Taft High School - Eagle Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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ctober 30, 1942 Taft Tribune Page 7 Vlzatfv New P1 Fa.s'hions round Taft shlon Flash- rn Sadie Hawkin's Day No- nber 5, every Daisy Mae will wear in blue jeans, plaid shirt, L plgtails . . . you're on your 1 that day, girls! an While Snooping- .ed flannels in every size and :ription-for the fairer sex at L! .ed box coats everywhere and where . . . Iam'selle has her choice of ,ring cotton hose, or the latest ,ld leg lacquer to keep her ity gams warm . . . ispectlon tags on wood clothing :ing more and more like iues, with 10092: new wool as appetizer and milk wool as a arage. . . ee cream pastels made partly the new wool-like aralac sub- lce and partly of rayon-they washable and sporty: tops for vol or dates . . uttons replacing priority trim- g on suits and dresses. . . alluloid sequins of every color ering on evening wear . . . all heads from top to toe . . . Latest in Sweaters Stuff- atty Cameron's 3 new knobby sweaters--the favorite a olate brown that looks good igh to eat . . . prole Choltz' latest, an inde- xable, but beautiful tint of n . . . itching sweaters and socks, as Charlotte Zlmmer's sea n ones-she knitted them her- too . . . eaking of sweaters, you haven't anything till you've cast your on Fat Smlth's green plaid d Oscar RudoIph's mosaic ...- anne Wayne claims to have xagglest sweater in school, but res Comerford runs a close ld . . . -hoppers and Carry-alls- yllis Lange has the largest col- rn of purses: one for every I: . . . lda W3gIl6I',S brown felt bag e biggest one we've seen . . . ne doubting this may see Velda .g along a monkey wrench, she be a bit hard to convlnce3. rtha Nlestadt's scotch plaid bag is the brightest and at of all . . . lgator is more popular than for both bags and shoes, and o a sadly deflated budget G. V. have decided to raise their Anyone possessing a real live tor please note, Korzen's Classes Discuss Problems Concerning War Friday, October 2, the students of Mr. Joseph Korzen's history class- es held a forum on subjects of ln- terest to all. Students were picked by Mr. Korzen to speak on: Eighteen and Nineteen Year Olds in the Draft, The Effect on Schools and Col- leges, All Out for War, 'fF'ind- ing the Road to Victory, Com- munity and School in Defense, and The World After the War. These subjects were divided between four or five pupils from each of the third, fifth, sixth, eighth, and ninth period classes respectively. This is something' new in the way of enlighting the student body with what is being done to aid our war effort. Some subjects such as were found in the first topic gave rise to much debate. Also a sub topic of Community and School in De- fense, namely, Compulsory Mili- tary Training. qCont. from page 33 Leslie Robinson and Henry Bieber. Every student will have an oppor- tunity to win a scholarship. E From Broomsticks to Checkers Most of the art classes are mak- ing beautifully decorated tray mats, colorful letter or stationary con- tainers, and checker sets for the soldiers in hospitals. Anyone hav- ing stray broomstlcks around please bring them to school as the checkers are made from them and then colored. Art Classes Helpful in Making Posters What we would do without the art department is beyond me. They sketch posters, posters and more posters for school use. Recently Esther Klein has made some for the P.T:A. -membership drive while others have drawn posters related to the scrap metal drive. Patches Patriotic- The be-patched person is no longer a hobo but a patriotic cit- izen . . . Instead of throwing away that navy wool dress, which persists in fraying on the edges and cuffs, bind or stitch them in bright colors . . . To pep up that old thing that mom insists you wear, replace or reinforce the pockets and armpits with bright patches . . . For something really gay, pur- chase a skirt made completely of bright colored patches-but please don't flaunt them with striped or plaid blouses! . . . Miscellaneous Mention- Examples of morale-boosting col- ors shown this season are Barbara Frederick's french' violet, and Jeanne Kirkland s kelly green suit. What