 3 6 One Hundred Twenty-four NAME Hansmann. Dolores Hardy, Jeanne . Havener. Edith ,, Hendry. James . . Herhold, Robert ,... Hermann, Donald ...... Hess. Doris . ........ . Heyne, Geraldine . .. Hill, Irene .. ., Hobbs, Vvlilliam Hoffman. Arleen .. Hogan, Gloria ,.... Hollman. Delores .. . Hubbard. James .. Jaech. Jean .. Johnson, Anita Johnson, Tom Jones, Bonnie , Jones. Doris M. ,, helm. Peggy .... . .. PAGE , ....,. 2 l I8 .227 .,......36 ........25 ,.......22 .......,28 ......,.l7 ,, 22 ........2l .. , ...28 . .,,,.. 24 . ,.... 27 ., 21 ..,..l7 ,...l7 ,...17 20 ....3-I .,,..l9 Kellerhals. Marjorie Ann ....... . ..,., 23 Kirchhoff. Martha . ,,... Klemme. Myrtle . Klipp. Gene . .. Klose, Jules .,.,,.. Koerner, Ruth ., Kraemer. Doris .,.. .. Lansche. Edward ..,,.. Lawrence. Faith . . Lay. George .,,.. Layton. Carol Leeser. Hudson ,. Lctizia, Mamie .....,, Lewis. Bernard . , Listrom, Phillis ., ,, Lite, Jack .,.. Lucas, Lois .............. McNamara. Robert ...... Marusic. Branka .,,.. ., Masnica. Lorraine ....,, Meinhardt, Audrey ....,. Miller. Elvera .,...,.... Miller. Nadine .,,.... Mitchell. Virginia .. Mobley, Eugene .,... Moelling. Patsy ..... Mongno. Tom .... Morian, Betty ............ Morlock. Dorothy .... . ..,. H34 .. , M29 ......,.3l .. ,, ..26 .....l9 23 ....17 ........27 . 25 ........32 ,...,..,29 .,...,,,23 .WZ4 .,...,..23 ....,,..23 ........33 .....l7 ..,.....24 ........22 .,,..l8 ..,.....32 ........36 .......,l9 ........l6 ........33 .....,..19 ........30 ......,.31 CCLLJMCQU5 INDEX TO SENIOR PICTURES NAME Newman. Bill .. Nies. Gloria ,,.... Nolte. Imogene . ,.., . Norling. Lois Jeane Norman. Elmajean . Oberbeck, Kenneth ,.,,. Obergoenner. Vernon .. Ogier. George . .. .. O'I.aughlin. Mary Ellen Oldencttel. George ,..... Orr. .Iacquelyn ..., Ortleb. Lorraine Ossian. Alice .. Osterholt. Dolores .. . Pace. Jo Ann . ... Parker. LaVerne ,,..,. Pettkcr. Nancy .. Punch, Mildred Lee.. .. Ragsdale. Frances .. Rathert. Al .. .. Ratz. Ellen .. ,,,, Redenbaugh. Lois .. . . Reinert, Milton .,,,.. Rimmey. Catherine ,,,. Ronat. Arthur ..r., Ronat, Ruth ,...,.. Rosenau. Robert .. .. Ruesche. Kenneth .... Sainz, Marigrace ..,...,,, Schiller, Rose Marie ,... Schmidt. Allan .,....,,... Schmitz. Jewell .,.,.. Schmitz. Bill ...,... Schnelle. Martha ..,... Schnefke. Jack .,... Schulz. Carlyla ...., Schultz. Gloria .. .. PAGE ..Z7 .,..25 ....33 36 ....3l .. 29 .. 35 H26 . 18 U20 . 27 H37 .26 .27 H29 ...30 .21 .. I7 35 . I8 ...l9 ....32 ....l6 30 ...36 21 21 32 26 ...22 . .33 22 ....l7 ....27 .. .35 ....16 N35 NAME Schurr. Etta Mae .... Shaver. June E. .. Simpson, Jay Slaughter. Ronald . . Slaughter. Rosalee .. Smith, Edna . Smith. Marguerite . . Scdcmann. Audrey . Scdemann. William . Sprenger. Ronald .. . Stoltzc. Doris . .. . Story, Richard Stuart. Billy Summers. Betty Suter. .Iacquelyn . . Thompson. Parker . Thurston. Ruth .... Vanderpool. Norma . Ventimiglia. Katherine Votaw. Earl . . . VJagner. XValter ....... Walsh. Jane . VValsh, Marjorie .... Warmann, XValter ..... Wengert. Norma ,. Vklesterholt. Audrey XVhanger. Carol ....... XVheat. Nancy . Whiteman. Frank ..... Whitt, Rowena ...... VVilkinson. George .... XVilIiams. James .... NVoelfel. XVilliam .. . VN'ood. 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While at- tending Beaumont, Edward was a member of the Band, Orchestra, and the Novelty Orchestra. Although his interests were mostly musical, he found time to go out for track and take an important part in the senior play, Tommy . Soon after graduation in 1938. Edward joined the Coast Guard. I-le is now classed as a Musician Eirst Class, and is kept very busy in his position as arranger and Assistant Director of the Ninth District Coast Guard Band. The entire school owes Edward Bayer a debt of gratitude for giving us a grand new pep song. Seven CGJUCQU5 HISTORY OF THE BLUE AND GOLD JANE PAYNE Beaumont now has, for the first time in its history, a pep sorig all its own. The song, l'Hail to the Blue and the Gold , which was well liked by the student body and formerly used by the school, was not legally ours. The words were our own. but the music had come from a high school in Pontiac, Illinois. Difliculties arose because we were unable to use this song on the radio. make new arrangements for it, or print and circulate copies of the score. It was decided in l943 that steps should be taken to establish Beaumont's right to Hail to the Blue and the Gold . A correspondence carried on by Mr. Huntington showed that it would be impossible for the school to continue to use the old song. It was then that The Blue and Gold , written by Edward Bayer, a graduate of Beaumont. was adopted. The new pep song pleases everyone: the radio station managers, who have permission to broadcast it: the music teachers, who can make arrangements of it: and the students, who can sing it with gusto. The march had been in Miss Brix's possession since Edward Bayer, as a member of her class in harmony, had written it. The composition was origi- nally entitled The Boys in Blue. Miss Brix suggested that the Senior Girls' Glee Club undertake the task of writing words, to be sent to Edward Bayer for approval. With a few alterations he approved of them, and he then gave Beaumont permission to use the song as its own. Edward was unable to make the band and orchestra arrangements because his work as Assistant Director of the 9th Naval District Coast Guard Band occupied all his time. In the summer of 1944 Miss Brix made the band, orchestra, and piano arrangements now used. We are indebted to Mr. Tarling for the lay-out of the vocal chorus as given in this issue of the CADUCEUS. After many alterations the song was completed and ready to be presented to the school. Beaumont's Student Council then sponsored two Maud-sessions at which the song was introduced. The Glee Club sang the song and the Band played it as a march. All of the students joined in singing the words, which were projected by lantern slides. Mrs. Kosse, who was in the audience, beamed broadly. Her son, Edward Bayer. had made all of this happiness possible! Then came the awaited moment. A vote was to be taken as to whether or not the students of Beaumont would accept the song. Everyone, without exception, stood up to signify his approval of the song. Yes! the song was accepted. It is the song you hear everyone singing in the corridors. 'lEor Beaumont High, we give our all- and it is ours to use, when, where, and how we please. Eight CGJUC 2115 . '1'f7 ei' ERNEST PRANG STAMM CHARLES BATEMAN ERNEST PRAN G STAMM Death claimed Ernest P. Stamm. a distinguished musician of St. Louis. at Macmillan Hospital on October 6. He was born in St. Louis 59 years ago and was a member of the Beaumont music department since January. l926. Mr. Stamm received his early music training in St. Louis. studying piano and organ under private tutors from 1894 to 1905, at which time he went abroad for two years of study in Berlin. His teachers there were Marie Pivani Carreras and Hugo Kaun in piano and theory, Vvlalter Fischer in organ, and Richard Strause in orchestration. Mr. Stamm returned to St. Louis to become one of our foremost composers. organists, and directors. The St. Louis Board of Education was fortunate in securing his services in l925. His first assignment was director of music at Cleveland High School. Shortly thereafter, he was transferred to Beaumont, where he conducted classes in music appreciation and choral work. Mr. Stamm had the honor of being guest artist for the St. Louis Day organ recitals at both the Chicago VK'orld's Fair and the New York Fair. He was a member of the American Ciuild of Organists and the Scottish Rite Masonic Order. For the last five years he was organist at Scottish Rite Temple. The passing of Mr. Stamm is a distinct loss to Beaumont. His devotion to the teaching of music was an inspiration to all who were fortunate to study under him. He leaves St. Louis the richer for his efforts in furthering cultural appreciation of music. CHARLES BATEMAN Mr. Charles Bateman retired last June from active service at Beaumont. where he had been a custodian for eighteen years. In charge of the first floor corridor, he especially liked the activity which took place there throughout the day. His kindly attitude to students and teachers and his untiring devotion to his work will always be remembered. N 1 ne The right uf each individual tu plan fur his uwu future LGOK T0 TGMORRGW , u ,uu.u,.' HE .. 5 1, K af 1, 1 'll Lv , .- ADH x .. N. '-C -1 xl N nvaogonnoaonnan ,.u. . .Q 4 Nr hz noooanoaop ...aa ..,,,,, ..- J 1 'Q x, it -H Lv., 3' nllll 4-Nm' ., Q -X ' 'ff 1 VI. .., ' , . x U ' , ff xv-.S ' a , ...L- f'1 H, 3,5-1 -.w o Q.. . i1F: M1'1--85751 -, 1 'fi' ff. MXN, .' M 'ilf'21f'P a .1 Yiiiif 5 4-Y f' A lf Q.. .sf vw-1 ,fav ,, I' 1' 5. QW M M if , A X :vb E f f 32+-imf 2' 'K L sf .. W W? fi M 'vgyffgxg , .wc an 3 ' W 5i':'X,?f'5g'3 x :9'1'?'M-gp. -n 123' mx If 15 K .ra s.'f4.Y. 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' ' 12.11,-?-.l.'-A. , T ,QI 1 M 'L-1,211.3 ' ' 1 ' 1 . , ., , N I . . X . c ,W 6 . J Eleven Url! W. ah x Twelve CQCJMCQMJ WILLIAM STUART NORIVIA WENGERT CARLYLA SCHULZ EUGENE MO JEAN JAECH BELY BRUCE WRIGHT MILTON REINERT DOLORES WOOD GERALDINE HEYNE ROBERT MCNAMARA EDWARD LANCI-IE EDNA SMITH 606,010 2115 SENIOR OFFICERS Colors: BLUE AND GOLD Banner designed by: TOM MONGNO Morro: LOOK TO TOMORROW SENIOR SPONSOR MISS MARIE CUNNINGHAM I Thirteen CGJUCQUJ -1 X CGJUCQU5 SENIOR CLASS OF JANUARY, I945 BRUCE WRIGHT Beaumont High School has nurtured another class, which enters the next stage of maturation on January 24, 1945. It is a vigorous, compact, fair- minded group, moulded by serious study and preparation, hand-in-hand with the gayety and grace associated with young men and women: it is a class willing, first of all. to undertake the basic responsibilities borne by every adult citizen of this democracy. Above and beyond this. graduation will see the departure of many classmates for service in the armed forces during one of the most critical periods of American existence. For these graduates The Day will mean a temporary loss of true freedom to be regained only by exacting but honorable service. Beaumont's Honor Roll is thus a silent tribute to these heroes: the conscience-striking gold and silver stars that can never be disregarded or overlooked by the wound-healers and planners of the post-war World, because of what they mean in self-sacrifice. 1 We lack not in the courage required of us by the horrors and exigencies of war, nor do we fail when foresight is required, for that is our keynote. Look to Tomorrow is our motto. a motto that reflects the spirit of each one of us. We realize that a dream-befogged outlook will be useless in the practical world of the future: therefore our ideals have become simplified and broadened in accordance with this realization. and because of this they will manifest themselves unerringly when, as adults. we take up the Uaffairs of men . President William Stuart Vice-President Norma Wengert Secretary Carlyla Schulz Treasurer Eugene Mobley 'Digest Correspondent Jean Jaech CADUCEUS Correspondent Bruce Wright fMilton Reinert Executive Committee Geraldine Heyne Robert McNamara Edna Smith Student Council Representatives Edward Lansche Dolores Wood Sponsor Miss Marie Cunningham Fifteen -.ai S lxleen anuary W , 'Xu VJILLIAM E. STUART BILL The deeds of the leader shall llL'E.'i'OL'ld. Pres. Senior-New Senior Class. Pres. Shakespeare Club, Pres, Xllitenagemot. E Service Pin. Bus. Mgr. Digesl . NORlXlA LEE WENGERT HNORMU Character giurs splendor to youth and beauty. -Emerson. Vice-Pres. Senior-New Senior Class. Vice-Pres. l.a Voz de Espana. Sec. Physiography Club. Service Club, Spelling Team. li CARLYLA R. SCHULZ CARL Her fare so faxr. fBgron, Sec. New Senior-Senior Class. Vice-Pres. His' tory-Travel Club. CADUCEUS and Digest Corr. La Voz de Espana. Student Council, Scr- vicc Pin. E EUGENE J. lVlOBLEY GENE fl man elect of men, -fsusinburne. Bovs' Skating Club, Cxvm Club, Treas. Senior Class, Rifle Club. MILTON RElNER'l' M1LT l remember him u.'ell, and l remember hun worlhy of thy pra:se. 7Shukcspeure. Exec, Comm. Senior Class, Track '-ll. B '-43. B '-H. Tennis B '44, Pres. Senior Orches- tra, Operetta '41, '42, '43, Novelty Orchestra, EDNA JANE SMITH NED.. Sound iudgmen! is the grouml for writing wvllf'-ARoscon7mon. Editor-in-Chief CADUCEUS. Student Council Rep. New ScniorfScnior Class. Vice-Pres, Slu- dent Council. Vicefljres. Shakespeare Club. Cvirls' Swimming Team. Service Pin. DOLORES VJOOD HDODO' rl graceful maiden. iuilh u gentle brow. and check lunged lightly und rr Jour--like eye: and all hvarls bltuxs her as she pusaes by. -Mary lllowrll, Service Club, E Student Council Rep. Senior Class. Duck Club. Apparatus Club. Pep- pcreltcs. BRUCE WRIGHT UBRUTEH They can who Jhlnk they can. f-Virgil. Pres. Shakespeare Club. Pres. History-Travel Club, Pres. Art Appreciation Club. CADU- CEUS Corr. Senior Class. CADUCEUS Staff. anblafg W ROBERT YV1LL1AM1V1CNAMARA ' Bos ll'ill It Puu.'er. -Proverb. Ex. Comm. Senior-New Senior Class, Pres, Phog. Club. Chairman Technicians, Cheerleader '42, '43, '44, Gym Team '41, '42, B '41, '44, 1 Track B '41, '-12. GERALDINE E, HEYNE JERR'1 ' . High aims form high rharuetrrx, and great objects bring out great nwndsf' -Lidtrartlx, Editor Digest, E Executive Committee g 1 x Senior-New Senior Class, Shakespeare Club. Girls' Basketball Team. Captain-Manager Girls' Swimming Team. JEAN FRITZI JAECH .tain L. FR1'1'Z ' Yes thou ar! fair. -fll'ordsworth. Digest Rep, Senior Class, Digest Stall. Shakespeare Club, Pres. Burbank Chapter. Pres St, Louis Jr. Academy of Science. Captain Duck Club. XVALTER EDWARD LANSCHE ED By nature hom-st. bg experience u.'tSt'. healthy by ternperance and by e.wrttse. -Pope. Student Council Rep, Senior-New Senior Class, Pres. Student Council. Basketball '4l. '43, '44 B . Swimming '41, '43 Track '44 Golf, '43, '44 Capt. '4-1. iv H.-.1 XVILLIAM HAROLD SCHMITZ BILL Character is the gorerning element Of lift' T -Snunder La Voz de Espana, Camera Club. Student Coun- cil, Football '41, '4l. Track '41. '41, Caption Committee. ANITA O. JOHNSON N1TA .X'et1tness is a crowning grate ul uqtinrunht-od --'Fumenelle Pepperettes, Caption Committee NIILDRED LEE PUNCH PUNCH Them ez will. kin, f5iII. Lib, XVitenagemot. Duck Club. Girls' Basketball. E Service Pin. TOM J. JOHNSON .