Des Moines Technical High School - Engineer Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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7 ? CoacU 6, 2.44e4ii04i Ho x, ? What qualitiM do you considtr maka a good athlata? Ronald M. Andaraon. athletic di¬ rector. Mental and physical ability, love of competition, desire to be a winner. Harold C. Johnson, football, track coach. Speed, ingenuity, courage, de¬ termination and size. Ray Hughes, wresting, assistant football and basketball coach. Desire to be a competer. to win in desired sport, above average grades, must have perseverance, must be conscientious about phy¬ sical and mental training, i.e eats proper foods, gets enough gcMxl sleep, doesn ' t smoke nr drink Glen Rouse, assistant ftMith.ill coach- Determinntion. ability. ciMip- eration. Don Bryant. 1st team ha«ehall. assistant basketli. ' ill co ' ith Obeys proper training ruh s. cooperates with coaches and other players, plays fair, doesn ' t ku k about officials d( etsions. has no alibies. does his lM‘st at all times Emily Shepherd. Girls Athletic Association, boys and girls tenni.s coach. Will to win. stamina, ahility for sport, sportsmanship ” Warren Nixon, boys and girls gr H roach. Good sportsmanship, know the game and like it. school or team loyalty dependability BfioiU kt Oh, 7Ae AUileU Ttu.- busketlMll ! «.-u»un u now utid -r way. niul practice is going on Us lutuul A rumor is guing around that Griffin and Barbieri think they arc athletes, just be- caUM- they have athlete ' s foot It has also U-en said that McKee thinks he is still placing football. The Spotlight shines on Don Conlon of Home Room 110 Don is the slow, easy going fellow with all the curly hair. He is 0 ' 2 and weighs 165 lbs. This tall dark creature that slides through the halls in the morning with a cer¬ tain girl, seems to have found enough pep and energy last year to win himself a letter in basket¬ ball. Don IS a 12A student and is majoring in Refrigeration. If you tee a person who answers to the name of Flo, walking with him. don ' t think it is to help him keep his balance, because it it just his girl. Have you and your friends all bought your basketball tickets ' If we want a successful season we must not only have five men on the court, but 720 backers in the stands Tech’s Cheerleaders Tech Downs Three S. C. Foes North Dazzled 51-20 Hard Fiuhtinir Matmen Defeated By Fast F-i«t limb’s wrestling team Ht-- fr.itisl Tis h .10 in Tuf ' day aflrr- nisin. .l.iniiiiry 7. at I ' lrh The To h iHiys to win were: In Uie 112 pound class. Harold Cook over IJill U.nriini- in .t. ' Vfi •aronds. in the 13.5 potiml class. Don F.llingson won on u din ision .•vei Dll k Risi-nhiiuir-r Alfi.d Di Bakcy. Rust 118- IMMindi ' r and Jerry Wairen. Tei’h. uredlerl to n draw in the 145 fNiund event. Thi- Iroys all tried hard against R;isI ' h mildly veteran team. Tlieiv Were not many Tirh riHiti-rs tliei • tlioimii. Ml let ' s . ' ll! go to tlic niicts and ii.-M-k our griipplers. Stiprrintpmlfni N.f). McCttmbs Presents Wrestling Awards Five Tis li wrestlers won pbin-s 111 the fily Wrestling Tournament lieM |..-t Ki td:i and S itiirdiiy at F.inI llicti . M hoiil I)on Rllinc ' on. uie.iliiu: Cofioll Vonk in Ihe M mifm .1 louml. won the I ' JO |b t’lty t ' lown Diik Itriea wmi two matelirs. bill ladisl to make the leqinir ' il w ii:lil s.diiidav evi-nmu Jerry V;,nen N. ' i lti Cair..|l Vonk 129 Ills ( ' I.OMin Groff ll« lbs and Kenn.th Wells m. ' i lb- all won thiMi plaee Olhi 1 Tis ' h wiisilers eom- jM ling (or rity iHmoi- Were. Il.ii- • •lil fm.k. 112 Ills Rogene Si hef- fi-rs IIK Ills- Dw.one Minei. 