MERE AND Tl-4ERE ABOUT CENTRAL itt,e lnterlulle By Your Roving Reporter V - ALL-OUT FOR VICTORY - V

Active Class Vol. XLIII ··~··l CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, MARCH 25, 1943. ·~·l Numbe1· 26 Having successfully completed their ann ual play, "St. Patrick 's Day," the advanced dramatics class is now working on another play, "Sara h the Creole," a nineteenth ce ntury melo­ Powers - Jagodzinski BasketballCo - Captains drama. This play , for which tickets ------0 will go on sale soon, will be presented in the Little Theat re at Central, April r Taylor And Toth A warded 16. The dramat ics class is giving the THESE OFFICERS LEAD SENIOR B CLASS. Valuable Player And play in order to raise funds so that!....------' they will be able to go to to Kiwanis Medal. see an outstanding member of the stage perform. Th at ever-elegant affair the Comet Basketball Banquet went off w ith a Art Exhibit big bang last Tuesday evening in the Indiana Club. Miss Lois Marshall an d her Inte­ After the super-rugged dinner ri or Decor ating and Art classes are which featured-butter, Mr. Carl Mc­ responsible for the interesting display Kee! introduced th e toastmast er, Mr. in the front hall. The five miniature Bill Davies. Mr. Dav ies in turn pre­ rooms with the best deco :·ation were sented the speakers : Mr. Frank Allen, placed in the case. The se rooms were superintendent of schools; Mr. Da ve the projects of last seme ster's classes Gallup, Tribune sports writer ; Mr. and represent the student's knowl­ Forest Wood, director of physic al edu­ edge of color and furniture arrange­ cation; Mr. Joe Boland, WSBT sport s ment. announcer; and Mr. Ed "Moose" The posters and composition were Kr aus e, the well-known Notre Dame contributed by Miss Marshall's Art basketball coach . Following these classes. It is interesting to note that noted gentemen, Mr. Wooden intro ­ ev ery pupil is represented by a piece duced Central 's worthy gentlemen of of work in the hall. the brown pellet, the team. At this time a hush stole over the Proofs Pretty? banquet hall and the silence of ex­ Upon see in g a mess of Commence­ pectancy was pun ct uate d by ro unds ment Int er lud e proofs , one pretty of app lause as the var ious trophi es sen ior lassie was gazing at Neal Mur­ were presented. Mr. W . A . Fre eman phy comm ented, "P retty !" "No," cor­ of the Furnas Ice Cre am Corp oration rec ted the girl, "Carlton !" presented the Furnas trophy w hich is given annually to the best confe re nce te am. The City Championship Med­ Navy Reserve These Senior B 's have been elected to lead their class in its last year of activity. The officers are , left to right: James Pankow, president; Dorothy Oetjen, vice-president; Mayer Goloubow , board member; Ken Tupper, secre­ als were awarded by Mr. C. E. B all All boys from the ages of 17 to 20 tary; and Jack Stephenson, treasurer. for the Domestic Finance Corpor ation . w ho w ill graduate from high school Emery Toth received the K iwan is by July 1 are eligible to take a test to medal for the boy wi th out standing be gi ven April 2 at Central for the HONOR HOME ROOM Students Enter State - Wide Glee Club Production Cast at titude and team spirit. A -12 and V-12, Navy Reserve. OF THE WEEK-403 Math Contest At N. D. Chosen The School Freethrow Troph y was All boys who were interested in Mr. C. C. Miller's Home Roem The Gle e Clubs are already work- wo n by Jim Powers w ith a 75.3 ave r­ this prog ra m attend ed an asse mbly loaned $133.25 to Uncle Sam Th e m ath dep artment has aga in en - ing on their ne w ly cho sen opera , "The ag ,,. Tom Tay lor was voted by the Wednesd ay morning explai ning the this week. This._money '11ill buy lered foe ~caie-,vide aigebi·a .,u d- Devil and Danie l Web ster:' wi:itten team as the mos.t- v:;i,lct.ab l p-1a,._·~: --­ req uirements for this reserve. a sub-machne gun that will fire compre he nsive contests sponsored by by Douglass Moore and t~e lat~ Ste­ Jim Powers and Bill Jagodzinski 600 shots per minute. Ind iana Uni vers ity and held on April phen Vmcent Benet, which will be were elected hono ra ry co-capt ains for Off The Record Victory Saleslad y - Virginia 17. Central is not eligible for com - give n Ap r il 9 an d 10. Members of thi s la st year. Mark. The Hi-Y is holding a Record petition in the geometry division be- the cast are st ill being chosen, but This very fine banquet w as a true Last week 's total cash sales Dance in the men's room of the Y. M. cause Mr . Wilson Thorton, head of those pa r ts filled are: clim &x to this year's fine baske tb all amounted to only $823.85. This C. A. tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock. the mathematics department at Cen- Jabez Stone, a New