-lnd u'here'er He met a stranger, there he Ieit a friend ' -Lou.'ell. Technicians, Service Club Letter. Caption Com' mittee. Track. Scucnteen ff MW Hua? Eighteen SHERDEI. ZEMBLIDGE HZOMBIEH He wears the rose of youth upon him. -Shakespeare. Sec. Model Airplane Club, Gym Club '44 Opcretta '45, Swimming Team '-ll. MARY ELLEN O'LAUGl-ILIN lRlSH Sharp is the word for ht'r. fSu'if!. Swimming Team '43, '-H, Caption Committee AUDREY M. MEINHARDT 'AUD Young and so fair. fHood, Duck Club, Service Club Award, Pcppcrettcs, Caption Committcc, La Voz de Espana FRANK D, WHITEXIAN He roufhes nothing but adds a charm. -Txnvlon. GEORGE CANNON SoNNx ' To be a wt-Il-favoured man is the gif: of fortune. -Shahespearc. Opcrctta '43, Accompanist Glcc Club '43, SHIRLEY EILERMANN Around her shone The nameless charms unmarked by her alone. -Byron. Posture Queen '42, ViccAPrcs. Student Council '43, Duck Club. Peppcrcttcs, Service Club. JEAN MARIA HARDY ANDY lf I could write the beauty of your eyes. -Shakespeare. Phog. Club. Sociology Club. ALFRED E. RATHERT UAL.. A fresh, a free, a friendly man. --Gower. Student Council Sgt.-at-Arms. Basketball '44, Football '44, Operetta '44, Novelty Orch. '41, '42, '43, '44. THOMAS E. MONGNO 4TOMKl'l' 4 The Iruc twirl: of ur! fs but u shutluu: of lhc .lwlnr pcrlct'luun.i f.-lngvlo, Art Appreciation Club, Rifle Club. Boys' Skat- ing Club. Cnttuonist Digest Staff, Bnnnrt Committee. VIRGINIA lVlURIEL MITCHELL UGINNIEH Nu gum. no gold sho nrrtls to wvari Shi' shines Intrtmlrully fuIr. --BI-.lmgfit-It-1 llxetory-Travel Club. Pcppcrcltcs, Bvwling Club, lac Skating Club, Duck Club. PEGGY C. KEIM ' RED .'ls murrg as tht- dag ls Iong fShalzcspcurt'. Scrvicc Club. Slmkcspmrc Club. Apparatus Club, Pcppcrcues. Duck Club, Phog Club, RUTH MARX' KGERNER HKORNEH Tha inlimlvly Iillle hum' a pntlr Infimttlu great. --Voltaire. Pcppcrcttcs, Girls' lcc Skating. Scrvicf Club, Upcrctta '44 AUDREY WESTERHOLT HALTDH ll'hose awry little rmglcl lhrlllvd as If will? soul and passion lElIcd. fMoore, l.:I Voz dc Eipnna, St-rvicc Club. Hlstory-Tmvcl Club. Pcppcrrttcs. NYILLIAM F. BEHR BILL 'T-'cwr lruublc Iroublc nll lroublr Iroublr: gnu ' - -rlrwn, History-Travel Club. Tennis '-H. Ii A A ROBERT A. GORKE CORK Hu who has great srrrngth should use It Inghllyf'--SI-nvca. Football B '43, '44, Track B '44, All Citi'-District Football Team. ELLEN M. RATZ HDOOKIEH Blank brows, they say. bcronn' somt- Ltwinwn bcsI. '-Shakesprarc. Duck Club '-il. '42, Opcretm '-ll, Pcppcrctlcs. Allred Marshall Club. anudfg M v I af' Nineteen alluafg M 'X W- '- . v I ,, I , ,-- -9? ' Sxfi-f. fLf,. .I .' ', WN, 5 31 '-' J , - sa ' ,IIIWIV I I ill 'I Twenty ' WILLIANI WOELFEL HXVILLIE' SInccrI'Iy. a dcep, grnuine, hear!-fel! sznferily Is a lrull of Iruf: and noble manhood R-Strrne. Riile Club, Golf Club, Policy Committee. Boys' Bowling Club, SHIRLEY LUCILLE BETLE HSHIRL ' Ami she has halt of a goldcn huv uf.-lnnn, NORMA BARNICLE NORM Laughzer is the joyous universal I-uvrgrecn of lIfs. fYl.mcoln, Puppcrcttcs, Cxrls' Slmrlng Club. Curl! Bowling Cllub. DORIS STOLTZE S'I'OI.TZ Hur smule was prodzgal uf sumrnrry xhznsf' -Prl-sion. Sec. Bowling Team. La Voz dc Espana, Pcppcr- cues GEORGE H. WILKINSON MXVILKIEH Hu was straight: you could trus! him, -Pctromus. EILEEN LOUISE COPE Shv's the ornamcnt of hfr sex. -'DI'ckens, Pcppcrcttcs. Musica Missourianaf' Gxrls' Ice Skatnng Club. BONNIE JEAN JONES BON 5-mall. dcmurv, dependable. ' '-Anon. La Voz dv: Espana. Duck Club, Pcppcrcttes. HIsrory4Tmvcl Club. ' GEORGE OLDENETTEL Few words, but proceeding from a hear! Elled wilh truth. -Lucas. Gym Club '43, B '-14. ROBERT FRANK FREY BOB Fiulds are u.'on by those who bell--w in winning. --Haggernson, Bowling Club '41, '43, Baseball B '44, RUTH RONAT Our dl-cds dvtcrmlnc us. as mufh as Luc Jr- lurmrm: our dvvdsf'-Eliot, History-Travel Club. Duck Club. VIVIAN BARKEMEIER .vw .-l marry hear! maketh a chvcrful counremznra -Buble. Student Council. Sl-mating Club. ROBERT EDWARD ROSENAU Men of fcu: u.'ords are the best mcn. -Shakvspcarc. Boys' Bowling Club '-H. 4 WILLlAlNl HOBBS BILL Pc1i!rness costs nothing and gains everything, -Monlago, DOLORES HANSMANN DEE lVe are charmed by neafnrss. +OL'id, Opzretta '43, Girls' Bowling Club. Girls' Skat- ing Club. Peppcrcltes. NANCY JANE PETTKER UNAN., Born with :he gif: of laughter. -Bartlett. Roller Skating Club. Alfred Marshall Club. JAMES WALTER HUBBARD JIM He who labors diligently need never despair. -.U enander. Burbank Chapter Junior Academy of Science. Track '41, '42, E Cllluafy Z Twenty -one Url! W. ah x allllafg Twenty-two RICHARD EDGAR STORY 'ADICK ' Every man will be thy friend. -Barnlic-ld. Boys' Skating Club, Basketball '42, '43, '44, Swimming Team '43, Football '43, '44, Track '43, '44, Rlflt Club '42. JEWELL C. SCI-IMITZ HSMITTY' Shalt all my fancy puinled har: she's lovely, shes a'iL'1ne. -Mes. Girls' Bowling Club, Peppercttcs, Alfred Alarshall Club. LORRAINE Nl. MASNICA CHIP Kindness is Ihe sunshine by which virtue grows, -Ingersoll. Pcppcrettcs. IRENE HILL FUZZY A quiet mind is richer than u crown. --Greene. GENE W. GIVAN UBUDH The present fashion is always handsome. -Fuller. Physiography Club, Rifle Club, Basketball '41, CADUCEUS Stafl, ROSE MARIE E. SCHILLER HNIUTERA' There is no genius in life like the genius of energy and ufliuity. -Mitchell. Girls' Bowling Club, Girls' NValking Club, His- tory4Trnvel Club. Pcppcrattcs. Cheer Leader '43, '44, Alfred Marshall Club. LAVERNE C. BORGERS SI-IORTY' Lui jog be unronlincilf'-Byron. Physiography Club. DONALD A. HERMANN DON Good humor is always a success. -Lavarer. E ' ALFRED J. Busso ..AL,, Tho hunlsnmn. Pwr gay, robust uni! holilf' -Aonzvrvillc. Asst. Business Manager DigcsI . NORMA DORIS VANDERPGOL NORM Is shi' not passing fair? -Shuhcspfure, Ln Voz dc Espana. Girls' Bowling Club, Duck Club, DORIS LEE KRAEMER A good hcart's worlh gold. -Shukvxpunrc. Pcppcrcttcs, PHILLlS LISTROM PHIL The lruc and good rasrmblc gold. -Gocobz, Service Club, Basketball Team. JACK E. LITE FLASH I try all things: I achieve what I can. -Melville. Vice-Pres. Latin Club. MARJORIE ANN KELLERHALS fNlARGIE Tho most manlfcsi sign of wisdom is conlinuvil cheerfulncrsf'-.llonmigm-. Du-:li Club. GERALDINE NIAMIE LETIZIA JERRY Dance, laugh. and be merry. -Barriers, Pcpperettes, Bowling Club, CARL ANTHONY GILLARDI Forti1ude is the guard and support of the other ui'r1ucs. -Locke. E Clnudfy 20 - -. 'x . , I il- LJ ' in Aff 4 i ' t .J X N -IA f N , Y y- S- Twenty-three Clnuafg -2-s-1::'3f1:2ss5I,:2i: - N A as X 5 -q::-,.:,::e:Q:s- :E i2,5igz:.+ 1.,1 ,,,k Twenty-four BRANKO .IOI-IN MARUSIO MYUGO4 Comu! The game is nfoolf'-Doylv. Football '42, B '43, B '44, Tuck '-ll. B 43 k All ' , B 44. Captain Trac Team. - Slate High School Track Team. PATRICIA ANN BOEHNING PAT BcauIy is powvr: a smilv is its su.'ort1'. fRvI1dv. ARLYN RUTH AUSTIN 'ADOC' Amber dropping hair. -flllilton, ALOHA M. ENGELSKIND Eyes that wcrc fountains of thought and songli -Taylor. Pvppcrcucs. GLORIA JEAN HOGAN GLC fl consfirncn msc and steady. und fc.rvv.'er really. -iThareau. Lulhcr Burbank Chapter Juninr Acadvmy of Science. Service Pm, E HAH LAVERNE G. CO1-IOON RED Short of stuturc hc was, strongly built and uthlctxf. 4LongfelIou.'. BERNARD W. LEWIS, JR, BERN able man shows his spirit by gentlr words and resolute actions. 7Chest1'rIi2ld. E B IVIARGUERITE ELEANOR SMITH ' 'Profound sinccrity is the basis of talent. -Emerson. Opcrcnn '44. Alfred Marshall Club. GEORGE R. LAY lf a man vmpties his purse into his head. no one can take it from htm, - -Franklin. DELORES MARIE FEREBEE KnoL.'lt-dye is more rhun equwulent to foret- +JohnSon History-Travel Club. Girls' Ice-Skating Club. Apparatus Club. Service Club GLORIA A, NIES GLO' Sweet as u prrmrosef' ?Goltikn1rth Ciirlc' Roller Skating Club RUTH E. THURSTON URUTHIEH She wa: a phantom of delight ll'hen first she gleamed upon mu sight. +ll'orrlsworth. Girls' lee Sl-.ating Club. Duck Club, LOIS lVlAY DIGMAN HLOOIEN ll'hat a delicate und rare and gracious art iv thu art of ronL'er,sati'on.Hfrllorleu, Girls' Basketball Team, Opcretta '43, Digest Typist. CADUCEUS Tvpist, Pepparerrcs. ROBERT CHARLES HERHOLD BOB Hi: company is an everlasting pleasure -Pilptzy. General Chairman Technicians. Service Club. n Bovs' Skaring Club. Latin Club. Y NANCX' WHEAT NAS ' Tho gods look with favor on superior daring, -4-fucttuv. La Voz de Espana. Student Council. Pcppcrettes. LOIS HARRIET FUCHS Life is a progress from enjoyment to enjoy- ment. --Johnson. CADUCEUS Staff. Bellus Mons. Service Emb- lem. Duck Club. E Policy Commirree. anblafg M Twenty-Hue anuafy Z1 : '11 Q '11' ,'v:.,. 39' ,5qt?5f,3y.F .gm .q,+,.s3' . ,ya -ft my . , H 5 gb g fit-,7'K3 gb 9 O - . ' Q 'W 14, SQA? A ax 2 .. :am X Jf l Twenty -six ii? :No GEORGE J. OGIER BIG GEORGE There :S nothing lilac fun, is there? Football '43, '-H, Opercttn '43. -Haltburlon. BETTY ANN SUMMERS A 'SHORTYH Hunt it Ihr speech of angt-Is. -Carlyle. Opcrcttn '-12, '-H, Servlet Club, Duck Club, ALICE OSSIAN Do you not know I am a woman? ll'ln'n 1 think, I must spcakf'-Shalzrsspcurc. Peppcrcttes, Student Council, History Ttavcl Club. Latin Club. MARIGRACE SAINZ Be as thy prrsence is. gracious and hind. -Shakespeare. Duck Club, Srrvicc Club, Pcpperettcs, Library Club, E AUDREY JEAN SODEMANN lVe can do more good by being good, than in any other way. -Hill, Alfred Marshall Club. Service Club. JULES Z. KLOSE Good judgment, sound discretion, and true and prafttfal wzsdomf'-Edwards. Busincss Mgr, Digest , Boys' Skating Club. Opcrctta '41, Policy Committee. JEAN E. COWEE JEANlE As full of spirit us the month of May. --Shakespeare. Duck Club. Pcppercttcs. PATRICIA BAUER PAT ln thy fact' I src thc map of honor, truth and Ioyullyf'---Shah:-spcare. Duck Club, RONALD E. SLAUGHTER RON The forte of his own merit rvmkvi his may -Shakespeare. DOLORES OSTERHOLT DEE Good scnw am! grodfnulurc are nu. r sqm ruled. -Drydcn. Phog. Club. HiiIory'TrAvcl Club. Pcppcrcttcs. JACQUELINE LORRAINE ORR JACKIE IVhen you do dance, I wish you zz x.vuL'e 0' the sca that you might crvr do nothing but Iharf'-Shuhespcare. MARTHA A. L. SCHNELLE One of the grearrs! pleasures in life is con- rsrsalion. ' '-Sydney Smilh. FAITH ARDEN LAWRENCE With suseemess fresh as any rose. -Lydgars. History-Travel Club, Swimming Team. Pepper- cites. BILL NEWXIAN BILL Energy will remove mountains. -Barrow. Football '43, '44, Student Council. EDITH LUCILLE HAVENER PETE lt is gentle manners which prove so lrrcsisrible in women. -Glzurier. Sec. History-Travel Club, Sec. Camcra Club. Girls' Roller Skating Club. DELORES M. HOLLNIAN Any color, so long as i!'s md. -Field. Roller Skating Club. allblafg -A -1' f Tu.'enty-seven Cllillafy M i Twenty-eight WALTER WILLIAM WARBIANN He who rrsolvrs ro Conquer is seldom con- queredf'-lfornvrlle. Alfrcd Marshall Club, Track '41, '41, Tech! nicmns. KATHERINE THERSA VENTIINIIGLIA KI'l'Tl ' fl unify comrudv al your Shiv. -Sgrux. History-Travcl Club, Girls' Bowling Club, Girls' Skating Club. Peppcretrcs. DORIS HESS DCR Of plain, sound sense, lifcfs rurrenz coin is mazda. -Young. Opcrctln '44, Service Club. ARLEEN A. HOFFMANN HAR., One u.'i1h more of soul in hvr fair than words on her Iongusf'-ll'ordsl.cor!h. ETTA MAE SCI-IURR 'BOOTSH Laugh thy girllsh laughtvr. +ll'utson. Library Club, Service Club. Duck Club, Popper- cttcs. Student Council. JOHN LINDSAY ELLIS 1.INN Reposc ana' cheerfulnrss arc the badge of Ihe gentleman. -Enwrson. CADUCEUS Corr. La Voz dc Espana, History- Travcl Club, Art Apprucinlion Club, Track, Alfred Mariihall Club. CHARLES MERRICK BECKER BECK From him came flashes of merrirncn! tha! Lucre won! to se! the table on a roar. -Shukcspcare. Studnnt Council. Track '41, '42, B '43, B '44, Tcchnicinns. CAROL MARIE WHANGER BcuuIy zn dress. as in orhcr things. --Oahey. Pcppcrcucs. Duck Club, Service Club, Operctta '43 KENNETH W. OBERBECK Strength alum' knows confhr! ?Su.'rHh:m Chairman P, A, '44 Technicians. Pres '43,'-14, Balsa Bugs. Gym Club. ANNE JANE XVALSH Musik Tho charm and pluyfulnvxs of har lull: ' x Curru Pcppcrcllcs, Hixtory-Tmvcl Club. Opcrctm '-U DOROTHY JANE DENNISON DOT Good-natursd rs thc wry mr of u good mmdf' -Goodman, NIYRTLE ADELE KLEMME UTSlE Vxrlue fs thv truest nob:IlIy. fCcrL'an1c's AGNELLA CATHERINE BRENNAN .-lnd lrghrly was her slvnder nose Tlpvnlred like the peral of a flower. -Tcnnyson. Duck Club. Pcpprrcttcs, History-Trnvcl Club. HUDSON LEESER BURR-HEAD Lrurnmg rnakcs a man fl! company for fum- srlf, +Young. Service Club. Student Councnl, E THONIAS BURROXVS, JR. TOM A good tall fvllou.'. -Shahespcarc. Vice-Pres. Balsa Bugs. Swimmnng Team '41, Jo ANN PACE JOE The grearrr rhr obslatle Ihr morc glory m overcoming lt. -Molxvrv. Digest SKJH, Vice-Pres, XVilcnagcmoK. Src. Vice-Pres. History-Travel Club, Digest -C.-L DUCEUS Con. Pcppcreucs. DigcsK -C.-KDUA CEUS Corr. Girls' Basketball Team, Shnkcspcnrc Club, anuary Z1 Tiff. .H ... . 9 Q ..,,, Twenly -nine Clnblafg Thirty LESLIE M. BAGNALL LES The great hope of society is mdwldual character. -Channing, Cnmcra Club. CLAIRE E. BALTZER The hand thu! follows inlellerr rar: achr'ev.'c. rf.-Ingulo. Burbank Chapter Jr. Academy of Science. Shakes pears: Club. La Voz Dc Espana, Spelling Team Service Pin. E BETTY ALICE MORIAN BAM XO better relation than a prudent und furlhful friend. --Franklin. Pcppcrettcs. CATHERINE VIRGINIA RIINIMEY HCATHYH Happiness is thc suprr-me ob-wrt of exisrenref -Lawson. Pcppcrcttcs. Girls' Roller Skating Club. JUNE E. SI-IAVER The smile cf beaulg and the glow of youlhf' --Bohn, Ice Skating Club, Peppcrcttes. THEODORE JOHN BOEHNING, JR. TED Self respect is the best of all, -Ballou. Burbank Chapter Junior Academy of Science Boys' Bowling Club. Student Council. WALTER EDWARD WAGNER He is the mildcs! mannerrd man. -Byron. LAVERNE ALICE PARKER She speaks, behaves, and acts just as she ought. --Pope. Service Club Award. E Roller Skating Club. EUGENE R. KLIPP 'GENE' Follow your bones! convictions, and bv wrong. -Thncixcruy. Football Manager '41, '41, '43, Opcrcttn, '42, '44, Service Club, XVANDA BOCKSTRUCK NLUCKYH A maid so loL'ely. 7.4ldrrch. ELSIAJ EAN NORMAN xl merry companion rs music on a yournryf' -Ray. E DOROTHY LOUISE MORLOCK DOT Exubcrancc is beuuryf'--Blake. E Girls' Bowling Club, AUDREY LEE DUFF 'DUFFY' Her vorcv was vvvr sofl. gentle, and low. --Shakespeare. Sludcnr Council, Apparatus Club, Peppercttcs. MARY ROSEMARIE BOZOIAN MAR And her dark eyes-how eloquent. -Rodgers. Sac. NVitcnagemot, Burbank Chapter, Service Club, Typist Digest , E B '41, '42, Stu- dcnt Council. ROBERT ROLAND ECKERT Bos Small skill is gurned by those who cling ro case The able sailor hails from stormy seas. -Anonymous. Boys' Bowling Club. Track Service Club, RONALD H. SPRENGER RON .-l quiet ronsrivncc makrs one so sercnef' -Byron, Technician. E B '43, anuarg Z Thirty 'one afluflfg Thlrt y - I wo EUGENE E. DOWNS C-ExE Of u rnlm und happy naruruf'-Plulo. JANE BATHKE JANIE Thou hast so much wil and mirth about thee. -Addison. Girls' Skating Club, Girls' Bowling Club. ELVERA MILLER ..AL,. Such jeg ambilwn l'lndS 7.llrl!or1, Service Club Award, Roller Skating Club. li B CAROL W. LAYTON UNICKIEU Thy laughler of girls is among :hc delightful sounds of Ihr' varIh. 