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

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Mirror Reflee s Many of this year's Iournalism and English lla students have received appointments to the editorial staff of the Mirror. With Alice Dever- eaux as chairman, the feature writ- ers will be Mary lane Whiteis, Eliz- abeth Westphal, Anne Lucille Gan- non, Anthony Holloway, Mary Gal- anos, and Maralyn Smith. Theo Bird will succeed Bill Harris as news editor. Mary Iane Schiffer will head the copy desk with Mary Ellen Farrell as assistant. Hale Grover has been appointed sports editor. Dorothy Engsberg, sopho- more, will do girls' sports. An ex- perienced sophomore, Fern Pohl- man, will also be a special writer. 'IHIRTY Awards of merit are given to pupils at the end of the school year as recognition of fine work. This year the Mirror wishes to award Palms to outstanding students in acknowl- edgement of fine work done both in departments and organizations as reflected through news of the year. Pupils named for awards are: Music-Vernon Kirkpatrickf' Mildred Adams, Grant Kittlej' William Schweinem, An- gelo Zaccone, Eugene Graham, Evelyn Swanson, Betty Iohnson, Ioyce Iohannes, Iune Iohannes, Phyllis Pinkerton, Eugene Rubnitz, Don Manthe, George Rupp, Amy Abrams, Science-Lois Spanton, Alvin Kjin, Earl Leake, Hi-Y--Charles Sell, Merk Hobson, German Club-Iohn Vanatta, Ida Mintz, Charles Sell, French Club-Bill Harris, lean- ette Hansen, Amy Abrams, and Caroline Woldenberg, Girls' Literary Society-Betty Iohnson, LaVon Marty, Gwen Clark, Caroline Woldenberg, Ruth Levin, Ushers' Club- Tony Baldarotta, Nelan Sweet, Robley Tomlinson, Gordon Libertg Photography Club- Ted Iafferis, Persis Craig, Art Club-Iohn Leonard, Don Svetnicka, Ken Taubertg M Club-Ted Ialleris, Ed Sticka, Bob Boylan, Girls' Club-Hazel Voss, Margaret Olson, LaVon Marty, Esther Burhop, Dorothy Homberger, Mary Schiro, Gwen Clark, Phyllis Wilkie, Evelyn Stein, Persis Craig, Kay McWilliams, Ruth Levin, Ioiurmzlism-Caroline Woldenberg, Betty Iohnson, Alice Devereaux, Bill Harris, Ted Iafferis, Connie Hanson, Theo Bird, Elvin Nehmer, Lois Spantong Dramatics-Carroll Lower Cstage crewj, Iames Wolff Cstage crewj, Roger Gabbei flightirlgj, D0n Williams flightingj, Mildred Adams, Iames Flannery, Eugene Graham, Anne Lucille Gannon. 'Bolh rhoral and instrumental music Summer has finally arrived, it seems, and to some this means the approach of three months of doing nothing much except having a good time. However, Summer also brings, along with Iune, graduation for a good many others. Many of those who graduate will face a most significant problem. What should they do next? Some will answer this question by saying . . . get more education. The others will reply . . . get a job. How should these inexperienced individuals go about securing employ- ment? When you apply for a job, if you haven't the skills, you meet competition by that extra something which in general terms is personality, according to Mrs. Erna Taylor, at pres- ent guidance director at Central. Mrs. Taylor was formerly head of the personnel department of a large Milwaukee depart- ment store, where her major job was hiring people. Consequently, Mrs. Taylor is an experienced authority on knowing what qualities an employer looks out for when he is interviewing an applicant for a job. Firms expect prospective employees to have such characteristics in their make-up as loy- alty, honesty, trustworthiness, initiative, natural courtesies, etc., explained Mrs. Taylor. There are only two things by which an employer is able to judge an applicant-appeav ance and what he talks about, she continued. A woman applying for a job must wear hat and gloves. She should never be carrying anything such as a book or package. The applicant should speak with assurance and explain specifically just what he can do. As an example, Mrs. Taylor cited the case of a woman who, having been employed as an office girl in the reception room of a doctor's office, wished to secure a similar position in a lawyer's office, since the latter job pays more money. She stated in a straightforward manner all the qualities she possessed which would be of value in this position. Instead of considering the girl conceited and over-confident, he was favorably impressed by her poise and understanding of what qualities were necessary. As a result, she was given the job immediately. In concluding her discussion about job-seeking, Mrs. Taylor emphatically urged all young hopefuls to learn to state their qualifications for the job at hand truthfully, but completely, and, above all else, to not deliver a sob-story. Mrs. Taylor also operates an employment bureau for needy high school pupils. Here school can be of service to the community as well as to its pupils. fconfd page 331 YANNE LUCILLE GANNON

