Central YMCA High School - Centralite Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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i x , Strivers Literary Society-Evemnz Q, Ally! Am H 57 1 'Top Row: Grant Weeks, Horace James, Nelson S. Guthrie, Mike Dubhis, Wm. H. O'Re1ley, Paul Kahlstorf, Paul Braatz. Middle Row: A. A. Jordan, Norman S. Watson, Stephen F. Hartzick, Jonathan Benjamin, James Sladek, John J. Kaveney. Bottom Row: Peter Polos, Stanley J. Klazura, Albert McCumber, Walter Gryska, Chas. S. Burrows, Elbert B. Richmond. OFFICERS First Semester, 1923 1 G. R. Luther ....... ,..........,,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,..,,.,,.,,..,.,, g ................. P resident L. B. Buck .......... ,,,,,.,,,..,,,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,..,,.,,,,,,,,,, .,....., V i ce-President J. Doyle .............. ....,,,,,,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,,.,,.,.,,,, ,,.......,,... T r easurer A. McCumber ....... .,..,,..........,.,,,..,,,.,.,,,,,,,,.,,,,,,,,....,,, ........... S e cretary Second Semester, 1924 S. Hartzick ............ ........,,..........,.,..,,,,..,.,,.,.,,..........,.. .............. P r esident E. B. Richmond ,,...... ...,..........,..,,,. .,.,.,, . . . ......... Vice-President A. E. Yerkey .......................................,...................................................... Secretary G. Weeks ................................,,...........,..,.,,,...,.......,................................... Treasurer A group of students from the elementary classes desiring to attain the skill of being able to address an audience met on the evening of Friday, September 22, 1922, and formed an organization which they called The Striver's Literary Society. The experiment proved very successful and at the beginning of the following semester the Society was organized and new officers elected. New students are enrolled each semester to offset those who drop out Debates are held and current topics are discussed, such as, Resolved, that the Government should own and control all railroads, and Resolved, that there should be a limit to the ownership of land The semesters of 1923 and 1924 have been very successful After much planning The Striver's Literary Society held their annual banquet on January 26, 1924, in the school cafeteria. Two teachers and thirty-iive members were present and took part in the program, which consisted of a talk by anyone who desired to speak on a subject of his choosing, and last, but not least, plenty of good things to eat. Needless to say the program was thoroughly enjoyed by all ELBERT B RICHMOND 4 Page Seventy-five ,LH S I Qu li 1,

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Dramatic Club-Evenine , I E. u V 6? Top Row: W. T. Burchill, E. A. Comiskey, A. M. Kauchinsky, T. Gundel, H. A. Holappa, James Thorpe, Peter Hanstra. H. C. French. Middle Row: Kenneth Blackford, Edvv. F. Kritzke, Benjamin Marcus, Conrad Wageman, Harry Stromer, Robert Moore, Paul J. Hogan. Bottom Row: A. C. Gustafson, Earl Hanley, Garrett H. Leverton, Irving Taub, Angel DRAMATIS PERSONAE B. C. Marcus ........................................................................ .......,.......... P resident cle la Paz, Jacob Sacks. C. J. Wageman ................ Q ............................................... ......... W 'ice-President H. Stromer ................ ............. S ecretary J. Sachs ......,.............. .... ........ ....................,................. T r e asurer G. H. Leverton ..................................................,.............................,,................ Boss G. H. Leverton ................................................................................ Assistant Boss The Dramatic Club was organized in the past semester and met regu- larly during the year. The club was started under the leadership of Mr. Leverton for the appreciation of literature, particularly drama and poetry. Despite the fact that our club is the youngest in the School, it is probably the best known because of several plays that were enacted by its members. .3 fkour-act play and several shorter ones make up the repertory of the lu . The Club attended two of the best plays that were in town during the past season-Otis Skinner in Sancho Panza and Ethel Barrymore in The Laughing Lady. At several meetings, we discussed the merits of these plays and also a number of plays that had been witnessed by various 1nd1v1dual members. Abie's Irish Rose came into prominence when one of our members insisted that the play was a tragedy. Mr. George Jean Nathan please copy. In poetry we read and discussed James Whitcomb Riley, Lew Sarett, Carl Sandburg and other modern poets. Various heights were attained by the members. With the passing of the year a majority of our class will pass into School history and we leave to our contemporaries who remain to uphold the honor of the club. B. C. MARCUS. Sl V xy. aj A S T' Valli. 6 l l X Ali! f NN vb Page Seventy-four

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B r Cl bD oos ers u - av l ' it , X ll' L E. X n Top Row: Jack McFarland. Sol Auerbuch, Henry Hayden, Joe Ziccogini, Conrad Peto, Wilbur Schwartz, James Ruf, Budd Gebhardt, Charles Nesbitt. V Second Row: Donald Lester, Robert Wesche, Oscar Schirmer, Keith Stirling, James McLaughlin, Walter Lumley, Harold Sweet, Delmer Woods. Third Row: Isadore Rappaport, John Conle.y, Jack Chisholm, James O'Brien, Mr. Gordon, Lowell Stevenson, Bertram Wand, Billy Gibson, Paul Bireley. Fourth Row: Herbert Hicklin, Edward James, Carl 'VVesche, Rocco Romano, George Gray, Grant Meyer, John Stewart. OFFICERS Oscar Schirmer ............... ............................. ........................,..... P r esident Allen Pearson ......... ......,..........,..... ........................ V i ce-President Rocco Romano ........ ........ C ounselor for 6th Grade Charles Nesbitt ........,..................,........... ....,. ........ C o unselor for 7th Grade Delmar Woods ............................................................ Counselor for Sth Grade The officers and members of the Boosters Club have been very much on the job this year. These boys are seeking the welfare of the School in every way.. Their creed is Clean Speech, Clean Sports, and Fair Play, at all times. These boys are of great service to students who enter our school for the first time and to those who find it diflicult to become adjusted to their new environment. A Booster is always ready to help a new pupil to find the way to the Cafeteria, to get in line for the gym, and in many other ways to feel at ease in his new surroundings. Every Booster must not only refrain from any kind of improper speech himself but he must cooperate with the officers and teachers of the Junior School in discouraging any such conduct on the part of his fellow class- mates The Boosters have done much to put a stop to unnecessary noise in the halls, on the stairways, and in the elevator. And in many other ways, our Club has been of service to the School. The Boosters are glad to introduce others to the plan and purpose of our J unior School, and especially to those who feel the need of a private School, Where each boyi gets a chance to develop himself in the best possible way. WM. R. GIBSON. I V 'n 2. 5 , W 'slim' ' ' - 1. f i H-ssl' . 'lf IVA l l fu l l 0 . l Page Seventy-six