DuSable High School - Red and Black Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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NECHU HISTIIHY CLUB HORACE POWELL The Negro History Club was organized in 1939 by some members of Mr. Samuel Stratton's United States History Class. The fundamental purpose of this club is to acquaint its members with the part played by the Negroes in different phases of civilization and to gain knowledge of racial and interracial problems of Negroes. The membership of the club last semester was one hundred and fifty and has increased this semester to one hundred and seventy-five. This indicates its popularity. Last semester there were many excellent speakers, among whom was Major Iohn R. Lynch, author of Facts of Reconstruction. The activities for this semester have been varied. We had an excellent talk by the librarian of the Hall Branch Library, Miss Harsh. This talk inspired us to compile a bibliography. The work was done by Susie Lacey and Lucille Dallas. It included lists of books from the school library and the Hall Branch, written by Negroes and about Negroes. Several hundred copies of this bibliography were made. Other activities were: a dis- cussion on South Side housing conditions and cr review of the book, The Miseducation of the Negro, by Carter Woodson, which was given by Horace Powell. Intimate, pleasant relationships have also been established between this club and the Student Forum. Officers for this semester are: Hassan Khan, president: Christine Cobbins, secretary: Almeta Myers, treasurer: and Mattie Poindexter, reporter. Page Fifty-four THE PHYSICS CLUB Three years ago Mr. Lucas, teacher of Physics, suggested that all students interested in this subject form a club in order to get a more intimate knowledge of this science. In addition to hearing worth-while guest speakers, one of whom was Paul E. Iohnson, a noted Negro inventor, the twenty-two members have visited such places of interest in the city as the Planetarium and the Lighting Institute. Morris Proffitt is president of the club: Dorothy Tate, secretary: and Mr. Lucas still its sponsor. THE CAMERA CLUB Hold it! No, that isn't the name of a new dance, it's something that you might hear from any member of the Camera Club, at almost anytime at good old Du Sable High. The Camera Club has gone a long way since it was organized by Mr Nelson E. Woodley two years ago. His objective was to teach the members to make and develop pictures, and to appreciate photography. Some of the work of the Camera Club has appeared in the school paper The Recorder. The Camera Club now has about twenty members with membership increasing every semester. The officers are: William Anderson president: Mattie Houdy, vice president: La Verne Washington secretary and Mattie May Johnson, sergeant-at-arms.

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Page Fifty-six PUB PETE'5 BAKE ''Hong-jer-mong-jer-mong! Thus did Peter Pepperdine and Bill Bradshaw keep the bespectacled Thorndyke Murglethorpe under their thumbs. The antics of these three lively boys furnished the material for the three-act comedy, For Pete's Sake, which was produced by the Dramatics A class of the Du Sable High School on Ianuary 18, 1940. When Peter's Atmt Sarah decided to go to the Holy Land and leave Peter at home to be coached in Latin by Muggsy, the fun began. Peter and his pal Bill rented the Pepperdine mansion to Georgiana Clarkston, Aunt Sarah's arch enemy. Disguised as servants, Peter and Bill hoped to spy on their girls, Nadine and Peggy Clarkston, to determine how serious were the intentions of Banker Bolivar and Dupont Darby. To force the cooperation of Iasmine, the superstitious cook, the boys had to turn Grandfather Pepperdine's ghost loose in the house. The incredulity of Malvina Potts and Dean Murglethorpe tMuggsy's uncle! caused the boys serious trouble. But real complications arose when Aunt Sarah unexpectedly returned home to find the Clarkstons and three sinister looking servants fPeter as the butler, Bill as the hay-fever gardener, and Muggsy as the flirting housemaidl installed in her house. Eventually Bill was acclaimed a hero when he rescued Peter and Muggsy from this trio, but even his heroism could not save Peter from the despised Latin! The cast for the play included: Stephen Hodges, Augustus Barnes .... ...... a s Peter Pepperdine William Ferguson, Hallie Currie ..... ...... a s Bill Bradshaw Tanzel Govan ................... ...... a s Thorndyke Murglethorpe CMuggsyJ Hattie Bell Ross, Piccola Harper ..... ..... a s Jasmine Jackson Lucy Hobson, Margaret Brunson ..... ...... a s Miss Sarah Pepperdine Almeta Meyers, Ernestine Wiggins... ...... as Mrs. Georgiana Clarkston Rudolph Brown ................. ...... a s Dean Murglethorpe Ruby Grant. Edith McFarland ....... ...... a s Nadine Clarkston Georgina Baker, Geraldine Owens .... ...... a s Peggy Clarkston Iacob Dochee .................... ...... a s Banker Bolivar Percy Brown ................. ...... a s Dupont Darby Evelyn Langford. Louise Diller. .. ...... as Malvina Potts