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

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Club was in Tull swing, wiTh a large num- ber of sTudenTs already members. In February, I946, The TaculTy grew by Two Teachers. Miss Thelma Black was a Tormer Teacher oT Co-op, who enTered The WAVES, and aTTer receiving her dis- charge, came back To Co-op To Teach sophomore English. The oTher Teacher was Mrs. A. L. Alm, coming Trom Kiser High School To Teach music. Mrs. Alm Took The place oT Mrs. Jacobson. By This Time, Senior Class was in Tull swing. CommiTTees had been organized, and were beginning To sTarT Their meeT- ings. In March, Co-op enTered The music conTesT aT WesTminsTer church, and made a very good showing. Open House was quiTe an evenT aT Co-op, wiTh 700 people visiTing boTh The annex and The school. Qur nexT big evenT was The Co-op STyle Show, sponsored by The sopho- mores, To which The general public were inviTed. ApproximaTeIy 300 people en- ioyed The many Tashions. On March 29, we danced To The music oT our iukebox aT The annual AlTroo-Ten Ace dance. Our Annual AThleTic Queen conTesT was The mosT Talked-abouT evenT aT This Time. The Three candiclaTes were Mary Parks, senior: BeTTy Graham, iuniorq and Phyllis Huri, sophomore. The winner was To be announced laTer. The TeeneTTe's TwirI was our nexT dance, sponsored by The TeeneTTe Club. April 25Th was The daTe oT much exciTemenT aT Co-op, aT The VarsiTy Din- ner, which honored The varsiTy baskeT- ball players and Beaver BoosTers, The news came To us ThaT Phyllis Huri, sopho- more candidaTe Tor AThleTic Queen, had won The conTesT, which puT The iuniors and seniors To shame. IT was an exciTing conTesT, and Took nearly a million voTes To win iT. Qn May 3rd, The DramaTic ArT class presenTed Three one-acT plays: The ProTessor Roars, The PhanTom GenTle- man, and Who GeTs The Car To- nighT? The coronaTion oT Phyllis Huri Tor The AThleTic Queen oT IQ46 was aT The VarsiTy Ball in The Miami HoTel, May lOTh. Qn May l7Th, The DramaTic ArT Class presenTed Three more one-acT plays. They were Sugar and Spice, LasT NighT's Paper, and Pampered Dar- ling. The Junior Honor SocieTy, named The Clare G. Sharkey ChapTer, aTTer our principal, inducTed members aT an assembly. The Tollowing day, The John H. PaTTerson ChapTer OT The Honor SocieTy in Sec. I inducTed I7 sTudenTs inTo membership, and on May 28, Sec. II inducTed Their members. On June I, The YWCA was The scene oT The Pinwheel Prom, The annual Girl Reserves spring Tormal, Qur usual and TradiTional Class Day and CommencemenT evenTs concluded our career aT Co-op. XX ,gm any fra yl D L 55,0 gl

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CasTle oT Mr. Simpson, New School Tor Wives, and Wise Freshman. The Three plays given on May 4 were The lasT Two menTioned above, and PaTrio- Tic PaTsy. The John H. PaTTerson chapTer oT The NaTional Honor SocieTy held Their Two inducTion ceremonies. Twelve members oT our class from SecTion I, and eleven members Trom SecTion II were Taken inTo The socieTy. The Ten-Ace and AlTroo Clubs were co-sponsors oT The Garden GaiT held here aT school on May ll. The Pharmacy Follies, sponsored by The Log Club, was presenTed in The audiTorium on May I8. Two members oT our class, Frank Huls and Woody Johnson had leading parTs in This pro- ducTion. JusT beTore The Sophomores leTT, a much needed piece of equipmenT was puT inTo operaTion. This elevaTor, which carries everyThing buT people, connecTs The caTeTeria wiTh The basemenT, and eIiminaTes much sTair climbing Tor The ianiTors and oThers. The Tinal aThIeTic assembly was The TirsT one To be presided over by a Soph- omore aThleTic queen. ln The pasT years a Senior had always been elecTed, buT ThaT year The Sophomores voTed The honor To Rose Mary Chapol. IT cerTainly seemed sTrange conTinu- ing our regular schoolwork inTo The sum- mer, and on some oT Those hoT days, reciTaTion was no easy Task. We gave The seniors Their Tarewell dance aT Lakeside on July 20. Dancing was Trom 9 To I2, and The music was Turnished by Earl Holderman's orchesTra. We happily Turned in our books and cleaned ouT our lockers. AugusT 3 was The IasT day oT school and we leTT, look- ing Torward To The nexT year when we would be wonderTuI seniors. On SepTember IO, I945, we became proud seniors. Finally, aTTer II long years oT school, we couIdn'T be called underclassmen. The only new Teacher was Mrs. Edi+h Jacobson, music Teacher, who Took The place oT Mr. Carl E. Forbriger, who wenT To anoTher school. Then while we were sTill enioying school, everyone had To wriTe an essay in The D. D. D. C. WhaT a Time we had wiTh Those essays! Ted Landis, senior, won TirsT prize oT 52500. WiTh The coming oT I-TaIlowe'en, Co-op sTudenTs opened Their dancing season wiTh The WiTch's WaTch, spon- sored by The Beaverines. Our cross-counTry Team placed TiTTh in The DisTricT MeeT. This wasn'T doing so bad. Class oTTicers were elecTed as Tollows: SECTION l SECTION Il Bob Kendig PresidenT Gene Owens Marilyn Helman V. Pres. Mary Parks Mary Beach Sec'y Ramona Carmean Jim Schieman Treasurer Don Tobias This seT oT oTTicers has served us well during our lasT year, and deserve much praise. Rosemary BarTschmid, sophomore, won The Prince oT Peace DeclamaTion ConTesT. All The sTudenTs parTicipaTing were very good speakers. This brings us up To The Thanksgiving vacaTion, The TirsT days oTT oT school since iT sTarTed in SepTember. Friday, November 3OTh, oTTicialIy opened The baskeT ball season, wiTh Co-op playing The Alumni, which, in- cidenTaly, was won by Co-op by The score oT 38-29. This gave The boys some conTidence, and They wenT on To play Their second game. The December Dip, sponsored by Club I8, was our nexT dance, and The dance was a success. CongraTulaTions also wenT To The Club aT ThaT Time Tor iTs TirsT birThday. Our nexT dance was The ReTaiIer's Ramble, sponored by The George-Deen By This Time, The Beaver BoosTers' Club.

