Taft High School - Eagle Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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nary 28, 1941 zt of M y Head By Jean Bostwick is as though February is the ild of Mother Year, unloved estowed with only 28 days, ice every four years tossed r day as one would toss a J a dog. three years February must ignominity until Leap year tround. We wonder if ro- really does blossom forth irofusely during Leap year! girls, three more years to l too we feel sorry for the hat has a birthday on Feb- 29 and can celebrate only very four years. But what , to women! With sincere 1 and conviction she can re- 9 for four years before she's 40. uary seeks revenge by play- : with balmy breezes and ring sweet nothnings in our 1'hen as we a1'e whirled into drift, somewhere an echo of e laughter reaches our ears, bruary in the mood of Puck own, What fools you mor- imes a piece of poetry ex- a thought with beauty and leaving those who read it lmething to think about. So vith the following contrib- ubmitted by Jack Williams, o submitted it to his Eng- tcher, Miss Martha Hinkel. ! Man s Masterpiece lines on blue paper, mean- ss to the ordinary man: lines--to the designer and killed workman, they mean Q laborers, months of back- ing work. ms are taken to the great ard, and soon the keel is ie gigantic, naked ribs are 1 encased in a sheath of er. more graceful grow the sweeping lines from bow rn. long there sounds the thun- s roar of forges, pneumatic ers, winches, and human e passing of the sun from eavens, the skvies darken, ed men plod towards their room for the regular shift 'ht workers. n of iron, steel, soal, and are slowly revolved thing of majestic beauty, 5 speed, and stupendous th. nt turbines are installed, ie spacious staterooms are Taft Tribune Page 5 BOY Meets C-if1N0 The Girl of the Month Problem as Studes Divulge Technique By Winifred Pufunt For those who have by any stroke of fate been unable to acquaint themselves with friendly charac- ters because they lacked introduc- tions, the inquiring reporter un- veils some ways in which boy mfight meet girl, and vice-versa. Dolores Daly, 3A, divulges, If the boy I was interested in happened to be doing something, I would ad- mire his work, but Dick Dolezal, 4A, says, I would follow her home. Gloria Prima, 2A, tells, lf I were to see him in school, I would keep passing him and smile. The next day I would say hellog if nothing happens, then I'd give up. Norbert Boots Mossong, Daniel Novak, and William Oarbone, 3A's, all agree that if they had a car, they would ask the girl if she wanted a ride home. v Mary Jane Shirley, 4B, coyly says, I would walk past him and accidentally drop something. Charles Chuck Kildahl, 3A, bashfully says, If I were in a car, I would follow her. I once ended up in Elgin that way. Earl Karlsen, 4A, would operate an ocule iso he saysj movement, then gently walk up, and say hello, Carol Passow, 1B, says, My mom- mie told me never to speak before being spoken to. Jean Beers, 2B, would brightly ask his name, then introduce her- self. William, Schneider, 3B, thinks that accidentally walking into someone might do the trick. Jean Bostwick, 4A, who can al- ways be recognized by her genial smile, is the Taft Tribune's selec- tion for G-irl of the Month of Feb- ruary. In school Jean spends some of her spare time as treasurer of the G. A. A. and assistant editor of the Trib. She is an assistant instruc- tcr in life-saving and a member of the Honor society and the Pan- American club. Swimming, in which art her fel- low swimmers acclaim her skill, is one of Jean's favorite hobbies. In fact she revealed, I spent most of last summer as a counselor at a summer camp in Wisconsin where I taught canoeing and swimming. 'Stop and sock' for me is like gambling with some people. You know it actually hurts to pass up one of those courses, she earnest- ly insisted. Jean heartily approves of bow- ling and dancing, but in contrast to these exerting activities she oc- casionally sits down to knit. And I do mean occasionally, she laughed, because Mom has to finish everything I start. Though she has been collecting records for only a short time, Jean's record library ranges from Debussey's Clouds to Krupa's Blue Fantasy, all equally treas- ured. Her pet peeve, shared with many others, is the nerve-racking waste of precious fleeting hours lin dou- ble-feature shows. After her graduation in June Jean plans to begin a college career in child psychology. She claims to be an ardent ad- mirer of John Kieran, one of the weekly speakers on Information Ml fs fi 5 5 Jean Bostwick, modeling the latest in spring sports jackets. Please, and