7DcQu:nrfy. LOIS J. REDENBAUGH JEANN1E :l laugh Io bl' jouous must float from a joyous hearr, +Cu1lye. Opcretta '42, '-43, Service Club. WILLIAM LINDY FURRY 'AVILLYH I Irwn my books as drrnkvrs love their wine. -Bunnofk. Burlmnlfr Chnptcr. Spanish Club. KENNETH E. RUESCI-IE The real rlmraclvr of a man is found out by his amuscmrnls. -Ruynolds. Sludcnt Council, Bowling Club, Gym Club, Bawcbnll B '-l-4. BETTE JANE CROSS BET How sweet and gracious. turn in common spccchf'--Fields. Duck Club. Art Aplirrciation Club, Pcppcrcttts. Bowling Club. Swimming Team. ALLAN KENNETH SCHMIDT HAL.. flrgvgnn'nl is a gift of Nurure. -Dlfkvnx Swimming '43, BH '44, Golf B '43, '44, Baseball '44, MARY L. MOE LLING PAT 'Qllosr rrsplrmlrnl hux'r. - -ll'ordQuur1h Duck Club. Swimming Team. Basketball Team, Pcppcretrcs. Service Club. GEORGIA LENORA FIELDS K1'ndncxs in uaomvn shall Lum my lout' - -Shakespeare. PCPPCICKICS, Operctm '-83. Student Council. LOIS ELAINE LUCAS 'lllirlh ls Ihr: 5u.'m'I wine of human life, -Bcschvr. Pcppcrcltcs, Opcrcttn '43, '44, IMOGENE MARX' NOLTE JEAN Virtue is the pvrformancc of plcusant aclmns. -Srephens. Girls' Roller Skating Club. Girls' Bowling Club. JAMES E. WlLLlABlS JIM Self-ronildencc ls the Hrs! requisite lo great undurrulzing, --Johnson. EDGAR CROCKER He conquers who vndureS. 4Persius. ROSALEE SLAUGHTER Hou: goodness heighlens beaulgf'-.lloru anuafg fQ 'Q Thirty-three Clnuafg Thirty-four JAY F, SIMPSON Thug low him. gantlrmcn, and they respuct him, --Mrflroy, Pres. Physiography Club. Rifle Club, Service Club, DORIS MAE JONES 'SKEETSW Pleasure and uutton make the hours stem xhortf'-Shakrspeare. Src -Trcns. Art Appreciation Club, CADUCEUS Corr. Girls' Swimming Team, Scrvicc Club, Girls' Basketball Team, Pcppercttcs. IVIARJORI E JEAN WALSH HIVIARGIEU A kind hvart is a fountain of gludncss making uuurgtlrtng tn :ts uictmly frcshvn into smilvsf'--Irving, Pcppcrcttcs, Girls' Bowling Team. DUANE JOSEPH BIBKO BIB A good man possesses a klngdon7. -Thycstcs. Track '-H, '42, '43, B. A. A. WILLIAM ALLEN SODEMANN BILL Good manncrs and good morals are sworn frlunds and iust allies. -Burtol. Boys' Skating Club. RU1 H M. BEYER RUTHIE Golden opinions from all sorts of people. -Shakespeare. MARTHA KIRCHHOFF 4'NIAR'I'Y Fair words ncfvvr hurt Ihr- longuvf'-Chapman. Novelty Orchestra, Opcrcttns '43, '44. PARKER C. THOMPSON TOM Rvmembc'r that what you believe will depend very much upon what you are. -Porter. Scrvicc Club, E Student Council. XVFRNON OBERGOENNER Hu upuv of-.l In xp-'uk plum am! m :hw num W - Yhulrr-fpmu Bnskczlull FRANCES L. R.-XLSSDALE A RKIQS H-'lzufrful my-'K In thc lull 'lf ll hxmfx-nw LL'-Umar! +l.u1lmr Srudfnz Counc l, IR-ppcnuw, Alfred Xlarxhnl Vlub, GOLDYE RAE BLANK UGOLDIE ' Give me an honest laughrerf f-Sc-nz Librarv Club. Service Club Lcrtcr. Duck Club CHESTER E. BLEIKAMP HCHETH 'Wfnsdurn comrs IO no om' bu charm 7 Yuma Scrv.cc Club. E 'B'4. Burbank Chapter. EARL VOTAW To a young heart eucrgrhlng ns iunl -Dlckrns. GLORIA SCHULTZ 'GLORH Pafirm'e and qenllfnesv an' puuxur' -,llonlqnmcru Sec. Girls' Ice Skating Club. Srrvxcc Club ROSE ANN CHMIELECKI O musir. sphvre dvscendlxl maui, Friend of pleasure. usridums md, --'Cullum Opercua '43, Digest Staff. E 'Blf Phvsigg. raphy Club. JACK XV. SCHNEFKE l profess no! rulkmg' Onlu lhxs. Ir! cuff' mar' do his bril -fShulwspl-urr v Clfluafg M 3 1 5 Thirty-HUP a 1 anuafy Z JACK GORDON BRISCOE MBRISKH fl man of Ierrers, manners, morals, parts. -Couapcr. Baseball '42, '43, '44, SrudenL Council '42, LOIS GOLTERMANN ..I-OU Those about her, from her shall read the per- fect ways of honour, -'Shakespeare Shakespeare Club. Girls' Basketball, History- Travcl Club, CADUCEUS :md Digest Corr.. Service Award, Peppcrcttcs, E ROVJENA WHITT Silence is a fine jewel for a woman, -Fuller. JULIUS HAECKEL He is wall paid, that ls well satisfied. . -V-Shakespeare. ARTHUR RONAT ART Hu stands among his fellow-men like a Iighl- house nzidsr the u:av.'cs. -Anon. LOIS JEANE NORLING When she had passed it seemed like the ceasing of exquislle music. -Longfellow. Student Council, Service Pin. Pepperettes. NADINE MILLER Personal beauly is a greater rccommendalion than any lerler of inlroducrionf' -Stevenson. History-Travel Club, Girls' Bowling Club. Pqipcrerres. JAMES E. HENDRY JIM ,-Ill doors open ro courtesy. -Fuller. Thirryksix LORRAINE DELORES 0R'l'l.l5l5 'll ORRYH H-'r lung lwmr yrlll u' lprkx llhr g-I-I-'n nur ---Apmwr Ant. Suu Bowling Club, XValking Klub. Um' rum '-H, Scrxxcc Cllub. Pcppcrcuqs ELAINE GRACE ERBI5 ' Bust- ' 'fl Juughlvr of Ihr golix, -l:L'rm'ly lull and mm! dnulnvlu fun ' 'lrnnmun Service Club. Prppcrcltvx. Frowlmg Club JACQUELYN SUTER ' JACKIE V Crun- war. 11' ull hrr slups, huufn rn In-r rum V A1411-,n Student Ccuncul Gurls' Swnmm ng Tram Scrucc Club, History-Travcl Club. Opcrcun '43, -H, l' B Cllluafy , S Thirty-seven Cacluceuri Q 4? ,ix AND i 'ram x 'li L. if s 4. 'W' fe j .. .. JC ll' Qi . gy , amausnc, Tancn-some 3. JAECH . PRCSIDCNT OF THe JUNIOR Atnocr-'N OF SCIENCE, N 6, 5?s?-ss. 4 A L.:-4. DIGMAN NOTED FOR HER 7 ,fn BASKETBALL ABNJTY , 'M B.HOE:BS 4' ',.w AND mn. ,f O'- ,ELL sfo' 9 - SNRPSHOT ,X EDVTOR 1 - J. 3 D.wooDx ' aan-Q i 'W -As-af . gg, ,. 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ONGNO .SENNRCLASS E59 ' ., DSGESTCARTOONIST Wm if si ,-,,,,,,'- M' MEN Forty Cacluceud xp, ' Ano Q Kfzeaomcf uoux wnmg U. HARDY TAYLORS ' IAHCL TN.. S. CILERHANN N BCHUMONT Wie Posrune. sq-,m0R LLASS QUEEN. ,L-X W 1 ' .wx- -v xxx 'R X ,- ' W.: I' X, lx , ' fr , fx ff . QQQL., , X, . -- 4 TRAQQ ANOTCNNIS ' ,gag 1 mm. . 9 A enem foouaau. Q, ' pmvea M 1 W' 61 'A ' f ,Q F Forty-one VIHI111111111111111111111161111111 31833 01881230 The assured right nf all the people in an ellueatinn fer freedom LIBE RTY TOLERANCE JUSTICE EQUALITY FREEDOM L3 Q SEN IGRS --'I,.Q.,,,. ,124 NEW SENIORS. A-K Furryffour NEW SENIORS, L-Z Cacluceua NEW SENIORS GERALD ROSENKOETTER In September, 1941, a group of youngsters destined t become the class of June, 1945, entered the great and then bewildering Beaumo t High School. Now, six terms later, having solved all the mysteries of Bea ont, we have entered in our senior year. This brings the dream of j ' the ranks of the high and mighty seniors close to being a reality. K Q f With entertainment and fun galore pla or the ' , t ther ' three years of drudgery, already pass , wi e uyfdr . T w 1 e If the usual dancing class for the n me rs of r l e la any 1 with the string of parties planned, anci as d hiym I menpbi - ship-judging from the size of t stag nes t rec t If 1 7, ' V I Our class is the iirst se raft A o s . IISQV 'I terln.Wl'rh'a full complement of dys. WV I u - ,lf pf' l if, ff si r 1 y s' gerseH ice-P si e M 1 ie Prange - S ary J 'fffflfludrey Fischer e u We Aw Clyde Conrad 2 rges ' orr o e 4,9 fBetty Ann Knickmeyer AD E s on f Gerald Rosenkoetter VY' 2 f,f!fPhy1lis Franklin St t nci ' 1 J liam Becker My VSJM 7 If ig, eronica Murphy 1 i A , fTom Anderson yr!! ecutiyljfimmitl if ,V .' 4Shirey Tyer , 1 l , x , . X r I 1 jk XM? LBbEb i J gi ,f X XL - Fong-five CGJMCQMJ hw, 3522- X' Where's Your VVhistle -And This Girl! Forty-six M New Has Been Added Stow Zowle! Q I A C Cl uceud Soup's On Swing Your Partner ue s Latest Un Buen Maestro Blue Prmt Machine Forty-seven The right nf each person In express himself with nut fear nf persecution. JANET SCHUMACHEQ JEANETFE SPIER MARILYN SCHMITZ GERALD FRIEDMAN HARVEY SATTLER gl CGJUCQU5 SUCH IS LIFE JEANETTE SPIER ss Zio ND you're a preacher's daughter! The varied expressions of banter, 253' lk surprise, disbelief, rebuke, skepticism, and dismay with which I've sf- ' - ' - heard these words spoken might reveal my life story, for I belong to that vast association of children born in a manse. UP. K.'s. we call ourselves-preachers' kids. And however different each of us from the other, we must all share one theory about ourselves, In fairy tales and Greek legends, the fate of an individual is in the hands of the gods: for us there is a general and widespread agreement that all of us must inevitably fall into one of two classes. Either we will be small saints, or we must be, in polite terms, holy terrors. fl will 'let you entertain your own opinion as to which side owns the majority.l Because of this belief. when I was very little, I often had the feeling that people regarded me, not as a person, but as a sort of project or experiment, the outcome of which was still in doubt, and which was therefore extremely interesting from a scientific point of view. This idea instilled in me a strong spirit of contrariness. I decided that I would disappoint them all by being neither. With that in mind, I joined forces with my older sister, and we began our miniature crusade to form a new and different class of minister's daughters. The result of my determination not to follow either of the two paths mentioned in the introduction brought its problems from the beginning. At the age of five, one of my favorite pastimes was buying penny candy at the corner store. The joys of those beautiful rows of every kind of delicious chocolate are unforgettable to this day. My only difficulty was in dealing with the owner, who was an aged woman whose outlook on life was definitely not that of a lover of children. It was hard to face her hostile stare and at the same time concentrate on the momentous decision of how to spend your two cents, but the reward was greater than the suffering. One day as I walked toward home with a treasured bag clutched tightly in my hand, I began to examine its contents once more before actually tasting them. To my indescrib- able astonishment. there was an extra piecel When I had recovered from the wonder of this unheard-of event, there ensued a mighty struggle with my conscience, during which I stood in the middle of the sidewalk listening to the inner arguments on both sides of the question. At last my better self won. I walked back, as slowly as possible, told the owner about the mistake, and like a true martyr, returned the piece that had caused the struggle. But dis- illusionment followed. Unlike the ladies of story books, she did not reward me for my honesty. Instead, alas, I had to go hungry! As vivid as is the memory of that, a still stronger impression was made on me by one that followed. My sister and I spent much of our time with two girls from across the street who were near our own ages. Of course there were arguments from time to time, some of them serious enough to bring forth a mutual declaration that we would have nothing to do with each other, the two sisters not involved joining the two opponents in this agreement. On one such occasion the four of us were discussing a new pair of skates that Lois and I had. Our evident pride in this big event finally brought the neighbor's jealousy to the breaking point. She succeeded in conveying the intensity of Fifty CQJUCQUJ her emotion with a classic remark which should be written in red letters. Well, we may not have as much money as you do. but at least my father doesn't have to pass the plate to get me something. Needless to say, both of us were completely Hoored. Never before had this thought occurred to me, but after the impact of the cold, hard facts I began to think of it rather seriously. At this point I decided that the profession of church work was not what I wanted when I grew up. lt was all right for my parents, but not for me. Up to this time I had had no worries about my aims in life, but now I was forced to find a vocation. With my entrance into the Hrst grade at school a wonderful opportunity was presented to me. Our class decided to enter the dramatic field with a presentation on the stage of a wonderful piece of literature, the Three Little Pigs. My enthusiasm knew no bounds as we worked together to plan the scenery, costumes, dialogue, and casting of the play. This, however, was nothing when compared with my utter joy at being selected as one of the pigs. This, I thought, was the very peak of success in what I then determined would be my lifework-acting. My costume was a dream, complete with a pillow for stuffing and a paper bag for a hat with artificial ears sticking out. I counted the days, rehearsed the part, and invited all my acquaintances to the great performance. In the midst of preparations. the blow fell. Two days before The Day I awoke to notice a number of queer-looking red spots on my face and arms. I tried not to accept the obvious explanation, but in the end I had to admit that it really was the measles. The humiliation and despair of this disappointment were beyond words--so much so that my love for the acting profession was transferred to other lines. The next ambition was influenced a great deal by my sister. Both of us were avid Orphan Annie fans, and we took advantage of an offer on her radio program one summer which provided a pair of handcuffs and a magni- fying glass to anyone who sent in the required coupons and money. When these arrived, we embarked on a career as detectives which was to lead us through many harrowing experiences. The first cases seemed rather tame, but before we had had time to tire of our new occupation. the perfect crime was presented for our solution right in our own back yard. Someone stole the lawn-mower. At once we began to make plans for tracking down this vicious public enemy, and we were very professional about it. First came thorough cross-examinations of our neighbors, who unfortunately had not been alert enough to catch a glimpse of the criminal: then there was a search of the premises for clues. After following false leads from harmless footprints and stray items in the yard, we resorted to systematically combing the town for suspicious characters. And one appeared very soon. Not only did he have the necessary disreputable appearance to qualify him as a suspect, but he actually was seen pushing a lawn-mower down the street. At this critical point our tender years betrayed us-not one of group of shadowers could summon enough courage to confront the man. The only course left us was a strategic withdrawal to our parents and the police. Will this episode ever rate as a mystery classic? It is sad, but the unromantic truth is that the mysterious white-haired old man dis- appeared, and neither he nor the lawn-mower was ever seen again. An ambition I would like to fulfill in future years is to go back and finish this work in order to prove beyond doubt that crime does not pay. As we turn the pages from these comparatively temporary disappointments, the pages show a more lasting experience-in fact, a struggle of ten years. To anyone who has ever learned to play a musical instrument my feelings Fiftgeone 1 5 1 r x ,A u 1' H f w. My .4 KCICILLCQLLJ will be easy to share. After my introduction to the piano at a very early age, these began to occupy more and more of my time. While there were endless hours of practice, there were other moments in compensation. Most outstand- ing were two years of lessons with a very eccentric but fascinating teacher who lived, thought, and breathed music. I must confess I was a little frightened