the Other Schools Have in Their Corn Dept. Teacher' fto small pupil3: Spell straight. Pupil: S-t-r-a-i-g-h-t. Teacher: Correctg what does it mean? Pupil: Without ginger ale. --The Hyde Park Weekly l ll 3 lst stoolie: Why don't you buy your boy an encyclopedia. -2nd stoolie: i'I can't afford lt. Let him walk to school like I did. The Creston Echo as 1 4 Recognition Said one fish to another as they saw an empty salmon can: Your Uncle Humbert-may he rest in peace. . . The Shore Line l K ! Fond Father: I can't understand my son. Always while going to school here at home he gets hun- dreds, and now he's in China he gets 'Zeros'. The Campus Corral fCont. from page 53 DONNIE PEDLER doing the same thing in the girls' red sweater he had to wear on a bet. . . LOU GLEASON, 3B, keeping the injured backfield company, by get- ting her knee thoroughly hurt .... Sudden Toughts . . . How does PHYLLIS COYLE, 3A, manage to remain so calm and col- lected when everybody else is dash- ing around .... LOCK, EHCELL, DICK SCHOES- LING, 1B's now you know better than to ask me to count to a hun- dred. . g. . BILL HOWELL, 1B, is either out- side counting the minutes till he can come in or inside counting the minutes till he can go out .... Wonder why the Daily News and the Sun always call us the Taft Presidents . . . Have you ever noticed how much banana caramels taste like nail polish smells .... We always thoughts those classy leather suspenders were a joint possession of DAVE and JOHNNY DALTON, but we've changed our tune 'cause the other day they both showed up with a pair .... In English 7, per. 8, the class was reading oratorles aloud. One boy had trouble in pronouncing Armistice, and Miss Carleton told him to pronounce it in syllables, zum-is-tis. JIM CONCANNON quickly replied and whose arm is 'dis? . . . All boys should beware of the deadly hair clippers of MARTHA RETTINMIER, 3B, after seeing the Ishkablble job she did on her brother. Groups Hold Elections of New Oiiicers By Dorothy La Gorio We really feel that we have been neglecting the Junior Girls' Club, and so this issue we'll put them first on the list of club news. Vir- ginia Kissel has been chosen to lead the club this semester and Jean Young is the new vlce-presi- dent. The recording and corre- sponding secretarles are Evange- line Dayiantls and Jean Rabbe. Suzanne Simpson will serve as treasurer, and Roza Ohanison as sergant-at-arms. The club, which is primarily a school-service club, will try in some way to contribute to the national war effort. A mem- bership drive will shortly follow the tea to be held on Oct. 21. Time Will Tell The election of officers of the Honor Society was held on Tues- day, Oct. 27. The votes have not been counted as yet, but it's certain to be a close race. A program ar- ranged by Betty Hodous and Rob- ert Smith, followed. Miss Ber- quist thinks it's a good idea to combine business and pleasure, and plans to have more entertainment soon. The Business World The Business Gulld's meeting on Friday, Oct. 16, was the time and the place for the Guild's discus- sion, The Effect of the War on Food Supplies and Prices. fSounds like important stuff doesn't it-3 Officers will be elected at the next meeting. Going Up ' Miss Gladys Pascoe's 10th period on Thursday stunt club ls really going to town! Marilyn Fisher, one of its members, told us that in ad- dition to learning how to perform various kinds of stunts, the class is now being taught the pyramids . Knowing how to stand on top of each other without falling is really an art-believe me! No, I didn't try lt. fCont. from page 33 All this has been about 320, but now, let's switch over to 301 where Mrs. Lino rehearses her chorus. The fifth period is the girls' chorus. These girls work hard, and the wonderful results they get show lt. Then the sixth period the Mixed Chorus under Mrs. Scanlon takes over and they spend a happy period singing patriotic melodies and choral pieces. For most of these young mu- siclans the happiest minutes of their school day are the ones spent in the instrumental and choral groups. They are creative and ln- structive minutes as well as enjoy- able, and students only regret that they are minutes instead of hours.