Hampshire seaEon. is $76.15 short of a. Jeep for The tickets are only twenty-five cents tral , made out the geometry test. farmer ______James Inwood last week. a couple and refres hments w ill be Mary Stone, OPEN MUSICAL REHEARSAL Our quota this week-A Jeep! Previous to the rationing of gaso­ his wife ______Cecilia Zonnenberg served. Tickets can be obtain from line and the shortage of tires, the fi­ The en tire Cent ra l Orchestr as and La Mar Smith , Home Ro om 209. Only Mary K. Barr Bands will present for their parents GIRLS PLAN FIESTA nal test was held at Indiana Univer- Daniel Webster______Fred McFaul those with · dates w ill be allowed to sity, but because of the limited trans­ and friends a typi ca l rehe arsal pro­ come. The Hi-Y hopes this will be The Girl Rese rves are holding their Mr. Scratch, gram this evening at 7:30 o'clock in portation problem, he same test will a Boston lawyer_ ___ James Sullivan the beginning of m any mo1,e such Annual Pan-American Fiesta tomor­ be given at the same time in twenty the auditorium. The highligh t of the Andrew Lorence da nces . 'row evening and Saturday morning districts , Notre Dame being the head­ concert band program will be the Justice Hathorne ___ Richard Cortright in the Central Y. W . C. A . All high quarters for this district . ever-popular band number , " Calif of Sr. Prom school students are invited . Only Sty.dents eligible for the algebra Bag dad ," which will feature the reed adults will be admitted Saturday eve- section. The orchestra will do its May 1 has been set as the dat e of test must be in the ninth or tenth Debate1·s Lay Plans For ning. There will be dancing , a floor part with the re ndition of the eq ually the Senior Prom by the Senior Offi­ grade ; the comprehensive test is open show, Fun House, fortune tellers, and Intra-mural Debate popul ar overture, "The B at." The cers . a.J}\J. Miss Ethel Montgomery. to seniors only. Medals are awarded food booths. Plans are being laid for the Intra­ combined band and orche strn w ill Mickey Isley and his orchestra will to the first three places in each group, mural Debate Tournament which will conclude the program with the patr i­ play for the affair . This year, the and Central has usually won a large start the week of Ap r il 5. The Stu­ otic number , "The Voice of F ree dom. " llA 's will be included in the festivi- LAST CONFERENCE majority of thes e medals. dent Forum , ass isted by Mr . Glenn W. The program under the dire ction of ty which is semi-formal. Th e las t of the 12B Career Confer- Vern age n e Anderson, Vivian Maple and the varsity debaters, are Mr . Walter Clel and, is not to be a Although ever y girl must wear a ences of this semester was held last Rhoads, and Ma i garet Boal will rep­ sponsors of the Tournament. concert, but primarily an "Open formal gown , no flower s will be per- Monday morning at 8:35. The girls resent Central in the Algebra Divi­ The va rsity debaters will act as House " where the public can get an mitted. had a choice of hearing Miss Ada Hil- sion; Marvin Tomber , Adeline Swartz, judges , an d are, therefore , ineligible idea of how a musical org aniza tion Committees for the dance will be lier speak on "Careers Open to Girls and Clifton Clea ty - Comprehensive. for competition. A home room or two prepares for a concert. chose n later. T ra ined in Home Economics, " or Mrs. Mari an Dunbar and Barbara ­ home rooms combined may enter a Mar tha Schutt speak on "Secretarial born will act as altern ates in the Al­ team in the contest. FISHER R'ETURNS TO CENTRAL Council Corner Work-A Critical Occupation in War- gebra Division. The question selected is , "Resolved: Mr. E . N . Fisher , formerl y of the time ." The boys attended the lee- That the U. S . is doing all that could ar my , has returned to Central as As­ Five high schools of South Bend ture on "Mapping Your Wartime Pro­ reasonably be expected at this time to and Mishaw aka were represented at gram," Jed by Vermont Harte r . MANTOUX TEST PROVES AN sistant Principal. Mr. Me r lin G. c. win the war ." In these debates, four the first official Inte r -city Student ADVENTURE minutes eac h w ill be allowed for the Richards who substitut ed for Mr. Council meeting h eld in the Little Fi sher will take over his old position MARQUETTE CARNIVAL So you decided to take the Man i­ four constructi ve speeches, an d two Thea er last Tuesday evening. Elsie as head of th e boys' st udy hall w hi ch The annual Carnival ·sporisored by toux Test, huh Senior ? Tough job, minutes each for the four rebuttal Beli of Mishawaka was elected as ·was temporarily taken over by Mrs . the Marquette Parent-Teachers Asso­ wasn't it, getting the needle in the speeches. temporary