Cass Technical High School - Triangle Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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THE. TRIANGLE 21 CLASS HISTORY By Pinto J. HOLZHQXUER, Historian. Y HE purpose of this class history is to 5 QE' demonstrate the possibilities encour- -. aged when attendingagood Technical 5 C- school and to show the average Amer-.can parent the sound reasoning ability of a technically trained graduate. It has been found by the statistics of this class that tech- nical education tends towards a profitable future for both the individual and the masses. Between the years of 1898 and 1903 there came upon this universe a collection of bab- bling babes -which, had they not been so very far apart and instead been in one immediate locality, would have undeniably swung this earth from its axis, overcome its momentum and knocked the green cheese out of the man in the moon, due to their natural tendency toward the higher sciences and engineering branches. A remarkable class is this, for less than one-half of the graduates were born in Detroit, showing their good sense early in life by coming to the city where life is worth liv- ing, to attend the best high school in the country. The early life of the average student was spent in enjoying the easy, care-free life of the average primary pupil and grammar grade stripling. This class being above the average in brilliancy, unpromoted grammarians were a rarity. Nearly all of the students after graduating from grammar school thought they had the world at arm's length and declared their in- dependence, in regard to staying out after nine o'clock at night, the spending of their allow- ance and the right to have and treat to shows and sodas a girl friend, while the young ladies of this class were undoubtedly treated similarly by other fellows. But soon the average student found that a declaration of independence did not necessarily bring about independence, and that a war usually ensued in which either the oppressed or the oppressor were bound to win. This war was fought through reports cards as a medium, and many a student found out to his sorrow that a person could not attend school in the daytime, go to sports in the afternoon, have a good time dancing at night, and still maintain a scholarly report card. In this war for in- dependence, which lasted usually for the entire four years, the oppressed were occasionally victorious, but more often they were still held under the necessary parental interference and protection. But, as we all hope soon to be free of report cards, we will undoubtedly soon be allowed more freedom. Of the graduates in this class of January, 1920, three were born in Canada, one in Con- necticut, only fifteen in Detroit, one in Florida, one in Indiana, two in Illinois, nineteen in the state of Michigan as a whole, one in New York, three in the Buckeye state, one in Poland, one in Pennsylvania and seven in Russia. As to their future occupations, after college and without, the aspirations of these various individuals run all the way from divorce law- yers to politicians, while the majority intend becoming engineers and scientists, although several expect to study medicine and dentistry, while one exceptionally brilliant graduate has been unable to decide whether he will study construction engineering, go to college or grace the payroll of the thriving metropolis of De- troit as a capable and efficient dog-catcher. And also in this graduating class we find one indi- vidual who has ambitions to become a cartoon- ist, while another intends becoming an artist. In concluding, we glance backward and see various, almost inevitable, failures which we have successfully surmounted. In the present we are still striving, and in the future, by the determination to succeed we will succeed. We thank you. ,, CLASSIFIED SECTION WANT ADS WANTED: Someone who knows American, English, French, Spanish and Roman History, politics and political machines, French life and war, to ask Mr. Clark questions in His- tory VII. WANTED: A real anarchist to scare Miss Levens. WANTED: A hair tonic, which, when applied to the hair, will make said outgrowth lay flat. Anyone giving Mr. C. Wolf information re- garding the whereabouts of such a fluid will receive from that gracious gentleman a Cass Tech Lunch Room check. This rare coin was formerly valued at five cents but is now quoted, by the Michigan Avenue Pawn Brokers Association, at eleven and nine- tenths cents. Asmcs. ,il- Weingarden Qlooking at Jungle League stand- ingsjz Have they any elephants there? Gurewitch: No, They've got plenty of ivory.

