Carl Schurz High School - Schurzone Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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THE SCHURZONE 27 17171 17, , 1717, , , 1-1. 1 17. 1 : 17.717177 . 1 .7171-::A---.--1:11.-.-1:1127-11717:-1:1 - ll. To Mr. Aldrich, the blow holes in the castings, to Mr. Hugo Lange, all soap bars, dirty towels, and greasy overalls, he may iind in the Machine Shop lockersg to Mr. Mason, any elbow grease we may have displayed in pounding iron,' into undescribable figures, to Mr. Friedman, any part of our body which can be used as wood. 12. To the June Class, the right to consider themselves the smartest pupils in the school. 13. To the student body, the SCHURZONE, the finest school magazine pub- lished, we hope they will support it as well as past students have. Certain individuals of the class wish to bequeath various possessions, as follows: Anita Aaron leaves her graduation dress to Hertha Laube. Caroline Anderson leaves her blushes to McCarthy. Norman David leaves his bass voice to Red,' Douglas. ,lohn de Grolf wills his discarded crutches to Mr. DeVelde. Lucille Bergstrand bequeaths her red middy blouse to Red,' Veggeberg. Ferdinand Eiseman leaves the few odd pennies in the Treasury to the future Treasurer of the June Class. Pauline Brewer leaves her sunny disposition to Miss Moynihan. Ellsworth Flesch leaves his marcell wave to Fred Reutter. The two Friedmans and Heitler leave their original chemical formula, FQH, to the Chem. Lab. Frederick Haase wills his gray matter to Pete Wilson. Ruth Haarstad wills her blue sweater to Miss Roessler. Bob Gabel bequeaths his pipe to Mr. Fisher. . Dorothy Henning leaves her modesty and good looks to Elsa Dette. Wm. Maloney gives his job of cleaning the tops of lockers to Miss Dolan. Raymer McKeone leaves his grin and profile to Mr. Plapp. Elton Nealy wills his check suit to John Ehlers. Elwyn Paxton leaves his voeiferous and stentorian razz-azz at-a-berries to no one, to the great relief of several teachers, we believe. Hazel Karnatz leaves the red U on her locker door to the next occupant. Victor Perlman gives his one vote to the losing candidate for the .lune Class presidency. ' i Edna Olstad leaves her winning smile to Mr. Pettersen. Leslie Schoenbrod 'leaves his eye-lashes to Mr. Durand. Helen Schow leaves her giggle to Walter Schwimmer. Esther Utzig leaves her pigtail to Mr. Slocum. Lillian Zwick leaves ................ with Abe Rubin. Lyman Warren leaves the editorship of THE SCHURZONE to Margaret Callsen. V To Miss Dolan, the 4'Mother of the February Class, we sincerely extend our profound gratitude for her assistance in preparing us for graduation, and for unselfrshly devoting her time to making our class a success. Many times we have come to her with our troubles and she has taken care of us as a true mother would. We have caused her many Worries yet she has kept thruout a happy smile. Truly we can never repay her.

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W 'lllllll' WE, the February Class of 1920, of the Carl Schurz High School, of the City of Chicago, in the County of Cook, in the State of Illinois, of the United States of America, aware of the fact that soon we will be no more, and wishing to provide for the disposal of all our possessions acquired during our short but troubled existence, do hereby publish and declare this to be our Last Lucrative Legacy, laboriously made, and lingeringly and lugubriously left: FIRST: We hereby appoint Mrs. Flanagan to be executrix of this our Last Lucrative Legacy, requesting said executrix to conduct our funeral with all due decorum, gravity, and sedateness. We further ask that the following lines be inscribed on a fitting monument for our last resting place: Here lies the February Class of 1920, Knowledge, wisdom, and homework it had a-plentyf, Immediately after our demise we wish said executrix to pay all our funeral expenses and fulfill the bequests hereinafter given. SECOND: After said expenditures have been paid, we give, leave, and bequeath: 1. To Mr. Slocum, our everlasting gratitude for all countless favors extended to us. 2. To Mr. Pettersen, the field glasses of the Zoo Lab., to aid him in detecting future ditchers at the Greek,s. 3. To Miss O'Leary, the records of our attendance, and all notes and excuses we have handed in. 44. To Mr. DeVelde, our weary and aching bones, on condition that all the phosphorus he may extract from them be used in preparation of that garlic-ious perfume, known as phosphin. 5. To Mr. Fisher, in his campaign against powder, paint, and perfume, the above-mentioned phosphin as a substitute for the perfumes he dislikes. 6. To Miss Beaton, the sole and divine right to use the terms: Slavery in the TERRITORIES, rattle-brain, and rise and recite. 7. To Miss Hamilton, another docile and peaceable Trigonometry Class like the one she has just had. 8. To Mrs. Benson Laughlin, the bride, a rolling pin, which speaks for itself. 9. To Mr. Lagerquist, all false notes and discords issued from our lusty vocal cords during the last few weeks. 10. To- Mr. Willard, the pencil grindings and eraser dust in the drawing room.

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The History of the Two Year Graduating Class On the cold morning of February 4-, 1918, we, a crowd of raw recruits, had our first glimpse of Sehurz life. We gathered in the Assembly Hall after a long search for it. Here we were divided according to our choice of courses. Aftr, registering our names and our courses, we went home. The next day our life at Schurz began. We were assigned to our division rooms and given a program. Then the diliiculty of finding classrooms confronted us. Usually we reache dthe right one after traveling over the entire building in search of it. We soon became accustomed to the way things were run, and the rest of our first semester glided by smoothly under the guidance of our ever-faithful teachers. Our first party was held in May, 1918. We were entertained by Alice Ander- son, who gave a comic recitation, and by Stephana and Kazmira Banks, who played a violin and piano duet. The rest of the time was spent in dancing and enjoying ourselves. ' In addition to our regular school work in our second semester were the various war dutiesl The'Red Cross drive and work, liberty bond campaigns, the tinfo-il, and various other drives monopolized most of our spare time. This busy semester went by very quickly, and in February, ,1919, we became sophomores. Our third semester was the most eventful of our high school life. At hte beginning the Orchestra, of which a few of our class were members, gave its annual concert. Many of our classmates were out of school because of the flu epidemic. The happiest occasions were the two peace days and the return of the' Prairie Division. When the basketball team won the county championship, some of us had an unauthorized part-holiday. In June this happy year came to an end. In September, 1919, our last semester began. The proudest moment of our high school career was, perhaps, the time when we went to the Assembly Hall with the other upper classmen to hear a recitation on Abraham Lincoln. On November 4., 1919, our class was organized, and the following oiiicers were elected: ' ' Lillian Kujawa .................................. President Helen Stoelting .... .... V ice-President Dorothy Besch .......... ..... ....... S ec retary AliceAnderson .... . ..... ........................Treasurer On Tuesday, November 25, 1919, we held our first class party. As it was a Hardtimes Party, we had many laughs at the quaint clothes some of the students wore! Thus have our two years of high school life glided by, smoothly, filled with the events of our small world: We must now begin our long journey down the great highways and byways of life. THERESA KULPINSKI, '20. '