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

Text from Pages 1 - 252 of the 1942 volume:

J' l H13 I Q32 CV by Nas! N5 n f. J E C.WEl3 i X S X Two i rn tfwtff i tttrttfwr iii, kit' + 'fi' tiki tx tfffirfi-af if xwl I Pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. l L THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER 1 Oh, say, can you see, by the a'awn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming, Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night' that our Hag was still there. Oh, say, does that Star-Spangled Banner yet' wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave! 2 On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses? Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam, In full glory reflected now shines on the stream: Tis the Star-Spangled Banner, oh, long may it wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave! 3 Oh, thus be it ever when free men shall stand Between their loved homes and the war's desolation! Blest' with vict ry and peace, may the heav'n-rescued land Praise the Pow'r that hath made and preserved us a nation Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, Anil this be our motto: 'iln God is our trust . And the Star-Spangled Banner in triumph shall wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave! -Francis Scott Key Three I IVI Four 8l 1j.1: ' My Emma . Ga u' ...o U. ,.n.., Q ' Q ,, . Q 1 . ,.' o-Q ' Q .'.. ' Q . 1 , . . -, -' ' 1s3..s. . I , . . .gn -. , -- ' . j- I 1 ', ' . , I , 1 n N U 14 '. . '.: '-. . Vw . '-,, . l Zu'-'x . ' . . ' ' . ,- a. 'W' . Q' , 4 ,I . . Gnd f . , - ' , u . . .1 a ,Q Q Q Q Q.. -Q'. - ' . .H Q I 1 .5 Qualgf Five TABLE OF CONTENTS Star-Spangled Banner . . Dedication . . Administration . . . Seniors . New Seniors . . Literature . Glimpses of Roosevelt . . Organizations . . Sporm . Smiles . Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page 3 4 7 I9 4I 73 Ill I69 205 225 ix 1 V Q W , 4 Seven Eight MR. EDWARD H. BEUMER Principal . ..',, i-1 1 .' MR. R. M. INBODY Assistant Principal F. MJM fha! 'X Nine I-IAYDN PARKS s n 1 Ten ROBERT HIC-GINBOTI-IAM Mayors of Roosevelt High School ENGLISH Miss A. T. Battle Mr. Biegelsen Miss G. Blodgett Mr. H. Castleman Miss M. Dockery Miss K. Doherty Mr. R. Fiehler Miss B. Flanigan Miss C. Grace Miss S. F. Lancaster Miss L. M. Mills Miss L. A. Nerud Miss K. Nicholson . . E. Riley r. E. Schmale Miss M. E. Sleater Miss O. B. Solfronlc Miss G. M. Stansell Miss E. C. Thiesen Miss B. Wade SOCIAL STUDIES Mr. C. A. Callan Miss L. Cromer Miss l-l. E. Dufliett Miss Elmore Miss Fruin Miss H. Harris Miss E.. M. Helbig Miss H. Hogan Mr. F.. C. Kammerer Miss Koch Miss M. Moyser Miss M. Schlutius Miss E.. R. Simon Mr. E. M. Snider Mr. M. B. Stone Miss H. C. Whitelaw Miss E. C. Wolff LANGUAGES Miss G. S. Bennett Miss M. C. Comfort Miss M. T. Debatin Mr. G. L. De la Roche Mr. C. Eppels Mr. W. F. Hall Miss R. R. Lawton Miss B. Meehan MATHEMATICS Mr. H. Bucldemeyer Mr. M. A. Comack Miss G. Craig Miss L. Eisenhardt Mr. D. L. Findley Mr. A. Grossman Miss E. M. Johnston Mr. F. Kuntz Miss A. Remnitz Miss T. Schlierholz Miss F. C. Slattery ADMINISTRATION MR. EDWARD H. BEUMER, Principal MR. R. M. lNBODY, Assistant Principal SCIENCE Mr. D. L.Balcer Miss N. L. Binnington Mr. G. W. Bishop Mr. H. Bock Miss F. Brown Mr. M. S. Brown Mr. D. C. Colmey Miss D.Cutter Miss L. Ewers Miss N. L. Hedclergott Mr. A. G. Hochmeister Mr. H. S. Katterhenry INDUSTRIAL ARTS Mr. L. E. Biddiclc Mr. E.. F. Card Mr. N. C. Davis Mr. W. Gammeter Mr. M. W. Gruber Mr. E. D. Pililuoss Mr. R. B. Rush Mr. L. Steidemann Miss E. Johnson Miss M. V. Maloney Miss M. E. Mier Miss S. Reess GUIDANCE Miss A. Fletcher SAFETY DRIVING AND TRAINING Mr. C. Mawdsley DEFECTIVE HEARING Miss E. A. Forsythe LIBRARIAN Miss H. O. Bowman SIGHT CONSERVATION Miss B. Rieiiing SPEECH CORRECTION Miss D. M. Woldstad CUSTODIAN OF BOOKS AND SUPPLIES Mr. A. W. Moehle SCHOOL OFFICE Miss A. Krings M' .R' Iwi kg Mi 1v1.N i?EcM ach Mr? A. Miiigfgston A T . . . 7 Mr J L Washtien M588 Blarsee MANAGER SCHOOL '53 ' ' mlm LUNCHROOM Miss M. Chapman Miss E.. A. Manheimer COMMERCIAL Mr. L. Carlson Miss E. Crowder Mr. O. R. Forsman Mr. M. C. Griggs Miss E. M. Hewitt Miss F.. Parle Miss H. Peterson Miss L. B. Solfronlc 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 V. Schmidt Miss M. D. Varian Miss L. Schiermeier SCHOOL NURSE Miss A. Kieclcers SCHOOL PHYSICIANS Dr. D. M. Ellersiecl: Dr. W. Weiss LIMITED SERVICE ASSISTANTS Mr. C. Ammerman Mr. G. C. Lindsay Mr. A. E.. Spaulding ON LEAVE ,OF ABSENCE Miss Gilmore Mrs. A. L. Hospes Miss M. McColl Miss M. O'Leary Mr. L. M. Parrott Miss A. L. Place Miss E. Smith Mr. S. C. Smith Miss S. Williams Eleven L Twel ue MR. CHARLES AIVIMERMAN Former Principal TEACHER, ADVISER, COLLEAGUE, AND FRIEND- MR. CHARLES AMMERMAN , Ll.. four in one man! How happy the man who may be just one of X i these satisfactorily: how superlatively desirable to be all four and to be all four adequately! But, to the mind of the writer, it is still more fortunate to have been closely associated with such a man and to have had the opportunity to view the greater part of a lifetime spent in the service of thousands of young people, hundreds of colleagues, and untold numbers of friends. Charles Amrnerman is the man. The writer has had the privilege of close association with him in his professional life over a period of many years. It was longer ago than I care to tell when, as a high school freshman, I was assigned Mr. Ammerman as adviser at lVlcKinley High School. We lucky ones did not at first fully realize our good fortune. We went blindly into an assignment, little knowing the influence on our lives our beloved leader would wield. But it was not long before we were aware of the kind, fatherly man in whose charge we were placed. No problem was too small or too large for him to tackle: we, on the other hand, had no hesitation in coming to him with anything. And those students who read this know what l mean when l say we entered his room with a sense of peace and security, combined with anticipation, such as is not in the power of everyone to give. He represented to us stabilityg we knew he would give us something that was worth while, for he understood young people. As l progressed into more advanced mathematics, l was again fortunate in having Mr. Ammerman as a teacher of geometry. We students at no time felt our subject limited to the Held of mathematicsg on the contrary we were given the benefit of a leadership and counsel which was limited only by our capacity to receive it. Have you ever experienced the satisfaction of a lucky chance at the best there is? Such was the satisfaction of the pupils who drew Mr. Ammerman as a teacher. And then, one day we were treated to one of the thrills which mean so much to the teen-agern. Our beloved Mr. Ammerman had married one of the best-loved young teachers in the school. As romantic youngsters will do, we rejoiced in the happiness of our friend. But it was only as the years went on that some of us who followed his life had a glimpse of the lasting happiness of his home life, his love for his family, the charm of his country home, his pleasure in the simple activities of true living. I was out in the world for some years, favored at times by news from and contacts with my former teacher and adviser, when l had occasion to return to him one day for information. I found him in his class room, sur- rounded by the usual interested group who had remained after school hours for his companionship. It seemed like an invigorating renewal of my own high school days. And it was not long after that l was fortunate to be assigned as a teacher at McKinley High School and found myself a colleague of Thirteen Mr. Amrnerman. Of those who worked with him, who can ever forget the pleasure we took in our contacts with him in his work in the book room? Did we perhaps make of his workshop a gathering place for the exchange of news and ideas? Were we ever in his way as he went about his work? If so, we were never made to feel anything but welcome. Who of the old group will ever forget the friendship he gave all of us? Our association also acquainted us with the quality of his personality and, when a great need arose, we elected him to represent us in a difficult capacity. Here he displayed that self-sacrifice for the common good which is so characteristic of himg and all whom he served at that time will bear witness that his service has not gone unnoticed. Public education has for years benefited from his work. We like to tell ourselves that our desires helped place him in the position of our principal a few years after the McKinley organization was moved to Roosevelt High School. Probably we had no influence-none was needed in view of his eminent fitness for the position-but let us keep our little satisfaction! His promotion to head Roosevelt High School received the enthusiastic endorsement of faculty and students: his friends everywhere applauded. As the years went on, how often we congratulated ourselves silently and publicly on our leader. And now, as friend! Many can speak much more adequately than l, for they may express themselves more happily, but none can feel the friendship of Charles Ammerman more deeply than l. He is a man who makes himself known in time of needg he counts ALL as his friends. Who can ever forget the Welcome of his smile, the responsive light of his face as one meets him? It has been said that the best way to make friends is to be a friend. Charles Ammerrnan exemplifies the word friend in all its beautyg the simple truth of his character calls for no effort to appear a friend, for that is the man,- Friend Ammerrnan. Such a man does not know the far-reaching extent of his influence,-he can count his students, his fellow-workers: but his friends stretch out in ever- Widening circles. It is the world that benefits from a life well lived. Charles Ammerman, no doubt, often does not even know his friends, but they know him and his life. He probably has never before known the extent of the feeling of friendship and appreciation of THE WRITER Fourteen L 1 A TRIBUTE EVEN years of guiding and leading Roosevelt on the pathway of knowledge is our debt to Mr. Ammermang nay, not only seven but many more, for he was assistant principal for six years and now is our instructor in the College Guidance Department. Mr. Ammerman has always maintained a close relationship with the thousands of boys and girls in our school. He has helped them over the rough spots in the road to success with the wisdom of his experience and his wide knowledge of human nature. We pay tribute to him by these words which are only the outward expression of admiration- Willingness of serviceg Unfailing tact and courtesyg Quite efficiency: Great kindness. During Mr. Ammerman's years of office, Roosevelt has carried on with a smooth efficiency, with a minimum of disturbance and confusion. Even in times of irregularities, such as, the time of closing of the third floor, the task of educating three thousand students went on calmly. The welfare of Roosevelt has always been of the greatest importance to Mr. Ammerman. The duties of his office naturally kept him from making as many intimate personal contacts as he would have liked, but there are innumerable boys and girls who have been helped by him. With the pupils who failed to do their part in cooperating, he was never known to become angry. The requests outside of his regular line of duty were many, and he always complied grace- fully if the circumstances permitted him to do so. No, Mr. Ammerman has not left us-the students still have the beneht of his wise council in the college department, and the memories of his services shall live on. Our deepest gratitude and thanks go out to him: Roosevelt pays tribute to Mr. Charles Ammerman. M. RICHARD REDDEN hits, lim N Fifteen Sixteen lin memnriam WESLEY F. DIEM I 908- I 94 I BYRON LEONARD BILL HURST BETTY F OERSTER MARGARET NICKOLAUS Editors of Bwana Seventeen Eighleen Printing by WIESE PRINTING COMPANY Engraving by CENTRAL ENGRAVING COMPANY Nineteen SEN IORS Moderator: Miss Wolff Time and Place of Meeting: Thursdays, in Room 301. OFFICERS anuary to June, 1941 President: Ralph Schwenker Secretary: Betty Lou Bryan Treasurer: Richard Redclen Sergeant-at-Arms: Bob Lindsay OFFICERS Twenl y September, 1941, to January, I942 President : Vice-President: Secretary : Treasurer : Sergeant-at-Arms: Kenneth Linzeman Ralph Schwenker Betty Lou Bryan Lynn I-lickmann Alvin Katich RALPH MARTIN SCHWENKER Prcsidunl of Sw-ns Vicc-Prvsidcnl of Ifighls f'l'Capfu'1la. '38, '39, '40 Glue Club liuwliny. '41 BE I'I'Y Lou BRYAN Srcrclury of Sixrs, Svvvns. Eiyhrs Pep R Frvnch Club Scholurxhip R O'iln NANCY RUTH ABBOTT Prcsidvrn of Cullvgc' Club, '40 Pr:-sidsnr of Carol Club, '41 Sergeant-al-Arms of Pup R. '40 '1'rcusurL-r of A'Cu,npr11a. '41 Torch PAUL ANDERSON Foorbal1.'39.'-10, '41 Rough Ridvr. '41 Vollcy-baIlChan1ps. '38 RUTH FRANCIS AMES A11JL'l'ILL'llf7'! Club P KENNETH JOSEPH LINZEMANN President of Eights Track, '38: Captain, '40, '41 A'CappL-lla, '38, '39:Presidcnr. '40, '41 Alhemeum, '40: Editor of Mvrcury. '4 1 Torch LYNN HICKMAN 'Trvusurer of Eighrs Mask and Buslzin. Treasurer and Scrgnun!-ar-Arms ALVIN KATICH Foolball, '40. '41 Sludz-nl Council, '40 BLAN CHE ADERHOLT Torch Fencing Club Sludrnl Council Budminlon Club KENNETH RALPH ARNOLD 15ou.'1ing Club, '41 Twentyvone 142 Bwana RUTH LORRAINE BOZARTH International Correspondence Club Roller Sharing Club ARTHUR G. BAUER Spanish Club Archery Club Sportsmarfs Club Square Dancing Torch RUTH ALICE BERENDT International'Correspondence Club JOSEPH T. ASHBY C-4 C z H1 gm mlb' H12 Zm EE z FU ol cn 'u 'u 2 E 2 ',::' gQ5's2.',Pf:,5. Eggfgghik 3S.fw?m5Q oqgw fc, 315251 Q3 Mn. ..., 2325? gg 5332? PN ,an-kgh D Omen-Q. 52, uc-px? Q Co-mg: n v'3-..--:- N '- o 3- 53' W -. ..., R '? . - . 'fxziel-' 9 Twentyflwo HENRY VICTOR BANDINI Track, '19 Swimming, '40 Glu- Club, '38, '39 Bowling Club, '41 JOY CHARLOTTE BURTON Scholarship R Student Council, '41 Service Torch PRED L. BERLINGER Slurlvnl Council Gym Club MARGARET LOIS BURNETT College Club Treasurer of Knil Wits, '40 Service ALLAN BARROW f'l'Cuppclla Choir, '39, '40, '41 Glue Club Robu1lCho1r, '39, '40, '41 Torch MARY JANE CAVANAH Torch Scholarship Pin French Club Stutlnnt Council. '40, '41 Photoplay MELVIN CHARLTON Football B , '40, '41 Sporlsman's Club Sharing Club JANET E. CONNERS Scholarship R Ice Skating Club Mask and Bushin Phomplay Appreciation Tennis JACK EASTERDAY Torch Student Council Science Club Skating Club St-ruice IRENE A. DANIELS Sixcs' Button Committee Athi-na:um Bowling Club Vollcy-ball t ', 5' if' ' fl ff,-jj PHILLIP CLARK CHRISMAN Sportsman's Club GEORGETTE LOUISE CASTILE Pep R, Point Committee College Club - f f Carol Club Ig Musica Americana A Opcretta LEE CLAUSS Swimming Team, '38, '39, '40, '4 I: Captain, '40 Baseball, '39, '40 Football, '40 Valley-ball, '38, '39, '40 Bowling Club Captain, '58, '39, '40, '41 HARRIET J EAN DE BRODT Carol Club Knit XVits Ice Skating Club Ping Pong Athenaeum C. ROBERT DUTTON V' Service R Twenty-three j4Z Bwana DELORES DILL ROBERT C. FASER Acappezza choir, '-4 o, '41 EDITH DOYEN Vice-Presidvnt of Spanish Club CHARLES ECCHER Football, '39, '40, '41 SARA ELLEN DIAL College Club Pep R t . - TEQZQQ . ' '2 lf!- -if .- -. f- ZW 'f lf.-1' S: -.W 1310 Y-'fgc-yi ' Twenty-four E UGIENE ALVIN FLACHMEIER Spanish Cluh JEAN DIERKES A'Cnppclla Choir Arhanwunw lcv Sharing Club Mash and Huxlzin JOSEPH CICOTTE Fvnfing Club. '19, '40, '41, 42 Chess Club, '40 Spurlsmarfs Club, '38 JULIE DI MAGGIO Ar! l71'll0u.'ship Bowling Club Surviru ARTHUR XWILLIAM FISHER 'IIHOMAS EDWARD GILL Bowling Club IVIARGARET ANN DU BOCHET Inn-rnarional Corrvxfmnllcnce Club Alhvmlfum Spanish Club Vollvy-hull GEORGE HALAMICEK Bowling Club Sporlxrmufx Club Suruicu DOROTHY J UNE FREY Rooscuvlt High Scluml-'l'opcIm. Kansas Dramatic Club Rousn-ull! I-ligh School-SI. Louis Srudl-nl Council O'ila Bashvllmll Ping Pong ELENORA C. FREIVOGEL A thc'm1'un7 , Vulluyvbull Bodmin I on Torch 5513 JANE BON DURANT EDWARD E. GARDNER Foo1baIl.'iS.'39 Fenrlng Club. '5 7 VIRGINIA FORCHEE Student Counril Bwana Staff Ar! Fellowship Club, Sctremry Pep R ROBERT GORNET EDITH FREIVOGEL f'Ifhl'l'2lI'LlI17 Fnncing Club Badminton Club Mfg-fwe J amzary, '42 15911. J, 'fix .2 fx, iw. it 'uv Bwana KENNETH L. HALTER Fcncing Club, '40, '4l, '42 MARIAN GOERNER Pholoplay Appreciarion Club, '40, Treasurer, '4l: Secre- tary. '41 Rough Rider, '41 Knit Wits, '39, '40 International Corrcsponclvncc Club, '41 Service, '58, '39, '40, '41 RUBY GLADYS FUTO A'CappeIla Choir, '40 All Star Volley-ball, '39, '40, '41 HENRY WILLIAM HELBIG Service JEANNE GAERTNER College Club k . ' '. A,fv V . ' azz, 119- 5-':-21,7 iw' . Twenly-six DELORIS GIBSON MARVIN J. HEIFNER Track, '39 Football, '40, '41 Rough Rider CHARLES M. HARRIS NORMA JUNE GRADOLF Carol Club Bowling Club Service Rollur Skating Club EARL EMANUEL HEUSLER Service FERNE GRANGER Srullvnr Council Pcpclws Roller Sharing Club ROBERT HIGGINBOTI-IAM Mayor. '41 Foorball, '39, '40: Caprain, '41 SADIE DEBRA GREENFIELD Pop R. Secretary Collugu Club, Currmpomlfng Svcrclury Cnml Club, Vicu-Prursirlenl. Treasurer Knll IVHS M usira .'Imcrlcanu GEORGE Ho EYN CK Foollmll. '40, '41 Track, '39 EVA RUTH GRIMM Torch Student Council. '40, '41: Financn Commitrce Collvgc Club Carol Club EJB FRANCIS PATRICK HIGGINS BONNIE ANNE GRUBER Service Rough Rider College Club Ire Skating Club Knir Wils WALTER HEUER Bowllng Club, '40, '41 Camera Club AUDREY GUSE Cheer Lender Pep R Ice Skating All Star Valley-ball Bowling ELVIN HIRSCHBUEHLER Stamp Club Azhfnwum, Svrgcant-at-Arms Bowling Club Track Twenty-seven ,42 ii, ' fb- Bwana I 'C' K V R X ' ' . tr Q .I 5 I X , M lip w, L P-1 A- W 1- . . A ,. lx, H LORNA HAARH US Pep R Peprllcs SL-ruice Int:-rnutionul Corrcspomlnnce Club Carol Club JACK R. KALTENBACH SHIRLEY ADELINE HEUSLER Valley-bull, Caplain of All-Star Team Badminton Sofrbull Tennis EDWIN AUGUST KNIBB Srhularship R Student Council Service lcv Skating Club Bowling Club GLORIA LOUISE I-IAMPEL Pepvtles Service ml! -3.-:Z 5.5, ' I U11 13415 I Fel? 'Wi a Q I. I Twenty-eight FRED B. KALLMAYER Bowling Club, '40, '41 MARY ROSE HENLEY Collvgv Club EDWARD HUCK Murlnfnmtlcs Club Allnvlzmunz XVILMA LOUISE HUDSON lmurnuriumil Correspondence Club Rough Rider SvrL'l'L'r RUSSELL .IANSEN Atlu-nwun1 Bowling Club, '3!9 'l'ruL'l!. '50 Uasubull, '50 TREASURE RUTH H UGI-IAR 'I' S1-wife lnlc-rnulional Curr:-xpbnllmcv Club Roller Slmling Club IVIILDRED I. KING Vollcy-ball, All-Slar Tvum Barlmlnlun Sufrball Bowling Club Sl-ruice ALBERT D. LIEBERMANN Football, '39, '40, 'fll Alhmazum Rullcr Shulinq Club Spm'lsmu11's Club Bowling Club NORMAN IVIELVIN LABUS DOROTHY .I ENTSCH Squurv Dancing A lhmwunw 1 fe' 3 .IOSEPI-I A, KURTZ Sporrsnwrfs Club Roller Skaling Club Atlzenwum 'l rr1Ck.'33,'39, '40 ELISE KIESEL Torch Vice-Pr:-sill:-nr of Pvp R College Club Bowlirwg Club Svruice PAUL B. KOCH Track. '37 Football, '40 Basketball, '40, '41 Busn-bull, '41 MARGARET ALICE HURST Bwana Slalf College Club, SL-rgcunl-ul-Arms Carol Club Musica Americana Volley-ball ROBERT B. LINDSAY fI'Cn'ppelln Choir, '39, '40 Roll:-r Skating, '39 Bowling Club, '41 Svrgcanr-at-Arms of Sevens Twfnfy-fm J anuarg, '42 Bwana ELIZABETH KUHN Basketball Club, '39 GILBERT MELVIN NUSSBAUM Football. '39 Roller Skating. '40 Bowling, '41 MARILEE LARAMORE Junior A'Cappella Roller Skating Pepeltcs RICHARD A. LUNDGREN Student Council ARLINE KUECHENMEISTER Photoplay Appreciation Club. Vice-President, '4 I Rough Rider International Correspondence Club Swimming Service - A .l IV., ' Thirty DON OFFILL Alhcnarum DoLoREs JEAN LA PLANTE Bowling, '39, '40, '4l: Captain. '40, '4l Swimming ARTHUR LEO NIETI-IE Chnerlcadcr. '39, '40: Captain '-Il Art Club Roller Skating Club GLADYS M. KUHNE Scruice Ire Sharing Club CONRAD OBERT, JR. Trarla. '39, '40 L ,YV 7 ,, 1 WANDA MAE LEWIS Spanish Club International Corrcxponclvncc Club Svrvirc EDWARD STEVEN MII.LER PATRICIA A. LINN Student Council: Sludcnt Court Committee, '39, '40, '41 Mask and Bushin: Prcsizlvnl, Srcrclary. Trvaxurrr Knit Wits. Treasurer O'iru Torch HENRY E. MEYERROSE Service Rollvr Skating Club LORIETTO LITZINGER L--0 .V X 2, 2-g-. Q I ,Q . -'I M, '- , Lit. Ili ,X new '.'ZI . U V 4' an 'A -'fl .r' I N, I I Q 5 PRESTON MICHAELS Track Team, '38, '39, '40, '41 Apparatus Team, '40, '41 Svruice R Journalism Club, '4 I: Treasurer Athcmeum. '3 3, '39 DELLORA MAX' LODWICK Carol Club, '38, '39, '40, '41 Musica Ameritanu Operatic Knit Wits. '38 MILTON MARACEK Football Bowling VIRGINIA LICHTERMAN A the-nmum Square Dancing HOWARD H. MICHEL A'Cappella. '40 Aviation Club, '39 Glee Club, '41 'fhfffy-one J amzary, '42 W - , x rs, 5 , Bwana VIRGINIA E. LUKENS A tlzmceum, Secrvtarg Valley-ball Badminton Bowling Club CARL OSWALD BETTY ANN IVIANN Kni! Wits, '40 Roller Skating, '41 l 'gl-ff -- ,, ly , fl' I ll' ,M Qlw ffl' X7 '1 RAY W. MULL1Ns Sludent Council. Chairman of Alhleric Cunnnillvc Track, '39, '40, '41 A'Cuppella Chair Band, '37, '38, '39, '40, '41 VIRGINIA LEE IVIALSCH Scfrvice, '4 0 Bowling Club Roller Skaling Club , :1'.?1.f,,- I- 4.25 1115 ' L 1,21 I . i f M :ri ' . n 1 -' 4' . in W 'I t . ,A J We ik. 1 ' Lv f if .iv 4 K-'A - , IV. ll If n ' ..v - ffm Thirty-two HUBERT MUELLER Art Club Tennis SHIRLEY IVIARGUERITE LYON Turuh College Club .Ilalhvnralics Club A'CappeIla Choir, '59, '40, '41 Srhularship Pin ROBERT IVIOLONEY Howling Club, '39, '40, '41 SHIRLEY LONDE Treasurer of Slxcs Sluzlvnl Counrll U Torch WALTER OSTERKAMP, JR. 'l'orL'l7 Bwuna, '41, '42 French Club, '39 Svnior Orchestra, '38, '39, '40, DOROTHY JAN E IVIARKLE 11 rhcnwum Service Bowling HELEN IVIICHOLEVICI-I .lIfh0l'llPlIlT7 Phoraplay Appreciation Club Bowling Club JAMES ONANIAN Football, '40, '41 CATHERINE BERNADINE MAY Svruice GLENN A. PICKLES Fowbafr, '40, '41 Ilya fem j D PAULINE IVIARET Slurlvnl Council Service Scholarship R EUGENE PAUST, JR. Sc-rguumxal-Arms of Sixes Sluulcnl Council, Welfare Committee Track, '38 Svruicc RUTH IVIOHLMAN Torch Athena-um Carol Club lnlvrnutional Correspondcnce Club Bowling WILLIAM FREDERICK DREES Band GLORIA MILLER Sflmlarship R Phoroplay flpprr.-cialion Club O' 'I 1 n Vollvy-ball Club Torch Thirly-1hrc'e 142 , .J W5 0.7 N -, 1'-. Bwana BETTY JANE OTTENSMEYER Service Athenrzurn. '59i Ice Skating President, '4 O Pholoplay Appreciation CARL C. RADEMAKER, JR. Archrry Club: President. '40 Scruirc. '40, '41 MAUREEN O'LEARY Torch Scholarship Pin Student Council Rough Rider College Club JOSEPH C. PYATT Service Truck, '4 l HELEN LILL lnlernalional Co Club 'QV Va:-'. ' I' ,. --2 gg . rrcspondencc IE MUELLER ' Thirty-four WlL'I-lAM EDWARD RANDOLPH Journalism Club Square Danring Svrvicn Sharing Club Inrurnulional Curr:-spnmlence Club NIARGIE NEAL liashetball College Club Bowling Club KENNETH QUEENSILN Chl-cr I.ou:l1-r Rough Rider Buwling Club Sharing Club Srruiru RUTH LAURA MUELLIZR Siudonl Council A'C'uppellu Chnir' Carol Club Rubrd Choir HARIQY W. PRENZEL liowling Club, '4 I Tcnnis, '40 EMMA M. RADOSI-I Torch Vollvy-Imll. '41 Basketball. '41 Big Tm IJEONARD R. REID Fvncing Club, '39, '40, '41, '42 Clrvss Club, '40 GERTRUDE N.QUEEN Anlcny Band. '39, '40, '41 Band Orchcsrra Drum lllrljurvtlc Musica .'In1vricar1a RALPH R, ROTTMANN BETTY PROSEK 'QJD ROBERT ROLAND RAPP Student Counril Service R's Malhematics Club, '38, '39 A'CappeIlu Choir, '40 GERALDINE RADFORD Band, '38, '39, '40, '4l All-City High School Band Musica Americana Thingsupoppin Plmtopluy Appreciation RICHARD CARLYLE REDDEN Torch I Harvard Book Prize IVinner 1 Bwamz Rough Rider Mathematics Club JEANNE MARIE PERREN Robed A'Cappella A'Cappella Choir ' Carol Club - I Swimming Club ' Roller Shaling Club RICHARD E. REID Roller Shaling Club Bowling Club Thfffy-rw J amzary, '42 I rw ,ff - rk W Bwana GOLDIE LOUISE RUSSELL Softball Volley-ball LORRAINE Tl-IERESA ROTH ROBERT LEE SCHMITTLING AUDREY JUNE RUESTER June Coronation Queen. '4 1 Srudcnl Council, '41, '4Z: Chairman of Properly Com- mittee College Club. President and Scrgrant-at-Arms Pep R, Sergeant-ur-Arms Carol Club, '39, '40, '41, '42 CHARLES SINDELL Truck. '41 Football. '40 Bowling. '40, '41 . :Zi -'..-.u- mf ' -fi, fl: -f.':.4:,p ,.,ff.-' L Thirl y -six HELEN JUNE RIEBE Girls' Bowling Club HERMAN F. J. SCHALK Big Ten Scholarship Pin Scholarship R's Radio Club, '38, '39 Torch PAULINE E. SCHMICH CHARLES JOSEPH STEWART Truth L ESLI E JEAN ROBINSON Torrh Mask und Buslzin, Vice-Prcsfdcnt Callryc Club Winnvr in Maryville Drumulics Conlvsl Svruirr HILDAGARDE STANZE Torch Seruicv Pin Spanish Club, '.?9: Corczlilor of El Arco Iris, '40 lcc Slltlllhllfl Club. '41 Scholarship R GEORGE TUCKER NIYRTLE SCHWEISS Studcnl Council, '40, '41 Torch Svruicc' R's Malhvnmtics Club Arhcmrum ALBERT HARRY SCHULZE Orchestra lVIARTHA SCI-IRADER Arr F1-llmuslvip Service ' F4 KENNETH S. TEEL Torch Scholarship Pin Svruicc EDNA MAE SHAFFER Badminton GUS A. THALER. JR. Studi-nt Council SHIRLEY M. SCI-INEPPE Torch Editor of Rough Rider Secretary of Mask and Buslzin Scholarship R's Sz-ruice DONALD D. SANBURN Torch Sludent Council Band. '39, '40, '41 Tl71'rIy-scum 142 7 J Bwana CARL ANDRES WETZEL Gym Team, '39, '40, '41 Ping Pong, '59 Bowling. '41 Service, '39, '40 ROSALIND TIMMERMANN EDWARD WOLFF Bowling Club Truck MABEL CATHERINE TAFT Al Cleveland: Girls' Junior Swimming Team Girls' Senior Swimming Team Bowling Club Cleveland Pep Club Al Rooseuell: Drum Majoretle, '39, '40, '41 EARL A. VOELLINGER 4' M Thirty-eight PATRICIA STATLER President of College Club. 'All Secretary of Carol Club, '41 A'CuppeIl:1 BERNARD UHAN Bwana Stalf Senior Orcheslra, Vice-President Square Drmcing Journalism DOROTHY J. STREICHER Service Phomplny Appreciation ELLIOTT WYLOGE Torrh Scholarship R Rough Rider Service lcv Shufing Club ETHEL SOPHIA WALTERS Inu-rnnrional Correspondence Club Service DOROTHY LOIS WAS!! M Bwann Slulf Pep R, Pain! Commillcc Collrgr Clulx Carol Club Torch GLADYS WERN ER Opurclla Square Duncing Vullcy-hall I-'ing Pong Alhcna'um ARTHUR WEIQNER Truth, '3 8 Howling .AUDREY MARIE WElSER'I' Vollvy-hull Club Suruicv ELWARD WANDERSEE Truck. '40, '4l: Cup1m'n,'4I Sporlsman's Club, '39 Baseball. '41 R 'ISRJD MAGDALEN HELEN WIENER Athenmum. '4 0 Bowling WILLIANI YVELLER Torch RUTH WESTON Pvpcrrrs. '40 Roller Skilling Club WALTER GEORGE WEBER Malhrnlarics Club JOYCE C. WANDER 1 E r r Th ffU 1 'ff' J anuary, '42 ' 'I' Bwana MARTHA GRACE WILLIAMS Pep R Bowling, Captain Svruice R's Vollcy-ball MICHAEL WALDNER Torfh Rough Rider, Ediror Bwana Malhcmaiics Club Sludcnr Council DOROTHY ADELE ZIEGL ER Ar! Fvllowsliip Athcnwum Pholoplay Appreciation Club Squaw Dancing JOSEPH T. AYRES Sportsman'x Club PAULINE MAE BATES Scholarship Mc-dal Bowling Team MARY KATHRYN BIGGS Bowling Club, '41 JEAN BURK College Club lcv Skating Club LILLY AGNES BURKE JI Ilwnreum CHARLOTTE CAMPBELL Volley-ball Rollvr Skating Equestrian Club fb' 'i I ROLLAND DODSON Football. '30, '40 Baslzc1balI.'57,'38 Sofzball Ice Sharing Club Roller Shalirlg Club MARVIN A. XV. EGGERS NELLIE GERTRUDI5 GREENSTREET lI u:lir1u.'3 l. '40, '4l Carol Club. Ill, '4l EDWARD GROTE linuliny Club ROBERT I.. MEYER Iioollrull, '41 Spurlsmurfs Cluh Rough Rider LLL'-n,: Stall' ERNEST 'NE RHYMER Si-nior Orchcslra Svnior Baml Fc.-rig! RICHARD G. WALCK Bowling Club. 273, '39 Tracie, '39. '-I0 DELORES J. WILD Athcnwum Phuroplny Appreciation Club Valley-bull Softball LEONARD STEINBRECHER Truck. '38 Roll:-r Slzaling Club EARL A. WALLIS Track, '1s.'3Q, '40.'4l LEONARD WASSEIZMAN JUNE INIEZ WILSON Torrh Rough Riilc-r llmlmln ton Clu lr RICHARD YOUNG liaslxclhall, '-Il I JULIUS ZEBRACK Truck, '39, '40, '41 lfoolbull. '41 ft-1 SEVENS Purpose of Club: Seventh term class. To conduct business of class and arrange social functions. Moderator: Miss R. Lawton Time ancl Place of Meeting: Thursday afternoons, in the auditorium Forty-two OFFICERS anuary to June, 1941 President: Margaret Nickolaus Vice-President: Thomas Wolf Secretary: John Vogel Treasurer: Karl Wolf Sergeant-at-Arm:: Bob Able OFFICERS September, 1941, to January, 1942 President: john Vogel Vice-President: Elaine Haller Secretary: Ruth Brielmaier T I SRobert Berntbal reasurers' Zcharlotte Wetteroth Sergeant-at-Arm Arthur Swenson JOHN C. VOGEI. Prvsiilavlt of Sam-ns St-crctary of Sixcs Gym '1'can1, '41 Basketball. '41 Vollay-bull, '41 RUTH E. BRIELMAIER Srcrctary uf Sz-vans Scholarship Pin Torch Stutlcnl Council ln- Sharing Club CHARLOTTE WE'I l'EIl OTH 'l'1'r-itxuwr of Svucns U'iIa. Trcusttrvr, Vim--I'rvxidr'nl. and Prlrsirlvnt llwrlnu Mash and Baskin Sluclcnt Council NORMAN ANDERSON Radio Club, Prcsitlanl, '59, '40 Roll:-r Skating Club JANET AICHNER liwanu S1011 French Club. Vice-Prcsiilcnt. '4 International Corrcsponrlcnco Club Knit Wits .W, I Forty-three ELAINE HALLER Vic:--Prcsitlcnt Seams Student Council, '40, '41 Welfare Committee, '40, '41 Chairman of Student Adjush mont Commission, '41 Svruice, '38, '39, '40, '41 ROBERT BERNTHAL Treasurer of Scams Opvrcttn, '41 Bwana, '41, '40 Basketball, '40, '41 Bowling Club, '40, '41 ARTHUR SWENSON, JR. Sluclanl Council, ViCe'PrL'sidL'nt Rougl: Rider Staff Btunntz Staff Stamn Club, Presizlcnt. '40 Scholarship R's LIONE ADAMS Photcpluy Appreciation Club BOB ABLE Football. '39 Trark, '39 June, '42 Bwana- LORNA AIGNER College Club Scruice Srholarship R STUART PAUL ANDERSON Art Club. '40, '41 A'CappvlIa Choir, '40, '41 Senior Orchestra, '40, '41 All-City Orchesrrn, '41, '42 BETTY BALL Roller Skating, '41 Carol Club, '41, '40 Opcrctm Service ADOLF PHILIP BAI-ILKOW Science Club Chess Club BETTY JANE ARNOLD Scholarxhip R Big Tm Snrulce Mathvmatics Club Sclcncc Club , .,.,:3?,' . . .1 42115. A . 4,11 ,, -1!.'.' -.el-Cf' . f:!:- 5.91 2-1- 3 Fuzlgf-four MARX' ANN ANGLIN Inrcrnariorml Correspondents Club. '40, '41 Hudnwinlon. '41 LORETTA BADDER AIIYBDTUUZ Basketball, 'i9 Knir Wits livu.'lx'ng JAMES BENA EILEEN BAILEY ALOYSIUS BECKER DOROTHY BAN Swimming Tram, Captain ,'39. '-IO: CG-CllFfllill.14i lntcrnalionul Cbrrcspurnlvncc Club Scruitv lfquvslrian Club BETTY JANE BARSACHS Swimming 'l'vun7, '39 Art Club. '39 Service ROY BOHLEY A'CappcIla NTATALIE ELAINE BENA A Period A'Cnppvlla A'Cappr.-lla Mask rmzl Huslzin LAYMAN BROWN Bullun CfllY1H1illC'0 Sixrs Burton Con1milli-u Som-nv Vice-Prvsirlml Cha-ss Club Forty-five QPJD EVELYN BECKERLE lniarnalional Correspondence Club lcv Skaring Club Knit Wits Ping Pong ROGER ARTHUR BERG Buskelbnll, '41, '42 Srurlnn! Council Bwnna Stall Sr.-rvicc R Sorial Commillec of Sevms ANN BIRCHFIELD Vollcy-ball Club WILLIAINI BENNETT NIARGARET RUTH BALL Chcvrlcurlcr Psp R SluC!L'r1l Council, Alhlvlic Com- millce Service R's Carol Club June, '42 1 n ki 3-X9 Bwana NANCY BOEFER College Club LOIS BLANTON FRANK BLOUNT Football, '39, '40, '41 Basketball, '40, '41 Track, '40, '41, '42 Baseball, '41, '42 DOROTHY MARIE BORMAN Bwana S :aff KENNETH CALLEWAERT 532 Fo rt y - si x '25-vi i' . NIARTHA BLANKENSHIP Big Ten Scholarslxlp 12's Bwana Suu? Collvgv Club Carol ffluh. '39, '40, '41 EDWIN BUERKE BETTY BOTTS Torch Swimming Club Irv Sharing Club Scimrv Club Knll IVIIS ROBERT CAIRNS VIRGINIA BRANDT W. RICHARD DE KAY ELISA BRAUN Slutlvnt Council CiIiznn,vlzip Con'1miltr'e lcv Slutliny Clulw llrlvrnrllinmtl Currvspunzlvnce Club l'ing1 4my Club FRANCIS Cl-IULICK INEZ BORDERS Swimming Cluh. '39, '40, '41 lnlerncllinnal Ccrrrespmmlence Club, President, '4 1: Vice-Prcsirlent. '40 Spanish Club, '41 Student Cuuncil. '40, '41 Latin Club. '39 K EITH CARSTENS ' AUDREY BURKHART Valley-ball. '39, '40, '41 International Correspondence Club, '39 Bowling Club. '40 WILLIANI DUNCAN Senior Band, '38, '39, 'fl 0 Art Club LORRAINE RUTH BRAUN Student Council Secretary I0 Adviser Science Club. '41 Knit Ulils, '38 Lalin Club. '39 RAYMOND DURAND Track, '40 Service Roller Skating Club Buskulball, '40, '41 Volley-bull, '40 CATHERINE ANGELINE BONO Bwana Staff College Club Student Council Scholarship R Secretary to Adviser Forty-seven 342 Bwana LORRAINE DREHER Athenaeum, '19, '40 O'ita, '40 Carol Club. '40 S4-ruler, '39, '40 PHILIP FABER Seruicc GLORIA COC!-IRAN Student Council Ice Sharing Club Spanish Club Scholarship R JOSEPH ANTHONY EDER Tennis Team, '40, '4l: Champions, '41 Bashelbull. '41, '42 Student Counril. '41 Bowling Club, '40, '-ll JACQUELINE BYRNS fx 1.1 i Forty-eight HARRY FULTS lfnulhull, '40, '41 Rough Rimlvr Slnll JUNE LEE DUNCAN Vulivgf-bull. '40, '41 linrlminlon, '4 1 NORVEL E PSTEIN limvling Club EUNICE RAE COHEN Bly 'Ten Srholarship R Carol Club Musica Americana Trophy Winning Dmmulic Group JAMES DICIQOFI7 ScImlarsl7ip Pin linux' Slcllc' l'rn'siclx'nI of Lulin Club. '33 lxlUl'1l'f77dlI'CS Club Torch Dovrsx' LEE DALTON EVERETT GLIDEWIELL ELLEN DICKERSON Rig '1'vn Torch Sludcnl Cuuncil Cfullvgr Club. Vivi--llrmimlrnl. '4 I liwrlnu Stull JACK LAWRENCE GOYMERAC Torch Vollvy-ball, '-10, '41 Bowling Club, '41 liusubull. '41 Haskrllmll. '-1 1 RUTH DIECKGRAFIE liuwling Club, '41 Svrvicv, '19, '40, '41 Forty-nine we all NIELBA MARY EVELAND Service Plzoloplay Roller Skating Knit Wifs MARIAN DOENGES Southwest: Special Sc-rvicc Club Bowling Roosevelt: Ar: Club JOHN W. PRIES Sruilcfnt Council Swimming, '40, '41 Service lcv Sharing Club NAOMI ENGLE EUGENE WARREN FEARS Tennis Tcum Caplain, '39, '40, '4 1 Football. '41 June, '42 qu., Bwana MARGUERITE PLEM ING CORRINE FLOEH VIRGINIA H. FISCHER Chevrleader. '41, '42 Pep R, '40, '41 O'ita, '41 Pepcllc Prcfslclenl. '41 Frm-nch Club DOROTHY H4 FALK O'itu lcc Skating Club Roller Slmting Club BOB GALL Bowling Club Sporlsn-mn Club Philnlelic Club .- I f? ?5iI '-.fl - Cf-I f 's.'1.': - X , Fifty RUDOLPI-I GIESSENBIER MARY' LEE FARRELL Susimming Tvun1. '38, '39, '4U. 'JI Stmlvnl Cuunril Sm-ruire lnrernalinnnl Correspondence fflulv, '30, '-HJ: Vicc'-Pfz-sb zlvnl. '-ll Spunlsll Club. '40 MELVIN GAUSS DOROTHY FAERBEZI I-'alley-lmll, '39, '40 Inla-rnuriufml Correspondence Club. '39 Bowling Club, '40 IDA NIARIE FELLHAUER Roller Slmllny Club Squaw: Dancing BILLIE FRANKLIN liflrlfizinymllics Club Sccrclary, '40 Debating Club, '-ll Journnllsm Club, '41 CrIroIClul1. '39, '40 Service, '39, '40, '-ll LOUISE KERN FREDERICKS liwruza Smll' lnlernnlional Corrrxponrlc-ncI2 Club O'lIa Fra-nI'lI Alb:-ncvurlr EUGENE FRANCOIS HEIL Senior Orchvslru Concerrmcislcr, Vicv-l'ruxiLlcnl Pholopluy Apprrriurlon Cluh, Prvxlclrnl, Vic:--l'resI'dnnt Square Dancing Sound Sysn-m Opcrulor Alhmwum, ljrlimr of Mercury, '3 9 . 'Al 0 NIARY GRACE Softball. '19 Iiudmlnlon. 'fll Valley-hull. '41 VIRGINIA FOWLER Fifty-one ,1' all HOWARD HEALD CAROL G. FUSCO Arr Club. Tr:-asurer. Secrclary. '41 Allu-nmum JACKIE FRICHETTE AllIE'HKl'Lll'l7, '4 0 Square Dancing, '41 EUNICE GRAUL Scholarship R Rough Rider Siulf Sll1d0l7l Counril, Membership Commilree Pcp R Svruicc HENRY HEUSACK June, f42 If .--3 ,WAX ' ,lp f. fl r 'B- Bwana HAZEL GASKINS Valley-ball Frmch Club HERMAN HONTGFORT Bowling MELBA GILSTRAP Bonding Club, '40 Swimming Club, '40 Ice Skating Club, '4 I Valley-hall, '41 BILL I-IURST Ealiior of Bwana Student Council. Parliamen- mrian Rough Rider Scltolarsllip Pin Torch FERN KATHRYN GOODWIN Scholarship R Musk and Baskin 411 . '?Z'51,, - ' -if-'+ D ., '.I 595' '21 ':,q. my . fs ' 1 Fifry-:wo LORRAINE RUTH GAIQDNEII f,'IvL'vlunfl: Suriolngy Club Ruoscvclt: Pop R, '40, '41 A 1 I1 umuunv JEAN GILMAN Mallyvnmlics Club. '41 XVILLIAM EDWARD HOW liasulmll. '38, '39, '40: Capluin, '41 lfcnlball, '39, '40 Truulz. '40 ANITA JEAN GOELZ Scholarship R Sur uit c Kfurnl Club ALBERT HIRSON A'Cappvlla Choir lu' Skating Club Roller Slmting Club Howling Club Svruicu CAROLYN HACKMAN Opernllu. '41 'l'ruslc'e's Asslslnnr Torch Bmlminlnn Mask and Buslxin RAYMOND KONTA EMMA R. HAFNER Knit YVIH Clulm CHARLx5s JOHNSTON LUCILLE HAGENOW Sludrnl Council O'llll lcc Skating Club Service Square Dancing Fifly-three Q3y VERNA HANNEKE Sru11cn!Counril, '4 I Ice Sluzlfng Club. '40, '41 lnlernutinnul Corn-spumlenee Club, '41 Athenaeum. '40, '-ll Ping Pong. '40, '41 DOROTHY E. HAHN Studenz Council O'im. Corresponding Secretary. '-l0: Treasurer, '41 Inrernalional Correspondence Club Ire Sharing Club Art Club RAY A. KAUFMANN Glve Club 1 Sportsman Club 'N QI,- . 1 I rf BETTY JANE HAMPE Student Council . 'I College Club Y ' ' JOSEPH KELLEDY Student Council Foolbnll, '-IU, '41 Juna'42 I Bwancz AUDREY LOUISE HARDER Sourhwcxr: Glec Club Rooseucll: Carol Club. '39, '40, '41 Bowling Club, '40, '41 Ice Skalfng Club, '38, '39, '40 Alhenmum IJ CATHER X1 j HEFFER Bwana Staff ' Pep R,'40,'41 X Slurlenr Cou il '40, ' Scholar ip ' I A Service 's p K C! ,'X 1 WILLIS KUNZ HELEN BERNICE HEATHER Badminton, '41 Vollcy-ball. '41 TI-IELMA HARRIS 1 I 'jp Ill' f':f1g,'-four PAUL KUNZ LILLIAN HERD Senior Band, '38,'39, '40, '41 All-City Band. '39, '40, '41 Senior Orchrslra Ping Pong. '39 VIRGINIA ELIZABETH HAY Carol Club. '39, '40 Arrhz.-ry Club, '40 Ira Sharing Club, '40 MAXINE HAY HENRY J. KRUSE EDNA HOl.,'l'MANN Sluzlmr Council, '41 Big Ten Ping Pong. '-10. '41 Scrvicr, '19, '40, '41 CLESTA HINDERER Square Dancing ROBERT E. LAFFERTY Chvnl'lrmIe'r. '40, '41 Tarmia, '-10: Champs, '41 Baxhcrlmll, '40, '41 Slualvnt Council. Fiuancr- Com- mittee, '-I 1 Svrvice BETTY LOU HOBSON MARGARET RUTH HERDE 17011 R Carol Cluh AI hmm-u m Bash M bull Spanish Club GEORGE E. LIESMANN Musk and Buskin. President. Vice-President Swimnzing, '39, '40, '41 Trurlt, '59, '40 limuling Club. '41 Sl-rviccn '39, '40, '41 JUNE ALMA HUNT Phoroplny Apprecialion, Presi- dent, '4 I O'i1u Big Ten Scholarship R's Turch JEAN HERMAN Pep R Secretary of O'i1a lcv Sharing Club Service Scholarship R's JEANNE HOLLAND Rmrylv Rider Staff O'ila Carol Club French Club Athumzfum CLAUDE LEWIS J une, '42 l Bwana HELEN JAROSIK Principal of Opurclln, '41 A'Cappulla. '38, '39, '40, '41 Prexidenr of Alhemuum. '38 French Club, '41 Swin1ml'ng Club. '39 ALBERT MIKES Swimming, '38, '39, '40, '41 Svruicv, '58, '39 Gym Ar! Guild, '39, '-10. '41 JACQUELINE JOHNS Cullvgc Club Sc-crclarg lo Advisor Vollvy-bull Fr:-nah Club JAiv1Es MARKEY JOYCE BETH HUNT Sevrvlury Io Adviser Sc-rvicc' Pep R Musk and Baskin Spanish Club LAURA LOUISE ISBELI A 'Cappullu lnlvrrmrional Correspondence 1 Club M! KU ' L lff fi W , ' ts if G ,JJ I j V 5 , ,,,jJJX 'A - X. r Su C! RJ - x 1 E LEE JEQN x X l EUGENE MARTIN DOROTHY JOEDICKE WADE LUECKING Slurlcnr Counril, '40 G1v1'Club,'4l Su.'inmn'ng Tuam, '41 If F .em-1 - . ' '-'lm -- f. gc , l :.- flu' ' L., Me? aw ff-' , W Fifly-six AUDREY RUTH KI'fI.I.1ER O'i!n. '41 , SL-rvicv, '4l liaxlzvlbnll, '59 DORIS KINNISON Vnllcy-hull Square Dancing VJILBUR NIILLERSCI'IUI.'I'Z Bowling Club Rollvr Slzuling Club Sportsman Club BETTY LUCILLE KLIPSTINE l'Immplny flpprcciau'nn O'i1u Burton Cummillvc ol' Sixvs Carol Club Journalism Club RUSSELL IVIORROW Fonllmll. '39, '40, '41 Bnslwlhall, '39, '40, '41 Busvlmll, '40, '-ll RougI1 Rider -7 I Qfff' ff ' ' ' I . f ,', . J' '-f X' Fifi 41 -sewn f .fvzp A i l -fr ffxx fl' 1 gg, 'fl 5575 JEWEL KLOEPPER Interna tional Corrcspnn dence Club, Secrclury. '41 Buflnrinlurr, 'J I ROBERT MURPIIY VIRGINIA LEE KOCH Ar! Club Burlcn Connnillvc of Sevens Big Tm Stholurship R Atlwmvum JOSEPH MODER Service R's Athi.-nueum Roller Skating Club Bowling Club Ping Pong Club EDNA KOCH Juna'42 Bwczna GRACE MARIE KGHNLE Cc-Editor of Rough Rillcr Social Commitlce of Scuvns SociulComn1i1:ve of Sixes 5vrv.'itv.' R RHODA ADELE KUHLMAN Scrrivv Pin French Club, Sefrrrurg. '41 Int:-rnaricrmlCurrcsponnlcnre 0 Club Journalism Club WALTER I. NELSON lcv Sharing Club Ping Pong Club Glee Club SHIRLEY JANE KOENEMAN Student Council Scholarship R's O'ira Svruicc R IVA RUTH KAPLAN International Corrcsporzdenfc Club. '39 Service Z. .rim Y f ii .55 ' Ffffy-efgm ..,...fff' 1, N sn v' ' . x V' RAYMOND OTHER Opvruzm, '-I 0 A'Cappc'llu, '58, '39, '40, '4 l Howling Club. '41 A!l:emL'un1. '4 I .flrchvry Club. '-IU LA VERNE KRUSE liwnnu Smfl. '-H SrrL'iL'v, '40 BLANCI-IE KOVACIK Rough Rillcr Sl-ruicu A llwmi-um LORRAINE KREN Plnoluplay Appreciation. 'l'rc-lsurvr, '41 O'iru l'9u:lminlnn KARL ODENWALD SHIRLEY KUPPINGER lnlrrnnrlnnrll Correxpumlrnfu Clulx Knil WVIIIS Journalism Club QUENTI N REDDEN GLORIA NIARIE LEIMBACI-1 lnlurnulionul Corrvspomlcncc Clul: Roller Skating Square Dancing Baskcrball Badminlon FRED PONZAR JEAN LAWSON Bwamz Staff O'im Skuring Club Bowling Club Arhcnwum l-'iffy - nine 44' 7 DD ELEANOR L AN DGRAF Srbolnrslzlp R Sxudcnr Council Bwnna Stal? College Club Pvp R AUDREY C. LESCH Inn-rmztional Corrs-span dence Club Survic e EDWARD PRIMM BETTY LESS International Correspondence Club Spanish Club Journalism Club BERNARD OVERHOFF J 142 Ll U 9 , Bwana ELMER J. RIESS Track. '41 Bowling Club lcx- Skating Club Ping Pong Club JEANNE MILLER Scholarship R Big Tm Torch NIARY ALICE MCMICHAEL JANE LIVINGSTON Trnasurm' of Swimming Team. '4 0 '4 l IDIEFHGIIOHGI Correspomlvnce Club Equvxlrirm Club Service Sccrelrrry lo Aclui.-mr JOHN REED -1.9 -. - '- af. .. Alfiflfi . ,i .Q- X S ix! ll DOROTHY MEYER College Club Scholarship li Cum! Club MARE' CATHERINE LYONS O'i!u, Vicc4Prvsizlvnr Vollvy-hull ROBERT RIES 1cc.Slmn'ng Club, '40, '4li Trcusurcr. '41 l3uwliny Club. '-l I ' Sixcx, SI-UI-ns Burron Cummiltee LORRAINE LUEDERS Collrgv Club Knil Wits Club BONNIE MATH EWS College Club Carol Club Mnlfhvnmlicx Club Srlmlur'sl1l1J li' Tmrfh HAROLD RUNDLF ARLINE MOXTLR Big 'rm Srholurslvip Pin Sludvnt Council Iiwanu Slulf Collvgr' Club NIARGARET NICKOLA US Iidilor of Bwzmu Slurll-nl Council, S01.'!'L'llll'y Prvxilivnl nf Sixcx O'ilu, l'residcnl Turflx l5I'ET'l'Y NEWSON LYNELL MURPHY SlIlli4'I1l Coumfil O'iln, Prvsidcnl anal 'l rmsurlr '-H Carol Club lcv Skating Service Xxx Sixty-one .ff V - MARILYN MILLER Pvp R College Club Rough Rider Sluclrnt Council Reprcsenlutiun Scholarship R19 DESSIE MORRISON Ice Skilling Club, '59 Service, '59, '40 ALBERT RUESTER RUTH ELAINE MONTAGUE Maryville Play Tournamcnl Winner Swimming Tvam Svcrelury, '4 I Pup R College Club ' Carol Club JOHN RILEY Bowling June, '42 Bwana ROBERT RUSSELL BETTY ANN PURSEY O'iIa. Secretary. '41 Ice Skating Club Service International Correspondence Club Arr Club HERBERT JACQUEMIN SLIGER Football, '59, '41 Basketball, '39, '40, '41 Track, '39, '40, '41 Valley-ball, '40 ALMA L. PYLE Bowling Club Athenaeum RICHARD CHARLES SARTORIUS Studcnt Council Sl.