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20 THE TRIANGLE important as the first factor, then last, but not least, is the individual's mastery of himself. The job chosen should be one into which our natural ability fits perfectly. Because in so choosing, we can do our work with double the energy, double the spirit, and double the re- turn to our fellow-workers. The job chosen should pay a living wage, for if the wages received are not, our fellow-workers will suffer, and this will cause a discontent. A well-known New York banker was recently quoted as saying, All men who have the right to vote and do not exercise that right, should be cast into prison. 'lhis sentiment is abso- lutely in accord with our principles of Amer- icanism. Any man who shirks his military duty in times of war is cast into prisong then why shouldn't the man who shirks his peace duty pay a similar penalty? The lack of in- tense patriotism, and intense Americanism, is responsible for the turbulent times that we are passing through. Corrupt men are con- tinually being elected to hold public offices, because a large number of the citizens do not vote. An example of this is the celebrated Vic- tor Berger case. An enemy of his country, both in time of war and peace, he has been elected to the House of Representatives five times, in defiance of the efforts of the Govern- ment to oust him. The question is, who elected him? I know, you know, and the whole coun- try knows, but if the loyal citizens of Mil- waukee do not wake up and vote, we are powerless to act against those who elected him. We, the graduates, will endeavor to combat these evils. We will vote on voting days. We will fight for clean politics. We will be zeal- ous in our patriotism. A good example of tenacity is seen in the Socialist Darty. The Socialist party is composed of about one hun- dred and thirteen thousand members, and the United States about one hundred and ten mil- lion people. That leaves about one hundred and nine million, eight hundred thousand peo- ple who are not Socialists. But why is the Socialist party so strong and so feared at elections, and so much talked about? Why do politicians hesitate to alienate their votes? The answer is, their tenacity to do things make them feared. If every American citizen were a Theodore Roosevelt, we should be an ideal Americanized nation. The old saying is that if a man is true to himself, he will be true to his family and to his country. Every man should try to master himself and not until after he succeeds in doing this should he try to lead others. Until a man knows himself, it is useless to try to know others. Conceit is the worst enemy of success. To overcome conceit, put down what you think you are, subtract what you really are, and the remainder will be the cause of all your troubles. President Wilson's advice, Live by enthusiasm, don't be driven by neces- sity, and if you fail make failure a stepping stone, is perhaps the best way to gain the mastery of one's self. As the largest class to graduate from Cass, and the first one to leave the new building, we will take advantage of the four years prepara- tion given to us, to prove ourselves worthy of the school which we will always be proud to claim as our Alma Mater. ROGUES' GALLERY Class Giant ......................... Schimmel Class Midget .... ..... V irtue Class Clown .... .... S klover Noisiest Guy .... ......... S haw Class Artist ..... .... H olzhauer Class Songster .... ......... C happell Class Poet ...... Broniszewska Best Natured .... Best Dancer ..... ..........Ash ...A. L. Lake Biggest Fusser ..... ..... M ayer Class Philosopher .... ..... G ebala Most Inquisitive .... .... B arbas Class Pest ............ . . .Bloom Most Likely to Succeed .... .... S tirton Thorough Gentleman.. .... I.1'Hote Class Wise Guy ....... ..... D orb Class Beau Brummel.. .... Fickett Best Athlete .......... ....... R osen Class English Fiend... ..... Lightbody Class Tough .......... ....... G reen Class Chauffeur ..... .... S tormzand Class Apollo ........ ........ W olf Class Grub Hound... ..... Mlchalski Class Soloist ........ .... W eingarden Class Farmer .......... ...... P lauman Class Walter Johnson.. .... Thurman Class Nightmare ....... .... M cllveen Class Modest Man .... . . .Petroskey Class Ananias ...... .... R oberts Class Giraffe ...... .... W aechter Class Chaperon .... ........ A llen Class Snoozer ........ .... G urewitch Class Literary Man .... ...... E lliott Class Runt ......... .... F orman Hardest Worker ...... ...Haberer Class Mummy ......... .... V oigt Class Philanthropist ..... .... B ennett Class Math Shark ..... ..... L ake Handsornest Guy HJ .. .... Jordan

