Madison Central High School - Tychoberahn Yearbook (Madison, WI)

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June ...THE ORANGE AND BLA CK... 1933 DID YOUB IISIIQOOW THAT , That in 1908 the attendance of Central reached 2,000? 1.9.-. Scientists are able to ascertain the weight of stars? iWhat, no penny scales?J. -o- There are really three entrances to Cen- tral? cAnd don'-t criticize thatb. -o- It is claim.ed, and I don't doubt it, that there are 6,700 named tongue and written languages? -o- In 1930 Central had a designated clean-up week in which everything was turned topsy- turvy to see that it was cleaned perfectly? -o- That the capitol and the capitol park cover and area. of 14 and two-fifths acres? . In 1930 Central had 55 teachers, of which 17 were English teachers? ...Q.-. . The Mirror of 1930 had a society column? -0- ' In 1929, the good old days, The Mirror also ran a sport column called From the Bleachers ? The purpose was to explain. to the girls what the sports were all about. -o- The sum of 31,300 was spent by the board of education for new suits for the band of Central in 1929, when money was just a mat- ter of course? A -o- It is estimated that only one-half of the Eskimos of the world have ever seen a snow house? That's a. cold thought' -o- It is said that Benjamin Franklin often formed correct opinions on important matters in his dreams? Ho hum, and so to bed. -o- Face paint was not used by the Indian to make him look horrid, but to protect him from the sun? - A - -o- The earth shrinks? This is one cause of earthquakes. iWlhat wouldn't shrink after all this rain?J. -o- There are enough cars for 'everyone to go riding at the same time? Unnn so that's why there's so many cars on the roads Sun- days. 101. George Washington was buried at least twice? ' - .-0.-. It is expected that the attendance at Central next year will be an increase, over this year's attendance? A I - -o- Central got a place in their class in almost everything they entered in the state band tournament? Congratulations. -o- You are probably as tired of reading those questionmarks' above as I am punching them on the typewriter, soooo, we'll forget about the questions and go in for some facts: -10.- There is many a broken heart at Central since the band tournament picked up its instruments and crept away as quietly and as quickly as it came. ...Q-. Madison, as did Central, rose to the occa- sion and played the part of host to over 5,000 high school students who met at Madi- son to compete in the annual state band tournament. Parades, drills, and concerts, as well as dances and sight-seeing tours of the capitol and the city were among the high- lights of the program for the visitors. -o- ' Then, too, I mustn't forget that apology to Vera Lee, which I owe her. You remember the time that I said she called our place and tried to disguise her voice? Well, it wasn't Vera: it was someone by the name of Mar-tha H. CSorry, Vera.J ...0- We see that Betty Cass was attracted by the feature in The Mirror telling of the nobility and other interesting family relations of Central students. Speaking of readers of this rag, we just learned the other day that we have at least one parent reader, Mrs. Du Bois. 101. Maybe it's because Olive Nelson and Flor- ence Blake asked me to put it in, or maybe it's just because it's a pretty good joke, and it may be the combination of the two, but anyway, here is the joke. It all took place in Miss Yaeger's class when MES Yaeger said: Bob, what did you throw out of that win- dow? , Bob Trachte: A marble: I wanted to give it a break. ' , -o- To return to the questions: of course you knew that- The chemistry room has a telep-hone in it? -o- The radio station was taken out of Central because it was in the way of the tire escape? -o- Central was originally a girls' academy? -o- There will be more vacation days Cdazel in the year 1933-34 than school days? -o- If I asked you where room 302 was, you probably couldn't tell me? -.gi That in order to read the room number on the door of room 217 you have to be on the inside, as the glass was put in wrong side out? 1Look at those prepositionsj -o- There are still some of those gas jets about the walls of Central, either from the time -: -20 :- when they used gas lights or they are there in case of emergency? ...O-. Thereason our rag is called The Madison Mirror is because this beloved school was once known as the Madison High school? That still may be its name, but it is better known as Central. -.01 And the reason you should be sooo glad today is the fact that this is the last column that you will have to read that will be writ- ten by this columnist. -0-. In 1929 the enrollment of Central reached 1,552? I -o- The following piece was taken from a Mir- ror of the same year as mentioned in a line or so