at first at her intensity, but I later found that it was this quality in her that kept me looking forward to each lesson. Although she might forget everything about you as a person, even to your name and the time of the lesson, she never forgot one tiny part of a composition you were working With. To her sensitive ear the pain of a sour note was as excruciating as the agony of a mother who sees her child hurt. My lessons must have brought on the most intense suffering she had ever known. But to me they were heavenly. Each time my scheduled half-hour lengthened to sixty or ninety minutes as we worked and labored in trying to get the right feeling from the music and then sat longer to discuss great music, musicians, and methods at length. I used to emerge from her studio feeling almost as if I stepped from one world into another, and somewhere in those months I determined that her life was the one I would most like to follow. This was an ambition that helped me combat stage fright for a long time afterwards. A footnote on this page of the past recalls a tribute to our long-suffering neighbors who for so long a time were forced to listen to my piano and me. I am convinced they possessed nerves of steel and a very hardened hearing appa- ratus. Otherwise they could not have lived next door and still remained members of the church. In the midst of my musical yearnings, I acquired a new enthusiasm along entirely different lines. Our family went on a vacation trip to the woods of Minnesota. There the influence of scenery, unlimited swimming, boating, fish- ing, and camping produced a resolution on my part that this kind of life was for me. In a nearby cabin was a very attractive, vivacious, and persuasive red-haired girl who was also impressed with the desirability of the place. We began to explore the region, and finally were convinced that we should make a secret pact to the effect that in a few years when we were old enough we would meet each other again, pool our life savings, and establish ourselves in a cozy cottage on Lake Carlos. The prospect of this life-long vacation, of living on fish and wild berries, of no work except a little housekeeping and swimming, and of just being in that enchanting place, surrounded and shut in by tall birch bark and pine trees, with a view of the long stretch of golden sand disappearing into the lake for our front yard -all this was deflnitely appealing. Also, I had heard the natives talk about the very deep snows and heavily iced lakes of Minnesota winter, and to me, whose winters usually were too warm to be satisfactory, it was the Hnal bit that broke down any resistance I may have had. We were to break this plan to our parents gently, and I attempted to do this on more than one occasion without success. They were never assured that I really meant it. And not too much later I found a new prospect for the future to blot out all the others. For the next summer found me attending a young people's conference on a college campus for my first days away from home. In the whirlwind program of meetings, classes, devotionals, vespers, recreation, and parties, I met and heard speeches by a missionary from South America, His Fifty-two Cacluceud talks made the place and the work so altogether romantic and exciting that I once more began to make plans for a vocation-this time one like his. The only obstacles as I saw it were that I must first learn to speak the Spanish language fluently and then overcome my intense fear of the insects, snakes, Scorpions, and animals he had described as natives of the country. To balance. or rather overbalance, these insignificant items were so many things: the pic- turesque scenery, the enchanting way of life, the people, all pictured as I knew them from movies, books. and the man's own version of the story. In my imagination I was a combination of Dr. Livingston, .Ioan of Arc, .lane Addams and Osa Johnson. In a few more years there I would be sailing off for Colombia, or Peru, or Ecuador. ready to see for myself the unequaled beauty and rare civilization of Latin America. Here I could realy fulfill my mission in life! With this ambition I had completed a circle, for it was the one most strongly influenced by my years of being a minister's daughter. I clung to it for a long time. Though the list or chain of aspirations and events goes on and on, the pages of the book grow fewer. for the others must be recorded in a sequel to this one. In that book, too, I will know my choice of all the hopes I've written of. THOUGHTS WHILE LOOKING OUT OF ROOM 325 First Period, November 7, 1944 HARVEY SATTLER The clouds, the mist. the smoke all join Upon the dim horizon: The sun shines dim through smoke and cloudg IVeak light. no heat it gives. The rooftops dull in this wan light- Row upon row they stand. Chimneys pointing to the sky: Some give forth smoke. Some are stillg All stand like sentinels Awaiting the sun, IVhich they know must soon break through. The sun comes from behind its fleecy mask. The rooftops shine resplendent. But still the clouds and mist do hang. Upon the dim horizon. Fifly- three KGJUCQUJ TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME JANET SCI-IUMACHER WAS pitch dark as I lay there listening to the persistent ticking of the clock and tensely waiting, Wasn't it nearly time now? There! As the alarm went off, I jumped up and silenced the clock. Even as 'f' -J I did this, I saw a small circle of light advancing across the hall. For a moment I was frightened, but then I realized that it was Mother with a flashlight. She came in and asked, Do you think you ought to go? It was raining pretty hard. Well, I replied, UI haven't heard from Ed or anyone. I imagine they still intend going. After a good look out the window, Mother said, It's stopped raining now. I suppose it will be all right. Thus at 2:15 A. M., the day of Thursday, October 5, I944-the day of the second game of the World Series-began for me. I flew into my clothes. Then I hurriedly fried bacon and eggs and burned a piece of toast. fl donyt like fried eggs, but I can't cook them any other wayfl As the deadline of 3:00 A. M. approached, I heard the footsteps I was expecting. Tom and I met on the porch. I-Ie greeted me with, You're not going, are you? Why not? I asked. A'With all this rain, I didn't think we'd go, he replied. Well, I said, HI haven't heard from anyone else. Besides, we can't do any more than get wet. HO. K., he said, taking off his coat. I-Iold this. l'll have to go back and get my lunch. We caught our bus and after a short ride and a walk of eight or ten blocks, we found ourselves at Edna's. There Tom and I, Ray, and Edna were to meet at 3:45. Tom and I were approximately on time. However, when We came to the house we could see no light nor any other sign of life. Neither was there any evidence of Ray around. Tom thought that perhaps Edna had decided not to go to the game. I favored the theory that she had slept through the alarm. The question which then presented itself was how to awaken Edna without arousing the rest of the family, not to mention the neighbors. I thought of climbing to the porch roof and knocking on her window, but on second thought it didn't seem very practical. I called softly, but her windows were closed and the only answer I received was from the dog downstairs, who began to bark. We finally decided to ring the doorbell, having no fear that it would rouse the household and much doubt that it would awaken Edna. It didn't, but it did wake her mother. The door was soon opened by a sleepy looking be- curled figure who drowsily said, l'Come in. Tom and I went up to wait for Edna to get ready. Tom asked, Hasn't Ray come by yet? Edna replied, Well, he may have, but he certainly didn't wake me up. Maybe he came by and thinking you were not going, went on, I put in. 'iThat's what I would have done. added Tom. Fifty-four CGJUC 2115 It was close to ive o'clock when the three of us reached Sportsman's Park. There we found, per arrangement, Lois, her mother, Pat, and Jo Ann, but no Ray. Both groups asked almost simultaneously, Where's Ray? Fifteen damp, dreary, and dark minutes later the question was answered as a sleepy-eyed Ray appeared and announced, I didn't hear the alarm, and I sort of oversleptf' However, we were not to have the pleasure of Ray's company immediately, for Jeannine had been waiting for him to come by since 3:30. After Jeannine and Ray arrived permanently, we settled ourselves cosily on the financial page of the previous Fridays Post-Dispatch to enjoy our vigil in the cold gray dawn. The dawn didn't remain cold very long. though. At what is a normal breakfast hour Mr. and Mrs. Smith came over with a thermos jug of hot cocoa and a bag of delicious sweet rolls. Only some one who has had a similar experience can know how good that tasted. While we were still eating and appreciating our second breakfast, John Farber, the CADUCEUS photographer, came over in his ofhcial capacity to satisfy our vanity. As he snapped our picture, the line began to close up, and a few minutes later we joyously entered the bleachers waving goodbye to Mr. and Mrs. Smith. It didn't take us long to get settled, and soon a game of four-handed gin rummy was doing nicely for Ed and Jo, who were beating the socks off Tom and Lois. Tom and Jo lost the second game to Ed and me. As it isn't much of a jump from gin rummy to bridge, we soon had a game of the latter going. Just as I Won the bid for two hearts, some one spied a photographer, and nothing would do but to have our picture taken playing bridge. For a week now we've been searching all the papers for that picture. It hasn't shown up yet but don't think we've given up hope! After We finished the bridge and while we were eating our respective lunches, the players came out for batting and fielding practice. The crowd seemed quite divided as to loyalty to the two teams. Both were booed and cheered as they came out on the field. Though my own affections lay with the Cardinals, in our group the Brown rooters were obviously in the majority. You are all familiar with the playing of the game. Nothing really hap- pened until the Browns tied the score in the seventh. Then Manager South- worth put in Blix Donnelly as a relief pitcher. I have never been so excited over any ball game before. The fate of the game rode on every pitch. and on every pitch I along with the two other Card rooters in our crowd begged Donnelly to hold 'em, or strike 'em out! On the other side the numerous Brownie fans pulled just as hard for their sluggers to park one in the bleachers. When the Cards were at bat you could have heard us yelling for Musial, or Sanders, or Marion to sock that apple! or perhaps we might call on them to Let's get a rally going here, boys! Things went on in this vein for much too long. My throat was showing signs of soreness, and the Arkansan in front of me assured me, Sister, you're goin' to be hoarse for a week. 'Then he added, 'AMy ears'll never be the same again, either. Luckily the game ended in the eleventh inning with O'Dea's hit sending Sanders scurrying home, for I couldn't have taken another inning of that suspense and excitement. We all went home tired and looking a mess, but as far as I'm concerned, it was one of the most enjoyable days of my life. Fifty-Hue 6aJuCell5 FRIENDLY DOMICILEH As Told ro MARIE PRANGE We call it Friendly Domicilef' for a charming simple little cottage such as ours deserves a charming, simple name. Ninety miles out Highway 66 past the little highway-town of St. James, and then seven miles due east across the Ozark wilds to the rippling waters of the Meramec River-and here is our clubhousel It's no ordinary house: it's very unusual. Nestled among the trees atop the hill, a half-mile winding road leads directly there. Lovely spreading oaks shade the one-car gravel road. A crystal clear brook crosses a third of the way up, and a substantial, but picturesque, wooden bridge connects the two portions of the road. I like to think as I hike over this narrow route through the wooded hillsides and at last arrive at Friendly Domicilef' of the pioneers, and how warm and happy they must have been when they saw a blazing campfire through the distant trees-when they saw a homey atmosphere. From the front of our cabin, one can look across the green valley and see the river winding its way snake-like on and on. The lovely lawn is bedded with fuchsia petunias-quite an alluring spot. Up four stone steps you will find an 8'x3O' screened porch, furnished with very soft comfortable chairs and couch swings. It was a warm and sunny spring day, Saturday, May 5, 1943, when two of my friends, Jack Kraemer and Bud Bowers, and I decided on a trip to this delightful place. When a wisp of invigorating air slapped our faces we became full of animation and adventure. Mr. Bowers had brought us as far as the little road on his way to work. So three fifteen-year-old boys were hiking great speed at seven A. IVI., to fill their empty stomachs-- the sooner the better, we always said. Undoubtedly, my thought coincided with Bob's and Bud's. Oh, for some scrambled eggs with bacon, and that delicious plum coffee cake, and a steaming cup of cocoa. lMom always had Mr. Starnes' store a mile east of us deliver sufficient food for our week-ends.J Soon my thoughts became very real, and I said, HI-Iey, fellows, I can almost smell that bacon and those eggs! Bud and Bob laughingly agreed at my Vivid imagination, but soon Bob commented, Say, Jim, you got me goin' now-boy! I'm almost smellin' those eggs myself. But not Bud, for his thought since we had planned our outing was not for food, but adventure. Let's explore that cave at the foot of Poplar Hill. No tellin' what sort of relics and stuff we may find, he said. Maybe a skeleton or two-who knows? So, when we finally reached our large and comfy 1,Dad had always called it thatll porch, Bud flopped himself in a soft chair, and mumbled, Jim, you and Bob fix breakfast: I'm anything but domestic. QBob was the star of our freshman football team at high.l I stopped abruptly. Fellows, I really do smell bacon frying and it's not my imagination this time! Aw, go on. said Bob, your Mom said just the three of us'd be here. I had never liked Bob to a great extent: he antagonized me sometimes. and this was one of those times. O. K., chum, then why don't you help us cook the breakfast? Fifty-six Cacluceua 'lQuit arguing, you two. Let's make the breakfast and eat: I'm starved, said Bud. So we walked in, Bud, Bob, and I, and as we looked through the front room to the kitchen, there we saw. standing over our little gas range, a man in olive drab overalls with the letters 'APW plainly seen on the back. I-Ie had not heard us enter: so in a soft startled whisper Bud said. My gosh! a German prisoner, and right in this house. I dashed over to Sgt. O'Brien, the policeman who spends each week-end with his wife in the cottage down the road, to relate the news. Sgt. Tom. I panted, we've captured a prisoner of war! Come on overf Bob and Bud are there. I-Ie doesn't know he's been spotted. Oh, Jimmy boy. said Sgt. Torn, you're a great one for pranks. but really. I'm too tired now. 