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22 THE TRIANGLE iiCLASS PROPHECY By Faauixxxp P. SCHIMMEL, Class Prophet. Qi T WAS the 29th of January, 1945, and because of its 'significance I decided to hunt up the old Cassites of the 't' 'T January, '20, class. My first thought or course was of our President and Orator, Harry Roberts. You will, of course, be inter- ested in knowing that he is the president and controller of the Roberts Theatrical Interests. My mind made up, I went to the radiophone tinvented by the well known Clement W. Wolf, who has gained international fame by his won- derful developments in radioj and by a patent method factual working withheld by the cen- sorj I was able to talk with the Roberts Theater and was informed that the owner would be busy until 8:15 preparing an un- usually good bill. Therefore, I reserved a box for my wife and children, and of course, myself. A few hours later found me speeding in my electric dirigible, which had been designed by Arol Green, a dignified member of our class. No sooner ha-d I landed than I was surprised to see a new Stormzand monoplane speeding toward us, and was agreeably surprised, when it stopped, to see Mr. and Mrs. Ash of the Ash Dancing School. Surprising as it may seem, Mr. Ash looked worried and told me that his daughter had just had a tooth pulled by our class dentist, Dr. Lewis Fickett. In the eleva- tor which was to take us from the landing roof to the theater I found our friend Joseph Gebala, who introduced us to his charming wife. Dur- ing our descent past 5b floors, our friend told us that he had been successful in making dia- monds out of old chewing gum. U-pon leaving the elevator we saw a crowd collected in one corner of the great Mezzanine Floor and among them we found our friends Albert Bloom, Fred Barbas, Isidor Sklover, and Abraham Rosen talking about the hot dogs they used to buy for six cents. You will surely remember them as the owners of the Bloom, Sklover, Barbas Sz Rosen Co., who were so suc- cessful in the mail order business. We reached our box just as the 'tJordan Topi- cal Weekly was starting. The first views were of the large developing tanks of the Shaw Film Corporation, and in one ro-om old Shaw himself sat, and made a marvelous demonstration of the improved talking motion picture film being run thru the Stirton ''Photometotalkagraphf' The next showed the great works of the Plau- man Electrical Engineering Company, whose total output of Juiceifiers were used by the Wm. E. Stirton Company. One of the main buildings of this plant was devoted extensively to drafting and designing, and at a desk many sizes too large for him sat Jimmey Virtue, the chief of the department. Views of other departments throughout the plant showed many skilful workers, including Nathan Weingarten, the engineer, who was kept busy building additions to the extensive manufacturing plant. tMr. Plauman is a selec- tor of employes as well as an able executive.J Other world famous men in the plant were Smiling Petrosky and the great. designer and writer, Henry Elliott, whose latest book entitled Why Get Married? was read in every corner of the world. This book was written in the new international language, an outgrowth of several years of study and work on the part of Dr. Benjamin Waechter and Dr. F. A. Lake, both great professors. While thinking of the members of our class who did things for the whole world I must not forget the work of Miss Elizabeth Allen, whose books and magazine articles on Home Eco- nomics and kindred subjects have revolution- ized the housekeeping of the world. Looking again at the screen I see the great out-of-doors and a tractor racing across a field toward us, and sitting proudly on the velvet cushions of its mahogany body I see Sidney Dorb, the great electrical genius, who invented this wonderful labor saver, capable of plowing at the speed of 25 miles per hour. The scene shifts, showing a queer sight. It seems to be a perfectly good corn shock and someone running towards it rapidly. This 'per- son proved later to be none other than Farmer Lightbody trying to show three little laughing Lightbodies how he played foot ball in 1919. As the figure leaped thru the air we saw it mow down the unsuspecting corn shock, but suddenly the flight was checked. There was a boulder hidden behind the shock. A close-up showed the disabled farmer rubbing his rapidly swelling coco, and his little son patting him and saying, Do it again, Dad. But with the true Lightbody humor he says, 'It wasn't the rock that hurt, it was the sudden stop. Leaving the fields we see the wonderful new buildings on this extensive experimental farm. The greatest structure is the 15-story barn just being completed by the Mcllveen Construction Company. Around the twelfth floor is a broad promenade for the rarest animal in the world, the horse, of which Mr. Lightbody has the only two specimens on this side of the Atlantic. The