Roosevelt High School - Bwana Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

Text from Pages 1 - 232 of the 1941 volume:

'X U KN M M T--- Www l'l7'rnx Ejegibme 'fum Pm E YN - I TABLE OF CONTENTS Dedication . Administration Seniors Features Literature News and Views Organizations Sporw . Phunor . Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page 'I I II II If I I I ,I IQ I I II :I Ii 'I I I IQ II I I I I I I II II II 'I Five ix DR. HOMER W. ANDERSON Superintendent of St. Louis Schools AIR VIEW OF ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL Eight MR. CHARLES AMMERMAN Principal MR. EDWARD H. BEUMER Assistant Principal Nine Ten ROBERT NAERT ROBERT SCHWARTZ Mayors of Roosevelt High School Qi ENGLISH Miss A. T. Battle Miss G. Blodgett Mr. H. Castleman Miss M. Dockery Mr. W. F. Diem Miss B. Flanigan Miss C. Grace Miss S. F. Lancaster Miss E. A. Manheimer Miss l... M. Mills ' . A. Nerud Miss K.NiIfliolson Mr. W. E. Riley Mr. E. Schmale Miss M. E. Sleater Miss O. B. Solfronk Miss G. M. Stansell Miss E. C. Thiesen Mr. D. E. Tugel Miss B. Wade SOCIAL STUDIES Mr. C. A. Callan Mr. Biegelsen Miss L. Cromer Miss G. Craig Miss H. E. Duffett Mr. Leo P. Granger Mr. M. C. Griggs Miss H. Harris Miss H. Hogan Miss E. M. Helbig Mr. R. M. lnbody Mr. F.. C. Kammerer Miss Koch Miss M. O'Leary Miss M. Schlutius Miss E. R. Simon Miss F.. Smith Mr. F.. M. Snider Mr. M. B. Stone Miss H. C. Whitelaw Miss E. C. Wolff FOREIGN LANGUAGES Miss G. S. Bennett Miss M. C. Comfort Miss M. T. Debatin Mr. G. L. De la Roche Mr. C. Epples Miss B. Flanigan Mr. W. F. Hall Mrs. C. I.. Hospes Miss R. R. Lawton Mr. G. C. Lindsay Miss B. Meehan WCALJY Cla ADMINISTRATION MR. CHARLES AMMERMAN, Principal MR. EDWARD H. BEUMER, Assistant Principal MATHEMATICS Mr. M. A. Comack Miss L. Eisenhardt Mr. D. L. Findley Mr. O. R. Forsman Mr. A. Grossman Miss E. M. Johnston Mr. F. Kuntz Miss A. Remnitz Miss T. Schlierholz Miss F. C. Slattery SCIENCE Mr. D. L. Baker Miss N. l... Binnington i Mr. G. W. Bishop Mr. H. Bock Miss F. Brown Mr. M. L. Brown Mr. A. H. Bucldemeyer Mr. D. C. Colmey Miss D. Cutter Miss l... Ewers Miss N. l... Hecldergott Mr. A. G. Hochmeister Mr. H. S. Katterhenry Mr. L. M. Parrott MANUAL ARTS Miss L. Barbee Mr. W. E.. Barnes Miss E. M. Braun Mr. E. F. Card Miss M. Chapman Mr. N. Davis Miss M. Elmore Mr. W. Gammeter Miss M. Gilmore Miss F.. Johnson f - Miss M. V. Maloney Miss M. F.. Mier Mr. E. D. Piliboss Miss T. Reess Mr. PL B. Ruch Mr. F.. Steidemann COMMERCIAL Mr. L. R. Carlson Miss E. Crowder Miss F.. M. Hewitt Miss H. Peterson Mr. S. C. Smith Miss L. B. Solfronk Mr. A. F.. Spaulding Miss A. Whitbeck MUSIC Mr. E. M. Hahnel Miss B. E. Hilb Miss Piplcin PHYSICAL TRAINING Mr. T. R. Close Miss E. Haeseler Miss B. G. Higgins Mr. D. Kenny Mr. W. Lorenzen Mr. G. E. Neel: Miss M. K. Varian SPECIAL Miss D. Fager SIGHT CONSERVATION Miss B. Riefling SPEECH CORRECTION Miss D. M. Wolcistad DEFECTIVE HEARING Miss l. Forsythe LIBRARIAN Miss H. O. Bowman EDUCATIONAL COUNSELOR Miss A. Fletcher CLERK OF SUPPLIES S AND BOOKS Mr. A. W. Moehle SCHOOL OFFICE Miss A. Krin s . Miss M. Naerihulhtbmanc Mrs. A. M. Poston Mr. L. Washtien MANAGER SCHOOL LUNCHROOM Miss L.. Schiermeier SCHOOL PHYSICIANS Dr. D. M. Ellersieclc Dr. W. Weiss SCHOOL NURSE Miss A. Kieclre rs Eleven MR. JAMES P. LENNEY :seo-1940 Tuvhv MR. FRED C. VOSS 1884-1940 In Memoriam l'Mr. Voss and Mr. Lenneyj Out of the flame and stress of day, Into the land where the sun is set, How quietly you stole away! We could not believe-nor even yet. Our hurt hearts bled with our last good-byes, ISO much of the joy of life went, toogj In place of smiles were our poignant sighs, For you spoke not, though we called to you. What kindnesses you sought to hide As you walked gaily on your way! What favors done that you denied- Fine friendly acts that marked each day. Men talked of you, your names to bless, And children ran to cross your path, For where you went was happiness 5 The merry jest, the wholesome laugh. Right well you played your parts, and trueg You did the best that mortals know: You made the humdrum live anew, Lit with your spirits' genial glow. But oh, how soon the seasons sped That saw your forms upon the hill! Alas, how soon the linger dread, But touched your hearts, and they were still! But 'mid our loss our thanks we bring That you were sent to bless our years, And fill our hearts, like gentle spring, With more of joy and less of tears. Thirteen VIRGINIA RECK ROBERT MEYER JACK ROBBINS RUTH IVIALONE Editors of Bwana BWANA STAFF BWANA STAFF Baier, Virginia Berg, Roger Bergs, Robert Bernthal, Robert Biederman, Robert Boelling, Audrey Borman, Dorothy Erlinger, Marjorie Faber, Fay Foerster, Betty Heffernan, Catherine Heye, Harold Hurst, Bill Hurst, Margaret Kohl, Carl Krausnick, Mary Lanclgraf, Eleanor Leonard, Byron Malone, Ruth Masson, Dolores Marrs, Almeta Meyer, Robert Nalley, Pearl Nickolaus, Margaret Nugent, Edward Ocker, Mary Ostercamp, Walter Redden, Richard Simon, Lucille Spala, George Stevenson, Charles Stovall, Bernyce Stoye, Betty Tihen, Kathryn Waldner, Michael Wasem, Dorothy Westendorff, Mary Wetteroth, Charlotte Wuestner, Elmer II11 iiiemnriam Dolphus E. Tugel 1880-1940 Died December 31, 1940 Er ff Eighteen CLASS OF JANUARY, 1940 Moderator: Miss Wade Motto: Not finished, just begun. OFFICERS January to June, 1940 President: George Wandless Vice-President: Elmer Taylor Secretary: Ruth Eckart Treasurers' S Jeanne Nan ' 2Ted Ramback OFFICERS September, I 940, to January, I 941 President: George Wandless Vice-President: Anna Manglis Secretary: Frances Schubert Treasurer: Harriet Howard GEORGE WANDLESS Presidc-nl of Eighis President of Swrns Vin'-Prcsidenl of Sixes Sludenr Council, '18, '39 Ice Skating Club, '39 FRANCES SCI-IUBERT Svcrclary of Seniors Bowling Club, '40, Captain and Sucrvtury lnrvrnurionul Correspondence Club. '3 0 Vnlley-ball. '38, '39 Knil Wits, '38, '39 WARREN ZIEGLER Swimming, '39, '40 Track, '38 SYLVIA ANDERSON lntcrnalional Correspondence Club Roller Sknting Club SANFORD ADAMS January, '41 ANNA MANGLIS Torch Sludcnt Council Vice-President of :he Seniors College Club Scholarship R's HARRIET HOWARD Trvusurvr of Seniors O'ita, Parliamenlnrian Servire Roller Sharing Club SUE ALEXANDER College Club, Presidenl. Secretary Pep R Student Council RICHARD ADAMS LUVENIA E. BARNHARDT Senior Play Rough Rider, '40, '41 Chairman Sevcn and Senior Button Commillce, '40 Service, '38 Nineteen fi- ima ' J I I r 1 I fi t 1 Bwana BERT CHARLES ALT Rough Rider Fencing Club Bowling Club MARY JANE BELTER Carol Club, Secretary, '40, Treasurer, '4 0 College Club International Correspondence Club CHARLES BARKER CARL F. BEHRENS Athenaeum, '37, '38, '39, President, '40 Ice Skating Club, '3 7 Service, '39, '40 LEONA BRADLEY Service, '38 Twenty VIRGINIA LEE BARTMAN lGinnyj College Club Carol Club, '39, '40 Torch ROBERT BALL Football Track BETTY BIALICK Southwest: Liaders Club, '39 Badminton, '39 Ice Skating, '39 Basketball, '38 Torch AUDREY BOELLING lLittle Audreyj Torch Bwana, '40 Mathematics Club, President, '3 9, '4 0 Student Council Spanish Club, Vice-President, '3 9, '40 ROBERT BERGS Torch Representative to Second State Student Assembly Editor of Rough Rider Student Council Citizenship Committee Debating Team, '38, '39, '40 ALLYN BOSWELL Student Council. '39 Bowling Club, '4 0 MARIE DE BLAZE Athenaeum Bowling Club Swimming Club WILLIAM BRUEN GERALDINE DENHAM International Correspondence Club Athenaeum ROBERT BURLEW January, '41 Scholarship R's Torch Orch:-slra R Big Tm Motto Commit! Carol Club WILLIAM Archery Club. '3 GLADYS CRAWFORD ee. Sixes EDWIN BROWN FLORENCE DEUBIG L. BRYAN Service. '38, '39, '40 9,'40 Sporrsman's Club, '38 JOYCE DERWOSTYP President Sixes, '39 Torch. '4 0 Szudc-nl Council, Citizenship Commillvc Ring and Pin Committee. Sevvns Twenty-one Bwana DOROTHY BRINKOETTER A'Cappella, '39, '40 International Correspondence Club Roller Skating Club BONNIE BUESCHER College Club Student Council, '39, '40 Service R Big Ten Torch ROBERT BOECLER Student Council, '40, Citizen- ship Committee Basketball, '3 8, '39, '40 Track, '37 Glce Club, Assistant Librarian RUTH BUTTS International Correspondence Club Verse Choir Athenaeum PETER BOLANOVICH Twenty- two SIDNEY S. BIERNBAUM Track, '37 Oratorieal Contest, '40 A'Cappella, '38, '39, '40 Glee Club Librarian, '37, '33, Secretary Art Fellowship GERHARDT BOEKERS VIRGINIA BURKHARDT Pep R, '38, '39, '40 College Club, '38, '39, '40 Carol Club, '39, '40 Ice Slzaling Club Service LAVERN BOHLEY A'Cappella Art Fellowship Student Council, '40 JEAN CHATHAM Cape Girardeau, Missouri: A'Cuppella Girls' Sport Club Glee Club Roosevelt: Carol Club Girls' Swimming Club RUTH DORNHOEFER O'ila, '39, '40 Rollcr Skating, '40 DOROTHY DRACH Big Ten Service R 0'ita International Correspondence Club Torch WILMA EGI Soldan: Dancing Club Roosevelt: Bowling Club VIRGINIA ELDER Secretary of Carol Club, '40 A'Cappz'Ila Choir Ice Skating Club Bowling Club JAMES C. DODD Bowling Club Student Council Vollcy ball Service, '4 0 Roller Skating Club January, '41 ROBERT CROSS Tennis, '59, '40 Track Scruicv Glen Club RUTH ECKHARDT Secretary of Sixes and Sevens College Club. '39, '40 Carol Club, '38, '39, '40 1cvSlza1ing Club WILLIAM DEMPSEY QBIIID Orchestra FLORENCE ERK fI'Cuppclla EUGENE EDELMANN Twenty -three Bwana JANET FOWLER Baxkelball Art Fl'llUUJSl7I'D Club Arhenaeum JN DOROTHY FERBER Sludenl Counril X College' Club Carol Clul Vollvy-ball Clubffill-Siar Tvamj Torch Wx MARTIN FAETH Bowling Club Skating Club Track Baslzelball voll.-y-buzz AUDREY FISH fFishyJ Cheerlruder, '40 Pep R. '39, '40, Sucretary. Vicu-President Baskvtbull Club, '38, '39, '40, Caplain Carol Club, '38, '50, I40. Trvasurcr, Vim-'President Susimmxng Tram, ' IX LOUIS FEICKERT Rough Rider, ' 3 7, '38 Twenty-four ROBERT M. ENGEL Cigfm Team B.-ruling ARBUTUS R. PINK Sefrvtary to Advisor Sf-nior Ring and Pin Committee Ice Sharing Club, Secretary. Treasurer Vollcy-ball Tram, Captain, All-Star Team Softball Team, Captain ROBERT FASSEL Football, '38 lrr Skating, '37, '33 BuLL'lir1g.'39, '4 0 EILEEN FISCHER ROBERT FELDMANN Six's Butron Committee Malhematics Club, '38, '4 0 Glu' Club. Librarian Scholarship R. '38, '40 Torch GERTRUDE FRAME Pop R Servici- Srudent Council Carol Club Valley-ball MILTON FELDMEIER BABETTE NAN GILLAN JOHN FOSTER DIANA MARIE GOLFIN Pep R, '19, '40 French Club, Treasurer, '19, '40 Service, '38, '39, '40 Latin Club. '38 Torch January, '41 Bowling Club Stamp Club volley-ban, '19 Aviation Club GLORIA Pep R College Club Scholarship R Service MARGARET JANE FREYMYER CP2zsvJ A'C4ppf11a. '37, '38, '39, '40 WALTER FISCHER GLORIA GNAU JOHN GALLAGHER V. GRAPE Twenty-five rj .. iw! lx ' Bwanai Ma .i fy!-, J, f fl ' '7 RUSSELL GAYDOS Baseball, ' 39, '4 0 Bowling Club HARRIET ALMA HAGEDORN CHMHD Pep R, '39, '4 0, Treasurer, '40 Carol Club, '38, '39, '40 Musica Americana, '40 Basketball, '40 MARY HANCOCK Service International Correspondence Club Athenaeum Art Fellowship Club Photograph Committee . MILDRED HARSEL Senior Play p R, 18:39. '40 nior Orchestra, '3 7, '38, '39, '40, Vice-President ' French Club, Vice-President, '40 All St. Louis High School Orchestra, '40 uf MALCOLM HAMILTON Track, '3 7 Chairman Sevens' Social Committee Social Committee Eight.: Rough Rider Twenty -six DONALD GEMMING Track Golf, '39, '40 Bowling Ctub CARL GESSERT Torch Chess Club, President Srudent Council Mathematics Club DAVID GOLDENBERG Student Council Torch JANE HECKER Service Ice Sharing ARTHUR HARTMANN Cheerleader. '39, '40 A'Cappella, '18, '39, '40 Ice Skating Club MARIE Hov EY Pep R O'i!a Studvnl Council Rough Rider International Corrcspondcnfe Club ARLO HASSELBRING Dclmlr GLORIA HETT Siudenl Council Pep R Secrrlary Io Advisor Serwrv KENNETH HORAN Atbcnueum Bowling Club JEANNE HINRICHS Torch Scholarship Pin Rough Rider College Club Sludenl Council, Cilizenship Committee January, 341 HELEN HELPRICH Athenaeum, Secretary, '40 Roller Skating Club, '40 Tap Club GEORGE HEIDEMANN Rough Rider Track, '40 A'CappclIa Ice Skating Club Sporlsmnnk Club GEORGETTE HIMMERT Sludrnl Council Suciul Commillev, Sevens l'rvnrh Club, ' 38 lnlernaxional Correspondence Club. '38 Mash and Buxhin, '40 CHARLES D. HUDDLESTQN Gym Team. '38, '39, '40 'l'ruclz, 'i8, '39 Fenring. '38 fl'CappclIa. '38 Svnior Play, '40 MARY ANNA HOEFEL Pep R, '38 A'Cappc-lla Choir Alhcnncunz Svruicc R Twenty -seven Bwana ADELE HUDSON Correspondenre Club, Social Scrrerary, '40 Roller Sharing Sixcs, Social Commiltec, '59 Service NORMA JOHNSON Pep R Student Council French Club, Srcretary. Treasurer, and Presirlcnl Rough Rider Carol Club JAMES KALTENBACH CHARLOTTE KAISER A'Cappclla Pep R Service Torch SHIRLEY KETTELKAMP Studr'n1Council, '38, '40 A'cr1ppe11a, '33, '40 3 Service. 138, ' 30. '40 Bowling Club Twenty-eight JOHN ILLISH Foolball, '30, '40 Track, '38, '40 BETTY JORDAN Treasurer of thc' Sixes College Club, Vice-President Pep R Scholarship R JOHN KRAUS Bowling, Ai 7, '33 Golf, '37, '38 Tennis, '38 JANICE KANE Scholarship R lnternulionul Correspondence Club, Presidenl, '40 Ice Skating Club Knit Wits, '39 VERA KLAUS Torch Rough Rider Chairman, Acliuiliex Commiltcv Service R's Big Ten CHARLOTTE MEANS College Club Rough Rider Service R Carcl Club Torch SHIRLEY MEDLEY Carol Club, '38, '39, '40 Musica Americana, '38, '40 Ice Sharing Club, Secrelary. '40 Pholograph Committee CAROL MITCHELL College Club Carol Club, '38, '39, '40 A'Cappella, '39, '40 International Correspondence Club Musica Anzericana, '38, '40 MARX' ANN NEI-IER Pep R, Treasurer, '40 College Club, Treasurer, '39 Pepelles, President, '40 ROBERT SCHWARTZ Mayor Foolball, '40 Swimming, '39, '40 Track, '39 Art Club J amzary, '41 ANNE MEDIC lnlernational Correspondence Club Kni! Wiis Rough Rider. '39 Volley-ball Service RALPH SCHAMBURG Buselmll, '33, '39,'40, Caplain, '39, '40 Foolbull, '33, '39 JEANNE NALL Treasurer of Sevens RollcrSka1ing Club JUNE L. NENNERT Phoroplay Appreciation. '3 9. Secrerary, '40 lnlernalional Correspondence Club Rough Rider Seruice LORRAINE NICOL Torch Sludenl Council Scholarship R's Service Art Club Twenty-nine Bwana KENNETH LUDWIG RUTH KLEMME MAXINE LANGE Musk and Buskin Carol Club A'CappeIIa Choir GERTRUDE LANGE Pop R, Vice-President Senior Play Sludent Council, Vice-President College Club Torch Thirty WILBERT LUEDDECKE: ROSELLA N. KLEIN Srudenr Council, January, '39, January, '4 0 LOWELL MASH Bowling Club Class Day Commillec, Seniors Ice Skating Club EUNICE KLINGEMANN WILLIAM JOHN MAJTAS JAYNE LEARY Service French Club. '38 Mash and Bushin CHARLES MILLER Football, '39 Track, '37 LOUISE LUKENS Scholarship R Service R International Correspondence Club Ice Skating Club Knit Wits, '39 MARY LOUISE LUTKEWI'l'I'E S1udenrCouncil. '39, '40 College Club, '38, '39, '40 Bowling Club ARTHUR MUEHLBERG Bowling Club Track, '3 7 CATHERINE MARKLE Student Council A'Cappella Choir O'ita Carol Club Arr Fellowship January, '41 ELEANORE LEIBNFR O'ita Knit Wits Carol Club Senior Burton Commilree ROBERT MOEHL Gym Club Bowling Club Valley-ball, '40 Rough Rider ANITA MAMROTH All-Star Valley-ball, '38, '39, '40 International Correspondence GEORGIA MANGLIS College Club International Correspondence Club J EANETTE NIORROW Plrotoplay Appreciation Club, Treasurer, '40 Arr Fellowship, '18 International Correspondence Club, '40 Thirty - one Bwana TI-IELMA Moss Carol Club, '59, '40 Inrernalional Correspondence Club Musica Americana, '40 TED RAMBACH Rough Rider, '38, '39, '40 Harvard Book Prize Torch Srholarship Pin GRACE MCCONNELL Ice Skating Pep R Carol Club A'Cappella, Secretary CHARLES RAY RANDALL Student Council Service Aviation Club, '39 Chess Club, '40 Archery Club, '40 RAYMOND RIGGS Thirty -two DOLORES MAssoN Bwana Torch HAZEL MCCONNELL Pep R Ice Skating Carol Club, '39, Vice- President, '40, Prrsident .IANIECE MATHUS A'CappeIla OLGA JEAN MCCOY International Correspondence Club Service R Volley-ball, '37 Ping Pong, '37 Rollnr Skating, '3 7 MARGARET MCMURRAY Student Council Ice Skating Club Bowling Club Mask and Buskin Service ORA PENNINGTON A'Cappc-lla Carol Club Girls' Swimming Club Service Rolla-r Skating Club HAROLD SCHULTZ ELINOR QUASEBARTH Bowling Club Basketball Club Student Council Senior Play JULIANA RAUSCHE Secretary to Advisor EDWARD SIMPSON Track. '38, '40 Student Council, Auditorium Committee Bowling Club January, '41 MARJORIE PETER Spanish Club, '40 Tap Club ELIZABETH ROTTLER Volleyball, '39 Verse Choir Photoplay Appreciation JOE SCHWARTZ Bowling Golf, '40 Stamp Club JANE REISING O'i1a Ice Skating Club Service FRANK SIMPSON Student Council. '39 Track, '38, '39 Bowling Club, '40 Photograph Committee Thirty-three Bwana PAULINE RUSSELL lnlvmarzonal Correspondence Club Alhenaeum Art Fellowship Club JOHN D. SOMMERFELDT Fwrbazr. 'ss Basketball Track, ' 3 8 Service SporIsn1un's Club. 'S 7 FRANCES LEE SCHINDLER EDITH SCHLOSSER Srholarship R College Club Rough Rider Carol flub JOHN STRETCH Rough Rader Track, '58 Athenaeum Bowlmg Club Thirty-four VIRGINIA RYAN Swimming Team Volleyfball. '39, '40 lnrermzrional Correspondence Club HAROLD SPENCE Foo1l2all,'4 0 ROBERT STARKEY ARLEEN SCHMIERBACH lnlernariona! Correspondence Club, '38. '39, '40 Pholoplay Apprecialion Club, 40 vorxfy-11.111, 'ss CARL SWANSON Trufk. '37 Foo1ball.'37 Ping Pong Swimming MARIE SCHMIEDERER lniernalional Correspondence Club Roller Sharing Club O'ifa Club Carol Club KATHERINE SHAW Bowling Club, '4 0 International Correspondvnce Club. 'X 9 Roller Skating Club, '38 HELEN SHEEHAN lnlcrnational Corn-spondencc Club Alhenaeum Club Roller Skating Club Bowling Club I ELMER TAYLOR Sixcs, Svrgcant-at-Arms Vice-President nl Sw:-ns lcv Sharing Club LA VERNE SPINNER Plmloplay Appreciation, '40 IQ? January, '41 VIRGINIA SCHMIT NOEL TARVER Ice Sharing Club Scrvifi' MARGARET SMITH Pep R Service Sfudenl Council Carol Club Valley-ball ERWIN TEICH Trask. '38, '39, '40, Capluin. '37 Siudcnl Council Rough Rider lcv Skilling Club GLADYS STIVER McKinley: Valley-ball Lalin Roosevvllt Serviu' Torch Thing-live Bwana VIRGINIA SWEENEY Rough Rider Photoplay Appreciation Club. ' 3 9, '4 0 Verse Choir Bowling Club Service VERONICA SWEHLA Student Council, Athletic Committee, '39 Torch Mathematics Club. Secretary Scholarship Pin LA VERNE THEOBALD Basketball, '3 7 Roller Skating, '3 9 FRANCES TOBIN McKinley: College Club Roosevelt: Spanish Club International Correspondence Club JEROME VOKRACKA Thirty-six GEORGE L. TRIGG 'l orch Student Council, '39, '40 Mathematics Club, '39. '40 Sc'rL'ice, '4 0 CORINNE TEICH Scholarship R Student Council Torch International Correspondence Club Photoplay Appreciation Club J IM TRIPPENSEE Football, '38, '39, '40 Track, '33 Volley-ball, '40 Rough Rider Service GRACE TROST Torch Photoplay Appreciation Club. President, and Vice-President Student Council, '39, '40 Scholarship R's Big Ten AUDREY ULMER Art Fellowship Seruire Ice Skating Athenaeum ALICE VERHEUL Senior Play A'Capp1-lla, '39, '40, '41 Dramatics, '40, '41 International Correspondence Photoplay Appreciation VIRGINIA LEE VOELKER Valley-ball KAI!-Star Teaml HAROLD WEBERS Ice Skating Club Bowling Club ARLINE WAGENBACH International Correspondence Club Torch DOROTHY WEINHARDT Mathematics Club Swimming International Correspondence Club J anuary, '41 KENT WEBER Swimming, '39, '40 Track. '38 Student Council. Chairman Athletic Committee Art Club BETTY JANE VON RUE Art Fellowship International Correspondence Art Club Mask and Buslzin ROY WEINZETTEL Student Council Ice Skating Club EDNA WARD A'Cappella, 'iO, '40 Student Council, '40 Art Fellowship, Secretary, Treasurer, '38, '39 Oiita, '39, '40 International Correspondence, Treasurer, ' I 9 DOLORES LORENE WEINDEL Art Club, '38, '39 Service, '40 Rough Rider Thirty-seven Bwana ELMER WUESTNER Torch Student Council Bwana JOHN YUNGBLUTI-I Gym Club. '40 Chess Club, Treasurer, '40 Scholarship R, '40 Torch Archer!! Club, '40 ALICE WHITE Bowling Club, '4 0 International Correspondence '39 Volley-ball, '39 Knit Wits, '33, '39 Torch RUTH BLEEDORN GERRY BROCK Basketball Bowling Athenaeum International Correspondence Club Carol Club WILFORD BROHAMMER Trafk, '38 Volley-ball, ' 39 Bowling Club ELIVIER BURGARD Track, '38 Volley-ball, '38 Howling Club HAROLD CRONAN ROBERT FILIPIAK Track, '37 CARL GRADL Baseball, '40 Football, '39, '40 ADRIAN HANFT Basketball, '37, '38, '39 Ping Pong, '33 Cgm Art Guild, '38, '39 Thirty-eight CHARLES HENCKE First Place in American Legion HOWARD IVIAUS lfssay Contest on f'In7erican- JOHN MELCHIOR mm BERNICE HOWARTH Art Club. '39 Art Fellowship Club, '40 Service, '39 CHARLOTTE HUCKINS ROY JOHNSON MARTHA KIRKPATRICK Volley-ball Club RICHARD LEHMANN HAROLD LOEFFLER ROBERT MACKLE Library Service FRANK MAIERHOFER Football. '38, '39, '40, Co-Captain, '40 Baseball, '38, '39, '40 Track, '38 Art Fellowship Basketball, '40 Basketball, '37, '38, '39, '40 lfv itball, '39, '40 Baseball, '39, '40 JACK O'BRIEN ELEANOR NICHOLS FRANCIS PROVAZNIK JAMES ROBISON Baseball, '39, '40 Basketball, '39 Bowling, '38, '40 IVIARVIN RUTLEDGE Baseball. '39 Track. '38 BERNARD SWEENEY SAM TAKIS Track, '39, '40 Foolball, '39, '40 Service lcc Skating Club DOROTHY WELTGE Torch Student Council, '39 College Club Big Ten Schloarship R's KRUM YANEVICH Athenaeum Mathematics Club Ire Sharing Club, '39, Vice- P1'c'vidL'nl, '40 LORRAINE WODRASKA French Club International Correspondence Club ALFRED STEDMAN Track, '38, '39 Sporr5man's Club Archery Club Ire Sharing Club Equestrian Club JANE THORPE College Club Art Fellowship Ice Skating Club Knit Wits Service GILES TICHACEK THERESA TILL Student Council, '38 Scholarship R, '39 Torch CATHERINE TURNER NIARCELLA VOWELL Bowling Club, '40 Verse Choir, '40 Torch ROY ALLEN WILSON Track, '38 Volley-ball, '39 Baseball, '38 Bowling Club 7 X 4 Z CLASS OF JUNE, 1941 Moderator: Mr. Forsman President: Vice-President: Secretary : Treasurer : OFFICERS January to June, l940 Sam Strother Ruth Malone Virginia Hahn Carl Kohl September, I940, to January, l94l President: Vice-President: Secretary : Treasurer: Sam Srrother Ruth Malone Frank Stewart jack Ansehl SAM STROTHER President of Sevens President of Sixes Tennis, '4 0 Basketball, '39, '40 Torch FRANK STEWART Student Council, '39, '40 Apparatus Club, '40, '41 Archery Club, '40, '41 Band, '3 7, '33 Torch JEAN ANNETTE LINDER Track Queen, '40 Basketball '37 Ca tain, '33, t - P '39: All Star College Club Volleg-ball, '39 Assistant Treasurer Sevens RUSSELL AULT Service ANITA ADAMS Student Council Mathematics Club Drum Muiorette College Club Torch June, '41 RUTH RANDOLPH MALONE Editor of Bwana Quill Club, President and Secretary College Club, Corresponding Secretary ana' Treasurer Vice-President of Sixes and Sevens Student Council, '39, '40, '41 Torch JACK ANSEI-IL Student Council Treasurer of Sevens Rough Rider French Club, '40 Golf Team, '39 RICHARD MICKAL ABCHAL VIRGINIA CATHERINE ACKENBACH DONALD A. BANES Forty-one I Bwana MAXINE ANGERMEIER Student Council Bowling Club Basketball Club Vollcy-ball Club International Correspondence CLARENCE H. BECKER Football. '38, '19, '40 VIRGINIA BAIER Scholarship R O'ira. Sergeant-at-Arms Mash and Baskin Service R Bwnna Stal? WARREN BELL LUCILLE BORDERS lntemational Correspondence Club Service Forty-two JACK LEE BATTLES Student Council, Chairman Citizenship Committee Football, '39 Basketball, '38, '39 Sportsmank Club Philatelic Club DOLORES ARNOLD Carol Club Spanish Club I HARRY R. BECKER Student Council, '39 Art Fellowship Club, '33, President Bowling Club, '39, '40, Secretary and Captain MARIAN CLARA BECKER Mathematics Club BERNARD BERNSTEIN HAROLD W. BRADLEY, JR. Ar! Club Slamp Club Gln' Club BETTY BURKHARDT Rough Rider College Club Sludcnl Countil Orchestra Torch HENRY JOSEPH BROMSCHWIG VIRGINIA CAROLINA CANADA Srudcn! Counril Service Bowling Club Basllelball Club Vollcy-ball Club RICHARD Bux June, '41 JANE ANN BUESCHER Scholarship R's Studenl Council Represenlnlive O'ila A'Cappella Anarole French Club, Treasurer BERNARD J. BROCKIVIEYER McKinley: Senior Band Roosevelt: Auialion Club Ping Pong Club Basketball Svuens' Photograph Commilfce, Chairman MURIEL FERN BUSDIECKER Pep R Service Carol Club CHARLES H. BROWN IVIARY CARROLL Service Spanish Club F oz-ty-three Bwana MARIE BERTRAM Basketball Service VERNON ROBERT BIRCHLER A'CappeIIa Choir Glee Club JANET BRINKMAN Student Counril Athenaeum French Club Roller Skating Mask and Baskin BURTON ROY BLEY Student Council, Welfare Committee Tennis Athenwum LUCILLE V, BROWN Pep R, President, '40 Valley-ball, Captain Basketball Student Council Service R Forty-four ROBERT BIEDERMANN Chess Club, '36, '37 Spanish Club, '40 Bwana Staff. '40 ANNA MAE BLACKWELL Orchestra Roller Sharing Knit Wits Ice Skating DONALD BLACK Buzana Staff, '39 Rough Rider Staff, '37, '33 Camera Club MILDRED BRINKMANN Volley-ball, '40 JAMES O. BOULCH Baseball, '40, '41 Service , Student Counvil MARY JANE CARROLL Knit Wits, '39 DON CARLSON Football, '39, '40 Baseball, '39, '40 DOROTHEA CARTY Service Roller Skating Club Ire Skating Club ROBERT LEE COULTER BARBARA JEAN COULTER June, '41 STANLEY CALLICOTT Big Ten Camera Club Aviation Club Ping Pony Club Torch RAYE MYRL CARSTENS French Club Service Carol Club. '39 International Correspondence Club Chess Club EDWARD LOUIS COOK French Club, '40 Student Council, '39 Button Commillcc, Sixcs Social Commilteir, Sevens KATHERINE CHIAPEL S4-ruicc Volley-bull Club RAY J. CROUCH F orly-li ve ,., , Bwana AUDREY DANIS International Correspondence Club Clerical Committee Sevens, Chairman WILBUR G. DARE .IEANNE DOLAN Athenaeum Bowling Club AsA W. DEES MARJORIE ERLINGER Student Council Bwana Staff Rough Rider Stal? Service R's Robed A'Cnppellu Choir Forty-six GEORGE MICHAEL CURRAN Glee Club, '38, '39 A'Cappella Choir, '39 VIRGINIA DELBRUEGGE International Correspondence Club Athenaeum Roller Skating C. JOE DEAN, JR. NIABEL ELLERMANN A'Cappella. 39, '40 Carol Club, '38, '39, '40 French Club, '39, '40 International Correspondence Club, '39, '40 Service WARREN B. DETERING Orchestra. '37, '38, '39, '40 Bnnd,'37,'38 VERNAL HARRY ELY Aviation Club, Presidenl. '37, '38 MILDRED FALK O'ila Mhlhematirs Club, T A'Cappella hoir Volley-ball, 38 Torch HARVEY A. ESPENSCHIED Track, 'iB, '39, '40, '41, Student Manager BETTY FOERSTER College Club Bwana Torch Equestrian Club Knit Wits Club ALFRED HARRISON FLEMING Glee Club, '39 Art Club, '39 Stamp Club, '40 June, '41 FAY FABER Bwrlna Stall' Rough Rider French Club ROBERT JEROME ENGLE Apparatus Team Glee Club PAT FITZGIBBONS Pep R, Secretary, '40 Student Council, '40, Properly Committee, '40 Cheer Leader, '19, '40, '41 French Club. '38, '39, '40 ARTHUR FLACHSBART nmwizm11.'39,'4o,'41 ELINOR MAE FURTNEY Pep R College Club Student Council. '40 Carol Club Musirana Americana. '40 Forty-seven we ,www-w.,fF Bwana MARY ANNE GANNON DAVID GALEY Service Rough Rider Staff, '40, '41 Torch GLORIA GEORGE College Club Carol Club KENNETH GERDES Student Council, Welfare Committee Bowling Club Athenaeum Student Court Committee JANE MARION GIESE Forty-eight CHESTER L. FOX lce Skating Club, '38, '39 Swimming, '38 Stamp Club, '38 VIOLA GASTORF Carol Club Musica Americana Volley-ball Swimming RICHARD GARBER Glee Club, '3 7 A'CappelIa, '3 7, '38 Symphonic Chorus, '38 Bowling Club, '38 IRENE GERHARDT Boonville High School: Girl Reserve Club New Franklin High School: Basketball Glce Club Pep Squad NICK GIULVEZAN Art Fellowship Club Service Ire Skating X J r : -,. , 2-9, jg! g az. ,,g-. ,':,. , .A,,,,f2.,,M ,. BILL GLENN Track. 'i7 Swimming, '38, '19, '40 DOROTHY GOKIN Roller Skating Club Equestrian Club Valley-ball Club Carol Club Student Council VIOLA GREEN International Correspondence Club, Secretary Knit Wits Club PAUL GREENLAW, JR. Roller Skating Club DOLORES HABERSTOCK Photoplay Appreciation Club June, '41 MYRTLE GNAU Scholarship Pin Torch Ice Skating Club Photoplay Appreciation Roller Skating Club ROBERT MERIWETHER GLICK Service, '39 THOMAS GOULD Golf Club BETTY LOU GUGE Pholupluy Appreciation Club. Vice-President, '40 President, '40 Service Bowling Club International Correspondence Club JAMES E. HAFF Student Council, '40, Citizen ship Committee, '40 Chess Club, '40 Forty-nine Bwana VIRGINIA HAHN Sludenl Council. Sccrclary, '40, '41 Basketball O'ila, Presidcnl Musk and Buslzm, Prcsidenl Scholarxhip R GEORGE HAGIPARIS LILLIAN L. HECI-IT College Club Roller Sharing Club Service Scholarship R ROBERT HARPER Tennis Tbam. '40 Srudenl Council, '38 Rough Rider Stuff, '40, 'll GLORIA HERALD Student Council, '39, '40 College Club, Treasurer, '40 Carol Club Athenacum Fifty WALTER FREDERICK HAGEMANN Cha-ss Club, Secretary, Vice- Presrdent, President Fencing Club Bowling Club VIRGINIA LEE HARTIVIAN Volleg-ball Club Bowling Club Swimming J. WALTER HAMMERS JR. Roller Skaling Club, '39, '40, '4 l Sevens Clerical Commitlee MARY HELEN HEFFERNAN Spanish Club Baskelbull Club Softball WARREN HEATH Glee Club Rough Rider Staff LORRAINE HORST Scholarship R Torrh Spanish Club Stamp Club Softball JAMES B. HICKEY A'Cappclla, '38, '39, '40 Tumbling Team Athenaeum ROSALIE JAMES O'ila Roller Skating CHARLES B. HOLSTER THELMA MAY JONES Spanish Club Art Fellowship Club Bowling Club International Correspondence Club Service June, '41 HAROLD E. HEYE Torch Rough Rider Staff Bwana Staff Scrihblers' Club, President Debate Team BLANCHE HUDDLESTON EUGENE HOHLFELD Torc h ALICE JECMEN Volley-ball Basketball Mathematics Club Student Council, '38 Torch GEORGE HOLTMANN Service Fifty-one Bwana WILLIAM HEINS Rough Rider Slaff lfootball '1'ratl1.'1'3, '39 Svrwcc MARY HICKEY College Club xlihcnueum .Swlnzmmg DONALD CHARLES HERBERT BETH LOUISE HOLMES PHILLIP E. HESS All Cify Band, '39, '40 Senior Band, '38, '39, '40, '41 Prvsidenl, '40 Junior Orchestra. 'i0 Quill Club, '33, '39, '40, '41 Fifty-two ORVELLA HENNEMAN Vollcy-ball College Club Alhenaeum Roller Skaling Clerical Commilfen, Sevens PI-IIL HELFRICI-I DOROTHY HERRMANN Pep R, '40 College Club. '59, '40 Carol Club, '39, '40 EDWIN H. HERCI-IERT S1udenlCouncll, '39, '40 A'Cappella, '40, '41 MARJORY HUBELI ORLA HUDDLESTON Clee Club Quill Club, Treasurer Art Fellowship Club Athenaeum CAROL KAYSER Bowling Art Fellowship Ping Pong Button Committee, Sevens EDWARD L. JOHNSTON Sportsmnn's Club RUTH EVELYN KOTNER Spanish Club Art Fellowship Club Bowling Club International Correspondence Club Service JEAN FRED KALLMAYER Baseball. '39 Bowling, '39 Button Committee, Sevens J une, '41 CLARA KANNAWURF Scholarship R Servire Basketball, '3 8 Valley-ball JOHN P. HUGHES Big Ten HELEN KELLY Scholarship R Mathematics Club Roller Skating Club BILL JOHNSTON Twin, '37 THEOLA KESTRANEK Fifty-three Bwana LUCILLE KADLEZ French Club S erui ce ANDY KERSTING Roller Skating Club Athenaeum Club DOROTHY KLINGLER Service Spanish Club Roller Shuting Club Softball CARL A. KOHL Track, '38, '40, Capmin, '58 Bwana Staff Treasurer of Sixcs Button Committee of Sevens, Chairman EDITH KOPPEN College Club Bowling Art Fellowship Ping Pong Button Commirree. Sevens F iffy-four JIM KELLER Basketball, '39, '4 0 -Service BETTY KIMMONS RAYMOND KLEIN Swimming. '38 Band, '38. '39, '40 Football, '39, '40 MARIAN A. KOONS A'Cappella lnlernational Correspondence 'Club STEPHEN KOHL, JR WALTER A. KRUMMEL Football, '39, '40 Baseball. '40 Track, '40 Basketball, '59 DOROTHY MARGARET KRAUS Bowling Club Tennis CHARLES WARREN LARCOM Cheer Leader, '38, '39, '40 Athenaeum Club Service Bowling Club Quill Club MARIAN KRAUT .Ilonroc Center Orchestra Alhenueum Bowling Club Roller Skating Club Bashclball, '38 CHRIST. T. LEKOMETROS frack. '37, '38, '39 Gym Art Guild June, '41 GLORIA JUNE KRAEHE Pep R. Sergeant-at-Arms College Club, Sergeant-al-Arms Sludenr Council, Chairman, WL'lfare Committee, '40 Cheer Leader, '38, '39, '40, '41 PAUL LAMB Cilve Club A'Cappella Track, '3 7, '38 Gym Ar! Guild lrc Skating Club MARY ELIZABETH KRAUSNICK Sludenl Council, '39, '40 Bwana Rough Rider LESTER LASKY Art Appreciulion Club Ice Sharing Club ELVERA KUEBLIER F ifty-five vzfx-:f-wwf 1 r 1 x Bwana MURIEL KUNDERER Bowling Club Roller Skating lnlcrnational Correspondence Club Ailrenaeum BYRON LEONARD Bwana Staff, '40, '4l Ice Skating Club, '40, '41 Radio Club, '40, '4l Quill Club, '40, '41 Orchestra, '38, '39 MARX' LEHN Spanish Club, '37, '38, '39, '40 Bowling, '38, '39, '40 LAUREL LINN Trarh, '58 Football Manager, '40 Quill Club, Prcsiden! Athcnarurn Chess Club ELEANOR LE RAI Bowling Club, '4 0 Fifty-six STEVE LEKOMETROS DOLLY LANHAM A'Cappella Baslzeiball. '3 9 Quill Club SIDNEY LEVIN Track. '38, '39, '40 Quill Club. '39, '40 Bowling Club, '40 JACQUELINE LERNIINE French Club WILLIAM T. LUCAS Swimming Squad, '38 Glce Club, '3 7 A'Cappella, '38, '30, '40 Burton Commiuee, Sevens WILLIAM CLYDE LUCKETT A'Cappclla ADELE LITZINGER Valley-ball Bowling Club JAMES MAINZ A'Cappclln Choir, '39, '40, '41 Sponsmarfs Club, '38 Tennis, '30, '40 Track, '40, '41 Swimming, '40, '41 AUDREY LORENZEN Bowling, '39, '40 Basketball, '3 7, '38 Ar! Fellowship, '37, '38 Ping Pong, '38 CHARLES FREDRICK MEIER. JR. Glee Club A'CappcIla Track. '39 June, '41 THELMA ARLENE LEWIS ALBERT F. MACY, JR. A'Cappellu Choir. '38, '39, '40 Ari Fellowship Club, '33, '39 MAXINE LONG Bowling RICHARD FRANCIS MASKELL Student Council, '39, '40 lcv Skating Club ALMETA MARRS Roller Skating Cluln Bwana Fifty-seven Bwana , 1..7 , I J . , . 17 fx- MARIE MAGERSTAEDT Herman. Mo., High School: Glee Club Srnior Orchcsrra Band ROBERT S. MEYER Editor of Bwana Scholarship Pin Srudent Council, '39, '40 Torch Mathematics Club EILEEN MARTIN Bowling Club Basketball Club Volley-ball Club Knit Wim HAROLD MILES ARLENE ELIZABETH MAZE ' Service A'Cappella Spanish Club Softball, Captain Knit Wits Fifty-eight KENNETH W. MEYER Service BERNICE MARTIN Pep R Baskclball Club Athenaeum Latin Club WILLIAM ALBERT MEYER RUTH ELINOR MATHAE Latin Club Service Photoplay Appreciation Club Athenaeum ROBERT H. MILLER Track, '38, '39 Albenaeum Rough Rider Slaff THOMAS V. MISSEY A'Cappella, '40 Track, '40 RUTH MELSHEIMER Knitting Club, '3 7 Swimming Team. '40 Basketball, '4 0 A. DONALD MO'ESCH, JR. Archery Club Scrvire DELORES MITCHLER Roller Skating Club CHARLES C. MUELLER Glae Club. '37, '38, President A'CappeIla, '38, '39, '40 Track, '19 Sevens Social Committee. Chairman June, '41 MARY ELIZABETH MCKENZIE A'CappcIla Student Council Ar! Club French Club Class FI rvasurer GERALD MOELLER Roller Skating Club Philatelic, Vice--President Apparatus Club Chess Club Ice Skating Club RUTH MILLINGER Mathematics Club Spanish Club JOHN F. MORLAN MARGIE MONAGHAN F if ty-nine Bwana BETHEL MONROE Pep R College Club French Club Art Fellowship Club Service R THEODORE A. NAUERT Service Pin Glce Club. '38 lI'CappeIla, '39 MARJORIE ELIZABETH MORRIS Student Council. '40 College Club, Sergeant-at-Arms Debate Club Service MORRY A. NEWMAN, JR, Bowling Club, '38, '39 Ice Skating Club, ,38 Track, '40 RUTH NEAL Baxkvlball Softball Sixty JACK MURPHY Golf R's. '38, '39 A'CappelIa. '39, '40 French Club Bowling Club. Captain, '40 MARILYN NIOODY Scribblers' Club Spanish Club Student Council WILLIAM J. NEUMANN Orchestra, ' 37 Archery Club, '40 PEARL NALLEY O'iIL1 Rough Rid:-r Bwuna Stal? Robed A'Cappella Choir Carol Club JACK NI EDNER Rough Rider Staff Student Council Debating Club Camera Club Fvncing Club, '59, '40 EDWARD A. NUGENT Trarh, '38, '40 Swimming Club, '40 Apparatus Club, '39, '40 Bwana Slalf, '40 Student Council, '40 ORA MAE NEUMANN Sludmr Countil Ar! Club, Sccrclary RAYMOND EDWARD OSWITZ Ping Pong Club RUTH NOONAN ARTHUR PAULE Track, '40, '41 June, '41 EMILY NESSEL A'Cappvlla, '38, '39, '40, '41 College Club, '39, '40, '41 Bowling Club, '40, '4l Sevens' Social Commillee LEIGHTON NUGENT lnlerscholaslic Debate Quill Club, Vite-President Snanish Club Chess Club Rough Rider S1all,'39 MARIAN ELLEN NOLTE Kniiring Club HAYDN PARKS Track, '33, '39, '40, '41 Swimming, '35, '39, '40, '41 A'Cappellu Glce Club Camera Club CHARLET OBERT Pep R, '40 Girls' Swimming Team, '37, '40 Carol Club, '39, '40 Basketball, '40 America Musicuna, '40 Sixty-one Bwana MARY R. OCKER Bwana Pep R O'ira. Vice-President, '40 Scholarship R Torch MELVIN PAULL French Club Bowling Club BETTY O'I.EARY Basketball, '37, '38, '39 Bowling. '39, '40 Att Fellowship, '37, '38 Ping Pong, '38 A I 7 1 .dx W' J .w1' r K3vM K O Xin ' , 1 7 C ' ff' . , VE-Q. 4' V YYV H' , . ' Y' , if X L tg'-f KENNETH ALBERT , I PONTE LETHA POLSTER Knit Wils, '1'1'eusu1'cr, '40 College Club, '40 l:'questriar1, '38 Basketball. '40 Pep R, '40 Sixty-two CHARLES RUSSELL PAULEY GEORGETTE O'MEARA Girls' Swimming Team. '38, '40 Knit Wits, Vice-Presidcnr, '40 Basketball, '40 Service Bowling Club DONALD IRWIN POLLARD Band, '40 Spor1sman's Club, '39 MARY PECK Pocahontas, Arkansas: Science Club Roosevelt High School: Art Fellowship Club, '39, '40 Spanish Club, '39, Treasurer, '40 Art Club Athenaeum ULRICH POTTHOFF Wcbstcr Groves High: Rifle Club, 'Vice-President Student Council Football - HENRY BERNARD PURK DOROTHY MILDRED REIF Mathematics Club Spanish Club Service Scholarship Pin Torch ARTHUR RAYMOND A'Cappclla Choir Glee Club Apparatus Team, '39 Archery Club Photograph Committee, Sevens LA VERNE REMME Pep R HERMAN REINECKE Bowling Club Swimming Team June, '41 MARY' QUIGLEY Ice Skating Art Fellowship Club PAUL A. RALLY Basketball Student Council, Property Committee Rough Rider Staff lnrerscholastlc Spelling Team Service HELEN REIS Blewett: Travel Club Glu Club Ice Skating Club AUGUST RAMONT GLENDA RICHARDSON Sixty-three ,..,.,.