Taft High School - Eagle Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Page 28 Taft'T1iibune October 31, 1941 Yes, He Made Il, Butt- High school is intended not alone to educate young people in schol- astic fields, but also to develop individual character. The most recent drive proposes to eliminate all unnecessary disturbance throughout the building. Running in the corridors is a particularly pressing problem. The bell rings. Sammy saunters leisurely to his locker. For a minute and a half he dreams and fumbles with his lock. He glances at the clock -one half minute to go. He's off! . At that moment Johnny is rounding the corner. Feet and arms tangle. Books sail through the air. Mary trips over one of Sa1nmy's books. She stuns herself against an open locker. Meanwhile a teacher is patiently waiting for the floor to clear to enter her classroom. Sammy, undaunted, steams ahead. He slips into his seat. The bell rings. He smiles sweetly. He is on time. But the scrimmage outside is still clearing up. Mary walks off in a daze, rubbing her head. Johnny limps to his study like the Spirit of '76. The teacher, who had to wait, starts her class one full minute late. This is just a mild example of what might occur. Death has been known to result from such conduct as Sammy's. Here at Taft we un- doubtedly have the highest type of student body for spirit and stamina. Let us strive to make the Taft corridor at all times a safe and sane place. Jeannete Kane. Courtesy Adds to Cycling Safety We have been given a great privileger-that of riding our bicycles to school. For every privilege given tous, there must be something we have done or will do to earn it. Taft students, as well as Taft have a they are known. For this reason it was good reputation wherever thought they would follow simple courtesy and safety rules, an aid for the convenience and safety of all, iif we co-operate. Rule 1: Do not make more noise than is necessary in coming or leaveing the school on your bicycles. Think of the other fellow in a class. Maybe he's taking an exami- nation and can't think clearly because he has so many distractions. How would you feel if you were in his place. If you come first period or leave the last, don't think this excludes you. It certainly does not. Noise only brings about confusion, and :if you're late, or in a hurry, you will certainly appreciate less noise and more action. Rule 2: Take your bicycle directly to the racks, instead of riding around the school grounds. You not only help subdue noise thus, but you emphasize safety. Riding around carelessly, foolheartedly, prompts danger to yourself as well as to others. Any kind of foolishness will eventually lead to dis- aster. Have you ever been frightened out of your wits or almost knocked down by the swishing by of a careless bicyclist? Take this into con- sideration when you are riding your bicycle. Rule 3: Be sure your bicycle is in good condition. Many accidents have resulted because of negligence in this respect. Do your brakes work? Do you have a horn, lfight, and tail light? This editorial doesn't only pertain to the time you are in school, or going home. Whenever you are on a bicycle, you are assuming a respon- sibility. Taft authorities are aware of the chances you are taking, but because they know the integrity of Taft students, they feel sure this advice weill not be neglected, but will be seriously considerd and acted upon. Esther Klein, 1A. Taft Tribune Published Bl-weekly by the Journalism Students of the WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT HIGH SCHOOL 5625 North Natoma Ave.. Chicago. Ill. 00f0bBl' 17, 1941 Price Five Cellfl First class honor rating, National Scholastic Press Association Editor-in-chief: Lorraine Risavy. Assistant editor: Pat Dolan. Feature editors: Norman Esserman, Nancy Gray. C dlt : L i J h N T . opy e ors o s o nson, orma ess Reporters: Bill Bessemer, Mary Boarlni, Frank Bostwick, Doris Carlson, Carl English, Doris Erickson, Mabel Heen, Olive Horst, Donald Johnson, Shlrlee Kaage, Jeanette Kane, Jean Lutz, Robert Smith. Ed Thompson. Exchange editor: Winnie Pufunt. Typlsts: Henry Belzer, Mary Elaine Gill. Photography: Stanley Logan. Circulation adviser: Mr. Paul W. Blgler, Editorial adviser: Mrs. Evelyn L. Perry. Shirley K. Winchell ' N B , n . . n Discloses Secrets About Taft 'Debs' Off iff Beam Pumpkin Heads: o-.