Dayton Cooperative High School - Beavers Log Yearbook (Dayton, OH)

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includes KaTherine SchuberT, manager oT The Cover-Your-Pan Power Co., and Eileen Kercher, presidenT oT The Too-Red Rouge Co. ln The prinTing deparTmenT Verna Magill is insTrucTing a class on how To lick The linoType machine. Her inTeresTed audience includes Vera KiTTridge and Marcella Nelson, co-invenTors oT The 'A' PrinT Your Own prinTing press. Seen roaming abouT among The class is Peg LuTher world-Tamous newspaper wriTer and owner oT The NorTheasT Wind, oT NorTheasT, Pa. l.iTTle did we Think way back in l9'46 when we graduaTed Trom This, our Alma MaTer, ThaT we would all be Tamous now. if All THIS HAPPTNTH Wlllli llli TUTTTT ill EU-UP SepTember 7, l943,To AugusT 2, T946, spans a period oT T060 days. During This Time, The class oT '46 has enrolled, sTud- ied, worked. and now is being graduaTed. IT began on ThaT SepTember day in T943 when a group called Sophomores came Tor Their TirsT day aT Co-op. Oh, whaT a hecTic Time we had geTTing sched- ules correcTed, Tinding classrooms, and Trying To learn Teachers' names. The juniors and seniors also had some Teachers' names To learn as Miss Mary Alice Schneble was The new girl's physi- cal educaTion and biology Teacher: Mr. Carl E. Forbriger was The new music in- sTrucTor: and Mr. HerberT H. Cummings Took over as boy's physicial educaTi2n insTrucTor, Track coach, and assisTanT coach in baske+baII. The TirsT acTiviTy in which we could parTicipaTe was The G.A.A. dance, HarvesT Moon. IT was held here aT school on November 8. Our cross-counTry Team placed sevenTh in The STaTe MeeT aT MansTield aTTer winning The DisTricT MeeT. ThaT was very good considering The Tough com- peTiTion we encounTered. On November I8 and I9, The Music DeparTmenT successTully presenTed The opereTTa Shreds and PaTches. The casT Tor This opereTTa included TiTTy people. A happy new experience was The ChrisTmas assembly. This kind oT gaTher- ing was diTTerenT Trom Those we had previously aTTended, and all oT us greaT- ly enjoyed iT. February 8 broughT The Dunce Cap Dip sponsored by The Honor SocieTy. Dancing ThaT evening was To The music oT Larry ThornTon's orchesTra. Co-op was greaTly honored by re- ceiving a ciTaTion Trom Henry Morgen- Thau, Jr. Tor exceeding iTs goal and pur- chasing Tive ieeps in The FourTh War Bond Drive. The amounT paid Tor These exceeded 35,850 To help celebraTe The occasion, The PaTTerson Field 66I Flying Band played Tor us, and a ieep was driven inTo The lower hall. lAs con- creTe evidence, iusT look aT The chip- ped sTairs aT The ST. Clair STreeT en- Trance.l Mr. Ray M. KiTchen succeeded Mr. HerberT Cummings in March when The laTTer leTT Tor anoTher posiTion. Mr. KiTchen had been here aT school as co- ordinaTor oT War ProducTion Training. April broughT us The Track and base- ball seasons. The baseball Team ThaT year broughT home The honors. They noT only won The DisTricTTournamenT,buT wenT on To win The N. A. B. F. naTional championship aT PiTTsburgh. On April 2l and 28, The annual Junior-Senior plays were presenTed by The DramaTic ArT DeparTmenT. They were Seven To One, The Thomp- sons, and Elmer and The Lovebug. Joe LeTkoviTz was The only member Trom

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The TirsT To secure reserved seaTs in row Z in The balcony were Admiral Richard Fleming oT The USS Neversail and Commander James Long oT The USS Shouldasunk. Hovering over The giganTic Beaver Bowl, where an old-Timers' game, which is being piTched by June Reddingius, is in progress, is Mary Jane Carmean in her laTesT invenTion, The Carmean Cle- lioclopTer. Chappy Snyder is keeping RoberTa Carr and Mary Lee Eubank, radio criTics oT The Scalawag Scandal SheeT, in sTiTches as he reads Them The scripT Tor his new program, Humans Are Humor- ous. Velma Hein, wriTer oT The widely known column, Woe ls You, is speaking in The conTerence room. Miss Hein is noTed Tor knowing how and whaT To do wiTh a diTTiculT man. Jim MiTchell, Tamous Wall STreeT broker, can be seen peeking around bush- es dodging Fred Dudis and Carl Denlinger, co-invenTors oT mechanical TooTh picker. lT seems ThaT MiTchell sold all The sTock in The company To RoberTa McDaniel, who is now in Tull conTrol oT The corporaTion and is converTing iT To The manuTacTure oT a mechancial back scraTcher. Seen Talking To Mary Ellen OIT, vocalisT wiTh Dick Coy's All Girl Orches- Tra, is Johnny Irwin, popular dancer Trom Tilmland. SecreTary oi STaTe OTTo Drescher is discussing a new bill in Congress Tor shorTer school days and no homework wiTh SenaTor Richard lrons, who inTro- duced The bill. Tom Saunders, Tamous wesTern sTar, has iusT ridden his largesT horse Aw- comon over The lawn and TrighTened BeTTy Ogwden so badly ThaT she has TainT- ed. Mary Beach, supervisor oT The Keep- yourkids Qrphans Home, being The only nurse presenT, is reviving Miss Ogden: while Thomas SmiTh, noTed lawyer, is TranTically Trying To geT her To sue Saun- ders. Dr. John CasTleberry, invenTor oi The New Super, Snazzy, Superior SaTeTy Pin, has iusT reTurned To The campus aTTer lecTuring on The Exigencies oT Con- Trollincj Cosmic Power aT Hobbs Hall, which has recenTly been dedicaTed To Reid Hobbs, Tamous ace oT The lasT war. Through The windows oT a classroom Miss BeTTy EberT can be seen plugging senior English inTo The ears oT irriTaTed sTudenTs, Ed Tumbusch, Herb Klar, Sam Reed, and Dick Roush, who sTill can'T seem To undersTand iT. Miss EberT has iusT reTurned To The Co-op sTaTT aTTer sTudying abroad Tor Tive years under ProT. SanTord Shapero, world-Tamed educaTor. Woman scienTisTs Marilyn Helman and Eileen Prior are explaining how To spliT an aTom wiTh a TooThpick in The chemisTry laboraTory. ATTer Ten years oT research Misses Helman and Prior have succeeded in accomplishing This TeaT which will be Turned over To The govern- menT Tor use in road consTrucTion work. Maxine DorsTen and Margie Black, Tamed arT criTics, accompanied by Mary Denman, owner oT The PreTTy PicTure ArT Gallery, are viewing The drawings by Phyl SchaeTTer in The halls oT The main building. This aTTernoon James Morgan, win- ner oT The lnTernaTional Track meeT, will be crowned king oT The cinder paTh by Jo MclnTosh, well-known promoTer oT women's sporTs. Following This ceremony, a rodeo sTarring Ed SchaaT, Tamous sTeer roper, will be presenTed. FirsT in line To see The show are Mil- dred Coleman and DoroThy Hopkins, owners oT The Hookya Book Nook. They are discussing Jerry Roush's laTesT novel, A Weed Dies in DayTon. Georgiana Fischer, naTionally Tamed experT, is speaking To a group oT busi- ness women on The TronT sTeps. This

