Lane Technical High School - Lane Tech Prep Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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PRESIDENTS MESSAGE First in War and First in Peace It was December. It was not a December to be distingushed from any other December. The football season was drawing to a close, and there was a trace of snow in the air. We were but a group of elementary school kids soon to be graduated. Our high school days were fast approaching. Already we were saying goodbye to our friends, preparing to choose the school which most suited our plans. Into this American scene, with all of its peace and serenity, burst the holocaust which for two years had been raging throughout the length and breadth of this earth. Out of the Hawaian sunrise, on that fateful Sunday morning burst-WAR! We were young, but we were Americans. Although we were boys, we could appreciate the spirit of solemnity which prevailed throughout the country. We entered Lane in Feb- ruary. Amazed by its size, and lost in its apparently never ending corridors, we neverthe- less, detected a seriousness and efficiency which soon was to characterize Lane in all of its wartime activities. The war took an ominous turn early in 1942. The Spirit of Lane rallied with the Spirit of America, as Lane pledged to purchase a Flying Fortress with war bonds. The normal output of the shops was changed, and where peacetime products were made formerly, there were now produced such items as welding rods and propellers for the Navy, and identi- fication models for the Army. We took greater interests in our studies now, too. The magic of Algebra was applied to shells and planes, and many of the curiosities of Science showed us ways of waging total war. Time passed, and we progressed. We were sophomores now, and to our ears came news of titantic struggles called Stalingrad and El Alamein, of jungle outposts labled Guadalcanal and Bougainville. We felt very proud as Lane purchased its Flying Fortress, showing its enthusiasm by oversubscribing the project by eighty-five thousand dollars. The sands of time ran on, and we progressed mentally as well as physically. We were Juniors, and as we entered the ranks of the upper classmen we chose the course upon which we were to pattern our lives. Some elected the College Preparatory course, others a General Technical education, while some, believing their greatest talents to lie in the ranks of in- dustry, chose a Smith-Hughes course. The war still held our attention, however. The viciousness of the struggle made itself manifest to us as one by one our ranks were diminished. We watched many of our best friends and closest comrades leave the school they had grown to love, and take up the struggle, some never to return. Now we heard of such places as Tarawa, Kwajelien, and Kasserine Pass, Hollandia, Sicily, and Anzio. This was the climax. The tide had turned. All over the world America was marching forward. Characteristic of the new spirit, Lane pledged one million dollars by Memorial Day. An observer might have detected a new eagerness in our class after this. The day for which we had been waiting for three years was fast approaching. Finally it arrived. We were seniors! With pleasure and amusement we recollected our freshmen days, and as We reminisced, we were startled by the swift passage of time, and by the rapidity with which events that had taken place since we had first entered the open portals of Lane. With our new elevation came new responsibilities. We elected our officers, organized our class, and assumed leadership in the school activities. In spite of the fullness of our school program however a tenseness prevailed. Finally the bubble burst. Germany had surrender- ed! There was no wild celebrations. There was only a renewed determination to see it thru to the end, and do everything to facilitate that end. Our eyes were turned westward, and as a school was dismissed in the summer, we watched the full fury of a free people shower upon the treacherous jingoists of Japan. The end was inevitable. Victory was complete. We returned in jublication to school that September. But our jublication was quickly cool- ed to that of thoughtful contemplation of the peace. Out of the ashes of Hiroshima and Nagasaki we saw what was to be a problem of the first magnitude. No longer can selfish men seek to further their own aims at the expense of their neighbors. The problem of the world today is international cooperation or international destruction, for with the un- leashing of the mighty forces within the atom, there can be no peace, security, nor happiness where there is hatred. And so, we, the graduating class of January 1946, look to the future. We look to a world where animosity must be eradicated if there is to be a life. We look with hope, for we believe with a realization of his plight, man can have peace, As We leave Lane, we receive a new realization of the undying love for our parents, and the untiring efforts of our teachers. With their inspiration and with their prayers, we face the future with confidence. JOHN FRENSTER

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COMMITTEE SPONSCRS MR. BELL MR. HAWVER MR. SCHUTZ Annual Class Sponsor Finarme lgzv' ' fl ' 1 M i MR. GROSS MR. SUNDBERG MR' SUTER MR, WADE Prom Pin 8: Ring Photography Biography MRS. BECK MR. KUECKER MR. HILDERRAND Student Service Publicity Al'-1111111 MR. SCOTT MISS SCHNEIDER MR. PAYNE MR. PIPER Announcement Swing Cap Sz Gown Gift

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c:l,Cl-Ile ECA KARL A. ALMCRANTZ Chicago Ill., Aug. 7, 1926 Bell Work Air Condition ZB, R.O.T.C. Rifle Team 4A, Dance Club 4B, Bowling Club ISA, 4B, Lane- Parker Club, Intramural. O OLIVER G. .ANDERSON Chicago, Ill., Aug. 7, 1928 Brentano Work Lane Sound and Movie Sys- tem, Pan American Club, In- tramural Sports, Glee Club. RONALD A. ANDERSON Chicago, Ill., April 20, 1928 Alcott U. S. M. C. Track, Cross Country, Latin Club, German Club, Intramur- al Volleyball. Baseball, Basket- ball, Arrangement Committee. I EDMUND APOLINSKI Chicago, Ill., Jan. 17, 1928 Funston Work Radio Club. JOHN ARENDT Chicago, Ill., Sept. 15, 1927 Coonley Service Hallguard, Dance Club, Tar- cly Office. I JACK R. BAILY Chicago, Ill., Dec. 9, 1927 Trumbull Work Model Railroad Club. 0 Page twenty-four In-P f ill A -'C V' 9. ,ia QQ ,Q lanuary 7 946 JAMES V. BALL Chicago, Ill.. Sept. 22, 1927 Alcott Navy Hallguards. WILLIAM H. BALLARD St. Louis, Sept. 10, 1927 Daniel Boone Army I.M. Sports, Hallguards, Dance Club, Cycle Club, 4A Architects: Finance Committee. EDWARD BANDUCCI Chicago, Ill., june S, 1928 Mills Service I.M. Sports Manager, Tech Prep Salesman, Football, Wrest- ling, Senior Committee. WALTER BARITSKY Chicago, Ill., April 23,1923 Murphy Service Dance Club, Camera Club, Archery Club, Intramural Base- ball, Basketball, ZF, and Vol- leyball. O ANTHONY V. BARNAS Chicago, Ill., May 10, 1927 St. Priscilla Service Roller Club, Dance Club, Student Council, Spur K Saddle, Hallguard, Roving Patrol, Ushers Club, Daily Reporter. O GEORGE F. BARTLETT Chicago, Ill., Aug. 21, 1928 Morris Service Tech Prep Salesman, Senior S-wing Committee, I. M. Sports