'AI-Ionest, Sgt. Tom, no kidding this time, I jabbered gravely, 'cause I really mean it-please come right away. Sgt. Tom must have been convinced, for in just two minutes he had snatched his gun. and we were quietly trotting over to Friendly Domicilef' My heart pounded furiously as we quietly crept into the living room. Bud and Bob stood there like statues, just as I had left them. After a short time Tom finally said, Don't get excited. buddy: we've got you covered. Our prowler turned around only to reveal the startled expression on his face. My name is Karl. I'm the prisoner they've been looking for since last month. Take me-I don't care. only let me finish eating. I haven't eaten in three days. I was surprised how skilfully he flipped the eggs- fried on both sides he had said. But his next remark amazed me even more. He said. I don't really know why I ran away. It's just that I wanted to be free in the woods and have a home-cooked meal. Karl left with Sgt. Tom after breakfast, and we went, too. The jail was seven miles away, but Tom drove us there in thirty minutes. We conducted our peaceful prisoner to the captain. who said, And three fifteen-year-olds captured a German prisoner? Had we had hats on our heads we would have burst them, and Karl's comments made us seem even more courageous. A lovely week-end had just begun, and three excited boys spent the next two days saying. Just think, he might have . . So we spent the week-end and went home with a story to arouse any boy's envy. As soon as we walked into my home, here it was in the newspaper-just a small article, but it con- tained our three names and played up our capture to every extreme. Sunday evening three freshman high school boys went to bed-excited. happy, with a tale to tell their sons. Life was now complete! Fiifly-sever' KGKJMCQUJ THE ATTENTIVE BEAU SHIRLEY WATSON The room was gayly decorated in orange and black-the color scheme for Hallowe'en. Everyone was laughing and talking. On the other side of the room I found, much to my amazement, a very good-looking boy. He had the prettiest deep blue eyes and light blonde wavy hair. A dream if there ever was one. especially since males have become scarce lately! I approached my victim with a bright smile and a cheery Hello . He gave me a shy look and returned my greeting. I tried every one of my charms on him, but they didn't seem to work. What could I do now? I couldn't think of any more tactics: so I turned my attention back to the party and concentrated on having a good time. Later in the evening I went into the hall-room to retouch my face. While I was in there, my glamour boy came in. He came straight toward me with a devilish look in his eyes. i'I'm going to get you! were the words which came from his smiling lips. What will I do now? I thought. Gosh, I shouldn't have tried so hard to make him interested in mel The next thing I knew he had his arms around my neck and was kissing me for all he was worth. Everyone was looking in our direction. Oh, how I wished the floor would open up and swallow meg but I could do nothing. He was determined to kiss me five times, and I was no match against such a strong, masterful, mascu- line willl At last! Whewl A person to my rescue. I was certainly relieved when my ardent lover's mother came and led him away from me. A warning to all lonely girls: flirt only with men your own age. The six and seven-year-old males are dynamite. I know from experience. THE POOR WEAKER SEX GENE WALSH At one time there were many quarrels just between my brother and me, we would quarrel about many things, especially clothes. You see, we both had the same build: he could wear my shirts and I could Wear his. I would wear his shoes and he would wear mine. We lived with our little quarrels until about a year ago, when the girls got the idea to wear boys' shirts, boys' bluejeans, boys' socks and so forth. Now my brother and I do not quarrel any more. mainly because we don't have anything to quarrel about, for you see the feminine sex has stepped in. Sis doesn't buy clothes any more: when she wants to go to a football game or somewhere else, she just takes my bluejeans and socks and Bud's shirt. Even my baby brother is starting to revolt because now she has his hat. What chance has the male sex? Fifty-eight 6a6!llCeu5 JUST LIKE TREES - JEAN GERDEL I saw two trees stand side by side Amid so many others. I saw two trees, their leaf-filled limbs Entwined around the others. And there they stood through storm and calm. Branches locked together: There they stood, friends never parting No matter what the weather. One day the leaves upon the trees 'Were sure to wither away. The bark would fall. the roots would rot: Then death would come to stay. Did these two trees stand side by side Along with many others? I know they did. their lifeless limbs Entwined around the others. Foreverrnore through storm and calm Branches locked together: Forevermore. friends never parting No matter what the weather. Today we friends stand side by side Along with many others. We two friends, our loving hearts Entwined around the others. Like this we stand through storm and calm. Firmly bound together. Like this we stand, friends never parting. No matter what the weather. Some day like trees we must grow old. W1'ther and fade away: Some day like trees our end will come. And death step in to stay. Yet death will never part us. dear. Although it's true of others. Just like those trees, our loving souls Wz'll twine around the others. Two trees. two souls. forevermore Leaving life's storm together. Everlasting friends. please God. Not caring what the weather. Fifty-nine CGCJUCQUJ TI-IE BELLS OF CHRISTMAS DOROTHY MASON Il R. MARTIN -flicked his cigarette ashes into the ash tray, laid his news- paper on hisuknees, andlnodided his wife to listen to the conversation that was rapidly increasing in volume in the next room. I ' Yah, but that's not fair! You have six dollars and I have only four to begin with! If we each have to chip in two dollars, I'll have hardly anything left. I'd rather have a present for myself. It was Hfteen-year-old Don, the eldest of the Martin trio, speaking with no little heat. But, listen, Donny! Dorothy, his sister, who was only a year younger. was making her tone as persuasive as possible. We can't get Mother and Dad much by ourselves, but if we all chip in, we can buy them that new croquet set that we've been wanting so long! 'That's okay for you, chimed in ten-year-old Bobby, but if I chip in two dollars, I'll be in the hole! and he desolately spread out the contents of his treasury-eighty-seven cents. Oh, well, all right! Dorothy was quick to see that, with her brothers' Hnances at such low ebb, the burden of the croquet set for Mother and Dad would fall upon her. What'll we give them, then? A'I'm going to give them a present together-'O'Reilly of Notre Dame'. Don evidently had his plans all made. I've been trying to get that book from the library all fall, and it's always out. Pete says it's swell. I can get it at the book store for SBVQHIY-l'-IVG cents, and I'll have three and a quarter left! Boy! oh boy! Don hugged himself with glee. And I'll get them a new Chinese checkers game, Bobby remarked. Since you lost all the marbles! cut in Don. I did not! For a moment Bobby looked inclined to fight, but his finances were of most concern just then. I believe I'll just get marbles, though. 'cause our board is still good. I can get them for a quarter. If you're going to buy presents for Mother and Dad together, I am, too, Dorothy decided. I'll get them one of those non-tarnishable frames for my picture on the mantel. I've wanted one for so long, and I know they'll like that. They're only a dollar. I'll have enough left to buy myself one of those blue-lined hoods that will look so pretty with the fur coat I'm almost sure Mother and Dad are going to give me. Believe me, if you get a fur coat, I'm going to have my airplane model set with all the fixings!--or there'll be war! This is a democracy, and they can't do that to me! Donald used that slogan frequently, but this time he looked as if he meant it. Yeah, and I'm gonna have my bike! Just because you're a girl you think you ought to have everything, Bobby was scornful. And I'm gonna have- Just then the door that had been ajar blew shut, and the remainder of Bobby's Christmas list was lost to his-parents, whose faces wore expressions of mingled amusement and anxiety. Well? Mr. Martin looked at his wife. Shall we? I already have Dorothy's fur coat, Mrs. Martin answered. I got it at a sale and it wasn't expensive. Sixty 60611160115 We can manage them, all right. I've ordered the airplane set and the bicycle-but I can arrange about them, too. Shall we? Mr. Martin was more insistent. It will ruin Christmas for all of us this year, but I think we had better, agreed Mrs. Martin rather sadly. We shall! Before midnight service on Christmas Eve, the usual distribution of pres- ents began. The tree had been placed in the center on the enormous star on the floor. In each point were placed all the presents for one member of the family. This year there seemed to be an unusual number of large, interesting- looking packages. especially in the childrcn's points of the star. Dorothy made a dive for her largest one, which, of course, must contain her long-awaited fur coat. Eager fingers untied the cords, quickly loosened the tissue paper, whisked off the cover of the big box, and drew out-a huge bath rug! Why, why, what in the world! she gasped, unbelieving: but apparently no one heard her. In the meantime Donald was making some surprising discoveries of his own. His big packages contained a fishing rod and all its appurtenances the never fishedll. a smoking stand the never smokedfj, and a leather jacket big enough for his father. Say, there's some mistake here! he almost yelled. This isn't mine! And this junk ain't mine either! Bobby's grammar was overcome by the sight of a new magazine stand and an electric toaster. This is a democracy! You can't do this to me! Dona1d's pet expression was frantic this time. All the packages were open. Evidently Mother and Dad were delighted with O'Reilly of,Notre Dame, their marbles, their untarnishable frame. But not so the children with their supply of household equipment, which varied from a linen table cloth to a scrubbing brush. A deep silence fell. Finally, Don spoke for the three. Say, what's the big idea? Well, you see, son, his father answered calmly, as if everything in the world was just as it should be, your mother and I have been wanting these things for a long time, but we just haven't been able to get them. We knew that you would like to have them for Christmas! 'iAnd we really saved on them, too! put in Mrs. Martin gamely, Why, we usually spend over a hundred dollars on you three, and we got all this for only sixty! Isn't that fine? Dorothy looked as if she were about to burst into tears, I can't tell anybody that I got a bath rug for Christmas, I can't! Can't you? and her father's eyes glinted. Why, I don't mind at all telling the men at the office that I got marbles. Come on! It's time to start to church! It was a silent, troubled trio that followed their parents up the aisle to the family pew at church: it was an increasingly thoughtful trio that followed the service as best they could. Somehow, during those quiet moments things came straight in their minds, and it was a serious, humbled trio that walked home. Just before breakfast began, Don spoke. You're right, Dad, you and Mother: we're just a bunch of cheap skates, and we don't deserve you. But, I'd rather have some sense knocked into my Cranium than all the airplane Sixly-one 4- 4.. - A-.. W 1 -1 . . 1.y.,W, 'jx 'mfg '-71 W. X .r 'W x . . X , , , 2 u -, ' 'W I, . - 4. - L, . 1 . ,- ' -, M, K 'L' , x ' V l ' . 211. 2- 1 ' ' -f W .ur ' .-vi Y, x 92 I -3:5 1: 14. ,A 4. ,. .WE-N , c' f ' 'bf J 'Q 'x ,- J.. w w J: -,. 1' w. 1.'f ,1 .WE , a, an . CGJMC 6116 models in the world. So, thanks a lot. And he smiled gratefully at his deeply touched parents. I'm sorry, too, added Dorothy tremulously. I didn't dream that we were selfish. and that's what is worrying me, not the coat! Bobby wasn't so sure, but he nodded his agreement, mentally figuring out that if he had already spent twenty-five cents for the marbles and ten cents for all-day suckers, he ought to have about fifty-two cents left. And he was going downtown tomorrow and buy a real Christmas present for Mother and Dad! Then as they finished grace, Don showed that he was the sturdy son of sturdy parents: Dad, I'll make a bargain with you! I'll lend you my smoking stand and jacket if you'll lend me your 'O'Reilly of Notre Dame'! And the meal began in a round of happy laughter. MESSAGE. FOR CORNY MARILYN SCHMITZ I don't suppose any of you ever knew Cornelius Kratz. Not many people did, but I knew him--perhaps better than anyone else--and I shall never forget him. When I first knew Corny I supposed him to be about thirty-five years old. One couldn't be sure because he always looked about the same, not old and not young. He wasn't handsome, or in any way impressive looking, just a plain little man always impeccably dressed, with his sandy hair combed and parted and that honest face with those wistful blue eyes. In describing Cornelius one might say, without fear of being unkind, that he was not only plain in appearance, but dull in habits. He had but one interest in life, and that interest grew until it became an obsession. You see, Corny loved the radio. He enjoyed quiz programs, serials, plays, Variety shows, concerts, swing bands, sports broadcasts: he even liked the commercials. Not only did he like the commercials but he lived by them. His best friend didn't have to tell him about P. O., or perhaps very subtly suggest that he see his dentist. No, sir, not Corny! He brushed his teeth when he got up, when he went to bed, and before and after every meal with Golcate. He washed his clothes in Dux, wrote with a Neversharp, stopped at the proper times for a Dr. Bepper, was never guilty of ive-o'clock shadow, and kept his school-girl complexion with Malpolive. Corny was also fond of contests. He had sent in more questions, answered more questions, named more products, and written more essays and limericks than any one who ever was, and probably ever will be, The radio was his very life: yet it became the cause of his downfall. Cornelius was a bachelor, yes, but not completely by choice. Once he was deeply in love with a lady whose name I shall not