- wr , Bwana AUDREY RINK Ice Sharing Club Szrvirc WAX'NE L. ROSCOE RITA JUSTINE ROSE Girls' Swimming Team, '38, '39, Secrelary and Treasurer, '40 Ice Sharing, '38, '39 Bowling Club Arr Fellowship J. RUESING, JR. Rough Rider Staff DOROTHY SCHIMMER Sixty-four EDWARD REINHARDT All-City Band Philatelic Club Band Orchestra DOROTHY ANITA ROENN EUGENE DANIEL RUDD DOROTHY SAMUELSON Kniz Wits ALLEN EDWARD RUPP RUDY RUZICKA Radio Club EDNA SCHLAGENHAUF Scholarship Pin Service Orchestra. '37, '38, '39, '40 Mathvmalics Club Torch JOSEPH SCHALLERT Football, '38, '39, Captain, '40 VIRGINIA SCHONE A'Cappella. '39 Swimming Club, '40 DON SCHMITZ Track, '40 Aviulion Club, '38 June, '41 LUCILLE SCI-IMIDT Swimming Team, '38, 39 Volley-ball, '37 Baskclball College Club Knit Wits KENNETH SANDERS CHARLOTTE CAROLINE SCI-IMIERBACI-I LEROY SCHICKER Track, '4 0. '41 MARY SCHROEDER Baskerbull, '15, '19, '40 Ar! Club A'CappvIln Alhenneum Sixty-five 1gr'www-fm v , . Q: Bwana LOIS REBEKAH SCHUBEL A'Cappella, '30, '40 Ping Pong, '39 Scholarship R Service Torch WAYNE E. SCHRADER DOLORES C. SENSENEY Scholarship R's Girls' Tc-nrzis Champion JOHN SCI-IWARZMANN Spcrlsman's Club, Vice-Presb dam, '40 Stump Club, '38 ANNETTE SHEEI-IAN Collegv Club A'Cappr-lla Carol Club Sixty-six HAROLD FRANK SCHNEIDER Sportsman's Club, '39 BL1nd,'38, '39, '40 Bowling Club, '40 Musica Americana, '38, '40 All-City Bz1nd,'37, '38, '39, '40 MARIE SCHWEBEL Ice Skating Club CARLOS KARL SCHWARZ Service ANNA MARIE SHEEI-IAN French Club RICHARD SI-IELLENBERGER EVERT SLOOP Bowling Club, '40 French Club, '40 Rough Rider, '40 A'Cappella, '38 Studi-nl Council, '40 WILMA SIMPSON College Club Rough Rider Staff Secretary to Advisor Service Social Comminec, Sevens WILLIAM S. SNODGRASS ELIZABETH SKINNER THEODORE SRNKA 1' June, '41 HELEN SHUPLAK Service Vollcy-ball Club Roller Sharing Club ARTHUR LEROY SMITH Rough Rider Staff. '39, '40 Spanish Club MACY LOUISE SKAGGS Service. '40 Art Club, '40 GEORGE F. SPALA Harvard Book Prize Bwanu Slalf Basketball, '39, '40 Tram, '13, '39, '40 Tora h IRENE SKYLES Sixty-seven Bwana MARJORIE ANNE SMITH A'Cappella Carol Club Ari Fellowship, Secretary- Treasurer Frcnch Club Bowling Club DON STECKHAN Rough Ridcr Staff Spanish Club, Secretary Mathematics Club, Treasurer ROSEMARY SMITH Roller Skaling Club Volley-ball Club CARL SUHRE Track. '38 Rough Rider Staff, '39 Photograph Committee. Sevens DOROTHY STARK Vol! e y-ball lnrernational Correspondence Club S crui ce Sixty-eight RAYMOND GEORGE STAUDER Souih Side Catholic: Soccer MARTHA SMITH -Bowling, '38, '39. '40 Arr Fellowship, '3 7, '38 Knit Wits, '37 WILLIAM STUCKEY Glee Club A'Cappella Choir lnrernafional Correspondence Club Sludenl Council Slamp Club KATHR I Art Fe lowshi , ' rvxc JOHN F. SUSEK, JR. Radio Club Track SHIRLEY SULLIVAN Senior Band. '37, '38, '39, '40 Kni1Wits. '37 Art Fellowship Club, '38 Senior Orchestra, '3 7, '38 ALBERT G. ULRICI-I BERYL JEWEL TAYLOR Carol Club, '39, '40 ROBERT R. WARMAN Ice Skuling Club Swimming Team Football, '39, '4 0 .IENNIE LEE THOMASSON Valley-ball Bowling Club June, '41 IVIAURICE J. TRAVERS BLANCHE LOUISE TALBOTT Service, '40, '41 Roller Skating, '38, '39, '41 PASQUAL A. VITALF Track, '41 HORTENSE TESCHNER College Club, Corresponding Secretary Secrvmry Io Advisor Service Ar! Fellowship, '38 Sevens' Photograph Committee NORMAN WASSER MAN Sixty-nine Bwana JERRY WATKINS Spor1sman's Club, '37, '38, Treasurer, '38 Bowling Club, '39, '40, Presl dent, '40, Captain, '39 FRANCES ANN TIHEN Volley-ball Basketball Pep R College Club Scholarship R JOHN WHEELER, JR. Glee Club A'Cappella Baseball, 'i9 MARIE UHRICH Athenaeum, Editor of Mercury , '39, '40 Arr Fellowship Knit IVils RALPH WHITWORTH Foozbnll, '38, '39, '40 Track, '33 Seventy HELEN TICHACEK Bowling, '39, '40 Knit Wits. President, Secretary '37, '33 i Carol Club, '37 Arr Fellowship, '37, '38 Service, '39, '40 LEROY WEINHOLD VIRGINIA LEE TURNER Volley-ball. '39 Bowling Club, '40 RICHARD A. WHITE Track, '38 SporIsman's Club, '59 BETTIE ANN Voss Carol Club French Club Pep R CHARLES SWEENEY Track, '38, '39 Athenaeum, Treasurer '38, Vice-President, '40 Bowling Club, Secrelary, '40 LORAINE STELFOX Alhenueum Club Bowling Club ' HARRY THAYER MILDRED STIEBEL Bowling Club, '40 KENNETH A. TICHACEK Baseball. '40, '4l Swimming Team, '39, '40, '41 Football, '40 June, '41 LINDA STARR Anutole French Club FLOYD T. TAYLOR, JR. Track Team, Manager. '40 Srudem Council Camera Club RUTH I.. STENGEL lnlcrnalional Correspondence Club Ice Skating Club JOHN THOMAS Quill Club Sludcnr Council Ice Sharing Club A'Cnppella, '37, '38, '39 Orchestra. '3 7, '59 MARY VIRGINIA SULLIVAN Pep R, '38, '40 Ice Skating. '40 Ari Fellowship, '40 Service R, '38, '39 Seventy-one Bwana LA VERNE WEINHOLD Monroe Center: Orchestra Sc-ruirc URBAN VAL WITTENBERG MARY JANE WESTENDORPF Torch S1uden1Council,'39, '40, 'll O'i1a Mask and Baskin Bwana Stal? RICHARD C. WODRASKA HELEN MARIE WOLEE Ice Skating Bowling Knil Wits Clvrxful Ccmmilluv. Sevens Seventy-two RITCHEY P.WILLIAMS Mnlhematics Club, '38, '39, '40 Service Rough Rider Track, '3 7 Athenaeum BETTY WEISS Service. '33, '39 Alhenaeum, '38 DOROTHY WILDERMAN Art Fellowship. '39 Service MARGARITA WITTE Band, '38, '39, '40, '41 Basketball Club Allrenneum Knit Wits RAY ZELLER Bowling Club, '39, '40 ROBERT YOUNG Alhcnaeum Track Manager, '40 Football Manager, '40 Valley-hall, '40 EDITH JANE ZIMMERMAN WAYNE ADAMS Bowling Club. '37, '38, '39, '40 Treasurer, '40 FLORENCE BECKWAR LOUIS P. BEEN .Szudcnr Council, '40 JEAN A. BOITANO Basketball. '38, '39, '40 Soflball, '39 Quill Club. '38 Studi-nl Council, '40 DEAN A. BRANDS LILLY BURKE Athn-mn-um EDNA BURTE LOW lnlernnnonal Correspondence Club ROBERT WILLIAM JOSEPH CARROLL NANCY LOUISE CLARK Bowling LEONARD F. CORDES ROBERT DECKER MARTHA DICKASON Vollfy-hull, '40 LARRY DOBBERSTEIN DON WILSON HUDSON Athenaeum Sevens' Clerical Commillee VIRGINIA DREYER SALLY I-IUMP1-1R1Es ROY DUGGAN JOHN FARRELL JOHN FEATHERSTON ERICK AUGUST GAGEL LILY GARDNER A'Cappellu Choir lnlernalional Correspondence, '40 EDWIN CIOERNER lin:u.'ling Club, '33, '3 9, Vice- Prrsidenr, '40 WARREN JENKERSON JOHN F. KALERT EARL KOENIG KENNETH KUBIK Bowling Club, '40 Mathematics Club, '38 Ping Pong Club. '38 WILMA LAWSON ELLAMAE LEONARD Pvpelres EDITH VIRGINIA GLORIA LOUISE HAMPEI. LUCAS-r Calumet High School, Chicago, Ill.: ALFRED HARTMANN Alfa Si-ruice GI A' A4 ADRIAN HAVERMANN Roller Skating Club. '38, '39 lie Sharing Club. '39 LUCILLE HEIMBACH LAWRENCE H. HINCE Roosevelt High School: A'Cuppella Bowling Club Girlx' Chorus ANTHONY LUZECKY 1s1u1m1b1111,'39,'40,'41 ANITA IVIAASS Bowling Club June, '41 RUTH LILLIAN ZOELLNER Carol Club A'Cappellu lnrernalional Correspondence Club GRACE MARIE VITALE Alhcnacum ERNST A. MAASS, JR. Bowling Club, '39, '40, '41 BOB IVIACHER Service, '40 RALPH MALTER JOSEPH F. IVICCORMACK AUDREY MARIE MENZE1 vorzfy-1m11. '38, '39, '40, '41 THORNTON MOORE Football, '38, '39, '40 Track, '30, '40 EILEEN NABE CARL THOMAS NORD CONRAD OBERT RUTH OBRECHT Valley-ball Club Bowling Club JOSEPH DANIEL O'CONNOR EDWIN J. OLLAR CHARLES PATTERSON Bowling Club Seventy-rhree Bwana L. RUBY POULOS Southweshl-ligh: Glce Club lcv Skating Roller Skating JACK H. POWELL FRANK PRESWHEAT DOLORES ANN PROBST Art I-'ellowship Club Rollcr Skating Club Service I-ILLIAN PUTMAN Symphony Chorus Club, '58 I-Ithumufum, '4 0 HOWARD E. REHLING CLARA ROESSLER Imfwtbult, '58, '59, '40 x'U11ty,1m11, '13, 49, '40 EDNA ROY ALBERT C. RUESTER RALPH EDWARD RUEE ROBERT SACKBERGER JACK SADLER RITA CATHERINE SALLER LOUISE SCI-IILLER Vwlll-y-ball. '38, '39, '40, '41 VERNON IRA SCI-IMIDERER Seventy-four DOLORES SCHOENBORN Junior A'Cappella Co-Captain, Softball Art Fellowship Club Rollvr Skating Club GEORGE EDWARD SCHREPFER C. EMMETT SCHURWAN Track, '38, '39 Apparatus Team. '39 Football, '39 Service Afhenaeunz ANN MARIE SEEBECK ROBERTA SIEBERT Phoroplay Apprvriarion, '38 Bowling Club, '39, '40 Service HELEN SIEVING Studvnt Counril Scribblcrs' Club CHARLES SINDELL ROBERT JOHN SMITH Archery Club. '40 Swimming, '39, '40, '41 Apparatus Club. '40 Sportsmarfs Club. '58, '39 Ire Skating Club. '37 LLOYD SPENCER CHARLES STEWART ROBERT I-EO STEWART DAN STOLL Golf ELIZABETH J. STOYE Bwunu Carol Czub vt,11Ify-zmzz MADONNA MARIE STULLKEN Cami cizuh LORRAINE THOELE ELIZABETH THOMAS SYLVIA THOMPSON Service Valley-ball Softball Rollur Skating NORMAN VIOLET'I' Golf Team EUNICE VOSE ROBERT GEORGE Voss llfuthcmatirs Club ADELE WAONER JAMES HOWARDWALKER LAETITIA WATSEK 1IrtFvllou'ship Knit IVits ROY E. WEAST .IOHANNA ELIZABETH WEIDHAAS IVIADOE WHEATON WALLACE XVIELE JEAN XVILNER Scrum' Athenavum lrztomulmnal Corrvspontlunfc JACK ZERVAS Bowling Club, '40 ALBERT ZVANUT EILEEN ZVANUT 1I:l I-'allowship Club A if v mi J -F 1 SU k Xa 1 X A X61 we 7 r V 5 9 f i 'i T veg Fi 1 qi .f:,'h ROMANCE IN A BUILDING :g AVE you ever stopped, on passing a building, to look up--to study L, 'N the building-to try to imagine the planning, the labor it took to iff, build it? Have you ever thought of the scenes that have been enacted inside, the changing times and customs, the heartbreak and the joy that the building has witnessed? If you have, you have found the romance of the building. For instance, take one of the older buildings of Saint Louis-the old Courthouse or the Rock House. Think of the changing times, the grief, the woe, and the moments of joy, of triumph each of these has witnessed. Prior to, and during Civil War days slaves were sold on the very steps of the old Courthouse-sold like cattle at auction. Imagine the heartrending scenes that must have gone on here-mother and child torn apart, never to be united again. Husband and wife separated, each to toil the rest of his life with never a respite, and never a hope of seeing the other again. Think of the Dred Scott case, and the many other thrilling cases that have been enacted here. Consider the old Rock House. Picture the changes it has witnessed. This building has seen Saint Louis grow from a small settlement on the river's bank to the thriving, populous metropolis it is today. ln Saint Louis, we have other buildings just as interesting as these. There are the Jefferson Memorial, the Union Station, the Bell Telephone Building, and many others. Picture the scenes these have witnesseclg and all the while they stand-stand like silent fates, witnessing the strivings and trials of man, seeing the stream of life How slowly by, and all the while standing mute, watching-always watching, but never stirring nor uttering a word. There is another factor in considering the romance of a building--its beauty. Have you ever been impressed by the inexpressable beauty, the perfect symmetry of a building? Have you ever stood at the foot of a mighty structure, looked up, and observed this great tribute to man's genius towering above you, lifting its head to the skies? Have you then seen the golden rays of the sun catch on the stones and be reflected, encasing the whole building in a golden, shimmering light? This is beauty-true beauty, and a mighty token of the power and resourcefulness of man. Thus we have buildings, these mighty edifices in which we live and work. We in Saint Louis have buildings to be proud of. We have old, ornately carved structures that taxed man's ingenuity when they were built-romantic old buildings with their porticoes of artistically wrought iron, delicate but strong. Even now they remain wonders to us with their beautiful, rich carvings that were the vogue when they were built. Then we have the newer buildings with their startlingly modern designs. Yet in their severe, simple architecture they retain a perfect symmetry, and it is this combination of extremely simple design and perfect symmetry that makes the newer buildings so attractive, so breathtaking in their beauty. We should be proud of these imposing structures -these silent beings which look down upon us, who hear our laughter and our weeping, who see the rise and fall of many-these mute, immutable fates. And so, when next you enter or pass a building, stop, muse on the scenes this building has witnessed, admire its beauty, and be proud that, as a Saint Louisan, you can appreciate and enjoy the romance of the many fine buildings of which our city can be justly proud. ROBERT MEYER' Editor Seventy-six THE ART MUSEUM HE Saint Louis Art Museum originated as the Museum of Fine Arts mf School of Fine Arts A building was provided for the Museum through organized by Washington University in 1879, in connection with its the generosity of Wayman Crow. For about twenty-five years, the museum functioned in this location as a department of Washington University, with its collections constantly growing. The sources of income for the first museum were memberships dues to the Art Society which numbered three hundred, in l906, special appropriations from the University, and subscriptions from friends. When the Louisiana Purchase Exposition was in preparation, the plan was to make the central portion of the Palace of Art permanent so that it should remain as an Art Museum after the close of the Exposition. In l906, the city received the building from the Exposition Company and removed the collections of the old museum to it. f.ou1'In'xy of 51. Louxx Pax!-Ilixpuirh NIGHT VIEW OF ENTRANCE TO THE ART MUSEUM The Museum, designed after the Roman-Classical style by Cass Gilbert, an eminent American architect, is constructed of grey limestone and Roman brick with scattered use of marble and bronze. There are marble statues on either side of the entrance of the museum, the one depicting SCULPTURE, the other PAINTING. Above the Corinthian columns are six statues on the facade of the building, and beneath the portico are panels in relief bearing the inscription, Ars Artium Omniumn fThe Art of All Artsl. Bronze grifhns ornament either end of the main pediment, and twenty-two limestone medallions of sculptors, painters, and architects complete the decoration. Seventy-sew: n Many changes have been effected in the interior of the museum. The first in Sculpture Hall, where a marble floor and fountain were installed, and the yellow brick walls of the interior were covered with rough plaster. Many halls have been constructed for special displays. The basement has been made practically as beautiful as the rest of the building. All exposed pipes are now covered and the lighting is as good as it is in the various main halls. Here, too, are the spacious oflices of the museum staff, and a large attractive tea room. The exhibits include almost every known form of art. As one enters Sculpture Hall, one sees various adjoining alcoves, each of which contains its own particular display. There are halls filled with the paintings of the old masters, paintings that tell the stories of millions of peoples in the moods common among them. There are also many rooms representative of certain definite periods, rooms into which all furniture, tapestry, and other art objects of the several periods are placed. There are rooms equipped with furniture from the homes of famous people, such as the Kempshot house and Carlton house. The furniture in these rooms was donated by different persons in honor of other people. Four early American rooms of the pre-Revolutionary War period are com- pletely furnished. Some even go so far as to have open books on tables and desks, as if the reader had just stepped out for a moment. There is a parlor of the Hooff's home which George Washington visited, a dining room with its high-backed booths from a Salem tavern, and a bedroom from Charleston to complete the display. One gallery includes an old Gothic Court. The stairway in it is very intricately designed and is very artistically carved. Another gallery contains a French hotel suite. Next come the Sculpture galleries in which are displayed work done as early as the ninth century, B. C. There are fragments of Greek and Roman sculptures and pieces of jewelry worn by the women of ancient times. Egypt is well represented by mummies, jewelry, and sculpture. Chinese and Japanese art are presented effectively by what is said to be the finest collection of its kind. Precious stones, including rare jade, bronzes, and rugs form an interesting display. American painting of the later centuries is on exhibition. These displays, however, are not permanent as they are loaned for temporary display by people who have acquired a good collection of paintings. 'F Since the establishment of the museum, other interesting features have been added. One of these is the Richardson Memorial Library, which consists of an entrance room and two larger reading rooms, furnished by Mrs. Mary D. Richardson in memory of her husband. The entrance room is beautifully finished in soft grey marble with rich purple and gold decorations, while the reading rooms are very simply treated in a dignified manner with walnut tables, chairs, and book-cases. The subject matter which the library contains deals with Art, and is used solely for reference. From time to time the collec- tion has been enlarged by the acquisition of other collections. The Richardson Seventy-eight Library has an income of about 55,000 yearly, used for the purchase of new books. An interesting innovation at the museum is its Department of Instruction. Teachers, pupils, classes from schools, art students, clubs, and conventions may have gallery talks upon special topics related to their studies, upon current exhibitions, or they may be conducted through the galleries by a member of the Education Department, who will call attention to objects of outstanding interest. This department was formed in response to popular demand, because there were not enough regular attendants at the museum to answer the questions asked. ln April I907, the people of St. Louis voted to establish the City Art Museum, which was to be managed by an independent Board of Control, and supported by a special tax. The Art Museum is maintained by public tax-receiving two cents per one hundred dollars of the tax revenue. This gives the museum an income of about S250,000, which is barely adequate for the upkeep of the building and the purchasing of new exhibits. St. Louis is one of the few cities in the United States that fosters the development of artistic and cultural facilities for the public by a direct tax for the maintenance of its Art Museum. In case of a reduction in tax, owners of loan collections would withdraw their art objects, which would further curtail the educational facilities. By the canvases and sculptures one can travel, in his mind, on a magic carpet to those far-off places which he has always wished to see, but could not. The St. Louis Art Museum ranks among the four best art galleries in the United States, and among the best galleries in the world. Considering the destruction of art treasures in the European world and the steady improve- ment of our museum, may it not, in the near future, forge its way to the front rank of the world's treasuries of the finest work of man's artistic achievement! PEARL NALLY Seventy-nine THE MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM f' , GROUP of public spirited citizens had long felt the need for a ,'. building wherein cultural as well as industrial gatherings could be 7 v held, so the Municipal Auditorium came into existence. It is one of the city's greatest assets. This great building located on Market Street facing the Memorial Plaza is of classic design and harmonizes with the Municipal Courts Building, the new Civil Court House, and other Plaza buildings in its vicinity. The purpose of this magnificent structure is to provide a suitable place for discussing community affairs, for holding conventions, both large and small, and for musical programs of various sorts. The dedication of the Auditorium took place in April, I934, and was indeed a triumph for the city of St. Louis. On the site where this beautiful structure now stands there had been unsightly buildings. These were quickly torn down and great testing drills were sunk almost one hundred feet in order to reach bed rock and be assured of a solid foundation. Large caissons were sunk and derricks were erected. Huge beams of steel were swung into place and this wonderful building of stone was rapidly nearing completion. To understand and appreciate the immense size of this building one has only to know that the blue prints required ten acres of paper: the trusses for the roof framing, of which there are nine, each measures 266 feet in length. Enough wire was used in this building to encircle the earth twice if stretched in one piece. Four hundred carloads of limestone and 4,000 tons of structural steel as well as 35,000 cubic yards of concrete were used. The building constructed of Bedford stone measures 320 feet by 500 feet. Two huge sculptured bears guard the granite steps which lead under a colonnade into the ticket lobby. On the exterior of the building are two sculptured panels entitled Discussion and Recreation , bearing beneath them inscriptions by Carl Schurz and Woodrow Wilson, respectively. The grand foyer is just above the ticket foyer and is reached by elevators and majestic stairways. It is faced with marble in decorative effects which are entirely different from the sombre appearance of old style public archi- tecture. The Auditorium has really two main halls-the Arena and the Opera House. The Arena has a seating capacity of l2,500 and is made accessible by large ramps instead of stairways. The Arena is 467 feet long and 226 feet wide and has a gross area of 92,000 square feet. This great expanse of floor space is broken by 457 columns. These columns are used to facilitate the installation and decoration of convention booths. Each column is supplied with electricity, hot and cold water, steam, and compressed air which may be used for various displays at conventions. Adjoining the Opera House and the Arena is a huge stage equipped with the most modern devices for lighting and scenic effects. This stage is the best equipped and largest in any auditorium in the country. It can boast of Eighty seventy-seven sets of scenery. The curtains separating these two halls are made of steel and are operated electrically. They weigh many tons and are absolutely fireproof. On either side of these two main halls are four smaller halls each having a seating capacity of 700. Each hall has its stairways, rest rooms, and other facilities of that kind. There are numerous other small halls used as dressing rooms for concert music rehearsals, storage rooms, and for the press. Seven different shows can be held at the same time in this building without interfering with one another due to the arrangement of the halls. The Opera House is simply but beautifully decorated with gray and gold dominating. ln constructing the scenery many thousands of yards of silk, plush, velour, and scenery sheeting were used. Two immense carpets were needed, one 95 by 30 feet, and the other 65 by 30 feet. Air always at the proper temperature for summer or winter is circulated by a ventilating system. Air outlets are concealed at lighting fixtures, and intakes at the base of columns. The ventilating system circulates many cubic feet of air a minute. Anyone who has attended the Symphony Concerts, the splendid conven- tions, and the many other affairs of great public interest that have been held in this magnificent structure, can testify that the six million dollars spent to erect it were indeed well spent. WALTER OSTERKAMP ri! Fa? me fa Eighty-one SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL . '-' . HE Soldiers' Memorial in St. Louis is one of the most pretentious ' . 5' 50 monuments in the United States. The city shows its gratitude, senti- ment, and appreciation, not in words, but in a lasting tribute to the soldiers and sailors who so valiantly and unselflshly gave their lives for their I - AX -,GU C .51 ' K:-si country. ln l923, the City of St. Louis appropriated eighty-seven million dollars in bonds for civic improvements. Among the items named was a memorial plaza and memorial building to honor the World War dead. A total of six million dollars was set aside for this project. The business of obtaining a title to the site for the Memorial was slow, and when it was finally purchased, no funds remained for the erecting of the monument. Then Bernard F. Dickmann became mayor of the city, and one of his first acts was to inaugurate a movement to obtain funds for building the memorial. His plea to the citizens was so eloquent that they voted another million dollars for the construction of the building, and for the development, improvement, and beautification of the plaza. President Franklin D. Roosevelt visited St. Louis to dedicate the site of the Memorial, October l4, I936. He said: We in America do not build monuments to conquestg we build monu- ments to commemorate the spirit of sacrifice in war-reminders of our desire for peace. The memory of those whom the war called to the Beyond urges us to consecrate the best that is in us to the service of our country in times of peace. We best honor the memory of those dead by striving for Peace, that the terror of the days of war-will be with us no more. May the beauty of the monument, which will rise on this site, cast a beneficent light on the memories of our comrades, and may a substantial structure typify the strength of their purpose, and may it inspire future generations with a desire to be of service to their fellows and their country. Construction of the structure actually got under way on October 2 I, I935, on the land between Chestnut, Pine, Thirteenth, and Fourteenth Streets. At the four corners of the terrace are ornamental pylons displaying the names of four major battles in which our soldiers participated. There is also a bronze plaque dedicated to the United States Navy. Granite steps lead from the terrace to the loggia and four magnificent sculptured stone figures flank these. The two on the south side represent Courage and Visiong those on the north, represent Loyalty and Sacrifice. These beautiful, massive figures are the work of a native St. Louisan, Walter Hancock. Great beams of concealed floodlights illuminate the Hancock figures and silhouette the huge columns that surround the entire building. On the facing surrounding the upper promenade are carved medallions representing infantrymen, marines, tank operators, sailors, and the other divisions of service. As one enters the building, in the center of the loggia, one sees first the cenotaph, on which are carved one thousand and seventy-five names of the soldiers and nurses from our city who were killed in the war. lnscribed above is the fact that they made the supreme sacrifice. This Cenotaph is of black Eighty-two yu , 1111 all I mul! '111I1i 111111 - ',,1 'I yi ff may CITY VIEWS Civil Courts and United States Customs Building Soldiers' Memorial Municipal Auditorium Detail of Entrance to Soldiers' Memorial Public Library Entrance to Municipal Courts Building Eighty-Ihrl-r granite, with a base of Bedford stone. lt is hollow and contains large flood- lights illuminating the ceiling of glass mosaic in red, gold, and silver. ln the center of this ceiling is a large gold star, dedicated to the mothers of St. Louisans who died in the war. The floors of the loggia and the promenade are made of fabricated tile with Missouri granite overhead. The thirty eight- feet walls of the lobby are of golden vein marble from Saint Genevieve, Missouri, with a black base and blue trim from Belgium. The pylons, columns, and ceiling of the promenade are of Bedford stone. Also on the first floor are two museums, east and west of the Cenotaph. They are very modernistic, with marble wainscoting and much aluminum trimming. Soft buff ceilings with ornamental borders are illuminated by massive light fixtures. Each museum has seven glass display cases with marble bases. ln the center of each is a circular glass case displaying flags of the principal allied powers in the World War and gifts presented to St. Louis by England, France, ltaly, Belgium, and Japan. Our Stars and Stripes is the centerpiece. ln other cases are relics and trophies of the war brought to the United States by the soldiers, such as rifies, side arms, machine guns, bayonets, bombs, hand grenades, gas masks, swords, sabers, shells, and shell cases, types of bullets, shrapnel, medals, flags, various uniforms, and other articles. Many of the casualties listed on the Cenotaph came from the 35th and 89th Divisions of the Army, which was made up mostly of Kansans and Missourians. ln all the corners of the museums are heavy glass racks filled with pictures of these two Divisions in action and of the Navy. There is also a replica of the Constitution, a prized possession. On the ground Hoot of this massive and impressive building is the assembly room used by the Cold Star Mothers and other war organizations of women. This room accommodates three hundred persons. There are also two large fireproof rooms filled with all-steel lockers, in which are stored flags, banners, and musical instruments. The top floor of the Memorial is reached by an automatic elevator or by a magnificent modernistic stairway with walls of Napoleon grey marble from Phoenix, Missouri, and aluminum rails and lighting fixtures. The lobby on this floor is of golden vein marble with ornaments that arouse a feeling of mixed awe and reverence. To the west of the lobby is the auditorium which seats three hundred persons. There, too, are live smaller assembly rooms, lounges for men and women, a check room, telephone booths, and the Memorial Commission's board room. The building is equipped with a public address system, and all rooms are acoustically treated. Uniformed guards are on duty at all times. The Soldier's Memorial was dedicated on May 3, I938. Mayor Dickmann's dedi- cation address included this admonition: Visit this monument clothed in reverence, in quiet, and in dignity. Let not your voice, your actions, pollute the sanctity of an edifice dedicated to these who gave their lives that others might live, that the cause of liberty and justice shall prevail. BONNIE BUESCHER E ighry-four Courlvxq of 51. I 1 I IJ p I h ST. LOUIS UNION STATION S LATE as l890, St. Louis was lacking a much-needed railroad station Hof L h I . . inf, w ere travelers coud change trains in comfort. There was not a f . .X rf ' X single railroad which ran through St. Louis, rather, all ran to St. Louis. Therefore, a person traveling from Kansas City to Chicago had to change trains here. The business men realized the need for a station and satisfied it by deciding to build Union Station. Because these men wanted the largest, the most beautiful, the most architecturally-inclined station in the world, a national contest among outstanding artists was held. The design submitted by Theodore F. Link was adjudged best, and Mr. Link was placed in charge of construction. The area between Eighteenth, Twentieth, Market, and Mill Creek Valley was chosen as the site because it was at this spot that all the railroads could come together without much effort on the part of any. The first shovelful of earth was removed in 1892, and the final particle of mosaic tile was fitted into place on September l, IS94. There was a great celebration as the first train, the Vandalia Mail, backed into place. The total cost of construction was S6,500,000, but this is a small price to pay for the great prestige the station has brought to St. Louis. This enormous rambling structure covers twenty-two and one-half acres. At the time of its completion the station had a handling capacity of 290 cars. The most noble portion of the structure is the Head House facing on Market Street for six hundred six feet. Constructed of grey Bedford limestone, the exterior of the Head House presents a remarkable example of Medieval Romanesque architecture. The main features are a clock tower, a main entrance, and the Terminal Hotel. The main entrance is flanked by two pavilions, the one to the east terminating at the Clock Tower, the other to the west leading to the hotel. The Clock Tower rising majestically to a height of two hundred thirty-two feet is pyramidically roofed in such a manner that the roof shelters a balcony and an arcade. Over the main entrance hangs a heavy marquee supported by heavy chains from the center of the building. Eighly-Eve lnside the main entrance is a street-level platform to the left and right of which are stairs to the second floor, and to the front of which is a staircase to the ground floor. just above the main entrance is the famous Allegorical Picture in glass. Reading from left to right, the feminine figures represent San Francisco, St. Louis, and New York. On the first floor is a magnificent hall measuring seventy-four by one hundred twenty by sixty-five. This is known as Grand Central Hall. The floor of this hall is designed in mosaic tile instricately put together. High above is the yellow tinted, barrel-vaulted ceiling, pierced at either end by great arches forty feet in diameter. The walls, to a height of seven feet, are covered with green tile brick, and from there to the ceiling are tinted green. The design of the ceiling is carried out in beautiful gold-edged frescoings. Through arches at either end of the hall magnificent vestibules, corridors, waiting rooms, exquisite alcoves, dormers, and allegorical figures are seen. ln a position identical to the first-floor hall, is a hall on the ground floor. This is the central waiting room. This is probably the only one the world has to offer where a person can shop, in the same room, for almost anything he desires, for on this floor are apparel, notion, book, beauty, and souvenir shops, lunch rooms, men's and women's rest rooms, telephone booths, and ticket and information offices. The second and third floors of the Head House are occupied by numerous railroad offices, and the fourth, by the train-dispatching office and telephone and telegraph exchanges. Between the Head House and the train shed is the Midway, a hall measur- ing six hundred six by fifty feet. A procession of travelers is always passing either to or from trains. Passing through one of the south doors of the Midway, a person enters the huge six hundred six by seven hundred feet train shed. ln the building of this shed, 5,471,721 pounds of steel and 95,000 square feet of glass were used. The roof is constructed in five spans, the largest being one hundred forty-seven feet in length. ln the sheds and yard adjoining it, are nineteen miles of track, and the largest interlocking system in the world. There are one hundred twenty-two levers, one hundred thirty switches, and one hundred three signal posts. A terminal electric plant supplies power for five thousand three hundred lamps. ln 1929, the Terminal Association found it necessary to construct an additional shed which increased the handling capacity sixty per cent. ln I937, air-conditioning was installed to make even more comfort- able the stay of our visitors. For about forty years after its completion, Union Station was hidden by rows of unsightly buildings across the street. The terminal Association realized that only after these obstacles were removed could the true beauty of the station be appreciated. After much effort, the Association persuaded the Board of Aldermen to pass a bill authorizing the removal of the buildings, and the construction of a plaza. This work has been accomplished. Thus, today, a visitor to St. Louis may look across broad, smooth Market Street, and if the wind is strong enough, he may receive some of the spray from the Milles Fountain on the plaza. ELMER WUESTNER Eighty-six V 4 lx, 6 iff! .4 yi rs 1 w vi i I f ' fqqfyt f 3. Y 'G 1 4'+. P A . I 'IA all jrlr.. A , x s , ti 'Ng' N 4 s K. f'-1 , 755'-lr X x 191 ,sf 1 ,'l, ' 5 . x .g 'iwqif wb I 11lNll fill fi THE THOMAS JEFFERSON MEMORIAB M' I N KEEPING with its stateliness, the Jefferson Memorial is surrounded by the lawns and shrubbery of Forest Park. Situated at the De Baliviere Avenue entrance to the park, it occupies the site of the main entrance to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. From the front walk, the plan and style of the building are most appar- ent. its form is that of a covered space or rotunda, open at either end and supported by six marble pillars. To either side extend wings of the building. their walls in the form of a colonnade. The memorial then, and appropriately so, is of classic style. On closer inspection, it is seen that the structure is of Bedford stone on a granite base, and that the door and window frames are of brass. At each corner of the rotunda's roof is an eagle with extended wings. Granite steps lead upward to the rotunda that shelters the heroic statue of Thomas Jefferson. Overhead, the arched ceiling presents a colorful design of green, red, and yellow terra cotta. At the south end, near the roof, is the seal of the United States, while at the north end is the seal of the state of Missouri. At either side of the rotunda are the entrances to the wings. The interior of each wing is of concrete and plaster in a plain finish. The galleries, twelve in all, are as wide as the building, which is fifty-six feet in width, could permit. In both wings, the ceilings are supported by square-cut pillars. Tall, plain windows give ample light and are patterned with an unobtrusive burglar alarm. The west wing, unlike the east wing, boasts a railed gallery-walk that circles the second Hoor. The third floor is reached by stairs within the building Efghly-srfuvri S lnf' :- while outside stairs are at the rear of the building leading down to the first floor. The architect, Isaac S. Taylor, was selected from the many notable archi- tects who entered the plan competition by the merit of his design. His draw- ing was well in keeping with its purpose. The sculptor of the statue of Thomas Jefferson, Karl Bitter, was chosen in