above, Mr, Benjamin Ashman spent the greater part of his vacation in Madison pulling weeds and hoeing corn, the remain- ing part of his summer he spent acting as substitute teacher of mathematics in the University of Wisconsin Extension division ? -o- The June issue of the supplement for the annual was an enlarged issue of The Mirror, having 16 pages? iAnd you kick at 32l. do- . In 1927, a Centralite, Ruth Rowe, had the privilege of interviewing the late Dr. Bab- cock? A choice bit that even Betty Cass didn't know of is the answer Dr. Babcock gave to the question, Why didn't you com- mercialize your inventions? He answered smilingly in his own way, I was teaching at the university and using university time so that I thought that my inventions should be given to the state. And then, too, I do not need the money. I have enough. -Ol The Racine Park Beacon is the most looked forward to exchange, with the exception of the West High-Times, by The Mirror staff? 1 ici. . That speaking of West High-Times, we are looking forward to the appearance of their magazine? -o- Although we ran in a story telling who they were in one of our editions of The Mir- ror, a certain group who appear over the radio wouldn't let us use their names in this magazine? CPicture elsewhere in this ragl. -o- It is rumored that a course in journalism may be oifered the second semester of next year? Remember, I said it was rumoredl. .-.0.. There are supposed to be about 1,600 words on this page? iAll right, then go ahead and count them yourselfl. -o- There are almost eight thousand books in our school library? dt goes on and on, but thems just wordsl. ...0-. A blacklist to a columnist is a list on which he has the names of those he wou1dn't write about, even if he had to leave a blank space in his column? k

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1933 ..THE ORANGE AND BLACK... June INGSKH4 PROPAGANDA ITH THE CLOSING of another school year our mind runs ba-ck to the Central football team of the 1933 season. It was what could be called entirely success- ful, and the team, so ably led by Captain R.omie Hilgers, won a great deal more than half its games. Central com- pleted the season with a total of four vic- tories against two defeats and one tie, that with East, traditional rival in all kinds of sports, 'especially football. In opening their season against Edgerton, the Central 1933 gridiron warriors showed more fighting spirit than the Orange and Black team had displayed in years. The credit for this should go to Coach Mike Koskey and Coach Edward Swiderski, both alumni of the University of ,Wisconsin The latter served during the football season only. Central took the Tobacco City gridders by the score of 44-0. The line played especially well in this fracas, Captain Hilgers, Stanley, and Nee turning in well-played games. Central's o p p o n e n t in the conference opener was Racine Washington Park, led by Johnny Petrakis, a brilliant halfback. This contest tested Central's ability to the utmost, but they rose to the occasion' in the second half and scored a touchdown in that period. Cuccia kicked the point-after-touchdown and his kick turned out to be the margin of vic- tory, as Johnny Dunn broke through and blocked Radewan's attempted place - kick after a 'touchdown by Petrakis in the fourth quarter. Although victorious in two games, the Orange and Black team was destined to almost certain defeat, as the Redmen were stronger last year than they had been in years--and ordinarily they make up the toughest team in the Big Eight Conference. However, the great Central team spirit rose to its highest point during this contest, and the Central gridders trod down the powerful Redmen to the score' of 13-7. Playing a steady defensive game, Quarterback Smith took advantage of two breaks and opened his bag of tricks just long enough to score two touchdowns, which was enough to bring the victory. The ends, Karas and Cuccia, played a sterling game. In perhaps the most listlessly fought game of the entire season, Central lost to West High school. The Koskey-coached men were simply over-powered and their lack of aggressiveness lessened the Central line to such an extent that West scored twice. In the closing moments of the game Central backs tried many passes, but these were either intercepted or grounded. When the gun rent the air, Central had not crossed its opponents goal-line. The line played its worst game of the season. Perhaps rejuvenated a bit, but still feeling the sting of defeat at the hands of West, the Orange and Black squad, forty-nine strong, journeyed to Janesville. The line cameiback to its former fine type of play and l-ed the Central squad to a 13-0 victory, John Dunn and Hank Stanley turning in stellar per- formances. The Bower City lads just couldn't stop the shifty and driving