sets him up as a per- fect specimen of intellect. Jean always enjoys a good book, preferably fiction, with which she can curl up in a cozy chair, any time, anywhere. Jean is an exceptional S stu- dent-the kind of pupil a teacher dreams about. Since her arrival at Taft she has become to this school what Stokowski is to music and Petty to art, according to Alan Sampson, well known Taft artist. The only sport or activity in which she doesn't excel is pinochle. , Last year in the only contest of its kind held to date at Taft, Jean was chosen rose queen of the school. finished with costly woods and velvet cloth. . After months of exacting, tireless labor, The magnificent ocean-liner is launched a finished masterpiece. Then, one great day, it leaves the dock for its speedy dash across the ocean vast. Thousands of friends and relatives wave joyful good-by to laughing passengers, And then linger to watch the stat- ely liner vanish across the far horizon. Ten hours later, in the still dark- ness of the night, A thunderous crash shatters the ocean-silence: The air is rent with frenzied screams of pain and horror, While over all is heard the death- filled cry, Damn That Submarine! Perhaps if man had created with- -in himself a citadel, a 'true master- piece, such things as nights of terror would be unknown. Tribune Presents M zlvs K eeclz An old adage says, It's an ill wind that blows no good. Yet students of Taft have the winds of Nebraska to thank for blowing Miss Mary Keech, math teacher, into our midst. Miss Keech often speaks of the dust storms V courage. in her home state to her students, but never before has she revealed what state it is. The Trib now unravels the mystery in its uncen- sored state. She lived on a farm in Nebraska and rode to school in a horse-car. She re- ceived her Master's degree from the University of Nebraska. Miss Keech is the proud possessor of a Phi Beta Kappa key about which she declared, I wear the key whenever I have to bolster up my She then continued, smiling, I guess I mustn't have had it on the other day Miss Keech when I fell down and broke my arm. teacher's pastime, and when asked for her pet Y DG DGGVG is any Student who is not interested in Reading is this cheerful peeve she replied, M t mathematics. Miss Keech is also n eted for her wonderful lectures on etiquette, international affairs and many other numerous topics which are deli d vere 9Xt9If1D0I'2i1190t1Sly to anyone of her several math classes. These lectures are truly inspiring. Miss Keech may justly be called the Taftites' Philo- sopher or th N ff e orthwest sage. Miss Keech is sponsor of the Math r-hm

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Page 4 Taft Tribune February 28, To Which Do You Belong? Left. freshmen who clon't know the ropes huddling together outside door in recent sub-zero wave. Right. a group ol the initiated who enioy the warm atmosphere ol the auditorium while waiting for their classes to begin. Here Lze Green Pastures Breathes there the Chicagoan with soul so dead, who never to himself has said, This is my own, my native city? Chicago, covering over 200 square miles, embraces some 3,000,000 people as its family. What makes these various types and creeds of people seem to be a distinct part of Chicago itself? The answer is simple: Chi- cago has everything! It is the mecca of the business world, a great manufacturing, com- mercial and educational center, complete in itself. But all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy: so Chicago gives Jack a wide grazing vicinity for his hobby horse --those remarkable animals that carry you from a hectic Work-a-day world to a. peaceful, fascinating realm of your own choosing. Once you own one of these hobby horses, you are a kind, con- siderate owner, exercising it long and after. Chicago has no equal, offering endless opportunities and numerous roads any of which can help your hobby to become valuable and perhaps lead you to a career. Chicago, reaching out with hands outstretched, makes itself the city of opportunities. 0 If wishes were horses, beggars would nide. My, my, and we thought everyone rode the streetcars! o A bad penny always comes back which isn't saying much for the prodigal son. o Great minds run in the same channel and fools think alike. Small wonder the world is in a rut today. 0 An apple a day keeps the doctor away, but what about the grocery bill collector? 