Taft High School - Eagle Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Taft ow ocial enter 0 See Taft Tomorrow a t ri une K A 3 A F Friday, September 119, 1941 Taft High School. Chicago, Illinois K ' V0l- 5- N0- 1 Pedagoguesghat Wishing Made It So About Vacations ln Distant Parts After the last bells of Taft rang reedom to faculty and Taftites, 'Band Leader Rapier dashed off pn a directing tour. With Salem. .llinois as a starting point, Mr. lohn Rapier waved his baton ,hrough Michigang Grand Forks, worth Dakota: Wisconsin: and vlason City, Iowa. During this ,ime he directed a musical comedy :onsisting of 45 people, with Vin- cent Lopez and his suave Eastern- :rs taking top billing of their show n Minot, North Dakota. To quote the maestro on angling, 'Fished every puddle between Taft ind North Dakota with the net re- sult, one pound and a quarter of northern pike and several shoals nf sardines. Speed Demon Arrives The last curtain fell in Mason lity, Iowa, Monday, September irst, at 12 p. in. Arriving in Chi- 'ago Tuesday, at 6:45 a. m., MP. lapier skidded into Taft's halls at 130. Beat. that for speed! Mrs. Lillian Perry, with her amily, traveled by auto through he Black Hills and Yellowstone Jational Park. Their trip ended in tocky Mountain Park. Miss Catherine Kelly ambitiously rove 8,000 miles west, through Denver to California while on her acation. At the expiration of hirty days, she turned homeward hrough Texas and Mexico City. Vhile in Monterey, Mexico, she ,appened to meet Mrs. Mary Far- ell who was also vacationing. Miss Kelly Travels in Style An air conditioned car protected llss Kelly's party from excessive eat while driving through Palm tpriugs. The open road beckoned to Miss lary Keech. Yielding to tempta- ion, she headed north to the Wis- onsin Dells in her trailer: from here to the Black Hills became ieir objective where she stated nat she had climbed to the top of 1ashington's head. The wonders of Yellowstone Park U , it -ai -sg: +1 ' J , 1. 27,25 if '33 'ii 'WE-Sai ':-H fix 'gg' - ' It-f P' ' A-inns. A A 0 ui --N 2 4. I, i :sa 7 2:2 ' -'- l rl-ll' :za 'X i X ef - sv 1 . --r . s-.ss It 1 Q 40- , ' pg' , N , I ' 'tl' l ti -, !'!L,Ki'V lit 7 . '. I ' '-QIi'?.4 V41 drew the trailer westward where, they alleged. We fraternized with the bears. The homeward journey wound through Nebraska and Il- linois. Miss Grace McCue spent an ex- citing summer, part of which was spent at a dude ranch situated near the Colorado Springs. Exciting events included being caught up in the mountains during a raging hail storm. Athletic Directors Go Camping Mr. Saul Farber combined work and play, acting as athletic di- rector of a boys' camp situated in Eagle River, Wisconsin, where he instructed 100 boys for a period of eight weeks. His colleague, Joe Kupcinet, directed a similar camp ten miles distance from Mr. Far- ber. Whitey Oberg stopped to visit Mr. Farber while traveling through Wisconsin. Mrs. Andrews Sees Cuba As to be expected of a Spanish teacher, Mrs. Norma Andrews trav- eled from St. Petersburg, Florida to Cuba by boat during the summer months, after spending some time studying psychiatry at the Univer- sity of Chicago. Find Adventure With New Season: Doctor Johnson Dear Students. You have left the long lazy sum- mer behind you. Autumn and the opening of school bring on a season of activity for all of us. For you it is school activities-renew-ing old friendships and making new ones-and getting back to your studies. The cool days of Autumn foster active minds and bodies. You find you are alert and ready for any kind of adventure. There is a wide range of ad- venture within your school and community when you open your eyes and your ears to its call. It is found in books-science, travel, and biogriphyg in sports-the foot- ball season will soon be in full swing: in your clubsg and in act- ual participation in work and study in your school and home. Enter into the spirit of advent- ure and make each day an interest- ing experience. Sincerely. Willimn H. Johnson Superintendent of Schools Board of Ed. Sponsors Dancing Friday Evenings The age old plea of the younger generation ol' Norwood Park and its vicinity has at long last been an- swered by the announcement of the opening of a social dance center at Taft high school, The dancing will be held each Friday night from 7 to 12 p. nl. The beginners' class instruction will be held from 7 to 7:45 p. m., the ad- vanced class instruction will be from 7:45 to 8:30 p. m.g and from 8:30 until midnight social dancing will be held. The admission for this entire evening of entertainment will be only 10 cents. Chaperons and matrons will be in constant at- tendance. Spooks Stomp to Open Season The first dance and party to be held at Taft will be the Spooks Stomp to be held in the boys' gym- nasium Friday evening, October 31. Thereafter the dances will be held each Friday night with parties in- cluded for the more limportant oc- casions. Everyone between the ages of 16 and 25 is invited to don his best bib and tucker in readiness for the big event. Professional Musicians to Play The center, sponsored by the Board of Education. is under the direction of Miss Ernestine Badt. It is one of many being held in the Chicago public high schools. Mem- bers of the Chicago Federation of Musicians provide the orchestra- tions with professional instructors helping out the beginners in danc- ing. The center is under the super- vision of Mr. Leonard Tuescher, assistant principal, Mrs. Henrietta Hintz, and Mr. Paul Bigler. Are You Wide Awake? Do you sec with n crltlvnl eye? If so. thc following- contest will ill- terest you. An u novelty the Trib offers you this Issue replete with errors. The student who mm record the greatest number of nilstnken In this issue - grmnnmtlcnl, ortllo- grnphlc, rhetorical, mechanical, inc-tunl et cetern - will be nwnrilcd n free subscription to the Trib for the entire school yenr. Send your results to the 'I'nlt Trib office.