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

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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.

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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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24 THE TRIANGLE CLASS WILL. By WALTER Asn. the graduating class of January, gl, 1, 20, of sound mind t?J and judgment, do hereby bequeath the following prop- 'j 5':'L Sa' erty to the unfortunate class follow- ing us, and we do hereby appoint Mr. Hoyt as our legal representative and attorney 'with power to act unreservedly in our behalf. We, therefore, leave behind us to those said unfortunates the property left behind by the aforesaid graduating class, which property is to be divided and distributed by Mr. Hoyt as directed: The honorable Mr. Chappell bequeaths to Mr. Siemen his wonderful efficiency in Math. VII, providing said efiiciency only be used when some enterprising pupil takes up the whole blackboard on one proposition. To Mr. Wells, our most honorable President, Mr. Roberts leaves all his ability to 'fbawl out the class in general and one person in particular when a screw is reported missing from one of the seats in 317 during a meeting of the Seniors. Stirton, the little boy with the big head, relinquishes all right to its size and contents to Mr. Greene. It is very much doubted that Mr. Greene can take care of said head, but if any lack of care is noticed by our eagle-eyed executive, said executive should immediately make the aforesaid aspirant to knowledge re- linquish all right to said head, and see to it that it be bestowed on proper shoulders. C. Wolf, the money-getter, gives up all right to sign his name to checks and receipts to Mr. Brand. Also the deceased treasurer opens his heart enough to give his successor a piece of advice. Said advice cannot be given in public, so the heir will receive said advice by applying to Mr. Clark in Dugout 313 on Dead Man's Hill. The class of January '20, realizing that the aristocratic peer of Cass is almost extinct, do very graciously consign to Mr. De Vries, Mr. Lee's ability to represent Cass in the Style Show held semi-yearly at Hamtramck High School. We also give to Mr. De Vries the right to manicure his finger nails in any class where it is convenient, without fear of interference from any teacher. As Miss Costenoble's friend and boon com- panion, Mr. A. L. Lake, is also departing, we grant Mr. Gregorich the distinguished position of keeping her in good spirits fexternal spirits, pleasej. The position hereby bequeathed can only be held during good behavior, and in case Mr. Gregorich uses his stand-in with said teacher to procure an excuse, we have only to state here, that in holding this position he is upholding the honor of the deceased class and any misstep would lead to complete downfall and dishon-or. Mr. Mcllveen gives all his ability to smile at Mr.- Ray and tell him that his folks were away, consequently he was late for math., to anyone who has Mr. Ray for Math. To Gasser, Mr. Lightbody, the boy who earned the sobriquet Chick Harley, be- queaths his wonderful ability to make touch- downs for Cass providing he uses all the afore- said ability in the next game with North- western. Shaw, the only scholar of Terpsichore, is willing to sell his secret of how to learn to dance for a song, but here the dying class unanimously protests that the song must not be sung within a radius of five miles of school. Holzhauer relinquishes all right to look im- portant and dignified to Mr. Tozer. Here we may state that at first it may be hard for the heir to line up to the expectations of the de- ceased owner, but anything that is worth doing at all is worth doing well, also practice makes perfect, so we sincerely hope that the said heir will acquire the knack of looking important, in- side of a couple of decades. And now the honorable Mr. Elliott, having fulfilled the position of head of the TIUANGLE to his utmost, wishes to bestow this honorable position on Mr. Shiell. In fulfilling this posi- tion, it is the duty of the aforesaid heir to see that the TRIANGLE is kept on its lofty perch and if possible to elevate it still higher in its ranking with other magazines. Schimell leaves his wonderful ability to set up the switchboard in Room 100 to Alford Jones. Here the dying gentleman lingers long enough, before passing away, to give Mr. Jones a few words of advice: Never start a gen- erator without a field! Also Mr. Weingarten leaves his position of providing entertainment for the Seniors by imitating Caruso, to Mr. Henk. Said heir might avoid much confusion by having all loose ar- ticles removed from the reach of his audience, during his demonstrations. Also, the nearness of Death's hand to Mr. Dorb seems to have loosened the heart strings of that distinguished successor to Sanders to the extent of willing his entire store of mathe- matic knowledge to Lester Bather. Mr. Camp inherits Mr. Fickett's well-earned