t 7 T Vol. XIV , No. 24 JOHN ADAMS HIGH SCHOOL - SOUTH BEND , INDIANA March 27, 1953 Assemblies to be "APRILIN PARIS"THEME CHOSEN FOR Future Nurses Club Presented in April ANNUALSTAR DUST CAFE, APRIL 11 Organizes Programs Mr. Hedley Hepworth , a British On Wednesday, March 18, at the actor _and generally regarded as an The junior class has selected "Apr il in Paris" as the theme for the annual Crippled Children 's Hospit al the first St ar Dust Cafe, which is to be held in the Little Theatre, April 11 from 8 :00- authority on Charles Dickens, will meeting of the Future Nur ses Club, 11:00. The John Adams Band will furnish the music. present an acsembly April 7. He gives a city-wide organization, was held. The committee chairmen are: Bill Blue , decorations; Virginia Campb ell This meeting and the ones to be held and Myrna Cordtz, tickets; Joe Rich and Kathy Br ady, publicity; Sally Kis­ in the next two months will be plan­ singer, script; Sally Stoops and Nancy Miller, refreshments; Mary Wenger ning periods chiefly to organize next and Barbara Rassmussen, costumes; Norm Grim shaw and Bob Johnson, clean up. year's programs. Tickets will not be sold after 3:15 p. m., April 10. For tickets and reserva­ Sponsored by the Women's Auxili­ tions, see either Virgini a Campbell, Sharon Beebe , or Myrna Cordtz. ary of the St. Joseph County Medical Society, the club's purpose is to ac­ PURDUE TO HOLD Biology Students Tour quaint girls with nursing - the dif­ ferent fields, the idea of a career and ? SCI-MATH ASSEMBLY Ge1·m Free Laboratory marriage, and other aspects of this ? On April 11, Purdue will play host On Tuesd ay afternoon, March 17, profession. Meetings will be held to the fourth annual Sci-Math As­ fifteen students from Mr. Ernest Lit­ monthly at various hospitals in the sembly, to be held jointly this year weiler's Biology IV class toured the area. Pl ans are being made for a field trip once a semester. with the regional Indiana Science Lobund Germ Free Laboratory at Fair. Notre Dam e University . Mr. Teah, a Adams students who signed up as interested in the club are: Janice Ab­ The meetings are designed to bring scientist at the lab, condu cted the tour. bott, Sharon Allen, Phyllis Anderson, together high school students inter­ Pat Bradley, Lind a Bussert, June • ested in science and mathematics, to The purpose of the laboratory is to B a r t e 1 s , Virginia Campbell , Kay cultivate and stimulate this interest, supply scientists throughout the coun­ Cantwell, Gloria Chambers, Pat Con­ HEDLEYHEPWORTH and give an opportunity for seeing try with living test tubes which are nolly , Ruth Davis, Kathy DeLeury, some of the ways in which science used for experiments in the causes of Dixie Douglas, Marilyn Enfield, P at dramatic impersonations of charac ­ and mathematics can be experienced. tooth decay, the effect of atomic ra ­ Fenimore, Gloria Flowers, Barbara ters created by the great novelist and Purdue's laboratories and teaching diation, and the causes of disease in Frick, Donna Fro st, Evelyn Fuller, chickens . The two hundred germ-free selections from other famo us writers . facilities will be open to all partici­ Mary Jo Gassensmith, Arlene Gar­ .., animals used in these experiments Some of these writers to be repre­ pants. tenberg, Joanne Gersey , Barbara are: hamsters, rats, ducks, dogs , cats, sented are: Alfred Noyes, Edgar Al­ Gordon, Geraldine Hackett, Jacquel­ "Careers in Science and Mathema­ chickens, flies, and cockroaches. ine Hackett, Joyce Hamel, Diane len Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson, tics" will be the central theme of the These animals are never touched by J ames Hilton , Victor Hugo, etc. Hartter , Lucille Johnson, Jacqueline ; As sembly. Orientation talks will be human beings. Jones , Claire M. Kaysen, Joyce Klet­ During World War II, the British given after which students will meet Lobund is the only germ -free lab­ ka, Barbara Kruggel , Judy Lacke, Secret Service made use of Mr. Hep­ with repre sentatives working in the oratory in the world. Jo ann Leyes, Rosalie McEw an, and worth 's dramatic and impersonation different area s of science and mathe­ Gladys Miller. talents. For eighteen months he im­ m atics . There will also be opportu­ SEN IORS COMPETE Others interested in nursing as a personated a British stevedore, mak­ nities for the students to ask ques ­ career are: Janet Miller, Betty Mit­ ing the pubs to find out if sailors and tion s about particular vocations. FOR D. A. R. AWARD schelen, Marillyn Moran, Pat Moran, others were talking out of turn. His One part of the day's program will Because of record made in United Sandra Moritz, Pat Moynihan, Susan disguise was not discovered. be modeled after meetings of profes­ Stat es