-T- o'T- o :- When Dolly Peterson, 2B, was wmmmmgmmm' h,,,n,n,,uuq.,, asked by Mrs. Adelaide Holterhoff to define a relative pronoun, Dolly gladly obliged with, I guess it's like a brother and sister. Miss Helen Unseth: John Zelk's hair won't show up on the picture. It's too light. John: I think I'll shave it off. Miss Unseth: Do you think your scalp would photograph darker? John: Sure, it's sunburnedf' Then there is the one about the scarecrow who became alive and came to Taft, recognizing of course several pumpkin-heads qno names mentionedj and enough corn to feel at home. When Miss Clara Larson, 1B, al- gebra teacher, asked Alan Hedman why he didn't have his homework, he replied, I was too busy reading 'Math for the Millions' to do it. Corn: A more surprised person was never seen than Miss Catherine Kelly when giving advice on how to purchase and care for silk stock- ings in her sixth period home management class, she took a quick census and found every girl wear- ing anklets. Who was it but Betty Mungai, 3B, who accidentally dropped her bowling ball and astounded her fel- low bowlers by getting a strike? When Miss Helen Unseth asked the boys if they would please Wear ties, she received their answer in unison, What's that? According to Mr. Addison Pur- cell, chem instructor, the chem- istry theme song is, I Don't Want to Set the School on Fire. The only disadvantage of work- ing in a bakery shop says Helen Cardis, 3B, is, All I do is eat. Mildred Carpenter, 4B, says that the trouble with the Taft Trib is that she has never had her name in it. These Sophomores! Johnny Q: How would Shake- speare have said, Here comes a bowlegged man? Jenny Soph: Oh, I pray thee, what cometh yonder on paren- theses? Dorothy Niesen, 2B, has received 10 invitations to Hallowe'en parties. Encore, Encore! Norman Tess, secretary of the Senior Girls' club claims that the encore donors believe in capital hauntment. Unlike Taft Spirit: Audrey Dietz, 4B, says, Onions to the Taftite who blew taps at the game with Amundsen when an Amundsen player was out. Hm-m-mf time to hide the gate again! Wiener roasts, hay rides, cider and doughnuts, foggy nights, the smell of burning leaves remind us that our favorite season is here. Time Was t?l When we went from door to door chanting Tricks or treats! When we racked our brains for weeks trying to think of an origin- al costume for Ha1lowe'en and fi- nally appeared as a gypsy. When we cut school October 31 and got encores for a month. And remember the time you soaped a store window, and the owner came out and made you wash it? Oh to be young again!! Didja. Know That Wally Lahey is an active member of the S. O. S. iSisters of the Skilleth? That in modern lingo a witch is a cute gal? That the average tree has about 50,000 leaves? CAccording to this estimate, there are 150,000 leaves on our front lawn. Woe is me!! That there is a new scientific way of tackling the leaf problem? Here is a special formula which is guaranteed to get the direst re- sults. Step I: Select a windy day so that the leaves will come sailing down from the trees faster than you can rake them. Step 2: Deck yourself in the old- est apparel you can find around the house. This never fails to elicit laughs and snickers from passing friends UD. Let's Economize! Step 3: Remove your mother's collection of fruit jars from one old bushel basket and deposit the lat- ter on front lawn. Step 4: Gingerly brush spiders and cobwebs from the rake and sei it also in the front yard. Step 5: Add one cardboard car ton to the collection. In this con tainer you will place all clumps ol grass that get raked up, to be re planted later. 1The price of grass is going up, you knowlj Step 6: Now you are ready to be gin. But wait! It is beginning tc rain. Ho hum! Nothing to do but haul the stuff back again! A Stitch in Time The British soldiers must haw awfully small feet if we judge by the socks that some of the girl: are knitting. Question to George Zima: Hou in the world do you get your legs untangled after doing some ol those tricky dance steps? So now, off to the Stomp!