118 n- K- I ' ti Ral.ui-, 123 lb- Rimer Ciiiivatt. 123 lb». Boh WoKe I3. i Ills Omei Thompson. IXi Ills. Wdlis Ibem 145 Ills. Don Ml I III. l. ' i ' i Ills fliiiek W.d- l. ' i’i llw. Rieh. ' iril W Hilsev and .lolm llieks m the he.ivv. ' ll division Fifth Straii ht Victory Tivh overran North Saturday .laniiary 4. with the fine hall handling of Pete Vujnovich and I’.iy Fenton, who. with Ihe ex- ei ' plional play of Everettc Coeh- lane. made a h.ilf lime seore of 34-12 with ea!«c In the jU ' rond half Ti ' fh roasted In a victnrv of 51-20 This game m.ide the fifth straight victory for Tiih. which givi-s us a 1 000 per cent st.amlmg in the t ' lly Series and Sooth Cen¬ tral Conferenre. In the first game of the evening Tis h ' .s n team was defeated by North with a score of 25-9. S|)rin Sports for Cxirls While othiT people are looking over Mi-rl eatalogs and preparing for spi mg. ihc girls of D. M 1 ' have Iw-en keeping 111 prarticc for the sports that th y will lx pai- ticiiviting in this spring In I lass lime tile girls are work¬ ing to improve (heir skill in tennis by t. ' iking very me liisivr li’sts • li.il were origtn,ile | in River F ' liesl. Illinois The mrsl.als which .lie awaiflisl for thesr li-sfs arc given b Mrs. Theri-sa .Andei-son. who IS eoniiis ' ted with thi Miss¬ ouri Viillv Tennis Asiux-ialion For those who wish to improve their golfing ahilily. Mr W. W N’ixon IS meeting with tliosi who are interested everv Wednesilav ,ind Frid.-ii fiom 3 30 until 4 00, Short appro,aihes and putting u ill tv worki d on first. The ri-.m»ns ’ for G A A is not good. s;iid Mrs Rmily Shep¬ herd. gii Is gvm teacher So. girls, i( voii want a monogram, there most Is- mon- work ilone in cla--s. ;ind in the pi rind- aficr sclvsil Life saving cl.isM-s are opi-n to those wh-i ran su im ten lengths nf the pool Swimming is everv Toi-mI.iv and Thor-dav afternis.n fM.m 3 ;til ontit 4 HO Wins 49-48 in Exciting Overtime Valley and Chariton High were ups -( on siM-ei-ssive night- l»y the Ti-rh five. It cert.iinly is the truth to say that overtimes are (he most exciting parts of the gaim- The S 4 -ori- was dendliskisi foiirleen tunes during tin- Chaiilim game. Friday. January lu ' Flie greatest margin throughout the evening was four points Within thn-e minutes of the Inst ciiiaitcr C ' ls’h- ranc hit from the side, only to lx- followi-d nil by Di-1pierie iNo. 5 ' l with a hosket of his own to send It into overtime t. ' ix brane was fouli-d and dumpi-d m .i biirket whii-h cim h«-il Ihi- game fm Tis-h Cix-hrane w,is .also top siorer of the game, with 27 points to his credit BEAT EAST !! HOPKINS Sl»()l I INC; (JOOIIS CO. low s I ()Ki: i()sr .xriii 11 u oi ri in i.us Hi SmikIi .S| I’liiilie .LHlil Rolls 63-34 in Easy Eveninji I’ndefeiitifl Tis h maile it- six- ond South Cential Vi. t-uy within 24 liiiurs S;itunla . J;inuai y II The Vaili-y game was almost won in the first half, with tin- n -erves playing most of the -is-tind and fourth quarie.s l ' ' ii k Tin ki-r fm Kverclle CiH-lirane. Hill Kvans for Dii-k Brmiks. .umI FusI Shaf T for Unv Fenton Dick BriMiks w.i siiri-fue dur mg t M- game l»v putting I ' l |«.inls over the run Tech ' s n (e,im won it- first g.ame of (hi- se.i-««ii liv downing Valiev Bs 25-21 Tech Chalks I ' p 7 th S. C. t’ietory At Wmterset Frid.xy night Jan 17. Tech swept tn .a isl-4U ti uimph, making this the eighth -traight viclori for Tm h in -ix wm-ks Dick Brmiks. Tech (oiw.imI, cliiimi-d (op s -ormg honors by • I ' imping m 23 innnls Next i-.imi- F.veretl Cm-hratw-. sinking 21 points, of which Si-ven were fi.m Ihe I hat Itv line Tech staitml vh.wlv hut managed In -ja-iil op niiugh III g.iin .1 33 ?