secretary. J . Roy Smith. ciation will be held tomorrow evening right place? Further information and an en­ One person from each school was Mr . Fi sher was releas ed from the at 6:00 p. m. at Marquette School. Like all the rest , I marched to the trance blank can be obtained from ap pointed to the contract committee Army because he is over th e age of firing squad, and was met with a ther­ Mr. Maple in Room 222. which met here last Wednesday and This gala affair will include a big mometer, which he at recording device thirty-eight. Thursday evenings to draw up a con­ stage show, a ventriloquist, and many was rudely shoved in my mouth . tract. The whole group will meet other attractions. A light lunch will FRITH ANSWERS QUESTIONS After scrubbing off a layer or two here again tonight to consider the be served and there will be a raffle of lipsti ck, the cutie in charge (sorry Last Monday morning, Dr . Gladys contract. for a war bond . The admission price fellows , couldn't get her phone num­ Frith met with the llB's to discuss This organiz ation is expected to be is 10 cents for children, and 35 cents ber) found I had 98° and sent me into the answers to the questi ons, which important in inter-school relations, for adults. the next room. they hand handled in the week before city-wide campaigns, and the im­ as a result of her first lecture on per­ The nerve of some people! If I have provement of the individual councils. ATTENTION, JOURNALISTS!! sonality. Dr. Frith chose those ques­ B. 0. , why don't they tell me straight Report Cards (watch out!) __ March 25 This week and next week have There are a limited number of tions which she thought might be off instead of sponging me with alco­ Orchestra Assembly been set aside for a school wide col- openings on the reportorial staff of helpful and interesting, not only to hol and saying its a disinfectant­ Aud., 7:30 p. m. ______March 25 lection of coat hangers and games for the Interlude. Sophomores, juniors the individual who submitted the so's Life buoy! the boys in the service. There is and seniors B's are invited to make question, but to the entire group. Extemporaneous Assembly nothing better we can do than make application for positions. Please give Finally reaching the "Guns" - I These two meetings with Dr. Frith , Aud., 8:35 a. m. ______March 31 it pleasant for the boys out here so name, classification, home room, ex­ stuck to them! It's not enough to get the speech, and later the answers to April 1 bring your contributions to your perience (if any) and three refer­ it once, I got it three times. the questions, are always very help- All Fool's I~ue ______Aprill home room senator tomorrow or next ences. Applications must be in the Well, the third time's a charm-so ful, and the llB students look for­ Glee Club Assemb~y week . Interlude Box or room 221 by April 1. they say-so maybe Ill' be negative. ward · to them, each semester. Aud., 8:00 p. m. ______April :>and 10 2 THE INTERLUDE

IN All The Interlude Ir-··oFF""B'"iAT···· ..·1 V erie Sauer Says STUDENT WORKS 1fi11111UJIIIIClllllllllllllClllllllllllllClllllllllllllCllllllllllllltlllllllllllllt~ Founded in 1901 OPEN LETTER TO AMERICA In writing this column , I sure have to u se my imagination; I must im­ Dear America: agine that people are going to read it. I am only a Rookie , bu ckaroo, fifty­ ... Well , the rug cutters at the May four-buck-a~month doughbo y, and I Prom will swing a wicked limb , kick confess I'm not much good at pouring out my sentiments in words, but I'd BY THE STUDENTS OF THE SOUTH BEND HIGH SCHOOL . a mean hocf-or what have you , to 'the dancepation of Mickey Isley's l.ike you to know that no matter how crew of loll ypop windjammer s . . . . far away from you I may journey , Published weekly by the students of the Central Junior-Seni or High School, Griff Williams' "14 harps and a can ­ well, to put it in the quoting of a South Bend, Indiana, during the school-year. Office-The Interlude Room, non " combs was a shining example oI currently pop ul ar song, "There 'll Central Junior-Senior High School. Yearly subscription price, $1.50; per Never Be Another You" and well , I copy, 10c, except commencement issues, 75c. a sweet band gone to sugar. .. . The modern dance , they say, is develop­ hope I don 't so und hammy or any­ ing in leaps and bounds. ·... The un­ thing , but I'm glad to be in thi s man 's army fighting for you, and if I should Entered at the Post Office at South Bend, Indiana , as second class matter predictable Esqui re lad di es are dig­ h appe n ne ver to see your shores under Act of March 3, 1879 . ging deep into the depths of Orch es­ tralies and I might add "t heir pock- agai n , I'll a lways really be there , me , ets" for a