Taft High School - Eagle Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Page 2 Taft Tribune November 13, 194 Taft Students Taft Takes to the Air Taft Tactics See Importance Making Planes Since aviation is being stressed, Mr. Hoefer feels that due recog- nition should be given to two Taft students who are really doing fine work. George Olson, 4A, and Walter Zeuchner, 4A, have been comple- mented by Principal Leo A. Hoefer, on the fine work they are doing in building model airplanes. Walter started his hobby at the age of twelve, and during the last five years he has acquired over thirty completed models. Now entered in races in Indiana are two of Walter's gas models which are his pride and joy. Gas models are harder to make but the enjoyment reaped from the com- pleted plane is worth the labor. It was just recently that he be- gan making his own plans for planes and boats. Model gas boats which are build on the same order as model planes are Walters favor- ite. George Olson, who is also attract- ing attention with his ability for making and flying model planes, first became interested in building them when he received, from a friend, a complete building kit, five years ago. He set about making little planes and before he realized it he was making gas models. After seeing the enjoyment that George got from his planes, his friends decided to form a club where they too could build model planes to their hearts content. 317 Leads Tafts Thanksgiving Fund The Children's Aid Fund, better known as the Thanksgiving Collec- tion, has progressed with the greatest of success. As of November 4, 1942. business manager Warren Mehrtens of 312 A.M. is leading the drive with 51986, followed close by Lois Meltzer 117 A.M. with 517.75. Taking third place is Betty Meek, 108 A.M., with 314.10 and in fourth place is Lucille Slussland 301 A.M. with 5l2.75. The chart outside of 116 shows the progress of the division. Five of these rooms have past the ten dollar mark, thirty-eight the five dollar mark. Six of the twelve 1B divisions have past the S5 mark. The quota of the school is a pen- ny a day per student, if this is kept up in a division of forty students, at the end of November they should have ten dollars. Every one who has given anything to this fund surely knows the need of the money for our underprivileged. Blitz Krieg Upon Ratsg Clean-up Council's Project The Clean-Up Council's first meeting, with a delegate from each division attending, was held on No- vember 9 in the auditorium at 9:30 A. M. The first project attempted, in cooperation with the American Junior Red Cross, is to defeat the rat enemy in our homes. Just before Christmas every Taftite will make a report on his part in the rat campaign. Seal Means of Entry First thing to do, is to be sure that there are no rat hiding places in your garage or house. If there are, seal, the means of entry tight shut. Next, be sure that all food is protected from the rats, because only a hungry rat can be trapped. Rats can find means of entrance through almost any crack or open- ing around pipes. Seal such means of welcome shut with concrete or metal sheeting. Basement Win- dows should be covered with screens all year round. Ventilators and sewer openings should be pro- vided with grates. Uncovered gar- bage cans are the best place to hunt out the rodents. I Smell a Rat Our enemies are easily caught in the Guillotine trap baited with cheese or bacon. It makes an easy way to count your score of dead rats. Although baiting to kill the rats is usually confined to use in the alleys, and this destroys only a small part of the rodents, 30 tons of rats and mice were killed in alleys during 1941. November 15 to 21 To Be Book Week. National Campaign During the week of November 15- 21 our school and public libraries and our bookstores will blossom forth with exhibits, posters and plasecards bearing the legend For- ward with Books. For this is the theme chosen and the dates are the days of Book Week this year, and our community joins the national crusade to bring boys and girls and good books together. It was in 1919 that Franklin Mathiews, Chief Scout Librarian, made the American Booksellers' Association realize how few parents cared whether their children had books or had regard for their quality, Most children were given a few books at Christmas without any real knowledge of their tastes. Often there were no other books in the home except those which the boys or girls bought themselves out of their allowances or earn- ings. A national campaign developed to arouse public interest in more and better books for children. All over the country, librarians, teach- ers, bookmen, editors and social workers saw in this campaign a. new opportunity to plead the cause