Eastern District High School - Eastern Senior Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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LARENCE DARROW now one oT The greaTesT lawyers un Amernca was born ln a small vnllage called Kinsman on April I8 l857 NOT only were has parenTs poor buT They dzdn T even have an occupaTuon and under These cond: ' Tlons They began The accumulahon of a Tamnly oT chuldren which ulT: maTely ToTalled elghT Clarence was The T1TTh oT These elghT All hus l1Te has TaTher was a vnsnonary and dreamer Even when he sorely needed money he would neglecT his work To read some book l-hs moTher was more eThcuenT and pracTucal She was The one who saved The Tamuly Trom dare wanT Her nndusTry and mTelllgence were evudenT nn her household aTFalrs and In The TaThers small busmess On relxguous and social affanrs Their Tamlly early learned To sTand alone l-lls TaTher was The village mfndel and gradually came To glory an has repuTaTuon Clarences school days were spenT nn Thus Tashuon Durung chulol hood he aTTended The DusTrncT School and Then The Academy ATTer Tnnnshung aT The Academy he wenT To Allegheny College aT lvleadvulle Tor one year Because oT hxs moThers deaTh he was Torced To drop has sTudles ATTer he leTT Allegheny College he was seT To work un The TacTory and The laTTle sTore l-le was never Tond oT manual labor l-le TelT ThaT he was made Tor beTTer Things mumTy The pay was ThlrTy dollars a monTh l-le TaughT an The same school Tor Three wanTers lT was durung Thus Time ThaT he began To sTudy law ATTer Teaching Tor Three Terms he was persuaded by his TaTher To aTTend The law deparTmenT of Ann Arbor College The whole course Took Two years buT aTTer compleT1ng one year Clar ence TelT sure ThaT he could save has Tnme and money by sTudyung In an okhce So he wenT To work ln a law oTTuce In YoungsTown Ohno unT1l he was ready Tor examlnaTlon Tor admussuon To The bar Passing The examunaT1on To hum was noThnng buT whaT he was going To do aTTe ThaT was his greaT problem l-le had no money and no nnTluenTnal Trlends l-le had had a raTher meager educaTaon l-le had never been careTully TourTeen easTern o lanuary l935 During The winTer he TaughT a disTricT school in a counTry com-

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a hugh powered car even Though IT 'JY lRV'NG KATZ was Three years old l-las TooT bore down wiTh more pressure every sec on ,dy Then came The unexpecTed Ou oT The corner oT his reTlecT1ng mir ror ArThur saw a rnoTorcycle oTTlce H Tollowlng hum l-le slowed The pace wn a bT T was enough To keep The policeman in The rear oT The car Suddenly a shoT rang ouT ArThur broughT The car To a halT believing Thaf sorneThmng had gone wrong in The rnoTor The moTorcycle oThcer rode up alongside pnsTol In hand Tha+ sTopped ye d dn T IT7 he roared Y ye y s ArThur sTarnrnered Where s The Tnre7 shouTed The oTTlcer No Tire sur l didn T realize l was going so TasT Oh ye d1dnT realize eh7 Well Tell :T To The ludge Follow me l-le sTarTed The nnoTor again and in a shorT while They were n TronT oT an old red brick building ArThur enTered waTched closely by The oTT1cer The gudge was smTT1ng on The bench and raised his eyes as The Two enTered Yer honor spoke The oTT1cer This Teller here was only going sixTy mules an hour on The road beTween l-Taddam and Chelsea l-l says he dldnT know he was going so TasT WhaT have you To say Tor yourselT young man7 asked The ludge I have noThlng To add To The oTTucers sTaTemenT snr I was going To vnsuT my Truend who lives a Tew mules Trom here NOT realizing l sTepped on The gas pedal a luTTle Too hard Well l see no reason Tor The hurry TwenTy dollars or a day in a One day7 asked ArThur gueshonlngly l-hs l-lonor looked aT him severely IT you re noT saTnsTned lll make :T T1TTy dollars or Three days nn a Thanks your l-lonor answered ArThur lll Take The Three days in gall The gudge and oTTucer looked aT each oTher bewildered BuT ArThur knew whaT he was doing AT lasT he could sfudy in peace and quueT easTern o lanuary I935 ThlrTeen ' 1 - T In which a boy deals wiTh ' - The diFTicul'ry which we all d experience: Trying To 'find e ' quieT place To su . The . T obsfacles which our hero en- . . . counfers are quiTe plausible, T and The denouemenf is ' T r worThy of an O. enry. do i , bu TT sTill TasT rr ' . - 8 .T i YI ll e- - e , . rr . . . , . . .T ,, . , . . . 1. I I ' I ' T . . . I . , - I ' I ' I II Il ' II ' ' I I ' ' . e ' I ' II II II ' , . . .. . . , . . , . I ' I ' II rr . 5 il. Il II ' ' ' .. , . . . . . I I T il. Il II II I I I ' - - - lu ' I u

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and melhodically lrained and h bY HELEN KORYTZKO lell lhe lack ol il all his lnle l-lis law educalion came lrom a year s sludy al a good law school and lrom a years reading under a lawyers di YM recluon l-le had never had any ex perience in courl work or in lhe lf preparalion ol cases l-le lhen knew and has ever since been aware lhal he lacked good lraining l-le look a lnllle ollice in lhe vrl lage ol Andover borrowed some money lo buy some books and llung his shingle lo lhe breeze Aller aboul lwo years ol sleady growlh he was convinced lhal he was loo big lor lhal place whereupon he moved lo Ashlabula Soon aller his arrival he was elecled cily solicilor wilh a salary ol sevenly live dollars a monlh and lhe righl lo lake cases on his own accounl which salary and pergulsiles lo him seemed all lhal he was worlh Clarence decided lhal slaying in one place would nol bring him anylhing so in l888 he came lo Chicago l-lere he loaned clubs lhal deall wmlh polul cal gueslnons Aller spending one year in Chicago he lound lhal he was nol making a greal success l-le began lo leel dis couraged and lor lhe lirsl lnme lhe cloud ol homesickness hung over him l-le would have gone back lo Ohio bul he didnl wanl lo borrow lhe money and dreaded lo conless deleal Soon his luck changed l-le was asked if he would lake lhe posi lion ol special assessmenl allorney l-le was lold lhal lhe salary was lhree lhousand dollars a year Wilh greal loy he accepled lhis oller Aller having been special assessmenl allorney lor aboul lhree monlhs sonne pollical complicaluon compelled lhe resignalion ol lhe asslslanl corporalion counsel Ten monlhs laler Darrow was made corporallon counsel and was lhe head ol lhe law deparlmenl ol lhe cily ol Chi cago l-lere Darrow became acguainled wnlh polulicuans and men ol imporlance Aller lhree years ol service in lhe clly law deparlmenl he resigned lrom his posilion and became lhe general allorney ol lhe Chicago and Norlh Weslern Railway Company ll was lhrough lhls posilion lhal he became involved in lhe railroad slrike. easlern 0 lanuary I935 lilleen . . ' e ' ' ' l ' Clarence Darrow's life . 1 reads like a novel in which lhe aulhor has lef his imagin- alion run wild. From a poor v - I - bo Darrow has risen lo lhe ' - heig sg his silver longue has . ' enlranced many a iury--bul ' ' ' lel Miss Koryliko lell lhe . res . I I ' I I , . 1 , ' - . . , . , . I I