worthy menageree of jaz­ and millions of guys like me, 'cause Editor-in-Chief ------Madelon Marcus, ,43 zicians to keep their feet warm in the we know wha t we're fighting for an d Business ______Dorine Ketcham, 43 club's annual spring shindig .... The Just wonderin' if it's Chicago Flo s- there'll ne ver be a better cause! I just wanted to kind of tell yo u about Advertising Manager ------_____Beatrice Jones old songs are best because no one sie that make s l.V):arv Solomon's eyes Circulation Manager ______------______Mary Murdock sings them anymore .... Unless I miss so glossy an d heart beat in ­ it, to let you know how we all feel for News Editor------___------____Kathryn Kuespert my guess, the J an Savitt stomp ses- time? Could be! I know I speak for all the guys over Sports Editor ______------______George Yack here. Feature Editor ______------__------______Jacqueline Kaslow sion at the Palais, Saturday, should * * ,:, Editorials ______-- --- ___ ------______Kathryn Geyer be tops! ... Orchestr a membe r, Bob Some smart little gal is going to You kno w it was funny, we got a Exchange Editor ______Jean Ryker Woodcock , plays the viola in the true take Dick Manuszak out of circula- · poor Jerry prisoner in this camp foi: spirit of Christian charity. His right tion one of these days. aw hile, and the rest of us were sitting aro und swapping yarns about home , REPORTERS AND FEATURE WRITERS : Harriet Plotkin, Beverly Snyder, Jean Or­ hand doesn 't know , half the time , ··· .,. cutt, Louise Takacs, John Makielski, John Bergan, Roy Tivin, Mary Jane Peterson, and he kind a spat and "Bah! " like he Eleanor Wolfberg, Peggy Bruggner. what his left h a nd is doing .. .. W e Betty Fit z is a cute cute little blond BUSINESS STAFF: Joan Hodson, Marjorie Keefe, Mirth Tippy, Geneva Pryweller , will now sing the Income Tax song: issue th at is wor th subscribing to. didn't belie ve such a place could ex ­ Alice Fink , Janet Cadden . ist. He asked us what a country lik e TYPISTS: Dorothy Nihlean , Joyce Elmore, Betty Greenaway, Marjori e McNaughton, "Every thing I H ave Is Yours. " * ,:, Ru th Feiman . Your devoted ago ny piper-"R. T. " The n ewest thing in men's clothing th at could h ave for backbone when PHOTOGRAPHER: Dick Adelsperger . HOME ROOM AGENTS : Edna Daniels , Peggy Cook, Anna Osza, Doris Eibel, Barbara seems to be wo men. the people all ran it. ... What could Mahler , Dori s Udvardi, Phyllis Casey, Joan Turner, Ella Pesta, Mary Wendel, Gertrude r- America ha ve for backbone ? What Major, Joyce Jodon , Martha Snyder, Dorothy Gewetzki, Dorothy Kiska , Mary Farcas , l T 1-1C WAS1-1 Alice Fink , Georgana Winebrenner, Jerome Brumer, Betty Fleming, Barbara Hogarty, _ ------' Ginny Lewis is wearing Jim Para­ was America ? Well, we tried to tell Dorothy Dawson, Helen Pappas, Mayer Goloubow, Anne Witt, Norma Michailoff. - Rowena Shorb, Dorothy Ewing, Marilyn McAlpin. Mar:y Carr, DeLier Andehson, Jo­ dis ' ring. Verie is wonderin' ho w him, but he couldn't underst and very anne Bothwell, Edith Chadwick, June Cox, James Smith, Tom Hynes, Ann Graszli, Chit for chat: well. He kinda got confused on the Anita Swartz , Jack Beyrer, Ruth Anderson, Velma Gelnett, Robert Stewart , John Add to the list of gals receiving much she collected on a certain bet? Ziegler , Elinor Treanor, John Pethe , Lois Barnett, Quintella Robbins, Charles Harper, :(: :;: words freedom an d liberty. Didn't Relphine Wroblewski , Clarice Hiznay, Bettylee Blum, Jack Cole, Pauline Snoke, Rita long distance phone calls from abse nt Yahle , Kathryn Kue spert, Joan Hodson, Sally Livengood, Phyllis Kroemer, Jim Mc­ Just h ow serious is Sara (just put know the definitions in Germ an. Cartney, Helen Pavich , Jean Ryker, Rita Leszcz , Bernard Marcus, Margar e t Zsebak , soldier lads: Sheila Cohn, Irene Vah- So I started thinking-it's kind of Bett y McCarthy, Virginia Bruner, Ann Dunnahoo, Peggy Clauer , Marguerite John son, gy . .. 2-word de scriptions : Temper­ me in the mo v ies and call me Lamar ) Shirley Proud, Billy Niedbalski. Fische r about Bob Mandle r hailing a mixture of things - it 's the big ADVISER : V. C. Cripe. mental tootsie-M. K. Barr ... Shy from the Windy City , and li ving up things, I guess, like being a llow ed to eyed-Janet O'Keefe . . . Sh e eyed: believe in what you want a nd nobody Tuggy Finger. .. . to hi s city's name ? :;: say ing anything . . . . Been hearing much co ncernin g one "KEEPER OF THE FLAME" Sat urday night sce ne: Mary Jane It's the thrill a look at the White Bernard Vogel. Does he ever show House and Linc oln 's Monument se nd s By Ifathryn Kuespert his face? ... "En then"-Gloria St ell- Peterson and Washington-Clay's bas- ketball hero , Cal Ream. up and down your spine, or maybe The Constitutional Convention, which met in 1784 and drew ner, still carrying ~ scorchy torch for ,:, ,:, * watching the President ride down the doughboy Dave Gorrell ... Nagging streets waving his hat in h and, a li t - . New development in 105-Margaret up our Constitution, the foundation of our countr y, was a secret question: Who is dark-eyed Julie tle smarter, perhaps , than you or I , Thom as and Harry W ag ner. convention. The press was not admitted to it or, allowed to pub­ Smith 's 0. A . O. ? . . . * ,, ,,, but one of us, ju st the same .... It 's • , • lish its proceedings. And yet, it was that same press which Perpetua l three: Di ck Kov acs and . 