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Hlghllqhts of Sports G01 , My Favorite By ELVIN NEI-:MER YY Nori-nan slice! Boy, look at that baby go! Out 200 and over 1501 Oh! If I could straighten them out! This expression is oft-times heard at any tee on a golf course in the early spring. One of winteris greatest evils is the destructive effect it has on A. Golfer. In the early fall his game is at its best and he begins to see hope for a better season next year. But, then, Old Man Winter comes along with its cold windy blasts, forcing Mr. Golfer indoors. And what can one do to help his golf game indoors? Then, along comes Spring, with its warm breezes, urging every one out. Mr. Golfer takes his clubs out of storage and heads for the nearest golf course. He buys a ticket en- abling him to play a round and strikes out for the first tee. Once there, his troubles be- gin. He tees up his ball. Tlhen, after a mo- ment, he gets a newer ball out of his bag. He checks his stance, takes several practice swings to loosen up, and just as he is about to hit his first drive of the season, a breeze knocks his ball off the tee. Patiently, Mr. Golfer tees his ball again. Then, with all his might, he swings at the ball. Up goes his head and the club-head misses the ball by several inches. Again, Mr. Golfer swings. This time, instead of missing, he hits the ball with a terrific wallop. The ball soars gracefully out about 150 yards, when suddenly it breaks sharply to the right. Mr. Golfer is not at all discouraged by this, for when he retrieves his ball he takes a long iron shot to the green. The ball bounces craz- ily to the left and into a sand-trap. Mr. Golf- er, still in a cheerful mood, blasts his Way out of the trap. His ball rolls slowly into the green. f'At last, he sighs, Now for one putt and 57 par. But Mr. Golfer's hope isn't strong enough, for when he putts, his ball still remains four feet short of the cup. From the latter spot it still takes Mr. Golfer two putts to drop his ball in the cup. Thus, he cards a six on the first hole. On the second hole Mr. Golfer slices a ball out of bounds on his drive. His second drive, a miserable effort, goes about 50 yards down the fairway. Mr. Golfer's game does not improve over the third, fourth and fifth holes. And, on the sixth, a short 117 yard-par 3, Mr. Golfer sinks eighth holes, his game returns to its former state. But on the ninth, he drives out a ball 225 yards. His second shot is perfect, leaving him only a short approach to the 535 yard green. His approach is good and Mr. Golfer sinks his putt for a birdie. Mr. Golfer be- comes very enthused and immediately decides to play again tomorrow. Now, to add up my score,', says Mr. Golf- er, let's see . . . 6, 5, and 4 are 15. Then, that 7 on 4 makes 22 . . . andxa birdie on 9 makes a grand total of 53 on nine holes. Woe is me! Last year I was in the low 40's consistently. Well, it was good exercise any- Wayf' At this juncture, he takes out an old ball and a club and hits the ball out of the golf course. That drive carried exactly 25124 yards. Mr. Golfer cheers up and decides not to give his clubs away after all. You may ask how I knew it was exactly 2512, yards. I know, because I am Mr. Golfer, and I meas- ured off every inch of it. F em News Although Central does not have the necessary equipment for corrective gym, Miss Shepard has spent considerable time during gym classes on corrective foot drills. To give prop- er corrective gym work it would be necessary for each pupil to be examined and given cer- tain exercises for each case, such as poor pos- ture, carriage, and the like. Miss Shepard, however, taught a few general rules to over- come poor posture and carriage. During the past year the girls have enjoyed simple foot exercises which, in some' cases, proved to be very helpful. At the beginning of the year each girl had her foot prints taken. Those who showed signs of Hat feet, etc., were sepa- rated from the rest of the class and given foot exercises. Miss Shepard arranged a few competitive games for the girls so that they could enjoy themselves while they did their exercises. Some of the games are as follows: picking up jacks, marbles, and towels between the toes. There's a knack in doing it. 1t's fun after you get started and nothing could be better to exercise the muscles in one's feet. The girls have learned to write their name with chalk between the toes. Try it some time. Bowling is another game which the girls play only they don't have Qconfd page 33, TWENTY-NINE