a similar manner. For his interpretation of Jefferson's character and personal appearance, the sculptor, in an effort to create a more accurate por- trayal, turned to William E.. Curtis' biography of the great statesman-president and studied about twelve different portraits of Jefferson. The block of marble from which the statue was carved weighed forty-five tons when quarried. It was roughly cut to shape, shipped from Italy to St. Louis, mounted on its present pedestal, and then carved. In this manner, the damage possible to a finished figure was avoided. The carved figure now weighs sixteen tons. The statue is nine and a half feet high, and, with its pedestal, forms a monument seventeen feet high. The statue's furrowed brow and thoughtful expression are representative of Jefferson's life-role, that of a thinker. To the left side of the statue, on the rotunda's east wall, is a bronze tablet, in high relief by Karl Bitter, entitled The Signing of the Treaty. It presents James Monroe standing behind I..ivingston's chair at the right, while Marbois, at the left, signs the treaty. Inscribed below it are the words of Livingston: The instrument we have signed will cause no tears to flow. lt will prepare centuries of happiness for innumerable generations of the human race. The Mississippi and the Missouri will see them prosper and increase in the might of equality under just laws, freed from the errors of superstition, from the scourges 'of bad government and truly worthy of the regard and care of Providence. On the west wall of the rotunda is another bronze tablet, this one designed by the Tiffany studios. The inscription is: Jefferson Memorial. This monument was erected in honor of Thomas jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence and Third President of the United States, to commemorate the acquisition of the Louisiana Territory made under his administration. It marks the main entrance of the Universal Exposition of I904 held to celebrate the centennial of the Treaty of Acquisi- tion made April 30, l803, with France. In the exposition sixty-two nations, forty-four states and six territories participated. This memorial was authorized by joint action of the United States Government, City of St. Louis, and the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company. The inscription continues with the names of the President, Vice-President, Executive Committee, and Directors. On April 28, I9 l 3, the memorial was opened to the public and, two days later, the statue was unveiled. Now the home of the Missouri Historical Society, in whose custody are its valuable exhibits, the structure is a museum, library, statue repository, archway, and a community house. What could be a more fitting memorial to this great man? JOHN GALLAGHER Eighty-eight 1 :wif in .81 I,-fi If I I1 THE OLD COURTHOUSE ADLY, yet proudly, stands the Old Courthouse, today, a shadow of a once magnificent building. Through the smoky smudge which covers its exterior, its beautiful architecture valiantly struggles to show itself, while inside, its walls show the results of lack of care, its floors are littered with dirt and paper, its dome is covered with cobwebs and dust, and its empty halls resound with the echoes of a single set of footsteps and then lapse into a death-like silence again. This is a St. Louis landmark, a building which grew up with St. Louis, which shared almost every colorful, important, or historic event of this city, which became known all over the country for its beauty and grandeur, and then, which was left to die because newer buildings had taken its place, and because its rooms were no longer needed for the purposes for which they were created. The Old Courthouse is a building of Memories, memories which leave behind its pitiable condition of today and go back to the time when St. Louis was very young. lts site was the starting point of the Lewis and Clark expe- dition, in May, l804, when St. Louis became the gateway to the vast unknown region of Louisiana. Because of its convenient position, it was also the starting point of Boones Lick Trail and St. Charles Rock Road, which were used by the pioneers. Later, john Lucas and Auguste Chouteau came to own this land, and donated the part of it now bounded by Chestnut, Broadway, Fourth, and Market streets to be set aside for a Public Square . By I828, this Eighty - nim' square contained a neat brick courthouse with a portico in front, a small clerk's office, a pillory, a whipping post, and a well, and was enclosed by a board fence and planted with trees. The cost was about Sl-4,000, and the courthouse was considered the finest building in the West. St. Louis was growing rapidly, however, and before very long, plans for a larger building had to be made. At first, it was thought that additions to the original building would be sufficient, but after five years of planning, this idea was put aside and a new building was designed. Henry Singleton, the architect chosen, planned a monumental building in the shape of a Greek cross. It was to have four wings, each faced with a Greek temple portico and meeting in a rotunda surmounted by a low dome. It was to occupy a whole block, a grand and expensive building. ln October, IS39, the cornerstone was laid with great ceremony. The bankers of the East, to whom we turned for the necessary money, were hesitant about negotiating a loan for so large a sum because the building was to be so far out West. This was only one of the things which slowed down construction. On May l7, 1849, the great fire of St. Louis caused a great deal of damage and acted as another drawback. After that, came the cholera epidemic. There had been two architects since Singleton, but little had been done. In 185 l, Robert Mitchell was appointed architect, and real progress began. The brick courthouse was removed, and the new east wing was completed in its place. lt was from the steps of the east wing that slaves were auctioned off to the highest bidder, for Missouri was a slave state at that time. The plans for the north and south wings were changed by Mitchell to the T-shape they have today. He also considered a higher ltalian dome. When all but the dome was completed, the famous Dred Scott case was tried in the old courtroom. This concerned an issue of slavery which affected the whole country. The case was decided in the local court and then appealed to the Supreme Court which upheld the original decision. Chief Justice Taney made an example of the case, and in that way it became known all over the country. After this excitement had died down, another controversy arose to delay the completion of the courthouse. The material and construction of the dome became a point of discussion. Scores of letters about the necessity of durability poured in to the newspapers. ln I859, when William Rumbold was appointed architect, he began work on the invention of a new lightweight, cast-iron dome. In l860, it was put through a rigid test and finally approved for use in the courthouse. The dome became a beautiful piece of work. The murals inside it were painted by a young St. Louis artist of German descent, Carl Wimar who was well-known for his paintings of Indians. ln l86l, when slaves were last sold from the Courthouse steps, a mob of young men, by outrageously low bids, then by jeering, forced the auctioneer to bandon his stand. The Old Courthouse was completed in IB64. lt required twenty-five years to build, but it was really worth it. All over the country it was considered Ninety the finest building west of the Mississippi. The climax of glory was the St. Louis World's Fair of l904 when people from far and wide viewed it and admired it. After that it slowly began to decline. New public buildings were being erected to hold its records and house its offices, and, with the opening of the new Civil Courts Building in l930, the Old Courthouse was left almost vacant. It hasn't been taken care of nor cleaned, and, at present, its rooms are dirty and desolate and its whole appearance is dejected. However, a change is about to be effected. The new Riverfront Project which has been begun in St. Louis calls for the rejuvenation of one of our oldest and most beautiful landmarks. Soon it will have even more than memories, it will have a new future. It will no longer have cause to stand in shame, but it will be one of the main points of attraction along our new riverfront. It will stand proudly as a relic of the Old St. Louis and an emblem of the New. AUDREY BOELLINC ' I I . . I! C0l1!'If'S!lOfSl. Louis CI 1 h ff MUNICIPAL COURTS GROUP Ninvly - om' x ,wr wx r 'E QR N .fy 3 --.- is if Mx PWR .fa f ,....,,...vqk W' 1 1 s , A w ,x .Y x : X ,Nw !'xg5,! X. , x X 6' :Sk K X-X ' Y. Q 5 J' .a 22' Lkh' Ki . gk Mx 5 V .Q Nik 1 b if 3? .Q NK ' f .7 . A 'SN , A Jig ' Q55 Tr ' ' ' ' ' - Q X ga K . E5-4. N ' Q -f.,. 1 'N W-Y.. . .. ' V Q U--. W ri ' , ' ' . ' -5 - .Qi ff' - ' . . 4 Nh if L L - A QS- iff' . K W a J , . 1 C. . K 9 J , . ' 1 . Q f X 7 ..-561 1 ar ,SQ 396551: , A 'f - 1 A 5-LL gf Mr ff f g44 W A gig gy .QS I f I ' WW ' . . gy of N, .six N W f 'N . , Q 4, al - at i G . A , -Q-........ 4 . 'T Q - Y - ,.... X M w:.,i. 5 X i Q --Q. M ' OWU K1 mm ' W. 3+ exif . 9 W .fffx iq? Xlfbf I K, , K, 1 K ww Ri ,V X9 K. in Tkiyzi R3 1 qw 'fp 1' A. iff , 'n f sgiv. Xfwg gg. A lf- ,Siu B MW if ' . ,. . 'i Hb f kk . 1 xx 4 LU, f.. . in .4 5 K- A A A, -NX ? 4, 1 X X X '. s ? 5 v- K 'Q' gs . ' n K X .s ,kb 'ZX v .. 1 I1 xg' ' HAR Mx 'Q ' 1 kt AINJW Xa vh- -.- i 'Ax fgi -Vi -14. I., I 4' ,, .f i , ss 'f j xi , ' Lrjjf ,wt.w54a LvHrk?AL,7, ky QL -ff ! ri. Y' V, mtg iqegk-Qif::I'gfgN+ if fm 4 M, N Wiff f f7?i?? v I K n , v 5 , . 5. vs. 5, A f 'N W' t . ,ik A , , U . . , 1-,W . ' Lak: Q 5557, . K f ,.W?hu.4gaJ Lk M '. . N . ,A . -w run' gg- I I f'f9T,, - .Ani ti' H, , , 5.9 W . , 4 1 N, KL. . NN . .. e ' -Q -- K-. v , . ,,. Y ll -s -'ff' Nu- ' ' P H21 : I Q -1- n,5T YX' 'PN y Q-X, .,:.an-+ ' ,. ' qi. V ,yk.: .,.,, , of-. 1 H. wY 'e' Q W- -1 , W K . 4.-xv-3 K,-S Q Q 155 3? GSM Q ,,A kxgfjr X v- jj in .X Q 'Y A, u v K J 5 V , W 5 W ' X 'r, yi My 3 X WW A , n, . Q -- K K, ,,4, ,Www M . , . Jr L, WH' - M., Q six-5, Aj., inf 2,2 Q-' 1 I 1 4. ' K --'H xiz.. L 4- .x . -re-A 1 , f A . ,,, N x X X D 1,7 gvtif X , VW,-rv - -5 'q,? .-'N X. f' ff: lr .' U .' K ' qi x 1 l fr F E+ W N- x Q 1' 4952 Ninety-four C nun.-xu of S1 Lum: frxwelrull I L4 OLD POST OFFICE THIRD AND OLIVE STREETS Lui' fr? 3 Z' Cuurlexg of SI. Loufx Cvnllal LII POST OFFICE AT EIGHT!-I AND OLIVE STREETS 1.si:1'l-ufuIl'mlrr 1 I I I I ST. LOUIS,S NEW MAIN POST OFFICE A i T. LOUlS'S new, modern post office at Eighteenth and Market streets 1 ,sq . . . . , . ! is not only St. Louis s fourth largest building, the nation s sixth largest hd post office, but also a true architectural accomplishment-something different, non-simulating, archetypal. See how it contrasts with St. Louis's other public buildings. The City Hall is modeled after a French Chateau- so is Union Station. The Municipal Courts Building is designed after the Luxembourg. The Police Headquarters looks like a Federal Reserve Bank, and the Federal Reserve Bank looks like a jail. ln like manner other promi- nent edifices may be said to have their prototypes. Only the Municipal Auditorium may in part-in part-be excepted. But our new post office is entirely different-it goes all the way toward originality-unique in dignity, simplicity of design, and grace and beauty of mass. As early as I9 l 3-but a year after it had been completed-the old post office at Eighteenth and Market Streets was found inadequate. ln that year, with the advent of parcel post, an annex had to be rented. Year by year, too, the volume of mail steadily increased. The old post oflice lacked space and modern facilities. It was not until l929, however, that Congress recog- nized this exigency by appropriating S400,000 for the acquisition of a site for a new post office building. It was decided to build a large annex to the old post office, at the com- pletion of which the post office would be torn down and a new one erected. Cn October 25, I934, the first shovelful of dirt-the forerunner of 69,000 cubic yards of excavation--was removed. The site of the new post ofhce was formerly occupied by a brewery, so located because there were several underground springs, the water from which was used to cool beer. These springs, pouring out between 75,000 and l25,000 gallons of water daily, which had proved so advantageous to the brewery, were now no inconsider- able handicap to the excavators. lvlillvllf lim' The following September construction began. ln erection, 7,520 tons of structural steel and 80,000 pounds of miscellaneous iron and steel were placed into position, over 6,000,000 bricks were laidg 57,000 cubic yards of cement were poured: one hundred pillars were sunk to bed rock, some as low as eight'stories:-truly a massive edifice-all this within one year,-a precurser of that dispatch of service which was to follow. Our post office is larger than outside appearances would seem to indicate. Not only is it three stories high-it is also three stories underground. The first Hoor, the floor on which one enters to purchase stamps, is the assorting and distribution Floor. The ground floor below it is the parcel post room. Below this is the basement, containing employees' lockers, equipment, and supplies. Farther underground is a sub-basement from which mail bags dropped from the first floor are dispatched via an underground tunnel to Union Station . . . The second floor contains office rooms: e. g., the Railway Exchange offices, office of postal inspection. On the third floor there are more offices and the Postmaster's suite. Each day about 250,000 letters, 35,000 postal cards, and l l4,000 pieces of fourth class mail are handled for LOCAL delivery. The incoming mail for St. Louis is approximately three times as great: and to this must be added over a million pieces of mail which are dispatched for out of town delivery. A stamp collector's paradise! The reader can readily see Cif these prodigious figures have not overwhelmed himl what a tremendous volume of mail is dealt with daily-and all with speed, care, and accuracy. Let us see what happens to your letter after it has been deposited at your corner mail box and brought to the main oflice. First of all, it is sent to the mailing section which is a separating and cancelling room, where it is dumped with thousands of others on one of the facing tables. Here clerks divide the mail into large and small letters and place them in a cancelling machine, which, incredible though it may seem, is able to cancel between four hundred and five hundred letters a minute. Having been cancelled, your letters must be assorted to states and the cities New York, Chicago, and St. Louis, sub- divided, for it may belong to one of I73 divisions: checked to see if it is an airmail or special delivery letter: referred to the correct traing and, if it is heavy, weighed. Supposing, next, that your letter, like other hundred-thousands is addressed for delivery outside of St. Louis, let us follow it further. It is now bound with other letters intended for the same destination in a small package or bundle, then thrown on an overhead conveyor. This conveyor carries your letter to the Round Table rack, where the bundle is put into a pouch that drops three stories to the sub-basement. Here the pouches are placed on a wagon drawn by a mechanized truck and sped through the underground tunnel to the station across the street. Postmaster jackson states that a letter can be cancelled and delivered at Union Station in about an hour and forty minutes. Few errors ever occur. St. Louis may justly boast of her expeditious postal service. Our new post office serves not only us of St. Louis, but also the state, the West, and, indeed, the nation as a whole. To Missouri it renders service Ninety-six as the storehouse for postal supplies. As a sub-agency, the only one west of the Mississippi, it furnishes the West with 125,000,000 postal cards and 50,000,000 embossed envelopes yearly. St. Louis, as the cross-road of the nation, is a great railway center. Mail-tons of it-passing across the nation, from East to West, from North to South, often passes through St. Louis, and while here is re-routed. This work of re-routing is under the direction of our super-post office-hence, the servant of St. Louis, Missouri, the West, the Nation! Messenger of sympathy and loveg Servant of parted friends, Conaoler of the lonely: Bond of the scattered family: Enlarger of the common life. Carrier of news and knowledgeg lnstitution of trade and industryg Promoter of mutual acquaintances Of peace and good will among men and nations. -Charles W. Eliot and Woodrow Wilson. HAROLD HEYE f fl? ' riff' fi lfffigf ,! ,5f, I ff 57 l' fi if if ,, E l 9 MIDNIGHT STARS The sky, God's carpet rich and dark, Is velvet deepest blue: The angels snipped some tiny holes So Heaven could shine through. Audrey Boelling Ninety-seven Courtesy of SI Louie Pm! Ilrcfnlfil' ENTRANCE TO ST. LOUIS CENTRAL LIBRARY V1 HEN I think of books I come to the conclusion that reading is indeed AK, the cheapest form of traveling. By means of the printed worcl and BOOKS , I a good imagination I have run behind a dog-team in the frozen Arctic and I have walked the sandy beach of a tropical island. I have traveled across the plains of our country in a covered wagon, and, with the aid of an autI'1or's imagination, I have made many incredible adventures into the future. I have felt the horror of the French revolution, the heartbreak of our Civil War, the hysteria of the World War. I have lived in exciting, always unusual New York, and I have been at home in a peaceful, little town. Al- though my actual traveling has been very meager, I have seen the world through the eyes of a book. MARGARET NICKOLIAUS Ninety-ez'ght THE ST. LOUIS PUBLIC LIBRARY rags UR first public Iibrary, established in I860 as a part of the school system, was located at Fifth and Olive Streets. 1,500 books worth about five thousand dollars were on its shelves. By 1874, it had grown to about 33,500 books and a collection of sixty or seventy periodicals and newspaper. A few years later it was moved to the Board of Education Building, at Ninth and Locust, and still later the magnificent building of today was built to hold the collection. I The St. Louis library system boasts some 850,9I6 books. About four million are signed out for public use annually. lt takes nineteen branches and seventy-four sub-stations to handle this enormous. circulation. The center of this system is the splendid building at Thirteenth and Olive. Built over what was once a memorial plaza and costing over a million dollars is the Central Library of St. Louis. Courtesy of St. Louis Cc-nlrnl Library AIR VIEW OF CENTRAL LIBRARY Few people appreciate what a wonderful building we have in our library building. Dingy and cold it looks and we overlook its beauty. Few have paused long enough to admire its architecture, its inscriptions, or its sculptures and tablets. They were too anxious to get inside to read or to take home a book. From Olive Street one might observe the long, mounting steps leading up to an entrance consisting of three large arches with ornamental bronze grill- work gates. Authors, poets, quotations from philosophers adorn the exterior of the building. Such is the variety that one might read the name of an author from remote parts of the world or one of America's honored names. Ninety- nine If the appreciative individual were well versed in architectural structure he would observe that the three-story building is in the style of the early Italian Renaissance. The builders have carried out this style throughout, copying each room from a different structure of the style in Italy. On entering the not-too-well-lighted vestibule one is impressed as he views the immense soft-finish marble pillars. The floors, walls, and stairways leading from the vestibule are also of this same non-reflecting gray-pink marble. The ceiling is of mosaic work. 1 Courfrsy of Sr. Louis Cvnlral Lzbruru DELIVERY HALL Quite naturally, he walks straight ahead after looking about and enters the largest and finest of the rooms in the library, the Delivery Hall. All is quiet, even though much activity is going on in this great room. Information desks are on either side of himg and directly in front of him are benches for those who wait for books. Still further ahead is a long counter, or desk, behind which librarians move about efficiently. ln the west end stand large filing cabinets containing the card catalogue of the library. ln the east end are tables and racks for announcements and displays of current interest. The floors and walls of this two-story room are of Tennessee marble, finished in such a way as to subdue the reflected light. The ceiling is of beautifully molded plaster and the windows are glazed with amber colored cathedral-type window glass. Behind the long desk on the north side of the room are several entrances to the stock room where the most of the library's books are shelved. Books and shelves as- far as one can see! This stock room consists of several floors connected by elevators. The ceilings are so low that the average person One H undrcd can easily reach a book on the top shelf. This is in the rear pavilion of which there are five on the main floor, one on each of the four surrounding streets and the one in the center is occupied by the delivery hall. ln the east, or Thirteenth Street, pavilion is the open shelf room with stacks containing upward of twenty-five thousand books for general use by the public. Besides the expanse of shelves, the beauty of the molded ceiling and circular bronze light fixtures add to the dignity of this room. ln the east end of the front pavilion is the periodical room with its tables and chairs to accommodate readers. Large shelves, files, and racks for the display and storage of the various magazines and newspapers flll the parts of the room not occupied by tables and chairs. Now to the west end of the Olive Street pavilion and to perhaps the most beautiful of the smaller rooms are the Art rooms. Of the time the building was under construction it seems that the ceiling of this room must surely have taken the longest to complete, so wonderfully were its colorful moldings and carvings made. The walls are a dull red-brown and the door- ways of a light-colored wood, massively yet delicately, carved. Art reference books are found in glass cases flush with the side walls. Large display boards bearing art works extend from the bookcases forming an aisle in the center. Books are shelved on either end of the room. A reference room occupies the west pavilion and is quite similar to the open shelf room in the opposite pavilion except that it shelves fewer books and provides better reading and writing facilities, with tables and chairs for workers. Gray and dull are its walls, its ceiling is unique in that it has decorative beams suggesting massive strength. So much for the main floor. On descending to the ground floor one finds himself in the Allied Science room, in which are books describing every field of engineering, of industry, or of science one could dream of. Also on the ground Hoor, is the delivery station with every facility for distributing books to the many branches and sub-stations. Book cleaning apparatus and loading ramps are of interest in this station. The children's room, also on the ground floor, will be found to have authors and titles of children's books on beams and walls. This is a splendid reading room for children and arrangements have been made to see that they aren't disturbed by adults. While looking about this floor one might happen onto a group of small rooms equipped with photographic materials and dark room facilities. Up on the second floor, the visitor finds offices, rooms for lectures, and several assembly rooms. Yes, a building of great variety, this library building. We of St. Louis have architects of old Italy to thank for our library's beauty and Hats off to Gilbert Cass who collected the styles and planned and built it in l9l2. ROBERT BALL One Hundred One E644 THE SOULARD MARKET pq VER a century ago the housewives of St. Louis went daily to the 5 S l Soulard Market to purchase fresh vegetables and other produce from 4,5 the farmers who brought their products in horse-drawn wagons from their farms along the Gravois Road. The Soulard Market was established in IS43 on its present site. in the early part of the year l842, Mrs. Julia Cerre Soulard donated two city blocks to be used for a market house for the benefit of the inhabitants of St. Louis. The Market was originally a one-story structure, but a second story which was used as a Sunday school and an entertainment meeting hall was added later. ln l929, this old building was replaced by the present structure, erected by the city with bond issue funds, at a cost of SZ67,000. The new building was opened for business May 9, l929, after its dedication the preceding day. The Market has long open sheds, or stands, numbering about 275, where the farmers sell their food products, and an arcade of stores. A large audi- torium installed for a community center comprises the second floor of the central portion of the building. The various stands are rented by the year, a few by the day, and in many cases have been occupied by the same owners or their children for half a century. The present building occupies two city blocks adjacent to the Soulard playground. It is bounded by Seventh, Ninth, Carrol, and Julia Streets. There's something catching about shopping at the Soulard Market for home-grown vegetables, fruits, poultry, and eggs. Maybe it's the fact that these products are cheaper than if bought at the grocery, or because the vendors themselves take more interest in the food. Or perhaps it's the fact that the spirit of the scene gets into your blood that makes shopping in this market so interesting, because this process of buying and selling has been going on for years. Saturday is always a big day, although many of the stands do business on Tuesday and Thursday, and many of the farmers begin to arrive as early as two o'clock in the morning and stay until supper time. Their trucks and few surviving wagons show that they came from such localities as Overland, Affton, Kimmswick, Mehlville, and Oakville, in Missouri, as well as Belleville, Columbia, and Waterloo, in lllinois. Yes, they're fine for frying, one earnest poultryman will tell you, ujust eight weeks old. l can guarantee them because I raised them myself. Or, Sure, the turnips will keep if you don't need them right away. They couldn't be fresher, because l just pulled them out of the ground yesterday afternoon. And you eagerly succumb to buying an auto load of fresh produce- including a basket of pears, so plentiful this year, for preserves which you hadn't intended to put up at all. GEORGE SPALA One Hundred Tum E 6 First Place: Second Place: Third Place: Fourth Place: Fifth Place: Sixth Place: Honorable Mention: Miss Meehan Honorable Mention: BWANA CONTESTS POEMS : The Fates Genesis Jungle Grave Midsummer In Memory of a Fly The Night Dawn God Spoke to Me Night and the Ocean Season's Change Escape 'Tis Autumn Brooklet Thoughts in a Bleak Moment Wanderer's Prayer Judges Miss Nicholson SHORT STORIES Bill Comes Through Inspiration Conquered? The Return A Nickel to a Doughnut From These Honored Dead' v Almost Luckless Friday My Pal Bill Hurst Bill Hurst Robert Bergs Audrey Boelling Audrey Boelling Ruth Malone Bill Hurst Virginia Forchee Bill Hurst Ruth Malone Robert Bergs Richard Redden Pauline Russell Bill Hurst Ray Randall Miss Grace Harold Heye Mary Krausnick Margaret Nickolaus John Thomas Audrey Boelling Gloria Hampel Byron Leonard Dolly Lanham Helen Dambach The stories are not listed according to rank. Judges Miss Lawton Miss Thiesen Mr. Comaclc For the art work in this book we are indebted to the pupils of Miss E.. Braun's class of fifth and sixth term pupils. One Hundred Four THE FATES O forceful Spinners, use not all Your coarsest hemp and henequen: Spin a little silk and flax Into my thread. O Morning Fate, that spins the dawn, Let the sun shine through my sail: Fabricate of summer substance My swaddling cloth. And as I steal From 'neath your wheel Your product, be not wroth-'-- I am but young. O noontide Maid, whose every hair Hurls out the tide and draws it back, Guide, that my ship sails clear That frothing shore. And as we pass Youth's hour-glass. You guide my ship no more: Your thread is spun. O evening Spinner. spin into night: Spin in the darkness a little light: Spin the thread strong unto the end: I will not shrink! I can but pleadg No more you'll heed. No tale is told, I think Death has no tongue. THOUGHT IN A BLE A Time rules all the worldg Bill Hurst MOMENT For, in all the world, it lives the longest. And after it-the barren soil. Therefore, meet your master. And your master's master, too: Soil4Time. Bill Hurst One Hundred Five IN SPIRATION l F I GET a pencil and paper, perhaps an idea may present itself. Sify I Pencil poised in mid-air, hand on chin, l gaze at the ceiling. Many thoughts impinged on my consciousness. This is at once encouraging and discouraging. Too many ideas-and l need but one sound inspiration to build around. Animals are always interestingg Strauss waltzesg the Sorority: what the patient greeter of the dawn, the alarm clock, thinksg- All these and heaven too came to me. Perhaps the family circle can help! A short story? That's easy, Darling, just write of some interesting experience of your own or of some person you have-in Oh, no! Election is on. Make up a political--- No, everybody has enough of that done in first class styleg you certainly can't compete. Tell about the duck hunting last week. You know, how the fat man ran out in the water to help pull the boat ashore and almost drowned the party? Very thrilling, but the point? The door bell stopped the clatter. I signed for a special delivery. Mrs. Hatfield has died. Mrs. Hatfield gone! Summers would never seem the same with her gone from the cottage across the road. Tall, silent, dignified, aristocratic, and always alone, she would have a cookie and a smile for us children when we went to her cottage on an errand -her cottage--so typical of its owner--with its clean, conservative air, ignoring our enormous faded red hulk of a barn built too near her door. Her shiny black stove, the orderly procession of clean lamps on the lamp-shelf, the tall red geraniums behind the white lace curtains, the lilac-trees at the door- all these lent such a pleasant atmosphere in which to nibble a cookie. On Sundays she donned her best and went to church. Everyone nodded to her, and many gave friendly smiles, but no one ever sat with her. She sat alone in the rear pew. After services people stood in groups and chatted. Mrs. Hatfield, erect, eyes ahead, walked up the road alone. Weekdays, she made her clean house cleaner and baked pies, overgrown loaves of bread, ginger bread and cookies and cakes, cakes, and more cakes. Folks all liked her baked goods and came to buy them. But no one called on her socially, and she never went calling. One day the social leader of the community went calling. She stopped at each house along the road-even at Mrs. Hatf1eld's. When she got to us, we said, We saw you leave Mrs. Hatfield's. A--oh, yes, she apologized, l'm collecting for the church. The next time Mrs. Hatfield came into our kitchen we mentioned the call to her. Her mouth quivered, but in a moment she smiled, My money is all white. She carried a tinge of negro blood. The special delivery letter continued: She was buried from the church and everyone was there. lt was a lovely tribute to her. Mr. King spoke beautifully on Brotherly Love. One sound inspiration, around which to weave my story, came to me- special delivery. And how l wish it had not come! MARY KRAUSNICK One Hundred Six GENESIS God made the earth of mist and muck: He made the land to house His heartg The sea to mirror smiles. God shaped the moon. Lest one might pluck It down, He set it far apart, And stacked the stars in piles. God placed fair plants in fertile soil To hide each rock and rim each run: And 'neath them fairies played. God shaped wild beasts, and trained to At tasks that Life said must be done, The animals He made. toil God feathered fowls and set them rife In songs, for them to serenade From habitated tree. God breathed on man, and gave him life That all these beauties He had made Might have cause to be. THE WAN DE RE R'S PRAYER Let me see again Those ocean swells Which, against harboring rocks, Crashed with thunderous knell. Let me see again Those angel-white peaks Where in reverent stillness To me God did speak. Let me see again L Those towering trees Which, like guardians of time, Did secrets tell to me. Give me all eternity To ply this world, So that none of its wonders Pass me, unfurled. Bill Hurst Ray Randall One Hundred Seven NICKEL TO A DOUGHNUT 'M TIRED of it! l'm tired to death of that boy's irresponsibility I and impudenceln stormed !Vlr. Pettingworth striding about the office and waving his arms. !'!e's been petted and pampered by his mother until he doesn't know what it means to work for anything! Well, l've just had enough! l've worked and worked so l could have this extra month's vacation just because l thought he would be crazy about the whole idea. l wondered if, perhaps, I wasn't giving him enough companionship, and I thought what a grand plan it would be for us all to go on a trip together. Any other fellow his age would give his eye-teeth to go to the New York Wor!d's Fair in a trailer and spend a month just seeing the sights. But he has to go by plane! I-le cou!dn't consider rattling all the way to New York in a cheap little trai!er ! It was 'ipreposterous for us to think of going any other way but in the 1llerCury I The Mercury mind you! He must think !'m a millionaire! Because he never had to- ' 'Bzzzzzzz !' ' There he is now! Send him in, Billings, send him in! Yes, sirg please don't be too angry with him, sir. Billings hastened out, and a second later a boy of about fourteen stood in the doorway, a pair of roller skates slung over his shoulder and an insolent expression on his face. Dad, !'m not going to New York in a trailerg that's all there is to it! he said, sprawling in a huge chair and dropping his skates on the polished Hoor. By supreme effort Mr. Pettingworth calmed himself. Oh, it is, is it? he said quietly. Young man, you're going to learn a thing or two right now. This insolence and irresponsibility has got to stop. You've never learned what it means to earn a dollar and it's time you did. The next thing you'!! want will be a private roller skating rink. l've just- Usay, that's a peach of an idea. l'm crazy about roller skating and-H Si!ence! So you love to roller skate, do you? Well, that gives me an idea. l think you'!! have some different notions before very long. You, your roller skates, and l are going for a ride this afternoon. You'd better bring along a change of clothing. No excuses-meet me here at two o'c!ock and you'd better be here on time! Without a word, Dick picked up the skates and sauntered out of the office. There was something in the tone of his father's voice that worried him, however. What was it all about? It sounded like a punishment of some sort. Still, it might be a trip. The extra clothing bore that out. But why the roller skates? It just dic!n't tie up. When he met his father that afternoon Dick's curiosity was nearly popping. Nothing was said, however, until they had left St. Louis far behind them. Then, Mr. Pettingworth stopped the car and they both got out. lnquiringly, Dick eyed his father who turned to face him and said: Son, there are certain things you have to learn some day, no one can avoid them. You should have learned them before, but somehow your One Hundred Eighf mother and l overlooked them. There seems no other way of teaching them to you now, except this. Remember, l'm doing it for your own good. lt will be a lot easier for you to learn them now than later on. Your mother and l are starting to the Fair by trailer five weeks from today to spend the month in New York. We shall stay at the Plaza Hotel. You are to start now and roller skate to New York to meet us. You have your skates and a change of clothing. l-lere's ten dollars, but if l were you, l wouldn't spend it unless l had to. From now on, you're on your own. Good luck! l'l! see you in New York, son! Dick stood speechless as his father climbed back into the car and started the motor. Had he heard aright? Dad, what's got into you? You surely don't expect me to roller skate a thousand miles? l certainly do. Good luck, son! Dad, you can't do this to me! And then, as he saw the car begin to move, Stop! Wait for me! You can't leave 'me here all alone! For a moment, Dick's father almost believed that last statement, but his better judgment made him drive away. Dick's first impulse was to lose his temper: his second, to cryg and his third, to laugh: but they all seemed so useless that he just sat down a few minutes to think. Roller skate a thousand miles! That night a tired, dusty boy rolled into the outskirts of Bowling Green, Missouri. He stopped at a filling station to get a drink of water and a road map, and then he invested ten cents in a cup of coffee and a hamburger at a nearby lunchwagon. Gee, it tasted good! He puzzled with the road map for a while, discovering to his great disappointment that he had covered only about fifteen miles. It had seemed like a hundred to him! Then, he figured how much farther he had to go. He was pleasantly surprised to learn that it wasn't about a thousand miles, but only about eight hundred fifty-nine. !..et's see, if he covered twenty miles a day, it should take him about forty-three days, seven weeks at the most. Why he might even beat the folks to New York, if he hustled! The folks-! He thought of the cosy little trailer, the soft bunks, the delicious dinners his mother prepared, the fun they used to have together, and a great wave of homesickness overcame him. If only he hac!n't acted so smart! He had to go through with it now, but how he wished it were all a bad dream and he were back home! Then, he looked up defiantly, he would show them, he would be in New York waiting for them when they got there, and he would have a good time doing it! Where would he sleep tonight, though? l-le finally picked up enough courage to ask the lunchwagon man for a night's lodging. Will you wash dishes without breaking them? came the reply. Dick swallowed hard. Sure. Okay, there they are, start. Two hours later, Dick tumbled into a squeaky bed and slept as he had never slept before. His last thoughts before he lost consciousness were that he must get up early the next morning. One Hundred Nine As Mr. Pettingworth drove back to the city, his mind was not on his driving. What if Dick got hurt in a far-off town and nobody could identify him? What if he were killed by a passing truck? How could his mother be told about it? Maybe Dick would come home instead of going on. He couldn't turn away his own son, especially now. He shouldn't have done it. There must have been some other way-but it was too late now. Mrs. Pettingworth was in the doorway waiting for her husband when he arrived home. Now he would have to explain. He resolved to be firm. He tried so hard to convince her as well as himself of the wisdom of his decision that he was surprised when she gave in so readily. Yes, I've spoilt him, I knowg it's the best thing for him to be left on his own. But that night, Mrs. Pettingworth, too, had her doubts. Every few minutes she would waken her husband with another What if , and he would try to reassure her. Meanwhile, roller skating ,to New York, Dick was having a struggle. After the first few days, he budgeted his time so that he wasn't so worn out and still covered his allotted ground. His muscles ached, however, and often his bed was hard. Many times, he couldn't reach the next town until far into the following day, and except for a sandwich or two, he had nothing to eat. It was hard to save or replenish his money but he made every penny count. After three weeks, his bitterness wasn't very bitter, in spite of his efforts to make it so, and he couldn't resist writing a postcard home. This is what it said: Dear Mother and Dad, Guess I'm not as much of a usoftyu as you thought I was. I'm in Columbus, Ohio, and I'm going strong. A nickel to a doughnut I get to New York before you do.