Fenger Academy High School - Courier Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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R. Stewart D. Rack L. Lundgren 4A CLASS Colors ...... Silver and Green Flower . .... Sweet Pea MOTTO Lei knowledge growg Let life be enriefoed. ,gl ,,..--. Page Nine gt. , I

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4A CLASS HISTORY Listen closely, children, and Grandma will tell you the life story of the class of June, 1932, which began on that September morning in 1928 when 463 freshmen Hrst gathered in the Audi- torium. Children, when you first enter high school, don,t ever be as green as those freshies were. They let the seniors give them wrong directions, and I have even heard of several being completely lost. However, it didn't take this group long to become accustomed to the new ways, and soon you could see these freshies strutting 'around as though they were mighty important personages. One of the well liked Physiology teachers took a group through the tunnels under the school, and you can imagine the joy expressed by Bob Stewart when he found a nickel which he claimed he had dropped through a ventilator in the Auditorium. Of course the vastness of the underground region impressed them, but being freshies the incident of the nickel impressed them the most. Most of the girls of the class met their first case of stage fright in the G.A.A. Dance Pageant. There was perfect Bedlam in the dressing rooms with Japs, Chinese, Gypseys, sailors, and dancers from every nation scurrying around, but on the stage they lost their terror and went gracefully through their dances. Children, you would have enjoyed the parties that were given for the freshies. Old Santa Claus himself was there giving out whistles and dolls to the very good children. Oh, how proud the members of that class were when a year had gone by, and they had become sophisticated sophomores. No more could they be called green, no more could they be abused, but now it was their turn to do unto others as had been done unto them. In o-ne of the third hour English classes Wally Hohman received the sur- prising grade of SH on a theme on athletes' su- perstitions. I suppose Wally was the one to tell you about the sweat shirt superstition and that an athlete always tries to outrun a black cat. Miss Charlotte Smith, that noted Civics teacher, told me that the best division room she ever had was a group from this class. She had them for five semesters and claimed that it was because of her influence that eight out of the room were later elected to the National Honor Society. Chil- dren, that class was forever putting on some pro- duction. The one for that year was the opera, The Marriage of Nanette, a French story. Those were glorious days when the members of the class became juniors and would soon be near- ing graduation. It was then that Peg Smith, who had studied in Europe, came to be one of them. All the girls joined the Junior Girls' Club and helped entertain the freshies, looking down on them as loftily as they themselves had been looked Page Bight L me A down upon. Children, some of those girls-as Marge, Flips, Irma, and others-began leading quite a social life. More dramatics, children! I wish you had been there on that rainy, dismal night to see the crowd that came out to see Dad- dies the first night the play was given by the Drama Class. It was really inspiring. Another production I know you would have enjoyed was the G.A.A. Minstrel with its sparkling repartee between the interlocutor and the endmen, its drills, tumbling, dancing, and singing by more than three hundred girls. Then there was the sec- ond evening play, The Poor Nut, of which there were two performances. In this play, children, you would have been thrilled to witness the track meet which took place on the stage between mem- bers of the school team, spurred on by Pat Dob- bins and Peg Barker, who alternated in the lead, and Janet Herlihy, Carl Nitz, Al Bullinger, Red Von Tour and Marge Dardis. In this class a musical family was discovered-the Stumpfs. Sarah played the cello in the orchestra, and Andy, who played the trombone, led the Social Orchestra in his last semester. The class songbird, Lydia