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

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The Ghost Iells All Don Tkaciite, grad, gives word and pen pictures of his Playfellow Henry by Virginia Parker Alokc with Gloria Vanderbilt, the Mirror possesses an original drawing of the comic strip, “Henry. More than Gloria Vanderbilt, the Mirror has had created for it an exclusive cartoon because Mr. Anderson is a Madison man, and his assistant, an alumnus of Central. We tried to get an interview with Henry himself, but he proved as illusive as Garbo. Finally, sve did manage to ensnare Mr. Anderson’s official ghost. Maybe it is just as well, because Henry wouldn't know much about getting jobs, and might hesitate to divulge what his ardent public writes him. (Jetting my job with Carl Anderson was mostly a matter of luck, said I on Trachtc when we interviewed him regarding his position as assistant to the creator of Henry. I had some work under Mr. Anderson in a vocational night school class, and there I got my first glimpse of ‘'Henry, when Mr. Anderson showed the little tyke to our class. Later, after finishing Central, I went to work for Leo F.dwards at Cambridge, Wisconsin. Mr. Edwards, an author of lioys’ hooks, and I had planned to write a comic together. After working all summer and apparently gaining nothing but a badly strained pair of eyes, I came back to Madison. In the meantime ’Little Henry' had risen to national fame, and, seeking the reason for the failure of my own cartoons to sell, went to Mr. Anderson for advise and criticism. He gave me some suggestions and advised me to continue my education. When I had finished three semesters at the University, I saw ’Henry’ had been syndicated. After drawing up some Henry ideas, I went to Carl Anderson, presented them to him, and asked for a job. At that time Mr. Anderson was preparing to go to New York for a month, but promised to keep me in mind and to let me know when he returned. About a month later he phoned and said the job was mine, loiter Mr. Anderson said I was hired because he saw the improvement in my work. I consider the summer I thought lost one of the most valuable I have ever put in. The cartoonists arc about equally divided in regard to the training needed for this work, Don pointed out. Some say you need an art foundation. Others say it isn’t necessary, and it is better to stick to straight cartooning. They argue that too much art training might stunt a person's style and prevent him from exaggerating like a cartoonist must. Art helps, provided you can keep precision out of your regular work. Mr. Anderson receives fan mail from all over the world, according to Don. the jxrsonal secretary. Recently a missionary in West Africa ran across an old magazine in which little Henry appeared, and became so intrigued with Henry's antics that he wrote to Mr. Anderson. 'I hc letter, which took three month’s to reach Madison, requested that a copy of the Little Henry book to sent to him, and stated that the missionary would only look at one cartoon a day because if he got a laughing fit, the natives might think him crazy and tic him up. He also said there was a little colored boy in this village that was al- (continued on page 29) HENRY ] ) if-----r To VihOo if MAY cOt $£iiN: -i TH MK THiS WM WroWSiN SeNTtNE L fcizNUS »S A GOOD iOEAW AN WE ORTEft HAVE '£M MORE OFF£N - --SAY WVNCE A WE£K AtEOO£. Vg £D- HSNRy C CAM. «NKRMN 12

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Ciitlf' Club Cabinet Front Row, left to right: Mary Alice Daniel . Evelyn Alexander. Betty Ellen Hedqui t, Jo Ann Etch. Lucille Link. Yvonne Na ef. Back Row: Betty Ludwig. Franco Kaneviky. Helen Utter, Janet Hout-lon, Alice Herrington, Irene Schwarz. They eneouiage scholarships Hi ya doin', boys? Hi-Y Club Firtt Row. left to right: Jack Snyder. Ruuell Inge-britton, John Dutf . Paul Hatleberg, Joe Barnett. John Carden, John Bate . Second Row: Bob Goodrich, Oti Ingcbritten. Bob McWilliam . William Hughe , George Mooney. Chal-mer Hatleberg, Dan Thompson, Cartier Blackbourn. Third Row: Bob Hughe . Mr. E. P. Nichel, Nick Margeti . Charle Speth. Clifford Kinder, Bob Larton. Theodore Paaraon. CJirU Lit ernry Society Firat Row, left to right: Catherine Roienberg, Yvonne Nacet, I ori» Yaffee, Mary Eierman. Janet Hoution. Second Row: Evelyn Alexander, Lucille Link. Elizabeth McGahey, Lotiite DuBoi , Helen Schara, Mildred Baldwin. Third Row: Mary Lord, I.e»lie Cavanaugh. Betty Wetton, Mary Breilenbach. Marian Ryan. Villetta Spencer, Kathleen Menoher. Fourth Row: Mary Alice Daniel . Helen Utter. Irene Schwarz, Jranette Jacohton, Evelyn Kennedy. Eunice Schimming, Mary Felker, Mary Macl-ennan. They had famous ancestry Clcrm.m Club Top Row, left to right: Otia Ingebriiten, Arthur Sweet, Howard Fi»h, Don Mueller, Frank Stump, Melvin Fox. Second Row: Floyd Swit ky, Ruth Schmitz, Betty Ludwig, Regina Hein, Elizabeth Ann Stark, Dorothy Harje , Clarrnce Runey. Bottom Row: Evelyn Engel, Rachel Trachte, Helen Koerth. Joy Mae l.ichtenberg. Ruth Rinke, Alida Ann Taylor. Wn haben feme zeit, mude zn setn ( We have no time to be tired)