-Dick. If he could have seen his parents when they received that card, the very idea of bitterness would have melted away. They had worried so much about him that they had been trying to trace him and have him brought back home. For days, they had no success, however, because he hadn't even sent a card. This card was a God-send to them. They were so relieved-so happy and so proud. They resolved not to disappoint him, but to go on with the original plan and leave for New York in two weeks. A little over six weeks after that first fateful day, Dick reached the out- skirts of New York. He never felt so proud, so happy, and so tired in his life. The first thing he did was to head for the Plaza Hotel, and inquire about his parents. They're scheduled to arrive tomorrow with their son, the hotel clerk informed him. Dick grinned. He was just in time! 'Tm their son, he said. May I register tonight? The clerk looked at him skeptically. Can you prove your identity? Dick thought hard. My billfold has my initials on it, he said hopefully. The clerk shook his head. That's not enough. One Hundred Ten Dick bit his lip desperately. Then, he spied his library card in the back of his billfold. Here, how's this? he said, grinning again. The clerk inspected it, and soon Dick was shown to the rooms. When Mr. and Mrs. Pettingworth arrived next morning, a new Dick stood in the doorway to greet them. Not only his suit, nor the condition of his hair, nor-his general appearance was changed-he was a different boy. All was joyous confusion for a minute. Then, came Dick's voice: Pay up, folks, you owe me a doughnut because I got here first, and then, how about seeing the Fair? AUDREY BOELLING ESCAPE Over the snow-clad mountains Far across the thrashing sea, Are clean new lands where silver sands Keep calling out to me. They call, but I cannot answer. For duty holds me back: I strive in vain but cannot gain The freedom that I lack. Yet not forever shall I be Fate's meek, obedient slave. I'll never lose sight of the beckoning light And the liberty I crave. I'll watch each chance, then, to escape This routine city life: And some sweet day I shall steal away From all its toil and strife. Then off to the steaming jungle, And away to mount and vale, I'll follow my heart and never part From adventure's glorious trail. Robert Bergs One Hundred Eleven One Hundred Tu.elt.'e JUNGLE GRAVE Deep in the heart of the jungle, In a valley of emerald green, Lies a giant grave that no one save The dead, has ever seen. The walls of this tomb are jagged peaks That raise their ramparts bare, As if to shield this silent field And the dead ones buried there. The roof of this cold, forbidding crypt Is Heaven's own moon-lit domeg And it sheds its light like a blanket white On Death's eternal home. By twos and threes, and some alone, They struggle to the grave, And, heads bowed low, await the flow Of Life's receding wave. Throughout the years, no mourner's tears Shall mar the silence here. No comrades weep as unending sleep Steals over this wind-swept bier. For this is the place of all on earth Where under a star-lit sky, When life is done, its course full run, The elephants come to die. NIGHT AND THE OCEAN O, soft the moon entwines the waves In webs of silk adhesive threadsg Thus silently each night enslaves The ocean's wide extent. Robert Bergs Bill Hurst CONQUERED? LQ! rooftops of Paris mto golden relief The clear pale sky took on a we rosy hue. Here and there a small billow of cloud grew pink, then gold. LOWLY the bright rays of the morning sun threw the towers and . . D . Lying on his cot beside the wide, glass balcony-doors, Pierre thrilled to the symphony of color that greeted his delighted eyes. How beautiful is the morning, thought the tall, black headed youth as he lay in that incomparably sweet stage between sleeping and waking. Rousing himself he went to the doors, threw them open, and gazed at his beloved Paris. The cool, fragrant breeze of an October dawn ruffled the curls on his forehead. As he scanned the scene before him, Pierre reveled in the sight of the towers of Notre Dame, tall golden spires against the fresh blue sky, the lacy black pinnacle of the Eiffel Tower, the dazzling white dome of l..'l-lospital des lnvalids, which contained the tomb of Napoleon. Thousands of rooftops, red and green and brown, slanting and straight, stretched before him. His gaze was held by the shimmering silver ribbon of the Seine as it wound through the city. Suddenly to his expectant ear, came the faint, melodious tones of a church bell calling the faithful to early Mass. Pierre snapped into action. Quickly he shrugged into his clothes. Putting his beads into his pocket, he flew down the steps, opened the street door and shut it with a bang. Down the narrow street, past the dark old houses, under the vivid brown and red and gold of the autumn trees he sped. As he raced along, his youthful heart absorbed all the peace, the happiness, the beauty of the morning. On reaching the door of St. Michel's, Pierre paused to catch his breath. Glancing towards the street corner he was suddenly reminded that the world was not beautiful. A uniform! Another uniform! The joy and peace of the cool, autumn morning fied. White-hot, raging hatred exploded in his mind. The calm brown eyes grew narrow and ugly with passion. We work and play and sleep with the thought of those soldiers! Must we even go to church with the hatred of them in our hearts? inwardly demanded Pierre. I-le shook with fury, as he entered the church. Oh, please, God, he sobbed, give Paris her freedom. Half an hour later, the white-faced, but apparently quieted, boy walked slowly out of the church. Yes, his face was still, his lips no longer trembled, only his eyes betrayed the storm inside. Ahead of him he saw a small company of German soldiers parading through the quiet street--German soldiers marching along the narrow side streets, up and down the spacious boulevards, into the bitten heart of Paris. You-you contemptible, spineless dogs! Let one man rule your con- sciences, destroy your principles! The words cut the air like a knife. Pierre's fist emphasized the feeling that had caused him to shout thus. Now, now, Pierre. One Hundred Thirteen Pierre spun round at the sound of the quiet voice behind him. Chl Bonjour, Monsieur Prud'l-lomme, spoke the youth. Bonjour, Pierre, my boy, answered the elderly, white-haired man. l-la! Good day! You know, sir, those two words are sheer hyprocisy, said Pierre, bitterly, Who could possibly find anything good about these days? Did you see the sunrise this morning, dear boy? Ah! that was good. Did you not hear the church bells calling to Mass? Those mellow notes were beautiful, gently answered the man. Oni, monsieur, l saw the sunrise and l heard the bells. But all thought of goodness and beauty is driven away by the sight of hateful solif' Son, broke in the distinguished looking Monsieur Prud'l-lomme, ua boy of sixteen must not carry such bitterness in his heart. Moreover, these outbursts of yours are of no possible good to Paris and they will only harm you. Get hold of yourself! l know, l know, sputtered the youth, l let my anger get the better of my common sense but, tell me, how can anyone be calm when he sees his country invaded, his capital fall? Pierre, do you remember reading in your Latin book at school about the conquest of ancient Gaul by mighty Rome? queried the old man in response. Of course, Monsieur. That was my favorite story in Latin. Well, Pierre, even then those ancient Frenchmen resented and hated their invader. They fought against the Roman legions fiercely and unceas- ingly. But Caesar subdued these people and bound them by the chain of his power. Gradually Gaul became accustomed to the rule of Rome. Many of her strong warriors joined the legions of Rome. But the desire for freedom still burned, quietly, but steadily, in those proud hearts. Gradually, Rome--proud, haughty Rome-grew over-confident of her hold on the world and her power began to weaken. The people of Gaul saw their chance. Together with other barbaric tribes, they rushed upon Rome and overcame her. At last, Gaul was free-free-simply because they had not vainly struggled against superior strength but had nurtured their ideals until the opportunity of escape made its inevitable appearance. Now, my boy, does that little story suggest something to you? Do you mean, Monsieur Prud'l-lomme, that l would do better to stop wasting my energy resisting a condition l can't remedy? 'iExactly, my son. Now Gaul is unable to prevent her defeat by Ger- many. And the continuance of individual struggle will only add to the burden we must bear. lt is better, Pierre, to accept, for the present, this trial. But keep the fire of liberty burning brightly in your heart, for some day--when, no one can say--our chance to regain freedom will come, and we must be ready to grasp it. Well, get along home now, boy. I'll see you in Latin. Good-bye, mon professeur. Merci beaucoup, Monsieur Prud'l-lommef' Pierre watched the bent figure walk slowly down the shady street. I-le saw the white head bow reverently as the old man passed the church. Turning One Hundred Fourteen the corner, the teacher walked into the full sunshine. For a moment his figure, with his long cape flying behind, was touched by a dazzling brilliance. For that moment, Pierre could see the proud carriage of the head, the determi- nation of the step, the magnificent courage reflected in the face. The Monsieur Prud'Homme entered the shadows and passed out of sight. Thoughtfully, the boy retraced his steps homeward. Once again a com- pany of soldiers came into view. This time Pierre controlled the anger that rushed to his heart. The bright sun shone warmly on the rooftops of Paris that morning of the year l87l. MARGARET NICKOLAUS , 4 INCENSE A bluish wisp of smoke arises, Slowly weaves its way. Until it fades and loses shape- Disappears in gray. Perfume, enticing, spicy, floats, Spreads to till the airg Its smoky sweetness upward creepsg Soon il's everywhere. An upright mold of ashes stands, Gray and feather light, As delicate as fairy wings Just before their flight. No longer ruddy glows the mass And yet there lingers on The rare perfume of spicy rose That from its heart was drawn. Audrey Boelling One Hundred Fifteen ,G I T WAS dusk as Konrad trudged wearlly up the long, long hill. At last he was coming home. Ten years ago he had left Riverdale, THE RETURN i 1 alone without telling anyone. He had had enough of this dull, drab, uninteresting lifeg he wanted freedom, and a chance to live. Yes, Konrad had got his chance to live. Eight years of misery, working week ends, and then trudging the streets on off days looking for something better. Eight years of starving and living in that barren room, almost freezing to death on those long, cold winter evenings. But then, he had had his chance to live. He had longed to take the world by storm. He had dreamed of people following him everywhere, of being the idol of America. . . but. .. Then there were those two years of agony in Europe. Yes, he'd fought for his country. His spirit and his soul were gone, he had given all of himself, and then he returned broken in mind and body. Those terrible pains in his head! Those days spent without consciousness! The long, gradual coming back to a fraction of his old self! And finally on reaching New York, finding his wife Mary gone! He was desolate. For days he walked the streets. One day he even went down to the river. He stood there many hours. ln fact, he couldn't remember how long he'd waited there, and just as he was about ready to give up-a dismal failure-a little boy came along carrying a pencil and sketch pad. The boy was very talkative. He told Konrad how he hoped to create beautiful things for others. Konrad slowly turned and walked back to his little room. Quietly he packed his bag, paid the landlady his last two dollars, and started out- back home. Once more Konrad was walking over that long dusty road he had so many times trod. And as he made his way along the beautiful path, he recalled how, many years ago he had passed this way, at this very hour, and how then, as now, the leaves were gently falling from their branches, and the sun cast a golden glint over the tree-clad hills. The old rail fence stood silhou- etted against the burning background, and he saw the sun's last rays lingering on Heaven's doorstep. He remembered, too, how the cornstalks had cast long weird shadows about him, and then suddenly, as if a blanket had been pulled over the whole countryside, darkness descended, the air grew chill, and a breath-taking silence reigned. Peering through the night, he lifted his eyes from the road and saw faintly in the distance-his home. After all these years he was coming back! Konrad recalled those long fall evenings he had spent sitting beside the hearth, and how he read his lessons aloud to his mother, though he knew she understood little that he said. She thought the American tongue beautiful, yet she could speak nothing but her native German. And he remembered his brother, little Karl, with the big blue eyes and long golden curls. There, too, was his father, very quiet and stern, never revealing what he really thought. Before Konrad realized it, he was at the little old fence he and his father had built. Then it wasn't many more steps until he stood on the old front porch-his front porch. Konrad didn't bother to knock-at his home nobody One Hundred Sfxleen ever knocked-he just opened the door and walked in. And there sat Karl and a strange woman. Who could she be? thought Konrad. lt must be Karl's wife. After all, he was old enough to be married. Why doesn't some- body say something? Konrad couldn't speak, he was so welled up with emotion. Karl just stood there and stared. At last Konrad blurted, l've come home, Karl. Still Karl just stood there, and then Konrad's father walked in. He stayed by the door, he didn't rush up as Konrad imagined he would do. No, he just stood there and looked blank. Father, Konrad cried, with tears streaming down his face. Father, he said again, don't you know me? See, l've come home! Why don't you talk to me? The long pause was broken only by Karl who said, You'll have to leave. No murderer has ever before stood in our home! Murderer? He hadn't done anything wrong. What if he did have to go to war? Plenty of men had done that. lt wasn't his fault. His father sternly spoke, Your mother died soon after you left. You killed her. You killed her by running off without telling her. You with your selfish ways! You, placing everybody and everything before your family and home! You killed your own mother! You are a murderer and are no longer a member of our family! Good bye! He turned and walked out. Karl went, too, followed by his wife. Konrad was standing alone in the room, his room, in his home. No, they can't push me out of my home, ' he thought as he stood there dazed by the evening's happenings. He rushed to the fireplace, stood there looking down at the softly burning fire . . . and presently he raised his eyes to the two portraits standing on the mantel shelf. His mother and father on their twenty- fifth wedding anniversary. He slowly picked up the pictures, and stared blankly at them. He couldn't realize the fact that his dear mother was dead, and his father had just a few moments ago turned him out. With the pictures still clutched in his hands Konrad turned and slowly walked out onto the porch. He stood there a few moments and then walked to the little old fence, and out onto the dusty road. It was very dark now, and Konrad was cold and afraid. Dejectedly he turned his steps down the hill. His head was burning, his temples throbbing, and that old dazed sensation was returning. Tears were streaming down his fevered cheeks. He didn't know where he was going.. .just walking.. . walking . . . on and on, forever. JOHN DAVID THOMAS V im yff' V One Hundred Seventeen One Hundred Eighteen MIDSUMMER Scorched and pressing, The heat of the midsummer sun Surrounds us Like the breath from a huge oven ,' Beats down vertically With white heat: Radiates dizzily From the burning streetsg Leaves the trees wilted, Panting for a cool breeze: g Sears the grass to a dry brown stretch, Thirsting for a moist drop. Even the birds perch listlessly Yearning for a cool, shady spot, Their wings drooping, Their beaks parted. The sky is cloudless and white, Reflecting the dazzling brilliance Of its fiery king. All is still and hot. Audrey Boelling THE NIGHT The night's a gypsy Wi'th flowers in her hair, Dancing with the winds Wt'th laughter and no care. The night's a lady In diamonds and lace, Trailing through the skies With pride upon her face. The night's a witch, Who, dressed in angry black, Rides the wailing wings Around the world and back. Ruth Malone BILL COMES THROUGH EATED one night, persuing a mystery story, I had just reached a gjiig, point near the climax, when the doorbell rang. My caller was Bill Hagemann, owner of a one-third interest in my bookstore. When the door was opened, Bill rushed into the room, obviously excited. Sit down, I said. Calm yourself, and remembering my book, l took it up and sat down again. I want to finish this story, I explained. You interrupted me at a very exciting point. just a few minutes. You know this place: get a book and make yourself comfortable. I started to read. Now Bill Hagemann is an old friend of mine, and knows my idiosyncrasies. Harry, he interrupted, you remember the cross-word puzzle books? Yeh, yeh, I answered impatiently. By this time he seemed to have become his usual self again. I've got another deal-just as great. Okay, okay, I replied. Wait till l've finished this, though. But, Harry, he expostulated, this can't wait. If you don't hurry, Rauber'll beat you to the draw. Rauber! I exclaimed, suddenly dropping my book. Rauber? That big bum! Rauber and I were rivals: there was a kind of feud between us-an undeclared war. I started every time his name was mentioned. It was a battle to the finishg and, though neither of us had mentioned it, we both knew well enough that the winner would be he who bought out the other. What's Rauber got to do with it? I asked. Well, Bill leaned back in the chair as though relieved, only this: if you don't make use of this opportunity of a lifetime, Rauber will! Hopportunity? What opportunity? Explain! !'ll begin at the beginning, said Bill. Kaufmann four wholesalerj has a thousand copies of 'Springtime and Rosesf and--- Wait! I interrupted. You don't want me to get that stuff. There's only one word that describes it-trash. I read about fifty pages and that was enough for me. No kidding, Bill, you don't want me to get that stuff! But, Harry, he expostulated, these girls are crazy about that stuff. Besides, the books are such a bargain! The entire thousand copies for two hundred, and they sell for a buck apiece. Figure the profits! Or the losses, I replied skeptically. Bill, it was true, had shown unusu- ally fine judgment in the selection of books in the past. He had predicted the success of the cross-word puzzle books. But Springtime and Roses! I just can't see how a thousand copies can be sold, I said. A thousand copies! A thousand copies of that stuff! Impossible! Remember the cross-word puzzle books! I knew he would mention those books. It was his master argument-I couldn't fight it and he knew it. However, I must make a decision. Two hundred dollars is too large a sum to gamble. Nor was this all. What if this One Hundred Nineteen deal proved a failure? Then l considered Bill's argument, he had shown excellent judgment in the past. Well, l said slowly to Bill, this is a hard decision to make. Well, . . okay. But if this fails, l'll-you know what l mean. He knew what l meant, but he was so sure of himself-poor fellow-that he finally sat and relaxed in a chair, heaved a deep sigh, and said, Don't worry. They're a cinch. Alas! They weren't Ha cinch, but l shall tell you of the events as they came. Bill finally arose, wiped his brow, and telephoned Kaufmann, telling him to send the books out in the morning and concluded arrangements for payment. Early Monday morning Bill telephoned one of our newspapers, and ordered the insertion of this advertisement: GIRLS! GIRLS! Have you read Nl. Chevaur's great romance novel SPRINGTIME AND ROSES, the greatest love story of the year, if not of the century? Thrill to the story of two lonely hearts-Ramon and Elaine, weep as they are separated: rejoice as they-but read the story. Extra Special . . . Only 98C Order your book now from Glademeer Book Shop, ll20 E. Wilbur Street The advertisement appeared on Tuesday, we expected to realize its efficacy on Wednesday. But the results on Wednesday were disappointing, and for me exasperating. The morning mail brought an unsigned note, neatly typewritten as follows: ul hope you have a nice time selling those Springtime and Roses. Ha! Ha! l knew immediately that the letter came from Rauber, but why did he mention Springtime and Roses? Why not some other book? And why, in the first place, did he send the note at all? He had never done such a thing before. Half an hour later Bill entered, but his face did not wear its characteristic early morning smile. He bit his fingernail, and then said slowly in a low voice: l've got bad news for you. Bad news? Bad news? What is it? You know those books, Springtime and Roses? Bill continued. Yes, l interrupted, l want to ask you about them. We've been tricked, he announced solemnly. Tricked? Out, man, tell me about it. Well, l learned, Bill explained, over at !Vlannigan's this morning that Kaufmann sold them without profit, and the reason he sold them without profit is that he didn't sell themiu l don't get it. Stop interrupting me. He was selling them for someone else. You see that fellow Rauber- u What! l exclaimed, rising from my chair. Rauber was the somebody else. Rauber had the books and they didn't sellg so, to put if briefly, he had them pushed on you-and what's worse, they don't sell-at least Rauber couldn't sell them. One Hundred Twenty Is that all? I asked sternly. Yes. I then told Bill that since our present dilemma was due to his gullibility, he must accept the blame, and if the books were not sold within two weeks, I should never again listen to his fantastic proposals. I admit I spoke harshly: and I regretted my rashness later. During my tirade, Bill stood silently before me, biting his fingernails. Presently he looked at me determinedly and said, l'll try. The next day, Thursday, we placed the same advertisement in the news- paper. Result: only three copies were sold that day. Friday we placed the advertisement in a different paper. For some unknown reason, Friday's advertisement brought results, for on Saturday fifty copies were sold. I told Bill that evening we would give all our adver- tising to this newspaper. Smiling, he answered, Yes I wondered at the smile, but said nothing. By four-thirty Monday afternoon we had sold our three hundred and fiftieth book. When this was sold, I noticed Bill wiping his brow. From then on he grew more talkative and more affable. I apologized for my unjust censure. His only reply was a curt, Forget it. But why are the books selling? This I asked myself on Tuesday night. We had sold the entire thousand copies. I congratulated Bill on his fine judgment, then thought of Rauber. I wrote this message: Thank you. I've had a very nice time. The books sold amazingly fast. It was when I had written the word fast that the questions came to me, Why had they sold so fast? Why couldn't Rauber sell them? Why didn't they sell at first? I would ask bill. Bill, I began, doesn't it seem strange that we sold the books so fast, when Rauber couIdn't sell a dozen copies? Oh, it's not so strange: Rauber just doesn't know how to advertise, that's all. He sat back in his chair, looking at the ceiling, unconcernedly. Do you mean that our 'ad' was better than Rauber's? The 'ad'! I-Ie threw back his head and laughed. That ad probably wasn't any better than Rauber's. Although I was at first amazed at our success in selling the books, I was now completely baffled. Tell me, Bill, I said, that doesn't make sense. You big goof, he replied, I thought you wouldn't read it. I knew you wouldn't read it. Read what, Bill, read what? The 'Personal' column. Now tell me, do you ever ready the 'Personal' column? Are you trying to make a fool of me? I queried. By this time my curiosity had reached its peak. What has the 'Personal' column got to do with it, anyway? One Hundred Twenty-one If you'd only read it-but, of course, you didn't-you would have found out. I was now exasperated. Come on, Bill, tell me. But l am telling you. Read the 'Personal' column and find out. Don't be in such a hurry. Curiosity killed a cat, you know. The paper's over there on the desk. l could see no possible connection between the personal column and the sale of the books, but my curiosity was so keen, that I walked over to the desk. Finally, I found the column. I read the notice then stopped. There before me was the key to the whole mystery. Well, l'm beat! l exclaimed. Among the notices before me was the following: Millionaire, young, good-looking, wishes to meet, with a view to marriage, a girl like the heroine of USPRINGTIME AND ROSES . HAROLD HEYE DAWN This is the beauty scholars strive to Iearng This the love that poets try to teach: This is the vision, fogged and out of reach, This is the hush that silences return. Bill Hurst YN ' x gg!-Eilf ll H l Q 'TIS AUTUMN The sunbeams warm from skies of blue, And trees in summer's glorious hue Are changing green for warmer amber: 'Tis Autumn: 'tis September. The corn is shockedg the pumpkin's yellowg The nuts are fallingg the apples mellow Beneath the sun which shines all over: 'Tis Autumng 'tis October. The turkey strutsg the mallard cries, Go South! The wind in sadness sighs Through trees in colors somber: 'Tis Autumn: 'tis November. Richard Redden One Hundred Twenty-two IN MEMORY OF A FLY There's a Hy upon our window-sill Annoyed as he can be: He can't get out: he won't stay in: Quite obstinate is he. He beats himself against the pane, His greenish coat a-flashing: A-buzzing loud, a-buzzing soft, As up and down he's dashing. He sees the world all bright outside: The sun and sky and breeze: His chums are skimming lazily Beneath the Iistless trees. He gives a loud, an angry buzz, Storming toward the glassg He flings himself against it, and He drops, a crumpled mass. His glistening wings will fly no more, His buzzing song has died: His coat of green and purple hue No longer is his pride. He escaped the cunning spider, He escaped the sparrow's bill, For freedom's sake he gave his life Upon our window-sill. Audrey Boelling THE BROOKLE T Rambling over hill and dale, Rushing by the purple vale, Trickling through a marshy fen, Dancing toward a rocky glen, Roaring down some mountain side, Hastening toward the country wide, Gliding by some distant shore, Passing onward evermore, Meeting with a mighty stream, Passing by a woodland scene, Hurrying to the roaring sea, There it meets its destiny. Pauline Russell One Hundred Twenty-three ALMOST, n- AXIES honked, whistles blew, newsboys yelled, and subways rattled. They had been doing this each and every day of the six months Emi, that Jim Calen, now ex-cub reporter, had been in New York, and it had all been a little exciting to him. Today it was different. All the hustle and bustle of a world turned loose at quitting time passed unnoticed. Jim's mind was elsewhereg to be exact, he was thinking of the job he didn't have. His hat was tightly clamped down over the unruly brown locks of hair, his shoulders were slumped forward: and his hands were crammed deeply into his pockets. All these were signs that pointed him out as one of the vast army of millions of unemployed. Jim had come to New York straight from Pennsylvania State University- a major in journalism, editor of the school paperg and he had been voted most likely of the class of '39 to succeed? His father was a prominent lawyer in a small town in Pennsylvania: and, being none too wealthy, Jim had had to work hard in order to finish his education. The Calens were well known throughout the surrounding territory, and, when Jim left for New York, he got a big send off by the people who thought Lawyer Calen's son would do big things in the great metropolis. jim's mother had wanted him to study law and to follow in the footseps of his father: but, when she saw Jim's love for journalism, she hid her dis- appointment and acquiesed to his wishes. That's what made his despair seem so much more hopeless. How could he return home and face the people who had had faith in him, read in their faces the thought, He should have studied law, or worse still, to see the look of pity that they would try to conceal? Not that cub reporter was much, but it was a start-a chance that Jim had worked, talked, and pleaded for. After much talking, Jim had convinced Mike Henley, managing editor for the New York Star, one of the many newspapers of New York, that he was worth a gamble. Mike liked Jim and had helped him along in as many ways as he could until ,lim was getting along fine on his own. He was happy and contented at his chosen work-news was breaking fast and there was much to be reported. That's why Jim couldn't understand the sudden dismissal notice which he had received two days ago. It had been scrawled over the page of Mike's bold handwriting and had been propped against the paper weight on Jim's desk. Since Mike was the man who kept the press rolling and was always busy getting out the last edition, Jim didn't see him before he left. Crest- fallen, he had quietly cleaned out his desk, taken his few belongings, and had left without speaking to anyone. He had walked for what seemed hours that night in a dazed stupor, trying to plan what to do, where to look for work. He had known then how it would be, for, had he not seen other men look month after month for a job-any kind of a job that would keep the wolf from the door? He visualized the dismissal notice and carefully went over each word in his mind. One Hundred Twenty-four Jim, this is the last day your services as a cub reporter will be needed on the New York Star. He supposed the paper wasn't bringing in enough to satisfy the stock- holders, and so they had demanded a cut in expenses. Oh well, Mike shouldn't be entirely to blame. After all, he was, more than likely, just carryiing out orders. It was several days now after Jim's dismissal, and he was beginning to realize just how hard it was to find a job. After one more fruitless day of job hunting, he was now wending his way, in the quickly descending dusk, to the cheap boarding house where he stayed in order to save money. Dead tired, hopes frustrated, and weary of it all, he had decided to give up and to return home the next day. Mrs. McMullins, a kindly old soul who had run the boarding house for a number of years and who was fond of Jim, met him in the hall. Now, Mrs. McMullins was not in the habit of prying into the affairs of her roomers, but, she had noticed that Jim was depressed, and she felt it her duty to do some- thing about it. Tell me, Jim, she said, what's been bothering you lately? Jim, too tired to explain, pulled out the dismissal notice that he had carried the last three days and handed it to Mrs. McMullins. After mumbling to herself for a few minutes, Mrs. McMullins asked, Now, what's the matter with this? lt means l have no job--l'll have to return home defeated-give up my career and start all over, replied jim. Read it again, said Mrs. McMullins, handing it to Jim. jim swiftly reread the words he knew so well. Jim, this is the last day your services as a cub reporter will be needed on the New York Star. Well? asked Jim. Turn it over, replied Mrs. McMullins. Jim quickly turned the notice over. As he did so, he noticed more writing. The note went on: But beginning next week you will be a full-Hedged reporter with,.fa1f increase in wages. ff' jim's hand shook so with emotion, that he could scarcely dial Mike Henley's telephone number. BYRON LEONARD ,fill fffff Ill!! ffl? F One Hundred Twenty-live FROM THESE HdNORED DEAD ,J-I HE bright rays of an autumn sun gradually faded as the fiery, mystic red ball sank below the horizon, until only the Heecy clouds were if-sf colored by its vermilion glow. Quickly in its pursuit came darkness, as for centuries it had done. Softly, slowly, and silently, the town of james- ville is wrapped in the darkness that the sun has left behind. Now, from the hillside, small squares of lighted windows reHect the warm glow from within to the cool darkness without as I sit at the window gazing Hxeclly upon the town below me. My interest turns to a newly laid tombstone in the churchyard. Perhaps the stone glistens so brightly because it is the marking of the final resting place of a man whose life shone out among the people of our town. For, although he was never congressman, governor, nor even mayor, he was one of the greatest men I have ever known. He did not need to be a famous orator, writer, or thinker to be called great Tom Bestford possessed all the qualities that make a man truly great: he loved his God, he loved his country, he loved humanity. It doesn't seem possible that the new tombstone marks the grave of Tom. l suppose that it never occurred to any of us that Tom would one day leave us, because he had seemed to have been with us always. From the time when we were small children, we remembered seeing Tom at work in the General Store, standing behind the counter, pencil over his ear, and talking amiably with the customers or preaching to them their responsibility to mankind. Most of us would laugh and call it Preacher Tom's sermon. None of us ever took seriously the words he meant so earnestly. He had preached in a similar manner since his return from the Civil War. During his time of duty as a drummer boy, he had met President Lincoln, and the lanky Emancipator had made a lasting impression upon the youth. After Tom's return from the war, he spoke very frequently of his meeting with the Chief Executive: he read the story of l..incoln's life breathlessly. ln his own life Tom strove to supply the material necessities of people, as well as to show them what Lincoln and other national heroes sacrificed for the common welfare. Often he spoke of the trials of democracy, but everyone had grown accustomed to listening to him without actually hearing him. This, however, did not discourage him, for he talked on regardless of their inattention. It was not until recently that his words attracted the attention of the entire town and then it was by action and words, not by words alone. Jean Robbin was crossing Harrison Avenue at Main Street, a month ago, in her wheelchair. She had managed to get about in her wheelchair for almost seven years and she manipulated it very skilfully. On this particular day Jean let herself down the curb in front of the General Store and started to cross the street. The clock in the church steeple had just struck three. At that time of day little traffic is seen on Harrison Avenue, therefore Jean was not particularly careful. Old Tom was standing in front of his store admir- ing ,Iean's technique, when he heard a car approaching at a great speed. A high-powered roadster was turning the corner on two wheels and continued One Hundred Twenty-six to advance at a terrific speed. jean worked frantically to make the wheels move more rapidly. An unseen force shoved her chair out of the path of the oncoming car: the swift current of air caused by the speeding car touched her back. Almost simultaneously there was the sound of screeching brakes and an ugly thud. Gaining control of her chair, she glanced behind at a sickening sight. Tom lay sprawled in the street, half under the automobile. Already a crowd was gathering, so that she could see only a young man, white and shaken, step from the car. Jean recognized him as Ronald Andrews, a small-town playboy. Officer lVIcCrea, helped by a bystander, managed to get Tom into the car and to the hospital. Most of the way Tom was delirious and mumbled incoherently. The moments that Ronald spent anxiously walking the corridors seemed like years. At last news came from Doctor Graegor. Tom was conscious and was asking to see Ronald. As Ronald walked hesitantly toward Tom's room, the doctor explained that the time was short, possibly an hour, but warned him to show no knowl- edge of Tom's condition. At Ronald's approach, Tom smiled weakly and said Hello, Ron, glad to see you. Ronald returned the greeting feebly and then hung his head. Tom, seeing Ronald's evident misery, continued, You are getting to be quite a grown man, Ronald, and I want to help you all I can. Tears welled in the eyes of the boy but he remained mute. Remember when you were little I used to tell you stories of Abraham Lincoln? Well, I am going to tell you another now. It may be the last I shall ever tell, so try to remember it always. He hesitated momentarily to gain his breath, then continued, At Gettysburg, during the Civil War, Lincoln was asked to speak at the dedica- tion ceremony. You have read his words, but I doubt if you have ever applied them to yourself. Fourscore and seven years ago, our forefathers brought forth on this continent a new nation conceived in liberty and dedi- cated to the proposition that all men are created equal! Yes, every man, woman, and child stands upon equal basis with the other. Perhaps not equal in physical or mental power: perhaps not in property and riches, but every man has the same number of personal rights as another. We forfeit that liberty only when we infringe upon the liberty of another. 