mention, but every time a tender moment arose, or they were deep in discussing their plans for the future, Corny would suddenly realize it was time for Matilda Mertz, Girl Steam Fitter . Finally it was all his lady friend could stand. He had to choose between them-the woman he loved. and the radio. Slowly he stood up trembling, a look of horror and disbelief in his eyes. Standing there holding Sixty-two CGJUCQUJ the arm of a chair for support, the full realization came that he was powerless against it. He wasn't strong enough to light it for, indeed it was more a part of his life than any woman could ever be. As he looked at her for the last time, there was a strange mixture of love and despair on his face. Then he slowly, steadily walked from the room-the houseQand her life forever. Nevertheless, life went on for Cornelius. He had his job during the day at the bank, and at night there were those wonderful radio programs. One day a horrible calamity befell poor Corny. About seven o'clock at night he ran into my house and breathlessly told me that his radio wouldn't work. He had tried and tried to turn it on, twisting all the knobs and pushing all the buttons, but nothing happened. Then the strain proved too much for him and he broke down and sobbed. What could I do, seeing this pitiful little man sobbing his heart out? Of course, he could take my radio until his was repaired. Time moved on, as time will, but in a few short weeks the end came. I suppose no one will ever know just what did happen. Corny was listening to the radio as usual when-perhaps it was something he heard or maybe something in his mind snapped-for suddenly, in a terrible frenzy, he picked up my little radio, dashed it to the floor, and ran from his house like a wild man. I never saw Cornelius Kratz again. I have looked for him, but my search has been fruitless. This is the whole purpose for which I have put these facts on paper to make them public. If any of you readers see this poor dejected little man walking about aimlessly somewhere in the world, give him a friendly smile and a pat on the back. and above all, PLEASE tell him to SEND ME TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS FOR MY RADIO. DELIVERY ! KENNETH POLLOCK The telephone breaks the silence of the night with a sudden ringing. The pharmacists quick steps echo across the drug Store. He lifts the receiver to his ear, and speaks with a clear, steady tone. A'Yes, doctor, three teaspoonfulsf' He finishes taking the order. then mixes the ingredients as the physician ordered, with calm but quick movements. Handing the finished product to the delivery boy. he says: Take this to Doctor Bond as fast as you can. The boy leaps on his bike: his feet begin to push the pedals-faster and faster. His legs move up and down in a tireless rhythm. At the end of a five-minute run, he is at his destination. He parks his bike: runs up the steps easily. He punches the doorbell. Almost immediately the door opens and the doctor's face looks out. The boy speaks: Yes, doctor, one chocolate malted milk. That will be two-bits. Sixly-three Ca6!llC2ll:f THE RED INDIAN BLANKET EDNA SMITH OAN stopped at the window of the 9-0-5 store on Florissant and I Adelaide: laid down her corsage box, Indian blanket and purse: pulled off her kerchief and began slowly to run a comb through her hair. When the hair Hnally suited her, she stuffed the kerchief into her purse, picked up her corsage box and Indian blanket and started up the street. That must be the house, the third one on the left, she decided. Why, they even left the porch light on for me. .Ioan smiled, remembering the times a light had been turned on on her front porch to aid a boy coming to call. The whole situation would really be quite amusing if it weren't so doggone embarrassing. To think that she had actually been in favor of her sorority's giving a leap year dance. All the trouble it had caused herl First of all, asking the boy-of course, Jim had really been awfully nice, had even seemed glad that she had asked him. Well. then the bright kids in the sorority had decided that all the girls should call for their dates and take corsages for them. The last straw, however, was the blanket. Every girl was absolutely required to bring a blanket. The sorority had hired a wagon to take them from Kings- highway and Natural Bridge to 'iSkeet's house. which was pretty far out of the city. The blanket was necessary for them to have to sit on in the springless spring-wagon. Perhaps, if Mother had given her a different blanket-but this Indian one was bright red with black and yellow diamonds and triangles all over it-the most conspicuous one she could pick out. What would Jim's parents think? Deciding that now was as good a time as any to find out, .Ioan pushed on the bell. i'Hello, Joan: come on in, said Jim, opening the door and standing aside for her to enter. I-Ii, Jim, she replied, I hope I'm not late. She smiled up at him. wondering if he was a little embarrassed, too. UNO, you're right on time. Come on into the living room and meet the family while I get my coat on. It'll just take me a minute. Egad, the family! thought Joan clutching the red Indian blanket. This is what I've been dreading. I wonder if a boy feels anything like this. His Dad and brother rose as they entered the room. That they were staring at her .Ioan knew. She also knew that she was blushing, but there was no way to stop that. She was devoutly thankful that her shoes had a nice shine on them. She tried hard to smile at both of them, but unfortunately her face felt a little stiff. Dad and Les, this is .Ioan Sinclair. Glad to meet you, Joan. Come in and sit down while James puts on his wraps. Sorry you can't meet Mrs. Kennedy, This is her night at the U. S. O. All the while Nlr. Kennedy was pumping her free hand and leading her over to the divan. ' Sixty-four CGJMCQUJ Les, the older brother, just continued to stare. If only he would say something. not just stand there and smirk! thought Joan. - 'Did you go to Beaumont? she asked, directing her question at Les. Graduated three years ago, he said stifling a yawn. A drip decided Joan, nothing but a digniiied drool. Still she wished that he would stop looking at her like that. Jim entered the room ready to set out. I'm ready now, he said, smiling down at her. Oh, wait. I have something for you. Joan carefully took the corsage out of the box. She had to take it out carefully since she didn't want it to fall apart. It was a masterful production made of yellow, red. blue, white and orange gum drops on wire surrounded by green crepe paper leaves. She gingerly pinned it onto his coat. Beautiful, isn't it? queried Joan. Do I have to wear it on the street car? asked Jim. Of course. you do. I'd be hurt if you didn't, said Joan laughingly. Well, I guess I'm ready now. O. K. Let's go. Joan picked up her purse and they started out the door. 'AGoodbye, they called from the steps. Wait, Wait a minute, cried brother Les. He came puffing out of the house after them. Here, he said to Joan, I believe you forgot this. He held out toward her very gingerly in his linger tips-the red Indian blanket! Sixly-flue KHLJMC 91116 STOREKEEPER MRS. KREIT, NEVER DULL, ALWAYS BRIGHT ROBERT W. BREITENSTEIN Since the early l93O's, Mrs. Kreit had been living in the little room behind her confectionery, and though I haven't seen her for some time now, I imagine she still is. The room itself was disconnected from the front store by a brightly colored curtain hanging over the open door between the two rooms. Although I got only a glimpse of the room once or twice, I could see in a second that it was much too small for her bulky body. Like many other large people, Mrs. Kreit was always smiling or laughing. Even on the most dismal days she could find a reason to burst out in a deep hearty laugh that would echo between the walls of her little store. I-Ier hair was gray, but for some reason it always had a sparkle of life to it. Her few wrinkles seemed only to add beauty to her already pretty face. She never used make-up, but her lips and cheeks were always a rosy red. I sometimes think that many of the women in the neighborhood were just a little jealous of that fact. A day would never pass that my friends and I would not take our few pennies and go to Mrs. Kreit's store to buy some candy: and a day never passed that we didn't get a few extra pieces for good measure. She was always doing things like that, and I am sure I don't have to say that we kids really appreciated it. She always had a good word for everyone. I imagine it was partly because of this that everyone liked her. I imagine it was also because of the fun we always had in her store. No matter how gloomy a day might be, you could never leave her store without a smile upon your lips that she had inspired. About six years ago we moved away from that neighborhood, but we can never think of Mrs. Kreit now without smiling just a little, for in her own way she was a symbol of happiness. I believe her whole personality could be summed up in this little poem. I believe she was happier with just what she owned Than a queen could be upon a golden throne. I believe she was happier with just her little store Than a hundred people with a thdusand times more. I still think of her to this day In that same peculiar way. Just Storekeeper Mrs. Kreit, Never dull, always bright. Sixtg -six Cacluceud SMOKE SCREEN As Told ro GERALD FRIIQDMAN Last August while stationed at Aberdeen for instruction in enemy and allied weapons, I Hlost ten years off my life! Aberdeen, Maryland, is the target-range and proving-ground for every weapon of war that finds its way into the hands of an Allied soldier. The bazooka, the rifle grenade, the rugged half tracks, the famous Garand, are all graduates of the school there. This little incident occurred while we were working with a British light tank. I am not an amiable passenger on street cars: in a tank I became the sickest G. I. this side of the front. After a few minutes of the pitching. jolting motion of the metal fort my body rebelled in violent fashion. I vomited and immediately felt better. The three of us were rolling along, letting the tank pick its own path while we batted the breeze and smoked. Sgt. Bill Kiefer was driving. Bill had never been in a tank of this type before, and his full attention to the controls was needed. You might think he concentrated on guiding our clumsy vehicle over the broken terrain. He did not. Sucking noisily on his yellowed pipe and turning around every few seconds to toss a careful statement into the pool of conversation, he drove on. We wound up in one of the innumerable tank traps scattered around that section of the country. The little ravine was about twenty feet deep and had sheer sides. I suppose we could have climbed out, but what was the use? The gully ran in the direction we wanted to go. We walked slowly along it for about two miles, stopping now and then to rest and smoke a cigarette or pipe as the case was. I had better state now that while Dick Main, the other member of our troop, and I were tenderfeet at this sort of thing, Kiefer was an experienced and able, though somewhat phlegmatic sergeant. All around us in the air could be heard loud booming noises, sharp whines, high-pitched screams, dull thuds, ear-shattering crescen- does of sound caused by planted traps, and-most prevalent of all-the hoarse cursing of sweating men. This may sound unusual to you but the same thing goes on year in and year out, day and night, for the duration. Ahead of us, we saw a break in the gully. Kiefer was about to scramble up the wall when a blinding Hash enveloped the three of us. The sound came an instant later. It was deafening. Dick learned later that his right ear drum had been injured by the blast. I stoodthere shaking with fear, trying not to think of the fate that awaited me if another shell came ten yards closer. There were live more explosions, all in our vicinity but none as close as the first. It grew quiet. That is to say, it became as quiet as Aberdeen ever is. Kiefer volunteered the information that perhaps we had been mistaken for Nazi spies and were being chased with sixteen-inch guns mounted on half-tracks. This feeble attempt at a joke left me far from laughing. Dick pulled himself up to the lip of the crevice and took a quick look. What he saw caused him to loose his hold and fall on top of me. For an instant I was sure that a 75mm mortar shell had landed on my head and in some unaccountable manner had become stuck there. I picked myself up and, massaging my sore neck, joined Kiefer, who was viewing the scenery with perfect calm. Ranged ahead of us on level plain were about forty or fifty 155mm field guns and two or three German 88mm guns. Squads of gunners and amno men were hastening forward with the too obvious intention of firing the mammoth rifles straight Six! gy -seven Cacluc 2115 at our refuge. We broke cover and started to run. About 300 yards and two seconds further on. the guns opened fire. The first shells passed far above us, but not wishing to tempt fate any more than necessary, we dropped flat and began to move on our stomachs. An 88mm shell fell short and hit forty yards to the right. As Kiefer screamed in mortal anguish. I turned around expecting to see the ground stained red for yards with his blood. The stricken man managed to gasp between moans, I'm not hurt but I lost that darned pipe. That broke the tension. The fear that had been building up in Dick Main and me ceased to exist. We even laughed. Under Kiefer's directions we squirmed our way back and forth and were at last close enough to the guns to walk erect. That insane remark of Kiefer's saved our lives, for I was about to rise and run headlong in the opposite direction when his scream drove away my thoughts. Dick Main said later that his impulse had also been to run. We strolled leisurely back to camp and received one of the worst tongue- lashings in history, from the captain. As Captain Greene ranted and raved of our ignorance and stupidity. Kiefer drew out his pipe, filled it, lit it, and puffed away. I still think and always shall that Sergeant Kiefer played a trick on us when he said his pipe was lost. Bill's quick brain had seen the only way to forestall the rash actions of panic. It was the best-laid smoke screen I ever heard of. TOUGH-BUT Tl-lAT'S LIFE GLORIA RUI-ILAND It happened one evening when the family had just Hnished eating supper. We were still sitting around the table when the argument began about who was to have the car on Saturday night. Of course, since Jack was the oldest. he considered it his privilege to have the car to go to the football game: and Jim said that he needed the car to take his dream girl to a dance and that it wouldn't be right to take a girl like that on a common bus. Well, the