1 the political campa igns and .then ha v - J M tth p t t' 1 1 Well, surprise. Now 1t s steadies wielded public opinion in favor of adoption of the new Constitu­ the two G. h a. ewJs .. . Ko en iar· Dick Malone and Joan Bruggema of ing Mr. Willkie and Mr. R. becom e George ers wm, erome ern, o ji;:_iend an_d .hav ~ru:h.._at ~ tion. Even th en, the people of America refu sed to adopt it until Lud wig Beetho ven is Jo Eber so le. Adams. •. * ,. House .... the y were assured that certain amendments would be added to Ha ve you heard "Everywhere I Go?" ... B t ·t· th J'tt l th· g too, 11·1,e Of all the coincidences: Jim Morris u 1 s e 1 e m s, • . .. Street Scene : Mary Woolverton boy meeting girl and asking her for the document. This Bill of Rights, the people insisted, must in­ is stationed at DePauw, which is just and J anet Oren , furtively ducking in a date right off . . . and the borrowing sure freedom of the press, and must be added to the Constitution where Bruggner was planning to go! immediately, so that there could be no mistaking the reasons for and out of buildings like a couple of * * * of Dad 's car to take her there later light-fingered ladies. The reason be- and the hamburger stand you stop in Another sampler of college life was which they had fought the Revolutionary War. ing, they didn't wish to warn Hods on on the way home , and the cokes in Pokie Snokie who livened up Indian a with their presence of surprise party the corner drug store after school .. . The press has al~vays been one of the most potent forces in U. last weekend. swaying the mind of man for good or for evil. Napoleon Bona­ that evening .... ,, * ,, It 's Benny Goodman and T . Dorsey Bells to G . A . A.'s for a swell bas- and the Shag and jitterbugging and parte once remarked, "Four hostile newspapers are more to be ketball banquet and, incidentally, Erma Hunt with Leo Cunningham is getting to be a pleasantly familiar songs like "In the Mood" and "There feared than a thousand bayonets." How much more true this is those green and white paper ribbons Are Such Things" ... It's sitting next toda y. The newspaper is not only a foremost industry, but may flaunted the next day were special sight. * ::: to someone on a bus and leaving be said to wield more power than any other one instrument. awards! Or shall we face realities? practically intimate friends ... It' s They were booby prizes . Peas in a pod: Bruce Burgess and Where the press is free, its power is regulated by the various Bill Buehler. your ma and mine hangin' out wash­ :;: ing in the back yard and gossiping opinions of the people of the nation. But, when every printed * At liberty : Evelyn Manuzak and over the fence, and sitting on the word is one which the government has dictated, the influence of Joan Smith. porch on hot summer nights , and the the press is to be regretted. Today, in most ' countries of Europe, bridge games at night when friends the '-people are told what their leaders want them to know, in the Pat Wilson is sporting a smooth can easily become temporary enemies. picture of Joe Swartz . (Cont 'd on page 4) way their leaders want them to know it, through the printed V. C. Cripe, whose first initials are word-the press. They are not given both sides of the picture so * * * the mystery of the century, maintains Bernice Ivy's admiration for Ger­ that they may judge right from wrong, according to the dictates they stand for Ver­ ald Hayden is becoming a little some­ of their own conscience. The y have a choice-between what their gil Caesar - as if thing more than admiration. leaders believe and death. we were that dumb! (ha!) To our query: * * They are driven to their decisions by brute force. The chief Date s of Late: Mike Mikelson and "What subjects ha ve Jean Levy. you taught?" , he re- difference between man and other animals ' is that the former has * ;;: plies: "Everything the power to reason. Man must use this power in order to retain The Hodson-Welch crack-up has except fancy sewing BEGIN NOW had varied results ... f'rinstance Bur- it. The