Taft High School - Eagle Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Page 4 Taft Tribune Alphabetical Addition Keeping in mind the veryfobvious success of the Parent-Teacher's association in the greater 'percentage of schools today promotes thought for another organization. Its sole purpose would be to bring student and teacher in closer contact. Why limit the priceless help and advice which has already been proven so profitable to the class- room? Only in just such an enterprise could a teacher really under- stand the whys and wherefores of a pupil's behavior. In a very pleasant way so much more could be accomplished than in a mere 40-minute period. It is inevitable that an S. T. A. will even- tually become an actualtity. Why not now? aes Your 'Class' Rate You Tops? How's your class rating these days, in and out of the room, through the halls, and particularly in the lunchroom? Are you and Emily Post on friendly terms or haven't you ever heard of the famous lady of etiquette? The lunchroom tactics of some Taftites! would horrify Mrs. Post if she saw them. Are you one of the people underthe influence of that old adage, fingers were made before forks, and so do you proceed to whirl lengths of spaghetti round your finger? Oh, you don't go quite to that extreme! Well, how about the rubbish that's strewn around? Any ideas about who's responsible, or shall we call Sherlock Holmes in on the job? Let's clean out the cobwebs from ye old courtesy corner and brush up on those manners. In the halls are you the fella that dashes, around corners with a wild and harried look, leaving poor wrecks of humanity strewn in your wake? Slow down! Taft has a speed limit too. Perhaps you're the lounge bug type who spreads out in all directions. People have a hard time wriggling past you .in the auditorium, and many's the time those gun boats stretched out in the aisle have nearly put somebody in the hospital. Pull in those gangling appendages before you have a damage suit on your hands. Then there's the chronic bell evader who slithers into class a few minutes after the last bell iinterrupting the class and the teacher. You're just like the old fable of the turtle and the hare. You start out O.K., but get stalled along the way. Susie's quite capable of walk- ing to class alone, and she won't leave you flat if you let all those important little things wait till lunch. I If it takes a genius to listen to the radio and do his homework while humming the latest jive tune of 'Taft's swing band, you needn't look far. We have at least 2,200 specimens. 0 If the grass is always greenest in the other fellow's yard, maybe we should stay on his side of the fence. 0 When your teacher says, Brush up, d0n't think she's referring to 'Clean-up week. 0 Mother's I Q.'s in full swing: She gets wise to everything. o A word to the wise is sufficient, but a word from the wise usually needs explaining. o If he who hesitates is lost, why is it that only fools rush in? o Some people are bright as new pennies, but just as mercenary. o Suggested theme song for Taft program officers: There'll be some changes made. Ta t Tribune Published Bi-weekly by the Journalism Students of the WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT HIGH SCHOOL 5625 North Natoma Avenue, Chicago, Illinoi MR. L. A. HOEFER, Principal MR. LEONARD TEUSCHER, ASSlSta.nt Principal Editor-in-chief: Ruthjayne Aeberly. Assistant editor: Jean Bostwick. News: Cyrilla Matusek, head: Pat Dolan, YVarren Erickson, Jean Robert Kofoed, Glenn Jorian, 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, Alan Sampson, Jack Sampson. Typists: Virginia Hunt, Lorraine Mazzoni, Marian Opfer, Irene Wiedow. Photographer: Kenneth Manchee. Editorial adviser: Mrs. Evelyn Perry. Business adviser: Mr. Paul W. Bigler. Kofoed, Pemble Duplicates New Old-Fashioned Bonnet and Mittens N The stylish Sonja Henie bonnet shown above is very simple to make. Four pieces which can be knitted or crocheted are sewn to- gether to form the bonnet. The mittens also can be made from four simple pieces. The back and palm of the glove are sewn with large whipping stitches in bright yarn, as is the bonnet. The two pieces which form the thumb are sewn likewise and placed in the side seam. Bright embroidery of your own design trim both bonnet and mit- tens. Bright ribbon to match the embroidery ties under the chin. Tom Wadleton Pens Hilarious Novelette My Mother Is a Violent Wo- man is just about the funniest short novel that has come our way in a long, long time. Tommy Wadle- ton is a little boy with a vivid :ima- gination who sets down the story of his adventures with his fiery tempered Irish mother and his dad, a major in the U. S. Cavalry. NVhen Tommy was a little boy, his mother never had time to listen to all his prattle g so Tommy wrote it all down and they talked about it later, and this book is a collection of those writings. Tommy got it all down :in his own inimitable way which no one could hope to duplicate. The time he and his mother foiled a. belligerant cop by pre- tending to be Svenskas who didn't understand English, the tragic death of hiis pony, and the visit to the American Youth Con- gress all make for an hour of hi- larious