Harrison Technical High School - Harrisonian Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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The Class History Back-TRAILING SCENE: The nudz'fori:um of the Horrisoii High School. Excited groups iflllfzng roiubly. In the foregrolmd, LOUISE and JACK, ulzimizi of the Jfllllltllxlj, 19.30, class. Louise: Another semester gone! Only a little while ago, my division class sat where we ,re sitting now, when we came to Harrison as green little Freshies and were assigned to this temporary parking-place. So much has happened since then: but what fun we had and how small our trials and tribulations seem! Sitting here, waiting for the commencement exercises to begin, I can 't help thinking of our class trail at Harrison. Jack: I know how you feel. I have the same memories. Louise: That first year we could hardly get our bearings. I-Iow we wrestled with algebra! Had not the Honor Society Seniors aided us, math- ematics would have downed scores of us. lVhen the upper classes gave Pirates of Penzance and Clarence, we Freshies were thrilled. I can see myself lcaning forward, gazing raptly at the performers. NVe never thought we 'd attain to such heights, though occasionally we did wonder wist- fully if we'd get a chance to accomplish wonders. Then, how proud we were when Harrison took the first prize in the Clean-up Campaign and we saw the shining cup that symbolized the help you and I gave from the start. We were all Hustlers, you know. Jack: I heard the Music Festival broadcast over the radio that first year. You belonged to the Cecilian Choir, didn't you? I joined the Fresh- man Dramatics Club 5 that was good training for the Senior Draniatics Class later. Louise: Soon, soon we were lofty Sophs, looking down upon the new Freshies. J ook: That was the year Bells of Cornville and If I We1'e King delighted us. You were in the chorus of the operetta, weren't you? Those were great successes. The second prize in the Clean-up Campaign was an- other. But we certainly did have to work hard on Latin, French, or Spanish. Louise: I know it only too well. You could get your Geometry, but I could not make head or tail of it and was amazed to see a final G for it on my report card. . W J ack: But we were beginning to belong-we were beginning to fit into the school. Louise: Junior year, when HMartlia , in all its glory, was presented here, I felt as though I, in the chorus, were doing my bit. It was that year we became members of the Hustlers' Council and took part in the spirited law making. , J ook: Boy, that Junior year was great for the wrestling team, too. Then, after the splendid and original football souvenir sale, we came out victorious on the gridiron at the I-Iomecoming Game. ' e 90

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Louise: Soon after that, Merton of the Moviesl' was a hilarious suc- cess. XVe knew everyone in the cast, and weren't we proud that one of our own class was leading lady? J ack: XVhen our 3A semester brought the class mass assembly, I began to realize the responsibility of the high-and-mighty seniors. Louise: Our Senior year! It wasn't all play, but didn't we have a good time? XVe were on the Clean-up committees, and this time, though Harrison didnlt get first prize, we did tie with Austin for second. 4'The Crimson Start' is another light on our trail. J ark: That. semester the Band went to Denver. I certainly envied you when you left on that trip. Louise: We had some outstanding assembly programs. Do you remem- ber the Girls' Week program, HThe Road to Success , and the Aviation Club 's play, Nerves H 'Z J ack: And the Soccer team won the city championship again, though our hard-working Football team was defeated at the Homecoming Game. Louise: Donat forget the Senior Assembly, where our talented class- mates put it over with a Hbangw. J ack: The Hustler government was made more democratic by the change from one Hustler Council and a delegate group to three groups of represen- tatives. Perhaps this is why the Christmas and Thanksgiving collections and celebrations were so unusually fine. Didnlt we enjoy It Pays to Adver- tisell? I never laughed so hard in all my life. Louise: Oh, I can't forget the Senio-r Dance and the Football-Soccer Dance. 'They were so jolly and informal. Then came the affair of affairs- the Prom, held in the Stevens Hotel, at which we had a Hscrumptviousu time. Wasn't the 4B-4A social a really 'Vchummyi' school affair, and didn't the 4B's give us a good time? The Senior Banquet didn't disappoint us, either. Everything went so smoothly. Back-trailing like this brings the joys to one so vividly, doesnit it? Still-but oh, the exercises are beginning. Theres Agnes, one of the first in line. Doesn't she look dignified in her cap and gown? tTioo 71 ours Zoterj Louise. Cto Agues, os the two girls and Jack are wall-ciug out of the audi- toriumj : Oh, did your operetta succeed? VVhat was the outcome of the Clean- up Campaign? Did the June Prom equal ours? I know you can 't answer my questions all at once, but I'm dying to hear. Agnes: Now, just one question at a time. You wonit have to coax me much to sing Harrisonis praises. CShe takes ci deep bi'eot7i.j Our operetta? HThe Mikado was a 'Lscreamf' How everyone laughed! Our Band won the city championship and went to Flint to represent Chicago in the National Band Contest. As for the Clean-Up campaign, of course Harrison always comes out at the top. Then-the most im- portant affair of our career at Harrison, the Prom, was held at the Blackstone Hotel, in the Crystal Ballroom, really a beautiful place. What a wonderful time we had! Let me tell you all about it. Jack: Tell Louise some other time. Let me in on the athletics. Agnes: Oh, thereis enough to say about that, too. Our Basketball team copped the championships at the Morris and Iia Grange Tour- naments, and our Heavies won the West Section Championship. Jack: Whew! What a record! Agnes: Yes. Isn't it fine? Haven't we happy memories to carry with-'us as we leave Harrison and seek new fields to conquer? 91