Madison backs, and Bid Smith and Phil Caruso tore gaping holes in the Bluebird line. Returning home, the Central gridders engaged the conference leading Beloit team for first place. The strong Line City back- Iield romped through the Central forward wall to get into scoring position. Three times they took to the air, and three times they went through a weak pass de-fense to score their three -touchdowns. Central scored her only touchdown in the third quarter. i Central barely coasted 'through to a '2-0 victory over Racine Horlick. The high spot .of this game was Smith's 80-yardpunt which ultimately resulted in the game's only score. Racine ou-tplayed Central' offensively, scoring eleven first downs to-the visitors'-four. Next came Wisconsin High, runner-up in. the Southern Six, who entered the game with the odds on them, because of the Orange and Black's erratic playing- in its last threesgames. Central swept the Badger Preps off -their feet with two touchdowns early in the game. Smith punted well, and Ray Hanke picked holes in the opponents line with swiftness and ease. ' 1 ' The final game of the yea1', the annual Armistice Day game ,with East, was played in a driving blizzard before 2,500 shivering fans. The first half was scoreless, although East came close on Mueller's long jaunt, bu.t he was upset on a beautiful tackle by Smith. In the third quarter Kernan, East center, broke fContinued on Page Thirty-onel ' cc 79 TRACK Central track team recently concluded a good season. The Orange and Black lost to West 65W to 42m in a dull meet, but defeated East66M1 to 41W in the second and last meet of the year. In the city meet, Cen- tral finished second to West. The scoring was as follows: West, 463 Central, 295 and East, 11. Bid Smith, Eddie Quinlan, and Ray I-Ianke were the outstanding point winners. Smith scored 48 points, Quinlan 24, and Hanke 24. In the city meet, Smith won the 100-yard dash and the broad jump and placed second in the discus throw. In both victories he set new city records-10.2 sec- onds in the dash, and 22 feet, 3M1, inches- in the broad jump. The latter mark betters the state record, but of course is not official. Quinlan was first in the 220 and second in the 100. Hanke was second in the pole vault and. tied .for second in the high jump. Cen- tra-l's other points came when Trachte, Bond, and Jefferson picked up third places in the mile run, the half-mile run, and the low hurdles. d ' .Letters will be awarded Smith, Quinlan, Hanke, Dunn, and Trachte. l' .-- -fi. l' I ,s . i r It has been suggested that William Six-letter Bid Smith might make a Japanese kimona of his letters or, when sewed to ether the k b tif I T rk' h t l. H ' ' u g y ma e eau u u is owes owever, Bid' has discarded these suggestions and states that he will sail for Turkey immediately upon graduating, where he will start a harem and present each wife with a beautifully carved, hand-laced, polka-dotted M, , --: 19 :-

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l '- K yi R: ., .,i- 5 x'xf,,..l3g:, . I. .:', Q. '?ITj.,'1 ,nh iaet- -' 1933 ...THE ORANGE AND BLA CK... June CENTRAL CASTING K Wally,,,Foster at the Mike S USUAL, this years we are again having a graduating class. Again we are faced with the problem of filling the vacancies of the departing seniors. What will we do without: Everett Carteron to give us those sales talks in his most appealing tone of voice? Evelyn Boyle to come down in the front of the English room to wo-rk K?J in a group with Dorothy KLucilleD Cox? Victor Cramer to bring a two by four board about five feet long to school to have kids autograph it? Cerise Beran to ask, What are you kids laughing at now? George Deighton to sing in his ond bass the boom, boom., boom in the quar- tet? Kathryn Conners to take a test over just to see if she can raise her mark Kshe didn't raise, but she equalled ith ? Charles Du Bois to write those certain kind of poems and to make all the girls jealous Kor should I say enviousj of one another? Romance Cowgill to take Kor assumeb the part of a lady of England, with her Beg pawdons and all that? Bob and Dick Frye when roll call is taken in Art ,Metal class? Jeanne Gorman who swept us by storm when she appeared on our stage to do a tap dance? . Bernard Gorst and Bob Harris to throw erasers in English class when Miss Pierce is either absent from the room orwhether she is there? I Q I ' Margaret Hatch to write those swellegant notes to an ex-Centralite on the back of school-party invitations? Edouard Kilgore to pull rabbits out of hats and make them disappear into thin air Koh yeah, tell it to Murphyb? deep sec- Ruth Henning to sit and worry a whole. period about a History testNtIjtQ?i'SiQ?.fl9i'svsui'e that she fiunked and then come back the next day to tell you she only got-an A in it? Morris Slavney to turn my 'hair grey because of' the length of time it takes him to get started? Matilda Matzke to take prizes at the depression parties? ' Vito Shiro getting excused from school to go.home to change his trousers after having had the whole Art Metal class spill acid on it? Donald Trachte to make linoleum cuts, and posters, and besides all this to be a confirmed bachelor? Murrel Truehl to enter our popularity con- tests? ' Meyer Victor to carry Laurene Hellick- son's saxophone? A Frank Turnquistz to be called pansy by RAJAH? KRemember, F ra n k,.