Taft High School - Eagle Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Page 4 Taft Tribune September 19, 194 Just clleminiscing' 0 The In the Quake Two years ago a new school opened its doors. Into it flocked sopho- mores, juniors, and seniors from Schurz, Von Steuben, and other north- west side schools. At Taft they found an unfinished building and a sandy treeless campus. There were no proud Seniors or lowly Freshies that year. Everyone was new. Classes and programs had to be scheduled. Traditions had to be built up. The North Central association had to accredit the school. Remember how we selected the name of the Eagles for Taft's teams, chose Blue and Silver for the school's colors, and emblazoned the title of Tribune on the masthead of the school paper? Will anybody ever forget the introduction of Mr. Rapier's Taft Loyalty song, the first dance with James Shamburg and Helen Guernsey as the king and queen of the waltz, the election of Jean Bostwdck as Rose Queen, the first June graduating class? All those things gave Taft the start that must be kept up today. The Freshmen then are the Juniors now. Many classes have gone. yet, as the upper classmen walk down the halls they see familiar faces of students who return to Taft to reminisce about Only Yesterday. Library Offers Fine Entertainment Books! Books! Everywhere books, but how many Taft students ever think of using this fine selection of literary achievements in our library? How many freshmen, sophomores, and even juniors and seniors have never gone to the bother of getting a library card, and how many more have never used the cards they do have. Although comic books and movie magazines seem to be all the rage, it does look just a trifle more studious to have a copy of Scott's works or a book on handicraft along with your notebook as you pass from class to class. You don't have to take them out with the intention of reading them completely, but when the diviision period seems unbearably long, or your English teacher is delayed enroute to class, just open up the book and see what made the author write what he did. Make all the corrections you see fit in his so-called masterpiece. Before long you're liable to find yourself genuinely interested in the book, but that's all right-everyone knows you're reading it just to pass time. Perhaps you've never bothered to see just what ds in your library. The librarians are only too glad to assist you in your selection of a good book. .-li..-.. . 'Neither a Borrower Nor A Lender Be' Have you a reputation for depending on others for your existence? Do you constantly have to borrow pencils, paper, money, and tomorrow's homework? If so, you are one of the much-hated species of animals called the parasite, alias sponger, deadbeat, chiseler, and panhandler. Could it be that you are just minus memonies or are you really as bad as you seem? Have you a criminal record in every mental file of society including unpaid nickels and borrowed school work that made both you and the lender get stoplight grades when the teacher found out? The length of your sponging record will make people find out in a hurry what your number is. If people can't borrow, they'll have to get their own! Taft Tribune Published Bi-weekly by the Journalism Students ol the WIIiLIAM HOWARD TAFT IIIGH SCHOOL 5025 North Nntomn Ave., Chicago. Ill. September 10, 1941 Price Five Cents Edltor-in-chief: Lorraine Rllulvy. Features: Jeanette Behrens, Bill Bessemer, Mary Boarini, Frank Bostwlck. Carl English, Norman Esserman, Mabel Heen, Don Johnson, Lois Johnson, Patricia Peterson, Norma. Tess. News: Jeanne Beaton, Pat Dolan, Audrey Dietz, Wilma Dubs, Viola Fatal: Nancy Gray, Charlotte Henrickson, Olive Horst, Shirley K ge, Jeanette Kane, Jeanne Lutz, Vvinnie Pufont, Mary Jane Shirley, ert Smith. f j Photography: Stanley Logan. , 4 Beam By Pat Dolan A crowd of eager students wait- ing outside the door for their next class, - a meek little individual with his mama in tow, - a be- spectacled young man lugging a briefcase bigger than himself, - these and other symptoms mean but one thing - Freshies at Large!! Big Bargain Have you heard about the penny- wise young frosh who advanced toward the lunchroom cashier car- rying a huge bowl of stuff ? The