-ruire Pin Slamp Club, President Bwnmr Staff Bowling Club -2555-, ' Sixty- two BETTY POUNDS HELEN LOUISE NICHOLS SlullnntCounc1'l, '4 I Suruicc Snuhnrning Club, '41 lmvmnlionul Corresponzlence Club BETTY NOSEK Vullvy-111111 Club S:L'in1n71l7g Club liullminlon Club CONSTANCE M. NIEXVOEPINER S.-rvicc Valley-bull, '41 ROSALIA OTTOMEIER Cll1'1SvsLUl.l77l771Y2!l Club, '41 Ire Slmling Club, '41 Frrncb Club. '40, '41 NIARCELLA PORTIELI. O'im Carol Club Fra-nch Club MARX' ANN PONDER Rough Ridvr Scholarship Pin O'i1a Sfl,!Ill'17ICfIlH7Cil. '39, '-Ill. '-l I: Cirizmship Commilrcv. '10, '40 Torch FRA NCES PAULOWICZ RUTI-I PEMBERTON O'i!a Carol C I uh A lhcnwum Sr-ruin' Square Dunring LYDIE PECQUEUR Torch Sludrnt Council French Clulz. l'rmidcnr, '41 Bwuna Stull' lfIfUl'HUlf0l7tll Cnrrnsponilcncv Club In Ni MILDRED PASCHEDAG O'ila Knil W'its Survitc XVILLIAM GILBERT SPARGO Prvsldenl of Spanish Club, '40, '4 l Surgvrlnl-ul-Arn7x. All7e1Ja'um, l l Roller Slmling Club Svruirc' Svrgoanl-az-flmss. Spanish Club SHIRLEY PETERSON Annlolc French Clul1.'40,'4li President, '40 lnlernntionnl Corrvspondence Club. '39, '40, '4l: Secretary Sergeant-at-Arnus, Vicc-Presi- zll'rJI A'CI1ppella Cl1uir.'4O.'4I Carol Club. '38, '39, '40 O'iIa, '-ll ROBERT DAVID SLOSS Bowling Club. '39, '40, '4i Truth, '39, '40 ALICE PAULSELLE Sixty-three ,4Z Bwana KAY ROBERTSON Service, '41 A'Cappr-lla lrzlvrnational Corrusponrlence Club Athenaeum Journalism Club ROSEIVIARY ROEDEL Roller Sharing Club Square Dancing MICHAEL TETTAMBEI. 1 Mathematics Club Bowling Club DORIS RATI-IMAN CLIFFORD STOLTZ 4-'v ,gk . - '--wif' S: '1'f.'2L55 673' ' Qixvff Sixty-four FLORENCE ROMANO ROBERT TRACY GLORIA LEE RINGGOLD .'IlhI'r7a:L1ln Valley-ball Svrufcn l rvm'l1 Club JOHN S. STATHOPULOS Duharing Team PATRICIA RADENTZ Bwunu College Club Sludunl Council Musk and Buslzin liuslmlball CURT WEPIM.UI2I.I.fiIi Drsignuzl Sixers' Button Dexignt-tl St-vvnx' Bunun BERNICE ROGERS ETI-IEL SCHMIDT limlminlon, '41 Valley-lmll, '41 AGNES RUZICKA Stumlmt Counril Scholurxhip R Swimming Club WILLIAM TRUSCHEIT Snnlunr Council, '40, '41 Mash and Buxhfn Sixty-Hue N fgjl MYRA COLLEEN ROUTT Torch Big Ten. '38, '39, '40, '41 Surulrl' R Carol Club. '38, '39 Latin Club. '38 FERN M. SCHLEPER VERNON WAIQFEL MARY KATHRYN SCI-IE I PS Collvge Club Basketball Journalism Club LAVERN SAUERBURGER S Ifrui cv R June, '42 if 1, '13 .v N -' -x , ,, :fir 'g' ' e -A rlpqma Af 1 V, . J f I A J ff KAU REY sau Km 3 I ERNA Rosa SCHWAB Baskctball Roller Skating Vollcy-ball lcv: Sharing JOSEPH P. WERLE. JR. Student Council Mathematics Club Ice Sharing Club Track .Service BETTY JEAN SEABAUGH Scholarship Pin Basketball Club Vollcy-ball Club Ping Pong Club EMMA SCHOLTEN . pe . . xl iglfigaz N. .: 4. t,:, I '-ff.- gg .,,:., .ga ,.,1', 1 1-2 ff - , if Sixty-six GORDON WETFERER AUDREY SCHNEIDER Stull:-nr Council. '41 Ice Sharing Club lntcrnutimml Corrcspamlcnrc Club Iludminmn Club Torch CAT!-IERINE SCI-IMITT MARIAN SCHRADER lnlernationul Corrrspomlcncc Club Roller Sharing Club WILTIRED HARULD WELTGE Big Ten Student Council Tnrcl: Track Svruice DOROTHY SINGER Cll'LlI.'lUHllJ Vollcll-bull Ilors cslvucs Sol I hal l lhlosvw-ll: limulfng Club Vollcy - lmll VIRGINIA LEE SIMPSON A'Cnppnlla, '39 Carol Club DAVID WINCIIYR Rough Rider Bwuna Stuff Srzulcnr Council Golf Team Bowling Clulx, '41 LEORA SING BETTY JEANNE ST. DENIS Prp R,'38,'-12 Studunl Counril, '40, '41, '42 O'im, Svcrvmry Sa-crvmrgy m Adviser French Club fqlf SJD I r l KARL P. W. WOLF I Dclmring TL-am X Treasurer of Sixes Vice-President of Science Club f Huruarrl Book Award I Torch ANITA A. STRIEGEL rI'Cr:ppellu Choir, Secretary , French Club, Secretary I PL-p R O'ita. Sergeant-at-Arms Svrvirv ROBERTA STOKES DOROTHY SNOWDEN WALLACE WILL Smze Track Team, '41 Bwana Sraff Track, '40, '41 Srirncc Club QI I If LIP Ilgrn I P X VIIXIXLI, XXX Sixty-seven ,4Z ,QC my Q5 Bwana ROBERT YOUNG EVELYN TRIES MILDRED JEAN THORNTON Snnior Orrlvvsira, '38, '39, '40, '41 Secretary of Spanish Club, '-ll Iniernational Correspondence Club Swimming Club Ice Slmling Club BERNICE THEISEN French Club S crui ce THOMAS WOLF Srudenl Council Bowling Club, '39, '40, '41, Captain, '40, '41 Vice-President of Sixes Scholarship R's Big Ten ra! A Sixty-eight JUNE E. TUBBESING International Correspondence Club Ruller Skating Square Danring Baslzclbull Torch MARGARET THROGMORTON Creston, Iowa: Glu' Club Bowling, '33 Iiaslwlbull. Captain Ruosvvall: limuliny, '39, '40, 'fll Trvasurrrr unrl Caplain A1114-na-um HIXROLD WIZIGHT. JR. Gym Tram, '39, '40, '41 liascbull. '39, '40 Ifuolbull, '39, '40 Vollvy-bull, '41 Basketball. '39, '40 ELIZABETH JEAN TAYLOR Srluurl' Dancing Rol1urSlza!ing Club Ira Slzaling Club DOROTHY STUBITS Corresponding Club Plmloplay Club Arhvmvum A 'Cappella Journalism Club GEORGIA WALLEIK M'r1slz and Ruskin, '40, '41 Ar! Club. '41 Dclmrc Club, '41 Ibll7l'llLl'Ul77. '40 Roller Skating, '40 ELIZABETH WANDLESS Roller Slzallng Club Basketball Club Square Dancing Bowling Club NIILDRED WALLACE MARX' M. WANDER Roller Slmling Club JAYNE TURPIN Pep R. Truusurer Scholarship R Sl-crvlnry IO Azluisvr O'llll, Serrvlurg Toqrh Sixlg-nine 1 Q13 ALMYRA MARGARET WEBER Bowling Club Roller Skating Club GRACE TWELKER Bowling Club Square Dancing FRANK ZEMAN CARMEL VERRILLO Pl-p R Girls' Swfmnvlng Club ANNA TUMMINELLO Volley-ball Club June, '42 EJ '23 14. ' rik- .. 4' VL LUCZDCZ OPAL YAGGI Girls' Swimming Club O'ita Clulz Knit Wils Survicv R Rough Rizlcr Stal? DORIS JEAN WOOLLEY Srurlcnt Council Big Ten Ping Pong Square Dancing Servicc NIARTI-IA VVILLIAMS College Club Student Council Scholarship R Service MARIAN WERRE Arr Fellowship RITA ANNORA WEBEIZ , 3. ' f:f:::f.55 ffif' N Seucnly SHIRLEY YOUNG Sulclun: Piclxuring Club. '38, '39. '40 Charter llilvnzbcr Magic Club, '39, '40 Mallucmalics Club Runs:-ucll: Debaling Club. '41 .lournulism Club, '-ll VERNA WILSON Vollfy-bull, '41 Iiadminron. '41 PHYLLIS I... WILDER Rough Rider College Club Bnwling Club Survicc ELSIE ELIZABETH WILD lnrvrnalionrll Corrvspondcncc Club Squarx' Dancing Basketball Vulley-hull lfmiminlrm MARY WEBER French Club IVIARY ZERVAS IVIORTIMER ALLEN ALBIfER'I' ANTHONY ARTHUR BAUER JOHN BENNETT CLORINDO BELCALORE ALLEN BERGER JIM BERNTHAL JOHN BIRK ALBERT BLAI--IA FRED BODIMER DOROTHY BOE!-IMER GLORIA BONASTIA VIRGINIA BOND ANDREW BONE ANTI-IONY THOMAS CALABRESE Sprmixlz Club, Svryuunl-ul-1'Irms JUSTINE CAREY Vicv-l'rusidvm of t'Ill1l'fIll'LIU7. 'fl I Frvml: Cluh JAMES COLLIIER RODNIEY CONOVER CLYDE DANIAL PATRICIA DICK GLENNON DONAI 'IUI5 TRULA DUGGAN 'Ill7rrm'un1. l'rcs:'dr'nl. '-ll XVILLIAM DVORAK ROBERT ELSNER BILL ENRIGHT ALBERT EYMAN LEONARD FACTOR BRANDON FLEMING IVIARLINE FORD CLINT FORREST ARTHUR FRENTROP JAMES F. GASS Suximming Tvum, '40, '41 ELIZABETH GEERS CHARLES HALL JOHN HASSELBRING C. EUGENE HODGES LORENE HOLLEY IVIARY JANE HOWARTI-I Bwurm Sluff O'l'Iu ,'Ithvm1'unJ .4Irl l vlImUsln'p Club KENNETH JANSEN SAMUEL C. 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X sfov tennis HLGM JAY YO Ntmzesv N haw: aecnuss wi 'is N K . S Snuernui 500001. ENTlANCi ninemsn Ax n.N.s2'cn-Asx N , N M x dc- k - N xagf N, 3 ,I new mous1mQu5 gruuuns f NH'-Y in ,,..A stun as uucauscmvsnf Nouumq ur THE FENCE 81 X X , 3, gd Seventy-two 7 Seuemy-three Seventy-four Bwaria is especially grateful to the following teachers: Miss Sleater, Miss O. Solfronk, and Miss Meehan, who judged the poetry. Mr. Griggs, Miss Slattery, and Miss Mills, who judged the fiction. Miss Grace, who judged the one-act plays. Miss Edna Braun, whose fifth and sixth term classes contributed the art work. MUSIC Music is emotion, An art beyond compare, A thing not centered in one place, But hozfring everywhere. Music is an outlet For love and hate and strife: It echoes to our very souls The wonders of this life. Music make me visualize The hill, the bird, the tree, All mother nature's handiwork In one sweet melody. Music is the solvent Of sorrow and despairg And like some magic potion It soothes away all care. Music is the mystic force That lifts the spirits high: It makes us want to sing and dance, When no one knows just why. is ,Q - 1 is 14 NIGHT COMES The sun goes down behind the hills, A lone bird's call the silence thrillsj Billie Beinker Night pins her curtain with a star, and dreams Float from flowers and soft moon-beams. The day has laid her burden down, Peace is upon the far and busy town: Heavens blessings fall, and angels vigil keep, Come, golden day, come then, and sleep. Gloria Stieglitz Seventy-five Seventy-six TO A FELLOW POET Your poetry is tempting milk In dainty silver globes: Your songs are ladies dressed in sillz, In shining, suvishing robes. My poetry is heavy blocks Of granite, hewn and rough: My poetry is naked rocks, And sand, and building stuff. My poem is a sweating man Of coarse and heavy tread. And these are two, and neither can Serve in the other's stead. lm Q5 954+ AS SH ADOWS FALL If I were a voice that man might hear, A smile, caress, or hope, or tear: Delight of coming year ,... or fear, I should ask no more. If I Lvere a song or a soft refrain, Or falling snow, or refuge of rain. Or ardent sun on grain . . . o'er plain, I have said before: . I should ask no more. Howard Price Bill Hurst MEMORIES I t seems lo me in every heart A sect'ion's set' aside Hfhere all life's pleasures and her joys May End a place to hide. Sometimes they linger there for years Untouched by grief or strife, Till some small deed or casual word XVill bring them back to life. We call these pleasant' memories: Without which there would be No recollection of the past, No youthful memory. as XVell. that 's all right, some folks may say, 1 r The past' is finished, through. 'Tis of the future we must' think And build our dreams anew. 4: rf J: 'Tis of the future we must' think? Thal's true, I must confessg But il's the lessons of the past That help us to success. ff? We i ltwsfs fj:eete'r'1gw QQ IGN' It X EVENING YVhen the close of clay clraws near Billie Beinker And the sun slowly fades from our sight, The glittering stars appear, Mother Nature whispers, Goodnight Each l'wil't'ering bird is hushed 1 Quiet replaces the din Of a busy world no longer rushed, XVhen Nature tucks her children in. The man in the moon winks his eye: As his nightly vigil he keeps: The winds softly croon a lullaby, A tired world peacefully sleeps. Catherine Bono Seventy-seven Seventy-eight MUSICAL NOTE Music makes the world go round With melody and heavenly sound. Oh, for the life of a vagabond Who plays and sings the year around, Giving pleasure and making mirth Around and around the beautiful earth! Oh, for the life of a vagabond! For music we know makes the world go WHY? There are joys that feet know That fingers never will The exciting bouncing feel of A-running down a hill: The prickliness so soft and cool When the feet are bare, Walking through the summer grass To most anywhereg Or splashing in water, all Slip slithering through toes: Nicer than through flowers, Though why, nobody knows. round. Betty Klipstine Catherine Mahen VOICE OF THE TREES There's a sound like laughter, A sigh almost a moan, Blended together in sad undertone, A chord of music, We call it a breezeg But listen! Hear it? 'Tis the voice of the trees. 1 -is my 5. I 2. l-, x .Q i f '. Gloria S tiegli tz ONE-ACT PLAY OUI, OUI, MADAMOISELLE CHARACTERS Janice Stone ...., .,..,..,.....,......,........... ........ E. l der sister Patricia Stone ........,. .,,.. . .. ,.... ...,...,.. Y ounger sister Antoinette .,...,..,...,.....,...,....,.........,.............. A French refugee CAII are girls of college agel Robert Ball ,...,................,........,...........,....,....,... Janice's friend Genarcl Varnette ..... ..,........,........... .,..... A n toinette's uncle SETTING Place-The living room of the Stone residence. Time-Early evening during a benefit for France given in honor of Antoinette. Year 1939. Costume-Characters may wear either summer or autumn formal dress. Enter Janice and Patricia Stone, who talk as they cross the stage to lower front and seat themselves on sofa or chairs. SCENE I Patricia-Janice, l think your fears are absolutely groundless. Janice-Maybe so, but at every social gathering we've had since she's been here it's been that way. Antoinette is always talking with him and only heaven knows what about! Patricia-Well, we are trying to make her feel at home and forget her horrible experiences. After all, she is a refugee without a home or friends. Janice-Yes, that's true and l am willing to help, but l'm not doing it at the expense of losing Robert. Maybe she was a belle of her town and could snap her fingers at whom she pleased, but she isn't doing that in this man's townl Patricia-Now you're being catty. Janice-Catty, my uncleg l'm just not being dumb. Patricia-l still think there is nothing to it. Maybe she finds companion- ship in talking to him. She certainly can't find it in us the way you keep throwing claggers. Janice-Well, who wouldn't? She doesn't talk about France or her home, or anything in common. NO! only Robert. Patricia-Well, isn't he in common? Janice-Yes, l'm beginning to think he isl Patricia-Mother said to keep off the subject of the war and her home, and that's just what you lead to every time we get a chance to talk to her. Janice-Well, how can l help it? She doesn't know anything about our country and l don't know much about hers. Patricia-You should have studied history more when you had a chance at school. Janice-Oh, hang history and Antoinette too! Patricia-You may at thatl Janice-Come on: we've got to get back to the Benefit. Oh, fjust as they start to leave Robert enters with Antoinettej, here comes the Duchess! Seventy-nine Patricia frebukinglyb--Janice! Robert-There you are. We've been looking for you. Janice-l'll bet you have. Antoinette-Oui, Mademoiselle. The last of the trinkets in my booth were sold and l noticed Robert near by, so we started looking for you and Patricia. Janice-Oh, l'm so glad you did. Patricia fhurriedly to cover up for Janice,-Have you been enjoying yourself? Antoinette-Oui, Mademoiselle: very much flocking at Robertj. Janice-Of all the new- Patricia-Robert, you'll be here for Antoinette's speech later this evening, won't you? Robert-Sure, I wouldn't miss it. Patricia-That just reminds me, l meant to get some crepe paper to repair that one booth. Will you help me, Janice? Janice fsarcasticallyj-Oh, sure l'll come. fBoth leavej Antoinette-Janice acts so strangeg l wonder if l did wrong at the luncheon this afternoon. Robert-No, Antoinetteg she's just got a bad case of green eyes. Antoinette-Green eyes? l-ler eyes are not green. Robert flaughingl-No, the green is inside. Antoinette-l do not understand. Robert-Thats all right, don't worry about it. Antoinette-Oh, l was worried. I thought she might be ill. Robert-Say, you clon't look at bit tired or excited for a girl that is going to speak to five hundred people. l should think you'd be all worn out by this time. Swimming at 5 A. M., breakfast at 7, luncheon at I, and now this Benefit here tonight. Antoinette-Oh, l am used to being on the go, as you say. At home, when we were fleeing from the Nazis, sometimes we did not sleep for two days. Robert-No sleep for two days! l could sleep every other hour. Antoinette-l do not think you are as bad as you say. Robert-Why, l'm Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde combined with the Dead End Kid. Antoinette-Oh, that is wonderful! You remind me of some one but l can not remember who. fpause to think.j Yes, you speak and act like my Uncle Genard. Robert-I dicln't know you had an uncle. Antoinette-l have not-any more. Robert-Oh, l'm sorry, it was thoughtless of me. Please forgive me. Antoinette-That does not matter. He was caught by the Gestapo when he and I were escaping. l will never forget. It was a dark night. We were riding in a wagon stifled with hay over our heads. We stopped. Our driver gave a password. The guards did not think it right. The driver was stabbed with his pitch fork. The guards started, searching in the hay. l was on the other side, but they stabbed Uncle Genard's leg falmost breaks downl with Eighty the bayonet of the gun. nl-le tried so hard not to murmur, but the pain was too intense. Robert-l am sorry to have caused you to repeat the story. Please don't go on. fVery cheerfullyl Maybe l can make it up to you tonight. Antoinette-You have already helped. You have been so understanding. So much like someone I knew long ago. Robert flocking at his watch?-lf you'll excuse me, Antoinette, I have to welcome a rather important Frenchman. You may know him. fStarts to leave.J Antoinette-What is his name? Robert-I don't know yet. l just found out he was coming. fl..ooking at his watch again? Will you excuse me now? Antoinette-Oui, Monsieur. fRobert leaves as Janice and Patricia enter.J Janice-Where is Robert? Antoinette-He left just now. He said he had something urgent to attend to. Janice-He could have waited until l came back. Patriciaiwell, we've finished that booth, and fm ready for a few minutes of rest. Antoinette-Oui, Mademoiselle, if you will excuse me I also feel tired. flixit Antoinettej Janice-The more l see her the more l could squeeze that Oni, Oui Mademoiselle down her precious neck. Patricia-Robert probably didn't think you'cl be back soon. Janice-No, of course not. With nobody here he probably gave her a sweet, 'igood-evening kiss. Patricia-Oh, Janice I wish you would stop. You're taking the fun out of everything. Janice-Well, she is taking the fun out of everything for me. I had Robert just Where l wanted him till she came. Patricia-Did it ever occur to you that he might be playing along just to make you jealous? Janice-Well, I'll soon find out. Patricia-What do you mean? Janice--l mean that little Antoinette is going to get herself into trouble, and if he helps her out of that mess I am nothing to him. Patricia-And what trouble do you mean? Janice-The money at the benefit is going to be found missing. Patricia-Janice! You wouldn't do that! Janice-And why not? Patricia-But she is our guest. She has never harmed you: in fact, she has gone out of her way to be kind to you. Janice-Be kind to me! Literally snaring Robert from under my nose! Patricia-Janice, if you remember he was introduced to her with many other of your friends. She probably doesn't think he is your special one. Janice-And she is not taking any pains to Find out. Patricia--But you can't do that. Accuse her of stealing money from her E ighty-one own country. Where is your honor? You're supposed to be an American: an American who holds out a friendly hand to the oppressed of other coun- tries. Janice, I beg of you, don't do it! Janice-American or no American, l'm a woman and I have a peculiar yen for this taste of revenge. Patricia-You're out of your mind. Janice-Oh nog l'm just getting into my mind. Patricia-I won't let you do it. Janice-You mean you'd go against your own sister for that Antoinette? Patricia-My sister doesn't stoop to such low contemptible tricks! Janice-Try to stop me. And l'll fix you while l'm at it. Patricia fsorrowfullyl-All right, I guess I can't stop you. Janice-No, you can't. SCENE 2 Time-Later that evening. Characters-Janice, Robert, Antoinette, and Patricia enter, crossing stage to center and remain standing. Janice Claughing to Robertj-Honey, your jokes are getting better all the time. Robert-Thank you, Janice. Patricia-Antoinette, you were wonderful. The way you spoke to that crowdg I was almost crying. Antoinette-Oh, it was nothing, Mademoiselleg all I had to do was to think of my people at home and just talk. Janice-lt must have been terrible to lose all your family when you were so young. To think you have never seen your brother since you were four and may never see him again. Antoinette-Oui, Mademoiselle, I still hope I may find my brother. Janice-I think we've taken in every bit of SIUOO. Robert-I heard there is going to be an attempted burglary tonight, so I put extra guard on the grounds especially around the ticket oflice. Janice flocking at Patricia?-A burglary? Patricia-Yes, that's what I heard, too. Robert-l'm rather thirsty. Would you ladies mind if l got us some punch? Janice-Not at all. Go ahead. fExit Robert, all relax in chairs. Antoi- nette's back is toward the exit by which Robert left., Patricia-I hadn't realized how tired I was till I sat clown. Antoinette-Oui, I am very tired myself. I forgot how much work these Benefits are. Patricia-Did you have many Benefits at home? Antoinette-Yes, during the Finns' brave fight against the Russians. Janice-I never did find out what part of France you came from. Cl..ook- ing over Patricia's shoulderj Here is Robert back again with that important Frenchman who came just after your speech, Antoinette. fAntoinette mean- while has been slowly turningj Genard-Antoinette! frushing to clasp Antoinettej. Eighty-two Antoinette-Oh, Uncle C-enarcl, I thought the Gestapo killed you. Robert-Well, Monsieur Varnette, I had no idea you were the Uncle Antoinette told me about. Genard-I had no idea that Antoinette was alive, much less that she was here. Ah, but wait, Monsieur Ball, I have a surprise for you. Robert-A surprise? C-enard-Yes, but wait. l wish to know how you escaped from that hay wagon, Antoinette? Antoinette-l just lay as still as possible until the guards moved away, then I slipped underneath the wagon. When the guards came back, of course they could not find me in the hay. And when they took you away I crept up to the driver. I-le was not quite dead. I-Ie told me to go to Madam I-Iozei's house farther up the road. She took me out of France over here. Now, Uncle Genard tell me about your escape. C-enard-I was very fortunate indeed. My good friend Gavoir was my jail-keeper. After he bandaged my wound and it was nearly healed, he helped me escape through a secret tunnel at night. Then after finding my boat on which I had been hired as a cook's helper, I came to America. Antoinette-But how did you happen to come here? Genard-I did not happen to come. When I came to America, I tried to trace your brother. l started in Washington. I end here. Antoinette-You mean he is here in this town? Genard-No, I mean he is here in this room. fAntoinette and Robert look at each other, Monsieur Paul Varnette faddressing Robertf this is your sister Mademoiselle Antoinette Varnette. Antoinette-Paul, my brother! Robert-Antoinette, my sister! fBoth clasp each other's hands., Janice-Robert and Antoinette, I offer you my deepest congratulations. Antoinette, I hope you'll forgive me. l know l've been mean and catty. And to think I almost disgraced you! Antoinette-Almost disgraced me? Patricia fhurriedlyl-Robert, to think you are a Frenchman-Monsieur Paul Varnette. It doesn't seem possible. Janice-You see, Antoinette, I was very jealous and- Patricia-.Iust think that it was America who was able to give refuge to you, Monsieur Varnette and Antoinette. just as it has for many others. Antoinette-Yes, America is the land of open doors just as I had always thought it Was. Genard-Yes, America is the land of hope and freedom! Antoinette and Robert-The land where loved ones meet! Curtain. BETTY MAE UHLEMEYER :Vila mv! -fs 1 1 X SIX Z, I .1 f N 'QS til Eighty - three EBB AND FLOW NE long star winks forlornly in the dusk of evening. Behind the slender spires of New York's many sky-scrapers, the ruddy blush of sunset fades before the swift approach of darkness. The incredible height of the Empire State Building, catching the last rays of the sun, is turned into a slim, rosy candlestick, studded with the brilliance of a thousand glowing windows: its beacon is the candle Hame flickering in the fresh, exciting breeze. Every tower, darkened in the waning light, throws a sharp silhouette against the graying sky. ln the East, hangs the faint crescent moon, pallid and lovely. The peace of twilight is rent by the hustle and noise of New York's surg- ing, busy streets. Myriad street light, car lights, the dazzling, blinding, flicker- ing signs of the countless stores transform the dark streets into glittering ribbons. Everywhere is felt the steady beat-beat of the city's great heart. The night descendsg the pace quickensg the blood spurts forward: the beat climbs to a pulsing, vibrant hammer. The creeping motion of the numberless cars is no more bewildering than the momentum of the vast confusion of humanity that pushes and struggles, homeward bound. Here is living, exciting and gay, drab and tragicg here is the magic wine of success, the bitter draught of failure: here is the song of love and the passion of hateg here-here is the world's most magnificent stage and its greatest drama, Life. On the corner of Forty-second Street and Broadway, amid the flashing lights, its blare of horns, its shrill discord of a million voices, stands a shabby old man, stoop-shouldered, white-haired, gaunt. The sparkling beauty of a New York night is lost on him. He stares straight ahead, looking at nothing and seeing nothing. There he stays, huddled against the familiarity of his news stand, competing in an unintelligible jargon with the rest of the throng. Let's stand a little closer, perhaps we can hear what he's saying-1. upaperl Get your evening paper herel Germans fifteen miles from Kiev! Nazi general shot in Vichy! How can he read the headlines? you say. He asks one of his regular customers to tell him the headlines. Here comes some one now. Yes, sir, Mr. Brooks, got your paper right here. Fine night, sure is. Times, Mister? Okay, and thanks! His rasping voice finds a word for every stopper as his wizened hands dart from one stack of carefully placed papers to another. Here y'are, Miss Dattilo. Tired tonight? Your voice sounds a mite weary. Well, don't you work too hard, girl, t'ain't worth it. Ah yes, his eyes are blind, but, then, what good are eyes for reading minds or searching eyes? And his ears never forget a voice. That's Pop. Just Pop . Nobody calls him anything else and wouldn't know how else to call him if they want to. Rain or shine, summer or winter, he's there, buffeted by the passing crowds. Hi ya, Pop! How's the world treating you? A nasal, reedy voice bores itself into the old rnan's consciousness. A tall man of about twenty- Eighty-four two, gaudily dressed, with a sharp, strained face, stops by the paper stand. Well, well. Evening, johnny. How've you been? Ainit come by for some time. Pop notes the ebb and How of his customers. Aw, I was away for six months, the voice, somewhat reluctant, answers. The coppers nabbed me sticking up a drug-store. First time l've been caught. The judge recommended mercy 'Hcause it was fa harsh laugh escapes himj my first offense' Pop's only comment is to shake his bowed head slowly. His visitor roused with, Hey, Pop, here's a guy for a paper. Pop's bent head jerks up. Thanks, Johnny. Herald, mister? Okay, here y'are. Pop turns to face his customer. He can't see the man: perhaps it's the force of a half-forgotten habit. Maybe they're too smart for their own good, Johnny. They'll get you into plenty of trouble. Why don't you try to go straight? A big fellow like you oughtn't to find it hard getting a job. Yeh, and what kind of money would l make, comes the sneering reply. Listen, Pop. l'm going to be somebody in this town and l don't intend to do it by driving a truck or worse all my life. The Hinty blue eyes narrow, a huge fist clenches. You can get somewhere, johnny, but do it right, not by cheating, and robbing, maybe even--, his voice sinks to a hoarse whisper, U-maybe killing. You're not an idiot. You've had the same chance anybody else hasif' Yeh? johnny belligerently asks. i'Yeh, l sure had a beautiful chance. My dad disappeared when I was no more'n two. Mom-bless her heart- died before I went to Hrst grade: worn to a frazzle, she was. My brother sold papers to get me something to eat, and when I was ten l had a job in a pool hall. At sixteen l had it all figured out that the only way to make a living is to take it any way at all. Well, I hope my dad'll be proud of me now. Guess you can thank him for what I am. Now, my friend, you mustn't be so hard on your dad. Maybe he could explain it all. Ha, that's a good one! Why, l wouldn't waste my time listening to his excuses. -Say, it's getting late and Mr. Lawson doesn't wait even for Johnny Regan. So long, Pop. Hope you sell all your papers. Johnny moves away in what he hopes was a nonchalant swagger. Say, Johnny, the voice of the weary old man calls to the erstwhile big shot , Hjohnny, would you mind running this paper down to the night watchman in the theater? l'm going home now. All my reg'lar buyers are gone. Sure, Pop, be glad to, he says and as he saw the old man step into the traffic laden street, Be careful, Pop. Hey, Pop! look out for that car. Pop! The passing throng stops, milling around the scene of tragedy, form- Eighty-five ing a barrier against the din of blasting horns and vacuous voices protesting the delay. A huge bulk of a man shoulders his way through the ring of spectators to that crumpled piece of humanity lying by the curbstone. His uniformed figure bends down, the red, jovial face suddenly whitens, the kindly blue eyes are struck by horror. Begorra, it's Pop! The voice is shocked and incredulous. He sounds his shrill police-whistle. Officer Mahoney, he cries, call an ambulance. And to the still form at his feet, Pop, can't you hear mel 'Tis your old friend, Tim 0'Riley. Saints in heaven, he looks done for. See that timorous figure, accompanied by two bluecoated policemen, approaching the grim circle. Honest, officer, l didn't mean to hit him, comes his stringy trembling voice. You couldn't expect rnen to see that white can-, and looking down at the Victim, gasps, Oh-, is he,-is he dead? No, you blubbering idiot, but he'll not live to the hospital, l'm telling you. Sure, and it'll go hard with you, man, as it should. The scream of approaching sirens rises to a nerve-shattering note-then suddenly stops. A long, white ambulance rolls upon the scene. Two white- coated figures jump out and carefully place the inert body on a stretcher. One of the internes goes over to question Officer 0'Riley. Their words are lost in the jumble of sound above them. Soon the doors of the ambulance are closed, and it passes down the street, its siren beginning its cry once more. i'All right now, there's nothing more to see, shouts Ofhcer O'Riley. uGet moving now. Begorra, you'll be blocking the whole of New York. Gradually the crowd disperses. Johnny is not in it. No, he prefers not to be where he might be noticed by the police. Two women deeply engrossed in conversation pass near. Say, Mazie, what did the policeman say that poor old guy's name was? Dan Regan, l think. Yeh! and did you hear the officer say he'd been blinded for twenty years from an accident. Their voices grow faint and fade. The pause is filled up by the irresistible rhythm of a great city's life. A million car lights, controlled by the red and green traffic signals, move past in fascinating streams. A million faces, sad or happy, come by, unaware of the tragedy. The eyes glance upwards, resting momentarily on the impregnable grey heights of the walls of the city, to the crescent moon, no longer pale, as it reigns serenely in the star-swept depths of the sky. MARGARET NICKOLAUS 4. - .. . fl lxxi .2175 . ,l. Hiatt e t ifk . ' 5 f- Q11 12 f fi I is lf- ., g ,R . Ill P4 ' is af ' 1 -v 4-:ha Eighty-:six ' Maasai-e HH? Q. NORTH WIN G, SEVEN HE year was over at Newton College High up in the north wing beyond the door that bore the number Seven , a slim young girl 'QQIQ1 bent gracefully over a large traveling bag. With gentle care she at folded a dainty, white net evening gown. From time to time she threw back her head, with an expression of impatience, to relieve her forehead of its heavy burden of dark, wavy hair. ln the midst of her packing, she was interrupted by a persistent rap on the door. Before she could lay aside the powder-blue sport dress and cross the room, the door opened and a tall girl strode into the room. She was very attractive, with light hair forming a halo around her slender face, and her bright blue eyes. I thought you might need a little help with this last-minute business: so here I am, she announced in a husky tone. 'Tm managing very well with my packing, Carol: but you could help greatly by just talking and getting me into a better fram of mind, answered the hostess. I hate to think the year is over for all of us. This is our last day of college! Have the best chair in the room. Carol dropped into the only chair and replied gaily, No one can say that Ann Barton ever forgets her manners, even when she is irritated! Thanks for your courtesy, kind Lady! And thank you, too, replied Ann, bowing graciously and bestowing a bright smile upon her friend. Carol was delighted to see that her presence was having a pleasant effect on Ann, for she had been Ann's best friend during their four years at Newton, and their friendship was destined to last throughout their lives. Do you have any prospects of a job at all, Ann? questioned Carol. No, I'm afraid it doesn't look very promising. You remember my telling you about all those applications l sent to the New York papers? Well, I haven't received a single answer. I should have realized, before I sent them, that large newspapers wouldn't be interested in anyone as inexperienced as l, Ann replied. 'iYou've certainly worked hard enough to get through this course, and l'm convinced that your degree in Journalism will help you a great deal even if you're unable to find a newspaper job, encouraged Carol. I hope your predictions are accurate, now, as they always have been, remarked Ann, as she hurriedly stuffed the few remaining articles into the suitcase. Carol surveyed the procedure critically, offering an occasional timely suggestion. Presently she rose, The girls have already started for the station to see you off, l'l! have to hurry to be ready myself. See you in a little While, she called as she flew through the door. After several minutes, another rap admitted a plump, motherly woman. Oh, Mrs. Lansdown, l'm so glad you found time to come, began Ann cheerfully. li Eighty-seven The older woman smiled in acknowledgment of this greeting, revealing a pin-point dimple at either side of her rather small mouth, which together with her chestnut hair, contributed to her pleasant appearance. As Ann gazed lovingly upon this delightful person, she was proud of her close friendship with Bunny, a name lovingly bestowed upon the matron of the house by the girls. Have you enjoyed your four years here, my dear? questioned Bunny in a soft voice. Oh, more than l could ever find words to express, they have been four happy years, Ann replied. ul do hope you'll be here for many years to come. I simply hate to leave when you have just come for a chat, but l must be at the station within twenty minutes. Ann grabbed her suitcase and pausing at the door, tossed her key back to Bunny, saying, l'm so late, I wish you'd turn this in for me, please! Good luck, my dear, and do let me hear from you, Bunny called after her as Ann disappeared down the old wooden staircase. Crossing the large cosy room to its wide west window, Bunny watched the small figure of Ann Barton pass through the ancient iron gate, and stand for a brief moment, looking back upon the castle-like structure of Newton College. From the window high in the north wing, the woman watched Ann's departure. She saw her turn, and then trudge clown the narrow, deeply Worn, country lane, and gradually fade from sight. Days passed. Ann Barton walked wearily along a crowded New York street, her expression of discouragement giving her the appearance of added years. The dullness of the clay and the threat of a coming storm increased her sense of deep gloom. At the sound of a familiar call, however, she sud- denly stopped. Turning, she faced a tall, distinguished-looking young man whose Winsome smile flashed to her a feeling of elation. As he extended his hand in greeting, she really felt like smiling for the first time in days. Dick Burke. Why, I dicln't ever expect to run across you here. Don't tell me you're working in New York, exclaimed Ann, her eyes sparkling at this unexpected encounter. I was transferred to the main ofiice a little more than a month ago. That's why I didn't attend your graduation as I had hoped to. I was rushed off so suddenly, l coulcln't make arrangements for that. Dick's clear, observing blue eyes took in every detail of Ann's appearance. You look as though you've done a pretty good day's work already! Your job must be awfully strenuous. What kind of Work are you doing? Why,-why, ah-newspaper Work. Interviews and the like, stam- mered Ann, coloring slightly. She couldn't admit even to this old friend, that her attempts to obtain a position had been unsuccessful. Now that the harm was done, she continued, H 'The New York Tribunal' has the honor of having my name upon its staff. Dick laughed and said, I see you haven't lost your old gaiety in your old age. Twenty-one isn't it? A lady never reveals her age to a gentleman, answered Ann, her old lightheartedness suddenly returning. Eighty-eight How about dinner tonight? You look as if you need a little cheering up, and l know I do, invited Dick. Don't say, 'No', because it won't do you any good. Where are you staying? Smiling, Ann answered, At the Hamilton Hotel. l'll meet you in the lobby. ls seven all right? At an affirmative nod from her, Dick continued, I have to rush now: l must get back to the ofhce for an appointment. One of these important clients! l'm a very important lawyer now, you know. Don't forget, rain or shine, l'll see you at seven. They separated, Dick set off in the direction of his office, and Ann, in the direction of the New York Tribunal building from which she had departed but an hour before, after having been informed by the editor that inexperienced young college graduates, seeking jobs, contributed more than their share to his white hair. Ann's thoughts turned to the conversation of the last few minutes, and she became more and more provoked by the way in which she had deceived Dick. As she turned into the bank vestibule, assuring herself that she would tell Dick the truth that very evening, her eyes saw a strange occurrence within the Centennial Bank. ln the hand of a short, gaudily dressed middle- aged man standing before a teller's window, Ann caught a small, but per- sistent, metallic gleam. She saw that the teller was hastily passing rolls of bills through the window, while the man swept them with his free hand into a canvas bag. Realizing what was happening, Ann slipped quickly between the two enormous pillars just outside the door. The dull day cast deep shadows which swallowed Ann so completely that when, five minutes later, four men hurried from the entrance, they were unaware of her presence. As the men piled hastily into a black Ford and shot from the curb into the heavy traffic, Ann drew a pencil from her purse, jotted something in a small notebook, and, dodging in and out among the shopping crowds, she rushed to a nearby drugstore, where dashing into the telephone-booth, she frantically dialed a call. New York Tribunal, came the answer. Give me the editor, the Centennial Bank has just been robbed, Ann almost shouted in her excitement. City editor, answered a gruff voice. The Centennial Bank! Robbed by four men ranging from ages of twenty to fortyg fled in black, thirty-eight Ford sedan, New Jersey license 7731-697g armed with revolversg supposed leader wearing vividly colored sports clothes, headed east on Sixteenth Street, gasped Ann breathlessly. Hold that front page! Here's a real scoop! Ann heard the voice shout in the distance. UO. K., go on. Ann related all the other details, until the entire story was copied and sent to the rewrite man to prepare for the overdue edition. Now that that's over with, who is this? questioned the Editor, after a brief pause for breath. Ann Barton's the name. l'm that bothersome college graduate who troubled you so greatly a little earlier today, replied Ann, now surprised 1 Eighty-nine by her action. Why had she instinctively called the Tribunal when she had been so sharply dismissed such a short time before? Well, if you're still interested in a job, maybe l can arrange it for you. Get up here as soon as you cang we'll verify your report, was the startling announcement, followed by a faint click at the other end of the connection. One hour later as Ann left the Tribunal Building, she read the glaring headlines on the front page of the stack of paper at the corner. With her job now assured, her only worry was the confession she knew she must make to Dick Burke. At five minutes before seven, Ann sat in the hotel lobby waiting for the seven o'clock date. Although she was undoubtedly worried, there was a look of determination about her mouth. Then she saw Dick coming toward her. His eyes were sparkling gaily as he spoke. Well, Ann, l see you were here ahead of me, after alll Oh, Dickl l simply must tell you something. lt's very important, Ann said, biting her lip to keep back the tears. See here, young lady, l, too, have a few important things to say. We'll find a more quiet place where l can do a lot of talking! So Dick led Ann from the lobby. High up in the north wing, beyond the door that bore the number Seven , a slim young girl bent gracefully over a large traveling bag, as she dropped it beside the bed. This is to be your room, announced the plump, elderly woman who had escorted the young girl up the long flights of old wooden stairs. Crossing the large, cosy room to its wide west window, the lirhe young girl looked down upon the ancient iron gates and long, high fence that enclosed the grounds of Newton College. The plump woman still stood with her hand on the door knob. Although her chestnut hair was liberally mixed with gray, her face and dark eyes still had a youthful expression. This is a very popular room: l'm sure you'll like it, even if you are a bit homesick now. As the girl turned from the Window, the glow of the setting sun behind her formed a yellow halo about her slim face, and there was a soft quality in her voice as she spoke. l'm beginning to feel at home already. The campus, the iron fence, the old gate-everything is so familiar. Yes, l like it alreadyg and I like you very much, too. l hope we're going to be good friends. As the older woman laughed at the extreme frankness of the young girl, a pin-point dimple appeared at either side of her small mouth. I was told to be sure to call you Bunny-l concluded the girl. And l Warn you, lVliss Burke. You had better be prepared to have me call you Ann, right from the start. You look Very much like your mother, you know. BOBBYE. RlCl-lARDSON ,H-if rf ' I Ninety B .L ' I -u-Q K fm A 'siv gg rr f '21 lx ,lst 5 TURN ABOUT- Dear diary, ,jane was writing slowly, just three more days 'til the prom andlu she threw down her pen suddenly, buried her head in her arms, and completely abandoned herself to the rebellion that was raging within her. It isn't fair, it isn't fair! she thought wildly. Everyone is going. Every- one! Everyone but me! l'lot tears spilled down onto the open page, blurring the fresh ink. Stop it! Jane told herself firmly. Stop it! lt's not Bil!'s fault. lt's his one big chance and no one, nothing, should stand in his way. She rose from her desk, crossed the room, and stood, arms akimbo, before the mirror of her vanity. Shame on you, she scolded her reflection, all you ever think of is yourself! That new dress will keep, furthermore- The door of her room Hung open, and Jane whirled about quickly to see her roommate, Bunny Talbot, enter, a large box under her arm. Thought l heard you talking to someone '!ovely', she said, tossing the package on her bed and Hopping down beside it. Jane flushed. Slowly a look of comprehension gleamed in the eye of her roommate. Shaking her head with mock gravity, Bunny said, Talking to yourself, huh? Sounds bac!! Now honey, just te!! Bunny all about it-studying too hard? Or is it love? Speaking of love-my dear, just Wait 'til you see my Ioue of a new frock! ln spite of herself Jane grinned. l-low like Bunny, the darling of the campus! l-low very typical of the girl she had roomec! with these past three and one-half years at Thornton College. It was commonly stated that no one ever really understood Bunny. This was not the absolute truth, no one but Jane ever tried. Most people knew her as Bunny the scatterbrain, viewing life from atop pink cloudsg a few knew Bunny the coquette, charming, disarming, seeking ever the fun life offersg but only Jane knew, and pitied the sagacious Bunny, selfishly resenting any disappointments that stand in the way of a good time. -And so Jane tried to play the role of the enthusiastic listener as Bunny chattered on. !'Il be a knockout Saturday night, darling,-that is, both of us wil!! l simply can't wait!