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our class To have a parT in The plays. Thecrowning oT RuTh Begley as I'Iobo I-IaTTie and Jack ChaTTee as I-Iobo I-larry was The TeaTure aTTracTion oT The I-Iobo I-lop. Sponsors OT The aTTair were The Junior Class and The P.- T. A. The seT oT class oTTicers we chose ThaT' year were RoberT Kindig, presidenT: Joan I-lime, vice-presidenT1 RuTh Beg- Iey, secreTary7 and Gene Barnes, Treasurer. Our class adviser was Mr. James W. Harris. AII oT us greaTly sympaThized wiTh Mr. Perry RiTchie, our assisTanT principal, when we learned oT The Tragic deaTh OT his son, Major Perry J. RiTchie. Major RiTchie was killed in a plane crash in CaIiTornia. Soon aTTer, The memorial coIIecTion oT books was sTarTed in our library. The ciTizenship awards presenTed by The S. A. R. wenT To Eileen Prior and Dick Coy. These members oT our class were eIecTed by us Tor This award. I-Iere we were, Tinally emerging Trom The TenTh year. On June 9, we came To aTTend The Tinal aThIeTic assembly, and geT our reporT cards. AT The conclusion oT The proceedings, we IeTT our lasT year oT Tull-Time schooling, and prepared To enjoy The summer vacaTion period. Back again To school, buT now we were on The earnin' and learnin' basis- ThaT is, SecTion I and SecTion II. We Tound only one new Teacher inourTacL:ITy Miss Mary KosT had replaced Miss T-Ielen I-IuTTman as Teacher in The com- mercial division. Our TirsT geT-TogeTher was The be- IaTed Sophomore parTy. A Sophomore parTy in The Junior year isn'T exacTIy Vogue, buT everyone aTTending greaT- Iy enjoyed iT. Dancing, a quiz program, and reTreshmenTs compIeTed The Tes- TiviTies in The audiTorium. The Junior Class was inviTed by The Seniors To voTe in The mock poIiTicaI elecTions held on November 7. Final TabulaTion oT voTes showed ThaT Franklin D. RooseveIT was re-elecTed President We chose The seTs oT oTTicers Tor each secTion and The resulfs were: SECTICDN I SECTION II Andy Fanz PresidenT Dick Coy Joan I-lime Vice PresidenT Mary Parks RuTh Begley SecreTary Mary Eubank Gene Owens Treasurer Frank I-Iuls These Tine seTs oT oTTicers served well ThroughouT The enTIre year. On November I7, we were inviTed To school Tor a dance sponsored by The InTer-Club Council. Two players on The baske+baII squad were eIecTed To The all-ciTy Teams. BoTh Bill PeTers and Mick Dwyer were de- serving oT This honor. Bill PeTers scored more poinTs Than any oTher player in The ciTy. Our social IiTe had anoTher chance To display iTseIT aT The InTer-Club Council dance held here on February 2I. During The laTTer parT OT March, Mr. Forbriger sTarTed a ping pong champion- ship Tourney. The winner was a member oT our class, Dick Coy Trom SecTion II. All oT us were shocked aT The sudden deaTh oT PresidenT Roosevelt We aTTen- ded The Memorial assembly on Friday, April I3, in honor oT his greaT conTri- buTions To his counTry. Prayer, Bible read- ing, and music appropriaTe To The oc- casion were given. The dance our Junior class sponsored in April came on a very sTrange daTe, buT This daTe was The cenTer oT aTTrac- Tion. We called our dance The Bad Luck Bounce a very appropriaTe name, Tor This acTiviTy was held on Friday The ThirTei5nTh. Included were a Tloor show, door prizes, dancing, and reTreshmenTs. I-Iurrahl Yea! Finally our class rings and pins have come. We ordered Them back in The middle OT November, and here They are. This greaT daTe is April I9. Mrs. CIark's DramaTic ArT DeparT- menT presenTed Tour plays ThaT year. The Three presenTed on April 27 were The