University High School - Duckling Yearbook (Eugene, OR)

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Luckey Hall Holt Murdock Lind XVallcr Whirelock Schick MacLaren Hutfaker O'Reilly Breyman Smith Cramer Glad Thompson THE DUCKLING lnspired by the thought of having special features on pages 3l and l3 and with the thought of keeping apace with the Mother Oregana, the staf' of the l936 edition of the Duckling increased in size 3394 over last yearts book, added' many cuts, and increased the circulation by l2 per cent. The staff was composed of Ed Luckey, editor, Fred Waller, assistant editor, Ed O'Reilly, sports editor, Betty Jane Thompson, senior editor, Don MacLaren, junior,editor, Leota Whitelock, sophomore editor, Catherin Mur- dock, feature editor, Jane Hall, Jean Cramer, Anna Marie Huffaker, and Phoebe Breyman, feature staff, Estley Schick, organization editor, Phoebe Breyman and Betty Mae Lind, copyreaders, Norman Holt, business manager, Maxine Glad and Ted Smith, business staff, Dan England, staff artist. Others who contributed were Gordon Sherrett, Virginia Whitelock, Vir- ginia 'Heinke. DeNeffe's Young Men's Dress Wear -ALWAYS A STEP AHEAD ln Style and Value Graduation Suits as Low as 524.50 22

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THE CRYSTAL GAZER The crystal gazer sat and gazed into his glistening ball- The Figures shown within were clear, although so very small, And memorydhad not played him tricks, although twenty years had passe , For he knew all of them to be his high school senior class, He saw he face of Betty Jean Van Atta, fender queen, Manufacturing dentless fenders. Twenty years had passed between, But he knew dauntless Winsted with her calm and fearless look, As she put down rules of etiquette within her latest book, Of Donna's truant officers, none better were than Cook, Who chased unruly children from the grassy Dale and brook. A leading lady now appears, Juanita Williams grown In the thirteenth traveling unit, working under Major Blown. The next in line was Lalferty, the curly-headed sinner, He owned the dark horse, Breaststrok, last Kntucky Derby winner Don Stevenson was posing then as Johnny Saturday, Evangelist for twenty years, at last he'd learned to pray. In HarIem's blackest depths, a night club flourished well and grew. 'Twas run by Phoebe Breyman, as the crystal gazer knew. A part-LimevSanta Claus was Norman Holt, in Marshal Fields, Chicago s big department store, the crystal then revealed, Virginiiwhitelock hadn't changed-no power on earth could stunt er: She was, as she had ever been, the daring big game Hunter. Then Ed O'Reilly came alongsthe gazer now paid heed- Ed had invented wordless books for people who can't read. Kentucky Colonel Hollowwa, the army's shining star, Appeared as a brave veteran of all the future wars, And one more star. of movies now, romantic Archie John, As Percival Throckmorton, the screen's heart-twisting blond. Bill Rosson was a ping-pong champ, and how he swung those sticks! Hed'd won at the Olympics, then, in 1956. He saw, in black, Miss Huffaker, upon the city street, Salvation Army lassie, singing hymns with voice so sweet. He went quickly then to Podunk into Shirley's Beauty Box, Owned and run by Shirley Currin, covering a city block. Then the crystal gazer thought that surely glasses he must need, For he saw a Greyhound bus that had as driver, Danny Read. Within a courtroom dark and drear, on trial for bigamy, Bill Williams sat, with downcast face. In ever-gay Paree, Bob Beckman was a ladies' man, a hopeless play-boy case, The chronic laugh upon his lips, the smile upon his Face. Carl Petersen so sorry felt for pepole who drink cokes, That he invented hole-less straws so that they wouldn't choke. And Rose-nose Ray, the Houghton boy, the next in line was seen. He was the celebrated coach of Alcatraz' golf team. A Burley Bob he saw this time, a master of the dance, YVith Monte Carlo's ballet russe, he held one in a trance. Ted Smith a famous cook in Greece had now at last become, And chicken a la Ted had never failed to get quite done. George Craig as a brain specialist the gazer then could see, In a flea clinic spending all his time and energy. Virginia Hen-rke'd been his nurse, but long ago having left Eloping with a handsome flea, and leaving George bereft. Max Simpson, the propietor of an establishment Oft called an undertaking parlor, into banishment Helped bodies on their way, Walt Rush played in the Navy band A piccolo which squeaked beneath his unaccustomed hand. Next he saw the Thompson girl, with proud and haughty carriage, Upon her way to Reno, for her third successive marriage. Concentrated limhurger he came upon there, too, Made in a modern process by the modern Lillian Pugh. Official walter-upper of the keeper of the clock On the tall Empire State Building, on the very, very top Was Mildred Hechinger. Butch Olney, in the movies then, Play as the mighty Tarzan, srongest man of strongest men. Then came Soranson, who set all Ethiopia ajar By champion ditch-digging in Addis Ah-bah-bah-bah, While June Smith, the lovely matron in a lowly foundling home, Mothered all the darling infants, wishing they were all her own. The Trials of Tiny Tess Tearheart, drawn by the artist Green Appeared in all the papers from the syndicate called Queen, While Orva Ford, a model, was the pretty little lass That smiled upon the gazer from the Kleenall toothpaste ads. In the door of a small cottage, covered by the red, red rose, Feeding chickens in the garden, while she watered with a hose, Stood-Marge Clark. Though with others he had tried to be quite terse, He was so surprised a Marge he gave her all ofi this one verse. The crystal gazer then passed on, and found among the pills The Healy girl, inventing Healing ointment for one's ills. The greatest circulation in the lowapriced field of cars Was held by one make only-that of Manufacturer Bowers. The place of that great novelist, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Was taken by Miss Allen, in American readers' hearts! Nick Bohowitz, professor then of English Lit at Smith, Was thinking of his high school days as but a happy myth. Lomax and Mills were officials for the King ol England then, Daisy picker and fly catcher, experts truly were these men. And Lloyd Omlid, the dictator of Bolognawienerland, Ruled his sheeplike, wwenhg subjects with a heavy, east-hah haha. Jean Cramer, Curley Shen-iple was, the latest movie child, Delighting all the mammas, while she drove the kiddies wild. While Mr. Soward was, in his Art, the champion of the land? He'd lift his voice to call the hogs, and make them understand. Tom Taylor was in business, and as ever, in the red. He was a carpet maker, with his sample in his head. Catch-em-up Murdock, land she always gets her wormj Was the chief of the Gee women, never faltering in her turn. Margaret Rankin then had made her place in social life. Of a high rankin' army man she was the gracious wife. Charles Fox was one for whom the Fates had done a curious thing, For he held a position as song leader at Sing-Sing. Going by the name of Mitzi Miffleyu on Broadway, A tear-jerking torch singer, he found Denslow in her sway. While Clarice Tobbie'd broken all the rceords known, in flight Across a bunch of continents in just one day and night. Howard Elliott guaranteed to make a man of you In thirty days, if you would send for his free plan for you. And when the artist had grown tired of drawing Sweet Pea's face In Popeye, then the Jensen boy was hired in Sweet Pea's place. Ladies' Hats-Ye Faust Hat Shoppe-Sth Avenue, New York Then caught the crystal gazer's eye. He then saw, hard at work, Ed Luckey, as he practiced For the talking marathon, And the people who had lived near him, far, far away had gone. Coach of knitting teams at Harvard, where she'd been for twenty years was Jane Hall. The gazer hen saw, in his crystal an,-,ing hen, Maxine Glad, the leading washer woman then, of Willow Crick, So he turned the crystal quickly lest the suds become too thick. Edna Franson was first lady of America's fair land, In the reign of this Buzz Windrip, social students understand. Ended thus the long procession, now the crystal's on the shelf, And if one dislikes the answers, he may go to Chase himselfi 2l f 1 hit-1 . 4 so . ,,,,.,,