cashier looked at it in surprise and asked her what it was. Oh, re- plied the little girl, this is a bar- gain. It was marked two cents! f'Twas the salad dressing.J This Younger Generation! But on the whole, this year's crop of young hopefuls has not been as profitable as those of past years. The sales of elevator tickets have dropped considerably, and the old football ticket business is at a standstill. Latest reports show a. freshie trying to sell a lunchroom pass to a senior! These young moderns are far more worldly and matter-of-fact. Upon receiving their room assign- ments, they calmly go to the right room instead of ending up some- where in the basement, and there's certainly not much of the scared rabbit about them. Signs of the Season Just in case you forgot what time of the year it was tsilly, isn't it?D you would probably be reminded by certain familiar sights. For in- stance: Crew haircuts in the grue- some stageg - summer tans pull- ing a fade-out: - Taft Trib report- ers cramming to make the dead- lineg - Mr. J. Puippo gleefully snipping his way down the hall, leaving a, neat trail ot' broken locks behind himg - Homework!?!tXlg Model T's rattling and back- firing around the schoolg - An odd assortment of black eyes, cuts, scratches, and similar injunies heralding the approach of the foot- ball seasong - A certain senior counting the days till Christmas vacationg - Various alumni haunt- ing the halls of their Alma - Cut slips, pigtails, Mater g squashed lunches, umbrellas in the sunshine, fish stories, musical car horns fpuff! pufflj There will now be a brief pause for station identification! Almost forgotten - program changes, nasty, noisy, old alarm ,X cks, slightly deflated pocket- b Ks, unconvertlible convertibles, chairless chem laboratories. of the News By Bill Bessemer .-..- Famous Last Words: Mr. Teuscher wants to see me! Isn't It Strange That: The answer to any question ce be - I don't know. Teachers, especially histoi teachers, don't realize how tirt we are of discussing the intern tional situation? Encyclopedia Americana.- Encores: Unjust punishment innocent people. -M. E. G. Dumbell Pome: With penciled eyebrows, carminn lips, Powder and rouge on her face, With waiistline nowhere near tl hips, And broomstick skirt to set tl pace- This is the modern girl who making Comes 'neath the head of natu faking. -E. G. Question of the Week- Is Mr. Mooney eligible for t' draft? -Ann Nonymous. Why Not?- Will the present gasoline shoi age cause Taft students to be la for school? -Me Famous Last Words- Double your money back if n completely satisfied. Let me at him. -Marilyn She won't flunk me again. -Little Willie Dumbell Pome Drizzle, drizzle, Drool and dribbleg Gutters drip and Sidewalks sizzle. Hair is hanging, Shoes are damp- Mother Nature, You're a tramp! S' Help Me- A frantic girl rushed into t' city room, rushed to the editor, ai gasped, For hevvin's sake, st' the presses! Somebody assassinate Hitler queried the editor, holding l breath. Worse, she cried, I told the I wore a blue chiffon dress to t ball, and, My Gawd, it was a pii georgette! The editor turned pale. He grs bed the phone. Hey Slim, ' shouted hoarsely, stop the presses! -0. U. Kid

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September 19, 1941 Taft Tribune Alumni Now Busy Beta Heads Set Work to Be Done Advancing Selves At Work, Colleges What's become of those once fa- miliar faces at Taft? Here's a few answers: Many of them have now entered college. Wright claimed Jean Bost- wlck, Ken Rolin, and Elmer Kato. Bob Brown is singing Wpisconsin's victory song and Bob Mogenson plans to study at Armour. Adeline Altergott and Bob Ericksen con- tinue at Lake Forest and will wel- come Smooch Ericksen and George Wise as classmates. Ruth- iayne Aeberly attends Northwestern while Bill Ellis hangs out at Cor- nell. Both Don Amenta and Bud I'rick hope to play-football for the Knox team. Harriet Myers, ex Taft Trib staff member, is kept busy writing for an Edison-Norwood paper and Ken Manchee, an ex Trib photographer. ls at work in an electric shop. Dennis Jachim has the ideal po- sition-he photographs the gor- geous Petty girls and other Models! Tl1e ex-Taftites doing general of- fice and secretarial work are nu- merous. Among them are: Dot Rees, Irene Wiedow, Sue Riemer, Darlene Feege, Eleanor Vana, and Marilyn Lutz. Ray Froelich and Jane Geib are :elegraph operators. Tom Orzada is page boy and Betty Dowd page girl tt downtown banks. Arlene Edgren works for the telephone company ind Shirlee Turner acts as a recep- .ionist. Future Florence Nightingales: Betty Hanke and Helen Gilbertson are studying at St. Anne's and the Presbyterian Hospitals, respec- tively. Joan Wilson, studying dramatics it the Goodman Theater, has aspi- rations toward the stage. Good luck to all of them! 