'Now we are engaged in a great civil war testing whether that nation, or any nation, so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might livel' This is not a civil war, Ronald, but we, like those who preceded us, must decide whether that same nation can endure. We must decide whether the freedom we enjoy is worth the sacrifices we may be forced to make to preserve it. We, too, must decide whether the men who gave their lives for this nation have died in vain. We, the living, must decide if-'lt is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us that from these honored dead we take increased measure of denotion: that we highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain: that this nation under God, shall have a new birth of freedom and that the government One Hundred Twenty-seven ' - of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from the earth.' l have said that we must decide, but l should have said that you must decide, for my time is very short. My generation will soon pass on and to your generation falls the future of democracy. Yes, Ronald, you must decide that this government is worth saving: 'that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from the earth.' Tom, exhausted, sank back into the soft pillows. After a few seconds he dropped off into a final sleepy a final peace. The words spoken by Tom spread rapidly through the town. The entire town attended the funeral to pay tribute to their friend. The story of his life was printed in the town newspaper, but, more important, it was deeply imprinted in the hearts of our people. And now as l watch night come over our town, and as l see the lights one by one being extinguished in the homes in the valley, l know that beside each bed a townsman kneels to pray that the dead shall not have died in vain, and that the government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from the earth. Each one is aware and resolving to dedicate himself to the great task remaining before usg they, like Tom, resolv- ing to take increased measure of denotion to that cause for which these dead gave their last full measure of devotion. GLORIA HAMPEL X el 2R?FN GOD SPOKE TO ME God spoke to me In the whispering of the trees, In the singing of the breeze, In the setting of the sun When the day was done, God spoke to me. Virginia Forchee One Hundred Twenty-eight LUCKLESS FRIDAY F' Yi ENTUCKY JOE sat tranquilly on a bench near the corner of the ,Hg far x3f park. The near-by benches were vacant for it was early evening. 0 Soon twilight would fall and bring out the young couples to occupy these benches. Then he must leave, otherwise complaint would be made and some burly policeman would order him to move on. He had no desire for this to happen. From his early childhood, in the Kentucky Hills, he had feared and hated officers of the law. Whenever possible he avoided them, giving as his reason that they were always interfering with one begging an honest living. For the present, however, he felt free to relax and enjoy to the fullest extent the satisfaction of hunger appeased and to review his good fortune. Kentucky was thinking of the extraordinary meal he had enjoyed at the house on Skinker Road. The sun was sinking behind a bank of clouds. The freshening spring breeze whirling dust from the park paths caught up bits of paper. Part of a newspaper fluttered along the grass and came to rest around Ken- tucky's feet. Slowly, almost laboriously, he picked up the sheet of paper and glanced over it. It was a clean sheet, probably the morning paper. The heading said Friday. Was this Friday? He had never known a Friday to be so lucky. Maybe he had been wrong in thinking Friday was unlucky. But this was the first Friday he had ever known that was lucky. His eyes traveled over the page. It was the want-ad section. The irony of fate. Nothing to interest him. But feeling that he might use it as a cover for the night he folded it and was about to thrust it into his pocket when his eyes rested on a lost and found advertisement at the top of the page. It said, Lost, a small black pocketbook containing valuable papers. Generous reward. The article did not interest Kentucky so he tucked the paper away and thought he would move on. His heavy dinner was having its effect, and after a feeble effort to rise he decided that it was still early and he might just as well stay there for a few minutes longer. He was dozing as the last tip of sun disappeared heaving the upper edge of the clouds in golden froth. A Time was slipping by. Kentucky knew that he could not remain on the bench. Slowly he rose and ambled across the grass headed for a secluded portion of the park. lt was getting dark rapidly. The park lights came on. To avoid the lights he cut across the golf course. Suddenly, he noticed a dark object on the ground. He kickediit and it opened as it rolled over. He saw that it was a pocketbook. This certainly was a lucky day! Picking up the pocketbook he slipped his fingers through the bill pocket. There did not seem to be much there: only two bills and some papers. lt was too dark to see what they were. So, putting his find into his pocket, he again changed his course. This time Kentucky headed for a light. As he leaned against the lamp post, Kentucky discovered that two of the papers were one dollar bills and the third paper was a check for one hundred dollars, made out to l... C. Meyer. Kentucky was about to throw the pocketbook away and slip One Hundred Twenty -nine the money into his pocket when the name on the check registered in his mind. Meyer, that was the name on the advertisement. Perhaps it would be worth more to him, more than two dollars' worth. Wasn't there something men- tioned about a reward? He pulled out the paper. Yes, there it was, Gener- ous Rewardf' but there was no address given, only a telephone number. Kentucky did not have a cent. But he could find the address from the tele- phone book. His eyes scanned the edge of the park for a tavern or a drug store. Sighting a drug store, he again put away the papers and pocketbook. It was with a brisker step that Kentucky started toward a red neon sign. He found L. C. Meyer with a telephone number, as given in the paper, living at 625 Skinker Road. Kentucky started walking toward that address feeling that he was riding the crest of a wave of luck. Who ever said Friday wasn't lucky? Kentucky asked himself. This was Friday and it was one of Ken- tucky's luckiest days. The dinner, then saving the paper, then finding the pocketbook and the address of the owner made up the high points of Ken- tucky's day. There was something familiar about that address. What was it? Of cpurse, that was the house where he had enjoyed the dinner. That was sho' odd. just goes to show a fella dat luck plays funny tricks. By this time he was at the house. He started to walk to the back door but he changed his mind, and, straightening his clothes, walked boldly up to the front door. He recognized the maid who answered the door. He had seen her while he was eating. Tramps should not come to the front door. Aw beg you' pa'don, Miss, but Aw believe Mista Meya lost his pocket- book. Aw found it. The girl hesitated. Wait here. Kentucky was excited. He had never before been at the front door of a house such as this one. His glance through the door aroused a desire to see more of the house. He hoped Mr. Meyer would ask him in. A short, thin, bald man, who was wearing very thick glasses, came to the door. You said you found my pocketbook. Where did you find it? Ova on the golf cou'se. How did you know it was mine? Aw found a piece of paper in it with you' name on it and Aw sees you is offe'in' a reward fo' it. Come inside. Kentucky entered. The hall fascinated him but Mr. Meyer did not give him time to look around. l want 'to see the pocketbook and check its contents before l give you a reward. This did not take long. Thoroughly satisfied, Mr. Meyer held out his hand. My man, l want to congratulate you on your honesty. Many men in your position would have taken the money and left the pocketbook. lf you wait here you shall have a suitable reward. He left the room and Kentucky, having time to look around, was fasci- nated by the elaborate hall. His inspection was interrupted by the maid's voice in the adjoining room. One Hundred Thirty Yes, Mr. Meyer, l'm sure it's the man who was here this afternoon. l got a good look at him while he was eating. l'm sure the money was on the cabinet just before he came. I laid it there myself. And now it's gone. I can't believe it, it was Mr. lVleyer's voice, but it's a case for the police. Kentucky had no desire to see a policeman. He hadn't taken the money but he couldn't prove it. Quietly, he slipped out on the porch and down the steps. He ran diagonally across the lawn and started to cross the street when a police car pulled up at the curb. He heard the maid call, There he is. Two policemen jumped out of the car and started to run after him. Kentucky felt that certainly he could outrun them. He had outrun policemen before. He was in the park now, and if he could make that group of trees just ahead he could elude his pursuers. Then suddenly from the trees appeared another policeman. Kentucky turned, but for some reason he could not make his legs move fast enough. Oh, what was the matter with his legs? Suddenly, a policeman grabbed him by the shoulder and shook him. The shaking was so hard that for a second Kentucky did not know where he was. Slowly he became conscious of a group of people standing around him, of park benches and of a burly policeman saying, Here you bum. You know you're not allowed to sleep here. Kentucky rose, bewildered, and strolled slowly away muttering, Shucks, Friday sho' am an unlucky day. DOLLY LANHAM SEASONS CHANGE Autumnis kiss on the horizon lay! And where her magic fingers brushed, Breathless beauty hushed The murmuring of the day. Ruth Malone Q3-is One Hundred Thirty-one Courfvxy of Sl. l.c:uis Ch h I C RESERVOIR PARK AND TOWER THE WOODS NE flourish of my conjuring mind places before me the country where my childhood was spent. I recall most vividly of all the woods near my home. The trees, the grass, the flowers, the startled rabbits and birds, the inquisitive, chattering squirrels, all seem to belong there, and the scene seems incomplete without anyone of them. I enter once more the dark, damp places with patches of moss, soft, cool beds of grass, clusters of sweet- smelling blue bells and sweet-williams, timid violets of the deepest blue. In these woods, I pictured in fancy, characters of fairy tales, and while watching the leaves of the trees swaying to and fro, as though playing hide-and-seek, I dreamed of the days yet to come. I gathered the frail flowers in beautiful bouquetsg I have watched the fluffy tail of a bunny bob out of sight. This was a paradise, loved by a little girl who still enjoys going back in retrospect to the land of her childhood. BERNYCE STOVALL One Hundred Thirty-two -q ROO SEWJLT HS. NE WS THE BIG TEN The Big Ten Chart honors those ten pupils of each term who have the averages of ninety or over, for the term. Since ties in averages often occur, they are represented by identical numbers. The names and averages on the chart change from term to term. During the term of january, I940, to june, l940, the third term had the highest general average. The Big Ten Chart acts as a spur to the ambition of every student to attain higher scholar- ship. FIRST TERM Ott, Maxine Nohl, Jack Malke, Eunice Grafe, Mariam Nauert, Erna Gomien, Robert Bernthal, Virginia Blake, Sue Reno, Harriet Seigle, Gloria Vogt, Joseph Conway, Julius Moser, Lawrence SECOND TERM Jennings, Alfred Hurst, Bill I-Ierthel, Virginia Ziem, Robert Bruckner, Mary Ann Parks, Kenneth Tripi, Marie Cohen, Eunice Shiroky, Frank Holtman, Edna THIRD TERM Wolf, Karl Pecqueur, Lydia Wolf, Thomas Goymerac, Jack Foerster, Betty Dickoff, James Schneider, Audrey Dickerson, Ellen TERM I Dye, jack Schalk, Norbert B. Trigg, Robert Whitehouse, Jean Wahlmann, Herbert One Hundred Thirty-four January, I 940 Maxter, Arline 5 Brielmaier, Ruth 6 Ponder, Mary Ann 7 Nickolaus, Margaret 8 Hefferman, Cath. 9 I0 FOURTH TERM Waldner, Michael Redden, Richard I Teel, Kenneth 2 Lyon, Shirley 3 Schneppe, Shirley 4 O'Leary, Maureen 5 Cavanah, Jane 6 Schalk, Herman 7 Wylage, Elliot 7 Robinson, Leslie 8 FIFTH TERM 8 I-Ieye, Harold 9 Spala, George I0 Meyer, Robert I0 Stewart, Frank Malone, Ruth Falk, Mildred Strother, Sam Galey, David Boelling, Audrey Biederman, Robert Hughes, jack Jecman, Alice Hecht, Lillian SIXTH TERM Weltge, Dorothy Trigg, George Gessert, Carl Goldenburg, David I 2 3 3 4 5 6 6 7 8 8 9 I0 june, I940 Veinfort, Grace 8 Knierim, Earl 8 Katt, Donald 9 Siel, Georgine 9 Blumenkamp, Marjorie I0 Overbey, Dewey I0 Till, Theresa Bergs, Robert Teich, Corrine Rambach, Ted Derwostyp, Joyce Ferber, Dorothy SEVENTH TERM Lauenstein, Robert Wolfslau, Marie Schlinkman, Walter Ruwwe, Bernice Weisert, Nancy Petrikovitch, Alice Miller, Donald Lemen, Joe Richards, Alma Parks, Virginia J ones, Ruth Croissant, Lorraine Patterson, Jessie EIGHTH TERM Claridge, Richard Saussele, Anita Mohn, Betty Lantz, Elsie Lange, jane Kersten, William Deutsch, Betty Ulrich, Jeannette Bates, Evelyn Marner, Doris Raines, John Smith, Doris Bick, Marjorie Casnar, Jessie Blanton, Rosetta Pyle, Verda Mildred Rau, Gertrude Krey, Evelyn Sartorius, Ruth M. TERM ll Malke, Eunice Aubach, Marian Grafe, Miriam TERM IV Wolff, Karl Dickhoff, James Goymerac, Jack Burkhardt, Betty Strother, Sam Schlagenhauf, Edna Biederman, Robert Nohl, Jack Ponder, Mary Ann Reif, Dorothy Blakey, Sue Koenemann, Shirley Nugent, Edward Bernthal, Virginia Routt, Colleen Half, James Neuhoff, Ruth Hake, Geraldine Vogt, Joseph Nauert, Erna Megel, Mary Jane Clover, Melvin Eisenmenger, Ruth Gomlen, Robert Faymon, Helen Wodraska, Doris Milner, Margaret Foster, Joann Silvey, Bette Botts, Joanna TERM lll Maze, Lawrence Jennings, Alfred Novak, Richard Tripi, Marie Ziem, Robert Baisch, Lorraine Herthel, Virginia Hurst William IW Josiasy, Kenneth! f Lange, Bert Tihen Kathr n . y M Huber, Dorothy L. Hronicek, Fred Arnold, Betty Jane Schmeider, Audrey Kunz, Paul Mathews, Bonnie Miller, Jean Miller, Marilyn Goelz, Anita Moxter, Arline Brielmaier, Ruth Turpin, Jayne Bono, Catherine Wetteroth, Charlotte Williams, Martha TERM V Waldner, Michael Teel, Kenneth Lyon, Shirley Cavanah, Jane Schalk, Herman Kiesel, Elise Ruzickawgnes A Qiolt, Blanche 8. inson, Leslie Aigner, Lorna Weidhaas, Johanna TERM VI Spala, George Heye, Harold Foerster, Betty Falk, Mildred Westendorff, Mary Jane Adams, Anita Jecmen, Alice Hecht, Lillian TERM Vll Weltge, Dorothy Goldenberg, David Schwartz, Robert Wagenbach, Arline Nicol, Lorraine Trost, Grace Trigg, George Gessert, Carl Boelling, Audrey Derwostyp, Joyce Swehla, Veronica TERM Vlll Petrokovitsch, Alice Jones, Ruth Ruwwe, Bernice Lauenstein, Robert Lawler, Rosemary Boniface, Jane Craft, George Koenaman, Virginia Gollin, Leon Robbin, Jack Brownlie, Arthur DEBATE The l 939-40 debating season was not so successful as that of other seasons: nevertheless, the boys showed the true Rough Rider spirit, and prepared themselves for future victories. The subject of the debate was, Resolved: That the federal government should own and operate the railroads. Unfortunately, this resolution was too factual for the emotional presentation of the affirmative, composed of Joe Lemen and Leighton Nugent. Their record was one victory, one draw, and two defeats. Fortunately for Roosevelt, Leighton Nugent will be back another year. The negative team of Robert Lauenstein and Robert Bergs was more successful, balancing the scales by their record of three victories and one defeat. Robert Bergs will also be back to debate for Roosevelt. EDWARD NUGENT and HAROLD E. HEYE One Hundred Thirty-five SENIOR PLAY-MAY, 1940 This term the Seniors took great pride and pleasure in presenting the traditional senior play. The play chosen was a light comedy in three acts, entitled, I'll Leave It to You. Their efforts were successful, for those taking part received great praise and applause from a large audience on the evening of May 3, l940. The story is centered around Uncle Daniel, who proves to be an accom- plished bluffer, telling the Dermotts he is almost a millionaire although he is practically penniless. This falsehood, however, was told for a good purpose. Upon visiting his sister, Mrs. Dermott, he finds the family almost penniless. Since the death of Mr. Dermott six months before, the Dermotts' finances had been sinking and sinking. lnstead of finding eager children ready to work, Daniel finds five good-for-nothings who don't know the meaning of work. To awaken them, he announces he has only two years to live and that upon his death, he will leave his entire fortune to the one who has been most successful. With this inducement, Uncle Daniel says, The rest, I'll leave it to you. Fortunately, Uncle Daniels words are heeded and all five children become successful. Russell Johnson proved himself the perfect Uncle Daniel with his wild stories and good-natured, humorous ways. Dorothy Fischer deserves praise for her realistic portrayal of the sweet, sympathetic Mrs. Dermott. The five Om- Hundrcd Thirty-six good-for-nothings who turned out to be the Hcream of the crop are as follows: Oliver fClem Grebell, the mechanically-minded son: Joyce fl-larriet Flem- ingj, the flighty, fickle kid sisterg Evangeline frlihelma Angelusl, an accom- plished poetg Sylvia Uune Beardj, the dramatic movie star and also Uncle Daniel's favoriteg and Bobbie fRussell Langellel, the younger son, a successful song-writer. The love scenes between Bobbie fRussell Langellel and Faith Crombie QLaVerne Forcheel were very effective, especially with Mrs. Crom- bie's watchful eyes over them. Sylvia Schuricht played the part of Mrs. Crombie superbly. And last, but not least, we have Griggs the butler fGeorge Wagnerl skillfully performing his bit from time to time. With such a plot and such a cast, with such directors as Miss Manheimer and Miss Duffet, is it any wonder that the play was a hit? JEWEL LONG I I ! Om' Hundrvd Thirty-scum SCHOOL CALENDAR January 29, l940, to June l4, 1940 January 29-Back to school again. Enrollment this term 3246. February I3-Election Day. Who will rule the Rough Riders? My, how one appreciates a new joke in campaign speeches! After a hasty count- ing of votes, it is officially announced that Mr. Robert fMusclesD Naert is the lucky man, the new mayor of Roosevelt. February2l-Senior elections. Clem Greble is to lead the Seniors. One thing is sure, we'll be able to keep this towering young man in sight as we follow. February 22-Yea! George Washington! February 26-First meeting of Bwana Staff under our new co-editors Jack Robbin and Virginia Reck. Senior play try-outs. We didn't realize there were so many budding actors and actresses at Roosevelt. February 28-Distribution of first edition of Rough Rider ably edited by the new editors, Bob Losse and Gloria Martin. March l-Our swimming team wins the City Championship. March 5-New seniors organize. Result: George Wandlessl, president. March 6-Who didn't enjoy the College Club tea? March l4-An enjoyable band concert for parents. March 26-William Woods Girls in Maud . Did you ever see so many pretty girls at one time? And they can sing, tool Quote-Roosevelt High School Girls: Let's have them back again. Roosevelt High School Boys: And howl! March 27-The upper class men for should we say women?J have a gay time at the Leap Year Dance. Leap year is just 365 times better than Sadie Hawkins Day . March 29-The New ,lay Party makes the freshmen members of the social whirl at Roosevelt. P. T. A. Bunny Hop-All who attended had a good time. April 9-A very interesting Maud about the telephone. Roosevelt Track men overwhelm McKinley. April l0-Junior-Senior Jamboree. Fun? Ask the upper-classmen. April I2-Open house, excluding us , and were some of our folks inter- ested! Ouchl April I8- And introduces our swimming team and celebrates our victories in State and City Championships and Washington Relays. April l9-Newly elected Torch members announced. Congratulations, you lucky ones! Roosevelt places fourth in the interscholastic Apparatus Meet. April 24-Clean-up Parade. Roosevelt makes a good showing, especially the band with its new uniforms. We wonder why so many boys prefer walking all over town to sitting comfortable in school! One Hundred Thirty-eight April 25-Student Council adopts Court Plan. Too bad we seniors won't be here to enjoy this newest bit of democracy in the school: trial by jury. April 26-After a most interesting Maud session, in which candidates for the Oratorical Contest spoke, we are told that Virginia Hahn and Ray Turpin have been chosen to represent Roosevelt. Perhaps Ray will run for President now that his speech has met with such success. We think he would make a good one. May 2-The Collinsville Band gives a fine performance in our auditorium. We know they're good because they not only play the classics but gave us a wonderful rendition of The Three Trees which was greatly appreciated by the audience. May 3-Senior Play, and was it good, was it thrilling, was it stupendous? l'll Leave It To You. May 7-Mr. and Mrs. Harry Babbitt honor us with their presence. We have a premonition that a number of boys will go in for singing next term. May I4-The highest of the High and Mighties give proud parents a thrill at Torch lnduction. May I7-P. T. A. Boat Excursion. A cool breeze, a moon, the best girl -what more can we ask? May 20-What's all the fuss? Why, any senior will tell you: We have our rings todaylln Dine and Dance for I5 cents. The lunchroom is the scene of fun and high-revelry as the seniors have their last social. May 23-All outdoor girls chase the boys off the campus. You guessed it! lt's Play Day. We spend our weekly allowance on Sun-Tan Lotion and dark glasses, and you're right again . . . No Sunil May 27 to june 3-Senior finals. Oh! Nol May 3U-A holiday for rest, and-did someone study? May 31-Field Day. Our lucky number must be 13. Our queen of love and beauty, jean Linder, presided over the thirteenth consecutive field and track meet to be won by Roosevelt. June 7-Seniors turn in books and clean out lockers for the last time. More John l-lenry's for this-is also another Bwana Day. june I0-An enjoyable time is had by all: Where! Senior Class Day at Club Caprice in Hotel Coronado. June I3--Graduation Day. Oh! Happy Day! Gulp! CWe think you know what we mean.J june I4-No more school, no more books . . . LUCILLE STALLEY FAY FABER MARCELLA ARMISTEAD - x l png Z! I-is One Hundred Thirty-nine lwmiiatii' W3 'if ...44 Om, llundred Forly wr l ' ' f 4. N fi 5 K' 1- Q2- Q Y 'K T 7 :Q-Q nz 1 S Z. xx 3 . f ' A Vu O 9 -is F f R i l .,,, Om' llumlrml I-mm um' Thelma Angelus Marcella Armistead june Beard jane Boniface William Born Virginia Brown Arthur Brownlie Robert Carney joseph Clacker Dorothy Cluster Lorraine Croissant Dorothy Fischer Walter Frank Marie Cebken Leon Golfin Lenore Cranneman Clem Crebel Robert Bergs Audrey Boelling Joyce Derwostyp Carl Cessert Omf Hundred Forty-two TORCH, APRIL, 1940 EIGHTS Wilma Huff Ruth jones John Kane Clarence Karr Phyllis Kern Virginia Koeneman Marion Kuemmerle Charles Lange George Wagner Mary Jane Lange Rosemary Lawler Robert Lauenstein joseph Lemen Dave Limebroolc Jewel Dare Lang Gloria Martin Donald Miller Robert Naert SEVENS Jeanne Hinrichs Anna Manglis Lorraine Nicol Ted Rambach Veronica Swehla Lorraine Ogroslci Virginia Parks Jessie Paterson Alice Petrilcovitsch Doris Phegley Georgene Rally Virginia Reck Alma Richards jack Riehl Bernice Ruwwe Walter Schlinkmann Dorothea Simpson Lucille Stalley Melvin Uthoff George Wagner Nancy Weisert Marie Wolfslau George Trigg Grace Trost Dorothy Weltge Elmer Wuestner Virginia Bartman Robert Bergs Betty Bialiclc Audrey Boelling Bonnie Buescher Gladys Crawford Joyce Derwostyp Dorothy Drach Robert Feldman Dorothy Ferber Carl Gessert Anita Adams Betty Burkhardt Stanley Callicott Mildred Falk Betty For-rster David Galey Myrtle Gnau TORCH, DECEMBER, 1940 EIGHTS David Goldenberg Marie Goltin Jeanne Hinrichs Charlotte Kaiser Vera Klaus Gertrude Lange Anna Manglis Dolores Masson Charlotte Means Lorraine Nicol Ted Rambach Gladys Stiver SEVENS Harold Heye Eugene Hohlfeld Lorraine Horst Alice jecmen Ruth Malone Robert Meyer Mary Oclcer Veronica Swehla Corrine Tc-ich Teresa Till George Trigg Grace Trost Marcella Vowell Arline Wagenhach Dorothy Weltge Alice White Elmer Wuestner john Yungbluth Dorothy Rc-if Edna Schlagenhauf Lois Schulz:-l George Spala Frank Stewart Sam Strother Mary Westendorf Om' llumlrmi Iwnlu lhrm BOYS' STATE AST summer several Rooseveltians were so fortunate as to spend an entertaining and instructive week at Fulton, Missouri, as citizens of that forty-ninth polity, Boys' State. The purpose of this assembling was to instruct those who attended in the rights and privileges, duties and responsibilities of every American citizen that they, being leaders, might in turn, through practice or teaching, inculcate these principles in others. Boys' State was politically as analogous to a real state as it could be. There were wards, eight cities, and four countries, and two major political parties. The boys elected their own officers fexcept those appointed by the electedl. The two parties held party caucuses, adopted platforms, made speeches, and handed out circulars and dodgers. The Senate and the House convened and enacted laws for the general welfare of Boys' State. The judiciary interpreted these lawsg the executive committee enforced them. Each day we were compelled to listen to some instructive lecture which we took as a sick child takes castor-oil. True, some were interesting, and some were truly instructiveg but others boring, and indeed, not infrequently, soporific. Still others, mediocre under ordinary conditions, failed to hold our attention in a hot, stuffy auditorium. Oh, how we dreaded their coming! But do not think that our entire time was spent in learning only. On the contrary, every afternoon there was opportunity to play basketball, indoor, ping-pong, or to go swimming. Entertainments which were interesting and enjoyable were given. The reader knows well that boys will be boys so that when no entertainment is provided, they will find ways to amuse them- selves. The spirit of the directors was especially gratifying. One of them, arrested by a policeman of Boys' State for smoking inside the building, paid the same penalty that we would have to pay. At meal time, when we would sing nonsensical doggerel, they occasionally joined in. One of the directors was so well liked for his affable, congenial, and unaffected disposition, that on the night before departing, a group of boys sang below his window For He's a Jolly Good Fellow. Yes, he was a jolly, good fellow. So seemed they all. SCHEDULE We arrived at Fulton, on Saturday afternoon, June 22, and were given a medical examination, assigned to our wards, cities, and countries. We from Roosevelt were well separated, there being in my room not one person whom l knew before leaving St. Louis. Other boys were placed in the same way. But it was really a valuable and profitable experienceg for never before, probably, had we such practice in introductions and making acquaintances. We were given a party-Nationalist or Federalist, manuals containing a brief outline of our state, county, and city governmentsg and a parliamentary law primer. That afternoon many of us decided what office we wished to obtain, and in some cases there was some campaigning done. Supper was served at six. It was really better than we had expected, but not like lVla's ho-made. One Hundred Forty-four At eight o'clock, the first general assembly was held. It was then we first heard those deprecated lectures. At about 9:45, each party held a party caucus in which a slate of candi- dates for city candidates was selected. At l0:45, tatoo, a bugle call, was blown. This was a signal to prepare for bed. At eleven, with the playing of taps , the lights went out. DAILY PROGRAM 6:2 5-A loud whistle blew. This was a warning for a second. 6:30-Loud whistle, which, when sounded, was supposed to be the signal for rising. Some boys, however, had to be waked. At this time we were supposed to dress, but needless to say, some kept on sleeping. 6:45-Setting up exercises were held in front of the building. Those who had slept late had to take these in public in their pajamas. This procedure, which lasted fifteen minutes, proved quite effective in waking us. 7:l5-Breakfast was served. 8:00-9:00-A general cleaning up of quarters-sweeping, making beds, throwing away of paper. Inspection of quarters. The most immaculate city received as a prize for its labors freally exaggerated,---received a new broom! 9:00--More lectures. l0:00-Class held in the following subjects: l. Law. All would-be judges had to pass this course. 2. School for peace officers. Required of all those who would be peace officers. 3. School for election officials. The latter part of the week the classes were discontinued. l 2 :00-Dinner. l 230-2 :00-Elections. 2:l5-Recreational program scheduled. Some of the fellows would have made Coach Lorenzen envious. Later in the week the House and Senate convened at this time. 6 :00-Supper. 8:00-General assembly. Fortunately, not all these Maud sessions were elections. 9:45-Party caucuses. ll:00-Lights out! Lights out at eleven! Up at six-thirty! For seven straight nights! No wonder that Paul Ralley, one of Roosevelt's representa- tives, slept a whole clay on his return home. On Thursday we visited our state capitol at jefferson City, in order that that we might see our government in actual operation. The Missouri State Legislature was not in session: so the Boys' State legislature had the privilege of carrying on their business in the very places the Missouri Legislature carries on its business. Secretary of State Dwight Brown told us the story of the great seal of Missouri which was in his custody, and Congressman Henderson spoke to us of Washington, D. C. This was indeed our most important day. HAROLD HEYE One Hundred Forty-iiue , v ,L 11? H Mfg Mew' gig ,,4 J' if ., wgjfejjjsif' R . 5T'gQ1:ij4:j? QL -1-i A , , A , fi Q52 Q, 2 K' f 4' ff 55 f'N i l ' - Q A A Q f 4 ' '.:'- : ...1.....1.. 1 1 L WWW' f Q' ,Y 41, X Qosxxm , ffm' 1 'Qfiilevgx P 'Ya 'XXX mifafma f 'G 3 'WX , 7Uu.sLc ' 2650 X HWSN A4 If f9Q3iTf V J Vhxy fx 3.11 1 f 95' , KWQ fi:5f?A91Am J W xl, 1 J 6 V tv ' 9 - U ' HU E, AQ ' ,., , gf' - 'N' ffl. ........lllI'iii7UQf3vP?BRnTan- lixx I. mncupax N-.--, x V . f A IEA?- X ff' f ' - r I 1 Qfl W9 5 X C qilfmm, I-7 1+If-1:1-inf QA Coudxlmxwfm ,Th ww fi. Gfurvyynafvu VDYQIH 1 W 7 0 X '14 Qi Af dx..-H+ OHa'dI lu ah: fm Q f lp gaze: ,f CWCUMM ff ,, co.