-Why Janie baby, what in the world is the matter? You look positively down in the mouth! Ruefully, Jane smiled, and then with an attempt at lightness, she said, l'm afraid you'!l have to be knockout enough for both of us-l'm not going to the prom. Not going! gasped Bunny, incredulous. She sat up abruptly. But Jane, why not? Then, giggling, Oh but darling, you're joking! U 'Fraid not, Bunny. Bill just got a telegram from the city editor of one of the big papers in the East. It seems that this !V!r. Wilson is on his way to the western coast, and during his stop-over here, Saturday evening, he is going to give Bill an interview. Ninety-one Oh, well, if that's all it is, just have Bill get in touch with him to tell him that he has another engagement at that time. But Bunny, you don't understand! If everything turns out O. K., Bill's in line for a position on the paper as soon as he graduates. l can't let him throw away the chance of a lifetime for one night's fun! Bunny shrugged her shoulders. Well, here's one little lady who wouldn't stay home from that dance for a reason like that, or any other, for that matter. You're a silly, self-sacrificing little fool-but l love you, darling. Well thanks, Jane said dryly, that helps a lot. But Bunny had already forgotten Jane's little tragedy, and was ripping open the package she had brought in with her. From the depths of the tissue paper she pulled a shimmering blue satin gown. Jane gasped when Bunny had slipped it over her shoulders. You're beautiful, Bunny-oh it's a gorgeous formal! Why, l've never seen anything to compare with it! Bunny nodded happily, l simply must show it to Ruthie. lmpulsively, she darted for the door, her full skirt rippling out behind her. The door slammed shut after her. Too late Jane cried out a warning. 55 3- -76 56 45 56 And so diary, Jane was writing later that evening, ubad luck seems to come in bunches. lmagine having your brand new dress caught in the door, and simply ripped beyond repair! I called the store immediately, to see what might be done. They said the only thing they could do was to rush an order for a duplicate gown through to New York, requesting that it be sent here to the dorm directly. They were very nice about it, but just couldn't promise that it get here in time for the dance. Bunny was simply hysterical! Then came little Jane to the rescue. lf her dress shouldn't arrive on time, she could wear my new formal! So you see, it's an ill wind that blows nobody good! as as Ss as is as The next day passes uneventfully, with Bunny following jane about like a grateful puppy dog. Janie, what would l do without you? she said more than once, and always added, You can be the first to wear my formal when it comes, the very first! But no dance will ever matter as much as this, ,lane caught herself thinking once, whereupon she had repeated over and over to herself in a sort of self disciplining, lt's only a dance, I do not mind. It doesn't matter-much. ' ' an as fr- as as va At last it was Saturday morning. jane's last class was over at noon. Dejectedly returning to her room, she found the girls' dorm a scene of feverish activity. Excitement reigned. The borrowing that was taking place would have astonished a Wall Street Banker. Hel--en, using your green chiffon hanky tonight? Ninety-two Not if you aren't using that gold evening bag, Julie. This from the extreme opposite end of the hall. Jane stood in the middle of the room with her hands over her ears. Why couldn't they keep still? Could she ever live through this day? She Won- dered vaguely if her heart were broken in three pieces, or only two. Bunny blew in just then, with two of the other girls. They were laughing hilariously, but ceased suddenly when they saw Jane. Gee, it is tough luck, Jane, one of them offered hesitantly. We'!l miss you tonight, said the other. Oh well, 'lnto each life some rain must fall' quoted Bunny, who didn't like to think about Janeis disappointment, lest in some way her own fun be spoiled. Then she added quickly, Janes a brick. If it weren't for her, l shouldn't be going tonight -which was entirely true, for her dress hadrft been delivered yet. i'Te!ephone for jane Marshall! shouted someone from downstairs. Excuse me girls, Jane crossed the room quietly. For a while after the door had closed behind her there was silence in the room. Then, She's one swell girl, all right. Sure isliwell, come on, Ruthie, !'ve got lots to do before tonight. So Bunny was alone when Jane came racing back, red-faced, breathless- -so thrilled-he's here now-I can go! She stopped, laughing, when she saw the baffled look on Bunny's face. Taking a deep breath, she began again. That was Bill on the phone,l That much is obvious, cut in Bunny impatiently, but after all, he has called before. Calm down! and she turned to the window to watch the students rushing about the campus. But Bunny, what !'m trying to say is that l can go to the prom tonight! Bunny whirled about quickly. The first look of surprise that she wore was slowly changing to panic. Jane, however, was too excited to notice this. She rushed on, Mr, Wilson just arrived by plane. He was much earlier than he expected, so he called Bi!! and said heid see him early this afternoon. She paused to catch her breath, then plunged on, So Bill will be free tonight and we're going, oh Bunny, we're going! Bunny turned blazing blue eyes on her friend. What you mean to say, she cried, is, 'Bunny, after l've promised that you could wear my dress, !'ve changed my mind. fm going. You're staying homef H Her voice rose shrilly. You can't do that! !'ve been planning on it so! l won't let you do it! The color drained from ,Iane's face. Her expression of happy antici- pation disappeared, and into its place slipped a look of utter despair, resig- nation. l'd forgotten, she whispered weakly, her hand at her throat. You'd forgotten! Bunny began to laugh hysterically. You'd for- gotten, that's a good one! We!! I won't let you forget. l'm going tonight, Ninety-three do you hear? And I'll be wearing your dress. You promised! You promised! l-lush! Bunny, you're hysterical! And then, as the girl began to sob - If you don't stop this minute, I'll have to slap you! Bunny's sobs subsided. Jane spoke with quiet resignation., You'll go to the prom. l promised, didn't I? But jane realized, even then that she would be unable to reach Bill, to tell him the plans were changed once more. PF 3- 35 A4 55 55 At nine o'clock that evening, a triumphant Bunny was being escorted from the girls' dorm by a proud and happy young man. At nine o'clock that evening, Jane was miserably waiting for Bill to arrive, dreading to see the look on his face when she explained why they couldn't go after all. But at 9:02, someone rapped sharply at the door. Someone to tell me that Bill is waiting downstairs, thought Jane forlornly. upackage for Miss Talbot! sang the office girl, as Jane opened the door. Bunny's dress, thought Jane excitedly, as she saw the New York return address. She stood there motionless with the box in hand. Thoughts were whirling through her brain. Could I? Yes,-but should I? Open Bunny's package? No! What would Bunny say? Then suddenly, as if in answer to this mental question, jane remembered Bunny's words. You can be the first to wear my formal when it comes, the very first! Trembling with excitement, Jane ripped open the package. Bill was a little late, so it was possibly a half hour before the couple arrived at the dance. The gown fitted Jane perfectly, and her sparkling blue eyes so matched the color of the dress, that they might have been cut from the same piece of material. If Bunny had looked beautiful, Jane was breath-takingly so. Surely a dress to equal this had never been seen at Thornton before. Bill could scarcely take his eyes off her. Gasps from the dancers were audible as she stepped onto the dance floor, admiring glances followed her as she whirled about the floor in the circle of Bill's arms. -95 -'F 55 65 3' JF Very late that night for early the next rnorningj, after the musicians had gone home, after all lights about the campus had been turned out, and after all others were in bed, ,lane was bent over a little blue book. Dear Diary, she was writing, THE WORLD WAS lVllNE. TONIGHT! MARILYN MILLER rg - , J 2 'F--i : ,- A lilly X . X A., A ' r ,ll Ninety-four -THAT ENDS WELL E. HE last dish of dessert had just been put into the refrigerator to cool. Mrs. Moser removed the apron from her brightly-colored housedress ,ight and thought over the conversation which had taken place at the breakfast table. Why hadn't Mickey been asked to the dance? She was pretty and she had an inviting personality. She had all the qualities boys like in girls, yet not one of them ever asked to date her. It wasn't that Mickey wasn't an interesting person. Why, Dick wouldn't think of going swimming or on a hike without her, and the boys wouldn't think a picnic was any fun unless Mickey was along to clean up after themg but as far as single or double dates were concerned, not one of them ever gave her a thought. just then Mom Moser, as everyone called her, heard the gate click and then heard footsteps on the walk. Three o'clock already! Mrs. Moser hoped that some boy had asked Mickey to the high school dance which was to take place on the following Friday night. She soon found, however, that her hopes had been in vain, because as soon as Mickey opened the door she cried: Anybody call, Mom? i'Not yet, Mickey. Then seeing the look on her daughters face, she added, Don't give up yet. There are three days until the dance. No one will call now, Mom. Why is it that I haven't been asked? l'm not so bad-looking, am I? Of course not. You're as pretty as anyone else in your class. Don't you worry, l know someone will ask you. Mickey went upstairs unconvinced, and Mrs. Moser was again left to her thoughts. Not for long, though. Soon the door burst open and Dick came in. Hi, Mom! How are things? Swell, Dick. But can you tell me why Mickey isn't asked to the dances? Mickey-dance? jiminy! Why, l don't know, maybe no one thinks she can dance. I don't think Mickey likes to dance. She just isn't the type. She does like to dance, Dick. That's all that's been on her mind lately. Uh-will you do me a favor? Sure-what? Ask someone to take your sister to the dance. Huh-but. Pleasel Okay, Mom-but gee! Please-for me. All right. Mom Moser breathed a sigh of relief. That night during dinner, the telephone rang. Dick answered it and came back puzzled. lt's for you, Mick. lt's probably Georgia. Not unless she has a cold. What do you mean? You'll hnd out. Mickey was puzzled. What was Dick talking about? Ninety-tive Hello, Who? Bob Birkenmeier? To the dance? Why, yes. 7:30? I'll be ready. All right. Goodbye. Mickey's face shone and her eyes sparkled with delight. Oh, Mom! l'm going to the dance with Bob Birkenmeier! just th-! Who? Dick was troubled. Bob Birkenrneier, captain of the footballg-! She stopped! Why had he asked her to the dance. She knew him only slightly from school. Oh, Well-she was going to the dance. Later that evening after Mickey had gone to Georgiais house, Mom Moser went into the living-room to thank Dick. As soon as he saw her he exclaimed: Mom, l didn't know anything about that call. She regarded her son with obvious surprise. Do you mean that you didn't ask this Bob to take Mickey to the dance? No, l didn't l don't even know him, personally. But-. l'm wondering too. We'll find out sooner or later, though, so don't worry about it. Come on, let's play checkers. All right. Mom Moser decided to put the matter on the shelf until a later date. Friday afternoon came, and Mickey was very much excited. Why didn't the time pass faster! She had a new evening dress and new slippers to match. She could hardly wait to put them on. She had tried on her dress to see if it Ht, but she wouldn't let her mother see it on her until she was all ready. Mom Moser had coaxed but Mickey said, UNO. That night Dick dressed hurriedly, and left. He had a date, too. Mickey, however, took her time because she wanted to look as pretty as possible. When she was all ready she called her mother. Mrs. Moser came upstairs and when she reached the bedroom door she stopped! Was this her daughter? Why, she was beautiful. How do l look, Mom? There stood Mickey in a blue net dress with a Wide, flowing skirt. Her hair was wavy and her eyes glistened with delight. Beautiful, darling! Simply beautiful! The bell rang. Mrs. Moser answered the door and there before her stood a tall, husky, dark-haired boy smiling pleasantly. She invited him in and then called Mickey. Mickey came down steadily, but excitedly. When Bob saw her he just gazed. She didn't look at all as he had expected she would. He, too, wondered why she hadn't been asked to the dances. Good evening, he said quietly. Good evening, Bob. Mickey introduced Bob to her mother and then they departed-in a '4l Chevrolet convertible! By the time they arrived at the dance, they were Well-acquainted with each other. Mickey thought Bob was an interesting conversationalist, and he thought that she, besides being a good listener, Was- the prettiest girl he had ever seen. As soon as they entered the gym where the dance was being held, the boys and girls came up to talk to Bob and to be introduced to Mickey, and Ninety-six it seems that they, too, liked Mickey. Dick came over with Leola and several other friends to introduce them to his sister and Bob. After Mickey had introduced Bob to her brother, Dick began to tell who his friends were. Bob l want you to meet Leolag Leola, Bob! Oh, we've met. Haven't we, Bob? There was a very sarcastic tone to her voice. Yes, we've met. Dick knew there was something going on that he didn't understand but he finished his introductions and then asked Leola to dance. Bob asked Mickey to dance and soon found that Mickey Could dance-that she was a very good dancer. Later, when Bob and Mickey were having refreshments in the lunchroom, Dick and his friends joined them again. Everything went along happily until Leola said, with a certain meaning in her voice, Mickey, how does it happen that you're with Bob tonight? Did you ask him to bring you? Mickey's face flushed. Bob answered the question for her. Leola, for your information, I asked Mickey. I think you've said enough for one night, so please don't annoy Mickey or me for the rest of the dance. Bob was angry. Bob, don't say anything more. She didn't mean it. ls it all right if we leave now? Mickey had tears in her eyes, but she was too proud to cry. Hof course, if you want to. But Mickey, don't stick up for her-after all-- 'iBut she couldn't have meant all the things she said, Bob. How could vs she? l've never seen her, before. We went out together for awhile, Mickey, and l believe that had some- thing to do with it. Oh! Come on, we'll take a little ride because I want to tell you how I hap- pened to ask you. All right? All right. As they rode, Bob explained the whole incident. Then they talked of other things until Bob took Mickey home. After Bob left, Mickey hurried into the sewing room where her mother was reading. Mickey told her everything that had happened. Mom Moser was horrified to think that Dick's friend Leola had been so rude, but she was glad that the evening had ended happily. There was one thing that still bothered her, though. Mickey, she asked, did Bob say how he did did happen to ask you? Mickey smiled. Uh-huh. You see, as well as being captain of the foot' ball team, Bob is chairman of the dance committee. He suggested that the names of all the girls who hadn't been to any of the dances- this term, be- put into a box, and that each boy draw one name and escort that girl to the: dance. Bob drew my name. Mom, he told me he was glad it was my name and he invited me to go with him to his fraternity dance next Saturday night, and to a Wiener-roast next Sunday night. May I go-please? LORRAINE GARDNER Ninety-seven 1 I O-O-O-NLY HAVE TO DREAM I. .J alarm clock went off. lmmediately a lazy hand stretched out from beneath a pyramid of blankets and groped its way along a bed-side table toward the radio switch. Click! Music blared forth. Not really music, but noise with rhythm, at any rate. The hand shrank back into its shell. The bottom of the shell wiggled as a foot stretched its full length. The music continued to pound out malici- ously. The shell only began to snore a little. Good morning! Good morning, came a cheery voice, with what might have been a yawn, but was probably static. Here we are again, your favorite listen-in program, the Plaller-Chatters, bringing you the latest swing recordings from our studios atop the Hotel Wayfarer. The correct time is eggs-zactly two minutes after seven, Aye-Yem. The temperature outside our studio window is fort'-tg-l'LUo degrees above zero. Sounds cold, doesn't it. Well, here's something to warm you up. Swing fans, we've got a surprise for you. Here's a brand new arrangement by Eddie Van Nessen's orchestra, called Rockin' the Boogie-Woogie Babies . Vocal by Sally Koenig. EDDIE VAN NESSENV' The shell shot to the foot of the bed sud- denly, revealing the long, bony body of a boy, sitting upright. A lone trumpet howled loudly, and a drum boomed as the music started. The body began to bounce up and down in bed as Eddie Van Nessen's boys cut loose. Each one played as loudly as he could, and it sounded as though they had all lost their music. Solid! sighed the Body. Good old Eddie Van Nessen-solid. Life was sweet. Life was beautiful. Life was, to say the least, obstreperous. The song finally ended--noisily, reluctantly. lt seemed as though none of the boys was willing to give in and be the first to quit. And that's not all, fans, the cheery voice broke in. We have three other new recordings by Eddie Van Nessen, which we will play for you during the course of this half-hour of Platter-Chatters. But now while we let the old medicine box cool off, how about a little number by the Harmony Honeys? I-iere's I Only Have ro Dream. with Montmorency Dickens and his Soft Serenaders. I O-o-o-nly Have to Dream-- Sweet! snorted the Body in disgust, nothing but sweet! He jumped up and began pacing the Hoor impatiently. 'AI O-o-o-nly Have lo Dream. How anyone can stand that stuff! The Morbid Maidens singing 1 O-O-O-nly Haue F0 Dream, when they've got three good Eddie Van Nessen numbers! Well, hurry and get through so we can have some good music. . 2. The teacher stood imperiously before the class. The students huddled meekly in their seats, and the seats themselves looked as though they would like to crawl into the woodwork. Latin is a subject that cannot be absorbed. It must be squeezed into you, pinched into you, forced down your throat with a bare fist. That is why Latin classes always look so desperate. There Ninety-eight is a feeble struggle- ' I Div-i-cil-' ' Diviciacus, completes the teacher. Well, anyway, he was a Haeduanf' The translation is probably wrong. lt's only four words, but neverthe- less, it's probably wrong. That is how Latin classes are run, and this one was no exception. No! there was one exception. ln the fifth seat, second row from the windows, a tll, ungainly body bent over his desk, writing. Writing joyously. Writing lovingly. Writing on a penny post-card. He seemed apart from the rest of the cowering Latin students. A sort of heavenly light settled upon him, blinding him from their view. He wrote madly, thrillingly. Dear Platter-Chatters: I am very glad that you have at last got some Eddie Van Nessen recordings. I knew that sooner or later you'd have to, because Eddie has one of the best bands in the country, and you just can't ignore class. l've listened to Eddie's band ever since he first went on the air, so l guess l can pretty well speak with authority about him. Well, here's hoping you get more and more Eddie Van Nessen records for your seven o'clock Platter-Chatters. Yours truly ..... 3. The bell rang. School was over for the day. Boys gathered under trees to discuss things in general. Girls stopped in dime-stores to gaze around and giggle. Old jalopies rattled around corners and choked their horns mercilessly. One such vehicle was bouncing down the street when it spied a long, gangly body, whose long, thin legs seemed to be racing each other for keeps . A head stuck out the window to extend an opportunity to cruise around in the park for a coupla hours. But the Body shook his head and said, 'il gotta get home to hear the You Ask For ll program at four o'clock. They might play some Eddie Van Nessen records. He had quite a distance to walk, and he stopped several times to talk, so it was almost four o'clock when he reached home. He dashed into his bedroom, plopped down on the bed, and turned on the radio. You Ash FOI' It was a rather slow program. lts announcer hadn't any- thing like the cheery voice of the Platter-Chatters. He began with a simple, I-lello, swing fans. Well, you ask for it, so here it is. Our first number. I O-0-O-nly HHUO 10 Dream, with Eddie Van Nessen and his orchestra. Shoot, Charlie. The characteristic howl of a trumpet, and the vigorous pounding of a drum. It was Eddie Van Nessen, all right. No mistaking his band. Ah-h-h-h, solid, sighed the Body. Feet tapped uncontrollably, hands clapped out the rhythm enthusiastically. The long, bony body bounced up and down joyously. 1 O-0-O-nly Have IO Dream, he said affectionately. Good old Eddie Van Nessen-solid. BILL HURST Ninety-nine AUTOBIOGRAPHY N AUTOBIOCRAPHY is said to be the story of one's life told by , one's self, but as my memory has. always been on the rather forgetful side, I fail to visualize myself at the ripe old age of one to two weeks. Seemingly, the best place to get the needed information was from my mother, and I did so with success. It seems that rather late on an October evening, the second to be exact, a plump baby boy was the cause of delight, excite- ment, and sleepless nights in the I-Iensel family. My father now had a boy who, he was sure, would be the best ball player in the Big Leagues, or President of the U. S. A., or both. I was probably the most contented and happy baby that ever lay in a crib, and hardly ever cried, except maybe four or five nights a Week. The usual thing at this stage is to relate the baffling question of a name for the new baby, but this was no problem at all in my case. At the age of two weeks my father could already tell I was to be a great man and there was nothing to do but be named after Father. My life progressed rather rapidly, until before I knew it I was stuck in the second seat of the first row of a Kindergarten. It was here that I developed a vicious right hook and became Champ of my class, being cur- rently known as utloltinu Joe. My heroes at this time were Tarzan and Babe Ruth. After a few weeks in the first grade, I had already cultivated a distaste for school. I pleaded with my father to allow me to quit school and get a job, but he argued if I were to be President I should get the best education possible. Ten years have passed since this time and I haven't convinced him that I know enough yet. In the third grade my left hook was coming along nicely, but my hold on the championship crown was beginning to loosen. I had several trying experiences in this period, such as staying after school, getting zeroes on important tests, and having several embarrassing interviews with the Principal. My heroes at this time were Popeye and Dizzy Dean. I had dropped Tarzan when I saw him kiss a girl in the movies, of all things! By the time I had reached the fifth grade, I had perfected a one-two which was invincible, Joltinu Joe was still tops. The next year l outgrew the boxing game and began trying out for a position on the school softball team, and finally gained a berth the year we received our new uniforms. Boy! just like Lou Gehrigl About this time my father began to use the oft-heard expression used by proud fathers: That's my boy. In the eighth grade I considered myself quite grown up and superior about graduation time. I did extremely well in grammar school, considering. My hero at this time was an honest-to-goodness Big-League ball player who lived down the street. The sudden let-down from a haughty eighth grader to a lowly new-jay affected my spirits somewhat, but I was ambitious and undaunted and did extremely well in my first term at Roosevelt. But, alas, the novelty wore off with each term and my grades dropped steadily with it, and there is no let-up in sightf My hero at this time was the football captain. His being One Hundred captain, however, of the gridiron squad had nothing whatever to do with my envy of him. On becoming a sophomore I was extremely jubilant over no longer being a Freshman, but after a few weeks my swelled chest was deflated, upon finding out that one must be at least a Junior before one amounted to anything. Well, here I am a Junior and have found that Seniors are the only ones that matter. Unlike most boys, I am going to admit that school is somewhat pleasant to me, despite the required amount of work necessary and similar other draw- backs all centered around work. On the other hand, school life provides ample opportunity to use up excess energy, if it is possible to retain any after practically swimming through seven Turkish baths during the summer heat. It seems during this period I spent most of my time getting in and out of entangling circumstances. The worrying brought about by these predica- ments caused me no end of grief because of the grey hair that suddenly began to sprout from my head. All my worrying was in vain, however, for I still seem to have a fairly good reputation left. As more than half of my high-school years are over, I am looking forward to the remaining period to be as joyful as the past. Before I leave Roosevelt, I hope to do something which will have a lasting good effect and leave something for the school to remember me by. I have an idea at the present time which I think will bring about the desired effect. My brainstorm is to have a Perpetual Smile Campaign. To make this campaign a success I have gone to extremes, I have gone so far as to have myself appointed publicity manager of the most probable victor in the forthcoming election for Track Queen. The fate of Roosevelt lies in my hands and somewhat in your hands, for my candidate is the unanimous choice for the most attractive smile in our fair school, so to make the days in June happier than they had been in May, vote for my candidate for Track Queen. As for the future, I think I am intelligent enough to graduate in the required four years, and I hope to do so with fairly good grades. I hope to be able to help bring more athletic laurels to dear old Roosevelt before I leave and attempt to find my place in the modern world. Where I am going to find it, I have no idea at the present timeg but I hope to be a good citizen and a credit to the community, or, maybe, even President, although the chances at present time seem to be slightly remote. Anyway l've had a pretty nice life so far, considering. JOE HENSEI.. SNOW Snow is a very pretty sight to me, sometimes, especially if I'm inside looking out. At night when I look out the window and see snow falling around the street lamps, everything seems very peaceful, quiet, fresh, and new. Then, on the other hand, there is the cleaning of sidewalks, and the cleaning I don't like. When I think about it I don't know which is the greater: the beauty of the snow or the trouble and hardships it brings. JESSE STAGNER One Hundred One One Hundred Two THREADING A NEEDLE A boy threading a needle is as helpless as a girl driving a car. An amusing incident that I shall never forget happened in our home recently. IVly ten-year-old brother had been outs-ide playing ball and had torn his trousers just below the knee. He crept cautiously into the house, forgetting that Mother had gone out. He asked me if she were at home and I told him No . Then came the long drawn out story explaining his accident, which, of course, wasn't his fault. He quickly got lVIother's sewing basket and rushed into his bedroom, telling me to keep my mouth shut if Mother should happen to come home early. I went into my room which adjoined his, and opened the door, just enough to see what he was doing. He was searching the basket for something, and mumbling to himself that he would sew his trousers, or else. I was on the verge of shouting- Or else you won't be eating dinner with us tonight, -but I kept silent as he had cautioned me. He had collected all the necessary implements and was now at the task of threading the needle. He selected a needle that was so small that I couldn't see it from where I was standing and a heavy red thread for the operation and commenced to thread the needle, which, of course, was too small or the thread too large so he decided to change needles. Needle after needle he had tried had been thrown onto his bed, for he was in too much haste to put them back into the sewing basket again. Finally the point was reached where I can truthfully say that I wouldn't have cared to lay my hand any place on the bed. After he had struggled manfully for about twenty minutes, he still had not threaded a single needle. There was only one needle left in the sewing basket that he had not tried. He picked it up anxiously and a look of confidence spread over his face, for he knew he could thread that one. It was a large embroidery needle about four inches long. Never- theless, he was just as helpless as before, and still couldn't Work the thread through the needle's little eye. frlihe little eye was about three-quarters of an inch long.J He tried and tried in vain, sitting on his bed as still as he could. His fingers were a little shaky, but, of course, that was only natural. Maybe he was thinking of what would happen to him if Mother unexpectedly walked in. All through this process he kept mumbling. I wondered what about. Suddenly a shrill voice came from the hall. junior lu Q lt frightened me out of my wits-but junior, ha-ha!--it didn't scare him as he was just picking himself up off the floor. He answered faintly, 'iYes, Mother. She walked into his room, stopped, looked, and reached. He went Hying out of his room like a sail-plane, helped along by lVIother's shoe. He ate supper, however. BELMONT THIELE One Hundred Thrve DESTINY ON THE WING .Ii UGH CAMPBELL was glad that he was the mechanic who had built the B-6l, a new Governmental pursuit plane. Now, as he sat in the cockpit behind his friend, Pilot Ensign Jerry Thomas, in mid-after-' noon, he was not only proud of the job he had done, but was so excited that he could hardly breathe because he was the mechanic chosen to go with jerry on this important flight. Hugh had always wanted to fly a plane alone, but he had been dis- qualified because he wore glasses, and the best he could do was watch the pilots fly their ships. A voice, somewhere in the distance, called, Contact, and Hugh could hear Jerry quickly respond with, Contact The propeller spun around and with a sudden start the sleek plane began to quiver. The efficient ground crew had been warming up the plane for at least fifteen minutes, so there was no need to wait. Jerry turned and with his broad smile made the familiar sign which meant, All set. Then with a roar the new plane rolled forward, slowly at first, then faster, until it gradually began to leave the ground. Hugh noted that the high-powered motors were working perfectly: their hum sounded like music to his expert ears. The sun was shiningg the sky was clear, with the exception of several fleecy clouds. It was just the day to show off his plane. Below, the metal roofs of the hangars glistened like silver and around them the planes looked like pigeons with wings spread ready for flight. On one side Hugh could see the Army and Navy officers the Government had sent to examine the plane that he, Hugh Campbell, had helped design. Now they didn't look very important, they were just some of the many human beings like himself who were fighting for democracy. jerry's buzz brought Hugh to attention: he lifted the mouthpiece and answered him. He could hear ,Ierry's excited voice saying, How does she sound, Hugh? Creati he replied. Doesn't this thrill you, to think that, now, you are really a part of flying? Jerry couldn't possibly understand that Hugh would never feel a part of flying unless he could fly. You know, Jerry, you are the reason l stayed at this field after they turned me down as a flyer. Come on, Hugh, Jerry cut in, cheer up. This is your big day and you shouldn't be thinking about something like that. Even though you were rejected as a flyer you have done your part. Every time the B-6l flies you'll be Hying with it. Hugh smiled: his face wrinkled wistfully. Remember in the Colonel's office when he told me I was disqualified because my eyes were not suited for flying? Here a little bitterness crept into his voice. Not suited? Why, with my glasses, l could see as well as any other pilot sees. One Hundred Four Hugh had been very bitter at first. Flying had been his boyhood ambi- tion. But with Jerry's help, good ol' faithful Jerry, he had snapped out of it and started his training as a mechanic. If he couldn't fly planes, he would keep planes flying. Hugh listened as Jerry tried to cheer him. His voice seemed to carry a tone of annoyance and this faintly interrupted Hugh's thoughts. Hugh finally decided that Jerry was right. He ought to be happy about this flight. l'm leveling off now, said Jerry. See that your safety belt is fastened. He paused. i'We're going to try some stunts. Wasn't that like jerry, always worried about Hugh? Sometimes he treated him as though he were a small boy, but that was the way Jerry showed his fondness for his best friend and Hugh had come to look for these little attentions. The plane dipped gracefully, made a right bank, then a left bank, then a roll. Something snapped. The plane vibrated and then righted itself. While the plane had been upside down, Jerry's safety belt broke and he tumbled out of the plane into midair. Something had happened. Hugh didn't know what. But he found him- self high in the sky, alone in his precious B-6l-the plane he had practically built unaided. Below him Jerry slowly drifted to the earth by parachute. The plane plunged earthward. The tiny brown spot that was the airfield grew larger. The wind whined around him: Hugh couldn't breathe freely. Bail out, his muddled brain kept reminding him. But he couldn't leave his plane. He would have to think fast. He had never flown a plane. The ground seemed to be coming up nearer, and nearer, as he plummeted earth- ward. His hands were wet with cold sweat as he reached out in desperation and clutched the stick. He gritted his teeth and pulled it back with all his strength. Then with a roar the plane swooped sharply upward. Hugh felt as though he had hit the bottom of a pit. His stomach felt as if it were falling inside him. Cold sweat broke over him. The same loss of sense that he experienced on this sudden drop earth- ward had happened to many flyers before, and few had come out alive. With one last effort Hugh shook his head, forcing himself to remain con- scious. His White hands were still clamped to the stick. The plane leveled off. Now he realized that he could not Hy above the field Very long. Hugh looked at the instrument board in front of him as his vision slowly returned. His plane was rapidly losing altitude and continued to lose it as he coasted in at the far side of the Held. He cut his engine, pulled the stick, and slowly dropping to the runway, rolled to a stop. Hugh forced himself out of the plane as the crowd rushed toward him. lt was jerry who grabbed him first. You did itl You did it! he exclaimed. Above the noise of the cheering crowd, Hugh heard the Colonel's voice above the rest, -We can stretch one rule enough to let a man with a brave heart and glasses fly for his country. Hugh's joy was complete. BETTY ANN PURSEY One Hundred Five AUTOBIOGRAPI-IY CHAPTER I 5 O BEGIN an autobiography takes one far back to the days that he 1 gif K , R531 can never remember. For what person can recall his first year on E551 this earth? So after gathering old family albums, baby books, and even relatives, I was still able to uncover little of my early days. The relatives differed on several points, the baby book was incomplete, and the family album gave me little information. Nevertheless, without these resources I will attempt to write on my dull and uninteresting life. It was January 29th, l925, when I was brought into this world weighing six pounds, fourteen ounces, and having a full growth of hair. A great problem then arose in the family. Mother, Father, and Brother were all hoping for a little girl and had a very appropriate name picked out for their little darling, Gladys Irene Heckert. Then came the great dis- appointment, a boyiand not a girl-was born. What was to be done? No boy could bear that namel But after much consideration and trying every name from Wallace to Oscar, I was christened Donald William I-Ieckert. The older I grew the meaner I grew. I wanted everything in sight, and if I didn't get it, woe be to those near me. After a crying session, and if I still hadn't won, I would proceed to sit tailor-fashion on the floor and bang my head upon the floor until my wishes were fulfilled. Another bad habit I developed was ruining my brother's possessions. My brother had a beautiful drum which I knew he loved better than anything else he owned. One day after a heated argument which he won, of course, I decided my revenge. Purposely, I used an axe instead of a drumstick to have a hot jam session with his drum. Naturally you know what happened to both the drum and me. CHAPTER II The time came when I was to give up my baby days and become a schoolboy. Little did I know when my parents told me what a wonderful thing school was and all the fun that I would have that it would really mean twelve long hard years of sweat and labor. But then school hasn't been so bad at that. I can recall one of the greatest days of my life, the day when I was able to write on ink paper. I had been practicing writing for weeks on large ruled paper, when the teacher gave to me the treasured small ruled paper my joy knew no bounds. just think, I was to write as grown ups do, happy that I was to advance one more step upon the ladder of life. Onward I climbed and began to be more conscious of the things about me thus increasing my love for flowers. Oh! how I loved to hold and smell these beautiful things. Just how I loved to be near them. My love for flowers so grew that I even liked to go to mortuaries just to be near those things I so adored. Out of this developed my first ambition for my life work. Now, when I look back upon it-what an ambition for a young, carefree child-an undertaker of all things! One Hundred Six Time moved on and I was in the fourth grade when the greatest tragedy of my life struck me. Never can I forget that day, April 3rd, I933, when that which I loved most and treasured above all things, when that which I needed most of all, when that which I boasted of and worshipped passed away and left me-my mother. But yet fate was not too unkind, I was still too young to realize my great loss when my aunt stepped in and took the role as my guardian angel. Higher I climbed and taller I grew to Where I am found in one of the happiest periods of my life-graduation. What a nice word! That means, after eight long years of suffering and joy, one may step out of grammar school to enter upon four more long years of sacrifice and toil. But what great joy that day was when after months of preparation my class were to present a pageant and then receive their coveted diplomas. Well I can recall that night of nights when I was to deliver my speech before a thousand people and afterwards thanking God it was all over with. Then receiving my beloved diploma. IVIyI how superior one was to those inferior seventh graders, but oh, how quickly one fell to a lowly new-jay. CHAPTER III Still higher I climbed and still taller I grew. At last I had reached high school age and started my high school career. I-low different it was! I-Iow terrible it seemed. So many rooms, so many people, and so many teachers. I was lost from the start and looked down upon by high and mighty eights. While still in my new jay stage, I had many thrilling experiences, espe- cially at hunting in the lunch room. Setting out for roast beef I would follow the crowd, but to my disgust would come out with a bowl of soup. IVIy, such trying times! Again, I would set out for ice cream only to find myself holding a ham sandwich. There was always one thing that mystified me in this particular stage. It was the fraternities. I would see these boys wandering in the halls with mysterious symbols on their backs or eating at special tables. Finally, I was pledged and after hectic months of pledgeship completely cleared up my mystery. Slowly I have forged on ahead until now I am in my fifth term. Now I can look upon my days as a little new-jay and finally I can play big brother to and look down upon these small fellows who are just beginning to find out the secrets of high school: Finally, what Algebra really is and that con- jugation is not a rare French delicacy but a word that will cause them trouble in English in the near future. Yet I cannot complain, for God has surely blessed me in this last term. I have been lucky enough to make all E's and at last even a sweater letter. joyous achievements! CHAPTER IV As I climb higher on the ladder of life I wish to become a teacher, to instruct the young and coming great men and women, and to help them profit by our great and many mistakes. DONALD HECKERT One Hundred Seven LOST, STRAYED, OR STOLEN? OU remember Peggy Cronsleys, the girl with the long dark wavy hair P' 5 and the gray blue eyes5 Well, she was at my house the other night and she told me this story: It seems that about a month ago she and Jean, a very dear friend of hers, had gone ice skating. When they returned to Peggy's house-everyone goes to Peggy's house for a snack before going home-they found no one at home. This wasn't really strange, but Peggy had understood that the family expected to spend a nice quiet evening at home. When Jean left, Peggy looked around for a note. Unable to find one, she assumed that they had either forgotten or had left in a hurry. So believing that they would return shortly, she went to bed and soon fell asleep. She awoke early the next morning-which is rather strange for Peggy, who loves to sleep until it is practically time to leave for school. She sat up in bed thinking. Funny she hadn't heard the family come in. Why had she waked so early?