'Batonical' Mystery! What happened to the twirler's batons? I confess!! I did it! You don't iave to believe me. I'll do anything zo get my name in the paper. The plot thickens! Some one swiped the baton twirler's batons. Everything was all right during :he first football assembly, but at :he second, the batons of Margret Ann Scott and Elaine Giese were nissing. The absence of Pat Earle, Taft's star twirler, was more conspicuous :han that of both missing batons. After the dirty work was done :he batons appeared just as mys- periously as they vanished. The sit- iation was well in hand and by the ,ime of the P. M. assemblies the girls were strutting as of yore . . . ninus Miss Earle. Beta Tri-Hi-Yfs officers: first row: Marjorie Mann, secretary: Charlene Tllntousek, president: XVilma Dubs, vlee-president: .second row: Mildred Idle, elmplalug Harriet Grand, treasurerg Marilyn Brant, sergeant-at-nrmsg Marilyn Somlermun, program chairman. oys Have Wz'cz'e Choice at Taft If office statistics mean any- thing, the fellows at Taft had bet- ter watch their step. Along side of the paltry total of 940 boys, the supreme total of 1,264 pulchritudi- nous nifties looks enormous. This term, Taft has been honored with the arrival of 445 freshies. Of this sum 225 are of the fairer sex and the other 220 boys. The group with the second highest membership is the 3B group. These astonishing students have among their numbers 233 girls and 181 boys. The 4A class has a total of 145. 4B's have 304, 3A's possess 167, the 2BB's 340, 2A's 199, and finally the 1A's with 190 up and coming geniuses. All students who are inter- ested in bowling this semes- ter should start forming their teams. The name of the team and players should be ready, so that when the first meet- ing is held activity can begin immediately. Mr. John Piuppo, sponsor, hopes there will be enough candidates to form two boys and two girls teams. For the freshmen who wish to join, there will be a junior league that will meet S a t u r d a y' morning. Musical Groups Resume Activit The mixed chorus proved to the school that the summer vacation had not affected their voices at the Defense Assembly, Wednesday, September 10.' Mrs. C. E. Smith, substituting for Mrs. Helen B. Scanlon who is on sabbatical leave, led the chorus in two numbers: A Medley of Ameri- can National Airs by C. F. Furey and Americ-a's Message by John- stone. No definite plans have as yet been formulated for their fu- ture programs. M1'. Rapier reports that definite plans have already been formulated for next semester's work in the band and orchestra. A solo contest will be held February 13: an en- semble contest the week of March 3: a band contest, April 13: and the orchestra contest May 13. Prac- tice is already in progress in ex- pectation of another S rating. The Taft Girls' Chorus directed by Mrs. Ruth Lino has already started on its way. Their first per- formance will be for Taft Parent Teachers' sometime in October. The officers for this year are as fol- lows: Lucille Nitche. president: Josephine Gendilee, vice-president: Mary Boarini, secretary: and Eve- yn Seivers, treasurer. The accompanists for the coming year will be Carmelita Lorocco, h Schielka. Evelyn Seivers. and Anderson. I Page 3 BookroomCorps Serves Taftites Indefatigabl Can you hurry that order on the Chemistry books for me? ex- the chemistry teachers rushzing up to a book room attendant. Are those English 2 books ready to take now? came an- other voice. The ladders were raised and the books were handed down in nothing short of a second. This may sound compara- tively simple, but in reality the work is tedious and unending in the unbearable heat of the book