Cedar Falls High School - Tiger Yearbook (Cedar Falls, IA)

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SENIOR AFFAIRS boys' octet, three earned the coveted major award for gridiron activities, two dribbled on the crack Tiger basketball quintet, three won minor letters on the hardwood, two teed off on the golf team, two racqueteers served on the tennis court, two juniors meg- aphoned as Red and Black Peppers. Progress of this class is further evi- denced in this issue of Red and Black. A glance at these pages reveals the increased participation of the seniors in schoolife for the current year. During the initial conclave in the halls of learning of CFHS, the class of '39 looked to the leadership of Beanie McNabb as president: George Clark serving in the no- ble capacity of vice-president: and Avonelle Baughman, a petite and brown-eyed secre- tary-treasurer. Howard Thompson succeed- ed the diminutive basketball star as Feuhrer, assisted by Merrill Brown, Maxine Rasmus- sen, and Patty johnson as vice-president. secretary and treasurer, respectively. lt was under their leadership that the junioregime climaxed at the annual upperclassmen's ban- quet. Currently, Robert Kadesch has been elevated to the chair, and his cabinet con- sists of Robert Burger as vice-president: secretary, Dorothea Kitchen: treasurer, Margaret A. Camarata. Such leadership should help to explain the ease with which the class captured its many laurels during the brief sojourn in CFS education factory. HALF MILESTONES Enfangled CFS operetta singer, lean Mountains, is displaying her charms for the benefit of Professor E. Nunciation, debater and the- orist extraordinary. Nonetheless, he is unanimously in favor of capable Miss P. Anne lst's company, but her heart belongs to last year's basketball flash. Her time is taken up with rushing to graduate so that they may enter college together. 12 Enfeffered Mr. W. W. H. School, champion wres- tler of Waterloo, Iowa, by all indications has a strangle hold on CFS blond siren, Miss Tootie Iitterbug. Enamoured Miss jeune Fille, recent star of the stage hit Tons of Money, grew up when she swept up her hair for Elmer. The identity of the mysterious Elmer is generally witheld from publication. Miss Punny Punster is of interest, and vice versa to a gentleman who denies any remote family connection with the author of i'The Compleat Angler. Miss Baron, girl athlete, has a hero in the form of T. C. Sportsman, There has been much recent speculation as to which team she roots for. Negative Debater Tom Son has become increasingly aware of a certain Mary Wil- liams. Press correspondents have been un- able to obtain any statement at the present time. Mac Dapper, blond Tiger basketeer, is seen constantly of late with CFS best- dressed debutante, the Campbell soups heiress. Engrossed Romance of the season is that between Slapsie-Maxie Grinder and the brunette liniment heiress who is a sophomore at CFI-IS. E. O. Attic, Ir., ex-senior, patiently drowns his sorrows until his brown-eyed, curly-locked flame graduates. Miss 0, Ferr is the escortee of a Mr. Bell Boy. He is the heir to the film fortune: she smiles divinely, wears tiny hair bows. Has Curly Black, engineer, been retard- ing his high school progress so fashion-plate Miss R. Liss can graduate when he does? This couple is the most consistent twosome in high school life.