- I said by Rajahb. Doreene Smith to give us those vocal solos, especially Cabin in the Cotton and Trees ? Marie Stahl to copperize a real toad and use it for a set on a ring? Ingeborg Swalheim to give me a mark in a test thirty poin-ts less than I should have had? KW'hich was all a mistake, of coursel. Mary Virnig to come bursting forth with a poem., no matter what the occasion may be? Bertha Wurst to always furnish those look- ing in the card index a good laugh as her na.me reads there-1Wurst Bertha? Antoinette Zeman to make a most unusual type of ring? KAsk her about itl. 'Of course we really shouldn't forget to mention the little red-headed class p-rophet, Lois Neill. We thought of writing acharac- ter sketch, but then for certain reasons we thou.ght it best not to. You might inquire of her as to who that blond boy' was that caught her eye in the aud t'other day. Right here and now I'm going to explain that 'it wasn't my idea to have the cut' put in this magazine that appears ,lon .this Azpage. Allthe blame lKyes,iI-.said blamej falls on the mold. confirmed 'bachelor, Don ald Lloyd Kohl and his keen ability to-,,1i.x5Hthe', .f?'I'rachte. KNow', I guess that evens things mileage recorder on his father:sgg.qi-i.r3+s,o that heewill ngtgknow how far Lloyd has gone? to blush when you call her 'aifthait' cute little girl as one person did upon seeing her graduation picture? Glen Mason to sit in the aud duringna dra- matic club movie with Lethal Reynolds-,Kand he forgot that it was JUST a school moviel? Rachel Herrington to Write the other col- umn and also her being puzzled as to whom she should ask to a certain party? Ann Longiield to attend the indoor or soft- ball gam.es at Breese-Stevens? Thomas Murphy, John Nee, John Sylves- ter to act as a reception committee at the State Band tournament? Mary McWilliams to take care of the book exchange as well as to sell tickets at the Eastwood Kwe'll be seeing her there one of these 25c nitesb? UDJ We are sad to announce that, as yet, we have not been able to find out who that certain person is who Jane Farwell is that way about. Though. we do know that she has been interested ,ingthehired man down on Then as for the' other h'a'lf1'9iithe QBQa7jah4Rachel Her- rington, we think Kreally?J that she is having a tough time trying to choose between two boys whose names have appeared with hers in this column before Knot in the magazine but in an issue of The Mirrorl. We don't DARE put their names in here, but nevertheless, there are two Central girls who are engaged. KNOW just you watch those lingers and you'll soon see who they are.J Somewhere a few lines up we- finished a sentence with a preposition, which reminds us that a certain paper carried the statement -: 21 :- as follows: a preposition is the wrong way to end a sentence with. KDo you see it?J A definition that Miss Yeager uses quite often, and which we read in A Manual of English, takes the cake when it comes to defining the word education : The ability to do the thing one does not want to do, at the time he does not want to do it. A What are we seniors going to do without any bells to ring to make us jump every hour or so . . . no teach-ers to tell us to make up time . . . no books to make our arms sore from packing them Knot saying, of course, that they make our heads sore from trying to study themb . . . no three fiights of stairs to go up and down in three minutes time . . . no sp-ecial work slips to go bumming on . . . no aud periods to go to the auditorium, for . . . no reason to bum . no teachers to talk about . . . no, no, no, nothings? . . . But maybe we won't graduate, maybe we WILL go to another higher school, maybe we WILL have teachers, bells, steps, slips, and periods, books and all that tommy-rot. But why worry, remember the old saying, A rolling s-tone gathers no moss, but boy, what a shine it gets. rl! Pk Dk Now that you've read this thing Kthere's some conceit there, I just feel ith, have your friends autograph your magazine on this page so that no one else will have to suffer as you 'did. KI mean by reading the column, of coursel . . . Aw, resivoire . . . M 3 M N. X - is 4.1 . .' .' .gigs , , , - M,-R5 -1 'Y 2 ,sn This may be Wally Foster fifty Kpardon-I mean at the hope for the best. at the age of mikey, but we ' l