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Commencement . . . always a red - letter Jay Grad of 93 Recalls Madison Hi li Scliool Days by Kathleen Menoher EVERY time I go back and forth from my home to the Tenney Park tennis courts (which I do ery often), my balls have the bad habit of bouncing over the iron fence into the beautiful green lawn of Miss Catherine Corscot, a former graduate of the Madison High School. When I heard that someone was to be sent to interview Miss Corscot. I begged to be allowed to go, as I wished to make the acquaintance of that dignified lady, whom I knew only from seeing her occasionally as 1 chased after those bothersome balls. My request was granted, and some time later 1 approached the stately white house set in the midst of a wide expanse of green lawn sprinkled with tall elms and massive oaks, and gave the brass knocker a mighty tug. Miss Corscot proved to be a most charming and gracious hostess. She still lives in her girlhood home, which, with its immense lawn, takes up almost the entire 1200 block on East Johnson Street. When I asked her to tell me something about her graduation I was amazed to note the differences between the commencement of the class of 1893, with which Miss Corscot graduated, and the present day commencement activities. There were 41 members of the class of '93, the largest to graduate from the old Madison I ligh. Class colors were purple and silver. The equivalent of our class night was hcltl on the afternoon of Arbor Day. They had a class prophet and a class historian. We were the first class to have a senior banquet, said Miss Corscot. After the Arbor Day program the boys put up tables in the corridors and the girls brought the food. After we finished eating we autographed each other's paper plates. I still have mine in an old trunk upstairs. All the teachers as well as the members of the class attended this banquet. On Friday morning the Commencement exercises were held at 9 o'clock in the assembly room of the State Capitol. The valedictorian and salutatorian, as well as the prophet and historian, were elected by the class, an election in which rcholarship had no weight. To decorate the assembly room, the boys went out to the woods and gathered ferns and daisies, which they grouped around the speakers’ platform. At that time it was customary to present Bowers and books to the graduating seniors. The custom of wearing caps and gowns has come into being since Miss Corscot graduated. Then, the girls wore white dresses of no particular style, merely something light and Huffy, and the boys wore dark suits. ITtc diplomas were presented by a member of the Board of Education, usually the president, a custom which has not changed a great deal. That evening the senior dance took place, the only school dance of the year. Like the Commencement, it was held in the assembly room of the Capitol, the floor of which was spread with canvas to dance on. Each graduate had a certain number of tickets to give out and they were usually presented to the prominent people of the city. Instead of having two semesters as we have now, the year Students of Today Present Vital Commencement Day Falks by Bessie Levin A glance backward through the years shows us that the present policy of graduation is not the old lived tradition that the present Ccntralites think it is, but rather just a long scries of Commencement programs. The very thought of graduation is a real thrill to seniors, but the impressive Commencement exercise is the stirring incident of their young lives. It’s the real thing, so that when the graduates walk across the stage to receive their diplomas they feel that their efforts are rewarded. To be able to listen to fellow classmates talking on subjects pertinent to current problems is a pleasure that can not easily be forgotten. In a reminiscing mood we discover that the orations delivered for this purpose concern subjects for the realization of timely occurrences. The Panama Canal, the salutatorian address given in 1911, gave us visions of a current speech on the TVA; Conservation, The Responsibilities of leisure, and Service and Sacrifice are still essential in the new environment. The former “outside speaker, some prominent man, was paid a huge sum of money to deliver these speeches, but due to the depression the speaker for today’s Commencement is elected from its class according to scholastic ability and popularity interpreted by the class orator. No doubt this order will continue throughout the future for quite some time, because classes have so far voted favorably for it. The salutatory, the address of welcome at Commencement is of any nature the speaker desires to talk on, of course, providing it has a beneficiary influence on the audience. Around the war time the salutatories given, apparently emphasize timeliness and hope of the present situation — Our Hope of the Present War,” Creative Patriotism and Americanism. The valedictory, the farewell oration at Commencement, likewise, confronts us with present day problems. We realize that if the chief enemy of mankind is Ignorance, his chief ally is the freedom of thought and expression. But to successfully combat the poison of propaganda sve must support this ally by arming ourselves with truly open minds ready and eager for intelligent thinking —this paragraph from one of last January speeches is an example of student thought. Today these subjects arc vital to the present graduate. was divided into three terms. The first lasted from the opening of school till Christmas vacation, the second from Christmas till Easter, and the third from Easter until school cloved for the summer vacation. Miss Corscot expressed surprise when I explained our home room system to her. We used to meet in the assembly room every morning, and after the usual exercises, we would pass to our various classrooms, she told me. To a great extent the subjects (continued on page 35) 13