0 You don't get anything for nothing except in your coursebook. Taft Tribune Published Bl-weekly by the Journalism Students of the WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT HIGH SCHOOL 5625 North Natoma Avenue, Chicago, Illinois MR. L. A. HOEFER, Principal MR. LEONARD TEUSCHER, Assistant Principal Editor-in-chief: Ruthjayne Aeberly. Assistant editor: Jean Bostwick. News: Cyrilla Matusek, head: Pat Dolan, Warren Erickson, Nancy Gray, Jean Kofoed, Robert Kofoed, John Magnus, Louise Soper, Shirley Wheldon. Features: Jeanette Granberg, Lenore Green, Mary Martorana. June Pemble, Winifred Pufunt, Dolores Schmall, Charlotte Smith, Eleanor Vana. Make-up: Charleton Bard, William Bessemer, Harriet Myers, Lorraine Risavy. Alan Sampson, Jack Sampson. Typists: Virginia Hunt, Lorraine Mazzoni, Marian Opfer, Irene VViedow. Photographer: Kenneth Manchee. Editorial adviser: Mrs. Evelyn Perry. Business adviser: Mr. Paul W. Blgler. They Jot 'Em Down They Send 'Em Here Who'll Answer First? Plea for Social Center Why doesn't Taft have a social center? Several schools in the vicinity of Taft do have social centers every Friday night. They afford the peo- ple who cannot dance a chance to learn and those who can already dilnce an opportunity to further their ability. True, we can attend one of the centers already established, say Schurz. But Schurz is a consider- able distance away and we'd like to have one in our own neighborhood with a real community spirit. Anybody else feel the same way? Let me know through the Trib. Dance-minded Junior. Sponsor Wanted! Help us search for a. sponsor for a Rifle club. The idea of starting such a. club originated in the recre- ation survey recently given in the gym classes. The Little Theatre was intend- ed for a rifle range, and there are 127 students who have rifles and would like to see such a project underway. Henry Belzer, 117 a. m. l Woe Is Us! Monday, February 17, 1941, will undoubtedly go down in the his- tory of Taft as a super red letter day. 0 blackest of days! To bring such an unholy proclamation on the heads of 2,200 poor, helpless innocents! To take away the healthful practice of facial exer- cise! Requesting us to limit our delightful habit of gum-chewing to outdoor atmosphere! We wish to take this like a man and stand corrected, but it swept us off our feet! Curses, foiled again! Frank Bostwiclc. Let's Get Together As a member of the senior class, I am acquainted with about 75 to 100 of my fellow graduates. Now, here is my suggestion. Be- cause from time to time we have long division, why couldn't all the 4A's get together in room 304 and have socials and entertainment with the purpose of getting ac- quainted with one another? We are all spending our last days here at Taft and they will be re- membered. To know everyone in our class would make this remem- brance complete. Of course, this not only applies to seniors but to the other classes as well. Sociable Senior. Ed. note: Pages 4 and 5 of the Trib are reserved exclusively for features and contributions from subscribers. Send in your brain children and experience the thrill of seeing your work in print. .lil-1 Don 't Loole .-1-1-- BUT -11 Trivia: Velda Wagner and Lilli: shal, 3B's, were conversing locker last Friday morning da was removing her h preparatory to taking do precious little pin curls. Gill appeared on the scene, Velda jumped 'inside her 1: complete her toilette beft male could see her early ' arrangements. Pete Pedersen, 3B, has tz chard Parigini's shoes as c on a 25 cents debt. It has been rumored tl Carbone, 3B, has been scou local grammar schools lool what he calls talent. Fashion Fancies: Bob Holiday's C4135 grez tion is to be a manneqi practices in Miss Helen third period art class by 1 a unique umbrella hat also be used as a tentj noodle while he admires it angles. That's not a bear you se ing down the halls. It's Dc son, 3A, in his new racoon Lee Brinkman, 4B, seems weakness for uniforms. H seen that locket with the a signia she wears? It's frol dier in Hawaii. Dizzy Doings: The silence of Mr. Clarei tal's eighth period physic February 14 was broken Schaefer's spilling a bag o hearts all over the floor. hearts were such tender ph f'Oh, you kid, H23 skidd Pickle Pussf' Bob passer around to all his admirers. Richard Osmos-ia Weicla has a new theory. Elect rents, he insists, grow oi plants. Jeannette Behrens, 3A, capsized her listeners wh breathed into her hand and closing it exclaimed, 'Tm my breath. Deep thoughts: Inquiries are being mad whether Ruth and Bob E 3B and 4A respectively, f their styles were crampen they attended the same v party. Between Dolores Daly ar Craft, 3A's, poor Mr. Mich lich is worn to a frazzle fourth period history clas: certain history papers did r up on the appointed day. ceeded to lecture the youn, After his eloquent scoldi ended, Dolores produced pers, saying: I had them time.

