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

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...JUNE Dorothy Andrew: French Club; Literary Club: Mirror; Press Club; Girls' (’.bib; transferred from Portage. Evelyn Alexander: Dramatic Club; Girls Club; chairman of publicity committee; borne room officer; Literary Society; Mirror, editor; Press Club; Radio Club; French ('tub. Marry Anderson: Football; baseball; tumbling. Mildred Baldwin: A cappclla; band: girls’ sports; Literary So cicty; orchestra; Girls’ Club; National Honor Society. Grace Bonanno: Girls’ Club. Sam Bonino: Basketball; boxing; class basketball. Donna Mar Batty: No activities. Jessii Hoyles: No activities. Marry Brostrom: Basketball; class basketball; football; tennis; golf. At drey Burns: Art Club; transferred from Beloit High school. K vniLKiNK Caravllla: No activities. John Garden: Mirror monitor; school play; Ushers’ Club; I fi-Y; chorus. Alu i Cavanaugh: ('lass basketball: Girls' Club; monitor. Jayne Cavanaugh: Girls’ Club. InsLPiiiNK Colli vs: A cappclla choir; Girl Reserves. Charles Connor: A cappclla; class officer; Dramatic Club; football; “King Rides By”; transferred front Geneva High school. GRADS... Leo Connors: Class basket lull; transferred from Edgewood. Mary Connors: Girls' sports; Mirror. Irene Cowan: Girls' Club; girls' sports. Evelyn Daggett: Girls’ sports; Art Club; Girls' Club; social committee. Mary Alice Daniels: A cappclla; mixed double quartet; class speaker—Historian; Girls' Club; chairman, ways and means committee; Literary Society; monitor: National I In nor Society, president; “The Red Mill”; service award; tennis; girls’ triple trio; chorus. Marion I )i Ki nzo: (iirls’ Club; Mirror; monitor. Dolores Vlaskk: Dramatic Club: (iirls’ Club; chorus; Mirror typist; office monitor; transferred from Mosincc. Harold Drews: Mirror; The Red Mill ; Ushers’ Club. John Duppey: Boxing: class basketball; Dramatic Club; French Club; Mi Y: home room officer, vice president; Mirror; Press Club; Radio Club; mm.iI committee; Ushers’ (Hub. Sylvia Dutch: French Club; Girls’ Club; girls’ sports; glee club; tennis. Mary Ejrrman: A cappclla; class |icjkcr—('lass Prophet; delate team; Dramatic Club: (iirls’ Club; home room representative; chairman, sunshine committee; girls’ sjiorts; honor pin; home room officer; Literary Society; Mirror; monitor: The Red Mill ; service award; sub Itotnc room committee; Shaw contest winner; National Honor Society.

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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

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...JUNE CiRADS... Hr. km an Eikenkirc: Dramatic Club: French Club; class speaker—Class Orator; home room officer; Mirror; monitor; Romeo and Juliet ; service award; sub-home room committee; honor pin. JoAnn Esett: A cappella; class officer—treasurer; Dramatic Club; (iirls Club, treasurer; chorus; National Honor Society. Lorrian Ethun: M Club; monitor; social committee: track: Ushers’ Club, chid usher. Rosanna I;alkrnsti,in: Girls' Club; girls' sports; Mirror; chorus. Ri bin Fai.st: Class basketball; football; “M Club; “M Minstrel show. Mary Fedoerson: Hand; basketball; class basketball; Dramatic Club; Girls’ Club; girls’ sports: glee club; home room officer; orchestra; tennis; chorus; transferred from Dysart High school. Marv Frlkbr: A cappella; Dramatic Club; French Club; Ciirls1 Club; home room officer—secretary; Literary Society; monitor; National Honor Society; ’Hyc Red Mill. Dorothy Feiling: (iirls1 Club; home room officer; monitor; Radio Club; service award. Llovh Finn: Football; golf. Melvin Fox: basketball; class luskctball; football; German Club; home room officer—president; “M Club, president; M Club Minstrel show; track; Ushers' Club. Buss Frazier: Class basketball; football; “M Club. Rita Frye: Girls’ Club; monitor; AAA collector. Genevieve (Jenin: Dramatic Club; (iirls’ Club. Leon arm Ginsre.ro: No activities. Edith Haack: (iirls’ Club: monitor. Wimeri.i Hamm: (iirls Club; girls1 tport ; monitor. Ai.ice Herrington: A cappella choir; mixed double quartet; Dramatic Club, treasurer; French Club; (iirls’ Club, social chairman; AAA monitor; “The Red Mill ; triple trio; National Honor Society; honor pin. Ciisi.mem 11 sellhero: HiY, treasurer; Ushers’ Club; tennis; home room officer—vice president. Br.TTYia.i.KS Hedonist: A cappella; class speaker—valedictorian; Dramatic Club; (iirls’ Club, president; girls’ sports; home room officer: Literary Society; monitor; National I Ion-or Society; Romeo and Juliet ; Radio Club; service award; social committee; sub-home room committee; honor pin. Robert Hikhi.ii : Mirror: stage crew; Press Club; golf; class baseball. Janet Hot sms: Dramatic Club; (iirls’ dub; sunshine committee, chairman; girls’ sports; class speaker—Advice to Juniors; IJtcrary Society; “Monsieur Bcaucarc, Romeo and Juliet ; tennis; girls' triple trio. Raymond Hwjiiss: Art Club: football. Robert Hitches: A cappella choir; basketball; class officer, vice president; I li-Y, treasurer; social committee; home room officer, president. William Hughes: Hi Y; home room officer, vice president; Mirror; monitor; Press Club, treasurer; Radio Club; social committee; sub-home room committee; Ushers’ Club, president; Mirror distributor. Aylken Hull: Art Club, treasurer; Mirror typist; (iirls’ Club; tennis. Otis Ingebritson: A cappella; German Club, secretary; Hi-Y, president; Ushers' Club; orchestra. Jlsnette Jacobson: Girls' Club; Literary Club; Mirror; monitor; Press Club; transferred from Wisconsin High school. 192