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Cctober 31, 1941 Chicago Schools Commemorate Armistice Day At exactly 1:30 p. m. November 10 all Chicago public high schools Armistice day will commemo1'ate N with an assem- A ,. p el.. bly. Mr. Clarence Fullmer, Des- plaine Post Legion n a i r e and Taft treas- urer, will de- liver a short address on the subject, The Story of the Armistice. at tl1e assembly given by the E n g l i s h de- partment under the direction of Miss Mabel Berquist. In addition Joan Shaw, English 8 student of Miss Jane Carleton, will speak on the effect of the war on poetry. Joyce Gillespie, Eng- lish 5 student of Miss Capron, will talk on the story of the Armistice. George Hanke, English 7 student of Mrs. Crissie Lascher, will give an address on the Unknown Soldier, and Barbara Ellis, 4A, will present In Flanders Field. The girls' chorus, under the di- rection of Mrs. Ruth Lino, will sing several selections appropriate for A1'mistice, while the mixed chorus under the direction of Mrs. C. E. Smith, will appear on the balcony and sing, Rest, Soldier, Rest. The assembly will be closed with the playing of taps. Mr. Fullmer Taft Tribune Page 27 Lindblom Takes City Golf Title Lindblonrs strong golf team de- feated Taft foursome in the finals for the citywide high school golf tournament at Tam O'Shanter Country club October 22, HW to ya points. Ross Whitney, low man on the Taft team, copped the yz point. Al- though Taft has an exceptionally good team, the Lindblom Hogans outplayed them on almost every hole. One under par for the Maroon and Gold, Chester Wirtel, who placed in the National Amateur Open Golf tournament, shot a 35, one under par, for the first nine holes of Tam's difficult course. He ended with a par 72. Norbert Piasecki played the rocks the second hole. Just as his ball was about to fall into the river it struck the rocks on the other side and bounced back. The Taft men played good golf as was shown by the scores: Ross Whitney, 763 Fred Fassnacht, 793 Norbert Piasecki, 823 Chuck Granger, 84. Taft had battled her way to the semi-finals in the north section and played Steinmetz, winner of the West section, at Big Oaks three times in order to play Lindblom, the champ of the South and Central sections. The team tied Steinmetz twice and, on the last holes of the deciding match, played in semi da1'kness so that artificial light was required to make the last few shots. Fred Fassnacht, captain of the Taft team, hadn't lost a single match in two years of high school competition. Taftis Triple Triumph Trumped Amundsen Topples Before Eagles 7-0 Taft won its second straight game by defeating Amundsen, 7 to 0, at Hanson field, October 18, thus causing one of the greatest upsets in its section. The first quarter Amundsen, aided by a fumble on a punt, was in scoring territory with first down and goal to go, but Taft held, and Amundsen's efforts prevailed no score. From the second quarter on, Taft remained in almost complete possession of the field and was on Amundsen's one-yard line when the half ended. A pass from Fass- nacht to Doebler was good to the one-yard line, but the end of the half stopped a score. Hilgenberg Scores The third quarter was decidedly in Taft's favor. A blocked kick by Zjawinski, guard, gave Taft pos- session of the ball. Taft then dis- played a splendid offence and marched down the field to the 8- yard line. On the next play Hil- genberg ran it over for a touch- down. Fassnacht Makes Point The extra point was tried by Fassnacht and was good, making the score 7 to 0 in favor of Taft. The last quarter Taft was again in threat of scoring, but eager to hold the lead they now had, they played a conservative game instead of risking a chance which might result in a score for Amundsen. When the game ended, Taft was well in the enemy's territory on another touchdown march. Final Play Brings Defeat in Taft Homecoming Before a record crowd of 1,750 Taftites, including 250 alumni and an overwhelming number of par- ents and teachers, Taft played a 9 to 7 defeat to Schurz at its initial homecoming game last Saturday. With the score 7 to 3 in Taft's favor until late in the final quarter, Schurz accomplished a touchdown. The