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'M' Club Alwags A Winner fconfd from page 211 burden the fellows and the coaches high with financial worries. The spectators usually assume that the ex- penses for all injuries are met by the W.I.A.A. insurance. This is a false conclusion. This in- surance takes care of only certain specified breaks and injuries, while those that occur are of such a varied nature that the insurance is practically useless. As a result of this, Central often has had trouble getting athletes to come out for a sport, because the athletes' parents didn't want their sons all banged up, nor did they want a stack of doctor bills piled up. In order to reduce this objection as much as possible, Cen- tral's club for letter winners, the M-Club, has the last few years been trying to find methods of raising money to pay in part the bills of the injured player. They have given such things as minstrel shows, benefit basketball games and carnivals. This program has in general been successful. To illustrate the financial success this last year, I shall present the following data. We started the year in September with a treasury fund of 51906. During the football season many injuries were met with, so to pay in part the cost of these, the fellows agreed to give a minstrel show. With fine cooperation among members of the club, from Miss Dieck- hoff, Miss Shepherd, Miss Huxtable, Mrs. Marsh, and some outside pupils, the show was given. It was a complete success--even more than expected-netting a profit of 58100.35 out of a net gate of 35110. After paying half of all the doctor bills, giving a small gift to those outsiders helping, and sponsoring the basketball team's banquet, the M club, we still have in its treasury 3568.94 to start the next year. It is the purpose and ideal of the M-Club to build up a standing fund of about 15250, which can be used as a reserve fund in case of another incident such as the recent loe Teasdale case. Whenever Mr. Koskey or one of the other athletic directors talk to visiting coaches, one of the first questions asked is how does Cen- tral take care of injuries. From what they tell us, we find that we as a school are way ahead of the others in this respect. Because of the fine work the M-Club is doing, it deserves both praise and cooperation. 1.1-1.- Looking Into The Future fcontinuea' from page 242 Death Rides the highways and byways. Iohn Butler the Mad Russian hits Madison again with his Model A and group of enter- tainers. Among his Cdarej devils is Harlo La Fond, the gent who wrestles with a running auto- mobile. The last time, he threw it in exactly ten minutes, after getting a toe-hold on one of the wheels. Butler, himself, of course, is the whole show. He referees the wrestling match, plays leapfrog with twenty-five running cars, and drives through a house just for fun. Bill Allison and his Harlem Wildcats are holding down the leading jitterbugs in thc Cotton Club. Bill has been there since he succeeded Cab Calloway in 1941. Orchids to the Dazzling Drummer. Merk Hobson, former Central golfer, sets record-breaking marathon in all day-all night golf match . . . he must have had lim Flan- nery caddying for him. lim guarantees a 275 yard drive every time. Il Trovatore In Swing starring Grant Kittle and Shirley Goldstine, closes today after a successful two night stand on Broadway . .. Could be they got tired after two night's of standing. Fred Stauffer, strong man and wrestler, meets Steve Beld tonight for pimpleweight championship of the world. The bout is ex- pected to last at the most 10 minutes because the boys are so fast that they are sure to wear themselves out in the allowed 10 minutes. Bud Sell, super-salesman from Whiteis' Sports Shoppe, struck oil in the backyard of his girl-friend's home, Caroline Woldenberg, former sob-sister on the De Forest Comet. Bob Young, track star at Madison Central several