•» Ii .III .It (Ill- half Hav Fenton. Trs-h gnaid. pl.i i- l an oiitsianding game l•. (ll mi the ..Ifensive and de(en-iv Till- P ' hinmarv game is sullisl m a 27 24 Vli torv for mil M Ii am Ti-eh ' s next garni- will lx- . ' i gainst E.ist at I H ake on J.mu.uv 24lh. and with ll—M-vell on the follow mg night These pninuse to Is- our hardi-ct f.une- of tlx- si-.i son, so lx- on haiwt fo cive Hn team our .supixuf These five handsome guys hard¬ ly nei-d any introduction, but in case you don ' t know who thnae atomic bombs, full of pep and energy are. try again. Yes. It ' s the Tech High Cheerleaders. Ross Griffith. Bob .Sullivan. Bill Sar¬ gent. Bill MrFarlan, and Charlie Peterson. What did you think of the Quin- temblettes-pretty terrible, huhl And that chorus line-wheW Well anyway. What ' s the matter with the cheerleaders ' ’’ ' ‘They ' re all right’ Sports Party Dcs Moines Tech Girls Alhletu- Asscx-iation entertained eight guls from each of the five high schixd- Rooscvelt, Lincoln. Fast. North and St Joseph ' s on Novemher 11 at 4 p m The girls pm ticipat -d in badminton, ping pong, shuffle- board and swimming, with pri -« being .iwarded in each spm t Oft The Bench (Way Off) A liu h li-ll over the crowd as Klwio Kll.-ton appiuoelied the live tliiow htie ills urins cocked, snap- peti. aiul the ball floated gioex-ful- Iv Itiimigii the basket with a -wi-b ELWIN HAD MADE HIS FIRST FHF.E THROW IN 16 Ari ' EMPTS Wbat did Coach Johnson and t ' lMch Hugln-s say to the second team at tfw half of the Valley gaiiie to niaki- them win their fust game of the sc-oson ? After till-, maybe they ' ll say it tiioi ' v ollell. Vours truly i.s having a bad im.e wilting OFF THE BENCH TIh-ix- is a wrestler here . ' ho kit | s Ix-gging ux to put his name III Hu.- 11111111111. Okay, fellu. here It IS Cbuck Waters’ TSK Ooe-tion of Hu.- si-mester Why I.- Doll llixiges always late lu Mbm.l ' two.- talking to Bill Evans and .■ iviii Ulixjiiibuig. They tell iiu- Hiev ail going to have a raffle. The pi 1 1 - ' Tiny aie going to raf¬ fle oil iheiii.-elvi-s This is what Hiev s.iv gills, lluny hurry, the III ki t- aiv going last! The only I all ' ll Is. Hu V take out the girl wlio wills That ' s one way to get iiitiiii-y lui a date-- also the date Siipei Guy. Although Bob Ailihlti II has paiticipated in .-|HMt.-. and every activity tluit Tix b li.is s|H nMii(-d. he has inan- agitl to re.iil a tuHik a we»-k all s4-Mii-t«r This startling l;u-t was imiliiiiieil by Miss Smith, our bill at latt. Tech Wins Opener, 32-.31 Lincoln Tops Tech, 33-31 Lincoln High stopped a fight¬ ing Des Moines Tech quintet Fri¬ day night. December 10. by the close score of 33-31. Lincoln led most of the game and was ahead at the half 20-14. The Engineers came storming liack during -the third quarter and narrowed the margin to two points. Lincoln w-ent ahead again and Tech overtook them in the last minute of the game on Mc¬ Kee ' s chanty toss This was not enough, however, as Hoffa of Lincoln lobbed in a layup shot with 36 seconds to go That shot meant the margin of victory Again It was Jim Hoskins who sparked the Engineer Juniors, al¬ though they were defeated 40-26 Hoskins was credited with 16 of hiB team ' s 26 points, and should be quite a player for the varsity during the next year or two. Friday night. Dot 4Hi. Hie Ti-i h cagers opened their season in Hie South Central Conference by de¬ feating Indianola 32-31 at He- East High gym Tech jum|M-d in¬ to the swing early in the quarter with Dan Griffin scoring for the Engineers Tech held their le.x l until the 3rd quarter, when the Indians took a 7 point lead Tech fought back and Barbieri ' s Ixis- ket tiiMl the game Gilhens was then fouled. Connie missi-d his first shot, but the second w.