-Early?-it was l0:l5. The clock must have stopped. No, it was still ticking loudly. Mother and Dad must have come in very late and overslept. She went into their room to awaken them. lVloth -she wasn't there. I-ler bed hadn't been slept in-neither had her father's. Peggy stood there a minute, unable to move. David would know, of course. Why hadn't she thought of him before? Reassured and courageous she crossed the hall to her brother's room. Break- fast, Davidg ham and eggs. True or not, that should get him up. He didn't answer. David! Annoyed, she flung open the door. Then her hand froze on the knob as she stared into the empty room-David was gone, too: his bed hadn't been slept in. Peggy didn't remember whether she had screamed or not, but she remem- bered being frightened, terrified, and l don't blame her. She didn't know what to do nextg dreadful thoughts crowded her brain. And then, as her head slowly began to clear, her fear gave way to tears. She fell on her brother's bed and cried. She didn't know what possessed her, but she was suddenly overtaken by the very practical idea of calling the police. It wasn't long before every police car in the city and state had a descrip- tion of the three missing persons. Policemen and detectives came to the house to investigate, and obtain what additional information they could about the case. Mrs. Whiteburg, a neighbor across the street, and Miss Lane, from next door, were the first to appear fto take care of and comfort the poor childl. Soon the whole house was literally swarming with neighbors. One had seen One Hundred Eight the Cronsleys drive away in a strange car. Another said she had seen prowlers, and was seconded by the remark that the family might have been kidnapped. Another even went so far as to suggest that they might have been murdered, and that the murderer had taken the bodies away to dispose of them. QI can imagine how Peggy felt by this time-to comfort her?-hall The police searched the house from the attic to the basement and could find no clues. One extremely bright fellow suggested that the kidnapping or murder must have taken place fairly early, since the beds were still made. Maybe he was just a neat crook, piped up another. Peggy had lost all control of herself by this time, and try as they would, the sympathetic neighbors could not stop her crying. A council was held to decide what to do with the girl. It was- agreed to notify her mother's sister and before long she arrived on the scene. The telephone wires buzzed, and soon the house was stuffed with another clan-the relatives. Everyone was around Peggy at once. Some were earnest in their efforts to comfort her, but their good work was undone by the gossip and suggestions of the less sympathetic ones. Somehow Peggy managed to slip out from their midst. fShe says to this day she really doesn't know how she did it.J When she got into the kitchen she dropped her handkerchief. As she bent down to pick it up, she noticed several scraps of paper in the kitten's box. She picked them up, put them together, read them, and entered the room laughing. There was an annoyed look on the face of the policemen, a relieved look on the faces of the relatives, and a look of sincere disappointment on the faces of the neighbors as she read the following note: Dear Peggy: We have just had bad news about your grandmother Cronsley. The hospital in Kingsville called and said she was sinking fast. Since we are the only living relatives, your dad and l decided it was our duty to go at once to be with her. We dropped David off at Bob's house. Co home with jean for the night. We'll let you hear from us tomorrow after school. Be good. Love, MOTHER. All eyes glared at the kitten as it stalked nonchalantly into the room. DOROTHY I-IAHN Q Eglllll 'Eif- r i- ' pliQi'i'f'M.x One Hundred Nine ', .-1-1: 2' . ., V V ,'-- 1 g L.: ,,. , ' 4 L, ,U , .. ,. .4 . W . F.: -1 g. -- , .,,,, . 1. f 'H'--W' A 9- , ,,:.J 'f. - ' - ', Z- ,w 'N ,' 'F V Q A. ,.,,, .F ,. . . .H - '- s IL ww- Sm av -455 -, wr , ' ' - ' Hr' :lt-1' 1 ' , K . by , W, + ' 1- 'T W . ' +Yf,2' pus-.-, . .'ff',ff One Hundred Ten X i - 5 X X 'NL- X xx. X Ng fi X a' ri O H d FACULTY CHANGES The start of the fall term of l94l saw numerous changes in the Roosevelt faculty, the loss of several valuable teachers to other schools and the transfer of many teachers, who have since become a part of Roosevelt, from other schools to our own. Mr. Wesley Diem's death was a surprise and a shock to all of the many teachers and students who knew him. Mr. Diem died of a heart attack on July 3l, l94l, vacationing at l..ong's Peak Campground in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. Mr. Diem, who had graduated from Washington University in l930 and who received a Master's Degree in l93l, had taught at Normandy. Mr. Granger, who had coached many of our track teams to victory, was made Assistant Principal at Rose Fanning School. We of Roosevelt realize how instrumental was Coach Granger in adding to the fame of the Rough Riders. Moreover, he was well liked by all who had him as a teacher. His successor has as not yet been appointed, but that successor will have an enviable record to continue. Likewise transferred to an Assistant Principalship was Mr. Wayne Barnes, who was made Assistant Principal at Hogden School. Bwana wishes both these former Roosevelt teachers the most of luck and happiness in their new occupations. Mr. I... Parrott, physics teacher, and Miss Jennie Gilmore, economics teacher, have taken leaves of absence. Miss Gilmore expects to be back next September, while Mr. Parrott may be again teaching physics in January. Added to the Roosevelt faculty were five teachers, who have since done much for the students. They are Miss Johanna Fruin, from Monroe, who is teaching social studies: Miss Kathrine Doherty, formerly of Bryan Hill, who is an English teacher, Mr. Rudolph Fiehler, who is also an English teacher, Miss Helen Rishoi, from Scruggs, and Miss Esther Marie Schnaedel- bach, both of whom teach Home Economics. MICHAEL WALDNER -as Z2 . is as , vu, L Uf . 'ii F112 , -as-:R 'xii l if-.' . .ig iii? 5- el ' 1 2:5 l I JV 1 i--Fei v One Hundred Twelve 4 One Hundred Thirteen MY IMPRESSIONS OF ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL When I entered Roosevelt in September I found it much more com- plicated than the elementary schools. The school is larger, the corridors wider, and the rooms more numerous. The hustle and bustle of the thousands of students left me quite bewildered. But everyone was so friendly and helpful that I soon felt at ease. As I wandered through the halls and saw the photographs of the many honor students and athletic stars I realized that each had contributed his small part in making Roosevelt the great institution that it is. I realized also that each freshman like myself would have to put forth much effort to carry on the splendid examples that had preceded us. I was greatly impressed by a welcoming address given to all the freshman by Mr. Buemer the principal in which he stressed the need of cooperation among the students and the upholding of the traditions of Roosevelt. Roose- velt stands not only for education taken from books, but for general knowledge which enable each of us to become a good citizen and take our rightful place among men in this democracy. HUGH IVICNALLY When I first came to Roosevelt, which wasn't very long ago, I was posi- tively bewildered. It was altogether different from anything that I had experienced before. A peculiar sensation came over me when I entered the school for the first time. Like all New Jays I shyly walked up the approaches to the front door. I-lere I hesitated for a moment, and that is where I made my big mistake. Everyone in the hall stared at me until I felt very uncomfortable. In a few seconds, however, I found safety in the auditorium with many of my fellow sufferers. From that moment on I was convinced that Roosevelt was cold and cruel. Several days later when we returned for classes I again experienced the same feeling. The school seemed so big that I thought I was never in the same place twice. It seemed to me that everyone could tell I was lost but no one said anything. In my classes I found the only escape. Here I could talk with other New Jays who were having the same trouble. Now, after being at Roosevelt for some time my ideas have changed considerable. Life at school is no longer a nightmare, but something to be enjoyed. Since attaining the rank of Advanced New Jay I have come to the conclusion that more fun can be had roaming around the halls than in class. No one seems to stare at me anymore, but I guess that's because it no longer worries me. I now feel that I am one of the gang and a part of Roosevelt High. The school no longer seems cold and cruel. ROBERT HORN Om, Hundred Fourteen Last january, I entered Roosevelt High School. I then began a different school life, different in every respect. I was very much impressed by many things, especially the number of rooms. The first day I just stood and gazed down the hall at the almost endless line of them. The children also were different, mainly the girls. I had never seen so many different types of girls in all shapes and forms. I had many problems that first week but I solved them all. One of my biggest was the lunch room. When I entered it I was accompanied by a boy one year higher than myself. I-Ie told me I had to rush in the lunch-room, swallow my food and grab my books and rush out. I did this for several days, when I began to wonder how long it would be before I had indigestion, if I kept up at this rate. I soon found out, however, that there was plenty of time for eating, time to get my books and be ready for my next classg thus another problem was solved. After two or three weeks I became fairly well acquainted, and then I became interested in the moving picture machine, another great feature of the school. I made several inquiries and then after talking to Miss Cutter, the head of the machine operators' group, I was allowed to enter it. I learned all about the machine and it is here that I stayed. Roosevelt is a wonderful high school and I am glad to be a part of it. If my next three years go as smoothly as my first yeai' has gone I shall be quite well satisfied. RICHARD KRACHENBERG I r t ., fr ? 'I we , ,rg . One night in the middle of August I saw Roosevelt High School for the first time. Right then and there I wanted to be a student at Roosevelt. It seemed to be the biggest school I had ever seen. The opening day came at last and when l arrived there I wanted to go home right away. I had never seen so many boys and girls at one time. Then I was supposed to choose my teachers fa new experience for mel. For two days I practically haduhysterics for fear. I soon was relieved, but then came my next big worry-how to eat lunch. It is a wonder to me how I got through it. I was always afraid that I would get the wrong lunch period besides never learning which steps to go up and down fit seemed to me they changed every periodj. Roosevelt seemed to me the cleanest school I had ever seen. The halls were so long that I thought they would never come to an end CI am still looking for the endl. In a way Roosevelt is still strange and wonderful to me, but most of the boys and girls don't think so. Maybe, I will come down to earth in a little while. BARBARA EISENI-IARDT One Hundred Fifteen Roosevelt High School impresses me as having attained a high degree of perfection in Perpetual Motion. Three terms in these hallowed halls have wrought a distinct physical change in me. I bear scars and bruises on my form, marks of elbows and knees encountered suddenly in the corridors. My neck is strained backwards, from admiring supercilious Seniors, and my feet are Hat and fallen from the weary miles tramped between halls. Yet, in spite of my marred facade, I enjoy and will continue to enjoy the lack of monotony at Roosevelt. ELIZABETH CHIPLEY U lm 5 When I entered Roosevelt High, I acted as most new-jays do. I wandered about the halls admiring the immense size of Roosevelt. At that time I thought that Roosevelt must be the largest and finest school in the country. At present I am a four, and although I have long abandoned wandering about the halls, my opinion of Roosevelt is still increasing. In sports, I think Roosevelt is among the best. Doesn't it send a thrill down your spine when you see and hear the fine band, or when you watch the football team, or when you sing the good old Alma IVIater ? And although we can't win every football game, I still think we've got the best coaching staff in the city. In education, I think Roosevelt presents the student with many numerous opportunities for advancement. It contains a library, a fine machine shop, modern equipment, and many modern classrooms. I think the teachers are tops , even if they do make me work once in awhile. After all, they're only doing it for my own welfare. I think one makes many lasting friendships, that the character and school spirit of the students is above average, and that one forms many good habits while at Roosevelt. I shall be proud some day to graduate from such a Hne school as Roosevelt. DONALD KATT Om' Hundred Sixteen Have you ever walked into one of the other high schools of the city during school time? If you have, didn't you miss something? It seems to me that one doesn't Hnd quite that same spirit of fun and congeniality any- where except at our own Alma Mater. I do believe the hamburgers have a different odor, and that odor just a wee bit less savory than ours. Now that I am no longer a New Jay and can feel comparatively safe in looking around me, I am certain that no other school has so interesting a display of student- art work, honor lists, and pictures, and I'm inclined to believe that no other school has so many students fyes, students, going different directions in the halls. But that confusion just adds to the fun, doesn't it? And now turning to that ever-interesting topic of Teachers . Really, kids, when you come right down to it, I think you'll find that we have one of the grandest and most human group of teachers to be found, here at our own Roosevelt High. Being only a 4, I haven't had them all, of course, so you'll have to take that into consideration. But I can honestly say that all I've had are grand. JEAN WHITEHOUSE E . 5 Q 1 A 5 g 7 ,:-n t si' Y ' we-I Last term on a very warm day in June I anxiously awaited my report card. After several minutes, which seemed like hours, my name was called and my report card was given to me. I was no longer a three, I was a great big grown up four . I had looked forward to this for a long time and now that it had really come, it didn't seem very different from being a three. My, how quickly the years had passed by! Over the vacation I didn't think much of being in the last part of my Sophomore year, I reminded myself again that I was a four. When I returned to school, I noticed the difference. I felt older, more experienced and much more important than all the other pupils in the halls, but I soon lost this air. True, I was advanced in terms, but not in importance. The service which I obtained this year makes me feel I am doing my small part to help the school. The classes don't seem very different from those in any other term. Hours, books, studying, teachers are the same and things just haven't changed. Now that I am a four, I have two years experience behind me and look forward to two more happy years at Roosevelt. RUTH SARTORIUS One Hundred Seventeen One winter day, six short semesters ago, l started my freshmen year at Roosevelt. Today I proudly gaze upon the button on my coat lapel, which tells the world l now belong to that group of students called the Sixes. l have passed through the oat-meal and high-chair periods, so to speak, and am now in the adolescent stage of the four year course. There has been a lot of details about those periods l will never forget-some humorous and others of a more serious nature-but l always found the faculty ever ready and eager to give encouragement Where needed. The school also helps to encourage the boy or girl in athletic sports and manual training subjects, and never does a really marked talent get lost at Roosevelt. Life for a student at Roosevelt is one of good sound teachingg hard work and study if he really wants to make good, but with enough entertainment and pleasure sprinkled throughout to make it enjoyable. ln a very short while we shall be leaving the home of the Rough Riders, filled with hope and faith in the knowledge we have gained, but with that all-gone feeling inside at the thought of leaving behind the place where we spent four short happy years. EDGAR WENDEL On the campus, in the classroom, in the halls, at the games, and in the Uaudsu is that same school spirit that has made Roosevelt what it is today. It gives me a thrill to hear the student body sing our Alma Mater . We are all equal and can freely express our opinions which is a privilege, especially in these times. Every term I appreciate Roosevelt more and more, for it is not just a place to study, but a great public school where cooperation, dependability, fellowship, and sportsmanship are stressed. l have the use of the free books of the school, and what school has a better library than Roose- velt? l have made many friends here and have obtained a broader view- point by exchanging opinions with my classmates. There are wonderful opportunities for anyone who looks for them. Roosevelt has given me a foundation for my future, and l'm proud to say I am a Rooseveltian. NANCY BOEFER To me Roosevelt High School seems like an individual. It has its prob- lems, defeats, and triumphs. Roosevelt High has meant much to me. It has taken practically four years of my life and used them to advantage. It has given a store of knowledge which will help me to find my place in the business world. The teachers of Roosevelt High School are to be compli- mented for their splendid work and especially for their patience. If they only knew how many persons they have helped to gain a start in the outside world! Roosevelt High School has helped me very much by bringing me into close contact with persons who have proved great friends. Honesty and trust- worthiness are instilled in a person by being given small jobs which require these traits. If l achieve success when l go into business world, l owe it all to Roosevelt High School. MARY JANE HOWARTH One Hundred Eighteen The swift passage of the chattering and laughing students between periods, the sudden stillness in the halls after the bell has rung: the comfortable isola- tion of the classroomg the quick and easy laughter in the classg the nonchalance of the Seniorg the timidity of the New Jay: the eagerness of the in-betweensg the look of the blue and cloud-swept sky from the inside of a classroom: the confusion of the lunchroomg the long, long hamburger lineg the intangible warm feeling that invades the school during a snow fallg the way the snow- flakes drift down from above and seem to be about to hit one in the face only to disappear against the clearness of a window-paneg exam time and its insidious war-of-nerves effect: the heightening hilarity as Christmas approaches: the limp look that pervades the halls and their occupants on a really rainy day: the rather forlorn expression of the eights when practicing for graduation: the way some teachers smile so effortlesslyg the way others clon't smile at all: Student Council and the frequent and heated arguments that rise and fall so quickly: what doing all one's homework does for one's poise and conscienceg the wind as it goes' howling around the corners of the buildingg the fact that graduates who return have lost that look of belongingg school and what would we do without it?-these are my impressions of Roosevelt and, oh, how I wish l were not a Senior! MARGARET NICKOLAUS l jx :L 1 iw fiiliijin flu' 53 Roosevelt High School has meant to me a foundation for later life, to become a good citizen of the United States. Roosevelt High has shown me that l have a responsibility of my own and if I want to make anything of myself I have to Fight for it. Roosevelt offered me a choice of subjects from which l might select those which would best fit me for my vocation. English has given me the feeling of sureness when I talk to people. History recalls for me the important events and people who helped to build and make this country what it is today. l have learned to appreciate the beauty of nature through science. Home Economics has helped me to be economical both in choosing my clothes and buying food. I have never really thought of what Roosevelt High has done for me but I now realize that it is a higher form of education. CONSTANCE. NIEWOEHNER One Hundred Nineteen Three years ago l entered the castle of learning. That was a beautiful September day and those four huge turrets glittered in the sun inviting me to enter that l might see the beauty within. This beauty could not be seen at a glance, however, for it was partly invisible to the human eye. The prizes within the castle were friendship, new acquaintances, books, thoughtful in- structing teachers, and a host of innumerable other hidden lures. Woe be to the boy who said, HNothing interesting lies behind the glittering turretsf' He was mistaken and shall never in a lifetime find what he missed in a few years. He was not thoughtful enough to open his eyes after he entered the castle to see the wonderful things about him. The three years have passed as three days and can never be equaled until another glittering castle is found. BETTY JANE. BARSACHS ill 1 1 'S Ma' :fs,s -2 - 2.- . .5'.if31 uig+lQgjx v If F7 v A milestone in the life of an American boy-his graduation from high- school. l have reached this goal and now that l'm there the past three and a half years seem to be a golden dream. The little trials and worries have faded away, and it is with a chuckle that I recall them. An E on a report was so important, a visit to the office was so dreaded. But what has Roosevelt done for me, for all its students? l, as all the other boys and girls, have been offered many opportunities to acquire a useful knowledge, a knowledge that will help me in the world of business which l shall soon enter. The contacts l've had with boys and girls of all calibers has helped to fit me for a genial life with my future associates. Some of the finest people that l have met or ever shall meet are my instructors here at Roosevelt. They confirm my belief that teachers should be, as are doctors and ministers, above the ordinary level of the masses, for it lies more in them than even the parents the forming of the individual's thoughts and actions. The restraints and curbs encountered in high-school hold in check youthful emotions, yet, the freedom allowed builds indepen- dence. All these influences, l have felt and am thankful for. The memories of Roosevelt shall never pass completely into the oblivion. With these memories I eagerly await the step which will take me into the school of the world. RICHARD REDDEN One Hundred Twenty l think of Roosevelt not only as an institution where l acquire knowledge, but also as a place where l meet people and make new friends. I formerly thought of school as a somewhat uninteresting place with nothing much enjoyable about it, but during my last three years here at Roosevelt I have become very much attached to it and have actually enjoyed coming here. I have always liked music and singing, and my participation in the different music groups here has given me a knowledge and appreciation of good music not otherwise obtained. Also here at Roosevelt, when l have done something well, l have pride in knowing l've accomplished something however small it may be. Now that l am about to leave school I realize that school days are among the most happy and carefree days a person experiences during his lifetime. ALLEN BARROW L-M .-si3i3l?'.'a , 4il5 ll Roosevelt High School means more to me than just a mere name or edifice surrounded by an iron picket fence-it means a good deal more. When l think of Roosevelt High, the picture that comes immediately to my mind is one of joyful, cheerful, and smiling faces, a splendid faculty, aud sessions, a marvelous chance for good character development, and last, but not least, a good basic education. Here the student has the opportunity to develop talents that heretofore he may have been totally ignorant of whether it be in scholarship, sports, music, skilled occupation, or other fields. Here at Roosevelt, one learns the real meaning of school spirit for it exists here in a great variety of forms. The students are of a sturdy, honest, and fine character and one finds a real pleasure in going to school with them. Also, at our school one sees a splendid example of democracy in action in the Student Council and the election of school officers. The student learns to develop his initiative as well and this is an asset not to be denied. The faculty, at Roosevelt, is composed of teachers who are as cooperative and helpful as they can possibly be. So you see, we Rooseveltians should appreciate and do appreciate the fine opportunities that we are getting at such a marvelous institution as Roosevelt High School. WALTER OSTERKAMP One Hundred Twenty-one MY IMPRESSIONS OF A MID-WEST HIGH SCHOOL My impressions of Roosevelt? Well, that's a big order. And right here is a good place to start, for l think it was the size that first impressed me. I thought Girls High School in Atlanta, Georgia, which l had been attending the last two years, was large. But the enrollment there was only l,500-not so many compared with Roosevelt's. It wasn't so hard, though, to find my way around with the convenient room numbering. l did have trouble with the gym. ln fact, l kept on having trouble with it for nearly a week after we started dressing. When my class was in No. 39, l was upstairs, and vice versa. But, thanks to the patience of my Physical Education instructor, l got that straightened out. Another thing l had to get used to was co-education. As the name implies, l went to a strictly feminine school. But, beyond the initial strange- ness, this aspect hasn't bothered me. There are many things in Roosevelt that l think are fine. l'd never been to a school before that had a swimming pool, and l like the idea of being able to swim throughout the winter and learning something at the same time. I like the way new pupils are put into advisories with others as new as themselves. Then when anything strange comes up, the advisor explains it to the whole class and one doesn't have to take the teacher's time separately. I guess l've made about the maximum of blunders but this system has saved me from making many more. Then, too, I like the cafeteria. I like the system of lunch checks whereby one always has the right change. While some may not agree, l don't think there is very much confusion or waiting. l know there isn't compared to my former school. Especially, l like the cleanliness of the corridors and rooms, and par- ticularly of the drinking fountains. No chewing gum or bright lipstick smears when one bends over to drink, is surely something to be thankful for. Well, these are my main impressions of Roosevelt. And they all sum to add up to one fact which is Rooseveltl A great school. JOAN W. LYON 5 f it 217 ' wr .0 'Bi- W as f ' ' 1. cr is I .gmf One Hundred Twenty-two THE N ICEST THING She was a bright-eyed little old lady, sitting quietly in the corner of the room. Her hands were busily engaged in the mysterious art of knitting. Several of us boys had been draped over a table trying to put together the many pieces of a jig-saw puzzle, but soon growing tired of this We drifted away from the game and got into one of those crazy arguments. Bob had asked, What was the nicest thing in the world to think about? and we had plenty of suggestions offered. A whole year's vacation without a thought of schoolg chocolate cake and ice-creamy a tropical island with nothing to do but swim and loll about, were some of the offers. Finally John went over to the little old lady and asked, Grandma, what would you say was the nicest thing in the world to think about? She gave him a queer little smile, and then set us all to thinking with just four little words? The virtues of others, she said. ED WENDEL MY FIRST AUDITORIUM SESSION l came to Roosevelt feeling very much like a little frog in a large puddle. But after hearing the informal talks by the heads of the faculty, l realized that l have a place in this large school. l had a feeling of pride in being part of this institution. I realize that I am fortunate to be able to attend a school that offers so many advantages. The traditions of the school were pointed out to me and l was made to feel that l must carry them on. l promised myself that my conduct would be such as to be a credit to Roosevelt. HUGH MCNALLY SN OW When the moon beams on the snow-covered roof-tops and sloping lawns, it sparkles like diamonds, diamonds that have fallen with the small snow- flakes. I have lain awake at night and just looked at the beautiful scenery. Unless there is snow on Thanksgiving and Christmas, the holidays clon't seem complete to me. On Christmas Eve when the red-caped Carolers are singing beautiful carols with the snow as a background, many artists have been inspired to paint beautiful pictures of them. I like snow, also, because of the many grand times Ihave while skating, tobogganing, and engaging in the many other sports that snow brings. BETTY SPOONER One Hundred Twenty-three Roosevelt High School Students PRESENT WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS By jEAN M. BYERS A Play in Three Acts Directed by CHARITY GRACE Friday, November 7, l94l An Introduction to American Education Week CAST-In order of appearance y fNote: Casts alternate at different performances., Prologue, Act I ,,.,........,...,.,,.....,.. ...,......... ..,. R u th Montague Joey Manning ......... ....' ---. C h arles Hilf, David Warren Grandpa Manning ....,.. ...,....,.,.. ,I ames Smylie, Bill Truscheit Tommy Manning ....,..........,,...,,,.,..,.... Don Ofiil, Rollin Phipps Mrs. Manning .,.,,...,.,.,,... Marion Kilmar, Charlotte Wetteroth Barbara Manning .............,,...,,....,..... Natalie Bena, Carol Fusco Mr. Manning ............ .,..,.,., E dwin Herchert, Bill Phillips Prologue, Act ll ..4.... ...,...,...,....,4........,,......... R uth Neuhoff Miss Benson ..,... ,...,., S hirley Kupinger, Leslie Robinson Art ..,....,.l...... ......................... ...... A r thur Swenson Karl ..........,., .............,,.,.......,............ K arl Wolff john ..,.,..,,,,.,.,..,... .......,....,.., ,..........,,..,..... J o hn Bennett Jimmy Hunter .....,..... ...... .... E d Gardner, Richard Mawdsley Prologue, Act III ..........,......,.......,..,.........,..,.... Jeanne Breville Guests, chorus, band, orchestra, tumblers, dancers, students, etc SCENES Act l: Breakfast room of the Manning family. Act II: Classroom. Act Ill: Garden of the Manning home. Make-up in charge of Edwin Herchert. Teachers assisting in production: Mr. Biegelsen, Production Manager: Miss Battle, Miss Braun, Miss Chapman, Mr. Close, Miss Haeseler, Mr. Hahnel, Miss Hilb, Mr. Kammerer, Miss Manheimer, Mr. Piliboss, Miss Reess, Miss Schmidt, Miss Solfronk, Mr. Steidemann. This program does not include the names of many teach- ers and students who assisted in one way or another in the - American Education Week program. One Hundred Twenty-four WE HCLD THESE TRUTHSH A .gg OMMY hurries excitedly into the breakfast room of the Manning home. This is the big clay! just last week his graduation, and now igigf, the first day of his new job. Grandpa and Joey, the oldest and the youngest of the family, have already finished their breakfast and are now deep in the newspaper. Mrs. Manning, bustling busily around the kitchen, is striving courageously to keep the coffee and cereal warm for the rest of the family. As Tommy hastily devours his food, Barbara, a blithe girl of high- school age, comes in, anxiously requesting someone to listen to the speech which she prepared for her history class today. The theme is, The Meaning of Liberty , and in explaining it, she used quotations of many famous men. As her mother and her father, who just came down, are in too great a hurry, she finally prevails on Grandpa to hear her. He listens intently to the end. Then he tells her that the effect would be more moving if she would tell what liberty means to her, and in her own words. He further suggests the closing line, For where there is life, there naturally follows liberty! ACT ll A heated discussion is taking place among three boys in Barbara's class, Art, Karl, and John. The subject of their controversy is the actual meaning of nlibertyn. Karl maintains that liberty should give him the right to do anything he please, while Art and John are more conservative in their view- points. When the time finally arrives for Barbara's speech she rises, and, in an earnest voice, tells of liberty's meaning to her. ln a ringing climax, she states C-ranclpa's words, For where there is life, there naturally follows liberty! After class Barbara approaches her teacher, Miss Benson, and asks her the difference between liberty and license. Jimmy Hunter, an admirer of Barbara's, is waiting for her and Miss Benson uses him as an example. Jimmy had been arrested for speeding and, in punishment, he had been denied the use of his car for a week. Poor Jimmy very greatly embarrassed, asks Barbara if she will walk home with him today instead of letting him drive her as usual. One Hundred Tufvnfy-live ACT III A large garden party given by the Mannings is in progress, the proceeds are to be for the defense of America. The lawn is gaily decorated with Chinese lanterns and gay streamers and everyone appears to be having a wonderful time. The colorful refreshment booth is well patronized by the guests of various ages. Suddenly Barbara steps forward, announcing that her favorite speaker is about to be heard, and from a quiet corner of the lawn, a very reluctant Grandpa is being pushed by Joey into the spotlight. He begins apologetically at first for taking up their time, but, warming up to his subject, what America and his- liberty means to him. Suddenly realizing that he is the center of attention, he shamefacedly tries to retreat to his corner but is heartily applauded and compelled to remain. The entertainment is now called for, and a group of square-dancers emerge from the wings, After a delightful performance by the dancers a tumbling act is put on by a team of skillful acrobats. The act is barely completed when the band appears and plays a number of patriotic and martial melodies. The party finally ends by everyones singing enthusiastically our national anthem, The Star Spangled Banner. EUNICE MALKE. PATRICIA RADENTZ OUR FIRST OPERETTA For the first time in the history of Roosevelt, the music organizations, directed by several members of the faculty, produced an operetta to take the place of the usual Senior Play. After studying the scores of many light operas, Miss l-lilb selected A Waltz Dream by Oscar Strauss. Most of the rehearsals were held outside of school time. The principal directors, Miss Grace and Miss Hilb gave up their week-ends to practice. For six weeks the A'Cappella Choir, Carol Club, and Senior Orchestra reported daily, before and after school, for rehearsals. The members of these groups exercised a high degree of self-control and cooperation in attendance as well as attention at all the rehearsals. Before eight o'clock we were hard at work. The chorus and orchestra willingly repeated page after page until every measure was done with pro- fessional precision. Usually we were dismissed at eight forty-four, for advisory. At nine o'cloclc, however, we returned for another forty minute drill. Two o'clock marked the beginning of the Carol Club's drill. The two forty-five dismissal bell brought many spectators as well as the entire cast to the auditorium for rehearsal. These rehearsals lasted until the electricity was turned off and we had to hurry out to avoid being closed in the building for the night. The day before the first performance a dress rehearsal was held. We were dismissed from afternoon practice at five o'clock and returned in costume at six. Things went almost too well, for by eleven o'clock we were ready to leave the stage. Before school the next morning another rehearsal was held. Thursday afternoon's performance was a real thrill. For those of us behind stage, the overture seemed unending, but, when the curtain parted, the play progressed rapidly. Each chorus was done with enthusiasm. The matinee audience gave the cast delightful encouragement. Cn Friday evening the climax was reached. There seemed to be that famous Roosevelt do or die spirit among us. What excitement! Our audience, too, had the spirit and when the last chorus was sung the audience stood and waited for two encores. A synopsis of the plot follows: The scene opens in Sylvania. The King, Maximillian X, and his daughter, the Princess Helene, had been on a tour of Sylvania. While on this trip, Helene met Niki, a dashing young lieutenant of the Austrian Hussars. He becomes engaged to Helene because he reminds her of her ex-sweetheart, Rupert. When the royal couple returned home, the court as well as the populace rejoiced to hear their princess had fallen in love at last, since her marriage was to be an important factor in stabilizing the dynasty and in floating a foreign loan. When he arrived, Niki, who was not in love with Helene, went to a cafe to drown his trouble in wine. There he met Kay Robinson. an American artist who is earning her expenses for a sketching tour by singing in this cafe. The two had met before in Paris and the friendship was soon renewed. Love, this time of his own accord, is in Niki's heart so Niki is determined to escape the royal wedding. His plans are carefully made, but he is caught. His true identity being exposed, Kay is broken-hearted. Sigismund, Helene's unscrupulous cousin, tricks Niki and Rupert, who have returned for the wedding, into going off to London in the King's airplane. ..,..Robert Bernthal Sigismund is well aware that the King dare not postpone the wedding because of the mood of the populace, and hopes to take advantage of the oppor- tunity. Niki and Rupert, however, overpower the pilot and return just as the wedding is about to begin. Helene was overjoyed to see Rupert. The King was forced to consent to their marriage when he learned that Rupert had made arrangements for floating a foreign loan. Thus Niki is released from royal obligation. With prospects of a double wedding, the play ends. THE. CAST Maximilian X ........ ..,,.....,.,.,.,........,..,... Princess Helene ..,.,.. Prince Rupert ...,,,. Lieutenant ........ Kay Robinson ......,., Princess Matelda ...., Lieutenant Montschi ....,.. Louisa ,..,...,,.,,. ...,.,,... Bertrum Budgett .,... Count Lothar ..,.....,. Count Sigismund .,... Fifi .....,.,....,.,........,. Annerl ,....,..,..,,.... ...Helen Jarosik Raymond Other ...james Conner .Marion Killmar . . . . . . .Carolyn Hackmann ...John Thomas, ..Gloria George .Sidney Biernbaum ,. ,.....,. Bill Lucas .Edwin Herchert ,Eleanor Schuka ..Patricia Statler Choruses ..,.... A'Cappella and Carol Club Music ...,.. ..........................,...........,......... S enior Orchestra Dancing ......................,...................,....,.... Special Ballet Group THE PRODUCTION STAFF John Susek Rudy Ruzicka Alfred Wyler THE STAGE CREW Lynn Hickmann Tom O'Donnell Leo Fellhauer Charles Hall Albert Samuelson Al Ulrich Dick Mawdsley Dick La Plante Joe Westermayer FACULTY MEMBERS WHO ASSISTED Mr. Biegelsen .....,...,......,.................,....,......,.,.......,...., Director Miss Hilb ....,..,...... ...... ,,..,...........,. C h oruses and Principals Mr. Hahnel ......,....,...,.,... ,.,......,........,.............,.,,..,. O rchestra Mr. Kammerer, Miss Braun, Mr. Steidemann ..,.,...,.... Scenery Miss Grace ........... .,...,. ....,.,..,,,.,.., D 1 alogue and Makeup Miss Schmidt ..,,.,.,.,....., .......,,..........,....,.. D ancing Miss Chapman, Miss Reiss, ..,................... Costumes Miss Manheimer .....,,,.......,.,. ...... Properties Miss Chapman, Miss Manheimer ,,.. ......, A rt Work Miss O. Solfronk ...,................ ......,,...... P ublicity Mr. Piliboss .,...,..,... ...........,,, T echnician Mr. Neeb ........ ....,..................,...,............,.. B usiness Manager Many others assisted behind stage and in the auditorium. MARJORIE ERLINGER One Hundred Twenty-nine ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL Roosevelt High School, one of the largest schools west of the Mississippi, was named for Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, former President of the United States. This beautiful building is located on the south side of Hartford Street, between Louisiana and Compton Avenues, and extends southward to Wyoming Street. The site of the school was formerly the Old Holy Ghost fPicker'sD Cemetery, a cemetery which was at some distance from the residential district at the time of purchase. The city acquired this land when expansion became necessary, and in l9l 7 families were notified to remove the remains of their loved ones. All unclaimed bodies were removed to Zion Cemetery. Then South Saint Louis found need of a high school and twelve and five-eighths acres of this land was used for this purpose. Roosevelt High School was constructed at a total cost, for building and equipment, of Sl,665,000. The cornerstone was laid on April 22nd, I923, and in the crypt of the cornerstone were placed copies of St. Louis newspapers, Colonel Roosevelt's gold life-membership card, presented to him in i907 by the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, a letter from Mrs. Roosevelt, the list of the members of the Board of Education, coins of various denominations, and other articles. The silver trowel used on this occasion is now kept at Roosevelt. Dedication services. were preceded by a parade which started from Battery A Armory, and included Civic, Military, and fraternal organiza- tions. Governor Hyde and Mayor Kiel were among the speakers. ln january, l925, Armand Miller, of McKinley High School, his teaching staff and students moved in a body to the newly-completed high schoolg about six hundred and fifty pupils from Cleveland and twenty-five additional teachers were also transferred to the new building. Formal terraces and landscape parking form the front approach to the building, while in the rear there is a large athletic field with regulation football, baseball, and basketball grounds: tennis courts are at the east end west sides. The building itself rises three stories, with the center portion carried up four. It is of brick with stone trimmings, designed in the English Renais- sance style. Strictly fireproof in construction, it has eleven entrances, four double Hights of stairways, and two single flights. The building contains fifty-five class rooms, ten laboratories, one band and one orchestra room, one library, and three gymnasiums fwith a separate dressing-room for boys and girls for each gyrnnasiumj, six shops, with wash rooms and material storage for each shop, a swimming pool twenty-five feet wide and fifty-eight feet long, with dressing-rooms and showers for boys and girls. The auditorium, the scene of many a gala occasion, has a seating capacity of 2200 persons, and a stage of sufficient capacity to seat 800 persons. The loud speakers are so placed that the faintest whisper on the stage is carried to the farthest corners of the room. One Hundred Thirty One of the busiest, and certainly the most popular of rooms, is the cafeteria. Here, at one sitting, l500 boys and girls can relax and satisfy the pangs of hunger, as well as discuss the news of the day. It boasts of a sanitary kitchen with all modern conveniences. The plan of the building groups the various departments of the school in the proper position to permit instruction in the different branches, as well as to allow for expansion in the educational field. A special feature of the school is the power heating and Ventilating plant, which is the last word in equipment used for that purpose. It furnishes eight complete changes of pure ozonated and revitalized air to all parts of the building each hour. This system eliminates all odors and provides a healthy atmosphere. The temperature is automatically regulated to maintain a con- stant temperature of from sixty to seventy degrees. The humidity is also automatically controlled. All of the machinery is electrically driven, and the required amount of electric energy is generated in the schoolis own plant. Roosevelt is a democratic school, prepared to train boys and girls for worthy living. Therefore it is with a great deal of pride I say, I AM GLAD I BELONG TO ROOSEVELT. EDGAR WENDEL THINGS I ENJOY DOING ON MID-WEEK HOLIDAYS Visiting friends, going shopping, or just staying at home with the family are some of the things I do on mid-week holidays. These holidays give me time out from my regular routine, a chance to do things that I have wanted to do all year but never succeeded in doing. I thrill at the thought of going on shopping trips, seeing many pretty clothes, useful things for the house, or toys for the younger children. Seeing friends I have not seen in some time, talking over good times we had had together and all wishing that we may have many more is a pleasure. I enjoy, too, staying at home with mother and helping with the house work or baking cakes or cookies for the boys. BERNITA GRAY MID-WEEK HOLIDAYS When we are lucky enough to get mid-week holidays, I usually try to get done the things which I had failed to do last Saturday or the Saturday before that. For instance, the last time we had a mid-week holiday, I took my bicycle apart and oiled it. Things which I usually get clone are carrying out the ashes, cleaning out the basement, working on my bicycle, and many other odd jobs. But I do not always work on holidays, sometimes I play football or other games. Of all the holidays we have, I think mid-week holidays rank among the best. JAMES MILLER One Hundred Thirty-one V : b y .? Q ,AE L ., .5 1 A , V . r Virginia Achenbach Anita Adams Virginia Baier Harry Becker Robert Biedermann jean Boitano jane Buescher Betty Burlcha rdt Edna Burtelow Stanley Callicott Mabel Ellermann Fay Faber Mildred Falk Betty Foerster David Galey Myrtle Gaun Edwin Coerner james Hafl: Virginia Hahn Lillian Hecht Edward Herchert Blanche Aderholt Jane Cavanah jack Easterclay Eva Grimm Shirley Lyon Ruth Mohlman One Hundred Thirty-two TORCH, APRIL, 1941 EIGHTS Dorothy Herrmann Harold Heye Eugene Hohlfelcl Lorraine Horst ,lack Hughes Alice jecmen Thelma jones Ruth Kahn Clare Kannawurf Ruth Kotner Mary Krausniclc Mary Lehn Byron Leonard Audrey Lorenzen Ruth Malone Ruth Mathae Mary McKenzie Robert Meyer Ruth Millinger Gerald Moeller SEVENS Maureen O'Leary Walter Osterlcamp Emma Radosh Richard Reclden Leslie Robinson Pearl Nalley ,lack Niedner Edward Nugent Mary Ocker joe O'Connor Mary Peck Ulrich Potthoff Dorothy Reif Edna Schlagenhauf Lois Schulnel Dolores Senseney Roberta Siebert Evert Sloop George Spala Frank Stewart Sam Strother Frances Tihen Johanna Weidhauss Roy Weinzettel Mary Westendorf Ritchey Williams Donald Sanlsurn Shirley Schneppe Kenneth Teel Michael Waldner June Wilson Elliott Wyloge ' is if '1-71.1 ., ,-. fax -..-, Y-r.i,,Y A Viv.,-U , . , , , Nancy Abbott Blanche Aclerholt Allen Barrow Arthur Bauer joy Burton jane Cavanah Jack Easterclay Edith Freivogel Eva Grimm Elise Kiesel Patricia Linn Betty Botts Ruth Brielmaier Ellen Dickerson james Diclcoff jack Goymerac Carolyn Haclcman TORCH, DECEMBER, 1941 EIC-HTS Kenneth Linzeman Shirley Loncle Shirley Lyon Gloria Miller Ruth Mohlman Maureen O'Leary Walter Osterkamp Emma Raclosh Richard Reclcien Leslie Robinson SEVENS June Hunt William Hurst Bonnie Mathews Margaret Nickolaus Lyclie Pecqueur Mary Ann Ponder jmggal -YT V Donald Sanburn Herman Schall-: Shirley Schneppe Myrtle Schweiss Hilclegarcle Stanze Kenneth Teel Michael Waldner Dorothy Wasem William Weller june Wilson Elliot Wyloge Colleen Routt Audrey Schneider June Tubbesing Jayne Turpin Wilfred Weltge Karl Wolf One Hundred Thirty-Ihree HONOR STUDENTS The names of honor students, students who have are posted every term on the Big Ten Chart in the averages often occurg hence the same number may three l'lal'IlCS. I 2 3 4 5 5 6. 6. 7. 7. 8. 9. I0 I 2 3 4 5. 5. 6. 7. B. 9. I0. I0. IO. I0 I 2 3. 4. 5. 6 I. I. 2. 3. 3. 4. 5. 6. 6. 7. 7. 7. 8. 8. 8. 9. I0. I0. One TERM I Anna Williams Martha Ryder Helene Krebs Barbara Hampton Arthur Jokisch Marcella Schmitt Rosemarie Temen Rosemary Eisenmenger Barbara Bressie Joyce Woodney Jimmie Gleeson Bill Boniface Herbert Mack TERM II Jean Whitehouse Donald Katt Jack Dye Mary Minney Grace Veinfurt Robert Strain Jessie Casner Ruth Sartorius Herbert Wahlmann John Johnson Arthur Young James Redden Virginia Lessing Carol Anderson TERM III Joseph Vogt Sue Blakey Mary Davis Robert Gomien Ruth Mae Eisenmenger Erna Nauert TERM I Robert Horn Arlene Schlagenhauf Virginia Wagner Georgia Griese Charles Hief Shirley Berlinger Jane Killeen Florence Zwiclc Billy Weisz Jack Ewing Frank Hummel Harold Coulter Richard Krachenberg Alice Easter Alice Schwarze Ruth Mann Betty Adcock Marilyn Breideclcer Hundred Thirty-four JANUARY, I94I Geraldine Hake Marian Aulbach Doris Wodraska Mary Jane Megel Virginia Bernthal TERM IV Alfred Jennings Kathryn Tihen Virginia Herthel Laurence Maze Bill Hurst Bob Richardson lrene Margaritis Doris Wooley Fred Hronicelc Robert Ziem TERM V Karl Wolff Ellen Dickerson Betty Seal:-augh Lydie Pecquer Colleen Routt Audrey Schneider Helen Nichols James Dickoit Dorothy Meyer Jayne Turpin Jack Goymerac Ruth Brielmaier June Wilson Gloria Cochran TERM VI Michael Waldner Jane Cavanah Shirley Lyon JUNE, I 94 I TERM II Anna Williams Patricia Cronin Martha Ryder Marjorie Haile William Boniface Jimmie Gleeson Otto Thiele Wigand Howard Joyce Woodney Doris Wilkins Marcella Schmitt Barbara Hampton Erwin Schneider Betty Other Rosemary Eisenmenger Frances Leaf TERM III Mary Alice Minney Jean Whitehouse an average over ninety main corridor. Ties in appear before two or . Kenneth Teel . Richard Redden . Jean Weidhaus . Blanche Aderholt . Elliott Wyloge . Shirley Schneppe . Mary McKenzie . Elise Kiesel TERM Vll . Harold Heye . Betty Foerster . Ulrich Potthoff . E. Schlagenhauf Robert Biedermann . Betty Burkhardt . Myrtle Gnau . Edward Nugent . Sam Strother . Lorraine Horst . George Spala . Mary Ocker . Alice Jecmen . Mary Westendorff TERM Vlll . David Goldberg . Dorothy Weltge . John Youngbluth . Betty Bialiclc . Anna Manglis . George Trigg . Joyce Derwostyp . Robert Geldman . Jeanne Hinrichs . Dolores Masson . Donald Katt . Frances Potthofi: . Grace Veinfurt . Don Armstrong . Robert Trigg . Jessie Casnar . Marjorie Blumenlcamp . Arthur Certel . Suzanna Guge . Dewey Overbey . Madeleine Housemanrx TERM IV . Joseph Vogt . Robert Gomien . Jack Nohl . Marian Aulbach . Jane Berndt . Sue Blakey . Betty l... Benning . Dorothy Komrska 7. Richard Jotte 3 8. Geraldine Hake 4 9. Virginia Bernthal 5 IO. Helen Faymon 6 TERM v Q l. Lawrence Maze 8 2. Kathryn Tihen 9 3. Doris Wooley 9 3. Virginia Herthel I0 4. Margorie Fleming I0 5. Alfred Jennings I0 6. Mary A. Bruckner 7. David Murray 8. Fred Hronicek 9. Edward Samuels Richard Novalc TERM VI l. Karl Wolf 2 I 2 3 . zines Burkhardt Z 5 5 . james Dickoff 6 jack Goymerac Jayne Turpin Virginia Koch Jean Herman Carolyn Hackman Ruth Brielmaier june Wilson Shirley Koeneman Betty Seahaugh june Hunt Theresa Boehmer Jeanne Miller TERM VII Michael Waldner Jane Cavanah Emma Radosh Kenneth Teel Richard Redden Henry Bandini Shirley Lyon Dorothy Wasem Ruth Mohlman Elliott Wyloge Herman Schallc Hildegarde Stanze Elise Kiesel Maureen O'l..eary Gloria Miller TERM VIII Ulrich Potthoff Dorothy Stark Harold Heye George Spala Robert Biedermann Mildred Falk Edith Schlagenhauf james Hafi: Betty Burkhardt Edward Nugent Sam Strother Virginia Baier Myrtle Gnau Ftp, 1531-555 A g l Ffh . 2 1941 Roosevelt's debating season was the most successful in years. For the first time in a decade, the championship came to the Rough Riders. The teams were fortunate in having two experienced debaters from the year before: Robert Bergs and Leighton A. Nugent. Our afiirmative team was composed of Robert Bergs and Edward Nugent in the beginning, and, in the middle of the season, when Robert Bergs gradu- ated, of Edward Nugent and Frank Stewart. The negative team consisted of Leighton A. Nugent and Harold E. I-leye. Both teams were equally successful. Each won five debates and lost two. This record of victories and defeats was surpassed by only one other high school, and tied by another. The winners were adjudged not on a win-lose basis, but on pointsg and when the total number of points had been calcu- lated, Roosevelt and St, Louis University High were found to be tied for first. These results show us that our losses had been close, but our victories decisive. Our coaches decided on a play-off between the two schools. Roose- velt was winner. This victory secured for the Rough Riders the City Cham- pionship in Debating. EDWARD NUGENT HAROLD E. HEYE One Hundred Thirty-five THE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CONCERT On December l0, l94l, thanks to the Board of Education, Roosevelt had an outstanding musical treat-that of hearing the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra under the direction of its internationally known conductor, Vladi- mir Golschmann. After a brief introduction by lVlr. Beumer, Mr. Golsch- mann opened the concert with the playing of our national anthem. With the majestic chords of BeethoVen's Egmont overture the program proper, which included works of the classical, romantic, and modern composer, began. At the conclusion of the Wagner overture to Die Meistersingerf' Mr. Golschmann gave a talk concerning the construction of the modern Symphony Orchestra, demonstrating with the aid of various members of the orchestra how its three sections, the string, the woodwind, and the brass, can unite to express either the solemn majesty of Beethoven or the light, ariel-like music of Mendelssohn. This delightful auditorium session ended with much sincere applause on the part of the students. PROGRAM I. Overture to Egmont .,,.......,.....,.., .,,..... B eethoven 2. Excerpt from Symphony No. 4 .......,.......,..,,.. Tschaikowsky Fourth Movement-Finale: Allegro con fuoco 3. Overture to Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg ....,.. Wagner 4 . . Perpetual Motion ..........,......,.......... ,,..,..........,,.. J . Strauss 5. Polka and Fugue from Schwanda ,,.. ,.... W einberger JAMES DICKOFF , -N jf' , 4 f , f li if K A gr .14 fit! --1 uw an rx- ., ant. N l x A' RAIN Probably most of us know of the discomforts of rain, such as having it start at 2:45, when we are without an umbrella, or having it come down in bucketfuls just as we step out of the door to go somewhere: but few of us stop to think of the pleasures of it. Have you ever sat in front of a fireplace with a fire burning in it, just doing nothing but listening to the rain? And have you ever been in the attic of an old house with a Hat roof and heard the patter of rain on the roof? The sound almost puts one asleep. If you haven't, you have missed something. You who can answer yes to both of these questions will probably agree with me when l say that there is nothing like the pleasure of rain. LOIS SCHRIEBER One Hundred Thirty-six ROOSEVELT'S INSTRUMENTAL ORGANIZATICNS Every student at Roosevelt is proud of Roosevelt's instrumental organi- zations which include the Junior Orchestra, Senior Orchestra, junior Band, and Senior Band. These organizations are always ready to help their school in every way possible whether it be at graduations, auditorium sessions, senior plays, operettas, football games, or track meets. Everywhere that instrumental music is required, you'll find one of these organizations. They also perform at community functions. Members of these organizations derive pleasure and inspiration from good music. The student is taught the genuine value of music whether it be compo- sitions by such immortals as Brahms, Beethoven, Bizet, Dvorak, Handel, or the modern composers. ln addition to musical training other factors necessary in the early training for life, such as good habits, concentration, cooperation, discipline, coordination, patience, are developed almost unconsciously. The instrumental organizations of Roosevelt are conducted by a talented, dynamic leader, Mr. l-lahnel, whose musical background was enriched through his associations as violinist, playing under the great conductors and composers such as Grieg, Strauss, Wengartner, Nikisch, Mahler, and many others of equal fame and reputation. Mr. Hahnel studied and played in Berlin, from l900-l907. ln 1913, Mr. I-lahnel was made Supervisor of Music in the St. Louis Public Schools. As a matter of fact, it was he who introduced instrumental music into our St. Louis school system. Since he has come to Roosevelt, our instrumental organizations have reached a high standard of achievement. Roosevelt can rightly boast of its instrumental organizations which are truly ,an asset to the school. WALTER OSTERKAMP One Hundred Thirty-seven OUR LIBRARY Books to the right of us, books to the left of us, books in front of us, volumes and magazines! Fiction, non-fiction, encyclopedias, magazines, atlases, dictionaries-all these comprise the 7,500 volumes in the library at Roosevelt. Each book is listed under author, title, or subject in the card catalogue. The library, which is largely non-fiction, includes, also, a fiction section containing a variety of types of novels by contemporary as well as by writers of the past. In order to facilitate finding the book desired, the library is divided into sections, containing books on history, science, English, reference books, biography, and books of other departments. The magazines, too, have their section. As a special asset, there is available a delivery system in order to send and receive books from the downtown Central Public Library. When one desires to go to the library, he must obtain a library slip, or permit, from the teacher by whom the work is assigned. If attending the library during a study period, the pupil must have this slip signed by the study room teacher, who retains the stub of the slip. The name of the book, or information desired, is written on the back of the slip. When entering the library, one gives his slip to a monitor who will find the book for him. So as not to form congestion around the entrance, students go to a table immediately and sit down. When one's name is called by Miss Bowman, the librarian, one gets his book and returns to his seat. The library is of value to all as it gives the student the opportunity to obtain the information required during school time, and prevents a trip to a public library which may be far away. For recreational reading the student may take out books for a few days after obtaining permission from Miss Bowman. DOROTHY WASEM g L in f x1 One Hundred Thirty-eight THE BOOK ROOM AND THE SUPPLY ROOM Two departments which are very essential parts of every school are the book-room and supply-room. At Roosevelt both of these rooms are under the direction of Mr. Moehle, who is assisted by certain pupils who want to secure service points. The supply-room has a very simple yet efficient system of operating. When stock is given out, the teacher for whom it is intended makes out a slip listing the various articles needed and presents it to the one in charge, who stamps the slip and checks it with a colored crayon, which represents the boy who receives it. The order is then filed and the stock given out. Keeping the room in stock is a big problem. One or two boys are permitted to make out requisitions, requesting the supplies needed for the month. These are checked by Mr. Moehle and signed by the Principal, Mr. Beumer. All requisitions have to be in by the third of the month, and the supplies are delivered the tenth of the same month. When the supplies arrive they are checked in against lists: and if everything is right, the lists are filed and the shelves stocked. Besides receiving supplies, such things as softballs, volley- balls, and basketballs are sent back when they are in need of repairs. The work in the supply room is not overly hard but is usually continuous, as teachers are continually asking for supplies. ln the book-room, 205, not far from the supply room, is Mr. lVloehle's desk, behind which all his business is transacted. When teachers desire books they make out duplicate orders. These are stamped with the identical number and one slip is kept by the teacher, while the other one is filed in the book- room. The number of books taken out is recorded on a special card of the teachers. The procedure for returning books is just the reverse of the taking out of books! The teacher fills out a credit slip in duplicate and the number of books returned is subtracted from her total on hand. ln this way every- thing is done in an orderly and exact way. When a pupil is withdrawn from school his books are taken from the locker and notices are sent out, asking for the receipt cards of books issued to him. When these are turned in, the books are returned to the respective teachers or credited to their accounts. Lost books make another problem for Mr. Moehle. Besides this he is con- stantly receiving new and rebound books and sending away books to be rebound and books to be discarded. The boys who work in the book-room seem to have little work to do during the semester, but when a term is over and a new one is beginning the boys are rushed taking in and giving out books. This is no easy task for anyone, since over a thousand books are handled on some days. These same boys also clear the lockers. of all school and library books at the end of a term, usually working on a day when other pupils are free. You have probably realized by now that lVlr. Moehle is a very busy man. These things mentioned above are not the only duties he has to perform. He is in charge of selling street car passes and also collecting money for various funds from the teachers. So, hats off to Mr. Moehle! for his splendid work in the book-room and supply-room. RICHARD SARTORIUS One Hundred Thirty-r11'ne r Lf r e l PLAY DAY MAY, s94x PLAY DAY Did you hear about, or see, Roosevelt's Play Day. The name fits the day, of course. Every spring one day is set aside for the girls of Roosevelt, This spring eight hundred girls, making up fifty-six teams, participated in the seventh annual Play Day. This group was the largest group since Play Day was originated in 1934. All morning there was an undercurrent of excitement felt by everyone and at one o'clock the great moment came. Eight hundred girls, four abreast, marched in the posture parade around the campus with the band leading. The exercises led by six of the sponsors were a beautiful sight and the new event added this year, the Maypole dance, with its streamers of red and white woven by the girls in blue , capped the climax. But this was by no means the end, for the competitive games were yet to come. The games ranged from baseball and volley-ball to three-legged sack races and crawling through barrels. Finally, there was another grand parade, only this time to the lunch room for those famous luscious ice cream sandwiches- you hear so much about. During the appeasing of appetites, rousing cheers were raised for the gym teachers and Play Day came to an end as the girls compared sunburns and left for home. Every girl is appreciative of the four gym teachers, Miss Varian, Miss One Hundred Forty Higgins, Miss Haeseler, and Miss Schmidt, who planned the entire program. Months before the great day, they had been working on the schedule of games and the many little details which tend to make the program run smoothly and which made this I94l Play Day the best of all Play Days. DOROTHY BORMAN LUCILLE SIMON BERNYCE STOVALL. .. if-su...l GIRLS' ATHLETICS The program of girls' athletics follows the seasons very closely this year, from September, I94l, until june, l942. Beginning with September, these sports are offered: ping-pong and badminton, on Tuesday, volley-ball, on Monday and Thursday, and square-dancing, on Wednesday. The swimming club meets on Thursday. After Thanksgiving, the schedule will include basketball and captain basketball. This program will continue until March. - A Beside after-school activities, the girls' gym or tennis courts are available to any group of girls wishing to use them. The school furnishes the equip- ment for the games. A definite schedule for the regular gym classes is followed by the teachers. That is, terms one and two play volley-ballg terms three and four, soccer, terms five and six, speedballg and terms seven and eight, hockey. Faculty members in the girls' Physical Training activities include: Miss E. Haeseler, Miss B. G. Higgins, Miss V. Schmidt, and Miss M. D. Varian. One Hundred Forty-one AUDREY RUESTER Coronation Dance Queen CORONATION DANCE Our first Coronation Dance, sponsored by the Roosevelt High School Mothers' Club at the request of the Student Council, was given on the stage in the auditorium June 7, l94l. The purpose of the dance was to raise money for the general fund. Each ticket entitled the holder to one vote for the Queen of the dance. After the votes had been counted, the trumpets sounded announcing the entrance of the four maids of honor: June Breen, Virginia Hahn, Lucille Schmidt, and Wilma Simpson. Then came the Queen, Audrey Ruester, with her escort, Carl Kohl. When the procession had reached the stage, the Queen was crowned by Roosevelt's Mayor, Haydn Parks. After the coronation, the royal party opened the dance and fun and merriment were in evidence for several hours. Students hope that the Coronation Dance will be an annual affair. BILL HURST One Hundred Forty-two SCHOOL CALENDAR-JANUARY, '41, TO JUNE, '41 SCHOOL EVENTS january 27-Once again registration is here for the old and the new. January 28-Whoopeel An extra day of vacation for registration of New Jays . January 29-Crroan. School starts once again. The registration for this term is 320l. February l3-Those old jokes again! Yes, it's election day. The new mayor-Haydn Parksg New Bwana editors: Byron Leonard and Betty Foers- terg New Rough Rider editors: Jack Ansehl and Marjorie Morris. Seniors nominate ofiicers. February I 7-First Bwana meeting under our new editors, Byron Leonard and Betty Foerster. February 20-Senior elections. February 24--Since no candidate for office received a majority, the Seniors held a re-election. President Sam Strother serves a third term. February 24-A representative of Creenbriar College, Kentucky, inter- views any Senior girls interested in that college. A We knew that the good luck couldn't last. Here are those dreaded report cards. February 28-Roosevelt again victorious in the lnterscholastic Swim- ming Meet. March 4-The P. T. A. sponsors a benefit show at the Shenandoah Theater. The films shown were Hudson's Bay and Four Mothers . March l l-The Student Court holds a mock trial to acquaint the members with court proceedings. March I5-Torch candidates pass in review before the faculty. March I7-Dr. McKnight of Columbia University, New York, speaks to senior boys who are interested in the university. March Zl-Mr. Fredericks of Jefferson College of Y. M. C. A. inter- views senior boys interested in the college. March 22-Mr. T. L. jones of Texas A. or M. College interviews senior boys. March 24-A representative from Rolla interviews senior boys interested in Rolla. March 27-Mrs. Pronko, representative of Drury College, interviews senior girls in regard to attending Drury. March 3 l-Miss Savage, of Webster College, interviews senior girls inter- ested in Webster College. April 3-Mrs. Dikroeger, representative of William Woods College, inter- views senior girls interested in attending William Woods College. April 8-Gloria Kraehe and Edward Nugent represent Roosevelt at the Washington University Oratorical Contest. Roosevelt wins second place in the girls' division. April 9-O-o-o-o-o-ohl Report cards come again. April l0-At last! Sixes organize and nominate officers. April ll-Mrs. Rutherford of Central College interviews senior girls interested in attending Central College. One Hundred Forty-three April I7-A representative of Harris Teachers College interviews senior girls interested in Harris. Torch induction at 8:00 P. M. Mr. Thomas Tierney, a graduate of Roosevelt, is the speaker. Sixes elect officers. April I8-Mrs. Mayhew from MacMurray College interviews senior girls interested 'in MacMurray. April 24-Since no candidate received a majority, the Sixes. held a re-election. An amazing occurrence! Every one who was elected on a plurality vote in the preceding election received a majority in the election. The lucky president is Margaret Nickolaus. April 30-A representative of Lindenwood College interviews senior girls interested in attending Lindenwood. May l-Matinee of our first operetta, The Waltz Dream . A colorful and entertaining spectacle. May 2-Evening performance of the operetta. May 6-With the Band, Sea Scouts, Boy Scouts, Pep R Girls, Pepette Girls, and student body, Roosevelt parades to Tower Grove Bank to buy Defense Stamps. May I2-Girls interested in Nursing attend a tea at the Washington Uni- versity School of Nursing. Senior girls interested in Christian College, Colum- bia, interviewed by a representative. May l4-Here they are again! Report Cards!!! May 22-What does this blue gym suit emphasis mean? Why, it's Play Day. And-NO-you're wrong this time: The sun shone in full splendor and the girls got a good dose of sun tan. May 26-2 7-23 and june 2-Seniors go through the torture of exams. May 27-The Band Tag Show, Tl-llNGZAPOPP'lN was at last pre- sented and it proved to be an amazing performance. Very amusin' and very confusin'. May 28-I-lurray! We vote for Field Day Queen. The track meet is very near now. May 29-lt's here at last! We come home with the victory again. Our team earns the Midget, the Junior, and The Big Cup of the Day. Yes sir, we're aiming now for the FIFTEENTH straight victory. May 30-Memorial Day brings us a much needed holiday to recuperate from Field Day and hoarseness. fNeed we have mentioned it:-'D June 4-First night dance at Roosevelt. A Coronation Dance and the queen is Audrey Ruester. June 4-5-Bwanas go from hand to hand as the Rooseveltians collect autographs. June 6-9-l 0-Comprehensive Reviews once again. June 9-Senior Class Day at the Chase Hotel. June l2-Graduation! Oh, wonderful day . . . ! June I3-School's out! Schools out. . . ! AUDITORIUM SESSIONS February I0-Mr. Jones speaks on Religion. February ll-William Woods girls sing in the Auditorium. Could this explain why boys like singing? One Hundred Forty-four February l3-Candidates for school offices present their speeches for the Rooseveltians. The mayor is Haydn Parks. February 2 I-Judge Mix speaks on Honesty , March 3-Mr. Hays, a member of the Civitan Club of St. Louis, speaks to the 5's, 6's, 7's, and 8's on the Civitan essay contest entitled What America Means To Me . March I9-Swimming Auditorium to present trophies won by our boys. March 25-Motion picture Parade of Champions shown. April 4-Entrants in Washington University Oratorical Contest present their speeches. April 24-Preview of the operetta, The Waltz Dream . April 29-Preview of General Motors Parade of Progress given stu- dent body. May 5-Senior boys see a film entitled Service With the Colors pre- sented by Sergeant Hutchins of the United States Army. May Zl-Awards were given in this Auditorium Session: The Civitan award: Harvard Book prize: later the winning essay was read. May 25-Ah-h-hl What a bevy of beauties! You guessed it-the track queen candidates. Something tells me that more boys will go out for track just to be represented by these beauties. May 29-Pep rally and then the glorious ceremony of the crowning of the Track Queen, june Breen, followed by speeches from the boys on the team. june 4-The trophies Won at the field meet presented to Mr. Ammerman. AFTER SCHOOL PARTIES, SOCIALS, AND DANCES February 25-The sevens hold the first dance of the new spring term. March 4-The Girls' Basketball Club has its first and its last social in the gym. March 2 I-Those New Jays are now in the social world at Roosevelt after their party. March 28-The Seniors have a dance, too. April 2-The Spanish Club takes spills and bumps in their stride at their roller skating social. April 9-The Pep R Girls go bus riding, with cokes and potato chips as refreshments. April 26-Sevens have their second social-a Wiener roast-at Forest Park. May 7-The Mathematics Club traipsed up to the Boulevard Sweet Shop for a luncheon. May I4-The Spanish Club went on a Wiener roast at Forest Park. May l6-The mothers of O'ita Club members are honored at a Mother's Day Party held in the lunch room. ' May I7-The members of the College Club enjoyed a luncheon at the Busy Bee Tearoom. June 4-Coronation Dance. Audrey Ruester chosen queen. june 9-Senior Class Day. They celebrate at the Chase Hotel. June I4-Sixes celebrate the close of school at their Boat Excursion on the Steamer Admiral. CATHERINE HEFFERNAN One Hundred Forty-Hue One Hundred Forty-six Q L whit SCHOOL CALENDAR September, l94l, to February, l942 SCHOOL EVENTS September 2--Registration. September 3-Registration for the freshmen. Another free day, but We don't care. September 4-School resumes with a registration for the term of 32 I 3. September 8-First Bwana meeting of the term. September l0-The Seniors meet for the first time this term and nominate their officers. September l l-A new type of street-car and bus pass was installed, for a thirteen-week trial. Sevens meet and nominate their ofiicers. September I6-The school elections roll around again. The lucky officers are: Mayor, Bob Higginbothamg Editors of Rough Rider, Grace Kohnle and Michael Waldnerg Editors of Bwana, Bill Hurst andABernyce Stovall. September IS-Seniors elect Kenny Linzeman President. A Sevens elect John Vogel President. September 20-Roosevelt defeats McBride 6-0 in their first football game of the season. September 22-First meeting of the Bwana Staff under its new editors, Bill Hurst and Bernyce Stovall. September 26-Since our co-editor, Bernyce Stovall, moved to Massachusetts, a vote was taken in the advisories and Margaret Nickolaus, her opponent in the election, was elected her successor. September 27-The Rough Riders took a trip to Paducah, Kentucky, to play the Tilghman High Tornadoes, and, in spite of a well-played and hard- fought game, the Tornadoes defeated our boys, 31-6. October 2-Sixes nominate officers. October 9iSixes elect Nick Eckerle their President. October 20-A new three-way plan for our report cards is initiated. Today we take them to the teachers for our grades. October 2 l-The report cards are given to our advisers for safe-keeping. October 22-Home with those cards. Ouch! Miss Margaret Hamma, internationally famous typist, visited Roose- velt and demonstrated her unusual typing skill. October 25-Seniors are sporting their buttons which went on sale today. October 29-The students present Mr. Ammerman with a token of apprecia- tion for his service as Principal. November 4-Senior girls interested in attending MacMurray College were interviewed by a representative of that college. November l I-Hurrah! No school. lt's Armistice Day. November I2-What's this? Blue jeans at Roosevelt-and, did I see a few boys Hitting around the halls with their skirts? Dunno'. Could be wrong. One Hundred Forty-seven November IS-Eenie, Meenie, Miny, Moe. You guessed it. Those aptitude tests are here again. Woe is me! November 2 l -2 2-Thanksgiving holidays. November 25-The annual benefit football game, originally scheduled for the twenty-second and postponed because of rain, was played today. The West defeated the East only after a good battle by a score of 9-6. November 28-Roosevelt Rough Riders opened their basketball season with a battle against Bayless, resulting in a defeat by a 27-21 score. December 4-5-No school. Three cheers for the Teachers' Convention. December 5-l..aVerne Kruse wins honorable mention in essay contest spon- sored by the Modern Language Association of Missouri. December 9-Those report cards get taken to the teachers again. Torch Induction. December l0-Our advisers can have them gladly. December I0-Did the parents like them or not? Well-l December l l-Hello! What's this? Hello Day? Well, well. December 24-January 5-Christmas Holidays. l..et's hope that Santa Claus is good to us. These autograph hunters. Tsk! You've guessed it. The BWANAS are out again. Senior Comprehensives. Here come those exams again. Ohl Oh! And report cards, too. No more school-till Monday. AUDITORIUM MEETINGS September 5-An introductory auditorium meeting for the purpose of intro- ducing our new principal, Mr. Beurner, and our new assistant principal, Mr. Inbody. September 26-Rah! Rah! Rah! Football. The team was presented in full glory. October 7-Lieutenant Quinlivan gave a very interesting talk on Fire Pre- vention. October l3-After a few selections from the A'Cappella Choir, we heard a speech on Defense. November 7-Miss Grace's Dramatic Class gave a very colorful and enter- taning presentation entitled, We Hold These Truths, as a prologue to American Education Week. November l 7--A musical aud. It was also the first time that the bands and the orchestras had performed in the same aud. December 8-The whole school heard the President broadcast the war mes- sage to Congress. December l0-The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra gave a concert in our auditorium. Harvard Book Prize awarded to Fred l-lronicek. Junior Rotarians-Richard Novak and Nick Eckerle. One Hundred Forty-eight AFTER SCHOOL PARTIES, DANCES AND SOCIALS October I7-The seniors have the first dance of the term and also a very good time. October 28-Is this Leap Year? No? Oh, I see, itis the backward dance which the Athletic Committee is giving. October 3l-The New Jays are now a part of Roosevelt, having entered the social whirl at the semi-annual party. Cornstalks and pumpkins give a very I-IalIowe'enish air to the stage for this and also for the Sevens' Barn Dance, which was held on the stage in the evening. Need I say that a very good time was had by all? November 27-Oiitais social this term consisted of a matinee luncheon at the Tunnelway in Famous-Barr. December 3-Senior Tacky Dance. What a lot of fun! December l l-Hello Day Dance. That's the right spirit. Anything goes at this combination backward-forward dance. This backward-forward simply means anyone, boy or girl, can cut in. Oh, Boy! December I7--The Pep R Social consisted of wrapping gifts for a family and then having refreshments in the lunch room. CATHERINE HEFFERNAN ARLINE MOXTER CHARLOTTE WETTEROTH One Hundred Forty-nine I , , K ! 1 FIRST TERM PUPILS K 1 ff' -1 ,- 1 1 ' V xxx I j ' , gL ., I. , , ,' 'x' Xxx vs. ' A . - - . .' 5, . , .N 25 -- V f '- ' . 5- ' V1 . - gn: , 2 112-.nffwf Y ' ., Om' Hundred Fifty .f.--,,x. ,,.. H A--,..:u 'f'w-' ,, V v-V. -1-'qv ,- r' vw,-',g ,, - 5 .f-- 7.-. .f,-..-..k-...Y A ..... -....,-.....,- . ,,.:,-. A . gririaniy- . , 1--f. ti, ,A ,V - , ,.......- f.,-- --.7 -- V- A - V V . ' fn ,N . -ew- . 