of reading for children. Book-Week provided the means by which these groups could Work together in their common crusade and could present it effectively to the nation. It was not long before its effect was felt. Many parents found their children developing a desire for a home library: learning the pride of owningg the delight of sharing: the joy of entering new Worlds along the magic pathway of books. In 1942, while we adults fight to fCont. on page 73 While scouting around the 1 ence department, we discove' that the general science classes Taft has found a new substit for rubber. At least they think could be a substitute. This amazing product was the sult of soaking bones in hydrocl ric acid overnight. Miss Grossl b' nes, well not her personal bo but bones contributed to her some students for this worthy periment, were placed in a beal Then the acid was added. Suspended excitement relg' until the next day when the rest could be observed. The bones 1 all their mineral quality, weii and developed a peculiar or Then the fun began when th bones were tied in knots, twis turned, or shaped like a pretzel. The bones resembled elastic much that the students would l to do further research on them see if they might be transforl into a substitute for rubber. Th Miss Grosser's bones for you! Bones! Bones! Rolling bo broken bones, rattling bones, fu bones, all kinds of bones. Ev body has heard of bones. In everyone has bones. A plain ordinary wlshbone into knots. No foolin'! You shc have seen it. Not a bone of con tion but a bone of magic. So all guys and gals, hang onto 5 bones before they're confiscated ,-.,.iL,..il.-l Freshies Letting Honor Roll Down Recognition is here given those genii of Taft. Because no' the division teachers handed in list of Hbrightiesj' some will l to be omitted. Here are those dents having three S's and on or the all high S's for last que grades. There were no 1B's who achi- the marks. 1A-Patricia Forney 2B-Dorothy Benson Donald Parker Lois Johnson 2A-Margery Bigler Mary Dalton Marion Doemland Dorothy Ethinger Nancy Knight Charlene Samuelson Beverly Crippen Tom Craft Ruth Biesemthol James Jakobsen Richard Rahn 3B-Corine Cleban Robert Kolpek Robert Forney 3A-Merton Conally .Rosemarie Schutte 4B-James Petrie 4A-Betty Holiday

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'agles North Section Champ Meet Your 0 Taft Trib Champs H t Q Dec. 4 ll. VII. No. 4 Taft High School, Chicago, Illinois November 13, 1942 AFT MEETS AUSTIN areers Day to ielp Taftites 'ecide Future War Brings Changes 7aft will hold its annual Careers y on Tuesday, November 17. All liors will be given badges to -ntify them on this day. This ,r it was very difficult to set up irogram for the students because the war and its effect on the as of each boy and girl. A pro- .m of the day will be provided each of the two hundred boys l three hundreds girls involved this program, and speakers will announced at this time. ill students will assembly in m 304 the first period to hear resentatives from Wright Juni- College and Washburne Trade tool. Movies Help Choose Work The second period in the audito- m two movies: Finding Your e Work and Choosing Your :ation will be shown to all who interested. tirls can obtain tickets of admis- 2 to a discussion of either Office chines, Home Economics, Nurs- . or Civil Service during the fd period. Mechanical, civil, elec- cal. or chemical engineering, iicine. and defense work for s will take up the male inte- ES. Call to Arms peakers from the Army and Na- will talk to the boys in the gym ing the fourth and fifth periods. ese men will also discuss the Air xes, Coast Guard, and the Ma- ss. During this double period all ior girls will go to the audito- n to hear a panel discussion on amen in War Work. A question iod will be allowed at the con- slon of the above discussions. dents who ordinarily have :h fifth period are excused to e lunch the sixth period on this As We Have Proudhl Known Them Freshie Division Leads Scrap Drive Everyone is aware that there is a nation-wide scrap drive in prog- ress. Taft is also doing quite well, but the results could be much bet- ter. Leading the drive is Miss Grif- fin's freshie division, 106 p.m., with a total contribution, up to date, of 450 pounds. Second in the race is Miss Nel- son's junior division, 319 A.M. with 274 pounds to their credit. Next in line is Mrs. Perry's sophomore division, 113 P.M., with a total of 250 pounds. Some divisions should be a little ashamed of themselves for contrib- uting exactly nothing. If the fresh- ies can do it, why can't the sopho- mores, juniors, and seniors pitch in a little more? This is everybody's war and every one should do their share, without being urged constantly. Let's have a scrap pile so high, that we have to call a rescue squad to dig Mr. Fogli out of his office, Boys Must Take Pre-induction Work In February many new courses will be open to the students of Taft. All 4A boys must take these courses, pre-induction courses, be- fore graduation in June. The Army will provide the course of study. 