-is good Weeks. Indianola ' s star, was outstanding for the Indians Con¬ nie Gtthens. brilliant littb for¬ ward. looked good for the Engin¬ eers Indianola ' s seconds defeated the EIngineer Soph ' s 32-21. al¬ though Lightning Jim Ifosking scored II points for Tech.

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m TfCHfiicifln TECH GRADUATION TONIGHT Typical Senior Day Typical Sanior Day Ht ' verly Wurthcn 5:00 A M. Mfiwin Fillnuin be¬ gins testing his journalistic the¬ ory by canying papers. 5:30 Jack Huladay and Ronnie Mon ison get up to take their pin curls down and comb out their lurks. 5:40 Chuck Midriff tiles u lit¬ tle harmony by singing Oh How I Hati To Get Up In The Morn¬ ing. b.OO Most students are just be¬ ginning to get a good night ' s sleep. 0.30 Early burls are creeping out fitMii under the nice cozy warmth of their beds 7.00 Mure Movement !M Most students are up. or in the proce¬ dure of getting up 7.30 Mary Kiiend comes home from work, only to tui-n around and depart fm school Egad What a job ' ' H 00 Most students are trodding the path to Ye Old Si ' hool. ’ tt Ul Bill Huss upi ns one eye. 0:02 Bill itpens the olhei eye Oh. well, nice tiy. Bill 8:311 Kenny Wells dei ides Ui get up. a 31 Coralee runs for streetcar and makes it. 8.40 Mad dash to hotiu room begins. 8 50 Bill Huss arrives with I niiSM-d my bus.” How long will Ml Andreasin believe that? 9:01 LiH ' kei-s slam—everyone hustling to class, and I don ' t have my home wiuk done- Oh. well another five to my collei ' tiun 9:0-2 Mure hustling 9.07 Coralee Schappert amves to first hour with Simior meet¬ ing. senior meeting And to think Ml ' S. Knutson would believe a stiwy liki- that 9 15 E veryone studying??? 9 20 Mary Friend and Vivian Hardman start their dally Have you heard this one? 9 30 Everyone lisiks at his watch--no use- still 9-JO 9.45 Mad scramble fm the doors. Carroll Vonk gets lost in the shuffle 9 48 Bob Wolfe puts his book- kit ' ping away and tells Mr Hart¬ ley not to disturb him, as he is ivady for his daily nap. 9 50 Arvid BltHunburg decides to writ another smash U. Tech Club show. Who know.«, you may bi- nc.xt 10 00 Aodicy Hi ' innungei .skips to M. Bi’lz ' s «»ffice loi- another friendly chat. 10 15 Keniiv Wells divams of be¬ ing hig and strong, matching liis strength against the World ' s Champion Wrcstlei. 10:29 Ah. fix-edom. 10 12 Mrs. B«thlm.iii gaily gn ls .ill tif Iwi hiilhaiit |-| stiMh nt.- ' 111:33 Oi.Me Nau liegiils hei spiHvh on Oemticracy” us th e cluss sel- llis bark for their daily sntxize. 10 45 Phyllis Li-ttpold wakes up, finds Dixie still talking. d i es Kick t«» slei-p 11 00 My. h »w tinw d K-sn ' t fly. SENIOR 11:08 The lull before the storm. 11.12 Dixie finishes her item. 11 13 Beverly Warthen begins her dally argument with her favorite teacher, Mr. Olthoff. 11 20 Tommie Cole decides to study, not much, just a little bit. 11:45 Dale Bugh begins Dream¬ ing of a Quick 3:30.” 11:54 Bell waits anxiously to give out. 11:58 The secuiiil lull before the storm. 11:58 Lunch, second, that u. 12 01 Mr Betz is buried under an avalanche of students. 12 30 Ray Mattson pursues the girl of his choice. 12 45 Another bell rings. 