History I and II, sixteen stu­ Nuss, Jan ice Oakes, Sandra Place, On a recent trip to Europe, Mr. sional scientific societies when a se­ dents are in competition for an award Marilyn Rantz, Shirley Rawles, Mar­ lected number of students will read i Hepworth appeared before the Inte r ­ made annually by the Schuyler Col­ sha Jean Root, Kathleen Rose , Karen papers they have prepared to the national Conference of the Dickens fax chapter of the Daughters of the Runyan, Kathy Sears, Nancy Seider, Assembly. Fellowship in England, and in Paris American Revolution. Judy Shenenberger, Nancy Smuts, Anne Stockinger, Sally Stoops, Phyl­ he gave a complete Dickens program On April 8 at 8:00 a. m. in room 1, lis Stouffer, Joyce Swingendorf, Don­ for the Association des Proffesseurs the students will write a competitive X-RAYS TO BE GIVEN na Tennyson , Phylli s Walcott, Lynne Langues Vivanted de la Seine. examination . The winner of the award Waterson, Judy Ann Weiss , Lucee On April 6 between 8:00 a. m. and will be announced at the Senior Williams, and Estelle Zoss. Liquid Air Demonstration 12:00 noon, in the Boys' Athletic Of­ Awards Assembly. ,.. fice, all freshmen who previously Liqu1d Air demonstrations will be Students taking the examination If there are any girls who wish to showed a positive reading on their presented by Elliott James in an as­ are: Robert Beale, Richard Hendrick­ join the Future Nurses Club but have T. B. skin tests, or showed a positive son, Mary Lou Hibner, Roger Jurgo­ neglected to do so, they are to see sembly on Monday, April 13. reading on the recent skin test, and van, Fred Laas, Larry Mooren, Char­ Mrs. Chamberllin in the nurse's office Mr . James gives low temperature all juniors will have chest X-rays . les Nordin, Thom as Olshewsky, Da­ as soon as possible. experiments with a stage full of ap ­ Any senior who did not have a chest vid Pihl , William Reinecke, Richard paratus . His program is fascinating, X-ray in his junior year and desires Sanderson, Joyce Sando, Sandra Van­ educational, startling, and entertain­ to have one may do so. Seniors please Du sen, J ames Van Horne, Jerry G. C. Ensembles to Sing ing. notify Mrs. Chamberlain of this fact Wachs, and Lucee Williams. On Wednesday, April 8, an ensem­ by April 13. Hi s most spectacular acts are en­ ble from the John Adams Glee Club titled, "The Solder Spring," "Crooke's All students are requested not to will present the musical portion of .-. 7 Because of the time needed to Layer," "The Liquid Airplane," "Ice wear blouses or sweaters with metal­ prepare a paper following spring the regular monthly meeting of the 7' Is So Hot," and "Rubber Nails and lic trimming or metal zippers or vacation, the next Tower will be American Association of University Mercury Hammer." metals in the chest region at the time distributed April 17. Women. The Girls ' Triple Trio will (Continued on Page 3) of the X-rays . also sing some variety numbers. ')- Page Two JOHN ADAMS TOWER March 27, 1953 ,_ FIGURE vs. at the APPETITE Does this little scene sound famil­ iar? Boy to waitress: "I'll have the four chicken dinner, three hamburgers with everything , two orders French __corners fries, one large coke, one strawberry soda, . one banana split, heavy on the It seems the fourth hour Office Editor-in-Chief . Lucee Williams whipped cream, triple on the marsh­ Practice class is in its second child­ mallow, a large dish of chocolate ice hood . The "kiddies" are escorted to TOWER cream with chocolate syrup and a the lunchroom, two by two, by the TOWER glass of milk. I'll order the rest later ." teacher. How sweet! THE STAff Girl to waitress: "One green salad No doubt Mr. and Mrs. VanDusen Feature Editor __________Margaret Jamison Advertising Manager ________carol Bourdon without mayonnaise!!" Yes, painfully (Larry's parents, also father and Circulation Manai:er ______Beverly Verduin Faculty familiar! There ought to be a law! mother of Sandy) enjoyed the enter­ Exchange Manager ___Mary Agnes Gingrich Business Manager ___________Nancy Kenady Adviser ______________________Florence Roell Why is it that boys can eat six big tainment at Adams Eve . Someone in Sports Editor ______________Richard Wallace PrincipaL _____ _ _____ ___ Russell Rothermel meals every day (plus the numerous the Mellow-S teirunetz - Reish - Miller­ 0 ,- between-meal-snacks) and come out Smuts contingent must be psychic . News Writers of it with big broad shouders and a Martha Clark Sally Kissinger Mary Alice Wilhelm Now on our steady list are Sondra Barbara Crow Jo Ann Rapp Ann Williams tr im waist line? If a girl eats like Smith and Melvin Hartz, Sonja Hoo­ Nancy Chizek Lorena Rose Jean Woolverton Sally Stoops that she also gets broad shoulders ver and Mike Handley.