-.Mm N ' 7 W K! ' W V k K Sl, 91 rf-Q MMM wwf al ' UMW ef lg! A xg! L- f' f .., A 'Q 9 MW 29 H - fQfX i J Q , Wa filfywaa W V le f X 0 gi X ! as 635 Qkff- OHddI' SENIOR PLAY December 6, l940 The curtains fall, the lights go on, and we have witnessed another of those semi-annual dramatic treats, given by the Seniors of Roosevelt High School. As we think back over Man Bites Dog , we come to the conclusion that this was one of the finest productions ever to have been seen on the stage of our auditorium. Bill Bruen played Mr. Crane, successful business man, the father of three spendthrift children: Carola fE.linor Quasebarthl pretty, poised, and perse- veringg Lucia fMargaret Ann Smithj also pretty, but less determined than Carolag and Douglas fcharles I-luddlestonj, more like Lucia. The family's financial situation became serious. Mr. Crane decided des- perate diseases need desperate remediesn so at the suggestion of Corisande fGertrude Langej a smartly-groomed, exceedingly charming woman, hired to supervise Carola's wedding, he adopts the ingenious plan of letting his children manage his income and applying to them for his necessary funds. He, in turn, becomes just as extravagant and inconsiderate in his demands for money as they had been. The situation goes from bad to worse under their inexpert management. Because of this the children come to realize just what a budget means. As a last resort they call in their father's old stand- by, Pitchley fired Rambachj, to bring some order out of this chaos. Of course, to do this, Pitchley proposes severe limitations on nearly all expendi- tures. Lucia's projected trip abroad is cancelled, Carola's wedding to White- law Bradley III fArthur Hartmannl is whittled down to the bride, the groom, Om' Hundred Fifry and the parson, a pay telephone is substituted for the former one, a cigarette dispensing machine is installed in the hall, and there are no more expensive cigars or liquors. ln the midst of this, Mr. Crane and the glamorous Corisande elope, and, when they return they find that all bills have been paid, and there is a reserve of 5500. As soon as Pitchley makes this fact known, the children once more begin to form grandiose plans for the wedding, and in the midst of the preparations for it Aunt Charlotte fCharlotte Means, reveals that Pitchley has ruined himself to pay their debts and untangle their financial affairs. Aunt Charlotte becomes sympathetic and makes up her mind to marry Pitchley and look after him in the future. The play ends as Etelka, the servant fMildred Harsell, enters with a handful of bills from the Horist, the caterer, and the dressmaker, and Pitchley collapses. Lowell Mash, as Tony Denton, gave an able performance as one of l..ucia's swains. Bingey Lorrimer flsuvenia Barnhartj, a very pretty young thing, awfully sweet and rather stupid, was one of l..ucia's friends. Alice Verheul as Marianne, the manicurist, and John Yungbluth, as Rogers, the English butler, completed the cast. To Miss Manheimer for her excellent directing we extend our thanks for making this senior play a grand success. ELEANOR LANDGRAF MARGARET HURST 1 Um' Hunclrcd Iflfly-one MY TRIP THROUGH THE STATE CAPITOL EVERAL years ago, I visited the State Capitol at jefferson City along with a group of schoolmates accompanied by a teacher. I had wanted to see it for a long time, and now that I had the chance, I was eager to take in all I could. Awed by its size and beauty, I stumbled along gazing all around me at the exquisitely painted walls and polished woodwork, the spacious rooms, the high archways, and the round galleries hanging inside the dome. The dome was what fascinated me most, and when it was announced that we were going to climb up inside it to the very top, I was all excitement and restlessness to begin. I can still remember this part of my trip more vividly than any other. Steps, steps, steps, and more steps! fAfter I reached a thousand, I stopped counting them., I thought they would never end. Up into the semi-dark, tower-like room we climbed, the stairway becoming more narrow, steep, and circular the higher we went. I wondered just how it would feel to reach the top and gaze out over the surrounding countryside -I had heard one could even see far up and down the river. I hoped I wouldn't be dizzy-that would spoil everything. My imagination ran wild as we climbed the final flight of stairs, and my heart pounded more from excitement than from the steep ascent. Then, I stepped out a tiny door in the rock wall onto a small balcony which ran around the very top of the dome. I stood perfectly still just looking for a few seconds, feeling much as a bird must feel when it first Hies up to the top of a tree. The countryside was spread out before me like a huge map-buildings, roads, fields, forests, the riverg all below me--g the sky seemed not just a patch of blue as it does from the ground but a vast ocean of blue mist stretching as far on all sides as I could see. It was a new experience for me, a person who had never traveled or climbed so high before. I hated to go back to the dead monotony of the streets below. When I returned home and Father questioned me about the legislative rooms and various historical aspects of the building, l'm afraid I looked rather blank, but I chattered on for hours about how it felt to gaze out over the countryside from the very top of the dome. AUDREY BOELLING dis I One Hundred Fifty-Iwo THE NEW JAY PARTY VERY year a party to initiate them into the social world of the school is given for all beginners at Roosevelt in our auditorium. This year, on March 29, the Roosevelt Band under the direction of Mr. Hahnel began the program with several selections. The enthusiastic applause for more finally ceased, and Clem Grebel, the Kay Kyser of Roosevelt High, announced that a mock session of Kay Kayser's College of Musical Knowledge was to be held, in which representatives from each advisory in the audience were to participate. Musical recordings were played and the participants were asked to name the songs. Prizes were awarded to all those taking part and a grand prize to the winner. Refreshments were then served in the school lunchroom. Due credit should be given to Miss Chapman and the Welfare Committee, who made all preparations for this enjoyable and successful party. WALTER JENNEMAN wif - Ulllll' llllm -,QA Q, .6 ' im' fulfil, .am M Q. NEW JAY PARTY What great event took place on October 3l, l940? Yes, of course, it was Halloween, but what else happened? That's right, it was the New jay Party, under the excellent sponsorship oi the Student Council. The freshmen gathered in their respective advisories, then came down to the aud., where they sat behind placards bearing their advisor's name. After a hearty welcome from our Mayor, Bob Schwartz, Miss Crace's dramatic class presented a weird and mysterious fneed we add, very good?D play. The New Jays showed pep and school spirit when each advisory gave an original cheer for our Alma Mater. Miss Duffet's group were chosen as victors after what must have been a hard and long debate among the judges. Kay Kyser has nothing on our school! Art Hartman, as master of cere- monies, proved to be a worthy professor. Our bright and beaming Ones answered the questions like veterans. Last, but not least, refreshments were served in the lunchroom. Cider, doughnuts, and canclyl Mmmmmm! BERNICE STOVALL DOROTHY BORMAN CHARLOTTE WETTEROTH One Hundred Fifty- three Y , SCHOOL CALENDAR September 3: Woe is me! School again. September I 7: Goody, an auditorium session! Mr. Anderson spoke and Mr. Hares directed God Bless America. AND the Sevens elect Sam Strother again. September IS: Seniors elect George Wandless big IT. September I9: Half holiday to see Cavalcade . September 24: Great clay. School elections. Robert Schwartz-Mayor: Robert Bergs and Shirley Schneppe-Rough Rider: Robert Meyer and Ruth Malone-Bwana. September 26: Mr. Neeb's selling those things on the installment plan again. fSeason passeslj October 2: Groan! Groanl Those report cards again. October 3: High and Mightiesn try out for senior play. October 4: Photographer chosen for Bwana pictures. October I5 and I6: Bwana pictures taken. Almost holidays. October 23: Kenny Linzeman chosen president of Sixes. October 28: Strange doin's in the lunch room. Boys and girls eating together. November 4: Stay on your own side boys! Mr. Ammerman says NO . Roosevelt elected in our mock election. November I I: Armistice Day brings us a holiday. November I4: The report cards come again. November I8: A very interesting auditorium session. A representative of the Du Pont Company spoke and exhibited many recent products of their research laboratories. November 20: Front corridors loaded with food for Thanksgiving donations. November 25: Imagine boys and girls square dancing in l940! November 29: All Star Football Game fFinallyD! December 6: Great day in Senior's life. You know, THE SENIOR PLAY. December 9: The new Torch members notified. Graduation try-outs. December I I: Leap Year Dance falmost too latel. December I8: The faculty's Christmas present, REPORT CARDS. but the Symphony Orchestra and Mr. Golschman offer appeasement. December 20: Torch Induction. January 7: Senior Examinations. Terrible. Why bring it up? january I6: Bwanas. January 20: Class Day. Seniors celebrate. January 24: Graduation after four years of hard work. Maybe we should be glad, but there will always be a soft spot in our hearts for dear old Roosevelt. MARGARET NICKOLAUS MARJORIE. ERLINGER PEARL NALLEY One Hundred Fifty-four V KZ N A'CAPPELLA Row lffN, Fitzsimmons, M. McKenzie, C. Schubel. G, Hermann, K, Linzeman, C. Kaiser, B. Lucas C. McConnell, C. Mitchell, E.. Nessel. Row Z7M. Hughart, J. Morris. D, Krahn, A. Lipke, S, Daniel, J. Herman, M. Koons, S. Lyon M. Ellermann, E. Ward, N. Bena. C. Scariano. H. Jarosik, K. Wiebold. Row 54R. Zoellner, E. Carouthers, H. Reno, D. Taylor, J. Sykes, S. Harbstreet, C, Lucas, S. Kettle- kamp, A. Sieble, J. M. Perren, E. L. Jobe, C. Jurrens, M J. Freymeyer, C, Mueller. Row 47J. Reeves, L. Gardner, L. Schubel, D. Madlinger, J. Wegner. F. lssott, L, Isbell, V, Kutz, V. La Boube, J. Mathus, E. Ruesing, M. Killmar. C. Markle, W. Dare Row Sfli. Herchert, H. Loeffler, C. Meier, D. Kage, L. Eckert, H. Hauck, J. Hickey, B. Phillips, T. Missey, J. Thomas, A. Barrow, B. Lindsay, R. Sehwenker, L. Bohley, B. Ward, B. Faser J. Whalen. Row 67C. Forrest, A, Raymond, R. Scherer, J. Murphy, A. Berri, J. Dye, R. Crosswiler, R. Bernthal J. Maintz. R. Rumpf, R. Other, K. Witbrodt, E.. Cochran, J. Ansehl. A'CAPPELLA. CHOIR Purpose of Club: To participate in and appreciate the finest music with precision of performance. Moderator: Miss B. H. l-lilh Time and Place of Meeting: Sixth period, daily, in Room 301. OFFICERS September, l940, to January, l94l President: Kenneth Linzeman Vice-President: Bill Lucas Secretary: Hazel McConnell Treasurer: Charlotte Kaiser One Hundred Fziftyasix ff ' . ,J ---1 - f lx, ROBED A'CAPPELLA fR Mueller, G. Hermann, E. Carouthers, A. Verhuel, j. Morris, E. Smith, O. Pennington Row l . C Markle, M. Freymeyer, N. Bena, P. Nalley, M. Killmar, C. Mitchell, j. Buescher, M. Flrlinger D. Krahn. Row 2-HV. Elder A. Seibel, F. Erk, L. Gardner, L. Schubel. D. Madlinger, -I. Perren, lf. .lssott Nessel, ll.' jarosik, C. Schubel, B. Barsachs, L. Parrot, S. Peterson, A. Striegel, B. Klein. Row 3 ---R. Erskine, H. LoeHler, C. Mueller, S. Anderson, E. llerchert, F. Chapman, vl. Murphy B. Lucas A Barrow L. Bohley, B. Ward, R. Faser. E. Row 4 -f-K. ijinzkman, Ll Eckert, j. Reeves, J, Hickey, j. llasselbring, C. Ileidemann. R. Rumpf, R. Schwenker, J. Mainz, R. Crosswiler. THE ROBED A'CAPPELLA CHOIR Purpose of Club: To have a higher degree of finesse and uniformity in singing. Moderator: Miss B. E. Hilb Time and Place of Meeting: A periods in Room 301, daily. Secretary: Marjorie Erlinger Om' Humlrcd l 1'fty-xvucn i ART CLUB Row I-M Skaggs, A. Bosche, B. Schwartz, K, Weber, B. Neff, C. Fusco. Row 2+O. Neuman, B. Pursey, D. Hahn, B. Uhlemeyer, A. Sheehan. Row 3-D. Weber, S. Anderson. ART CLUB Purpose: To promote interest in art and appreciation of works of art in St. Louis, and to give a chance for self-expression. Time and Place of Meeting: Tuesday, 3:00 P. M. Generally in Room 308, sometimes outdoors or in the Art Museum. OFFICERS January to June, I940 President: Bernice Ruwwe Vice-President: Harold Bradley Secretary: Ora Mae Neuman Treasurer: ' Harriet Fleming September, l940, to january, 1941 President: Robert Schwartz Vice-President: Annette Sheehan Secretary-Treasurer: Kent Weber ARCHERY CLUB Purpose of Club: To learn and practice target-shooting on the range t discuss topics relating to archery. Moderator: Mr. Castleman Time and Place of Meetings: Friday afternoon, Room 2l5. OFFICERS January to June, i940 President: Jack Riehl Vice-President: Bill Bryan Secretary: Urban Wittenburg Treasurer: Urban Wittenburg September, I940, to January, I94I President: Bill Bryan Vice-President: Carl Rademaker Secretary: Urban Wittenburg Treasurer: Urban Wittenburg One Hundred Fifry-eight ATHENAEUM Row lfC. Behrens, B. Ottensmeyer, J. Reeves, A. Lipka, R. Sliger, A. Hershing, E. Shurwan R. Abchal, L. Linn, R. Young, B. Overhoff. Row 2-T. Kohlberg, E. Huck. C. Sweeney, D. Krahn, K. Linzeman, L. Dreher, H. Hyer, O. Henne man, M. Kraut, J. Linder, R. Noonan, E. Heil, L. Novak. Row 3fJ. Lawson, J. Holland, D. Haberstock, J. Frickette, B. Pounds, V. Fowler. R. Butts, E Leonard, J. Hiert, M. Herde, V. Hanneke, A. Harris, T. Harris, M. Peck, H. Helfrick, M. Uhrich Row 4-E. Abchal, H. Wiener. D. Markle, H. De Brodt, M. Witte, D. Lanham, J. Dolan, M. Weber L. Stelfox. M. Schrader, R. Kullenberg. B. Mik, J. Meier, E. Brewer, M. Boehm. Row 57A. Cuarino, P. Maret, D. Swarm, G. Vitale, P. Rally, G. Wilson, D. Dalton, D. De Kay B. Bley, C, Miller, A. Hartman. W. Larkin, M. Schroeder. ATHENAEUM Purpose of Club: To aclcl variety to school life. Moclerator: Miss Elmore Time and Place of Meeting: Tuesdays-Room 8. January to June, l940 President: Glenn Hewitt Vice-President: Norma Feistel Secretary: Charles Sweeney Treasurer: Carl Behrens Eclitor of Mercury: Eugene Heil Sergeant-at-Arms: Bob Cermalc September, l940, to January, l94l President: Carl Behrens Vice-President: Charles Sweeney Secretary: Helen Helfrich Treasurer: Lorraine Dreher Editor of Mercury: Associate Editor: Sergeant-at-Arms: Tom Kohllaerg Marie Ulrich Harry Hyer Om' Hundrul lzflu nine BOWLING CLUB Row I--J. Linder, M. Kraut, O. Henneman, H. Becker, D. Adams, C. Sweeney, Watkins, F. Schubert E. Quasebarth, C. Brock, E. Coerner, E. Koppen. Row 2--A. Maass, M. Lehn, T, jones, G. Magann, L. Horstman, A. Lorenzen, M. Angermeier, V. Canada, A. Medic, D. Lanham, V. Elder, M. Gilstrap, C. Kayser, M. De Blaze. Row 3fH. Sheehan, R. Kotner, A. Litzinger, R. Siebert, j. Rose, R .Mohlman, H, Tichacek, B. O'Leary, B. Hassler, B. Rathouz, B. Engel. S. Sullivan, D. Brenkoetter, E. Le Roi. Row 4-M, Kunderer, M. Stiebel, VV. Egi, j. Thomasson, D. La Plante, M. Smith, E. O'Leary, O, Margaritis, G. Halamicek. Row 5vE. Kiesel, N. Greenstreet, C. Folluo, L, Ostmeyer, J. Ansehl, H. Schneider, j. Kallmayer, S. Levin, R. Phipps, A. Boswell, F. Martin, R. Bernthal. D. Wilderman, j, De Maggio, V. Turner. Row 6+M. Williams, M. Rohr, V. Lueast, V. Sweeney, E. Sloop, B. Alt, W. Hagemann, A. Muehlberg. B. Moehl. Row Yfj. Robinson, R. Bechler, F. Fischer, B. lden, j. Murphy, K. Cerdes, C. Ramont, H. Reinecke, R. Fassel, Dodd, L. Mash, C. Lammlein, R. Zeller Row B-B. Patterson, W. Fischer, A. Theobald, D. Gemming, j. Schwartz, W. Larcom, R. Duggan, M. Paull, C. Obert, H. Odell, F. Kallmayer, E. Wolff, F. Simpson, K. Kubik. BOWLING CLUB Purpose of Club: To stimulate interest in bowling. Moderators: Mr. Griggs, Mr. Diem, Mr. Tugel Time and Place of Meeting: 3 P. M. Wednesday and Thursday at the Grand Bowling Alley. OFFICERS January to June, i940 President: Frank Simokaitis Vice-President: Janette Ebert Secretary: Ken Coebels Treasurer: Frank Weiner September, l940, to January, l94l President: Jerry Watkins Vice-President: Edwin Goerner Secretary: Scharles Sweeney ll-larry Becker Treasurer: Wayne Adams One Hundred Sixty JUNIOR BAND Row If-B. Stewart, C. Stolz, ll. Winkelhoch, J. Conway, W. Hess, S. Peterson, A. Lewis, li. Linn L Herd Row iffB. llarris, C. Magraw, R. De Cuire, R. Green, V, Zager, D, Berberich, B. Herrin, L. Decker A. Strebe, W, Sparks. Row Sb D. Pollard, L. Luecke, M. Wachter, R. Kohne, C. Botts, J. Sutka, J. Lehar, G. Berberich R, Turner. Row 4' S, lless, D. Sanburn, R. Reinhardt, M. Witte, P. Hess, Mr. ll. llahnel. JUNIOR BAND Purpose of Club: To establish fundamentals in band discipline, habits, and sound musicianship. Moderator: lVlr. Eugene lVl. Hahnel Time and Place of Meeting: Every day during the first period in Room 39. OFFICERS January to June, 1940 President: Amos l-lueseman Vice-President: Julius Conway Secretary: Geraldine Berberick Treasurer: William Hess Librarian: Arthur Strebe Publicity: Vincent Zager September, l940, to January, I94I President: Julius Conway Secretary: Vincent Zager Treasurer: Vincent Zager Librarian: Ruth Kohne Assistant Librarian: Bonita Reed Om' llumlrvc I S1.x'1u'4nm SENIOR BAND ,B M Row lffj, Easley, M. Taft, B. Stewart, E. Reinhardt, H. Winkelhoch, C. Stoltz, M. Ocker, S. Peterson, C, Linn, A, Lewis, L. Herd, E. Adams, A. Adams. Row 2' --C. Pankau, L. Decker, A, Heisele, G, Bradford, j. Stoecker, j. Cunningham, R. Helbig, lVl. Allen, B, lflerrin, B. Thiele, D. Berberich, R. Green, B. Duncan. Row ifj. Sampson, L. Seip, S. Daley, A, Bartosz, A. Clinton, E. Notter, G. Queen, P. Stullken, F, Stamm, E.. Maass, R. Thorpe, W. Roscoe. l Row 4-fR. Sutter, B. Berdeaux, H. Schneider, C. Lammlein, R. Malter, D. Franklin, D. Nulsen. P. Hess, D. Sanburn. Row 5- 5. Hess, Mr. E. Hahnel, L. Legg, , , ' - if .J . , .f SENIOR BAND' Purpose of Club: To develop into a good marching band. To give pep to auditorium sessions. To improve better musicianship and enjoy the best in music literature. Moderator: lVlr. Eugene lVl. Hahnel Time and Place of Meeting: Every day during the seventh period in Room 39. OFFICERS January to june, 1940 President Harold Schneider Vice-President: Herbert Whitehouse Secretary Gertrude Queen Treasurer: Bill Adams Librarian lrma Armbruster September, I9-40, to January, l94l President Phillip l-less Vice-President: Russell Sutter Secretary Dorothy Berberick Treasurer Dorothy Berbericl-: Librarian: Gertrude Queen Onsllum1rvdSzxty-Iwo . , .. . . , . v X '- COLLEGE CLUB Row I fA. Moxter, V. Brandt, S, Alexander, M, Neher, V, Burkhardt, R. lickhardt, ll. Te-schner, J. Linder, A. Ruester, L. Schmidt, M. Hickey. Row 2,-fB. Foerster, E, Furtney, P, Fitzgibbons, R. Montague, G. Lange, E. Landgruf, B. jordan, C. llerald, B. Burkhardt, N. Abbott, G. Kraehe, A. Boelling. Row 5fB. Hampe, O. Henneman, M. Burnett, V. La Boube, C. Bono, M. Willizxms, R. Ne-uhoff j. Malone, C. Castile, S. Lyon, D. Wasem, E. Grimms, W. Simpson, B. Schacklin. Row 4f-J. Breen, M. Blankenship, M. Belter, E. Dickerson, F. Tihen, ll. Dambach, D. Knuflsen M. Morris, N. Boefer, M. Bruckner, S. Greenfield, J. Caertner, C, Means, Row 5f--D, Ferber, E. Schlosser, G, Manglis, V. Bartman, M. Grate, M. Megel, Koppen, M, A Bruckner, L. Polster, A. Manglis. Row 6 f-E. Kiesel, M. Lutkewitte, B. Buescher, G. Crafe, C. Mitchell, E. Nessel, D. Herrmann. D. Weltge. Row 7 -A. Sheehan, R. Malone, M. Krausnick, j. Hinrichs, M. Burk, J. jessen, j. Burk, B. Monro:- M. Neal, R. Ralph, M. llurst, L. Robinson. COLLEGE CLUB Purpose: To develop the latent talent of its members in various types of literary expression through original attempts and through the study of great writers and their masterpieces. The club aims also to cultivate in its members poise in the presence of an audience. Moderator: H Miss M. C. Dockery Time and Place of Meeting: The second and fourth Fridays, after school in Room 30 I. OFFICERS January to June, l940 September, l940, to january, l94l President: Sue Alexander President: Nancy Abbott Vice-President: Nancy Abbott Vice-President: Betty Jordon Recording Secretary: Sylvia Schuricht Recording Secretary: Betty Burlchardt Treasurer: Ruth Malone Treasurer: Gloria Herald Corresponding Secretary: Hortense Teschner Corresponding Secretary: Ruth Malone Sergeant-at-Arms: Marjorie Morris Sergeant-at-Arms: Gloria Kraehe Om' f'!L1I7tll'L'll S1'.x'1z1-llvrvi' CAROL CLUB Row If-R. Mueller, D. Wasem, V. Elder, M. j. Belter, H. McConnell, A. Fish, N. Abbott, L. Caley, C. Obert, E.. Lelbner, M. Merta, D. Mills. Row 27M. Erlinger, P. Linn, R. Eisenminger, E. Coffey, R. Harris, E. Landgraf, B. Mik, j. Meier, E. Cohen, 5. Strickler, A. Striegel. Row 34A. Heckman, M. Lange, B. Lueders, C. Kohler, M. Ott, D. Herrmann, S. Medley, A. Ruester, D. Arnold, B. Adams, L. Blanton, S. Peterson. Row 470 Seil. J. Cooper, j. Breville, M, Blumenkamp, P. Statler, M. Milner, J. Sykes, j. Harmack, C. Castile, S. Greenfield, B. Taylor, J, Harrison, D. Swarm, H. Hagedorn. Row 54--R. Rosenauer, D. Huebner, C, Markle, B. Heyward, E. Brewer, P. Nalley, D. Esenberg, D. Gokin, E. Brown, M. Mounts, M. Millaway, M. Hurst, M. Bohn. Row 67B. Franklin, M. Martin, R Ellerman, A. Barthel, H. Dambach, A. Majtas, B, Gable, j. Chatham, O. Pennington, M. Huhn, V. Gastorf, j. Stege, M. Smitt, M. Hay CAROL CLUB Purpose of Club: To acquire appreciation of the finest music. Moderator: Miss B. E.. Hilb Time and Place of Meeting: Daily, in room 30l, during 7th period OFFICERS january to June, i940 President: Harriet Fleming Vice-President: Hazel McConnell Secretary: Mary Jane Beltner Treasurer: Grace McConnell S Nancy Abbott Librarians: ?Audrey Fish September, l940, to January, l94l President: Cirace McConnell Vice-President: Audery Fish Secretary: Virginia Elder Treasurer: Mary Jane Beltner , , Nancy Abbott Librarians: Sluouise Galey Om' Humlred Sixty-four Row Row Row Row J Row FRENCH I Sloop, Ansehl, W. Davis, R. Blackwell. 2 L. Starr, M. llarsel, S. Peterson, A, Striegel, A. Tetarl L. Pet-queur, J. Hue:-zcher, M. Goltin. 3 E. Vook, j. Richner, B. Monroe, M. Ellerman, R. Carstens, D. Ralhman, L. Karllez, B. Allen. R. Kuhlman. .Cure-y. 4 Murphy, P. Filzglbbons, B. Richardson, K. Tihen, D. Richardson, M. Porlell, V. lfisrher, 5 E. lleil, M. Pauli, l.. lfredericks, A. Ferris. B. Voss, B. St. Denis, R. Otlomeier, Mr. De lu Roche, l . lfnber. ANATOLE FRENCH CLUB Purpose: To stimulate interest in French. Work done: Practice in conversationg improvement of pronunciation by book reading, reciting, fables, songs, crossword puzzles fall in Frenchl. Time 3 P. M. Moderator: Mr. Georges De La Roche and Place of Meeting: Every B Wednesday, in Room 23, at OFFICERS January to june, I940 President: Vice-President: Secretary: Treasurer: Editor of La Sottise: September, President: Vice-President: Secretary: Treasurer: Editor of A'l..a Sottise' Patricia Fitzgibbons Lydie Pecqueur June Dixon James Bena Nancy Weisert I940, to January, l94l Shirley Peterson Mildred Harsel Anita Striegel Marie Golfin Fay Faber Om' f,LllTLiI'l'Kf Six lLl'f1'L'L' Row Z A Blackwell lg. Wyloge A I-ink H Weber S Medley lx anovich, A, Seibel. Row 5 G Magann B Truscheit D Krahn M Miller B Taylor M Sullivan, R. Stengel, G, Neuhst Row 4 R Wind B Sllvey R Neuhofl M Devon M Grafe C Vexnfurt, V. Lessing, B. Leonard 'MQ Row 5 Kane Sampson L Medlev A Schneider M Thornton V. Lukens, R, Maupin D ICE SKATIN G CLUB Purpose To acquire grace ancl vigor through this healthful exercise Moderator Miss F. Slattery Time and Place of Meeting Every Friday at the Winter Garclen qeptember l940 to anuary, l94l l-larolcl Weber Krum Yanevich Shirley Medley Arbutus Fink Elliot Wyloge ,X V, i- 5 ,. , Sl , ' XV 1 INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE CLUB Row l E. Ward, M. Farrell, A. Boelling, A. Hudson, S. Peterson, Row Row Riow 2-YR. Butts, T. jones, B. Kotner, lf. Potthoff, M. Pottholf, S. Anderson, l. Bzirdes, Tulmhesing D. Brinkoetter. 3-A. Verheul, R. Ciarstens, F. Tobin, A, Medic, E. Wild, Klon-ppc-r, Marrow, M. Thornton ll. Sheehan, ll. Faymon. 4 D. Stubits, L. llarrahaus, A. Davis, M. Koons, R. Stengel, ll. lx-inihzfich, C. Leinihurli, M Ca-impanella, Livingston, O. Henneman. Row 5 Nennert, D. Stark, M. Wilhelm, M. Bvlter, L. Blanton, Mrlioy, C. l.z'irnbuc'h, I.. Lukens DI. Byrns, M. Anglin, A. Schmierbach. Row fx M. Dietrich, C. Ilzickman, E. Stubits, E. Beekerle, li. Brown, M. MCMXQ-hae-l, D. Bun, Kun:- i'. Teil-h, B. Heinl-ter, R. Kuhlman, N. Engle. ' ,f ' N 1, ' 'fe f 'XJ ' xxJ INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE CLUB f Purpose: Motivated use of English and interesting use of leisure time. Moderator: Miss N. L. Heddergott Time and Place of Meeting: 2:45 P. IVI. on the second and fourth Thurs- days, in Room I I0. OFFICERS January to June, l94U President: Edna Ward Vice-President: Adele Hudson Secretary: Audrey Boelling Treasurer: Audrey Boelling September, 1940, to january, I94I President: Audrey Boelling Vice-President: Edna Ward Secretary: Adele Hudson Treasurer: Adele Hudson Sergeant'-at-Arms: Shirley Petersen Ong' llzm.!rmi.S1,x1r,' I 1 Row Row Row Row Row 2-J. Aichner, B. Gruber. M. Matterson, L, Pecqueur, j. Breen, M Burnett, E. Leibner, A. Medic. if--li. Beckerle, V, Bernthal, H. Faymon, B. Cable, M, Goerner, Huwe, G, Hoffman, R, Elsen 4---L. Schreiber, M. Campanella, Malone. H, Wolf, M. Orr, D. Huber, :rf-lf. Braun, L, Badder, Zebrack, M. Molner, L. Tetart, D. Hawkins, D, Samuelson, N. Loyd KNITTING CLUB Purpose: To teach girls to knit, to exchange ideas and designs of kmttmg Moderator: Miss Binnington Time and Place of Meeting: Every Tuesday, at 3:00 P. M., in January to June, l940 President: june Breen Vice-President: Lucille Schmidt Secretary: Jeanette Borclmers Treasurer: Margaret Burnett September, l940, to January, 1941 June Breen Lydia Pecqueur Marjorie Matteson Margaret Burnett MATHEMATICS CLUB Row I-H. Kelly, C. Gessert, V. Swehla, A. Boelling, D. Reif, D. D. Steckhan, R. Mill R 2 M W ld B M th M B k L ' ow - . a ner, . a ews, . ruc ner, S. yon. E. Schlagenhauf, C. Trigg M B k M Falk, A. jecmen, R. Williams, W. Roscoe. MATHEMATICS CLUB Purpose: To interest pupils in the history and development of mathe- matics: to gain and appreciate the importance of mathematics. Moderator: Miss Schlierholz Time and Place of Meeting: A Wednesdays, Room I I, at 3 P. M. OFFICERS January to June, l940 President: William Born Vice-President: Joe I..eman Secretary: Geraldine Sakowski Treasurer: Mildred Falk Second Vice-President: Michael Waldner September, l940, to January, l94I President: Audrey Boelling Vice-President: Carl Gessert Secretary: Veronica Swehla Treasurer: Donald Steckhan Second Vice-President: Dorothy Reif RADIO Purpose of Club: To study the principles of radio. Also to become licensed radio operators. Moderators: Mr. Colmey and Mr. Buddemeyer Time and Place of Meeting: Every Wednesday, Room IOS. OFFICERS january to june, l940 President: Norman Anderson Vice-President: John Susek Secretary-Treasurer: Gloria Seigle September, 1940, to January, I94I President: Norman Anderson Vice-President: John Susek Secretary-Treasurer: Gloria Seigle One Hundred Sixty-nine MASK AND BUSKIN Row l-f-M. Nickolaus, B. Phillips, C. Liesman, L. Hickman, P. Linn, Row Zi-D, Wodraska, J. Schneppe, S. Schneppe, M. Killman, R. Neuhoff, B. von Raux, V. Hahn, C. Linn. Row 3f-C, Hall, A. Durston, E. Wyloge, L. Robinson, J. Conners, j. Hunt, C. Wetteroth, B. Truscheit, R. Erskine, R. Mawdsley. MASK AND BUSKIN Purpose: To create a love for the stage, and become familiar with all phases of dramatics. Moclerator: Time and Place of Meeting: Mr. Biegelsen 2:50 P. M. on B Tuesdays in Room 109 OFFICERS January to June, I940 President: Vice-President: Secretary: Treasurer: Sergeant-at-Arms: September, Presiclent: Vice-Presiclent: Secretary: Treasurer: Sergeant-at-Arms: Om' Humired Svwnfq Virginia Hahn George Liesmann Shirley Schneppe Patricia Linn Jean Schneppe I9-40, to January, I94l George Liesmann Bill Phillips Patricia Linn Margaret Nickolaus Lynn Hickmann O'lTA Row I M. Lyons, M. Portell, j. Buescher, B. St. Denis, E. Leibner, M. Ocker. M ir o aus Herman, j. Turpin, C. Wetteroth, A. Striegel, E. Wilkat, S. Neutzling. Row 2 L. Dreher, j. Wegner, G. Rau, j. Holland, j. Lawson, li. Wittxriond, P. Nall:-x X Ottitsch M. Larrom, L. Murphy, L. Hagenow, S. Koeneman. Row 5--M. Westendorff, V. Hahn, P. Linn, D. Drach. V. Baie-r, li. Howard, LI Mir s D. Falk, B. Pursey, D. Hahn, O. Yaggie, C. Linn. O'ITA Purpose: To increase the members' appreciation of hooks, plays, and poems of outstanding authors. Moderator: Miss Sieater Time and Place of Meeting: A Fridays, in Room 30l, at 3 P. M OFFICERS january to June, I940 President: Vice-President: Corresponding Secretary: Recording Secretary: Treasurer: Sergeant-at-Arms: September, i940 President: Vice-President: Corresponding Secretary: Treasurer: Recording Secretary: Sergeant-at-Arms: Virginia Hahn Margaret Nickoiaus Mary Nickoiaus Jean Schriber Doris Lauth Virginia Baier , to January, l94l Margaret Nickoiaus Mary Ccker Dorothy E. Hahn Charlotte Wetteroth jean Hermann jane Turpin Um- IlLH7liI'l'LI S 4'l'A'l7 JUNIOR ORCHESTRA Row lfB. Uhan, P. Dahms, A. Durch, M. Adams, J. Woodney, L. Dintelmann, j. Flowers, A. Kelley, R. Metts, T. Kolster, L. Woolever, j. Pierce, S, Hess. Row Z7R. Green, R. Allen, D. Sparks. J. Upchurch, j. Furbacher, C. Ochiltree, R. Haldiman, R. Schwarz, C. Lousha, A. Klemme, C. Linn, A. Lewis. Row 37V. Tharp, j. Wineke, j. Cunningham, G, Pankau, M. Allen, D. Nulsen, G. Baker, R. Mullins, j. Lekar, W. Detering, L. Herd, S. Peterson. VV. Hess. Row 4fE. Reinhardt, M. Barnett, i. McKenna, V. Graham, P. Boggs, Mr. E. Hahnel, A. Blackwell, j. Perry, J. Reichenbacher, H. Winkelhoch, JUNIOR ORCHESTRA Purpose of Club: To establish good habits in discipline and gain a knowledge of the fundamentals of sound musicianship. Moderator: Mr. Eugene M. Hahnel Time and Place of Meeting: Daily, in Room 402. OFFICERS January to June, 1940 President: Fred Dunahugh Vice-President: Warren Detering Secretary: Gertrude Queen Treasurer: Phillip Hess Librarian: Robert Green Assistant Librarian: John Pierce Publicity: john Furbacher September, 1940, to January, 1941 President: Ray Mullins Vice-President: Patricia Dahms Secretary: John Pierce Treasurer: John Pierce Librarian: John Furbacher One Hundred Seventy-two SENIOR ORCHESTRA Row I--WM. Harsel, B. Duncan, C. Queen, D. Nulsen, A. Bartosz, S. Peterson, A. Lewis, C. Linn L, Herd S. Anderson. Row 2fR. Green, E. Heil, II. Schaefering, M. Bruckner, G. Crawford, M. Thornton, G. Fishell. J Berndt, E. Schlagenhauf, F. Shiroky, L. Renner. Row 34M. Magerstaedt, G. Hoffmann, C. Anderson, R. Allen, B. Burkhardt, j. Malone, S. Ziegler P Kelley A Heisele, W, Osterkamp, D. Mueller. df Row -lil-'. Starnm, W, Roscoe, M, Ocker, E. Reinhardt, ll. Winkelhoch, T. Long, R. Stan uss P. Sullivan, M, Muschler, W. Dempsey, B. Dvorak, Row inf-B. Uhan, C. Cermak, Mr. E. Hahnel, S. Hess. SENIOR ORCHESTRA Purpose of Club: To improve our musical taste and appreciation through particiption in and study of the best music literature. Moderator: Mr. Eugene M. Hahnel Time and Place of Meeting: Sixth period daily in room 39. OFFICERS january to june, l940 President: William Dempsey Vice-President: Mildred Harsel Secretary: Patricia Dahms Treasurer: William Dvorak September, l940, to january, l94l President: Marie Nlagerstedt Vice-President: Eugene Heil Secretary: C-erry Hoffmann Treasurer: Gerry Hoffmann Librarian: Gertrude Queen Om- Hundred St'L'l'l7ll.f-ll7l'PL' P. ind . ,. A 1 x f 'W 1 its ' THE PEPETTES Pepette was organized to give the girls in Roosevelt a chance to win membership to Pep R, which is limited to 50 members. Each term the places left vacant by the graduates are filled from Pepette. The officers of Pepette are members of, and chosen by, Pep R. ROOSEVELT PHILATELIC SOCIETY Purpose of Club: To further interest in stamp collecting. Moderator: Miss Harris Time and Place of Meeting: Tuesdays, at 2:50, in Room 209. OFFICERS january to June, I940 President: Jack Robbin Vice-President: Gerald Moeller L,,,,4 Secretary: Harold Stoeppelman' 'JQT1 Treasurer: Arthur Swenson, jr. T-V Y September, l940, to January, l 94 l President: Richard Sortorius Vice-President: Gerald Moeller Secretary: Rodney Weiss Treasurer: Arthur Swenson, Jr. Librarian: Arthur Swenson, Jr. One Hundrcd Seuenly-fotzr PEP R . K Row l B. Bryan, A. Cuse, M. Hovey, C. Grafe, S. Greenfield, M. Ball, V. Fisher, D. Waserii, M. llerde X ' B. Martin. X l Row 2fV. Burkhardt, M. Neher, A. Ruester, N. johnson, G. Lange, A. Fish, G. Kraehe, P. Fitzgibbons 3 SP H. Hagedorn, L. Brown, N. Abbott, E. Furtney, C. Obert. , J Row 3--AM. Busdiecker, A. Striegel, E, Heffernan, G. Castile, L. Gardner, j. Turpen, ll. Kiesel 'I' M, Williams, M. Ocker, B. St. Denis, L. Hoorhaus, j, Breen, F. Tihen, M. Colfln. J 1.4 Row 4 ---f B. Voss, B. Monroe, M. Sullivan, R. Neuhoff, D, Knudsen, j. Herman, B. jordan, R. Malone lyi N D. Herrmann, C. Frame, M. Smith. M. Harsel. 1 ix .-5? ,f F . PEP R If Purpose: To create school spirit among the girls and to support the teams. Moderator: Miss Schlutius Time and Place of Meeting: A Wednesdays, in Room 228. OFFICERS January to June, i940 President: Dorothy Hahn Vice-President: Gertrude Lange Secretary: Audrey Fish Treasurer: Mary Ann Neher Sergeant-at-Arms Lucille Brown September, I940, to January, l94l President: Lucille Brown Vice-President: Audrey Fish Secretary: Pat Fitzgibbons Treasurer: Harriet Hagedorn Sergeant-at-Arms: Nancy Abbott Om' Humlrvd Sc-uvnlq 4 liuz Robert Bergs jane Boniface Jeanne Breville Dorothy Cluster Maxine Hay Harold Heye Jeanne Hinrichs Jack Ansehl Jeanne Breville Betty Burlchardt Marjorie Erlinger Gayle Magann Marilyn Miller Marjorie Morris Richard Abschal George Heidemann Thelma Angelus George Donnigan Marie Hovey Vera Klaus james McCown Luvenia Barnhart Fay Faber Norma johnson William Born Art Brownlie john Kelis Robert Dutton Bert Alt Jack Ansehl David Galey One Hundred Seventy-six February to June, I940 REPORTERS Robert Lauenstein Rose Lombardo R'-ith Malone Marilyn Miller ,lack Niedner Maxine Ott Richard Redden ,lack Robbin Walter Schlinkmann Shirley Schneppe Michael Waldner Marie Wolfslau Ralph Otto September, l940, to January, l94l REPORTERS Jack Niedner Maxine Ott Maxine Hay Harold Heye Jeanne Hinrichs Grace Kohnle Mary Krausniclc February to june, 1940 Ruth Malone- Mary Ann Ponder Paul Rally Richard Redden Evert Sloop Michael Waldner June Wilson PHOTOGRAPHERS Frank Zeman Charles Bowman September, l940, to january, I 941 PHOTOGRAPHERS Frank Zeman February to june, I940 TYPISTS Bob Moehl Barbara Russell Juanita Nelson Nancy Raith Georgene Rally Evelyn Rosen Edith Schlosser Audrey Wild La Verne Zacher September, l940, to January, I94l TYPISTS Vera Klaus Pearl Nally June Nennert Edith Schlosser February to June, 1940 DISTRIBUTORS Charlie Mitchell Bob Naert john Schneider Leroy Smith Charles Lawson September, 1940, to january, DISTRIBUTORS Bob Harper Sam Strother Don Steckhan Wilma Simpson Virginia Sweeney Delores Weindel Robert Miller Jim Trippensee John Stretch Carl Suhre I94I john Stretch lrwin Teich Richey Williams ROUGH RIDER Editors: Business Manager: Exchange Manager: Distribution Manager: September, Editors: Business Manager: Exchange Manager: Distribution Manager: . S Miss H. Hogan Moderators' I Mr. E. Kammerer February to june, I940 5 Y l940, to January, S I Bob Losse Gloria Martin jane Kane Ted Rambach George Batz l94l Robert Bergs Shirley Schneppe Ted Rambach Leroy Smith john Stretch One Hundred Scum-nlq-st-vm Moderator: President : Secretary: Treasurer : SIXES, GROUP 1 dfwj AW-hiv Sergeants-at-Arms: One Hundred Seventy-ez'ght SIXES Miss E. C. Wolff Kenneth Linzeman Betty Lou Bryan Shirley Londe fEugene Paust Jwilma Hudson 1 Henry Helbig LlVlartl'1a Williams I t t SIXES, GROUP 2 CHESS CLUB Purpose of Club: To promote a greater interest in chess and, possibly, develop scholastic competition. Moderator: Mr. H. Bock Time and Place of Meeting: Every Monday after school in Room 31 0. President: Vice-President: Secretary : Treasurer: Librarian : OFFICERS anuary to June, l940 Carl Gessert Walter Hagemann Dick De Kay Alfred Jennings Ray Randall September, I940, to january, l94l President: Vice-President Secretary: Treasurer: Librarian: Walter Hagemann Diclc De Kay Alfred Jennings john Youngblutli George Fouke One Hundred Sevenlu ,fyrzfrrw-A I .1444 STUDENT COUNCIL, SEPTEMBER, 1940, TO JANUARY, 1941 Moderator: Miss Ewers President: Robert Schwartz Vice-President: Gertrude Lange Secretary: Virginia Hahn Sergeant-at-Arms: Jack Ansell One of the first things the Student Council did this fall was to form a new committee called the Ways and Means Committee and to abolish the Audi- torium Committee. The Ways and Means Committee was composed of the mayor and the moderator and several members appointed by the mayor. The purpose of the committee was to expedite the business of the Council. The next act of the Council was to decree a trial of two weeks' duration for mixed eating --the boys and the girls would no longer sit on different sides of the lunch room, but, instead, could sit anywhere. After a week, however, Mr. Ammerman found the scheme unsatisfactory and had it dis- continued. The Citizenship Committee was one of the most active of the committees, for it issued a list of rules for new pupils and prepared copies of the Student Council Constitution for the members of the Council to read. The Property Committee felt it their civic duty to polish the trophies. The Student Court Plan was placed in the hands of a special committee for final drafting before being presented to Council. The Ways and Means Committee started work on a new handbook for Roosevelt students. This same committee proposed a bill which was passed by the Council which provided that new bills, unless a committee proposed them, had to be given to the Ways and Means Committee for study and recommendation before being presented to the Council. There was, however, considerable opposition to this bill and to the committee, opposition which had not sub- sided, even at the end of the term. This session of council was both exciting and successful and should be considered a tribute to the major and the moderator for their leadership, as well as to the other members of the Council. EDWARD NUGENT iilsiii One Hundred Eighty STUDENT COUNCIL Row I Ll. Warrl, P. I it7gibbons, Breen, V. II:-ihn, C. Lange, G. Kruvhe, Ii. Swartz, Ansc-hl K. Weber, Battles, If. Grimm. Row 2- NI. Willizxms, R. Klein, NI. Iirlinger, Ii, Dickerson, D. Ferber, N. johnson, If. Sloup, G. Trigg E. Furtney, L. Brown, M. Dickexson, A, Adams, H. Sieving, If. Granger, j. Bueschvr. Row 5-f-I. Ilinrichs, IVI. Smith, C. Iiimmx-rt, IVI. Iiovey, IVI. Ponder, E. Quuseburth, R. Tc-ich, 'I' Rambach, B. Truscheit, I. Borders, C, Heffernan. S, Kettlekamp, M, Angm-rm:-in-r, A. Bm'Ilin1.: E. Crnul. Row 4' L. Nicol. C, iframe, O. Neumann, IVI. Miller, IVI, Momiy, R. Surtorius, IVI. Morris. R. Mulonm' P. Linn, IVI. Westendoiff, IVI, Nicknlzxus. IVI, Kruusnick, Nix-dnb-r, W. I.zzrCom. Row 'J II. Nichols, L, Simon, A. Manglis, IVI. Lutkewitle, R. Muskell, T, Harris, B, Burkhurdl R. Meyer, R. Klnus, II, Odell. B. Phillips, if. Cessert, R, Randall, D. Cnldenberg, Thnmus. Row h B. BI:-y, If. Puust, Ii. Wu:'sli1e-r. M. Luccking, R. Lunrlgrr-n, IVI. Waxlciner. T I ws .Jr Om' Humlrcd Ifzqhly um' PHOTOPLAY Row I--C. Teich, A. Verhuel, B. Cuge, G. Frost, D. Haberstock, j. Morrow, J. Nennert, D. Ziegler, R. Mueller. Row 2-B. Ottensmeyer, L. Spinner, j. Guge, E. Rottler, j. Cavanah, D. Wild, G. Radford. Row 3+B. Klipstine, D. Stubits. E. Stubits, L. Kren, J. Hunt, A. Kuechenmeister, D, Streicher. Row 4f- J, McCoy, V. Sweeney, Nl. Coerner, M. Kren. PHOTOPLAY Purpose of Club: To study the new pictures, discuss the plots and the books from which they were taken: to learn something of the life of the author and the actors in the play. Moderator: Miss Maloney Time and Place of Meeting: B Wednesdays, at 3:00, in Room 6 OFFICERS January to June, l940 President: Grace Trost Vice-President: Betty Lou Guge Secretary: June Nennert Treasurer: Marion Kuemmerle OFFICERS September, l940, to January, l94l President: Betty Lou Guge Vice-President: Grace Trost Secretary: june Nennert Treasurer: Jeannette Morrow One Hundred Eighty-two SPORTSMANS CLUB Row I7R. Link, R. Weiss, E. William, H, Stanley. . . , Row Z- J. Dean, K. Halter. HZ Neusitz, L Mueller, R. N fx, 4 , C l Y 1 SPORTSMAN'S CLUB Purpose of Club: To sell sportsmanship in regard to conversation, espe- cially in the matters of hunting and fishing. Moderator: Miss N. L. Heddergott Time and Place of Meeting: 2:45, A Thursdays, Room l l0. OFFICERS anuary to June, I940 President: George Davidson Vice-President: Urban Wittenberg Secretary: john Hammond Treasurer: John Hammond September, l940, to january, l94l President: Edward Williams Vice-President: Ted Althoff Secretary: Harold Neusitz Treasurer: Harold Neusitz SCRIBBLERS Purpose of Club: To develop interest in creative writing. Moderator: Miss Peterson Time and Place of Meeting: A Wednesday in 3l5. OFFICERS January to june, l940 President: Betty Burkhardt Vice-President: Phillip Hess Secretary: Marilyn Moody Treasurer: Harold Heye September, l940, to January, l94I President: Harold Heye Vice-President: Leighton Nugent Secretary: Marilyn Moody Treasurer: Orla Huddleston Om' Hundred Eiqhly-lhrw I if ' '-1.41 ,A 4, ,. , f .1 NC f ,A 'ff . 