rib-tickling enjoyment. February 14, .OutofMyI-L By Jean Bostwick If the old sage Samuel Pe' walked down the halls of T afternoon, perhaps he wou gone home to jot down a fe in his diary: Didst notice in my tour ti day of February at the yoi ambitious Taft high scho the students are quite dili their studies. An honorable thing, but plied too strenuously makes dull boy. All of which is r by Jack himself. Methfir youngengeneration will nz from overwork. Stopped in the lunchrool spot of tea and was intrig the noise, haste. and confuf played by a large portion students. They eat so fast : so much, I do but wonder i carbonate of soda manuf will have a rousing businei Petty Larceny! Didst meet a young man perplexed look darkening experienced brow. Upon 1 ing, he was revealed to be man searching for the some illustrious senior h him passes for. The joke ti me, for I spent fully a half turn of the clock lin hell young man hunt. Was amused at the leng ter Jack Sampson goes to little cash with which to town with his lady fair, Fair in question hadst n swain a batch of fudge, w beknown to her turned money-makiing proposition the mercenary soul, sold t table delicacy to obtain filthy lucre to take fair l on a date. No Lace and Flows 'Tis the day of St. Valer what a change has come 4 lovely old lady of hea flowers. No lavender and l I see, nothing but the sentiments expressed by Mouse and Scotty Dogs. lined. they call it. Didst understand the and highly regarded Pr Players must discontinue proach to stardom becaus. of interest of the prospecti' Do they not know the g worlds of romance a litt paint brings into view? honors won be so calmly ls Let us hope 'twill merel layed. Have found ample pr these are days when all tl Yea1 's resolutions go fli' by one, for didst I not vc prattle on at great ler year? h

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uary 14, 1941 Taft Tribune Page E zada Places Y in Uratory he Northwest legion distnict ical contest at Amundsen last ', Tom Orzada, 4A, represent- laft, placed third among a contestants. ernia, Schurz, Roosevelt, Von rn, Steinmetz Lane, and Bar- are among the other North- ide and suburban schools that ted. Alvernia placed first, :hurz second. Can Happen Here was the t of Tom's address on Ameni- emocracy for which he had ne week to prepare. contest finals will be held 'ow in the county building all the local districts will te. Tom will act as alternate er if anything should happen ,t and second place winners. Vera. McConville, public ng teacher, coached Tom on livery of his speech, and Mrs. Halverson, history teacher, red him for historical ma- rk, Pastry Cook lcoct Delicacies are New Witness s only 7 a. m. in the Taft oom, but already the cook, Josephine Barrell, and the cook, Mrs. Elizabeth Sorrell, sy preparing food for hungry es. Barrell sticks a skewer into ge Blue-ribbon prize beef, Mrs. Sorrell divides pie into small patties. Barrell is the concocter of vegetables, hamburgers, French fries, gravies, mashed as, and spaghetti. mother owned a restaurant, lls, and I used to spend all are time watching the cook r work. Then wherever I l as a lunchroom assistant, I always hang around the kit- 'rs realized her fascination, .e was finally given a chance r. 'There's nothing I'd rather ie enthusiastically declares. . cakes, puddings, biscuits, ot breads are the products out by Mrs. Sorrell who 1 to bake at the age of 10. that time she has owned her vakery and worked at Mar- Field. ring cakes and pies is just 3h fun for me as playing golf 1g to the theater would be for ie else, she insists. m rolls out of the large ovens re food ds put in to cook and 0 WOI'k busily on, Freshies Plead for Magic Locker Lorraine Shonickey. Ramona Sachacki. Isabelle Moravec ileit to rightl plead with Mr. Kenneth Osbon for use of Scholarship Locker. Superman may be different, Grimm and his fairy tales have something there, but - truth is stranger than fiction. A strange phenomenon recently occurred at Taft. It would seem that locker 1148 is blessed with the strange power of bestowing unlimited amounts of knowledge upon its occupants, for Steve Majercik, Milan Bagel, and Wyman Ender, former occupants who graduated in January, all won scholarships-the first two to Y.M. C. A. college and Milan to Lake Forest college. Can it be that a mere locker was the cause? Mr. Kenneth Osbon, his- tory' teacher, apparently seems to think so, for when Lorraine Sho- nickey, Ramona Sachacki, and little Isabelle Moravec, only four-foot eight, all freshie graduates of Ona- han, who had registered for the locker, tnied to move their belong- ings into it, there was Mr. 0sbon's lock as an obstacle. We suspect that Mr. Osbon, hav- ing heard of the locker's apparent power, was trying to pick up a lit- tle extra knowledge. Influenced by the pleas of the girls, Mr. Osbon was induced to give up the locker, contending that he had enough brains anyhow. Now all eyes are on the three freshman girls. Will they carry on the schol- arship locker's tradition? Math Wizards Find New Brain-Teasers The library is one book wealthier as a result of the combined gener- osity of the mathematics teachers who have purchased a volume of Mathematics and Imagination by Kasner