peoples of Europe have been deprived of this power for and home nursing. " so long, that they no longer have it. In the se oppressed lands gess and Hodson make just as cute a The first nine we eks ' period of this At present he teach­ couple as Welch and McGann. second semester has just closed. minority groups are ruthlessly trampled, and the press is not free es aeronautics and physics plus spon­ * * * Grades h ave been recorded an d re- soring The INTERLUDE since 1929 . to criticize this brutality. Three sm 'art girls: Johnny Bergen, port cards have been made out a nd Comments he (t a pping silver hair): Bill Freeman, andd J ackie Woodward. sent home for parents to sign. We a re We in America, where freedom of the press is taken for grant­ "Wh at else, do you suppose, besides Janning to go in the mo vies, my pret- well aware 'that the signature of a ed, do not realize what it could mean to have a press that is dom­ the war and The INTERLUDE m akes ties ? ,., ,, parent doe s not necessarily mean that ina ted in its ever y word and expression by the government, or me look this way ?" approva l has been given to a student 's Original possessor of that school­ by a single person. Has no culinary preferences, and effort or achievemen t during the past his favorite color isn 't brown. The girl complexion: Shirley Fodness. !;: period. P arents as well as te ac her s Freedom of the press is like a flame-when it is held high, it thing he likes to do best is tra ve l out are anxious that students make the The little bird Carolyn Shanafelt blazes brightly, lighting the path of mankind; but when it is not West, and he has made seve ral trips best records that they are cap ab le of must watch every time John Weger nouri shed, it will go out, not to be rekindled without the sacrifice in the last few years. . . . making. Some st udents do this but takes her picture whispered to us that Mr. Cripe (sometimes known many do not. Achievement in school of many lives. We of America must keep that flame of truth he 'd lik e to go on tak ing them ind ef i­ around cur newsy office as "V. C. " or bears a very close correlation to suc­ burning. We must cherish the vision of this torch, this symbol nitely. "Mr. Creep") had many exciting ad ­ cess in life. A boy or girl who h as * * of our democracy, and keep it always. ' before our eyes; it is what ve ntures in World War I , the most * the initiat ive a nd desire to do good The noisy bit of dynamite that was we are fighting for in this present struggle. If we allow the flame empty was the time he didn't eat for school work ca n be counted on to do Joe Hourigan has petered out int o a three days . . . has been making up well in adult life. Habits of industi·y of lr uth to die, democracy, too, will die. quiet child, who is often seen but sel­ for it ever since, yet insists : "A ll that carry over. If you want to show your dom heard . which is under my vest is pure future employer that yo u can make * * * muscle! " good, there is no better time to do it FILL IT UP Verie's nomination for one of Cen­ 17? than now . There is much truth in the tral 's swellest gals: Pat Smanda. One completely filled stamp book will pay for ONE "WALKIE­ My shoes are like the mighty ships , old adage "Nothing succeeds like suc­ TALKIE." "Walkie'.'.Tallcie"is t _he name given the two-way radio That sail the ccean blue , * * * cess." th.at a; .man c~n ca~ry on his chest and through which he can talk They carry me from place to 'place, Jean Sczmack may have the"'a 1;my , They ought to, they 're size 22. · but Ellen Cates has the navy, right in , to,, beadqµarters. ,_.,_, -Anon E .. Mouse. the palm of her hand. THE INTERLUDE J Bears Open Track Season The drink everybody Against Hammond With their meet coming up Satur­ knows d ay , :March 27 against Hammond , sec­ ond best team in the state, in the No­ t re Dame Fieldhouse th~ ,Central track t ea'm members are ·sharpening up t heir spikes and getting ready to go. The basketball season is over. It ended last Saturday night A squad of forty boys is out this year and Coach Bert Anson would be when Fort Wayne Central defeated Lebanon , 45-40, for the state qui te ha ppy if it weren't for the fact title. th at. ph ysical defects and army calls This brings up the age old question of the good big man, and hadn 't. ta ken their toll. Dan Slott, half the good little man, and which is better. Some take one, some miler of last year joined the Marines b d so cons equently won 't be on hand this · the other, but for the most part their discussions are ase on spi·ing. environment and altitude of their favorite teams. There are points STUUUUUDENTS ! Mr . Anson will depend on most of on both ·sides of the fence and examples