room. claimed one of I 1 Mr. Ruben An addition of 700 books has been made this semester. These books must be stamped several times, properly arranged on the shelves and a record kept of every transaction. It is students, such as Josephine Gendillee who has charge of the records, Lucille Carucci, Gloria Kissel, Marilyn Fischer and the muscle men Howard Zyhert and Richard Paragene who make this work possible. These students de- serve a great deal of recognition for their assistance in organizing the books. It is really a different job and my helpers have done :it well, stated Mr. Irving Ruben. However, the bookroom crew felt that without Mr. Ruben's ample supervision, things would never have been as perfectly managed as they have been. The book room is ready to serve you the second, third, fifth, sev- enth, eighth, ninth and tenth per- iods. G. A. A. 6Kicks Off' Amid showers of footballs Joe Sophomore and Sally Senior trip- ped the light fantastic at the G.A.A. Kick-Off dance last Friday. With footbzills pinned to their lapels, Taftites couldn't help but get into the spirit of the coming football season. At the stroke of 3:30 p. m., the kick-off occurred with George Pat- terson, manager of the team doing the honors. Then like pennies from heaven brightly colored foot- balls descended, The new dance band, The Es- quires came through with flying colors. The decorations were silver and blue.

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September 19, 1941 Have You Heard the Latest? Daffynitions When Mrs. Lascher asked in her English 7 class what the difference is between a comedy and a tragedy, John Wortman, 4B, jumped up quipping blithely that when the guy gets the beautiful blond, that's a comedy, but when he doesn't get her, that's a tragedy! In an attempt to simpl.ify the mathematical language, Professor Seyller explained to his naive freshmen that positive is like going eastg negative is like going west: positive is like above zero, nega- tive is like below zerog positive is like going to heaven, and negative is like-yes, yes, go on. Why stop Dear Freshmen: Have you Bought your season punch card for the escalator? Written your first English com- position on what you did this sum- mer? Or My Impressions of School? Learned the conjugation of your first Latin verb? Made your reserved sign for your chosen lunch table? Brought your soda crackers twhich should repose at present in your lockerj for afternoon tea dur- sing lengthened divisions? Obtained your week's supply of paper towels at the box office? Been fortunate enough to be one of the elite and get a locker with electric lights and a good view? The ones overlooking the railroad tracks are nice. High Dizzy Doings Camp life must have been hard on Charlene Matousek, for it left her speechless. She has just re- gained her lost vocal cords, after spending a week as a counselor at Camp Hastings along with Dolly Rix, Ruth Shumacker, Lee Brink- worth, and Nancy Gray. Was the lunchroom cashier taken aback when a pennywise Freshie walked past her with a huge bowl of mayonaise in tow. What are you going to do with that? asked the stupefied cashier. Well, it only costs two cents, re- plied the llnnocent one. Seen While Snoopin': Hank Kritikson and Noreen Anderson, unaccustomed to the warm city after their summer country life, calmly removed their shoes- and socks and happily walked out of school. Norman Esserman had to play a set of tennis in his underwear when he lost his trousers in a love game. He has now given up tennis. Is it for good or for pants? Of course the Kaage car couldn't have a blow-out at any time but Taft Tribune Page 5 1 R f A'f,Zfw,,,,eQ'Qf,,i' The Bo of the Month Would You Like? ' By Lois Johnson Have you ever wanted to change your handle? Thais month's inquir- ing reporter gives you an oppor- tunity to do so with this question. Betty Brendel, IB, was all en- thused over the idea of changing her name to Lana Turner. A change has already been made, said Jess Taylor, 2A, when approached. Jesse was his former title. Enigmatic Mr. Osbon Quoth Kenneth Osbon, that dy- namic head of the history depart- ment. I've had my name so long now if I changed it I wouldn't know who I was, but I could think of plenty of good changes for other