2 1 MH Y'+ N X ...w-urn, 1 W, SECOND TERM PUPILS ' U T- 310, 1 1 X ,A ,...,g-, , ,M , , y- M x. XJ x ,Q , . ,.v..,, Y f .,,, 3, ,A I ' G.: li e K 1'7?35i5iE- A l One Hundred Fifly-one THE NEW JAY PARTY Who comes out on Halloween? Why ghosts and witches! Everyone knows that. But this year it was different: this year has made history. On October 3l, almost every Freshman of Roosevelt filed orderly into the audi- torium to enjoy their first party together. They weren't afraid of ghosts and witches, our Freshmen helped them celebrate. The Welfare Committee, which is in charge of all New jay parties, planned a colossal program. Rollin Phipps proved himself a very entertain- ing master of ceremonies. He first introduced Mr. I-lahnel who is in charge of Roosevelt's orchestra. Accompanied by the orchestra, the new Juniors sang various numbers from the song sheets which they received as they entered. This was followed by a speech from Mayor l-ligginbotham, several songs blended beautifully by Two Dots and a Dash, and two novelty dance numbers by Mary Frances and Bonnie I-luskamp. Then came more fun. The master of ceremonies quizzed one boy and one girl from each advisory on popular song titles. A burst of enthusiasm was shown by each advisory as its representative was asked a question. Would he recognize that song? Can she think of song titles with I in it? Well, at any rate, Helen Sauer- berger of Miss Richoi's advisory did, for she walked off with the first prize closely followed, however, by Thelma Cain from Miss Stansell's group. But no party is complete without refreshments. So, the groups retired to the lunch room for ice cream and cookies. Thus the afternoon ended. RICHARD SARTORIUS PATRICIA RADENTZ 4 , i l 'T l we Qt , lf L, Someday ?TN-TX One Hundred Fifty-two DIARY OF A NEW-JAY Wednesday, Sept. 24, l94l. Today I dropped a half-dollar in our coal bin. You can imagine what I looked like when I came out, but I found it. Thursday, Sept. 25, 1941. As I was riding my bike, on my paper route, I had to go through an alley. While doing so I had a flat, and had to carry my papers, and push my bike at the same time. Friday, Sept. 26, l94l. This evening I saw my newly born nephew for the first time. I-Ie is a boy, and am I glad. The only thing wrong is that he sleeps too much to suit me. Saturday, Sept. 27, l94l. lVIy friend and I watched a Yo-Yo contest at a S.l0 store. We found it very interesting. Sunday, Sept. 28, l94l. My mother, dad, and I went to the country for a picnic today. We had a large and exquisite lunch, then we came home. Monday, Sept. 29, l94l. We played in an old vacant lot, a game of football. We weren't bothered with the rain until we went to meet our mothers' fist or broom. Tuesday, Sept. 30, l94l. As I was done selling papers, I watched boys play pin-ball machines. Some of them were so good they got free games almost all the time. Wednesday, Oct. l, l94l. Q This morning I wore woolen trousers to school. It rained a little and they got wet. They began to stretch, and looked as if l were very bowlegged. Thursday, Oct. 2, l94l. After dinner we played Iron-horse. I had lots of fun, until I was the Iron-horse. Friday, Oct. 3, I94I. At last Friday cameg I am tickled pink because tomorrow we will really have fun. Saturday, Oct. 4, l94l. Today my parents went to see my nephew. I was going to clean my bike, and then go to the show. They had the key to the house. I had cleaned my bike, and my older nephew, joe, and I went to the show. We were well seated when I noticed that Joe was nowhere around. I sprang to my feet and started searching for him. After hunting for a while, I thought he might have decided to go home. So I went to see if he had. He hadn't, and I couldn't get in the house or go back in the show for I had spent all of my money in the show. I had to wait until my Mother came home to unlock the door. We were still worried about Joe, who hacln't come home yet. All of a sudden, the door swings open, and in tramps Joe with, Reach for the sky. Your goose is cooked. Sunday, Oct. 5, l94l. I didn't have time to write this yesterday fSun.J, so I will today ClVIon.D. I One Hundred Fifty-three We went skating last night, at the Grand Roller Rink. It was the Hrst time l had been on a rink so l don't think l did too much damage. Monday, Oct. 6, l94I. After school l had to go to the store. As I was walking down the street it started raining. l ran home and grabbed an umbrella, but just as l reached the door the rain stopped. Boy, was I mad! Tuesday, Oct. 7, l94l. This morning in our advisory, our advisor told us when we would get our report cards. There was a loud oooooing followed by a lot of girl gossipersg you know who they are. Wednesday, Oct. 8, l94l. Today, in health, we played football. Our team beat the other team so badly it isn't even funny. Thursday, Oct. 9, l94l. My unlucky day must be on the ninth instead of the thirteenth as many unfortunate things happened to me today. As I was going clown the steps, minding my own business, some of those old new-jays knocked my books out of my hands. The books went hopping down the steps, to stop at the bottom with papers and books everywhere. To top that off l found l was going down the wrong stairs. Friday, Oct. l0, l94l. Friday is my easiest day at school. It seems as though I am always dreaming of tomorrow. At least that is what I was doing today in my General Science class. The teacher marked me with a zero, and said it made a setting, whatever that is. Saturday, Oct. ll, l94l. At last the day has come. The most wonderful, the most gorgeous day! We play all day. Sometimes we have to clean windows, clean up the base- ment, go to the store about a dozen times, but we usually have fun. Sunday, Oct. IZ, l94l. This morning we were going to play football fafter churchl in Gravois Park. We won't murder each other, but we'll do our best. Monday, Oct. l3, l94l. It is really refreshing to think that in six more days it will be Saturday again. Boy time sure Hies. Tuesday, Oct. l4, l94l. Our club met in Charlie's basement, we made plans for a Halloween party. We are gonig to have seven boys and seven girls. The boys will chip in 52.00 apiece. We should have a swell time. BILL FRANKLIN .4 I, tfy-it JA 3g,1f'E1.:,'f:i Zell ,E 4? 'Q' A '. 'Q - - a4ffw:, n g., .L2'2'5aH ,gf' Q. .,:f,-, , One Hundred Fifty-four One Hundred Fifty-Eve ROOSEVELT'S HOME PROBLEMS COURSE It has been said that the home is the backbone of the nation. The home and family was the earliest form of government and from this comparatively simple organization have developed the complicated governmental systems of today. But still the welfare of a nation depends on the families of which it is composed. A country of happy homes is a peaceful, prosperous country just as a country of dissatisfied homes is an unstable nation. Simple deduc- tion, isn't it? But the real question is-what is the difference between the happy home and the unhappy home? the cause? and the remedy? To help the homemakers of tomorrow learn the answers, classes in the art of organizing and maintaining a good home have been added to college and high school curricula all over the country. Educators realize that a home, good in both material and moral factors, will produce children with high physical, mental, and spiritual standards. ln other words, the type of child depends on the type of environment. Here at Roosevelt a course in the Problems of Home Living is offered, only to students in their senior year, in an endeavor to make capable home- makers of them. Problems in Home Living makes up the last two terms of the home economics group-a decided advantage-since shortly after gradua- tion many students will have need of such knowledge and training. The class in Home Problems meets five periods per week each semester. During the course every phase of successful home management is covered. Each term's Work is divided into six units, time being allotted to each unit in relation to its importance or its difficulty. The first six units studied include: Food Needs in Relation to the Individual: Clothes for the Occasiong Dollars in Relation to Daily Living: Personality Development through Family Living: Problems in Safeguarding the Family's Health: and the Family's Recreational Problems. The units covered in the second term are: Setting Up Standards of Successful Family Life: The Housing Problemg Home Management in Relation to Time, Labor, and Money: Consumer Problems of the Family: Children in the Home: and Social Responsibility of the Home. Furnishing a home comfortably and pleasantly is one of the most important home problems, and, consequently, a great deal of time and effort is spent on this project. In order that pupils might obtain actual experience in the furnishing of a home, the class of June, 1941, planned and fitted a room in one of the local large furniture establishments. The class decided on the amount to be spent and discussed the type of room to be formed, and planned the appointments and the color scheme. The accompanying photograph shows the room furnished by the home problems class. The color scheme is-rose, gold, light blue, and harmonious shades of brown. The walls are painted a pastel shade of rose. Period furniture of the eighteenth century was selected. A semi-modern tone was introduced in the floor covering, a twist-weave broadloom carpet in a light sand color, and in the draperies which were made of striped satin having a blue background with a floral design in rose, gold, and light blue. A desk, of Chippendale design, was added. Over the desk, a mirror, also Chippen- dale, was hung. A desk chair, of the design of the American, Duncan Phyfe, One Hundred Fifty-six was covered in brown leather with brass nail trim. The lounge chair was upholstered in bright gold damaskg the Hepplewhite wing chair was covered in a gay floral cretonne repeating the color scheme. Illumination was sup- plied by a three-way-lighting bridge lamp in bronze finish. Additional pieces not shown in the picture include: a pair of Chippendale tables-one at either side of the lounge: and a Sheraton wall bracket above the lounge. The room was furnished entirely in mahogany. The estimated cost of decorating this room was about three hundred and fifty dollars. Besides learning the cost of furnishing a home, a knowledge essential to the homemaker, these students have had opportunity to discover the difference between a dull and depressing room and the one that is alive and invigorating. This discovery will be useful for the rest of the students' lives. A modern and progressive school that presents such useful and practical courses as the Problems in Home Living course is indeed doing a valuable service in training young people to make the most of opportunity to achieve success and establish good homes that will be the strength of America tomorrow' MARGARET NICKOLAUS One Hundred Fifty-sevtn STUDENT COUNCIL Today, in progressive education, the student is given an opportunity to voice his opinion, and, often to take action in matters concerning himself. When, however, the student is only one of three thousand, individual action is impractical and a representative body must be formed. Such is the Student Council of Roosevelt, an organization whose purpose it is to inquire into, inform as to, and act upon matters which concern the welfare of the entire school population. Our student council is a representative body composed of students in the fifth term or above. After an advisory group has reached the fifth term it may elect its representative from its own number. ln terms earlier than the fifth, the advisor selects the representative from a list of eligible students. The extent and the limit of power, the manner of conducting meetings, the method of taking action, the procedure of electing the officers are pro- visions of the constitution and by-laws conceived, drawn up, and adopted by the first Roosevelt council. The chairman and president of council is the mayor elected by popular school vote. However, candidates for this office are nominated by the council from the student body. The vice-president, secretary, and parliamentarian are elected by the council at its first meeting of the term. The chairmen of the standing committees-athletic, citizenship, finance, welfare, and prop- erty-are selected by popular vote although the candidates are nominated in the usual manner by the council. The duties of the chairman are: to preside at all meetingsg to preserve orderg to recognize the various speakersg and to appoint the special com- mittee. The vice-president presides only in the absence of the mayor. The secretary takes the roll call and keeps the minutes of the meetings. The business of the student council is conducted according to preliminary pro- cedure. it is the duty of the parliamentarian to see that this procedure is carried out to the letter. v W The order of business is: calling meeting to order, roll call, reading of the minutes, unfinished business, committee reports, and new business. The manner of action is simple. A motion is made and seconded. Discussion is then in order. After the discussion, a vote is taken. A majority vote is necessary to carry the motion. If the motion is carried, its provisions are put into effect. The council's chief functions are to maintain and to improve student conditions: to investigate changes desired by the student bodyg and if approval is received from the office, it goes into effect. Student council develops in youth discretion, reasoning, and judgment in self directing and is essentially a worthwhile educational factor. MARGARET NICKOLAUS One Hundred Fifty-eight One Hundred Fifty-nine SIGHT CONSERVATION CLASS Roosevelt provides sight conservation work for all those pupils who, because of some eye defect, are unable to do their work unaided. Many devices are used for making school and its activities more interesting and Worth While. The school text books are typed in large print that is easy to read. There is available for the class a copy of almost every text book used in this school. There are also large printed volumes for home reading, books, like Old Creole Days. For those taking some form of social studies, history or the like, there are enlarged maps with a legend to determine different places. The pupils are encouraged to use the blackboards. It isn't unusual to see five or six students at the board, working mathematics problems and doing other types of homework. The pupils are encouraged to work puzzles, cryptograms, and similar projects. ' A spirit of sociability exists among the sight conservation pupils who make Hrm friends and are together both in school and out. Occasionally, parties are given for the group. The pupils are taught parliamentary procedure and can conduct meetings quite capably. They take care of most of the work in their advisory, taking attendance, counting ballots at election time, and managing other matters that come up during the term. Miss Riefiing who directs the work of sight conservation is conducting a very worth-while project. MARY JANE MEGEL . Q .5 THE TYPE ROOMS Have you ever sat in your study hall at the west end of the third floor, just listening to the rhythmic tat-tat-tat of the typewriters? These sounds come from rooms 321, 323, 325, the type rooms. Each room has thirty modern machines of well-known makes, such as Underwood, Royal, Woodstock, and L. C. Smith. The students are taught the proper care of their typewriters in everything from cleaning the keys with a small brush to putting on a new ribbon. Standard speed tests are provided by the typewriter companies, and the Twentieth Century Typing Manual is used. This manual contains useful exercises for oflice practice such as how to center a letter, how to cut a stencil for the mimeograph, and other essential business forms. One Hundred Sixty ln Type Four, many students reach a speed of sixty words per minute, which is all some firms require to hold a position. A few students get as high as seventy words per minute. Under the careful instruction of Mr. Carlson, Miss Crowder, Mr. Griggs, Miss Peterson, Mr. Smith, and Miss L. Solfronk, students are taught the essentials of becoming rapid and accurate typists. DOROTHY WASEM I., A , l i n 'I' 11, rL,i,s5.,, CHEMISTRY Away in a corner, as far from the rest of the school as possible, are the chemistry rooms. The real reason for this is that, in case of explosion, only the laboratory and the rooms adjacent to it would be damaged. Even if other people tell you the rooms are so placed because of the smell, this is the real reason. Room I5 is a lecture room, and Room I3 is a combination of lecture room and laboratory. The lecture rooms have rows of seats arranged in tiers, while the laboratory is equipped with eight tables, each accommodating four persons. Every two pupils have a sink which they share, and each person has his own equipment. The equipment consists of a black rubber apron that doesn't exactly add to a person's glamour, various glass containers that usually get broken in the course of a term, and some other equipment that is very useful in chemistry, but isn't easy to put into the drawer so as to have room for other big pieces. By the end of the term, the drawer reveals utter confusion and a person can't find what he is looking for. During each of the two laboratory periods per week, one or two assigned experiments are supposed to be accomplished. In this' time, many things are liable to happen, and usually do. In every class there are a few people Who, either due to carelessness or over-confidence, make mistakes and have minor explosions and accidents. These don't happen to everyone, though, at times, even the most careful people have accidents. MARY JANE MECEL ,,. 1 ..., 193398 FA .'. ':l.',':.1. Il.- lfffziiilf ff tv br V W I 5 if E cf f Qu, Q 5. U .1 One Hundred Sixty-one BIG BUSINESS When we refer to the big business of the Roosevelt High School, many students do not realize that we are speaking seriously: few pupils know what extensive bookkeeping is carried on in a fiscal school year. It is our purpose to explain the scope of this Big Business and tell who carry it on. The Trustee's Office is located in a corner of Room 309. Here a fifteen- thousand dollar business is conducted during the average school year. Eighty- six different organizations have accounts in this office. These groups bring to this room dues, profits from parties given by clubs, money from the sale of tickets to football games and other athletic events, plays, and social affairs. All bills incurred by school organizations must be paid through the trustee's office. Books and records of these transactions are kept accurately and each year a School Board auditor checks the records. The personnel of this department of the school now includes seventeen students and two teachers. Miss Edith M. Hewitt, the trustee and chief-of- staff, selects her assistants most carefully for their dependability and honesty. Miss Stansell, the other teacher, writes the checks. The workers are trained to keep the records and books according to accepted business practice. This is the present staff of the Trustees office: Charles Fields, Doris Eisenberg, Carolyn Hackman, Audrey Hanstein, Betty Herrin, Lorraine Merkel, Bill Randolph, Robert Rapp, Bobbye Richardson, Dorothy Richardson, Gloria Ringgold, Leslie Robinson, James Smylie, Arlene Washford, Mary Zervas, Miss Hewitt, Miss Stansell. Through the clubs of the Roosevelt High School, the students become a vital part of this big business, for it is the students' money that goes into circulation and that gives Roosevelt High School a financial rating. JAMES SMYLIE. . One Hundred Sixty-two DRIVER EDUCATION ODAY we find it necessary to add to our curriculum to meet the changing conditions of the swiftly moving time in which we live. To the traditional three R's, Reading, wRiting, and aRithmetic, are now added two new R's: Rules of the Road. Although we may have to pay for a mistake in one of the old R's-and heavily, too,--a mistake in the new R's may well prove tragic. Because of the appalling number of automobile fatalities in the United States, several devices have been tried to foster careful, intelligent, and courteous driving. None was successful because none recognized the need of a basic, well-organized educational program. Now police, safety councils, industries, and schoolsare all being called upon to help. The strong move- ment for driver education in the high schools is a reflection of the strong public demand for action. We are meeting that demand at Roosevelt. Unfortunately, the number of students who may take the course is limited to seventy-two per semester because of the amount of time which must be spent on the road. Only four students can be taken out for a road lesson each period. Each student receives five periods behind the wheel every three weeks. Each day there is also one classroom period. Every year, then, one hundred forty-four competent drivers can be gradu- ated from Roosevelt. If we multiply this number by the twelve St. Louis high schools, and we can readily see the great increase in good driving there should be in the space of a few years. Remember the student of today is the driver of tomorrow. One Hundred Sixty-three THE SWIMMING POOL Splash! Splash! Splash! This is a familiar sound that can be heard almost any period of the day, coming from the regions of the swimming pool, behind the closed doors of Room 24. Swimming is one of the most enjoyable subjects a pupil at Roosevelt can take. Indeed, we, who attend public high schools in this city, are very fortu- nate to have such well-equipped pools where, under the guidance of compe- tent instructors, we are taught to swim. The pool at Roosevelt is quite large, being sixty feet long and twenty-four feet wide. The white tile bottom slopes gradually so that while the depth of the water at the shallow end is three feet, it increases to six and a half feet at the deeper end. A great advantage of our pool at Roosevelt is that we have a filter system of drainage. By means of this process, water which has been purified and to which chlorine has been added, is continuously flowing into the pool through two narrow pipes. At the same time, the water is slowly going out through a drain in the center of the pool. This constant movement of water forms a cycle of repurification and, therefore, the fresh water which fills the pool at the beginning of the term remains there, as pure as at first, until the end of the term. By this method our pool is cleaner than other pools where the water is changed every few days. Whether or not you know how to swim, take swimming here in your own pool, and who knows what recreation and help you might gain from this knowledge! MARTHA BLANKENSHIP ELLEN DICKERSON One Hundred Sixty-four ROOSEVELT'S SHOPS RUST as Roosevelt High School offers to the student languages, arts, and the other studies necessary to prepare him for a college educa- W tion, so also does it give the student who is less fortunate, a chance to prepare himself for a skilled position in the industrial world through its shops. Roosevelt is one of the best equipped high schools in the city, and this fact is reflected in its shops. Not only are the machines and the tools of the best quality, but they are distributed and their use is explained in such a way as to benefit students in the best way possible. There is so much that can be said about each separate Held of learning in shop that I will not try to elaborate on any one of them for it would surely take a whole book to do them justice. I will, however, endeavor to name all of the courses which are open to each eager student, and will try to point out the benefits of each. The metal and the woodworking shops offer the pupil a chance to be a good furniture or a pattern worker. If the student is ambitious enough, he can learn and practice the fundamental steps which constitute a good machinist. Good mechanics are made in the machine shop, for the student experi- ences the same conditions found in any every day garage. These mechanics gain such a knowledge of the parts of an automobile engine that they would be able to enter the auto-making industry, and with a little training, they could become skillful auto or airplane workers. The number of trades for which one can prepare himself, by taking advantage of Roosevelt's excellent shop courses, is amazing. Through the experience of good shop teachers, which the Roosevelt students are fortunate in having, one can learn certain basic principles which will help him to grasp a trade more easily. These courses will also give him a certain skill and surety that will make him more adept and efficient at whatever job he may work. Even if the accomplished Rooseveltian does not follow an industrial career, he will have gained such a practical knowledge through his shop courses, that he will be benefited by using it to a great extent in his home. His knowledge of tools and his skill in using them will help him much in pursuing a hobby in his spare time. Thus, it may be said, that a student who takes a shop course gains a rich, practical knowledge not offered in any other subject. FRANK MERTA , I ,-'2..I':,,A D 'ty'-EQ, 'Im !f,: 'wf ,.,Fq. -1. fi . . .. .XIif',gfe,v, jg --f ,, :j.,,-,ffff -V-gifs? tJ,.'i'Z21j -s 3iiis5'fV-1-3 F ' -XIX ifizfifjfl' 3: U S- , , 'iii JNL Janis One Hundred Sixty-flue One Hundred Sixty-six CLASSES IN SPEECH TRAINING Classes for speech training are held in l09A on Mondays and Wednesdays of each week. These classes, under the direction of Miss Dorothy Woldstad, are arranged to meet particular speech problems common to high school pupils. Fear of speech, talking too fast, weak voices, faults in articulation and pronunciation, lisps, as well as the more serious difficulties such as stuttering and cleft palate speech are given help. When a new pupil enters the class his difficulty is analyzed and the type of training to fit his particular need is applied. The parents can be very helpful in this task, by working with the pupils in the home to help correct his speech defect. Because many speech problems are psychological in nature, a real develop- ment in personality, attractiveness, and adjustment frequently accompanies speech improvement. Today everybody needs correct, pleasing, and convincing speech. ln our daily work in school, in our ordinary every-day lives, and in our prepara- tion for our future jobs in the business world or in the professions, we need good understandable speech which is the one way that we 'iget ourselves across to other people, and we shall continue to need it as long as we live. From Hfty to sixty pupils a week are given this opportunity for personal development in Roosevelt High School. MARY MEGEL M One Hundred Sixly-seven ROOSEVELT'S JANITOR SYSTEM Brrr, these rooms are cold! The girls are rolling down their ever-pushed up sweater sleevesg the boys, too, feel the chill. Teachers don't seem to understand--the temperature is at the regular 70 degrees. And wasn't the first started at two o'clock this morning? It isn't often that RooseVelt's excellent heating and air-circulating system is lax-then only on Monday mornings. We'll send our complaint to the chief engineer. Ah, this is much better. The average person here at Roosevelt-and, of course, those not here- have no idea of the intricate, fascinating, and most necessary job of our jani- torial system. Did you know that our school is undermined by tunnels-tunnels which hold thermostats and air-circulatorsr? That more coal is needed for one day than the average home uses all winter! That the coal supplies the energy for direct current, which, in turn, keeps the lights burning and engine motors running? That engines wash, warm, and circulate the airg that engines frost the super-refrigerators in the lunchg purify the water in the swimming-pool, and vacuum-clean the Hoors? What a tremendous responsibility! GEORGE LIESMANN LOUISE FREDERICK5 One Hundred Sixty-eight One Hundred Sixty-nine I Row I-P. Linn, K. Linzeman, C. Ruester, B. McCough, R. Kullenberg, E. Herchert, N. Abbot, A. Ruester, H. jarosik, A. Herson, A. Strigel. Row 2-P. Usher, j. Morris, E. Kadera, S. Daniel, E. Haller, D. Gessel, B. Mummert, j. Meyer, D. Feager, j. Archer, R. Mueller, D. Meyer, R. Pechan, D. Pesout, N. Fitzsimmons, B. Hampton Row 3-H. Reno, D. Hall, J. Harris, C. Schubel, N. Bena, S. Hease, j. Statler, j. Sykes, L. A. Parott M. Canada, E. Roediger, M.Tasch, P. Dick, M. Berryman, K. Wuebbold. Row 4-B. Dunn, L. Droste, M. Larcom. S. Peterson. S. Bosch, W. Robbins, S. Nalley, j. Counis, s J. Gourley, M. Killmar, M. Wagner, C, jurrens, R. Ellermann, M. Visnevac, E.. Adams, O. Harris. Row 5-H. Thompson, R. Green, S. Wright, D. Fleming, B. Bennett, B. Thompson, B. Thompson A. Barrow, R. Mullins, W. Ho son. H. McNally, R. Other, D. Eckles, j. Crouch. Row 6-C. Sowell, j. Dunne. C. Nliill, R. Faser, j. Richardson, B. Speitel, D. Stinehart, C. Forrest B. Scherer, A. Berri, R. Ott, V. Long, N. Bradley, j. Felgenhauer, C. Sanburn. QQ? ,Q A'CAPPELLA ' Purpose of Club: To participate in and appreciate the finest music with precision of performance. Moderator: Miss B. l-lilb Time and Place of Meeting: Every day, the first period, in 301. OFFICERS January to June, 1941 No officers elected. OFFICERS September, 1941, to January, 1942 President: Edward l-lerchert Vice-President: Art Horn Secretary: Anita Striegel Treasurer: Nancy Abbott Librarians I Allan Barrow 2Ker1neth Linzeman One Hundred Seventy Row I-M. Huff, H. jarosik, A. Striegel, L. Hale, j. Wegener. B. Mummert, P. Dick. Row 2-j. Harris, M. Wagner, H. Sloss. B. Heyward, L. Parrott. S, Daniel, l. Koerner, K. Wuebbold Row-'32-Ai Lewis, ,I. Stage, J. Huflf, M. Killmar, W. Robbins, N. Bena, C. Schubel, N. Abbott, S. Nalley . eit er. Row 4-R. Faser. E. Stiften, E. Humpel, L. Turner, A. Mueller, B. Phillips, J. Dye, A. Berri S. Anderson, B. Thompson. Row 5-E. Herchert, R. Mullins, W. Clarkson. D. Stinehart, A. Barrow, R. Bohley. ROBED A'CAPPELLA Purpose of Club: To have a higher degree of finesse and uniformity in singing. Moderator: Miss B. I-lilb Time and Place of Meeting: MA period everyday, in Room 301. ART CLUB Purpose of Club: To promote interest in and appreciation of art: to afford opportunity for self-expressiong to extend one's knowledge of art through: visits to Art Exhibits: art projects: art lectures. Moderator: Miss Edna Braun Time and Place of Meeting: Wednesday, 3:00, Room 308. OFFICERS September, 1941, to January, i942 President: Stuart Anderson Vice-President: Betty Uhlemeyer Secretary: Carol Fusco Treasurer: Theo Beth Brownlow One Hundred Seventy-off: v Row I-L. Novak, M. McDowell, C. Carroll, D. joeclecke, R. Rehboyen, B. Mik, B. Conroy, j. Nolan R. Pechan, V. Sweeney, j. Stieglitz, D. Ulrich, l. Daniels, E.. Freivogel, l. McKenna, J. Martin. Row 2-T. Meyers. G. Shuman. B. Lauck, C. Fusco, V. Leiser, S. Hampshire, j. Kurtz, P. Koch Q.LLieblermann, L. Clauss, K. Callewaert, L. Messineo, H. Hayes, R. DeQuire, L. Badder, B. Heins . am ert. Row 3-j. Hardy, 1. Hindert, j. Feuerborn, R. Pullman. C. Ott, B. Harris, K. Linzeman. D. Krahn F. Maihn, J. Lawson, D. Redfield, T. Duggan, L. LaMont, R. Other, A. Spargo, C. Black. Xffa' ,L 56, ATI-IENAEUM Purpose of Club: To add greater variety to school life. Moderator: Miss Elmore Time and Place of Meeting: Tuesdays-Room 8. OFFICERS January to June, 1941 President: Trula Duggan Vice-President: Emmet Schurwan Secretary: Richard Novak Treasurer: Betty Mik OFFICERS September, l94l, to January, l942 President: June Mier Vice-President: Justine Carey Secretary: Virginia Lukens Treasurer: Betty Mummert One Hundred Seventy-two Row I j Finley R Kaufmann lf. Herchert D Stmehart, L. Vize, F. Loeffler ,I Montague J Bxrk E Schmidt J McClus.key Row Z N lloner ,I Ficber ll Hampcl G Dinwiddie, R. Hildebrand, A. Mueller A Barrow ,I Dietz b l N Bleisch L. Cham Lrm Row 3 N Tyler A Sewell R Chrisman D Boucher, J. Tuma, K. Morris M Korte B Murphy Row 4 ll Price. ll Nichel E Luecking D Nelson, j. Wheeler, R, Worseck D Morris R Baron BOYS GLEE CLUB Purpose of Club To obtain a greater appreciation of fine music Moderator Miss B. Hilb Time and Place of Meeting Every day the Fifth period, in 301 anuary to une l94I Orla Hucldleson Emile Frossard Charles Meier Charles Meier Harold Hopper September I94I to anuary, 1942 Leroy Vize Kenneth Morris Howard Michel Ted Loeffler David Stinehart John Dietz Marvin Korte One Hundred Seventy three . ,,'r'.'., A' f . r 5. . - . V. ,S e . f Row I-E. Wolff, F. Fischer, D. Stinehart, R. Others, G. Fears, L. Strebler, A. Lieberman. K. Calle- vnshaert, L. Clauss, K. Scherer, G. Halamicek, K. Queensen, R. Phipps, M. Epstein, B. Scherer, Row 2 L. G. Row 3 N. O. Row 4 Tettambel, J. Goymerac. fStandingJ-B. Moloney, A. Hughes, R. Sloss, E. Herchert, j. Eder, R. Ries, l-l. Prenzel. Messmer, C. Odenwald, L. Schmitt, B. Putteson, j. I-lensel, C. Eisleben, G. Wendel, Schweitzer. CStandingl-C. Lammlein, E. Wendel, H. Stoeppelman, D. Temple, B. Ziem, T. Wolf, Epstein, C. Kruse, R. Barcheck, E. Lipsehitz, L. Young, G. Haskenhoff, R. Piskulick, Kortjohn, B. Gall, W. Millersehultz, F. Stephan, j. Riley. fStandingl-J. Cox, R. Miller, A. Werner, E. Grote, D. Reid, R. Vieten, l-l. Honigfort, L. jones, R. Gray, G. Hauck, M. Dosenbach, B. Zimmer. Row 5 W. B. Cleft rear!-D. Fleming. A. Wetzel, F. Potthoff, j. Sissel, D. Weber. K. Arnold. K. Cooclenough, Heuer, H. Bandini, j. Kelley, R. Simon, A. Blaha, A. Theobald, R. Schwenker, G. Nussbaum. Lindsay, G. Liesmann. BOYS' BOWLING CLUB Purpose of Club: To stimulate an interest in bowling. Moderator: Mr. Griggs Time and Place of Meeting: Wednesdays, 3:15, Gravois Bowling Alley OFFICERS September, l94l, to January, l942 President: Bob Maloney Secretary: Fred Fischer Treasurer: Ed. Wolff One Hundred Seventy-four YJ Row I-P. Wieder, M, Schmittling, B. Pickett, P. Heath, S. Harbstreet, C. Folluo, M. Throgmorton, M. Canada, E. O'l..eary, D. La Plante, B. Battles. Row 2-R. Pechan, M. Baumer. l... Hall, A. Kirkpatrick, D. Singer, M. Schmitt, E. Wilkat, S. J. Hamp- shire, D. Ansley. A. Pyle, E. Bettlach, D. Nennert, L. Hawkins, M. Williams, A. Harder. Row 3-D. Kimberlin, D. Garrett, C. Wood. B. Mummert. P. Cronin, B. Conroy, A. Howard, P. Cotter H. Mickelivich, M. Neal, J. Riebe, M. King, L. Reuter, L. Nlertzluft. A. Schrader. Row 4-N. Gradoff, E. Knarr, J, Lawson, L. Badder, R. Dieckgrafe, J. Meier, B. Mik, S. Donahue J. C. Zeitler, L. Scheffels. Row 5--J. Janke, A. Gabriel. W. Dees, J. Gounes. D. Kaeller. S. Eckles, E. Kiesel, R. Smith A. Kueehenmeister, M. Litsch, P. Boyher, L. Meagher, D. Redfield. Row 6-R. M. Schultz, D. Woods. M, McClain. GIRLS' BOWLING CLUB Purpose of Club: To stimulate an interest' in bowling as a form of recreation. Moderator: Miss Manheimer Time and Place of Meeting: 3 P. M. Wednesday, at the Grand Bowling n Alleys. WM OFFICERS 01 . I september, 1941, to January, 1942 jo www 7 President: Charlotte Folluo by Secretary: Shirley Harbstreet Treasurer: Margaret Throgmorton Assistant Treasurer: Peggy Heath GYM ART GUILD Purpose of Club: To make signs advertising athletic events and other school activities. Moderator: Mr. Neeb Time and Place of Meeting: ln Room IZ7, meeting subject to call. - OFFICERS January to June, 1941 President: Steve Lekometros Vice-President: Paul Lamb Secretary: A1 Mikes Treasurer: Al Mikes OFFICERS September, I94 l , to January, l942 President: Don Weber Vice-President: Dale Kirchhoff Secretary: Harold Neusitz Treasurer: Ken Queensen One Hundred Seventy-Hue Row j Hmkle P Cox j Wlneke P Thornton ,I Brooks j Hoxslngton C, Crackel. Row Mr Hahnel H Pryor R Pfander D Edwards D Langeneckert B Meyers, F. Beadle. Purpose of Club To study and practice the fundamentals of a marchmg band also to perfect skills ln elementary instrumental techniques. Moderator Mr. Eugene M. Hahnel Time and Place of Meeting Daily the third period, in Room 402 anuary to une l94l John Furbacher Warren Sparks Ben Harris Roland Reinhardt Lee Luecke jack Lekar September I94I to anuary, I9-42 Bob Meyers Charles Miller Patricia Thornton Lee Luecke Juanita Brooks Peggy Cox 2 Row I-B. Thiele. O. Wickexrs, R. Green, G. Radford B Harris ,I Alsbury l Armbruster P. Hammermeister, R. Turner, D. Babin, j. Lekar C Lammlem L Turner 'Row Z-M. Allen, j. Stoecker, B. Herrin, A. Helsele L Herd K Lmn A Lewis B Wessel -3, J. Sampson. F. Weasel, R. Sutter. 'Bow 3-C. Pankau. H. Maurer, J. McMurray. R. Presley R Helbxg F Stamrn D Sanburn M Ocker N . R. Reinhardt, R. Koh ne, M. Schroeder, S. Daley, L Seip B Berdeaux Row 4-D. Nulsen. A. Strobe. H. Ninker, D. Tharp, P Stullken R Thorpe B Busch Dmm majorettes standin 'Ji Easley. 11315, g on pillars on left side-C Queen M Taft on right side E j Adams SENIOR BAND Purpose of Club: To develop a crack marching band, to represent the of Roosevelt. Also, to perform and enjoy the best in music Moderator: and Place of Meeting: Seventh period, daily, in Room 39 OFFICERS january to June, I94I President : Vice-President: Secretary: Treasurer: Librarian: Assistant Librarian: Septemb President: Vice-Presid ent : Secretary: Treasurer: Librarian: Assistant Librarian Dorothy Berberich Russell Sutter Gertrude Queen Edward Reinhardt lrma Armbruster Clifford Stoltz er, I94l, to January, I942 Mortimer Allen Russell Sutter lrma Armbruster Bob Bercleaux l-larry Maurer David Nulsen One Hundred Seventy seven Helen Abell Billie Beinker Roger Berg Robert Bernthal Martha Blankenship Catherine Bono Dorothy Borrnan Ellen Dickerson James Dickoff Helen Abell Janet Aichner Billie Beinker Roger Berg Robert Bernthal Martha Blankenship Catherine Bono Dorothy Borman Matt Collins Ellen Dickerson BWAN A STAFF MGD ERATORS i Miss L. A. Nerud, Miss S. F. Lancaster, Miss L. B. Solfronk February to June, l94l Editors: Betty Foerster, Byron Leonard STAFF MEMBERS Virginia Forchee Catherine Heffernan Bill Hurst Margaret Hurst Ray Konta Eunice Malke Mary Megel Frank Merta Arline Moxter Margaret Nickolaus Walter Osterkamp Lydie Pecqueur Patricia Radentz Richard Redclen Richard Sartorius Lucille Simon Bernyce Stovall Arthur Swenson September, 1941, to January, l942 'Editorss Bill Hurst, Margaret Nickolaus STAFF MEMBERS James Dicl-:off Virginia Forchee Louise Fredericks Catherine Heffernan Mary Jane Howarth Bill Hurst Margaret Hurst Ray Konta LaVerne Kruse jean Lawson One Hundred Seventy-eight Eunice Malke Mary Jane Megel Frank Merta Arline Moxter Margaret Nickolaus Walter Osterkamp Lydie Pecqueur Patricia Raclentz Richard Redden Richard Sartorius Belmont Thiele Kathryn Tihen Bill Truscheit Bernard Uhan Michael Waldner Dorothy Wasem Edgar Wendel Charlotte Wetteroth Wallace Will Gloria Stieglitz Arthur Swenson Belmont Thiele Kathryn Tihen Bernard Uhan ,Michael Waldner Dorothy Wasem Ed Wendel Charlotte Wetteroth Wallace Will David Winger D. Castorf. G. l--Iermann, N. Creenstreet, G. Castile. S. Greenlield, P. Usher, C, Anderson Row I- P. Browning, B. Ball, j. Cooper. A. Harder, M. Haus, S. Zahringer, L. Blanton. E. Cohen, D. Mills R. Roscnauer, B. Cable. H L, Rothweiler, M. Blumenkamp, D. Huebner, R. Carlo, M. Brigman, J. Harrison, E. Brown Schott, N. Niedringhaus, M. Valentine, j. Botts, j. Zcitler, l. Koerner, A. Craig, S. Strickler Row 3-A. Gutman, M. Kersens, J. Stage, B. Mathews, M. Stathopulos, S. E.lias,,hM. Ruzieka, M. Huff J. Huff, M. Bohn, j. Stengel, M. Hartson, L. Meagher, V. Simpson, A. Ferrispj. Thomure. ,, Row 2- V. Row 4--M. Stelloh, M. Robidoux. 'I-I. Lumpee, M. Portell, B. Zeis, P. Boyher, Af.,l-leckman, L. 'Mueller D. Novak, K. Baker,1M. Blair. T. Rugroff, M. Smith. , Row 5-K. Kraus, D. Chaney. P. Tabacnik, V. Carter, A. Williams, N. Pennington, S. Shelley M. Buback, j. Venable, D. ,Iestus,vA. Schlagenhauf, S. Newman, J.-Jackson, M.-'Greenfield P. Pfeifcr. B. Hancock, L. Phinney. Row 6-V. Bowen, P. Lees, R. Rose, L. Lutz, A. Riggs, L. Lambert, V. Leiser. Row 7-I-l. Gilclchaus, C. Ward, A. Blair, V. Meyer, W. Williams, A. Toemann, M. Mathews, A. O'Shea R. Fuszholz, G. Kemp, E.. Solclman, J. Riggio, M. Baker, G. Linn, j. Schening. CAROL CLUB Purpose of Club: To acquire appreciation of the Hnest music. Time Moderator: Miss B. I-Iilb - .Q 6' and Place of Meeting: Every day, the seventh period, in 30l. OFFICERS January to june, l94l President: Nancy Abbott Vice-President: Audrey Ruester Secretary: Pat Statler Treasurer: Sadie Greenfield . . I SLouise Caley Llbranansl 2Beverly Lueders OFFICERS September, 1941, to January, l942 President: Carol Anderson Vice-President: Jane Cooper Secretary: Pauline Browning Treasurer: Sadie Greenfield Librarians: Betty Ball Roberta Harris One Hundred Seventy-nine Row l-C. Ruester. N. Abbott, L. Galey, K. Tihen, M. Hurst, E.. Dickerson, P. Statler, S. Greenfield, B. Hampe, D. Wasem, M. O'Leary, R. M. Eisenmenger. Row 2-M. Burnett, B. Gruber, L. Lueders, L. Robinson, G. Miller, E. Brown, M. Milner, L. Merkel, j. l-luwe, M. Miller, B. Lueders, R. Eisenmenger, S. Lyon, A. Moxter, V. Brandt. Row 3-C. Bono, C. Castile, B. Matthews, M. Williams, M. Henley, P. Wilder, P. Radentz, M. Flynn, K. Mears, M. Megel, V. Herthel, H. Epstein, A. Ruester, M. Neal. Row 4-E. Grimm, j. Breen, J. johns, M. Bruckner, R. Neuhofii, L. Stoffler, B. Schlosser, C. Alcorn, M. Burk, E. Landgraf, S. Dial, B. Behring, B. Bressie N. Boefer, M. Blankenship. Row 5-D. Knudsen, D. Meyer, E. Kiesel, M. Killman, J. Malone, V. Bernthal, V. LaBoube, D. Herald, J. Breville, B. Silbey, G. Schaan, M. Crafe, G. Hoffmann. , COLLEGE CLUB Purpose of Club: It aims to develop the latent literary powers of the members and to cultivate in them ability in public speaking. Moderator: Miss M. C. Doclcery Time and Place of Meeting: The second and fourth Fridays of each month, in Room 30l. OFFICERS January to June, I94l President: Audrey Ruester Vice-President: Hortense Teschner Recording Secretary: june Breen Treasurer: Mary Megel Corresponding Secretary: Martha Blankenship Sergeant-at-Arms: Miriam Cirafe OFFICERS September, 1941, to January, l942 President: Patricia Statler Vice-President: Ellen Dickerson Recording Secretary: Ruth Mae Eisenmenger Treasurer: Kathryn Tihen Corresponding Secretary: Sadie Greenfield Sergeant-at-Arms: Margaret Hurst One Hundred Eighty Row I-R. Kuhlman, L. Pecqueur, J. Aichner, K. Kraus. Row 2-R. Ottomeicr, P. Casey, F. Pothoff, M. Pothoff, S. Peterson, j. Holland, A. Tetart. Row 3-B. Bryan, J. Feuerborn. j. Carey, S. Mayo, M. Weber, B. Theisen, A. Durston. P. Stecker. ROWl?Bl. Bozlver, I. Margnritis, j. Cavanah, J. Whitehouse, Mr. De la Roche, B. Davis, M. Bowerman -. effor . ANATOLE FRENCH CLUB Purpose of Club: To encourage the study of French and to give the students opportunities to use the French language which the limited time of regular classes does not permit. Moderator: Mr. Georges De La Roche Time and Place of Meeting: Every B Wednesday, in Room 23 at 3:00 o'clock. OFFICERS January to June, 1941 President: Jack Ansehl Vice-President: Edward Cook Secretary: jane Anne Buescher Treasurer: Evert Sloop Editor of Paper-La Sottise: OFFICERS Fay Faber September, l94l, to January, l942 President: l..ydie Pecqueur Vice-President: Janet Richmer Secretary: Rhoda Kuhlman Treasurer: Kathryn Kraus Editor of Paper La Sottise: Janet Aichner One Hundred Eighly-one H ,u 4 . . 