and Newman. It is a literary digest of the ab- stract phases of mathematics and has received much publicity in per- iodlical literature. The book includes a discourse on the mathematics of the infinite, and there are a number of interest- ing paradoxes presented-for in- stance, the one of an arrow in flight. Question: If an arrow moves through the air uniformly, then no matter what minute part of a sec- ond is taken, the arrow will always move some small distance. If this can be considered true, then at no time is the arrow anywhere be- cause it is constantly in motion. Alley Rats Do 706 As Bowling Team Lois Lindsay, Mary Ann Jakob- sen, Norma and Mildred Tess, the Alley Rats of the Wednesday girls' bowling league, broke into the lime- light by bowling a 706 team game. This puts them in third place in the city at the present time. The Alley Rats are closely fol- lowed by the Blitzkriegers, Mari- lyn Fisher, Carol Ewald, Betty Mil- ler, and Dorothy Milichevich, in the girls' Wednesday league. In the Thursday league, the Gor- donettes, June Lowry, Lois Cline- man, Marilyn Parrish, and Lillian Kotecke, hold first place. In second place are the Gutter Gals, Betty Ehrlich, Lois Miller, Mary' Alice Youmans, and Natalie Strauss. Betty Lou Olson, of the Panthers in the girls' Thursday league, has dropped from first to second place :in the city with her 209 high indi- vidual game. Clean-up Campaign Launched at Taft In 'City-Wide Drive For Added Defense Early next week the first phas1 of the Clean-up campaign under tht supervision of Mrs. Ida Goldfein art teacher, will be launched a' Taft in the form of division roon projects. Each division will be given 1 chance to choose and carry out il: own project in competition with thn other divisions. Suggestions includr making scrap books, decorating home rooms, keeping a chart or lunchroom habits, and making z weekly check-up of the students lockers and personal appearance. Each division will elect a Clean up delegate who will submit a writ ten report on April 4. A Clean-ui chairman and an appointed com mittee will vote on the winning di vision which will be given a pnize Other possible Clean-up project: for the entire school include th4 beautification of the campus, mak ring the Little Theater into a so cial room, and presenting movie: and assemblies relative to Clean up defense, this year's theme. Newly-appointed members of th Taft Clean-up committee for 194' are Don Amenta, Ernest Kowalski and Nancy Gray, Student Counci officers, and Jean Anderson, How ard Behm, Marilyn Daebel, Mani nella De Roeck,, James Downing and William Funk. The committee will meet one each week for the next thre- months to promote clean-up acti vities. The members have already en tered a number of clean-up slogan in the city-wide clean-up slogal contest. Mr. Buell Patron of Trib Mr. Buell is a boon to the TMI in many ways. He furnishes strong armed men to haul typewriter: from the main office to the lowe regions where the staff labors ann provides paper for its dummies.' Taftites I End your Valentine's Day right bi attending the Alumni dance in th4 evening Edgebrook Country Clul: 8:30 p. m. 40c per couplf UK ticket will admit 2 girls or 2 boys! Help make this dance a successl Tickets may be procured at the door o from any alumni officer

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uary 14, 1941 an ,t Look Now art Buege, SA, who thought 1ld brave it alone in an all- florthand class, suddenly got ret and transferred to another light be a new wrinkle if Mr. 1' Mooney should give out en- lips in the shape of hearts someone please tell Bud how to spell his middle name lph. r birthday: Lessmann, 4B, who recently ited his arrival into the with a birthday, was congra- l by the boys in the first per- m class with a song lead by Trickles Trick, Warren ch Ericksen, and Donald a., 4A's. quiet, and reserved Bill d and flustered and was un- 1 express his feelings, but he it! and sway: that Daniel Schneider, an ng freshie, has joined forces ancient order of Taftus - ,o us-it has been rumored rith his trumpet he intends npete with Pops Rapier. this is what comes of the iage, Practice makes per- ic, someone has said, is the need of man, coming after clothing, and shelter. But, this statement was made, the r failed to know Alice Doie- ., who has given up the fore- ieed, food, by going without till after the eighth period t she will be able to play her n both band and orchestra. low: aline Davlantes, 4A, and Mar- llrins, 3A, haven't yet missed etball game this season. said there was no Super- in the dark ages? How about ic Beowulf, currently pop- ith all English 6 pupils? fou know the LaConga? Torn L, 4A, will teach anyone of irer sex by appointment at d of the seventh period. o the Editor: Editor, I'm asking you, tell me what I am to do, shall I say, how shall I hint, I want to see my name rin print? Ift Trib is swell all right, don't see my name in sightg tell me how I can attain iblicity I wish to gain? Taft Tribune Page 5 Good Fairy Brings The Bo of the Month Elaborate Visions To Students' Minds By Jeanette Granberg If, when entering the shiny por- tals of Taft some bright morning, a beautiful fairy should step out of locker 0001 