'E' Qc 5, 45. .LJ f I ' 0 I f Z!! I . 'f ff A GIRLS SWIMMING TEAM f Jfvtdy- Row Tj. Livingston, R. Montague, I. Borders, M. Farrell, H. Karcher, D. Krahn, S. L. Sullivan. Row --C. Verrillo, O. Pennington V. Schone, B. Rathauz, O. Yaggie. .ii f , Row -V. Edwards, R. Ottemeier, F. Potthoff D. Ban, M. Potthoff, A. Ruzicka, B. Nosek. IQ, !,Q!V. j ff' 7. i Row M. Hay, R. Estok, I. Margaritis, L. Polster, H. Parker, R. Melsheimer. to-f V 4 Row M. A. Boehm, M. Meinberg, M. Schone, Chatham, M. Gilstrap, C. O'Meara. i r I QR WVU .LEW , 'J Q I GIRLS SWIMMING CLUB , , . I ' . . -Ltelfvvk' I. if Purpose of Club: To improve swimming skills and to prepare for the Red Cross Life Saving Examinations. Moderator: Miss Fager Time and Place of Meeting: Fridays, in the Pool. OFFICERS january to June, I940 President: Frankie Hall Vice-President: Barbara Gray Secretary: Dorothy Ban Treasurer: Lorraine Zirnmerer QQ September, I940, to January, I94I President: Dorothy Ban Vice-President: Maxine I-lay Secretary: Jean Chatham Treasurer: jane Livingston GYM-ART-GUILD Purpose: To advertise athletics and other school activities. Moderator: Mr. G. E. Neel: Time and Place of Meeting: Room I27 daily. OFFICERS January to June, 1940 President: Paul Lamb Vice-President: I-Ierb Knuck Secretary: Christ Lekometros September, I940, to January, I94I President: Christ Lekometros Vice-President: Paul Lamb Secretary: Ken Ponte One Hundred Eighty-four SPANISH CLUB Row -D. Reif, M. Ponder, R. Millinger. M. Farrell, l. Boulus, D. Doven, A. Harris L Horst Sh MMdWS ABll' RB'd MC ll I Row 2-L. Smith, D. tec an, , oo y, . pargo, . oe ing, , le ermann arro Row 3-D. Bruce, B. Less, E. Doyen, A. Maze, M. Heffernan, D. joedicke, J. Botts M Campanella Row 4-Mr. Hall, L. Nugent, G. Cochran, M. Cnau, T. Harris, M. Schrader L Simon M Ocker E. Wittmond, W. Luecking. EL CLUB ESPAIQIOL Purpose of Club: To acquaint the members with Spanish countries and customs and to foster an interest in them by means of plays, games, and talks on subjects pertaining to Spain or Latin-American countries. Moderator: Mr. Wm. Hall Time and Place of Meeting: 3:00 P. M., B Wednesdays, in Room 324. OFFICERS January to June, l940 President: Vice-President: Secretary: Treasurer: Sergeant-at-Arms: Editor of Arco lris : Assistant Editor: Nancy Jane Raith George Donnigan ,lane Sevening Mary Lehn William Spargo Audrey Boelling Hildegarcle Stanze September, l940, to January, l94l President: Vice-Presidents: Secretary: Treasurer: Sergeant-at-Arms: Editor of Arco lris' : Assistant Editor: William Spargo SAudrey Boelling 2Marilyn Moody Donald Steckhan Mary Reed Robert Bieclerman Leroy Smith l-lildegarde Stanze One Hundred Eighty hee ROOSEVELT SWIMMING SQUAD ow I W. Glenn. Ii. IIa-iase. R. Ruff, R. Becker, L. Clauss. ow Z VV. Ziegler. D. Gray, R. Tuchschmiclt, K, Tichacek, R. Patterson, G. Liesrnann. ow I foach Kenny, B. Schmidt Manager, if Cray, A, Mikes, K, VIN-her, Milan, R. Schwartz, BUYS' SWIMMING CLUB Purpose of Club: To compete with other high schools in Swimming and Diving. Moderator: Mr. Kenny Time and Place of Meeting: Swimming Pool, 2:45 claily. OFFICERS january to June, I940 F , , . XBOIJ Patterson Co Captains. 2Lee Clauss Um lfumfrul Ifzvghftf-s1',x' Z ,lf lr' X-VL' Q f If 1 ' kv ,'L',z4q,6QAcf.fv4Q,f 'f 2Q K-1' ,jf ffl! ' A Ibm! X :K ,f ,' 4 O llumlwfl Ifzcrlzlrf-xv THE ROOSEVELT COACHING STAFF Here before you stands the best coaching staff in the city of St. Louis, a staff which Roosevelt High is most fortunate in having. Among our coaches is a newcomer, Mr. Close, a graduate of the University of lowa, who taught for four years in Omaha, Nebraska, before coming to Roosevelt. Mr. Close replaces the late Mr. Voss as coach of the apparatus team, and assists in basketball and football by lending his valuable aid to the regular coaches of these sports. Our famous veterans who comprise the remainder of this well-known aggregation are as follows: Mr. Carlson, coach of first-rate baseball and football teams: Mr. Granger, whose championship track team ran the number to thirteen consecutive championships: Mr. Hochmeister, coach of the golf teamg Mr. Kenny, championship swimming and spring football coach: Mr. Kuntz, capable midget track squad and assistant football coach: Mr. Lorenzen, producer of excellent basketball and tennis teamsg and lVlr. Neeb, our athletic director, whose efficient management of the business and finances of our teams is noteworthy. With such capable men to direct the athletic activities of Roosevelt, we are confident that in the future many more victories will be brought home to our school, to add new honors to our goodly store, GEORGE SPALA One Hundred Ifighly-eight BASKETBALL ln the I939-i940 basketball season, Coach l..orenzen's players admirably supported the Rough Rider athletic tradition. The Roosevelt squad, starting in November, faithfully practiced to achieve a perfection that would hoist the Rough Riders to first place in the league. Sadly lacking in this year's team were experienced players, as only Jack Melchior, Bob Nelson, and john Moore from last year's squad were back. With these capable players, in addition to some splendid newcomers, Coach Lorenzen was able to have a team that would not do violence to the Roosevelt tradition. At the opening of the season, Roosevelt played several teams from the South Side Y. M. C. A., defeating two and losing to one. ln competition with other high schools, the Crimson-White squad defeated Bayless High by a 28-20 score, but lost to South Side Catholic High, and to McBride, the school which later won the championship. Several weeks before the official opening of the season, Roosevelt played Southwest at Roosevelt, defeating the Longhorns by a 25-I6 score. Fate decreed that Roosevelt should open its league season against its south side rival, Cleveland High School. ln a game filled with excitement, suspense, and thrills, the Orange and Blues battered down the Broncho Buster defense and defeated the Roosevelt contingent by a score of 3l-l8. Bob Nelson sunk four spectacular shots. Not disheartened by its defeat at the hands of Cleveland, the Rough Rider squad returned to cope with Central. Central, however, won with a score of 30-22. The last quarter was the most exciting, as the Rough Riders started a rally which threatened to defeat Central. Time, however, prevented. Captain jack Melchior led the team in scoring with nine points. ln the game with McKinley, Roosevelt showed that the team was improv- ing. The score, in an overtime contest, was 32-30 in favor of McKinley, a team which was thought to be powerful enough to defeat Roosevelt merci- lessly. The hopes of the Rough Riders, against a background of lusty cheers, tumbled as Belobradic of the Goldbugs sunk the winning basket. Against Blewett, the team reached its peak, as it forced the Blewett quintet to bow, winning by a score of I9-l 7. The Crimson-White squad easily led for three quarters, but was forced to extend itself to turn back a serious Blewett attack. However, by careful playing, the Rooseveltians were able to win. Beaumont's gigantic team overtowered the Rough Riders, winning by 36-l 8, the largest score against Roosevelt. Although playing against a squad which excelled in height and weight, the team gave a good account of itself, seriously threatening the opposing team several times during the early moments of the game. Roosevelt's new south side rival, Southwest, in the last but one game of the season, again tasted defeat, administered by Roosevelt. Only in the closing moments of the last quarter did Southwest climb in the scoring division. The score was 29-25. One Hundred Eighty-nine f , L YR 1' 1 .1 B . 1 fvllilv fl fx 'X-1 gl if, ROOSEVELT BASKETBALL SQUAD l, Coach Lorenzeng 2, L, Stewart, 3, T. Luzeckyg 4, B. Fleming: 5, J. Eder, 6, P. Koch: 7, A Schuttg B, A. Hart: 9, R. Bernthalg IO, U. Wittenberg, ll, B. Laffertyg IZ, R. Berg: 13, j. Keller- Captaing I4, j. Melchior: I5, R. Boecler: I6, A. Flachsbart. Om- Hundrud Ninety Roosevelt played its greatest game in losing to Soldan, Public High Champions, by a score of 33 to 32. Soldan held the lead for two quarters, finally were tied Zl-Zl by the fighting Roosevelt contingent. The Rough Riders then secured the lead, and were winning. just as the timer was raising his gun to fire, Soldan slipped in a basket to win 33-32. l Captain jack Melchior again led the team in scoring with ten points. ln pre-season competition Roosevelt won two, defeating Bayless and Southwest, but also lost two, one to McBride and one to South Side High. ln league competition Roosevelt won two games, overwhelming South- west and Blewett, but was defeated by Cleveland, McKinley, Central, Soldan, and Beaumont. The Rough Riders were given sixth place for the I939-l940 basketball season. Coach Lorenzen awarded letters to Captain .lack Melchior, .lim Keller, Bob Nelson, and Art Flachsbart, all hard-playing forwards: Herb Sliger and Bill Haskenhoff, centers, Bob Boecler and john Moore, guards. Managers Eugene C Bud J Paust and George Spala, for their capable, assistance were awarded letters. As Flachsbart, Boecler, Sliger, Keller, and Melchior expect to return next season, Coach Lorenzen will have experienced players for a championship team, and will have comparatively easy sailing to that l94I championship. JACK ROBBIN Q VW l One Hundred Ninelysonc BASEBALL TEAM Row l+R. Gaydos, R. Schamburg, W. Coldak, T. Simokaitis. Row 2fT. Clauss, B. Truscheit, J. Robison, H. Becker, N. Sweet, F. Weiner, F. Maierhoeffer, W. How, H. Rombach. Row 3-A. Dieckmann. J. Boulch, K. Callawaert, G. Kallmeyer, C. Gradl, R. Morrow, T. Smith, R Young -I Adams j Hall C h C l . , . , . . oac ar son. Row 4-A. Aldrich, J. Melchior, A. Baisch. BASEBALL-1940 The Roosevelt team of l940, with Harry Becker and Ralph Schamburg as co-captains, came out of this year's competition in third place. Mr. Carl- son's skillful coaching developed a fine team out of the able candidates who presented themselves, with the five lettermen who returned this year as a center. If our team had only started clicking together at the beginning of the season, Roosevelt would have been a much more serious threat for the championship. As it was, the team won three and lost two of its practice games. Here are the scores: Roosevelt 7, University City 5. Roosevelt 3, University City l l. Roosevelt l, Normandy 3. Roosevelt l, Christian Brothers' College H. S. 0. Roosevelt 6, McBride 4. ln league competition the team dropped three games, but scored victories over some of the most powerful opponents. The following are the box scores for the league games. One Hundred Ninety-two Roosevelt 4, Central 5 Roosevelt I I, Beaumont I0 A. B. R. H. ' I 0 Weiner, c. f ...........,, 2 Becker, 2 b .,,...,,..... 3 I 2 Sweet, s. s. ,.......,.... 3 0 I Schamburg, p., 3 b.3 0 I How, r. f. ,.......,.... 2 0 0 Gaydos, 3 In ..4.......,.. I 0 0 Maierhofer, I. f ....... 3 I I Cradl, I b. .......,..... 3 0 0 Coldak, c. 4.....,....... 3 I I Robinson, p. .......... 2 2 0 Roosevelt 4, Southwest 8 A.B. . H. ' o Welner, c. f ........... 4 Sweet, I B. ...,,.,..,... 3 Becker, 2 I: ....,........ 4 Schamburg, s.a., l.f.Z 2 R 0 0 I 2 How, r. f... ........,. 0 Truscheit, I. f ......... 0 0 0 0 I 0 0 I Golclak, c. ...........,. . Tichacek, p. ......,., . Carlson, c. ........... . Khoury, s. s ........ 0 I I 0 3 I Gaydos, 3 In .,.,..,.,,... 3 0 2 0 Robinson, p. .....,..., I 0 2 I 0 0 0 0 I I Maierhofer, c. ..... . Roosevelt 7, McKinley 0 E. A. B. R. H 0 Truscheit, I. f ......... 3 I I 0 Becker, 2 In ............. 3 2 I 2 Caydos, 3 I: ............. 4 I I I Schamburg, p. .. .. 3 3 2 0 How, r. f ............,. .,4 I I I Nlaierhofer, c. . ..,... 3 I I 0 Sweet, I b. ......,...,.. 4 I I 0 Weiner, c. f ....,,.,... 4 I 2 I Khoury, s. s ...,....... 2 0 0 0 Tichacek, p. .,......,. 0 0 0 Robinson, p. ...., ...0 0 0 E. Roosevelt 7, Blewett 9 3 A. B. R. H 0 Truscheit, I B ..,...,.. 3 0 0 0 Sweet, s. s. ,...,,.... ..4 0 2 0 Gayclos, 3 Ia... ..... .4 0 0 I Schamhurg, p. ...... 3 I 0 I How, r. f .......,......... 3 I I 0 Maierhofer, c. ,.....,. 4 I 2 0 Becker, 2 b ........,..,. 4 2 2 0 Weiner, c. f ............. 4 I I 0 Clauss, I. f .,,..,....... 4 I I 0 Robinson, p. .......... 0 0 0 0 Tichacek, p. ...,.,.... 0 0 0 Roosevelt I0, Solclan 5 A. B. R. H. E. A- B- R- H Khoury, 5, 3 ,,,,,,,,,,, 4 0 0 0 Truscheit, I IJ., I. f.5 3 2 Weiner, c. f ...........,. 4 I I 0 BCCICCY, 2 ID ------------. 3 I I Becker, 2 Ia ...........,. 4 0 0 0 Sweet. 3 IJ-1 I IJ --.v- 4 I 2 Schamburg, p. ...... 4 I I 0 Schaumburg, P- ---.-- 4 2 2 How, r. f ....,..,..,...... 4 I I 0 How. r. I -........-..--... 4 I 2 Gaydos, 3 In ............. 3 I I 0 Maierhofer, I.f., c.,.3 0 I Nlaierhofer, e. .....,., 3 I 2 0 Weiner, c. f .....,..... 4 0 I Sweet, I IJ. ..,.......... 3 I 2 I Khoury, s. s ....,...... 3 0 I Truscheit, I. f ..... ...3 I I 0 Colclak, c. ........... .3 2 2 Roosevelt I0, Cleveland I A. B. R. H. E. Truscheit, I. f ......... 3 2 2 I Becker, 2 Ia .,,.......... 4 I I 0 Sweet, I b ............. 3 0 I 0 Schamburg, p. ,..... 4 I I 0 How, r. f ..........,..,... 2 I I 0 Maierhofer, c. ........ 3 I 2 0 Weiner, c. f .,......... 3 I 2 0 Khoury, s. s ........... 4 ' I I 0 Caydos, 3 b ............. I I 0 0 These are the season's batting averages. Batting Innings A. B. H. R. Avg. Truscheit, Bob ....... .......... 4 I 22 9 7 .409 Becker, Harry ......... ...... 4 9 26 9 8 .34I Sweet, Norman .. ....... .,..... 4 9 24 II 3 .458 Schamburg, Ralph ...... ....... 4 9 23 I0 I0 .435 How, William ....................,. 49 22 I3 6 . .59I Maierhofer, Frank .............. 46 20 9 6 .450 Weiner, Frank ,..., ..... ...,... 4 9 22 7 5 .3IB Gaydos, Russell ....,.. ...,... 4 2 I8 4 6 .222 Khoury, George ..... .,..,.. 3 4 I5 4 I .267 Coldak, Walter ....... ....... I 6 4 I I .250 Robinson, james ....,... ..,.... I I I .... .... . .000 Tichacek, Kenneth .............. 7 2 .... .... . .000 Hall, joe, Manager Dieckmann, Arnold, Manager BOB CARNEY One Hundred Ninety lhree GIRLS' PLAY-DAY J,-Q HIS year on May 23, over seven hundred girls participated in Play- Day. As you know, Play-Day is the day of every year when the girls of Roosevelt High are dismissed from their afternoon classes to have a rollicking good time playing' games on the campus. Girls of every term had been eagerly awaiting this day of day, anxiously wondering if there would be rain or if the sun would be too hot. Plans were made to drag out the family thermos jug to carry water in, get a particularly sour lemon to suck, put up hair, apply sunburn cream lavishly, and don sunglasses and bandanas, as well as the traditional white socks, tennis shoes, and blue gym suits with the huge number of the team pinned to the front. At the close of the fourth period, all girls participating rushed down to a hasty lunch, after which they dressed and went out onto the field. This year there were fifty-six teams, each led by a captain and supervised by a sponsor. The sponsor was designated by a red and white number and the captain by an underlined black and white number. The teams lined up in order around the track and waited for the bugles to announce the beginning of the Posture Parade. For the first time in the history of Play-Day, Mr. l-lahnel's band led the Posture Parade around the track and past the judges who chose the winning teams. What a stirring picture the girls made as, five abreast and each in step, they marched to the vigorous music of the band! Then the bugles were blown and each team went to a different part of the campus to start the games. The old favorites, baseball and horseshoes, were played on the Held. Something exciting was always going on: various races and tossing games One Hundred Ninety-four took place, shuffle-board, jumping rope, and volley-ball were some of the games played on the tennis courts. Whenever the bugles blew, it was the signal to go to the position for the next game. When the last game had been enjoyed to its utmost, when the bugles blew the last blast of the day, all the teams trooped into the lunchroom for the treat of an ice-cream sandwich. Miss Varian, who worked very hard to make Play-Day possible and who was largely responsible for its success, was lustily cheered by the girls. Miss Watt and Miss Caresche were also cheered for their part in making the afternoon enjoyable. Then the girls dressed and went their way home, bringing to a close one of the biggest and best events of the school year. AUDREY BOELLING .ii i t SPRING TENNIS To the numerous tennis players attending Roosevelt, spring tennis activities offered an excellent opportunity to test themselves against capable opposi- tion. So much of such opposition turned out for the tennis tournament that Coach Lorenzen was kept busy for several weeks merely marking match results upon two large charts and rematching happy winners, and also tempo- rarily despondent losers fin consolation classy, for there were no less than 72 participants. The tournament was held to uncover all tennis material which was lurking in any of the hundred Roosevelt dungeons. Freshmen and Sophomores participated in one series of court duels, juniors and New Seniors in another. After the competition began, the Rough Rider courts were the scene of constant rivalry, and although rivalry was friendly, many a tense moment there was, moments when the slip of a foot or the delay of a fraction of a second might lose the point, perhaps even the set or the match. As the tournament advanced, more and more, all the players' previous success was at stake in each match. The climax of the play was the varsity tourney in which the winners of the tournament and last year's lettermen swatted it out for top honors. The boys were now subjected to a strenuous test indeed. The first ten in tennis, as finally determined by Coach Lorenzen, were Fears, Cross, Davidson, Strother, Eder, Katich, Prenzel, Harper, Bennett, Mainz, and Lafferty who withdrew from the tourney due to illness. From these men the team was to be chosen in the fall. The team of Strothers and Davidson sparkled in the doubles tournament in which they were undefeated. MICHAEL WALDNER One Hundred Ninety-live SWIMMING, 1939-1940 Well, here we have it again! Roosevelt has won again! This year our swimming team has outdone itself. Coached by Mr. Kenney it has won the City Championship, the State Championship, and the Washington Medley Relays. As a result three shining new trophies have been added to our already large collection of trophies. Our swimming team won all the dual meets by large scores, and also had a large margin in both the City and State meets, 30 and 22 point leads respectively. ln the preliminaries at the City meet, Calvin Gray set two new records: 24.7 for the 50-yarcl free style race, and 54.9 for the 100-yard free style race. ln the finals our relay team also set a new record, reducing the time for the 200-yard free style relay to l :48.4. This is the way the boys placed in the events: Calvin Gray-First in the 50 and l00-yard free style races at both the City and State meets. Ray Becker-Second in the 50-yard free style races at both the City and State meets. John Milan-First in the l00-yard breast stroke races at both the City and State meets. , Lee Clauss-Second in the l00-yard breast stroke races at both the City and State meets. Bob Patterson-Second in the l00-yard back stroke at both the City and State meets. Elmer Hasse-Second in the l00-yard free style race at the City meet and third in the same event at the State meet. Ralph Ruff-Third in the 200-yard free style race at the City meet. George Liesman-Fourth in the l00-yard back stroke race at the City meet. Bill Glenn-Second in diving at both the City and State meets. Dick Tuchschmidt-Fourth in diving at City meet. Denver Gray-Third in breast stroke at the State meet. Also, the l50-yard medley relay team composed of Patterson, Rothen- berg, and Clauss won first place at City and State meets, and the 200-yard free style relay team composed of Hasse, Ruff, Rothenberg, and Becker was first at the City meet and second at the State meet. We, as Rooseveltians, should be proud of the boys on our swimming team for their fine performances this last season, and also we extend our thanks to Coach Kenney, who, in his first year at Roosevelt, has given us three new cups. i Bob Patterson and Lee Clauss have been elected as co-captains for the new season of l940-4I, and let's hope that the team will show up as well in the coming year as it did in the last. More power to you, boys! ROBERT MEYER One Hundred Ninety-six ,allk FIELD DAY VIEWS Om, H FIELD DAY AUDITORIUM SESSION On the morning of May 24, I940, as the band played a rousing march, the entire student body of Roosevelt swept noisily into the auditorium. Excite- ment was a common ailment that day, and the school suffered an epidemic of enthusiasm. This was the BIG day on which everyone knew Roosevelt would win the Track Meet for the thirteenth consecutive time. But a more immediate thrill awaited this boisterous audience-the crowning of the track Queen. Seated on the stage were Mr. Ammerman, our three illustrious coaches, Mr. Neeb, Mr. Granger, and Mr. Kuntz, and the mayor, Bob Naert. The curtains parted. A general intake of breath was heard as each dazzled eye met the glittering red and white beauty of the Rough Rider throne. The retiring queen, Miss Gloria Raney, held that place of honor, flanked on the right by the Pep R girls and on the left by Roosevelt's pride and joy, the track team. The first few moments of the aud session were spent in raising deafening cheers for Mr. Ammerman, Miss Raney, the team, the coaches, and Pep R. Suddenly a blare of trumpets pierced the air. All turned heads to the rear of the aud. Slowly the candidates for queen, Ruth Echardt, June Breen, Bonnie Grueber, Dorothy Hahn, Gertrude Lange, and Jean Linder, walked toward the stage. Here, indeed, was proof of the rumor' that selecting the queen had been quite a job! But, as all could see, Jean Linder wore the red robe of royalty. Roosevelt's mayor stepped forward to escort the new queen to the flower decked throne, before which each maid of honor had curtsied low. jean knelt to receive her crown from the retiring queen, and then assuming her place upon the throne, the new regent was heartily greeted by long, loud cheers. And let me assure, you that even the most blase student was properly impressed by this momentous occasion. The induction of the new Queen of Roosevelt having been completed, Coach Neeb, as master of ceremonies, introduced the first athletic hero. The spotlight then focused upon the captain of the midget team, Ed Williams, who promised his team's best effort at the Track Meet. Ed was succeeded by Kenny Linzeman. captain of the junior team, and Calvin Gray, Roosevelt's track star and the captain of the senior team. Both speakers pledged a sincere effort to win the trophies. Coach Kuntz and Coach Granger in turn, cautioned the students against over-confidence, but ,simply failed to dampen the general expectation of victory. Mr. Ammerman assured the boys and girls that the best way to help the team was to lend loyal support. The auditorium session closed with the singing of the Alma Mater. The music was supplied by the Roosevelt Band under the able direction of Mr. Hahnel. And then each boy and girl hurried, with confident heart, to the buses. MARGARET NICKOLAUS One Hundred Nintey-eight TRACK TEAM THIRTEEN IS NOT UNLUCKY For the thirteenth consecutive time, the Crimson and White flashed to victory in the lnterscholastic Track and Field Meet. Spurred on by fast competition, the Rough Riders. in the closing races, increased their lead to win with I09M points while Beaumont, the closest threat, got IOZM4 points. The Senior assault was lead by Erwin Teich and Captain C. Cray. Teich lowered the 220-yard dash record of 22.2 seconds, which had been estab- lished for twenty-one years, to 2l.9 seconds, and also captured first place in the l00-yard dash. Calvin Gray lowered the half-mile record to 2:01 :9 minutes after getting second place in the quarter mile. The Rough Riders were well represented in the hurdling events by Wallis and Parks. Parks also captured second place in the half mile. Paule, Kells, and the relay team added the necessary points to win the Senior Divisional Trophy by half a point. Though the Junior Team was unable to win the divisional championship, the boys collected the essential points to help win the lnterscholastic Cham- pionship. Captain Linzeman turned in a creditable performance by getting second and third places in the 50 and IOO-yard dashes, respectively. Moore heaved the eight-pound shot put into second place, while Stewart gained first place in the pole vault by sliding over the bar at IOM feet. Ott, Wandersee, D. Gray, Fleming, Odenwald, and Mullins helped to round up the points in the Junior Division also. Om- llumlrml Nim-lil-n 7 TRACK POINT WINNERS Row If-H, Carlstrom, C. Leighton, E, Williams, R. Paillou, j. Hensel, A. Wychel. Row 2-R. Taylor, lllish, L. Stark, H. Parks, K. Linzeman, C, Mitchell, E. Teich, G. Heideman. Row ifCoach Granger, L. Stuart, E. Cochran, C. Odenwald, R. Durand, R. Young, T. Moore, E. Wallis, Coach Kuntz. Row 47R. Fleming, R. Otto, C. Opperman, R. Ott, j. Kells, C. Gray, R. Mullins, D. Schmitz, E. v' Xin . s v .KK 'S 1.1. l LA. 1.4.1, A f 1-lf' . -Lp X A Wandersee, A. Paule. The Midget Team, under the able leadership of Coach Kuntz, was instru- mental in winning the Champions-hip this year. The thirty-five points the Midgets gained not only averaged five points in each event but also captured the Midget Divisional Championship. Captain Williams, who captured first place in the high jump, second place in the low hurdles, and third place in , the 50-yard dash, collected sixteen points by himself. A first place in the broad jump by Carlstrom, a third place in the high jump by Leighton, a third place in the 75-yard dash by Palliou, and two fifth places in the low hurdles and shot-put were the sources of the Midgets' points. Much credit is due Coach Granger and to his able assistant, Mr. Kuntz, for their skillful managing and turning out championship teams year after year. CARL KOHL BYRON LEONARD I Two Hundred VOLLEY-BALL, SPRING, 1940 The I940 Volley-ball Season was a successful one for' Roosevelt, with the junior team winning the city championship and the Senior team tying Southwest High for second place in the South St. Louis division. The members of the teams were chosen from the various teams that participated in the volley-ball tournament at Roosevelt. The Senior team ended the season with two victories and two defeats, while the junior team gained four victories and one reverse fa victory is winning two out of three gamesl. Much credit is due Mr. Lorenzen for his excellent coaching of the volley-ball team. The scores for the Senior games are as follows: Roosevelt ..........,...,...,..... 9 Southwest .,,.... I 5 Roosevelt ,.....,.. ....., I 5 Southwest .... 8 Roosevelt ......... ....., I 5 Southwest .... 7 Roosevelt ...,..... ...... 8 Cleveland ,...,.. I 5 Roosevelt ......... ...,,. I 0 Cleveland ....... I 5 Roosevelt .....,... ,..... I 5 McKinley ...... ......, I 2 Roosevelt i........ ..... I 5 McKinley ,..... ..., 7 PLAY-O-FFS' ' Roosevelt .,....... .,.... 0 Cleveland ,,...... I 5 Roosevelt, . .. . .. ,..,4.i I2 Cleveland ..,. . .,,...... I 5 The Senior team was composed of the following members: Bob Boecler. Captain, Frank Wiener, Robert Young, James Trippensee, Ken Coebel,Charles Eccert, Bill Howe, Russell Morrow, Don Banes, William Krummel and Walter Schlinkman. The following are the results of the Junior games: Roosevelt .......,........,,...... I 0 Southwest ..,..... I 5 Roosevelt ...,,.,. ,,.... I 4 Southwest ........ I 6 Roosevelt ,....... ...... C leveland .,.,.... I 5 Roosevelt ........ .,.,... I 5 Cleveland ........ I 2 Roosevelt ..... ., ,...... I 5 Cleveland ...,.... I 2 Roosevelt ....,... ...... I 5 McKinley ,.,.. 2 Roosevelt ,.,,... .,..,. I 5 McKinley ,.... Q 7 PLAY-OF F S Roosevelt .....,,. ...........,. I 5 Southwest ........ I 2 Roosevelt ...,.............,...... I 5 Southwest ....,... I 0 Roosevelt CHAMPIONSHIP GAME Roosevelt ......,, .,,.... I 8 Roosevelt ..,. ,.,,....I5 Central .... Central ................. Central ,.,.,.,.I5 I The junior Champions are as follows: Dale Smith, Captain, James Huck- step, Jack Coymerac, Vernon Warfel, Roy Dietz, Ken Scherer, Lloyd McCoy, Gene Williams, Don Schultz, and Stanley Hack. X g GEORGE SPALA 6-141.16 lj Two Hundred One l MS FOOTBALL TEAM Row I K. Robb, Ii. Spence, P. Anderson, R. Whitworth, J. Schallert, C. Becker, A. Lieberman. Row 2 R. Morrow, R. iiiggenbottom. R. Schwartz, F, Nleierhoffer, D. Carlson, W. Krummel, ll. Rehling, S. Takis, R. Wariiizxn. ,X ow 5- M. ileifner, T. Moore, C. Eccher. A. Katisch, H, Pennington. G. Pickles, J. lllish, -I. Trippen- see, R. Koch, Mr, Carlson, Smith, Waterboy. R M 4' C. Stevenson. Manager, R. Young, Manager, L. Linn, Manager, R, Ott, R, Weiist, Onanian. X Tichacek, Coachhiienny. A I FOOTBALL AT ROOSEVELT Under the capable leadership of Mr. Carlson, who was assisted by Mr. Kenny, Mr. Kuntz, and Mr. Close, the i940 squad proved to be a hard fighting team, but due to injuries to six first team players, did not show their full strength until late in the season. Roosevelt won one non-league game and lost one: in the league games the Rough Riders traveled to one victory, a tie, and four defeats. ROOSEVELT I 4-MCBRIDE 0 Before a very fine crowd Roosevelt opened its i940 football season with a I4-O victory over a fast McBride eleven. Roosevelt first scored in the second quarter when Ralph Whitworth passed to Sam Takis on the five-yard line from which the latter ran over for a touchdown. Walter Krumrnel place- kicked the extra point. The Rough Riders again scored when Ralph Whit- worth returned a punt fifty yards for another touchdown. Again Krummel place-kicked the extra point. The passing of Whitworth, plunging of Captain Joe Schallert, and the great defense of our eleven were the outstanding features of the game. 'litter llurvdrud 'l'tL'u BEAUMONT 27-ROOSEVELT 0 Roosevelt and Beaumont opened the I940 Public I-Iigh School League schedule in a night game at the Public School Stadium. Roosevelt, playing one of the best and biggest teams in the district, lost a hard-fought game. Two of Beaumont's touchdowns were rather lucky, one coming on a blocked kick and another on an intercepted pass. ROOSEVELT 6-ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL I9 The Rough Riders were handed their second defeat of the season by the champions of the city Prep League, St. Louis University High. The boys put up a strong resistance, but the Junior Billikens were just a little too strong for our weakened line-up. Four of our first team men were out of the line-up because of injuries suffered in the Beaumont game. Powers did most of the running for St. Louis and our speedy Star back, Whitworth did most of the passing for Roosevelt. Late in the last period, Whitworth crossed the St. Louis goal line for our only score. I CLEVELAND 7-ROOSEVELT 0 The Cleveland football team handed Roosevelt its third straight defeat of the season by the score of 7-0. The Rough Riders played a fine game but were considerably outweighed by the Cleveland Orange and Blue. Cleveland scored its only touchdown early in the first quarter on a continuous march down the field. The second quarter displayed the firmness of RooseveIt's defense as Cleveland continually pounded against our strongly-held line. Our Rough Riders opened an attack in the third and fourth periods, but an injury to Anderson in the third quarter and the dropping of a thirty-yard pass from Whitworth in the fourth ended Roosevelt's hopes for victory. ROOSEVELT 0-SOLDAN 26 On October l9, I940, a hard-fighting Rough Rider eleven went down before the powerful champions of the city league, Soldan. The boys held their own in the first quarter, the ball moving up and down the field with neither team threatening, but when the speedy Soldan back, Tom Lombardo, was sent into the game, the Tigers promptly tallied. From then on, Soldan showed a marked superiority with most of the ground-gaining clone by Lom- bardo and his big running mate, Marko Todorovich. As usual, Ralph Whit- worth showed some fine passing. Luck was against the boys, but they took their defeat with a fine spirit. - SOUTHWEST 20-ROOSEVELT 0 Three touchdowns and two extra points proved to be the margin of victory as the Southwest team defeated our Rough Riders 20-0. In the first quarter it seemed as though Roosevelt had a chance of win- ning, for Southwest never really threatened our goal. But in the second period the Southwest squad was decidedly the stronger team and as a result of a touchdown by way of passes made the score of Southwest 6-Roosevelt 0. Two Hundred Three I Galimberti of Southwest showed excellent playing and in the first few minutes of the third quarter had gone over for a touchdown. Winkler con- verted the extra point which increased Southwest's lead to I3-0. Southwest's final tally came in the fourth quarter when Galemberti again went across for a goal. The try for the extra point was good. Our boys should be congratulated on their fine spirit and sportsmanship. ROOSEVELT 7-McKINLEY 7 Playing one of their best games of the season, the Rough Riders tied the highly-favored team of lVlcKniley. In the first quarter Roosevelt was decidedly the superior team, for the playing was consistently in the opponent's territory. The second quarter was a replica of the first with McKinley resorting to a passing offense. At the end of the third quarter the score was still tied at 0-0. But in the fourth and final quarter, aseries of gains for Roosevelt put the ball deep in lVlcKinley's territory. Schallert then plunged over for a touchdown, after which Krummel won the extra point. McKinley came right back and also carried the ball down the field to the twenty-yard line where a pass resulted in a touchdown. Kerkeris converted the extra point for McKinley. On the kick-off, Whitworth ran the ball back to lVlcKinley's twenty, but the game ended in a tie just after one of our passes had been intercepted. ROOSEVELT I 9-CENTRAL O Our fighting Roosevelt team won its first league game in an easy victory over Central. Every spectator knew from the opening whistle to the closing gun that Roosevelt had a much superior team. Whitworth's pass to lllish on the three-yard line set up the Hrst Rough Rider touchdown, and two plays later, Whitworth plunged over the goal line. ln the third period Whitworth plunged through the Central line for a touchdown. Because of splendid blocking, which was shown throughout the game by our eleven, Whitworth crossed the goal line for the third time in the game. Higginbotham and Don Carlson also played unusually well. NORTH 33-SOUTH I9 A novel relay type game between the four south side and three north side schools was played to raise money for the benefit of injured athletes. Roosevelt started for the south and won thirteen points via touchdowns by Schallert and Whitworth and a conversion by Walter Krummel. The Central team scored a touchdown when Morgan received a Roosevelt kick-off and threw a backward pass to Newsham, who raced to the Rough Rider goal. McKinley was the only other team to score for the south side as Southwest and Cleveland defended the goal against the north side's two powerful elevens, Beaumont and Soldan. These two teams added twenty-seven points to the north side's total: Soldan contributed fourteen points, and Beaumont accounted for thirteen. Two Hundred Four This year Roosevelt had a team that seemed to improve as the season progressedg if the Roosevelt eleven had been able to play all the teams in the league again after the regular season, it would not have been surprising to see an undefeated Rough Rider team. Because of this great showing in the later games, much can be expected next year. Our center, Don Carlson, and Ralph Whitworth were given honorable mention on the all-district football team. This year Roosevelt had an evenly balanced eleven with a good offensive attack. Joe Schallert was chosen captain. The following is the Roosevelt line-up as used in I940: L. E. Morrow, Takis R. E.. l-ligginbotham L. T. Rehling B. Anderson, Trippensee l... G. Krummel, Robb L. H. Whitworth C. Carlson R. H. Becker R. G. Maierhofer F. B. Schallert R. T. Schwartz ROGER BERG ROBERT BERNTHAL CHARLES STEVENSON N I ffiani , , N, ff 1 X f -1 . 