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SENIOR AFFAIRS PROGRESS '36-'39 Immigration A trying time for every- one involved is the begin- ning of the school year, Doubly was this true at Cedar Falls High School in the fall of 1936. Stu- dents, particularly Soph- omores, and faculty alike surveyed each other with bewilderment. To the long-suffering faculty, immigrants present the great enigma. Like- wise, to the students, the administration is a problem too diilicult to solve. Sophomores who had deserted junior high for high school at first doubted the wisdom of their decision. Each day CF's unpretentious first timers were confronted with lengthy assignments, rapid-fire orders. foreign as China to the junior high curriculum. Une diminutive sophomore girl, weary- ing of the unaccustomed strain, craved var- iety. It happened in English Ill class, Ed- ward Lambert presiding. 1-larriet Brown found herself rapidly becoming annoyed with being obliged to answer 1 don't know to the questions flung at her. Finally in des- peration she played her trump card. Again having been the unwilling recipient ofa brain- bruising barrage. she replied, Not know- ing, it would be impossible for me to state with that degree of accur- acy necessary to impart the desired information. Armed with such inci- dents as this, the immi- grants gradually assimi- lated themselves with the inhabitants of the school. Immigrants no longer. they were armed with the new steel breastplate of full-fledged citizenship. Publicity Hounds Time is not all that marches on. Seniors of 1939 have tramped stead- ily onward since that September morn in 1936 when they made tenth- graders' usual inauspici- ous debut in CF halls. Although lacking num- bers, they have made an enviable record as a re- sult of individual achievement. But contrary to average individualistic regimes, the class has not been torn with dissention. Faculty admiration has been aroused by its willing- ness to cooperate, its initiative and ability in various school activities. ln its sophomore year, the class had seven members active in the Press Club, one in debate, one in the junior play, five in the orchestra, four as instrumental soloists, four warbling in the glee clubs, one on the foot- ball squad, one on the reserve basketball squad, one on the tennis team. All points considered, such a record is worthy of recognition in any school. Asujuniors, the group magnanimously offered' 11 members to the Press Club, two the original oratorical three winners graduate as '39ers. ln the same year, three became to debate, eight to contest in which all charter Mummers, two - were interpretative read- ers, four tramped the stage during high school plays, four also were Hi- Y ofhcers, four were let- termen, nine blew val- iantly in the orchestra, five were instrumental contestants, 13 vocalized in the girls' glee club, two harmonized in the 11

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SENIOR AFFAIRS HEROES Follow fhe Leader f'Heroes are born, not made is one adage that by no hook or crook can be ap- plied to CFI-lSeniors of 1939. Obviously. hard work has been the basis for the success in the class. Patty lohnson, editor of 1939's edition of Red and Black. has been, figuratively speaking, a beacon of inspiration through- - ....,... xy Q out her high school career. A combination of pleasant disposition, ready wit, and scholastic accomplishments have won her popularity among CFf'lStudents and fac- ulty. Bob Kadesch. class prexy, climaxed a stellaregime by guiding the class through its most strenuous year. Speaking ability is perhaps his most outstanding characteristic, but diversified Kadesch talent has found outlet as business manager of the annual, workouts on the golf team and basketball squad. research in Science and Rostrum Clubs. Class leader during the junior year, Howard Thompson has sauntered through a career interspersed with athletics and ora- tory. Professor Thompson's eldest son has nurtured the Student Forum into a valuable position as interpreter of the student body, has led Hi-Y to a new achievement record, has climaxed his leadership by receiving an appointment as second alternate to West Point. Star Sporfsmen Iohnny McNabb, termed affectionately Beanie by students and townspeople alike. wins any annual-bestowed laurels for ath- letic prowess. Proof of the pudding lies in his gridiron gamboling, his guidance of the Tiger quintet through a strenuous but suc- cessful cage season, his smashing shots in tennis this spring. Athletically speaking, the class of '39 produced no chumpions or playbores. Wor- thy of the name athlete were Louis Tol- lefson, football captain, and Bob Bigler, pride and joy of every cagenthusiast. The Pen ls Mighfier Robert Skar hitched a wagonload of - :v creativeness to a star composed of an elo- guent voice, gained recognition in debate, oratory, music, dramatics, and science. Nor can mention be omitted of Ieanne Melott in dramatics, Russell Calkins in science, Max Miller in art and journalism, Merrill Brown in golf, and the hosts of de- serving seniors who graduate this spring with flying colors. May these pages of Red and Black re- flect a little of the strong leadership and character of the I939 seniors. They are all heroes. Every student who graduates is a hero or heroine to someone. 13