and whisper into your ear that she had the power to grant yqu one wish, what would it be? Barbara Alitis, 4B, unhesitating- ly wishes for more assemblies. CShe believes in fairies! Dorothy Karnaas, 2A, peering at her reflection in a window, wishes there were many more mirrors in the girls' wash rooms. Thomas Bernvtt, 3A, Wishes that a period or more would be set aside each semester so that the students could get together and learn to know each other better. Pearl Kane, SB, dreams of riding to school in a. 1941 Plymouth. This is sure to save some shoe leather. Shorter periods and fewer studies are the dreams of Miriam Hoe, lA. She complains her program is far too long. In d-irect contrast, Rita Winkatfs, 4A, desires one-hour periods, thus making the semesters shorter and the summer vacations longer. Ray Anderson, 4A, with a wave of his hand, wishes he were out of school. No reflection on Taft, he says. Dan Schneider. 1B, wishes that he could go through his class schedule at the beginning of the first semester. Then he wouldn't have to ask where his rooms are. Walter Lahey, 3A, thinks a mo- ment before he mysteniously says, I wish Mr. Mooney would learn how to swim. Ed, Note: He does. Then, just as the last bell is ring- ing, one lonely unknown freshie is found in the hall. When asked his wish, he stares into space. Slowly he says, HI would like to see burgundy plush seats, escalators, stream- lined text books tones with blank pagesl, and a place in which to take an afternoon siesta at Taft. The fa,iry's wand broke. What if I do some heroic deed, Or help someone that is rin need, , And what if I should wear a shoe Of which half is black and half is- blue? In closing may I ask that soon I see my name in the Taft Tribune? Beverly Singer, 3A. Welcome back: Marilyn Sonderman, 4B, and Dick Bailey, 313, have returned to Taft after honoring Amundsen and Lane respectively with a short visit. For the first issue of the semes- ter, Mr. L. A. Hoefer, principal, and the Taft Tribune bestow the honor of Boy of the Month upon Walter Lahey, 3A. Near the end of last semester, vi- sual education operators elected Walter general superintendent be- cause they considered him capable. Even though being the general superintendent is a responsibility, it certainly does not drag down the pleasure I get out of fit, Walter seriously explained. But to be perfectly frank, he continued, 'Tm far more interested in swimming with the Taft team than anything else. Ever since he can remember, Vifalter has admired his father more than anyone else because in him he has found the quality he most desires, that of being success- ful in anything he undertakes. Another thing, added, there's nothing so co s February's Boy of the Month ha: interests distributed in practicallj every field. Reading sea stories is .1 having a father who's ea0Z 1 in the sort of things his s likes. Walter devotes his hours after school to working in a neighbor- hood meat market as an apprentice meat-cutter. The only trouble he finds in doing this type of work is the fact that his favorite dish is too far removed. Working in a grocery store instead, he declared, might help me to get at that lus- cious jelly on rye. hen asked what he disliked Walter announced with a grin, ' guess I'm just an agreeable fellow satisfied with conditions as they are. One of his ambitions has been tt travel down into the far south, Bra zil preferably, where he might ap ply the Spanish he is now study ing. T rzbune Presents Mr. MCCUd1g Peeking out from behind the balance sheets and profit and loss state ments to give the reporter a few facts and figures, Mr. Malcolm McCuaig bookkeeping teacher, grinned fiendishly at the re material. porter who confronted him for an interview today Before coming to Taft, where he also teache: American problems as well as bookkeeping, Mr McCuaig taught commercial law at Roosevelt higl school for seven years. The learned professor ha: earned a Ph.B. degree from the University of Chi cago and an L.L.B. from Kent Law school. In his college days, Mr. McCuaig participated ir football and basketball. When questioned about his athletic career, he declared, The reason I parhici pated in sports is that I didn't have any other Mr. McCuaig has a hobby after his own fashion collecting anecdotes. He couldn't remember an anecdote equally appre- ciated by the lowly freshmen and the lovesick seniors. In behalf of the seniors, however, he told the following one. An irate father entered unexpectedly into hris parlor one evening, whicl was already filled to capacity by his 4B daughter and her 4A boyfriend and shouted, Young man, I'll teach you to kiss my daughter! The 4A explained, You don't have to: I've learned already. Mr. McCuaig concluded, As I realize from this anecdote that learning can be had out of school as well as from anecdotes, I decided to get my 'book larnin in school and facts of life from anecdotes and was thus able to combine an innovation within an avocation to enter my present vocation. In our midst we have an ex-movie star, Mr. McCuaig. He proudly de clared, When in Europe, I offered myself as a model for Burton Holmes'f movie photographer on how to kiss the Blarney Stone with a Scotch accent.