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

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THOMAS WOJTKIEWICZ Vice-President Tam has taken a very active part in sports these last years at Lane, and in doing so he has gained the deep friendship of all his class- mates as the close running of the class elect- ions has shown, Tom is a veteran of three years on he football team for which he has been awarded two letters. Besides this he ran junior track and has been a member of the l.ettermen's Club and president of the Grid- der's Hi-Y. Tam, who was born on October l, l932, at- tended the Agassiz grammar school, His plans are a little uncertain, but he hopes to go to college after graduation. I JOSEPH FONTANA Secretary Everbody knows Lit'l Jae Fontana. Al- through he did not come to Lane until his sec- ond year, having first attended Senn High, he has made quite a name for himself on the di- amond. Joe has played first-string ball ever since starting high school, earning a letter ev- ery year. ln '48 he held down second on Percy Moore's City Championship team and now in his senior year he is captain ofthe Pillsockers. Jae's activities have included the Letter- men's Club, Key Club, Honor Society, Hall- guards and the Latin Club. Jae was born on the tenth of May, l932.

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4Mu4aqe T IS drffucult to belueve that tnme has sped so rapudly yet after four years of study :ng partucupatuon rn clubs and on teams and after makang many new frnends, It IS now our turn to say farewell to Lane We entered Lane as freshres wnth hugh hopes for we had heard of the splendad edu catuon offered of the expert coachrng behnnd the famous Lane athletnc teams and soon we found that Lan was truly a School of Champnons Before long we got unto the swung of things and became a part of the many teams of the busy throng passung from class to class between peruods of the dauly hungry crowds rushung to the lunch room and of t he famnlar stampede for the street cars and buses at 2 45 Upon leavrng many of us wall seek employment some wall enter unuversltles or the armed servlces and wrth the many changes takmg place an thus modern world there wnll be great opportunntles nn new scuentufnc fnelds electronncs televslon radar ad vanced avratlon and many others Many of us may be the leaders of our country some day and we must buuld a foundataon for that leadershnp now so that we may better serve ourselves and our fellow men un future years For the moment our country as at many long and bloody wars to attain because slnce the tume of our Amerlcan Revo Iutuon thus has been a freedom lovnng country dedicated to a democratlc form of gov ernment So many men must not have given their llves an valn lt IS our obllgatlon to malntaun thus peace for future generations We may be sure that the educatuon receuved here certasnly wall be 0 great help to us In thc future We wall not forget our teachers who with thetr many sacrifices and untlrmg help have paved our educatlonal road smoothly Throughout our years ID school our parents have shown understanding and have gnven us encouragement un all our endeavors To them our parents and to our teachers we say Thank you and suncerely hope they are well satusufled wah our accomplashments In conclusron my classmates may I say that It has been an honor and a pruvnlege to be the spokesman for our class I also should luke to thank you for the cooperatuon whnch has made thus June Class of l95O such a splendid one ln the future may we meet many trmes as we have un the halls of Lane and l sincerely hope the future wall hold happme s and success for all of you Best of luck fellows and so long Jrzmrs Uhrrry ' I peace with the world. lt is our duty to help hold this peace which our country fought

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I' ll kd ' fx. 4' .c 2' , ' it l x f Xl ' X I E I N. i L-4 xl V f -r ' 2 f A ' I BOB PETERSON TYCCSUYBK7 '. What a school thisJis! ,' Bob thought ,ter himself as he entelrecl Lane after graduating from the Yates grammar s hool. Hljllimake a team here or elsel ' Then wiwen he ehtered the third year, he finally made a team and was e- lected captain. The teaK1n?. . .Cheerleaders' Aside from this Bob bedonged to various clubs including the Cherokee Hi-Y, Dance Club, Pan-American, and was secretary of the Cam- era Club. He also was a member of the Daily staff for four semesters. Bob was born on June 15, 1932. After graduation he intends to go to college. l SAM DE JOHN Sergeant-At-Arms Born on Chicago's West side on November 9, 1932, Sam first attended King School. Af! ter his family moved to the Northwest side, he transfered to the William E. Dever school, where he was selected as the outstanding boy graduate by the American Legion. Upon grad- uating from grammar school, Sam enrolled at Lane where he became editor-in-chief of the Daily and a contributing editor to the Tech Prep. He was also president of the Pan-Amer- icon Club, a member of the Quill and Scroll, and a letterman of the wrestling team. After leaving Lane, Sam plans to enter college pre- liminary to a career in journalism. lv. l Yi o NM, lem J