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

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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

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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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ln lhis slrilce Darrow was lor lhe workers. in order lo help lhem, he gave up his posilion as general allorney and worlced al hall lhe Salary he made lormerly. In l894 Darrow opened an ollice and wenl inlo privale praclice. Neilher lhen nor lor any considerable lime lherealler did he need lo worry over business prospecls l-le began lo lalce all lcinds ol cases such as criminal civil and labor cases During lhe l-laywood case Darrow became ll wilh lhe llu wh ch caused an nleclion in lhe lell ear 'lhal developed inlo a case ol masloidilis The pain was so inlense lhal lhe doclor advised him lo have experl care lalcen This Darrow would nol do because he was in lhe middle ol a very imporlanl case and if he were lo leave il now il would mean lhal lhe mans lile was gone lor sure So despile lhe doclors orders and his wiles pleading Darrow relused lo go lor ex perl lrealmenl and conlinued on his way lo lhe courl house ln l928 aller lilly years ol lailhlul service Clarence Darrow de cided lhal he had done his share in lhe lield ol law and delermined lo relire l-le decided lhal a change was necessary so he and his wile wenl lo Europe where lhey spenl a complele year in lravel There he became acquainled wilh many lamous persons and il was during lhal year in Europe lhal Darrow decided lo wrile lhe slory ol his lile As ne was in poor heallh his wile wrole while he diclaled Aller relurning lrom Europe he delermined lo close his olluce door and call il a days worlc Or a liles work Loaling and dream ing loolced calm resling and alluring lo his lured nerves and mlnd l-le was sevenly lwo years old and il was high lime lhal he should be gin lo slroll peacelully and pleasanlly loward lhe end ol lhe lrail -..,,,1 2 .d1I'h 15' ES? 'V' sixleen easlern o lanuary I'-735 1 I ' ' i I . I . , I . l - ' - ' I . . I ' I - I - , . - A ' - 4 fl ', i I fs 121:- -2:g5L:.-gs 454f' :ig-:S335'i 3559 F ' Q s V 7 4: 5' 5, A A , ' 1