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Mad Inventor Discovers Cure State Cuts In By Henry Green I The rain was pouring through the roof of Zruhcs High School and ln a dark room a man with every quality of a genius, except for brains was cooking up an idea. The idea must have been cooked too long because it stinks. - Oh well, so does this story-but enough of beating around the bush and on with this story. His name was Adolf Mussy. Hah, he cried out in a fiend- ish tone. I will test this prus- sic acid to see if it will kill. Mus- sy then takes off his stocking and captures a fly. He cautiously takes the captive fly out of his stocking, so he wouldn't hurt the fly and throws his stocking into the poison. The fly flies away as Mussy watches his stocking change color. Little by little it dissolves. It works, screams Mussy, dancing around with one foot bare. I'm a success--but now to use my acid for the purpose I have composed it for. Strictly Idiotic He leaves the high school and walks out into the wet streets. Ah! he says. My one foot will be dirty and the barefoot will be clean, so he rips a leg off his long underwear and it slips down to where his stocking was, and be- ing much satisfied, plods on. He starts to converse with himself, yes, I'll go home and get a good nights sleep and get in tip-top shape for the deed. He opens the door of his house, inserts the key and closes the door again. He ascends the stairs to his bedroom, unlaces his shoes, lays back the covers, fluffs the pillow to make it soft, crawls under the bed, and goes to sleep. Morning comes and we find our villian combing his hair with a wash rag and polishing his shoes with a dilapltated toothbrush. He rings the bell for his servant to make breakfast, then goes down- stairs and breaks a bacon and slices an egg. He rushes upstairs to feed his servant in bed. Gues I'll take a bath, quotes Mussy. so he puts the plug in the bathtub and turns on the hot water- Too hot, he says and turn on the cold water- Too cold, he says. Read the last thirteen words about nine or ten times and by that time the water has risen so high that our villian is almost drowned He spreads his ears and uses them for pontoons. He then paddles to safety outside the room. Later we find Mussy calling up Professor Baldy, another fiendish chemist. Mussy then pulls out a large pan and the two fiends start Ist Period Crowd Ends M'ckel Bus Trial T oo Much By J mnne Kirkland don't close that door yet- there's four more people trying to get on. So it goes every morning nickel bus the first period. Hey! on the Squashed and crammed, they hang out the windows and cower under the seats, and all to save three cents. Sad senior, once jolly juniors, slap-happy sophomores, and- one feeble freshie coming for an en- coreg all fighting for their allotted cubic inch-amazing how the sides expand! Back in the bus, the driver yells. But how was I to know which way was back? the midget sized fellow protested later from his hospital bed. The nickel brigade soon begins to operate. From all parts of the bus that hard earned cash is re- layed to the cashier fthe unfortu- nate soul nearest the nickel slotl. Woe be to anyone who pops up with that green folding stuff. At last! Napo1eon's underpass is reached' and the stampede really begins. From all over the bus physical wrecks stagger to the exit gasping for air . . . fresh air. The -rest of the day is spent get- ting back into condition for the next morning's ordeal. Is lt worth it? to conjure their prescription. 3 gallons of water, good dose of ar- senic, a touch of vineger for that nice taste, a bottle of ammonia, 13 tablespoons of sulpheric acid, 1 small bottle of peroxide, some hydrochloric acid and a bottle of iodine for healing purposes, reads off Mussy as Baldy gleefullypours in all the prescription calls for. Then they dump the stuff in the bathtub and stir with an old piece of steel, but as soon as the steel would touch the water it would dissolve. As three feet dance up and down the floor tMussy still has no stock- ing or shoe on one foot, so he doesn't let it touch the cold floorl the air rings with the cry, Suc- cess, I shall use it for the purpose is has been composed. Mussy then reaches for his tooth- brush and dips it into the bath- tub and starts to brush his teeths. It work, yelled Mussy after the doctors revived him, I have ln- vented a cure for unpleasant breath. Take Him Away The S-tate then took him to the police station where he received a copper cross for being the most in- sane person that has ever existed. Moral of the story-Pull out the bathtub plug if the water gets too high. Former Taftites Send News From Training Stations tCont. from page 23 As yet Tuck likes the Navy, but like all others, gets homesick at times. He is out at sea again and no word has been received from him for six weeks. Math Helped Marine Former Taftite, Tom Alcock now in the Marines has written the following letter to Miss Ryan. Stu- dents planning to go into one of the armed forces are urged to take heed of this letter. October 13, 1942 Dear Miss Ryan, Well I suppose you won't remem- ber me, but I was in your trig. class last semester. If you remem- ber correctly, I was going into the Army Air Corps, but I failed to fill the bill. So my next step was the Marines and here I am. If I can't fly the darn things I can cer- tainly be a navigator-och thatis where your trig. comes in handy. You see I had four years of math in high school and I never regretted it, even though I got pretty mad at times. LI suppose most of the boys in your class have the urge to enlist but please tell them for