dispute was becoming very noisy with questions flying at Dad and unheard answers coming from Mother and no one letting me get a word in as to why I thought I should have the car. I tried to attract Mom's atten- tion, but she was too busy listening to Dad. Then I tried to say a word to Dad, but he said to be quiet and I couldn't even explain that I hadn't said a word yet. Jack was sternly holding up his point of the discussion while Jim tried to coax Mom into persuading Dad to give him the car. Finally Dad shouted, Keep still! He said to speak in a civilized tone, and so then the argument was made an open debate for about live minutes. Dad was just about to give the car to Jack when Mom said that that wouldn't be fair and why couldn't both boys use the car equally, not even considering my ideas. This positively wouldn't work: soon everyone was roaring again. Dad then said, Since you can't settle this peaceably I'll take the car and take your mother out. Sixty-eight Cacluceud COOKIES JANET SCHUMACHER It was a beautiful warm October day-so beautiful that Jeannine and I could hardly force ourselves into our American history class the seventh hour. The day just seemed perfect for a leisurely stroll somewhere. I-Iowever, we managed to pull enough will-power out of the blue to remain those final forty-five minutes. After school we caught the bus and rode up to the dime SIOIC, as Jeannine had to get a scrapbook for English. It took us some little time to find the one that suited her. Then, as we were pretty thirsty, we went to the drug- store for a coke. That wasn't enough though: a look at the show-case revealed no tempting candies. We picked out some appetizing cookies marked twenty- one cents a pound. Twenty cents worth-that didn't seem like a lot. so we were slightly flabbergasted when the sales lady handed us a huge bag of cookies. I am sure there were at least five dozen in the bag. As we left the store, I looked at Jeannine, and she looked at me. We both laughed. Jeannine said. I didn't think there'd be near this manyl XVhat are we going to do with them all? I don't know. I didn't think there'd be more than a dozen, or maybe a dozen and a half, I replied. We decided to walk up Newstead to Carter Avenue. By that time, we felt sure. the cookies would be eaten. Well, we walked, and ate, and talked with our mouths full. We laughed so hard that we had hardly enough strength to chew the endless procession of cookies, we dutifully masticated and swallowed. After a few blocks the horror of the situation dawned upon me as I realized how many future sundaes and snacks I would have to give up to make up for all the calories I was so hastily downing. Still, what could we do with the cookies? We finally reached Carter Avenue. We were stuffed to the gills with no longer appetizing cookies. but we still had a long way to go. By that time I truly wished that both Jeannine and I were quadruplets. We resignedly turned down Carter. Almost hopelessly we reached for cookie after cookie. My wits were dulled by despair at this point, and it was Jeannine who spied our deliverance. There it stood!-a scrawny but suflicient hedge edging the side- walk. It was but the work of a moment to drop the partially empty bag behind the bushes. We smiled our relief, waved our goodbyes, and ran to catch our respective buses. When I came home, Mother was out at club. As usual, after I put my books down, I looked for a note in the kitchen. There it was on the table. 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X , , , 2 u -, ' 'W I, . - 4. - L, . 1 . ,- ' -, M, K 'L' , x ' V l ' . 211. 2- 1 ' ' -f W .ur ' .-vi Y, x 92 I -3:5 1: 14. ,A 4. ,. .WE-N , c' f ' 'bf J 'Q 'x ,- J.. w w J: -,. 1' w. 1.'f ,1 .WE , a, an . KGJUCQUJ FOOTBALL TEAM JAMES JEANS The Beaumont football team is again city-district champion of St. Louis, Despite a slow start and rough going in some places, the team gradually hit its stride and began to clean up on the opposition. The slow start was some- what to be expected-the team was inexperienced. green to organized foot- ball. Coach Franklin was without doubt very disappointed when Maplewood Calways a Beaumont jinx, the team that marred a perfect Bluejacket season by defeating us 7-6 in '43l handed us a l2-6 setback, and even more so when St. Louis University High whipped us 25-6 the next week. Beaumont was nevertheless favored to win the city title again, and everyone was determined we should. Coach Franklin shifted his team around, putting Gorke and Marusic, who had been playing as backs, at right end and tackle. respectively. After a bad first half in the Soldan game the team showed no break in its offense for the rest of the season. In that first league game the Bluejackets had an uphill ight. After trailing 13-6 at the half, the boys came back to hit the Tigers hard, and the final score of 33-19 was in our favor. Cleveland was defeated 27-6 the next week. Central was our next opponent and first real test. The Redwings had won two previous league starts and were rated very highly, especially since we were already twice beaten! The Red and Black fought, and fought hard, but it was snowed under by a powerful attack. Our team, in full stride, worked with a clocklike precision and turned in what was considered by many their best game. Working from a fast-breaking T with many variations, with Douglas doing the master-minding and Klein, Mengersen and Story the back- field assistance, our team scored three touchdowns and converted three times. while the line smothered all Central threats and held them scoreless. After knocking off a tough Roosevelt aggregation 14-7, our boys faced Seventy-two Cacluc 2115 McKinley. the leader in the public high race. This game was virtually to decide the race. as even a tie would mean Bluejacket supremacy, while a Goldbug win would relegate us to second. The high point of this game came when Bob Qorke, later voted all-district end in every poll. blocked a McKinley punt and ran it over for a touchdown, then converted with a run from kick forma- tion. That conversion and his other one spelled the difference between victory and defeat, McKinley bowing on a l4-l3 score. The pressure was off. The league race had been decided. Win or lose, the team was in the form it would use the next two games. Of course, the South- west game remained, but its result had no bearing on anything except who would be favorite in the post-season game played between Public High champs and the other most outstanding team in the district. Coach Franklin used the Steers to polish up our boys, who still were far from veterans, and our 33-6 victory convinced him we were ready for that last game. After much deliberation, St. Louis University High was chosen as our opponent. This suited everyone very well. Our team and coach felt that the 25-6 beating. administered earlier in the season by that team, had not shown the true strength of the Bluejackets. On' Thanksgiving Day. November 231' at 2 P. M., the game began. Beau- mont was fighting hard-Hghting for their coach. who, after fifteen years of service, was leading our team for the last time, fighting for Beaumont, fighting for the Public High League. The Junior Bills were up against good competi- tion, and they knew it. Everyone felt the tenseness of the moment. So much was at stake. Beaumont hopes were dampened early. Bob Mengersen, speedy back, after making one long 60-yard run to the Blue-and-White 10-yard stripe that was called back because of a penalty, was injured and watched the rest of the game from the sidelines. A Beaumont punt bounced off Sommers of the Junior Bills and was recovered by Beaumont. A short while later Klein plunged over and Gorke converted with a run. The Bills began a drive that was halted deep in Bluejacket territory, but our boys took it back to the opponents' ground. A 35-yard run around left end by Klein gave Beaumont a good lead. 13-O: but the Junior Billikens struck back quickly, a long pass taking the ball to our 19, and another, to Wild, taking the ball over. Con- version was good. A long pass, Simpson to Wuestling, who lateraled to Klein. brought another touchdown, Klein's third, before the half. The point was good: the score at the half, 20-7. Douglas picked up the second-half kickoff on his ten-yard line. and to the surprise of everyone, including the speedy Junior Bills, he raced 90 yards to a touchdown. Gorke converted. The high point of the game was over. St. Louis U. High struck back fiercely, but could not overcome the commanding lead our boys had gained. although they did score twice. The final score. 27-19, left us district champs. Thus Coach Franklin finished his Hfteen-year career as Beaumont football coach by leading his team to its third straight city championship and second straight in the district. As an aftermath of the season, three Jackets were chosen as members of the all-district team: Gorke. end: Marusic. tackle: and Klein, back. Although our team was far from brilliant,-it was good. and certainly a big improvement over the group representing the Blue and Gold at the outset of the season. Next year? Prospects are good. The team will miss Mengersen, Story. Gorke, Marusic, and the others who will not return, but most of the boys will still be here: and four straight championships is not an impossibility. It is generally agreed that the greatest loss is that of the coach. Mr. Franklin will be missed. The team wishes to express its appreciation to him and his assistants for the time they have devoted and the effort they have expended to place Beaumont where it is in the football picture-first. Seventy-three KQJUCBMJ r TENNIS TEAM M1LToN REINERT The Beaumont tennis team, under the very able supervision of Coach Backus, made a very good showing during the 1944 lnterscholastic Tennis Tournament. ln spite of the fact that there were no returning lettermen, Coach Backus was able to organize a team which captured second place and presented a very strong threat to the Soldan title-holders. The team won or tied every match until the very last one of the season. Coming up against a strong revised Soldan five in that match, they lost by a score of 3-l and thus lost their chances for the championship. By the end of the season the team had established an impressive record of 20 matches won against 8 lost. The records of the players were as follows: Don Schuessler, first singles-won 6, lost l. Don Dippold, second singles-won 5, lost 2. Milton Reinert, third singles-won 6, lost 1. Gerald Rosenkoetter and Roger Rothstein, doubles team-won 3, lost 4. Since three of the members of this year's team are freshmen with three more years of tennis ahead of them, prospects are very good for several successive championships in the coming years. Seventy-four CQJUCQUJ . Wh- T N J,1-Y Y YJl ', I igfv, .--,- . .. h , . A- -, 45' VJ - .' gf ., t Pt wb GOLF TEAM BOB MCDONALD Considering the fact that we had only three returning lettermen, our team last year made a very fine showing. In our only dual match, one with South- west, our par men were defeated by a close score. In the city tournament, however, Beaumont made a strong bid for the championship, battling neck and neck with Cleveland throughout the contest. The results are still being withheld. There is a good possibility that the Bluejackets are city champs. Since the season has ended. Jack Hauck and Clarence Pollihan, lettermen. have entered the armed forces. Their places will be partially iilled by promising new material such as Paul Martineau, Joe Maddock, Bob Marks, Bob Herman. Larry O'Brien, Louis Neuman, and Frank Brown. Returning Lettermen: Lettermen Not Returning: Mel Nichols Allan Schmidt CCaptainD Bob McDonald Ed Lansche Clarence Pollihan Seventy-live 60611462115 BASKETBALL GERALD ROSENKOETTER This year Beaumont again has a fine basketball team, as the games played so far this season have proved. With only four returning lettermen and three other varsity members, Coach Stanton has built up a fast, sure shooting aggregation. Roy Sievers, a regular guard of last year's team, is now playing center and has developed into a terrific backboard rider and jump shot expert. Ed Lansche and Bob Barco are also returning lettermen who play the pivot positions along with Mel Nichols, who was on the varsity last year. All three of these tall boys excel at pivot and jump shots. Jack Prince, a push shot specialist, also a returning letterman, holds down the other forward position, being replaced briefly by a newcomer. Bob Ebert. Bob Louis. acting captain, and Cierry Rosenkoetter are guards who were varsity members last year and they with Louis Lehmen will hold down the guard positions. The three guards can all hit long shots with startling regu- larity. The first two named are also hook shot artists and the latter is good at one-handed push shots. Other team members are: Jack Diffenalur Bob Loser Walther Domash Charles Wadsack Louis Solari Jim .leans Tom McKenzie The results of games already played: Beaumont.. ,..,.,......, 35 Central .... 17 fnon-league1 Beaumont . . 41 U. City . 34 Beaumont ........ .... . 35 McKinley .... . . 17 fleaguel Basketball schedule 1944-45: Dec. 19 Cape Girardeau . Here 8 P. M. Dec. 21 St. Louis U. High ., . Here 3:30 P. M. Dec. 26 Normandy Tourney ....., ,..... N ormandy Jan. 5 Southwest ..,.. . . ..... .... . . Jan. 9 South Side Catholic .... ........ T here 8:00 P. M. Jan. 12 Central ..... .... .... . . . ..... it Jan. 16 Normandy . ,,.. .There 8:00 P. M. Jan. 26 Blewett . .. .... . 4: Jan. 30 McBride .... .... ...... H e re 3:30 Feb. 2 Cleveland . , Feb. 6 C. B. C. .. .. .... Here 3:30 Feb. 9 Soldan .... . ........ Feb. 13 Wellston .,... . . .. .. There 8:00 P. M. Feb. 16 Roosevelt. .. , ..... ..... . X 'f:Denotes league games played at Sl. Louis U. gym. Seventy-six 661611162115 NONE BUT THE BEST TOM ANDERSON During the last three years Beaumont High School has undergone many changes. Only the more or less permanent members of the faculty remember how the school used to be years and years ago, but every senior is impressed with the changes he has seen. Beaumont in January. l945. is as unlike Beau- mont in September, 1939, as the world situation today is, compared with what it was in '39. So far as sports are concerned, the changes have been many. ranging from the rise in price of basketball passes to the elimination of hot dogs at football games. One important difference is in Beaumont's status in athletics. In '39 it was: The Bluejackets? Yes. they're pretty strong con- tenders, but they just can't seem to hit the top. But now-l Wonder if anyone can topple the Bluejackets from the driver's seat this season? is the usual comment. This high standing is due to two things-the building up of an intense school spirit, and the good fortune of having none but the best when it comes to coaches. It is, of course. impossible to trace the rise of the school spirit, but the utmost credit is due to the good sportsmanship and good support for the teams by the student body. The coaches during the last few years have been a little hard to keep track of. In '4l they were, respectively-for football. basketball, track, and baseball-Franklin, Stanton, Duggins, and Kirk: as compared with the present Stanton, Gallais. and Elliott. Mr. Stanton is the only one of the old guard remaining. Each of these men has brought Beau- mont at least one outstanding championship. Five years should provide enough time to show the true ability of a leader. Our basketball mentor, Mr. Stanton, in that time has proved he is one of the best coaches in the state. His cage teams during the last five seasons have come in second in the city three times, and the other two, in l94l-'42-'43, the Bluejackets set a record by winning the state championship twice in a row, the first time it had ever been done. Think of it-never lower than second of eight teams, and twice head and shoulders above all opposition. That is a record anyone could be proud of. Among the stars of the two state chamf pionship teams are Demling. McGuire. Solari leach all-State in '42l. Saey, Eberhardt, and Enk, truly an outstanding aggregation. During Stanton's time these boys and their fellow-cagers have won ninety-six games and lost sixteen. For each one lost, therefore. the Blue and Gold has revenged itself not once but six times. The material that turned out for practice could not have been universally good over such a long period of time. and so it stands to reason much of the credit for the team's success goes to its first-rate coach. Just two years after Beaumont opened in l926, Victor Kirk became a member of the faculty and began a long and successful career as baseball mentor. serving until his induction into the Army after the '43 season. The spring of '42 was the time in which his team came to the fore by winning the Public High championship. Roger Powell and Norman Arant headed a pitching staff that, backed by hitting power led by Steger. carried us on to victory. Later teams were to reap the benefits of his training in good baseball and good sportsmanship. Mr. Kirk is but one of the many good coaches lost to the Armed Forces. Coach Elliott took over where Kirk left off and is currently batting l.O00. having led his only team to a city-district championship. The hitting of Bob Hofman and the southpaw pitching of .lim Goodwin were the outstanding Seventy-seven CGJMCQUJ characteristics of the squad. After our boys had swept aside all Public High competition, they bested Vlebster in a game at Sportsman's Park to become the outstanding high-school team in this area. Of course, one good season does not make anyone a success: but, judging from his experience with the swimming team, this is no flash-in-the-pan effort on Elliott's part. lt is hard for anyone to step into the shoes of someone else who has already set a high standard and do well, but Coach Elliott has come through with flying colors. Congratu- lations! Beaumont has been on top pretty much of the last ,four years, but the success of the track team and Mr. Duggins came early in our rise to power. Roosevelt had been champs for over a decade, and, by all indications, would be for another. There was simply no one to stop her. Coach Duggins, undaunted built up a powerful squad. traveled to Columbia, and took over the state championship, Beaumont's first fthe city's first since 19083, in what proved to be his last season, 1942. Roosevelt was still strong, however, and Duggins and his charges did not make the mistake of thinking her a pushover. The city track meet was viewed with interest by all. 'AHank Altpeter was the outstanding star, breaking the 440-yard dash record and winning the 100. Ray Gilmore took the 880, Berg was second in the 220, and the medley relay team also took second. Tabulations showed our team to be undisputed best. It was Coach Duggins who. by doggedly remaining six years as instructor in a sport dominated by Roosevelt to such an extent that no other team was thought to stand a chance, broke the power of the Rough Riders and put the Bluejackets on the road to victory. After the '42 season, Coach Duggins entered the EBI. His successor left a year later, but in that one year he brought several trophies to Beaumont. Coach Ehlert did a fine job. leading his team to first spot in the city and second in the district and state. The big elements in this success were the Gilmore brothers: in the state meet Bob took the broad jump and Ray the 880-yard run. Ray stole the show in the district meet by setting a new record for the 880, namely l:59.6, but was unable to save us from defeat at the hands of C. B. C.-52 points to 51 26. However, the team did well by coming through as it did. Considering that he had lost a really stellar performer and the mainstay of the team, Henry Altpeter, Coach Ehlert achieved notable success. Mr. Gallais is another of the one try. one championship men. After our boys had been successful for two straight years and were not looked on as strong contenders, Coach Gallais took over the team and molded it into a winning organization. The squad, after annexing the city and junior district championships, traveled to Columbia to participate in the state events. This contest turned out to be one of the most exciting in the history of Beaumont athletics. This was the situation: Jack Pechter had taken third in the 220-yard dash:,Bob Mengersen, by a great effort, tied for first in the broad jump: and Elmer Klein was best high-jumper and second in the 440. These three, plus Bill Kelleher, comprised the relay team which had already taken the 880-yard event. Everything depended on the next race, the medley relay. It was a tense moment. Each boy told himself he would do his best for the honor of his school. Crack! They left the starting-blocks like bullets. Kelleher to Fechter to Mengersen to Klein went the baton-and Klein smashed through the tape first, giving Beaumont the nod over University City by a score of 26-25. Thus the Jackets earned their second state championship in three years, Coach Gallais deserves much credit for the line work he did with the team, and we all hope he can do as well in coming seasons. Seventy-eight CCLCJLLC 2116 In the fall of '41 all the football fans that piled into Public Schools Stadium for the Bluejackets' last game of the-season and saw our team battle the McKinley Goldbugs, previously undefeated and untied in league play. to a thrilling O-0 tie four record was a mediocre three won. two lost? knew our team was going somewhere. They were right. Since then, Beaumont has been city champion three times, district champion twice, and was awarded once the Notre Dame trophy as the outstanding team in this region. Behind all this was Burns M. Franklin. who was practically our only football coach. fHe was mentor 16 seasons, 1929-1944.1 Not the exponent of any particular type of play, in 1936 this first championship seasonl he used Bud Schwenk. later All-American back, and the pass: while his greatest team, in 1943, was almost exclusively a running team. All he demanded was that the boys play their best. That best included everything-heart, soul, muscle, the will to win. He often said, If you don't want to win, there's nothing I can do for you. And Win they did, five city championships in sixteen years. That means that about one out of each three years Beaumont, playing in a six- or seven-team league, was the leader. Sixteen years is a long time: so perhaps it would not be a bad idea to take a look back. From '29 to '34 all Bluejacket efforts proved futile. In 1934 the team held the unenviable position of fourth place in a six-team league. The next year things picked up and our boys looked as though they were going somewhere. They did not, however--not till the following fall C'36l. when Bud Schwenk, Vic Thieling, and a great team blasted nine powerful opponents out of the way and, as an anticlimax, succumbed 14-6 to Moline. Illinois, in a post-season game. By '38 a drought of victories set in, our record that year being three Won and five lost. In '39 an underrated team gave Beau- mont its second Public High League championship. After that, and until they tied McKinley in their last league game of '41, the team seemed to be a so-so contender, but Coach Franklin really hit pay-dirt then. The succeeding '42, '43, and '44 were good years, championship years. Exler. Martinago, Steger, Sharkey, Gorke, Hauck, Danna-these are but a few of the stars of this period. Stars did not win for us, though. Teamwork has been the keynote and machine- like precision the goal. Never have the fortunes of the squad depended on one individual. And what has Coach Franklin to say about all this? He considers Schwenk f'36J, Tevis f,'39j, and Steger f'42, '43j the three best players ever to don the Blue and Gold, and the '43 team his strongest. For his last he reserved a special superlative- most improved. Perhaps the highest tribute ever paid to his coaching ability was given concerning this squad. St. Louis University High defeated the Bluejackets early in the season 25-6, a pretty sizable margin. After downing everything in the Public High League, Beaumont met the Junior Bills again, this time for district championship. Before that game the opposing coach said he was not overconndent even though he had formerly beat us, for Coach Franklin had improved our team so much he fthe Bills' coachl con- sidered it just as he would any tough opponent he had not played before. tHe was not exaggerating! Beaumont won 27-19,1 Like other good sportsmen, Coach Franklin hates a quitter. He stubbornly refused to quit while his team was getting off the floor from one defeat only to be knocked over by another. He continued his efforts at the maximum until Beaumont had come out on top three straight times and was the outstanding candidate for a fourth. All Beaumont will miss him, not only for his coaching. but for his never-say-die spirit and never-failing good sportsmanship. Seventy-nine + I-EEAUMONT H51 ' Y -1 m:m:ms1I1:1:m UIIJEEIU ' UIIIIIDUHIDI wh-.. Ummm cmzmzzmzm Dlmxzmzm CIIEIIICU-1523 UITJQIILID 1311155153 A f'- - 'f v ge E 7 f ur' HONQQ RCU. - ' UNH: hope -- for 'Hle living 'M ...n- QUE! prayers for in -- 'Hue dead. -- V M I '--773 l l' II LTA l Wh, gf . 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SFR 606616 6115 The Eighty-ei CADUCEUS STAFF EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Edna Smith LITERARY EDITORS Marilyn Schmitz Janet Schumacher Bruce Wright CLUB EDITORS Guy Davis Jeannine Brockmiller William Becker SPORTS EDITOR Tom Anderson SNAPSHOT EDITOR Lois Fuchs ART EDITORS Gene Givan PHOTOGRAPHERS John Farber ' TYPIST COORDINATOR Pat Brown Bob Kleinschmidt Ray Harrison TYPISTS Lois May Digman Carlyla Schulz Rose Ann Chmielecki Dorothy Panhorst SECRETARIES TO SPONSOR OF SENIOR PICTURES Audrey Meinhardt Shirley Eilermann Mary Ellen O'Laughlin Mildred Punch SECRETARIES TO FINANCIAL SPONSOR Ann Wilson Ann McCormack Lorene Holdenreid Shirley Lyons SPONSORS Dorothy Childs Edna Geitz Jacob Wallach staff wishes to acknowledge its gratitude to Miss Krag for supervising the art work gh! 661611162145 THE LAST WORD EDNA SMITH You have certainly met the ready smile and sparkling blue eyes which identify Edna Smith, Editor-in-Chief of the CADUCEUS. We are quite proud of Edna, our 'Ed. for she is only the second person ever to be Editor-in-Chief for two terms. Before that she served ably as Club Editor for two terms. She has been active in other school activities, too. She is a Student Council representative for her class. and vice-president of the Student Council. She has been both secretary and vice-president of the Shakespeare Club, captain of the Duck Club. and a member of the girls' swimming team. Among her likes she numbers peanut butter, raw carrots. and the color gray. Edna plans to attend Missouri University after graduating from Beaumont. LOIS FUCHS For the past three terms Lois has been the CADUCEUS snapshot page editor, and a splendid job she has done as evidenced by those attractive snapshot pages. During her terms spent at Beaumont, Lo has been a member of the Shakespeare Club. Duck Club. Service Club. and Bellus Mons. She loves chocolate-covered cherries, malts. the color blue, Stan Kenton, and Andy Russell. Her favorite sports are swimming and tennis. After graduation Lo intends to study law at Washington University. Her ultimate desire is to marry and'have a family, but she believes she can successfully mix it with a career. Good luck, Lol ' BRUCE WRIGHT Bruce has been on the CADUCEUS staff for five terms. During this time he has served in various capacities: both as Literary and Humor Editor. For three terms he had charge of the division pages. Bruce has taken a lively part in other school activities, too. He has been chosen CADUCEUS cor- respondent of his class, and has been president of the Shakespeare Club. the History-Travel Club, and the Art Appreciation Club. High on his list of likes are The New Yorker. modern art. symphonic music, eating, hiking. writing stories. and Shakespeare. His only dislikes are for people to fail to use his name when addressing him, and singing the claims he can'tJ. As he is now in the Army Air Corps Reserve, he will go into the Army Air Corps after he graduates. Eighty-nine ga clue 2115 THE DIGEST GERALDINE HEYNE Up in the left-hand corner of the second page of the Beaumont Digest is a boxed-in list of names-the staff box. we call it. There you will End the names of all those connected with the Digest What that box does not tell, however, is the part that each one of those people plays in the publication of every issue. lf you are interested in who wrote what, read on! The Hrst two names under the heading Editorial Staff belong to two new members of this term. Eloise Enzinger handled the Mothers' Club news. aud sessions, and music news. Bob I-lunstein acted as a sort of dual personality for the paper. lt was he who saw to it that we had all the art news and. working somewhat along the same line, he contributed several of his brain- child cartoons. Next in line is Jean Jaech, from whose pen came senior news plus an occasional personality write-up and Snooper column. The Wise and Otherwise committee, which contributed those delightful bits of news. functioned under her guidance. Bob Kenski. another rookie, showed his ability with his coverage of Student Council news and his part-time work on Things l Saw. Aurelia Kutz. Ed Lansche, and Mary Ellen Maddock were also new at the newspaper game this term. Aurelia handled the E B list and exchanges while Ed wrote those exciting football yarns. Although Mary Ellen had no standing assignment, she did some good work on news articles. lContinued on page 1223 Ninety