Ostarello, sang the role of Martha,' in the opera, Martha, given by the Glee Clubs. Time rolled on, and by making the 4B class oihcers, Bob Stewart, Lucille Lundgren, and Do- lores Rack, go through strenuous and embar- rassing exercises the 4A's initiated the class as Seniors. Children, those newly fledged seniors couldn't believe that they had risen so high. In fact, some of them insisted they were too young to be thrust out into the cold, cruel world. A popular boy of that class whom I know you would have liked was Vince Ferrini, who entertained with his singing sax. At first the big event of the year, the Prom, was only a dream to the 4B,s, but when they were told that dues must be paid to make it materialize, the dues were forthcoming, and it became a reality. What,s more, there were iwo moonlight dances, the second was an electri- cian's mistake, but a fortunate one. The big, all- school production, The Frolics, claimed practically all the members of the class. You would have en- joyed Lawrence Pearson as the strong man and Wally Hohman as the circus barker. Now as 4A's the class found many near disappointments in store for them. The powers-that-be had said that in view of the financial condition there would be no Fenger News or Courier. Those seniors rose in rebellion and claimed that they would buy, so it was but a near-disappointment. It is now many years, children, since the mem- bers of that class of June 32', scattered after graduation. Some went to college to continue their education, while other applied for and found business positions, but all lived happily ever afterf'

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Page Ten 4A CLASS EMBERT H. ALMCRANTZ Ger1e1'alScienL'e 9351 Lyons Avenue Phorex, R.O.T.C., Natil Hon. Soc., Span. Club, Dram. Club, l'Zara, Fenger Frolics, Glee Club, Harmony Class, Debat- ing Club. JULIA BARAVIK Comiiiercial 12252 South Green Street G.A.A., Jr. Girls' Club, Room Report., Hall Guard, Volley Ball Team, 7 G.A.A. Bars. MARGARET JANE BARKER General Language IZI44 Eggleston Avenue G.A.A., Phorex, News Staff, Lit. Editor Courier Staff, Nat'l Hon. Soc., Drama Club, The Poor Nut, Students' Council, Hall Guard, French Club, 8 G.A.A. Bars, Minstrel Show. RICHARD BATTAGLIN Archileclfurul 321 East Kensington Avenue B.A.A., Stud. Coun., Phorex. HILDA BECK Coinmerciul 219 East I36fll Street G.A.A., Phorex, jr. Girl's Club, Compt. Awards, 3 G.A.A. Bars. XVILLIAM E. BEECI-I Commercial 12017 Parnell Avenue - B.A.A., Stu. Coun., Aero Club, Room Report., Hall Guard. JAMES OLIVER BENDER Gerie1'ulLu'ng1mge 444 W'cst 1o2nd Place 4 B.A.A. Rep., Phorex Rep., Sports Ed. Courier Staff, Room Report., Hall Guard Lt., Basketball Team, School Letter, French Club, Stud. Coun. PAUL BERGSTROM A1'L'L'if6Cl1L7dI 10907 State Street B.A.A., Hall Guard, 4 B.A.A. Bars. PAUL BERGSTROM Arcfaifecliiral 637 West 119th Street B.A.A., Aero Club, Radio Club, Baseball Team, Chess and Checker Team. GLADYS BLADHOLM General Science 11620 Parnell Avenue G.A.A. Rep., Treas. G.A.A., School Letter, IO G.A.A. Bars, Basketball and Volleyball Teams, Phorex Rep., Chair. Cap and Gown Comm., Letter Girl,s Club, Drama. Club, Biol. Club, Jr. Girl's Club, Stud. Coun. SALENA B. BLAKE Household Arts 10824 Glenroy Avenue G.A.A., Volleyball Team. DOUGLAS BOERSMA General Science 1065: XVentwortl1 Avenue B.A.A., Hall Guard, Program Comm., Basketball, Swim., Baseball, and Volleyball Teams, School Letter, IO B.A.A. Bars, Jr. Life Saving Emblem. ALTHEA BONNEMA Commercial 43 West 112th Street G.A.A., Jr. Girls' Club, Basketball and Volleyball Teams, 3 G.A.A. Bars, Compt. Awards. HARRIETTE BOUMA General Science II302 South Union Avenue G.A.A., Phorex Rep., Glee Club, Martha, jr. Girls' Club, 5 G.A.A. Bars. ANNA MAE BRAZZALE Commercial 10714 Stephenson Avenue G.A.A., Stu. Coun., Jr. Girls' Club, Basketball and Volleyball Teams, Italian Club, 3 G.A.A. Bars, Drama Club. 9: 9 .5 ,J . , --.t -., 4. - .15 , we I Q-.- ' ' c-in ,. Y sf.: 8 3'9 , 5'-P, 11-2 :fl fi 'si in ,. r'm- f-Q f in .FEM ga!-1 9. Fam .is -no .aw Q5-Kiev. ffiirt,-.f 36,9 gin ,Q up ,mi ima., 5, :gg oz? 4. sqm' It .mu V Q, ga, M, G alS.11m,,n,d vu .QM S6159 ..'-f..-is Fo.. -2-.2 sswem-is ',.9. : Lf.,9o. - We s SN. .wzsmmun L A .