me that of they will only pay attention and learn what you teach them they will make something of themselves in' the Army, Air, or Signal Corps. I say the Army because the Ma- rine Corps is too tough to get into for that kind of work, such as a navigator, bomhardler, tor- pedo man or the like. As it was I got in by the skin of my teeth and had 'to talk them into it. So Miss Ryan will you please re- mind your classes to try as hard as they can and learn their math. The armed forces need men with mathematical knowledge. Believe me, anyone who is good at math may be somebody with bars and medals instead of cannon fodder or the like. Well Miss Ryan I have to clean my rifle and then go to bed, so I'll say good-bye, but be sure and let your students know what they're good for if they have a good math. background. One of your more non-intelligent students. Anyone who would like to write to Tom his address is as follows: Pvt. Thomas H. Alcook, Platoon 918, Recruit Depot-M.C.B., San Diego, Calif. More Powers to Marines Vincent Powers, of the United States Marines, has written a let- ter to let all his friends know that he is safe and 'sound somewhere across the equator. He says, If anyone tells you nwilling IB1 oin Buell if Dawn Patrol If you see any unhappy look freshman come strolling into building early in the morning, isn't because they have an ea program fcalm yourself senio oh no-they are the unwilling mt bers of Mr. Buell's Dawn Patri This select group consists those unfortunate individuals v found it unwise to impose on l Buell's better nature during his dustrial arts classes and ha As you have probable gathel by this time, the name Dawn . trol comes from the fact that dinarily these poor students do start until later in the morning. fCont. from page IJ So mark it on your calendar, To start on Hallowe'en night. We don't want slinking garb: lice To infest our house and yard The many germs they spre around We must really retard. And then their enormous appet From the food they eat, and sip Cause waste to such an extent It would build a battleship. So make a note of the date rig now, Help eliminate this curse 3 We've set the date for this ca paign On October thirty-first. these South Sea Island girls a pretty don't believe them. Last March 17th Vincent reach the age of 17, and the next day 1 joined the Marines. His address i Pvt. Vincent Powers, U. S. M. C. Unit 580 cjo Postmaster General San Francisco, Calif. Somethin' About A Soldier Another former Taft stude now ln the armed forces is Prlva Charles Wieder of the Arm Chuch is stationed at Louislan He sends word that he has hea: about the accomplishments of tl football team and ls proud of thel Letters from his old frienn would be deeply appreciated. H address is: Pvt. Charles Wieder 16068968 Co. C. 112 Inf. Reg. A.P.0. 28 cjo Postmaster, Leesville, La. Hero In Bombing Charlotte Coutre, 3B, is proud I her brother, Robert, a corporal 1 the Army, who was one of tl heroes in the bombing of the Its ian fleet in the Medlterranian Se

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Page 8 A Taft Tribune .. Stas 5 ,O O63 C62 HANK GREEN Taft gridders defeated Lane in the tightest game in prep history with a score of 2 to 0. The Lane game put Taft in the lead for the North Section. The coin was flipped and Lane kicked off to Taft. Taft made a first down on a pass, another pass and another first down and Taft was in scoring position. Just then the linesman stepped in and penal- ized Taft. The next play failed to make a first down and Lane took over. Lane failed to make much progress but did penatrate the cen- ter of Taft's line to bring the ball back to the 50 yard line. Lingen- felder caught a pass while he was in the open but had to reach to far and fell. In the second quarter, Taft tried a pass but was fumbled. Lane picked it up on a bounce and went for a touchdown but it was called back. In this quarter Srednicki reached for a long pass that would have meant a touchdown but it was inches away from his fingers. Lane passed a long one in the third identical to Taft's long one, except the Lane end had his hands on the ball and dropped it. Taft was in scoring position once dur- ing this quarter again but was again penalized for faking a center. Byrdy punted from his own 10 foot of Lanes 1 foot line. Lane then attempted to punt out of this but Gilgenbach, Killoran and Srednickl blocked it and it resulted in an automatic touchdown. In the fourth quarter the game see-sawed back and forth on the fifty yard line. Taft was penalized about 20 yards for too long in the huddles. During the last few mln- utes Lane made futile attempts to complete long passes but all were knocked down. The game ended with Byrdy knocking down a Lane pass on his own 1 yard line. Three weeks ago Taft over- whelmed Sullivan 33 to 0, two weeks ago Amundsen 10 to 7. Last week Lane 2 to 0 and next week, we predict defeat of Roosevelt 20 to 7. BASKET BALL As basketball practice begins we find Taft with a new coach, Baro- nowski, taking good care of the team. Many last years players are back again this year. On the senior team there is Dave Whittier, Ed Thompson, Norb Paulish, Greg Kllwitz, Hank Jurgenson, Del Ko- towski, Kenny Davis, Ross Whit- After Basketball Practice Our practice grind is over, And from the gym we go, A score of sweating, heaving, bodies Down the stairway flow. But as we reach the lower landing We see to our dismay, That the Blue and Silver pigskln squad Lies squarely in our way. If you think that team is really tough On a Sunday afternoong Then its a cinch you've never been with it In the same little locker room. The air