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

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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

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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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THE TRIANGLE 23 electrical work on the building was to be done by the Thurman Electrical Company, and sure enough, there was old LaRoy himself arguing with his chief draftsman, Ed. Mayer, and Jos- eph Forman, layout man, as to whether the hole in the blueprint was meant for a light or not. Here, too, we saw Albert Haberer, director of the great enterprise, arranging the 542,381 drawings of the main floor. During the next few minutes we saw views of the great Atlantic Bridge which was being constructed by A. L. Lake Sc Co., who had em- ployed the J. W. Bennett Electric Co. to keep it lighted so that Raymond Voigt, the great athlete, would not collide with the massive platinum railings during his walk to London, which was to take place as soon as the bridge was completed. Steel for the framework was being transported from the Michalski Steel Co.'s mills. The Review closed by showing the Pharmacy Laboratories of H. E. L'Hote, the largest in the city. We were surprised that this lab occu- pied the 96th and 97th iloor of the Gurewitch Building. The Review over, the curtain rose and the spotlight disclosed our most famous tenor, Senior Chappell, who sang his latest song en- titled Why Do I Chase the Cars? the greatest hit since Jazz Baby. The first spasm over, we decided to leave. In the foyer we ran across our friend and classmate, Miss Janina Bronis- zewska, who had recently startled the world with her great pharmaceutical discoveries. On my way home I thought of the many things other members of our class had done. The paintings of Philo J. Holzhauer were mas- terpieces. Joseph King was a great doctor and I was a Professor of Chemistry at the Detroit Technical University, the outgrowth of the school from which we graduated just 25 years ago. I realize now, as never before, the value of the lessons and forewarnings of the teachers of the great school which fitted us most appro- priately for the tasks which we were to meet during our sojourn on this earth. 'The author Wishes to express his deep appre- ciation for the assistance and co-operation given him by Elizabeth Allen and Gordon C. Allen. The following motto was contributed in an English class for the f Better English Cam- paign : Better teachers, better English. O 49 49 Herman: Say, Sam, do you know why the world didn't come to an end? Sam: No. Why didn't it? Herman: Because it's round. ROLL CALL Joseph Gebela Abraham Rosen Walter Ash Sidney Dorb Roy ThUrman Albert L. LAke Filo HalTzauer William Stlrton John BeNnet Aaron Gurewitch Robert Chappel F. Albert Lake Harold ShAw Isidor Sklover Ferdinand Schimmel Harold St0rmzand Joseph Forman Carl Jordan Walter MichAlski Janina BroNiszeWska James VirtUe Ben WAechter Fred BaRbas George Petr0skY Arol GreeN Raymond Volght Nathan WeiNgarden Harry RohErts Harry L'HoTe Henry Elliott Louis F ickEtt Wilfred McIlveeN A1berT Bloom Clement Wolf Albert HabEner Roy PlaumaN Russel LighTbody Edward MaYer . An Early Call The shortage of girls for the graduates of January, 1920, has caused much unhappiness among the members of the class. Being seniors, the members must look after the younger gen- erations. The January graduates, therefore, fore, issue a call for fifty or sixty pretty girls to accompany the graduating class of June, 1920, on their class parties and outings. P. S.-High School of Commerce, take heed. ' I. M. NoTT.