for each. A good tall hi s stre ngth to come from six return- player is Hank Luisetti of Stanford, a mere 6' 4" , and as agile as WITH ing let termen, a few boys with some a cat. On the other hand take our own Johnny Wooden, ex-Pur­ • PARIS YOUR BRAINS exp erie nce last year, and ne w boys Dry and irnt for the first time. The re turn ing due man and all-time all-American guard where freethrows are a AND Cleaners Dyers le tter men are: J .im Wallis and Neal reflex action. OUR SCHOOL SUPPLIES MIRACLEAN YOU'LL America's Finest Dry Cleaning Welc h, co - captains, Francis L awson, Rules are constantly changing, giving the small man the ad­ MAKE A MILLION Process . W alt er Baits , Jo e Hourigan , and Tom vantage but when the two meet it will be the breaks of the game IN YOUR MARKS Phone 3-3197 Red ding . oOo that determine the winner. 532 N . Niles South Bend Office and Pant Indiana Girls Basketball Banquet 000 Climaxes Season Cubskin is announcing a contest in April 27-Mich. City-School Field. BUSINESS• SYSTEMS Inc. The annual G . A. A . Basketba ll which everyone may participate. This April 27-Riley-School Field. 126 South Main Street B anquet was held March 18 in the contest is absoluteiy free. Now here's May 1-W as h ., Adams, R iley , Central cafeteri a w ith about fifty-five present. all you h ave to do to win one of the -School Field. L uc y Hanyzewski acted as General beautiful prizes. Just tear off the May 4-Conference Preliminaries , FOR THE BEST IN Cha ir man and Mistress of Ceremo- top of your ra dio and send it in with unknown. SPORTS EQUIPMENT nies. The clubs which participated in 25 addition al words or less completing May 6-Adams-School Field . the ba sketba ll tournament and were this .statement "I read the Bear Facts May 8-Conference Fin als , unknown. BERMAN'S SPORT SHOP in vit ed we re Spur , Handicraft, Handy column in the Int er lude every Thurs- May 15---:-Sectional-Mish awa ka . 112 W : Washington Ave. Andy , and G . A. A. day because-" Be sure to pri nt yotir May 19-Riley-School Field. Dolores Kwiecinski was in charge name and address on the back of an May 22-State-Indianapolis. qf foo d ; Doris Platts, decorations; and old ten dollar bill. In case of ties oOo Winifre d Roeder , program. duplicate prizes will be awarded. The Comets gave a swell banquet INVEST YOUR SAVINGS T oast s were given by Barbara Winners will be announced in the Tuesday night. They had swiss steak Fu mb ou , Shirley Proud, Pat Craw­ near future. on the menu as well as "Moose" IN fo rd , and Alice Fink. Frances Hamp­ oOo Krause. t on play ed selections on the saxa­ Don Koz and Bob Smith, ex-Cen- ph one a nd Bernice Ivy, piano . Vocal tral basketeers, are back in town "Halt! " ordered the sentry in De- rowu FED£ sel ectio ns were given by Jackie Kas­ awaiting the beckon call of their re- tention Unit. "Who goes there?" AS.SOCIATI low, Joanne Ebersole , and Carolyn spective draft boards. "You wouldn't know me," the vo ice Ji4-,l18 Sh ana fe lt. oOo replied out of th e darkn ess. " I ju st L. T . Allen , end on the 1940 foot- got here yesterday. " ball team , is at Fort Benjamin Har- Organized July 5, 1882 rison . "Have you ever lived in an apart- oOo ment?" One wonders (that guy One is a "My boy, I have lived in a place curious person) why they give sweat- where I couldn't throw out my chest ers and watch charms to the boys in wit hout bumping my conscience." -the- first pla oe ..-l t see.ms - that the gir.ls - ~U-f~e- _ w_Q _Q ·--=-- = always end up with them anyway. Miss Spray: "Define 'girls' poetic- oOo ally." As usual the Bruin cindermen will Jim Pankow: "Girls are the air Sweaters It 's st.ill considered poor taste be out to catch the Mishawaka Cave- pressure in the boys' barometer." men who consistently turn out good c::::::,a. •k .,., :-ac:: To over-use the phone; Soft pastels . . . bright A clever girl plays hard to get, teams. Two new additions ha ve been And lea.ves the boys alone . made to the schedule this year. They BEST WATCHES gay colors and all pure are Washington and Adams who for wool! the first time have track teams. AND DIAMONDS V V Fashion floor American Shoe Service oOo The Gary Invitational track meet NEW MODERN SHOP Zipper Repairing usually held in the early spring out in the Notre Dame fieldhouse bringing * ----- .. SU~ ~ ------613 No. Mich. St.~ Ph. 2-4830 WYMAN'S V V the best teams in northern Indiana ~ ,LEIGHTY'S U11itedStates War Sawinqs Bo11cl~ ~ Sta•~ here has been canceled. Most of the JEWELRY co. teams come from the Calumet area and it is impossible to get transporta­ 406 S. Michigan St. Hk Hk ion to bring them here. * r~==-00•::00;~;;;;:u,,_ oOo SCHEDULE March 27-Hammond-Notre Dame. In the spring OF SOUTH BEND April 7-Washington-School Field. 