Marshall High School - Review Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

Page 20 text:

T h e R e V i e W OUR SCHOOL: ITS DIVIDENDS A sound appreciation of the inestimable benefit received by the student from our school, and for that matter from any school of learning, may be invoked by drawing an analogy between the educational institutions and a large business corporation. Living in an age in which man, in his pursuit of happi- ness, has learned to gauge and estimate everything in terms of commercial values, it would not be amiss were we to take our own Marshall High School as a repre- sentative educational organization and apply to it a cloak of commercialism. Suppose then, we contemplate Marshall as a large business corporation, headed by a Board of Directors, consisting of the faculty, which issues stock and pays dividends. Primarily let us consider the investment which we have made. We have spent four years here at Marshall, years which, when we were fresh- men or sophomores, probably seemed long and deary, but which seem to us now to have been altogether too brief. During this expanse of time we have made an investment of consistent applications of concentration, industry, and sin- cerity, we have contributed many sheets of written papers to the capital of the firm, Our entire investment was not made in February 1932, the year we entered school and received our first share of stock, for we have been constantly adding to our assets even to this day. We have been increasing our shares of stock by our undertakings in various extra curricular activities, not only increasing our own credit in the eyes of the Board, our teachers, but even that of the entire corporation-the school. Now we arrive at that period when our stocks have matured, we reach that stage when we collect the interest and dividends on our investments. And, to our amazement, the interest greatly outweighs the investment in the balance of Life. For we find our dividend is twofold in nature: first it contains Knowledge, and secondly it bears association and friendship. Upon consideration of the benefits received from friendship, we find we have not only increased the number of our acquaintances, but we gained staunch, true friends. Our four years at Marshall have taught us comradeship-for we have worked and played together in this great group of students-5500 strong -and we have learned to be friendly to those around, and to enjoy their comradeship. To enumerate the amount of dividends we have received in knowledge would be extremely difiicult, for it is only NOW that we begin to discover these profits, now, at the time we graduate: and, in keeping with the occasion, may l quote former President Taft: Some of us are graduated cum laude-with praiseg some of us are graduated summa cum laude-with highest praise, and some of us are graduated mirabile dictu-marvelous to relate! LoU1s SHAPERA. For they can conquer who believe they cczn.!Dryden. Page Sixleen

Page 19 text:

January SENIOR COMMITTEES CAP E6 GOWN COMMITTEE Ethel Upin, Robert Wedgewood, CO-Chairmen Mordecai Abromowitz Gertrude Kupersmith Evelyn Schaffer Joseph Eisenberg Morris Lifshutz Irving Siegel Nora Gordon COLOR, MOTTO, GIFT COMMITTEE Mildred Block, Jerome Eisenberg, CO-Cltuirmen 1936 Milton Bereskin Louis Pomrenze Anne Smargon Bette Greene Anne Rubin Nathan Starkman Ruth Kaplan CONSTITUTION COMMITTEE Stanley Maltz, Evelyn Silverman, Co-Chairmen Chris Demos Eugene Lieberman Mildred Sokoloff Sylvia Kahan Leonard Pasternack Nick Tapp Lorraine Lerner Rivian Raff DANCE COMMITTEE Rose Crane, Paul Rosenthal, Co-Chairmen Goldie Fine Irving Kirschbaum Bob Ogus Shirlee Gold Charlotte Leviton William Topel Marvin Katz FINANCE COMMITTEE Faye Goldstein, Robert Rose, CO-Chairmen Maxine Dowd Ruth Luboff Morris Silverman Bernice Feinberg Jerome Newberger William Wolf Eugene Handelman GRADUATION COMMITTEE Bertram Lotsoff, Lois Zemmer, CO-Chairmen Georgia Anheiser William Brown Jean Mendelsohn Leanore Auerbach Morris Grinbarg Sheldon Ruben Bernard Berzosky PROGRAM COMMITTEE Abe Levitan, Audrey Sinton, CO-Chairmen Leonard Brodsky Shirley Newberger Al Schultz Eugene Halperin Abe Rapoport Jean Turner Doris Miller PUBLICITY COMMITTEE Joseph Gluckman, Muriel Rosenberg, CO1-Chairmen Lorraine Groupe Jack Sostrin Lillian Weingart Jack Holtzman Shirley Weinberg Harry Wexler Beatrice Sloan SENIOR DAY COMMITTEE Seymour Kaufman, Dorothy Lambert, CO-Chairmen Frances Ackerman Percy Feder Bernard Oliff Abe Bercovitz Fay Levin Jane Simon Jerome Braun Sam Ochman Purpose directs energy. and purpose makes energy.-Chazles H. Parhhurst. Page Fifteen

Page 21 text:

January l936 HISTORY OF CLASS By CHARLOTTE CAPLAN Once more we are on the brink of the unknownl Once more the uncertain horizon beckonsf How similar our present sensations are to those which surged through us four years ago. Four thrilling eventful years ago when we hope- fully gazed at the institution which was to harbor us for the next four years. How seemingly unsurmountable were the obstacles of that first year- struggling ineH'ectually with a combination lock, assuming the form of a walk- ing bookcase which feat severely taxed our powers of equilibrium, and not the least, trying, bearing up under the distressful appellation of Freshie. Triumphantly armed with the dignified name of Sophomore, neither the metamorphosis of a grasshopper or the Fall of the Bastille could daunt us. By this time we considered ourselves an integral part of the school. Our only regret was the disbanding of clubs, but for consolation we hied ourselves off to spur on our heroes. Nobly justifying our faith in them, the light and heavy basketball team captured first 'place in the west section, the heavies continuing as state final- ists. To top the list of achievements, both the boys' and girls' glee clubs emerged victorious in the city wide contest. Without a doubt, this was an epoch making year at Marshall! Radiating with new importance we enter into the whirl of our Junior year. Iron resolve marks the countenances of potential geniuses laboring over entries for the Story-Poem-Essay Contest. With absorbed attention we witness the portrayal of R. U. R. A splendid performancef Basketball and football vie for precedence, the Heavies ranking first in the West Section and the Orioles finishing second. Sadness enters our midst as we learn of the passing of our beloved teacher, Mr. Max Batt. We've arrived at last! Powerful, almighty Seniors! What an exhilarating feeling to traverse the halls with affected indifference to our newly acquired title! Colors, all varieties of colors flaunted everywhere over the entire school in a dazzling array in the form of monstrous, ridiculous bows. Hoarse throats croaking out their lessons following Marshall's football victory in the West sec- tion. Band and orchestra concerts, forums, glee club contests, the fine presenta- tion of Berkeley Square --an ever increasing list of last minute activities. These however become mere incidentals as we near the supreme event- Graduation. Prom night-laughter, gaiety, yet hearts full as the significance of the occasion overwhelms us. ln a few moments, fleeting glimpses of the past four years pass before our minds eye, depicting our joys, hopes, disappointments, achievements, in one huge panorama. Yes, we are on the brink of the unknown. To some it is with delightful anticipation of the future. To others, hesitancy and timidity. Yet Marshall has granted us all these priceless gifts, understand- ing guidance, a broadened outlook, and lasting friendships which nothing will ever eradicate. In our lonely hours we awake those sleeping images with which our memories are stored, and uztalzze them agam.-Mme. de Genlis. Page Seventeen