1 'XX Q 1 v N lr' ' u N-'T GIRLS' ATHLETICS A new arrangement for girls' athletics is being tried out this year, Sep- tember, l940-june, l94l. ln place of the regular clubs for basketball, volley-ball, and other activities. all girls wishing to play a certain game come out an afternoon that is set aside for their term. The first and second term pupils have Tuesday, and the third-to-eighth term pupils have Wednesday. Friday is reserved for the swimming team. From September until Thanksgiving, volley-ball is offered. December until March will find basketball and individual sports scheduled. The time from April until the end of the school year is set aside for softball. ln this way we hope to reach more girls, and it is the hope of the depart- ment to get every girl interested in at least one activity. The Monday afternoon dancing class is likewise an experiment. lf the aims of the Music and Physical Education Departments are accomplished, the class may be opened to any pupil. At present it is limited to those in the musical organizations. A square dance class will be organized at Thanksgiving. Badminton is to be offered for Thursdays. Two Hundred Five FALL TENNIS Every fall, the Public High Schools of St. Louis hold a tennis tournament. This year, although the Rough Riders failed to add another tennis trophy to their already huge collection of cups, they had a definitely successful season, gaining third place. The Roosevelt representatives and tennis lettermen for 1940 were Captain Gene Fears, Robert Cross, and Sam Strother, singles players: and joseph Eder and Robert Harper, doubles players. The tournament, held at the Jefferson Memorial Courts in Forest Park, was of the round-robin variety, in which each school played every other school three singles matches and a doubles match. Scoring was on the basis of matches won and lost. Roosevelt got off on the right foot by defeating Blewett 3 to I in the opening round. This auspicious start was reinforced by victories over Central and Southwest, whose teams were unable to hand our men a single defeat. Beaumont, the champion, was the only school to conquer Roosevelt. Un- daunted by this turn of events, the team proceeded to overpower Cleveland with a shut-out victory. The two defeats Soldan sustained by Roosevelt dropped Soldan out of a first place tie with Beaumont. ln the final round Roosevelt downed McKinley 3 to I. The results for the individual players were: Won Lost Captain Gene Fears . 6 I Robert Cross ........,......,.,. ..... 4 3 Sam Strother .... ...................,...,.,,.....,....,.,.....,....,,... 4 2 Robert Harper-Joe Eder ............ ..... ....... .,...,.....,... 6 I Bob Lafferty fsubstituting for Strother in McKinley roundl .........,.....,.......,....,.,,...,......,,..,..,.,...,,. ,...,..., 0 I ' ' CARL KOHL MICHAEL WALDNER GOLF At Roosevelt the I940 golf season was inaugurated in a match against Cleveland. ln this match the Rough Rider golfers made a good showing and lost only by the .narrowest of margins. Harold Rundle turned in an excellent round of 40 for the nine holes. A return match was not completed due to darkness which made it difficult for the players to follow the ball. The two teams were very nearly even when play was stopped. The Public High Schools golf tournament held at the Forest Park golf links on the Saturdays of October I9 and 26, and in which six school par- ticipated, left the Roosevelt team in the cellarug however, the margin which Cleveland held over our team was again very small. The Roosevelt golfers and Iettermen for I940 are Howard Henderson, Don Gemming, Tom Gould, Don Meyer, Joe Schwartz, Vernon Warfel, Harold Rundle, and Norman Violet. MICHAEL WALDNER CARL KOHL Two Hundred Six I fx 7ff'Lf k,Mq,4AJfV4- V We -,fkyi l 3 ,Quin ling so N.. WHEN I WAS VERY YOUNG Surprises are few and far between but here is a surprise in, of all places, the humor section! Now, all people like to hear of the foolish antics of their fellow-beings when they were young and giddy. So Bwana is presenting the When I Was Very Young section for your enjoyment. We hope you like the anecdotesl 1 1 1 We had been living in the country for two years when this incident occurred. It was the last day of school, and I was walking home alone for the last time, for next year Dorothy Ann, my sister, would start to school. I was nearly bursting with the joy of spring and the delicious feeling' of being free. The long-awaited vacation had at last arrived, and next fall I would be in the fourth grade. I was swinging my lunch box back and forth as I neared home. Suddenly, I saw something in the road! Lunch box forgotten, I stood there screaming. Mother came running and, when she saw what I had thought to be a ferocious wild animal, she took me in her arms and laughed so hard she almost cried. Now, when she tells the story it's very embarrassing, for my man-eating animal was only a scared ground-hog. BERNYCE STOVALL 1 1 1 When I was very young, I was fascinated by birds and wondered what made them Hy. I hoped that I would be able to catch one and give it a thorough inspection: but every time I came near one, it would fly away. Finally someone told me that if I sprinkled salt on the bird's tail, I would SEQ, F easily be able to catch it. Armed with my W I ' X Q l F l mother's salt shaker, I hid behind a tree. I 1 I I 4 Finally, after a long wait, a bird flew to the ,Q I crumbs I had placed near the tree. I re- : ' 1 moved the cap from the salt shaker and threw its contents on the poor bird. Imagine my disappointment when the bird flew away instead of falling over as I had ex- pected. BYRON LEONARD Two Hundred Eight I I 1 I When I was very young, I had one of the most breath-taking experiences of my life. At that time, I lived on a wee little farm in northern Kentucky with i 5 my grandmother. Here my happy days were spent, ig' tomboy as I was, playing marbles, and cops and rob- Q x 3' I- bersng but as I reached the grown-up age of six, I gs ,I became more dignified and, consequently, learned the I' arts of rope-jumping and swinging. It was the latter yo that brought that frightful experience. One summer . ,Lf . day, while I was gaily swinging, I heard a rustle in the Tb leaves of the old apple tree: then, in one, two, and fi :W finally three bounds, a small garter snake jumped from the tree, to my head, then to my lap. You can imagine the shrieks that filled the yard as I ran breathlessly to my grandmother. ALMA RICHARDS 1 1 1 As a child of three, I was quite precocious. At least that is what my parents tell me, because of my absorbing interest in books. In fact, at that tender age, so they tell me, I had gone through my grandmothers entire bookcase. Mother tried to keep me from it, and now I regret that I did not listen to her. Why? Because I still have a scar on my left arm where I went through the glass door of the bookcase. CHARLOTTE WETFEROTH I I I When I was just a little girl, my aunt brought me a lovely doll with movable eyes, a china head, and real hair. ln honor of my aunt I called the doll Flora. Although Flora was almost as large as I was, I had her with me constantly. Soon Flora showed signs of my affections. Une day while mother was entertaining some guests, I decided that they would like to see Flora, so, as large and soiled as she was, I dragged her by her hair into the living room. When I reached the door, I discovered that I had only a wig in my hand. I Hed into my mother's arms, screaming as though I had seen some sort of terror. My mother could not understand me and thought me to be ill. Finally, after a thorough search, the remains of Flora were found. For some time after that incident, all that my mother had to do to make me an Angel Child was to show me the doll-less wig. MARJORIE ERLINCER Two Hundred Nim' A long, long time ago, when I was in kindergarten, I used to take the utmost delight in shopping with my mother. Then one bright day I felt that I should help herg so when she was busy giving the clerk her order, I made the rounds of the store, putting a handful of beans, one banana, one apple, and a candy bar into my coat pockets. On the way home I astonished my mother by pulling from my pockets the various articles. Immediately she wheeled me around, and back we marched to the store where l had to apolo- gize to the clerk. MARY OCKER 1 1 1 Twelve years ago, when I was a little lad in a Buster Brown suit, my mother sent me to the store to buy her a spool of white thread. To the American boy or girl this was not a difficult assignment, but to me it was a real problem, for at that time I was unable to speak or understand a single word of the English language. I was in this dilemma because I had arrived in the United States from my birthplace in Czechoslovakia a few weeks prior to this incident and, since I spoke the Czechoslovakian tongue only, you can readily understand my reasons for not being familiar with the American vernacular. Being a good little boy, however, I did as I was told and boldly entered a tiny confectionery situated on the corner of the block in which I resided. Once inside, I stepped up to the counter and asked for a spool of thread in my native language. The perplexed proprietor began to speak to me in English, but the words he uttered seemed to be merely meaningless sounds, so I arrived at the simple conclusion that this man standing before me was hopelessly insane. Again I requested that he sell me a spool of white thread, but he persisted in speaking his strange dialect. Finally, he realized that I could not talk English, so he proceeded to point to the various articles in the store, hoping thus to find the item I wanted. This did not bear the desired fruit. Finally, his face lit up in smiles as he seemed to have a bright idea. I-Ie went to a cabinet and brought out the most tempting array of chocolate candy I had ever seen. This was not what mother wanted, but to me it was a very suitable substitute. Alas! I yielded to temptation and bought the candy, ate it, and went home empty-handed, but with contented stomach. Mother, after a few pointed questions, soundly spanked me with the hard back of a hairbrush. As a result of this paddling, I could not sit down comfortably for several hours. Ever since that momentous shopping errand, I have regarded the innocent proprietor of the shop the Ogre who was responsible for my grief, and I never again entered his confectionery. G. P. SPALA Two Hundred Ten When I was very young an incident hap- pened to me that I am sure I shall never forget. qu-Z It was at my first school picnic. When we l arrived at the park, I was immediately en- ? chanted with the merry-go-round. I have al- ways had a deep love for horses: and when G I saw that merry-go-round, I was filled with joy. I bought a ticket or rather--I should say Q --a group of tickets for that ride. I rode the merry-go-round all morning and all afternoon. I just rode and rode and rode. As the after- ---55. noon advanced, I became very sick. However, X my love for the merry-go-round prevailed. I stayed on it until I was forced to get off by V4 my parents. This was certainly my best adven- f7 ture when I was young. I WALTER OSTERKAMP 1' fl X' J U Y 1 f When I was about ten or eleven--I forget which-what I wanted most for Christmas was an erector set. Therefore, whenever possible I brought up the subject of erector sets and praised their advantages not only to myself as an entertainment, but to my parents as a mischief preventer CI really admitted that at times I was mischievouslf One day my aunt CI hesitate to call her my aunt-she was really no more than fifteen or sixteen at the time, more like a playmate, asked me what I wanted for Christmas. An erector set, I immediately replied. An erector set? What do you need an erector set for? she asked. Why, I saw an erector set in your mother's bedroom closet. I told her I didn't believe her, and that this was but another of her efforts to tease meg but, nevertheless, the next opportunity I had to examine the bedroom closet I did so. And, sure enough, the erector set was there! I was naturally delighted to find the erector set there, but surprised and curious to know how my aunt knew. The next time I saw her I took her aside and asked how she knew the erector set was in the closet. Was it really there? she asked. Isn't that funny? I didn't know the set was there: I was just kidding you. And really this is true. HAROLD HEYE. Two Hundred Eleven When I was very, very young, fire engines greatly excited and amused me, and since the engine house was close to my home, scarcely a single day passed that I didn't run to the front window to watch the engines whiz by. One day I heard the alarm: I quickly ran to the window as did also my older brother. When the engines had passed and their sirens no longer were to be heard, my brother remarked, 'il think they turned up Miami. I, thinking that Miami was two words, one my the other ami , and that ami was some street or alley which my brother owned, quickly replied, Oh, no! they turned up my ami. As you can easily understand, this sentence has caused me much embarass- ment, for every time I am with a member of my family and the fire siren is heard, I am immediately subjected to considerable teasing comment, which at times makes me feel perfectly silly. ROBERT' BERG 1 1 1 I had reached that stage of babyhood fone year of age, to be exact, and was learning to feed myself with a spoon, when my aunt from California, visited us. Mother, as mothers will do, boasted to her about how nicely little Mary Jane was progressing at meals. Well, meal-time came and a heaping dish of cereal was placed before me. My mother held her breath, fearing something unforeseen might happen to mar her pride in my achievement, but she soon relaxed as I began to eat in a very lady-like manner. The spell remained unbroken for the next two or three spoonfuls when, for no good reason, I put down my spoon, grabbed a handful of cereal and proceeded, in a most unlady-like manner, to shove it and my tiny hand into my mouth. How l had pricked the bright bubble of motherly pride! MARY WESTENDORFF 1 1 1 When I was very, very young, about eighteen months of age, to be exact, I did a very wonderful thing. I picked a bouquet of roses for myself. Not ordinary roses, oh, no! But here let me explain. My mother, having arrayed me in a new dress for a visit to my grandmothers, set me in the play-pen while she went to dress. I was a very quiet child, so mother thought nothing of my silence until she saw me. As I said before, my dress was new, but somehow I had got some scissors and had cut out each bunch of roses imprinted on the material. Now, don't you think that I was a wonder child? I wonder! PEARL NALLEY Two Hundred Twelve Strange to say, I am very f'inicky about recounting any of the humorous happenings of my childhood. Although it is easy to laugh in retrospect, childish pranks at the time of their execution may seem to be criminal offences. But now, with an average amount of intelligence on my side, I know all can be told without any visions of steel bars looming before me. Once upon a time, when I was very young, I visited relatives in a distant city. I was sent to the nearby grocery for some purchase. I skipped gaily up the stairs to the third Hoor, opened the door, deposited the packages on the table with a very-much-at-home attitude, and proceeded to make my famous icebox raid, for which I am so well known. Footsteps and an icy, unfamiliar Well, of all the nerve! turned me completely around, face to face with a person bearing a strange likeness to that of a snow-peaked mountain. For the first time in my young life, words did fail me. H-hu-hu!lo, I started feebly, then gathered up my packages and worked my way to the door, politely stuttering apologies over my shoulder. I know I Hew down that stairway. I found the right house the same day, too. BETTY STOYE 1 1 if All morning my mother had been washing the walls of the kitchen. They now presented a spotless surface. All morning I had been playing cops and robbers. The game had reached a point in which I, a bank robber, was being cornered. I was desperate. Why not escape through my house? No sooner said than done. I ran through the hallway. Suddenly my feet started to take off. Whoosh! I slid the length of the room, and, Splash! right into a tub of dirty water. Little rivers of a dirty color began trickling down the clean walls. I kicked the bar of soap, the cause of the calamity, from my foot. Escape as quickly as possible from the scene of disaster was my uppermost thought. Too late! I heard, Dick, come here! The memory of the aftermath lingers on. . RICHARD REDDEN 4 7 1 L 'I X f A' ' 1 4, 'rv f f Xs I 'rs s R , X K f N X -IW Two Hundred Thirteen When I was very young, I loved to creep about our back yard trying to catch one of the many grasshoppers that always seemed just beyond my reach. I called them Hgrap-hossersu, and I was very curious to find out what made them hop. They must have led me a merry chase, but I always hopped after them, bravely declaring, I tech grap-hosser . One day I came tearing into the house as fast as my little legs could carry me, screaming and appar- ently terrified. Mother couldn't imagine what had happened to me until, between my sobs, she managed to catch three words Crap-hossers tech me! Mother was greatly amused and for some time after that she never tired of telling about Audrey's not being afraid of grasshoppers until one of them turned the tables and caught her by hopping on the back of her dress. AUDREY BOELLING 1 1 Y When I was very young, I liked to eat wood. I even went as far as to gnaw the edge off one of our window sills. Nothing my mother could say would break this habit. It was after I contracted a serious illness that I finally ceased chewing wood, and then only when my mother told me that eating wood caused this disease. This white lie scared me so much that I had no further appetite for wood. BETTY FOERSTER Y Y 1 When I was very young, I was full of mischiefg a trait, I must admit, that still lingers with me. I remember an incident that occurred about twelve years ago. My friend Lil and I were busy digging a river in our back yard, when we heard her mother's voice calling her to lunch. Although we were usually starved by lunch time, today was different, for, we had been feasting all morning on the grapes hanging from my father's grape vines. So we decided to disregard the call and continued our irrigation project. In a few minutes we again heard her mother's voice. This time we dropped our work and decided to hide in our basement. Why we did such a thing, I still don't know. We found a safe hiding place behind the potato barrel and had a great time that afternoon, giggling and laughing. No one entered the base- ment until about three in the afternoon, for it was then that the lady down- stairs came for some potatoes and discovered us. In the meantime, our parents were frantic about us. My father had been called home from work, even the police department was searching for us. Thoughts of kidnaping had filled their minds. So you can imagine how glad they were to see us. I must say, however, that that was one time I didn't get a spanking for being a naughty girl. VIRGINIA RECK Two Hundred Fourteen 6 x I was at the curious and ignorant stage 77 of my life. The hole in which the lamp post had been placed, but which had not - been filled, intrigued me. Slowly I toddled V , toward the hole. My mother's admonitions fx: to be careful had gone in one ear and out fx the other. When I reached the hole, I 'peeped over the edge. lVIy, it was deep! Rl I leaned over farther, too, far, and went lf nearer the edge, too near. Feet last, I de- scended-down, down, until only my feet were above ground level, cl-bloompl It is indeed fortunate that my head is more impervious than was the cat in the adage. MICHAEL WALDNER 1 1 1 My uncontrollable curiosity can be restrained no better now than it could when I was very young. I have always striven to find the 'iwhyi' and where- fore of things. One day, as usual, I was prying into closets, drawers, and boxes to see if I could find anything to amuse me when suddenly I caught sight of a round white ball which looked like candy, and my six-year-old mind knew that I wanted it. I thrust my hand into the dark recess of the closet just like jack I-Iorner and pulled out the treasure. My mouth watered at sight of the little white ball, but I ignored the peculiar odor and plopped it into my mouth. Oh, the disappointmentl Instead of a luscious piece of candy, I had bitten into a moth balll Whereupon I resolved, vainly however, never to bite into anything until I knew just exactly what it was. CATHERINE HEFFERNAN 1 1 1 Did you ever hear of snow in the summer time? Well, I saw snow one summer when I was very young, and this is how it came about. Toddling into the kitchen came a small boy about two years of age. With mischievous eyes he glanced around. In the far corner closet his eyes caught sight of a small blue box with a gaily decorated side. The tot, thinking to himself, What can be in such a pretty box? picked up the box, which seemed very heavy to him, opened it, and began to examine the contents. Snow, snow! he shouted gleefully as the fluffy white contents of the box went whirling about the kitchen. How proud I was about making snow in summerl Suddenly mother's footsteps were heard. She gasped as she saw her new box of soap Hakes all over the kitchen floor. Whenever I see snow flakes today, I am reminded of that incident and the consequences. ROBERT' BERNTHAL Two Hundred Fifleen When I was very young I did many funny things. 4! One particular incident took place when I was only fy ff three years old. It was a nice, sunny day and I was . ,naaia , L sitting on our back porch eating a banana. Our neigh- -! bor had two large hunting dogs and these attracted -f asm 'FQQ Q my attention, so I toddled over to the fence in order H 'rv-4' QQ . . . . . W --,X to give them their daily petting. One, seeing that I iumf de I had something to eat, began to whine, so I poked the : it sa. E I E , 14' , I gf! iii A fi 1 rs flew , - '. . l 0 MM banana through the fence. I didn't care if he took a .wi bite, but he snatched the whole fruit from my hand! This took me with so much surprise that I began to cry. And that was the end of feeding the dogs. DOROTHY WASEM f Y 1 Gaily, I, a sweet young thing of seven, skipped down the crowded church steps beside my mother. On a sudden impulse, I put my hand into one of lVIother's huge coat-pockets. Looking up I began, Moth-e- g the words died on my lips. I was looking into the face of a perfect stranger. Quickly jerking my hand from her pocket, I tried to explain, but I couldn't utter a word. Then I simply dashed away in search of my mother. You may be sure that after that little incident I made certain the woman was my mother before putting my hand in her pocket. MARGARET NICKOLAUS 1 Y 1 When I was very young, l was one of those children who positively refuse to go to bed, or at least to sleep, at the time designated by their elders. On this particular evening, we were having a large party in honor of the thirty- fifth wedding anniversary of my grandparents. I was about two and a half years old and certainly didn't wish to miss a moment of this delightful affair. I held out on the going-to-bed idea until after eleven o'clock, but then, despite my urgent protests, I was put to bed. Did I resignedly go to sleep? Not I! There I stood in my night clothes, and jabbered to the company, regardless of lack of listeners and the distance between the bedroom and the living room, until a quarter past three when the last departing guest was sent on his way with a Nighty-night , in childish treble from my direction. That last good-night trailed off very sleepily, I'll admit, and I was asleep almost immediately after, but they couldn't put me to bed while everyone else was having so much fun! FAY FABER Two Hundred Sixteen It was in my third year of perplexity that I made up my mind. Matters had been piling up for the last twelve hours. I had been awakened that very morning by the apprehension that a small stream of water had been ingeni- ously diverted from its true course to one down my back by my older, and presumably, wiser sister. I was further agitated by the fact that I had been brutally forced to eat my breakfast, for which I invariably had no appetite. And so the day had progressed: always, I was a slave to the power and cunning of everyone else. Mouser, our cat, had shunned me, refusing to endanger his breakable neck to my unpredictable self. Table corners, chairs, and other less despicable objects had maliciously thrown themselves into my path, but had received instant retribution, both verbal and physical. In short, the rut into which I had sunk was fast expanding into a chasm of intolerance. But this, the most insufferable of all, had definitely settled everythingl No, I would not go to bed! I would go to Californial I shouldn't even have taken my sweater, had not my mother insisted. lnspired by the feeling of impending liberation, I descended the front steps and turned east. What would California be like? Would I have to eat my breakfast when I didn't want to? Would I have any breakfast if I did want to eat it? Of course, I wouldn't want to eat any, but could I if I should? With this subject perplexing me, I reached the street corner. What was I to do? I had never crossed a street by myself! No, I wouldn't break a life-long precedent. I would go back home and get someone to help me across. Or rather, just as a safeguard for my totally desirable breakfast, I would merely return home. I yawned with affected indifference at my older and wiser sister's query concerning the weather in California. But, nevertheless, the question puzzled me then, and still does. So some day, perhaps when I feel the old yoke tightening, I shall go and find out the conditions of California weather, even though l may not be so very young. BILL HURST S - J .fx , I I ' I ' .. o . Two Hundred Seventeen SENIORS-TAKE AN lnretucfewce TEST. F EEWME :Ami if F 1 , 1 . ENy Z f 'A ' ' ii A S '7f 'Y gf as if QQ . ! 2-kg, f' ' OE .D : ' XR? , J ff gt r i I . gs? . .- l , , ,,,,, I ,Ay -746. I Ls J. I gaugs g - A 5 The dull witness had been cautioned to give more precise answers. Judge: We don't want your opinion of the question. We want it answered- that's all. Prosecuting Attorney: You drove a wagon? Witness fvery decidedlyjz No, sir, l did not. Prosecuting Attorney: Why, sir, did you not tell my learned friend but a mo- ment ago that you did? Witness: No, sir, l did not. Prosecuting Attorney: Now, l put it to you, my man, on your oath. Do you drive a wagon? Witness: No, sir. Prosecuting Attorney fin absolute des- perationlz Then what is your occupa- tion? Witness: ul drive a horse. 1 1 1 Friend: I see you are driving a new car. Insurance Agent: Yes, I tried to sell a policy to an automobile salesman. 1 1 1 First Clerk: How did the boss act when you asked him for a raise? Second Clerk: He took it like a lamb. First Clerk: Well, what did he say? Second Clerk: Bah! Two Hundred Eighteen A group of women asked a prominent physician, What is the most dreaded disease among women? Doctor: l..ockjaw. 1 1 1 Imagination was given man to compen- sate him for what he is not, and a sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is. f 1 1 Who always Hnds things dull? A scissors grinder. 1 1 1 A young man, not wishing to do any- thing that was not in conformity to the law of etiquette, sent the following ques- tion to the editor of a newspaper: Please tell me when and where it is correct for a gentleman to lift or remove his hat. And here is the reply he received: Without consulting any authorities of etiquette, in fact, giving it to you offhand, so to speak-We would say that upon the following occasions, respectively, the hat should be removed or lifted as cir- cumstances indicate: When moppirig the brow, when taking a bath, when eating, when going to bed, when taking up a collection, when having the hair trimmed, when being shampooed, when standing on the head. Senior: You'll never get rich talking to yourself. New Jay: Edgar Bergen did! f f Y A: I woke up one morning and found myself famous. B: lt was different with me. l found myself famous and then l woke up. 1 1 Y Freshman: How many students are there in the university? Senior: About one in every five. 1 1 Y Landlord: Washington once slept in that bed you occupied last night. Guest: That's more than l could do. Ohioan: Out here in Ohio we grow very large vegetables. Brooklynite: That's nothing. Why in New York we grow such large vegetables that twenty policemen can stand on one beat. 1 1 1 Diner: Say, waiter, this chicken has no Wishbone. Waiter: He was a happy and con- tented fowl, sir, and had nothing to wish for. 1 1 1 Book Agent fto farmer, : You ought to buy an encyclopedia, now that your boy is going to school. Farmer: Not on your life! Let him walk, the same as l did. A l'lZfi.,fh'fe9't mj.f riloffh . 5 u .L fi 'QL I EX X i l K W . - alms what judge: Why did you steal that watch? Prisoner: l only wanted to know the time. judge: Well, the time is five years. Next case! 1 1 1 George: Why, l can remember once when a gas explosion tore up a main street where l was working. Bill: And what did you do? George: I tore up a side street. thas e. 'Ct-ink Sfgnoh Jo. Mrs. Smythe-Brown was making the final arrangements for her elaborate re- ception. Bridget, she said to her old servant, for the Hrst thirty minutes after six o'clock I want you to stand at the draw- ing-room door and call the guests' names as they arrive. Briclget's face lit up. Very well, ma'am, she replied, l've been wantin' to do that to some of your friends for years. Two Hundred Nineteen My Scotch boy-friend sent me his pic- ture yesterday. How does he look in it? ul can't tell yet-l haven't had it de- veloped. 1 Y Y Name? queried the immigration official. Sneeze, replied the Chinese proudly. The official looked hard at him. ls that your Chinese name? No, 'Melican name, said the Oriental blandly. Then let's have your native name. Ah Choo. 1 1 f Teacher: Now, can any of you girls tell me what a mandate is? Brightest Girl: 'ilt is an appointment with a boy friend. 1 1 1 Two halfs make a hole. And the fullback goes through. 1 1 1 Said the artist: l'll give you five dol- lars if you'll let me paint you. The old mountaineer shifted his legs from one position to the other and back again. lt's easy money, said the artist. Thar hain't no question 'bout thet, the mountaineer replied. l was jes' won- derin' how l'd git the paint off after- wards! , , , What model is your car? lt isn't a model: it's a horrible ex- ample. 1 1 Y The difference between a canoe and a Scotchman: A canoe tips. 1 1 1 Does this package belong to you? The name is obliterated. No, that isn't my package. My name is O'Brien. Two Hundred Twenty Wise: When l woke this morning, l found all the bedclothes wound tightly around me. Guy: My, you must have slept like atop! 1 1 1 Teacher: What do you mean, saying Benedict Arnold was a janitor? Bright Boy: Well, the book says that after his exile, he spent the rest of his life in abasementf' 1 1 1 Passenger fto pilot? : You'll bring me back safely, won't you? Pilot: l-lave no fear, madam. l've never left anyone up there yet. 1 1 1 A collegian sent his brother this tele- gram: Flunked out. Am coming home. Prepare Papa. Two hours later he got this reply from his brother: Papa prepared. Prepare yourself. Y 1 Y Teacher: What was Columbus' motto? Sophomer: More miles to the gal- leon. 1 1 1 Sunday-school Teacher: Can anyone tell me where Noah lived? Pupil: l don't think he had a regular home. l guess he and his family belonged to the floating population. 1 1 1 Judge: Guilty or not guilty, Rastus? Rastus: Ah thinks Ah's guilty, suh, but Ah'd ruther be tried and make sure of it. 1 Y f She: Sorry l can't accept you, Bill, but circumstances over which l have no control prevent me. l-le: And what are those circum- stances? She: Your circumstances. ls it really true that you are a veteri- narian? Yes, l am. Are you ill?'i 1 1 1 That's a mighty fine wife you've got, Silas, says the first farmer. Yes, siree, says the second farmer. My wife certainly gets a lot of work .done. l wish l had a few more like her. 1 1 1 Ruth: What's the difference between an ant, an elephant, and a train? joy: l don't know. Ruth: An ant can sit on an elephant, and an elephant can't sit on an ant- Joy: But where does the train come in? Ruth: Union Station. 1 1 1 john: What did the hole say to the doughnut? George: lf l had your dough, I wouldn't be here. 1 1 1 Professor: You missed my class yes- terday, didn't you? Student: Not in the least, sir. Y Y Y The only difference between a waste basket and a locker is that the locker is never emptied. Joe: What did the ocean say to the fishing boat? Jim: What? Joe: lt didn't say anything. lt just waved. Y Y f Allen: What did the sweet potato say to Boake Carter? Ken: nl dunno. Allen: You're just a commentator. Y Y Y lsn't it wonderful how these filling sta- tion people know exactly where to set up a pump and get gas! 1 1 1 The movie usher was in the dentist's chair. Now, miss, asked the dentist, which tooth is giving you all the trouble? Second from the left in the balcony, she replied. 1 1 1 He stood on the bridge at midnight, Disturbing my sweet repose, For he was a tall mosquito And the bridge, the bridge of my nose. Y Y Y The old, narrow trails where two cars could hardly pass without colliding are happily being replaced by splendid wide highways on which six or eight cars can collide at one time. 2:55PM 3 2:40 Pm. ig 2:45 Pm. 1i2:45.0001P.N., I f W . K i , 1 2 f Q t - 5 fini-'ii fx Y t v p Q . M ' ' V f 1, ' 'L 4, ,QV A 127 - i 7 , 'W J Two Hundred Twenty-one wwfwx .xf Sh, v- 'M1 g 1 HQ'-'g . My, X a X ff!! ,S Sf' f- X L Kf',5.s,f,fF, .,. , E Mi L, , t W, K X Fly? J L:.k5: L,?,,,,k3k ,pl . .5 K I bf f-ffisfvfrffw if QW . . 'x X, S .X in J? x m. 1 A X ' 5' gv:'3,:'XTf L- f Q fir .Mrwf .x ----s-fi-fw rQwgewKf af' . , X' -XXA , .L,, E L ,X Q i . M L. W .., ,x W L KAXL. A Q - M 2 'El - kgs . . 'GN N-was x 4 iv L! 5 A K Qs , W 'X ' ' 5 '53 k 4 Q. ,Q ' , 2 - . .vm , ' .w 7 .J 5 X w..,,, w e S X fi , Q '3 ...A 1: V ,,,,,....., r- X , wg - ff-A K , M N ff, ULN ,.f,L in R 'I . kxkx 'U' J X fu Q , , -.. .,nsQ ,, ,.. ..--qw --... -su Qf '551' 3f,M- fs 'wi -fr ff ' Affksgjsff A , . k 'L'-..' ' 3:35 'nf .JA '-1, X ' , . ' 1 'iw 2 , ,' f ' F 4 'Qi , 9. JR L, , Y . gba 2 Qs 1 .9 1,3 'ig Q 15.3 NM ff .-Nybx . N , if . - w-:Q s. + .N . ik u xi ' my iN,O fri. Q 5-,iw 1 3 'X ff. Q fig , ,Q ' F 'ei Y 1 ,sp w . YI f ' ' Q X' NX W-91 ' 1 fTQ,f.N 4f1,fg.ym .N,,...,g'f4gQ'fi1 p P, I L' ' . I -. A , gy . if .'w 1-f'i8'YS'w, ?'g'?ii L K ' ,A f + 4 NWN 14 1 ,HM 'Q' . 1 ,,. 4 -X T 1' Q fer EQ-if Lifes as Y' -w M 8. I 'kg i WJ rQ v:m 9 , x g ,. H M W . ,, X. . '- J 'i 'W , L , ,. V? ,, . . ' 'f ' f '-1,-' w+'.p,.5. .,, , ,fag ,N ,g, -W gl ,,f ,., U Y ig: 'Q ,. . aw w -. ,. . . .n w ,- wg- ,, JM., ,I f ,, L, , , ,. H U .L V,,w,, Qr: ' ' M NM, xH ' -wa 'A f , W, ,,,.,sf. , , 1-. . W . :V .V wx gin .V A.,-.:,:.7,n W.,Awww W V H. V W VM I Us 1 ' X ' 'N V W' ' 'A mf' Wi -!'l5? 'VQ1h-' t4lP'f, .. . .fqw MJ . WV N Q. 4 wx.. ,YJ , , , , rg, R' ,Q X 'W' ' ' l, ' 1 , M. 'v,1j ,M ,mpfqf w k W ML , 1 L A, A , L , 9 ' ' ff 'Vp 'A' W. 'S ' ' 4 f W! nv, fl. H f Q 5 1 '14 K W 1 ' ' ' W - wid . . ., -1. . I ' , ,f . ' 4 ' M 'V f --rg , Q 5Z4'i':, ' ' l 9.314 . gg -, , ff , f . :QQ 'f qi J' ' gf, . V. . v gg. Q. 'I f v ' - fn 4210 J? I ' ffasi' gl 142.4 C TV' 7 -'FE' , A - fx ,,' K Cal-',B wi Qlfgi .Swv ' fig: - v-A1 .. - 1 :gf , , 'fnfxztfi' . Q 'Pac . mn 1, w, . ,Ml L., sf .- ' ' x . A, if ,W-,s ' ,. -,, f 553 ' A . f Q, ? ,jf .mf A Vg. APE, 1 P . 'ffm 431392 3 . H as . 5 1 N 'ij' w g Q 3 . 'Qs ' , t I , ,,,,1,' -ww ' .. wi' 'X 'fi' we wr, Q Q., ' ,, . X, . 4 . 1...-, ,I-, m e-A . X In - ,.,,-- -, 'Sff1.,4 . , ' ' ' L' H A 4. V . 1 . . ' m .. A ff .1 if' Q . .. , ..-ga. an . ., 1 , w . k 1- ,. ,X-+-20 ., View' 4' ' 1 fa y ' . ,V y 1 z . 'w 4 'VW ,'1f::.2 . fb f. A ' - . ' A fe- . . 'a ,- v, 'at ' 'Q 4 A -'V s- - I , '. . , ' 1 -Yi' 5, ' 'IQ,'?, ,X-,.Q5S4 ?'4'r,IF Zu'-J f . ' ' Y . ., R ui M., Y .N Aeffl' 31f,:gify?M.:f'7'v ff ' i- - W ' ' . L ' 7 4'-' V fri' Y '13, 'NV' 'ff it Maw.- . J5 A A . V , A .ww 'rv N N, F ,, w l , - 3gw3,Xg5?5f::f:jv.-,g -'1 . ' 1 ' f 4 ' ,'. UIMWGQ' ., ,, , A ,.vf..5.,.,.. ,. .. 'fi gm' V ' . ,gtg , 'S - -Q, ., - .. . ,L Y, . -ef.,-. ,L ' , . ' L 1 M 1.-.: . , - , , - se. r .. . . . J -3- . -, ' fit' ' f- , . J, P 1 . . , . 3 G., ' f Qi,, ,n' ' A- 1 L - , - J. ii ' -. , - ,, M' '- I. Q1 a ff? . ' ' - ' '. -A ' ' 11 P' Ja...-. ' ' '- . L,- .- , If '- - - - 0 l . . In - . s ,wig ' 22, 1 .,Lv.tqL,. ' v . i , , w - I ,, A . H X , . v. . A - J , ' 1 ' 'i ' fi75f.'i Q . A ' ' 4 ' lm , 2' 57.-15 'iw' ' ' ' .A ' ' . '- ' - ..? - 9 15, . A ' ' , . - ' ..-rf ' Ava N. ' Wf.1s.' , , A, 4 ' ' .rm Mft:-P N ' ' .4pf:x11.' V V ' ' H 5' 1 fm, 4132 -f . ' - '4 1 ' A :.f M . ASQ .8 ,351 A ,gs -1.,,i1,1.u ' ' X , ' Q14 .,7,Qg,,7Q . , 0: -A iq, u.-Lf? ,. ,W . 1 :,.:E:.:3.itf, . in v . 1 ., igtmila. L ,A V1 g h H .QW Y - 1 - , ' ff-5 .3: ,. g .5 4 Qggfvgv .. , A f,,,.5:,. Q -f A I ,V , , uf, f hw ,gym 'l.,l'.f F1-'ff .rm 'i,,.'E 34 -' N wg, :. fu-up . f 39212, f 411535 . 'I' 'lf ' :..1','x-9 ' 1' 25 :Wm W,.N.1,,1, Z. Tg:3:Lf'f 54 lg ,- f , Q- -fm .wig . , A- lb: ML 115 fgfl ' if M.. . .. .':,,, ,yi -'41 .1 .G .1 , , ?Q. , ,' w if - I . If f'Q.s. -f, f f Cala? : - 5 .. E- .gl..1,i2aJw. Mf- '19, ig? . V' 1 K .w:.:.1.g-'NT' 3 N, fv wy 'ind ,f Q f-T .33 ,.,. -Q, .ah 2.-334'-, :Q ' e 1 I 4 Us We H, Twollundrcd Twenty-thru J in ' . .Qi 51, - ,-,.. f .',,Yv .. ., ...Q 1 g ,- -' ,lr . Q f, ' ' x . iai:'!.l,,fi,.i. XM Ant wfgraphs KVM fwfweww WCW 'fr Hmmm - k-.-ml-a:.'-,-:.w :-::w,..2mg1.f:.e:4'.-' Q. ,. , N . S S? 4: fa 1 ik w 'QQ 55 55 '25 cel W S53 :f L-as W 1 I W I w ,S K J .W i ,ss V , fa ! 1 '1 . , 1 ,i , . . 'I , . N ,viii M 9 ' 1