James Harvey Bowen High School - Bowenite Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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BY TEKLA GYSEL and JOSEPHINE PARSONS Miss Pearson, the chief reporter of THE TRIBUNE, had been sent to interview the leading movie stars of the day — Caroline Corn- stock and Percival Parkhurst. On arriving she discovered that they were her old schoolmates, Elmer Ebert and Carrie Abraham. They all talked so fast about school days that Miss Pearson had no inter- view to hand in. When she told the editor her reason, he said that in retribution she must locate her class members and write up their suc- cesses. At the end of the month she dictated the following to the head staff stenographer, Miss Raczinski : Perhaps the most famous class ever graduated from a high school was the class which went out from Bowen High in 1917. The most noted man of that number is Francis Ostrowski, who will be inaugurated March the fourth. The success of the socialist candidate is due to the excellent work of the campaign leader, Leonard Dietz. Dietz ever has been known for leading people into victory. His career began when, resplendent in a blouse of purple and gold, he led the rooters at a champion basket ball game. Murel Macdonald has also been instrumental in the election by making a tour of the Chautauquas in favor of Ostrowski. Being a fervent socialist himself, he has written a book stating his extreme views on the subject. This brought forth a series of strong comments in pamphlets from Josephine Parsons, the noted sociologist. It quite reminded their classmates of the Hughes- Wilson guard. The class is also noted for its beauty specialists, Julia Benko and Beryl Vaughan. Among their patrons are the noted actor and actresses, Kathleen Allman, Ringling Bros. ' tallest woman, Manfred Krebs, the popular black face man, and Ebba Dahl, the skylark of vaudeville; Angelia Hirschfeld, the world ' s most beautiful woman, also owes some of her charms to the efforts put forth by her two classmates. Many of the members have entered professions. Professor Bessie Glawe is now in her fifth year as president of Yale. Her most efficient English instructor is Mildred Jacobi. Lawson and Paulson, dentists, and Stern, the eminent surgeon, have made their expenses during the last five years. George Koch is teaching chemistry at Page Twenty-eight

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BOWEN Farewell, dear Alma Mater, Friend of our high school days; Farewell, old Bowen High school, To whom our thanks we raise. We ' ve loved you long and heartily ; We ' ve helped you in the field That you might win, in order That our colors might not yield. For four years we have studied The wisdom of the ages ; And in thy fond and sweet embrace We ' ve learned our volume ' s pages. Regretfully we leave you now, To go where e ' er we list ; But we, at parting, ask of you To be a little missed. TEKLA GYSEL Page Tzvcnty-seven

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the University of Chicago. Charles Butler, who has made recent discoveries along the line of chemistry, is an exponent of Koch ' s theories. The metropolitan opera star, Madeline Evans, is now tour- ing the world. Much of the success of her program is due to the artistic work of her accompanist, Kathryn McLaughlin. William Hoffman, the popular leader of the Hottentot Band, is also a gradu- ate of this famous class. Some of the graduates are back at Bowen. Tekla Gysel, as a gymna sium teacher, is a perfect miracle in demonstrations of high ladder work. Recently she had a bad fall, due to dizziness, caused by her lunch prepared by Margaret Seymour, now manager of the Bowen lunch room. Miss Seymour has a very formidable rival in Helen Lind, who has renovated the old Bolka place. Catherine Ford, in her namesake, rattles on delivering the pro- duce of the blue ribbon poultry farm carried on by the Misses Klitzke, Diehl, and Zika. Harry Edgren, the manager of the White Sox, is now being sued by the managers of the farm because of the death of the prize fowl caused by an excellent curve of one of his pitchers. He is being ably defended in court by the noted attorney, Fannie Jones. Katherine Laidlaw is now conducting a school for stuttering at Tarrytown-on-the- Hudson. Bertha Londeen is at the head of a very successful stock farm in Ohio. Adjoining it is the fruit farm of Preston Pursel. The judge in that locality, the Honorable Ray- mond McNitt, is often called upon to settle disputes between these two neighbors. Arthur Johnson is leading a world-wide campaign against the loathsome cigarette. Miss Helen Kriewitz, the popular novelist, is also interested in reform. The Congressional debates concerning prohibition are arousing great interest. Mr. Gilroy of Tennessee has introduced a bill prohibiting the manufacture of any liquor. Its passage is hotly contested by Roland Kettler, whose interests are ably managed by Helena Puishis, who uses very persuasive arguments among the people. Sidney Klein, as speaker of the house, is in dan- ger of the partiality shown to the fair congress women ; especially to those of his class, Miss Mogan and Miss Knall. Gordon Quinn is managing the International We Wont Work Society. Edward Rafferty, the mayor of Reno, is being severely criticised for not extending a cordial invitation to the German Crown Prince, who is visiting this country. Agnes Rafferty has now trans- pose Twenty-nine