years ago, breaks world's record in Boston Marathon with 2:01:47.2. By the way, he used a Harley-Davidson. In the stretch he passed his old friend and teammate, Sam Ginsburg, who was driving a 1941 Indian, just off of the reservation. HEADLINES OF THE DAY Tom Coffey, Public Enemy No. 1, was captured by Keri Ladd and his junior G-Men after furious water pistol fight. Slugger Choles, heavyweight champion meets the leading challenger, Butch Storm, former trainer and manager of such success- ful football teams as the Paoli Packers which won one game in four years, and the Waune- kee Warriors who are still striving for a vic- tory in a 10 round battle in Madison's Round Terrance tonight . . . Iohn I. Vanatta II, champion pool and bil- liard player, attributes his success to eating Wheaties and diligent practising in Bill's pool hall. I vant to be alone. That is a fine way to treat an old schoolmate. I just get my head in Miss Craig's door when she says, I vant to be alone. I guess that's the way with all these movie stars. But after much persuasion, I finally man- aged to get an interview with Miss Persis Craig, Hollywood's own glamour girl. My first question of course was, What are you doing in Sweden? She said that Hollywood picked her up in Brooklyn and told her that all she needed was a Swedish accent to replace Greto Garbo. So they sent her to Sweden, where I met her or rather heard about her. Her first picture will be entitled Come and Get Me , a sequel to Come and Get It. Remember Movies are Your Best Entertain- ment. Shaw Prize Winners fcontinued from page 91 Training My Father BY RICHARD GRAY One day I was positively horror stricken when I stopped to realize the condition of our family, especially my father's. That very day I had actually heard him use the exasperating word ain't. I had even heard him use the word don't with a third singular pro- noun. The old fellow, who was at least forty- three, was in a pitiful state, but I determined to get him out of the rut into which he had fallen. First, I would have it out with my mother, who was likely to be more understanding. I told her how very illiterate her husband was. She, in a matter of fact tone, agreed with me, but asked what difference it made. That rath- er took me back, but I stoutly told her that this was thq century of learning and culture. I added that at least my father should speak properly. However, despite my chilling looks in his direction, and my repeated correction of his speech, he continued to speak as he pleased. Furthermore, I shudder at the thought of the literature which he read. He actually read stories of the untamed west. Promptly, but firmly, I carefully replaced these horrid magazines with Time, Readers' Digest, The New Yorker, and other worthwhile issues. After glancing curiously through them, he would inevitably turn back to his fiery favorite of the west. Was there no way to cure him? I was desper- ate. Here was my own father in a bad way. What could I do? Then I thought of a plan. Perhaps if I would use aint continually, and other ungrammatical words, and read those Westerns all the time, I might cure him. Cheer- fully I set about doing this. Finally at the end of several days, he said to me rather sheep- ishly, I wish you would correct your Eng- lishg your grammar is very bad. My plan had worked. He would no longer use poor English. But, I am sad to relate, I became so interested in those western maga- zines, that now I read them habitually. li- Dear Girl Graduate fconfd from page 21 color tones of makeup for day and don't use your compact in public. A hairdo which can be kept neat easily and which is not too fancy is advisable. The up- swept hair is not so good for office work. Be friendly, but don't overdo it. It's only in comics or stories you see the young girl come into the office and perch on the boss' desk or lap. A friendly disposition is a per- fect asset to getting a job. This is one place a good personality helps a lot. If you have some good points you know would help, let the employer know it but do it modestly. If you dori't, no one will. And if you want to get along with the other employees, don't boast to them either. It's all right for the cow to chew her cud because it's necessary and he's also in the field, but it isn't necessary for you to chew gum in an office and it is a habit that will lose you a job. Best of luck and farewell to seniors. AUNT SALLY THIITY-ONE