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i L. Omlid, Houghton, McCormick, E. Omlid, Hulten, Rosson GOLF The divot-diggers of University High had a good chance for the state title this year by virtue of seasonal wins over the outstanding teams of the state, but at the time the annual went to press, the state meet had not been held and the fate of the team could not be seen in the crystal ball. During the season, the Tide defeated opponents from Milwaukie, Oregon City, Salem, Eugene, Corvallis, and Albany. Bill Rosson, captain. led the as- sault on the enemy with John Hulten, LIoyd'Omlid, Erling Omlid and Ray Houghton completing the squad, which distinguished itself on many courses of the state. T RAC K With only two lettermen returning and last year's leading point-getter lost by graduation, Coaches Bob Parke and Roland Rourke were faced with a tough situation. Jensen ,and O'Reilly were only returning lettermen, but a larger number of prospects than usual turned out, and a creditable team was expected. Meets scheduled were the relay meet at Cottage Grove, the Willamette Valley meet at Corvallis, a triangular ,meet with Corvallis and Eugene High here, the district meet and the state meet. FOOTBALL By defeating Eugene High in an upset victory, the Golden Tide gridders turned an unsuccessful percentage season into the,most successful season in the history of the sport at the school. Statistically the team lost 4, tied l, and won 2. Although the losses outweighed the victories, the team was the 23