Froebel High School - Steel Dust Yearbook (Gary, IN)

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CVM jbalzmfe We dedicate this ing determination page to the Froebel of our people we boys who are now will gain the in- in service in all evitable triumph, so parts of the world, help us God.-Pres- and whose coura- y ident Roosevelt. geous and determ- Froebel School is ined fighting will proud that its'boys go down in the an- are serving not only nals of American their country but history. the entire world. I repeat that the No matter where United States can you are, boys, Phil- accept no result ippines, Burma, save victory final Panama, Australia, and complete.With Iceland, China, Ha- confidence in our waii, Alaska, or the armed forces - United States, we with the unbound- salute you and may C-od bless you. Page Seventy-seven

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QTOWLEJ for ow Who can forget those shy Freshman days when we were in school . . . Oh yes, and what ambitions we had - we were going to be great - maybe even president! - tskl tsk! such optimism!! . . . How bright and eager we were each morning to come to school . . . We met new friends each day and worked lwe were Freshmen thenll with them in class and played with them outside . . . Re- member our Freshman Dance lthat's what we called itll with all the boys holding up the walls and the girls just as bashful - or do you remember how some girl cornered you and tried to teach you the Chorus Girl ? - Oh Misery!!! . . . Well, boys, we finally did loosen up, didn't we? . . . And AFTER the dance -l wonder why those girls made cracks about Safety'.' shoes?!?l - Anyhow, long lived the memory of having held close to you the girl that appealed to your sense of affection . . . we walked on air for weeks . . . we even forgot about that Glag in Algebra . . . or was it Biology??? . . . Oh yes, we sold green bows that year, too . . . Remember how proudly you wore five or six of them at a time? . . . That was the year Olga Layko was president . . . How time flies! Three months have gone by and the sun came up over a hundred times . . . What a difference that made in our character, atti- tude, and sense of humor!! . . . From those green Freshmen we became those wise Sopho- mores who knew it all . . . so we thought . . . What we did that year?? . . . Don't ask me . . . I didn't rightly remember . . . Oh yes, we sold Easter eggs and Marge Bellis and Gus Cougias were King and Queen . . . Well, so what . . . they were happy!!! . . . That's the year most of us worked the hardest and barely had any extra time . . . well anyway, SOME people worked hard!! Sure! and some new romances . . . Fesko and Barnev . . , were started and no speaking terms, too . . . but what did we care . . . That was also the year that Helen Fusiek was our president . . . Heil, Hinkellll Two years have gone by and here we are, full-fledged juniors . . . only one more year of struggling left . . . groan . . . We chose Larry Badylak as our president . . . Does he still have the keys to the voting machine? . . . and Harold Archybald Psimos as our vice- president . . . ln that year a Mr. George Garl- ton Swanson came to our school . . . remem- ber him? . . . that's a enough sighing, girls . . . and teachers, too . . . No one will ever forget the junior Play Barbara Frietchie Page Seventv-six which Miss Kelly directed and the entire high school enjoyed . . . Let's see, we gave a junior dance, a Pop Corn Sale, and a Pencil Sale . . . we were all Salesman Sams . . . Yes, and some of us were even fortunate enough to go to the May Ball, the F.G.A.A. Banquet, and the Prom . . . Oh boy!! did we have a swell time . . . it was worth promising to cut our neighbor's lawn all summer because we boi- rowed his car . . . For the next week or two we didn't quite see the sidewalks we walked on or hear everything said to us . . . t'jour armour . . . need l say more? . . . And this was the year some fool by the name of Hitler . . . a paperhanger who spends his time think- ing up new world maps to satisfy his day- dreaming . . . wishful thinker that he is . . . decided he'd take about a year time off to make those dreams a reality . . . three years have gone by . . . he's still trying . . . idiot!!! Well, here we are . . . look at us . . . We're run- nig the school now and if you classmen don't like it, welli! - ! ! . . .Yes, we're all big shots now . . . look at the distinguished offices we hold . . . But thank goodness we haven't become so self centered that we don't know our friends any more . . .By now our life has been just about chosen for us-if we could only start over again. We'd do it the very same way!!! Marce Gonzalez was our president this year - Yep!! he stole the keys from fLarry!! - And who can forget that excellent performance of Thornton Wilder's Our Town for our Senior Play? . . . Nope you can't even compare it! . . . Well, how about after the play . . . have any fun? . . . And soon the girls were faced with the most . . . most . . . excruciating . . .Web- ster defines it as painful task of their lives . . . picking an escort for the affairs . . . How the boys were picked apart bone by bone and limb by limb at the Tea Sessions the girls held . . . and were classified as Ummmmmmmm, sayl! . . . Not Bad . . . Will do in a pinch . . . and l'd rather stay home and read a good magazine! . . . And isn't this the year we got stabbed in the back by the japs? . . . Well, we'll show them . . . How??? . . . Well, we baled paper, newspapers, cardboard, and even maga- zines . . . We sold Savings Stamps and Bonds . . . We registered men for the draft and rationed sugar, too, . . . ANYTHING for OUR country!!! . . . Well, let's see what we had to get this year . . . calling cards, rings, invitations, evening gowns, and . . . and . . . just loads of things . . . How did we pay for them? . . . Oh, we had them sent' . . . C.O.D .... Call On Dad!!! . . .Oh Boy!!! . . . There's the Prom . . .Every- time you see someone in the hall your heart starts palpitating to swing time . . . you know what I mean . . . That night will live long in our memory . . . everything except what Pa said when we came in like a culprit at 4 A.M .... Well, it's time to go, friends . . . Commencement's here . . .and you can hear the faculty breathe a sigh of relief . . .problem children, weren't we . . . and l thought they would be sorry to see us go . . . From school some got edu- cations, others got experience . . . some got heart trouble . . . a few got A's . . . many got Special Re- ports . . . But we all have our memories.

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gill!! memuriazlt SIMON G. ENGLE Courlcsy Gary Post Triliuiic Sorrivlfzirig ullernpletl. Sornelliirig clone. H115 corneal ci nigh! s repose. - H. VV. f.ori.gfellouJ Mr. Engle was a pioneer Gary teacher, having come as a chemist from the Corn Products Company in l908. During the early years he not only taught chemistry at Emerson, tut he was also City Chemist. He later became a chemist for an oil refining company at Tulsa, Oklahoma. He also worked as a chemist for the Carnegie-Illinois Steel Company. He came to Froebel School as a teacher of chemistry in 1927. Mr. Engle was well trained as a chemist. He had a pleasing personality. He was well liked by both teachers and pupils. CHARLES S. COONS Mr. Engle was a real teacher because he was first a real man. From years of intimate acquaintance I am convinced that he used science as a tool to teach and enrich character and never exploited character to teach science. He possessed a simple, sturdy Christian character that put practice before precept, and honesty before hypocrisy. He was therefore a living example of the scientific principle of justice and trustfulness that he taught. No one can think of Mr. Engle except in terms of a good and useful life. N. P. RICHARDSON With the passing of Mr. Engle, Froebel School lost indeed a good friend and a faithful teacher. Those of us who worked with him as fellow faculty members for many years know and value his loyalty to our school and his kindly, unfailing interest to his students. LEORA CONNORS Mr. Engle was a gentleman. We shall miss his many good deeds. LUCILLE BARKER Though Mr. Engle has left us, his fine teachings and kind ways will always linger in our hearts and in our minds. A STUDENT Page Seventy-eight