people. Miss Jane Carleton has always been satisfied wwith her name but she said those who intend to change their names should remember thlis verse: Change the name but not the let- ter, Change for the worse and not for the better. Tsk, Tsk, Charles Annabelle was Charles Weider's choice of a name for himself. tSlight1y feminineq Frederick Bunge, 2A, would be glad to change his name to some- thing the teachers could pronounce correctly. Ruth Mooney, 4B, took a roman- tic View of the question when she replied she would Like to have her name changed to Mrs. Chuck Mittle. Norwood Booth, 1B, averred any- thing but Norwood would do. Red-headed Gladys Myszler, 3B, thinks as long as she has red hair she may as well have an Irish 11ame so her choice is Patty O'Day. James Craig, 4A, stated, Mine's bad enough as it is. Virginia Herringshaw, 4A, would pick Star Lynn Shaw. Catherine Vonesh, 4B, said, That depends on whose name I take. when Shxirley was driving it home from school! Were You There When: Donald Reum and Bill fDelilahb Lessmann clipped Sampson Peg- gy Reller's hair in division? Bernard Dabbert went all around school asking for bobby-pins to put up Dick Lewis's fair tresses? All they lacked was a blond hair net. Howard Payne put the bottom window down so he could unlock the top one? Wright Peterson acquired his convertible? With the reopening of school, versatile William Stephen, 4A, comes to the front as Mr. Hoefer's choice for the Boy of the Month. Bill is one of these square-shoot ing, all-round people that everyone likes and admires. In the spring, he lives and breathes baseball and has been a member of the team since its beginning, contributing more than his share of good pitch- ing and hitting. In his spare time he makes and sells costume jewelry of wood and walnuts, samples of which you have undoubtedly seen on the wrists of various fair Tafties. His hobby has grown so much in a year that tit is now a full-fledged business. Bill does not spend all of his time at baseball and bracelets, l1ow- ever, as his grades and membership in the Honor Society indicate. When possible he also spends much time fishing, playing tennis, swim- ming, and participating in other sports. He likes to dance and does indulge frequently. His extra school hours are spent as a hall marshall, and in changing programs for Mr. Mooney. Bill is a loyal Taftite, having William Stephen come from Schurz as a 2A when Taft was opened, and he would rather be here than anywhere else. Beyond wanting to go to North- western his plans for the future are not too definite. The Tribune Presents Mrs. Perry Because of her prolonged vaca- tion duning the first two weeks of the school term, it was impossible to obtain a direct interview from Mrs. Evelyn Perry, Taft's choice for this issue's teacher of the month. It was therefore necessary to call upon her husband, Mr. Enos Perry, to obtain the needed information. Born in Chicago, Ill., Mrs. Perry was graduated from the Senn high school. She received her Bachelor of Arts and Masters Degree in Eng- lish from the University of Chicago. Mrs. Perry began her teaching career at the Henry elementary school. From there she went to Schurz high school, where she was sponsor of the Schurz Times and finally, with the opening of Taft in September, 1939, she once again changed schools. Her hobbies, other than playing bridge, are all along the athletic line-swimming, horseback riding, golfing, and hunting. She is also a skilled dancer, pianist and violin- ist. Mr. Perry could think of no greater ambition of hers other than that of making the Trib a darn good paper. He further explained that he believed her disposition to be free from pet peeves and idio- syncracies. TAFTITES JOIN UNANIMOUSLY IN EXPRESSING THEIR APPRE- clation of the oll painting presented them by the Mendowlnrk club of the Norwood pnrk elementary clmol. The picture, n' copy of Jnlln James Audubon's Meadowlnrk.s, has been given to Taft to further the cstnbllsh- ment of an nrt center for the northwest slde. The Meadowlark club has been organized to lneet the need for bird conservation In this dlstrlct. It is directed by Mrs. Colldlt Voorhees and has a membershlp totnllngf over 1000 who have pledged themselves to protect all bird Ilfe.