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

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CLASS WILL lean Baptiste Pointe Du Sable 4930 Wabash Avenue Chicago, Illinois We, the members of the Senior Class of 1940, of the Du Sable High School, being of sane, responsible, in fact overwhelmingly learned minds, wishing to dispose of our genii abilities, woeful possessions, and bad habits, do hereby asseverate in this, our last and final testimony, which we hope will nullify all others before made, that we bequeath the following: To our sponsors we hereby devise and bequeath our undying gratitude. our loving memories, which we hope will mellow with the years, and whatever is left in the treasury. To the following we bequeath our accomplishments, possessions, bad habits, and what not, to wit: To future prospects we do hereby devise and bequeath the honorable and dignified positions held by Ralph Mitchell, Morris Proffitt, Lionel Iordan, Barbara Price and other class officials. To Iames Rand, Augustus Barnes' behavior. To the undernourished, LaVerne I ones' portliness. To future fashion plates, Lionel K. Iordan's Esquire sox. To future plays, Pecola Harper's dramatic ability. To Vivian Thompson, Nancy Lake's gum. To Dorothy Brown, Maybelle Thomas' three and one-half years' work as business manager. To Mardell Rodgers, Edna Park's mirror borrowed a year ago. To Charles Cobbins, Christine Cobbins' S's. To Iuanita Grey, Ardesta Campbell's sympathy. To Glee Clubs, Herman Hagen's voice. To Iean Browne, Ernestine Browne's clean gym suit. To Gloria Clemons, Muriel Clemons' short skirts. To the Art Department, Georgine Baker's red lipstick. To lonely hearts, Vesta Anderson's love. To all Lewises, Irene's and Cleotha's Lewis accomplishments. Page Seventy-two

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Du Sable's concert band's competition with high schools of the city. resulted in an S rating and third place. Our undefeated swimming team, the Sea Horses, maintained its unbroken record. Plans for Senior Week were made and carried out to the minute, and our life was a gala affair that week. The seniors participating in the Senior Play put it over with a bang. During our four years at Du Sable, we have strived to get every possible benefit from the advantages set before us. We feel that by graduation, we have taken another step on the ladder of success. Assured that our efforts have not been in vain, we will always cherish the memories of our four years at Du Sable. Ianuary of the ensuing year found us juniors and our greatest expectation was to be fulfilled as hosts and hostesses to the seniors, at the traditional Iunior Prom. To let the Prom go by without great preparation was unheard of by us. Not neglecting our studies, we prepared anxiously for the day. It was at this point that we felt genuinely mature, for we were called together for our first meeting in order to nominate Prom officers. The affair was a big success as we had anticipated. Time passed rapidly, for we soon entered our senior year. Although we had been Du Sableites for three years, it seemed only yesterday that we were freshmen. Finding ourselves in the midst of a class election, we looked forward to .............. Graduation. Our class added to Du Sab1e's record new honors. Its R.O.T.C. Unit was for the first time in the history of its existence an honor unit, holding fourth position in competition with 27 other high schools. lt was also presented with a bronze trophy by the world's heavyweight champion, Ioe Louis, for outside co-operation. Page Seventy-one

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To Ierry Boston, Dennis Boston's track record. To Helen Mae Mosely, Evelyn Lankford's scholastic ability. To Lois Barnett, Callie Barnett's casual glances. To Thelma Meadows, Almeta Myers' position as president of the G. A. A. To Marjorie Brunson, Margaret Brunson's friendliness. To Iames Kellum, Earl Coffman's skates to decrease his tardinesses. To Iohn McLean, Alfred Cannon's medals. To Clarence Edwards. Charles Crump's speed. To Frederick Lights, Stanford Trotter's eccentricities. To Harrison Duke, Frank Edward's height. To Willa Mae Polk, Earlene Morris' silence. To Ethel Skinner, Ruth Taylor's cage ability. To Vivian Starks, Clara Williams' styles. To Herman Taylor, Carlos Officer's swimming ability. To Herman Smith, Albert Ianney's low, crooning voice. To Dorothy Carter, Lucille Marshall's boy-friends. To Emma Alston, Viola Mowatt's final grades. To the next class historian, Lawrence Carroll's profound sympathy. To Catherine Slaughter, Barbara Iohnson's G's in Chemistry. To Helen Grimes, Willa Grimes' curls and pearl pin. To Malqri Khan, Hassan Khan's position as president of the Negro History Club. To the menial who follows in my footsteps, l, Rudolph Brown, creator and bequeathor of this will, do hereby bequeath my inestimable ability at will writing. We, the Senior Class of 1940, do hereby appoint Mr. Willard, under the watchful eye of Mrs. Prescott, sole executor of this our final testimony unto which we do hereby set our stamp of approval this 25th day of Ianuary of the year nineteen hundred and forty. Witnesses I. M. Brown tFacultyJ Marie O'Keefe tFacultyl Class Ianuary, 1940 Rudolph Brown Page Seventy-three