Greenbelt cooperator., 1942-05-08
HghSchoolChatter
By LOUISE BURKE

when young men OF draft age
quiver at their post boxes. Finally
when the great day arrives they
sprint quite readily (?) to the D.
Il: DRAFT Headquarters, to you).
This appears to be the way things
are going for our own Mr.. Cooper,
athletic director. The day for him
will be the 22nd of May. CAT
least he was able to finish out the
school year, much to everyone's
relief.) It's a god thing the Army
got him now, so that he will get
over his disappointment quickly.
disappointment you ask? Well
Mr.. Cooper went to enlist in the
Naval Air Corps and guess what?
He was turned down because of
an imperfection of the vision in
one eye. Say, there must have
been quite a few good-looking
girls around where he has been
to make him overwork it that
much.
just can't go any further
without announcing to all of you
that don't know it already about
the highlight of the weeks events.
Our beloved senior advisor, with
a few other odd jobs thown in,
you understand,) Miss Rose Nudo,
has gone and got herself engaged
to mighty lucky fella! l, person
ally, was fabbergasted to hear
about it, seeing as the journalism
Club has ben predicting all year
that she was sure to elope just to
give us super flash.
Hey! Can you tell me why
Blake's mother was searching
frantically for him last Wednes-
day night? i. Last Monday a
photographer was at school to
snap the informal shots of the
various clubs, for the yearbook.
This afforded two little yearbook
heads, J, j. Bobbitt and W. Stein
lie, to execute thtir power over the
school in general With all
the pictures being taken around
schol lately everybody, except a
few daring souls, is afeared to
venture forth into the bright sun
light You know what Miss
Council told me? Jack Gale will
undoubtedly earn an "a" in Eng
lish for the last six weeks if he
continues the way he is going now
81 CUES those Soph. and Senior
boys, who 1@said they could whip
the Soph. girls in volley ball were
fooled, weren't they? There is
going to be }hay ride this Friday
for the benefit of the Junior-Sen-
ior Prom. Tickets will be rs cents
person and $1.00 couple
Right now many people are puz-
zling over the question of just who
they are going to take to the
prom. That is, especially Lorraine
Mullen. She says that the only
boy she really wants to ask is one
that she hasn't seen for six years.
Pretty long chance, huh? -. What
Senior boy is it, that intends to
send graduation invitations to the
teachers so that he will receive
presents from them? For the
past week the seventh grade of
the Elem. school have been at
tending their prospective classes
for next year. They visited in
groups of twelve according to the
course they plan to take
Which one of our Junior geniuses
has been compelled, as a means
of punishment to act as Janitor
in the library?
The final meeting of the High
school P. T. A. was held Tuesday
mite. The parents, instead of
"going to school, as at a recent
meeting, visited their children's
clubs. Included on the program
were exhibits by many of the
clubs who were able to. Those
which did not have exhibits pre-
sented their clubs by means of
verbal explanation. Miss Coun-
cells Library Club had a very
original skit performed by Betty
Stouffer, Jane Stone and Dottie
Jefferies in which they showed how
a new member would be inductcd
into their ranks . The Art Club
was in the hands of Doris Kerst
for all explaining. Dick Bates
gave a demonstration for the
Photo. Club, while Mr.. Seiverts
prepared an exhibit of the many
pictures of school activities he has
snapped thus far this year. The
Glee Club renderd two selections
under the direction of Mrs.
Trucksess. The other clubs were
represented by the following
people; Shop, Mr.. Bond; Boxing,
AIu Do,nl.