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Page 6 -10 Tons Dail To Heat School Says Engineer From eight to ten tons of coal are required to heat Taft on one subzero day, claimed Mr. Thomas Fogli, engineer an exclusive interview with the Trib today. But this fi- sounded preposterous the super and had a time getting any- Mr, Fggli one to believe him. Seven hundred fifty tons of coal, he continued unabashed, are used each year and 1 can prove tit. This figure was hardly more con- vincing, but Mr. Fogli was in earn- est. He explained that people who open doors or windows when the heating system is working are his mortal enemies. Close That Window! Warm fresh air is blown into the rooms three to a tier. Therefore, if a window is opened -in one of the three rooms, the pressure which is equal in all rooms, changes with the open window as an outlet for all the air which rightfully belongs to the rooms above or below. Warm air enters at the top and forces the cold stale air out the vents on the bottom. Thus there is a continuous cycle of healthful fresh air. On windy days the rooms on the leeward side are hard to heat be- cause so far even weather stripping has failed to keep out the blustery old north wind. The north and west sides of the building are the hard- est to warm up and keep warm. Swimmers Kept Warm The water in the swimming pool comes from a hot water tank which is steam heated. There is a booster heater which heats the water be- tween 75 and 80 degrees Fahrenheit before it is run into the pool. Once a week inspectors from the board of health check the situation in the pool. Conditions could be -improved if swimmers, girls especially, stated Mr. Fogli, would not decide to get rid of their gum in the pool. Also, cold cream, which forms a. grease on the edge of the pool, and hair, the drains, are a few which stops of the trials of my daily life. This is the first of a. Ed. note: series of articles featuring the in- teresting phases of the department of engineering. Taft Tribune I What Qualities of Character Do You Consider Most Important for Success? Write your answer plainly on one side of the paper in not more than 2,00 words. Name, semester grade in school, and division number must accompany your manuscript. No letter will be re- turned. A competent committee will judge the answers. Year in school will be taken into consideration in the judging. The writer of the best letter will receive one dollar in activity tickets tto athletic games, dances, movies, and entertainmentsk the second best will receive 50 cents worth of activity ticketsg the third, 25 cents worth. The best letter will be published on this page in the April 1 issue. Hand in your manuscript to your English teacher, who will forward it to the Tribune office, no later than Friday, March 14. I 1 Afternoon Stor A Family Affair .l..i-- By Bill Bessemer ...l-..- They,re poison, Bud! Why don't you give up girls as I did? said Thornton Van Tubbs, a husky, 230- pound, 17-year-old lad, known to his close friends as Butch, He was addressing Bud Gale, also 17 and one of the popular men about town at the Northwestern high school. Butch continued in his arguments pro and con, but mostly con, about the relative values of razor blades and girls. He was a confirmed woman hater and poten- tial hermit. He even went so far as to make preparations for a two- week rest from girls and would live in a tent without shaving on pork and beans and wild berries. Butch's main object fin life now was to persuade Bud, his best friend, to join him in his little va- cation. Bud, on the other hand, looked upon Butch with extreme disgust, for he had already gone into hermit training and had a two-week growth of curly fuzz on his burly face. All that Bud could think about was that dlizzy Boston blonde as Butch insisted on calling her, Vir- ginia Blackmore, classy stuff, di- rect from Boston society. Her living in the Kingsley mansion on the hill made Bud idolize her more, for it was the town's largest house. To Bud, she was an angel, dellicate as a whipped