first quarter was a scoreless one for both teams. Late in the second Schurz scored a field goal, and at the half the score was Schurz 3, Taft 0. During the third quarter Taft scored on a pass thrown by Fass- nacht, half back, to Srednicki, end. The extra point was made by Eng- lish, fullback, making the score 7 to 3 in Taft's favor. Late in the last quarter a fourth down pass thrown by Schwall ol Schurz brought the ball to Taft's 10-yard line. With less than twc minutes to play Schurz plunged through to the 3-yard line. Two scoreless attempts were tried, and on the third try Murdock made a touchdown which was good only by inches. The extra. point was wide, and the score was left at 9 to 7. Schurz kicked to Taft with one minute and a half left to play. A 35-yard run back brought the ball on Taft's own 40-yard line. Taft failed to score, and the score re- mained 9 to 7 in favor of Schurz. Eagles FI High Over Waller and Amundsen Left: Fear-not Fassnacht makes first touchdown of season at Taft-Waller melee October 11, giving Taft a 6 to 0 victory. Center: Fassnacht plunges through the Vikings' line for a 10-yard gain in the Taft-Amundsen game October 18. A touchdown in the third quarter by Ray Hilgengerg and an extra point by Carl English gave Taft its second victory of the season. Right: Jim lSrednicki dives for an Amundsen halfback and brings him down for a one- yard loss. Ray Zjawinski and Fassnacht, in the background, are ready to tackle. Taft plays Lake View tomorrow at 12:30 at Winnemac.

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October 31, 1941 In the Quake of the News By Bill Bessemer Sign of the Times: Observed on the map of Europe: TEMPORARILY OUT OF SERVICE 0. U. Kid. Will Wonders Never Cease? At last the Lone Ranger has taken off his mask. Now all that's left for us to wonder about is Down- wind's face. -Danny Boy. One Never .Knowsz Since the rebuilt classics are meeting with success before mod- ern audiences, Tschaikowsky will probably have to join the ASCAP. -The Juke-Box Kid. Startling Facts: I hear that the Dutch Colonists bought Manhattan from some In- dians that didn't own it. And I thought I was gipped when I bought the Brooklyn Bridge. -0. G. A penny saved is a penny earned. Did you hear about the Scotchman who bought an electric razor so that he could shave on the street car? Then there's the golf playing Scotchman wl1o hit his ball out of Jounds and said, New golf ball. S0 cents, poison Ivy linament, 35. Nell, here goes nothing! -South Wind. Famous Last Words: Oh come on, Mr. Mooney Won't 'atch us. fWe dedicate this little luip to Don Johnson, 4B, who has wnly 40 more encores to serve.l -Casey. Encyclopedia Americana.: Man-the only animal that can we skinned more than once. Woman-that which usually does he aforementioned skinning. -AWOL. 'hese Kupcinet Brothers' The Daily Times gave the ,mundsen game a swell write-up. 'id you know that Coach Kupcl- et's brother writes sports for the imes? Eagle Squawks So you think you know what fun ! Well, I can assure you that you rn't unless you have square .nced. It is much easier to learn an regular dancing and four nes as much fun. I am in a posi- rn to lend Taft the use of the lumbia Square Dance Album. t's hear what you think about it. s loads of fun: so let's 'get irted. A Square Dance Minded IA. Taft Tribune Page Mental Telepathy Does It Get Youi- The Spook of lIl1C Month ueries Reporter By Wilma Dubs Puzzled faces were seen by your inquiring reporter when the ques- tion of the week, Do you believe in mental telepathy? was flashed at Taftites. With a pathetic glance, Bob Shamburg, 2A, innocently stated. No, because I haven't a mind. Medard Zabratanski, IB, without a second thought, met the question with a quick, Sure! I don't, but Mom does. She al- ways knows what's bubbling in this brain of mine, answered Barbara Ellis, 4A. Wrinkling his brow, Richard Es- terquest, 2B, asked, What is it? You don't have to rely on men- tal telepathy with all the beauti- ful dreams walking through Taft halls, complimented George Hop- per, 4B. Smiling, Walter Lahey, 4B, re- marked, It all depends on who it's with-meaning the fairer sex. From Mr. Paul Bigler, adminis- trative aide, came a positive, I