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ANU SU, AE Wf UEPAHT, Wf We, The Senior Class of i946 of Cooperalive High School, being of sound mind and disposilion, under no un- due reslrainl and desiring lo make such dislribulions of our worldly effecls as we deem besl, do hereby make, publish, and declare lhis lo be our lasl will and lesl- amenl, hereby revoking any and all form- er wills and codicils whalsoever made by us herelolore: The Senior class wishes lo leave lhe Junior class lheir oulslanding abilily lo gel in and oul of lrouble fasler and easier lhan anyone else. Ralph Aylslock leaves his finesse al reading lo AI Coleman. To any junior wilh lhe will lo be- come a safecracker, Louis Balog leaves his quielness. Midge Boilnoll leaves her accom- plished feal of cracking gum in book- keeping class lo any slrong-jawed jun- ior lhal can oulrun Miss McClary. To lhe lucky Dick Ziegler goes Dollie Burdue's pack of chewing gum. The unusual friendliness of Harriel Lewis goes lo Dolores Hoke. Frank Coleman hands down his flair for clothes lo Bob Callin. Mary Parks gives her exuberanl friendship lo anyone who is lucky enough lo keep il. Bill Morris wills his keen sense of hu- mor lo our own Dick Bales. Carol Kendall dedicales her var- iely of speclacles lo any junior who can'l see lhrough civics. To Jack Hooke goes lhe sweel old- fashioned modesly of Don O'Connor. Rose Ann Meyer wills her I can'l lake il wilhoul blushing, glad lo gel rid of il bashfulness lo her darling sis- ler, Belly. We also leave lo lhe juniors our old lesl papers, lhe supreme righl lo lhe halls, our convenienl home rooms and our fronl seals in assembly. Wlll . .. Dale Braunschweiger and Kenney Golden bequealh lheir pipes lo lwo rough masculine juniors. The cherished box of lhumb lacks belonging lo Don Burnside is lefl lo Clarence Pollle. Lowell DeHarl lends his prelly blue eyes which add lo his wolfing abilily lo Chuck Evans. To all juniors wilh a speck of imagi- nalion, lhe Senior class leaves lhe lwo lillle words, Whal il. James Dilhoff wills his greal converl- ed bus lo lhe junior class lo carry lheir civics books home in. Jack l-lellon leaves his never fail, on lhe lenlh of a second, 23 jewel pre- cision movemenls, limed by lhe slars, subslilule for a sun dial, walch lo any junior boy who is in lhe habil of be- ing lale for a dale. Gene Barnes leaves his pleasing per- sonalily lo some forlunale junior. Yvonne Schaeffer begrudgingly leaves her lininess lo Pal Baumer. Ramona Carmean wills her knack of handling men, especially one, lo Belly Graham. Rulh Cunningham's ever-ready grin goes lo Emily Greco. David McKelvey leaves his speed in shorlhand lo some lucky junior. Gene Owens sends down his knack for making and keeping friends lo Rudolph George. Rulh Begley dedicales her beauliful black hair lo Evelyn Greco wilh lhe hope lhal she has enough bobbie pins fo pul il up. Rosemary Breilenslein casls off her you can'l gel away wilh anylhing seal in English lo Joan Bailey. Janel Broughlon hands down lhose gorgeous brown eyes wilh which she calches her men, lo Belly Kaslle. Jack Wrighl dedicales his one wo- man love life lo Bill Dilzel.