1 - g gg.: .- 1 ,H Q ,V , . . V - . .,L,.. l . ,. .bv .h 1 Q, 'A sg V .. . 1 , ' . ' ,.lvw,.'.-,Ad L -J., g LJ., . -.N 5, V , r f- . . - - ., :tn L , R - . 1 3 bg. L. - Q Row l-E. Scholten, H. Stanze, V. l-lanneke, E. Beckerle, R. Phipps, E. Krey. R. Ries, G. Kuhne, J. Dierkes, M. Thornton. Row 2-G. Cochran, L. Mueller, A. Heckman, B. Betts, j. Malone, M. Killmar, R. Eisenmenger, R. Neuhoff, R. M. Eisenmenger, B. Heins, P. Leman. Row 3-W. Arnold, B. Speichinger, R. Ottomeier, B. Mik, j. Meier, B. Mummert. D. Redfield. Row 4-M. Kullenberg. C. Kolk, M. Hubert, J. Reichenbacher, j, Perry, B. Grant, P. Thornton. Row 5-j. Morris, E. Braun, A. Schneider, D. Gastorf, 5. Donahue, S. Harb.-street, F. Ulmer. ICE SKATING CLUB Purpose of Club: To enjoy, with our friends, one of the most healthful and invigorating sports, and at the same time, to acquire grace, balance, and rhythm. Moderator: Miss Slattery Time and Place of Meeting: Winter Garden, every other Friday afternoon. OFFICERS january to june, l94l President: Rollin Phipps Vice-President: Mary Virginia Sullivan Secretary: Evelyn Krey Treasurer: James Reeves OFFICERS September, I94 l , to January, I942 President: Rollin Phipps Vice-President: Evelyn Krey Secretary: Evelyn Beclcerle Treasurer: Robert Ries One Hundred Eighty-two Row I-j. Aichner. M. Farrell. S. Peterson, j. Klopper. l. Borders, L.. Pecqueur, M. Anglin, A. Schneider, K. Robertson. , Row Z-M. Metzler. E. Wohlstadter, M. Ruzicka, D. Komrska, M. Potthoff, M. Ehlen, R. L. Davis. M. Wilhelm, V. Zacher, B. Kramer. Row 3-R. Kuhlman, V. Hanncke, D. Killen, H. Faymon. D. Stubits, A. jorcke, j. Miller, j. berger. M. Bohr, B. Mummert. Row 4-B. Pursey, D. Hahn, P. Thornton, C. Crnko, N. Lumpee, B. Beinker, R. Berendt, E. B. Mik. D. Huber, L. Dippel, R. Killen. Row 5-M. Thornton, L. Baisch. H. Epstein, G. Camenzind, L. Fredericks. A. Lesch, E. C. Haller. INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE CLUB Purpose of Club: To learn to write well, to get first hand information about how other children live and work. Moderator: Miss N. L. l-leddergott Time and Place of Meeting: Every Thursday, 2:45 P. M., Room l IO. OFFICERS January to june, 1941 President: lnez Borders Vice-President: Mary Lee Farrell Secretary-Treasurer: Shirley Peterson Social Secretary: Lucille Borders OFFICERS September, President: Vice-President: Secretary-Treasurer: Social Secretary: l94l, to January, 1942 lnez Borders Shirley Peterson Jewell Kloepper Lydia Pecqueur One Hundred Eighty-three D. Ban Pechan Katzen- Walters Beckerle, , Row l-G. Fears, D. Sparks, A. Durch, P. Adams, B. Randolph. Row 2-A. Williams, S. Peterson, S. Young, P. Boggs, A. Tetart, R. Kuhlman, E. Applegate. Row 3-H. Aubuchon, H. Seymour, j. Flowers, B. Franklin, D. Ray, A. Durston, A. Mepham. Row 4-B. Uhan, B. Hopkins, j. Pierce, P. Michaels, F. Criesbauer, B. Phillips, E.. Pfeiffer, T. Schmitt, K. Carstens. JOURNALISM CLUB Purpose of Club: To develop! interest in creative writing. Moderator: Miss Peterson Time and Place of Meeting: On A Tuesdays, after school, in OFFICERS January to June, l94l President: Vice-President: Secretary: Treasurer: Editor of News Column: OFFICERS Betty Burkhardt Phillip Hess Marilyn Moody Harold Heye Ruth Malone September, l94l, to January, l942 President: Vice-President: Secretary: Treasurer: One Hundred Eightyrfour Arline Durch Donald Sparks Peggy Adams Bill Randolph Room 3l5 - 7-, 1 X 2'-' Row I-E. Duuernheim, H. Heiligemann, G. Brimer, S. Miller, M. Meyers, B. ,Ioedxcke G Broadwater C. Pitlats. Nl. Lackey. Row 2-E. Courry, M. Rinne, V. Beck, G. Mauzy, R. May, B. Eggers, G. Gott, R Bertram P Eckert M. Macek. Row 3-j. Wuldner. B. Krieg, C. Danzer, Y. Yokum, D. Nelson, A. Heidtmann, G l-lantack M Boucher G. Yesly, E. Sieving, W. Lyles. E. Hicks. JUNIOR MIXED CHOIR Purpose of Club: This is a new venture for First Term pupils in music: To learn as much as possible about vocal and instrumental music ancl perform creditably when called upon. Moderator: Mr. Eugene M. l-lahnel OFFICERS September, l94l, to January, l942 President: Vice-President: Secretary: Treasurer: Librarian: Assistant Librarian: Edward Conroy Shirley Miller Yvonne Yokum Rita May William Lyles Paul Eckert One Hundred Eighlyrivc W Row I-A. Majtas, G. Miller, J. Malone, M. Matteson, J. Huwe, M. Maier, S. Neutzling. Row 2-D. Hoag, P. Gardner, S. Rodenberg, M. King, B. Boefer, R. Mann, R. Killen, A. Lekometros K. Lambros, C. Manolakos, L. Lieneke. . Row 3TB. Cable, E. Shmagranoff, M. Scaiato, C. Tashman, W. Stearn, M. Flynn, M. Deven, A. Yowell. ' . E THE KNIT WITS if Purpose of Club: Working for the Red Cross, this term. Moderator: Miss Binnington Time and Place of Meeting: Every Tuesday at 2:50 P. M., in Ro OFFICERS January to June, 1941 President: Mary Jean Flynn Vice-President: Gerry Hoffman Secretary: Marjorie Matteson Treasurer: Shirley Donahue OFFICERS September, l94l, to January, i942 President: Marjorie Matteson Vice-President: Joy Malone Secretary: Janice l-luwe Treasurer: Georgia Lee Miller One Hundred Eighty-six OTH - .13 -A Y Row I-R. Rcdden, S. Lyon, B. Franklin, M. Waldner, M. Tettambel. Row 2-B. J. Arnold, M. Houaemann, P. Heggs, B. Koupal, C. Crnko. M. Schrepfer, R. DeGuire P. jordan, E. DePew. Row 3-D. Murry, L. Maze, P. Sullivan, M. A. Bruckner, H. Binder, P. Cronin, J. Werle, J. Dickoff J. Vogt. J. Naslund, C. Vfilliams. MATHEMATICS CLUB Purpose of Club: To develop a greater interest in mathematics, and to study its relation to scientific progress. through the ages. Moderator: Miss T. Schlierholz Time and Place of Meeting: A Wednesdays, at 2:50 P. M., in Room l l. OFFICERS january to June, I94l President: Mildred Falk Secretary: Dorothy Rief Treasurer: Don Steckhan OFFICERS September, I94 l , to January, I942 President: I Michael Waldner . - . l gShirley Lyon Vice Presidents. ?RiChard Redden Secretary: Billie Franklin Treasurer: Michael Tettambel One Hundred Eighty-seven Row l-C. Wetteroth, j. Smylie, M. Nickolaus, P. Linn, M. Killmar, D. Mawdsley, L. Robinson. Row 2-G. Waller, R. Phipps, K. Linn, J. Malone, R. Neuhoff, R. Eiaenmenger, D. Wodraska, B. Aubuchon, G. Hermann. Row 3-A, Lewis, H. Koutsoumpas, R. Wind, A. Casey, A. Roy, P. Radentz, A. O'Shea. Row 4-Mr. Biegelsen, M. Miller, E.. Herchert, B, Phillips, G. Liesmann, C. Magann, A. Durston. MASK AND BUSKIN Purpose of Club: To further the student's interest in dramatics and play appreciation. Moderator: Mr. Biegelsen Time and Place of Meeting: B Tuesdays, in Room IO9. OFFICERS January to June, l94l President: Bill Phillips Vice-President: Bill Truscheit Secretary: Kitty Linn Treasurer: Lynn Hickman Librarian: Leslie Robinson Sergeant-at-Arms: Charles Hall OFFICERS September, l94 I , to January, l942 President: Pat Linn Vice-President: Leslie Robinson Secretary: james Smylie Treasurer: Marion Killmar Librarian: Margaret Nickolaus Sergeant-at-Arms: Richard Mawdsley One Hundred Eighty-eight Row I-L. Murphy. L. Hagenow. C. Wetteroth, M. Lyons, j. Turpin. Row 2-S. Neutzling. R. Pemberton, A. Williams, M. Grothe, A. Lewis, G. Linn, D. Redfield, M. Larcom P. Linn. M. Ponder. B. St. Denis. Row 3-J. Reichenbacher, j. Perry, J. Rammelsburg, G. Stieglitz. M. Kren, M. Nickolaus, D. Falk B. Setzer. D. Hahn. B. Pursey. Row 4-F. lssott, V. Fischer, E. Graul. M. Portell, j. Wegener, B. Klipstine, A. Reynolds. L. Quest V. Ottitsch, M. Howarth. A. Craig. B. Beinker. Row 5-M. Paschedag, A. Keller, J. Lawson, J. Hunt, L. Kren, j. Herman, L. Fredericks. j. Sampson ' R. Wind. E.. Wilkat, L. Patient. D. Wilkens. .a ,.4 , . -g A O'ITA Purpose of Club: To further literary interest and to create a desire for good reading: also, to encourage original writing in the form of plays, poems, and short stories. Moderator: Miss Sleater Time and Place of Meeting: First and third Fridays, 3 P. M., Room 301. OFFICERS January to june, l94l President: Lynell Murphy Vice-President: Charlotte Wetteroth Corresponding Secretary: Betty Pursey , Treasurer: Dorothy E. Hahn Recording Secretary: Shirley Koeneman Sergeant-at-Arms: Anita Striegal OFFICERS September, 1941, to january, I942 President: Charlotte Wetteroth Vice-President: Mary Catherine Lyons Corresponding Secretary: Jayne Turpin Treasurer: Lynell Murphy Recording Secretary: Betty St. Denis Sergeant-at-Arms: Lucille I-lagenow One Hundred Eighty-nine ROWIJIEIS. Uhan, I. McKenna, E. Schuster, M. Fuchs, J. Perry, J. Reichenbacher, J. Pierce, B, Harris, . rs. Row 2-D. Davis, J. Berndt, P. Dahms, M. Thornton, R. Allen, C. Anderson, P. Neu, B. Neu, B. Collins, P. Kelley, A. Heisele, A. Kelley, J. Woodney. Row 3-G. Fishell, D. Catsigianis, M. Bruckner, L. Johnson. E .l-leil, W. l-less, A. Lewis, L. Herd, J. Luechtefelcl, E. Rhymer, H. Truesdale, B. Hopkins, D. Mueller, P. Sullivan. Row 4-B. Dvorak, F. Shiroky, L. Renner, W. Osterlcamp, M. Collins, G. Barclwell, C. Stief, J. Moriarty, R. Reinhardt, J. Furbacher, A. Schulze, R. Harldimun, W. Leard, R. Beichel, G. Mooty. 1 SENIOR ORCHESTRA Purpose of Club: To study and perform the classical, romantic, and other fine masterpieces in the field of instrumental composition. , Moderator: lVlr. E.. M. l-lahnel Time and Place of Meeting: Sixth period daily, in Room 39. OFFICERS January to June, l94l - President: Bill Dvorak Vice-President: Prank Shiroky Secretary: Walter Osterkamp Treasurer: Lloyd Renner Librarian: Stuart Anderson Assistant Librarian: Marie Magerstaedt OFFICERS September, l94l, to January, 1942 President: Bill Dvorak Vice-President: Ben Uhan Secretary: Frank Shiroky Treasurer: Lloyd Renner Librarian: Jane Berndt Assistant Librarian: One Hundred Ninety Matt Collins Row l-C. Watson. B. Weisz, j. Pierce, W. Kichner, E.. Gladstone. Row 2-E. Wintcrmun, 'l. Young. D. Ray, V. Hayes, A. Craig, P. Boggs ,I Kolar B Berdeaux C. Baker. D. Warren. W. Sparks. Row 3-L. Wooliver. W. Wallner, A. Young, M. Adams, A. Durch, J. Faeth B I-lopkxns A Stricker B. Miller, L. Herd. A. Lewis, S. Peterson, W. Hess. Row 4-D. Sparks. J. Flowers, l-I. Canter, T. Bommarito, J. Upchurch M Presley L jones E. Krummel, R. Reinhardt, L. johnson. U JUNIOR ORCHESTRA Purpose of Club: To develop skills and inspiration from performing orchestral music. Music appreciation becomes greater as one performs music Moderator: Mr. Eugene M. I-lahnel Time and Place of Meeting: Daily, the third period, in Room 402 OFF lCERS January to June, l94l President: . Patricia Dahms Vice-President: James Upchurch Secretary: Arline Durch Treasurer: Margaret Barnett Librarian: Arnold Stricker Assistant Librarian: Robert Schwartz OFFICERS September, 1941, to January, l942 President: Vice-President: Secretary: Treasurer: Librarian: Assistant Librarian: Arnold Stricker John Pierce Arline Durch Loretta Johnson Donald Sparks Jane Flowers One Hundred Ninety one +4 ..i' - i,ffH??f .::qf-. fmw. ' f- ' 314, - - v ' Row I-A. Tetart. L. Eechan. B. Mik, E. Kelley, D. Knudsen, A. Guse, M. Trueblood, D. Ketterer, D. Wand, J. Duche , R. Hyer. Row 2-M. Haile, D. Krahn, M. Greenfield, H. Sloss, E. Volk, M. Stellah, B. Starr, A. Schwarze. D. Feager, Orr, A. Young. Row 3-B. Boefer. R. Mann, J. Rammelsburg, D. Rustige. G. Kemp. M. Dreyer. Row 4-C. Schubel, J. Perry, A. Gutman, L. Ackebauer. L. Lutz, J. Missey, P. Schubert, A. Williams. RowJ5rJ.lHindert, J. Feuerborn, L. Dugger, A. Wells, L. Davis, l-l. Tichacek, P. Burnett, J. Loncaric, . aw er. PEPETTE Purpose of Club: Preparatory to membership in Pep R. Moderator: Miss M. Sclilutius Time and Place of Meeting: 2:50, B Wednesdays, in Room 228 OFFICERS January to June, 1941 President: Muriel Busdiecker , , I S I. Audrey Guse Point Chairmen' 2 2. Bernice Martin OFFICERS September. l94l, to January, 1942 President: Virginia Fischer Junior President: Edna Kelly Secretary: J oy Mal0rle S' l. Dorothy Knudsen Point Chairmen: Audrey Guse One Hundred Ninety-iwo Row I-R. Eisenmenger. E. Kiesel, D. Wasem, G. Castile, S. Grecnncld, j. Breen, j. Turpin, A. Ruester, C. Ruester. R. Pechan. Row 2-R. Neuhoif, R. Eisenmenger, A. Harris, C. Heffernan, M. Ball, D. Knudsen, V. Fischer. B. St. Denis, j. Herman, V. Allgire, A. Striegel. Row 3-5. Eckles. A. Knoll, L. Scott, V. Crigler, L. Gardner, M. Ott, G. Miller, A. Hoffmann, E. Cmul, A. Neulist, P. Lemon, B. Bryan, M. Williams. Row 4-H. Epstein, M. Menckel, M, Herde. A. Koerner, D. Hawkins, L. Haarhaus, j. Hunt, C. King, V. Herthel, R. Kullenberg, C. Verrillo. K. Wuebbold. PEP R Purpose of Club: Organized for the purpose of backing all school activities. Moderator: Miss Schlutius Time and Place of Meeting: A Wednesdays, 2:50 o'clock, in Room OFFICERS January to June, l94l President: Patricia Fitzgibbons Vice-President: June Breen Secretary: Gloria Kraehe Treasurer: Marilyn Miller OFFICERS September, l94l, to January, l942 President: June Breen Vice-President: Elise Kiesel Secretary: Sadie Greenfield Treasurer: Jayne Turpin One Hundred Ninety-three . Miller Guse . Grate Grant Row I-Mrs. C. Buescher, Mrs. C. Phipps, Mrs. l-l. Beans, Mrs. H. Liesmann, Mrs. P. Thornton. Row 2-Mrs. E. Cornet, Mrs. A. Strebe, Mrs. G. Dahms, Mrs. R. Weinzettel, Mrs. j. Steiner Mrs. A. Reinhardt, Mrs. A. Theobald. Row 3-Mrs. Herbert Kreitz, Mrs. E.. Leasing, Mrs. E. Bruton, Mrs. F. Schoen, Mrs. H. Crich Mrs. H. Prenzel. Row 4-Miss O. Solfronk, Mrs. G. Kiesel, Mrs. J. Sampson, Mrs. G. Altman, Mrs. j. Vuck, jr. Mr. E. Baumer. THE ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION The Roosevelt High School Parent-Teacher Association is an organiza- tion numbering two hundred twenty-two mothers, fathers, and teachers of students in the school. It meets the fourth Friday except during November, and December, when it meets the third Thursday at 1:15 P. M. in Room l09. Four night meetings are held on the second Wednesday of October, December, February and April at 8 P. M. These meetings have programs of inspirational and educational value with speakers well-known in their fields of endeavor. Each meeting is followed by a social hour in the lunchroom, one of which is a tea for the facultyg another, a tea for the officers of contributing schools and fellow high schools, and another, a style show by students of the school. Other social and financial activities during the fall were a boat ride, book review and silver tea at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Horner W. Anderson, card parties, bake and rummage sales. Plans are being made for an annual dinner, observing the founding of Parent-Teacher Associations. All parents and interested adults are cordially invited to become a part of this national organization, whose membership is more than two and one-third million. MRS. A. l... REJNHARDT One Hundred Ninety-four Row I-M. Coerner. J. Hunt. M. Kren, A. Kuechenmeister, B. Klipstine. Row 2-R. Sartorius, D. Cricus, R. Doerner, G. Stieglitz, M. Brandt, M. Grothe. B. Ossenberg. Row 3-B. joyner, L. Adams, C. Ruwwe, M. Kersens, G. Miller, L. Kren, M. Eiffert, M. Eveland PHOTO-PLAY APPRECIATION CLUB Purpose of Club: To create an appreciation for the good in motion picturesg to review and score good pictures. Moderator: Miss Maloney Time and Place of Meeting: A Wednesdays, at 2:45, in Room 10. OFFICERS January to June, 1941 President: June Hunt Vice-President: Ariine Kuechenmeister Secretary: Betty Guge Treasurer: Marian Goerner OFFICERS September, I9-41, to January, i942 President: June Hunt i Vice-President: Marion Kren Secretary: Marian Goerner Treasurer: Lorraine Kren One Hundred Ninety-ive Row l-M. Taxman, M. Litsch, R. Sartorius, R. Weiss, C. Zeitler. Row 2-E. Brucker, R. Konta. A. Swenson, E. Kocian, R. Fritz, V. Horning, E. Collier. THE ROOSEVELT PI-IILATELIC CLUB Purpose of Club: To exchange information about stamps, their issue and denominations, and to trade or exchange stamps. Each term an exhibit from the members' own collections is put up either in the exhibit case of hung in the library. Once or twice a term an auction is held. Members exhibit their stamps at various club sessions or conventions in the St. Louis area. . Moderator: Miss Harris Time and Place of Meeting: Every Thursday after school, Room 209. OFFICERS January to June, 1941 President: Arthur Swenson Vice-President: Ray Konta Secretary: Richard Sartorius Treasurer: Lawrence Mose OFFICERS September, l94l, to January, I942 President: Richard Sartorius Vice-President: Rodney Weiss Secretary: Marcella Litsch Treasurer: Jean Carol Zeitler Om' Hundred Ninely-.six f' if I i . XP X V . I if . , Row l-J. Kurtz, A. Liebermann, L. Clauss, D. Hoag, C. Bruce, A. Roy, T. Boehmer, M. Frederick L. Hnwkins, M. Trueblood, A. Casey, D. Wood, C. Cahn, M. Berger. C. Fears, K. Queensen M. Barcheck, j. Koutsoumpas. Row 2--B. Scherer, L. Messmer, K. Scherer, L. Strebler. L. Callewaert, j. Gardner, I... Colborn D. Hager. R. Zell, M. Schmitt, M. Swehla, D. Krohn, L. Novak, D. Walters, W. Spargo, L. Lambert S. Bierman, G. Cerken, B. Harris, R. Harris, G. Hardy. Row 3-C. Sindell, T. Duggan, ,l. Rochester, B. Kopsky, M. Sullivan, A. Berta, A. Ellison, A. Rumping L. Hager, R. Muy. D. Nelson, E.. Pfeiffer, R. Kullenberg, T. Ellebracht, V. Fowler, N. Engle B. Smith. A. Theolmlcl. Row 4-B. Ross, L. Davis, A. Wells, P. Koch, E. Sullivan, D. McCarty, M. Nelson, j. Kreher, A. Knoll S. Eckles, D. Uhrich. M. Blanton. A. Williams, H. Seymour, D. Wilkins, l. Harris, T. Ousley B. Hoffmann, B. Wetteroth. Row 5-P. Brauner, P. Gephart, R. Poelker, B. Davidson, j. Missey, E. Volk. B. Blackwell, C. Leighton L. Schmitt. R. Harris, K. Sweeney, H. Binder, D. Richardson, A. Washford, B. Richardson G. Wenclel. J. Hammersmith. Row 6-H. Sloss, j. Dye, H. Davis. j. Finck, E. Beach, R. Piskulick, S. Miller, V. Cumming, j. Cnau Row 7--P. Sullivan, T. Tong, H. Lee, R. Hill, E. Schmidt. j. Anderson, L. Walter, bl. johnson E. lttnsr, C. Lucus, j. Hensel, W. Leard, j. Meyer. R. Schrader, L. Campbell, R. Schulz . . Woo s. ROLLER SKATING CLUB Purpose of Club: To roller skate once a week, Moderator: Miss Pipkin Time and Place of Meeting: Grand Roller Skating Rink, every Friday from 3 to 6. OFFICERS january to june, l94l President: William Hoffmann Vice-President: Robert Barchek Secretary: Clementine Cahn Treasurer: Dorothy Woods OFFICERS September, l94l, to January, 1942 ' President: William Hoffmann Vice-President: Robert Barchek Secretary: Clementine Cahn Treasurer: Dorothy Woods One Hundred Ninety-seven y - n f ROUGH RIDER STAFF I 94 I -I 942 Moderators: Miss H. Hogan, Mr. E. Kammerer Editors: Spring: Marjorie Morris, Jack Ansehlg Fall: Grace Kohnle, Michael Waldner Cherie Alcorn Paul Anderson jack Battles Al Becker Clarence Becker Betty Benning Robert Bernthal Walter Blatt Martin Bowerman Bernard Brocl-:meyer Betty Burkhardt Don Carlson Helen Dambach Marjorie Erlinger Fay Faber Harry Fults lrene Gerhardt Edwin Gillerstron James Gleeson Marian Goerner Eunice Graul Bonnie Gruber Robert Harper Marvin Heifner Harold Heye Jeanne Holland One Hundred Ninety-eight STAFF MEMBERS Wilma Hudson Bill Hurst Marion Killmar Carl Kohl Blanche Kovacik Sam Kraus Mary Krausnick Arline Kuechenmeister Loretto Litzinger Bill Lucas Herbert Marle Richard Mawdsley Charles Meier jack Melchior Bolo Meyer Harold Mills Marilyn Miller Russell Morrow Pearl Nally Jack Niedner Maureen O'l.,eary Maxine Ott Ben Overhoff Hayden Parks Paul Pauge Rollin Phipps Mary Ann Ponder Ken Queensen Paul Rally Richard Redden Shirley Schneppe Wilma Simpson Charles Sindell Evert Sloop Leroy Smith james Smylie Dean Sorrel Marvin Steiner Sam Strother William Stuckey Bob Tracy Herbert Wahlman Ed Wandersee john Wheeler Leonard Wiehe Phyllis Wilder june Wilson Elliot Wyloge Cpal Yaggie Frank Zeman Robert Ziem nr. Row I-E.. Sufuth. E.. Doyen, W. Spargo, M. Thornton. A. Calabrese Row 2-H. Knaack. B. Grant, R. Killen, B. Benning, M. Matth son M Davis ,I ackson E. Adams D. Wodraska. D. Doyen. Row 3--M. Weiss. E. Bow, B. Pounds, D. joedicke, M. Ryden D Kunze D Killen W Lewis M. DuBouchet, M. Duke. M. Coke. M. May. Row 4--D. Heckert. D. Mawdsley, M. Aulbach, j. Betts, C. l ouke E I-lachmeier H Rhemnecker B. Spooner, S. Wright. R. Witte, J. Sturdevant, Mr. Hall. Q EL CLUB ESPAN OL Purpose of Club: To acquaint the members with Spanish countries and customs, to foster an interest in them, and to cultivate a better appreciation of oral Spanish. Moderator: Mr. Hall Time and Place of Meeting: B Wednesdays, in Room 324 OFFICERS January to June, l94l Presidente: Vice-Presidente: Secretaria: Tesorero: Alguacil: OFFICERS William Spargo Edith Doyeu Marilyn Moody Richard Novak Dave Winger September, l94l, to January, 1942 Presidente: Vice-Presidente: Secretaria: Tesorero: Alguacil: William Spargo Edith Doyen Mildred Thorton Edward Seiferth Anthony Calabrese One Hundred Nmtty nme Row l L. Row Z L. -F, Issott, A. Lewis, E.. Boca, C. Neulist, E.. Metzler, D. Nulsen, G. Magann. A. Bartosz Horstman. A. Kirkpatrick, C. Hauck, W. Cer-ding, J. Hensel, A. Berman, E.. Cohen. -V. LaBoube, D. Erdmann, G. Hermann. S. Neutzling. H. Karcher, M. C-tothe, V. l-lerthel Christmann, E.. L. jobe, V. Allgire, A. Crooks, R. Harris, P. Heath, D. Margaritis, A. jennings Carstens. K. Row 3-H. Knaack, M. Brandt, D. joedicl-ce. A. Burkharclt, B. Beinker, B. j. Arnold, L. Baisch S.,-ifamenzind, H. Epstein. L. Dippee, M. A. Bruckner, F. Meyers, R. Digiovanni, A. Mepham . HYYIS. Row 4-O. Kortjohn, K. josias. B. jordan, K. Linn, M. Menclcel, A. Hornbeck, R. Maupin, D. Dunford D. Row 5 Huber. E. Hampel, M. Bowerman, B. Hurst, l... George, M. Dosenbach. l-l. Canaven, N. Eckerlei -W. Blatt. R. Ncvak, C. Eichenlaut, F. Hronicek, D. Murray, L. Maze, D. Meyer. SIXES Purpose of Club: To carry on the business of the class. To goocl fellowship. Moderator: Miss Wade Time and Place of Meeting: Every odd Thursday, in 402. OFFICERS September, l94l, to January, I942 President: Nick Eckerle Vice-President: Kathryn Tihen Secretary: Gayle Magann Treasurer: Willard Gucling Sergeant-at-Arms: Russell Ott Two Hundred 1 promote Row I-P. Dahms, J. Breville, E. Samuels, S. Sullivan, E. Wilkat, V. Theodosius K Tzhen B. Rathouz, A. Washforcl, L. Sherrel, F. Stamm, C. Stieglitz. Row ZFL.. Ostmeyer, M. Schmittling, B. Richardson, J. Sampson, R. Wind M Hay B Schaffer K. Wuebbold, F. Schmidt, C. Taylor, D. Vlfooley. Row 3-R. Sliger, C. Stark, B. Pickett, D. Richardson, J. Scheid, B. Samuels E Wendel D Schultz E. Spinzig. Row 4QF. Shiroky, D. Weber, J. West, B. Thiele, A. Theobuld, H. Stoeppelman D Temple Row 5-P. Sullivun, J, Tonia, H. Hyer, B. Fults, M. Kelly, T. Schmitt, B. Kuechle SCIENCE CLUB Purpose of Club: To stimulate interest in science and encourage scientific study and research. , S' Mr. Buclclerneyer Moderators: ?Mr- Colmey and Place of Meeting: 3 P. lVl., Wednesday, Room ll2 OFFICERS January to June, l94I President: William Tichy Vice-President: Karl Wolff Secretary: Alfred Jennings OFFICERS September, 1941, to January, 1942 President: Walter Blott Vice-President: Keith Carstens SCCYCIHYYZ Alfred Jennings Two Hundred One G. Fears, J. Adkins, R. Weiss, D. Heckert, R. Vleten. W. Stuhlman, A. Liebermann. J. Kurtz, B. jordan, j. Cernik, B. Dorsey SPORTSMAN CLUB Purpose of Club: To know good sportsmanship in hunting and fishing and to appreciate laws of conservation. Moderator: Miss N. L. Heddergott Time and Place of Meeting: Every Tuesday, at 2:45, in Room I IO. OFFICERS January to june, l94l President: Edward Williams Vice-President: Ted Althoff Secretary: Harold Neusitz Treasurer: Harold Neusitz Sergeant-at-Arms: Harold Stoeppelman OFFICERS September, l94l, to January, I942 President: Vice-President: Secretary : Treasurer: Sergeant-at-Arms: Gene Adkins Rodney Weiss Don Heckert Don Heckert Robert Vieten CHESS AND CAMELOT CLUB Purpose of Club: To promote a greater interest in chess and camelot and possibly, develop scholastic competition. Moderators: Mr. H. Bock 5 lMr. Fiehler Time and Place of Meeting: Every Monday afternoon in Room 3l0. OFFICERS January to June, 1941 President: Vice-President: Secretary Treasurer : Librarian Librarian Two Hundred Two Assistant: Alfred Jennings Howard Heald Willard Gerding Howard Hartman Helene Krebs Charles Cnalla OFFICERS September, 1941, to January, 1942 President: Howard Hartman Vice-President: Layman Brown Secretary: Jack Nohl Treasurer: Helene Krebs Librarian: Charles Calla Librarian Assistant: Corinne Carroll 1, 1 Q! it IBN all ,W N 5 'N 1 '-fi U N R0WJl-M. Poltltlgaff, D. Ban, J. Livingston, S. Sullivan, G. Christiansen, J. Huwe, M. Green, P. Casey .P . t . , er Row 2-jilllenNichoFsli H. Karcher, F. Potthoff, M. Schone, B. Botts, I. Margaritis, R. Ottomeier B. Speicher, J. Lederle. Row 3-M. Thornton, M. Meinberg, M. Farrell, R. Riddle, Miss Schmidt. GIRLS' SWIMMING CLUB Purpose of Club: To acquire ease and grace in swimming. Time Moderator: Miss V. Schmidt and Place of Meeting: Thursday, 2:50, in the Swimming Pool. OFFICERS January to june, 1941 President: Dorothy Ban Vice-President: Maxine I-lay Secretary-Treasurer: jane Livingston OFFICERS September, 1941, to January, 1942 President: Mary Potthoff Vice-President: Dorothy Ban Secretary-Treasurer: Frances Potthoff Two Hundred Three x , il - X ' ,, w x Row l V. Row 2 B. -K. Witbrodt, J. Smylle, R. Ziem, T. Wolf, A. Horn, T. Stewart, J. Kelledy, D. Wixiger Thorp, L. Moser, K. Josias, F. Berlinger. -L. Pecqueur, P. Linn, M. L. Farrell, A. Ruester, A. Swenson. B. Higginbotham, M. Nickolaus Hurst, M. O'Leary, B. Hampe, V. Forchee, J. Eder, J. Fries, R. Phipps. Row 3--P. Maret B. Lafferty, B. St. Denis, H. Nichols, M. Ponder, C. Heffernan, C. Seigle S. Sullivan, M. Potthoff, R. Wind, M. Kuhnert, E. Stabbert, M. Megel, L. Braun, V. Hanneke H. Fayrnan, R. Shaw. Row 4 V-R. Mueller, M. Schweiss, M. Ball, D. Hahn, A. Ruzicka, P. Radentz, D. Wasem. G. Hake Row 5 M Row 6 R. Bernthal, R. M. Eisenmenger, A. Moxter, B. Aderholt, E. Knibb, J. Easterday. M. Maier. -R. Rolfe, J. Breen, S. Londe, E.. Grimm. L. Hagenow, L. Murphy, M. Braun, E. Kiesel Williams. E. Braun, A. Schneider, G. Cochran, E. Hampel, R. Novak, W. Blatt, R. Reclden. QJ. Regan, G. Paust, C. King, M. Hay, R. Brielmaier, S. Koeneman, E. Haller, J. Werle Mullins, J. Conway, D. Sanburn, C. Moxley. STUDENT COUNCIL SENIOR .Lowe r fn' 0 i' ' 2 I 1 fr! Two Humlrvd Four H., ,,,, VL. . .a- , 11-..,.-..- ,. ..x.,,1'! I.,........ ..-.-,,',-,... .,--:u - . ',n-.'-' ,.- 'I--.-- .n ,,..,','-. ',' , , ,.,, - - - . -.v H, --In ,. - ,.- , . - . . . ' I,-., - ',' ' n , .' . ,v-..-',1 ..'--. -','g 'la .-.', .-'...' ' ...!..4.44 ,- . . - . . v a X Q . . . ,. 1 0 1 . ani upon .4 ,'.-,u, 'on a'. ,H .. .naut- fn 1 nc - . ,:.-M.. v,. n'n, - v,. ..', 1 a 'u f ., . . n --J .- ,- -f . 'o . , - 1 v - 1 . u' -- ,- f.. v , . . ' - .' ., 1. .,.w'. 1 1. 0.-,-n'. l.. . . ,' ' ' , s . -'- . I u,u,. ' 1 ,.,'. . - ..l,., '-ua-1. ., , . . . 1 ' - ' ' ' ' i'-' .' -'.' ' -I.. 1 ,., ,,,.'.,..d'..I , . . Two Hundred Five THE COACHING STAFF Winning teams are the proof of coaches' abilityg and Roosevelt with over a hundred victory cups, can truly by proud of its coaching staff, which has in the past year augmented the school's huge aggregation of trophies with five new awards. Unfortunately, however, Coach Granger, who has led many Crimson and White teams to victory in the interscholastic Track and Field Meet, is no longer a member of the faculty: for he has been appointed principal of Rose Fanning grade school. Responsible for Roosevelt's present achievements in athletic competition are the following competent men: Mr. Carlson, one whose football and baseball teams have brought many honors to the school, Mr. Close, the capable coach of the apparatus team and assistant basketball and football coachg Mr. l-lochmeister, the golf coachg Mr. Kenny, the producer of out- standing swimming teams and spring football coachg lVlr. Kuntz, the coach of the midget track squaclg lVlr. Lorenzen, the coach whose tennis team won the city championship and whose basketball team promises excellent results: and lVlr. Neeb, who has for years carried an unopened bottle of recl ink which he never intends to use-another testimony of his able management of the business and financial affairs of Roosevelt teams. Because of these men, who have embodied in their squads the spirit of good sportsmanship and fair play, Roosevelt teams will bring even more laurels to their school. Coaches, we salute you! JAMES DICKOFF ARTHUR SWENSON Two Hundred Six First Row. left to right: Stoecker, Stewart, Simpson, Goymerac, Ullrich, Moelm. Second row, left to right: Mr. Close, Kuechler. Hart, Pennington, Berg, Bernthal, Sherrer, Eder, Mr. Lorenzen. BASKETBALL Carry on , each Roosevelt athletic team says to its successor,-and the l940-4l basketball squad did that, and more, by raising the team's standing in the Public High School League into the first division. For the first time in several years Mr. Lorenzen had a veteran team: Flachsbart, Boecler, Sliger, Keller, Melchior, and Morrow. These old boys and the promising recruits, who were only too few, really worked to get into form, and four consecutive victories in non-league games gave everyone great confidence that a basketball championship was at hand. But this was not to be, for a mid-season slump put an end to such aspirations. A fine start and a Fine finish but a weak middle was the story of the season. The season's first game saw Southwest fall by the wayside, 31-22, a game which saw Melchior, last year's captain, talley fourteen points to lead both teams. Bayless was defeated in the highest scoring game of the season by a count of 53-44. Art f Flash J Flachsbart rolled eight field goals and five free throws through the hoop for a total of twenty-one pointsg Melchior added fourteen points: and ,lim Keller, captain of the team, added ten more. Two Hundred Seven The next game, in which South Side Catholic was handed a 24-20 loss, was in direct contrast to the preceding one. This game revealed the need of capable reserves as all five men played without relief. The last exhibition, Roosevelt vs. McBride, was a thrilling victory for Roosevelt. McBride put on a late rally which brought their total points to 33, only two short of the Rough Rider total. This victory was sweet revenge for the defeat McBride, last year's champions, had given Roosevelt in the '39-'40 season. A few days before their first league game, Jack Melchior, the Riders' ace center, became ineligible. Not only was Jack's talent missed, but the entire team was broken up. Consequently, Soldan team became the first to defeat Roosevelt's l940-4l basketball squad. The disheartened Rough Riders fought all the way, even though Soldan gained a ten-point lead in the first quarter. But when the final whistle blew, the score stood Roosevelt 32, Soldan 47. The Riders' bad luck continued through the Normandy Tournament. Rooseveltis first rival was Normandy, whom they could have defeated under normal conditions, but, due to an injury to Art Flachsbart and to lVlelchoir's ineligibility, only three regulars played in this game. Even under this handi- cap, Roosevelt led most of the wayg however, a last minute rush by their opponent gave Normandy a 27-20 victory. ln their second game the Rough Riders played a team they had already defeated, namely, South Side Catholic. The value of the two missing regulars was again evidenced as South Side won, 35-2 7. Back in league competition again, the team went down to a bitterly contested defeat at the hands of Blewett. The half time score was I2-l2, but the players, who again played an entire game without relief, tired, allowed Blewett to forge ahead slowly and win, 28-20. The next game, McKinley vs. Roosevelt, was one of the most interesting of the year. Although it had a slow start, the second half was packed with action. Neither team was ever ahead by more than four points. With only seconds to play, and with the Rough Riders in the lead and in possession of the ball, a lVlcKinley man intercepted a pass, dribbled down the Floor, and sank a shot that tied the score at twenty-six all. Before that ball hit the floor, the game ended and an overtime period of three minutes was necessary. A field goal and two free throws gave the Gold Bugs. four points, but the Roosevelt players were unable to tally. The final score stood Roosevelt 26, McKinley 30. Roosevelt won their Hrst league game from the Steers of Southwest by a score of 31-26, in a game which marked the end of the high school basketball careers of Jack Melchior and Bob Boecler, who graduated in mid- season. These boys were the center of attraction in this game for the rest of the team constantly fed the ball to them, as Melchior's fourteen points will show. This victory broke the prolonged string of losses, and the only other game Roosevelt lost was the next one, in which the revamped Beaumont squad won, 27-20. The last two games of the season were packed with action and excite- ment. After a fast and furious battle with Central, Roosevelt came from Two Hundred Eight 1 behind to score ten points in the final quarter and thereby defeat the favored Central team by one point. The final score was Roosevelt 3l, Central 30. Herb Sliger was high point man with thirteen points, however, much credit must be given to Tony Luzecky who came into the game in the last few minutes and accounted for six points. Captain jim Keller, who sank seven free throws and two field goals, led Roosevelt as they won their last game of the season against their old South Side rival, Cleveland. At the end of the first half Roosevelt led by the overwhelming score of I8-S. However, the Rough Riders were held to six points in the second half while Cleveland made fourteen. The score was 24-22 in favor of Roosevelt. In league competition the Rough Rider percentage was .429,-good enough for a first division berth in the Public High School league. The percentage won in all games was .538. Coach Lorenzen awarded letters to the following players: forwards,- Captain Keller, Flachsbart, Melchior, Luzeckyg guards-Sliger, Berg, Koch, Boeclerg center-Morrow: and managers-Wittenberg and Lafferty. Roosevelt's opponents in l94l-42 season will be as follows: Dec. l9, Blewettg jan. 9, McKinley: jan. 23, Soldang Jan. 30, Centralg Feb. 6, Beau- montg Feb. I3, Cleveland: Feb. 20, Southwest. MICHAEL WALDNER ROGER BERG Two Hundred Nine I 1 11 BASEBALL Row I-K. Tichacek, A. Baisch, K. Callewaert, U. Sweet, L. Claus. P. Kock, J. Goymerac. Row 2-P. Hellweg, C.. Khoury, K. Krummel, J. Dean. D. Carlson, R. Whitworth, C. Wandersee. Row 3-S. Eichenberger, C. Kallmeyer, R. Young, R. Morrow, R. Fledderman, j. Basta, R. Weast, Coach Carlson. Row 4-P. Raish. A. Hart, C. l-lasser, B. Oestreicher, A. Schutt. T. Burke. . BASEBALL The season opened with a bang for the Rough Rider baseball team of l94l when they met and defeated Blewett in a practice game. Then followed a season in which Roosevelt tied Cleveland for the South Side leadership and held that position until the last game. Coach Carlson's task of building an entire new team around a nucleus of four returned letterrnen certainly was not in vain as evidenced by the above facts and those following. Coach Carlson believes l-lellwege's ineligibility and Dean's. sore arm for the last game cost us the top honors. Roosevelt finished the season with ten games won and four games lost. Of the latter, three were league games. Only one practice game was lost. Two Hundred Ten These are the score of the practice games: Oestreicher, c. ..,... . Morrow, p. .......,.......,.,.... Roosevelt 3, Cleveland 20 Roosevelt .,.............,....,... Blewett 7 Roosevelt ...., ,,,. W ebster ,..,. ,.. 0 Roosevelt ,.,.. ..., IVI cBricIe 2 Roosevelt ..,... .... B lewett ,..,.,. 7 Roosevelt ,.,.,.. ..., S outh Side .,.,.. 2 Roosevelt ......, .,... C entral I Roosevelt ....,..............,... Kirkwood ..........,.. 4 These are the box-scores from the six league games: Roosevelt I0, Southwest 8 Roosevelt 8, McKinley 3 A. B. H A. B. H. E. Khoury, s. s. ,.,............. 5 2 Khoury, s. s. ......,.... I I Whitwortli, c. f. ...,.. ....., 4 I Sweet, 3 Ia. ....,...... , ..., .4 I 0 Hellwege, I. f... .. ,.,... 6 3 Hellwege, I. If ....... 2 0 Sweet, 3 Ia .,.. 4.... .,..,. 6 2 How, I lu ............... ..,... 3 I 0 How, I Ia. .... . ,,... ...., 4 I Clauas, r. f .....,,.,..,.. ...... 5 2 0 Clauss, f. f. .. ..... .. . 4 2 Whitworth, c. f. ,.... .. 0 I Callewaert, 2 Ia. . .. .,., 5 3 Callewaert, 2 Io .,..,... ..... . 4 0 0 Cestreicher, c. .. ...,. 0 0 Carlson, c. ....4.4,......,,..... .3 I 0 Carlson, c. ,..... 3 I Dean, p. .......,,....,...,, I I Morrow, p. ,............ ,..., O 0 X Tichacek' P. 0 Roosevelt 4, Southwest I2 Baiaeh ,,..,,...,,,.,,., ..,...,...,. I 0 Kb A55 13- Roosevelt 4. McKinley 7 SWZZJY3iff.i11jjjjQ 5'AijIfjj4 I 0 A. B. H Hellwege, I. f ..,.... ....., 4 2 0 Kallmeyer, s. s. ...... ....., 0 0 Clauss, r. f ......,.... ...... 5 2 I Whitworth, c. f., ..., .. 4 0 How, I IJ ..,............. I I Sweet, 3 b .....,,..... ...... 4 0 Whitworth, c. f ......,. ,..,.. 2 0 0 Hellwege. I. f... . .,.... 4 0 Callewaert, 2 b .,....,. .... . .4 I 0 How, I I9 ,....,...... ...... 3 0 Carlson, c. ......,... ...... 0 0 0 Clauss, r. f ...,... .,..., 4 3 Oestreicher, c. . .... ,.3 2 I Khoury, s. s ........, . ..... , 3 2 Morrow, p. .... ...,.. I 0 2 Callewaert, 2 Ia ..,..., ...... 2 0 Dean, p. .......,..,,,..,,,......,. I 0 0 Carlson, c. .....,... ....,,. 0 0 Tichacelc, r. ........ ,........ . H0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 Dean, p. ....... ,..,..,..,......, , . 2 Khoury, s. s. A. B. . . 5 H E 2 0 0 0 I 0 0 0 2 I 0 0 0 0 I 0 0 0 I 0 0 0 I 0 Roosevelt 7' Cleveland Callewaert, 2 I: ...,.,.. ...... 3 A. B. H E Luzeby, 2 b ........... ...... I Khoury, s. s. ,.,...,,........,... 3 2 I Clauss, r. f ...,..., ..,.,. 5 Sweet, 3 b. .,,.., ....,.. 4 I 0 How, I b ......... .,.. , .5 Hellwege, I. f ...... ....... 4 2 I Oestreicher, c. . ..... .4 How, I IJ ......,. ...,. ...... 4 2 0 Sweet, 3 h ................ ....,. 4 Clauss, r. f ..........,.. .....,, 4 0 0 Coyda, c. f.-I. f ........ .,..., 3 Goyda, c. It.-I. f .....,. ,..,... 3 0 0 Whitworth, c. f ........ ....,. 3 Callewaert, 2 b ....... ,.,.... 4 I 0 Morrow, p. ., ..,..... .,.,. . I Oestreicher, c. ................ 4 0 0 Dean, p. ........... .,.,. . I Dean, p. .,.,....,....,.........,.. 4 I I Tichacelc, p. .,...... ..... , 2 Here are the season's batting averages: Khoury, s. s ...,......,.,..................,...., Sweet, 3 h ...... ..,..........,...... ,,.,. ....... Hellwege, I. f.. Clauss, r. I7 .......,.... How, I Ia .........,.,,,... Whitworth, e. f ....... Coyda, c. f.-I. f ....... Callewaert, 2 l'J ....... Oestreicher, c. Carlson, c. ...,.., . Dean. p. .,.,. , Morrow, p. Tichacek, pl. ....47 I7 ....50 II ...,43 I4 ,..,45 I6 ....46 I5 ....37 8 ,...l5 4 ....43 I5 ....23 5 ..,.I8 4 7 I ,...I4 3 ....I7 3 I 3 Team average 362 .220 .325 .355 .326 .218 .267 .348 .ZI6 .222 .I44 .2I5 .I79 f3.4I0 .262 Two Hundred Eleven l-low and Sweet were chosen co-captains from the four lettermen who returned this year. The seniors on the squad are Sweet, Clauss, Whitworth, Carlson, Dean, Morrow, and Tichacek, leaving Khoury, l-lellwege, Goyda, Callewaert, and Oestreicher to form the nucleus of next year's squad. Letters were awarded to How, Clauss, Oestreiclmer, Khoury, Sweet, Whitworth, Goyda, Carlson, Morrow, Callewaert, l-lellwege, Dean, and Tichacek and the team's two managers, Raisch and Eichenberger. BERNARD UHAN FRANK MERTA C fZ1X-C. -'K-ff A --:N '4 '. '- ' ' .. ,P H iii- ' ' ' ' ':-1.555 ' H 1 I I ,fg A H , ---- - ' . .. W ,5'f'1.:::, ff11.'2 E ::1Tf: s51:':s,,,. 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' ' s A f , ,f fa.. . 9. i ,. Q. ZAZ, V, , ,A , . f ' ' QQ W fl '-.,. ' :' ii 1 ' y 3 it ., 2 ' , ,xx J 1,2 1 Q. ir, fi 1 1 C vs --2. 23, if X nl! Winer GYMNASTIC TEAM Row l-E. Nugent, F. Stewart. B. Staich, D. Beckman. A. Bauer. Row 2-T. Arenz. B. McCough, S. Wright, G. Moeller, B. Glick, L. Medley. Row 3-Mr. Close, W. Dare, A. Wetzel, H. Wright, B. Slusher, P. Michael, j. Vogel. 'S- M Xiv.