Hibbard High School - Lantern Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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THE LANTERN 61 4B Qroplzecy Scene: Office of the New York Times, at the desk of the city-editor. Characters: C. O. VVilcox, city-editor, Selma Malkus, Star reporter, and Harry Salk, famous lst baseman of the New York Giants. Time : 1946. C. O.-How peculiar it seems, Harry, that nearly all of the copy I have read to-day deals with our old classmates from Hibbard's February Class of '27, Here is an article about Archie Molay's famous new radio orchestra. Williani Sweeney, Alexander Slive Nathan Zlotnikof, and Henry Newman also play in it. Harry-Speaking of our old Hibbard classmates reminds me of a letter I just received from Lester Stone, the real estate magnate, the is'in Mexico nowj 5 he says that Inez Ader is down there doing social service work. Minnie Greenspahn, the mystery novelist, is also down there getting local color for her new book, The Trail of Rouge. C. O.-Well, here comes our star reporter, Harry, you remember herg per- haps she can give us some news of her classmates. Selma-Yes, I can. I just came back from court and there Libby Gordon, the girl who sang at all our class affairs, was trying a case between Sadie Vtfolan- sky and Leo Kriloff. Sadie is suing Leo for damages caused by an airplane collision. You know she is the dare-devil woman pilot. Evelyn Anderson is the court stenographer. Harry-By the way, have you heard that Hess Rubin, Aaron Miska, and Al Bliss are trying out for the Cubs? They just left for Catalina on the California Ltd. Selma-Yes, and a few months ago that railroad line was bought by Charles Adler, the renowned corporation lawyer. C. O.-And did you hear that Rosetta McCarthy has turned out to be the greatest detective in the States? You know she found the man who robbed the guests at Ethel Shaffer's house party. Sylvia Gunansky, President of the Chicago Musical College, Lillian Stein and Henry Bode, mayor elect of Cleve- land were also there. Henry surely has risen rapidly in the political world. Selma-And Eleanor Ritcher is dancing at the White House, this week. Ruth Fleishman is also there lecturing on The Solitarity of Our International Relations. Saul Bloomfield is running for Vice-President. I do hope he gets in because he has such a knowledge of Parliamentary Law that he will be able to control the Senate with great propriety. Harry-You remember that Bessie Vlfachman served on our picture com- mittee at school. Now she is quite famous as a photographer and contracts for the graduation pictures at the Roosevelt every year. But can you imagine Bernie Harris as a haberdasher? Selma-No, but he is just the same. Last week I stopped in on State Street to get a tie, and he waited on meg he said that Evelyn Turchik and Arthur Ortlepp work for him. C. O.-That reminds me-when I was writing up the Cigar Men's Con- vention, I bumped into Max Ceplair and Elmer Klann who are at present prominent in the American Tibacco Syndicate, Garry told me that Harry

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.8 A ff H E 1. A N'T15iiE'i Jfdodestzes A. BIISKA K. BROWN G. XVEILAND Glass Zfoefn Our school life is that happy time lVlzercirz our joy is at -its prime. 'Twas then we learned to low a book That taught us nzuch and bade us look For such unusual thought That to the rnind has brought. Greater conception. Sufh days! we cannot help but treasure Their wholesome gifts iu bozzutcozzs nzcczsure. Our fun-the' simple plcaszfrcs linger on ln mvm'ry while 'we wartder here and you. It cannot be arniss To stop and think like this In the race of life. .-Ill! life! The daily tasks we learned Taught us to strive for all we yearned. A-Ind now we go in splendid form To fare the winds of lifc's strong storm. lVe'll show our strength So that at length lVe conquer! Ida Eggericks.

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,THE LANTERN g--M 77 LOW ------..--....-.-.-..................................... ................. C UPID Helen Kennedy, a tennis champion ......... .,,.,,,,,,,, J EAN RQSEN Ralph Wright, noted orator .................... ,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, J ACK SLQVAK Lorraine Quinn, fancy rink skater ....... ..,.,.. M ARJORIE WATERS College Girls: May ....-....... ....... E STHER BORCHARD Lon ...... .............. H ELEN McCt'sKER Jane ........ ....................... E THEL HOMAN Alice ....... ......... I EANETTE SAN FILLIPO Marie .....................................................................,................................,... LYDIA Gnrsi-2 These actors played their parts remarkably well. A large section around me was reserved for people of special note, who. just as I, were visiting this tiny city. They came in one by one, two by two. The first to enter were Mr. and Mrs. Werner Carlson, nee Elizabeth Schein. This happy couple were now the owners of a large orphan asylum. Then followed Mildred Kownick. teacher of shorthandg Florence Moser, writer of novels, Bernice Kophamer, governess of fifteen boys, Myrtle Derrick, secretary to the King of Spaing Anna Kleker, who had just swum the English Channelg Marie Balke, who had won fame by her philanthropy, and Helen Marshall, who had become Irene Castle's successor. While on my way home from the theatre, through some congestion of traffic, our car crashed into the rear of a Duesenburg. The alarmed owner, who was no other than Oscar Muller, jumped excitedly from the car. Upon recognizing me as his former classmate, he forgot his damaged car and fell into deep conversation. He was now the financier of a successful railroad in America. Oscar told me some choice bits of news as to the doings of my former classmates. 4 Lillian Murphy had become the governor of Illinois, Ethel White led a jazz orchestra, Vera Hockfelder had risen to great heights in the elocution held, Alice Bredfeldt was the golf champion of the world, Gene Fletcher had become a successful minister, Helen Monhardt, a renowned politician, and Sylvia Cohen was singing with the Chicago Civic Opera. We departed and promised to meet again. Before going home, however, I stopped at a cozy tearoom where I was not at all surprised to find Helen VVilliams, the feminine Paul Ash, leading an orchestra. The next morning I visited the high school of this city and found Alpha Valentine to be the principal. As I visited the rooms I found Mildred Johannes teaching Science, Olive Peterson teaching art, Marie Guzikowski in charge of the class in music, Alice A. Carlson the teacher of dramatics, Ethel Tollefson conducting a class in bookkeeping, Faye Ritchie drilling a class in field-day exercises, and Gertrude Fleischer proving a very successful English teacher. That afternoon I visited the hospital of that city. The head of the hospital was Wilbur Scott. He was as pleasant as ever and talked so that I could scarcely get a word in edgewise. Some of the nurses were Alice Carlsen, Elizabeth Huitink, jane Loeser, Marion Goldstein and Bernice Sager.