do not, and Margery Bigler, 1A, agreed with him. What good is it when the per- son is so far away? complained Connie Donegan and Marilyn Eh- man, 4B's. The person you want to think about should be right near you. Furthermore, we don't have time to think. - Sis Holden, SA, quickly an- swered, Yes, where a certain somebody is concerned. Jack Winton, 4A, sadly com- mented, Yes, my girl knows ev- ery time I want a date and she usually beats me to the draw. Halloween Fantasy By Lois Meltzer Goblins frolic, witches revel, Jack-o-lantern, gloating devil, Night of shadows, moonlight mel- low, Candles glowing, eerie, yellow. Graveyard sleeping, now awake. Ghosts step forth while tombstones quake. Now a shadow, crossing moon, 'Tis a witch astride her broom. Broomstick ghost, with pumpkin head And lighted face, calls forth the dead. . Coal-black feline, omen evil, Comes forth quickly, softly steal Martian monsters, Orson Welles, Spooks infesting glades and dells. Wretched creatures, dressed in rags, Ghastly laughter, horrid hags. All year peaceful, not tonight, Bravest persons full of fright, Cowards shaking, turning green, Night of terror, Hallowe'en. Today, October 31, the Taft Trib takes great pleasure in announcing its selected personality for the month-that master of Hallowe'en ceremonies, Scrooge S. Spook. Readers of the Trib are familiar with the antics of this illustrious gentleman. Now it comes to light who nit is that holds the answer on the tip of your tongue, dries up your fountain pen in the middle of a test, and is sure to use tho vanishing act on your homework. When asked what was his pet peeve, Scrooge replied, People who don't believe in ghosts. His hobby proves him to be a true benefactor to Taftites as he collects that red liquid used to dec- orate course books every time the marking peniod comes around. Other than haunting graveyards, tapping on windows, and making unearthly, weird sounds, Mr. Spook takes an active interest in com- municating with the spirits of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra. His great ambitions are to take Henrietta, the last of the wvltches, to the Spook Stomp and haunt the universe. Eekl Alas! Poor oe and Moe! By Patsy Dolan Wind whistles through the pines: darkness shrouds the town. All ls still except for the weiry whoots of an owl or meeow of an alley cat. Joe and Moe steal slyly along. They cast quick glances around them. Not a soul in sight. Suddenly they grabs it, and thrusts it into an old dilapidated gunny sack. Slowly they turn back and creep fin and out the ghostly shadows ot trees and shrubs, tripping and fall- ing, becoming cut and bruised, but still they go onward, determination and eagerness written on their faces. Nearing the edge of the treach- erous forest they come to a seclud- stop. Moe lunges forward, ed tumble-down shack far from civilization. They enter with satis- faction and sly smiles on their mugs. Depositing the gunny sack in the middle of the bare floor, Moe slips from his pocket a, long, cold knife, opens the sack, and plunges the blade into it. He slashes and digs, cuts and twists. With a final plunge he drags it into the light of a soli- tary candle. A look of horror comes rlnto their eyes. They gaze and gaze, finally breaking into an hysterical ruth- less laugh. Poor Joe and Moe! What have they done? EEK! It's a squash, not a pump- kin. By Hal 0'ween. When a Garden You D0 Make . . . There my garden blooms again, Green and rosy painted All because the Clean-up campaign Got me iuspirated. When at home alone you sit Getting bored and tired of all of it, .lust seize the shovel, rake, and hoe And make a garden. Blues will go. When the lawn is softly green And everywhere fresh beauty can be seen, When the larkspur blue and tall Peeps at roses o'er the wall, When the phlox all white and red Vies with asters in your flower-bed, When the bluebirds flash and sing With red, red robins on the wing, The house and fences, trees and lawn, Then your heart will brim with The garden gate you swing upon, cheer The pump and stable, vines and And your home will prove most swing, dear. Well, why not doll up everything? Robert Lindroth, 2A. R emem berlf Social Dancing Every Friday Evening