around the lockers You reach your locker with a sigh And finally get undressed. You jump into the showers To perish with the rest. A million swinging arms and legs Greet you when in you come Your chance of getting out alive Is seventy-five to one. But it won't be long till winter comes, And then gridiron days will cease And over our lovely locker room Will fall a slumberlng peace, The Basketeers will reign again After the passing of Fall. And just the smell of the Cager's Is blue with unholy sounds, socks Jerseys, ggckgy and antle wraps Will menace the lives of all. Are dropped in fuming mounds. Bill Beyer War Department Kills R. O. T. C. Hopes for Taft Unit War emergency necessitates mili- tary training to prepare the men in the armed forces for actual com- bat. In view of this fact Mr. Hoe- fer has been trying to procure the installation of an ROTC unit at Taft for some time. Colonel W. F. Morrison, of the Department of Military Science and Tactics of the Chicago High Schools recently sent a letter to Mr. Hoefer, stating that although the War Department is not estab- lishing any new ROTC units at this time, they are keeping his re- quest in mind, and will do any- thing they can toward the installa- tion of a unit at Taft, should the opportunity arise. 1,iL.l. . Ws. Eat Department Needs More Operators Mr. Charles A. Buell, sponsor of the Visual Education Department, is putting out a call for movie ope- rators and secretaries. The qualifi- cations are few and service points will be awarded. If you have study or a free period between the 2nd and 9th periods, can type, have a G average or better you may become a movie secretary. Boys that wish to be movie opera- tors need have no experience, but have to be a 1A or higher and have G average marks. ney, Al Retenmier and last and most important West tSwishD Parker. The juniors have from last year Steve Kuflewski, Bill Beyer, Hank Anderson, Jack Berry, Ted Bujew- ski, plus a few newcomers. Mr. Baronowski says he thinks Taft will take city championship this year not only in football but also basketball. Taj? Bowlers Compete For League Title Bowling at Taft is becoming a popular sport. The student body has responded exceedingly well, with a membership of 112. Of the 112, 72 are girls. After much trouble, Mr. Puippo secured the Rolaway alleys on Tuesday afternoons. Two leagues of girls are battling tooth and nail for the championship, which will not be decided until next March Another battle is being fought at Garden Recreation in the Friday league. There is one boys league and one league for the girls. There is still room for four boys on this day. It is not necessary to know how to bowl, as special instruction is given. The bowlers are really in there knocking 'em over. Games rang- ing from 180 to 210 has been chalked up. At this stage of the game it is hard telling what will happen. Some of the old faith- fuls are going strong but they have plenty of competition. All members receive white cards which enables them to bowl for 15 cent a line any afternoon until five, on Saturdays until two. Anyone interested in securing a blue card, which enables them to bowl for 20 cent a line, get in touch with Mr. Puippo. Saturday's league for freshmen boys and girls at the Rolaway Rec- reation is in need of twenty-two boys and nineteen girls for a full league. Boys bowl at 10:30 a. m. and girls at 10:30 a. m. Bowling league does not interfere with the football games as there is plenty of time to get to the field afte you have completed your three games. League 1 of the Tuesday girls is lead by the Foul Line Fems : Liss, Weidenhoeft, Ranke, Zoll. In second place are the Gruesomes g Schu- bert, Chulay, Cleven, Lowry. October 30, 19- 1 . I5 :ross 5 Bly Floyetta Wheeler Boxes for the Red Cross, 1 the motto for the G. A. A. l week. Appeals for small arti4 such as: ties, tops, ribbons, ha kerchiefs, etcs., were made thro1 gym and health classes. The bo were sent last week to be Chl mas presents for the youngsi across the seas. The G. A. A. membership dx is over! A total membership over 700 was attained. Have you some extra GMA. points somewhere around, if l0 may have them recorded by R MacGregor, Ist and 2nd period, by Dorothy Benson, 7th period. Handle With Care If you see any of the gym tel ers running around with a bas ball or football tucked neatly der their arm-don't think they balmy or trying to steal them, 1 are just trying to conserve tk The gym departments are api ing to the student body to l them save the present supply equipment. Shuffel Board repl ments are definitely off the lin The physical fitness program being stressed this year lnsteal team games. Swimming has I intensified. In order to pass 1 swimming requirements you r be able to tread water a design length of time and be able to s two lengths of the pool, using different strokes. - Exercise and development of three main parts of the body now being practiced. In the cl: soon, games such as: relays active group games, will be i' mingled with the callisthenics. Members of the Kingpi Fara, Rudnick, Brooks, Holden holding first place in League 2. Pick Ups : Lindsay, Whe Rohner, Tess, are a close secon. At the Garden Bowl on Fr four teams are tied for first j each with five wins and foul feats. The teams are the Knot Rollers, Waacs, Lucky Stri and Gutter Gals. In fifth the Spiffy Spares are four ahead with five losses. The: Friday league of boys a Garden Bowl is led by the Dr Peterson, Norlie, Zueschner, Hi De Maria. The Strikers : Ii Kaphammer, Hanke, Schneider Carrol are second. With five and four losses each the Pell and the Stinkos fight it ou third place honor.