12:50 Don Stout arrives from his co-op job to get an education??? I 15 Gene M iller decides to sing as he puts the finishing touches to his art project. 1:20 Rubci-t Miller decides he ' s been quiet long enoungh, so he sneezes. 1.30 Pat Landess is cutting up again, only this time it ' s an inno¬ cent little stencil 1 45 Paul McQuillin decides to tak the rest of the day off. ' J 00 Jack Patterson, Vincent Bradley, and Charles Pallas, the master minds, get together to make a great decision. Will that radio work or won ' t it and why’ 2:15 Jack Gambrall makes his friendly visit to Mr Anderson ' s office. 2 20 Joe Pinegar gives up. Wants to go homo I ' Tl let him. but will Andy’’ 2:30 One hour to go. 2 45 Jack Holaday and Ronnie Morrison begin a violent search (or their combs. 2:50 Everyone just waiting for 3 30 3:15 LesU ' r Wilkerson leaves a little early, to be sure he gets to leave at 3 30 3.10 Les returns to class. 3:30 Gang way—Bedlam has just broken loose. 4 00 Bloomhoig ' s busy. Basket¬ ball. that IS. 4 30 The last have left Ye Old Schixil to tread the path home Tempus Fugits 0 15 Nothing doing—radios arc all on. 7.30 Corky begins her evening on the phone. 8 00 Who ' s the guy we see Phyl¬ lis with’ Could his nante be Lloyd’ 8 30 Mary Friend catches on to u big Joke she heard last week and gets on the phone to tell Merle Short 10:00 StudenU give the last flou- I ishing touch to their home work II 00 Jack and Ronnie give up seal I lung fur combs and tell their h.mg5 to go to hang. 12 4H) It ' s still early Isn ' t it Amt ivy and Beverly? I 00 The boys prepare for anoth¬ er day. 2:00 Silence reigns, but don’t let It bother you. ' cause in another Ihrct- hours. Merwin will begin his .lolly work, and who know ' s wh.it loiiioriow may bring ' YEAR Know Yovv School Son Go Des Moines Tech High S:hool Plunge right through that line For Gold and Blue we ' re lightin. And we ' II cheer you all the time Tech Rah! Rah! Fight Des Moines Tech High School Fight for victory Spread far the fame Of our fair name Go Dei Moines Tech win that game! (Whiatle) Go Des Moines Tech High School Go (Whistle) Go Des Moines Tech High School Go Hit ' e-m high, hit ' em low Go Des Moines Tech Go! Se ' O ' lO C» ' , eO‘ Together We Can Yeah, little ole Tech ' s really gettin ' up there, isn’t she?” You ran say tliat again First it was basketball, then football, track, and wrestling, and now they ' ve got a nice little band. They start out with the least, but I ' d bet my bottom dollar their band will live up to the tradition started back m ‘42 by that first basket- bull squad.” Anv Techite should feel duly proud to overhear that comment, but It doesn ' t look as if any of us will ever have a chance, cause so far It ' s all talk.We have a willing instructor, but we want more than u one-piece band at our games. Very likely you ' re saying, Nu- txxly ever makes any moves: I ' m not gonna ' be the first to volun¬ teer. Well, you shuiiid be ' eh and everyone of us wants a band. All Us can’t play instruments, but we can help finance it, and can support It by local cheering. United effort behind this idea could do a lot How ' bout all of us ' banding ' together thu next semester, and see if we can ' t develop a rootin ' tootin ' good band by next full? 62 SENIORS GRADUATE THURSDAY NIGHT Cummrnccmcni ckcrci»e for 62 ten- Hir tiill he held in ike Tech auditorium ThuiMJay excning markint the eoncluMon I sviivitie, (or the June cla ». Addiemng the reniorr at fheir eradu- aitun eercmonier aill he Mr Anhur Bray t«»n. tccieury of the Dc» Moine Cen- cmiiin Biirrau of the Chamber of Com- mcrec Mr