cream cake design. He had never been afraid of, over polite, nor too rough to girls but there's always a first time. He always referred to her as Miss Blackmore. He wanted, oh so badly, to ask her for a date, but for the first time in his young life. he was just plain scared. If only Dad will let me use the new car, thought Budg I canit take her out in my old Liz! In truth, Bud's Lizzy was of rather ancfient vintage, but he had her so well disguised with fancy chrome-plated accessories that 'no one but an expert could determine her exact make and model. After several days Bud talked his Dad into the use of the car for the prom Bud was giddy with joy. He all but flew to the phone, but first consulted an etiquette book to find the proper way to make an engagement with a lady. She accepted him coolly, and Bud lived in a joyous daze until three days before the prom when he was awakened with a severe jolt. His Dad was called away on a sud- den business trip and took the car. Bud was sunk unless he could think fast, plenty fast. He thought, to no avail, until the afternoon of the prom and was about to call the date off when Butch suggested renting a car. Here was the answer to his prayers. Upon inquiry, however, he learned that it was an expensive idea and he wondered if it wouldn't be wiser to leave with Butch on hris hermit vacation that afternoon. After much deliberation, however, he dug deeply into his emergency fund and coughed up 16 dollars for the use of one Super-Hooper Eight convertible, the car of his dreams. Here, he thought, was his chance to make an impression on his dream girl. That night, as he pulled up to the Kingsley mansion with the top down, he was the proudest boy in town, but his Lady Love Hdetested riding in open cars , so Bud obe- diently lowered the top. All she talked about was Boston society un- til Bud, whom she insisted on call- ing Mr. Gale, developed a terrible inferiority complex as a result of his small town background. She had a wilting flower personality and she despised jitter-bugs and sw-ing music. Unbelievable as it may seem, all this made Bud re- spect her the more, and he resolved to better himself and come up to her standards. The next morning at breakfast, the topic of the conversation was, of course, the prom and Bud's mother asked, What was the name of the girl you took? Miss Blackmore, Miss Virginia February 28 New Acguzlvit In Taft? Libr Enthrall Stud Two new books recently at the library are what ma have been waiting for: S ton, Senior Nurse and E ton, Visiting Nurse, by Bayeston. The first carries of Sue Barton, Student through the remaining yeai training as a nurse in a bf tal. The second tells of Sue' iences as a visiting nurse which she has many in1 contacts with patients, a house, and romance. Thes will be read with interest who enjoy reading about matic, exciting life that leads. Red Rust, by Corneli Cannon, is the story of Minnesota farmer who woi great hope, lol with one produce a species of wheal withstand the blighting rl Vivid descriptions of farm a tender love story make book that will be greatly by older boys and girls. Horse-lovers will reall ciate C. W. Anderson's Bl and Chestnut, which consi beautiful full page lithog famous horses with brief tions of each. England of before the war is described in This l by Mary Ellen Chase, a descriptive and humorous English character and country-side. Tales of the food, weat way travel, spring in Engl English sources of Ameri tation are particularly d ,,l,l... .l- Blackmore, answered Bu unnatural, refined voice. Did you say Virgini more? asked Mrs. Gale e Why, yes, why the excl returned Bud. I just got a letter fron ter in Boston, and she says cousin, Mary Blackmore, v to move into town with hr ter, Virginia. You proba remember her, but she wa Wheatville and was your 1 mate until her father sweepstake money and th- to Boston. It must be yow cousin that you took to th last night! VVhat'? 16 dollars! bah! shouted Bud as he out of the house. An hour later Bud w nudging Butch to awal Will your tent hold t' asked.