1. Fundamentals of Electricity- this is a course in addition to physics - a semester course that will count as a majorg given five times a week, a single periodg re- quired of all 4A boysg open to all boys from 3B through 4Ag labora- tory to be provided for nine periods in semester: since preparation is required, the work will carry a major creditg can substitute for physics 23 to be credited as Fun- damentals of Electricity if not sub- stituted for physics 2. 2. Fundamentals of Shop-1 se- mester course, given five times a week, 1 period a day: a minor cred- it: since there is no preparation, compulsory for boys, but optional for girls. Here's How Taft Fought to Fameg Austin Comes Next In the recent game against Roose- velt, which ended in an 18 to 6 vic- tory, Taft's mighty eleven clinched the North Section Title, after a sea- son of seven consecutive wins. Taft's first victory came from a practice game against Waller, in which they showed their superiority by the score of 19 to 0. Schurz was surprised when Taft gridders beat them by a 9 to 6 score, thereby halting their chances for the North section crown. Taft ac- cepted this victory with cheers as the school regained the self confi- dence it lost after last year's defeat, from the rival school. Lake View, whom the papers thought to be an equal to the mighty Taft grid men, tried hard, only to lose by an overwhelming score of 50 to 12. Then came Sullivan, the last game coached by Joe Kupcinet be- fore his departure for the Army. The tcam's farewell to Joe was a 33 to 0 victory. Just about this time people began to sit up and take notice of a school that had once been insignificant. AmuI1dSen's Vikings came along and played a tough game but they too fell prey to the Taft Eagles by a 19 to 7 victory. Lane, the so called school of champions, was defeated hy a, score of 2 to 0 after a tense and exciting battle. Taft was now right up on top to struggle with Senn for first place honors. If Senn had not been beaten by Amundsen, the decision for champ would have been left to the tossing of a coin. Tomorrow Taft plays Austin, the West Section winners, in a game that will decide who will play in the city finals at Soldiers Field on November 21. Our school has a good chance of coming out on top, and our chances are even better if a large crowd turns out to support the team. Don't forget-Hanson Park at 2:00 p. m.

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lovember 13, 1942 Town Meeting Between cries of Eek, a. mouse, id There he goes, the second in series of Town Hall Meetings as successfully conducted in the :hool auditorium on November 2. The topic for discussion was, Should the Voting Age Be Low- 'ed to Include 18-19 Year Olds? Frank Bostwick and Lenor Lin- ihl spoke against the amendment, hile Jerry Plato and Leila Ander- in were completely in favor of the -oposed measure. The chief argument offered by enor and Frank, was that per- fns of 18 years old are not men- ,lly capable of judging the qualifi- .tions of a candidate, and would lerefore be easily influenced by Jwery speeches and colorful po- :ical campaigns. Jerry and Leila, however, dis- greed, and stated that fighting ir our country without having a vice in the government, is the .me as taxation without represen- tion. This statement brought a lrst of applause, tcould it be that me members of the balcony were :quainted with the speakers???J id even the mouse sat u.p and ok notice. Dick Bolin, acting as moderator. ked for further comment from e audience, and a lively discus- on resulted. By now, the girls from Miss Ber- nist's 2nd period English class ere about ready to stand on the ats, as Mr. Mouse scampered ,ther and thither as carefree as -uld be. All in all, the Town Meeting as equally interesting and enter- ining. Taft wants more of these semblies. tWhere did that mouse come om anyway?J :B Division Leads Var Stamp Sales Miss Allen's 4B division is lead- g in the purchase of war stamps Ld bonds, thus far. They have in- tsted 5140 up to October 30. Running a fairly close second is iss Marquardt's 3A division with total of S110 worth of stamps and fnds to their credit. Miss Grant's 2B division is at the :ne third highest, with sales nounting to 5104. At a. senior meeting, the impor- nce of the sale of bonds and amps was stressed, since Taft is tremely low in her sales, in com- ,rison with other schools. The Us said they would remedy this ' pledging