Drayton i» well known (or ki inierertinf and clever rpcrchc and it a laMiritc among De- Moines ‘Tech atu- dent Diploma are to he presented by a rcprcsentatoc ol the Board of Educa- uin Mr Perry C Frasier, principal, will pic-idc Mr Crisman is arranging musieal numhcri Eight Mudents (rum the I2B and IIA classc will serve as ushers Leading the priHtssion of seniors m caps and gowns will he Lluyc Grove and Betiv Simmon B.4 Han.on. Lloyd Dose. Dwight Cregei. C Hirt Hooton Tom Ja |ucs and Ft vd Hu , will «crve a u hcr The cummcrK-rmcni commiitce i» e imp i ed of Peg Marquis, chairman Martha Redting. Bruce Reynold . Thoma Fredregill and Gloria Rivhard Tho eummittre alti planned the haccalautrate scrsK ' rs held Sunday Gucm • peakci wa- the Re NK ' itliam Kntghi minoler (r«im the Highland Park (!hurch of 0 ri»i Farewell Seniors As vou leave these days behind. Here ' s something to keep in mind. Remember well the days of old. The school you left; the blue and gold. The halls will not echo your hearty hellos. And faces are forgotten as time goes. But now there come commence¬ ment and song. And as you leave us we ' ll say. So Long!” Senior Party Western Style Everyone and his partner show¬ ed up for the first senior party held, Friday. April 11, in the school auditorium. The theme was W ' estem Style. A floor show followed a apeU of dancing. Cameron Ross acted as master of cermonies. Gene Miller sang Gal in Cali¬ co”. Donna Binks and Gene Miller sang “Small Fry . Inez and Vir¬ ginia Martin sang rm in the Mood for Love and “Navajo Trial”. Everett Cochrane. Dorothy Perdue. Jay Powers, and Donna Hammarstedt sang “I Tipped My Hat . A special feature was Mr Dude Rancher, who turned out to be John Hicks. Fourth Floor Finding Russell Middleliauff feels that if Harold Jej(lum can pass the U. S. A F I tests, he can. (How about that. Harold?) The boys upsUirs say they are surely glad to be out of the ser vice, but to hear them tell, dur¬ ing one of their “bull sessions how their outfits were the test anywdierc. one sometimes won¬ ders! This “dirt collector asked Jee Lopez what he likes best about the G 1. Department The col fee, of course. wes the quick reply. Stanley Wetteland. Jack Mill er. Robert Landers. Richard Young- man and Joe Keough-out ol town G I scholars-are college bound as soon ss they finish here. How ambitious! (Could it be tnat they love school’ Or is it that pay- check?) Speaking of the high cost o- living, the only t)ung that come¬ down nowadays is rain, and ever that soaks you. Good Luck, Seniors

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THt ItCHOIC Vol. 5 DES MOINES TECHNICAL SCHOOL, DES MOINES, IOWA JANUARY 27, 1948 No. 4 SHOULD L1V £ DRAKE BAND ASSEMBLY Thursday, January 6, the Drake Band presened an assembly in our auditorium. The program con¬ tained both classical and popular music. They favored us with the fol¬ lowing numbers: 1. The Diplomat March by Sou¬ sa 2. The Invocation Alberich from “Rhinegold” by Wagner 3. Aria by Tenaglia 4. Soloist—Roger Barrett Thoughts of Love by Arthur Pryor 5. King Cotton March by Sousa conducted by Mr. Farrow 6. Fashion Show and Horse Race from Newsreel by Wm. Schuman 7. A Spanish March “Elacliaro” Baccalaurecrte Last Sunday For Your Delight Jan. 26—Senior Class day 27— Commencement 28— Semester closes 29— B. B. East there Feb. 4—B. B. Valley here 5—B. B. North there 7—Adult school opens 11— Indianola there 12— Chariton here 15—P.T.