-5:2 6 - :Wim rx . he rw Two Hundred Thirteen VOLLEY-BALL Row l-aL. Fellhauer, J. Hammer, H. Pennington, L. Medley, F. Eccher. ROWJZVJ. ?oymerac, L. McCoy, J. Karl, K. Scherer, D. La Plante, L. Lottmann, L. Hagiparis, . oge. Row 3-H. Wright, G. Holtmann, L. Clauss, C. Eccher, R. Morrow, H. Sliger, B. Bernstein, R. Young, Coach Close. Row 4-j. Huckstep, W. Krummel, R. Oestreicher, j. Walker. VOLLEY-BALL Spring activity in one of the fastest growing Roosevelt sports, volley-ball, was officially started by the intramural volley-ball tournament, in which each of the boys' gym classes entered a team of its best players. Rivalry in both the Junior and Senior divisions was unusually spirited, even though the boys had to play their games before school. Since the tournament was of a knock- out type, both winning teams were undefeated. Consequently, the upper term championship squad of Eccher, Kattich, Koch, Walker, Fults, Duggan, Onanian, and Morrow, and the junior victors, Zib, Eccher, Owlqoole, Adkins, Two Hundred Fourteen Fults, Eisen, Durper, Wanker, Vieten, Gomien, Berdeck, and Mash, may justly be proud of their medals. This tournament, however, was only a forerunner of Public High School interscholastic play, also held in Junior and Senior divisions. The competing schools were divided into two groups, North and South, the winners in each division to meet for the city championship. The Roosevelt juniors easily won all of their games in the Southern division and the right to meet the Central juniors, North Side victors. The Seniors had a harder time, for they were defeated by Cleveland, however, Cleveland had previously been con- quered by McKinley. The resulting tie between the Rough Riders and Cleve- land was broken in a play-off which the Riders won, bringing Roosevelt the South Side championship in both divisions. When the Roosevelt Seniors met the Soldan squad at Southwest, they defeated their opponents in two games, I5-3 and I5-5. The juniors upheld their standard by winning their games I5-I 2 and l5-5. The Roosevelt teams were able to run up such one-sided scores because of excellent team work among the members of the well balanced squads. These two outstanding victories are due in large measure to the excellent coaching of Mr. Close. The members of the championship Senior team were Russell Morrow, Herbert Sliger, Robert Maloney, jack Goymerac, Bernard Bernstein, Lee Clauss, Robert Oestreicher, Walter Krummel, George l-loltmann, and John Vogel. The Junior Champions were Kenneth Scherer, Harry Pennington, Lester Medley, jack Karl, Leo Fellhauer, Lawrence Stewart, Dick La Plante, Lloyd McCoy, and Fred Eccher. Letters were awarded to both squads since volley-ball is now an inter- scholastic sport. MICHAEL WALDNER 10. XQIELN 5 ZX? it ,, n a Two Hundred Fifteen we , , W N. Two Hundred Sixteen JUNE. BREEN Track Queen POINT WINNERS IN TRACK MEET Row I-E. Busch, N. Tichy. L. Wandcrsee, K. Tice, B. Wieselthier. Row 2-L.. Bluker. E. Wandersee. C. Kruse. P. Michaels, W. Wills, C. Eisleben, W. Schultz. Row 3-Mr. C-runpger, L. Stewart, T. Levin, D. I-Ieckert, H. Parks, R. Weiss, J. Kurtz, E. Wallis. Row 4-E. Spinzig, J. Zebrack, U. Pothoff. H. Sliger, C. Becker, I-I. Pennington, E. Riess. Row 5--E. Gagel, D. Nelson, I-I. Espenscheid, R. Mullins, R. Sutter, A. Paule, Mr. Kuntz. TRACK Once more the Rough Rider track team captured the interscholastic track and field championship, making it fourteen in a row. The team as a whole showed that gallant Roosevelt spirit by overcoming our closest competitors, Beaumont and Southwest, and beating them by eleven and fourteen points respectively. A well-balanced team was again organized under the direction of Head Coach Granger and Assistant Coach Kuntz. Roosevelt was presented with three of the four trophies, winning the Midget and Junior divisions and also the cup signifying the fourteenth consecutive championship. In the Senior division Captain Ed Wandersee took fourth place in the 880-yard dash. Earl Wallace was the high point of the seniors, gathering Two Hundred Seventeen ten points by placing first in the IZO-yard high hurdles and also the 200-yard low hurdles. His time of l5.l seconds in the 120-yard high hurdles set a new record. This time was set in the preliminariesg but on Held day, due to rain, the track was not in condition to permit the breaking of many records in the running events. Mullins gained a fifth in the high hurdles as well as a Hfth in the 220-yard dash and a tie for Fifth in the broad jump. Roosevelt was best represented in the mile with Paule coming in first and Will third. A record had to be broken in order to keep our two high jumpers, Espen- schied and Sliger, from winning. Our senior 880-yard relay team, which was composed of Michels, Potthoff, Becker, and Parks placed third. The Junior team easily won in their division, gathering forty-one points. Don l-leckert, the number one dash man of the Juniors, finished fourth in the l00-yard dash, second in the 220, and fifth in the broad jump. Eric Gagh, captain of the Juniors, broke the broad jump record with a leap of twenty-one feet. He also placed third in the 220-yard clash. Ed Spinzig was another outstanding junior sprinter, as he galloped to a third place in the 50-yard dash followed closely by R. Weiss who finished fifth. Sutter fought his way to fourth place in the most grueling race, the 440-yard dash. ln the Junior 880, we were well represented by Kruse, who finished first, and Sutter, who finished fourth. Another record was broken in the Junior pole vault as Stewart pole vaulted eleven and one-half feet, surpassing the former record by one-half inch. Harry Pennington also stood out as he placed second in the high jump. The junior relay team, composed of Heck- ert, Spinzig, Eisleben, and Gagel helped to cinch the Junior trophy by placing second. Led by Captain Nick Tichy who placed first in the hurdles, second in the broad jump, fourth in the 50-yard dash, and tied for second in the high jump for a total of fourteen individual points, the midgets won their cup. Wayne Schultz, a dash man, came in third in the 75-yard dash and tied for fifth in the 50-yard dash. Other midgets. were Blaker, who placed second in the shot put, Tice who tied for second in the high jumpg and Wandersee, who placed third in the 75-yard low hurdles. The midget relay team, with Schultz starting and handing the baton to Weiselthier, then to Busch, and finally to Tichy, placed second right upon the heels of Soldan. ROBERT BERNTHAL WALLACE WILL RICHARD SARTORIUS Two Hundred Eighteen R t TENNIS TEAM Couch Lorenzen. B. Bennett, L. Moelm, N. Eckerle. Eder, B. Lafferty, C. Fears. TENNIS Roosevelt's tennis team of l94l had a magnificent record, as the boys easily gained the fourth tennis championship in the history of our school. The Rough Riders finished the season with twenty-four victories and four defeats, far ahead of Soldan or Blewett, our nearest rivals. This year's squad was chosen as a result of an intramural tournament, the winners of that tourna- ment being placed on the team. Coach Lorenzen deserves much credit for developing this year's squad and, although our tennis team has always been in the fight for the championship, this year we proved that Roosevelt is superior in this sport and we are hoping that our l94l victory will start a long string of championships. The squad consisted of outstanding singles players and a good doubles team. Led by the veterans, Gene Fears, former Two Hundred Ninefem captain, and joevliider, and because of the outstanding performance of new- comers Nick Eckerle, Bill Bennett, and Lloyd Nloelm, the team had no trouble in defeating the other seven schools. Roosevelt completely overwhelmed Beaumont, Central, Cleveland, and McKinley by taking four matches from each. The Rough Riders also gained three victories and experienced but one defeat against Solclan and Blewett. Southwest proved to be our hardest opponent as we divided four matches with them. The individual records are as follows: Gene Fears, first man Won 7 Lost 0 joe Eder, second man Won 6 Lost l Nick Eckerle, third man Won 7 Lost 0 Doubles teams: Bob Lafferty-Bill Bennett Won O Lost I Lloyd Moelm-Bill Bennett Won 4 Lost 2 ROBERT BERNTHAL JAMES DICKOFF GOLF The Roosevelt Golfers did not have an opportunity this year to exhibit their skill, as in former years, because of the postponement of the intra- mural matches from this autumn to next spring. Instead, the team had to content itself with seven non-league games, winning six of them and tying one. Since this new schedule eliminated all the regular tournaments, which were supposed to be played this autumn, there was no means of obtaining a letter in golf. Even though the boys did not participate in any league contest, they did gain much valuable information from Coach l-lochmeister and through actual experience in playing the game. Because most of its players are not seniors, Mr. Hochmeister expects the team to make an excellent showing in the 1942 season. RICHARD SARTORIUS JAMES DICKOFF Two Hundred Twenty FOOTBALL Row I--P. Burke. P. Hellwege, H. Sliger, B. Higginbotham, M. I-leifner, G. Fears, J. Arbini, Row 2-Charles Turner, L. Clauss. R. Ott, H. Pennington, R. Morrow. K. Mann, P. Anderson, H . Fcigenbaum, J. Zebrack, S. Eichenberger. Row 3-IZ. Lutkc, j. Onnnian, A. Lieberman, J. Kelledy, B. Meyer, A. Berger, G. Pickles, C. I-Iasser. R. Worsesk, j. Basta, Coach Carlson. Row 4-F. Blount, A. Kattich, H. Fults, j. Schmagranoff. G. Hoeynck, N. Sweet, C. Eccher, K. josias. L. McCoy. Coach Kenny. FOOTBALL The l94l Rough Rider football squad did much better than had been expected. Indeed, it had been feared that Roosevelt, might finish the season as in I940, when the team won only one victory in Public High School League: but such was not the case, for the Riders. had a 3-3 league record, good enough to land them in fourth place. Moreover, Roosevelt was never badly beaten during the I94l season. The first game of the year was against McBride, Prep League School. This game was scoreless for three quarters. In the first period, the Riders held the advantage and kept the ball largely in McBride territoryg for the next two quarters McBride threatened to score. The Roosevelt pass game produced results when, in the last period, Mann shot an aerial to Sliger, who Two Hundred Twenty-one was completely in the clear and raced for the touchdown, the only score of the game. The conversion attempt failed. This year Roosevelt again traveled out of town for a game, Paducah, Kentucky, High School was chosen as the opponent. The first few minutes of play in this game produced a Roosevelt score on a pass by Paul Anderson to Captain Bob Higginbotham. The Blue Tornadoes were surprised, to say the least, for they had expected to win easilyg however, the heavier Ken- tucky players soon asserted themselves: they scored after the kickoff follow- ing the touchdown, and four more times before the game was over. The final score was Paducah 3l, Roosevelt 6. All in all, the Riders did very well considering Paducah's superior weight. ln their first league contest, the Roosevelt squad met the Beaumont Blue jackets. The Riders forgot that the kickoff is an outside kick if it goes over ten yards, and, consequently, allowed a Beaumont player to take over the ball on the Roosevelt 30-yard line, from which point the Bluejackets scored in two plays. The conversion was not made. ln the third quarter, a Roose- velt punt was blocked, the ball rolled into the end zone, and Lieberman recovered the ball. Beaumont had two more points. Beaumont made the final touchdown when a Roosevelt pass was intercepted by a Bluejacket who ran for a touchdown. Final score: Beaumont l4, Roosevelt 0. The Rough Riders won their first league game when they played Central. The only score of the first half was the result of a Central fumble on that team's 6-yard line, a pass by Glenn Pickles to Higginbotharn produced a touchdown. The try for the extra point failed. ln the third quarter Russell Morrow blocked a Central punt and Higginbotham fell on it in the Central end zone for another touchdown. Again the Riders failed to get the extra point. In the fourth period a run of forty-three yards by Norman Sweet and one of eleven by Ken ,Iosias produced yet another score. Ken Mann scored the fourth and final Rough Rider touchdown on a 61 -yard run, he also made good his kick for the extra point. Final score: Roosevelt 25, Central 0. Roosevelt gained an 8-6 victory over Soldan in a game played in a pouring rain. ln the first quarter Morrow blocked a Soldan punt which Higgin- botham fell upon in the Soldan end zone for a score. The try for the extra point failed. Soldan tied the score in the second quarter by similarly blocking and recovering a Roosevelt kick. Higginbotham supplied the winning margin in the third period by blocking a Soldan punt which the Tigers recovered behind their own goal to give the Rough Riders a safety. The Roosevelt squad next met McKinley, whose team ultimately won the championship. The Gold Bugs overcame the Riders by a score of 27-6. McKinley had to resort to a passing attack when the players found it difficult to pierce the Roosevelt line. A blocked Roosevelt punt which McKinley recovered on the Rough Rider 7-yard line resulted in the Gold Bugs' first score. McKinley again went over .the goal stripe just thirty seconds before the end of the second quarter. A pass interception by McKinley in the third quarter brought another score. ln this quarter the Rough Riders made their only score. Hellwege blocked a McKinley puntg Lieberman recovered the ball and ran for a touchdown. Two Hundred Tweniy- I wo Roosevelt 2, Cleveland 0, was the football score of the next contest. The two teams were fairly evenly matched. Several times, Cleveland threat- ened to score, but our fine defensive play held them at bay. ln the third quarter Cleveland found themselves in possession of the ball on their own 2-yard line, after a kick by Anderson. The Cleveland ball carrier, who attempted to run the pigskin out of this spot, was tackled behind his goal line. The safety was enough to decide the contest. The second annual All-Star game was held on November 25, after having been postponed from Saturday, November 22. The teams were divided into East and West groups. The East consisted of Roosevelt, Central, Cleveland, and lVlcK.inleyg the West, of Soldan, Beaumont, and Southwest. Each of the teams played as unit in the order mentioned, the eastern schools for fifteen minutes, the western schools for twenty. Soldan scored all the West's points, seven on a touchdown and a conversion and two more on a safety. McKinley scored the E.ast's seven points on a long run by Howard and successful pass for the extra point. Final score: West 9, East 7. ln the last contest of the season, Southwest's Longhorns trounced the Rough Riders by a score of 25-0. The Riders had hard luck all clay. Marvin Heifner tossed some beautiful passes right into the receiver's arms, but the receivers kept dropping the ball. Southwest scored once in the first half on a line plunge by Danner, whose placement was also good. All, of Southwest, took the second-half kickoff and ran l00 yards for a touchdown. Southwest scored twice in the fourth quarter on passes. The players who were awarded letters are Paul Anderson, Frank Blount, Charles Eccher, Manager Eichenberger, Gene Fears, Harry Fults, Harry Feigenbaum, Charles Hasser, Marvin l-leifner, Pete Hellwege, Captain Bob Higginbotham, Ken josias, Alvin Katich, Joe Kellecly, Kenny Mann, Albert Lieberman, Bob Meyer, Russell Morrow, Jim Onanian, Harry Pennington, Glenn Pickles, Herb Sliger, Norman Sweet, Julius Zebrack. MICHAEL WALDNER P I A jf ,f Two Hundred Twenty-three Two Hundred Twenty-four ft 'I Luo Hundred Twenty-Hue AMUSIN G IN CIDENTS Delicious, I murmured, tasting crumbs of cold roast-pork for my would-be sandwich, Simply delicious. A glance at the clock prompted my mother to say, Hurry, l'll fix your lunch. Each long stride on the way to school brought bigger and better pictures of sandwiches to my imagination. At school, I tenderly laid the precious package in my locker. I was so hungry! The morning seemed so long. Finally the lunch bell rang. Ah, for the sandwich. Hurrying from my locker to the ever-crowded lunchroom, I found my seat and my friend. With my appetite at its peak, I opened the package to find-what!-two slices of bread! Two slices of bread and no more. Mom had forgotten the lgiest part. Oh, me! It wasn't funny, then. LOUISE FREDERICKS ACMIU Vt , 7 H ,sfufs , H ' -2.4. , - -23 was if 'I STI? A I il Ijl ?, It was one of those days that started off all wrong. The alarm clock failed to buzz, his pet shirt was too soiled for another wearing, and the weather was cold and rainy. I-Ie was in a thick mood when he started for Roosevelt, and walking was more than the usual effort. Suddenly a thought flashed through his mind- Why not use the old hitch-hike system? I-Ie stepped into the street and waited. Along come a low dashshund of an automobile. With his thumb crooked in the most dignified manner possible, he put forth his very best smile and waited. The machine slowed clown and Bill's heart beat faster. Here was his chance to arrive at school in grand style. Suddenly he froze in his tracks, his eyes bulged, and his heart gave a couple of flip-overs. Instead of the door opening in a friendly fashion, the window was lowered and a deep voice boomed: We're detectives, Bud, and if I were you I wouldn't try this stunt anymore. ED WENDEL Two Hundred Twenty-six Another dreary Monday morning! Everyone was sleepy and everything seemed gloomy. A morning class was in full swing when a very humorous thing happened. The teacher was working hard trying to teach the class a little math, but she didn't seem to be doing very well, as the class. just couldn't get into the spirit of things. Finally, she changed her plan of attack by opening a barrage of questions. She was more successful with that, and everything seemed to improve when the following incident happened. A boy in the back of the room was called upon. There was no response, so the teacher again called his name. This time the only response was a soft snooze. The class laughed heartily, while the boy being very greatly embarrassed, was so mortifled, that he will not go to sleep again in a class for a long time. RICHARD SARTORIUS Carelessly I strolled through the second Hoor corridor of Roosevelt. Although it was only the first day of classes, I was minus the famed yellow- card. Oh, I was very sure of myself, for today I was a Seven. It was the habit of one's and two's to carry these cards. I, with my superior and more developed mind, didn't need one. A tiny, frightened voice interrupted my thoughts. I beg your pardon, ma'am, it quaked. Could you please kindly tell me where Room 218 is? I gazed at the speaker through half closed eyes, as I directed the poor child to her destination. Casually I entered Room 228, and looked slowly about, to see who my classmates were to be. Picture my surprise when I realized I dicln't know a single person. Perhaps it was just my imagination, but all the other pupils looked bewildered. I nudged the girl in front of rne, who leaped as if she had seen a ghost. She turned slowly around, I asked her what she was in there for. When she said she was there for Civics, I assured her that she was in the wrong room. Why didn't she try 226 or 230? She hurriedly left the room. Just as the teacher came in, however, I made an amazing discovery. All the pupils were new jays. It was a civics class. I entered the correct room, just as my friend of 228 left. She looked at me, laughed, and passed on. Sheepishly, I grinned, and come down to earth. JANET AICHNER A somewhat perplexed pupil was standing at the board in a class in stenography. He was writing a sentence in shorthand as the teacher dictated it. Suddenly, the teacher stopped him, saying, Come now, surely you know better than that. In shorthand the outline for o is written above the line. The student still looked a little puzzled so the indulgent teacher wrote the shorthand sign on the board using a series of dashes to represent the line. Still the pupil hesitated and he looked more bewildered. Finally, he said somewhat hopelessly, I can't for the life of me, Hgure out what those dashes are for I' ' ARLINE. MCXTER Two Hundred Twenty-seven One fall day, during my lunch hour, a group of us fellows were standing on the main entrance steps. A glamorous blonde came down on her way outside. Recognizing her, l stopped her to ask about some senior business. We were carrying on the conversation when l shifted my gaze a moment. When I looked back she was gone! Much to my amazement, she had slipped and l found her sitting, face red with embarrassment, four steps down. One of the gallant gentlemen proved that chivalry was not dead by helping the young lady to her feet. She thanked the boy shyly and hurried on to her destination, watching her steps carefully. LYNN HICKMAN At a meeting of the Welfare Committee, one of the girls was leaning forward on a lunchroom stool. Someone said something to herg as she turned suddenly, the stool slipped out from underneath her. There she sat on the floor in the midst of uproarious laughter. JEAN LAWSON Xllff 3, f 'X -fx fi l J i S ff ll X AMI -g-... . -P vi Frogs are rather repulsive little creatures. They are especially frightful as far as girls are concerned. All this is just a prelude to what was a very amusing situation. namely, the escape of a harmless yet terrifying frog in an unsuspecting biology class. Our minds were all lost in thought until we were brought back to the present by a sight most unusual. A scared-looking girl was standing on her tip-toes and crying for help. Everyone thought she was having an hallucination until all followed her wide-eyed gaze to a very tiny frog which was having the time of its life gloating over its freedom. Of course, all of the gallant gentlemen were eager to come to her rescue and so the chase was on. When the commotion subsided, the frog was safe in his aquarium and the little girl was none the worse for her experience. . BILLIE BEINKER Two Hundred Twenty-eight Yes, it sounded like the bell. Now we'cl all be late for class. The girls jammed their lipstick and powder into their purses, pushed the last hair in place, grabbed their books, and all scrambled for the door. But what a sigh of relief was heaved by the group that stood at the open door. The bell hadn't rung! People were still walking down the corridor and the bell must have merely been imaginary. PATRICIA RADENTZ Imagine! An innocent looking new jay sat opposite me in the lunch- room and asked me why I received two pieces of butter when he received only one. I told him that he had to ask the girl at that counter for another piece if he wanted more. I-Iis face brightened and he rushed to the counter. I didn't hear the conversation but when he left the counter he walked slowly back to his seat. I asked him what happened but he did not answer. Instead he cast a reproachful glance at me. BELMONT TI-IIELE Imagine this happening at Roosevelt High School. A puny, pallid, but proud looking new-jay asked several of us boys during the lunch-period Where he should take the dishes that were lying on our table. We could not keep from laughing at his strange but innocent question. Surprised, he stared at us with a helpless look, and then swiftly walked away. I still don't believe he knows what we were laughing about, but I hope that by now, he knows where to take the dishes. BELMONT THIELE T 2 WI 6 7 y , 312 l lAMl:unQsQsI Two Hundred Twenty-nine Can you imagine anything like this? An English teacher fhere unnamedl was holding a lone discussion of poetry. Wishing to get her pupils to do a little of the vocal work and also to try to get the few brains in the class functioning, she put forth this question, Can anyone give any examples of meter from knowledge gathered last term? After several minutes a few masterminds in the class responded. From one, ulambicf' Correct, said the amazed teacher. From another came the answer, Trochaic. A third pupil fnot scholarj had a brainstorm and he popped up with, Another example of meter is hydraulic. DOROTHY BORMAN One day, during one of Mr. De la Roche's French classes, a pupil was called on to recite. Two students, each believing he was called on, began to translate the day's lesson. This caused a general commotion and a loud round of laughter from the class as a whole. Mr. De la Roche, not having heard the mistake, believed the class to be laughing at the fact that the person called on didn't have his lesson. Can't you do it? he said. Well, then, I'll do it for you. Mr. De la Roche then proceeded to translate the day's lesson and do the next day's homework for the bewildered, but complacent class. KATHRYN TIHEN 4- Q5 6 U I W sllf w . 'l xxx i YN v-fr-rua-' rv:- 20558 '-'VJ E 3.s0gl Qlqqmm. H,-.Og 85:-rug-5. 3-BENQ. .'6'ua,.,p,, 4-r5iF5 CD an Q2 - CD 0.2.9-8's.gf 1935-U 'cs 50500 -v-s ... 5, 233-3 9-gre-. Taira :res 30 09005 :: 0 'J wf-1-5 su :T 0 n..o-'og-'H f 3:Ls'?D :- 3:1-B Giiagms-3 U4 nn- lmwgs o2 q'U:1 Q34-rmfb gmlipg- rbi-In 22.52-2' mv-DH'-4 5552! -1- O ur' o- ...g22:s3 5 Om on :-'C-:2 5955. 9250.- rr' sv: 2.?':fQ-9 rf 0-':3'fv ibgag ua-i ,.,., :r :- gamma 52. :s O O FY' xr FD P UD :r O :J- sv VJ :r D3 0. F9' :- 0 E. O rr' :s sv 5 0 o FPA sw E nv FF :r- ni. Z IP :U -4 G-1 IP z rn Z m O rn I' Two Hundred Thirty The scene is Room 230, during advisory period. The characters remain to be seen: and now for the action. The pupils were ready for action. The bell would ring in five minutes, and they had to be ready for it. Suddenly, Fido popped his head in the door, wrinkled up his little pink nose, and took a deep sniff. He trotted in, all brown except for a white tail. He was immediately petted and fonclled, much to his enjoyment, when-gr-r-r-rrrr! He lifted his head and looked at the door. Behold, Fido ll. Fido ll came forward and Fido I ran up to him. Soon, after much growling, they went at each other. Hair flew and dogs fled all over the room. Finally two of the braver boys came to the rescue and carried the dogs out of the building by different doors. The dogs must have found each other outside, for soon afterwards excited noises floated into the building. MARY JANE MECEL. l. - i li. l :Tx -1-1'-..-,ga EE- . I ' -ff Zi ,I . 4, .- l-. '23-5 You've often heard those stories about new jays getting lost and wander- ing into any of the many wrong rooms at school. Perhaps you've even been the subject of one of those accounts yourself, but as time went on, you grew up and learned to take care of yourself, I hope. What excuse was there when Pat Raclentz, preparing to take gym, sud- denly realized that she was in the wrong dressing room? Grabbing her belongings, she rushed down the stairs. Ready at last, she noticed that none of her familiar classmates were near, so she struck up a conversation with a couple of rather young-looking girls, obviously there to make up a lesson. Wonder what Miss Varian'll make us do today, she mused. Last time it was hockey. Miss Varian? queried the incredulous twos. Why, this isn't Miss Varian's class, it's Miss Schmitt's. It was a very meek Pat who crept into her study hall fifteen minutes late. CHARLOTTE WETTEROTH Two Hundred Thirty-one I have heard that there are people who can't wait to leave school, but I have never had any experiences along that line. That is until the other clay. The bell had just rung and I was rushing to my locker, hurrying as much as possible without seeming to be one of those can't-wait people, when the building began to sway and the stairs to shake. I turned, half-expecting to come face to face with a herd of stampeding elephants. To my surprise I saw a meek and timid New Jay coming at me full speed ahead. I picked myself up, smoothed my ruffled dignity, and raced on again. GLORIA STIEGLITZ UT They were strangers rushing to their fourth period classes. It was one of those embarrassing situations when they met in the corridor, coming in opposite directions. Together they jockeyed to the right, then to the left, and again to the right, in an awkward effort to pass each other. When the snarl was finally unravelecl, he politely bowed and said: Well g'bye now. It's been fun knowing you. ED WENDEL During one of those dull moments that comes at the end of every period, I noticed that the boy across from me looked rather odd. I surveyed him for the answer and came to the conclusion it was his feet. He didnit have any shoes on. I brought it to the attention of my other neighbor and together we tried to solve the mystery. Did his feet hurt? Were they hot? Were the shoes too small? Finally we decided to await further developments. Then the bell rang. The boy turned his attention from the window and casually hurried down the aisle-without his shoes. I was trying to decide whether to call him or not, when, and by his own feeling, he realized some- thing was missing and came quickly back to retrieve his shoes. GLORIA STEIGLITZ Two Hundred Thirty-Iwo Wearily two boys dragged themselves up the fourth floor stairs bearing a message for Miss Grace. As soon as they threw open the door at the top of the stairs, they lost their weariness, for what to their wandering eyes should appear, but a group of girls all talking at once and not even pretending to listen to any of the others. Cautiously they crept down the hall past the girls who did not even pause. Each peering over his shoulder bumped right into another group, this one composed of boys and girls. These weren't talking, just moving a couple of chairs around. Resisting the impulse to Hee, they passed, wide-eyed, through another crowd of pupils and opened the door at the end of the hall only to surprise several boys and girls either sitting on the steps, or moving around, and looking very queer. They rushed to the main door which was the entrance to Room 402, delivered their message, and as quickly as possible left. As the two boys rushed down to the security of the third floor, one remarked to the other, 'Tm glad to get out of that mad-house. Mad-house, indeed! No wonder actors and actresses aren't fully appre- ciated. CHARLOTTE WETTEROTH n 3, , ' A A: ., I .l I V I V ws Q 1 .r ' , f 7 ff'1:f H A f'f . f fl lipi ' A I ' I 14 'lfzrjf K. T I a... c I l ' 'A gkeyqgff WW . A- g. N riff. Qll j U , .. if 7 '- J 35 eilii-. DAQ If you are ever caught in the same predicament as Pat Raclentz was, pray that you have the same luck that she did. Pat went to the first floor gym to dress. Seeing no one she knew, she dashed down to the ground Hoor dressing room. As she was putting on her gym suit, she recognized a New-Jay whom she knew. Pat remarked, This is Wednesday, the seventh period, isn't it? No, Pat, replied the girl, this is Tuesday. Pat dressing with all haste, ran up to her study-hall, which, of course, was on the third Hoor. The door being open, she walked in. The study-hall teacher had his back turned talking to one of the pupils. When class ended he called Pat to his desk and said, Patricia, I marked you absent by mistake. Will you take this note to the office in order to make the correction? HELEN ABELI.. Two Hundred Thirty-three Because I entered this school as a fourth termer, l missed many of the explanations which are extended to a New Jay. My best friend undertook the task of acquainting me with three new r's : rules and regulations of Roosevelt. But she neglected to inform me of the true meaning of the term double aud . One morning, as I was still recuperating from a mad race with the tardy bell, I heard a solemn voice telling the advisory that a treat was in store for the lucky pupils. There was to be a 'idouble audu. Everyone began to murmur, Goody . I turned to the girl across the aisle, and asked her what this strange message meant. She glared at me, mumbled something about her study being omitted, and in a literal volley of words, began to explain. I stared at her, open-mouthed, trying to discover if she really were speaking English. To my surprise she Was, so I began to listen. Managing to catch a word here and there, I gathered that a double aud was a menace to society, a fatality to students, and that a movement for the omission of these nuisances should be started. By the time the bell rang, I was in terror, fearing for my life. Then, common sense overtook me, and l realized that it must mean the pupils went to auditorium for two periods. I walked and sat down. The program was most interesting. Ar last the band began to play. Everyone walked out, and I followed the crowd. A bell rang, and boys and girls began another mad lunge toward the auditorium doors. So did I. Of course I was surprised to see that the program was the same. It was very lovely the first time, and nice the second time, but l hoped they wouldn't have it the third. The following day, l was very surprised, when, upon my arrival at school, a long narrow strip of paper lay on my desk. And l was even more surprised a few minutes later, when I discovered that not all pupils are seated in the auditorium at the same time. JANET AICHNER Aha! What's this? Mr. Biegelsen has the habit of calling everyone by his last name, girls included. In one of his English classes Alfreda Tetart sat right behind Ver Nell Sweeney. Mr. Biegelsen, addressing a question to Alfreda, started to call her by Ver Nell's name, but, having part of it out, he realized his mistake and completed it with the last part of Alfreda's name. The startling result was, Swee-tart, what is your answer to the fourth? EUNICE MALKE ll 5 . ' F55 Ex, U' ff.--g l if Two Hundred Thirty-four F Q Walking down the steps, two new jays were discussing some of the adventures of their new school life. I sure do like high school, don't you, Bill? asked one. I should say so, answered Bill, but I get sort of mixed up once in a while, especially in the lunch-room. And I never know which side of the steps to use. I can't remember that either. See that teacher, she must be new here, too, because she is on the wrong side herself. DOROTHY WASEM Amusing incidents can make a yearbook very interesting. It is with this thought in mind that I record an incident which occurred one cool day in September. It might have been cool outside but it certainly was not cool inside Room 39 where the Senior Orchestra was practicing under the direction of Mr. Hahnel. The composition the orchestra was struggling with was one of those brilliant, fiery compositions-trumpets were blaring, fiddles squeak- ing, drums booming, and the poor flutes putting up their usual meek fight against such a phenomenon of noise when suddenly-oops! What happened? Well, Mr. I-Iahnel had put a little too much soul into his music and had let his baton go. Luckily, the first violin section saw it coming, so they dodged. WALTER OSTERKAMP . It all began on a hot afternoon in room thirty-nine where the rehearsals of the Roosevelt High School Symphony Orchestra are held. Mr. I-lahnel was unusually busy that day. As a result he forgot to bring his baton used for directing the orchestra with him from his little ofhce adjoining room thirty-nine. Instead of going back for the baton himself, he sent Lloyd Fiddler Renner to go and get it for him. What Lloyd brought back wasn't exactly a thin, graceful light baton. No! It was an enormous, thick, snare- drum stick. WALTER OSTERKAMP The experience of selling lunch checks is novel, sometimes sad and some- times amusing. One clay at that familiar station, I raised my face from the money to see a typical example of the species known as new jay . He didn't ask to buy lunch checks but he just asked a question, but what a question! I'Ie said, uWhen I get ice-cream I give the check to a man. When I get a plate lunch, I give the check to a boy, but who do I give it to when I get the silverware? You? Is it possible that they come that dumb? ARTHUR SWENSON Two Hundred Thirty-five I was young, but not so young that I shouldn't have known better. It was one of those long hot summer afternoons that must be passed amusingly. Mary Jane and I had been engaged for several weeks in the hobby of cutting grasshoppers' Wings, tying a thread around their necks and adopting them as pets. It was this particular afternoon when we again began to adopt grasshopper pets. After some time we remembered that a small boy across the alley had three pet chickens. Our knowledge of animals told us that chickens liked bugs. What better bug-dish than grasshoppers could one feed chickens? Are not grasshoppers juicy and meaty? Well, we thought the chickens would relish them. Mary Jane and I threw grasshoppers on the end of a thread between the wire fencing of the chicken coop for almost an hour before we met with disaster. As soon as the grasshopper reached the chicken's mouth we would pull the thread. The chicken would eat the grasshopper, and we would catch and tie another which we would feed to an eager chicken as soon as possible. It happened, however, that one hungry chicken swallowed grasshopper and thread. I pulled and pulled until I thought the poor chicken would turn inside out. When its eyes began to water I decided to tell the owner what had happened. It was lucky for me that he was a jolly sort of person. He just seemed to touch the thread and it came out. Mary Jane and I thanked the man and went home promising ourselves never to become engaged in such a pastime again. BETTY JANE BARSACHS in will its 5415 1 I ' Q 5 ' One day, when I was about the age of four, my mother took me to visit my Uncle Bill's farm. Upon our arrival Mother met my aunt and the two began to laugh and talk, more or less forgetting about meg so my Uncle Bill proceeded to take me on a tour of the enormous farm, which seemed to be more the size of a small zoo. First we saw the horses, then the baby chicks. Uncle even went so far as to let me hold one. Its feathers were soft and furry and I squealed with delight as I held it. Next we came to the baby pigs, but on seeing them my face transformed from a happy smile to a puzzled frown. Why, what is the matter? asked Uncle Bill. Well, I replied half puzzled, half worried, when's. them pigs 'gonna' feather? JUNE HOWARD Two Hundred Thirtyrsix When I was four years old, the tragedy of my usually happy life occurred. One day when I accompanied my mother to the grocery store, ostensibly to help her carry home the purchases, but really to eat all the free samples I could get, I found to my delight that large, elongated multi-colored balloons were being given to all the children. Ar this point I inform you, my dear reader, that balloons were my passion. When mine was handed over the counter, I grasped it joyfully with both hands. Mother, thinking I might break it, suggested I let her carry it. I agreed after some persuasion. As we went down the walk past some thorny bushes, I heard a loud bang! and my balloon was limp. Stunned at first, as one who sees his dearest possessions suddenly demolished, I recovered my voice and wailed my loss so loudly that several heads popped out of neighboring windows. I was inconsolable for the remainder of the clay. That balloon incident made so lasting an impression upon me, that to this day, whenever I see a long multi-colored balloon, I am reminded of my first great sorrow. HELENE. KREBS - -V' I-FIT' q .. 'Ars ,E 'L M fy 0 h .. W, ff- I- 1 . 1' ' il 1 J- . 'F' Y '2' 4 .iii 6' ITGQL V n m? . 5 7 ,.. T yga.. When I was at the ripe old age of two years, eating was, as it still is, my favorite pastime. l had long since graduated to the stage of accompany- ing my mother to the grocery store, on foot. One bright September morning we two briskly entered the store, cheerily greeting friends and neighbors. Mother stopped for a moment to chat with the lady next door. I became extremely bored, and when my yanks on her skirt brought no comment, I quietly ducked behind a counter of vegetables. All the bright foods attracted my attention. l was quite content to wander up and down, just looking. However, something having caught my eye, I walked over to it, and reached out both inquiring hands. I withdrew them with a huge onion grasped firmly. My curious mouth opened wide, and then my jaws clamped down. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. While I was debating, a clerk came over and peeled the onion. He commented: Well, honey, if you want it that bad, let me peel it. Strangely enough, however, l was perfectly content to go back and tug on my mother's skirt. JANET AICHNER Two Hundred Thirty-seven F-1- I I I had just attended my first birthday party which had been given by a little girl whose fourth birthday fell on Easter. The favors were tiny, live chicks. It was an exciting day for my mother, when she opened the door to admit me and the small wisp of down, my prized chick. For days, I was fascinated with Archie, as I named him, I followed him around on all fours. One day I discovered that Archie had some soot on his beautiful plumage. Therefore, I decided that my little pet must have a bath. I quietly entered the bathroom, closed the door, and filled the basin with water. Crasping the frightened chick firmly, I dipped him into the water and reached for a bar of soap. I thoroughly scrubbed his downy wings, murmuring, Poor chickum, poor chickumln The chick wriggled and squirmed. I washed and rinsed. Then I shook the dripping chick as I had seen mother shake the dust mop. I held him in the sun to see if he were thoroughly clean. Deciding he could stand more soap, I hurriedly applied more soap. Archie had stopped protesting, but he didn't seem very happy. I tried to make him stand up, in order to admire his new cleanliness, but Archie just wouldrft stand up. I-Ie promptly plopped into a heap. I placed him upright. I-Ie fell again. I shook him some more, to see if he were asleep. No amount would awaken my treasure. I ran crying to Mother. At my request, she placed my pet in a box and buried him in the backyard, while I looked on mournfully. JANET AICHNER MY FIRST DAY AS A NEW JAY Being a New Jay in any other high school would be all right, in my estimation, but at Roosevelt it was quite a test for my patience. In such a large school as Roosevelt, conditions were bound to be different from those which had existed in the small parochial school from which I had finally graduated. Upon my entrance into Roosevelt I was immediately awed by the mass of pupils strolling through the halls. Following this throng of students I soon discovered that they were going nowhere, but were just walking around in circles. My walk was cut short by the ring of the bell which told me that I should report to Room 3I5 for my advisory. Where's BI5? On the third floor I suppose? Why, there isn't any 315 on this lIoor-3I4-3l6- 3I8-they're all even numbers, I cried in disgust. I suddenly brightened up as I saw an intelligent-looking girl sauntering my way, and before I could speak a word she knelt down and proposed to me and explained that it was for some sort of a pledge or something or other. Was I embarrassed! Upon walking further, I questioned a chap wearing overalls and after promising to buy my elevator pass from him, I was finally directed to my advisory. These blunders were only the beginning, for after getting chased out of the girls' gym, I found to my dismay that I had attended the wrong lunch period. I-Iow glad I was when the last bell had rung, but not for long, for I had forgotten where my locker was, and this misfortune completed a none- too-perfect day. 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