twenty-five cents a eek for stamps. Taft Tribune Cheerleaders Inspire Victor What would a football game be without cheers and what good would cheers be without the cheerleaders: Barb Whittier, Lois Meltzer, Rosemarie Mertes, Ann Ellis, Shirley Meltzer, Ann McTaggart, George Zima and lean Boyle. Mr. Hoefer, Coach Address Students At Pep Assembly Taft's first football recognition assembly of this season was wit- nessed on October 22. Mr. Leo Hoefer, our principal, made a few comments about the student spirit and attendance at the games. He also stated that the students behavior at these games has been good and he hoped that they would keep up the good work. The new members of the athletic department were introduced by Mr. Harry Miller, department head. Mr. Irv. Baronowsky is the new bas- ketball coach and Mr. Walter Ober- lander is now coaching football in place of Joe Kupcinet. Joe is now an Eagle in his own right, in the Army Air Corps. After these introductions, the curtain was drawn and at last the main attraction. There stood thirty or more blushing, but also beam- ing, fellows who have really given their all for their school. They were given a tremendous ovation by those in the auditorium. After being introduced individually by name and position our heroes cleared the stage for the cheer- leaders. The cheerleaders lead those pres- ent in singing the Taft Loyalty Song and then went through vari- ous cheers to warm Taftites up for the final contest with Roosevelt. The assembly ended with the school band, directed by Mr. John Rapier, playing Notre Dames Vic- tory March. The students were really pepped up by this assembly, and it did not go for naught. Librarian Enlists In WAVES5 Leaves For Smith College Attention! Miss Virginia Barrett, our able head librarian is now a member of the WAVES. Ensign Barrett is attending the officers' training school at Smith. She left Taft Monday, November 9, as she has to report the 10th. Miss Barrett told your reporter that a college education and spe- cial training are needed to qualify for a commission. Not all candi- dates go to officers training school. You must also pass a stiff physical examination. Ensign Barrett has spent two years in social work and eight years as school librarian. She ,has been at Austin, Wright Junior col- lege, Steinmetz, and at Taft since April 1, 1941. . Offer War Bonds As Essay Prizes S460 in War Bonds to the win- ners of the essay contest sponsored by the WGES and the WSBS radio stations. The theme of the essay is to be- What the Victory of the United Nations Means to the Youth of the World. For complete details listen to WGES every Saturday at 2:30 P. M. and see Miss Capron. If any stu- dents are interested and qualify, they may obtain entry blanks from Miss Capron. Contest closes at midnight, November 28, 1942. Page 3 Fiesta De La Pampasv to Be Given Nov. 18 On Wednesday evening, Novem- ber 18, Mrs. Margaret Walker and Mr. J. C. Rapier will present the Fiesta de la Pampasf' The musical part of the program will, of course, be handled by Mr. Rapier, while the dances and spec- ialty numbers are directed by Mrs. Walker. The Fiesta, which is most appro- priate at this time, for furthering good feelings between Americans and South American neighbors, compares our customs and .tradi- tions. Mrs. Walker, when asked for a statement, said she could not have gotten along without the wonder- ful co-operation each member ot the cast has given. Special recognition goes to: George Zima-Tap number. Lorraine Kostelny-Song. Mary Jane Webster-Song. Evelyn Vician-Plano. Mrs. Lino's Chorus. Adele Hauser-Song. June Ringquist-Plano. June Lietz-Piano. Lee Ruckman-Accordlan. Bob Smith-Accordlan. Jackie Shay-Tap Solo. The Sommers Twins, Jackie Kas- per, and Lois Redden-Tap Solos. Doris Walgren-Piano. Lucille Nitsche Solos Lucille Nitsche, 4B, will do three solo numbers, one of which is called the Hat Dance. Lucille dances equally well tap, acrobatlc. and ballet, but her dances for this program are more a ballet style than either tap or acrobatic. Giving credit where credit is due puts both Mr. Rapier and Mrs. Walker in the limelight. They have worked hard to put this program over and as a 1'esult, the music, dances, and solo numbers are bound to be a huge success. With the girls' gym taking on the appearance of a backstage re- hearsal for the big night. Gay se- noritas here, there, and every- where Taft anxiously looks for- ward to the Fiesta de la Pompas. Sew For Sailors The steamship Chicago, our namesake battleship, was badly in need of some comforts for sailors. Taft was asked to contribute housewife kits. The sewing class- es of Misses Kelly, Devenish, and Ockerby made fifty-five of these kits and brought them to the Board of Education.