-A. at 3:00 p. m. 17—Lincoln here 19—East here Dr. Weerlz, Speaker Seniors and their parents were invited to attend the Baccalaure¬ ate services, Sunday Jan. 23 in the auditorium. The sermon was given by Dr. Frederick J. Weertz, Pastor of the St. Johns’ Lutheran Church. His message w ' as the Science of Great Living. The music was provided by Mr. and Mrs. Crisman and the Tech High Chorus. Dr. Weertz has been pastor of St. Johns’ Evangelical Lutheran Commencement To-night Senior Banquet The banquet for the seniors was held in Younkers Tea Room, January 25, 1949. The decora¬ tions revealed the theme for the banquet which was Winter Won¬ derland. Chuck Watters gave the introductory toast, Snow Man, Grace Raymond sang, “Winter Wonderland;” Mr. Nighswonger gave a speech on, “Snow is Glis¬ tening;” The plans that we made were read by Ann Spicer. Mr. Betz gave a speech on, “Walking in the Winter Wonderland,” and Helen Fogarty finished the enter¬ tainment by singing, “Sleigh Bells are Ringing.” The menu at the banquet con¬ sisted of soup, wafers, breaded veal cutlet, potatoes, molded fruit salad, roll, drink, ice cream and cookies. Tomahawks Reorganize The Tomahawk club was just recently re-organized! Several changes have been made in the club with hopes of getting mem¬ bers who are really interested in participating in an organized rooting team. One new requirement is that members must sign a pledge to attend all home games and all club meetings unless ill or work¬ ing. Five un-excused absences drop a member from the club. To earn a Tomahawk emblem, you must attend three-fourths of the meetings and games for one year, and have passing grades in three subjects. New members will be taken into the club during the first three weeks of next semester. The Tomahawks will present an assembly February 4, to intro¬ duce new members of our school, especially 10-B’s, to the school yells and songs. A pep assembly February 17, for our games with Lincoln and East, will also be put on by the Tomahawks. The Tomahawk Club is in hopes that it will have a strong active membership for next semester. Church, which is one of the lead¬ ing Lutheran Churches in Ameri¬ ca, for twenty three years. His dynamic personality, his reputation as a public speaker, and his energy revealed to us that he is a tireless worker. A well ed¬ ucated, able speaker, he inspired the graduates with his advice on the Science of Great Living. Dr. Bohlman, Speaker Tonight, January 27, 1949, the seniors will march down the aisle of the auditorium for the last time to a piano duet, the Stately March, played by Mr. and Mrs. Durward Crisman. Presiding over the commence¬ ment exercises, will be our princi¬ pal, Mr. E. C. Betz. The invoca¬ tion will be delivered by Dr. Lewis Jacobson, Pastor of the First Baptist Church. The mixed chorus will supply the vocal music, with “Saluta¬ tion” and “Sweet and Low,” as the opening selections, directed by Mr. Crisman and accompanied by Mrs . Crisman. The seniors are having for their speaker. Dr. Herbert W. Bohlman, Dean of the Graduate Division of Drake University. The subject of his speech will be “The Reali¬ ties.” A member from the Board of Education will present the gradu¬ ating class with their diplomas. The ceremony will close with the benediction by Dr. Jacobson, which will be followed by the re¬ cessional, the Festal March in F. Faculty Tea December 16, the Des Moines Tech faculty had a Christmas Tea. The teachers ate and played games from about 3:30 P. M. to 5:00 P. M. Chairman of the com¬ mittee which arranged the tea was Mrs. Langworthy. The food was taken care of by Mesdames Tarman and Berry. Miss Hoak provided the Christmas dec¬ orations. 22