Crane High School - Science and Craft Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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CLASS OF 1938 THEY SERVED FAITHEULLY ty fi ALFRED GALLO IAMES MALATESTA HILARY GRABOWSKI IOSEPH TORTORICI SIDNEY LASKIN BERNARD NOOSBOND HENRY ADDISON TACK NEROVE IOHN DE ROSE TIEME STIKKERS IACK LORTIE HERMAN LERNER IOHN ZEMCIK ARTHUR GOODMAN SYDNEY CCDHEN ALFRED GALLG PRESIDENT IAMES MALATESTA VICE-PRESIDENT HILARY GRABGWSKI SECRETARY EDWARD 'WEBER ADVISER ' 1012 TORTQRICI TREASURER BERNARD NOOSBOND SGT.-AT-ARMS SIDNEY LASKIN STU, COUN. REP.

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-We've been long together g C L A ln February 1934, Crane Tech beckoned to about-800 west side grammar school graduates. Those that entered were given the official title of the class of '37 V2 sponsored by Mr. Harry Grashoff. The appointment of Mr. Grashoff was made by Mr. Hagen at an assembly. . The class was lucky enough to have a goodly number of sparkplugs incumbent and with Mr. Grashoff as chief cur- rent distributor, they immediately embarked on their first class venture, the publication of a '37 V2 newspaper. lt was handled by lames Simkin, a future publication bigwig with Seymour Gerber and lsador Adelman assisting, but it seems as if the boys weren't ready to undertake any big ventures, forafter a few issues the paper died a quiet death. . By this. time the embryo politicians of '37 V2 were shaking themselves from the cocoons of inactivity and the first class election was held. Mario Savastio had the honor of being the first president. An efficient corps of officers was elected to help carry out the various class duties. The vice-president attained his position by running up the second highest point total in the presidential vote-something new in Crane elections. ln the following years, the class elections were more or less repi- titious with practically the same group of boys trading offices. ln the second year, dues were collected and class pins were sold. With the money from the class pins, chenille emblems were purchased for the officers. May 15, 1936, marked the beginning of social life for the class. On that evening, about 125 couples danced the hours away in La Follette Park at what was known as the Spring Frolic. The first real affair though, Cgme on December 20, 1936- lt was the Iunior Prom and it, too, was held at La Eollette Park. A beautiful bracelet was presented to every girl. Both of the previous class affairs were social successes, but they didn't do so well financially, therefore, it was suggested that the 413 affair be dispensed with and plans for the dinner dance be formulated. This, however, was overruled by the committee, and consequently a 4B affair was run. lt was the Senior Skate, and a swell time was had by all-including the finance committee chairman of which was Dave Horwitz. The date was May 3, 1937, the place, the Hollywood Rink. 1 ' The 4A semester rolled around and the first big thing was the class election. Savastio was elected president and his cabinet. included Peacock, Lace, Epstein, Yablong, and Dove. The first social affair of the season was the Farewell Dance, presented to '37 V2 by '33 lt took place on Thanksgiving Eve and the gathering was a huge success. Now there remained only the Dinner Dance and graduation' on the horizon. And they both came up awfully fast. ' The committee completed plans for the dinner dance, which was held two days after graduation. lt was in the grand ball- room of the Auditorium Hotel. Don Nash supplied the music for the 150 couples that attended the dance. Then came graduation. lt topped the high school careers of the 320 seniors who were handed diplomas, good will speeches, and best wishes for the future. Less than half of the original class passed out of Crane's portals. -DAVE HORWITZ Page Twenty-lg 1 THEY SERVE I ALFRE IAMES IN HILARY CI IOSEPH SIDNE' BERNARD HENRY IACK IOHN TIEME lACK HERMA 101-IN ARTHUR SYDNE

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'Tis hard to part when friends are dear - Pour years ago l.,lOO bewildered freshmen were thrown together in a school called Crane. Before these frightened boys came to high school they sat, chin in hand, staring blankly at a wall, wondering what prep school life had in store for them. The future freshies huddled together in whispering groups dis- cussing, from what they had heard from their friends, the terrors that were awaiting them. There were those monsters called algebra, geometry, physics, chemistry, and French, just to name a few. How were they to be tackled? The freshies' were in a blue funk. They were scared! ' And then they came to Crane. Sitting in the assembly hall they looked about them. Many, when seated, could not reach the floor with their feet. The boys were told to report to certain teachers and did they have a job finding them? With the kind assistance of the upper classmen the poor freshies were completely and thoroughly befuddled. The kids were shunted into lavatories in search of elevators: they were sold locker space: they bought hall passes, just to name a few tricks to which they were subjected. But once they were settled, they grew a bit more sophisticated. -A few weeks later the fellows who entered school together were given the official title of the class of '38, under the leadership of one Mr. Edward Weber. From that point on, '38 set about making a name for itself. Election of officers in the lA semester was the first of many new innovations started by the classl lncidentally, Al Gallo held the presidency for seven semesters. But getting back to the students. As members of '38 walked through the halls, they were dwarfed by the upper class stalwartsg . lt didn't take long before the vibrating sieve of extra-curric- ular activity dumped the members of '38 into their respective niches, there to spin their cocoons of preparation, precipitating the metamorphosis of a gangling youth into a well turned athletep a properly polished student government man, and any one of a dozen other occupations. I Now that the boys were launched in their activities, their minds turned to the light fantastic so to speak. They wanted a dance: they got it. The first was called the Thanksgiving Erolic and the second, the junior Prom. Both were accounted among Crane's most successful affairs. Over all this activity watched one of the grandest guys in the school, Mr. Edward Weber, the class adviser. Together with the ten helpful 4A section teachers, he managed to exert a parental influence on the somewhat trying class members. As is commonly known, the bodies of young people Qfrow much faster than their brains, consequently it was a blessing to have such good, understanding fellows about. And so marched the class. The metamorphosis was completedg '38 became seniors. From the class sprang club executives, student government officials, the mayor, the star athletes, the publications officials. At last they had reached their zenith. They shone in all the glory that they had hoped for when they were freshmen. lt's the 4A semester. The first few weeks-everyone' is happy, and then, a sensation experienced four yearsago in grammar school takes hold again: the fellows are scared. They should bel They are going out into something infinitely more mysterious, more complicated than high school. They are going out into the world. . lt won't be long now, and then the friendships which took four years to weld may be dissolved. School will call some, industry-others. Some will shine in their undertakingsg others will fail. No one can predict what a graduate will do in years to come. Write your own ticket here, and' look back ten years hence. TO You teachers at school, who have done so much to help the boys: thank you. To the section teachers, and to Mr. Weber, we find it hard to express without emotion the appreciation we, the grads, feel. Some day we hope to reciprocate, ' Q it . -SYDNEY CGI-lEN ty Addison Robert Allen les Barbero- Nick Bardoula 'X' Henry Addison arches have fallen. j guardp C.T.C., S. ci Ct Wala, Arch. clubs. presence of girls. C Dago says he is DiDomenico. Activitie is six feet, two inche Swimming team, Wal Nozzy has always was only to compare ball, basketball, voll E. Auerbach . . . Lt Activities: Freshman, Pen and Wig, Ches D. Bcxikie . . , Bak spouts on the fount Hfluquardz Wrestlin- Colonel is always his hair. Chums: Bu . Wala, Zoa Phyta, Pen Lou seldom wears ' Page Twenty-S5 PCICfe Twenty-seven . It V, . 'K V . ,, in .