1April 16-Mish ., Riley, Adams , Cen- It's Smart To-- tral-School Field. I==- Establtahed in 1856 :;.: Chas. P. Wattles, Pres . IApril 22-Washington-School Field. a young man's = W. 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TO THE WOMEN OPEN LETTER TO AMERICA NEW SIGN SERVICE NOTES Robert Gilbert, stationed in Ber - (Cont'd) The front hall of Central has been Dear Girls: Jack Koches, a graduating senior, mud a wit h the Navy, is stricke n w ith It's the Association for the Blind brightened by the addition of a new was sworn into the Army Air Force pneumonia. Thi s editoria l is writt en by Dick Mues­ and United Charities ... And it's lighted sig n placed near the main en­ Enlistment Reserve for air crew ------sel in answe r to th e one wr itt en by Caro ­ Midnight Mass and Synagogue on trance. The sign and light ha ve been lyn Shan afelt that app eared in last week 's EXCHANGES High Holy Days and the parade on bought by the school. From time to He ate a hot dog sandwich puper.-Editor 's note. . Main Street in a new Easter bonnet . time important ann oun cements will And rolled his eyes about . . Hardly a day goes bj when the rec­ It's schools and kids having bloody be placed in the frame to attract the He ate a half a dozen more ords of former Central students are noses and football with people wav­ attention of, and be re ad by, all stu­ And died of puppy love. not dragged out and studied an d let­ ing flags and screaming like mad for dents . ::: ters of recommendation (or other­ their teams ... It's Joe and Sue Col-, Mother: "Stop r eac hing acro ss the wise) written from those recor ds to lege with their long sweaters and ta- VERIE (Cont'd) .. table, son. Hav en 't you got a tongue?" employers, directors of admissions of pered trousers and key chains and I Flip a gande toward Simon "Shoul­ colleges and universities , and person­ training last Thursday in Fort Wayne. Son: "Yes , but my arm's longer." perfume. . . . ders" Brazy . Strong, silent and bash- He will not be called for active serv­ nel departments of the various It 's Helen Hayes an d Fritz Kreisler ful-that's him. branches of our armed service. Not ice until after August 20, his eight­ Definitio n of dust: Mud with the and Bob Hope ... It's Walter Win- * .;. ,:, eenth birthday. juice squeezed out . unfrequently, former teachers are chell and William L. Shirer . . . It's Prissy Thoma and Dolores Moore consulted for recommendations con­ the Brown Derby and the Waldorf. are the prettiest pig-tailed misses cerning character and citizenship. . .. It's a thousand people of different you'll find for several miles around. Now - It's GILBERT'S For Your Smart Casual Coat. Such references do carry a lot of races and creeds living side by side '~ * * weight, for who could be a better in contentment ... Chinatown and Marion Stech simply beams when qualified authority? Those H's and the Bronx and Park Avenue and the you comment on her silver wings and M's which clutter up report cards Vanderbilts and Rockefellers and the we don 't mean the kind that go with may seem trivial now but the way Joneses and Kellys . . . . a halo. they fall does much to influence high It's farms and factories all working =I=c=o=u=l=d=g=o=o=n=fo=r=·e=v=e=r=,=b=u=t~I"''m==n~o school acquaintances who might some Lady for one cause .. . It 's the pride you William Saroyan ... What I'm try­ day be called upon to write your all feel when they play the "Star Span- ing to say is, this is what we're work­ important letter of recommendation gled Banner" at concerts and every- ing for, sacrificing for and fighting and they indicate the habit s which body stands up and sings · · · It's con- for ... Do I think it's worth it? will continue to influence people for vertibles and Model T's · · · It's La- Brother, it's worth everything we've Alpagora or against you throughout life. bor Day and Fourth of July week- got, and we're willing to give it!! The higher positions and better jobs ends with everybody taking trips .. - -Sheila R. Cohn. MAN-TAILORED naturally require men and women of It's Dick Tracy and Superman and superior character. There is no bet­ Li'l Abner and Orphan Annie ... It's ter time than now to start conscien­ apple pie for dessert and rocking tiously building the character reputa­ chairs . . . It's L ake Michigan and FOR tion that you would like some day to speed boats and cottages and healthy THE Coats represent you . fat little tanned kids playing Indians. MOSTA Reliability and integrity are valu­ ... It 's Carnegie Hall and the Histo­ OF able to any girl and they are prere­ rical Museums and the Chicago Art THE "pride of quisite to the girl who "gets ahead." 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